Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

"Liu Lishun is not suitable." Chongzhen directly vetoed it.

Wang Jiayan recommended another person: "Mr. Ma Shiqi is a concubine in the fourth year of Chongzhen. He has been raised in the Imperial Academy for ten and eight years. His reputation is enough to serve as a sacrificial wine for the Imperial Academy in Beijing."

"Ma Shiqi is not suitable either." Chongzhen waved his hand.

"Like Liu Lishun, he has no experience as a prefectural parent officer."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Wang Qing, why don't you recommend yourself?"

Wang Jiayan waved his hands again and again and said: "My lord, I'm afraid I'm not competent."

"I think you are very suitable." Chongzhen said solemnly, "Not only are you outstanding in talent and learning, you were also listed as a Jinshi in Wenzhen and Mengbang. The yamen has accumulated evils, and it has tried its best to reduce the burden on the people, and organized the people to build water conservancy projects, and in just a few years, Kaihua and Lanxi counties have taken on a new look."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "You have outstanding political achievements in the local area, and you really pretend to be the common people in your heart. This is what I value you. For example, Liu Lishun, Ma Shiqi, etc. may also have the idea of ​​meritorious service, but they don't. As a local official, I don’t know the sufferings of the people at all, and it is inevitable that I will go against the opposite and self-defeating when administering government.”

Wang Jiayan couldn't refute this, and it was true in fact.

Speaking of it, most of Ming's cabinet ministers don't know the sufferings of the people.

Few of the cabinet ministers really pretended to be ordinary people in their hearts.

What these cabinet ministers consider is always the interests of the state and the entire civil servant group.

Chongzhen said: "In the future, the officials of my Ming Dynasty must come from Beijing Guozijian, and the ministers of Ming Dynasty must come from the state department. Therefore, Beijing Guozijian is a school for training professional civil servants. Its first candidate for offering wine and its school-running philosophy are particularly important. I hope you can infuse the Beijing Guozijian with the genes of integrity, diligence and people-oriented!"

Integrity is against corruption, and diligence is against laziness and laziness.

People-oriented service awareness is the opposite of bureaucratic formalism.

Throughout the ages, the bad habits of officialdom are actually these few things in the final analysis.

As long as the above points are overcome, the atmosphere in the officialdom can be cleared up.

Chongzhen did not expect to put an end to the bad habits of the officialdom by doing a good job in the Beijing Guozijian, but at least it could inject new blood and new thoughts into the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, thereby stirring up the lifeless officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of this, it must be mentioned that the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty really disappointed Chongzhen.

The ministers of the cabinet have been replaced several times, and even the chief minister has been changed, but the bad habits in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty show no sign of improvement. Afterwards, he seemed to be a different person and became a nice gentleman.

All in all, Chongzhen no longer had expectations for the official ecology of Ming Dynasty.

So Chongzhen decided to make a thorough reform of the official selection mechanism.

Wang Jiayan's expression immediately became serious, and he gave Chongzhen a long bow, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I was short-sighted just now, but now I have fully understood the holy will, and I am willing to take up the post of offering sacrifices to the Imperial College in Beijing, and I am willing to Practice the concepts of integrity, diligence, and pleading for the people proposed by the Holy One, and do your best until you die."

After a pause, Wang Jiayan went on to say: "However, the minister is inevitably alone and alone."

Wang Jiayan's political sensitivity is not bad. He knows very well that once this burden is taken up, it means that the long-standing abuses and bad habits of Daming's officialdom will be attacked. This is equivalent to making an enemy of the entire Daming's officialdom. All kinds of dangers will be beyond imagination, so it is really hard for him to stand alone.

"You don't have to worry about that." Chongzhen said, "Zhen will find you a good helper."

Chongzhen has indeed found a helper for Wang Jiayan, and this person is the ruthless Jin Xuan.

While the two were talking, the sun was gradually rising, and the altar was uncovered. Chongzhen and Wang Jiayan were exposed to the sun for a long time, and felt first-class warmth.

"It's too hot." Chongzhen immediately waved and said, "Gao Banban, take off my clothes for me."

"Long Live Lord, you can't do it." Gao Qiqian hurriedly stopped him, "Now it's the season of spring and summer, and it's easy to catch cold and cold, so Long Live Lord must not be greedy for cold."

Wang Jiayan also remonstrated: "Grandpa Gao's words are reasonable, the Holy One will be patient."

However, Chongzhen thought of another level from Gao Qiqian's advice, and frowned, "When the seasons change between spring and autumn, it is indeed very easy to catch a cold, but the cold is still second, and the more troublesome thing is the plague."

"Plague?" Wang Jiayan, Gao Qiqian, and Lu Jiude all had serious expressions on their faces.

Wang Jiayan and the others suddenly realized that Daming is now fighting Jiannu, from Beijing to Jinghai to Dengzhou, there are wars everywhere, and people are dying everywhere. If the dead bodies are not disposed of in time, it is indeed easy to break out the plague.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Ming army will supply one liter of Ming wine every day, so they don't need to drink raw water to quench their thirst, but even if they don't drink raw water, they still have to be vigilant.

Immediately Chongzhen said: "In this case, immediately call Wu Youxing, the vice president of the medical school, to lead a thousand students to the army to listen to them, and then let the baggage team transfer more quicklime over."

"Everyone who died in battle, my Ming soldiers and civilian husbands will be cremated."

"Soldiers who built slaves and civilian husbands need to be sprinkled with quicklime and buried deep!"

"Starting today, the supply of Mingjiu will be doubled, two liters per person per day!"

"Reboil the pot and boil the water again. Drinking raw water is strictly prohibited. Once found, there will be severe punishment."

Having said this, he paused, and then said: "Also, anyone who is found to have a fever, or who is hot and cold, should be isolated immediately. Military doctors and guards need to cover their mouths and noses with towels when they come into contact with them."

Influenza, or plague, cannot be overemphasized.

Because throughout the ages, too many battles were actually lost because of the plague.

Chongzhen didn't hope that the Northern Expedition, which was originally a sure thing, was finally defeated by the plague.

To Chongzhen's surprise, the courier sent to Nanjing had just left, and Zhang Huangyan from the secret investigation department hurriedly found the altar of the earth: "Your Majesty, the painstaking person sent a secret letter."

Painful person is the code name given to Meng Xueli by Chongzhen.

Chongzhen did not shy away from Wang Jiayan and others, and asked: "What do you say to the hard-working people?"

Zhang Huangyan took out a wax pellet and crushed it, and took out a small paper ball from it.

The paper ball was carefully unfolded and flattened, and after reading it, his face changed and he said: "The painstaking people said that Jiannu is going to take advantage of the warmer weather to artificially create a plague."

Immediately, expressions of admiration appeared on the faces of Wang Jiayan, Gao Qiqian and others.

Xin said that Jiannu just had this idea, and before he had time to implement it, the Holy Majesty had already anticipated it, and prepared for a rainy day and made every possible precaution.

……

In the evening, Yao Qisheng returned to Juziying.

"My lord, everything has been settled."

Yao Qisheng gave a long bow to Meng Xueli, and gave another meaningful look after getting up.

Meng Xueli nodded imperceptibly, and said to Yao Qisheng: "Xi Zhi, follow me to see Hou Canjun."

After asking, I found out that Hou Fangyu was in Hong Chengchou's Xingyuan, and Meng Xueli immediately brought Yao Qisheng to the governor's Xingyuan.

After Meng Xueli and Meng Xueli saw the ceremony, Hou Fangyu asked: "Meng Xueli, Yao Qisheng, have things been done?"

"Master Joining the Army, everything has been done." Meng Xueli replied, "Our Juziying has already thrown the semi-rotten livestock carcasses prepared in advance into wells, ponds, canals and lakes. You will get sick soon, and if you are unlucky and a severe infectious disease occurs, it will soon spread to the entire army."

Hou Fangyu said solemnly: "At that time, the Ming army will collapse without fighting."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Hong Chengchou said happily, "Let's rest and go."

"The lower officials will leave." Meng Xueli led Yao Qisheng and bowed out of the governor's office.

Hong Chengchou said to Hou Fangyu again: "Hou Canjun, once the plague really breaks out, it doesn't matter whether you are the Ming army or the Qing army, so we must take precautions in advance."

"Don't worry, Hong Butang, we have made full preparations according to the Treatise on Febrile Diseases."

Hou Fangyu said solemnly: "Whether soldiers or civilians are not allowed to drink raw water or eat raw food, human and animal feces must be collected and properly disposed of, and those who are found to be sick should be isolated immediately!"

Isolating sick people is a long-standing means of disposal.

"Then it's all right." Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "Now, leave everything to Tianshi."

And the weather did not disappoint Hong Chengchou. For the next half a month or so, the weather in Beizhi was off the charts. The first day was so hot that he wanted to wear single clothes, but the next day it was so cold that he had to burn the kang to keep warm. In a few days, it was a sunny day with the sun shining high, and it was so hot that I couldn't breathe.

The frequency of alternating hot and cold like this is really unbearable for ordinary people.

Fortunately, most of the soldiers in the army are strong and strong guys, and most of the civilian husbands are also young and strong men, and their resistance is not bad, so no matter whether the Ming army or Jiannu, there are not many people who get sick.

Even those who were sick were quickly isolated separately.

For sick soldiers, the Ming army and Jiannu dealt with them very differently.

The Ming army took good care of them until they fully recovered, and those who died of illness were cremated immediately.

Jiannu's side is simple and rude. They are directly locked in the bunker and left to fend for themselves. Once they die, they are dragged into the wild and thrown into various water bodies to rot. Only in this way can they create more poisonous sources and cause a large-scale plague. .

Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu have gone crazy to create a plague.

However, to their disappointment, until the end of May, the weather was already extremely hot, but the plague that both of them had hoped for hadn't come yet.

Not only did the plague not come, but even the cold disappeared.

Because after entering mid-May, the temperature gradually stabilizes, and it is not easy to catch a cold.

In addition to the fact that the plague did not come, there was something that bothered Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu even more, that is, the food and grass prepared by the Qing court for Hong Chengchou's army were running out, and they could last for a month at most.