This time, the Runing Army is planning to release all its civilian officials, starting from the township level, to fully control the entire Runing Prefecture. Although those officials are still obeying the orders of the county magistrate and prefect in name, in fact they are not
These officials of the Ming Dynasty should be completely ignored.
Of course, the Runing Army could not find so many qualified officials at once, so Deng Qifan was very busy these days. Even Qiao Song was transferred to the Runing Army camp to help.
Wu Shigong found some from a group of retired low-level officers in the Runing Army, and suddenly promoted some domestic slaves with high prestige and good performance, and some were outstanding young men trained by the Runing Army from domestic slaves. But
This was not enough, Wu Shigong could only apply for foreign aid.
However, Wu Shigong didn't know many local gentry in Runing Prefecture. He could only write to Mr. Hou, who returned to Germany, and asked him to help find a group of talented people and young students who had little academic future. But for this kind of graceful village,
Of course, Mrs. Hou was very enthusiastic about the favor of supporting the underachievers. Therefore, a large number of down-and-out scholars from Guide Prefecture rushed to Runing Prefecture and transformed into nameless officials in charge of the countryside.
In this way, the framework of the civil service system of the Runing Army in Runing Mansion was established. However, the local officials and gentry in Runing Mansion quit. They either relied on each other or made noises, blaming the Runing Army for being a waste of money.
Outsider Tian made Zhang Xuebin, who was responsible for liaison with the officials and gentry, look like a mouse crossing the street.
There was no way, Wu Shigong simply opened the door to convenience. As long as he was entrusted by the officials and had basically qualified conditions, Wu Shigong would not refuse them. The number of civilian officials at the township level also suddenly expanded to seven.
Later, if it doesn't work, then expand it to nine. Anyway, the Runing Army will pay more salary. Now, as long as they can have good relations with the local officials and gentry in Runing Mansion, it will be enough.
Therefore, with the cooperation of the officials and gentry, Wu Shigong's three laws were implemented smoothly.
In fact, those officials and gentry are also sensible people. They all know that if Wu Shigong's three decrees are implemented correctly, it will be of great benefit to them.
There is no threat from bandits and refugees. Their family and property will be preserved, and when they see their land being abandoned, they are really distressed. It is just that the government did not do enough to provide disaster relief in the past, and their family's ability is too small.
, so that they could not organize the manpower to fight the disaster, so they had no choice but to abandon the land.
The main reason why these officials and gentry resented the "Famine Prohibition Order" was that they were afraid that officials would use chicken feathers as an excuse to seize the land of the officials and gentry's families and extort their property under the pretext of disobeying the order. But now it is different, the Runing Army
The civil service system of China has a large number of descendants of local officials and gentry joining, which will make them have a lot less worries.
The selection of officials this time also brought an unexpected harvest. Because some of Wu Shigong's domestic slaves were selected, Wu Shigong's former slaves immediately felt superior to others. As for the prisoners captured after the great victory in Ruzhou, they
It seems that there is also a wonderful prospect.
At least those prisoners knew that through their own efforts, it was possible to change their identities and even become high-ranking officials. Although the chance given to them by the Runing Army was quite slim. But these prisoners at least had a goal to strive for, even if they were not able to become officials.
Officials, it would be good to at least become Wu Shigong's slaves in his hometown. So the hearts of these captives immediately calmed down.
Even the more than 900 captured cavalrymen asked the Runing Army to join Wu Shigong's cavalry. Qualified cavalry candidates were indeed rare, so after passing the screening, Wu Shigong dispersed them and lowered their military pay for inspection.
Keep it for use.
During this period, everything seemed to be going smoothly for Wu Shigong, and Li Xin and others finally returned to the Runing Mansion slowly.
When she saw Wu Shigong coming out to welcome him, Li Xin couldn't suppress her excitement and joy. She gave Wu Shigong a blessing and shouted in a bored voice: "Husband!"
Wu Shigong suppressed his laughter and turned to look at Zhu Yun who was following behind him. He saw that Zhu Yun's face was also cramping. The two of them couldn't hold it in anymore and immediately burst out laughing. But Li Xin and the others
Wu Shigong and Zhu Yun were confused by the laughter. Only Wu Chengying was circling around her father with a silly smile.
Under the optimistic appearance, there are always some discordant voices hidden. Some civil servants who feel that their rights have been violated, and some officials and gentry families who feel disadvantaged when the Runing army collects abandoned land and recommends family members.
The sealed impeachment memorial and private letters of complaint were flown to the capital again.
During this period, Emperor Chongzhen was first furious because the peasant rebels had crossed the Yellow River, and then he heard news of the fall of cities in the hinterland of Henan. But in this darkness, the news of Ruzhou's great victory suddenly appeared, as if
It was a ray of light in the darkness that made Emperor Chongzhen ecstatic.
But soon, an impeachment memorial was submitted regarding the Runing Army's killing of the people and false claims of military merit. It didn't matter if it killed the people. Emperor Chongzhen was no longer Emperor Chuge. He knew which Ming army would not kill the people?
But false reporting of military merit made Emperor Chongzhen uncomfortable. Didn't this make the light in his dark night disappear again?
But then, Wu Shigong's private letter to Qin Eunuch and Ye Zhong's letter to Wang Chengen were also submitted to Emperor Chongzhen's desk. Ye Zhong's letter was just like that, but Emperor Chongzhen was suddenly attracted by Wu Shigong's letter.
Why? Because Wu Shigong’s writing is too straightforward and detailed. As a person with current education, writing in the most concise and clear language is a compulsory subject for every student. And the ministers that Emperor Chongzhen saw over the years
Memorials are all written with gorgeous words. But if the words are to be gorgeous, rhetorical techniques such as exaggeration and metaphor must be used frequently.
However, Emperor Chongzhen could only rely on these memorials from his ministers to understand the world's major events. Such exaggerations and metaphors made Emperor Chongzhen have no idea about the situation in the world.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen read Wu Shigong's letter several times, and finally got a general understanding of the situation in Henan and the peasant rebel army. In the process of reading the letter, Emperor Chongzhen's intention to blame the Runing army for falsely claiming military merits faded away.
Come down.
Emperor Chongzhen particularly appreciated Wu Shigong's tactic of combining regional defense with full-court press. He sent someone to copy it down and personally annotated it. He also sent a fast rider to Governor Chen Qiyu for his reference.
But not long after, Wang Zhixian and other Runing local officials impeached Wu Shigong for implementing evil laws in Runing Mansion, which made the people of Runing Mansion angry. This made Emperor Chongzhen a little puzzled. This Xue Hou Zhao
The contrast before and after the son-in-law is probably too big.
So Emperor Chongzhen summoned Wen Tiren and other great scholars and asked them to analyze what the situation was like.
Although academicians like Wen Tiren were very power-hungry, they did have rich experience in handling government affairs. They carefully analyzed the impeachment memorials, and even analyzed the three laws implemented by Wu Shigong in their words and sentences.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he became even more puzzled! These three laws sounded like good laws? How could they cause so much resentment among the people of Runing Prefecture?
So Wen Tiren, the first assistant, explained it to Emperor Chongzhen, and also pointed out the issue of execution ability in the execution of the decree. However, Wen Tiren persuaded: the execution of these three decrees can indeed guarantee the tranquility of the place in this chaos.
The reason for the resentment among the people is probably that Wu Shigong's Runing Army used this to make money and seize the private property of the people.
Wen Tiren also suggested to Emperor Chongzhen: The best way to deal with it now is to stay in China, as long as Wu Shigong's Runing Army guarantees the stability of Runing Mansion. After the Shaanxi bandits are wiped out, if Emperor Chongzhen is magnanimous, then he will
Wu Shigong ignored the past; if the people's dissatisfaction was huge, Emperor Chongzhen could use Wu Shigong's head to calm the dissatisfaction, and at the same time establish Emperor Chongzhen's good reputation of loving the people like his own son.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen accepted Wen Tiren's suggestion and temporarily shelved the impeachment memorials. However, what Emperor Chongzhen never expected was that not long after, the impeachment memorials against Wu Shigong were submitted again. (To be continued.
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