Li Yuan, who had just arrived in Jinling Mansion and assumed the post of chief of the Longyi Guard Jiangnan Town Fu Division, quietly listened to the reports of his subordinates.
He took a sip of tea - as always, the tea that General Shun Jun drank was made from the most common grade of broken tea leaves - Li Yuan put down the tea bowl, narrowed his eyes, and said lightly:
"Qian Qianyi is quite aware of himself and has not participated in the conspiracy. Let Lin Maomao pass the selection and there is no need to continue the review."
Xiao Qi, the Longyi Guard under Li Yuan, was a little surprised: "Master Li, don't you need to order the arrest of Gu Yanwu?"
"The Supervisory State has an order to let the literati in Jiangnan plot chaos be allowed to do so first..." Li Yuan chuckled, "They can do whatever they want and say whatever they want. This is called luring a snake out of its hole. How to deal with it in the future, Supervisory State
Your Highness naturally has strategies."
Long Yiwei Xiaoqi knelt on one knee, paused and said: "I understand!"
Based on the tone set by the late emperor Li Zicheng, the Shun Dynasty vigorously attacked the Ming Dynasty's factory guard system. In order to win the favor of scholarly public opinion, the eunuch system was completely abolished. However, after Li Laiheng took power, he eliminated the red workers of the original Chu Chuang system.
The team was renamed Longyiwei.
These red team members who were familiar with military intelligence and investigation actually replaced the tasks of the Jin Yiwei during the Xianming Dynasty.
In addition to military needs, Longyiwei is also responsible for monitoring government and local affairs. They are responsible for conducting investigations, suppressing and eliminating all political and economic organizations, activities, and detectives that are anti-Dashun in the newly occupied areas such as Jiangnan and North China.
and bandits and other tasks.
Longyiwei was given certain special powers by Li Laiheng, and had the power to investigate, arrest, and pre-trial the cases of rebellion and those involved. However, as a restriction, when there is sufficient evidence to arrest local or central officials, Longyiwei must first arrest local or central officials.
Before the operation, communicate with the person in charge of the department where the officer works to identify a replacement for the criminal.
However, even if the person in charge of the department has different opinions, he cannot obstruct Long Yiwei's actions and can only protest to his superiors.
Longyiwei's style of work was vigorous and resolute. In Datong, Xuanfu, Tianbaofu and Beijing areas, his cruel methods had already aroused the horror of the gentry groups.
Only in the Jiangnan area, Li Laiheng considered that the local gentry was powerful and that the premature presence of the Longyi Guards would trigger a strong backlash from the local gentry class, so he ordered the local governors to use gentle methods to deal with rebellion cases as much as possible to avoid causing local uproar.
Li Yuan finally put a circle around the words "Lin Mao Mao" with a red pen on the list of female officials he wanted to recruit.
He thought for a while and said: "Since this person knows medical skills and won first place in the written examination, let's arrange a carriage and horse to send her to Kaifeng... No, send her directly to Tianbaofu."
Now that the two holy chariots are preparing to go to northern Shaanxi, Lin Maomao and other female officials set out from Jinling. If they walk faster, they should be able to arrive at Tianbao Mansion at the same time as His Highness."
In addition to Lin Maomao, there are about a dozen other candidates for female officers who have passed the selection test and Long Yiwei review.
According to Li Laiheng's instruction, Long Yiwei's criteria for selecting female officers were, in addition to being relatively young and being able to write well, they were mainly based on simple family connections - preferably orphans.
"I think the intention of the Jianguo is that these female officials will replace the eunuchs and ministers in the future. If they can achieve the position of the chief female official with a pen, and have a powerful position, they may not be lower than the ministers of various ministries and Pingzhang political affairs.
You should take good care of them and don't offend these little ladies."
The folk customs in the north are more conservative. Regarding Li Laiheng's recruitment of female officers, most people think that it is not much different from the draft of female officers in the previous dynasty. Even in Jiangnan, like Gu Yanwu, who initially considered the same thing, they all felt that the so-called recruitment of female officers was just for enrichment.
Just give the harem a nicer name.
Therefore, most of the young women who come to participate in the selection are just good-looking people. There are very few people who are familiar with classics and history and are good at writing. Like Lin Maomao, who understands classics, history, policy theory, and medical skills.
, even less.
Last month in Kaifeng, Li Yuan heard that His Royal Highness the Supervisor of the State had personally inspected the selection examination. Lei Lei was furious and drove all the women who were above average in appearance back home, leaving only a group of women with the same appearance.
Not a very good-looking person.
Li Yuan didn't know whether His Highness Jian Guo really valued talent over beauty or was just pretending, but since His Highness was so angry, he naturally followed this rule when selecting female officials in Aurous Hill and eliminated all those who were too good-looking.
The forest cat has a large patch of freckles on its face, which fits this requirement quite well.
"When selecting female officials, only talent is considered, regardless of appearance. The purpose of supervising the country is to distinguish the difference between the harem and the inner court, so as to avoid causing a bad situation of the harem interfering in politics.
But can female officials really completely replace eunuchs? In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Tianqi reused eunuchs, and he was scolded by both the court and the public. If I reuse female officials in the future, I might still be scolded."
Zhenfu Si Xiaoqi spread his hands and said: "At least when we selected these female officials, we selected female literary stars who came from good families, were literate, and read classics and history. They were better than those in the previous dynasty who didn't know a few Chinese characters and only entered the palace.
Isn’t the eunuch who starts reading and recognizing words strong?
What's more, there are so many women in the world, no less than a few men, but only a few eunuchs in the world? There must be more talents among these women than there are tens of thousands of eunuchs in the world."
Li Yuan looked at the Xiaoqi with a smile and said nothing. After a while, he waved him to retreat: "The layout of the facilities in the prison country must have its own intentions. We Longyi Guards should not delve too deeply into it."
The office of Jiangnan Town Fusi under the jurisdiction of Longyiwei is located in the mansion of an honorable official near the original Nandu Palace. After Liu Xiyao led his troops into Jinling City, he brought more than 270 honorable ministers from Nandu and one
and sent to Kaifeng.
Most of the houses and mansions left by these honorable ministers who "retired with the country" were requisitioned by the Shun army and became the offices of government agencies at all levels in Jiangnan Province.
The two-year summer heat has made the huge square tiles on the ground scalding hot, and there is not a trace of wind. The newly completed Rural Affairs School building last month is located on the left side of the Zhenfusi compound, and people come and go.
One after another, some newly admitted Jiangnan gentry students came to watch with books and pen holders.
They had all heard about the selection examination for female officers. Even with the folk customs in Jiangnan, they were also very curious about this kind of thing. A large group of people even blocked the door of the Zhenfu Division until a small flag general came up with the list of selection results.
After it was posted on the pillar outside the door of the rural politics school, the scholars' attention shifted.
"Lin Maomao? Who is this woman? Have you ever heard of her? She is ranked first. She must be a woman with unparalleled beauty."
"Bah! This is the selection process for palace maids. How dare you speak so loudly here! I'm going to go to Commander Jiang's house to report you for talking about Concubine Da Shun. She deserves to be killed!"
"You are confused...Didn't the teacher recommend officials in class? The purpose of selecting female officials is to enrich the inner court, not the harem! This woman is at the top of the list, and she can also be regarded as the number one female official. This matter has become popular
First of all, it will be recorded in the history of the country in the future."
"Hmph... what about the inner court, what kind of female champion... I think the intruder is a lustful person... before the world is settled, he cleverly creates a name and forcibly recruits women from the people... The traitorous nature has not changed, and it seems that I have hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty."
"Who!? Which spy is provoking chaos here? So bold! Who said it just now? No one is allowed to leave until they are found out!"
There was a lot of chaos outside, with people coming and going, and noisy cars and horses, while Lin Maomao quietly packed her bags in the examination room. She was very young, and she looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.
Last year, Liu Liangzuo lost his father to the army. He was far away in a foreign land, helpless and helpless. If his father's mistress, Liu Rushi, had not helped him, he would have ended up living somewhere long ago.
Liu Liangzuo wanted to cross the Qiantang River with his defeated troops. When he was crossing the pond, he was overtaken by the Shun army general Hao Yaoqi and killed him in the rebel army. Therefore, for Lin Maomao, the Dashun army was avenged for killing his father.
of grace.
She pinched her cheek hard and went to Daliang, where she could finally see what kind of god the rumored Li Laiheng was.