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After returning from a private visit in Jiangnan Weifu, an imperial edict was issued, announcing that the government would go to the township level. Now the establishment of the township chief level for cities and towns that meet the requirements is in full swing. Towns in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Nanxun Town where Emperor Chongzhen visited, have a yearly trade volume of tens of millions of taels of silver. This scale is comparable to poorer prefectures, such as Yan'an Prefecture, and Liaodong Province, which is about to be established. It is impossible to have it in all the provincial capitals and counties.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a moment and understood. He immediately sneered and said, "Is being an official thousands of miles away just for money?"

At this point, without waiting for Wang Yongguang's response, he gave another instruction: "I see it like this. In the future, in addition to the previous assessments as the basis for the selection of officials, there will be an additional procedure..."

When Wang Yongguang heard this, he knew that the emperor might have some novel ideas that could cure this situation. Judging from the past, the emperor's new ideas are very good, and they can often effectively solve the problems that have been accumulated for a long time, and even problems that have been solved by all dynasties. Thinking like this, he was very curious, wondering what the emperor's idea was this time?

“In the future, whenever there is a vacancy for local officials, qualified candidates can be asked to nominate themselves, stating what they should do after taking office and how to do well in the official position they want to fill. Officials who have feasible strategies will take up their posts. If they can't do what they said in their self-recommendation, the next year's assessment will be reduced by one more grade. If they can really do it, they will be added by one grade in the assessment..."

Emperor Chongzhen was afraid that Wang Yongguang was old and would not be able to think clearly, so he explained in some detail. His idea was actually similar to some later campaigns. No matter what kind of official you want to be, you should show your advantages and explain your actions. Whoever speaks well will be able to take on the job. Of course, past achievements must also be taken into consideration. The difference between those campaigns is that the campaign is a promise to the voters, and this one is a promise to the officials, or to the court.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen himself had already done this. The reason why Wen Tiren was able to serve as the chief assistant, and the reason why he was specially promoted to the chief assistant by Emperor Chongzhen and recommended the cabinet ministers was because Wen Tiren explained the policy program to Emperor Chongzhen and gave examples of various economic means in the former Song Dynasty. Among many ministers Among them, it was because of Emperor Chongzhen’s thoughts.

Before that, there may have been such examples for the most important official position in the court. The emperor would first talk to his ministers, and if the requirements were met, he would give it to the corresponding official. However, in grassroots official positions, especially those within the purview of the Ministry of Personnel, most of them are taken the initiative by the Ministry of Personnel and the elected officials are passive.

After Wang Yongguang listened to Emperor Chongzhen's detailed explanation, it took a while before he came back to his senses and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, is it inappropriate to do this? What if something unexpected happens and the local magistrate is unable to fulfill his promise?" if……"

"There's nothing wrong with it, just do it like this!" Emperor Chongzhen made an arbitrary decision about this matter, "If there are special circumstances such as natural disasters, separate assessments will naturally be required. For such exceptional matters, the officials must report the situation to the cabinet. , report to me."

At this point, he paused and then said: "In addition, when selecting officials, the hard work of the officials must be taken into consideration. Officials who have made achievements from poor areas will be evaluated favorably. Anyone who is unwilling to work in poor areas will be given priority. It will be included in the second-tier list and shall not be used unless necessary.”

It can be heard that the emperor is very angry about this incident. Wang Yongguang was thinking in his mind, and the words that the emperor said just now popped up in his mind: being an official for thousands of miles is only for wealth!

He was still thinking, but Emperor Chongzhen looked at the memorial presented in his hand. After browsing it for a while, he pointed at the memorial with his hand and said: "Wang Qing conducted a training for these people, which is to learn about the situation in Liaodong, what aspects Pay attention to what aspects should be focused on and other similar things, and explain to these people one by one. Choose the better people to go to Liaodong first. Later, we will conquer more places, and then send others to go. "

Wang Yongguang thought for a while, and when he was about to speak, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "As for the specific situation in Liaodong, I will give you a basic outline, and similar things should be included in it."

When he said this, he had already thought about asking Sun Chengzong to take the lead in writing this training material, with Zuo Yingxuan and other local officials from Liaodong writing it. Then after he looks at it, he can supplement it based on some experiences of later generations, and finally form a training document for the officials.

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Yongguang and asked: "I see that you just seemed to have something to say, please tell me!"

"..." Wang Yongguang opened his mouth and was speechless. After being stunned for a while, he replied: "I am confused. Your Majesty just pointed it out. I have no questions."

At this point, he received the order and said: "I will obey the holy will! I will turn to the staff and implement what your Majesty just said!"

After getting the emperor's consent, Wang Yongguang slowly left the palace. At the same time, he felt a little emotional. It seemed that he was indeed old and could not keep up with the emperor's thoughts. I'm afraid I won't be able to do this job as a minister of official affairs for long!

Gao Shiyue, the eunuch who had been waiting on duty, saw that Wang Yongguang had left the main hall, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I heard that the two major departments of the capital are very different from the past. One is cold and the other is hot. striking!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he knew what he was referring to. It makes no sense that there would be no news to the factory guards to report something that even Gao Shiyue knew.

What he was talking about was that the Civil Service Department had always been a popular yamen office in the past, and the candidates were all crowded with the Civil Service Department, hoping to find the vacancies as soon as possible. But now, it is empty. Now it seems that it is because the officials are selecting local officials in Liaodong that they have avoided it, right?

The other department is the Ministry of War. In the past, there were not many people here, but now, it is as crowded as the Ministry of Personnel. Most of these people were military attaches from the local guards near the capital. During the reform of the military system of the Guard Institute, many of their military positions will be abolished. The best ones can still stay in the army, while those who are eliminated will go to the local agencies of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to listen to civilian orders and act as minions. Although he is better than the yamen servant, he is not as good as before. No one would want to go down this road if possible.

Therefore, they all came to the Ministry of War to watch as the Eight Immortals crossed the sea and showed their magical powers, hoping that they could stay in the army.

In response, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled coldly, was he running away from office? Everyone, run away, my factory guards are already waiting to catch the role models and punish them severely!