Wherever Liao Hui was standing, the weather was not hot, but the sweat on his head fell from his forehead to the ground. His face was sometimes panicked, sometimes hideous, sometimes confused. Obviously, his heart was experiencing a fierce struggle.

"Sit down, let's have a good chat." Wang Hou's tone relaxed at this moment, "At least you should understand that if I am willing to talk to you, I will still regard you as a senior official of the Ming Dynasty and a chief official in the border area. I will not talk to some people at all. They are more suitable for the poem of Seven Killing that I recited in the hall today."

With some difficulty, Liao Hui sat down.

"Let's talk about the reform of the administration and take officials into office!" Wang Hou took out a book from a stack of books beside him, opened it, and spread it in front of Liao Hui. "These are officials and officials in your county government, a total of 152 people. But according to our investigation, one-third of the people were named. These people only had a name in the county government and occupied a seat. But I'm afraid that they had never come to the county government once a year, right? But their salary was exactly the same. The other third, the daily dots fell, and then they went to go and snatch the dogs, boil eagles, drink flowers and wine, and shop around the building. There is a daily whereabouts of these people in the past month. Do you need to check it?"

Liao Hui shook his head. He knew these things clearly in his heart. The facts are like this, so why should we see them? He was just a little shocked. The dignified Ministry of Personnel actually investigated the movements of a county government official clearly. Why did he spend so much effort? Of course, it was to rectify them. In other words, in fact, the court had already made up its mind, otherwise, he would never have spent so much effort on this matter.

"Only one-third of the real thing is left. But these one-third have no way to get promoted. If you do things well, the credit will be someone else's. If you go badly, they will have to take the blame. Liao County Governor, do you say that you are governing officials and accepting officials like officials, but are you against one-third of the things you do, or are those borers who just take money and don't work?"

"Of course it's the other two-thirds." Liao Hui said quietly. "But..."

"I know, you said that there are some strong backgrounds behind those borers. You can't afford to offend them at all, and you dare not offend them, because there are also people from your Liao family among them, and there are quite a few!" Wang Hou smiled.

"Xiaoguan tomorrow, I will send these people from my Liao family tomorrow." He gritted his teeth.

"Mr. Liao, I am not trying to force you to deal with your Liao family today." Wang Hou shook his head: "Of course, it is best if you are willing to deal with these things yourself. However, this matter is not urgent. You can take it slowly and do it slowly. You can't become a fat man in one bite, and you can't reach the end of a single step. The administration of Zhengyang County has been rotten to the point. It is easy to make trouble for the hard medicine, so you can only do it slowly."

"Mr. Wang is so considerate to the officials, and he is really shameless!" Liao Hui whispered.

"The reform of the administration of officials has always been a big article. In some places in the Ming Dynasty, it is easier to clean up because of the impact of war. On the contrary, Zhengyang County did not suffer from the poison of war, but it was difficult to move forward. Of course, it is also because of Zhengyang County's status in the Ming Dynasty. Some people saw this and thought that they had taken over the soft threat of the court, so they did whatever they wanted. Hehehe, they thought it was too simple."

Liao Hui swallowed with difficulty.

"There is the issuance of the new currency! The situation is even worse." Wang Hui snorted: "Taiping Bank caught fire four times in a month, and the manager disappeared three of them inexplicably. They are dead. Although the bodies they were hidden are very secret, they have been found now. The people who killed them have long been locked in by the Eagle's Nest. The reason why they did not arrest people is naturally because of other reasons. Although the Taiping Bank in Zhengyang County finally strengthened its escort, no one dared to step into the threshold of Taiping Bank. The mystery here is clear to you and I both understand the mystery of it. Changlong Money Bank cooperates with the issuance of new currency across the country, but they dare not. Because they are threatened, if they dare to circulate new currency in Zhengyang County, they will suffer an unprecedented run."

"This, these have nothing to do with the officials!" Liao Hui explained weakly.

"You may only say that these are not your entourage, or that you are just following the trend and dare not violate the general trend of Zhengyang County, but it has nothing to do with it, so I'm afraid it's not!" Wang Hou took out another book lightly and spread it in front of Liao Hui. "There are some dirty means and evidence of your Zhengyang County in the issuance of the new currency. Do you need to take a look?"

Liao Hui stretched out his hand and retracted it, and finally lowered his head weakly.

"Mr. Liao, the court is not unaware of what Zhengyang County has done, nor is it that it cannot cut the mess quickly. The reason why it did not do this is not because it was because it was afraid of the mouse. Zhengyang County regarded itself too high. Over the past year, Shayang has developed rapidly. Yongping, Zhongping and Shunping are not only able to be self-sufficient, but also provide great support to the court. Changyang County under the rule of Ma Xiangnan, its development speed is amazing. With the help of some major projects invested by the court and Baoqing Port, Changyang County has achieved self-sufficientness. As for Taiping City and Daye City, it is the core driving force for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. Is Zhengyang County really that important? Your only advantage is that it is just close to Yuejing City. But close is your advantage, but it is also a sharp sword hanging above your head."

"The reason why I remained unmoved is that the court took into account the overall situation, did not want to make a big move, and did not want this land that had not been through war to be affected by war." Wang Hou said coldly: "This is also the opportunity given to you by the court. Are you willing to accept this opportunity?"

Liao Hui looked up, and after a while, he finally nodded vigorously.

"It's very good, then tell me, what are you going to do?" Wang Hou smiled.

"First start with my Liao family, clean up those redundant officials, and then seize some of the braids of other people, and take this opportunity to expel them. Grab one and expel one. The court is about to conduct the Spring Boudoir examination. This time, the officials will be the chief examiner in person, and they will definitely select real talents for the court."

"Very good, very good." Wang Hou laughed: "You are the chief examiner, and I am also staying in Zhengyang County to serve as your backer. I want to see if those people dare to jump out and cause trouble in the end."

"With an old man in charge, the officials are more convinced." Liao Hui said. "About the issuance of new coins, starting this month, all things that the county government needs to purchase will only be charged for new coins, and the county government will only receive new coins for taxes."

"Don't worry about this matter. If the reform of the administration is not done well, these things will not be implemented at all. Maybe you can't even collect a penny of tax in Zhengyang County."

"Yes, it's because the lower officials were negligent." Liao Hui nodded repeatedly: "If you want to do things, you must first cure people."

"This is not wrong. Lord Liao, we have a good headline. Then let's talk about other things. I said before, the reason why you can sit here and talk to me is because you have not participated in some things, and whether you have any official reform or the issuance of new coins, these are internal affairs and internal conflicts. As long as you know the mistakes and can correct them, that's fine. But once some things are done, they can't look back. Lord Liao, do you have nothing to say to me?" Wang Hou put away the booklet in front of Liao Hui, put his hand on the booklet, his face no longer as relaxed as before, and became extremely serious.

"I don't know, what Mr. Wang wants me to talk about?"

Wang Hou gently knocked on the table with his fingers, "Mr. Liao, why don't we talk about food? It's the food transported from Zhengyang County to the front line."

He held a faint smile on his lips and took out a booklet, "Mr. Liao, the food he went out from Zhengyang County is all counted, and the food he received on the front line is also counted. Some people think that the food, transportation and collection are all controlled by one hand, and others can't get these specific books? Lord. Liao, can you guess where did the food that was inexplicably missing in the middle?"

Liao Hui's face turned pale, this time it was as pale as a dead person.

"This, it has nothing to do with me, and I don't know."

Wang Hou looked at him coldly.

"Mr. Liao, it is a sin to know that you do not take any action. Don't think that you have not been involved in this matter. You can deny it with just one word of ignorance."

Liao Hui struggled for a while and finally raised his head: "Mr. Wang, all these foods have been smuggled into the four counties of the Northland."

"Okay, you can say it, proving that Your Majesty has not read it wrongly. You can still save it." Wang Hou smiled.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty knows it too." Liao Hui said tremblingly.

"What about that?" Wang Hou laughed.

"Mr. Wang, as far as I know, Li Wei had contact with the barbarians during the Chinese New Year. The officials suspected that he had colluded with the barbarians." Since the light had been exposed, Liao Hui did not care about anything else at this time.

"The barbarian who Li Wei met in private is called Tuobayan, a general of the barbarian. He once sent a submissive service in Yuejing. Prince Wu Jing, the former prince, escaped from Jingjing. This person is one of the guards. He is very familiar with my Ming Dynasty. In fact, after the New Year, Li Wei met another person, named Qin Li, and was an important figure in the ghost shadow of Qi." Wang Hou said lightly.

Liao Hui was shocked: "Mr. Wang, since everyone in the imperial court knows it, why can we tolerate Li Wei doing so mischief?"
Chapter completed!