The carriage of the prime minister Kong Hanyou and the censor Wang Su slowly walked on Changle Street. After a detailed secret discussion, they decided to jointly suppress Xiao Hunhou and pin him to death in the position of the county magistrate.

"Then you and I will go as promised!"

"Goodbye!"

The two and the three ministers parted ways and left with satisfaction.

The Prime Minister's Office and the Censorate jointly designed to deal with political enemies, which was a major event that had never been seen in the history of the Great Chu.

If it weren't for the emergence of Xiao Hunhou, the "No. 1 playboy in Jinling", he would have probably risen in the court and formed a three-legged pattern, the two ministers and ministers would never have come together.

The two families discussed having a meal, which was of course better than the three families rushing to have a meal.

Once the two governments join forces, one is responsible for the administration and the other is responsible for supervision, and the whole court is invincible. The mere little Hunhou is just a fish on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered.

...

The next day, the officials from the Prime Minister's Office and the Censorate began to work.

Formulate a thorough national county and county examination plan.

This county and county test was half a year earlier than usual, so I could not alarm Xiaohunhou.

However, we must use private letters to secretly notify the "relevant households" of the Prime Minister's Office in advance, so that they can quickly seize spring grain and taxes, make their political achievements solid, and be ahead of their competitors.

Soon, dozens of secret letters and Fei Ge sent letters to various counties and counties in Da Chu.

Among the thousands of county magistrates, only the top dozens can have hope of promotion. As long as the ranking of the top dozens is stuck, it is enough to make Xiao Hunhou unable to achieve enough political achievements.

...

Moling County Town.

County government office.

County magistrate Dong Xianliang sat in the hall, looking through the various files in Moling County, and knowing almost all the situation in Moling County over the years.

A few days ago, he raised some silver in Jinling City to build Confucius Temple and Jinling Academy. After completing this big thing for his mentor, he returned to Moling County dozens of miles away and worked hard on his county magistrate.

Since the Xuanwu Temple incident, the emperor has had prejudice against his "Theory of Yin and Yang Disasters" and does not like him.

After the Imperial Examination, Confucian scholars also fell into a low point and confusion.

Many Confucian scholars with unstable will are secretly thinking about changing their schools and learning other miscellaneous studies in preparation for the next imperial examination.

Dong Xianliang was quite sad when he saw that the morale of the Confucian scholars in Jinling was dispersed.

It was meaningless to stay in Jinling City to make a name for himself, so he simply returned to Moling County to manage a county.

The county magistrate who manages a county town is quite "idle" and actually has not much work.

The main reason is that the grain and annual taxes in spring and autumn will be a little busy.

Other private schools assisting in school, handling lawsuits, arresting thieves, etc. are all trivial matters.

For Dong Xianliang, the county magistrate is too little and it is quite boring.

However, the county magistrate has made achievements.

This is the fastest and most correct shortcut to the promotion in the officialdom of Dachu, no one. In contrast, it is difficult for other minor officials to accumulate political achievements and the promotion is very slow.

In the future, if he wants to make a name for himself in the court, he must make great achievements in the county magistrate and show unparalleled political achievements.

Grassroots work is the most important resume in the officialdom of Dachu.

Only with this resume, competing for county magistrates, and the nine ministers and senior officials in the court can you have enough confidence.

"Mr. County Magistrate, the urgent secret letter from Jinling!"

The county magistrate hurried over and handed over the secret passage.

Dong Xianliang put down the file at hand, looked surprised, took the seal and looked at the wax seal before opening it.

When I opened it, it was a handwritten letter from my mentor Kong Hanyou, telling him that the national county examination will be held in one month.

The Prime Minister's Office will announce it half a month in advance and order the prefects of hundreds of counties and the county magistrates of thousands of counties to immediately report their political achievements to the Prime Minister's Office and conduct a major ranking for the county magistrates and county magistrates across the country.

When the imperial court collects grain and taxes, it requires sending yamen runners to the countryside to collect grain. This takes a lot of time and takes ten days and a half months to enter the warehouses of the county government office. It is normal.

For example, it was originally a large sum of food.

But if the yamen runners go to the countryside too late, they cannot collect the grain before the national county examination deadline and put it into the county government warehouse.

The county government warehouse is to keep accounts for the inlet and out of each sum of money and grain, including the amount of money and grain collection and the date of entry.

This money and grain were not included in the account book of the county government's income in a timely manner, so naturally it could not be reported, and it could only be regarded as the political achievements in the second half of the year.

If you can't catch up with this national test, your political achievements will naturally be less.

Catching up is of course very important.

In order to plot against Xiao Hunhou, the Prime Minister's Office has calculated the time and only left fifteen days to announce the "National County and County Examination" at the right time, so that a surprise attack will occur.

In the letter, the mentor asked him to prepare for rushing to collect grain into the warehouse one month in advance.

Dong Xianliang's expression couldn't help but change.

He has one month left.

"Immediately arrange all the minor officials and runners of the county yard to follow the county magistrate to the countryside and prepare to collect tax money and grain!"

Dong Xianliang burned the secret letter and immediately hurriedly took all the minor officials, yamen runners, and civilians to the countryside.

...

Wuhu County Town.

Chao Fangzheng was drinking and chatting with a group of landlords and gentry in the county, Confucian scholars and literati.

"Report! The county magistrate, there is a secret letter."

The minor official came to report in a hurry.

Chao Fangzheng couldn't help but be stunned, opened the tube and took a look.

The Prime Minister's Office informed us that we should speed up the harvest of spring grain, report the county's achievements, and prepare for the national county examination in one month. The ranking of county magistrates' political achievements will be the basis for promotion.

Chao Fangzheng couldn't help but look excited and laughed.

The Prime Minister's Office presided over the county test, but it came so soon!

If you have a mentor in person, political achievements are easy.

"Mr. County Magistrate, why are you so happy?"

The scholars were surprised.

"This county magistrate is about to be promoted!"

Chao Fangzheng smiled.

"Mr. County Magistrate, you have come to the county, and the government is harmonious, the thieves disappear, and the people do not close their doors at night. This is a good governance!"

"That's why the great disciple of the Lord Kong Prime Minister can be condemned to this small land of Wuhu County. If we have the opportunity to enter the official career in the future, we will rely on the support of Lord Chao."

All the Confucian scholars flattered.

"This county magistrate is also thanks to the help of the gentry. This year, tax grain and tax money collection, please don't drag me down!"

Chao Fangzheng laughed.

In the counties and counties of Dachu, these big landlords and the gentry had the strongest financial resources.

When building roads, bridges and private schools, the gentry needs to contribute money and people to work hard in many places.

The so-called county-level governance is actually governing these landlords and gentry holding a large amount of land.

If you have a bad relationship with them, it is difficult for the county magistrate to manage the local area.

But as long as they govern themselves and let them not cause trouble, they will naturally be in harmony with others.

He, Chao Fangzheng, had the mentor of Prime Minister Kong Hanyou, supported the backstage and showed his power to the local gentry and lured them to benefit. The gentry was naturally willing to give in to some small profits and take the initiative to help each other to plan for the long-term plan.

"That's natural. We will definitely do our best to help the county magistrate and make the political achievements beautiful."
Chapter completed!