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Chapter 1: It's Not Easy For Officials

The matter was very clear. No one was willing to give in such a thing, but during the dispute, the Transport Department was obviously at a disadvantage. Although they argued, they were obviously not confident in speaking to the officials of the "Ministry of Rites" in the middle and lower ranks of the court. Zhao Bing believed that as long as Xu Wunan persisted, the Transport Department would have to give in.

However, Zhao Bing understood that this was not a matter of killing people at the top of the officialdom, but a very bad practice in the officialdom. In the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty, there were many unwritten unwritten rules. As for the dispatch of local officials, the Song Dynasty officials divided them into two categories, namely, people-friendly officials and management officials, and management officials were supervisors.

It is easy to understand that people-friendly officials are officials who directly govern the people, that is, local grassroots officials. In ancient times, prefectures were administrative areas of the country, so the prefectures and prefectures were officials who directly addressed the people, so they were called people-friendly officials. The responsibilities include easement, listening to lawsuits, and persuading farmers. In addition, the imperial edicts and instructions of the court and the superiors must ultimately be implemented in the prefectures and counties. That is, the so-called "civil affairs are completed when they are prefectures and counties, and the national affairs start from prefectures and counties."

The so-called supervisory officials are official definitions refer to the matter of tea, salt, wine tax and field tax collection and casting. The military forces of various states have a fixed quota for their levy. The annual quota for their levy is considered as a sect. It can be said that in official production institutions, official financial institutions, and important places where money is collected, storing and spending money, there are often corresponding venues, affairs, courts, supervisors, warehouses, and warehouses. These institutions are all managed by specific supervisory officials appointed by the court.

However, when the same is a dispatch, when the official ranks are the same or similar, there are differences in people's minds of high and low, and being a supervisor is often not as good as serving as other dispatchers.

The Song Dynasty emphasized literature and the officials of the Pavilion were considered to be the place where the state stored talents. The censors had the opportunity to submit letters or go to court to discuss politics, and had the opportunity to show their personal talents, which was easily appreciated by the emperor. Therefore, civil officials with lower ranks all hoped to be these two types of officials, such as grassroots proofreading, regular characters, prosecutors, etc.

Military officials are proud to be in the position of the cabinet. In order to get a position, in addition to going to the front line to obtain military achievements, serving in the capital is also an important channel. Lower-level civil officials are willing to be staff members of high officials, so that they can manage their connections earlier and weave a network of relationships that are favorable to promotion. In contrast, few people are willing to be supervisors.

The supervisor is far away from the political center, and his work is complicated and hard, so there are few opportunities for rapid improvement. Especially the supervisors outside the capital, either belonging to counties or states, often live in remote areas and are full of public affairs. Most officials are not happy to be in office, and promotions of officials as officials will also be affected.

The official official of the Song Dynasty clearly stipulated that the supervisor is a second term, and there are enough recommended officials to be promoted to a civilian official. When it comes to small officials, people often think of a sentence, namely, "Little Seventh-rank Sesame Official", that is, county magistrates. The supervisor is usually lower than the county magistrate, and is often the eighth-rank or ninth-rank. In other words, if the supervisor is promoted to county magistrate, he must last for several years...

In Zhao Bing's view, these officials in the Song Dynasty are equivalent to modern department-level cadres, which are just entering the industry and have no great power, but they are doing the hardest and most tiring jobs, but they are difficult to get promoted. This also led to the fact that most officials in the Song Dynasty were from the lowest-ranking candidates and military envoys, and when they met a high-ranking official, they were also demoted for making mistakes.

Although the few people from Huaibei Transportation Department were wearing green official robes, the old official boots under their feet were covered with mud dots and sheepskin shoulders, they obviously couldn't afford to buy fox fur or sable hats. On the other hand, the most timely people on their side were also variegated fox fur robes, which made them feel inferior and not confident enough to speak.

"Master Xu, this Shangguan heard from the youngest!" Zhao Bing saw that he was the only one who spoke, so he bowed to both sides, "Everyone has been traveling for a day, and he still has to set up a meal to rest early and have to rush to the road tomorrow. It depends on how the villain is doing!"

"Well, Team Huang is just about to have an idea, so let's talk!" The emperor was about to speak. Although Xu Wunan still looked like he was worthy of a beating, would he dare not obey? The emperor had a cabinet of shoes and nowhere to send them!

"The team is asking!" The people over there were worried that they could not go down the steps, so the leader also nodded quickly, but he was much more polite.

"Since we all have responsibilities, the escorts are all valuable people and things. As a small person, we escort most of the people from the army's wine, meat and food. We can form a chariot formation. The women can stand alone on one side near the inn; while the brothers from the Transport Department escort all exploding and flammable ammunition, and they can stand on the other side of the formation to the limelight, so as not to get accidents and hurt innocent people. That's great!" Zhao Bing said.

"Well, it's feasible!" Xu Wunan pretended to be silenced and nodded, "But we must also make it clear that the supplies of your Transport Department are guarded by your Fangzhou soldiers. We will not get closer to avoid rift. Similarly, your people must not get close to the women's camp, otherwise don't blame us for being hurt by the harmony!"

"What Shangguan said is exactly that we will definitely restrain our subordinates and will not break the rules!" The people from the Transportation Office quickly agreed when they saw that the statement was reasonable.

After reaching an agreement, the two sides demarcated their respective territories to camp separately, so there was no Zhao Bing's fault. They were all well-trained military generals on their side. They set up camps and arranged warnings in basic skills. Their transportation used four-wheeled vans, which were sufficient in number, so they quickly arranged a circular van array.

There were many soldiers and generals here, so they took the initiative to take on the task of periphery, and of course they would not be relieved to hand it over to others. The Jiaofangsi used the van they were riding in, plus the tens of miles of baggage vans alone to let them sleep in the car, which was relatively closed. As for how to allocate and place their own female officials to manage, all men were not allowed to be within ten feet of them.

Of course, Zhao Bing has a special van for daily life, and also has specially prepared food and food, without having to live in a tent or take a rotation. But he still likes to mingle with the army, thinking that this will make it more interesting and can be touched by some "human flavor" so as not to turn himself into a ruthless emperor who is not greedy for fireworks.

There are accompanying cooking chariots in the convoy, but after the camp is arranged, the meal will start immediately. Of course, don’t expect to prepare seven or eight bowls for you in the wild camping. You just cook a large pot of soup, cut some bacon and pickled vegetables, and cook it is prepared for dry food, and you also need to bake it on the fire before eating it.

Zhao Bing led his team to sit around the campfire. Some soldiers on duty on that day went to the military office to receive meals and then allocated them to everyone. After the distribution was completed, he ordered the whole team to start meals. He did not need anyone else's help. He used a string of bacon and dry food to use a string of guns, put it on the fire and turned it to bake. His other hand was not idle, and he took the soup while it was hot.

Of course, it is not easy to be able to be assigned to a small team of soldiers with Zhao Bing. Niu Laifu, the deputy commander of the Guards, could only be a mate. Peng Hu and Liu Tong have been promoted to commanders, but they are also a big-headed soldier. The rest of the people are also a team leader at the lowest. They are all very skilled, and they all have the courage to fight against ten, and dare to take the head of the general in the formation of ten troops, so that they can be with the emperor.

These people have been by the emperor for a long time, and we often accompany him to train and travel, knowing his temperament, and not deliberately helping. We just talk about interesting things and strange stories I have heard in recent days, or talk about wives and children at home, and talk about laughing together, which is very harmonious and lively.

After dinner and talking for a while, the soldiers dispersed, either packing the tent or resting, leaving only a group of people to guard the bonfire outside the tent, one to prevent the bonfire from being extinguished, and the other to prevent the fire from causing the fire. This is the lightest and cheapest job, and everyone let the emperor be on duty on the eve of the night so that the colder second night can be avoided and the better rest.

Zhao Bing did not refuse everyone's kindness. He added a few pieces of dry firewood to the fire, took out the book from his bag, holding a gun and flipped it in the flames. He was not worried about his safety. In addition to the two guards on duty, there were secret guards around him guarding him. If anyone wanted to do something wrong, he would be taken down if he couldn't even touch him.

At the time of garrison, the lights went out, and the candles in the camp were extinguished. However, the lanterns and torches that lit outside the car array illuminated the surrounding area, and only the horse railings and bonfires lit outside the tent were left. In addition to the occasional sound of horses and the sound of stomping their hooves, there were only the whistling sound of wind and the bursting of dry firewood.

"The Yellow Team..."

"Several Shangguans have not yet rested?" Zhao Bing heard someone shouting, but looked up and saw that it was the ones from the Transportation Department. He quickly stood up and saluted, and at the same time hinted the guards next to him not to stop him.

"I dare not be a small official like sesame seeds, how dare I be a team called this!" The visitor waved his hand quickly and said, "The team is helping us today, and we haven't thanked yet!"

"Some trivial matters are not worth mentioning, so how dare you thank me!" Zhao Bing said politely.

"Yeah, the wine is so fragrant!" One of them sniffed suddenly.

"Wine is indeed good wine, which was rewarded by the emperor a few days ago. If you don't mind, you can drink a few sips together!" Xu Hong knew the emperor's fault and always liked to eat some snacks when he was idle. So he took the opportunity to check the ward to send His Majesty a bag of dried fish and a bag of wine to keep the cold.

"This...is not good!"

"Do you guys look down on us military men or dislike wine and no food?" Zhao Bing heard them speak vaguely and refused to move. He knew that he wanted to drink something, but he was embarrassed, so he raised his face and said angrily.

"The Yellow Team is sincerely invited each other, and we will be pretentious if we refuse again!" One of them was moved by Zhao Bing's words or could not resist the temptation of alcohol, so he bowed and thanked him, then moved a tree stump and sat down next to him.

"Then I'll disturb the Huang team!" The other two people saw someone sitting first, and they were no longer polite and sat down next to them...
Chapter completed!
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