Speaking of this, as long as you are not stupid, you will know that the prince sitting in front of everyone has already made the decision to reuse these people in your heart.

Zhou Changjun, facing Wei Zheng's strong support for him, his face was flushed red because of excitement.

Wei Zheng had just finished speaking, and Mr. Zhou, who was forced and besieged by everyone at the same time, seemed to suddenly find a breakthrough to vent his aggrievance, followed him and shouted loudly...

"Prince, I can't guarantee anything else. But there is one thing I dare to guarantee here. The proportion of people who are worried about being taken down by corruption after becoming officials is definitely far lower than that of others."

"If the prince and all the lords are not at ease, we can also formulate some laws specifically for these people... If there is any corruption during the period of being an official, the royal family will be seized..."

"Compared with their value of tens of thousands of taels, even hundreds of thousands of taels, and millions of taels of silver. I believe that no one will risk corruption of tens of thousands of taels, or even thousands of taels of silver. Because this corruption is not cost-effective for them!"

"In addition, I have another idea. In order to avoid these people from becoming officials, they can open a door to convenience for their family's business. The royal palace can also set a rule: all officials' family business cannot enter the jurisdiction of this official during their official career... Of course, what I have mentioned is only for county magistrates, prefects, even patrol officials and governors scattered in various places. As for the officials of various departments of the royal palace, they are not within the scope of the agreed rules..."

It can be said that the two ideas proposed by Zhou Changjun and Mr. Zhou almost cut off the idea that merchants might be corrupt after becoming officials.

So. After Zhou Changjun finished speaking, Wei Zheng seemed to be playing a double act and said in great cooperation: "Okay, just do it like this... Lord Wang, write down the two ideas proposed by Lord Zhou immediately and further improve them... After reading this, I will immediately issue them in the form of the orders of the royal palace..."

"Yes. Prince..." Wang Peng, with an embarrassing face, had to compromise under Wei Zheng's smart eyes. Then, he said with a look of unwillingness to accept the order.

Wang Peng compromised, but Zhou Shuyuan still did not compromise.

You should know that the old man who first followed Wei Zheng to conquer the world, that is, the officials led by themselves. Because they were all bandits, few people passed this exam.

If no one passes the exam, it means that the strength of one's own faction will not increase in this election.

There is a saying that goes, sail against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat...

When Mr. Zhou and Wang Peng had a large number of subordinates who were granted official positions and were entrusted with important tasks, if their strength could not be increased, it would mean that after the end of this official position, his strength and influence in the royal palace would greatly shrink...

Thinking of this, Zhou Shuyuan had to stand up and continue to interfere: "Prince, I agree very much with your words and Lord Zhou... The families of these people are already very powerful, and after becoming officials, they will never embezzle..."

"But, what I want to say is that these people have no experience in being an official after all. If they rashly entrusted them with important tasks, wouldn't it be too risky? It's a bit of a boost to grow... So, my idea is that we won't entrust these people with important tasks for the time being, let them stay in deputy positions at all levels of yamen for a while and learn..."

Facing Zhou Shuyuan, who had already begun to have his own little thoughts in front of him, Wei Zheng asked without anger and laughed: "What about those very important official positions... Although their rights are not that great, they are still very important for yamen at all levels..."

Zhou Shuyuan did not realize that Wei Zheng's tone had changed unknowingly.

Zhou Shuyuan, who saw that Wei Zheng had been led to the road he wanted to see, had already left in his heart and answered without thinking: "I wonder if the prince still remembers the old people who followed us into the pass..."

Wei Zheng nodded and replied: "Of course I remember... they all fought on the battlefield with me. I will never forget them in my life... I remember that in order to take care of them, since I served as the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, these people have been allowed to serve as some not-so-important official positions in yamen at all levels, and they have an official position..."

"You know, although those official positions are not very important deputy positions, in terms of grades, almost none of them are lower than the seventh grade. These old people have never read books, some of them can't even write in their own name, and now they are all soaring to the sky..."

Seeing that Wei Zheng was still obsessed with these old people and was filled with emotion, Zhou Shuyuan became more confident in the thoughts in his heart.

Just after Wei Zheng finished speaking, Zhou Shuyuan followed suit and suggested.

"Prince, my idea is that all the official positions of the yamen at all levels in Beizhili and Shandong provinces are from these old ministers... I have two reasons here, I hope you can agree with it..."

"First, with the rank of these old subordinates, all of them can be promoted. Moreover, these old subordinates have been in the position of deputy positions for at least one year. Compared with those children of businessmen who have no experience in official positions, they obviously have a lot of experience."

"Secondly, these old subordinates were brought out by the prince, and there is absolutely no problem in terms of sincerity. Both the provinces of Beizhili and Shandong have just fallen into the hands of our tiger and leopard army. At this time, we need some old subordinates who are sincere to the prince to manage the local area and win over the hearts of the people... My idea is to promote these old subordinates from Shandong and Shaanxi provinces to Northern Zhili and Shandong to serve as official positions in yamen at all levels, appoint these scholars and businessmen who have just passed the assessment as deputy positions, learn experience, and then entrust important tasks in the future..."

Generally speaking, Zhou Shuyuan's idea can definitely be called a very experienced way of employing people. However, the situation Wei Zheng is facing now is not ordinary. Not only is it unusual, but it is also very special.

Why do you say that, there are two reasons.

The two provinces of Beizhili and Shandong have indeed just fallen into their own hands and need people who are sincere in themselves to win the hearts of the people.

However, compared with winning the hearts of the people, there is another more important thing that needs Wei Zheng to do, that is, carry out land reform in Northern Zhili and Shandong, and rectify the official system...

In general, officials who are provocative to serve as official positions at all levels are those who are entrusted with important tasks and go to local areas to do things.

Therefore, the old subordinates who didn't even recognize these words and only knew how to kill people on the battlefield could not meet their requirements at all.

As for the second and the reasons, that's even simpler...

Because he often went on expeditions, Zhou Shuyuan's prestige in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi has been closely following him. If he handed over all the official positions in the Beizhili and Shandong provinces to Zhou Shuyuan and let people from the faction of Zhou Shuyuan take over, then Zhou Shuyuan's authority in the Beiwang Palace will be unrivaled.

Since the Northern King’s Mansion already has factions, I will not allow one faction to dominate one. Because the three factions are mutually restraining each other, it is conducive to managing the Northern King’s Mansion and becoming the well-deserved first person in the Northern King’s Mansion.

Therefore, after Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, Wei Zheng refused without thinking: No, the official positions of the yamen at all levels of the Northern Zhili and Shandong provinces are here to do things, not for the elderly. If these old subordinates are allowed to serve as regular positions, it will not take long to go, and the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi will become in chaos... "Of course, this does not mean that I do not believe in these old subordinates, but these old subordinates do not have the ability to serve as county magistrates, prefects... these official positions... "

Wei Zheng's words were decisive and did not reveal any room for negotiation.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Shuyuan's confident face just now turned pale.

Wang Peng, who was standing aside, saw Zhou Shuyuan also being stubborn, immediately seized the opportunity to beat the dog in the water and followed him and echoed.

"Prince, I also think that the Prime Minister's suggestion is inappropriate. If scholars all over the world know that the Northern King's Mansion would rather appoint a group of people who don't even know their own names as county magistrates and prefects. Then these scholars would not scold our Northern King's Mansion to death... Even the children of merchants and scholars who passed the assessment would lose confidence in our Northern King's Mansion..."

At this time, Wang Peng was already sure that Beiwang Wei Zheng had already been determined to entrust important tasks to these merchants' children and support Mr. Zhou, increasing Mr. Zhou's determination to increase his power in the Northern Palace.

Since this determination is unchangeable, why did I still oppose it repeatedly, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Beiwang Wei Zheng with him?

Besides, those who pass the exam and are about to be entrusted with important tasks, and almost 300 people who will become officials will join their own factions after they become officials.

Therefore, at the critical moment, Wang Peng made a very wise choice to compromise, suppress Zhou Shuyuan, and supported Beiwang Weizheng and Zhou Changjun...

Wang Peng's sudden attack was both beyond Wei Zheng's expectations and within Wei Zheng's expectations.

Since Wang Peng had already spoken, Wei Zheng certainly would not miss this opportunity to distract from the relationship between Wang Peng and Zhou Shuyuan.

As soon as Wang Peng finished speaking, Wei Zheng followed and asked: "Since you are against it, I want to know, do you have any good ideas if you have any good ideas?"

Since he had made a decision to support Wei Zheng in his heart, Wang Peng no longer hesitated and said directly: "Prince, I completely agree with your idea and entrusted important tasks to these people who passed the assessment..."

"As for the Prime Minister's concerns, I think we don't have to worry at all. Because the Standing Committee system we implemented in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces has helped us solve this concern..."
Chapter completed!