October 18th every year is the day when the Autumn Goods Fair begins in Chang'an. This and the Spring Goods Fair on March 18th are two excellent opportunities to showcase various goods.
In spring, merchants from the Western Regions and other countries purchase enough goods from Chang'an, and then transport the goods to all parts of the world.
Therefore, the main items on display at the Spring Goods Fair are products produced by the Tang Dynasty, for merchants from all over the country to purchase and then take them to distant places for sale.
It is said that the farthest destination even takes a full year and a half to reach a place called Rome. The people there are crazy about the various silks produced in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the various exquisite porcelains that have only appeared in Chang'an in recent years.
Of course, what really drove the Romans crazy were the various patent medicines produced in Chang'an Tai Hospital.
The merchants who came to Chang'an were of all shapes and sizes, and there were countless people of various skin colors. As for the color of their eyes and pupils, the people of the Tang Dynasty could barely distinguish a rough target among them.
All the foreigners who came to Chang'an were impressed by the prosperity of Chang'an. In their eyes, this huge city in front of them was the center of the whole world.
No one from Chang'an would take a second look at those colorful foreigners, just like they never took a second look at the country bumpkins from other parts of the Tang Dynasty. They were all country bumpkins anyway.
In two days there will be the Autumn Product Expo.
This expo mainly displays goods arriving in Chang'an from all over the world for merchants in the Tang Dynasty to purchase and then sell to various parts of the Tang Dynasty.
No matter which commodity expo it is, Chang'an, which is already crowded with people, will become extremely crowded.
Especially Zhuque Street is overcrowded. In order to provide more sidewalks on the 100-meter-wide long street, two horse paths and driveways were canceled.
Even so, the whistles used by unscrupulous people directing traffic are still blown loudly.
Shen Ru, the registrar of Wannian County, came back from the fair outside the city. Although it was already autumn, he was still sweating all over.
After returning to the official residence, he asked the servant to bring him a basin of cool well water, soaked the snow-white towel in the water, took off his heavy official uniform, wrung out the towel, and wiped his whole body. Only then did Shen Ru feel that he
It's become clean.
The handyman lit the red clay stove, and when the date pit charcoal in the stove began to burn, he put a brass kettle rack on it, and while the water was boiling, he began to prepare everything for drinking cans of tea.
After the brown tea was poured on the yellow rock sugar and made a slight crackling sound, Shen Ru drank the sugar tea in one gulp, and had another cup. After three times, the tea had no sweetness anymore, and Shen Ru felt all over the body.
It's all transparent.
While sitting quietly on the chair waiting for the sweat to come out, Shen Ruye began to sort out the legends about Chang'an during this period in his mind.
The most serious thing is that the county magistrate resigned and became a monk, with the name Wukong!
Shen Ru was dismissive of this news, whether it was true or false.
When one's own county magistrate serves as the county magistrate in Chang'an, it is not because the county magistrate wants to be the county magistrate, but because the county magistrate of Wannian County can only be served by one's own county magistrate.
Although this sentence is very difficult to pronounce, Shen Ru, the fourth person in the Jinshi Department of the Tang Dynasty, is not willing to speak more clearly. Those who can understand will naturally understand. What should I tell him if he can't understand? ?
Therefore, the most officials in Chang'an can achieve is the position of chief registrar. As for the position of county magistrate, they may be able to compete for the county magistrate of Chang'an County. As for the chief registrar of Wannian County, one person can definitely get it in Chang'an. 's top position.
Of course, you can stay in the Mansion and become a bigger official, but unfortunately, in Chang'an, the words of those high-ranking officials may not be as good as what a county captain of Wannian County in Chang'an said, not to mention compared to him as the chief secretary.
Shen Ru was a true disciple of the Emperor. She was one of the first batch of papers to be reviewed and ranked by the Emperor himself. She was also a talented person who received wine from the Emperor at the tail-burning banquet.
Therefore, Shen Ru is a minister in the emperor's pocket.
He knew very well that the emperor sent him to Wannian County as the chief registrar, with the purpose of replacing Yun Chu as the county magistrate of Wannian County one day.
But even so, Shen Ru still thinks that he cannot be the magistrate of Wannian County. Even if he is the current chief registrar, he finds it extremely difficult.
In the absence of the county magistrate, all he could do was to try his best to keep Chang'an's existing rules and procedures as smooth as possible. Therefore, during the year and a half when the county magistrate was absent, Chang'an City was still proceeding smoothly according to the plan that had been formulated before. , and not messy at all.
The county magistrate is a lazy man. He has made many plans, including detailed half-year plans, one-year plans with some goals, and rough three-year plans and long-term five-year plans.
As the chief clerk, he only needs to supervise the execution of his subordinates according to the plans that have been made long ago, and then evaluate the progress of the goals, and then he has completed most of the chief clerk's responsibilities.
Originally, he was going to stay outside the city all day today to supervise the affairs of the Autumn Fair, but the Heavenly Official from the Ministry of Personnel came, so he had to end his errand in a hurry and return to the county government office to wait for the Heavenly Official from the Ministry of Personnel to arrive.
While waiting for the arrival of the official from the Ministry of Personnel, Shen Ru, the chief secretary, summoned colleagues from the eighth grade and above of the county government to hold a simple meeting, preparing to inform everyone of what they had encountered so far, so as not to have to wait for a while to see the official. Bu Tianguan was later caught in a loophole to cause trouble.
No matter who you are, once you enter the Wannian County Government, it will be difficult to maintain your true colors. No matter who you are or what you are sent to do, after a little time, you will automatically become An official in Wannian County.
Because here is a career big enough for a person to work for his whole life, and there is also an official environment that an official can only dream of. Of course, there is also a job reward that can satisfy everyone's desires.
Focusing only on work, this is the education that everyone must go through when they come to Wannian County to be an official. You can have selfish motives and have personal relationships, but these things are what everyone is busy with after a whole day's work. Afterwards, the issues can be discussed openly and openly in the county government cafeteria.
If it doesn't affect the overall situation, if you can help, you can help. If there is really no way to achieve it, don't think about it. That is something that no one can achieve.
In agreement with Shen Ru's view, everyone firmly believes that their county magistrate will come back. He is just a monk, not dead. He will come back when he has become a monk enough.
As for what the officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs are here to do this time, everyone doesn't care much. They just worship them like clay bodhisattvas every day. As for interfering in official affairs, this is absolutely not allowed.
Of course, the new county magistrate is here, and he can catch up on the corruption problem of unscrupulous people, the renovation of the old city, and the new life campaign to eliminate rats, mosquitoes, flies, and fleas in Chang'an City, which are all excellent.
At the end of the year, he will naturally receive a generous bonus that will make him cry secretly.
As for other official duties, they naturally require professionals like them to handle them.
As for the new county magistrate's wanton behavior, everyone is not worried. After all, in the small Wannian County government office, there are no less than three officials who can directly report to the emperor. They can directly report to the left and right cabinets. There should be at least ten people among the heads of the six departments who write superstitions, and that's it, not including people from the mysterious unit Baiqisi.
After briefly unifying his thoughts, Shen Ru asked the government officials to open the gate of the county government office and wait for the arrival of the Heavenly Official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
In fact, superior officials rarely come directly to the lower official's yamen. If there are matters, they are usually settled in the Guanyi or other courtyards. Even if they want to visit, they usually come early in the morning and never spend noon in the yamen.
This time, a group of officials and officials came to Wannian County in the afternoon, which was really weird.
Therefore, when they heard that the Heavenly Official had arrived, the Wannian County officials who came out to greet him did not look very good.
Walking in the front was the Marquis of Chengyang, a guest of the prince, Liu Xiangdao, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, followed by Liu Xiangdao, the Taichang Bo of the Si Yuan Dynasty, the Grand Secretary Xian Dou Xuande, the Minister of West Taiwan Yang Wu, the Minister of the East Taiwan of the school, Li Anqi, the Duke of Anping County, and Dao The Duke of the country, Prince Zuo Zhong of the school, protects the supreme virtue...
Just seeing the few people in front of him, Shen Ru frowned tightly, not for anything else, just because these people are basically people who will become prime ministers in one step. Among them, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is the most important. He will definitely join the cabinet and become prime minister in half a year.
Although Wannian County is very important, it is not so important that these people need to come to Wannian County to announce any news.
When Liu Xiangdao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, saw Shen Ru, he just nodded without even intending to say hello, and motioned for Shen Ru to lead the way straight to the lobby.
After entering the lobby, Liu Xiangdao first saluted in the direction of Luoyang where the emperor was, then stood up straight and said, "Why is Shen here?"
Shen Ru stepped out from the crowd and stepped in to salute: "I'm here!"
Liu Xiangdao said with a smile: "You have been practicing in Chang'an for two years, and you can be the county magistrate for ten thousand years."
Shen Ru, who had already guessed the result, said in a deep voice: "Although I have been practicing in Wannian County for two years, it is a pity that I have not understood 30% of the principles. If I were to be the county magistrate at this time, I would definitely lead Wannian County." There will be a disaster, therefore, I respectfully request His Majesty the Emperor to take back his orders, and Shen Ru is willing to practice as the Registrar for a few more years."
Chief Xian Dou Xuande frowned and said, "Are you going to resist the decree?"
Shen Ru continued: "If virtue is not matched, there will be disaster. The virtue of the lower official is not enough to be the Zhengyin Hall official of Wannian County."
Li Anqi, the assistant minister of Dongtai, asked: "Who is qualified?"
Shen Rudao: "The former Lantian County Duke, Yun Chu."
The Taoist Duke Dai Zhide said: "Now, Yun Chu has resigned from office and has escaped into Buddhism. What should we do?"
Shen Ru straightened up and said, "Then leave it empty. When Yunchu gets tired of being a monk, maybe he will come back and be willing to continue being the county magistrate."
Liu Xiangdao smiled and said: "Yunchu was away from Chang'an for a year and a half. I think Chang'an is still prosperous and prosperous. Isn't it all thanks to you as the chief clerk? Now, it's just one step further. What's the difficulty?"
Shen Ru cupped his hands and said, "Lantian County Duke has already made arrangements, I'm just waiting to implement them step by step."
Li Anqi said angrily: "In this case, you are just corpses on top of them."
Shen Ru said with a smile: "What the Duke said is very true. How about letting the lower official serve on behalf of Wannian County officials and jointly recommend the Duke as the magistrate of Wannian County. After all, the Duke of Lantian deserves it. You, Anping No matter how much I serve as a county official, it will not be considered as an insult to you."
Li Anqi roared: "Bold!"
Shen Ru straightened up and said calmly: "If you don't want to be the county magistrate, why don't you just go back? When Lantian County Duke gets tired from playing, he might come back.