Governor Wang stared intently at Wen Rensheng.
He knew that there were so-called fortune tellers in ancient times, such as Liu Bowen, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, who was said to be able to tell people's good and evil, and Bao Zheng in folklore, who could also do this.
However, these are always a bit strange and confusing, and people in orthodox Confucianism do not believe it very much.
Of course I can’t say I don’t believe it at all.
It can be seen from the scientific examination that people with square looks should be selected for talent selection, while those with vulgar looks tend to be ranked lower.
Even if they are not dismissed, they will often be ranked among the top three.
Whether it is a scholar or a scholar, all are affected by this aspect.
The Jinshi had a greater influence because they had to face the Holy King.
He looked at it for a while and then said: "Okay, then I will give you a try."
Then he asked the old housekeeper to call more than 20 servants at home.
He knew most of these people well.
Except for a few who are lucky and have the protection of their elders, most people who can reach the position of high-ranking official or governor have special skills in recognizing people and dealing with things.
In other words, social skills are definitely passable.
You can see at least 70% of people.
"Come and judge. I won't embarrass you. As long as you are 60% correct, I will recommend you." Governor Wang said.
Scholars can also be officials, even without fame. If someone recommends them, they can also take the path of serving as miscellaneous officials and reach a very high official position. Although they are not valued by Qingliu Orthodoxy, it is still a avenue after all.
"Okay, sir, please give me some paper and pen." Wen Rensheng said confidently.
"Okay, you can take whatever you want."
Wen Rensheng then took out a piece of rice paper on the table and began to write some questions.
"What do you think when you see a kid holding gold in a busy city? A: Rob it. B: Lie to him. C: Find his master..."
"Five people are doing business and make twenty-six taels. How do they divide the money? A: equally. B: based on merit. C: based on background and identity."
Write these questions one by one.
"They are illiterate, how can you write these questions to take the test?" Uncle Li Xin reminded in a low voice.
He is the governor's confidant, so he dares to speak at such a time.
In the final analysis, in the late Ming Dynasty, Shangguan was not so strict because he wanted to gain a good reputation.
However, if the Jurchens dare to talk nonsense in front of their master, they can be beheaded directly.
“Just find someone to read it.”
Afterwards Wen Rensheng finished writing the title and ordered everyone to stand in a row.
Then he found several bookkeepers and recorded the choices of these people while reading the questions.
During the whole process, Governor Wang sat aside and waited patiently.
Apart from anything else, this self-restraint skill is strong enough. It is spread that he treats strange people with generosity. His reputation as a courteous and virtuous corporal cannot be escaped.
There are ten questions in total.
Soon everyone finished answering.
Seeing this, Governor Wang shook his head slightly.
Needless to say, the answers of these people are basically the same. They are all written according to the answer that seems to be the most correct and the most popular.
For example, for the first question, no one would write the answer to rob the child of his gold, and everyone would choose C.
How to identify good people, bad people, loyal ministers and traitorous ministers?
Wen Rensheng smiled slightly.
Then write the evaluation of good, evil, virtuous and foolish on the answer sheet corresponding to each person, and give it to Governor Wang.
Governor Wang took a closer look and was shocked.
He glanced at the servants, remembered a few of them, and then waved them away.
Then he bowed to Wen Rensheng and said, "Only today do students know that there is a strange person from this world!"
Li Xin was shocked.
You must know that this is a governor of a place, and there are many high-ranking officials in the entire Ming Dynasty!
He actually bowed down to a scholar. If word got out about this, it would definitely cause a sensation in Shilin!
Luckily it wasn't kneeling, otherwise that would have been crazy!
"The governor is too polite, but this is just a student who has gained something from observing the ancients and learning miscellaneous things for many years." Wen Rensheng wrote lightly.
"Okay, okay, I will hire you to be a eulogist in the army right now, and I will recommend you to the court in the future. In this way, I have hope for the Ming Dynasty, and everyone has hope for the country!" Governor Wang looked excited.
To be honest, in his position, he is different from ordinary bureaucrats. He also sincerely hopes that the country will prosper and last for generations.
In this way, his family, his own reputation, and his wealth can also be extended.
It is a pity that the current situation in the imperial court seems to be stable, but in fact there are many hidden dangers.
The annexation of land, the raging Eastern pirates, repeated border violations, and the rebellion of the southwest chieftains, in short, hidden dangers have been laid.
The problem is that there are still constant disputes within the imperial court. The big bosses of the imperial court still do not see the crisis lurking, and still feel that the situation is generally stable, but there are only small hidden dangers.
After all, the entire Jiangnan, the most important place of wealth, is still peaceful with singing and dancing, and there is basically no civil unrest.
This gives them the illusion that Jiangnan is stable and the capital has sufficient food, so there is no big problem.
But an illusion is an illusion.
They don’t know that erosion in a few places is like a pustule on the human body. As it gets worse, it will spread to the whole body and eventually lead to death.
However, when the pustule first appeared, the person was still very strong and healthy. Who would have thought that just one or two years later, such a healthy person would suddenly die?
This is the image characteristic of the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Before the destruction, there were no signs of destruction at all in the Jiangnan and Guangxi areas, but the pustules had become too big to be cut.
Governor Wang also felt that there were some problems, but he also felt that the problem was not big.
But if Li Hao’s ability is used to govern the world, why worry about the world being unstable?
Why worry about the Donglu invading the border?
“Thank you, sir.” Wen Rensheng smiled and agreed.
With the governor as his backer, his business can reach a scale of ten thousand taels, which means that his annual profit can reach ten thousand taels.
Ten thousand taels a year, a servant's monthly salary is about 2 taels, which is 24 taels a year. Ten thousand taels can support nearly 500 servants.
Of course, the consumption of ordnance, rations, cloth, etc. must also be taken into account. A conscientious general will pay for it. Of course, the loyalty and combat power of the servant are also high. The unconscionable one will directly deduct it from the monthly salary. The servant’s Combat strength and loyalty will also be reduced.
But no matter what, it is a hundred times better than the soldiers in the camp who often default on their monthly salary and even don't have enough to eat.
These days, an ordinary farmer in the north can only harvest five to seven taels of silver for the whole year, and he cannot make ends meet, and is often on the verge of bankruptcy.
A servant is equivalent to four times the income of an ordinary farmer. As long as the salary is sufficient, it is enough for them to work hard.
At least it can collapse only when the battle damage reaches 20% with the presence of a military law team.
As for the adopted sons of the soldiers, they were able to achieve total annihilation but also escort the general to escape.
Wen Rensheng cannot use the modern training methods of later generations, he can only use the technology and knowledge of this era.
So he can only use the servant's method.
However, there is a big problem with Jia Ding's method, that is, the number cannot be increased.
Moreover, relying solely on personal bravery cannot reach the level of fighting after formation.
Wen Rensheng understood that Donglu had more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 60,000 soldiers, so they could fight in formation and then fight.
In this way, it seems that the imperial court can dispatch more than 100,000 troops at a time, but each general can only use his servants, and the servants can only be one thousand, or even two thousand.
Every time you really face an opponent, you have one or two thousand fighting men against 20,000 soldiers in formation. While you are fighting hard, other generals are still watching, conserving their strength, or even running away. ...
It would be strange if we continue like this and are invincible.
The Jia Ding method is a method that generals have to adopt in order to maintain their status and combat effectiveness when the imperial court's finances collapse. Moreover, this has the advantage that the soldiers can serve as generals, because these servants were raised by the generals by occupying farmland on their own free wages.
It is beyond the control of civil servants.
The military pay given by the civilian officials is the rated amount, but it is used by the generals, generals, deputy generals, and generals to support their few servants.
And when changing the place of defense, the generals also have to take their servants to take office.
It is impossible for the court to ban it. If it is banned, the generals will have no fighting power. Then it will be meaningless for the court to change the place where it is guarded. They will be repeatedly defeated by foreign invaders.
The imperial court can only allow soldiers to serve as generals, and then use civility to control military force and control the size of the ministers to maintain combat effectiveness.
Wen Rensheng thought to himself, and then got the appointment from Governor Wang.
Then he was given preferential treatment in a house in the governor's mansion.
That is to say, all day long, I have the opportunity to meet with the governor and praise military aircraft and civil affairs.
The power in this is equivalent to that of the cabinet to the emperor.
This is something that even his uncle Li Xin could not do.
"You are better than your master. You are indeed the darling of my Li family." After being dismissed, Li Xin praised.
"Uncle, I won the prize, but it's just a small test."
Early the next morning.
Governor Wang ordered all the officials in the yamen under his jurisdiction to gather together, and asked Wen Rensheng to use his method to identify them one by one.
After Wen Rensheng recognized it, he wrote a comment.
Everyone didn’t know what they were going to do at first.
It wasn't until Governor Wang began to use the power of the military to investigate and punish several officials with military law that they finally woke up.
For a time, everyone hated and feared Wen Rensheng.
Wen Rensheng also took the opportunity to propose hiring some guards for himself.
Of course Governor Wang agreed.
He also understands how scary and hateful this ability is.
No one wants to be judged as a traitor.
Even loyal ministers don’t like to be criticized.
Although among scholars, everyone enjoys commenting on others.
Everyone pursues a good reputation.
Even if you are a court elder, you still have to worry about the evaluation of scholars.
Wen Rensheng did not search through Yaren, but went to a place where refugees gathered under the wall outside the city and found three families with half-grown children, that is, 13 to 15 years old.
Let them be your domestic servants.
I found a house in the city, rented it with the money given by others these days, and then settled them.
He became a popular person in the eyes of the governor, and he received a lot of filial piety from others every day.
The subordinate officials all gave gifts one after another.
There are as few as 5 taels, and as many as one hundred taels, which is a lot.
In total, in just a few days, more than 900 taels of silver were accumulated.
This shows how easy it is to enjoy the shade under a big tree.
The funds accumulate very quickly.
This amount of money will take a year to accumulate even for a county magistrate.
These three families are naturally grateful for their kindness, which is called simplicity.
Wen Rensheng smiled slightly.
The three families are the Xie family, the Zhou family, and the Luo family. Naturally, they all now have the surname Li.
Wen Rensheng also adopted the boys from those three families as adopted sons and took his surname.
Even though he is only 15 years old, so what?
Same.
They are all from northern Shaanxi, bankrupt households, fled here, begging and working to make a living.
Thanks to the late Ming Dynasty, the road guide system was in such a state of decay that households could still flee.
The main reason is that officials are lazy, and it is better to do less than to do more.
Otherwise, they would be investigated and dealt with one by one and deported to their place of origin. How much trouble would there be in this process?
If you want to repatriate, you have to provide food. If you don’t provide food, just say one word and let the government officials repatriate hundreds and dozens of people. That is not forcing people to die. It would be strange if it doesn’t cause trouble.
Some people did this kind of thing in the beginning, but when there were more troubles, there were no officials to do it, so the refugees wandered around.
Officials also muddle along, and as long as there are not too many refugees, they are basically allowed to work as beggars outside the city.
Of course, entering the city is still not possible unless you find connections in the city.
"All you have to do is eat and drink well. I will be of great use to you in the future. As long as you work hard, you will have a good ending in the future."
"Thank you very much. Foster father." The boys from the three families knelt down and kowtowed.
"It's easy to say, Li Da, this is 25 taels of food and vegetable money for this month. I guarantee one meat every 3 days. I have to eat enough every day. If you don't have enough, come to me to get it." Wen Rensheng said, and discharged 25 taels of silver.
"Thank you, foster father." Li Da quickly held it with both hands.
25 taels, rice is not expensive these days, 5 qian silver per stone, one tael is equal to ten yuan.
That is to say, 50 shi of rice can be bought. One person can be full by eating 1 jin of rice a day. Of course, this is based on low-to-medium intensity labor.
1 kilogram of rice can steam 3 kilograms of rice.
But people these days are short of oil, water and protein, so they eat a lot of carbohydrates.
In this case, one person can eat 30 kilograms of rice per month, and three people can eat one stone of grain. 50 kilograms of rice is enough to feed 150 people for one month.
There are 20 people in their three families.
That is to say, 25 taels of silver is enough for the three of them to eat well and well.
Can they not sacrifice their lives just for this?
Of course Wen Rensheng knew that this kind of loyalty could only be guaranteed for 5 years. After 5 years, as the contrast declined and the memory of the famine was forgotten, they began to feel dissatisfied.
However, their nature and character have been set, and they will not do anything too extreme unless they are tempted by great power and wealth.
However, as time goes by, if you encounter temptation, there is no guarantee.
Even the Jurchens, who had strict military laws, went from being strong to sweeping the Ming army, the Dashun army, and the Guanning cavalry (1644), and were finally pushed back from Yunnan to Hubei by Wu Sangui (1673). The Eight Banners Completely losing combat effectiveness, they could only rely on the Han Army's Green Battalion to suppress the rebellion, and only 30 years passed.
In 30 years, a group of tough and cold-weapon troops at the pinnacle of East Asia can quickly degenerate into Eight Banners old soldiers.
The reason is very simple, 30 years happens to be the renewal of 2 generations.
The first generation of veterans dies of old age, the second generation enjoys it, and the third generation continues to enjoy it. What kind of fighting power can they still have?
The ancestors’ fighting, arduous journey, fishing and hunting life have long been forgotten.
Only a few battle memories.
Wen Rensheng understands this very well, so in order to maintain the vitality and loyalty of the organization, it must be constantly updated.
Constantly rising comparisons give people goals.
Those who are able to cope with the situation will be transferred from their posts to do repetitive work, and they will not be able to do leading and pioneering work.
He knows all these things very well.