Despite corruption among Kong magistrates of Qufu during the Qing found during cases and controversy as to how to impeach and remove the corrupt magistrates, the case investigator Zhou Xuejian argued against the idea of removing Kongs from the position of magistrate of Qufu county saying it was not inappropriate since Qufu was Confucius's hometown and most of the residences and land of Qufu were owned by Kongs so there was nothing wrong with Kongs being governed by other Kongs. This was also a matter of respect for Confucius by the state and he also compared it to Manchu Eight Banner garrisons, which Manchus governed, just as Kongs governed other Kongs in Qufu. Zhou argued that how could the arrangement of Kongs being magistrate of Qufu be corrupt if Manchus governed Manchus in the Banner garrisons. Zhou Xuejian accepted the need for reform but objected to the idea of removing Kongs from the office of magistrate which Wei Tingpu had suggested. Zhou Xuejian said to fix the problem, Kongs from the southern branch who moved south in the 12th century with the Southern Song away from the Jin should be given the post of magistrate of Qufu, which ensured that they would not have conflicts of interest in Qufu since they were extra provincial outsiders with no local connections but they were still of the Kong family. The Grand Secretaries decided to reform the selection process for Qufu magistrates by leaving the magistracy in the position of the Kong family but keeping the Duke Yansheng out of the selection of the magistrates, making them send all the Shandong Kong families degree holders, students and exam takers to the provincial capital so an exam could be taken by them in front of the governor and the capital would receive the last two remaining candidates from the exam. This meant the magistrate would be less susceptible to corruption since the Duke would not appoint him and the governor would have to be careful since he had sole responsibility for appointing the candidates.