Wang Ao is not bitter, after all, the emperor is willing to keep decency, anyway, he is seventy-three this year, so he will be wise.

The most scratching his head was Li Bing, the governor of Shanxi, and the emperor issued a strict decree to thoroughly investigate the case of Shanxi's treasury deficit.

Among the governor's yamen in Taiyuan, Li Bing kept complaining to his staff: "The sage's settlement of accounts after the autumn is endless."

At the beginning, Wang Yan dared to poke out the case of the deficit of the Datong Mansion treasury with a small Qingfu companion, and directly reported it to the saint.

How long has it been, and why do we have to settle the balance from scratch?

Moreover, this time it has intensified, not only to liquidate Datong, but also to liquidate all the treasury of Shanxi.

What's more, the edict specifically emphasized that the governor was the first to be responsible for the deficit of the government treasury, and the second responsibility was to the governor of the state government. ”

Staff member Zhou Shen smiled: "What does this have to do with us." Those were all in the Xuande and Orthodox dynasties, and the gentry of Shanxi borrowed all the things in the treasury.

Dong Weng was neither the governor of Shanxi nor the prefect of Datong at that time, so he couldn't be charged with anything on your head anyway.

The Holy One will thoroughly track it down, so let's investigate. Check it clearly, so we don't have to take a deficit for our predecessor. ”

Li Bing nodded: "Also, I have been tossed by Sanyang's henchmen for almost twenty years, and the treasury of Shanxi is empty until now, and it has not been more than ten years, don't think about recovering again."

Mr. Wang, what do you say? What is the significance of His Majesty's move, and what do you think? ”

Wang Shan said with a smile: "The Holy Lord has always recognized Dong Weng's political achievements in the governor's office, otherwise he wouldn't have let you be the governor of Shanxi for so many years."

We can't control Beijing's political struggle, but we can take this opportunity to purge Shanxi's officials and gentry again and make up for the shortfall.

If there is a lot of property stolen, it can also be used to strengthen the defense line from Dongsheng to Kaiping.

Consolidate Shanxi and don't let the Mongols rush in again, this is the most important thing. ”

Li Bing nodded, believing that the judgment of Wang Da's staff on the political situation was accurate.

Luo Hengxin, the left deputy capital in Datong, didn't think so, he only thought that the emperor was going to do something to himself, so he wrote a recital of the guilty plea aggrievedly, and sent it to the capital in an urgent manner for 600 miles.

On April 20, the list will be released on a trial basis.

This time it finally did not cause controversy, and the government and the opposition were also greatly relieved.

Originally, Enke would have taken the exam again in August and September, but the imperial court couldn't wait. Conquer Korea in the east and establish two provinces; In the west, Wusizang was laid and divided into two provinces.

Siam, Lancang and other places in the south also have to build at least two new provinces.

Not to mention, six new provinces have to be added, and the stock of jinshi and people is simply not enough to fill in. So I really can't wait for September, I have to finish Enko now, and then send officials on a large scale.

The difficulty of the imperial examination in the Jingtai Dynasty was greatly reduced compared with that of the previous dynasty, and the difficulty of becoming an official was completely incomparable.

As a result, Zhu Qiyu has gained a large number of supporters, especially in the last four or five Jinshi and Juren.

Without the emperor's hard work to expand the territory, there would be no rapid emergence of these new scholars and people.

As long as the palace test is released, every jinshi can at least become a seven-rank county commander, and immediately elect officials and appoint officials, without waiting, which was unimaginable in the previous dynasty.

But these new science and technology scholars and people never dreamed that today they have become Wanli.

The beautiful woman with Xiangxiang in her arms in the quilt lay down until almost noon, and Zhu Qiyu reluctantly got up and sat on the couch to eat breakfast.

Zhu Qiyu sighed while eating: "It's been more than April, why do I still feel so cold." Now I just want to lie under the covers and don't want to do anything else. ”

Qianxue smiled: "It's okay, lying in the quilt, holding the warm fragrance of nephrite jade while pointing out the country." The cabinet urged you to ask, after Wang Aozhishi, who will take over as the secretary of the household department in Nanjing? ”

"They asked me, how do I know. Those who have qualifications have either been cleaned up by me, or have already become scholars.

I, Jingtai Dynasty, are too young for these newcomers, so I obviously can't be a scholar.

Pick a mid-level one, most of which are loyal to the Orthodox.

I made them scholars, and it was time for them to come and disagree with me again, isn't it embarrassing? ”

When it came to Nanjing's Hubu Shangshu, Zhu Qiyu remembered Luo Hengxin, the governor of Datong, so he asked: "What about Luo Hengxin, did you write me a recital or something?" ”

"The husband is really a god, Luo Hengxin's recital has just arrived. In the recital, he repented of his sins because of the lack of government treasury in Shanxi, and burst into tears, asking you to dismiss him and send him to prison. ”

Zhu Qiyu was curious when he heard this, and asked Luo Hengxin's recital to read it in person, and after reading it, he was a little embarrassed:

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Luo Aiqing misunderstood. The widow is not a person who does not understand people, Luo Hengxin has been the governor of Xuanfu and Datong for less than a year, and he didn't even have time to recognize the whole person, and the change of Tumubao occurred.

As a result, he became a pick-up man, and he had to buckle his head for any pot in the back, which was really aggrieved.

Forget it, I'll promote him to an official to appease and appease him, otherwise let others see it and think I'm mean and unreasonable. It's just that what kind of official is it good to promote, and where is there a vacancy? ”

Lin Xiangyu smiled on the side: "Didn't you worry about no one going to do Nanjing Hubu Shangshu just now?" ”

Zhu Qiyu patted his head: "Concubine Ai's words woke up the dreamer, it's a good idea, let Luo Hengxin go to be the secretary of the household department in Nanjing." ”

Qianxue asked again: "The cabinet also asked, where is the palace examination held?" Do you want to come to the test venue in person? ”

"The palace test will be taken in the Wenhua Palace, if the place is not enough, divide the candidates to the Wuying Palace, it has been raining recently, don't take the test outdoors." It was so cold that I didn't go, because the ministers always said that I interfered here and that, and didn't give them power.

However, I would like to announce a reform initiative.

Originally, there was a preliminary examination for the promotion of officials, a re-examination for three years, and a general examination for another three years.

The three exams last for nine years, and passing all of them is called completion.

The final grades are divided into three categories: competent, ordinary, and incompetent. Then be promoted or demoted based on merit.

I want to change it slightly, and I will be an official in the original two capitals and thirteen provinces, and I will still complete the examination in nine years.

However, in the newly established provinces of the Jingtai Dynasty, he was an official in three years, and he took the first examination in three years, re-examined in two years, and passed the examination in two years, and completed the examination in seven years.

This would further encourage officials to travel to remote provinces to serve their country.

That's it, today's things are done, and there are some gains. ”

……

On April 25, Yue Zheng, Chen Mingde and others took the flagship and led the main force of the Jiaozhou Navy Division to enter Jeju Island.

The Ming army, which had been stationed on Jeju Island in advance, had already drawn up a simple map of the entire island.

Yue Zheng and others combined the map and personally inspected Jeju Island, and they were more and more surprised.

Jeju Island is about 150 miles long from east to west, and except for a mountain range in the middle of the island, which is more than 40 miles long from east to west, most of the rest of the island is flat and can be developed into farmland.

(End of chapter)