Chapter 11 The Holy Driving South (IV)

"Your Majesty, Lord Hong Chengchou's memorial has arrived!"

"Oh, take it to the Xingyuan Study room, I will be there in a while." Zhu Yinglong ordered in a deep voice.

Under the light, Zhu Yinglong unfolded Hong Chengchou's secret fold and looked at the date first. He posted it half a month ago.

After receiving Zhu Yinglong's secret order, Hong Chengchou began his own arrangements after leaving. After thinking about it, Hong Chengchou decided to leave by himself, with Zuo Liangyu as the main general, and Huang Degong and He Renlong were all taken away. Although this move was a bit risky, he still thought about it after he thought about it. He still asked Ma Lao Gong to go over and talked about it for a night before making this decision. In addition, Huang Zongxi was in Xiangxi, one in charge of the ruler and the other in charge of the army. He cooperated properly, and with his previous series of strategies, the situation in Xiangxi could be completely stabilized. Then he repaired a secret note to explain the situation and set a date for leaving Hunan, five days earlier than Zhu Yinglong and the others.

Zhu Yinglong ordered people to call Zhuoba over and asked, "How many days will it take to go from Xiangxi to Yangzhou?"

Zhuoba pondered for a moment: "It depends on where to get on the boat."

"Yueyang, stay in Wuchang for about a long time in the middle of the journey." Zhu Yinglong said.

"If you have to calculate this way, if you have a good wind, you will be here in twelve days."

"Twelve days? This means that the gods are almost here." Zhu Yinglong lowered his head and thought, "What day can we reach Yangzhou at the fastest?"

"Five days!"

"So slow?" Zhu Yinglong looked up at Zhuoba in surprise.

"If the emperor does not plan to go to Fengyang, Zhongdu, it will be possible in three days!" Zhuoba said with a calm smile.

"How do you know that I plan to go to Fengyang, Zhongdu?" Zhu Yinglong was even more surprised. He did have this plan, but no one said that, and Zhuoba actually saw it. Could it be that he was a worm in his stomach?

"In fact, the purpose of the emperor's southern expedition was not to be above the war. If it weren't for this reason, so many old ministers in the court would not agree to the emperor's personal expedition. The emperor was in the name of personal expedition, so he wanted to come down to see the people's livelihood and administration, and by the way, look at Zhongdu and worship the imperial tomb." Zhuoba said with a smile.

Zhu Yinglong was very surprised and glad that he sent someone to catch Zhuoba and conquered him. It would be a pity if such a think tank was buried or used by others. He said, "Let's continue!"

"The southern expedition is just the emperor's first step, with the goal of unifying the country, military orders and government orders, and the emperor may have to attack the administration next."

"Continue!" Zhu Yinglong was interested, and see how much Zhuoba knew about his observation and experience in the military camp over the past few days.

"The emperor wants to enrich the country and strengthen the army. The biggest priest in the emperor's heart is the corruption of officials and the corruption of officials. As long as this is the case, enriching the country and strengthening the army is just empty talk. So I guess, the first step after the emperor's southern expedition must be to govern officials!" Zhuoba said.

"Manage the officials?" Zhu Yinglong thought that his first step was to clean up the prison administration, which coincided with what Zhuoba said about "management" but he had not yet reached the concept of theory, and Zhuoba helped him improve this understanding.

"Governing the country is better than governing officials, officials, officials serve kings. Officials are also governing people. Ordinary people are not contacted by officials in the court. Their most often contacts are officials, such as tax collectors, masters, captains, prisoners, etc. The county magistrate is the lord of a county and has a lot of power, but without officials, he will be nothing. There are only a few officials in the Ming Dynasty, and what about officials, ten times more... "

The court only carries out the appointment and removal of officials, and officials have always been hired and granted by officials privately. This seems to reduce the burden on the court and also reflects the court's trust in one party's parents. However, this is precisely the disadvantage. If all officials are honest, then officials will not be able to take advantage of the loopholes. However, all the dynasties are like phoenix-sized officials. A large part of the problem lies in the officials. The imperial examinations are every three years, and tens of thousands of people enter the country to take the exam. One or two white people are the ones who pass the exam. Most of them cannot pass the exam. Those who fail the exam will make a living. These people cannot hold hands and shoulders. Most of them are familiar with official operations and are familiar with criminal laws.

The way out is all over the officials. They have no chance of becoming officials or making money. These people can become scholars and scholars, and they are all smart people. They spare no effort to rush into those who are slaughtering. At least nine levels of the hidden rules of the officialdom are summarized by officials, and then become popular in the officialdom. They are even more effective than the laws of the court. Corruption starts with officials. Officials do not directly contact the people for money. Most of them are completed through officials below, and they are one themselves, prospering and losing. In this way, a yamen often knows that they are corruption, but they can't find any evidence.

"Did Mr. Zhuo mean that I would abolish the system of officials to privately hire clerks and staff members, and instead be directly selected by the court?" Zhu Yinglong understood Zhuoba's meaning, but he could not have imagined that Zhuoba would have such an advanced understanding. Even he did not expect that he was so advanced for a while, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhuoba was secretly frightened because he only thought that the court could strengthen the control and supervision of officials, but he could not have thought that Zhu Yinglong would go further and solve this problem fundamentally. Both officials and officials were appointed by the court, which broke the system of officials' division from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present day. This would be a revolution in the officialdom. It was really hard for him to imagine how much impact it would have on the court to the country if it really turned into a fact.

"emperor……"

"This matter is not urgent, but you have inspired me. There are so many scholars in the world, and they may not be able to take the imperial examinations. If you enter the official career, you say that if I run a school that specializes in training clerks, the clerks hired by officials must have qualification certificates issued by the court in the future, just like you can become an official after you pass the Jinshi. What do you think?" Zhu Yinglong's mind was changed. There was no need to force himself. He could turn around. This would not only cultivate a large number of capable officials, but also discover people with bad intentions as officials as officials as soon as possible. At the same time, those poor Jinshis were released from the outside and selected assistants who were suitable for him, and they could kill the number of them at one stroke.

"Wonderful, Master!" Zhuoba was overwhelmed. This move gave many upright scholars a new way to make a living, allowing scholars who were not good at leveraging the unspoken rules of the officialdom and failing to pass the imperial examination to enter the profession of scholars. Although the official rule cannot be shaken for a while, as long as they persist and with the effective supervision system, the official rule will be cleared.

"You reminded me, otherwise I wouldn't think of it!" Zhu Yinglong and Zhuoba looked at each other. This was also a disguised civil servant exam in later generations. In fact, "official" is a national civil servant, but it was just a different name.

"It's late at night, I should take my leave!" Zhuoba leaned over and said.

Zhu Yinglong nodded with a smile, secretly glad that he had indeed taken over a peerless think tank. Huang Taiji, you are just Fan Wencheng, I have a lot of Fan Wencheng, as for military generals, there are countless. Winning and losing are already destined, so wait and surrender!

"Your Majesty, Lan Rong is asking for a meeting!"

"Let her come in!" Zhu Yinglong was surprised. This girl was so late, so why did she come to her? When she thought of her hypnosis asking her who her lover was, her answer was actually "Dog Emperor". She couldn't help but feel heartbroken. Lan Rong grew up in Japan since she was a child and learned ninjutsu. I heard that Japanese female ninjas all need to undergo bed skills training. They are all beautiful. Most of them were given to other daimyos by their masters as gifts, or sneaking into the enemy, using beauty to obtain intelligence, etc. I don't know if Lan Rong has training in this regard, or if she comes to her so late, will she seduce herself with beauty or take the initiative to sacrifice herself?

Although he pardoned Lan Rong's sin, Zhu Yinglong did not relax his vigilance towards Lan Rong, so when Lan Rong came in, the Hai brothers also came in and listed on both sides of Zhu Yinglong.

"It's so late, is there anything wrong with Guard Lan coming to see me?" Zhu Yinglong asked.

Lan Rong looked at the Hai brothers who were fully alert and said, "Can the emperor invite the two elder brothers Hai out? Lan Rong wants to have a few words to say to the emperor alone."

"Can I believe you?" Zhu Yinglong asked sincerely. Lan Rong's performance has been pretty good in recent days, and his suspicion and vigilance towards Lan Rong are also slowly decreasing.

"If Lan Rong is unfavorable to the emperor, she will be punished by heaven and earth!" Lan Rong swears.

"Okay, I will believe you once!" Zhu Yinglong looked at Lan Rong's clear eyes and nodded.

The Hai brothers walked out and brought the door casually.

"Now you can say it!" Zhu Yinglong also sweated in his palm. If Lan Rong suddenly burst into tears, he had no power to fight back at such a short distance. He really wanted to subdue Lan Rong. Lan Rong's kung fu was far above the Hai brothers. If this assassination master could protect himself closely, his safety would be guaranteed in the future, so it would be worth taking this risk.

"My father may not be dead yet." Lan Rong's eyes suddenly dimmed and she whispered.

It's not surprising that the explosion in the Dragon King Temple only had a thousand kilograms of explosives. It could not be that the exaggerated ten thousand kilograms that Lan Lin said was so much. He ran out and was only a little injured. Lan Lin was ready to retreat, so how could there be something wrong? Therefore, Lan Lin was not dead long ago as he expected. Lan Lin thought that a corpse with a height of about his flying face could be hidden from the world?

"You want to say that your father may have to attack me!" Zhu Yinglong said.

"Well, my father will never give up until he achieves his goal."

"Did you come so late to tell me this? Is there anything else?"

"Lan Rong wants to atone for her father and serve the emperor for the rest of her life, but she just begs the emperor not to kill my father!" Lan Rong suddenly knelt in front of Zhu Yinglong and kowtowed.

"Get up, now your father wants to kill me. I don't even know where your father is. How can I kill him?" Zhu Yinglong said.

"If the emperor can promise Lan Rong not to kill my father, Lan Rong will be the emperor in the future and let the emperor deal with it!" Lan Rong bit her cherry lips tightly, her cheeks flushed.

Lan Lin, how can you have such a daughter? Zhu Yinglong sighed and said, "It's not that I'm cold-blooded, but your father repeatedly assassinated the king. The criminals are so terrible that even the French law cannot tolerate. Unless he surrenders himself, how can you forgive me for his sins and explain them to the people of the world. Besides, he is him, you are you, how can you let you redeem his sins? Atonement is not such a redeemable law. What have I become? Can I trample on the court's laws for the sake of women?"

"Emperor, it is natural for the father to pay off his debts and sons to pay back..."

"I only know that one person does things and is responsible for others. That is a crime that is a crime. This matter is over. Don't mention it again in the future!" Zhu Yinglong flatly rejected Lan Rong. Even if he wants to get Lan Rong, he would not use this method. Lan Lin's crime is unforgivable. Even if he surrenders himself, he can only spend his life in prison. To make Lan Lin surrender, it seems to him that it is a fantasy.

Finally, Lan Rong stood up and left sadly. After Lan Rong was fucked by this, Zhu Yinglong was completely sleepy. Lan Lin was always a disaster. He came without a trace and went without a trace. If he held the banner, it would be easy to solve the problem. The key was that his mind seemed to have been flooded. He really thought that if he killed himself, the world would be in chaos and he could become the emperor? This was too incredible. The thinking angles of father and daughter were so incomprehensible.
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