On the twelfth day of the first month, Yan Zizhang and Lan Qiao Zheng rushed to Jiangning County, the difference is that Yan Zizhang did not bring his family, Lan Qiao Zheng and Mo Wenjuan came together.

With such a fast speed, Su Tiancheng was a little suspicious, from the eighth day of the first month to the twelfth day of the first month, in five days, the two of them were able to rush to Jiangning County, and there was only one situation, that is, after the two received the edict from the ministry, they set off directly and rushed to Jiangning County.

This time, there are some strange places, Yan Zizhang is the magistrate of Mengjin County, the chief official of the seventh product, came to Jiangning County, served as the county leader, and was still the seventh product, but became an adjutant, Lanqiao is the head of the palace, Shi Si Jishan, the rank of the eighth product, and came to Jiangning County to serve as the main officer, and he is still the eighth product.

If you look at it from an ordinary point of view, the two of them have undoubtedly been belittled, especially Yan Zizhang, who used to be the superintendent of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he was mixed around, and he actually became a county prince.

But the actual situation is far from the case, both of them came to Jiangning County to take office as soon as possible, which can explain some problems.

The residence has been prepared for a long time, Lu Tianming and Qu Qingze have already moved away, and the ready-made place, the official has packed up, and is waiting for the new county lord and lord Bo to move in.

The time to arrange the accommodation was very fast, Yan Zizhang and Lan Qiaozheng were also anxious to see Su Tiancheng, because it was in the county office, it was inconvenient for Mo Wenjuan to visit Su Tiancheng, so they stayed at the residence for the time being.

When the two came to the third hall of the county government, Su Jun was waiting at the door.

As soon as they entered the door, the two saw Su Tiancheng who was smiling and standing in the third hall waiting.

"Xiaguan Yan Zizhang greets your lord."

"Xiaguan Lanqiao is visiting your lordship."

"Lord Yan and Lord Lan have come from afar, hard work, I heard that Sister Mo has also come to Jiangning County, wait a while, I will pay a special visit, if it is life. If there's anything wrong with it, just say it. ”

After greeting each other for a while, both of them sat down.

"The two adults came to Jiangning County, and we are colleagues, so there are not so many polite words, about the matters that the two adults are in charge of. I have some consideration, today is the twelfth day of the first month, Jiangning County organized a large-scale Lantern Festival activities, the fourteenth day of the first month will be launched, the officials of the county government are busy preparing, and the focus now is probably on the preparation of the Lantern Festival activities. ”

Yan Zizhang and Lan Qiaozheng did not speak, and there was a slight difference in the expressions of the two. Yan Zizhang used to be the magistrate of Mengjin County, and he was familiar with the county government's criminal name and money and food matters, and felt that the focus of the county government was on the preparation of the Lantern Festival. In the Lantern Festival activities, there will definitely be a lot of literati students involved. It's just the right time to communicate with each other.

Noticing the expressions of the two, Su Tiancheng smiled and spoke again.

"The two adults may not be very clear that the activities of the Lantern Festival in Jiangning County are very important, and the county government took out 10,000 taels of silver. The gentry and merchants in the county took out 25,000 taels of silver, a total of 35,000 taels of silver, for the expenses of the Lantern Festival activities. ”

Yan Zizhang and Lan Qiaozheng's faces changed a little, and they took out so much silver in one go. This is definitely not a small action, but a celebration of the Lantern Festival, where does it take so much silver.

Mengjin County is a poor place, when Yan Zizhang was there to be a magistrate, he was always thinking about silver and food, not to mention more than 30,000 taels of silver, that is, 300 taels of silver, in his opinion, it was a lot of expenses, he also heard that Jiangning County was rich, but he didn't expect that it would be so rich that a random Lantern Festival activity cost 35,000 taels of silver, you must know that the annual tax in Mengjin County will not reach 35,000 taels.

Lanqiao is secretly happy, with so much silver, the event must be able to be organized very well, maybe there are many literati students come to Jiangning County, such a grand occasion can not be seen in Taiyuan Mansion.

"Two adults, if you want to say that we have crossed paths before, I am a person who does things with a strong purpose, since the county government has taken out so much silver, then there must be more gains, for example, the county government has taken out 10,000 taels of silver, plus 25,000 taels of silver taken out by the gentry and wealthy merchants, these 35,000 taels of silver have to be put in, at least 350,000 taels of silver, and even more silver, this is considered to have achieved the goal, otherwise, this celebration is an unsuccessful move."

"The county government has carried out large-scale publicity, and even to the area of Zhejiang, from the tenth day of the first month, there have been a lot of literati students rushed to Jiangning County, a lot of gentry and businessmen, also came here, it is estimated that by then, Jiangning County's restaurant inn, there will be no spare place, to Jiangning County to come to the literati students, to participate in the activities at the same time, but also to use silver, it is the Lantern Festival, who will be stingy, so to seize this opportunity, to promote Jiangning County, is also a great harvest."

Yan Zizhang already understood a little.

"Two adults, there are a few things, I want to say in the front, the first is that Jiangning County's last year and this year's Tian Fu have all been exempted, and the second thing, the Jiangning County officials' salaries are a little different from other places, Lord Yan and Lord Lan, the monthly regular silver, are four hundred taels, the canonical history is three hundred taels per month, the secretary is one hundred taels, the warden is eighty taels, the secretary is fifty taels, and the annual subsidy of the official is five hundred taels, which are all paid on a monthly basis and never in arrears."

"The main income of the county government in Jiangning County comes from the merchants and the city boss, and the income of last year was about 2.6 million taels of silver, and this year's income will see if it can reach 4 million taels of silver."

"As for the expenses, there are also a lot, the biggest expenditure, lies in the Jiangning camp, it is estimated that the annual expenditure of the Jiangning camp is more than 2 million taels of silver, and the rest of the big expenses, the Zhongxing Society needs 200,000 taels of silver every year, the county government needs 300,000 taels of silver to purchase grain, and the people who are poor or suffer disasters in Jiangning County need more than 100,000 taels of silver, and the annual expenditure on ditch maintenance needs 100,000 taels of silver, and more than 100,000 taels of silver are handed over to the imperial court. 300,000 taels of silver are needed, and in this way, the balance of silver taels is not much. ”

Yan Zizhang's face turned pale when he heard this, he never dreamed that Jiangning County was rich to such an extent, just talk about these expenses, and often say more than 100,000 taels of silver, not to mention Mengjin County, just say that the household department of the imperial court, when using silver, I am afraid that it is not so bold.

"Okay, what I said is the basic situation of Jiangning County, the two adults, slowly get acquainted, the things you are in charge of, I have carefully considered, from now on, the daily affairs of Jiangning County, including criminal names, money and food, etc., please Lord Yan is specifically responsible, Lord Lan is mainly responsible for the affairs of the Zhongxing Society, including some documents within the county government."

"Lord Zheng Keyou, the governor of Tianfu, also went to Jiangning County and served as the county magistrate, he assisted Lord Yan and managed the overall affairs of the county government.

"Liu Zhongji is going to participate in this year's township examination, so there won't be a lot of time, the main thing is to ask Lord Lan to be responsible, especially the affairs of the Zhongxing Society, Lord Sun Chengzong, Lord Lu Shanji, Lord Huang Daozhou, are all the theoretical leaders of the Zhongxing Society, and Lord Liu Zongzhou, I am afraid that he will come to Jiangning County in the near future, and Lord Lan will ask them for more advice."

"As for Lord Yan, you are actually in charge of all the affairs of the Jiangning County Ya, you have to rely more on the officials below, my focus is on the top of the Jiangning Battalion, and I may not ask about the general affairs of the county government."

"That's all there is to say, do you have any questions?"

After a long while, Yan Zizhang spoke.

"My lord, Xia Guan has just arrived in Jiangning County, I am not familiar with many situations, I heard the introduction of my lord, I feel extremely panicked, the situation in Jiangning County is so good, Xia Guan is worried, if it is not done well, there is something wrong, and I will live up to the expectations of the imperial court, and I am sorry for the people of Jiangning County."

"Lord Yan can have such a cautious heart, he will definitely be able to do a good job in Jiangning County, you don't have too much to worry about, the county government has a fixed system, all the officials are dedicated, if you have any questions, you can come to me directly, but many of your ideas, there may be a change of overshoot, we used to work together in Henan for disaster relief, at that time, there were some exchanges, I believe that Lord Yan accepted these concepts, it is not a difficult thing."

Qu Qingze's attitude was different.

Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou are all famous figures, Liu Zongzhou is known as a great Confucian, and he can learn a lot from communicating with these people.

"Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will definitely learn more from Lord Sun, Lord Lu, Lord Huang and Lord Liu, and do their best to handle some matters, if there is anything I don't understand, I want my lord to ask for advice."

Half an hour later, Zheng Keyou, Liu Zhongji, Su Pingyang, as well as the officials and wardens of the sixth room and the grain room, all came to the three halls, and after everyone met and greeted, Su Tiancheng presided over the meeting again and talked about the responsibilities of Yan Zizhang and Lan Qiaozheng.

In this process, Su Tiancheng discovered that Zheng Keyou's eyes flickered a little, maybe he didn't expect that they were all county officials, but Yan Zizhang was responsible for the overall work, but he was assisting Yan Zizhang.

Of course, Yan Zizhang's qualifications are incomparable to him, he used to be the superintendent of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and later he was sent to Mengjin County to serve as the magistrate, and this time he came to Jiangning County, and his intention was also obvious.

Seeing Zheng Keyou's expression, Su Tiancheng had nothing to worry about, in his heart, he had already made up his mind that it was impossible for Zheng Keyou to stay in Jiangning County for a long time.

(It's been 40 days since it was put on the shelves, thank you for your great support, the new month is coming, I must work harder, thank you readers.) (To be continued.) )