At the reception banquet, the former magistrate Ling Zhuang worked desperately to force the first person to do it according to Han Gang. He also took the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant and diligently persuaded him to drink. After a banquet, he behaved more respectfully to Han Gang than his mother. And Han Gang's three staff members were also invited to sit down on the seats in the hall, and they accepted the hospitality for the night.

On the third watch, I returned to the post house.

Entering the room, Han Gang, who had been looking a little drunk, suddenly became sober, his eyes were clear, and he sat down with the three staff members and drank the tea served below.

After Fang Xing sat down, he shook the folding fan and sneered: "If you are courteous to others, you must ask for something." Ling Zhixian's attitude today didn't look like flattery, most of the accounts had some problems, and he was empty in his heart. ”

You Yu sneered: "Anyone who is a traitor and a criminal, how can there be a situation where he is not weak-minded!" ”

"It depends on whether Zhengyan wants to find out to the end?" Wei Pingzhen asked Han Gang.

If there is a serious deficit in the treasury and does not match the accounts, no one will be stupid enough to take over. If you are confused, when it is time for the transfer envoy to check the accounts, it is too late to cry. If it drags on for a few days and does not hand it over, if it is in the locality, the state will have to send someone down. Baima County belongs to the capital, and once Kaifeng Prefecture sends people, things will be even more troublesome.

There are many officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and the official treasury is mostly empty, but even so, there are very few new officials in the world who refuse to take over. Basically, before the handover, the officials will close the accounts, and I believe that there are also people under Lingzhuang to deal with the account books. Whether it is using accounts to combine inventory, or using inventory to combine accounts, as long as the two can match, Han Gang has no intention of getting to the bottom of it.

Being stared at by the three of them together, Han Gang took two sips of tasteless tea, looked up and said, "As long as the accounts match." ”

Fang Xing and Wei Ping nodded with a sincere smile, but You Yu was hesitating.

Han Gang glanced at You Alcohol, and then explained more, "I really have to get to the bottom of it." If you can't guarantee it, the storehouse will be set on fire. It was full of people's fat and people's ointment, and after it was burned, it was still the people's suffering. ”

Nothing to say for a night.

On the second day after arriving in Baima County, Han Gang politely resigned the kind invitation of the county magistrate and chatted with Fang Xing and You Yu in the post house. And Wei Pingzhen, who is good at accounts, took Han Gang's account room to the treasury to reconcile.

Wei Pingzhen checked very carefully, and the deposit of the convenience loan was matched with the numbers one by one, and Ling Zhuang sent someone over to help, leading a few officials to bring tea and water. But at noon, when he was about to eat, Wei Pingzhen pushed the account book, "It's getting late, I'll come back tomorrow." ”

After speaking, he didn't clean up the table, so he got up and turned around and left with the tent.

Although the sun was hanging on the zenith due south, Ling Zhuang's curtain guests and several officials did not dare to stop them. After sending Wei Pingzhen and the two away, he looked back and saw that on the pages of several account books, they had all done tricks, but they had not cleaned up their tails. It's subtle, but a flaw is a flaw.

After Ling Zhuang and Zhu Li each received the notice, they immediately understood Han Gang's intentions - either to make up the shortfall, or to quickly complete this account.

Han Gang's attitude was very good, but Ling Zhuang was on fire. That little mistake will only be ignored under the general inspection, and no one will account for it. But once it is true, it is very troublesome to make up for it, not just change the number in the account book, and the official treasury must also make up the difference, not to mention nearly 10,000 yuan. Speaking of which, if it weren't too bad, the deficit would have been made up directly, and there would have been no flaws.

The audit of Han Gang was strict, and he hated it so much. 10,000 yuan, say too much, say a lot less, it's not worth setting fire to the house, and it may not be possible, but it hurts to give it away. Thinking that there was no way, I came over to accompany him and tested Han Gang's mind, "Zhengyan is young and promising, and if you don't stay for time, you will definitely be able to go to the minister's ......"

Han Gang smiled gently: "Han Gang can be promoted many times at the age of a weak crown, this is all the kindness of the Son of Heaven." Han Gang's broken bones are also difficult to report......"

Ling Zhuang had nothing to say, Han Gang's refusal did not leave him any loopholes, and he was not allowed to say important words at all. It seems that it can't be bought with money. Think about it, a court official who is only in his twenties is valued by the Son of Heaven, and he will never ruin his reputation for some money.

After talking nonsense, he got up and left. Ling Zhuang came out with a gloomy face, turned around and sneered at the post house: "The clock can't be beaten now, and I don't believe that the side drum has to be beaten!" ”

Ling Zhixian's ruthless result, Han Gang had already known that night - he actually sent someone to quietly send a gift to Han Gang's three staff.

"They all took it?" Han Gang asked the companion who came to report the news.

Bandang shook his head, "Mr. You didn't accept it, but Mr. Fang and Mr. Wei did." ”

"I know!" Han Gang was not angry.

They have all read the books of sages for more than ten years or decades, and if they don't go to the Jinshi examination and come to be their own staff, is it for the country and the people? Joke! One is to earn money to make ends meet, and the other is to enter the officialdom as early as possible to make friends with people, so that you can be recommended as an official in the future.

Since he has to rely on these staff to do things, can Han Gang block them and prevent them from collecting money? According to today's rules, as long as the staff does not cross the line, they have to turn a blind eye. Han Gang only hopes that they will understand who their proprietor is, and not just think about taking money, but forget the most important key - it is not that there is no story of a staff member who harmed the proprietor for his own selfishness.

However, Han Gang knows better that as long as he does not slack off and keeps an eye on everything, he will not be afraid of ruining his reputation as a staff member. He wouldn't be so kind of a scholar who could write poetry and composition, he could be deceived by others, and he had worked hard in the yamen for three years, and he had more experience, and he didn't know what kind of love and disadvantage he had......

Han Gang is only a pity that he has few relatives, and the two people who can come in handy, one is already a famous young general in the Jinghu battlefield, and the other is in charge of a very famous business in Kansai. If you have one or two powerful relatives around, there are things that you can do for them more reliably than you do with outsiders. Of course, Han Gang will not be stupid enough to be nepotistic, but he will not feel that in the Song Dynasty, where there is a law of intimacy and concealment, outsiders will think more about themselves than their own family.

When it was time to eat, the three staff members all came to Han Gang's side.

As soon as he entered the door, Fang Xing arched his hands: "Thanks to Zhengyan's help, Fang Xing has made a windfall today." ”

Fang Zhongyong's brother is very free and easy, and he does not hide the fact that he accepted bribes from his predecessor.

Wei Pingzhen also laughed and said: "Two ingots and thirty taels of gold and silver, Ling Zhixian is really generous." ”

In the market, gold and silver cannot be used as money, and must be exchanged for coins through gold and silver shops. However, it is more common to give gifts than heavy copper coins. It's just that the current price of silver, one tael can be worth 17,800 wen, and 780 wen is always calculated, which is only two and a half. Three sixty taels, adding up to less than five hundred guan, compared to the deficit of ten thousand guan, Ling Zhuang is indeed 'generous' enough.

This little money, Fang Xing and Wei Pingzhen disdained it, but they all accepted it very simply. Since Han Gang didn't have the idea of killing Ling Zhuang, then they accepted the bribe, which was actually in An Lingzhuang's heart, which was in line with Han Gang's intentions.

However, such thoughts of turning around in the curve, but Cheng Haomen's You Alcohol did not: "How can this be?!" ”

"Jiefu, it's actually okay." Han Gang hurriedly said, he didn't want his three staff members to become a situation of tearing each other down, "Since Ling Zhuang sent it, he can accept it directly." I didn't intend to make it difficult, but I can't say it directly, you can only reassure him by accepting it. What's more, it's just an ordinary human relationship, and it has nothing to do with official business, so why worry about it? ”

You Alcohol shook his head, looking disapproving. It was only when he saw Han Gang say this that he didn't say anything more.

He has a lot of respect for Han Gang, not because of Han Gang's official position, but because of Han Gang's personality. When I was in Luoyang, I heard that Han Gang went to Beijing to take the exam, and in order to see Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, he actually stood in the snow in front of Cheng's house for more than an hour, and this matter has spread all over Luoyang City. Han Yukun, who is famous all over the world, can still respect his teacher so much, which really makes You Yu admire.

When eating together, Fang Xing and Wei Ping really didn't seem to have any trouble, but Han Gang knew that they would definitely not get along with You Alcohol.

In the middle of the night, Han Gang recruited his cronies and instructed, "When the weather is cold, take four pieces of cotton cloth and twenty taels of silver from the box, and send them to the three gentlemen, so that they can change into winter clothes." In addition, I will send Mr. You an extra sixty taels of silver, saying that it is my heart. ”

sent hundreds of people out of the country in one go, but Han Gang didn't feel much distressed, this is a favor that should be done, and he can't just watch the staff accept bribes, but he doesn't say anything. Especially Youol, although it is not humane, but this honest approach must be rewarded.

The companion was out of the air. Han Gang sat at his desk, thinking about how to arrange his staff.

Wei Pingzhen is old and attaches great importance to money, but he is old, does things safely, and has rich experience, so he can rely on it more in the future.

You alcohol is the same age as himself, and he has little experience, so if he really wants to be a staff member, he is actually useless. However, his knowledge is okay, and his literary name is even more with his younger brother You Xing, which spread throughout the township when he was a teenager. You can recommend him to be a county school official, and now Wang An Shixing School, there are schools in the state and county, and you can arrange for You Alcohol to teach the scholars of Baima County, presumably he is also willing.

As for Fang Xing, he has not seen his ability to govern for the time being, but the level of poetry and writing is good - if he can make friends with Wang Yan, the level will naturally not be too bad. It may be a little troublesome for him to do things, but it's still good to talk about the world, so it's better to keep a clear guest by his side. When he takes office, he has enough time to see what he is good at.