Li You found out an old affair of the government from the mouth of Hong Xun. The year before last, Wang Tongzhi once did something very surnamed, he reported all the officials in the government except him in one go, from the prefect to the general judgment, the promotion of officials, experience, and Zhaomo.

It turned out that the government city was full of teeth, so the government wanted to expand the city wall. In the construction, the prefect is a fair person, there is no exclusive advantage of greed and domineering, and the people in the government have more or less earned some oil and water, which can be called rain and dew. At that time, Wang Tongzhi was not without the opportunity to make extra money, but he resolutely reported and exposed the officials of the government for accepting bribes, embezzlement and envy (a kind of envy of surplus money) and other bad crimes.

Li You was speechless to Wang Laotong after hearing this, is he having a brain cramp? In these years, it is simply a rule for the people of the government to make some oil and water in the project, from the construction of the imperial palace to the construction of local city walls and rivers. As long as the quality is passed and can be completed on time, the superiors will not be serious for a few taels of silver.

Therefore, it is not surprising that it has become a practice to ignore the project and make extra money. Didn't Li You himself receive a few hundred taels of kickbacks in the construction of the Xujiang Stone Pond, and even Chen Zhixian, who can be called a decent man and a gentleman, did not refuse this silver. I really don't know what kind of mentality Wang Lao Tongzhi had to report this matter at that time, and he was so crazy that he served all his colleagues in one pot.

In Li You's eyes, this is not so much a report as performance art, he has been in officialdom for decades, and now he is sixty years old, how can he do such a childish and ridiculous thing? Even if Wang Laotong wants to be a pioneer of clean government and take the route of Hairui Haiqingtian, it should not be such a brainless and strategic. In other words, this is not the way to engage in political struggle, and I really don't know where his decades of experience as an old man have gone.

Hong Xunzhu didn't know why Wang Tongzhi did something that normal people would not do, but he truthfully stated the facts to Li You.

Li You thought about it, and he couldn't figure it out at this time, so he could only think that Wang Tongzhi was Alzheimer's.

"A fellow intellectual, because of trivial matters, all colleagues have been reported, although it is stupid, but the officials also have to go through the motions to investigate. The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate sent an old man from the imperial history, and at that time, all the old men in the palace did not expect that there would be a report, and they were unprepared, and finally Master Zhang came forward to wipe this matter away. Hong Patrol continued: "According to the old practice of the ink corruption case, Mr. Zhang was chased for the stolen goods, took out the atonement money, and spit out an unknown amount of silver before closing the case. However, he still left a case record, so he said that Master Zhang especially hated Wang Tongzhi. ”

Li You smiled bitterly, he knew that Wang Tongzhi was very strange, but he didn't expect it to be so strange. And after he drank a cup of tea in the Tongzhi Hall, he inexplicably became a relative and friend of Wang Tongzhi, the enemy of the government, no wonder Master Zhang was very cold and bored with him, it was really an expensive cup of tea... Ask from the heart, everyone in the government does not reject Wang Lao Tongzhi, it is simply intolerable, and the prefect's suppression of him is indeed very happy. If it weren't for Wang Laotong's knowledge that he had the aura of the imperial court official, the prefect would not have been able to move his position, otherwise he would not have known what he would have been rectified into.

Insert a few words here, theoretically, all officials in this dynasty are directly appointed by the imperial court, so they are called imperial court officials. Not to mention the prefect, even a feudal official like the governor cannot directly appoint even a small nine-rank official, and all official positions (military attachés are not counted) must go through the process of selection and promotion from the official department. It is a special case that the various prefectures have to be transferred and transferred on their own during this inspection and reassignment, and it belongs to the kind of situation in which the Ministry of Officials is not an example after being authorized during an extraordinary period.

Therefore, no matter how disgusted the prefect is, he can't directly move the official position of Wang Tongzhi. The five-grade civil officials who have violated the law must go to the court to act, but Wang Lao Tongzhi doesn't care about now, and he doesn't do any work, and he really can't find his guilt to deal with in the past. The prefect can only suppress the persecution from the side for a while, or hack him a few words during the assessment. For example, two months ago, he arranged for Wang Tongzhi to go to Xujiang to ask for silver to make things difficult for him, but the ghost actually sent the money to him.

In fact, the current Li You also has the aura of an official of the imperial court, although he is a sesame seed in a sesame seed, and he has a miscellaneous job, but it is very troublesome to get rid of him.

In the end, Hong Xunzhu concluded: "Lord Li, you and Wang Tongzhi are chatting and laughing in front of everyone, and have a close relationship, this transfer is destined to have no good results, and no one can help you." Frankly speaking, I may have little contact with you in the future, and I ask Master Li to forgive me for my troubles. ”

Inspector Li thought about it again and decided not to look for Zhao Liangli. At this time, it is too short-sighted to find Zhao Daguan, in the eyes of Zhao Liangli, maintaining the image of a celebrity and a talented man is a long-term solution, who has ever seen a merry and famous man babbling for a way out of a nine-grade miscellaneous official position? Do you want to use good steel on the blade, anyway, there is an official to do it at this time.

With a long sigh, Li You greeted the sunset and sighed, he came to the wrong place today, and then left Fucheng lonely.

Li You's new official position came sooner than expected.

In the past two days, Inspector Li knew that his departure had been decided, and he was too lazy to go to the inspection department. Today, I went to the county office to hang out, and casually entered Master Huang's public house, and talked with Mr. Huang all over the world. Just then, his appointing papers arrived.

Li You pinched the paperwork and looked at it and was stunned.

"What official position?" Master Huang asked curiously.

"The Governor of the Shojiu Pin's Government Office Experience Division..."

Master Huang was surprised: "Isn't it actually moving to another inspection department?" ”

Li You sighed.

"What do you have to sigh about?" Master Huang didn't understand Li You very much, "Don't always look at the majesty of the Inspection Division among the villagers, it's all a small road that is not on the table." This experience is the center of the yamen, in charge of the government order official documents in and out, you go there to be a governor, maybe the old man will rely on you to take care of you in the future. Here, the old man congratulates Governor Li first. ”

Li You said helplessly: "I haven't finished reading it yet, and the next sentence is, the same knowledge hall is divided." ”

Rao is Master Huang, who has seen a wide range of knowledge, but also a little confused. It is said that in the official system of this dynasty, there are many dispatches where the official is in charge, such as the left political participation in the division of a certain road, the deputy envoy of the inspection of a certain road, and the same knowledge of a certain place, all of which belong to the officialdom system and can be regarded as a formal official position.

But the term "separation" is more free and casual, that is, the official of the yamen is designated according to the situation, but it is generally designated to be assigned to a certain official business, and I have never heard that the nine miscellaneous officials in the government are still qualified to divide anything. The official position of the Governor of the Department of Governorship and the Governor's Office is really... It's humorous.,Is it responsible for cleaning up the Tongzhi Hall? Wang Lao Tongzhi is like that, what official documents need to be specially assigned to sort out?

"I heard that Wang Tongzhi is very useless in the palace, why were you sent to him? Have you offended someone? Master Huang didn't understand this.

"It's hard to put into words! After drinking a cup of tea, it became like this. Li You sighed, he sighed a lot recently, it seems that his main job in the future is to drink tea with Wang Laotongzhi.

Mr. Huang comforted: "When you arrive in Fucheng, the world is vast, and you have a lot to do with your talent." ”

The news that Li You was going to become an official in the government spread out, and people from all walks of life congratulated Li You and showed goodwill. In the eyes of ordinary people, Master Li has stepped from the county inspection to the Suzhou Government Office. Some people also think that Li You might as well be at ease as a patrol inspector in a small place, there are so many bosses in the government, and there are high-ranking officials and nobles everywhere in Suzhou Mansion, and I don't know how many people's faces to see when he is a little governor.

People who hold these two views don't know the truth, and Li You is embarrassed to say that he is idle, otherwise where will he put his face. had to force a smile and deal with it hypocritically, which can be described as a swollen face and a fat man.

It is necessary to introduce the composition of the government office here, so that the officials can understand the working environment of Li Youxin.

The officials and officials in the government office can be divided into five levels in terms of status, arranged in a pyramid shape. The first level is the official prefect of Zhengyin, and there is only one. The second level is the second official Tongzhi, Tongju, and Judge, of which Tongzhi and Tongju assist the prefect in handling various official affairs, and the magistrate is specially responsible for criminal and prison cases, and each has his own exclusive judgment hall. The third level is the officials of the internal institutions, the experience department, the Zhaomo office, and the prison department, which are commonly known as miscellaneous officials, ranging from the eighth rank to the ninth grade, and Li You is at this level. The fourth rank is the rated registered officials of the third class and six rooms, such as Hong Patrol Hunting. The fifth rank is the doorman, the sedan chair driver, the white servant, and so on.

Is this division of status levels familiar to the officials, as if they have seen it somewhere? I have to say that traditional culture is traditional culture, and its vitality is very tenacious, even in the 21st century, this division is the same in the yamen, but it has changed some names. First leaders, deputies, civil servants, public institutions, temporary workers

In addition, there are four internal institutions in the government office, in addition to the experience department mentioned earlier, the shoma office, the prison department and the government hall. The Department of Experience is in charge of the correspondence between official documents and has official positions such as experience and governor; The office is responsible for verifying the status of official documents, checking and filling gaps, and has official positions such as lighting and grinding, verification, etc.; The prison supervisor is in charge of prisons, and there is an official position of prison director.

As for the mansion, there is no official position, and there are six rooms for officials, households, soldiers, and criminal workers. The officials are all here, and they handle all kinds of official affairs and work for the officials and lords, and their offices are located in the roll shed corridor outside the hall of the government office. I won't go into detail about what other government treasury and government warehouses are in the government office.

Li You sighed 10,000 more breaths, and he still had to go to the government after all. He planned to leave his wife and concubine in Xujiang County for the time being. It's not that Li You wants to sink into the world of flowers in Gusu City and think that his wives and concubines are in the way, but because he must be sitting on a cold bench when he goes to the mansion, so he doesn't want his wives and concubines to see his husband's gray appearance in the mansion, and he can't afford to lose that face in front of his family.

(To be continued)