Chapter 404

Qin Huan went north to Henan to inspect, but there was an uproar in Hubei. This time, the efficiency of the Government Affairs Council was surprisingly high. In just two days, the decree of the exchange of officials reached every state and county.

Faced with such absurd demands, the officials of each county were naturally excited. Almost no one was willing to move to his county, and the big gentry everywhere also fried the pot.

At the same time, they had to admire it. They didn't expect that the state of Qin should take such a move.

Once those officials and yamen servants are really transferred, all the money they used to spend on these people will be wasted, and the network of relationships they have managed for generations will be destroyed.

But even if the people were dissatisfied, angry and noisy, the prefectures and counties around the country were still indifferent, forcibly issued a transfer order, and stipulated that those who failed to arrive within ten days would be dismissed and never employed.

Although time is tight, it is basically three adjacent states and counties, disrupting and adjusting each other. Even if you want to move, it is completely in time.

In the past, I'm afraid some officials and yamen constables would hold that even if they quit, they would never leave their hometown and move.

But now the treatment of officials in the state of Daqin is so good that everyone can't believe it. The key is that the state of Daqin is booming, so no one is willing to really resign.

Seeing that things could not be done, some yamen service captains at the bottom took the first action, sold all houses, land and furniture to commercial firms, and then hurried to Linxian to take office with their families and gold and silver soft, carrying treasure bills and letters of appointment.

This exchange is very thorough. As long as there are officials, even the most ordinary yamen constables, they have to rotate. There are few old people left in the whole Yamen.

Seeing that the price offered by the firm was fair, the governor of the state was determined again. The old officials had to compromise one after another, deal with their family property and take their families to take office.

After all, if you go early, you will have more time to find out the local situation, the temper of the county magistrate, and choose a better residence.

As the officials of the counties moved away and new officials arrived, the local businesses and envoys were also too busy to touch the ground, while the landlords and gentry everywhere could only worry.

One nose is crooked.

But it's OK for them to resist, but if they really want to take any substantive resistance, they don't have the courage.

After all, everyone has a big family and a big business. No one wants to be a bird, a chicken or a family.

It took only half a month to complete the exchange of counties under the decree. This efficiency was absolutely impossible in previous dynasties, and it involved a wide range, which is unimaginable.

However, the results are also remarkable. When people in the Yamen come from three different counties and are unfamiliar with each other, they not only have no tacit understanding of being a group, but everyone has become cautious.

In this case, as long as the prefectures and counties are not fools, it is absolutely impossible to be fooled by the following people. At least this term, the chief official can not be fooled.

Most of the people who can serve as prefects and counties are poor children. They are not nerds who don't know the real thing. They just run in for three days, and prefects and counties all over the country arrange tasks one by one.

Instead of being perfunctory, the officials wanted to show that they were busy checking shops and measuring fields.

Under the supervision of the wives of various towns, and because they are not familiar with the local gentry and have no interest relationship, few people dare to accept money and engage in malpractices for personal gain.

Because the magistrate of the county has clearly told them that the special envoy will review them one by one. If mistakes are found at that time, they will not be simply dismissed, but will be sent to prison.

In the past, the reason why the officials, yamen service and captains of various counties deliberately delayed was not that they were unwilling to implement, but that they dared not.

Because their relationship with the local area has been too deep, and they have long been trapped in it. Once the implementation is bound to practice favoritism and fraud, and the special envoy said frankly, he will review them one by one afterwards, so that they can how dare to implement it?

Now there was no such ideological burden and worry. Almost all the officials were relieved and had a feeling of rebirth.

It is absolutely impossible to say that the state of Qin has given them the same status as officials and the opportunity for promotion. In particular, some people who have been officials for generations are secretly weeping.

The former officials and yamen servants had a low status. In addition to eating and waiting for death, they were desperately trying to make money, because no matter how well they did, they didn't have a bright future.

Even the chief officer is too lazy to curry favor with him. No matter how good he is, he is also a dog. When he leaves office, he won't look at you more.

Now everyone is full of energy. Especially after some experienced old captains were transferred to Xiangyang, everyone is busy with official business during the day and gnawing at books at night, trying to master more knowledge.

The book on governing the country by law, enriching the country by business and strengthening the country by industry compiled by the Government Council of the state of Qin is the first choice for everyone. Even some fellow shopkeepers in restaurants will buy one as long as they can read. In addition, there are Arabic numeral correspondence tables and explanations.

Obviously, we are not stupid. We know that we may have to take these tests to be an official in the future. Those literati may resist and despise them.

But others don't care whether Confucianism is Confucianism or not. They learn what they test in the new dynasty. Even if they can't be an official, it's good to test a scholar in the future.

In fact, even those who are really famous scholars, although they scoff at the two books and even yell at them, most people will secretly take a look and understand them in private.

meanwhile.

Qin Huan had arrived in Kaifeng, Henan Province. He didn't pay much attention to what happened in Huguang.

If he had figured out all the ways and Qian bin couldn't deal with it, he wouldn't have to do it.

At this time, Kaifeng mansion was full of vitality. It was no longer like the scene of thousands of miles without smoke and corpses everywhere in the first half of the year.

In a short period of time, the population of Kaifeng No. 1 government has recovered to more than one million again, 80% of the fields have been planted with cotton, and a steady stream of refugees still come from the north and west every day.

This time, in addition to the free distribution of land and houses, each person only distributed ten kilograms of grain free of charge. People have to buy other things with commercial firms.

Every household without money can borrow five Liang silver from the bank, with an interest rate of 2% and a term of five years, so the business in Kaifeng is also recovering at a fast speed.

Compared with the south, the people here cherish what they have now. They are grateful for the great Qin Dynasty. There are no clan forces, no land hooligans, no landlords, and no corrupt officials. It is like a piece of white paper, and the state of the great Qin is allowed to paint on it.

Such a simple society was also the reason why Qin Huan did not send special envoys to monitor the two governments. There were only two shopkeepers in each state and county, and the agents in each town were supported by themselves.

In order to reassure the people, the commercial firm determined the purchase price of cotton with the people in advance, and the government also converted the tax into silver to inform the people. Therefore, even those who no longer know how to settle accounts clearly know that once the cotton is harvested, the good day will come.