At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

There will never be fewer such people.

It just depends on when Guo Peng has time to deal with it.

He also knew that even if he killed the scholars through the punctuation revolution, bureaucrats would remain bureaucrats, and power would remain power, nothing would change.

It's just that the scope of officials' origins has been expanded and the upward path has been broadened, so the situation will be relatively better.

The battle never ends.

Even if he died, the battle would not end.

Then just keep fighting, no matter when, as long as there is still one breath left, then continue to fight.

Corrupt officials are not afraid, so what is Guo Peng afraid of?

With their respective missions, the action teams left Luoyang, went to various places, and began to carry out the tasks assigned to them by Guo Peng.

Before the action, Guo Peng did not inform the local authorities of the news in advance, nor did he plan to inform the local authorities. He asked the action team to take the emperor's order to the local area to announce it, so as to gain a time difference.

This might uncover more scum.

The scholars in the central government have been treated miserably by him, and the scum in the local areas can't imagine it.

With such thoughts in mind, Guo Peng set off the first nationwide anti-corruption storm in the Guowei Empire.

To be precise, according to Guo Peng's opinion, the more peaceful and stable a place is, the more corruption will occur.

The more turbulent the place and the frequent personnel transfers, the less corruption will occur.

This is basically fine.

That's why Guo Peng sent elite teams to the three prefectures of Qingyan and Hebei, focusing on attacking the three prefectures of Qingyan and Hebei, and the key selection was not the people from the three prefectures of Qingyan and Hebei. People from the three prefectures of Qingyan and Hebei were sent to other border areas State anti-corruption efforts.

No one wants to interfere with anyone, just do it directly.

In this matter, Mr. Guo made a good reference to the requirements of the Three Mutual Laws in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and screened the origins of the officials.

Certain things cannot be expected from locals, only foreigners can do them, and only foreigners dare to do them.

The team sent to Qingzhou was led by Yangzhou Ren Qiaorui.

In the same way, the Youzhou team was sent to Yanzhou.

The Jingzhou team was sent to Liangzhou.

Anyway, everyone knows very well that this arrangement is for the convenience of everyone.

Don't hesitate, don't worry, don't be afraid.

If you are not ruthless enough, the emperor will be more ruthless to you.

Chapter 1047 One thousand and fifty-seven Zhuge Liang feels that he can realize his value here

In the middle and late October of the fourth year of Yande, Qiao Rui and his party arrived in Qingzhou in the name of ordinary officials without submitting any notes to Qingzhou officials.

On October 21, he moved into Linzi city.

According to the regulations of the Wei Empire, official guides are required for the movement of people. Without official guides, people cannot move freely and stay in local hotels.

Guo Peng prevented Qiao Rui and others from revealing their true purpose in advance, so they came to Qingzhou under the banner of ordinary central government officials.

Qingzhou is Guo's starting base, an important basic market, an important logistics supply base, and a production and planting base.

At the same time, Qingzhou is also a place where various natural disasters occur frequently. There are many floods and droughts, locust plagues, land salinization, and seawater intrusion. These things are also relatively serious problems in Qingzhou.

Therefore, Qingzhou has invested a lot of funds and materials to deal with these disasters over the years.

In order to deal with these disasters that endanger agricultural production, Qingzhou also has a large number of grassroots officials fighting on the front line, in order to ensure the continuous output of Qingzhou, and continue to fight for blood transfusions in the major battlefields of the Wei Empire.

It can be said that Qingzhou has made great contributions to Guo's establishment of an empire, the pacification of the world, and the conquest of foreign countries over the years.

Without Qingzhou's sustained and stable high output, there would be no stable territory of the Wei Empire today.

Similarly, Qingzhou would not be able to maintain such a situation without Guo's continuous contribution to disaster prevention and control in Qingzhou.

Central officials have long been in close contact with grassroots officials in Qingzhou, and they have frequent exchanges with each other. There will be no problem in arriving in Qingzhou in this way.

But in the final analysis, the relationship between Qingzhou's problem and Mi Zhu's relationship is really not that big.

Of course, Mi Zhu made great contributions during his administration of Qingzhou.

He took over Guo's position and governed Qingzhou for several years. During his tenure, he managed the water conservancy project in Qingzhou to control the Yellow River, the response mechanism for locust disaster control, and the construction of the Qingzhou Navy. It was not in vain for Guo to cultivate him.

During the years when Mi Zhu ruled Qingzhou, the output of Qingzhou continued to grow, the economy continued to prosper, and it occupied an important position in tax revenue every year, which was difficult for other states to surpass.

In terms of official administration, there are many officials in Qingzhou, but the number of corruption incidents involving corrupt officials is not many.

In the four years since the establishment of the Wei Empire, Qingzhou has only voluntarily reported six corruption cases, an average of less than two cases a year.

Of course, this is only on the surface. Mr. Guo has never had time to read the information about Qingzhou that Linziying has compiled over the years. Some time ago, he took the time to read it and saw a lot of shocking things that were never reported to the court through normal channels.

Guo Peng raised the rank of governor of the state, but in order to ensure that there would be no warlord separatism in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he greatly limited the power of governor of the state.

The governor of the state is in charge of administration, not in charge of the management of officials. In terms of personnel, he only has the right to make suggestions but not to make decisions. This is specially stipulated by someone in Guo.

From promotion to demotion, the power of personnel is not under the jurisdiction of the state governor.

The administration of officials in the Wei Empire was mainly managed by the three divisions at the center, and the Ministry of Punishment was mainly responsible for punishing officials' economic problems.

The main problem for local officials is of course the economic problem, which is managed by the restructured legal officers in the three levels of government of the governor's office, county guard's office, and county government.

Facao is nominally affiliated to a chief official, but he is not subject to the interference of the chief official in dealing with corruption issues. Instead, he has a close relationship with the Central Criminal Department and has the qualification to directly report the case to the Central Criminal Department.

Over the past few years, Mr. Guo has continuously expanded the scale of the central government, and has successfully expanded the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Finance to the whole country.

Next, there are also plans to make the connection between the Central Criminal Department and the local courts even closer.

But the main reason is that there is not enough time and energy to optimize the local punishment system for corrupt officials.

The things to be done must always be prioritized. The inevitable event of official corruption is really not the most important event in the imperial system.

Only when the emperor attaches great importance to or needs it, and even triggers a civil uprising, will it be regarded as a top priority.

Of course, when that time comes, it is often too late.

When people were dying of starvation without enough food, they could do anything, and riots were not new since the end of the Qin Dynasty. The rulers of the Han Dynasty were deeply touched by this.

Mr. Guo is very aware of this, so it is very necessary to prevent problems before they happen, and to deal with problems at regular, quantitative and fixed points.

Operation Storm thus officially kicked off and began to spread locally.

At this time, the local officials of the empire did not know how much this matter would affect them.

Zhuge Liang didn't know, so Sima Yi wouldn't know either.

After the two were released, after more than a month of trekking, they arrived at the western frontier of the western frontier of the empire——Dunhuang County, Liangzhou.

Dunhuang County is the westernmost county in Liangzhou. The real frontier is sparsely populated and the environment is harsh and primitive. Compared with the fully developed Central Plains, it is simply a thousand miles away.

But Zhuge Liang was happy, and Zhuge Liang felt that he could realize his value here.

There is a lack of houses here.

Then build.

There is a lack of water conservancy here.

Then build.

There is a lack of arable land here.

Then reclaim.

There is a lack of population here.

Then go to the county to grab it.

Zhuge Liang was the first county magistrate of Dunhuang in the Wei Empire.

In the same way, Sima Yi was also the first Guangzhi county magistrate of the Wei Empire.

The reason is very simple. Before they arrived, there was only the Dunhuang prefect here, and there was no county-level government. There was no need for the county-level government to exist.

After the Wei army conquered Dunhuang County, they destroyed the local tycoons and gathered the local population. They found that there were only tens of thousands of people, and the county guards could manage them well. At that time, there were not so many officials who could be allocated to Dunhuang County.

It wasn't until Guo Peng decided to implement the western development strategy and started building Hetao that it was necessary to restore the county-level government because of the introduction of a large number of people.

After Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi arrived in Dunhuang County hand in hand, they immediately started heavy work.

They are all mature bureaucrats who have experienced administrative training in the cabinet. They know how to handle government affairs and have certain basic administrative capabilities. They are not political novices.

However, it was the first time to go deep into the local area, to directly contact the families of the common people, and to arrange their life and production in person, which indeed brought them great challenges.

Zhuge Liang was in Dunhuang, Sima Yi was in Guangzhi, and the two young officials were too busy in their respective jurisdictions.

With the help of some officials from the Dunhuang County Government, they were able to arrange the basic housing issues of Dunhuang County and Guangzhi County.

After living well, they still need to produce and live. These people cannot live on relief food. They need to reclaim the land to produce food, so that they can be self-sufficient.

Fortunately, Dunhuang County is not a completely barren land. There was also mature land that was reclaimed before, but no one cultivated it and it was abandoned.

Now that we have recultivated and worked hard, we can still resume production soon.

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are both experts, and they are also very talented. After the initial flurry, they quickly settled down and gradually became able to handle the affairs of the county.

In the cabinet, they seldom need to make decisions by themselves, and they always listen to the arrangements of the superiors.

Now you need to be in charge of yourself and make decisions for the livelihood of tens of millions of people. This feeling is completely different.

So at first Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi felt at a loss.

However, they are still mature officials who have received large-scale administrative training. They have excellent skills, but their proficiency is not enough. After a little hands-on operation, their proficiency will come up.

Especially Zhuge Liang.

chapter 1048 the problem came to Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang felt as if he had figured out a trick.

In dealing with government affairs, he seems to have opened a door and discovered the essence of dealing with problems. He can find the optimal solution for many things in an instant.

Then arrange it, give it to the right person to do it, and it will be processed soon.

Zhuge Liang was praised by the governor of Dunhuang for his quick and good handling of affairs.

And the governor of Dunhuang allocated more population quotas to him, allowing him to resume the construction of Dunhuang County faster, at least to create a facade for Dunhuang County.

The current Dunhuang County cannot even be compared with a farm in the Central Plains.

Small and dilapidated, the city walls are low and dilapidated, the population is sparsely populated, and they want to do things but have no resources or manpower. Zhuge Liang is also a clever woman who can't cook without rice.

But he felt very happy. From the process of dealing with these things, he experienced unprecedented happiness.

At the same time, he also went deep into the grassroots like never before, got in touch with the common people of Li and Shu who he had never met before, and truly understood what the common people of Li and Shu were like, and also understood what they needed.

Before this, he had never had such a deep understanding.

Born in a noble family in Langya County, Xuzhou, Zhuge Liang lived a good life in his childhood.

Although he soon encountered a military disaster and had to flee, but at that time he was relatively young and belonged to the object of protection, so he did not leave any deep memory of suffering.

He was protected by the Zhuge family in his hometown, and by his uncle Zhuge Xuan in Jingzhou.

When Zhuge Xuan passed away, Zhuge Liang had established himself in Jingzhou under Zhuge Xuan's arrangement, married the daughter of the Huang family, had no worries about food and clothing, and had no major problems in the future.

He never suffered.

Even though he is a genius, all his knowledge and insights come from the upper class.

Based on the past, present and future, he faced the national strategy directly, and considered for the whole country, but he never considered the lowest level common people.

He once ignored the significance of the common people in Li, thinking that as long as he did what he said, he could make the country rich and powerful.

But after he came into contact with those complicated government affairs in the cabinet, and after he went on a business trip to the local area, Zhuge Liang understood more and more deeply that he used to be superior, but he never really paid attention to why he was superior.

In the cabinet and outside the cabinet, Zhuge Liang gradually realized that this country is not just bureaucrats, there are scholars. He realized that this country cannot do without the common people who are buried in farming to produce food.