Chapter 50: Privileges

Kanegawa Island uses the dovetail-shaped rocky fill stones at the southern end of the island to be slightly sorted out as a wharf, and the people of Prison Island call these swallowtail-shaped rock wharves as docks. The Yanweiji wharf is very small, barely able to moor an official ship with a load of 500 stones, and the official ship painted dark red is parked on the wharf, and the four guard boats have already sailed out as usual, expelling the fishing boats and merchant ships in the waterway and blocking the waterway.

In the early morning of the next day, before Gu Wuchen got on the boat, he stood on the rocks and looked around, the south bank was very close, only a mile wide of the water surface, the grass and trees on the river bank, the fishing boats and merchant ships on the left and right cordons were visible, and even many villagers were attracted to the river embankment to see the excitement; Looking beyond Prison Island, to the north, the sky swings towards the sky, watching the blue-black ridges and shoreline stretch intermittently in the sky.

Lin Jian stood beside Gu Wuchen, he didn't know what kind of mood Gu Wuchen had when he looked around, did he feel that he had a long way to go when he came to Jiangning? Lin Jian looked at the direction of the Jinchuan estuary from time to time, Gu Wuchen agreed to expand the Yanweiji Wharf, dig deep into the waterway, and extend it to both sides, so that the wharf could berth two or three thousand stone or even larger river boats, and also agreed to build a wharf on the other side of the river, at the mouth of the Jinchuan River to dock with Prison Island, but Lin Jian had to find his own way to find the money needed, and according to the Inspectorate Division, he could not allocate one or two pieces of silver, and it was difficult to imagine that the Xuanfu Envoy would agree to take out this special silver.

Lin Jian only needs to press the name of the Inspector General, although Lin Jingzhong still has six or seven thousand taels of silver in his hand and can't do much, but he can always survive for a while.

Yang Pu took a boat back to the city with Gu Wuchen, straightened out the brown leather armor for his son Yang Yan, looked at Lin Tie and Gu Wuchen standing aside, he patted his son's shoulder, and said: "It's not like being by the side of adults, in Prison Island, you have to watch more, learn more, talk less, ask less...... Yang Pu and Lin Tie have known each other for nearly three months, knowing that this person has talents, means, and ambitions, he believes that Gu Wuchen is fully capable of controlling Lin Tie's ambitions at this time, but he is worried that his son will not know how to do things on Prison Island, so he reminds him extraordinarily. When he was exiled with Gu Wuchen to serve in the army, he took Yang Shi with him since he was a child, and Gu Wuchen also treated Yang Shi as his own son and nephew, even if Yang Shi had any faults, Gu Wuchen could tolerate it, and it might not be possible to replace it with Lin Binding.

"The child remembers it in his heart." Yang Shi said.

"That's good......" Yang Pu watched Gu Wuchen board the official ship, and he also followed.

Lin Lian stood in front of the Yanweiji Wharf, watching Gu Wuchen's official boat sail into the mouth of the Jinchuan River to cover the riverbank, and only the towering mainmast could still be seen.

Compared with the crowding on the Yanweiji wharf yesterday, there are only a few Liao Liao people who came to the wharf with Lin Tie to send Gu Wuchen off the island today.

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Gu Wuchen left by boat and returned to the city, and nearly 30 prisoners including Zhou Shide, Jiang Jin, and Cao Xian were escorted back to the city to await trial. The other 150 soldiers were not punished for coercion, but they were all unarmed and transferred back to another boat for another disposal, Gu Wuchen categorically would not leave these troubles to Lin Jian to digest.

Sun Geng, the head of the prison secretary's office, was promoted to the first level and retained as the "second class" because of his law-abiding and proficient in official affairs.

The officials of the Dayue Dynasty are divided into nine grades, and each product is divided into positive and subordinate points, a total of eighteen levels, Lin Tie served as the commander of the Jiangdao Prison, which is the official position of the nine grades, which can be said to be the last level of the entry officer.

In addition to the inflow officials, the Dayue Dynasty also had foreign officials, usually called officials, and they were divided into nine classes, with the first class outside the flow being the highest.

Ordinary people don't know the difference between officials and officials, and take the example of a thousand years later, this official is the party and government leaders at all levels, and this official is an ordinary civil servant. Although officials and officials are beyond the reach of ordinary people, there is a world of difference between officials and officials.

The Great Yue Dynasty, the flow of officials to have a good salary, can be regarded as a real big man who eats royal food, how much is the annual salary, there are regulations, the local must not be deducted, only the benefits will be added, there is power in the hand, there is the right to do things, even if the poor prison is also in charge of the local prison, no matter how poor the county lieutenant, county Cheng, county chief book, is also the main governor of a county, no matter how poor the inspection department inspection is also the number one in the township.

The eldest grandson Geng was promoted to the "second-class" prison secretary, only two steps away from entering the stream and becoming an official. is just these two steps away, the eldest grandson Geng is born with a talent and fame, or he has no chance, or no effective backer, and he will not be able to step through it for half his life.

In addition to Changsun Geng, there are two team leaders who were not implicated in this prison clearance, one surnamed Shi and the other surnamed Mao. These two people were not involved in the case, not because they were clean and strong, but because they had deep personal conflicts with Zhou Shide, the secretary of the office, so they were ostracized together.

Since they were not involved in the case, they were naturally promoted and retained, and after this prison clearance, I think they will cherish this errand even more. Nearly 20 errand officers under the two squad leaders of Shi and Mao were naturally retained.

In fact, after the proposal of the prison city was rejected, the prisoners on the prison island have always been in two or three hundred rooms, which is far from the level of full prison. It's just that the yamen has always hired people who can only enter but not leave, and the commissioners, squad leaders, and officials are all allocated, and it is extremely difficult to reduce the number of officers and servants because of the insufficient number of prisoners in prison, and it has been maintained in this way for eight or nine years. At this time, the four squad leaders were arrested, and the forty officers involved in the case were also transferred out of the island for other disposal, leaving two squad leaders to lead twenty officers to work on the prison island, and they did not feel that there was insufficient manpower for the time being; In addition, Yang Shi led sixty military soldiers to garrison Prison Island.

Gu Wuchen talked with Lin Jian all night, and in addition to accepting all kinds of suggestions put forward by Lin Bin, he also promised him a privilege, that is, the allocation of prison island officials will not be reduced or increased for the time being, and according to the Inspectorate Department, he will not send another person to the island, and the vacancy formed by this prison clearance will be at Lin Bin's disposal.

According to the Inspectorate Division, there is a fixed amount of silver that can be supported every year, and almost every penny of silver is useful, and he wants to squeeze out an extra thousand taels of silver every year to allocate to Prison Island, which is too wide, so Gu Wuchen acquiesced to Lin Jian to eat part of the vacancy; On the other hand, Lin Jian wanted to carry out drastic reforms on Prison Island, and he didn't have to call for free manpower, and Gu Wuchen also acquiesced to Lin Tie recruiting people on Prison Island.

In addition, Gu Wuchen also promised Lin Jian to transfer Zhao Hu to the military position, starting with the lowest-level military attaché.

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After Gu Wuchen left, Lin Jian sent the eldest Sun Geng, Yang Shi, Shi and Mao to the front hall of the Prison Division, he smiled and asked everyone to sit down in front of his case, and said: "In the future, everyone will be in the same boat on this prison island, on the prison island, if there is any problem, according to the prosecutor's envoy, I will be the first to ask me for guilt, but you don't want to get out of the way; If Prison Island is well governed, it will be appreciated by the peak, and with my benefits, don't worry that I will forget you. Now that there are fewer people, will you feel that it is hard work......

The eldest grandson Geng and Shi and Mao were still uneasy, who would have thought that after only one night's work on this prison island to clear the prison, there were only one-twelfth of the original officials left, Lin Tie has always treated them with a pleasant face these days, and at this time he deeply realized that there was a murderous intention behind Lin Bin's kind face, and he was busy saying: "Work for the adults, work tirelessly......"

"Don't say anything, there is one less scribe, four less team leaders, and in the future, the burden on each of you will be more than twice as heavy as before, I know very well," Lin Jian said, "According to the Inspectorate, there is also a shortage of manpower, and the shortage of manpower on the prison island must be solved slowly, and the burden on your body will be heavier, then it will be heavier, but each person's labor and food silver will be increased by fifty percent on the original basis, and I can call the shots...... But! ”

The eldest grandson Geng was overjoyed when he heard that the food and silver were all added to the fifty percent. The eldest grandson Geng is a secretary and an official, and if he doesn't want to extort prisoners or prisoners' families, his only source of income is labor and food silver. He knew that there would be no increase in manpower on the island for the time being, but according to the Inspectorate Division, the number of officials on this side would not be reduced, so that the prison island side would be able to get more than a thousand taels of silver every year, but how to use this empty money completely depended on Lin Bin, even if Lin Tie wanted to swallow this empty amount alone, they could only watch with their eyes. Lin Jian promised to increase everyone's food and silver by fifty percent at this time, and he was naturally happy in his heart, but Lin Tie spit out the word "but" in his mouth and suddenly became a little murderous, Changsun Geng listened to it, and looked up at Lin Tie, only to see that his brows were slightly raised, and his face was a little more stern.

Lin Lian's voice was a little more stern, and he continued: "...... If I let me know which of you lynched prisoners and extorted money and feared the rules of prison, I would send you to prison to enjoy the taste of being lynched and blackmailed. The following errand officers and military soldiers, each person's food and salary silver will be added to the original basis by 30%, and I will explain to them seriously and seriously what I said. If something goes wrong with any of your men, I'll be the first to hold you responsible! Remembered? ”

"Remembered." The eldest grandson Geng, Yang Shi, and the two team leaders of the officials and Mao all responded immediately.

"That's good," Lin Jian put his hands on the case and said to the eldest grandson, "Yang Dian Wei has just come to Prison Island, and his military guards have just come to guard the prison. I'm going to go to the south coast before noon, if there is any urgent matter on this island, the eldest grandson will handle it randomly......" and said to Yang Shi, "Since Zhao Hu has entered the martial arts, on the prison island, then it will be dispatched by you first." ”

After all, Yang Shi was not as experienced as his father, he knew in his heart that Zhao Hu was Lin Lian's cronies, and he shouldn't send Zhao Hu directly, but for a while, he couldn't think of anything to be more tactful, so he had to agree in a muffled voice first.

"Do you want to postpone fishing for two days?" Changsun Geng asked.

"Why hold off?" Lin Jian asked, "After I leave, when fishing, you and Yang Dianwei will jointly supervise the ......" The ten prisoners who fished were strictly screened out, and there would be no problems, and the other prisoners were all imprisoned within the high walls, if it weren't for the fear of possible external impact, the prison guards would be twice as few, and only thirty people could take care of them.