But in the end, the results came out.

Then a charter was quickly presented to the emperor.

Zhu Di watched the music, and he had to be surprised by the level of these Ming elite jinshi who were fishing in troubled waters.

After careful consideration, Zhu Di criticized the red, and then ordered someone to make an invention.

A letter of grace quickly left the palace, and then rushed to the Taiping Mansion.

The Taiping Mansion is still calm, and it seems to be a new day for this Taiping Mansion.

In the new day, from the prefectural government to the prefectural government, every day is as usual, and there are too many things to take care of.

With the revitalization of all industries, the functions of the government have also changed.

In the past, in a county, the imperial court only needed to appoint a few officials, and these officials appointed some civil servants and military officials on their own, barely maintaining law and order, and collecting grain, and it was done.

But nowadays, from investment promotion, to large and small disputes and lawsuits, as well as repairing bridges and roads, and then statistics, academic politics, civil affairs, etc., all need to be taken care of.

The structure of society has become very complicated, so complicated that ordinary scribes, if they take sick leave for three months and go back to duty, they find that some places are no longer understood.

Today, the genius is bright, Zhou Hu got up, and then ate a bowl of gruel with pickles, and the two sons were already carrying the schoolbag slowly, and then they were going to the school.

Zhou Hu scolded them: "I know that I am lazy, and I don't work hard to study, and next time Mr. comes to sue again, I will pick your skin." ”

The two children drooped their heads, but their steps quickened, and they ran away in a puff of smoke.

The woman was on the side, prepared a noon food box for Zhou Hu, and said, "Don't scold a few words, they are still young." ”

"What's the little one?" Zhou Hu's face was gloomy: "When I was so old as him, I was still barefoot, herding cattle in the field, and before dawn, I had to cut pigweed, where can I study!" If it weren't for the fact that he relied on some strength to work in the docks, and went to the literacy center at night to learn some skills in reading and writing, he worked during the day and practiced calligraphy at night, so he stayed up like this for two years before he passed the official examination. Look at them again, what they look like! ”

The woman was not quiet.

Zhou Hu is now a first-class official in Qixia, but he was born as a tenant farmer, and he is the most memorable of the hardships of the past, so he is the most unaccustomed to his two sons, who clearly have a huge improvement in their lives, but they are unwilling to work hard.

As soon as he thought of this, he was angry, and his state of mind was not even understandable by ordinary rich families.

Rich families have been rich for generations, and they may not have relied on reading and writing to have today, they grew up in the honey pot when they were young, so they can always be tolerant of their children, and feel that even if they can't study, it is only because the children are so natural, frank, and it will be good when they grow up.

But Zhou Hu knows that it is not easy to study, and his 'success' comes from the path of knowledge, so he is particularly harsh on his two sons.

The woman still couldn't help but persuade: "The two children have not done bad in the school, but they are only naughty occasionally, why do you need to scold them like this?" ”

Zhou Hu said: "You are a woman, how do you know things!" Now there are no fewer people than before, and if you can read and write, you will have more opportunities than others. But now that the Taiping Mansion is up and down, are there fewer people reading? According to the statistics of the government office, more than sixty percent of school-age teenagers and children are enrolled in school, and everyone is studying, if they can't work harder than others and learn more skills than others, they will have to suffer in the future. ”

Saying that, Zhou Hu stood up and continued: "Fortunately, Lai is in Taiping Mansion, and if it is somewhere else, I really don't know what they will do." By the way, I came back late at night, and today I may be in the Tongzhi Hall, and I will select a few scribes to go to Wuhu County for business, and in the end, this errand will most likely fall on my head, and I don't have to keep food. ”

The woman complained, "Why are you always ......?"

Zhou Hu smiled and said: "This can't be done, there are many complicated things now, and the manpower is this, which is insufficient." After this year's summer grain collection, the next step is to draw up a budget, and each county has reported the amount of money and grain to be built and spent at the end of the year and the next year, and the government needs to check them one by one. ”

Saying that, Zhou Hu said with some feelings: "Hey, what is this little thing?" It's really hard when I first work. But no matter how bitter it is, it is not as comfortable as before I first came to Qixia, which is much more comfortable than being a tenant farmer. Now the palace is saying that the king of Wuhu County has made a military order to His Majesty, and the sea trade of our Taiping Mansion will open up the situation, outside the Taiping Mansion, there are many people who are angry with His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County, and have always wanted to see His Royal Highness......'s jokes.

The woman pouted disapprovingly and said, "You are a scribe, but you worry about the affairs of big people. ”

Zhou Hu didn't want to deal with the woman, but he couldn't help it, but he said angrily: "This is different, not to mention that we can have today, because of the favor of His Royal Highness the King of the County." Even if you say it in a small way, if the king of Wuhu County is really going to be rectified by those people, what good can we get? Don't forget, our family, who was a tenant farmer at the beginning, was able to study, and was able to settle down here, all pointing to His Royal Highness the King of the County and the New Deal. ”

Saying that, he snorted coldly and said, "Hmph...... I'm going to point to our two children in the future! If you are successful in studying, go to the official academy, and if you can enter Jinyiwei, it would be better, and take all those guys who are in the autumn of Piriyang. ”

With that, he had walked out, ready to go to duty.

The woman followed him and sent him out, saying, "His Royal Highness the King of the County has his own skills, and it is not for us to worry about the people. ”

Zhou Hu only nodded: "But I'm still worried." Hey, I'm not going to tell you. ”

After that, he set off to the government.

On the side of the government, before Zhou Hu entered the duty room, he listened to the crowd inside, so it was not lively.

Someone shouted, "There is a will, there is a will." ”

When Zhou Hu heard the edict, he was still a little dazed at first, because there was no such clue in the previous newspaper.

When he entered the Tongzhi Hall where he was, he saw his colleagues here, all of them beaming with joy and boiling.

Someone pulled Zhou Hu and said excitedly: "The decree is here, His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County has received the decree and sealed the book of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs." Our Fu Yin, leading the prince and the prince, and the prince and the young master of the same knowledge, the county and county orders, and also adding the post of attendant and revision, all the scribes, add one class, and each of them will be promoted by one level! In addition, in the prefectures and counties, there is a sea administration yamen and officials. ”

Ministry of Maritime Affairs...... It's something unheard of.

However, as a first-class official, Zhou Hu can probably smell a different taste from the words 'ministry' and 'Shangshu'.

As for the ranks, they are actually used to increase the rank of the incumbent officials.

For example, Fu Yin, which was originally the second product, is now added to the prince and the prince, which is from the first product. As for the county decrees of each county, they were originally mostly six products, but with the addition of revisions and lectures, they became six products or five products.

Of course, the rank of Hanlin official is indeed unusual, and for ordinary magistrates, it is simply like green smoke from the ancestral tomb.

Be an official and be a Hanlin official.

Even the scribes are all added by one level, which means that the salary and treatment have been greatly improved.

Of course, if all prefectures and counties add new yamen, it means that there will be more vacancies in the future.

Let's just say that like Zhou Hu, he is a first-class official, and now he has increased by one level, which means that he is at the level of a secretary, if he can go further, he may even directly serve as the county's priest, chief bookkeeper, and captain, or enter a certain yamen under the county and serve as the chief official.

Zhou Hu's current treatment as a first-class official is actually according to the official position of the Ming Dynasty from the eighth grade, and now it is the eighth grade, and the next ...... may be the eighth classic, about to enter the door of the seventh grade.

This surprise came too suddenly, and Zhou Hu felt his body fluttering.

He couldn't help but say, "Ministry of Maritime Affairs, what does this mean?" Why did the imperial court do this? ”

He didn't ask himself a question about the next level, which was a welcome thing to celebrate, and he was sure to go home with a nice drink to celebrate.

But at this time, he was more concerned about the situation of the king of Wuhu.

He knew better than anyone else the relationship between them and the king of Wuhu. The king of Wuhu is skin, they are Mao, and everything they struggle for is closely related to the king of Wuhu.

The so-called skin does not exist, and the hair will be attached, this truth, he understands.

"I heard...... It is the meaning of presiding over the maritime affairs of the world, from the former six departments of the imperial court, to seven, and now the government Yin and the county orders of each county have gone to the palace, on the one hand, it is to celebrate, on the other hand, it is also to negotiate the establishment of the sea administration yamen in this prefecture and county. ”

Someone lowered his voice: "The maritime affairs yamen is very important, the imperial court opened its mouth this time, I heard that it is in charge of the future sailors, maritime affairs and maritime trade, and now this maritime affairs is our top priority, this time in the maritime affairs under the Ministry of maritime affairs, the responsibilities are not small, if there is no accident, the officials who need to be transferred alone may have more than 1,000 people in the prefecture and county, Brother Zhou, you have a lot of qualifications, this time...... It is very likely that he will be transferred from the secretary to the seventh rank adjutant of the sea administration. ”

Zhou Hu only felt dizzy, there was too much good news, one after another, which made him unable to accept it for a while.

However, when he heard the other party say that he might still be useful, he behaved extremely cautiously, hurriedly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said: "Don't dare, whether it is ability or qualifications, Zhou is really far behind." ”

In the entire mansion, everyone was busy with official business, but at this time, everyone didn't have much to think about.

Until someone came to the Tongzhi Hall and said in a low voice: "Fu Yin and Tongzhi, as well as Zhaoma, have returned from the county king's mansion." Oops, all of them are red-faced. Oh, and when they got back to the government, they started meeting again, but they didn't know what to discuss. ”

Some people privately speculated: "It must be to discuss the candidates for the Haizheng Yamen, and I heard from the people of the Officials Selection Division and the Terruma Office that they have begun to work on the examination of the civil servants." ”

After hearing this, everyone's hearts became more and more excited.

Zhou Hu only had a mess of thoughts in his heart.

He thought that the Ministry of Maritime Affairs must have decided on the maritime trade policy, and the imperial court would make it a more national policy.

The maritime policy is closely related to the New Deal, which means that the foundation of the New Deal is more solid.

As for the Maritime Administration...... There must be a maritime administration department in the government, and there must be a maritime administration office in the county, but as for the candidates, I don't know how to choose.

He works in the Tongzhi Hall, and what he does has nothing to do with maritime trade, although some people say that he has a lot of qualifications and may have opportunities, but if you think about it carefully, the selected scribe should not be in the Tongzhi Hall.

When I thought about it, I smiled bitterly.

He has been promoted to a higher rank, and now he is treated as a priest, so what is there not to be satisfied with?

At that moment, he put away that impetuous heart.

It was getting late, and the lights were turned on in all the halls, because maybe the guilds in the government let everyone go to lecture, so everyone didn't dare to leave.

After a few more teas, someone came and said to Zhou Hu: "Secretary Zhou, Tongzhi invites you to go to the public house." ”

When Zhou Hu heard this, he was shocked.

On weekdays, he had some contact with Tongzhi, but there was no case where he was specifically looking for him.

So at this time, Zhou Hu nodded, and then came to the Tongzhi duty room with a little apprehension.

After the report, when I walked into it, I saw that Liu Tongzhi was writing something on the case at this time, and the official in charge of Tongzhi affairs was waiting with a few documents.

Zhou Hu retracted his gaze and saluted, "I've seen Gong Liu." ”

Liu Tongzhi shook his head, raised his head, and glanced at Zhou Hu: "The matter is already known, right?" ”

Zhou Hu tried his best to put on a calm appearance and said, "I don't know what Gong Liu said? ”

Liu Tong knew: "Now there is a shortage of people in the maritime affairs office, and a large number of officials must be transferred to the maritime affairs office, not only the maritime affairs department of the imperial court, but also the maritime affairs department in the government, as well as the maritime affairs offices of various counties...... The relationship between maritime affairs and politics was very important, so these personnel were drawn from the officials of the original prefectures and counties and various departments and bureaus, and then new civil servants and military officials were recruited to supplement the original yamen. ”

Zhou Hu was thinking in his heart, could it be that he also planned to let me transfer to the Yamen of the Sea Administration this time?

He had some expectations in his heart, but he didn't say much, just waiting for Liu Tongzhi's next words.

Liu Tongzhi smiled and said: "You are an old official, the old man has also seen the situation about you from the Election Officials Division and the Zhaomo Institute, and he has been in office for seven years, and he has recorded two merits, huh...... Count it up, you are the backbone of the Tongzhi Hall. ”

Zhou Hu said modestly: "Students don't dare to be. ”

Liu Tongzhi smiled again: "The old man is reluctant to transfer you to the maritime government, in the past few years, you have been in charge of non-maritime trade matters, and you don't know anything about it, and it is also a condescending talent to go." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Hu, who was originally full of expectations, suddenly felt half cold.

In this way, he still stayed, and if he went to the Haizheng Yamen, he would have a chance to be promoted.

Although he had been prepared, when he really learned the result, he was still a little disappointed.

So he tried his best to pretend not to care, and smiled reluctantly: "The student is really used to doing errands in the Tongzhi Hall, and he really doesn't understand the affairs of maritime affairs." Since everything is subject to Liu Gong's arrangement, he is willing to continue to serve in the Tongzhi Hall. ”

Liu Tongzhi laughed, he put the pen on the pen stand, and then said: "The old man wants to keep you in the Tongzhi Hall, but ...... I don't teach you to go to the sea government, but it doesn't mean ...... Don't call you anywhere else. ”

"This time, when Tu County is the chief bookkeeper, he is most likely to enter the mansion's maritime affairs department and Ren Si's fellow secretary, this person, you know, right?"

When Zhou Hu heard this, he cautiously pointed to the beam of the room: "The master book that Liu Gong said is not the ...... His Royal Highness."

Liu Gong smiled and said: "It's good that you know, you don't have to say it too clearly, he was transferred to the Maritime Affairs Department, and the head of Tu County was vacant." You also know that there are too many vacancies now, and so many people need to be mobilized to be in charge of maritime affairs, and there is a shortage of people in the government and the county. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The old man has checked your situation, you are a safe person, and I plan to recommend you to Dangtu County to serve as the chief bookkeeper, what do you think?" The old man has to say that it is good, when Tu County is not necessarily more lively than Qixia, if you go, you may have to stay in Qixia if you are young, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of your wife. ”

When Zhou Hu heard this, he only felt that his brain was buzzing.

When Tu County Master Book!

You must know that the main book of a county, at least in Taiping Mansion, is from the seventh grade.

The most important thing is that this is the largest official in a county, except for the magistrate and the county.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is half a prince.

And Zhou Hu was actually just a first-class official an hour ago, but in the blink of an eye, he turned into the master bookkeeper.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, outside the Taiping Mansion, even if you want to serve as the chief bookkeeper, at worst, you need to have a reputation for raising people.

But who is Zhou Hu?

He grew up barefoot, herding cattle and collecting pigweed, and later worked in the docks as a lowly servant.

It can be said that in all dynasties and dynasties, at any time, it is impossible for a person like him to be the chief bookkeeper, let alone to be the main bookkeeper, even if he sees the master bookkeeper, it is absolutely impossible.

Seeing that Zhou Hu was stunned in place, Liu Tongzhi only looked at him with a smile, and did not rush to urge him to reply.

In fact...... Liu Tongzhi didn't know Zhou Hu's mood? Wasn't this acquaintance of him something that he couldn't have dreamed of in the past?

After a long while, seeing that Zhou Hu was still stunned, it seemed that he didn't know when he would return to his soul.

Liu Tongzhi said: "What, don't you speak?" ”

These words seemed to pull Zhou Hu back to reality all of a sudden.

"Student...... The student ......" Zhou Hu came back to his senses, and just wanted to say something, but he suddenly choked, his eyes were red, and he choked back tears.

Liu Tongzhi didn't show a little disgust, but said softly: "Okay, okay, pay attention to official etiquette." ”

Zhou Hu also felt that he was too rude, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." ”

Zhou Hu took a deep breath, and finally slowly calmed down, before he arched his hand and said, "Xia Guan really doesn't know how to be grateful." ”

Liu Tongzhi said with a smile: "If you want to thank him, just thank His Royal Highness the King of the County, I am waiting for such a person, who can I thank today?" ”

Zhou Hu's body trembled, and he said sincerely: "Yes." The lower officials must do their best to serve in order to live up to His Royal Highness the King of the County. ”

(End of chapter)