The night was already dark, Dian Wei looked at the still brightly lit room and frowned. The master used to have a very regular schedule, but for some reason, after the autumn harvest, Chen Mo started to become busy, and there was always something to watch every day.

's files.

What file is so troublesome?

You know, Chen Mo is regarded as a monster by many people. No matter what it is, he can basically remember it and recite it by heart after reading it once. Why is Chen Mo so idle on weekdays? It's not that he is lazy, but that he can handle most things that need to be dealt with.

Completed in a very short time, no need to think too much at all.

Jizhou, this is the first time Chen Mo has done this kind of thing like staying up late and looking through files.

"My lord, it's late at night, why don't you go to bed early?" Dian Wei couldn't help but knock on the door.

"Don't worry, I have to meet Uncle Wang later. The problem in Jizhou is more serious than I thought. You can go and rest. There are guards in the house watching, nothing serious will happen." Chen Mo's voice came from the room,

He didn't even look up when he spoke.

The Jizhou wealthy family has indeed become honest, but only on the surface they no longer compete with Chen Mo. The two sides are still in a stalemate that has not eased. Even because of the Minutes of the Three Studies and the new tax law that has begun to be promoted to the countryside, new problems have arisen

produced.

"My lord, I think you have been too tired recently, so I would like to find you a sister-in-law..."

"roll!"

"Here~"

"This Dian Wei..." Chen Mo shook his head, lowered his head and continued to check the taxes in various places and what Skynet had verified.

After a while, the door was knocked again: "My lord, Wang Biao and Zheng Tu are here."

"Invite him in."

"The general will see you, my lord." The door opened, Wang Biao and Zheng Tu came in, and saluted Chen Mo.

"It's really a sin to invite two uncles over so late at night." Chen Mo stood up and signaled that the two of them did not need to be formal. They had known each other since they were young, and Wang Biao had watched him grow up. Although he is now a king and a minister, mentally, Chen Mo

He is still very kind to Wang Biao.

"What did my lord say? Besides, my lord didn't sleep either?" Wang Biao said with a smile.

"It's hard to sleep with the constant events in Jizhou." Chen Mo shook his head and sighed.

"What happened again? Those people still dare to cause trouble at this time?" Wang Biao frowned.

Those people naturally refer to the Jizhou family.

"No." Chen Mo shook his head. Although they had different philosophies, everyone acted appropriately. Since Chen Mo won this round and Chen Mo was in great momentum now, they would not continue to give Chen Mo the chance to eradicate them. They would lie dormant.

, waiting for the next fight, this is how aristocratic families fight. One-time success or failure is not enough to judge heroes. Their fight will be a matter of this life and even the next three, five or even ten generations.

Of course, if someone jumps out to go against Chen Mo, they will be happy to see the result. They will not add insult to injury to Chen Mo at this time, because Chen Mo has not yet reached the point of collapse, but they will never help him in a good way. They are more interested in watching.

play.

"That's..." Wang Biao was a little confused. No one from the aristocratic family dared to move. Who would jump out to oppose Chen Mo at this time.

"Not an opponent, but like a tarsal maggot, it is difficult to eradicate." Chen Mo shook his head and said.

"What happened?" Wang Biao was even more puzzled.

"This is this year's tax book. The imperial court has set three taxes and one tax. There is no problem with paying it in. But according to the detailed undercover visits I sent to the people, the people actually got only 30% of it, which is more than before. But

Not as expected." Chen Mo put the taxes he had sorted out over the past few days on his desk and frowned.

Wang Biao and Zheng Tu suddenly understood that apart from officials and gentry, there was another group of people - officials.

What is an official? In the case of a county, the county magistrate has to handle county affairs and cannot do everything personally. He has a chief registrar, a county magistrate, a magistrate, an edict, an inspection officer, a post magistrate, a scholar, a magistrate, and a tax collector.

Cao, Xing Cao, and further down to the countryside, there are three elders, Li Zheng, and Pavilion Chief. Under these people, there are many people who do things, and these are called officials.

The term "officials" is not that early. In the pre-Qin period, there was no clear division of officials. "Zuo Zhuan" said that the king's envoys were assigned to three officials.

The three officials here are the three princes. After the First Emperor unified the world, officials and officials gradually became distinguished. The county magistrate (chief) is the head of a county, and the county captains and county magistrates below him belong to the assistant officials, that is, officials, and there is no rank.

With only salaries, officials and officials gradually began to be differentiated, which has reached its peak today.

It seems that officials are greater than officials, but in fact, this cannot be calculated in many cases.

Because county magistrates usually serve for a few years, and after making political achievements, they will be transferred, or they will go to a more prosperous county to be a county magistrate, or they will be directly promoted to a place like the county government for a higher promotion, such as their own teachers,

If he hadn't been discouraged at the time, he would have been eligible to be promoted to prefect after completing the decree. However, his teacher was unwilling and chose to return to his hometown to live in seclusion after sending Chen Mo away. Later, he was invited by Zhang Chao to work.

Although there are clear regulations on the selection of officials, that is, those who are familiar with the law can be appointed as officials, which means that those who are familiar with the "Han Code" can be officials. This was a regulation set in the early Han Dynasty, and it was not changed later.

However, it is worth noting that officials will be promoted or transferred based on their political performance. A county magistrate usually serves for three to five years, but officials are different. The court does not have performance assessment for officials. Generally, their political achievements are

It is counted on the county magistrate and has nothing to do with the officials. At most, the county magistrate will give some thanks in private.

This also means that except for some officials who have a good personal relationship with the county magistrate who will follow him to seek a future, more often than not, the changes in officials are not as ordinary as those of officials.

Let’s not go too far, let’s just say that many of the figures who have appeared in the past 20 years or so started out as officials, but most of them did not have amazing artistic skills, and they were appreciated by their superiors, and then they had the opportunity to enter a higher level.

On a big stage, it can be said that the future of an official has a lot to do with Shangguan, but not everyone can get this opportunity.

After all, the average county magistrate has to go to at least two or three counties to take office, and not all of them are promoted. Some have been county magistrates for a lifetime. It is impossible to take all the county officials with them. Moreover, there are thousands of counties in the Han Dynasty.

How many county magistrates have been promoted to Taoist governors, and most of these people have their own teams around them, and they may not use county officials.

Over time, county officials have been county officials for most of their lives. Although they are not officials, the operation of a county is mostly dependent on county officials. Many county officials even have to have good relations with local county officials if they want to do well in county affairs.

Because most of these county officials come from poor families in the county or from branches of aristocratic families. After all, county officials must at least be literate and have considerable power in the local area. Strong dragons cannot overwhelm local cowards. Even many county magistrates with backgrounds have family knowledge before taking office.

Establish good relations with local county officials, or exchange resources. For example, if your family members come to work for us as officials, we will help you, but if my family members come to work for you as officials, you must also help.

"My lord has come to us to clean up the dirt?" Zheng Tu said with a cold expression.

"Yes and no." Chen Mo nodded and then shook his head: "This is a fundamental matter. It is easy to eliminate them, but treating the symptoms does not cure the root cause."

Most of the officials came from common people or poor families. They were the targets of Chen Mo's wooing. It was easy to kill people, but if they were killed too harshly, it would disrupt his own layout.

"I have been thinking about it during this period, including officials in the official rating assessment. The county magistrate's political performance is not the responsibility of the county magistrate alone. Officials can also be promoted to officials. Everything is based on political performance. At the same time, just like the county magistrate, officials cannot

Staying in one place for a long time." Chen Mo handed the files in front of him to Wang Biao and said: "Uncle Wang and Uncle Zheng are both from the market like me. You know the secrets in this. This is what I have listed for me.

You and I are responsible for investigating some officials who they think have committed the most heinous crimes. Those who have committed the most heinous crimes will be killed and new officials will be appointed from the local area. I will draft the Officials Law in the near future and put it into practice in Jizhou, including how to

When evaluating an official's performance and how to be promoted, remember to be careful not to kill anyone who is not a very evil person."

The unspoken rules for the formation of officials are actually also legal issues. People have different ideas under different circumstances, so we cannot beat everyone to death with a stick. Now as the territory becomes larger and larger, how to establish a mature and effective

System is the symbol of the maturity of a political system.

Chen Mo worked hard to find a perfect employment mechanism, but there were also loopholes and shortcomings in it, so Chen Mo was very careful and needed to correct these in time.

There are definitely disadvantages to incorporating officials into the official hierarchy. When officials move around and arrive in a new place, they need to understand the local people's conditions, handle relationships at all levels, and be familiar with the superiors and subordinates. However, the advantage is that even if there are evil people involved,

If it is mixed up, it will not cause long-lasting losses to the local people.

Just like now, Chen Mo's new law was promulgated, and the wealthy families were defeated, but these people still dared to steal money and food from the people, hindering the passage of government orders. Chen Mo's new law became a means for these people to steal money. If these local snakes were replaced,

See if you have this ability.

Of course, if you don't want to leave, you can do it, but you will not be allowed to enter the officialdom for life, not even for officials. It is not to be said that it will be completely eliminated, but at least the harm to the people will be much less.

The reason why Wang Biao and Zheng Tu were asked to do this was that Chen Mo believed in them and that they were both from the market and did not know much about officialdom, but they knew the tricks of the petty officials very well.

He could deceive the superiors, but he couldn't deceive them. Chen Mo was even planning to set up another department in addition to Skynet to specifically deal with the problems of local officials. Of course, this kind of supervision mechanism would be difficult to establish and improve in a short period of time.

, also needs to be restrained. Chen Mo just has an idea in his mind now. As for whether to establish it, it's hard to say yet. Let's see how effective the "Officials Law" is before making a decision.
Chapter completed!