The Standing Committee system is a good way to avoid excessive concentration of power and dictatorships at all levels of yamen. At the same time, it also avoids mistakes in the general principles and directions of yamen...

As soon as Wang Peng's explanation came out, Zhou Shuyuan wisely shut up.

Therefore, the first factional struggle since the establishment of the Tiger and Leopard Army ended with the complete victory of Zhou Chang's army with Wei Zheng's intervention.

In the prefect of Baoding Prefecture, Li Xinzhong, the eldest son of the Li family, who had been preparing for several days, not only did not intend to embezzle one tael of silver as the prefect, but also brought 50,000 taels of silver with him, preparing to make some achievements as the prefect of Baoding Prefecture and be promoted as soon as possible...

However, these are all the dreams of Li Xinzhong, who has no experience as an official and is the first time he becomes an official.

Because the complexity of the officialdom is far beyond his imagination.

On the first day of taking office, he had to face land reform and boost disaster victims... a series of major events that concern everyone in Baoding Prefecture...

It’s okay to say that the victims of Zhenji were not an official, although Li Xinwen had never been an official. However, the powerful Li family has two major events in Zhenji for the victims of Zhenji every year. As the eldest son of the Li family, Li Xinzhong participated without any surprises. Therefore, although Li Xinzhong has never been an official, he can still learn and apply it.

However, there is no experience in land reform...

Not only Li Xinzhong, a novice in the officialdom, but also those old foxes who have been in the court for more than ten years have never experienced it...

Just as Li Xinzhong frowned and thought about where to start the land reform, a county magistrate from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces was now appointed as the deputy governor of the fifth-rank Baoding Prefecture. He hurriedly found him.

Seeing Li Xinzhonghou, who was full of government, Tang Yongzhong, as a subordinate, did not give a big gift to himself according to the rules of the court. Instead, he gave a very simple meeting gift and stood directly in front of him.

If such behavior is placed in the court, it will definitely not be able to escape the crime of despising Shangguan.

Sitting on a chair, Li Xinzhong, who was not fully aware of the various rules of the Northern King's Mansion, subconsciously wanted to get angry.

In his eyes, as the prefect of Baoding and the largest official in Baoding Prefecture, Tang Yongzhong, as a subordinate, dared not to give him a great gift. There was only one reason, that is, Tang Yongzhong bullied him and was a novice who had never been an official, and planned to use these to give himself a warning.

However, even so, I can't do anything to him? After all, I don't have any foundation in Baoding Mansion...

Just as a hint of anger flashed across Li Xinzhong's face and was about to speak, Tang Yongzhong, who had already made him very dissatisfied, actually spoke first: "Sir, the royal family has strictly ordered a month to complete the land reform in their respective jurisdictions. I come and ask. Is there any instructions for the prefect? ​​If there is no instructions, I immediately ask the counties to start land reform..."

"You ask?" After hearing the arrogant question of Tang Yongzhong, even if Li Xinzhong's Shen Mansion is deep, he is still a young man no matter how old he is.

So, as soon as Tang Yongzhong finished speaking, Li Xinzhong couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Tang, don't forget that I am the prefect of Baoding Prefecture appointed by the royal palace. Even if I give orders to each county, I will still be sent to him. Besides, has I ever asked you to be responsible for land reform? I remember that from the time I took office, this is the second time I met you!"

As soon as Li Xinzhong finished speaking, Tang Yongzhong understood that the prefect in front of him was not familiar with the rules of the Northern King's Mansion. Not only that, the prefect in front of him was still working in accordance with the rules of the court.

Therefore, the expression on Tang Yongzhong's face did not change at all when it came to the anger shown in Li Xinzhong's words.

However, as a senior in the officialdom, although Li Xinzhong's rank and official position were higher than himself, Tang Yongzhong decided to remind Li Xinwen seriously to avoid Li Xinwen's mistakes.

Because, through the Northern King's Mansion entrusted the important tasks of Li Xinwen, Tang Yongzhong was sure that the Northern King's Mansion attached great importance to these people and would never want to see these people defeated by the officialdom because of these trivial matters.

After taking a deep breath, Tang Yongzhong, who faced Li Xinwen's gaze, spoke directly: "Master, you did not say that I was responsible for land reform. However, according to the rules set by the royal palace for government offices at all levels, land reform is originally my responsibility..."

Seeing the puzzled expression quickly revealed on Li Xinwen's face, Tang Yongzhong continued to speak: "Sir, the yamen at all levels under the royal palace are different from the yamen at all levels under the imperial court. In the imperial court, all the matters in the magistrate's yamen are decided by the prefect, and all the officials have to do is to execute orders... However, within the jurisdiction of the Northern King's Mansion, the prefect does not manage specific matters, and all matters are divided into specific deputy positions according to the division of labor in the royal palace..."

"According to the division of labor of the royal palace to the prefect's office, all civil affairs affairs will be managed by the subordinates. And what you need to do is to coordinate, to achieve the development direction of our Baoding Prefecture, and to have the responsibility to correct the situation for subordinates..."

"Of course, if you encounter something very important, magistrate, you must organize a standing committee meeting to discuss and make a decision..."

"There are five members of the Standing Committee, including you, the magistrate, in total... The magistrate, you are the subordinate in charge of civil affairs, there is also a deputy system for taxation, and an supervisory envoy who supervises all officials of Baoding Prefecture. The last one is responsible for Baoding Prefecture's general who takes away the garrison army..."

"Among us, except for the prefect, you are a fifth-ranked person, everyone else is from the fifth-ranked person..."

Hearing this, Li Xinwen's mouth was already so big that he could almost swallow an egg.

After a long time, Li Xinwen, who was immersed in shock, realized. At the same time, he secretly regretted why he did not read the various decrees issued by the royal palace after taking office. Otherwise, he would not have made such a big joke in front of his subordinates...

However, as a former businessman, Li Xinwen still reacted immediately.

After taking a deep breath, I thanked Tang Yongzhong and said, "I thank you Lord Tang for your reminder. If it weren't for you Lord Tang, I would have continued to make this mistake..."

After saying that, Li Xinwen's face was slowly covered by seriousness, and he quickly entered the role of prefect.

Under Tang Yongzhong's gaze, he said with a serious expression: "Since that's the case, then we will do things according to the rules of the royal palace... I have no instructions on land reform here. After all, this is the first time I have experienced such a major event. However, if you have any difficulties, you can just ask it. If this official can solve it, I will definitely help you solve it..."

After throwing a hint of admiration at Li Xinwen, Tang Yongzhong spoke directly without hesitation...

"Sir, there are indeed many problems here, please feel free to ask for your help. Of course, you also need the help of several other members of the Standing Committee..."

"Because Baoding Prefecture was robbed by the Later Jin Tartars twice in a row, and the court ignored it. There were many bandits in Baoding Prefecture, and there were as many as seven or eight sects in the number of people who were more than one hundred..."

"In addition, in order to prevent the attacks of Tartars and bandits, many landlords and gentry in the territory built walls in their own villages, just like castles, very strong... Of course, in addition to building castles, these landlords and gentry also trained a large number of servants and private armed forces... It was like independent small kingdoms..."

"And many of the fertile land we need to carry out land reform are in the hands of these landlords and gentry... The officials are worried that when we carry out land reform, we will be opposed by these two types of people..."

"The last difficulty is that although the royal palace has replaced most of the civil and military officials above the seventh rank in Baoding Prefecture. However, those who are really incorrectly tied to local landlords and gentry are the lower-level officials who are not of the rank below. The subordinate officials are sure that the land reform that touches their interests will definitely be opposed by these lower-level officials, and even secretly destroying them..."

At this time, Li Xinzhong fell into deep thought. After a cup of tea, he replied to Tang Yongzhong: "Suppressing bandits and packing up local armed forces, the general needs to mobilize the garrison troops... To deal with the lower-level officials, according to the rules set by the royal palace, the supervisory envoy needs to take action... If nothing unexpected happens, land reform will definitely involve taxation, so the deputy magistrate in charge of taxation cannot escape. Since that is the case, then we will hold a Standing Committee meeting and determine at the meeting that we can cooperate as much as we should..."

In less than half an hour, five people sat around a specially made table in the prefect's office.

As the prefect, Li Xinwen sat in the first place without any surprise...

With the eyes of four pairs of eyes, Li Xinzhong, who participated in the Standing Committee for the first time, was very nervous, but he did not lose his composure. After all, he had several years of experience in business.

After talking about his purpose of suddenly convening the Standing Committee, General Hu Guozheng was the first to stand up and speak...

"Sir, the garrison army has not said that it would absolutely unconditionally cooperate with the magistrate's office to carry out land reform... Two days ago, I received a military order from the garrison headquarters, requiring me to quickly eliminate bandits and local armed forces in the territory and fully cooperate with the magistrate's office to carry out land reform. Therefore, my general's idea is that the garrison battalions of each county will take turns to fight with the garrison battalions in each county, and the garrison regiment of the Baoding Prefecture, and the battalions as units, will take turns to cooperate with the magistrate's office to carry out land reform..."

General Hu Guozheng's cheerfulness made Li Xinzhong very satisfied.

Then, he turned his attention to the supervisory commander...
Chapter completed!