The rice shortage in Caizhou came to an end, and the three new judges who had been vacant, Hu Cao joined the army, and the judicial army arrived one after another, Ye Zhizhou asked the court for a discount on money and grain, and while using the state government money, he bought rice and grain from nearby states and counties and put it into the warehouse, and now he is just waiting for the court to reply.

The weather is getting colder and colder, Lotte is now recommended to enter Taixue, just waiting for the beginning of next year to enter Taixue to study, and there is no business in the Yazhong recently, Lotte will come to Ye Zhizhou here to talk and chat, and it is also convenient to explore the situation of the imperial court.

Sitting idle on this day, Ye Zhizhou said to Lotte: "Now that you have the reputation of a student, with your character, as long as you have a little bit of experience, you can still be sure of the herdsmen in other days." ”

After a pause, Ye Zhizhou said again: "This dynasty is respected and humble, although the Imperial City Division is not visible outside the capital, but the reputation of the Beijing Division is very unbearable, you might as well resign from the Imperial City Envoy of the Seven Grades and concentrate on studying to gain fame, so as not to be affected by the notoriety of the Imperial City Division when you study in Taixue in the future, and let the Taicheng students alienate you." ”

Hearing Ye Zhizhou speak like this, Lotte couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, the income of the envoy of the Qipin Imperial City was the same as that of the magistrate of Chixian County, Jingshi, and he had an income of thirty yuan every month, as well as money and silk and clothes, so he was really reluctant to quit this errand.

But Lotte thought again, if it was really because of the reputation of the Imperial City Division, he would be studying in Taixue, and it would be a little more than worth the loss. After all, when you enter Taixue, you have the qualifications to be an official, and you can get rice and food when you study in Taixue.

Ye Zhizhou continued like a senior in officialdom promoting a junior: "In the future, if you have an official body, acting strangely is not a long-term solution, if you want to do it in officialdom for a long time, it is only right to find an older staff." ”

Hearing Ye Zhizhou reminding him of his resignation from the Imperial City Division, Lotte was just calculating the monthly income in his heart, and he didn't know how much he could really listen to.

Returning to his residence, Lotte thought about Ye Zhizhou's words repeatedly, thinking that what Ye Zhizhou said was not unreasonable, although the imperial city envoy was considerable, but for his own future, he still gritted his teeth and gave up, and said that he received benefits and bought some land during the peace of view, and this life was passable, so he wrote a letter of resignation, and ordered the ruler to take Liu Jinhua and pass it to the Beijing Division.

The three grain merchant owners of Wang, Chu and Shen arrived at home, raised their bodies at home for some time, and began to take turns to sit in the village and feast Lotte.

In the Caizhou Guancang corruption nest case, the three grain merchants were only passively operated, so there was a lot of room for freedom in sentencing, and the power depended on the subjective judgment of the chief official. It is also said that Lotte Yun did it properly, and the three secretly promised to help curb local grain prices after Ye Zhizhou came forward, and then help Ye Zhizhou buy grain from other places and put it into the warehouse.

Some people will ask why the three grain merchants of Wang, Chu, and Shen did not go to Huang Tongju, who was in charge of the affairs of the state government and also had the power to judge the three grain merchants.

The Caizhou Guancang corruption nest case was sentenced by Ye Zhizhou, as the in-laws of the three grain merchants of Wang, Chu and Shen, Weng Xuezheng, although he is only a scholar, but he is clear about the current situation in the state government, and now Ye Zhizhou is just killing those corrupt criminals in order to quell the rebellion, and he is just impeaching himself to those civil and military people in the court. If you go to Huang Tong for this matter, you will have a problem with your head.

On this day, the Shen family invited Lotte, after dusk, Lotte went to the banquet, went to the restaurant, and was walking to a private room, only to see that the door had not been closed tightly, Lotte only heard that someone was idle in the private room, and it happened that the words for the official came out of his mouth, Lotte couldn't help but stop and listen, and Lotte walked quietly, so the people in the room did not notice that someone outside the door was listening to themselves.

A person asked: "I am also an old man who has been working in the state government for more than ten years, and I have seen every move of Huang Tongju in office for six years in the local government, but Huang Tongju is a shrewd person, who knows how he is so confused this time." ”

"Where is Huang Tong's judgment confused, Huang Tong's judgment is a momentary confusion." Someone else said.

"Huang Tongju has been sentenced to three years in other places, and he has been sentenced to six years in Caizhou, and his term of office has expired according to the customary system of nine years, and he should be made up to serve as the governor of a lower state capital.

"You think it's simple, now there are too many redundant officials in the court, Huang Tongju is to stay up for nine years of qualifications, and may not be able to get to a Zhizhou immediately, I don't know how difficult it is to make up for an official in the Song Dynasty, when a county is in the Xining period, there is a person to be elected in the Ministry of Officials, one person is elected, one person is in office, and it takes six years to become a three-year official, if you want to find another term, I don't know how much energy it takes."

"Yes, I'm afraid it's more difficult to elect officials now than it was then."

"Knowing that you can't do it, but you can't do it, this Huang Tong judgment can not be defeated."

……

It turned out that in the private room, several officials of the state government were drinking and talking, and Lotte just smiled and wanted to come.

Someone else said: "Now there is a new judge, it is very strict, and I am afraid that the life of our little officials will not be very easy." ”

After the man's voice fell, someone sighed and said, "Is it so terrible for the new person to sign the judgment, but the really terrible person is a hundred times more terrible than him." ”

"You're talking about the ......"

"Who's not that?"

At this point, there was a quiet silence in the private room.

Lotte, who was about to move his steps away, stopped his steps again, and his eyes became curious.

"Happy ......"

At this moment, the head of the Shen family, who had been entertaining for a long time, waited for Lotte to arrive, so he came out to check, but saw Lotte standing in front of a private room and listening to something.

Lotte motioned to the head of the Shen family not to speak, and continued to listen to the narration of the people in the room.

At this time, I only heard the voice of an older man say: "The new official took office only three fires, and after the fierce head of these three fires, the new adult will lose his diligence and die down, but the one is silent, like a tiger lying in the dark, as long as he sees the timing and the fire, he will not hesitate to give a blow." ”

"Senior Qi is talking about the envoy of the Nale Imperial City?" Someone asked.

"Who is this person?" The old voice replied: "From the granary corruption case to the mutiny of the soldiers, and then to the food shortage a few days ago, all of them are full of the shadow of this person, although what this person does is a good thing for ordinary people, but it may not be a good thing for us and other errands, as long as someone has some hands and feet that are not very clean, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape this person's calculations." ”

"Then Huang Tong was sentenced to be an official in Caizhou for six years, and his hands can be clean?" Some people are not convinced.

"Huang Tong judged that he was not going to accept bribes from the people below, and Huang Tong sentenced his family to do more business, so he only needed to transfer the business in the government to his family, so why do he need to get those unclean black money." The old man said.

The young voice before said: "Senior Qi, the juniors are doing things in the signing hall, and now the signing is very strict, and I hope the seniors will point out a way." ”

"Qi has been an official in the state government for many years, and there are as many as 100 officials who come and go in the Caizhou office, and the new officials are nothing more than those old routines; One is said to be Liwei, just like a mother-in-law to a newly married daughter-in-law, she must set rules. In particular, these officials are all outsiders, and we are all local veterans, how can this new official not stand up to warn us, if we are negligent, we will not be caught by him for any small mistakes, or fined salaries, or beaten dozens of boards, in order to punish a precept, kill a hundred and make an example to me. The old official surnamed Qi laughed when he said this, and his eyes swept over the few people present: "Perhaps, someone in the signing hall will fall down in the next few days, and they will be beaten by the board." ”

After the old official surnamed Qi finished speaking, the elegant room fell into silence, only to hear a few drinking sounds from the elegant room, only to hear the old man surnamed Qi said again: "Liwei is just the first means, and the second means of this new official is called showing energy."

It is not enough to stand alone, the new official must show his ability, make a familiar with government affairs, shrewd and capable, and leave a profound impression of inscrutable and insight into everything, so that I and other officials know that this new boss is not a master who is easy to be deceived. ”

At this time, several officials in the house praised in unison: "The old man Qi is really observant, which makes us admire." ”

"The new officials in the state government are all in this kind of routine, and as long as they survive these routines, there will be nothing new." The old official surnamed Qi said, and then his voice was lowered again: "It's just that there is one type of person who is not in this case." ”

"Who?" All the officials asked in surprise.

The old official surnamed Qi said: "The peach blossom Langjun who is famous all over the world, the envoy of the Imperial City." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Lotte stood outside the private room, unable to know what expressions these officials had at the moment, but their expressions were definitely depressed. However, Lotte is also very depressed for the time being, since he entered the state government, he has not done anything to ordinary officials, why are these people afraid of themselves like tigers.

After a moment of silence, someone said: "This person is the master of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but it stands to reason that as a seventh-grade official of the Lehuang City, this Caizhou will not stay long." ”

"I heard that recently Lehuangcheng has recommended tribute to Taixue, and I can't stay in Caizhou for a few days." Someone said.

"The envoy of the Imperial City is gone, I don't know if there are any other figures in the Imperial City Division in the state ya, I will be careful in the future." And another clerk said.

When Lotte heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry, you little officials also think too highly of yourself, can you get into the eyes of the Imperial City Division.

The little official who spoke first asked again: "Senior Qi, how should I deal with the new signing of the judge?" ”

"We are naturally respectful, cautious and cautious, Pepsi is meticulous and must not be sloppy and negligent, restrain our words and deeds, and wait for other things to be in the limelight later." The official surnamed Qi replied, and said: "We are not at a loss, cowardly and afraid, but to retreat, avoid the enemy's edge, and wait for a long time, the new official is slack, and we don't need to be so careful." ”

The officials in the elegant room nodded yes.

"During the period of time when the new judge took office, in addition to standing up and showing his ability, it was not enough, but also to inspect his subordinates from time to time, saying that he could not appear in front of you at any time, to scare and scare me, and occasionally to find fault with you, and then to check our attitude, this is the usual means of officials, we only need to be cautious in words and deeds, when you are on an errand in the party, you must not talk nonsense behind the back of the officials, and it seems that the officials suddenly appear next to us."

Lotte chuckled, what a subtle classic argument. This set of tricks of new officials taking office, from ancient times to later generations, has been played for thousands of years, and has become a kind of inheritance of officialdom culture, and even a small unit-level cadre in later generations has mastered it perfectly.

Thinking of this, Lotte pushed the door of the private room.

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