My life skills in Daming Liver

Nanjing, the Governor's Mansion, after Su Ze returned from Shanghai, he rarely had a few days of leisure at home.

He was accompanying his son and watched as his son placed pieces of wood on the ground, forming a long dragon on the ground.

After the wood pieces were placed, the son excitedly walked to Su Ze and pushed gently with his little hand. The wood pieces fell one after another, and the little toy actually created a spectacular feeling.

Shen Shixing looked curiously at the governor who was collecting wood chips. He did not expect that Su Ze would play such a game when accompanying his son in his free time.

"domino?"

Shen Shixing recalled the records in ancient books of the Song Dynasty. This was a form of entertainment that appeared in the Song Dynasty, but the nobles in the Song Dynasty preferred to use ivory and animal bones for carvings, while Su Ze used wood chips.

Su Ze smiled and said: "It is indeed dominoes from the Song Dynasty, but this game is also very popular in the West. According to Alfonso, missionaries brought domino players back to the West from the East. This game of building and knocking down dominoes, But it was invented in the West, and here stocks are mainly used for Pai Gow.”

Shen Shixing found it quite interesting that the small dominoes actually developed two ways to play, and this way of playing to stand all the dominoes up and then knock them down all at once was also quite interesting.

Shen Shixing is even planning to make a set himself and wait for his children to play with it when they grow up.

"Grand Governor, Gao Wuguan is back. Gao Suqing said that he wants to observe the festival for Emperor Longqing, but he still refuses to go to the southeast and stays in his hometown in Xinzheng to study."

"But Gao Wuguan brought back a newly compiled book by Gao Suqing."

Shen Shixing took out some thick manuscripts.

Su Ze said unsurprisingly: "Emperor Longqing was kind to Gao Suqing. They were monarchs and ministers as well as teachers and students, more like father and son. It is normal for him to refuse to serve in the Southeast. If he decisively agrees to come and serve in the Southeast, I still think What else did he have in mind?”

Shen Shixing was silent for a moment and said: "Why does a smart man like Gao Suqing still have to keep the Ming Dynasty in order?"

Su Ze said: "Society has the inertia of spontaneous progress. If it were not for our rise in the southeast, Mingting would have gone down the path of self-destruction, but it would not have perished so quickly."

"Doesn't this further prove that Mingting's people's hearts have not been completely lost?"

Of course, Su Ze knew that the imperial system was so stubborn. In the historical timeline before his time travel, after entering the information age, the imperial system still existed, and it was even covered with a veil of "gentleness and elegance" and continued to be active in the political arena. superior.

Not to mention that it is still the sixteenth century, and the world has just begun to enter the Age of Enlightenment.

There was even a Bonapartist monarchy in history such as Napoleon III who became president first and then emperor. There was an imitator in China in later generations, but by that time the monarchy had been swept into the garbage heap of history on this land. , that poor imitator also left an eternal infamy.

Zhang Juzheng needed an emperor to maintain the legitimacy of the Ming court, maintain the loyalty of local governors to the Ming court, suppress local powerful factions, and even use the authority of the imperial system to promote his own reforms.

The Ming court bureaucracy also needed an imperial system. Without the authority of the emperor, they would have no legitimacy to manage the place. Not to mention that there were many bureaucracies, such as eunuchs and the emperor's private department, that existed specifically to maintain the imperial system.

Even ordinary people need an emperor. They need the imaginary supreme and wise emperor to bring justice to them. They need a huge force like Leviathan that can fight against bureaucrats and landlords and stand by their side to help them speak.

This is also the reason why Su Ze used the "cannibalization" tactic, cutting off a piece of flesh from Ming Ting every time, but he would not immediately launch a full-scale attack.

If a full-scale war is launched, the Ming court's desperate resistance will increase the intensity and losses of the war.

This flesh-cutting tactic, on the contrary, allows the Southeast to absorb the newly occupied land and promote reforms province by province.

Only then did Shen Shixing remember his business.

"Except for Jingzhou and Xiangyang, which are still resisting, the entire southern part of Huguang has been captured by our new southeastern army."

"But such a large area needs more officials. Now a group of people have been dispatched, but our manpower is still too tight to digest such a large area at once."

"Some officials in the Ministry of Rites are discussing whether to hold the selection examination for new Jinshi in advance and let them become regulars as soon as possible."

According to the new imperial examination system in the Southeast, new Jinshi need to observe the government for one year, and then take the selection examination before they can be officially awarded an official position and become an official in the Southeast.

Of course, this is what the system stipulates, and it cannot hold back some outstanding talents, who have shown extraordinary talents while observing politics.

For example, Tang Xianzu from the Railway Department of the Ministry of Industry, Gu Xiancheng from the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, Pang Xinyue from the Finance and Economics Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Chi Hongmo, a pedestrian who has recently made great contributions to Annan. These are all considered before they have even officially taken the selection examination. They are the talents who will be the pillars of the future.

However, most of the new scholars are still doing odd jobs in various departments. They are basically at a stage where they are overqualified for small things and are uneasy about big things.

This is normal. Newcomers who have just finished more than ten years or even decades of hard study and entered the officialdom have not even figured out the basic rules of the officialdom, let alone using this machine.

This is the same as asking children to write poems when they are just learning to speak.

Even the fact that there are so many monsters in this subject is because the imperial examination is held for the first time in the southeast. It's just that these monsters have raised the expectations of various departments for these new subjects, and some departments can't wait to use them.

"The rules for the selection examination cannot be changed. Now that spring is only half a year away, the selection will be made in advance. It will be difficult in the future."

Su Ze set the tone, and Shen Shixing understood what he meant.

In fact, Shen Shixing also understood that the employment and selection system cannot be modified at will. This is related to the foundation of the entire government system in the future and the foundation of the entire bureaucracy.

It's just that the Ministry of Rites in the southeast has been transformed by Su Ze into the Ministry of Education, and it is an educational department specifically responsible for the selection and training of officials and preparatory officials.

Nowadays, the official department is shouting about the shortage of people every day, and the head of the literary and selection department is about to live in front of Shen Shixing's house. Shen Shixing has no choice but to come to Su Ze.

Su Ze changed the subject and said, "However, these Guanzheng Jinshi can be sent to newly occupied areas such as Huguang for training."

"In this way, those who are willing to go to Huguang for half a year to train at the grassroots level can get extra points for next year's selection."

"But these new scholars cannot be local chief officials. They can only be assistant second officers, or serve as affairs officials in the government. The chief officer is responsible for the evaluation. Only those who perform well in the evaluation can get extra points."

Shen Shixing thought about it and realized that this was indeed a way to send these political scholars to the grassroots level so that they could also understand the operating logic of the grassroots level.

Anyway, it is a voluntary principle. For those Guanzheng Jinshi who are not sure of passing the selection examination, this is also a roundabout way to pass the selection examination.

However, Shen Shixing still said: "The number of these Jinshi Observers is too small. What is most lacking are mature officials with grassroots experience and staff who can handle government affairs."

Su Ze said helplessly: "There is nothing we can do about it. South Zhili and Zhejiang are also planning to build township-level offices, and there is also a shortage of officials here."

The township office, the so-called public office, was originally a place for private autonomy to handle rural affairs.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, three elders were set up in the countryside to handle rural affairs.

The system of the three elders in the township was gradually replaced by the rising clans and landlords, and what Su Ze had to do was to re-establish the authority of the government at the township level.

In fact, the so-called township is originally an illusory administrative concept. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were only villages, and there was no specific administrative unit like a township.

The township established by Su Ze in the southeast actually governed several villages administratively, and established township offices in the more prosperous villages to handle village affairs.

In order not to irritate the gentry in the countryside, the current township office is only responsible for notarizing land sales, providing care and support for the old, weak, sick and disabled, and handling and mediating some rural disputes.

However, matters such as collecting taxes, recruiting soldiers, and maintaining public security are still handled by officials under the county government.

However, with the establishment of the township office, the people have gradually adapted to such a level of government, and the county government can also use the township office to understand the situation of each township and village and have an understanding of the basic local conditions.

The most important task Su Ze assigned to the township office was to inventory the number of acres of land in each township and village.

All of this requires a large number of officials and clerks who can write and calculate, but this work is very important.

The land issue is almost the most important issue throughout history. Even in modern times, the land issue is still the most difficult issue for a country.

In Su Ze's view, this is the best time to solve the land problem in the southeast.

Today in the southeast, cities are constantly expanding, and more gentry are beginning to give up their ancestral homes that have been inherited for decades or even centuries, and are beginning to look for opportunities in the city.

In the Susong area of ​​southern Zhili, urbanization is very rapid, and small cities are built around the capital.

This is also normal. Workshops need stable workers, engineers who can perform repairs, and professional managers.

These people live in or near cities.

There are supporting workshops around the city, more developed education, and more developed medical care.

The development of the commodity economy has caused the self-sufficient small farmer economy to lose its advantage.

Most people only need to focus on doing one thing well, and the rest can be purchased from others with money.

This process of urbanization has even left many rural areas empty.

Even after some landlords reduced rents and interest rates, they no longer had tenants to farm.

Land prices further away from cities are rising.

Of course Su Ze knew that this was what would happen in the upward cycle.

But flowers are not always good. If there is a downward cycle, many people will return to the countryside.

So now is the best time to solve the problem of building grassroots rights in rural areas.

As a time traveler, Su Ze does not believe in the wisdom of future generations.

Some things have their timing.

However, the problem of lack of officials in Huguang still faced Su Ze.