"It's useless to say, don't tell Mr. Sun, just know me about this matter."

Lin Yanchao commanded, and Chen Jichuan said yes.

Lin Yanchao looked at the spring rain outside the window for a while, turned around and said, "The river yamen and the political secretary, according to the people of the judge, where are you going today?" ”

"Today I went to Suizhou, Ningling County."

Lin Yanchao said: "They are here to be in charge of the river survey, where the authority lies, and inform the local officials that they must not slack off along the way." The most important thing is that when they leave the country, the gifts should be given carefully, and people should not be too luxurious at a glance on the surface, but they must be noble inside, from officials to messengers, and no one should be neglected. You have to do it yourself, and you must not do it to others. ”

Chen Jichuan said: "The villain has already asserted, although there are no precious local products under the rule of the master, but there are still some famous wines such as bitter dew wine, we can give a jar of bitter dew wine, and then attach the wine utensils." Those who have official status will be given a wine jue made of gold, and those who are subordinate will be given a silver wine jue. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "This method is good, but the wine vessel test must be fine, don't let people see at a glance that we are sending gold and silver, so it will be tacky." ”

Chen Jichuan said: "The villain understands this, the villain has already invited the craftsman of Lao Zhang Ji of Kaifeng Mansion to come to the mansion to build. This old Zhang Ji is very famous in the provincial capital, and even the utensils on the palace of the king of Zhou are made by them, which should make the acceptance of the vassal and river officials like it. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "It's better for you to do things properly, but I'll ask more." ”

Chen Jichuan said with a smile: "After so many years of teaching by the master, no matter how dull the villain is, he can learn a thing or two." In fact, with the friendship between the lord and Gong Fantai and Yang Zhentai, the Yamen of the Fan did not dare to embarrass Futai in the matter of the inquest, and the River Yamen was the main business of Lord Pan, and the people below did not dare to deceive. ”

"Even if someone has the intention to provoke thorns, with the master's political achievements, among the people, officials are also well-known."

Lin Yanchao said: "I understand what you said, but I just follow the rules." ”

Speaking of bad rules, Lin Yanchao was most impressed by one thing about Zeng Guofan.

After Zeng Guofan fought the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he asked the imperial court for reimbursement of military expenses, and he had to spend money to pay for the household department, which was called 'ministry expenses'.

It stands to reason that it would cost 400,000 taels of silver, but Zeng Guofan felt that it was too much, so he sent someone to bargain for 80,000 taels of silver.

Later, Xianfengnian worked hard in Zeng Guofan, so he ordered the household department to be exempted from auditing, that is, Zeng Guofan reported as many households as he wanted.

It stands to reason that Zeng Guofan does not have to pay this fee. But Zeng Guofan still gave the bad rules of 80,000 taels to the household according to the rules.

On Zeng Guofan's officialdom, it can definitely be called honest, but he still 'acts according to the rules', which shows how powerful the rules are in the officialdom.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao said to Chen Jichuan: "By the way, you inform the household, this expenditure should not go to the public account of the house, just transfer it to the expenditure of the River Engineering Department, it is said that the Zhao family has helped a lot, and there is still a balance in the use of the silver." ”

"Go back and tell the torture room, close the case of the Zhao family, and put them all home."

This Zhao family's affairs can be regarded as within the rules.

In recent decades, the imperial court has become increasingly tolerant of scholars.

According to recent practice, those who failed to pass the internal and external inspections of the court officials were attacked by the public and had to resign on their own initiative.

This is different from the Tang and Song dynasties, when Zhishi was the glory of officials, but in the Ming Dynasty, Zhishi became a derogatory term.

If you go to congratulate a court official, the other party will never pay attention to you, and his family will slap you in person, you are the only one, and the whole family is Zhishi.

Therefore, if the official does not make a mistake and retires normally, the Son of Heaven will give the original official to the official, and the treatment is given to the whole person.

The rest of the Zhishi are all half-paid, or even not paid, of course, for the officials, it is not a few dollars short, it is mainly a matter of political treatment.

is one level higher than the original official Zhishi, and the Son of Heaven will give him a homecoming gallop, which is a blessing.

Therefore, for officials, Zhishi is a first-class punishment, for the Zhao family to provoke Lin Yanchao like this, the default dismissal and dismissal of officialdom is already the end, even if you point at the emperor's nose and scold, it will not be worse than this.

If you continue to chase and fight, such as harming people's lives, it will be a violation of the rules.

If Lin Yanchao deals with the Zhao family, he will be dismissed and imprisoned, and the officialdom will not say anything, but if the Zhao family is wiped out, then it is a bad rule.

If the rules are broken, even if the officials don't say it on the surface, they will subconsciously reject this person.

Chen Jichuan was also relieved when he heard this, the Zhao family's case dragged on for half a year, and it was finally time to understand. He was also worried that Ruolin Yanchao was too ruthless, which also affected his official reputation.

At this time, Chen Jichuan spoke: "Master, this Zhao family's matter is over, after the river engineer investigates, he will go to Beijing for a pilgrimage." As long as the river yamen, the political secretary, and the inquest of the judge are on the chapter, then the lord will be in the limelight in front of the officials of the state government of the world, and the villain will also be stained with light. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this: "You also learn to pat my ass." ”

Chen Jichuan smiled when he heard this.

This pilgrimage investigation was a system of the Ming Dynasty, which was originally only a pilgrimage of foreign officials to meet the emperor's face saint, but later it was associated with the investigation.

Once every three years of the Hajj, all the officials of the prefectures in the world must gather in Beijing, report to the Son of Heaven, and return to the place of appointment after passing the inspection.

The specific process of Hajj inspection is first conducted by the local department and the evaluation at each level, and then the conclusion is made by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At this time, it shows that the county officials are not as powerful as the current management.

The state should evaluate the counties under the jurisdiction of the state, and report to the government after making a book, and the government should evaluate the counties under its rule, and then report to the cloth after making the book, according to the second division, cloth, according to the second division of the comprehensive front evaluation, and finally write down the examination words before the Hajj inspection, and finally report to the Ministry of Officials with a poster.

After the Chenghua year, a governor system was established, and after the inspection, the governor and the governor inspected the local officials separately.

There are eight assessment criteria, and the first two of the eight eyes are, greedy and cool.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao let the Zhao family go at this time, and he also saved himself from future troubles, in case the investigation fell into a 'cool' word, his career would be ruined. Although such a possibility is very small.

Now as the prefect, Lin Yanchao has to write an examination language to the officials of the states and counties below, and then report it to the cloth and press.

Before the governor system, the scope of inspection was very large, but later the governor and the patrol were established, and the officials would pay more attention to the evaluation opinions of the governor and the patrol.

Cloth, according to the second division's right to inspect has been encroached upon, Lin Yanchao, as the prefect, wrote the examination language to the officials of the states and counties below, of course, it is not as good as before the Chenghua year, but this is still a very important power.

For example, the prefect belittled the following county order in the exam, but Bu, according to the second division, generally will not refute the prefect's face and write the opposite conclusion.

So in the past few days, Lin Yanchao has written an evaluation of the following officials, mainly several county magistrates, state officials, and government officials.

Lin Yanchao wrote good test words to He Tongju, Ma Tong Ju, Huang Yue, Gu Zhi County, Yu County, Gu Zhi County, Zhe County, Li Zhi County, and these henchmen, and did not hesitate to praise them, of course, for Li Zhi County, with the sponsorship of Wang Xun, Lin Yanchao could not stop people from being promoted even if he wrote a Zhongping test language.

As for other state and county officials, they are 'doing things clearly' and 'being worthy of their positions', and there are no derogatory words.

After writing these, Lin Yanchao immediately wrote the text, and according to the second division, there was nothing to do with Lin Yanchao below.

Just when Lin Yanchao sent the examination language to the political secretary and the judge.

Yang Yigui, the envoy of Henan, was also busy writing evaluations for the officials below, and the evaluations should be sent to the officials as soon as possible, so as not to miss the deadline for the Hajj inspection.

Yang Yigui was writing the evaluation, and at this time, Deputy Envoy Cheng, who was patrolling Daliang Road, came to the public hall.

Yang Yigui looked at Deputy Envoy Cheng and asked with a smile: "Brother Cheng is going to Guide for an inquest, what did Lin Sanyuan entertain you?" ”

Deputy Envoy Cheng picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "What good can there be in that poor place in Guide, just take two jars of wine from him, and send it to Zhentai in a while." ”

"Lin Sanyuan gave it to my brother, how dare the official accept it, let's talk about the inquest, and then the official can report it to the court?"

Deputy Cheng said, "What else can you say?" To be honest, I don't have much contact with Lin Sanyuan, but I have to admit that Lin Sanyuan does have the ability to do things that many officials want to do, but can't. ”

"The matter of the river work is still up to the river yamen, but if Zhentai goes to Guide to see it in person, he will know what kind of great work it is."

Yang Yigui nodded and said: "Listen to your words, then the Japanese officials should take a look, so can you go to Guide to inspect the people's feelings, or receive reports from the people?" ”

Deputy Envoy Cheng thought for a while, then took a step closer and said in a low voice: "There are several reports, but most of them are chasing the wind and shadows, and the people are all convenient about the river work. ”

Yang Yigui nodded, pinched his beard and said: "It is difficult to make a success, and at the beginning, the group is suspicious, and then the oral sex is avoided." Lin Sanyuan did such a thing, and it would be rare if no one attacked him. If you want to be an official, you don't want to be right and wrong, but if you want to do something, don't be afraid of tongues. ”

Deputy Envoy Cheng said with admiration: "Zhen Si is really the words of the old man who seeks the country. ”

Yang Yigui said: "I think if Lin Sanyuan is an official, there is no place for carelessness, and these things that have no evidence should be reported." ”

Deputy Envoy Cheng immediately got up and said solemnly: "Si Mingjian, the subordinate official seconded the proposal." ”

A few days later, according to the judges, the official evaluation was written and submitted to the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Yigui wrote about Lin Yanchao's examination language.

'The case has not stopped, the government affairs are diligent, the river has been dredged for 300 miles, and the fertile land has been opened for 5,000 hectares, and its achievements are really the best in the state capital. '

Then there was Zuobu political envoy Gong Daqi, who wrote this in Lin Yanchao's examination of the officials.

'Spotless guarding, four should not be poor talents, Qian Gu military punishment, none of them are enough to make it difficult, Guide is three years old, and his achievements can be worthy of Guodong! '

And Governor Zang Wei is also preparing to go to Beijing to meet him, and his examination will be handed over to the officials in person.

He wrote in his examination for Lin Yanchao.

'In the DPRK is the choice of Tsinghua, the talent who can build the teeth outside, the politics and the people are at ease, how can a mere land of 100 miles do its best! '