Without various subsidies, Liu Hucao received his own two ounces of salary. This was the total amount after conversion. He was very satisfied with this figure.
After Xie Rong arrived at the Wannian County Government Office in the morning, he found that the atmosphere was very wrong. In the past, the officials who treated him with respect were now looking at him with a hint of resentment in their eyes.
Xie Rong still knows the source of this anger. After all, he recovered the so-called year-end bonus given to these people at the end of last year.
Regarding this matter, Xie Rong thought that Wannian County Magistrate Yunchu was acting wantonly. Such large-scale embezzlement of national funds was intolerable in his opinion.
Previously, Yun Chu relied on his military exploits in Liaodong, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and His Majesty would tolerate his misdeeds. But now it is different. The imperial court has begun to move the capital to Luoyang, and money is needed everywhere. At this time, the money that Yun Chu had given out before will be tolerated.
Getting the money back was a kind of compensation. Even if Yun Chu came back, he would only be grateful to himself.
This approach can be regarded as helping Yunchu make up for the loopholes, just like the succeeding officials are helping their predecessors make up for the shortcomings.
And these idiots in Wannian County's Yamen have been devouring Wannian County's wealth for so many years, and they are actually taking it with confidence.
When Xie Rong walked into the official house, he found that the room was very cold. He took a look at the stove equipped in the official house and wiped it. It was cold.
There was no hot water in the teapot, and there was still the leftover tea that I drank yesterday on the table, which I had not cleared away.
"Someone is coming!"
Xie Rong suppressed his anger and shouted loudly.
As a result, no one responded.
He opened the window angrily and found five or six servants carrying steaming wooden buckets, busy delivering hot water to various places.
He grabbed a passing handyman and said, "Where's the hot water in my house?"
The servant bowed and said: "There is no name of the county magistrate on the water and fire sign."
Xie Rong frowned and said, "What brand of water and fire?"
The servant hurriedly said: "It's a sign that supplies hot water and charcoal. Whoever's name is on it will be delivered to his mansion."
"Why is there no official name?"
The servant said: "I'm afraid it's because the county magistrate didn't pay the water and fire money."
Xie Rong said angrily: "Isn't this what it should be? Why is there such a thing as paying money?
When did it start?”
The handyman wanted to break away from Xie Rong's hand, but he was worried that he was a sixth-grade official, so he reluctantly smiled and said: "The notice was posted last night, and the implementation started this morning."
"Where's the notice?"
"Right at the yamen gate, there was a very strange name called - Integrity Charter."
Xie Rong let go of the handyman and left the official residence in a few steps and came to the county government office. Sure enough, there was a notice posted on the eight-character wall in front of the county government office.
After Xie Rong read the notice, he felt that his eyes were going dark. Wannian County Government had canceled all preferential treatments. This was nothing to him. At best, he could eat more simply.
As for being hated by the subordinate officials in Wannian County, it is not a big deal. The subordinate officials themselves hate the chief officials. This is common sense.
What made him angry was that this notice had been posted all night, but no one informed him or even asked him, the county magistrate, for his opinion.
Xie Rong tore up the notice and angrily went straight to Liu Hucao's official residence.
At this time, Liu Hucao had already gone to work. The fire in the room was very bright, which was very good at resisting the autumn cold. The teapot on the table was emitting light steam. A pot of good tea had been brewed and was waiting for Liu Hucao.
Cao washed his hands and enjoyed it.
Xie Rong opened the door and walked into the house with a gust of cold wind. He slapped the torn documents on the table and shouted angrily: "Give me an explanation!"
Liu Hucao was already calm in the face of Xie Rong's anger. After wiping his hands with a handkerchief, he picked up the teapot and said calmly: "This is what the county magistrate meant."
Xie Rong's face flushed red, and he suppressed his anger and said: "Magistrate Yun is still in the Western Region at this time, how could he issue such an order?"
Liu Hucao put down the teapot, carefully flattened the notice that Xie Rong brought, pointed to the county magistrate's seal at the bottom and said, "Didn't the county magistrate read the seal?"
Xie Rong pointed at Liu Hucao's nose and said, "How presumptuous!"
Liu Hucao laughed out loud, pointed at the notice with his finger and said: "I know that the county magistrate is unhappy, but this is the county magistrate's handwriting. Even if you are unhappy, you can only endure it at this moment and wait for the county magistrate."
After the prime minister becomes the county magistrate for ten thousand years, it will not be too late to give orders to his superiors."
Xie Rongchang took a breath and said: "You have been corrupt, violated the law, secretly divided the country's property, and are suspected of selling your official position. I also heard that you regard Wannian County as your own land, and you have secretly given and accepted each other in tandem. Do you really think that Yunchu can win over Wannian County?"
Can Nian County cover the sky with one hand?"
Liu Hucao looked at the angry Xie Rong and said with a smile: "People from Dali Temple have been here three times. They arrested six people and sent them to prison. They entered Dali Temple in good condition. After three days, they found nothing and came out.
The skin is torn apart.
The imperial censors also wrote seventeen articles of impeachment, and when they were read out in the court, they were so generous and loyal that it seemed that my Wannian county government office was already a nest of snakes and rats.
It is a pity that the bullet was sent to Liangtai Pavilion and there was no news about it. The prime ministers in the court paid no attention to the matter, and there was no movement from His Majesty.
Since the county magistrate thinks that we are guilty, we might as well submit a memorial - well, the county magistrate submitting memorials is like eating vegetables, and the county magistrate is not qualified to submit memorials yet.
The lower official suggested that the county magistrate could go to Dali Temple to report the matter, or he could also file a complaint to the Yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
If the county magistrate doesn't want to choose either, then just shut up and wait quietly for the magistrate to come back and see how the magistrate reacts."
"You have no respect for your superiors, and you want to evade me?"
Liu Hucao laughed and said: "This is all what the county magistrate means. The county magistrate should not frighten the lower officials. Just wait a little longer. The county magistrate will come back when spring begins. Then the county magistrate will definitely give an explanation to the county magistrate."
Xie Rong glanced at Liu Hucao bitterly and said: "Someone doesn't believe it, this Chang'an City is a place where rats like you are rampant."
With a proud smile on Liu Hucao's face, he once again took out the asset income statement discarded by Zhang Hua, slapped it in front of Xie Rong and said, "Can't you understand? Do you want to explain it to the county magistrate?
In the fourth year of Xianqing's reign, Wannian County opened 600 miles of canals, converted 110,000 acres of dry land into paddy fields, opened up 14,000 acres of barren hills, created 3,100 acres of new fruit trees, and planted 40,000 acres of new bamboo fields for papermaking.
One thousand one hundred and sixty-one new workshops were opened, business taxes collected were one million three hundred and one million guan, and all rents and servants were collected at the beginning of the year.
Twenty-seven new elementary schools were opened, 361 orphanages were expanded, 80 miles of canals were repaired in cooperation with the Ministry of Water Resources, and 213 miles of roads were repaired in cooperation with the Ministry of Works.
The bad guy, Wu Houpu, was responsible for public security in Wannian County. In the fourth year of Xianqing, there were only 111 cases of lawlessness in Wannian County, and 87 cases were dealt with, and the rest were self-consistent.
Wuhoupu watched and patrolled day and night and kept watch, and he was quite dedicated. In the fourth year of Xianqing, there were six fires, one of which was caused by arson, and the remaining five were accidents. None of the six fires resulted in a major disaster.
The county magistrate has also been a county magistrate. With such achievements, even if our county magistrate is a little more domineering, your majesty will tolerate it, right?
Not to mention that in order to expand the Chang'an trade route, the county magistrate went to the Western Regions and Persia tirelessly to attract business. I heard that he attracted more than 20,000 caravans.
This will be a new challenge for Chang'an. As long as we arrange this chamber of commerce, we will definitely bring more generous business taxes to Chang'an City.
If the county magistrate comes to Wannian County to do things, he might as well get involved. Within two years, the county magistrate will definitely be promoted. If the county magistrate comes to Wannian County to do bad things, then don’t blame me and other county magistrates.
Like nothing."
When Xie Rong came out of Liu Hu Cao's house, his face was extremely pale.
He knew that a local official's real confidence came from his political achievements. Although this was only apparent and could not be done accurately, when his political achievements were so brilliant that no one could cover them up, such good things would surely reach the sky.
Even if the prime ministers in the court are dissatisfied with this local official, they will still tolerate him because of his extraordinary political achievements.
What's more, a person like Yunchu has great hands and eyes. As long as it is his credit, no one can cover it up.
The main purpose of the imperial court appointing officials is to collect wealth for the imperial court, and then to stabilize the world. Nowadays, Wannian County has done extremely well in these two areas.
Xie Rong also discovered for the first time that he had indeed underestimated Wannian County, underestimated Yunchu, and underestimated the subordinate officials here.
Xie Rong returned to the cold official residence and sat there for a long time. When Zhang Hua and Qu You came over to discuss countermeasures, they had no good way to deal with it.
The magistrate of Wannian County is Yunchu. If he wants to appoint a subordinate official in office, he needs Yunchu to speak. The three of them do not have this power.
The three of them were the only ones in the entire county government office. They sat there until noon, feeling hungry, and then they remembered that the government office had stopped eating, but the smell of food outside the window was lingering. It was paid for by the subordinate officials in Wannian County themselves.
Qian sent a handyman to buy delicious food from the Jinchangfang cafeteria.
Among the three of them, Quyou was the timidest. He had also heard some legends about Yunchu these days. When the three of them couldn't think of any good solution, he whispered: "How about forget it?"
Xie Rong and Zhang Hua remained silent.
Both of them understood that if there was nothing they could do about the Wannian County Government through normal means, they would have to resort to some means.
After all, they are Wannian County officials. If they want to do something, they can still do it.
Once clandestine means are used, they must be prepared for others to use clandestine methods against them.
A battle in officialdom is no different from a battle between two armies. There is no reason why you are only allowed to harm others but not allowed to fight back.
Once the competition reaches this level, it will be an endless fight.
Whether they should cross the line and whether they should form a deadly feud, both Xie Rong and Zhang Hua need to think carefully about it.
After returning home full of anger, Xie Rong found that his family was waiting for him on the side of the street, and some of the furniture and household items he had brought to Chang'an were piled on the road.
Before Xie Rong could ask questions, his wife came forward and said, "The landlord kicked us out and said he wanted to increase the rent. I don't even want to pay him any extra money."
Xie Rong's eyes were about to burst and he roared angrily: "If you are not a son of man, where is this bastard landlord?"
The lady quickly grabbed Xie Rong and said, "Husband, please don't get angry. The owner of the house is the Duke of Yanmen..."