Chapter 14 Those Things of the Ministry of Works
Mrs. Wang is not very familiar with Jia Zheng's official affairs, and she is a little vague. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, after listening patiently, Jia Wei combined some of his own judgments, but also understood things well.
Jia Zheng did encounter trouble on official business.
Jia Zheng is a member of the Ministry of Workers, and there are several divisions in the Ministry of Industry, and he is a member of the Camp and Cleaning Division.
The chief official of the camp and the Qing Officials Division is Langzhong, and there are generally several Langzhong, and there are several outsiders at the bottom, as well as some small officials such as the chief and the doctor.
The official position of Wailang, the secretary of the camp and the Qing Dynasty, is not of high grade, only from the sixth grade, but because he is responsible for the construction and demolition of temples, palaces, yamen, and city walls in the palace, the imperial city, and various altars and temples in the capital, the oil and water are quite rich.
As far as Jia Wei knows, Jia Zheng's extra money for a year is nearly 10,000 taels of silver.
It is not inferior to the income of the chief officials in some places.
This is one of the main sources of income for Jia Zheng's family, a small family in this big family, and another major source comes from Wu Xindeng, who is a companion.
Wu Xindeng is the chief of the silver treasury of Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Wang's confidant is a powerful person, and he is arranged in this position, and Jia Zheng's family can get a lot of oil and water from it every year.
Together, these two items are not more than twelve or three thousand taels of silver a year.
It is precisely because of this that in recent years, Mrs. Wang has kindly given up the position of the head of the house to her nephew Queen Xifeng (Sister Feng).
Otherwise, if there are no two channels for money, even if it is a niece, she is unwilling to give it up.
Speaking of which, Jia Mei's position was personally rewarded by the emperor, Jia's mother's house, the eldest son Jia Yu has attacked the official, according to the rule, the second son Jia Zheng can no longer attack the official.
However, the emperors of the past dynasties took good care of the descendants of the lords to show that they did not forget their roots, after all, the ancestors of these people had the merit of the dragon.
Therefore, from time to time, they will give extra favors and bring up some descendants of lords who do not have the imperial examination.
Moreover, the positions given are usually more oily civilian positions, or more important military positions in the defense of the capital.
All in all, in the eyes of the emperor, the family of the lords was a natural community of interests, more reliable than some other officials. Of course, the lord families who threaten the royal family are generally cleaned up by the emperor as early as the beginning of the founding of the country.
Jia Zheng works in such a position with oil and water, there are good and bad, the advantage is that there is a lot of extra money to take, and the disadvantage is that wherever there is oil and water, the situation is relatively complicated.
Complex situations require a certain amount of wisdom to solve problems, otherwise a mishandled situation will leave you with trouble.
If you offend a small person, you will lose your official position because of it.
Right now, Jia Zheng encountered quite tricky things, not just one, but two, and it was no wonder that he was depressed and dropped a few cups in a row.
These two things are like this, one is the repair of the city wall in the southern section of the imperial city, and the other is the repair of Ping'an Fang in the northern city district.
This cannot but be mentioned that the craftsman department under the Camp Qing Officials Division.
The repair project of the division was carried out by the craftsman.
There are a number of directors in this yamen, and the management is chaotic, there is no full-time work, and behind each director there is the shadow of Shangguan, such as Shangshu, Shilang, Langzhong, etc., who have all interfered in the camp renovation project.
There are even private equity craftsmen in the hands of some Shangguan, who are specially used to solicit projects.
These two tricky things were born in this context.
To repair the southern section of the imperial city, the funds were paid by the household department, which was quite sufficient, and it was fat, and the various directors in the craftsman department and the officials behind them rushed to ask for this project.
The essence of repairing Beicheng Ping'an Fang is to help some poor people build shacks, and the household department and the Shuntian government will each contribute a part of the funds, but the funds are not much, and the nature is relief, and if it is not done well, it is very likely to be impeached by the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory. Layer by layer, it is bound to be traced to the craftsman, such a thankless project naturally blames each other, and no one wants to do it.
Both of these things happen to be the specific responsibility of Jia Zheng. In other words, he is the main bearer of trouble.
In the past two days, the Shangguan who asked him to repair the southern section of the city wall of the imperial city has been several times, but he urged the project of repairing the Ping'an Fang in the north city several times, but no one in the craftsman department cared about it, but they all raised the difficulties.
In the past, Jia Zheng had not dealt with similar matters, but in the past few months, the Ministry of Industry has changed a group of officials one after another, and the water here is even more muddy, and even Jia Zheng can't figure out the situation for a while, who to show favor to, and who to put pressure on.
So, these two things get quite tricky, and it's just infuriating!
Jia Wei understood the general situation of the matter, and after a little groaning, he smiled. With these two things, he can provide a perfect solution to help his father solve this trouble.
After all, his time and space, with the rapid development of society, new things are constantly emerging, which has also promoted the comprehensive use of various administrative means, which is far more mature than this time and space, and he himself has dealt with much more complex problems than this.
He didn't delay much in Mrs. Wang's house, turned around and went to "Mengpo Zhai".
The study of "Mengpo Zhai" was not in the inner house, and Jia Wei was inconvenient to bring the two maids with Autumn Pattern and Blue Marks, so he asked them to wait in Mrs. Wang's courtyard and wait for him to come back.
As soon as he came out of the inner house, Li Gui and Mingyan, who were basking in the sun in the corridor, trotted over, and learned that he was going to Jia Zheng's study, so they hurriedly followed him and went together.
In the study, Jia Zheng was talking to his group of Qingke.
It was these two tricky things that were said, and the atmosphere was a little dull.
These Qingke didn't have any good ideas, they just blindly comforted, saying something about their health and not getting angry about it.
Jia Wei listened to a few words outside the house, then crossed the threshold and walked in.
Jia Zheng was angry and anxious today, and when he saw him come in, he didn't have a good voice, "Wei'er, what are you doing?" ”
"Father, the child has come to greet you. The child heard from his mother that his father was a little unhappy in his official duties, and the child was not talented, so he was willing to share his father's worries. ”
"Nonsense, you are young, what do you know, let alone official business! Your mother is really, this kind of thing is also said to you, you go out, go to study well, read well is serious! Jia Zheng almost made Jia Wei angry, pointed out the door, and let Jia Wei leave.
"Father, the child is not a casual talk, the child is serious." Jia Wei didn't pay attention to Jia Zheng's disapproving tone, and said unhurriedly, "The child has indeed come up with a solution, you might as well listen to it, if it is not appropriate, it will be fine, if there is still a little use, it can be regarded as the child has done his filial piety." ”
At this time, several Qingke stood up and smiled at Jia Zheng one after another, "Exactly, Dong Weng might as well listen to it, it's a filial piety of the world brother." ”
The Qing guest and the owner are all younger than the previous generation, so they call Jia Zheng Dong Weng and Jia Wei the world brother.
This is due to fashion, and it is not unique to the Jia family.
Jia Zheng saw that it was inconvenient to brush their faces, so he said to Jia Wei, "Okay, you can talk about it." If it's nonsense, I won't spare it! ”