Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 52 Official Change

Wu Feng was speechless for a long time. He didn't know that now is the best time to explore the south. However, the situation in the east is still unclear. Facing the impact of drought and locust plagues, the internal situation of the empire is already undercurrent, especially the situation in the five lakes is even worse. Situ Biao's power is rapidly expanding, and while it is going up and down, Situ Jun's power is shrinking day by day. According to the latest information, Cheng Dayou, a remnant of peace in Jiujiang Mansion, also secretly hooked up with Situ Biao. Wufeng is very worried that Situ Biao will regain Huanggang in one fell swoop when the time is right, and take his brother's power completely into his own. Once there is a major turmoil in the situation, if you fall into the southern front, I am afraid it will be difficult to draw enough troops to deal with the changes in the situation in the east.

Although the countries of the Peninsula Alliance in the south are not as united as the Nanyang Alliance, it is because they have grasped the main commercial routes. The Kingdom of Oran is very fond of this crucial place. They also signed the "Treaty of Urgen" to ensure the smooth flow of the southern trade route. It stipulates that all countries that signed the agreement have the obligation to protect this trade route from the control and influence of foreign forces. and responsibility.

Now, although the series of offensives launched by the Pasha Kingdom in the south did not involve the status of the peninsula alliance countries, it has also aroused the high vigilance of the Sioran Kingdom, and began to attack the land that was attacked by the Pasha Kingdom. The countries and city-states in the southern part of the mainland provided military assistance, and the countries of the Peninsula Alliance also donated huge sums of money because they were afraid of the expansion of the power of the Pasha Kingdom to the south. was also suppressed.

If I go south with all my strength now, maybe I can win a few places at a time, not to mention the countries of the Peninsula Alliance, even the Machihans and the Nanyang Alliance will definitely not sit back and watch this lifeline be controlled by me, and my southward It is very likely that it will evolve into a protracted war of attrition.

Although the peninsula alliance countries have a small number of troops, their combat effectiveness is not weak. The most important thing is that almost every city-state or principality employs a large number of mercenaries, and some principalities even have 30,000 mercenaries. Far beyond the number of troops it owns, the peninsula alliance alone has more than 30 mercenaries, more than 100,000, and most of these mercenaries are retired soldiers or reserve soldiers from several major military powers in the Western Continent. There are even a considerable number of soldiers who escaped from the regular army of their homeland in order to earn money. Only a small number are locals, and their combat effectiveness is no different from that of the regular army of other countries, and even surpasses them in some respects. , This is also one of the reasons why Wufeng is most worried.

If I am really trapped in the quagmire of the southern war, it will definitely affect my strategy on the eastern front. It is not impossible to fight on multiple fronts, but I must measure whether my strength is capable of sustaining multi-front combat. If there is no basis If his self-confidence turns into arrogance, he will surely fail. As the commander-in-chief of the whole army, Wufeng has a clearer understanding of this than anyone else.

Business is of course important, and going to the sea is what I desire, but this must be based on reality. Wufeng shook his head and rejected Liang Chongxin's opinion. At least in the current situation, the conditions are not yet ripe. Maybe wait until the Central Plains After the situation stabilizes, we might as well consider the possibility of going south, but right now we can only go as far as Burma.

Hearing Wufeng express his views slowly, although Liang Chongxin has some objections, the Peninsula Alliance is not as united as imagined, and the products of the Nanyang Alliance can be transported by sea even when the commercial roads are cut off. Liang Chongxin does not think that the Nanyang Alliance The Alliance will clash with the Northwest side over the matter of business. He believes that the members of the Nanyang Alliance Parliament do not have such courage, but what the boss said is also reasonable, that is, the center of gravity of his side is still placed in the east, unless the direction is adjusted. Temporarily abandon the eastern strategy plan, otherwise more troops should not be deployed to other regions, whether it is the south or the west. However, he still proposed to strengthen the intelligence collection of the area south of Burma, and increase the political penetration and economic control of this area, so that when the time comes in the future, the maximum benefit can be obtained at the minimum cost.

The steps to adjust local government officials in the five prefectures of Tiannan are proceeding in an orderly manner. Although the supervisory department entered Tiannan first, the administrative department did not slow to come. Great, especially after Wufeng announced that as long as the incidents before the Xijiang Protectorate took over Tiannan, let the matter pass by, but once the Xijiang Protectorate officially intervenes in the management, it will re-examine and supervise the officials of various ministries. It set off a frenzy of abandoning officials and resigning. Middle and senior officials in the administrative departments of the five governments and the army followed their original masters and transferred their years of officialdom to Nanyang Commercial Bank. Many people even sold their properties and raised their families. Moving to the countries of the Nanyang Alliance, or doing business in the sea, or working as an apartment in Anle, Nanyang Commercial Bank is only happy, and it has increased a lot of funds out of thin air, and its strength has greatly increased. However, Northwest Bank, which followed up later, was implicated by the Xijiang Governor's Office. No matter how to explain it, almost none of these officials who abandoned their officials were willing to deposit funds in Northwest Bank. In this battle for funds, Northwest Bank James, who is also the president of the Northwest Bank, regretted the defeat and almost nothing.

In view of the fact that a large number of vacancies of officials have seriously affected the normal work of the administrative department, and the supplementary officials from Northwest and the students who graduated from Northwest University could not fill so many vacancies, Wufeng had to instruct that he had gone to Tiannan Wang Zongxi, who presided over the daily administrative work, immediately formulated the rules for the temporary selection of officials, preparing to select those with both ability and political integrity from local ordinary and grassroots officials, and directly promote them to important positions. Except for some key departments such as internal affairs and intelligence and the heads of various ministries, many positions are vacant. The Government Affairs Department of the Xijiang Governor's Government will directly announce these vacancies to the public and publish them in the largest newspaper in Tiannan and Burma, "Southwest Morning Post". On the Internet, it was announced in the newspapers that all vacancies will be selected from the original grassroots and ordinary officials, as well as scholars recommended by local gentry and merchants after passing a special assessment. From which favoritism and fraud.

This news immediately caused a strong sensation in Tiannan Zhufu and the surrounding areas. This is the first time that the Tanghe Empire directly selects mid-level and high-level officials from the grassroots, ordinary officials, and civilians, especially the direct selection of senior officials. It is unheard of to select mid-level and high-level officials from among the common people. The political power advantages established by the gentry for hundreds of years have all been abandoned in this selection. The recognition of the new lord immediately increased exponentially, and Li Wufeng's reputation immediately spread rapidly throughout the towns and villages of the southern land.

According to the statistical survey of public opinion in Tiannan by the security department at the time, Li Wufeng's approval degree was only less than 20% when he first entered Tiannan, but after the meeting with Lang Yongquan, the approval degree rose to more than Thirty percent, and a week after the announcement of this move, the recognition rate quickly soared to more than 60%, and after the selection was over and the appointment was announced, the recognition rate soared to 70%. Wufeng and Wang Zongxi never thought of such an effect in a new territory without too many unethical behaviors.

This selection attracted almost all ordinary grassroots officials and a large number of civilians from the five southern provinces to participate. Wang Zongxi also adhered to Wufeng's intention and ingeniously divided them into administrative affairs, finance and taxation according to the system of the position. , comprehensive economy, agricultural administration and water conservancy, industrial and commercial development, culture and education, medicine and health, urban planning and construction, law, finance and other major categories, all personnel involved in the selection are required to carefully choose the industry they are proficient in and good at~IndoMTL.com ~One person can only choose one major, that is to say, one person only has one chance.

Although the conservative nobles in Tiannan Five Mansions took such a transformative measure in the face of the new lord who came to power, although they dare not directly oppose it, they cannot tolerate this kind of direct deprivation of the rights and interests of the nobles. They also know that The new lords have always acted independently, and their behavior is very different from other important ministers and lords of the empire, but this time they must express their opinions, otherwise similar situations will continue to greatly damage the political interests of the entire Tiannan gentry. They jointly sent a representative to meet Li Wufeng, demanding that the new lord, who was born as an aristocrat but also the son-in-law of the empire, must consider the difference in rights between the gentry, the common people, and the common people, and fully protect the rights and interests of the gentry. Generous policies to show the difference between the gentry and other classes in terms of political rights.

Wufeng tactfully rejected this request, but in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the gentry, as a compromise, Wufeng agreed that noble children can participate in this selection, and made specific requirements and restrictions on the participation of civilian children, that is, participation in the selection The civilians must obtain a guarantor's character guarantee, and the guarantor must have one of the three identities to qualify as a guarantor, namely, nobleman, industrial and commercial owner (must be a member of the county chamber of commerce or the chamber of commerce of each prefecture), administrative official (not limited to Level), which seems to satisfy the vanity of the gentry, but in fact it does not play a restrictive role. After all, business owners are willing to provide guarantees for talented people. This kind of effortless but humane thing Why not do it? However, some of the administrative officials at the township level have more or less friendship with the local scholars, and this restriction has essentially no effect.