back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 141
After Xiao Huangmen reported back to Lu Chengqi, Lu Chengqi nodded secretly.Li Jie's reaction was completely within his expectations.Xiao Huangmen didn't leave, and Li Jie started to arrange work, and was not affected by Huang Xishi's resignation from the former minister of the Ministry of Industry.

In fact, in the yamen of the Dashun Dynasty, almost all the small officials who could not take the imperial examination shouldered the heavy responsibility of doing things, and those high-ranking officials actually had no real talents.Even if those senior officials left one by one, under the management of the small officials, the yamen can still run smoothly without any sense of hindrance.The general yamen chief officer is actually the mouthpiece for the news. When the news comes from above, the small officials below will start to do things.If these small officials have a strong background, they can still work as officials from the ninth rank, but it is impossible to get a real job or a promotion.

The days of Lu Chengqi's rebirth are still short, and he doesn't know much about these secrets and rules of the officialdom.If he knew that these petty officials were so miserable, and they did much more work than a county magistrate every month, their salaries would not be paid by the imperial court, but by every official who hired them.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Dashun dynasty, it was felt that the previous dynasty's control over the local area was too weak, so it further strengthened the centralized rule and strengthened the control over the local area.Various policies and regulations formulated by the imperial court were issued to the whole country in the form of edicts, and various information on local state capitals were also reported to the imperial court in the form of memorials.The exchange of official documents was more frequent than in any previous period, and the work of copying, checking, approving, sending and receiving, and delivering official documents was mainly done by small officials in each yamen, who became a bridge between the imperial court and local state capitals.

In addition to handling documents and being driven by officials, the small officials in the local government also had to collect taxes, escort officials, manage warehouses, maintain law and order, etc., and the division of labor was also very detailed.The small officials in these local prefectures are collectively referred to as "gongren", and they can be divided into "cangli" (in charge of warehouses), "gangli" (escorting official objects), Jiatou (collecting taxes), and blocking officials according to their different jobs. (Searching for tax evasion), "jailer" (care of the prison), security officer (maintaining rural law and order), etc.It can be said that Dashun has the largest number of officials in all dynasties, counting the minor officials, which inevitably led to the phenomenon of redundant officials.

Officials in Dashun have a limited term of office, usually every three years, and those who are as short as a few months will move away frequently. This makes it difficult for these officials to have a deep understanding of the actual situation in the area or department they work in.Small officials are not the case. Most of them are local people in their hometown. They usually work in a certain yamen for a long time. They are familiar with the various regulations and legal provisions in the yamen, and understand the local social status and customs.Therefore, when officials are willing to let go of their arrogance and listen to the suggestions of small officials, they can often find the right way to solve the problem and avoid or reduce mistakes in policy formulation.However, during the Yuanshou period of the first emperor, a small official wrote to the court, saying that most of the confidential documents of the North Deployment Department were in the hands of the small official, which would easily leak military aircraft.The imperial court immediately ordered that officials are strictly prohibited from entrusting confidential matters to minor officials.

Dashun's laws are much more complete than those of previous dynasties. Each yamen has its own special administrative regulations, and the legal provisions are becoming more and more complicated. This makes it difficult for officials who have just taken office to adapt. An old official who is in charge and proficient in laws and regulations.Even the edicts drafted by Hanlin scholars had to be reviewed and read by Kongmu officials before they were issued, so as not to make mistakes, which would be a major event that would arouse public outrage.

But some small officials are also evil officials, and they are more corrupt than some officials.The small officials were scattered in all levels of yamen from the imperial court to the local prefectures, with different functions and different methods of bribery: the small officials who entered the Zouyuan leaked secrets to invite profits; , while the small officials in charge of the government's property waited for an opportunity to embezzle and steal.The most harmful ones were the small officials in the three provinces of the imperial court, especially the small officials (quan officials) who were in charge of personnel management, relocation and dismissal of officials. The purpose of intimidating officials is nothing more than extorting bribes or venting personal anger.Fortunately, Lu Chengqi withdrew the three provinces and set up a cabinet, which was able to suppress this unhealthy trend.

But changing the soup does not change the medicine, the operation of the cabinet also needs small officials.Otherwise, relying on those twelve cabinet ministers alone, they wouldn't be able to do much in a day.

In addition to corruption, it is common for evil officials to oppress officials. It has been a long time.As specific personnel in the government, petty officials are subject to officials, and they often achieve favoritism through dealing with officials: when they meet honest and diligent officials, they temporarily restrain their behavior; when they meet mediocre officials, they steal power and seize power; Then work hand in hand with it.For local officials, whenever they sit in the hall and look around, they are all small local officials in their hometown, and they are easily dismissed.In this way, it is not the official who is really talking about the matter.This is also why local banditry has been repeatedly banned. These petty officials have colluded with the bandits for personal gain. How dare officials without any foundation dare to provoke them?
The petty officials in the local state capital not only collude with officials and gangsters, but also collude with local rich men to oppress the common people.Some invaded the land of the people, and some forged the tax books to steal the tax; what's more, they passed the taxes of the rich to the ordinary households.These behaviors not only caused a large loss of court revenue, but also increased the burden on households.

However, Lu Chengqi failed to see the harm of evil officials, because he was in a high position and lacked personal experience of the suffering of the people.

The Xiaohuangmen sent to proclaim the decree set off at the same time.The yamen of the Ministry of Industry is relatively close, so it is natural to turn around quickly.And Xiaohuangmen, who went to the Forbidden Army's camp to announce the decree, naturally turned around slowly.After more than an hour, Xiao Huangmen, who was riding a horse, finally returned to the palace, and reported to Lu Chengqi about Fatty Lu's receipt of the order.

Hearing that Fatty Lu was holding the military talisman stupidly, and was speechless, Lu Chengqi couldn't help smiling, but also worried: "This Fatty Lu is not a person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind. If so, it's not worth it." A lot of training. I hope these little bandits can catch him easily, otherwise, I can't keep him..."

Lu Chengqi still has a good impression of this Fatty Lu, and wants to raise him, but if he can't even complete such a "simple" bandit suppression, then Lu Chengqi will have nothing to do.It's not that you won't be given a chance, but that you don't know how to cherish it!

At the same time, the imperial decree and military talisman to mobilize the Xiang army have been proclaimed to various state capitals through Kuaima.It was a long journey, and a strong eunuch would not be able to do it.

What Lu Chengqi meant was to train the imperial army to train an elite army.And the local Xiang army will also slowly gather in the Forbidden Army camp to receive training and weed out unqualified soldiers.Then the frontier army will do the same.Through unified and effective training, a team of elite soldiers can be trained, so as to meet Lu Chengqi's expectations.

Lu Chengqi couldn't let the army go down like this. If the Jurchen rises at that time, I'm afraid there will be no soldiers capable of fighting except the frontier army and the forbidden army. How can we defend our home and country?
Lu Chengqi's ambition is probably not just to defend the nomads, but his ambition is to completely conquer the grassland.But the army is unbearable, no matter how ambitious he is, it's nothing more than a dream...

(End of this chapter)