In early June, the imperial newspaper published an imperial edict from Xianfeng, Luzon and Java officially established a province and established a prefecture. Luzon established ten prefectures and forty-six counties, Java established fifteen prefectures and fifty-five counties, and promoted Ma Yiqing, the prefecture of Tonghai Army in Changzhen, Jiangsu to the governor of Luzon, and Yan Yangtian, the governor of the Nanyang Navy, was appointed as the governor of Luzon.

As the news spread, all the relatives and friends who immigrated to Nanyang were excited. Now, who were hesitating whether to immigrate were ready to move. Of course, the happiest thing was the alternate officials waiting to fill the gap. For them, this was simply the most exciting news in the world. The two provinces of Nanyang, 25 prefectures and 101 counties, which meant at least hundreds of real gaps.

What is the most common in the Qing Dynasty? There are many officials, especially the alternate officials. Because of the implementation of the donation system, a large number of officials seeking money to buy officials. However, the official who spends money is just a title, not a real lack. If you want to get a real lack, you must wait until the official position is vacant before you can get it. This kind of official who has an official title but no real lack, and always hopes to make up for it is an alternate official.

How many alternate officials were there in the Qing Dynasty? There are tens of thousands. In recent years, the imperial court has had fixed-term government bonds and life-time national debts, which has greatly reduced the number of donated officials, but it cannot withstand decades of accumulation. There are many officials, and the number of alternate officials is still increasing year by year. "There are more famous scholars crossing the river than carp" and "there are many officials as many as ants" that ridiculed the many alternate officials.

The alternate official is also known as the "disaster official", which means that the alternate official suffers a living, just like being affected by disasters. Because there are quite a lot of alternate officials, it is extremely difficult to replace a real lack. However, when you become an alternate official, you always have one official, and you need to maintain the decent appearance of the official. For example, you will be employed for a long time, eat, and socializing, which is indispensable, which requires a lot of money. Because the alternate official has no actual service, there will be no income at all, so you will often get poor and even die of hunger and cold.

The capital, Daer Hutong outside Zhengyang Gate.

Wang Youqian, who was in his early thirties, got up early in the morning, packed up neatly and took the Changsui to the Ministry of Personnel with his sedan chair. He was from Jiangsu and donated a prefect and waited hard for five years at the Ministry of Personnel to make up for the vacancies. However, the Ministry of Personnel held a sign and was not on the way every time. The construction of 25 new provinces in Nanyang finally saw a glimmer of hope.

Although the South Ocean is hanging overseas, I heard that the territory is really not small. Luzon and Java provinces are as big as four or five provinces in Jiangnan. Moreover, he is really tired of such endless waiting and never ending. It is difficult to wait for the candidates, which is as difficult as the sky. Those who wait like him for four or five years are nothing at all. Many people who have been waiting for ten years for more than ten years are there.

He didn't know the situation in Jiangning, but he knew about the situation. Last year, a friend wrote a letter saying that Jiangning had a total of more than 4,000 alternate officials, including more than 300 Taoist officials, more than 300 prefectures, more than 1,400 prefectures, and more than 2,000 assisting positions. However, Jiangning had a shortage of officials at that time, and the government, office, prefecture, and county, and was less than 70.

He couldn't find a way, and he really couldn't wait. He spent a few years in the capital, but he was afraid that he would starve to death before he could fill the gap. So he decided to seize this rare opportunity. Nanyang was hanging overseas and sailing was quite risky, so no one should be willing to go.

He hurried to the Ministry of Revenue to cross the road. When he got off the sedan chair, he saw that the alternate officials in official robes were standing in the clamp. Wang Youqian felt cold immediately. He really didn't expect that the officials in Nanyang, who seemed to be no one to go, were so popular. He was hesitating whether to go over, but he saw Li Yangyu, a fellow townsman who was about the same age as him, waved to him and immediately walked over slowly.

As soon as he approached, he heard someone saying, "...Yixuanguan has never heard of Wu Sangui's Western election official, have you ever heard of Nian Gengyao's annual election official?"

After hearing this, Wang Youqian was shocked. Are officials from the two provinces of Nanyang? Are officials from Yixuan? He is a minister of Nanyang, an admiral of Nanyang, a first-class marquis, and the shopkeeper of Yuanqi, Yi Zhizuo recommended the elected official?

"You are holding a pig's head and worshiping the wrong temple gate. If you want to go to Nanyang to be an official, you have to go to Guangzhou to find Yida Manager Yi in Yuanqi. However, I kindly remind you that Nanyang is an official, and there are risks." The alternate official seemed to know that this was a taboo. After showing off, he bowed to everyone. "That's all, you might as well think about it." After saying that, he left straight.

As soon as he left, a group of alternate officials in the corridor immediately started to discuss, "Then Ma Yiqing was a Jinshi in the 24th year of Daoguang. He was formerly a thirteen-ranked official in Shuntai, Guangzhou. He was only promoted to the preparatory road of Tonghai Bing in Changzhen, Jiangsu Province last year, and this year he was promoted to the governor of Luzon. It seems that the officials of the two provinces of Nanyang may really be Yixuan officials."

"That's right, otherwise why did the court appoint only the governor and admiral of Luzon? Nothing else was mentioned?"

"So what about Yixuan Official? Could it be that Yuan Qi will rebel?"

"It's hard to say, who would have thought that the Three Feudatories would rebel?"

"I said, you're thinking too much. If you have a full term, you can be promoted or transferred. What does Yuan Qi have to do with us? This lack cannot be supplemented by just adding it, right?"

"This is reasonable. As long as you don't rebel when you are in our office, it has nothing to do with us."

"Don't work hard for everyone. Whether it's good or bad, it has nothing to do with us. Guangzhou's alternate officials are not 4,000, and there are three thousand. But they will get the moon first."

After hearing this, many people felt cold and cold. It would take a month to get from the capital to Guangzhou. When they arrive in Guangzhou, they will probably even get cold.

Wang Youqian pulled the corner of Li Yangyu's clothes, and the two walked to the remote place on the other end of the corridor. When they saw no one, Li Yangyu said, "Brother Yizhi is planning to go to Guangzhou to try it?"

"This is an opportunity. How can I be willing to do it if I don't try it?" Wang Youqian said slowly: "I don't know if I have to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. I don't want to continue to waste here..."

"But..." Li Yangyu hesitated and said, "Is it still time to wait until we arrive in Guangzhou?"

"From the capital to Shanghai, and then take a steamship to Guangzhou, it will be more than half a month." Wang Youqi said slowly: "Although there are many candidates in Guangzhou, there are not many candidates who can attract attention from Marquis Yi. Yuan Qi spent a lot of money to immigrate to Southeast Asia. I thought that officials who go to Southeast Asia must be young, knowledgeable and love the people as much as their children. There are not many candidates who meet the requirements. If you say it, let's try it too."

Li Yangyu lowered his voice and said, "Brother Yizhi isn't worried about Yuanqi?"

After hearing this, Wang Youqian smiled slightly and said, "Yuan Qi really wants to rebel. It's still unknown who is in the world. Why bother to worry about it?"

Li Yangyu's eyes lit up, and he really said this. He nodded immediately and said, "Go together! Don't delay, let's get off tomorrow."

The towers near the water have the first to get the moon. As soon as Di Bao arrived in Guangzhou, there were traffic outside the gate of Xiguan Leiyuan. The alternate officials in the city rushed over, rushing to deliver posts, hoping to meet Yi Yi and be content. Mao recommended himself to go to Nanyang to become an official. After all, he was waiting for the shortage in Guangzhou, and no one knew what year he would have to wait for? If he could make up for the shortage, even if the conditions were not enough, it would be a real shortage. If he had just enough time to change the place, it would be many times better than waiting for the shortage.

In Lei Park, Changle Bookstore.

When he heard that the street in front of the newspaper had been squeezed out by the alternate officials, Yi Zhizu glanced at Bao Shichen and smiled and said, "There are so many alternate officials in Guangzhou City?"

Strictly speaking, Yi Zhizu himself was actually considered a donation official, but his situation was a little different. He was a businessman and was a fourth-rank top prize given by Daoguang himself. He had never experienced the Houque. He belonged to the Emperor Jianba and was directly taught Shanghai Dao. Bao Shichen knew that he did not understand the situation.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "The number of local officials is relatively fixed. Each official position is divided into different departments according to its importance. In general, there are three categories of officials missing. The emperor simply selects the governor and governor to make adjustments, and the Ministry of Personnel selects them.

The alternate officials concentrated in the provincial capital are the lack of promotions, while those concentrated in the capital are the other two categories. There are many alternate officials, but there are actually few monks, and there are too many porridges. After a long wait, ten or eight years are not too late. Nanyang established a province and established a prefecture and county, and the news of the big shopkeeper's recommendation and selection of officials should have spread. Because Nanyang officials are not subject to the above three categories, they rushed to flock to find luck."

Speaking of this, he stroked the short beard under his jaw and smiled and said, "This is the beginning. In the past few days, alternate officials from Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang will all come one after another. For them, this is an extra opportunity that they will not let go easily."

Yi Zhizu said: "I dare not use these alternate officials, I am afraid that this time I will disappoint them again."

"The 25 prefectures in the two provinces of Nanyang Province are 100 single county, with prefectures and county officials, and two missed positions. There are a total of thousands of vacancies." Bao Shichen said slowly: "How do the shopkeeper plan to recommend the electing officials?"

Yi Zhizu said carefully: "There is no precedent for private recruitment of scholars as officials, and the court probably won't agree. I plan to recommend young talents to Xuezhou Xuefu Academy in various coastal provinces and counties, and then donate officials to them..."

Bao Shichen nodded slightly. Although it costs a lot of money to donate officials, this will not break the rules of the court and be recognized by the court. After pondering for a moment, he said: "I believe that one should choose the best of these alternate officials. In this way, the court has nothing to say. The court appointed 30% of the appointed 30% of the alternate officials, and the remaining 40% are recommended by the provincial colleges along the coast. In this way, the court will also look better."

After hearing this, Yi Zhixiu smiled, "It's too early to discuss. I have ordered to inform the prefectures and counties of the five provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Province separately, and will reply before next month's fifteen. Let's first see how many scholars are willing to go to Nanyang to become officials, and then discuss."

"It is probably going to disappoint the shopkeeper." Bao Shichen said: "Nanyang is hanging overseas after all, and it is a newly built province. It is remote and simple. I am afraid that there are not many scholars who are willing to go to become officials. Besides, there is no precedent for this move. The scholars should be skeptical about this, and they are afraid that they are not brave."

After pondering for a moment, Yi Zhizu said: "It's only a month left and right. Let's first survey the candidates and conduct preliminary selection."

As soon as the words finished, Lin Meilian walked to the door to report: "Lin Da'an is looking for a meeting outside."

"It seems that there is something going on in Guangxi." Yi Zhizu said and ordered: "Let him come in."

Bao Shichen was also very concerned about the Taiping Army. If the Taiping Army could attract more attention from the court, it would undoubtedly be a rare and great thing for Yuan Qi. He immediately said: "From the big shopkeeper, is the Taiping Army likely to break through this time? Or is it likely to be completely wiped out?"

The reason why Bao Shichen asked this was naturally based on previous information. After the Taiping Army occupied Yong'an, the Qing army quickly surrounded Yong'an City. However, the siege was surrounded, but the Qing army continued to storm, and the generals did not work hard. They were passive and lazy to fight, surrounded but did not attack, and the Taiping Army did not break through. The two sides staged a series of good literary fights in Yong'an City - poisoning, organs, spies, and rebellion.

There was a rotten sausage grass in Yaoshan area, and its medicine was the most poisonous. The Qing army purchased more than 10,000 kilograms and placed them in Hanoi, which passed through the city. Seeing that there was no effect, they recruited people to secretly bring water into the city and sprinkle it in the city, hoping to poison the Taiping Army.

The Qing army failed to poison, and then made a plywood box, which placed the fire inside, and the white instant medicine was blown up as soon as the box was opened. Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing opened it in person to kill the two people in an attempt to blow them up.

If nothing happened, the Qing army sent many spies into the city, pretending to surrender, and looked for opportunities to assassinate when Hong Xiuquan met, or instigated the coerced gentry, merchants and people in the city to attack inside and outside. As a result, after all spies entered the city, they were like mud bulls entering the sea with no news.

The most successful one is to instigate the rebellion. Zhou Xi, the military commander who was sent out of the city to return to his hometown to recruit soldiers, was successfully instigated to rebel. Later, he returned to Yong'an and prepared to instigate more Taiping troops to cooperate internally and externally to help the Qing army seize the city. However, the careful Yang Xiuqing saw through, and then descended to earth to expose his conspiracy by using his Heavenly Father to expose his conspiracy.

Yong'an City has been fighting for half a year, and its strange tricks have been used one after another. It only makes you look at it and you can laugh. However, after half a year of siege, the Taiping Army was also seriously injured and the food and grass can still be sustained. However, the salt and ammunition are exhausted. Because of the plague, the situation of non-combat reduction is also very serious.

Xianfeng finally couldn't help but feel such a gentle battle in Guangxi. He issued an order to severely denounce Cézanne and encouraged Guangxi Admiral Xiang Rong. Xiang Rong, who pretended to be sick, finally cheered up and rectified the camp and jointly attacked Yong'an City with Wu Lantai.

The Qing army and Taiping army fought bloody battles around the strategic strongholds near Yong'an City, and both sides suffered heavy losses. However, the Qing army had a steady stream of reinforcements, but the Taiping army died one less and the troops were seriously consumed. The intelligence obtained before was that there were still 40,000 Qing troops besieged in the city, and the Taiping army in Yong'an City had more than 30,000 people when they entered the city, and now the remaining one is less than 10,000.

Therefore, when Bao Shichen heard about the news in Guangxi, he asked this question. He was really dissatisfied with the Taiping Army. In his opinion, the Taiping Army should have chosen to break through a long time ago. What is the nostalgia for a mere state city?

Yi Zhizu replied without hesitation: "The Taiping Army will not die here, and it will definitely be able to break through!"
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