"General, these matters need to be further verified. If there is really a case of forcing farmers to be tenants, I will never tolerate them!" Lu Zhi put down the report and promised Ma Qiang.

Some things can be done but not said, and some things can be said but not done.

Force farmers to make a tenant is the former.

After all, self-cultivated farmers are the foundation of the country, and everyone understands this.

Ma Qiang nodded, looked at Liu Xie and continued, "About the affairs of officials' families embezzling the land of the people in the three counties, Yan Envoy has prepared impeachment materials and will be reported soon.

Since these officials were not appointed by our General's Office, then the Tingwei will deal with them.

By the way, Your Majesty, who is the court lieutenant of the court?"

Liu Xie's heart is almost over.

I actually have three counties in charge now. Don’t those ministers know the importance of these three counties to the court?

As long as these three counties are managed in an orderly manner, I have reason to ask the General's Office to allocate counties to the court for management.

Why did so many troubles happen in just a few months?

In fact, Liu Xie really misunderstood these officials.

Yang Biao and others naturally knew the importance of these three counties, so they repeatedly gave instructions to the officials they sent.

These officials were also diligent in their work. Not only did they dare not embezzle and accept bribes, but they even donated their food and wages to local widowed elderly people.

It’s just that decades of fixed thinking made them never think that they would educate ordinary Guizhou leaders, nor would they think that there was anything wrong with turning the people into tenants.

After all, this is how they came here for so many years.

It’s like the United States in later generations would not feel that there is anything wrong with using financial weapons to cut wool from the world.

Moreover, under the persuasion of these officials, although the families of all officials forced themselves to buy and embezzle many farmers' fields, the price was really high.

"When Chang'an that day, the court guard Huang Kang unfortunately passed away and has not yet been appointed."

Ma Qiang nodded and said, "No wonder, all the officials and their families have made illegal acts because they do not have a court lie. Wen Shu, the governor of Zhuo County, was very serious and worked diligently in Zhuo County for many years. The people praised him, both in terms of talent and virtue. I want to express this person as a court lieutenant. What does Your Majesty think?"

"This..." Liu Xie hurriedly looked at Lu Zhi.

He didn't want even the imperial court to be captured step by step by step by Ma Qiang.

"The General and the Nine Ministers have a high status and have extremely high requirements for talent and virtue. Although the County Governor Wen is good at talent and virtue, he is a little worse after all. I think what should I discuss?"

"Duke Lu, according to the past agreement, if His Majesty's place of power is outstanding, then the General's Office will continue to allocate counties to His Majesty for his experience. But now that the three counties have become like this, what should we do?

I called the governor of Wen County as the magistrate, and I was also to give an explanation to the world so that the people of the world could know that it was not your Majesty’s fault, but the court did not have a magistrate, which made some people not afraid of the law.

Only in this way can your Majesty continue to rule the three counties!"

Is this a deal?

Give a position of nine ministers to exchange for the opportunity to continue to rule the three counties...

When did the Han emperor want the rule of the three counties so difficult...

Lu Zhi looked at Liu Xie helplessly, who made us not be successful?

Liu Xie felt bitter in his heart, and then a burst of anger surged out.

Of course this anger is not for Ma Qiang.

This anger was directed at the court minister who bought houses and settled land in the three counties.

"Your Majesty, from the affairs of the three counties, it can be seen that officials cannot have virtue but no talent. Otherwise, even if they do not commit crimes, mediocre and lazy government can still kill people!

When the imperial court held an inspection this time, although most of the people selected were virtuous, they did not know whether they had talent.

This time, my general's office is also going to hold an imperial examination. I also know that most of the ministers in the imperial examinations have objections to the imperial examinations of the poor ministers, and believe that most of the people they choose are talented but not virtuous.

But in fact, after the imperial examination of Weichen, a new process called moral examination has been added to the imperial examination.

If the moral examination fails to pass, even if this person is of great talent, the General's Mansion will not be used."

"Ethics and judgment?"

"Yes, the General's Office will draw some capable personnel to the hometown of the person who passed the imperial examination to investigate the person's past words and deeds, whether there are any acts of being unfaithful, filial, unkind and unkind, and prevent Zhao Gao from flowing into the officialdom."

"How is this different from an admonition?" Lu Zhi asked.

"The recommendation is based on local recommendations and assessments. Whoever has good moral character is the best, and whoever has the best moral character can pass it. If there is no big mistake, it can be passed. Below I think that officials are the auxiliary and the master is the one, and no one needs to be a saint. In fact, this cannot be done."

Ma Qiang's words are absolutely deviant in this era.

But who made him the general?

Ma Qiang laid the foreshadowing of his response to the advice and said goodbye. He had to thank Yan Zhong very much. If Yan Zhong had not prepared the sword for him, he would not be able to suppress the arrogance of these ministers this time.

Yes, all these reports were carefully prepared by Yan Zhong, Wen Shu and others, especially the matter of encroaching on the fields by the officials and their families, and they persuaded Yan Zhong behind their backs.

Seeing Ma Qiang leave, Liu Xie could no longer bear it.

"Xuan...San Gong Xuan entered the palace!!"

When Zhang Xi and others rushed back to Ji County, they happened to receive the order summoned by Liu Xie.

Zhang Xi and others had no time to change their clothes and entered the palace. As soon as they entered the palace, they were hit on the face by the dark Liu Xie with a report.

"Look! Look!!

These are all memorials from the Envoy Yan. Is it impossible to manage only three counties?

Ma Ziyu is ready to take back these three counties with this reason!

How much gold and silver did you bring when you ran out of Chang'an?

They actually bought so much land in the three counties!"

Because of Ma Qiang’s agreement with him, he was also very concerned about the situation in these three counties and sent people to check it out many times. Everyone came back and said that they would not pick up the remains of the world and that they would have to support themselves. Anyway, it sounded like it was almost the rule of ancient times.

"Your Majesty, this..." Zhang Xi picked up the report and looked embarrassed.

"Even if you want to buy land and buy land, can't you disperse it to other places? They are all crowded in three counties. How much land can these three counties support you?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that we have to buy land in those three counties. It's Yan Zhong's plan!" Zhang Xi said helplessly.

Zhang Xi really knows about this.

"Plan?" Lu Zhi, who was standing next to him, frowned and said, "What Zhang Gong meant is that the report was all fake? How dare he do this?"

Zhang Xi shook his head and said, "Lu's family has an industry in Ji County, and Duke Lu also lives in the Lu family's house, so he probably doesn't know about this matter.

Before the imperial court went north, Yan Zhong promulgated a land use management regulations.

This regulation requires that any land be registered for use, and the land is divided into agricultural land, construction land and unused land. Agricultural land is further divided into farmland, forest land, pasture, water marsh, and construction land is divided into residential, commercial, industrial, office, and public.

It is also stipulated that in order to prevent land from being sold at a low price, any change in use of any land must be reported to the state government for approval.
Chapter completed!