Since Jia Huan decided to stay, he was not in a hurry to return to the capital. The next morning, www.biquge.info wrote a letter to Jia Zheng in his guest room, explaining that he was studying scriptures and righteous articles with the mountain chief in Zunhua. handed it over to Hu Xiaosi, the chief who came with him to act as a carriage driver, and sent him back to the capital to deliver a letter, and brought a message to Qingwen, Ruyi, Tanchun, and Aunt Zhao.

With Jia Huan's current status in Jiafu, he needs to explain his whereabouts and contact address to the mansion.

Due to the lack of four staff members of the mountain chief Zhang Anbo, there are not enough manpower and complicated affairs. In the afternoon, Jia Huan set up a position in the chief of the mountain's staff team, and Pang Ze and Zhang Chengjian took Jia Huan to meet with the other five staff members in the governor's court.

Three of the five staff members are lecturers from Wendao Academy, and they are very familiar with Jia Huan. Among them, He also taught Jia Huan's "Mencius", and Jia Huan was called Mr. The three of He staff were humble, but they should come down. Jia Huan respects his teacher, and he likes it. And the first youngest person in the history of the dynasty to be honored with the title of "sir", can be taken out and boasted about.

The other two staff members were recommended by the old man of the mountain: Liang Xi, the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Tian Chang, the right secretary of the Tongzheng Division. Master Zuo was born as a prisoner of the country. Master Tian was born as a child. They are all in their early forties, and they are old in criminal names and cases.

That night, Zhang Chengjian hosted a banquet for Jia Huan at Mengliang Restaurant in Zunhua County, and welcomed Jia Huan as a staff member of the governor's yamen. It's the end of the night.

After Zhang Chengjian, who returned to the governor's yamen, said goodbye to Jia Huan, he went back to the room and cleaned his face under the service of the concubine, drank sobering soup, changed his clothes at home, and went to serve in front of his father. There were only two or three old servants around my father. As the Son of Man, he had to devote himself to his heart every day.

In the simple study, the lights are bright. The chief of the mountain, Zhang Anbo, was sixty-four or five years old, dressed in a loose stone blue robe, and was reading a book in front of his desk, in a relaxed manner. A cup of tea in hand is steaming.

"The son has seen the father." Zhang Chengjian was chubby, entered the study, sweated a little on his forehead, and saw that his father was obviously in a good mood, so he couldn't help asking: "Father, the matter of recruiting and transferring people's husbands is not satisfactory to the states and counties. Today, Shunyi, Huairou, and Miyun counties all have official documents sent to them, and they are complaining bitterly. Why didn't my father seem to care? ”

Zhang Anbo looked at his eldest son, who looked like him, lovingly, put down the scroll, and said with a smile: "This matter is very difficult, but I have a good apprentice, so why bother." You will hand over the official documents related to this matter to Ziyu tomorrow. ”

Zhang Chengjian was speechless for a while, he didn't see anything surprising about this world-famous prodigy. At today's banquet, Master Zuo clamored for Jia Huan to write poems, but Jia Huan pushed them away. The two brothers, Zuo and Tian, have quite a problem with working with an eleven-year-old boy. However, his father seemed to trust Jia Huan extremely much.

Zhang Chengjian said: "Yes, father." It's just that his father didn't say that he wanted to teach Ziyu Sutra and articles, why did he let him enter the shogunate? Moreover, the affairs in the background are complicated now, and there is a shortage of manpower. Can he arrange his time? ”

Zhang Anbo smiled and drank tea, "Bo Miao, you just wait and see." ”

Zhang Chengjian was suspicious of the letter, and turned to talk to his father about the letter in the capital.

…

After staying in the governor's yamen for two days, Jia Huan entrusted Pang Ze to help him rent a small courtyard in Walnut Lane behind the governor's yamen, which was only a dozen meters away from the residence of Pang Ze and other staff. Coming out of the governor's yamen that evening, Jia Huan invited Pang Ze to Mengliang Restaurant for a few drinks.

In the setting sun, Zunhua County is slightly cold and sparsely populated. The cold wind blew in his face, and the flags on the shops on both sides of the street were eaten with a cold sound.

Jia Huan and Pang Ze wore thick cotton jackets and walked to Mengliang Restaurant on East Street in the county seat. Pass through Zunhua County Ya, County School, Sanyuan Restaurant, Qinglou and other places. In fact, the entire county town is not large, and there are only three of the most prosperous streets.

The Mengliang Restaurant on East Avenue resembles a 21st-century roadside eatery. The location is not large, only one floor, and there are more than a dozen Eight Immortal Tables arranged in the hall. A middle-aged couple runs the business with their son and daughter-in-law.

Jia Huan and Pang Ze asked for home-brewed rice wine, haggis soup, steamed buns, and a few side dishes, and sat down to eat and talk.

Pang Ze was twenty-one years old, of medium stature, with a big nose, looking ugly, wearing a half-worn blue shirt and cotton clothes, raising his glass and Jia Huan to signal, took a sip of sweet rice wine, and said with a smile: "How does Ziyu feel in the mansion these days?" ”

He knew that Jia Huan was still in the stage of getting started with official documents. The day before yesterday, Brother Zhang Shige (Zhang Chengjian) handed over the matter of recruiting and transferring people to Jia Huan. This should make Jia Huan very difficult. It is estimated that Jia Huan will ask him about this situation. With his friendship with Jia Huan, he knows everything and says everything! In the disaster relief of the college, he served as Jia Huan's deputy, clerk, and chief record, reward, and punishment.

Jia Huan smiled and took a bite of food, "Take your time." Zunhua County is much more deserted than in the capital! ”

Pang Ze just smiled, "Can this place be compared with the capital?" It's not comparable to Dongzhuang Town! There are less than 100,000 people in Zunhua County, and 20,000 people in this county have risen to the sky. In Dongzhuang Town, I heard Yao Wei say that it is estimated that there are no less than 60,000 people. ”

Jia Huan had just been to Wendao Academy a few days ago, and he knew the situation in Dongzhuang Town very well, so he nodded with a smile, "Hmm." The tax on yeoman farmers was too heavy. Many farmers in the surrounding area fled to Dongzhuang Town to earn a living. "The workshop in Dongzhuang Town does require a lot of manpower.

Pang Ze has been working beside Jia Huan for a few months, and he has long been familiar with Jia Huan's words, and sighed lightly, "The harsh government is as fierce as a tiger!" ”

After a few sips of wine, Pang Ze said: "Ziyu, do you have a strategy for requisitioning and transferring people to build water conservancy?" In my opinion, it is estimated that it will take a long time to negotiate with the prefectures and counties, and then reduce the number of recruits in each county before it can be done well. However, in this way, it will affect the progress of the river cleaning project. ”

Jia Huan smiled: "It's a bit eyebrow-raising, but I still have to discuss the details and authorization with the mountain chief." However, we must first solve the problem of lack of manpower in the governor's yamen. There's so much going on that it's not a good idea for us to be so busy. ”

He worked as a staff member for the mountain chief in Zunhua, just a temporary worker. He had no plans to stay long.

Pang Ze sighed: "Why don't we want to. It's just that the mountain chief doesn't have much money to pay to his staff. A few days ago, Brother Zhang invited you to come here for a drink, the reason is that you have no money. The best hotel in the county is Sanyuan Restaurant. ”

Jia Huan was slightly surprised and relieved. With the temper and temperament of the mountain chief, he will definitely not accept some gray income. It's normal to have no money. Otherwise, how could the Suncheon Governor be short of money?

Jia Huan chatted with Pang Ze for an hour, and after the account, Pang Ze went to the Qinglou in the county: Lanlou to spend the night. Jia Huan smiled and returned to his residence alone. Eating and drinking, men and women, people's great desires. There is nothing to blame for this. In the dynasty, the Qinglou was legal.

…

Generally speaking, there are no auxiliary and miscellaneous subordinates in the governor's yamen, and the things that should be done mainly rely on the officials to deal with them. There are also cases where alternate officials and Wu Ben are temporarily appointed as envoys. The matters handled include: performance appraisal, promotion, land, household registration, taxation, finance, etc.

There are 20 officials in the yamen of the Shuntian governor, who are the leaders of the imperial court. There are eight masters, which are paid by Governor Zhang Anbo himself.

The next morning, Jia Huan went to the governor's yamen, entered the second gate, and went to the public house on the left. On the right is the office building of the clerks. In the public house, Zhang Chengjian, Pang Ze, and He staff were busy. Jia Huan greeted several colleagues, sat behind the bookcase, and flipped through the official documents about the recruitment of people's husbands, which were thick and more than a foot high.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Zhang Anbo, the governor of Shuntian, came in after the reception, and Jia Huan stepped forward and said, "Mountain chief, the disciple has something to discuss." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Anbo smiled and took Jia Huan to the side hall next door for a secret talk. The staff and officials behind him are all envious.

Jia Huan discussed with the mountain chief. In the afternoon of the same day, the governor's yamen sent an official letter to the two prefectures and 30 prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction: In order to recruit 15,000 people to repair the river works and water conservancy of Shuntianfu and Yongpingfu in winter, the governor's yamen sent five officials from each of the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction to serve as attachés and handle affairs.

Word spread.

The officialdom of the capital, Shuntianfu, and Yongping mansions were all talking, and they couldn't cry or laugh at Governor Zhang's order. The so-called transfer, presumably, is issued by Yuanzhou County. This is a door-slamming officer!

What's more critical is that the Shuntian Governor Yamen is a newly established yamen, and who knows if the imperial court will abolish it in the future. How could those who were local officials come to Shuntian to patrol the yamen?

In the officialdom, a radish and a pit went to the governor's yamen, and the errand in Yuanzhou County, the pit position had to be replaced. If they are removed, their jobs will be lost.

In the past few days, the number of official correspondence in the Yamen of the Shuntian Governor has surged, and the wishes of the thirty prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction have been transmitted back through the post station system according to the distance: all of them are complaining and looking for various reasons.

Among the staff of the governor's yamen, Jia Huan and five officials were fully responsible for this matter. According to Jia Huan's intentions, on October 24, the Shuntian Governor Yamen criticized the Yamen in various places for their improper attitude, but the wording was not harsh.

Five days later, the correspondence was renewed. The 30 prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction lowered the tone of their grievances and began to talk about difficulties, reason, and lay out facts.

On October 30, the Shuntian Governor Yamen again issued the following order: In connection with the construction of water conservancy, two officials were seconded to each of the prefectures and counties. Rotation after three months is allowed. At the same time, a subordinate of the chief officials of each prefecture and county was seconded to counsel the water conservancy affairs of various localities.

The officialdom of Shuntian Mansion and Yongping Mansion was stirred up and down by this official document.

In the eyes of officialdom, the Shuntian Governor Yamen was probably short of money and found an excuse to use day labor. But in the eyes of the old bird of officialdom, things become very "interesting".

First, secondment, rotation and redeployment are not the same thing at all. The meaning of secondment is that the clerks still belong to the establishment of the states and counties, and they can come back. And the extraction is actually in the middle of the two. Add in a three-month rotation, and what impact does that make?

If the county magistrate sees that the official is not pleasing to the eye, he can send him to the governor's yamen to do business. The errand to which the clerk belongs can be replaced. For example, the head of the household department in the county government was sent out for three months. You know.

The category of county officials includes: county orders, county officials, lords, and canonical history. The ideas of these four can be combined into a myriad of possibilities.

Second, the subordinate of the county order, this word is very interesting. Are the private staff and masters of the county order members of the subordinates? Belong. Do the county officials, the main book, and the canonical history belong to the subordinate members? Or belongs. So who the county will send, there are many possibilities.

This involves the distribution and reorganization of the power of the county and state governments.

In the eyes of officialdom veterans, there is another interpretation of this official document: Is it a distribution and a cold bench to be sent to the governor's yamen? Or is it a shortcut to the governor's boss? The governor of the fourth grade, the top boss. If there is a close person who speaks good things about the chief officer in front of the governor every day...

It depends on what the chief officials of the states and counties of Shuntian Mansion and Yongping Mansion think.

All kinds of speculations such as the above, in the winter of the tenth year of Yongzhi, became a major event and a hot topic in the officialdom of Shuntianfu and Yongpingfu. The attention of the officialdom in the capital was temporarily shifted from the impeachment of Scholar Li by the imperial history.

In early November, officials and subordinates from various localities reported to the Shuntian Governor's Yamen, including more than a dozen staff, more than a dozen adjutants, and 60 officials.

Jia Huan led Pang Ze and the others to send the adjutant back for a reason, and then registered, cataloged, and assigned the master and officials, and the original seven staff members were responsible for supervising and assigning daily tasks, and began to plan for the recruitment of people.

After a few days of running-in, the staff had a sharp reduction in the things at hand and eased up.

…

In mid-November, after the Winter Solstice Festival, it was already cold winter. When I woke up in the morning, the cold wind howled, and the ice edges under the eaves drooped and crystal clear.

At noon, the mountain chief Zhang Anbo gathered the staff to feast and drink in the side hall of his residence and talk about poetry and papers. The cases in the side hall were displayed in two rows, and the eight people of Jia Huan sat down and drank together, and the atmosphere was warm.

Zhang Anbo looked at his son Zhang Chengjian, who was in the first position on the left hand side, and said with a smile: "How is it?" ”

Zhang Chengjian said convincingly: "Father is high-minded. He didn't think Jia Huan was so powerful before, he was suspicious. But this method is really outstanding. As the saying goes: the cone is in the sac, and its end is immediately seen.

Zhang Chengjian raised his glass to Jia Huan, "Ziyu is talented and capable, and he deserves to be praised by the Grand Master, the General Constitution, and the President." I toast you. ”

Jia Huan smiled and raised his glass to drink, and said, "Brother Miaozan, it is the strength of everyone that makes the current situation possible. This is not modest, it is true.

He doesn't know that much about officialdom. It was only by taking the lead in coming up with ideas, listing goals, brainstorming, and brainstorming, and with officialdom veterans like Zuo and Tian there, they finally went back and forth a few official documents to make the states and counties submit.

After Zhang Chengjian toasted, the two masters of Zuo and Tian got up together to toast Jia Huan, "Brother Jia is a good man, and we are ashamed of ourselves." I was offended a few days ago, please forgive Brother Jia. ”

This can be regarded as accepting Jia Huan into the governor's staff team.

Jia Huan nodded with a smile and drank the wine. He actually couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. The chief of the mountain kept him to teach him knowledge. He stayed, one was to slow down, and the other was indeed willing to study. The staff is just a side hustle!

Pang Ze and He staff all shook their heads with a smile. They knew this was going to be the outcome. What's the situation now? When the disaster was relieved that year, it was thrilling several times in a row.

The atmosphere of the banquet was very lively, and when he was talking about the beautiful poems written by Jia Huan in the capital in September, a chief came in and whispered a few words in the ear of the mountain chief.

Zhang Anbo nodded with a smile, and when the banquet was over, he ordered: "Bo Miao, Ziyu, Shi Yuan, the three of you go to the study with me." (To be continued.) )