back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 882
As Lu Chengqi expected, after Cai Jing's case got out, within two days, his Long case was already full of memorials for pleading guilty.

They all thought, the law does not blame the public, if others have done it, if I don't do it, wouldn't it be a big loss?Even if you want to settle accounts, we all calculate together.Besides, I'm not the only one who did this, maybe the Holy One won't punish you if there are too many people!
In fact, they all overestimated themselves. In Dashun, the most indispensable thing is people who want to be officials.

Nowadays, the imperial examination is held every two years, and there are still 80 candidates who come to take the exam, just to compete for the thousands of official places.And most people are nerds who don't know the grain and don't work hard, and they just want to be an official.Even if they were lucky, they would have to spend their entire lives going back and forth between the tenth-rank official and the seventh-rank official.

No matter what era, those who are capable can always climb up; those who are not capable can only stand still or even regress.

Under this premise, is Lu Chengqi afraid that no one will be willing to be an official?
Even if the current senior officials are replaced, the entire Dashun will be fine!

The real work is done by tenth-rank officials. These high-ranking officials are just pointing fingers, laymen leading experts.It doesn't hurt to change it, it's just that Lu Chengqi will have a reputation of being mean and ungrateful.

Anyway, Lu Chengqi's harsh treatment of officials has already become famous all over the world, and he doesn't care about the reputation of "mean and unkind".

Feng Jing, the new chief minister of the cabinet, has a headache. In the past two days, he has received more than a thousand memorials for guilt.

No, he asked someone to come over with a large stack of memorials: "Your Majesty, there is another memorial for guilt."

Lu Chengqi said lightly: "Let's put it aside, these people should be beaten up, otherwise they will all go to the house!"

Hearing the emperor's ulterior motives, Feng Jing didn't dare to answer casually, but said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the case of Cai Jing has caused quite a shock, and if it hurts the nation's health, I don't know what your majesty will do." disposal?"

"How else can we deal with it? To tell you the truth, I have a list of the Supervision Department, and the evidence is conclusive. Within half a month, if you don't make a confession on your own, you will be dismissed from office." Lu Chengqi said indifferently.

Feng Jing was startled. After all, he was the cruel emperor who beheaded more than two hundred corrupt officials without blinking an eye. His handling method was really simple and rude. "Then... what about those who have already made an apology?"

Lu Chengqi put down his brush, looked at the cautious Feng Jing, and suddenly smiled and said: "This is easier to handle. Previously, the officials sent officials to Annan Prefecture, and they pushed each other, saying that Annan Prefecture is remote, full of miasma, and infested by wild animals. Even if they go, most of them are tenth-rank officials in order to seek promotion. These criminal officials, after confiscating their illegal gains, are all arranged to Annan Prefecture. According to the evaluation, those who are not up to the good will never be sent back to the Central Plains!"

Feng Jing had to say that this move was indeed ruthless.The so-called traveling from thousands of miles to be an official is only for food, drink and clothing.If these officials are confiscated and their property is confiscated, how can they know how to make a living?Still not obediently governing An Nanzhou properly, dare not make a mistake?Lu Chengqi's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It not only punished bad officials and businessmen, knocked mountains and shaken tigers, but also solved An Nanzhou's problems by the way. High, really high!Feng Jing looked at Lu Chengqi with a hint of awe.

If it was the former Lu Chengqi, he would definitely not have such a wrist.

Corrupt officials?malfeasance?
In the past, Lu Chengqi thought it would be better to kill it with one knife, so as not to waste food.

But now Lu Chengqi realized that even a wooden stick, a piece of waste paper, and a piece of obscene clothes all have their uses, let alone a living person!

It is good that these officials are insatiable, but they are not without merit.At least it is worthwhile to take advantage of their psychology of wanting to continue to be an official and squeeze their value to the greatest extent.In fact, these officials have good means and experience, but they just don't want to suffer.Thinking about it, Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years, and once he is famous all over the world, how can he go back to the bitter days of eating bran and swallowing vegetables?
How bitter the life was before, how distorted the personality was, how crazy it is to make money now, how extravagant the life is.

Human nature is like a spring, the tighter it is, the greater the rebound.Facing the temptation of the flamboyant world, not everyone is Liu Xiahui's.

Employing people based on human nature is what Lu Chengqi has realized in recent years.

Feng Jing nodded silently, and said: "Your Majesty's move is very satisfying, it is really the best policy..."

"Stop flattering me. Is there any other important thing besides this matter? If not, the chief assistant should go to the cabinet to be on duty, and I still have to review the memorial!"

Seeing that Lu Chengqi was really busy, Feng Jing couldn't help admiring him.Many emperors were lazy, so they gave their close ministers a chance to be in power.If the emperor is diligent, how can these close ministers have the opportunity to be ministers in power?However, there are many emperors who are diligent in administration, but the emperor who is diligent in administration and knows how to be lazy is the only one in front of him.Creating an original cabinet is equivalent to finding more than a dozen secretaries to help him deal with political affairs and give opinions.If it's a trivial matter, Lu Chengqi doesn't need to pay attention to it at all. Anyway, the opinions in the cabinet will be unified.If it's a major event, the cabinet can't make it right, so he, the emperor, has to be called in.If even Lu Chengqi's question is not sure, it will be brought up in the Li Dynasty, and a court meeting will be held for a general vote.

Even so, the memorials that Lu Chengqi reads every day are taller than one person, and he also has to look at those classical Chinese essays.Fortunately, he found a way. Generally, the beginning and the end of memorials are full of nonsense, just read the general content in the middle.The cabinet was also drawn out by the way, and even helped Lu Chengqi break and draw a sentence.

In this way, Lu Chengqi's work efficiency has been greatly improved.However, the territory was too big and the memorials were too big, Lu Chengqi couldn't take it anymore, he needed someone to hammer his shoulders and loosen his back every day.

"It's all occupational diseases!"

Lu Chengqi expressed such emotion more than once.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do." Feng Jing said seriously.

"Oh? Let's talk about it..."

Lu Chengqi stood up and moved around a few times. If he sat for too long, his shoulders and lumbar spine would ache.

"Recently, a businessman from Great Qin traveled across the ocean and set foot in Chang'an, wanting to meet His Majesty..." Feng Jing knew that the so-called Great Qin was thousands of miles away, next to an ocean called the Mediterranean Sea.

"puff!!!"

Lu Chengqi just picked up his teacup and took a sip. Hearing this, he almost spit out a mouthful of tea.

"What, Western Europeans have arrived in the Central Plains?"

Feng Jing was a little surprised: "Your Majesty seems to be very surprised. They have indeed arrived in the Central Plains, and even Chang'an. I have arranged for them to stay in a posthouse."

Lu Chengqi asked nervously, "How did they get here?"

(End of this chapter)