Where Liao Hui stood, the weather was not hot, but the sweat on his head fell from his forehead to the ground, and the expression on his face was sometimes panicked, sometimes hideous, and sometimes dazed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Obviously, he was going through a fierce struggle inside.

"Sit down, sit down and let's have a good talk." Wang Hou's tone relaxed at this time, "You should at least understand that if I am willing to talk to you, I still regard you as a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, a feudal official, and some people, I will not talk to them at all, they are more suitable for the poem of seven killings that I chanted in the hall today." ”

Moved to Wang Hou with some difficulty, Liao Hui sat down.

"Let's talk about the reform of the rule of officials first, and let's recruit officials into the government!" Wang Hou took out a book from the stack of books on his side, opened it, and spread it out in front of Liao Hui. "These are the officials and officials of your county, a hundred and fifty-two people in all. But according to our investigation, one-third of them are named, these people just have a name in the county government, occupy a seat, but in a year, I'm afraid they haven't come to the county government once, right? But their fortunes are correct. The other third, the daily point is down, and then, and then go to the dog to boil the eagle, drink flower wine, go to the building, here is the daily whereabouts of these people in the past month, do you need to see? ”

Liao Hui shook his head, these things are clear in his heart, this is the case, why bother to look at it? He was just a little shocked, the dignified officials actually investigated the movements of a county government official for a day, why did he spend so much effort? To rectify them, of course. In other words, in fact, the court has already made up its mind, otherwise, it would never have spent so much effort on this matter.

"Only the remaining third is the one who really does things. But this one-third, but there is no way to be promoted, do a good job, the credit is someone else's, and if something goes wrong, they have to come out and take the blame, Liao Junshou, you say that the rulers are governed, and the officials are like officials, what are you against for one-third of this work, or those moths who just take money and don't work? ”

"Naturally, it's the other two-thirds." Liao Hui is authentic. "But ......"

"I know, you said that there are some powerful backgrounds behind those moths, you can't afford to provoke them at all, and you don't dare to provoke them, because among them, there are also people from your Liao family, and there are quite a few of them!" Wang Hou said with a smile.

"Xiaguan tomorrow, tomorrow, I will send these people from my Liao clan away." He gritted his teeth.

"Liao Junshou, I'm not here to force you to clean up your Liao clan's people today." Wang Hou shook his head: "Of course, if you are willing to deal with these things yourself, it will be the best." But this matter is also in a hurry, you can take your time, do it slowly, you can't become a fat man in one bite, and it is impossible to reach the end in one step. ”

"Lord Wang is so considerate of the lower officials, the lower officials are real, and they are really shameless!" Liao Hui said in a low voice.

"The reform of the rule of officials has always been a big article, in the Ming Dynasty, some places, because of the impact of the war, it is easier to clean up, but Zhengyang County, has not suffered from the poison of the war, but it is difficult, of course, it is because of the status of Zhengyang County in the Ming Kingdom. Some people just saw this, thinking that they had seized the soft threat of the imperial court, so they did whatever they wanted, hehehe, they thought too simply. ”

Liao Hui swallowed with difficulty.

"The new coin issuance! It's worse. Wang Hui snorted: "Within a month, the Taiping Bank caught fire four times, and the steward disappeared three inexplicably, they are already dead, although the bodies they were hidden are very secret, but now they have been found, and the people who killed them have long been locked by the Eagle's Nest, and the reason why they did not arrest people is naturally because of other reasons." Although the Taiping Bank in Zhengyang County was finally strengthened by the imperial court, no one dared to set foot on the threshold of the Taiping Bank. Changlong Money Village cooperated with the issuance of new currency throughout the country, but in Zhengyang County, they did not dare. Because they are threatened, if they dare to circulate new coins in Zhengyang County, they will be subject to an unprecedented run. ”

"This, these have nothing to do with the lower officials!" Liao Hui said weakly.

"I'm afraid you can only say that these are not your masterminds, or that you are just going with the flow, and you don't dare to go against the general trend of Zhengyang County, but when it comes to it, it's completely irrelevant, I'm afraid it's not!" Wang Hou lightly took out another volume and spread it out in front of Liao Hui, "Here, there are some dirty methods and evidence in the process of issuing new coins in Zhengyang County, do you need to take a look?" ”

Liao Hui stretched out his hand and retracted it, and finally lowered his head weakly.

"Lord Liao, it's not that the imperial court doesn't know what Zhengyang County has done, and it's not that it can't cut through the mess quickly, the reason why it didn't do it is not because of the rat trap, Zhengyang County thinks too highly of itself. Over the past year, Shayang has developed rapidly, Yongping, Zhongping, and Shunping can not only be self-sufficient, but also give great support to the imperial court, Changyang County under the rule of Ma Xiangnan, its development speed is amazingly fast, with the help of some large projects invested by the imperial court and Baoqing Port, Changyang County has achieved self-sufficiency, as for Taiping City, Daye City, it is the core power of Daming's prosperity. Zhengyang County, is it really that important? Your only advantage is that you are close to the capital. But nearness is your advantage, but it is also a sharp sword hanging over your heads. ”

"The reason why it didn't move was because the imperial court took into account the overall situation, didn't want to make a big move, and didn't want this land that had not been through war to be plagued by swords." Wang Hou said coldly: "This is also the opportunity given to you by the imperial court, are you willing to accept this opportunity?" ”

Liao Hui raised his head, and after a long while, he finally nodded vigorously.

"Very good, so tell me, what are you going to do?" Wang Hou said with a smile.

"Let's start with me, Liao, and clean up those redundant officials, and then grab some of the other people's pigtails, and take this opportunity to expel them. Catch one, fire one. The imperial court is about to conduct a spring boudoir scientific examination, and this time the lower official will personally come to be the chief examiner, and he will definitely select real talents for the imperial court. ”

"Good, good." Wang Hou laughed: "You are the chief examiner, and I will also stay in Zhengyang County, and I will be your backer, I want to see if those people dare to jump out and make trouble in the end." ”

"With the boss in charge, the lower officials are more sure in their hearts." Liao Hui said. "Regarding the issue of new currency, starting from this month, all things that the county government needs to purchase will only be charged in Singapore dollars, and the county government will only collect new dollars for taxes."

"This matter, don't be in a hurry, if you don't do a good job in the reform of official governance, these things can't be implemented at all, if you don't do it well, you won't be able to collect a penny of taxes in Zhengyang County."

"Yes, it's the negligence of the lower officials." Liao Hui nodded again and again: "If you want to do things, treat people first." ”

That's right. As I said earlier, the reason why you can still sit here and talk to me is because you are not involved in some things, and whether it is the reform of government administration or the issuance of new currency, these are all internal affairs, which are internal contradictions, as long as you know that mistakes can be corrected, then it will be fine. But there are some things, once you do it, you can't turn back, Lord Liao, do you have nothing to say to me? Wang Hou put away the booklet that was spread out in front of Liao Hui, put his hand on the booklet, his face was not as relaxed as before, and became extremely serious.

"I don't know, I don't know what Boss Wang wants me to talk about?"

Wang Hou's fingers tapped lightly on the table, "Lord Liao, why don't we talk about food?" It is the grain that was transported from Jeongyang County to the front. ”

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he took out another booklet, "Lord Liao, the grain that went out of Zhengyang County is counted, and the grain received by the front line is also counted. Do some people think that the shipment, transportation, and collection of grain are all controlled by one hand, and others will not be able to get these specific account books? Lord Liao, can you guess where the inexplicable missing grain goes? ”

Liao Hui's face turned pale, this time it was as white as a dead man.

"This, this has nothing to do with me, and I don't know."

Wang Hou looked at him coldly.

"Lord Liao, it's also a sin not to know about it, don't think that you didn't participate in this matter, you can deny it with a sentence that you don't know anything."

Liao Hui struggled for a long time, and finally raised his head: "Lord Wang, these grains have been smuggled to the four counties of the Northland by those people. ”

"Okay, you can say it, and prove that Your Majesty is not wrong about people. You can still save it. Wang Hou said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty also knows." Liao Hui said in a trembling voice.

"Or else?" Wang Hou laughed.

"Lord Wang, as far as I know, Li Wei also had contact with the barbarians during the Chinese New Year, and the lower officials suspect that he has colluded with the barbarians." Now that it has been exposed, Liao Hui can't care about anything else at this time.

"The barbarian that Li Wei met privately is called Tuoba Yan, a general of the barbarians, who once crossed the capital to subdue, and the former Yue prince Wu Jing escaped from Beijing privately, and this person is one of the guards. I am extremely familiar with Daming, in fact, after the year, Li Wei also met a person, this person is called Qin Li, and he is an important figure in the ghost shadow of Qi State. Wang Hou said lightly.

Liao Hui was shocked: "Lord Wang, since the imperial court knows about it, why can you still tolerate Li Wei's misdeeds?" ”

"I told you before, Zhengyang County has rotted to the roots, and it is not easy to cure it, and if the medicine is taken violently, it is very likely to cause a catastrophe, don't forget, Li Wei and Ge Xiang still control two war camps in their hands, tens of thousands of people! The medicine is fierce, it is very likely to force them to rebel, and now the imperial court is not ready, once this kind of thing happens, then Zhengyang County will suffer. ”