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The three courtesans were sent away and they all let out a long breath after leaving the General Military Mansion.

Lin Xue was speechless and said: "When I recited that poem, it scared me."

"I was not intimidated, but found it interesting," Liu Rushi said with a smile. "In the past, when talking about poetry and lyrics, the guest and the host enjoyed themselves. Today is the first time that someone wrote a poem to admonish me."

Wang Wei couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Zhao asked people not to sing the song of regret back then. His own poem has the charm of Bai Letian."

Liu Rushi said: "Mr. Zhao cares about the suffering of the people, and he is a man who combines knowledge and action. His poems are naturally popular and straightforward. I think he is very bold and does not bother to beat around the bush, which is very different from the style of ordinary literati."

The three women walked together and went out of the city to the inn, but saw a pavilion erected outside the city.

There are also pavilions on the other side of the pier, but most of them are posted with commercial information, while the pavilions here are more official notices.

Wang Wei took a closer look and read: "The Luling County government has expanded the recruitment of twelve government officials. They will provide for their own food and lodging for three months. They can be converted into reserve officials. Each of the six towns in Luling will expand the recruitment of three government officials. Member..." After reading the content of the notice, Wang Wei sighed, "If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely become a member of the government watch, and maybe I could be the county magistrate in the future."

Listening to Li Fenglai's explanation along the way, Liu Rushi already knew something about Jiangxi's governance. She said: "This notice has been beaten by wind and rain. I think it was posted two or three months ago. In Luling County alone, there are 30 new ones." Reserve officials, it seems that we are really going to send troops this summer."

Jiangxi can already mass-produce officials, and Hunan and Guangdong are about to get on the right track.

The bigger the territory, the less people are lacking.

Unfortunately, hidden dangers have also increased, and there is a mix of old and new officials. Especially in remote counties and towns, the Department of Integrity and Anti-corruption is beyond the reach of the Department and relies entirely on supervision by missionaries and farmers' associations. After the land distribution is completed, most of the missionaries will be withdrawn, leaving only one missionary department in the county government office.

Starting this spring, the Integrity Department of the General Military Administration will appoint 12 Integrity Envoys.

Each group of three people will draw lots to determine the direction, and patrol various states and counties incognito in the designated direction. It is somewhat similar to the patrol censors of the Ming Dynasty, but they have no judicial power and are not allowed to interfere in local affairs.

Lin Xue read the second notice: "The deputy mayor of Wuxing Town, Zhong An, married a woman named Huang from that town. The wasteland in the mountains was collectively reclaimed by Lijia Village. The deputy mayor, Zhong An, colluded with the village chief, Li Long, and each gave it to Huang. The two families of Shi and Li Long were given an additional three acres. After investigation, it was found that Zhong An was guilty of corruption, swallowing more than 60 dan of rice and more than 90 dan of corn..."

"After the trial and judgment of the Luling County Government, Zhong An was assigned to the mine as a miner, and his wife Huang was ordered to remarry. All the land under Zhong An's personal name was recovered, two acres of land under Huang's name was recovered, and half of the land owned by Huang's natal family was recovered. Li Long was assigned Mines for miners…”

Liu Rushi exclaimed: "We only occupy six acres of wasteland, sixty stones of rice, and ninety stones of corn. Are we assigned to two officials?"

"Jiangxi's officials are really strict." Lin Xue said with emotion.

Under normal circumstances, it is really not so strict.

This case, firstly, disturbed the land and touched an absolute red line. Second, the case occurred in Wuxing Town, where Zhao Han raised his troops!

Wang Wei sarcastically said: "This deputy mayor is really stupid. He threw away his future for a few acres of wasteland and more than a hundred stones of grain. According to Li Yuanwai (Li Fenglai), if he is the mayor of Jiangxi at this time, he will not be able to do anything in the future. At least he is a magistrate, and maybe he can even be a magistrate."

"There are always many short-sighted people in the world." Liu Rushi smiled.

Lin Xue smiled and said: "There are rewards and punishments, and there is also a commendation order here."

But it was at the weapons factory here in Luling County that a craftsman improved the rattan armor production technology and shortened the rattan armor brewing cycle by three months. Special rewards include five taels of silver, three levels of salary increase, one acre of land, and being selected as one of this year's "Top Ten Skilled Craftsmen".

Liu Rushi said curiously: "The craftsmen are actually treated with such courtesy."

Wang smiled and said: "If I were a craftsman, I would work hard for Mr. Zhao."

The three famous prostitutes became more and more interesting as they watched, so they went to the market outside the city together.

Their first goal was not a jewelry store or rouge and gouache, but a straight trip to a nearby bookstore.

"Please come in, three girls!"

The bookstore owner's eyes lit up and he came to greet them personally. These three women were so beautiful.

Liu Rushi said: "We are from out of town, are there any new books here?"

"There are a lot of new books. Here are three girls." The bookstore owner was very attentive.

After just a few casual glances, the three women could see the difference.

Among the bookstores in Jiangnan, purely in terms of quantity, the first is teaching aids, the second is poetry anthologies, and the third is novels.

But here, there are almost no teaching aids.

The entire bookshelf at the entrance is full of books on law, water conservancy, mathematics, official document writing, Datong theory and agriculture.

Starting from this spring, officials who are promoted to county magistrates must pass an assessment. The above content is a required subject.

The main reason is that there are too many qualified county magistrates and it would be unfair no matter how you select them, so we might as well organize an exam.

Let those "preparatory county magistrates" answer the questions, and you are not asked to answer them all. As long as you do better than others, priority will be given to those who are at the top (if the theory of Datong is not up to standard, you will directly lose the qualification for this promotion).

Now that the county magistrate examination has ended, we are waiting for the war after the summer harvest. When we occupy new territory, we will immediately go and become the county magistrate.

When the news was announced last winter, booksellers everywhere took notice and printed a large number of related books.

Not only those who were qualified to be county magistrates came to buy books, but also many ordinary officials and scholars came to buy books. Anyway, they would have to take the exam sooner or later.

Liu Rushi looked at those professional books and sighed: "Fushe has always advocated practical learning, but Jiangxi really advocates practical learning."

Wang Wei switched to Classics and History Sub-collections. There is no difference between traditional books and Jiangnan, but there are quite a lot of recently published anthologies.

"Sir, do you know which literary clubs are there in Jiangxi?" Wang Wei asked.

The owner of the bookstore is very familiar: "Ji'an has Bailuzhou Club, Xinshe, and Zhuxia Club; Nanchang has Hongdu Club, Duck Club, and Xiao Club; Jiujiang has Jiangzhou Club and Sheng Club..."

Wang Wei was surprised: "So many literary clubs?"

The owner of the bookstore said with a smile: "Many rich scholars don't want to work hard, so they don't apply to be officials. There is no imperial examination in Jiangxi, so they form associations and sing, and stay with the rivers and lakes all day long. Novels and operas are also booming. Some down-and-out rich scholars write novels and operas for a living. The township also takes care of these people. There is no bookstore that pays for writing fees, and the author’s articles are not allowed to be published at will. Twenty years after the death of the original author is required. And print."

Liu Rushi smiled and said: "This is a good idea, can we find out?"

"It's definitely not possible to find out. The author should report it himself and identify which bookstore is pirated." The bookstore owner said.

Liu Rushi randomly pulled out a booklet called "Bamboo Text Collection".

When I read it, most of them are landscape and pastoral poems, among which there are many works of complaints, and the dissatisfaction with Zhao Han's policies can be seen between the lines.

"Miss Crown?" Suddenly someone exclaimed.

Wang Guan was Wang Wei's name when she was young. She turned around and looked at it, but she had no impression, and smiled, "Mr. Blessings."

This man was about forty years old, with a straight and handsome appearance, cupped his hands and said: "I am Wu Bing, the word can be first, more than 20 years ago, I used to go boating with the girl on Taihu Lake."

"It turned out to be Mr. Wu." Wang Wei still had no impression.

Wu Bing was quite excited: "At that time, I was a Juren, and I had the honor to travel with Mr. Meigong on the lake."

Mr. Meigong is Chen Jiru, the one who wrote "Little Window", Wang Wei immediately recalled.

But, there were so many people at that time, I still had no impression of Wu Bing.

Wu Bing said with a smile: "In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, I was awarded a Jinshi. Since then, I have been an official in various places, and I have never seen the beauty of Miss Wangguan again."

Wu Bing's enthusiasm for Wang Wei is understandable. When he was an ordinary juren in his youth, he followed a group of bigwigs on a lake tour, and could only sit in a corner for fun, but he couldn't impress this famous prostitute.

Wang Wei was also quite surprised, Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli should be at least a provincial official, why is he wearing common clothes in Ji'an Mansion?

Wu Bing took the initiative to explain: "When Mr. Zhao captured Nanchang Mansion, I was the Jiangxi Education Envoy. Now I am not an official, and I am an external consultant of the Propaganda Department of the General Military Mansion. "Da Ping Ji" is my work. This spring again The play "The Story of the West Window" was also adapted from real people and real events."

"Disrespect, disrespect!" Wang Wei hurriedly saluted.

Wu Bing's hometown is also in the south of the Yangtze River. This guy sold all his land and brought his wife, concubine and children to Jiangxi.

His son was half a year old and was thrown into primary school by him. The daughter is married to a town mayor, and is a mayor of Juren background. She will probably be a high-ranking official in the future.

As for himself, because of the sensation caused by "The Tale of the Great Fellowship", he simply wrote "revolutionary literature" full-time, and was even specially hired as a consultant by the Department of Propaganda and Education, and was often invited to cadre training classes to tell stories.

Make him an official?

That was impossible. The officials under Zhao Han were too tired, and Wu Bing, who was used to leisure, couldn't bear it.

Wu Bing invited the three famous prostitutes to the teahouse and told them about Jiangxi's literary and artistic circles.

"Jiangxi articles are nothing more than three categories."

"The first category is Datong articles, and the most famous one is "Legend of the White-haired Girl". Before that, there were only dramas, but they were changed to operas. Last year, someone wrote a novel. The following "Datong Ji" is also in this category, which can be ranked. Into the top three."

"The second category is complaint articles. Either the family has been divided, or they feel depressed and frustrated."

"The third category is articles eulogizing virtue. Although these scholars have not been officials, they support the administration of the town. Most of them are merchants. They say that China will return to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in just 20 or 30 years. These people are also retro-stylers. No matter the poems or songs, they all respect the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Just last month, there were more than 30 scholars who jointly signed the Shangshu Zongbingfu, asking the Zongzhen to send troops to take Jianghuai as soon as possible."

Wang Wei asked: "Please tell me, sir, where is the girls' school still short of teachers, the closer to Ji'an Mansion, the better."

Wu Bing said: "Jishui County is running a third girls' school, and I can help write letters of recommendation."

Wang Wei said happily: "Thank you sir!"

Liu Rushi suddenly said, "I'm going to the Luling County Yamen to watch the government, and I will be a female official in the future!"

Everyone was very surprised.

Liu Rushi was very high-minded, ever since she broke up with Chen Zilong, she vowed to marry someone with higher talent and learning.

She thinks Zhao Han is good.

During today's brief contact, Liu Rushi has figured out that Zhao Han doesn't like reciting poems and lyrics, but prefers those who can do practical things. So she wanted to be a female official, first to realize her own life value, and second, to attract Zhao Han's attention.

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