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Lorraine looked at the sparse top of Belen's head, and couldn't help but feel gloomy!

"I was injured in an operation last year. I withdrew from the army, and the Grand Duke knew that my grandfather was short of people here and the salary was good, so he asked me to come over. Belen seemed to see Lorraine's confusion, first laughed, and then explained softly. Lorraine nodded and said, "Captain Belen has worked hard, please keep up the good work." ”

Belen gave a military salute and said, "Please rest assured. ”

After speaking, he bowed to everyone, and then turned and walked out.

Lorraine still didn't know at this time, according to common sense, Catherine should go back to Constantinople. sat there in the ten eastern provinces and helped the Grand Duke deal with the government affairs that caused headaches for his old man. Solve his problems. But now she is afraid that Adele will be fascinated by Lorraine, but she follows Lorraine.

Although she has never relaxed the management of the eastern provinces. But this situation made the father see it, and it was inevitable that he was not angry. I don't like that hateful white face.

Therefore, Archduke Julian was not polite to his cheap son-in-law at all, and completely regarded Lorraine as a place for his subordinates to take care of the veterans.

When Belen left, Catherine couldn't bear it anymore, slapped the table, raised her eyebrows angrily, and said sharply: "I really have the ability to think of this trick." The general order is to the whole country, and a heavy reward is offered, regardless of life or death. I don't think anyone else dares to rebel."

Belen listened to it and hurriedly agreed.

Catherine lost her temper again. Then he said: "By the way, Lorraine, the criminals in the back are easy to solve,"

She said, pointing to the place in the back yard where the slave traders and checkpoint officers were kept, and continued, "But you have figured out how to deal with the local officials who don't listen to you.

Lorraine gently patted Catherine's shoulder. motioned for her to relax, and then said, "This is simple, we will run a study class." Let them all come and receive training, and then take the exam. ”

Lorraine raised his head and laughed, and said secretly in his heart: Play with me, I won't kill you. Wait for me to toss you all immortals to death.

Leo stood outside the door, very sad to see that the gold he had worked so hard to copy, uh, earned, was confiscated by Catherine with a fluttering "confiscation" and then walked away from him.

In the end, he wiped his mouth, was ruthless in his heart, and said secretly: Alas, the old ones don't go, and the new ones don't come. I haven't made much money now, so I have to go ahead and shoot Nicole's ass, hoping that she will be in a good mood and reduce my taxes by a little. Two points, but also make up for my wounded young mind

He rushed back into the house, just in time to see Lorraine, who was smiling like a villain, and his eyes lit up immediately. Clapped his hands and said happily: "Is there another way to make money?" The boss said, who are we going to do?"

"All the officials of Nai An Province. Lorraine said.

Leo, who was still a little lost, instantly became emotional, a pair of big eyes shone brightly, and sighed to himself: "This is a big purchase"

Lorraine received the appointment of the governor in the net. I have seriously considered the possibility of implementing a civil service examination system in Nai'an, that is, the imperial examination that we have used for a thousand years, and the British have learned the most valuable skills from us.

But in the end, the conclusion of the deduction is simple. That's not possible.

In this era, I can recognize one. Words, obscene poems or something, but all of them are rich and idle aristocrats, and the common people are tired of vomiting blood just by working, they don't have the time of the demons, and they don't have this thing that doesn't eat or drink.

If the exam is really held, within three terms, the entire Naian government from top to bottom will be all children of local nobles and wealthy families.

The current system of recommendation and promotion by superiors can also artificially control the infiltration of those local nobles into the officialdom. For example, none of the current governors, auxiliaries, and city lords of Lorraine are local nobles.

According to Nai'an's current situation, once the means of examination are used, more than seventy percent can be hired. They are all children of nobles, and if Lorraine wants to do this, it is to find himself unhappy.

Before it was dark, Lorraine ordered the gathering of more than 100 Praetorian Guards and the 300 tax collectors.

This small courtyard was packed with people, and in the front row were soldiers of the Praetorian Guard.

After Lorraine's intensive training, they are now temporarily making cameo appearances as police officers, and their work all day is spicy water in their left hand and tiger food in their right hand. Pry the mouths of the newly captured prisoners.

Behind the Praetorian Guards are the tax collectors who have been in the limelight in recent days, and they have made great achievements with Lorraine, and the governor of Lorraine may have promoted them to the rank and file, and everyone's morale can be said to be extremely high, and they can't wait to carry out another operation.

Let the local nobles take a good look at the majesty of the tax collectors, and don't either blow their beards and stare at them all day long, or cry poor or something. Stubbornly procrastinating, just don't pay

Lorraine looked at the energetic look of the people in front of her. He nodded with satisfaction. Xindao: Yes, morale is good

Leo jumped out from behind Lorraine and shouted, "Brothers"

"Your Highness. The Praetorian Guard soldiers stomped their feet in unison. Then he held his strength and roared angrily.

The tax collectors in the back did not go through this kind of scene. All of them were taken aback.

But he saw Leo's head a little, and then with a wave of his hand, he made a great man's military parade, and then said: "Brothers work hard"

For the sake of the day o8 old shan shu sneered more than a piece of sneering the mouth is riveted so loud that lorraine's ears are almost wooden.

Leo crossed his waist, smiled with satisfaction, and then pointed at the Praetorian Guard, and said to Lorraine: "How about I practice, how is it that you have enough courage?"

Lorraine pursed her lips, looked at Leo with a stunned look of coming to praise me, and smiled, "Very good." It's powerful. ”

Leaving Leo alone to revel there, Lorraine's gaze calmly swept over everyone's faces.

Under his gaze, everyone involuntarily puffed up their chests to give the boss a good impression.

After reading it, Lorraine said, "You have worked hard. ”

The tax collectors had no one to teach, and all of them stomped their feet with the guards and shouted, "For the service of the Empire." ”

Lorraine twitched the corners of her mouth at the moment, and then said: "I am very satisfied with everyone's performance in the past few days, and I have seen your hard work. The credit is also in our hearts, but we have achieved achievements, we cannot be complacent, and the next step is to make persistent efforts to completely eradicate the evil slave trade in Nai'an.

But our task is still very difficult, we have just captured nearly 100 criminals, they are all participants in the slave trade in Naian, our next task is to interrogate these criminals with all our might, to dig deeper, not only for their crimes of the slave trade, but also for their crimes

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At the same time of interrogation, we should clearly explain to them our policy, that is, "confess leniently, resist strictly" and go home for the New Year with meritorious service. Oh. By the way, bring that shemale with you and let him show up to those people, as long as you can expose other crimes, it can be regarded as a meritorious service.

In a word, in order to save the suffering people of Nai'an, we must not be soft-hearted. We are using thunderbolt means to act with the bodhisattva's heart. Got it?"

"Yes, sir. The man below then shouted at the top of his throat.

Leo quietly pulled his clothes and asked, "Boss, who is the Bodhisattva?"

A goddess is to say, "Pray to God rather than yourself." The one. ”

Leo was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, then nodded, and exclaimed loudly, "This god is an understanding"

Lorraine is ready to play the old dog-eat-dog method, arresting officials in so many places, of course, to make good use of it. Although the attack was not widespread, Lorraine and Catherine also knew that few of these local officials were clean, and how could they really not know that such a large slave trade was under their noses? Crimes. It's just that the sin is not big, and there is no need to clean them up seriously.

The next day, inside the conference room of the Doge's Palace. Punctual seats filled with officials attending the regular meeting.

Although Lorraine has not yet arrived, everyone is no longer chatting and farting together as usual, staying in their positions honestly, their heads are stunned, and from time to time they will glance at the two vacant seats.

As we all know, there was a great incident in the city of Nyder last night, the deputy public works officer in charge of the construction of the highway in Nai Ann province, and the deputy treasurer in charge of the bank and gold circulation in Nai'an, were arrested by the governor of Lorraine because they were involved in the slave trade.

Now in the streets of Nedel, the nobles, merchants, soldiers, and common people are all talking about one thing.

Out of natural class hatred, the common people applauded the incident, and complained about how the governor of Lorraine had not arrested all the high-ranking officials in Naian, so that everyone would have a better life.

Because the propaganda of the Ne On Salt Company is very good. Now the people of Naian know that they can eat cheap salt, rest assured that salt, this is all thanks to our Governor of Lorraine and Grandpa Leo, of course. The greater credit is given to Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine, who has been coordinating and commanding.

Our governor and grandfather not only fought with the black-hearted salt merchants, but also took out their own private money for the sake of our people in Nai'an, and Sister Vera, who was in distress, also paid money and subsidized the people of Nai'an.

A large group of experts and professors swore to announce it in public. They had calculated precisely that for every pound of salt that our people of Nayan bought, the Governor of Lorraine would have to pay out of his own pocket and paste ten copper plates.

What a noble and selfless deed this is

The majority of the people of Naian have expressed that we will build a shrine for the Governor of Lorraine and set up a tablet of immortality,"

After hearing this, our Governor of Lorraine immediately modestly smashed a table, pointed at the nose of the propagandist and scolded: Where did your grandson find these idiot experts who lack hearts and eyes, and they still praise me or scold me. Only Wei Zhongxian, the dead eunuch, let people build a shrine and set up an immortal card

Although there are voices of discord in the middle. But in any case, as long as we think that if there is no Governor of Lorraine, we will have to buy at least ten copper plates of salt, and the people of Naian respect the Governor of Lorraine from the bottom of their hearts.

And those officials in Nedel City sighed unanimously at this time: the terrifying purge storm of finally catching the top level can probably be over.

In recent days, Lorraine has suddenly arrested a large number of local officials and officers of the local garrison in Nai Ann province, and these people are all taken aback, especially when the Janissaries whizz past their doors.

It wasn't until they learned that this was the arrest of the officials involved in the slave trade that they were relieved, once they knew that there was nothing to do with themselves. The gossip soul of these people is burning, especially when they see that they are still their colleagues and bosses who are constantly falling from power.

Everyone is all happy, this vacant dedication, maybe tomorrow it will be the turn of the head Bu to see more and more officials arrested, and the people who are arrested are getting higher and higher, as a member of the political outcast, these people will guess: Who will be caught?

It wasn't until the two people at the table of the Governors were arrested that they sighed unsatisfactorily: It's finally here.

The nobles were more frightened, and along with the news of the arrest of the two high-ranking officials, Baron Rathmore, as the boss behind the slave trade, had his family taken over by Lorraine.

Now all of Baron Rathmore's estate has been seized, it seems. Submit to the Heraldic Court for interrogation on this charge, and will soon be deposed. Coupled with the ferocity and ruthlessness of Lorraine when he attacked the salt merchants and the bosses behind the scenes, Lorraine's evaluation of the current Nell magnates is: This scoundrel must have passed the fourth or sixth level exam, which is too powerful. We really can't afford to mess with it. But we can always afford to hide.

If these people knew that this time the arrest of the slave traders was also because they beat those who fried salt badly, and those people who couldn't stand it and ran to betray them, I don't know what those people who were originally cooking salt behind the scenes would think.

And the officials sitting in the meeting room of the Governor's Palace, the table that symbolizes the power of managing Nai'an, are all bitter in their hearts.

The person who sat at the same table with him every day was suddenly arrested, and what was waiting for them was probably a noose, and these people who were still sitting here said in their hearts that it was impossible not to be afraid, and when they thought of this kind of thing, maybe that day it would fall on their heads, and when these people looked at the chair on the main seat again, they were already three points of fear.

Lorraine showed up in the meeting room on time. I sat down in my seat and took a sip of hot tea as usual. When he looked up, his subordinates were staring at him stunned.

Lorin said, "Is there anything wrong?"

These officials shook their heads in a panic and said, "No, no." ”

Angus saw that the others didn't mean to speak, and sighed in his heart, this situation can only be done by him, the butler.

Angus nodded to Lorraine and said, "Sir." The posts of Deputy Public Works Officer and Deputy Finance Officer are vacant. Please instruct me what to do with these two locations?"

Lorraine sighed and asked, "Lord Sexton, Lord Osho, do you have anything to do? After all, those two are your deputies." ”

The Public Works Officer and the Treasurer shuddered, and said to themselves, "Is the Governor implying that I am also responsible?"

The two men were stunned for a moment, speechless.

Lorraine said: "Let you say it, you can say it." ”

Treasurer Osho this and that for a while. Hesitantly said, "I"

Public Works Officer Sexton thought for a few seconds, looked at Osho's beginning, hurriedly grabbed the conversation, and said, "It's up to your lordship." ”

Osho also hurriedly changed his words, and then said: "Yes, listen to the arrangement of the adults." ”

"Oh," said Lorraine, "then let's leave it empty until I find the right one." ”

"Yes. ”

Lorraine pondered for a moment, and then said: "I said before, since everyone is sitting at the same table, then some things can be discussed, you play as a secretary, take care of your brother-in-law, and get rid of a few people you don't like. Or do the wrong thing, and those people below collect money in my name, and I turn a blind eye. If you close your eyes, at most you will be punished with three glasses of wine.

But when it comes to the issue of principle, what I want to say is. I. No toleration. I used to give them a chance, as long as I governed the slave girls. Scrape the line with those people, and I will not hold them accountable until now. Tray. I don't take money that I shouldn't take.

It's not easy for you to be at this table, and I'm in my position today, and I'm also copying the guys and the Almohads. Don't bury your future for money, money is inexhaustible, and there is only one life. ”

After Lorraine's words, the following officials were all stunned, and Lorraine threw all these unspoken rules on the table at once, and these people were at a loss, and looked at each other again, not knowing how to speak.

Angus had a straight face on the surface, but he kept smiling bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart: It's just a governor like people who have a hard background, dare to say such things, and don't have so many scruples about doing things, and he has only been in office for a few months, and he has shaved the prickly heads of Ney in a row, and looked at the group of people who used to jump the most happily, aren't they all wilted now.

Lorraine raised her voice and said, "Do you all understand?"

"Yes, sir. ”

"Clearly. ”

"Very good," Lorraine nodded, "Then let's get down to business." Nai'an's shape is very bad, this is my feeling, in a hundred miles of Naidel City, there are garrisons who dare to openly mutiny. besiege the messengers I have sent. What's more, in this arrest operation, I detained twenty-two officers above the squadron leader level alone. ”

General Larry hurriedly pleaded guilty and said, "My subordinates are derelict in their duties. ”

Lorraine waved her hand and said, "I don't blame you." These local forces, even if you go down to investigate, you won't find anything. In order to put an end to this situation. I will order all officers of the rank of squadron leader and above to assemble in Nedle's West Point Barracks

He looked at everyone's puzzled gazes, couldn't help coughing lightly, and explained: "Well, it's the vocational military academy I just established, which is a national university diploma. ”。 If you want to know, your heart is fierce against yourself,