Early in the morning of the second day, Du Zhongxiao changed into his official uniform early and prepared to go to the state government to draw a detention. Han Yueniang kept sending it to the door and whispered: "Since the governor of the state doesn't let you deal with business these days, go and draw the post, and come back early." When we first arrived, we had a lot to do. ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled: "I'll naturally take care of it." It's just that people are subordinates, and they are newcomers, and these things are not to be neglected. ”

After speaking, he took Chai Xin and two platoons of troops, and did not ride horses, and went to the state government not far away.

After entering the state office, I went straight to the governor's hall. When they arrived at the place, Zhizhou Han Yi and Tongju Liu Ji were not there, only a few officials were there to deal with official documents and chat. Du Zhongxiao drew a charge and went to the capital hall.

The three most important places of the state office, the governor's hall of Zhizhou and Tongju, Du Zhongxiao and other officials need to come to draw and detain every day to see if the two governors have any orders. Han Yi served as the governor of the palace as an important minister, and basically ignored the general affairs, and Liu Ji not only set up a general judgment hall, but also worked here. The other is the capital hall where judges and magistrates deal with affairs on a daily basis, also known as the embassy, which comes from the subordinate officials of the festival degree of the late Tang Dynasty and the fifth dynasty, and is the place where Du Zhongxiao goes to work every day. There is also a place where the officials of Cao such as the army are recorded, called the state court, as the name suggests, the source comes from the former state and county officials. The Cao officials do not need to go to the governor's hall to draw a charge, and most of the government affairs are handled by them.

The local system of the Song Dynasty originated from the Tang Dynasty and was clearly divided into two parts. One is the state and county Zhucao officials inherited from the Sui Dynasty, and the other is the shogunate officials of the jiedu envoy system inherited from the late Tang Dynasty, but the shogunate officials no longer manage the military and politics. The Cao officials are the main body, and the shogunate officials are supplementary, and the shogunate officials are higher than the Cao officials in terms of status, and have the functions of checking and reviewing.

The metropolitan hall is a place where state-level officials work together, and it is managed by signing and judging on a daily basis, and when it comes to holidays, the governor is on duty here, because most of the official documents here must be known and signed. Du Zhongxiao's pusher belongs to this system, but he has his own office next to it, as long as he comes to draw every day and walks around often. The so-called gathering of officials is actually mainly their subordinate officials, and they can't cut off people here every day.

When they arrived at the capital hall, they worshiped Zhao Luan, who was on the right duty, and the two sat idle.

Zhao said: "In recent days, the two biggest things in the state are the collection of autumn grain, and the other is the transportation of the Bianhe River. This year, thanks to the good fortune of the heavens, the five grains are abundant, and the autumn grain is harvested in time, so there is no need to work hard. Now autumn, it is the time of the last shipment of grain, and the Bianhe Cao transport is a big matter. The Bianqu passes through the state in Yongcheng, which is far away from the state capital, and every year there must be a state official in charge there. A few months ago, Tan Tuiguan's term of office expired, and the secretary returned to his hometown to mourn, and the state's manpower was stretched. You have come at the right time, and you will spend some days in the state city, and you will have to go to Yongcheng tirelessly. ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand: "But according to the judgment of the signature." ”

Zhao Pan nodded, sighed and said, "You are a young man, and supervising Caoyun is very important, so you must not take it lightly." I will send strong officials with you here, and you must not go on any errands. On both sides of the Bianhe River, there are many people who rely on Caoyun for all their food, and there are many idle people among them. To sit there, one must be cautious, and the other must be decisive. If there is a violation of the law and harms the people, it will be dealt with. ”

Du Zhongxiao listened quietly and nodded from time to time. Of course, he didn't want to do anything, and not long after he came to Bozhou, he was sent to a hundred miles away to take on a heavy responsibility, which was not a good thing. It's just that among the shogunate officials, their official positions are the lowest, and of course this kind of task will fall on the head.

While the two were chatting, a servant in his fifties came to salute.

Zhao Pan said to Du Zhongxiao: "This is Jin Shuzhao, the official of Confucius, who has always been in charge of the official affairs of the hall, and he is very diligent. Originally, the state couldn't do without him, thinking of your first arrival, let him be by your side. He has been a servant for many years, and he is familiar with all kinds of affairs, so he can leave anything to him. ”

Jin Shuzhao hurriedly saluted Du Zhongxiao.

The push hall is not a place where Du Zhongxiao does things, but generally refers to the officials engaged in criminal prisons, as opposed to their counterparts in the state court. If there were no judges and judges in the state, the capital office would be in charge of the magistrate, and at that time it was called the magistrate's hall, which was the territory of the magistrate.

Jin Shuzhao saluted, stood aside, and said to Du Zhongxiao: "The official's entourage has been arranged in the state, let them wait in the tuiguan's room next to them, and wait for the official to come over and lecture later." ”

There are many public officials in the state, which are generally divided into two types: yaqian and people. Yaqian is mainly responsible for various official affairs, especially those related to official property, and has great responsibilities and needs to be filled by a solid family. The officials are more mixed, including the retinue of officials, and Du Zhongxiao's officials are seven people.

Chatting with Zhao Luan and eating a few teas, a tall strong man came in and sang a promise in front of Zhao Luan.

Zhao Pan pointed at this person and said to Du Zhongxiao: "This is the head of the sect, Lin Jian, who often escorts official goods to Beijing. This year, Gangmi has been scheduled to be escorted by Lin Jiaotou, and I will go to Yongcheng with you in a few days. ”

Lin Jian already knew that he was going to go to Bianhe with the new Tuiguan, so he hurriedly turned around and sang a promise to Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao looked at Lin Jian, his figure was extremely strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he didn't know how much strength he had on his body, he was a martial artist, and nodded secretly.

Escorting the program is a difficult errand, once it is lost, it will be compensated by the detainee, and many people will be bankrupt because of it. This Lin Jiaotou can be escorted many times, and there are some means to think of it. Lin Jian is the coach in front of the Yaqian in Benzhou, so he is called the head coach, but it has nothing to do with the coach.

Yaqian originated from the late Tang Dynasty, when most of them were high-powered military attachés, and became public officials after entering the Song Dynasty, but retained their original names, so many names sound quite bluffing, such as soldiers and horses, coaches, mountains and rivers, and so on. If you don't know, when you hear that it is a soldier and horse envoy from this state, it is easy to mistake it for a big man, but in fact he is just a servant. In the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, surnames and official positions were often used to call each other, and the people learned to come, because many low-level officials were named from the previous dynasty, but they were more majestic than many officials, so that the common people often called each other higher than officials. Even these officials also issued official notices, and their names were the same as those of the officials, so that the official titles of the officials were more expensive than those of Zaizhi, and Zhu Zihua was also a scene.

There are many people in the capital hall, and the officials who come and go are all officials from various halls, handling all kinds of official affairs. Du Zhongxiao had a conversation with Zhao Luan, and saw that he was busy with official business and it was inconvenient to disturb him, so he said goodbye and left.

The judge is the busiest person in the state government, and many governors who are not in charge of the state are all handing over state affairs to the judge. To compare Du Zhongxiao's previous life, this is the state's general office, and the judge is also the chief of staff and secretary general, as well as many other miscellaneous positions. Almost everything involved in the affairs of a state was drawn up by him before he submitted it to the governor and the general judge for signature. After being a judge, I am very familiar with local affairs. The magistrate is the subordinate and reserve of the judge, and if the judge does not look at the matter, the magistrate will be in charge of the metropolitan office.

Bidding farewell to Zhao Luan, Du Zhongxiao rubbed his forehead and let out a sigh. In my previous life, I always felt that the ancient officials were very good and had no official affairs. Come and drink, listen to the reports of your subordinates, and just give a few random orders. I really did it myself, only to know that it was far from the case. There are many officials in a state, so the state can be like that, anyway, there are many subordinate officials under him. And the price of Zhizhou's idleness is that his subordinate officials are dead and alive.

Han Yi is already old, and the foreign appointment has the meaning of providing for the elderly, and he does not interfere in the affairs of the state. As a result, the judges and magistrates are extremely busy. As soon as Du Zhongxiao came, he arranged for him to go to Yongcheng early to supervise the transportation of the Bianhe River, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

Yongcheng is near the Bianhe River, and a state official is specially arranged there, not only because Cao Yun is very important and cannot be missed in the slightest, but also because it is far away from the state city and is in a corner. The various boatmen in the county plus the slender men of the Gonggong are particularly complicated.