By April, a wall had been erected beside the lotus pond across the road from the Governor's Palace, and the Lotus Academy had been completed.

When all official duties were carried out in an orderly manner, Cao Hao was idle.

The errand of training the troops was handed over to several commanders and commanders-in-chief, and the civil affairs were handled by the political envoys.

There are no political envoys and envoys in Zhili, and only guards and patrol roads are set up.

It was still after Cao Hao released Zhili, Yongzheng proposed to serve other provinces and set up a political envoy department and a prosecutorial envoy department in Zhili, responsible for civil affairs and criminal affairs.

The newly arrived Inspectorate was transferred from the south, and he was born in a professional class, and he heard that the case was handled cleanly and neatly, and he had a good reputation in the officialdom in the south; The new political envoy is an acquaintance, that is, Tang Zhiyu, a colleague of Cao Hao in the past.

Tang Zhiyu over the years, moved back and forth, Honglu Temple, Dali Temple have been there, on the position of the fourth product around, a few years ago because of offending people, was dismissed from the official position, after the recovery was released out of Beijing, did a few years of Fengtianfu Cheng.

It wasn't until the second year of Yongzheng that Tang Zhiyu was considered to emerge as a waiter at the age of one and three years old.

With his status as a squire, even if he is released, he should be the governor of a province, but this time he released the political envoy of Zhili Bu, and he was demoted from a second-rank official to a second-rank official. But no one thinks that he is inferior, because the governor of Zhili is one person, and this political envoy is under one person, and there is a shortage of governors above 10,000 people, and the governors of other provinces are not much weaker.

In addition, Cao Hao was his former boss, and in the eyes of outsiders, he felt that Tang Zhiyu was highly valued.

No matter what Cao Hao's background is, after all, he is not from a professional class, and he is young, so it is still too difficult to bear the military and political affairs of a province. The emperor sent Tang Zhiyu, which not only preserved Cao Hao, but also fulfilled Tang Zhiyu.

Obviously, Cao Hao thinks so too.

has been out of office for more than ten years, and among his colleagues in the past, Cao Hao is the most pleasant to cooperate with Tang Zhiyu. Whether it is in terms of conduct or ability, Tang Zhiyu is worthy of respect.

He handed over the "Zhili Development Plan" to Tang Zhiyu, and Tang Zhiyu led people to implement it.

Just like in the early years when he was in the Yamen of Taifu Temple, Tang Zhiyu was suppressed by Cao Hao's whimsy. However, compared with Cao Hao, a theorist, Tang Zhiyu is obviously a doer.

Therefore, he was particularly cautious about the regulations on products and farming mentioned by Cao Hao. He did not agree with the immediate implementation, but wanted to go down and go around in person, conduct on-the-spot investigations, and then make a decision.

If you are a other boss, your subordinates will be annoyed if you question it like this; Changed to Cao Hao, only joy.

He was worried about this set, similar to Wang Anshi's change of law, what he thought at the top was good, and what he implemented at the bottom changed his taste, and in the end it was the local people who were unlucky.

Under the watchful eye of Tang Zhiyu, a person with a strict surname and careful work, Cao Hao can be more at ease when this set of policies to enrich the people is implemented.

In this way, Cao Hao sent all the errands in his hand, and the son was no longer as complicated as before.

He would like to be idle, but the staff documents of the Governor's Palace are a lot idle.

Not everyone likes to be leisurely, these people do not choose to be outstanding, but choose to hide behind the scenes, some are for money, and some are for power.

In their opinion, if they don't take errands in their hands and don't show their abilities, they will lose the "filial piety" outside and become a knife and pen official.

Song Ren saw that the atmosphere of the shogunate was not right, so he proposed to Cao Hao that these people be recommended to the political envoy and the yamen of the envoy department, which not only calmed the restlessness of the people, but also grasped the dynamics of the two divisions, which was also in line with the "way of the emperor".

Jiang Jian did not approve of this, and made Zhili like an iron bucket, although it can prove that Cao Hao has outstanding ability, but it may not be what the emperor is happy to see.

The salaries of the staff clerks of the Governor's Palace were already quite large, ranging from fifty taels of silver per year to five hundred taels of silver per year.

Coupled with the New Year's Festival reward, not only can you support your family, but you can also live a richer life than ordinary people. Those who have the intention of accumulating wealth are not right, and if they want to leave, they don't have to stay.

Cao Hao thought about it, compromised, and found a reason to dismiss if he was really frivolous; A few who are really capable and unwilling to be lonely, he did not recommend them to the Political Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Department, but directly wrote a letter of recommendation and sent them to Yidu Stand, Shanxi.

A few days ago, Yi Duli sent several letters, asking Cao Hao to help pay attention and hire a few staff members and scribes who should be used.

His few months as governor was, in his own words, "burnt out."

Shanxi officials and gentry are one, and the local forces are extremely tough, and he, the parents of a province, also feel a little nowhere to speak.

In addition, most of the people he brought over were relatives of the clan, and there were few experienced staff clerks, which made matters worse, so he wrote to Cao Hao for help.

If the political envoy who came to Bubu was not Tang Zhiyu, but someone else, Cao Hao would "recommend" a few staff documents to go down and grasp the dynamics below, saving the difference between the two political views and delaying the effort; Changed to Tang Zhiyu, in that case, it would affect the harmony between the two.

As for the Inspectorate Department, it is a two-headed yamen, which is directly under the supervision of the Inspectorate and under the control of the Governor and the Yamen.

In Cao Hao's view, it is better to have a relatively opposite judicial power, and it is better to participate in the criminal case by himself, rather than supervise it from above.

Regarding Cao Hao's decision, Song Ren and Jiang Jian did not say anything.

It's just that since the fight, the two of them have not been as comfortable as they got along with earlier, but a little subtle, and there is always a bit of a rivalry.

The other staff and scribes were either close to Song Ren or Jiang Jian, as if they were standing in line.

Cao Hao noticed the changes and didn't have the patience to make a "balance" set.

He felt that his energy was limited, and he had already exhausted his efforts to deal with the capital and the magistrates, and he did not want to be at ease in the governor's palace.

So, according to Director Song Ren and Jiang Jian, he clarified the scope of responsibility of the two.

Song Ren is responsible for the officialdom relationship in the capital, and in the six workshops, there are three rooms for officials, soldiers, and workers; Jiang Jian is responsible for the exchange of officialdom in the province, and the three rooms of household, criminal and ceremonial affairs.

In this way, these two people are equally divided between the top and bottom, and the affairs of the governor's palace are equally divided.

This time, the dumbfounded ones were the staff and clerks who stood in the lead, this one was obviously a clerk, but he had a friendship with Jiang Jian a few years ago; That one is from the household department, and he went to Song Ren to "ask for advice" in the first two days.

Jiang Jian and Cao Hao have been together for a long time, and Song Ren has become old and refined, although Cao Hao did not express his dissatisfaction, but he clearly divided responsibilities so impartially, and also expressed his meaning.

He cherishes the old feelings, trusts Jiang Jian, and also values Song Ren's experience and gives him a heavy responsibility.

Both of them are smart people, and they know how to measure their own inches.

After this division of responsibility, what the two of them dealt with was what they were best at, and they both had motivation. In the end, who is the first person next to the governor is not determined by lip service, but ultimately depends on who does a good job.

The annual salary of the two of them is 1,500 taels of silver each, which is not the highest among the staff at the level of governor, and they can also be ranked in the front.

In addition, they got Cao Hao's weight, and when the officials below came to the governor's palace, they also had "curtain respect". In a few months, each person had seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and in a year, to say the least, two or three thousand taels of silver.

Whether it is the income or the place they rule, as the curtainers, they have reached the peak of their careers, and the two are very motivated.

Jiang Jian's wife, Zhong, is not only knowledgeable, but also good at poetry and painting.

Earlier when she was in the capital, Li liked her very much. After arriving in Zhili, Li asked Zhong to guide Danqing.

It's just to relieve boredom, Li is getting older, and he hasn't taken a needle and thread for two years. But in addition to socializing, talking with her children and grandchildren, there is still half a day of free time every day, she is idle and bored, so she begins to paint Buddha statues to kill her kung fu, and then she asks Zhong for advice.

For this reason, Zhong went to Lee's place every other day for an hour.

Niu Niu and Tianhui look interesting, and they follow along every time. They are young, and the Dharma or something is too far away for them. As Zhong learned to paint, he also painted some flowers and plants, matched his own colors, and painted some new patterns.

However, Zhong's "teaching painting" career only lasted for more than a month before it was stopped because he was found to be pregnant.

Jiang Jian is already over the age of not confused, this is the first time that their husband and wife have had good news in three years, and everyone is happy for their husband and wife.

Since he knew that Jiang Jian had become a staff member of the Governor's Palace, in the past six months, the clansmen in Jiang Jian's hometown have sent several groups of clansmen to bring their children over.

Although he did not explicitly want Jiang Jian to take over the heir, the eldest teenager and the youngest seven or eight-year-old children sent it over, and their intentions were extremely revealed.

Even the head of the Jiang family sent a letter to Jiang Jian, asking him to choose one of his nephews to stay by his side.

Jiang Jian couldn't cry or laugh, he was raised in the temple when he was a child, and when he grew up, he studied Legalism, and his ambition was to open his eyes for the people, but he didn't take the matter of bloodline inheritance so seriously.

Of the three children, he didn't choose any of them and decided to send them all back to Jiangxi. In the letter to the patriarch, he also made it clear that he had no intention of being a step-heir.

The Jiang clansmen who sent a few children over advised Jiang Jian to think twice.

He is already in his forties, even if he has a biological child in the future, when he knows the destiny of heaven, the child is still at an immature age; It is always cheaper to leave two nephews by your side to pay respect.

Jiang Jian was very firm, and after several persuasions, he did not change his mind.

Those clansmen didn't say anything in front of them, but behind their backs, they blamed the matter on the Zhong family, thinking that she was stopping them.

They were thinking about relying on their status as elders to persuade them from the Zhong family, but they heard that the Zhong family was happy, and finally had to reluctantly leave Zhili.

Although Jiang Jian has no official position, everyone knows that he is Cao Hao's arm.

There is good news in his family, and this congratulatory message is endless.

Even Song Ren sent congratulatory gifts to Jiang Jian. It was specially made to make people from the capital in exchange, a picture of a hundred children's tent, and a piece of jasper insert of a boy holding a lotus.

These two gifts are not only exquisite, but also auspicious.

Jiang Jian saw that Song Ren was showing goodwill, not only accepted this kindness, but also made a special trip to a banquet and invited Song Ren to have a drink.

After this meal, the relationship between the two cannot be said to have recovered as before, and there is no more open and secret fighting before......*

(To be continued)