Volume 2 Clouds Chapter 36 Pan Mei's Decision
Kaifeng Prefecture.
After Luo Youdu came out of the council hall, he returned to Kaifeng Prefecture.
He asked the newly appointed Kaifeng Prefecture Chief Justice Yin Ming to fetch all the case files handled by Kaifeng Prefecture during the six months since he was away.
Luo Youdu read through each volume carefully. If there were any cases of improper handling, he would take them out and call the officials who handled the cases to his presence, giving them serious instructions and stern warnings.
In today's world, most scholars gather in Southern Tang and Meng Shu, and arrogant and brave generals are prevalent in the Central Plains.
Although things have improved a lot in the past two years, the treatment of scholars is still not high.
Civil officials were extremely scarce, which led to the fact that it was common for one official in the court to hold multiple positions.
But there are not many people like Luo Youdu who hold both civil and military positions.
Kaifeng Prefecture is in charge of the people's livelihood in Kaifeng. The position is very important. With this position, he can do a lot of things.
Before Guo Rong took action to get rid of him, Luo Youdu did not want to cause instability in Kaifeng Prefecture because of his own reasons, which would lead to him losing his position as the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture.
He is in Kaifeng, and with him in charge, everything will be fine.
But nowadays, he is often ordered to go on expeditions, and the time spent away may be as short as half a year or as long as one or two years.
This will really test the ability of the officials below to handle affairs.
The problems that existed in Kaifeng Prefecture during the six months when he was away can be clearly seen from the six-month files.
Sure enough, a big problem was discovered, and it appeared in the most critical legal department.
Kaifeng Prefecture had three departments: the Law Department, the Procuratorate, and the Prefecture Court.
The Ministry of Public Prosecutions had not experienced any incidents in recent years, and Public Prosecutions Officer Gao Ze had performed his duties conscientiously and had not made any mistakes. The Ministry of Government and the Court were also average, as the internal struggle between Zhang Yue and Lu Bin had benefited him and Yin Yide.
Although two prefects of the prefecture had left, the team left by Zhang Yue was still there. The new prefect, Yin Ming, was very familiar with the affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture and was not affected.
The Ministry of Justice is different.
He was promoted too quickly, and the Law Department lost two law officers in a row. At the same time, because of vested interests, he eliminated Lu Bin's confidants, causing a lack of successors in the Law Department.
The Law Department happens to be the most important of the three departments of Kaifeng Prefecture. If it hadn't been for Cui Yan's help in the past six months, there would have been chaos.
Cui Yan, the top leader of Kaifeng Prefecture, lacks decisiveness, but he is indeed experienced in handling things, leaving people speechless.
But you can't let the number one in command help the number two in command.
During these four months, we not only have to deal with the affairs of the Imperial Camp, but also the Law Department of Kaifeng Prefecture.
"It seems that I have to go to the Ministry of Personnel to see if there are any talents that can be employed. It just so happens that the Imperial Camp Office also needs a lot of civil servant vacancies."
Luo Youdu muttered to himself that in addition to the incumbent officials, there were also substitute officials in the Ministry of Personnel.
This type of candidate officials can be selected by each department based on its own circumstances.
"Husband, I'm back!"
While Luo Youdu was reading the files, Zhang Jin came to the outside of the office in a hurry.
"come in!"
Luo Youdu put down the file in his hand and waited for news from Zhang Jin.
Zhang Jin grinned and said, "Everything is just as I thought. All the foremen at the docks have expressed their willingness to cooperate with your arrangement. Not to mention 500 people, they are willing to cooperate with even 1,000 people."
This was exactly what Luo Youdu had expected.
Although the situation at Kaifeng Wharf is complicated, various black forces are intertwined and some even have the support of bigwigs behind them.
But Luo Youdu, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, had them completely suppressed.
No matter how clever a thief is, he cannot avoid the danger of being seen in the light.
And Kaifeng Prefecture is the blue sky.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just ask those high-ranking royal relatives and dignitaries during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty whether they were afraid of a man named Yanwang Bao.
Luo Youdu asked again: "What is the response from below?"
Zhang Jin said: "My subordinates have learned about it and are very enthusiastic. Most of them who risk their lives to make a living are from lowly families. They are willing to work hard to get a household registration or military household registration. Not to mention joining the army normally, receiving military pay, and living a normal life."
"That's good!" Luo Youdu said, "Let the foremen select 500 people. Then recruit 500 volunteers according to the standards, and let them wait for notification and be ready. Only 500 people are needed, and we will select the best ones."
Luo Youdu took a piece of paper, wrote down his conditions on it, and handed it Zhang Jin.
Zhang Jin read it carefully and said hesitantly, "This is a test of leg and waist strength. It's understandable that you can shoot a few crossbows, but it's a bit too much to ask people to know how to read. It's good enough if one out of twenty people can recognize ten characters."
Luo Youdu said: "It doesn't matter. Literacy is not a hard standard. It's just that those who can read can have the standard slightly lowered and have priority admission."
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Shanzhou.
Pan Mei said goodbye to his boss Wu Lin and hurried back home. Seeing his wife sitting on a chair with a serious look on her face, he smiled and said, "Pack your bags quickly. We are going to Beijing."
Pan Mei's wife, Cui, was a descendant of the Cui family, the most powerful family in the world and the leader of the five wealthy families in the north.
However, the so-called Five Surnames had long since disappeared in the factional struggles at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the wars .
The Cui family is no exception, and is now just a small local wealthy family.
However, the glory is gone, but the remains remain.
Cui has been studying since childhood and is full of knowledge, making her a perfect and virtuous wife.
Cui said worriedly, "Now that the military men are in power, is it worth it to offend those military officials in order not to offend Mr. Luo?"
Pan Mei said, "Madam, have you read the letter sent by your husband?"
Cui blushed and said, "I didn't mean to secretly look at Pan Lang's letter. I just found it on the ground and saw it unintentionally."
Pan Mei remembered that she was too happy to see the content of the letter, so she put it on the table and went to say goodbye to Wu Lin.
I think it’s because of the wind.
He smiled and said, "You and I are husband and wife, and I have no intention of hiding this from Madam. Madam, you obviously underestimated me. If I were really narrow-minded, I wouldn't have explained the stakes so clearly and just lied to me. He was honest with me, obviously letting me make my own choice. I am open-minded, and he wouldn't blame me even if I chose to stay in Shanzhou."
"It's my personal choice to go."
Pan Mei stepped forward and took Cui's hands and said, "This letter seems dangerous, but it is not in my opinion. I respect two people the most in my life. One is the current emperor. When the emperor was still in the palace, I was fortunate to become his attendant. I learned a lot from him. The second is you. I haven't been with you for a long time, but I have seen how he behaves and how he is not surprised by praise or criticism. When he talks and laughs, he makes people feel like spring breeze. Even a terminally ill person is no exception. It is really amazing. One night of conversation is better than ten years of reading."
"How can a mere warrior stop something that even the government and the teachers think is right?"
"You are currently short of staff, but given your popularity, if I don't leave soon, your position will be taken by someone else."
"It will be too late to regret then."
Cui said hurriedly, "If that's the case, my dear, why don't you go ahead? I will sort out everything at home and come back later."
Pan Mei said: "That's good!"
