Xiao Zhixing continued listening to the report as if nothing had happened.
The others remained in a daze for a long time before calming down.
Li Wenxiu succinctly stated the total amount of the accounts and explained some of the blank accounts and accounts with discrepancies.
Her self-developed new accounting method is quite convenient, similar to Earth's accounting system, and can speed up the accounting process.
Xiao Zhixing nodded approvingly, "Not bad, thank you for your hard work."
Li Wenxiu grinned, then quickly suppressed it.
Xiao Zhixing instructed, "Clean up the actual accounts; past account books will only be kept as archives and will no longer be used."
It means to smooth things over and only start keeping accounts from now on.
An Ziji is dead, so she has nowhere to settle scores, and those holes can't be patched up.
Xiao Zhixing then remembered something else, "Make a note of it. From now on, the appointment of officials below the rank of county magistrate will no longer be arranged by the county magistrate or village head. The Northern Prefecture will implement a unified selection and assessment system, and a unified allocation of official positions. After taking office, the prefecture government will be responsible for their salaries and wages. All qualified citizens nationwide can participate in the assessment!"
Local officials are extremely important, making up 80% of the country's officials, yet they are all appointed by local officials themselves.
This is practically providing them with a breeding ground for developing their own gangs and fostering greed.
This bizarre system has been in use for almost a thousand years.
It's not that nobody wants to change; it's just that, like I said, they're short of money.
It also involves the interests of all parties.
The people here uphold the virtues of a gentleman and believe in the principle of a ruler not doubting his subjects.
It means that the emperor and the court appointed you as the top leader, which means they chose to trust you.
We will never interfere with your right to manage the local area.
Look how benevolent and lenient the emperor is, so you should also know your place, help the emperor manage the region well, and be grateful.
Oh, if you fail to manage things properly and even commit embezzlement and other crimes, then you have betrayed the emperor's trust.
He deserves to be killed.
Xiao Zhixing declined to comment; all she wanted now was for Beizhou to improve.
The old ways of officialdom must be changed.
Moreover, choosing the current Beizhou is the best place and the best time, so she naturally wants to give it a try.
"Ji Bai, you guys bring out the plan first. I will personally oversee this matter."
Everyone present gasped in surprise.
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