Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 373 He is an important official here and there, and he is clearly building an army! (Please subscribe!!)

"Isn't it said in the announcement! They are zero-hour workers who sign an employment contract with the government. During the contract period, their salary and rights are the same as those of formal officials!"

"The salary and power are the same as those of official officials!!"

"Don't be too happy too early. There is a limit to the number of years. Once the contract period is up, if the government does not continue to employ you, you will have to leave!"

"What's the point? Aren't people's requirements lowered? If ordinary people want to be an official, they have to take the imperial examination. The vast majority of people can't become an official. But now as long as you are a scholar, you have the opportunity to become an official. So it's just a few For a young official, this is enough!"

"That's right! We are now part-time workers in the government. This does not affect our ability to continue to obtain meritorious service. If we become officials in the future, these are valuable experiences!"

"That's right, there is no age limit here. Many talented old people can also work in the government and benefit the people!"

"Don't say anything, I'm going to sign up!"

"I'll go too. There's not much time before the written test. I have to prepare well after signing up!"

News about the open recruitment of contract officials in the four southern provinces spread quickly, and everyone who agreed with the request chose to sign up. Everyone seemed to know whether the announcement was true.

The efficiency on the government side is also very fast, including registration for grades, setting out examination questions, and arranging examination rooms.

"I have to remind you that after you arrive at your post, your treatment and power will be the same as those of officials of the same level, and you will bear the same risks. If you do not do well or dare to violate national laws, you will be removed from your post and you will be killed. There will be no shortage of beheadings!"

More than four thousand people shouted in unison, and then gradually dispersed under the guidance of other officials. Then they were sent to their respective posts.

"Soon you will go to your respective posts. I hope you can cherish this rare opportunity and work hard to complete your job, because your performance will be recorded, and this will become a factor in whether the government wants to negotiate with you in the future. An important criterion for contract renewal.”

Half a month later, the first exam in the four southern provinces officially began. This time, tens of thousands of people took part, covering almost 4,000 positions in the four provinces.

"Thank you, Lord Governor, for your instruction!!"

"Now we invite the governors of the four provinces to give us a speech!"

Ouyang Lun waved his hand, and everyone immediately stopped applauding.

Ouyang Lun waved his hand, "This is a temporary solution. When there is no shortage of officials later, these people will still have to give up their positions, but they can still be arranged to serve as government staff. Although they have no official positions and real power, they can still provide support to the state and county. Make suggestions for the development of the province!”

Under Ouyang Lun's guidance, the first examination was also successfully completed, and more than 4,000 people were successfully selected to join the officialdom of the four southern provinces, which greatly alleviated the problem of official shortage.

"You were selected from tens of thousands of people. It can be said that you are one out of ten!"

"Finally, I wish you a bright future and great achievements!"

"If you don't work harder, are you going to make me work to death?"

More than four thousand people stood together, Ouyang Lun and Mao Youfu stood on the high platform.

After Mao Youfu finished speaking, he took the initiative to applaud.

"Stop flattering, now that the personnel problem has been solved for you, get to work quickly. The four southern provinces are in desperate need of improvement. Although I did not boast in front of the emperor, the emperor issued an order to restore the four southern provinces to their original state within one year. , and even develop better!”

"Everyone, you will definitely go down in history in the future!"

The Prince Consort is so wise! "Mao Youfu praised from the bottom of his heart.

In the open space of the Chief Secretary's Yamen of Guangdong.

Mao Youfu took the lead, and more than 4,000 people also applauded, and the applause was thunderous for a while.

"The prince-in-law is still thoughtful!" Mao Youfu praised again.

Hearing this, Mao Youfu couldn't help but murmured, "Prince-in-law, I'm really worthless for you. This mess was caused by Li Shanchang, but His Majesty the Emperor asked you to clean up the mess. If you don't handle it well, His Majesty the Emperor will still Wanting to cause trouble for you”

Hearing this, Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "Oh, Da Mao, you can do it now! Even the emperor dares to complain, aren't you afraid of being overheard by Jin Yiwei's spies, and then being thrown into the sky prison by the emperor?"

"Ahem. Prince Consort, I don't have any other intentions!" After saying that, Mao Youfu quickly explained: "Li Shanchang thought very well when he came to the four southern provinces. He copied all aspects of what you did in Beizhili. Model, many policies are based on Beizhili."

"I didn't even copy it properly, and ended up leaving such a huge mess!"

Hearing Mao Youfu's words, Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "I didn't copy it well. You are right about that!"

"I quite admired Li Shanchang before. From the fact that he followed my emperor's father-in-law not long after the rebellion, we can see that Li Shanchang had a good vision, and at that time, Li Shanchang was able to say 'Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slow down the reputation'." Wang's admonitions like this show that Li Shanchang is really capable. Later, he helped my emperor father-in-law defeat the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, etc., and finally established the Ming Dynasty and was granted the title of Duke!"

"Then he retired bravely and officially retired. If this is the case, Li Shanchang will definitely be the first scholar in the Ming Dynasty, and his status will be higher in history. He is simply a successful version of Zhuge Liang!"

"It's a pity that Hu Weiyong was killed, and Li Shanchang stood up again. He made frequent mistakes along the way. This man is old, and even his brain has become difficult to use."

Regarding what Li Shanchang did in the four southern provinces, Ouyang Lun could also understand his intentions. He obviously wanted to retaliate in kind. If Li Shanchang surpassed the Northern Zhili by copying various policies of the Northern Zhili, then the Huaixi Party would not be able to do the same in economic construction. His achievements will surpass Ouyang Lun again, thus giving him a severe blow to Ouyang Lun!

It cannot be said that there is something wrong with the methods used by Li Shanchang. If we are to blame, it is because Li Shanchang is too anxious to overtake Ouyang Lun financially!

If you take a big step, you can easily pull your balls.

He hastily launched various infrastructure projects and kept listing new stocks to make money, causing public resentment. He even forced people to buy stocks and expropriated land. He even refused to pay workers wages and had to hand over taxes and grains bit by bit. Under such circumstances, can the people not rebel?

Ouyang Lun is not sure now whether Li Shanchang knew about what Guo Huan's corrupt officials did beforehand. However, judging from the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang killed so many officials but only Li Shanchang was not touched, Li Shanchang was probably really unaware. Of course, it is possible that he was. Zhu Yuanzhang does not want to kill Li Shanchang for the time being.

Ouyang Lun didn't want to guess Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. Guessing right or wrong meant nothing to him. After all, the most important thing at hand was to govern the four southern provinces.

Ouyang Lun was thinking when he suddenly saw Mao Youfu still standing and said angrily: "Didn't I ask you to go down and do something? Why are you still standing here?"

Mao Youfu rubbed his hands, "Prince-in-law, if the rebellion is put down, infrastructure and the stock market will need a lot of money, and I can't handle it!"

After hearing this, Ouyang Lun immediately understood that this guy Qingqing was here to ask for money from him!

"If you want money, just ask directly and don't mince words in front of me."

Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes at Mao Youfu and said.

"Hey, I really can't hide anything from the Prince Consort. I heard that you told His Majesty that we can solve this money problem ourselves? Now the treasury of the four southern provinces is empty, and the total of the four provinces does not exceed two hundred Wan, you can’t do anything without money!”

Mao Youfu said sarcastically.

"Isn't the problem of money easy to solve? Jin Yiwei has arrested so many officials, but their homes haven't been searched yet? Why don't you go and search their homes quickly? What are you waiting for? After Jin Yiwei kills those officials, go back and take care of these officials. Was the official’s house ransacked?”

Ouyang Lun said. "Going to ransack the house?!" Mao Youfu looked shocked, "Prince-in-law, the Jin Yiwei is arresting people and we hide in the back and search the house. I'm afraid it's not good. The Jin Yiwei will hate us."

"What are you afraid of when I'm here? The emperor has promised me that I will be responsible for confiscation of homes. Jin Yiwei is only responsible for arresting people and not confiscating homes!" Ouyang Lun waved his hand, "Hurry up and go door to door according to the list issued by Jin Yiwei. Copy it!"

"You must be careful when searching your home. There must be officials' family members who have hidden money. You have to use some means to get all the money back to me. Then you will have money!"

After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Mao Youfu nodded repeatedly, "Your Majesty, I understand!"

"I'm going to make arrangements now!"

After Mao Youfu finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Soon, Ouyang Lun was the only one left in the study.

"The money from the confiscation of homes should be enough to restart infrastructure projects and stock markets in the four southern provinces. Restarting alone is not enough. More specific solutions are needed." Ouyang Lun thought over and over again and started writing.

Capital City, Imperial Palace, Hall of Supreme Harmony.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished reviewing a memorial, he stopped and thought seriously for a moment.

"Wang Zhong."

"The minister is here."

"Is there any news from Ouyang Lun?"

"I haven't gotten back to Your Majesty yet, but no news is good news. I believe that with Ouyang's ability, he will definitely be able to solve the problems in the four southern provinces." Wang Zhong replied.

"You have great confidence in that boy Ouyang Lun!" Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly.

Wang Zhong looked panicked and quickly explained: "I just thought that since Ouyang Prince Consort can manage Northern Zhili well, he will definitely be able to manage the four southern provinces well. I have absolutely no other intentions!"

"I didn't say anything else. Look, I scared you." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, as if he didn't care too much about this.

At this time, a young eunuch came in holding a memorial in both hands, "Your Majesty, this is written by Ouyang Lun, the governor of the four provinces and the consort Du Wei. The cabinet ministers think the contents of this memorial are too shocking. They I don’t dare to be good at it, so I specially asked the young one to be sent to His Majesty!”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "Ouyang Lun's memorial? It actually scared my cabinet ministers like this?!"

The cabinet was a newly established yamen created by Zhu Yuanzhang after he abolished the Zhongshu Province and abolished the prime minister. All cabinet bachelors were on duty in the cabinet and were responsible for reviewing many affairs. Most memorials had to go to the cabinet first. Some minor matters were handled by several universities in the cabinet. The scholar can handle it directly, and finally only need to report the handling situation to Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Prince Zhu Biao.

Since the establishment of the cabinet, the work intensity of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao has been greatly reduced.

Moreover, this cabinet is like the emperor's think tank. They can make suggestions when encountering problems. It is equivalent to a simplified version of Zhongshu Sheng. These bachelors also share many of the abilities of the original prime minister. At the same time, these bachelors do not have Such great power as the Prime Minister.

This is a method that Zhu Yuanzhang came up with after trying and thinking for a long time.

The cabinet bachelors were all important officials of the imperial court. For example, Song Lian, the Minister of Hubu, and Lu Chang, the Minister of Rites, were both highly respected among the civil and military officials.

And they were actually frightened by a memorial from Ouyang Lun.

Therefore, the memorial sent over immediately attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention.

"Hurry up and show me the memorial!"

"Yes!"

Wang Zhong walked down and took away the memorial held by the young eunuch, carefully intending to send it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang did not wait for Wang Zhong to put it down, but quickly took the memorial and read it. The more Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, the more wrong his expression became!

Snapped--

Zhu Yuanzhang directly hit the memorial on the Long case.

"This Ouyang Lun is really good!"

"Not to mention recruiting officials privately, but now he wants to openly ask me for an official!" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his nose was smoking. "I agreed to all the officials he submitted for promotion before, and now he comes to me again to ask for an official. !”

"You're really welcome!"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's angry look, Wang Zhong shuddered. After thinking about it, he bit the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, could it be that Ouyang's consort has other plans?"

"Other arrangements?"

"possible!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly enlightened, and quickly picked up the memorial again and continued to read, "I'm just so angry because I haven't read the content behind this memorial yet!"

After that, Zhu Yuanzhang started reading again.

But just after watching it for a few seconds, Zhu Yuanzhang threw the memorial in his hand directly.

"Bastard!"

"Is there someone like him who wants to ask me for an official? As soon as he opens his mouth, there are tens of thousands of officials. Now the court is really short of people. Where can I go to find tens of thousands of officials for him?!!"

"What a bastard!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and his face turned red with anger.

Wang Zhong hurriedly picked up the memorial from the ground, glanced at it a few times, looked suddenly enlightened, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, Ouyang Prince Consort seems to have an explanation on this memorial. Do you want to take another look?"

"What's the use of explaining? He's talking nonsense. There are tens of thousands of officials. How can the four southern provinces use that many??!"

"He is an important official here and there, and he is clearly building an army!!"

(End of this chapter)