At this time, the supervisor was regarded by him, and those who were born as jinshi were not derogatory, and rarely held office. This is not because the literati disdain financial officials, and the official positions of the three divisions have always been contested by many people, but because it is related to the system of supervising officials and the promotion system of officials. The main duty of the supervisor is to collect taxes, and at this time, people are looking down on the people's wealth and being looked down upon. Another supervisor is not a pro-people official, and in the promotion order of officials, the qualifications required are often several pro-people officials.

To change all this, we need to carry out major reforms, from concepts to systems, and now Du Zhongxiao is really powerless. You can only give more money to the technical officers who are on the field, and political treatment will not solve the problem. It can only be done slowly with the development of society.

Wu Yudao: "Officials manage people, and it is actually okay if they are not familiar with affairs. What is difficult now is that most of the officials who work in the iron prison are recruited from various states and counties in their own country and learned from schools. That's what they're going to do, and they can't be transferred somewhere else. As the years go by, these people are intertwined and practice, and it is inevitable that they will empty officials. At that time, it was tricky. The so-called officials are not feudal, but the officials are feudal, and the people who do things in the iron prison have official bodies, and some have official bodies but are actually officials. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, this is indeed a very troublesome thing. Once the affairs of a place are controlled by several specific families, and then used marriage to link them together, it is easy to empty the imperial court. At that time, there will be policies and countermeasures, and nothing can be carried out as long as it harms their interests. Why do officials want to wander? It is to prevent power from taking root. As long as power does not take root, other forces can be destroyed.

Chen Zonggu said: "There is no other way to do this, but to recruit people from other states and counties into schools, and new people replace old people." Whoever is in charge of the affairs of the iron prison shall come out of the school without children or locals. ”

Wu Yudao: "People who can do things in it, they have to have a way out after they have been doing it for a long time, and their children must have a way out." If you don't give a way, you only use the new person to replace the old person, and it is difficult for the new person to do it steadily. It is necessary to spit out the old and embrace the new in order to last for a long time. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Then we can only rectify the regulations, and the people who do things in them will turn to ignore people and things when they reach a certain age, and become technical consultants and the like, giving money and food instead of power." Other places open iron supervisors, and they can be transferred to each other. Those who do well and do not abuse their power may be given a certain status as the elder in prison. Those who do not do well will be given money and food, but they will not be allowed to touch power. In the annals of history, when there were many famous ministers and brave generals in previous dynasties, it was often when the world was not peaceful, or when foreign wars were endless. It was not that there were many talents at that time, but that there were many losses, and many deeds were piled up, so that the outstanding ones were very different. And at this time, the capable person can quickly rise to the top and take on heavy responsibilities. Just like eating, eat more, excrete more, eat poorly, and still be able to be physically strong. The officials of the iron prison should also do the same, and in the early stage, they should let the young people who come out of the school do more things, shoulder heavy burdens, and behave well and be promoted exceptionally. People who have been doing it for a long time, if they don't have special performance, will be idle when they reach the end of the year. Do practical things without being in power, give them money and food, let them live without worry, and it is not a disadvantage to them. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "I often hear people say that it is not easy to train an official, and you must pay attention to care." What to love? As long as they are still allowed to do things, and they are still given money and food, it is enough, and the power cannot be let go easily. It is not easy to train an official, so it is better to train more. The school is open there, and every position in the iron prison is not weaker than the incumbent officials, or even better than them, and they are not afraid that no one will be an official. ”

Wu Yu and Chen Zonggu laughed together when they heard this. This is indeed a simple and crude method, I have only heard of too many officials, but I have not heard of enough officials. Not to mention the officials in the iron prison, even the governor of the prefecture and the county will be replaced when he arrives, once he makes a mistake, he will be demoted by a few levels, how can he not do it below. The ruling in the court is still frequently replaced, Wu Yu has been a privy envoy for a few years, and he has been a precautionary power, not to put down to be a governor, and the treatment remains the same.

Du Zhongxiao worked hard to build the iron prison, but he didn't want to be controlled by the academic valve technically and the local clan in management after many years, and became a tool for them to make a fortune. It is necessary to ensure that the officials have complete control over all the power of the iron prison and prevent the feudalization of power.

A few people chatted for a while, to see that it was not early, and returned to the iron prison yamen together.

As soon as he entered the yamen, he saw a public official hurriedly holding the newspaper and sending it to Guo Zheng's case.

Du Zhongxiao stopped and said, "Don't rush in, take it to see what major events have happened in the past few days." ”

The official handed over the newspaper and said: "There is no major incident in the court, but there is a mess on the west road of Guangnan, and a barbarian chief has made a mess and attacked Hengshanzhai." The owner of the village and several inspectors were caught off guard and died in state affairs. ”

"What? Show me! After listening to this, Du Zhongxiao's heart shook suddenly, and the one he was waiting for finally came.

Taking the newspaper in his hand, Du Zhongxiao took a cursory look at it, and sure enough, he found the entry of Guangxi Nong Zhigao who was messing up. It was very rough to say, only to say that its request for attachment was rejected, and it was enmity with Jiaozhi, so it started to make a mess and entered the Kouheng cottage. Zhai advocated that both Rixin and Yongzhou would inspect Gao Shi'an, and the following numbers would be killed in battle.

Handing over the report to Chen Zonggu beside him, Du Zhongxiao said: "The barbarian chief of Guangyuan Prefecture, Nong Zhigao, got into trouble and broke through Hengshanzhai, this matter is not small. Guangnan West Road is already scarce with soldiers and horses, and it is mostly in the northern states to prevent the surrounding barbarians. Yongzhou has few soldiers, almost an empty city, and is afraid of being taken advantage of by thieves. ”

Chen Zonggu looked at it and said, "However, there are many small groups of barbarian thieves in Guangnan, and it is not a big deal." ”

Wu Yu read the newspaper, pondered for a while, and said: "Nong Zhigao is not to be underestimated, a few years ago, Jiaozhi sent troops to encircle and suppress him, and was defeated by him. If Yongzhou did not prepare in advance, he might take a risk and attack this big city. ”

In Du Zhongxiao's memory, Nong Zhigao began to make trouble, so he did not hesitate. It is not that he may attack Yongzhou in danger, but he will definitely attack Yongzhou. However, no one will believe it now that the surrounding barbarians are in turmoil every year, and most of them are limited to one state, and implicating several states is a big chaos.

It is now late April, which is the beginning of the miasma in Lingnan, and it seems that Nong Zhigao's uprising has been planned for a long time. There are not many soldiers and horses on the West Guangnan Road, and the forbidden army is even smaller, most of them are around Guizhou, guarding against the barbarians there. In the past ten years, the central and southern parts of Jinghu South Road and the northern part of Guangnan West Road have been in turmoil, and Yang Ji has exterminated them several times, and the military strength in Yongzhou is very empty.

chose this time to start the incident, Nong Zhigao bought himself more than half a year, and the imperial court could not raise troops to the south to quell the chaos. The miasma of Lingnan is not a joke, and the northern army will go south this season, and most of them will die if they don't wait to fight the enemy.

Du Zhongxiao has been in Jingxi Road Yingtian for a few years, and he will no longer be naïve to think that the miasma of this era is a mistake recorded by the ancients due to insufficient knowledge. Not to mention Lingnan, even Jinghu Road, which is not far away, is very dangerous. Miasma is a special geography and climate, the formation of a special environment, in this environment will be in this environment will be unadaptable, get a variety of diseases, and most of them are infectious diseases, in a short period of time will cause a large number of deaths.

In the case of later generations, it is similar to a tropical disease, and it is more severe, and there is a lack of effective medicine. It is precisely because of this that in those developed areas of Lingnan, the places where people have transformed the environment and eliminated the miasma are more valuable.

This season, Nong Zhigao is in chaos, not to mention that the imperial court does not pay attention to it, and it is useless to pay attention to it, and it is impossible to transfer troops on a large scale. Only after autumn can we organize an effective military operation to carry out encirclement and suppression. Whether it is the transfer of the northern forbidden army, or the soldiers from several surrounding roads, we must wait for the opportunity.

Chen Zonggu and Wu Yu looked at the newspaper, saying what Du Zhongxiao couldn't listen to at all, and only thought about Nong Zhigao's troubles. I have been training the Tianxiang Army for many years, isn't it just waiting for this day to make contributions? This opportunity cannot be passed up under any circumstances.