"Taizhou is a scattered prefecture under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, which is different from ordinary counties. There is no county and the main book, but two inspection divisions of Ningxiang and Hai'an, two inspection divisions of Jiupin, two Jiupin inspections, and one Jiupin official from the treasurer arrest, prison guard, and clerical officer, and the officials are under the same jurisdiction as the patrol to more than 100 villages between the west of Jiangyan Town and Taizhou City. ”

Master Liu looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile, and then said: "The Yamen of the Hai'an Inspection Division is in Hai'an Town, with a gate, a land shrine, a ritual gate, three front halls, and three official houses in the east and west. Further inside is the house gate, and inside the house gate is two halls, and the second hall is also three. There are four gatehouses in the east, four rooms in the west study, and I haven't been in the inner house, so there should be several. ”

"It's about the same as the county government!" Curator Zhang asked with a smile.

"Therefore, Brother Han's inspection is not far from the general state and county main hall."

Han Xiufeng was so happy that he couldn't help asking: "Master Liu, how many people are there in the Yamen of the Inspection Division, and are there any other yamen in Hai'an Town besides the Inspection Division?" ”

"When I went, there seemed to be only one scribe, two soaps, and a dozen archers, and I don't know how many there are now." Master Liu paused, and then said: "Earlier, Hai'an had a two-Huai patrol hall, and the yamen of the patrol hall was in Lujia Lane in the town, and there were two patrols in one town, and their powers overlapped, and they often fought because of the investigation of smuggled salt. Later, something happened to the Tongzhou Branch, and the Governor General and the two Huai Salt Transport Envoys simply eliminated the Patrol Department. ”

Something happened to the Tongzhou Branch, thinking of what Director Zhang said on the way here, Han Xiufeng pretended not to know anything and continued to listen.

"There is also a foreign commission office in the town, and there are an additional foreign commission and more than a dozen flood soldiers, and the food and salary are drawn from Wolf Mountain Town, but they usually have to listen to the patrol and dispatch, but you must know what the virtue of the flood soldiers is Brother Han, it is useless, whether it is to arrest robbers or investigate smuggled salt, you can't count on it."

Director Zhang couldn't help but smile: "Zhixing, it doesn't matter if the flood soldiers are useless, at least after you take office, you not only have scribes, soaps, and archers, but also can call more than a dozen green battalion flood soldiers, which is much better than being a shaking head, and this official is only interesting to do." ”

"Director Zhang, I can find this shortage, and it's not your help."

"Don't thank you, it's your luck in the end."

Master Liu was very envious of Han Xiufeng, and he also wanted to use Han Xiufeng to tie up with Mr. Guo, who was about to go to Jiangsu, smiled slightly, and then said: "Hai'an is a big town, and there are two academies alone, among which Fengshan Academy was founded in the previous dynasty, and Mingdao Academy seems to have been built in the 40th year of Qianlong. ”

"The style of writing is prosperous!"

Master Liu is a lifter, and he has studied the style of Taizhou, so he can't help laughing: "Taizhou people are outstanding people, and I don't know how many lifters and jinshi have been." However, Hai'an is too far away from the state city after all, and although the local gentry generously donated land to anoint the fire, it seems that there are not many talents, and when I was in the salt department, it seems that there were only a few tributes and prisoners. ”

"Are there many merchants in the town?"

"There are a lot, there are not only many merchants in the town, but also dozens of temples such as Chenghuang Temple, Guandi Temple, Wenchang Building, Dexing Temple, Pox Temple, Sanyuan Palace, Lu Zu Building, Wushen Temple, Taishan Temple, Zhang Xian Temple, and Song San Temple."

"Which ancestor is the shrine of Mr. Song San dedicated to?"

"Song San refers to Zhang Lun, Hu Lingyi and Fan Zhongyan, the three sages of the Song Dynasty, who almost forgot that the Chuanchang River, which connects the twenty fields in Huainan, is dug along the Fan Gong Embankment."

Thinking of the upcoming inspection, which not only had to govern more than 250 villages but also investigated smuggled salt, Han Xiufeng asked quietly: "Master Liu, which salt farms are Hai'an Town closest to?" ”

"Hai'an is the closest to the three salt farms of Anfeng, Fu'an, and Jiaoxi, among which Anfeng and Fu'an produce the most salt, and after you arrive, you will inevitably deal with the ambassadors of the salt division of Anfeng, Fu'an, and Jiaoxie."

"Is the salt pan big?"

"Great."

"How big?" Han Xiufeng asked.

Master Liu thought it was a little funny, but he still explained: "The salt field of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division is bordered by the sea in the northeast, Haimen Tongzhou in the south, and Xinghua in Rugao Taizhou in the west. On the Huainan salt field alone, from the salt field to the Lu Si of Tongzhou Zhili Hall, it stretches for 861 miles. Among them, the Fu'an field bordering Hai'an is 95 acres, the Anfeng field is 390,000 mu, and the corner slope field in the southeast of Hai'an is the smallest, only 90,000 mu. ”

"One Fu'an field is ninety-five acres!" Han Xiufeng was taken aback.

"It wasn't so big, the stars were moving, the sea was moving eastward, the sea was becoming mulberry fields, and it became bigger and bigger, the Fangong embankment in the east of Hai'an Town was originally used to resist the inflow of seawater, and now it is more than 100 miles from the Fangong embankment to the sea." After drinking the wine in the cup, Master Liu continued: "The salt field not only has dangtian, soldier's field, and Xuetan, but also has people's land. There are not only stove households, but also households and merchants. ”

"In this way, the ambassador of the salt department has to manage a large place and a lot of people like me, the patrol inspector."

"It is bigger than the inspection department and has more people! There are many towns in the salt farm, among which Phu Yen and An Phong are larger and more prosperous than Hai An Town. ”

"Are there many people in the Yamen of the Salt Division?" Han Xiufeng asked curiously.

"Originally, the Salt Division only had to go through the levy and fold the class, fry and crack down on smuggling, and suppress the commercial stove. However, the salt works are vast and the affairs of the salt works are complicated, so now it is not only necessary to urge the decree of the salt class, but also to inspect the regiments of the Japanese governor and the governor, and to listen to lawsuits like the magistrates, to promote education, water conservancy, and relief from disasters and famines, and so on, and the people under his command are naturally indispensable. ”

"How many?"

"When I was in office, I invited three friends, one to be in charge of documents, one to send and receive proofreading, and one to take care of accounts and general affairs. In addition, the Department of Salt Division will generally set up three classes of officials, salt, grain, daily travel, Chengfa, and Xinsilt. Although there are not as many officials as ordinary county officials, there are not many ......"

Han Xiufeng thought that the Hai'an Inspection Division was already very good, but he didn't expect that it was nothing compared to the Salt Division. Although the ambassador of the Salt Division is only an eight-rank official, he is even more domineering than the ordinary state and county main halls.

Thinking of why the imperial court wanted to set up an inspection department in Hai'an, and why the Lianghuai Patrol Hall originally located in Hai'an was eliminated, Han Xiufeng suddenly realized that he, who was about to guard the key point of the salt water route, was to keep an eye on those salt officials and those officials in the salt farm, to prevent them from pretending to be public fat and private, and entrapping private salt. Thinking that it was difficult to inquire about the inside story of the salt field after taking office, Han Xiufeng naturally would not miss this opportunity, and asked in detail for an afternoon, and in order to convince him, a Jiupin sesame official who could talk to Lord Guo, he also knew everything, and the wine was eaten until the sun set.