Return to Ming Dynasty as Prince Chapter 13: Chief Master
Yang Ling sat in the signing room, staring at the pile of case files in front of him in a daze. He wanted to get to work right away, but it was like a layman facing a rotten fishing net piled as high as a person, with a lot of clues, and he didn't know where to start.
If you think about the work that the county grandfather is in charge of, it's not just what you see on TV sitting on the Qipin Zhengtang and shooting the gavel, but also the finance, taxation, transportation of a county, Law..., everything has to be decided by the county grandpa. In addition to the county prime minister and the master book, the county grandmaster also has a bunch of criminal masters, Qianliang masters, and Daobi masters. Now County Magistrate Min is a half-diaozi county grandfather. I threw it all to Yang Ling. Even an experienced Shaoxing master, I am afraid that I will be in a hurry for a while.
The sign room is composed of three bungalows like candied haws. Usually, the teachers and staff of the county grandfather read official documents and handle government affairs here. In front of the signing house is the Seven-Pin Main Hall where the county grandfather asks and decides the case, and behind is the residence of the county grandfather's family.
Since helping Ma Family solve the life lawsuit, County Magistrate Min has greatly appreciated him, and immediately invited him to serve as a teacher in the house. Yang Ling was worried that he had nothing to do, and he was also shameless to be supported by a little girl, and he readily agreed.
But because of Han Youniang's sad eyes, he had to make it clear to County Magistrate Min that being a master is just a stopgap measure. After the next year's big exam, he still has to go to the provincial city to take the rural exam. County Magistrate Min also agreed.
In fact, he knew his fate not long ago, and he usually asked people to know that even if he was admitted to the champion at that time, the best result was to stay in the capital and be a Hanlin editor. It would be great to be able to release a prefect immediately. There is no high official to do, and now it is just out of love for Han Youniang and a sense of responsibility for men. I want to leave her a family property as much as possible. I don’t want to participate in the rural examination at all. I just can’t stand the tenderness of a woman. Han Youniang is not old, but a pair. The faint look in his eyes was enough to make him change his mind, at least on the surface.
County Magistrate Min is a soldier, and all the cronies brought here are also soldiers. They have nothing to do with the governance of the county. The original County Deputy Huang in the county is like a clay sculpture wood sculpture all day long. When the monthly payment was paid, he could still be seen running with an empty pocket to collect rice and money, and he could hardly see this person.
Thanks to the Jimingyi's simple folk customs, it hasn’t been a big deal in more than two years, but seeing that the period of the performance test is approaching every three years, the court has to evaluate the performance of officials. Although County Magistrate Min is rough-minded, it is inevitable that it has to fight it Little abacus.
The imperial court exam, where did the political achievements come from? In fact, they are nothing more than two, one is to govern Qingming, the other is to pay taxes in a timely manner. The so-called Qingming governance, as long as there are no peasant riots, merchants' strikes, scholars' protests, and no major cases, then you can report the peaceful and prosperous times of not picking up things on the road and closing your home at night.
Jimingyi is stationed with two teams of officers and soldiers, plus the staff from the post office and county yamen. The strict management is especially better than the general third-class counties. No major incidents have happened in the past two years. But this tax payment is not the case. Because the local area is where many merchants gather and disperse, this merchant tax bank can be collected in time. However, the nearby residents are mostly in the mountains. They usually live in scattered and difficult to manage. In addition, Yamada Poverty Ji and Tanzi came to harass and plunder from time to time. The payment of the grain tax was quite unsatisfactory, and it was inevitably a weakness of County Magistrate Min during the exam.
County Magistrate Min has been an officer in a muddle-headed manner. It was also a trip to Fucheng a few days ago. After hearing about such things as Shangguan, I learned that there are many things about civil service evaluation. I am worried about how to show off my political achievements. Yang husband, he naturally entrusted him with an important task, hoping that he could help him achieve some decent results.
But the government operation methods of this era are really beyond the understanding of Yang Ling. Although the previous life of Yang Ling was the director of the insurance company, the management structure and system at that time, even without the director, the operation of the entire organization It won't be affected too much, and it's different now. He has to make decisions about almost big things and small things. Yang Ling was so troubled that he couldn't even understand the daily official documents and how to make a difference.
He straightened his body, punched his back and looked at the pile of files with a sad face. As the New Year's Eve was approaching, there was a batch of Western Region specialties purchased by Ouchi to be transported to the capital. The carts and mules and horses were not enough to use, request The county government resolved it.
The receiving office received an official letter from the Ministry of Defense. Recently, there has been a large army mobilization to pass Jimingyi at night. This night, the city gate will be opened, guards and officers and soldiers will guard the city gate, and it is necessary to make arrangements to prevent people from entering the city at night.
is approaching, the curfew has been lifted, and he is a criminal master, so he will naturally arrange for him to deal with matters related to public security and anti-theft.
Smoke news from Fenghuotai, fire news about materials that need to be replaced, the cattle of Doujia in the suburbs of the city are missing, the big fat pig that has been raised in Liujiaao Yijia in the west of the city for three years has been stolen, and several scumbags in Lijiaji I molested the little widow, the children of the Hao family, the head of the city in the north, played firecrackers and lighted the firewood stack of the He family. The He family came to the theory and injured the daughter-in-law of the Hao family. Ignite a fire...
What’s more terrible is that there are too many peasants who owe government taxes and taxes. Some have only been in arrears for one or two years, and some have been in arrears for as long as ten years.
At the beginning, Yang Ling also patted the table and asked Wang Squad Leader to take someone to catch Diao Minhong Mancang (full warehouse), who had the most arrears and the longest time, and wanted to kill him. Waiting to hear that Wang Squad Leader told him that he had used this method when he was appointed as the county grandfather. As a result, Hong Mancang (full warehouse)’s wife was forced to hang himself, and Hong Mancang (full warehouse) became half-crazy. After some literati found out about the matter, he was indignant. The matter went to the Ministry of Households, and the county official had to give up after the dismissal.
is still the main book, Wang Yangzheng saw this young colleague treat people kindly and earnestly, so he secretly told him that County Deputy Huang had been in the county for the longest years, and he had served two county princes. This old county eminent People who are very capable are regarded as the old fritters in officialdom, so you might as well ask him for help.
Yang Ling gritted her teeth after hearing this, bought ten catties of fat pork, and a pack of good tea came to ask for advice. Unexpectedly, County Deputy Huang was just teaching her grandson how to calligraphy. Hearing Yang Ling's intention, she just smiled and talked. Some of them didn't just refuse to help him, but the pork and tea leaves laughed honestly, making Yang Ling dumbfounded.
"Oh!" Thinking of this, Yang Ling sighed heavily, feeling a little distressed for the twenty-four dollars she had spent. The little girl at home occasionally bought some meat, and she pulled it into his bowl. Take a bite, if I knew that, it would be better to take the meat home and give it to the poor and cute little girl.
He brought up the pen and wrote the calculated results on the official document submitted to the Ministry of Households to declare the money and food needed for next year: "Jimingyi has a total of 79 officials, 158 postmen, and 260 guards in the city. , 45 long-term husbands, 82 stage horses, annual payment of 7647 taels of silver, and 52 shi for horses. Also: cracks in the Xichengmen battle platform need to be repaired. The total cost is 116 taels of silver."
picked up the official document post and blew the ink on it, and carefully placed it on the processed pile of official documents. As soon as the door curtain opened, a man in a green robe walked in. Several other officials in the room who were responsible for copying and sorting out documents hurriedly stood up and said, "Master Min".
Yang Ling looked up, and quickly got up to salute. The man was County Magistrate Min. He wore ordinary clothes. He waved his hand casually and yelled: "It's okay. It's common to see the sky. What kind of courtesy should you do? Seeing that the hour is not early, today is Let it go".
The few staff members were busy and started to pack their things individually. Master Min walked up to Yang Ling and saw that he had processed nearly half of the official documents. He couldn’t help but cocked his thumbs up and said: "Mr. The county got a headache when I saw these things. I didn't expect you to deal with half of it so quickly, hahaha...".
Yang Ling smiled bitterly, he did deal with it quickly, but most of them are inherited from the next. The really tricky things can’t be processed so quickly, not to mention those who are in arrears with taxes. For other types, those who maliciously default on debts, and those whose families are indeed poor, these statistical investigations will take a long time.
It’s just those cases where the cattle were lost and the fat pigs were stolen. You don’t need to send a few people to deal with the case. The investigation can take three days and five days as soon as possible. These are scattered things. It's not big, but you need time for each item, and you can't handle it quickly.
In the past, those who were officials who watched TV would make private visits at every turn and investigate the case. It seems to be pure nonsense. There are so many things to do in one day, so he can leave the government office to investigate the case in person. .
But these things are naturally inconvenient for him to complain to the county grandfather, so he has to repeatedly say: "Where and where, the lord has praised."
Looking at all those little staff members are gone, County Magistrate Min grinned and patted him on the shoulder and said: "I'm a rough man, I don't need to be a scholar with me. I don't need to be so angry when I'm not in court. By the way, Pack up and go with me as soon as possible. In order to thank you and me, Ma Yicheng invites us to have a drink and watch a show in Hongyan Tower."
Yang Ling could not help but hesitate after hearing this: "Huh? This...Is the adult one step ahead? I have to go home and tell my wife first, lest she worry about it at home."
County Magistrate Min laughed loudly, and punched his beard **** his shoulder~IndoMTL.com~ laughed and said: "Where are there so many long-winded, man, when I want to go home, I will go home naturally. When I went back, the woman stayed at home, telling her what to do? Walking around, the young and Qing was born with a fear."
County Magistrate Min couldn't help but tell him, pulling him out and leaving, Yang Ling had no choice but to follow him. County Magistrate Min wears casual clothes and does not sit in the sedan chair. In addition, the Jimingyi city is not big. There are only four miles between the north and south gates. The Hongyan Tower is next to the Jinguang Temple, and it is only a street away from the county government. I went in a sedan chair patiently.
Two people walked to the Hongyan Tower. Ma Yicheng, Ma Ang, and Ma Lian'er had already waited for a private seat on the first floor. This was originally a theater, but it was a private room, but it was just separated by a screen in a good location in the middle. Space is nothing.
What surprised Yang Ling was that County Deputy Huang was there, and they couldn’t help being polite to each other. Ma Ang has been in prison for more than ten days, and his irritable temper has reduced a lot. When he meets the savior Yang Ling, his expression is very affectionate, and he stepped forward to hold his arm and thanked him.
Yang Ling and Ma Ang are both young people, but the one is well-mannered, handsome, and the other is strong and burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. They are also quite congenial, but they are an odd number. Today, Ma Lian'er is just light application of powder, beautiful makeup, and a charming face of Yixiyiyi can hold back a lot when facing Yang Ling.
Yang Ling looks extraordinary. When I first met, Ma Lian'er loved him a little bit in his heart, but even if he knew that he had married his wife, to him, Ma Lian'er became a benefactor and a favorite friend of the opposite sex.
The status of is not much higher than that of a slave, not to mention that he is just a talent, even if he is the governor of a province, although Ma Lian'er is only the daughter of a low-level official family, there is absolutely no possibility of being a concubine, so the love has been stifled. In the bud.