I am the king of the dead

Luo Bingzhong stretched out a slap, turned it over and said, "For this amount, His Highness has rewarded the minister with more than 100 taels of silver."

"So much?" Zhu Zhanqian realized how generous he was.

He said with more confidence: "So, why do you want to go?"

"Daming Juren opened a department to recruit scholars. One department, there are more than a thousand juren, one hundred thousand mountains, nine streams and eighteen caves, and there are less than a hundred vacancies for Liuguan. There are so many candidates who are waiting to go, you What are you doing with that idle time!"

Luo Bingzhong smiled, and he said with a smile: "Someone has to go, why can't it be me?"

"Our Daming has no shortage of recruits, but look, there are less than a hundred officials in total, how many of them have gone? Up to now, we have recruited twenty people."

Sometimes, it is no wonder that His Majesty looks down on civil officials, discriminates against them, and is even always vigilant.

More than a hundred people from the commanding officer's side have all gathered together, wailing, waiting to take up the post, where's the move?

In the fifth year of orthodoxy, the number of candidates in the township examination was increased from 510 to 740 on the grounds of Xingwen, and in the 13th year of orthodoxy, it was increased to 950.

In the third year of the Ming Dynasty, there were only 20 Juren who were willing to go to Jiuxi [-]th Cave, and none of Wen Linlang was willing to go to Jiuxi [-]th Cave.

Even Zhang Jian, who was born in Chishuiwei, Guizhou, is now a Beijing official of the seventh-rank supervisory censor, and he started as a magistrate when he left the capital.

No, no one wants to go.

Zhu Zhanqian Jian Guo was in charge of this, of course he knew that what Luo Bingzhong said was true, he said helplessly: "It's human nature to like leisure and hate work."

Luo Bingzhong bowed his head and said with emotion: "Then Your Highness, today, I will say goodbye to Your Highness."

Zhu Zhanqian helped Luo Bingzhong up helplessly, knowing that he couldn't persuade him anymore, he said with a smile: "Work hard! I'm alone in Xiangyang, waiting for you to fly thousands of miles and soar into the sky!"

Luo Bingzhong worshiped again, during the time he spent with King Xiang, nothing went wrong, King Xiang was a happy person.

If the case of the former Chief Shi Song had not instigated King Xiang to conspire against him, he would not have been sent back to Beijing by King Xiang.

Zhu Zhanqian frowned and said, "Luo Changshi, after Gu woke up this morning, his right eyelid kept twitching. Is there something bad about to happen?"

Luo Bingzhong asked strangely: "The right eyelid?"

Zhu Zhanqian nodded and said, "That's right, it's said that the left eye jumps for money and the right eye jumps for disaster. Isn't this disaster coming?"

Luo Bingzhong thought about it seriously, and said with a smile: "It's a disaster in the left eye, and a fortune in the right eye."

"Ah?" Zhu Zhanqian blinked, thought for a long time and said, "How did Gu remember that it was the right eye jump?"

Luo Bingzhong shook his head and said confidently: "Your Highness has a wrong memory."

"Really?" Zhu Zhanqian was a little confused, he kept stretching out his left hand and right hand, he was not sure which eye twitched, which one was left and which one was there...

"Resignation." Luo Bingzhong bowed his head and bid farewell.

Zhu Zhanqian also didn't care about which eye twitched, and said very solemnly: "I want to say goodbye to you, and I'm also an official, so I can go."

Luo Bingzhong left.

Zhu Zhanqian was born in Yingtian Mansion, grew up in Yingtian Mansion, and became king in Shuntian Mansion, then he was granted the title of Changsha Mansion, and finally moved to Xiangyang Mansion.

Where does he have any hometown?

Where does he have a home?

Going back to Xiangyang is just to avoid the inevitable murder.

The Tian family is cold, this is his destiny.

"Farewell to you, we are both officials." Zhu Zhanqian looked at Luo Bingzhong's back, and said to himself: "What are you doing in this lonely life? It's not as good as Luo Changshi's life. "

Xing'an took the edict and brought a group of palace people to the mansion of King Xiang in the Tenth Prince's Mansion, and saw Zhu Zhanqian standing in front of the door, bidding farewell to Luo Bingzhong.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has orders." Xing'an stepped forward and said loudly.

Zhu Zhanqian hurriedly knelt down and shouted loudly: "I respectfully accept the holy order."

Xing'an picked up the imperial decree and said loudly: "The noble land is fertile and fertile, and the people are also Yinfu. Zhou De declined, so he became the head of the Rong and Di. Taizu said: "The world is so big, we must build a fan screen, protect the country on the top, and live in peace on the bottom. It is advisable to build a screen in Guizhou and enclose the descendants for long-term peace and stability."

"Prince Xiang Zhanqian, Feng Fan Guiyang Mansion, the Prime Minister governs the affairs of the nobles, and returns to the court in three years, hereby."

Zhu Zhanqian shouted loudly: "The minister leads the decree to thank you!"

Xing'an said with a smile: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has an order, no matter how hard you are, the uncle of the emperor will take a trip to Guizhou."

Zhu Zhanqian still said dully: "No, is Gu in charge of specific things in the local area, or enfeoffment but not tin soil, rank of nobles but not near the people, food and salary but not management?"

Zhu Zhanqian was a little confused about his rights and responsibilities, and his majesty issued an edict, which would make it impossible for him to rectify.

Xing'an said with a smile: "Your Highness does not have a royal residence in Guizhou, but lives in the Yamen of the Chief Secretary of Guizhou. The Prime Minister manages all matters of the nobles, entrusts and not tin land, ranks as a noble but is close to the people, but manages affairs with a salary. The term is three years."

Zhu Zhanqian regained his composure and said, "So that's how it is."

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that he just went to build the mill, and he will come back when the mill is completely built.

Three years is the deadline to build a mill.

"The minister will live up to the king's order." Zhu Zhanqian suddenly asked: "Then can Luo Bingzhong continue to be transferred to do the long history for Gu?"

Xing'an blinked, nodded and said, "Luo Bingzhong is the second official of His Highness."

Chapter 383 The Rules of the Undercurrent

With infinite worries about life in Guizhou in the future, Luo Bingzhong finally came to Huitong Hall and reported the use of post roads and post stations.

The post system in the Ming Dynasty was very strict. Luo Bingzhong was not eligible to use the post station when he went to Guizhou alone, but this time His Majesty sent people to Guizhou, all of them could use the post station.

And here, Luo Bingzhong accidentally discovered that Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian was also outside the Huitong Hall.

"Is Your Highness so anxious to return to Xiangyang?" Luo Bingzhong stepped forward to talk.

Zhu Zhanqian was very angry, and he agreed to go back to Xiangyang to be a fun person, but in the end he went to Guizhou to be the prime minister for three years.

The more he looks at Luo Bingzhong now, the more angry he gets!

Luo Bingzhong asked a little strangely: "Your Highness?"

Zhu Zhanqian sighed and said, "I'm going to Guiyang too!"

The difference between Xiangyang and Guiyang is a world of difference.

There was a lot of thick files in Zhu Zhanqian's car, and Zhu Zhanqian took out one of them and said: "The feud between chieftains, this will help us mediate their conflicts."

Luo Bingzhong looked at it for a long time before he said dully, "Are you sure it's reconciliation?"

Zhu Zhanqian leaned on the back of the driver's seat, and said with certainty: "It must be reconciliation, or it can only be reconciliation? Do you think it is provocation?"

Of course, Luo Bingzhong knew that these two words were antonyms, but sometimes, it was true that different routes lead to the same goal. He nodded and said, "His Royal Highness advises you."

Zhu Zhanqian took out a Guizhou Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book from the Ministry of Household Affairs again, looked at it and wanted to throw it out of the window, but after thinking for a while, he threw it aside and said: "There is no reference value, if it is not for Ming officials For the sake of face, Gu really wanted to throw it out the window."

Luo Bingzhong took those yellow books and fish scale books, flipped them over and nodded and said, "It's really a pile of waste papers. The population and fields in these guards and prefectures and counties are always changing, but the general Dingkou Hetian in Guizhou Mu, but since the establishment of the Guizhou Third Division in the Yongle period, there has been no change."

Zhu Zhanqian said with a lot of emotion: "I have to say that our Ming officials have maintained the same level as before even after they arrived at Jiuxi Shibadong."

"It's like the 30th year of Hongwu's Household Department Shangshu Yuxin approved the rich households in the world. 50 years have passed, and in the first year of Jingtai, there are still [-] wealthy households in the world."

"They maintain a high degree of tacit understanding as always. For decades, the yellow and fish scale books have never increased or decreased."

Luo Bingzhong thought about it seriously and said: "But they didn't reduce the field book and fish scale book."

Zhu Zhanqian was stunned, exhaled, and said with emotion: "Of course this cannot be reduced, so this is the purpose of His Majesty sending Gu to Guiyang."

Why did Zhu Qiyu make another trip to the Emperor's Uncle?

Because the problem in Guiyang is not just the problem of the chieftain of Bozhou, there are bureaucratic problems as serious as those in the hinterland of Ming Dynasty.

For example, why can't the field books and fish scale books be reduced?

Because once it is reduced, then there is deception in the previous term, which means that the previous term is lying, but the previous term is likely to have been promoted.

Therefore, all the yellow books and fish scale books are like a pool of stagnant water, dead still, unshakable.

And this unspoken rule is not only shown in the Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book, it is everywhere.

This kind of subtle tacit understanding requires a special person who is not afraid of offending the previous, or even the tenth, and lifts the lid of the steamer to see how corrupt it has become.

Zhu Zhanqian sat up straight, and said with a fierce face: "Promotion and fortune and sudden death are the two directions of officials."

"If you follow the rules, you will get promoted and get rich. If you don't follow the rules, you won't even be able to leave the station."

"It's like Li Binyan was besieged and killed at the post station in Shandong."

Luo Bingzhong savored it for a while, and said in admiration: "That's really scary."

Zhu Zhanqian took out another transfer of officials in Guizhou from the Ministry of Officials over the years. After reading it for a long time, he shook his head and said, "All the transfers in Guizhou are just eight words, one is prosperous and all is prosperous, and one is all loss."

Luo Bingzhong also looked at it for a long time before shaking his head and said, "Everywhere, except the Beijing officials."

Zhu Zhan was amazed, clicked on the list of personnel transfers and said, "It even includes Beijing officials."

Luo Bingzhong asked tentatively: "Then, what should we do, Your Highness?"

Zhu Zhanqian said with a smile, "It's actually not difficult."

"Then what to do?"

Zhu Zhanqian said confidently: "We will do what His Majesty does. He has overturned Guizhou, so can he be as vicious as those in Nanzhili?"

Luo Bingzhong glanced out the window, it was the three hundred Tiqi sent by His Majesty, nodded and said: "His Highness has a high opinion."

Guizhou really needs the emperor's uncle to take care of it, and it only needs to do the same thing as His Majesty did in Nanzhili to stabilize the situation and finally break the deadlock completely.

As for the bureaucrats in Beijing, that's not something that King Xiang and Chang Shi have to worry about, it's just a headache to leave it to His Majesty.

At this time, Hu Wei was leading Liu Ji to handle official duties, teaching by precepts and deeds.

"Although there is my recommendation, I'm afraid it will not be that simple for you to enter the Ministry of Rites." Hu Wei held a few books in his hand, which were some books that Liu Ji had recently borrowed from his library.

There are Hu Min's notes in these books. Liu Ji is a very good student, he is really hardworking, and even the notes that Hu Min made at the beginning were copied down verbatim, so that he can study every time.

Liu Ji didn't understand some content, but after memorizing it, he would naturally understand it when he encountered it in the future.

"Why? I'm obviously good at all things in the Ministry of Rites." Liu Ji asked a little confused.

Hu Yan said with a smile: "It is precisely because you are very good at it that you can't even enter the Ministry of Rites."

"What's the point?" Liu Ji frowned.

Hu Wei thought for a long time and said: "It's like Jin Shangshu who obviously has military merits. After returning to Beijing, he can only be the Minister of the Household Department. Of course, some people's ideas are wrong."

"They didn't expect at all that the governor who came from the local area was the right servant of the Ministry of War, and Yu Shaobao, who patrolled the local area, was more suitable to be the Minister of the Ministry of War."

"It's also like Jiang Yuan now. He became Minister of the Ministry of War. Although he did a good job, at least he is much better than Chen Ruyan."

"It's a tacit understanding."

Although this passage is very complicated, Liu Ji still tried his best to understand the truth.

Jin Lian followed Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, not only to resist and kill the enemy in Fujian, but Jin Lian began to counsel Ningxia's military affairs since the third year of Zhengtong. , rather than the more appropriate Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

It was Yu Qian, who came to Beijing from the local governor in the 13th year of Zhengtong, and became Minister of the Ministry of War.

Because Jin Lian knew military affairs very well, he couldn't be an official of the Ministry of War. Because Jiang Yuan didn't know military affairs very well, he became a minister of the Ministry of War. Because Liu Ji knew etiquette very well, he couldn't be an official in the Ministry of Rites.

The logic is the same, there are several unspoken rules in officialdom, and this is one of them.

Liu Ji asked suspiciously: "If people make the best use of their talents, they should make the best use of them, shouldn't they be the court?"

Hu Wei shook his head and said, "No, on the contrary, if your chief understands these things very well, how can those fly-to-door dogs proceed?"

"This is completely different from what I thought." Liu Ji said helplessly.

Hu Yan said with a smile: "The Master said: The people can let them know, but they can't let them know."

This sentence is what Confucius said, which means to let the people follow, but not let them know why.

Hu Yan said with a smile: "The people can teach the way, but not the wisdom. The people can teach the way, not force it. But I want to remind you that your Majesty is taking the road of advancing the people and advancing the country. These are inappropriate. Don't talk about it in the future, otherwise His Majesty will hate you."

"Is etiquette such an inconvenient thing? It should be changed according to the time."

Some knowledge is too ancient. Your Majesty has already discussed financial affairs in general. These sentences that do not let the people understand the truth cannot be brought to the temple.

Liu Ji hurriedly said: "The next official understands."

Hu Wei continued to speak: ""Han Feizi" said: Officials are the top of capable scholars, let them do things, and fools and wisdom are divided."

"Right now, you have taken on the errand of "Huanyu Tongzhi", don't ask about court affairs, go to Chongqing Mansion, go down the river from Chongqing Mansion, and complete the survey of the [-]-mile waterway, I recommend you to the Ministry of Rites for Officer, there will be no more problems."

Officialdom is a vanity fair, a melting pot, and a tripod. You only need to let a bureaucrat do things a few times, and you can see his ability.

This is also the magical effect of the test method.