A Si Yamen was established in Sichuan, and Yu Jie was mobilizing food, fodder, and ordnance for the soldiers to ensure adequate supplies of food, grass, and materials for the soldiers.
Not only that, because most of the people have evacuated to the larger nearby state capitals, the food and grass consumption of these governments is also very large, which is extremely difficult to guarantee.
In order to maintain stability to the greatest extent, Yu Jie had to mobilize and move around in order to overcome the current difficulties.
"Your Majesty, the magistrate of Yangzhou has reported a request for an additional 30,000 shi of grain. Otherwise, once the Mongolian army surrounds the city, the soldiers and civilians in the city will have no food to eat in ten days."
The scribe Zhou Cong handed the document to Yu Jie for review, with a relaxed, indifferent expression on his face, and even a bit of a smile, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, without any feeling of tension or horror.
He behaved like this, and Yu Jie couldn't help but look at him twice.
"knew."
Yu Jie nodded, and then looked through the account books of each state and government, hoping to temporarily transfer money from other state governments. Zhou Cong had nothing to do, so he went down.
During the break, Yu Jie came out of his room and was about to go to the warehouse to check. When he passed by the clerk who was checking the room, he heard several clerks chatting inside, including Zhou Cong's voice.
"It's good that the Mongolian army is here to prevent these untouchables from causing trouble."
There was a sound coming from inside, and Yu Jie frowned, showing displeasure, so Yu Jie stopped and listened.
He then heard Zhou Cong sigh: "Hey, Commander Yu is still too young. He doesn't know what happened in the officialdom. Who knows about the invasion of the Mongolian army? If more people are not killed, how can we highlight the brutality of the Mongolian army? How can we highlight the achievements of our officials?"
Now he has settled all the people in the state capital, causing not only the governors to have a headache, but also himself to be in a hurry, why bother?"
Another clerk said with a smile: "Yes, those people will die, and they will have a lot more land, cattle and sheep. Now that the people are transferred, not only will the government not get any benefits, but it will also have to fill in a lot. In the coming year, the government will have more land."
I review the finances of various places, and I'm afraid that he won't be able to sit in his position as an official for long."
Several scribes talked and laughed happily. Who would have thought that the Mongolian army was invading Sichuan and Sichuan at this time. Once the city was defeated, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people would be wiped out.
After Yu Jie heard a few words, he was furious. He immediately walked quickly, turned around and entered the check-in room, looking at the clerks with dagger-like eyes, as if he wanted to kill someone!
Zhou Cong and others panicked and quickly stood up, standing there helplessly.
Zhou Cong plucked up the courage, forced out a smile, stepped forward and said to Yu Jie: "Your Majesty, why are you here? If anything happens, just send someone to give me instructions."
Yu Jie looked at Zhou Cong with sharp eyes and asked: "Zhou Cong, I want to ask you, what is your family background? Do you have any high-ranking officials in your ancestors?"
Zhou never knew what Yu Jie meant by these words, so he swallowed his mouth and said carefully: "Returning to the envoy, my ancestors were all common people. It was not until my grandfather was awarded the title of Juren that he gradually got better."
Yu Jie took a step forward and asked again: "If your grandfather failed to win the election, he was invaded by the Jin soldiers and barbarians. He was in panic all day long. Like the people outside now, they are just ants and commoners. The government, as you said, will treat him as
Like a burden and a piece of grass, how do you feel?"
Zhou Cong was ashamed, lowered his head and dared not speak.
Yu Jie then looked at the other scribes and said: "Although you are already officials, your daily expenses are derived from the people's fat and oil. It is the people who support you. Without the people's support, you can still sit here and talk.
? Without the support of the people, can you still write that beautiful article and show your wealth in front of others?"
Several scribes were also ashamed. No one dared to reply. They all bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.
Yu Jie glanced at them and finally said: "Your character is no longer worthy of being an official or a official. Today before I go to office, I want to see your resignation letter. If you don't submit your resignation, don't blame me."
I will dismiss you directly and lose face."
After saying that, Yu Jie walked away, leaving only Zhou Cong and others feeling regretful. A clerk sighed: "Diseases come in from the mouth, and misfortunes come out from the mouth. My foul mouth should have been stitched up the day I was born."
superior."
On the same day, several people from Zhou Cong sent letters of resignation one after another, and Yu Jie responded one by one and approved them.
Immediately before going on duty at San Yamen, Yu Jie issued an order to set up a recruiting hall opposite the Zhizhi Si Yamen. Anyone with talent, regardless of origin, fame, age, or age, could enter the hall and be accepted.
After Yu Jie's own examination, if he is indeed talented, he will be appointed to an official position and serve the people.
Before Yu Jie took office as the Sichuan envoy, he explained in front of Zhao Yun his plan to establish a Sichuan-Sichuan mountain city defense system to resist the threat of the Mongolian army.
After hearing this, Zhao Yun was greatly impressed. Not only did he appoint Yu Jie as the Sichuan envoy on the spot, giving Yu Jie the power to handle and allocate Sichuan's money, grain and materials, he also allocated 1 million yuan each year to establish this system.
Nowadays, scribes have such a bureaucratic attitude and completely ignore people's livelihood. This makes Yu Jie feel uneasy. How can he dare to appoint officials with confidence? So he set up a recruitment office to personally supervise the assessment and select talents according to different styles.
As soon as Yu Jie's move came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the Sichuan officialdom. Many officials were opposed to it. In serious cases, they even said that the imperial court had its own system for appointing officials. Yu Jie's move was tantamount to establishing a self-made system, evading the imperial court, and intending to separate the government.
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When many scholars learned about it, they also raised objections. They said that Yu Jie's energy was limited after all, which would inevitably lead to unclear understanding of people and nepotism, which would eventually lead to endless corruption in the officialdom.
The opposition of officials and students is, in the final analysis, nothing more than a carrot and a trap. They are worried that students who have failed the examination and talented folk strangers will come to snatch official positions. After all, there are more people to choose from, and they will get less.
Faced with opposition from all sides, Yu Jieyi did not hesitate and still insisted on setting up a talent recruitment center, which is eye-catching.
In a few days, the recruitment hall will welcome its first person to move in.
This man's name is Wang Shen. He is already sixty-seven years old. He is very old and has white hair, but he is still full of energy and youthful.
Such an old man actually came to the Recruitment Hall, which immediately made many people burst into laughter. They bluntly said that the Recruitment Hall was not a Recruitment Hall, but a nursing home, specializing in caring for the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and the widowed and lonely.
Although Wang Shen was old, Yu Jie didn't take it seriously. He inquired and learned that Wang Shen used to be a accounting clerk for a powerful man. Because the powerful man handed over the land and the family business withered, he was dismissed because of his old age.
Yu Jie asked him what his talent was, and Wang Shen said: "I started learning to calculate accounts when I was three years old. I have been working with abacus for more than sixty years. It usually takes two hours to calculate the accounts in an ordinary accounting room, but I can do it in three quarters, and
I guarantee there will be no mistakes or omissions. In addition, I will not hide anything from the rest of the system. I still have another skill, which is to listen to the sound and identify the numbers."