Dong Liang gave Dong Jin the position of chief of the newly formed Ministry of Personnel. Among the six departments of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ministry of Personnel was ranked first. However, Dong Liang never set up this department because there were too few Chinese officials. Dong Liang

You can manage it yourself.

Things are different now. The market is getting bigger, and Dong Liang must share a lot of power with others.

The Chinese Ministry of Civil Service is responsible for the appointment and dismissal, assessment, promotion, promotion, transfer, and other affairs of civil servants. In fact, apart from the nine and eighteen levels of civil servants, the Chinese have not established many civil service systems.

Dong Liang's power is limited, and the establishment of the Chinese nation was short. He could only pick up the most important things and establish them first. Many things had to wait until they were needed, such as improving the civil service system now.

Dong Jin was born in a major and knew these things very well. In fact, China's civil service system has developed through the past dynasties and is now considered relatively developed in the world, especially the imperial examination system, which is even highly praised by many great powers.

"Second Uncle, as a first-time Chinese, our civil servants are complex and have varying abilities. You must establish an education, training and assessment system for officials as soon as possible."

Dong Liang has already been conducting training courses for civil servants, and he has also compiled teaching materials for this purpose. In addition to the required reading "A Letter to Chinese Compatriots", Dong Liang also compiled Chinese governance concepts into a book as a teaching material for training civil servants.

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Civil service training for the Chinese ethnic group pays more attention to ideological education.

Dong Liang felt that everyone's governance habits and ways of doing things were different, but as long as the problem could be solved for the people and the Chinese in the end, it would be fine.

However, the basic concepts of governance must be unified. The Chinese governance principle of putting people first must be adhered to.

During the Dongfan Defense War, Dong Jin was in Anping City. After he arrived in Huazu, he was initially arranged by Dong Liang to teach at Zhenhua University Hall.

During this period, Dong Liang held an imperial examination and selected more than a hundred people for pre-service training in the university hall.

Dong Liang asked Dong Jin to teach. He found that Dong Jin could really understand what he meant after studying the textbooks he had written, and he could also quote scriptures and make arguments.

This is the benefit of reading more. Dong Liang could only express his ideas and thoughts in vernacular in most cases, but when Dong Jin came to his mouth, he associated them with allusions from the Four Books and Five Classics.

In addition, Dong Jin also helped Dong Liang polish the "Letter to the Chinese Compatriots". Dong Liang felt more comfortable after reading it himself.

"Head of the State, you are in a bit of trouble with this subordinate. Your subordinate was originally just a small general judge." Dong Jin still had a humble attitude. He seemed to have developed this habit.

Dong Liang also knew that Dong Jin was being modest. After this period of investigation, he already had a basic understanding of Dong Jin's abilities.

"Second uncle, there is no need to be modest. I have already listed the requirements for you. One thing is that civil servants must have regular exchanges when serving. They cannot serve in one place for too long. In addition, all officials must be responsible for the decisions they make for life. Governments everywhere have

It is necessary to establish a complete file system to facilitate future investigations. In addition, civil servants must retire or take a back seat after reaching a certain age. If after review, there is no corruption or bribery, they can be awarded a title based on their political performance.

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Dong Liang's system is similar to the integrity rewards of later generations. That is, if officials clean up their integrity when they retire, they will receive a generous one-time reward, allowing them to live a good life after retirement. This increases their chances of corruption and bribery.

cost.

"Don't worry, head of state, since you trust your subordinates, I will slowly do these things, but you have to help me check them." Dong Jin always spoke as a subordinate in front of Dong Liang.

Dong Liang could respect him and call him uncle, but he could not climb the pole himself.

After having Dong Jin, Dong Liang was controlled by someone he absolutely trusted in both the military and political affairs, which was indeed helpful to maintain his power.

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Next is Zhou Tenghu. He will stay and preside over the work this time, and he is also the convener of the general meeting. Zhou Tenghu knows very well that this is a test for Dong Liang. It is not only a test of Zhou Tenghu's ability, but also a test of his

loyalty.

Therefore, Zhou Tenghu must be cautious, not only to handle the work well, but also not to appear too authoritarian.

How would Dong Liang view himself, and how would those old Chinese brothers view himself? These are all issues that need to be considered.

Liu Fengliang also has a heavy responsibility. He is the administrative director of the entire Dongfan Island.

Originally, Wang Ziyu was in charge of the affairs, and he only had to take care of the existing counties.

But during this expedition, Dong Liang took Wang Ziyu away.

Because Wang Ziyu was a staff member and a wise master, he could help Dong Liang with his plans and military affairs.

In addition, Wang Ziyu has been working as an aide in the Zhejiang and Fujian Governor's Yamen, and he knows the internal situation in Fujian very well. Taking him on an expedition can get a lot of help.

Therefore, Dong Liang transferred Wang Ziyu, who had not yet completed his task of governing the country.

In fact, most of Wang Ziyu's mission has been completed. This man is extremely smart and scheming. Those who are from the fan society are no match for him.

In this battle to defend Dongfan, despite the Qing troops and foreigners coming together, and under Wang Ziyu's operation, Fanshe did not have any problems.

At this time, as long as nothing happens to the people who are an unstable factor, it will be a meritorious service.

Of course, after this incident, Wang Ziyu also withstood the test.

If this person is disloyal to the Chinese, then the Qing army's attack this time will be his best chance.

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Tianjing City, which has become the capital of the Taiping Rebellion, is now a huge military camp.

Inside the city is the military camp of the Taiping Army, with no less than 100,000 Taiping soldiers gathered here.

Outside the city is the military camp of the Qing army.

More than ten days after the Taiping Army occupied Tianjing, the Imperial Envoy Xiang Rong led 50,000 Qing troops to the Xiaoling Guard and set up camp here. Relying on the surrounding mountains, the Qing troops built a company of dozens of miles long.

camp.

Since ancient times, the city of Nanjing has been surrounded by mountains, facing the river on one side and mountains on three sides. It would be difficult for the Qing army to capture this place, and similarly it would not be easy for the Taiping army to break out from here.

However, the Taiping Army did not choose to break through from the south to the wealthy Jiangxi and Zhejiang, but began the Eastern Expedition.

Not long after Yang Xiuqing occupied Nanjing, he sent Luo Outline, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and other powerful generals to march eastward to seize Yangzhou and Zhenjiang, the financial and tax chokepoints of the Qing Dynasty, cut off the Manchu and Qing water transportation, and strive for strategic initiative.

I have to say, this is definitely a good move.

At this time, Qishan and others were still on the road. There were only more than 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers, 1,000 Green Battalion, and 5,000 brave soldiers in Zhenjiang and Yangzhou. They were already frightened and had to defend two cities. The number of troops was simply not enough.

Emperor Xianfeng was very dissatisfied with Xiang Rong and Qishan's performance, and issued an edict: "How come there are no detectives along the river? It's incomprehensible!"

However, the military situation is urgent, and they are the only two who can still fight at the moment. Xianfeng does not dare to punish him, but only reprimands him.

He didn't understand what happened to the Qing Dynasty's army.

Xianfeng issued an order to accuse, but it could not solve the problem. Xiang Rong was unable to rush to Zhenjiang and Yangzhou for a while, so he simply stayed at Xiaoling Guard in the south of Nanjing, which could be regarded as besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.

However, the Taiping Army has sufficient military strength and can still march eastward normally.

In this way, Xianfeng could only let the fleeing general Yang Wending, the governor of Jiangsu, who had previously found an excuse to abandon Nanjing, and Yang Dianbang, the governor of water transport, summon troops to resist, prevent the Taiping Army from advancing eastward, and threaten Su Chang's safety.

Yang Wending and Yang Dianbang have no military talent and are as timid as a mouse. How can they defend the city?

Yang Wending, Yang Dianbang, Wenyi and others discussed it and concluded that Zhenjiang was difficult to defend and the best strategy was to send limited troops to important passes to stop the Taiping Army on the way.

According to the agreement, Vice-Captain Wenyi led 1,500 Eight Banners soldiers and horses to garrison Shanzuitou; Yang Dianbang was responsible for the defense of Guazhou and Zhenjiang, and found ways to recruit soldiers; Yang Wending was responsible for the navy, recruiting British and American civilian ships and sailors to prevent the Taiping Army from advancing by water.

On March 28, Luo Gangxian and Lin Fengxiang led more than 10,000 soldiers on the eastward expedition. When the forwards passed Jinshan, they were severely bombarded. The Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Army intercepted the river and cooperated with the shore artillery to bombard Taiping warships on the river.

On the 30th, the main ships of the Taiping Army arrived, defeated the Yangtze River Navy, captured Jinshan and Guazhou, and the Qing army fled.
Chapter completed!