Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"I am Jiang Botao, the Director of the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Industry. I pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"

"Long live your majesty!"

The others were shocked when they heard this. The emperor from the capital has arrived!

This is the emperor who saved their lives, gave them jobs and provided them with food!

They never dared to imagine that they would be able to meet the emperor in this lifetime.

At this moment, they were all very excited and followed the official forward and knelt down.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Zhu Youxiao was somewhat moved, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw the old lady kneeling down and kicking the middle-aged bachelor.

"Get up! Everyone, get up! I just want to see this fire bull digging a well."

As he spoke, he came to the side of the fire bull.

The fire bull has slowly stopped working.

After creating a column of water that shot up into the sky, the fire bull was no longer as powerful as it once was. It instantly turned into a limp slug and became motionless.

"How long did it take to dig this well?"

"Your Majesty, the battle has lasted four hours! The fire bull I am in charge of arrived here last night and was the first one to start!"

"You are very good, very good!"

The next moment, Jiang Botao's face changed drastically and he immediately pushed away the crowd that was gradually moving towards the well.

"Go away, go away! Everyone, don't go near the wellhead!"

"The walls of the well haven't been reinforced yet! If everyone gets close to them, it's easy to collapse!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Chunfu immediately ordered his men to disperse the crowd.

This reminded Zhu Youxiao of the cement pipe incident, and he couldn't help but ask Wei Zhongxian about it.

"How is Daoji's research on simplified Liuyi clay going?"

"Your Majesty, there seems to be no progress yet. I haven't received any good news yet."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that technological inventions could not be rushed.

After leaving here, I took a walk outside the city with everyone else.

Seeing more and more victims pouring in from the south, Zhu Youxiao felt that time was becoming more and more urgent.

But today, looking at the things I had arranged, they were all progressing slowly and I was in a bad mood, so I returned to Prince Dai's Palace early.

Silent all night.

After a day of registration of the victims, some of them were officially transformed into laborers in the next two days and participated in the work of digging canals and dredging water conservancy projects.

Other work is also slowly beginning to unfold.

When the disaster victims from other places heard that there was not only porridge to eat here, but also food to be distributed if they worked, they all flocked here like crazy.

The number of disaster victims outside Datong City soon reached 30,000. The officials in charge of registration wrote until their pens wore out and their hands became numb.

It's very lively and bustling here.

In contrast, Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City was silent at this time.

Prince Xin Zhu Youjian, Chief Minister Wen Tihen, Minister of Personnel Wang Yongguang and Minister of Rites Meng Shaoyu were all in the cabinet.

Because the decree of "changing clerks into officials" mainly involved the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, the cabinet specially invited the two ministers Wang and Meng to participate in the discussion.

At this moment, Prince Xin looked calm, Wen Tihen looked relaxed, and Meng Shaoyu looked solemn.

Wang Yongguang, who was holding the imperial edict, couldn't stop his hands from shaking.

"This...this, this, does Your Majesty really want to make changes to the Ming Dynasty's official system?"

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Taizu, officials have always been officials and clerks have always been clerks. How can they be confused?"

"Your Majesty, this change is against the ancestral system!"

"Lord Wang is absolutely right! Clerks are lowly people with no achievements, how can they be officials? Changing clerks into officials is against etiquette!"

The two ministers beat their chests and stamped their feet, expressing their extremely strong opposition.

Wen Tiren couldn't help but look cold, and his powerful fighting magic burst out instantly.

"Ministry of Personnel, this is against the ancestral system, right?"

Bang! A slap mark instantly appeared on Wang Yongguang's face!

"Ministry of Rites, this is not in accordance with etiquette?"

Bang! Meng Shaoyu's face also became red and swollen.

Prince Xin's eyelids twitched as he watched from the side. My goodness, Lord Wen was so ruthless!

As expected, in order to be a lone minister, he dared to make enemies with everyone in the world!

Take a look!

How is this different from a mad dog!

Wang and Meng were caught off guard and were completely stunned.

"You, you, you dare to hit..."

Before he could finish his words, Wen Tiren went up and banged several big cunts.

"I did hit him, so what?"

"I asked you to come here to give advice to His Majesty, not to cause trouble for His Majesty!"

"If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, get out!"

"It's hard to find a three-legged frog, but there are plenty of people out there who want to be officials!"

"Think about Huang Liji and the others!"

When the two heard the name Huang Liji, their momentum weakened a little, but they still glared at Wen Tiren unwillingly.

"What? Are you dissatisfied? Do you want the East Factory to have a good talk with you?"

When they heard him mention the East Factory, the two of them instantly became timid.

Although he was unwilling, he no longer dared to talk back. He covered his face, which was swollen like a monkey's butt, and remained silent.

Prince Xin saw that the atmosphere was almost over, so he came out to smooth things over.

"My dear gentlemen, please don't get angry. Harmony brings wealth!"

"It would be better for us to sit down and study your Majesty's will carefully, and see how to better implement this system of 'changing clerks into officials'."

Chapter 375 Must do a good job!

Two days later.

A team of Jinyiwei on swift horses flew into Datong under the morning glow.

The leader was none other than the eunuch Wang Tiqian who held the seal!

Soon, the team stopped outside the Dai Wang Mansion. Wang Tiqian jumped off the horse, exhausted. Behind him was a bulging package.

It was exactly the memorial drafted by the cabinet.

He did not dare to delay for a moment, holding the memorial in his hand, he walked straight to Changchun Palace in small steps.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet has finalized the detailed rules for the implementation of 'changing clerks into officials'. I hereby submit this for your approval."

Zhu Youxiao had just finished breakfast and was strolling around the Prince of Dai's Palace to digest his food.

Unexpectedly, the cabinet's memorial had already arrived, and he hurriedly took it and started reading it.

"All officials in the country who have no bad records will be promoted to the ninth rank in their place of residence, and their salaries will be paid according to the previous system..."

"All officials in the country who have outstanding abilities and outstanding political achievements can be promoted to the ninth rank or above after passing the imperial court's assessment..."

He looked at each item carefully.

The more I watch, the more surprised I am. It really is true that we should let professionals do professional work.

The implementation details are written in great detail, including not only the various ways and means for officials to be promoted, but also the various review conditions and requirements.

These details will not only fully reflect the spirit of my will, but also add many details that I could not think of.

It is said that Old Wen is not only a good person, but also really good at doing things!

Zhu Youxiao finally closed the memorial with satisfaction and handed it to Wang Tiqian.

"Well, Elder Wen and his team are quite efficient. I am very satisfied."

"I have approved all the details in the memorial."

"Use your seal immediately and quickly publish this revised imperial edict throughout the country!"

"Old slave obeys!"

After Wang Tiquan finished speaking, he respectfully took out the imperial seal, used the seal in front of Zhu Youxiao, and then stepped back to arrange other matters.

Having accomplished a task that he had been longing for, Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood and was very much looking forward to the results of the reform.

Subsequently, detailed official documents on converting clerks into officials were sent to provincial capitals, prefectures, and counties.

Datong Prefecture was naturally the first to receive it.

However, many officials were busy providing relief to the victims early in the morning and assisting in directing workers to dredge rivers and other matters.

Many officials did not know about the reform at the first time.

Li Ruozhi, a minor official in the Rites Office of Datong Prefecture, was one of them.

He is now at the disaster relief resettlement site at the north city gate, registering the last batch of new disaster victims to be converted into migrant workers.

As soon as he finished registering the information of a disaster victim, he put down his pen and stretched.

"Sir! Sir! It's my turn now! My name is Wang Shuang, I'm from Dachongling, Taiyuan Prefecture, and I'm twenty years old."

A bearded man came forward excitedly.

"Get out! Get back!" Li Ruozhi shouted at him angrily.

"What's the matter, sir? I have the strength, I want to dig a river! I want to work and exchange food for my mother!"

"Just move back when I told you to. Why are you pushing me?"

Li Ruozhi said as he picked up a wooden stick from the side and pushed Wang Shuang away.

Wang Shuang was very anxious: "What's wrong with you, sir? I need to work, why don't you register me?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? My Lord, I have been busy since dawn and haven't even had a chance to catch my breath. Can't I take a break? If you get sick from overwork, you have to pay me for it!"

"What should I do if I'm hungry?"

Wang Shuang was a little at a loss.

He heard that not only was porridge provided here, but also food was given for work, so he came all the way here with his mother on his back to seek survival.

How come this gentleman won't register him now that it's his turn...

What should I do?

"Nothing to do, just sit there and wait!"

"There's more behind, you all wait too!"

Wang Shuang thought about it and wanted to go forward to fight for it again, but was pulled back by the people behind him.

"Brother, forget it. The master asked us to wait, so we should wait first. If we make the master angry and don't give us work, that would be bad!"

When Wang Shuang heard this, it seemed to make some sense, so he had to step back and sit down.

Seeing this, Li Ruozhi leaned back in his chair and half-lay down to rest.

An official nearby, who was responsible for dividing the people into groups and assigning tasks, couldn't stand it anymore.

She tugged at his sleeve from behind and said, "Hey, why don't you finish registering the remaining people first and then take a break. There aren't many left, only about a hundred people."

"Zhang Chengan, stop kidding!"