Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

This time, the Runing Army is going to release all of its civil service system, starting from the township level, to fully control the entire territory of Runing Mansion.Although those officials still listened to the orders of the magistrate and prefect in name, in fact, they completely emptied these officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the Runing Army couldn't find so many qualified officials at once, so Deng Qifan was so busy these days that even Qiao Song was transferred to the Runing Army camp to help.

Wu Shigong found some from a group of retired low-level officers in the Runing Army, and promoted some domestic slaves with high prestige.Those who performed well, there were also some outstanding youngsters trained by the Runing Army from domestic slaves.But this is not enough, Wu Shigong can only apply for foreign aid.

However, Wu Shigong didn't know much about the local gentry in Runing Mansion, so he could only write to old Mrs. Hou in Guide, asking him to help find a group of scholars and boys who had no future in terms of fame.As for this kind of kindness in Enze Township, to support and support the younger generation, Mrs. Hou is of course very enthusiastic.As a result, a large number of down-and-out scholars from Guide Mansion rushed to Runing Mansion and turned into unknown officials who controlled the village.

In this way, the framework of the civil service system of the Runing Army in the Runing Mansion was set up.However, the local officials and gentry in Runing Mansion quit. They either entrusted each other or made noise, just blaming the Runing Army for the fat water flowing to outsiders.Make Zhang Xuebin, who is in charge of liaising with those officials and gentry, look like a mouse crossing the street.

There is no way, Wu Shigong simply opened the door of convenience, as long as the children of officials and gentry who are basically qualified, Wu Shigong will not refuse.And the number of civilian officials at the township level suddenly swelled to seven.If it doesn't work later, it will expand to nine.Anyway, the Runing Army paid more salary.Now as long as he can establish a good relationship with the local officials and gentry in Runing Mansion.

So with the cooperation of those officials and gentry, Wu Shigong's three decrees were also implemented smoothly.

In fact, those officials and gentry are also sensible people. They all know that if Wu Shigong's three decrees are implemented properly, it will be of great benefit to them.

There is no threat of bandits and refugees.Their families and property will be preserved, and it will be heartbreaking for them to see their land abandoned.It is nothing more than the ineffectiveness of the government in disaster relief in the past, and their family's ability is too small, so they can't organize the manpower to fight the disaster, so they can only helplessly abandon the land.

The main reason why these officials and gentry dislike the "Forbidden Famine Order" is that they are afraid that officials will use chicken feathers as arrows to seize the land and extort property of those officials and gentry under the pretext of violating the order.But now it is different. The civil service system of the Runing Army has a large number of local officials and gentry children joining, which will also make their worries a lot less.

And the selection of officials this time.It also brought an unexpected harvest.Because of the selection of some of Wu Shigong's house slaves, Wu Shigong's old house slaves immediately felt superior to others.As for the captives captured after the great victory in Ruzhou, they also seemed to see a bright future.

At least those captives know that through their own efforts, it is possible to change their identities and even become high-ranking officials.Although the Runing Army gave them such a chance is quite slim.But these captives at least have a goal, even if they can't be officials.At least it would be nice to be able to become Wu Shigong's old house slave.So the hearts of these captives immediately settled down.

Even the more than 900 captured cavalrymen proposed to the Runing Army to join Wu Shigong's cavalry.Qualified cavalry candidates are indeed rare, so after passing the screening, Wu Shigong broke them up and lowered their salaries to keep them for inspection.

During this period of time, everything seemed to be going well for Wu Shigong, and Li Xin and the others finally slowly returned to the house of Runing Mansion.

And saw Wu Shigong who came out to greet him.Li Xin couldn't suppress her excitement and joy, she gave Wu Shigong a blessing, and shouted tiredly: "Husband!"

Wu Shigong held back his laugh, and turned his head to look at Zhu Yun who was following behind him.I saw that Zhu Yun's face was also cramping.The two couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately burst out laughing.But Li Xin and the others were baffled by Wu Shigong and Zhu Yun's laughter, only Wu Chengying was circling around her father with a smirk.

And under the optimistic surface, there will always be some discordant voices hidden.Some civil officials who felt that their rights had been violated, and some officials and gentry who felt disadvantaged by the Runing Army’s collection of abandoned land and recommended family children, their impeachment memorials and private letters of complaints flew to the capital again.

During this period of time, Emperor Chongzhen was furious for the peasant rebel army to cross the Yellow River, and then he heard the news that cities in the hinterland of Henan had fallen.But in this darkness, the news of Ruzhou's great victory suddenly appeared, like a light in the darkness, making Emperor Chongzhen ecstatic.

But soon, the impeachment memorial for the Ru Ning army's cruelty to the people and false military exploits was submitted.It doesn't matter if the people are harmed. Emperor Chongzhen is not the first brother emperor anymore. Does he know which Ming army won't harm the people?But falsely reporting military exploits made Emperor Chongzhen uncomfortable.Doesn't this make the light in his dark night disappear again?

But then, Wu Shigong's private letter to Qin Gonggong and Ye Zhong's letter to Wang Chengen were also submitted to Emperor Chongzhen's desk.Ye Zhong's letter was like that, but Emperor Chongzhen was immediately attracted by Wu Shigong's letter.

why?Because Wu Shigong's writing is too straightforward and detailed.As an educated person, writing in the most concise and clear language is a compulsory subject for every student.The ministers' memorials that Emperor Chongzhen saw over the years were all gorgeous in writing.But if the text is to be gorgeous, then rhetorical techniques such as exaggeration and metaphor must be used frequently.

However, Emperor Chongzhen could only rely on these ministers' memorials to understand the major events in the world. Such exaggerations and metaphors made Emperor Chongzhen have no idea about the situation in the world.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen read Wu Shigong's letter several times, and finally got a general idea of ​​the situation in Henan and the peasant rebel army.In the process of reading the letter, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts of blaming the Runing Army for falsely reporting military achievements also faded.

Emperor Chongzhen especially appreciated Wu Shigong's tactic of combining regional defense and full-court pressing, and sent someone to transcribe and annotate it himself, and sent Kuaiqi to Governor Chen Qiyu for his reference.

But not long after, Wang Zhixian and other Runing local officials impeached Wu Shigong for implementing the evil law in the Runing Mansion, which made the people in the Runing Mansion resentful. This made Emperor Chongzhen a little puzzled. The contrast between the son-in-law and the son-in-law is too great.

So Emperor Chongzhen summoned Wen Tiren and other great scholars and asked them to analyze what was going on.

Although Wen Tiren and other university scholars have a strong desire for power, they do have rich experience in handling government affairs.They carefully analyzed those impeachment memorials, and even analyzed the three laws and regulations promoted by Wu Shigong in the words and sentences.

After Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he was even more puzzled!These three laws sound like good laws, right?How could it cause resentment among the people of Runing Prefecture?

So the first assistant Wen Tiren explained to Emperor Chongzhen, and also pointed out the problem of execution in the execution of the decree.However, Wen Tiren persuaded: the implementation of these three decrees in this chaotic situation can indeed guarantee the peace of the place, and the reason why the people complained should be because Wu Shigong's Runing Army used this to collect money and seize the private property of the people.

And Wen Tiren also suggested to Emperor Chongzhen: The best way to deal with it now is to stay in the middle school and not send it, as long as Wu Shigong's Runing Army guarantees the stability of the Runing Mansion.After the Shan bandits are wiped out, if Emperor Chongzhen is magnanimous, he will ignore Wu Shigong's past; if the people's grievances are great, Emperor Chongzhen can use Wu Shigong's head to quell the people's grievances, and by the way, he will also establish the good reputation of Emperor Chongzhen as loving the people like a son.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen accepted Wen Tiren's suggestion and temporarily put aside those impeachment memorials.But what Emperor Chongzhen never expected was that, not long after, the impeachment memorial to Wu Shigong was submitted again. (To be continued..)