The same situation is happening everywhere.

When Lord Zhu of Nanjun saw the Yunzhou Weekly, he felt something was wrong.

Sure enough, within two days, he learned that many of his clerks wanted to ask for leave to go to Hezhong Prefecture to take the exam.

"Gu Nanxi is really mean! The exam is scheduled for December and the location is Hezhong Prefecture."

With nearly three months left, even by carriage, it is possible to get from Nanjun to Hezhong Prefecture.

What's more, Hezhong Prefecture has convenient water transportation and boat rides are cheap. Winter is the time when all things rest and recuperate, so everyone has plenty of time!

The aide flipped through the Yunzhou Weekly over and over again, reading it seven or eight times before putting the newspaper down and sighing.

"As expected of the Duke of Yun! The technical officials are managed vertically, with specialized division of labor, quantitative assessment, and independent supervision! How did they come up with this management model? Is this something a human could come up with?"

Almost every knowledgeable person can see clearly the problems of the three redundancies in the Zhou officialdom.

The new boundary law and boundary institute proposed by Duke Yun are eye-opening.

The staff had never seen such a simple and professional setup!

Although such an official setup is unlikely to be used in the entire Great Zhou or even other departments, it can be seen from this that Duke Yun has an inclination in planning for the future officialdom.

That means professionals doing professional things and reducing bureaucracy.

Lord Zhu saw further: "She has left room for the future. Now she only has three counties. When she has ten counties, or even more, the Tizhuo Office will be promoted to a national Tizhuo Office. Then, a layer of road and boundary envoys will be set up in the middle, and vertical management of a large area can be achieved."

In addition to the Boundary Institute, the Boundary Law made Lord Zhu even more frightened.

The land system has always been a top priority for the court.

The law of economic boundaries clearly points the sword of reform at the land system.

"Gu Nanxi's goal is to use the system to survey the land, clarify property rights, rectify the tax burden, and solve the problems of land annexation and tax chaos caused by war. His ambition is obvious!"

Gu Nanxi only has three counties under his jurisdiction, Yunzhou, Shuozhou and Hezhong County.

Among these three counties, Hezhong County had the most serious land annexation, but Gu Nanxi directly nationalized it, so there was no need to make such a big change at this time.

So, who is the Sutra and Boundary Law aimed at?

Naturally, it was Kyoto and Jiangnan where land annexation was extremely serious.

Gu Nanxi regarded Kyoto, Jiangnan, and even the entire Great Zhou as hers.

Lord Zhu stood up, walked to the door, looked to the north, his eyes filled with unstoppable worry.

Gu Nanxi and the government will eventually have a war, but no one knows how long this war will last, and how many people will be displaced as a result.

In faraway Kyoto, the streets are bustling and the canals are still busy.

Ordinary people were living their lives as usual and preparing to store dried vegetables for the winter, but they were unaware that a major earthquake had occurred among the scholars and officials in Kyoto because of a copy of the Yunzhou Weekly.

"What nonsense! We studied hard for decades and passed the county, provincial, and palace examinations before we could wear this official uniform and hat! But Duke Yun is recruiting officials like he's hiring shop assistants! What do you think of us?!"

It really broke the defense!

Although these recruits are all officials from the Mingsuan Department, this is a vertical upward channel with clear promotion routes and job settings!

This is very different from before.

In the past, 90% of officials who graduated from the Mingsuan examination only reached the seventh rank, and the salary of officials of the same level of official position was one-fifth less than that of those who graduated from the Jinshi examination.

In other words, the monthly salary for an eighth-rank Jinshi was 37 strings of cash, while the eighth-rank Mingsuan was only 30 strings of cash.

Moreover, it was explicitly stipulated that those who had passed the Ming Dynasty Mathematics Examination were not allowed to hold important positions in the Censorate, the Hanlin Academy, etc.

For those who graduated from the Ming Dynasty mathematics department, the best positions they could get were the eighth-rank chief clerk of the Ministry of Revenue, the eighth-rank judge of the Ministry of Personnel, and the seventh-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of Water Resources.

"This is really too much! This is a lousy place, one of the supervisors is actually a fourth-rank official, and the other supervisor is actually a fifth-rank official! How can we, the students who are honestly preparing for the imperial examinations, think about this?!"

Some students who were going to Beijing to take the imperial examinations slammed their hands on the tables, making loud thumps and twisted facial features, obviously they were extremely angry.

Another person was also very dissatisfied: "Even during the reign of the previous empress, there was no proper female official! Who on earth is this Lu Hongniang? How dare she take on the role of a fourth-rank official?!"

Not only the students preparing for the college entrance examination were angry, but the officials who were Jinshi graduates were even more angry.

It’s like the neighbor who you have always looked down upon and stepped on suddenly becomes rich and has the potential to develop better than you and stand at a higher position than you.

This is totally unacceptable!

"Lord Li, you have to take care of this matter! As long as you pass the arithmetic test, you can become an official of the three counties. How unfair is this to the students of the world? It's hard to stop the people from complaining!"

"That's right, Lord Li. How could Lu Hongniang be qualified to be a fourth-rank official? She has neither read the Four Books and Five Classics nor taken the imperial examinations. How can she convince the public?!"

"Lord Li, Duke Yun issued the Boundary Law and established more Boundary Offices, which are moves that will shake the foundation of the country, but he has never reported this to the superiors and officials. His wolfish ambitions are obvious!"

"That's right. If it were you, I would say that we shouldn't spoil Duke Yun and let her appetite grow bigger and bigger!"

A group of dissatisfied officials collectively visited Li Ge Lao's residence.

"Yunzhou Weekly" was a best-seller in all counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Lord Li naturally knew about this. He was originally listening to the complaints of his colleagues with his eyes closed, but he heard that someone who didn't know how to count dared to speak wildly.

Li Gelao suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the officials who had just spoken wildly, his eyes were cold: "The emperor has finally put aside his grudge with Duke Yun. If any of you dare to sow discord for your own selfish reasons, don't blame me for not tolerating you!"

The originally angry atmosphere was poured with a bucket of cold water.

Everyone present was awakened at this moment. Who was standing opposite them? It was Duke Yun!

Duke Yun's letter of apology was not written by himself, and the emperor turned a blind eye to it. The matter of Duke Yun taking down Song Shoujie was not taken seriously at all and was simply passed over lightly.

The emperor didn't even ask Duke Yun to release Song Shoujie.

Everyone in the room was like a duck with its neck strangled. They were full of anger but dared not even make a sound.

The words and backbone of the Duke of Yun are as tough as the guns of their Yunzhou.

She did not ascend the throne in Yunzhou or Hezhong Prefecture, which was already a great respect for the emperor.

If they don't want to officially fall out with Duke Yun, as for the Jingjie Law and Jingjie Institute, not only them but even the government will have to accept the matter.

Compared with those who graduated from the Jinshi examination, the officials from the Mingsuan examination were overjoyed when they learned about this.

"Duke Yun, Duke Yun is wise!" (End of this chapter)