Lu Chunqiu invited Fan Ning into the official office, Fan Ning was the first time to come to the official office, what surprised him a little was that the outside was very imposing, with high doors and double lions, long steps and high walls, but the inside was very shabby, after the shadow wall, there was actually a large mud yard behind, and a circle of low mud houses were built around, just like the township government compound in later generations.

The high wall encloses ten acres of land, and only this courtyard covers about three acres, and the rest is empty land.

Lu Chunqiu smiled bitterly and said: "This is the official office of Jingdong Road Shuai, when Taishi Zhang came to inspect last year, he also praised Zhao Qian for being thrifty, which is shabby!" ”

"How so?"

Fan Ning really couldn't believe it, the gate was built in such a grand style, but there was another extreme inside, is this still the dignified Jingdong Road pacification envoy office?

"No way, I met a more eccentric boss, he spent most of his time in the back barracks, there was a handsome tent over there, we went to the barracks to report everything, he moved here for three years, he only came five times in total, all of them accompanied others to inspect, and his own official room was never used."

Fan Ning pondered and asked, "What did the old marshal official in the city do?" ”

"At present, it is still empty, and there is a Taizu's memorial pavilion in the official office, which cannot be dismantled at will, otherwise it would have been razed to the ground for other purposes."

Fanning nodded, "Let's go to the main hall first!" ”

In the main hall, Fan Ning showed Lu Chunqiu the secret handwritten message given to him by the Son of Heaven, and it was clear that he was also the pacification envoy of Jingdong Road.

Lu Chunqiu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "According to the usual practice, it should have been the governor of the place where he was appointed to serve as the pacification envoy, and Fu Xianggong was appointed as the prefect of Yingtian and the pacification of Jingdong Road, and Lu Xianggong also held the same position. ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "It's hard to say this, let's leave him alone, tell me about the departmental pattern of the yamen." ”

"In fact, the pacification of the envoy and the setting of the Tianfu Ya are similar, the deputy position of the Ying Tianfu Ya is the general judge, we are the deputy envoy here, the following record of joining the army corresponds to the division of the record to join the army, there are judges and push officials, under the six Cao, soldiers, households, gong, law, warehouse, work, each Cao set up one person to join the army, engaged in four people.

There are also left and right inspectors, chief bookkeepers, horse supervisors, medical officers, tuntian, treasurers, secretaries and other officials, there are 22 officials above the ninth grade, 84 officials, a total of 106 people.

In addition, the civilian officials in the barracks in the nine localities also belong directly to us, and then there are people who are hired temporarily, and the various establishments are counted together, at least five or six hundred. ”

"Five or six hundred?" Fanning was a little taken aback.

"There is no way, there are eight people just to repair the cart, as well as more than 20 people who raise horses, more than 20 people in the warehouse, and craftsmen who are responsible for repairing military armor, repairing military camp craftsmen, etc., after all, we have to serve 30,000 soldiers, and six or seven hundred people are still a small number, but the imperial court only gives us a staff of one hundred and six people, and other methods can only recruit odd workers to solve it."

"And where do their expenses come from?"

"There are two main sources of expenditure, one is the income from the tuntian, and the other is the rental income, to appease the officials to have a lot of land in the cities of various states, and rent them out after building shops.

Fan Ning suddenly remembered that when he took office in the Zuo Yuan, he went to Yan'an Mansion to investigate, and encountered the matter of the tax office contracting to private individuals in Tongguan, which was actually a huge local organization, and he needed to find ways to make money to make up for the expenses.

His current Yingtianfu is not the same, with an establishment of eighty-seven people, but in fact there are two hundred and forty-four people, all of whom rely on official land and rental income to make up for the shortfall.

"Looks like you're earning a lot."

"The income is a lot, but the money has flowed to the barracks, and Zhao Qian has even cut off our winter and summer charcoal money, car materials, and housing materials, I don't know how much he hates us officials!"

Anyway, Zhao Qian has been arrested, and Lu Chunqiu is not too cautious in his speech, and there is obviously resentment in his tone.

At this time, the officials were almost there, and when they heard that Zhao Qian was arrested, everyone was immediately excited, and they rushed to the lobby to meet with the new pacification envoy.

Fanning can understand their resentment, like Lu Chunqiu's various subsidies cut, his income has dropped by at least 30%, which is undoubtedly a huge pressure on officials who need to support their families.

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "I remember that the pacification envoy has a large piece of land outside the northern city, at least three thousand acres, right?" ”

Lu Chunqiu nodded, "That's the old military camp, which has been abandoned for more than ten years. ”

Fanning smiled and said: "That land is close to the county seat, and it is surrounded by farmland, so it's a pity to be abandoned, so be it!" Ying Tianfu also has hundreds of acres of surplus vacant land in the city, and I will exchange it with you, and the vacant land outside the city can be reclaimed as official land, and shops can be built along the official road. ”

"But what are we going to do with the hundreds of acres in the city?"

It was Li Xing, who was recording the affairs of the army, and his voice trembled a little, not only him, but also Lu Chunqiu and other officials' eyes lit up, and their eyes carried an irrepressible longing.

Fan Ning got up and smiled at everyone: "I have always believed that only by living in peace can I be happy, so the first thing I did after taking office in Ying Tianfu was to solve the housing problem of the low-level officials.......

Before Fanning's words were finished, the hall suddenly cheered, applause was like thunder, Fanning smiled and waved his hand, and everyone quieted down for a while.

Fan Ning continued: "In addition, I have to announce two decisions, first, all the benefits that Zhao Qian cut for everyone will be restored in my hands; Second, we began to renovate the old office, and within a month, we moved back to the city. ”

The cheers resounded throughout the compound, everyone's faces were filled with excitement and laughter, the new official took office with three fires, punished his subordinates to stand up for power, and their boss was also the new official took office with three fires, and even before he took office, he began to seek three major benefits for his subordinates, such a boss is simply rare in a century!

........

Everything that happened in the barracks last night, Songcheng County knows nothing, the sky is not yet dawn, the front of the Zhang's grain shop on Songzhou Street is crowded with people from all over the city to buy rice, the chief steward Zhang Fu is really a little tired, three consecutive days of rice rush so that the shop guys and shopkeepers are in a kind of high-intensity excitement, although very tired, but still wake up on time before dawn.

Zhang Fu's father is the big housekeeper in Zhang Yaozuo's house, his original surname was Yu, he was born and changed his name to Zhang Fu, thanks to his father's connections and contributions, Zhang Fu was appointed at the age of 30 as the big shopkeeper of the grain shop and tea shop in Yingtianfu, and has been doing it for nearly ten years, ready to be transferred to the capital to serve as the big shopkeeper of the Zhang's grain shop in the capital.

As soon as Zhang Fu finished grooming and put on his headscarf, he heard a commotion outside, which seemed to be very emotional, he frowned, was it so noisy just after opening the door?

He turned back and asked, "Go and see if the army is coming?" ”

A tea boy rushed away, and for a moment, only to hear the sound of hurried footsteps, a front desk shopkeeper ran over, and said angrily: "The big steward, something happened!" ”

"Panic what!"

Zhang Fu glared at the shopkeeper, and then asked unhurriedly, "What's wrong?" ”

"The people from outside are coming.... They all came to return rice, saying that there was a problem with our food. ”

"What?"

Zhang Fu raised his eyebrows, he immediately thought that this must be a competitor playing ghosts, they couldn't protest a few days ago, so they came to play yin, hum! When Zhang's grain shop is so easy to pinch?

He immediately ordered: "Tell the front, all the grain sold will not be returned!" ”

"This ..... That's not good! ”

"What's not good, this is food, it's something to eat, don't just want to return it, what if there is poison in it? If you sell it again, who will be responsible for your life? ”

The front desk shopkeeper didn't dare to go down any further, so he had to say: "I'll go and order!" ”

He rushed to the shop in front, Zhang Fu only heard the front getting noisier and louder, and suddenly 'bang!' With a bang, a stone flew in from outside the window and hit the tea cup on the table, which shattered and flowed all over the table.

It is a fine tea cup of Ru porcelain kiln, no less than official kiln porcelain, it is his most beloved thing, usually carefully cared for, but it was smashed.

Zhang Fu felt a cramp in his heart, and then became furious, these bastards were simply too deceitful, he got up and rushed to the front counter in a rage.