The restructuring activities in Beizhili were carried out vigorously. Not only were many officials sent to the Central Government, but also many local officials were forcibly recruited. The scope of its influence was very wide.

Chen Zizhuang is one of them.

Chen Zizhuang, who was in Wanli forty-seven years, was later awarded the post of editor of the Hanlin Academy, and has been staying in the Hanlin Academy since then. It stands to reason that after a few years of experience in the Hanlin Academy, he would be released to take charge of politics.

One side.

However, the original normal path was completely distorted due to Zhu Youxiao's major changes. He did not serve as the examiner of the Zhejiang Provincial Examination as in history, but was sent to Baoding Prefecture and became the capital of the Baoding Prefecture Metropolitan Examination Branch.

Censor, in charge of the construction work of the entire Baoding Prefecture's Metropolitan Procuratorate.

With so many agencies under the Metropolitan Procuratorate, position became a big issue. The highest official in the central government was the left and right censors. What was the name of that place? Provinces, prefectures and counties were difficult to divide into levels. Later, the top leader, left and right censors

Sun Juxiang, the censor of the capital, simply didn't want to think about it anymore. Let's make it simpler and call them all censors of the capital, just add the place name in front of them.

This move also inspired Dali Temple. Cao Yubian, the minister of Dali Temple, was also troubled by various titles. Seeing that Sun Juxiang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate adopted this method, he also followed suit and dealt with it directly.

So in this case, Chen Zizhuang became the censor of the capital of Baoding, with a rank of 5, which was only one rank lower than the magistrate of Baoding, who had a rank of 4.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the grades of each prefecture were different, but later they agreed to change it to the fourth grade. Later, after the governor became a permanent official, all the officials in each province were demoted one level, and the chief envoy was reduced from the second grade to the second grade.

, and the prefect changed from the fourth rank to the fourth rank.

However, this rank may not be maintained for long. Now that Beizhili has been withdrawn from direct control and changed into a province, the newly appointed governor Li Banghua is only at the third rank. It is foreseeable that the prefect's rank from fourth rank will definitely be lowered.

There are no chief envoys in Northern Zhili. The seven or eight prefectures and scattered prefectures are directly under the jurisdiction of the central government. There are no higher officials above them. This also reduces the burden on the construction of the provincial government. However, it is also

It is precisely because of this that there has always been controversy over where to locate the provincial capital and the following state capitals.

However, recently Li Banghua has made plans and wants to set the provincial capital in the ancient city of Zhuozhou. However, this involves Shuntian Prefecture and the administrative divisions between prefectures. Zhuozhou is now affiliated with Shuntian Prefecture. If Li Banghua wants to come, he must go through

The emperor's consent.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Chen Zizhuang, who is in Baoding. What he should be concerned about now is how to do his job well and run the Baoding Prefectural Police Branch.

The current Metropolitan Procuratorate has undergone great changes from the former Metropolitan Procuratorate. It has many more functions. It not only has to supervise local officials and impeach them for their illegal behavior, but also has judicial matters, such as filing cases for investigation, public prosecutors, etc.

, supervising the judicial system, he is very worried about it.

But he didn't dare not read it. These were written by His Majesty the Emperor himself. As the top leader in the administrative work of the Procuratorate in the future, he must have control over it. These are just small things, and more matters are for the counties under his jurisdiction.

He is also responsible for the establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This is very troublesome. There are only a few unemployed officials in the capital, and even fewer can directly serve as governors of a prefecture. Therefore, those who come out of the capital, that is, each prefecture and county is assigned a chief official.

As for the manpower below, you have to find a way by yourself, either ask the governor, or recruit it yourself from the local area.

This time for the restructuring of Hebei Province, the cabinet really worked hard and delegated a lot of powers. One of them is the right to recruit. As long as the talents needed for the establishment of any organization are available in the local area, the local chief can forcibly recruit them.

Those who refuse to follow the establishment will be promoted to academic officials in various places, dismissed from their positions, and will never be used again.

However, even so, Chen Zizhuang did not find many satisfactory subordinates. The academic style is not strong in this place. Even if he is a candidate, his knowledge is about the same as that of a scholar in the Jiangnan area, so he has to pay attention to how to use it.

After nearly two months of busy work, Chen Zizhuang finally completed the construction of the Baoding Prefectural Police Branch, and the various departments were divided according to the documents issued by the cabinet.

"It's just, how should I carry out my work?" On this day, Chen Zizhuang was sitting in his office, looking through the Di Bao and the Imperial Daily with dull eyes. The latest news in the center was the scene of Emperor Tianqi's triumphant return.

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"His Majesty has been back for several days. Although I have set up a branch of the Metropolitan Police here, there is still nothing to do. What should I do if His Majesty takes a test?" Chen Zizhuang's face was full of sorrow, and he could take charge of the government.

On the one hand, he is naturally very happy. Even though he is the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is easy to make achievements.

However, correspondingly, if you do not do well, it will be very obvious, especially during this period, personal achievements are directly displayed in front of the emperor. Except for mistakes, the future will be worrying.

"Sir, the prefect sent someone to send a message, asking you to join him in welcoming the police chief sent down from above." Suddenly, a civil servant knocked on the door and walked in. These civil servants are all administrative officials who lead the country.

of salary.

"Chief of the police station?" Chen Zizhuang was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed, "Is it finally here? The police department has finally started to set up!" Putting a stack of newspapers in his hand, he ran out and headed towards the city gate.

go.

The changes in the officialdom of the entire Hebei Province are from top to bottom. No matter how many provincial yamen have to be built, even the government yamen have also undergone many changes. For example, the six offices that were modeled after the six central ministries are now officially included in the official system, and those in charge are all given official status.

, improve the level.

Originally, the cabinet's intention was to re-select officials to take over, but the emperor found it troublesome and directly promoted them on the spot with a stroke of a pen. All the economic and administrative officials who had been in charge of each department were promoted to officials and entered into the promotion and removal process in the officialdom.

"What are you afraid of? Just promote them on the spot. Anyway, now we have the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Those who don't do well will go through the procedures and be sent to prison." It is said that these are the emperor's original words. This sentence is like a basin of ice water, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Those officials wearing black gauze and official uniforms were alert, and they must not threaten petty profits and ruin the great future as before.

By the time Chen Zizhuang arrived at the gate of Fucheng, several important leaders had arrived, except for himself.

"Master Chen, here we come!" The prefect Chen Xin was the first to salute, followed by Wang Lei from the Dali Branch Temple in Baoding Prefecture, as well as the heads of various houses, and all the prominent official figures here came.

"Hello, everyone!" Chen Zizhuang saluted everyone one by one without making any excuses.

After saluting, everyone stood quietly, waiting for the arrival. Taking this opportunity, Chen Zizhuang secretly asked the prefect, "Mr. Chen, I don't have an official notice, so I don't know who the so-called police chief is?

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"Master Chen..." This title made the prefect Chen Xin feel awkward, as if he was calling himself, but unfortunately the other person's surname was also Chen, so it was really difficult to change his name, so he said awkwardly, "You should know,

The empire has established a new police department, and there is also a police department under the governor's yamen. The Baoding Prefecture Police Department is the corresponding department. I heard that there was not enough manpower before, so it was not established. Now that His Majesty has returned and has sufficient manpower, it will naturally start

It’s laid.”

"Where did it come from? We have to wait for His Majesty's imperial chariot to come back from the expedition in person. Could it be that he is from the same Jinyi Guardsman as the Capital Police Station?" Chen Zizhuang asked curiously, with a more polite tone. After all, the other party is the prefect, and he is older.

It’s not too much to be respectful to someone who is older than himself.

"Hey, where else could it be, the Yulin Army!" Magistrate Chen Xin spread his hands and looked helpless.

"Yulin Army!?" Chen Zizhuang opened his mouth, "Is this...this...is that correct? Can a military leader follow the case?"

"You haven't read the newspaper delivered yesterday, right?" Magistrate Chen Xin gave him a strange look.

"No, I've been too busy these two days and didn't have time to see it." Chen Zizhuang returned embarrassedly.

"That's right. If you read it, you won't like this idea." Chen Xin explained in a faint tone, "In the imperial newspaper, His Majesty has clearly issued a document to re-establish the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which will be opposite to the cabinet and will be in charge of government affairs."

One is in charge of the army, the civil and military forces are divided into separate rulers, and the big and small are relative."

"Ah!" Chen Zizhuang was very surprised. This was big news. "Even so, a soldier comes to serve as a civilian..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Xin interrupted directly, "The police are a military position. Although they belong to government agencies at all levels, they are undoubtedly a military position."

"In other words, I will be an official with a vulgar warrior in the future?" Chen Zizhuang asked with an ugly face.

"That's true. We have to deal with him." Chen Xin was depressed. The police station was in charge of public security and was considered his subordinate. He couldn't avoid it no matter what.

The same is true for Chen Zizhuang. The Metropolitan Procuratorate also has a supervisory role in the police station. The Metropolitan Procuratorate's work book clearly states that it is its duty to urge the police station to solve cases.

"Hey!" Looking at the officials next to him who were wearing official-style clothes, and thinking about the possibility of someone with the skin of a killer among them in the future, Chen Zizhuang suddenly felt that his future official career would be dark.

"Stop sighing, look, here we come." Chen Xin tugged on his sleeves, and together with Wang Lei next to him, the three of them stepped forward to greet him.

I saw more than ten riders coming from far away, stopping at the gate of the city in the dust.

"I've met the prefect."

The leader was wearing a military uniform. Judging from the mark on his shoulder, he was a captain. According to the newspaper, he was equivalent to the seventh rank of a civilian official. After quickly sizing up the other person, Chen Zizhuang made a secret judgment in his heart.

"Everyone is finally here, please come in quickly. I have already prepared a banquet in a restaurant in the city, so that you can take your seats." After all, Chen Xin is the prefect, and he has a better view of the overall situation. He soon saw the dozen or so people opposite him sizing them up.

On the other hand, apart from the powerful aura, what impressed him most was the opponent's body.

Almost every human body has some form of disability, either a few fingers are missing, or an arm is missing, or parts of the nose, eyes, ears, etc. are missing.
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