On the way from the dock, Su Hao had already learned about Zhang Xiang and several other officials sent to Huai'an by the Ministry of Industry.
River management is a major project of the imperial government and requires the cooperation of various departments. Regarding river management, the Ministry of Industry must send people to supervise the project status, the Ministry of Revenue must send people to audit the use of funds, and the Ministry of Punishment must send people to deal with various issues.
When it comes to land acquisition and demolition disputes, the Ministry of War also has people here to manage the thousands of soldiers in the Hedao Governor's Mansion. In addition, the Procuratorate, Thirteen Roads, Dali Temple and other departments are also dispatched from Jining to Huai'an.
Have its own personnel.
Especially in Huai'an, because it is located at the intersection of rivers, Huaihe Rivers, and transportation, matters such as river management, transportation protection, and disaster relief are very complicated. The officials in this place can almost form a small court.
Zhang Xiang was sent to Huai'an 20 years ago to take charge of the river project. Along with him, there were Zhang Guanlian, Li Shibo and others, who were also officials of the Ministry of Industry. Before Su Hao, the Ministry of Industry was in Huai'an Prefecture.
There is no special dispatching agency, and there are no officials working here. Zhang Xiang and others do not have their own yamen offices, and have always worked in the river governor's yamen. Pan Jixun, the governor of river management, is a strong man and has great experience in water conservancy projects.
, Zhang Xiang and others have always directly accepted Pan Jixun's instructions, and then organized craftsmen to complete these tasks.
This time, the Ministry of Industry suddenly sent a river director to Huai'an Prefecture, and Zhang Xiang and others were organized. However, from the conversation between Zhang Xiang and Su Hao, Su Hao could not feel any joy in Zhang Xiang.
On the contrary, he felt a bit of hostility. Due to his previous experience in fighting Dai Qi at the Fengcheng County Government Office, Su Hao could completely understand where Zhang Xiang's hostility towards him came from.
Previously, the work done by the Ministry of Industry in Huai'an was taken over by Zhang Xiang and others. Pan Jixun only did macro management and had no energy to examine the details. The annual investment in river management was tens of thousands of taels, most of which was used for
Su Hao could estimate with his heels how much benefit Zhang Xiang and others who were directly in charge of project construction could derive from it.
With this, Su Hao took away the power of Zhang Xiang and others, and cut off people's financial opportunities, such as killing their parents. In this sense, Su Hao has to thank Zhang Xiang for not killing.
Following Zhang Xiang's call, several people dressed as officials ran out from the hut next to the main hall of the Yamen. They were disheveled and smiling. They came to Su Hao and others. They stopped one by one and bowed their hands in a carefree salute.
Praise from the mouth:
"My dear, please give your regards to Mr. Su!"
"Greetings to Ma Suozheng!"
"Greetings to the deputy!"
Zhang Xiang pointed with his finger and introduced to Su Hao who was Zhang Guanlian and who was Li Shibo. They may be round or long, but they all have the appearance of a gangster. Seeing Su Hao, Ma Yu and others
Their faces were childish, and their eyes showed some disdain.
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work. Before I leave the capital, Dr. Chen asked me to send greetings to you on his behalf." Su Hao chuckled and returned the greetings to everyone. The Dr. Chen he mentioned was referring to the Dushui Qingli Division.
Su Hao did meet Chen Jiuchou, one of his doctors, before leaving Beijing, but as for asking Su Hao to greet the various officials sent to Huai'an, it was made up by Su Hao himself. Several little
The pawnbroker really can't catch the eye of the doctor.
"I would like to thank Mr. Chen for your concern and Mr. Su." Everyone said in a noisy manner, but there was no hint of respect in their tone.
After a few greetings, Zhang Xiang led Su Hao, Ma Yu and others into the main hall of the Yamen. Su Hao was not modest at all. He went directly to the back of the public case and sat down on the seat. As soon as his buttocks touched the chair, Su Hao
Hao could vaguely see a puff of dust rising up, and then his nose began to itch.
"Ah Qi!" Su Hao wanted to maintain his image as a responsible person, but things like sneezing were really beyond his control. After one sneeze, there was another one, which made him almost shed tears.
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"My lord, please forgive me. The yamen has just been cleaned up not long ago, and there are no servants in the yamen, so I won't have time to wipe away the dust in the lobby." Zhang Xiang explained with his head half lowered.
"Oh, please take your seats first." Su Hao waved his hand to the people below, gesturing for them to sit down.
Following Su Hao's lesson, Ma Yu and others looked at their seats carefully, blew a few breaths, and then gathered their clothes and sat down. Ma Yu and others were high-ranking officials, so they naturally sat at the top.
Zhang Xiang and others were just officials, so they could only sit at the bottom. Although these people were quite disdainful of Su Hao and other officials who came down by air, they still did not dare to make mistakes in terms of basic etiquette.
"Zhang Dianli, are you the ones sent by the Ministry of Industry to Huai'an?" Su Hao asked.
"Exactly." Zhang Xiang replied.
"Then you don't have anyone else under your command?" Su Hao asked again.
Everyone hesitated for a moment, and Li Shibo replied: "Returning to the boss, we have also hired some horsemen, warehouse scales, soap clerks, book offices, etc. in Huai'an to do some daily things. Your Excellency has never done engineering, so you may not know.
There are so many things on this river, how can we brothers be so busy just by ourselves?"
Hearing Li Shibo say that Su Hao had never done engineering, Ma Yu raised his hand and wanted to speak. Su Hao gave him a look in time, indicating that he should not reveal his secrets first, and then said with a smile: "Li Dianli is right, I am
Being an official is a moral article. I have to rely on you all to take care of the river work. Li Dianli, I just heard you say that among the people you hired include horsemen, warehouse scales, soap clerks, etc., they have many names.
, I wonder how many people were hired in total?”
"How many people?" Li Shibo turned to look at the other officials, and then hesitated: "I can't say how many people there are. There will be less when you are free, and more when you are busy. There is really no definite number.
"
"Well, that's true." Su Hao didn't ask further. He nodded and said, "Li Dianli, for such a big yamen, it can't be justified if we don't have a few handymen. I think about how many handymen we need to hire in the yamen."
There needs to be a clerk, a book office, a door at the door, a soil worker in the yard, and a sweeper. Now that the yamen has been built, officials from other yamen will definitely come to visit in the future. It is too shabby and inappropriate for us to make it.
Yes or no?"
"That's true." Zhang Guanlian rushed to say, "I told Lao Zhang a few days ago that I would prepare all the handymen in the yamen. Lao Zhang also said that I would wait until the person in charge comes and leave it to the person in charge.
Your Majesty, if these servants had been prepared earlier, why would the hall be filled with dust?"
Zhang Xiang also said: "Master, this matter is the villain's fault. Lao Zhang did remind me. I mainly don't know if the master will bring some of the handymen he is used to with him, so I don't dare to
Cut first and then play."
Su Hao said: "Zhang Dianli... and the bow chief Zhang Dianli, you are all right. Well, I did bring a few people here, the ones outside the door."
Having said this, he pointed to several soldiers from the Kanyu camp guarding the door. Those soldiers stood outside the door with spears in their hands, with a tall and majestic military posture, which made Zhang Xiang and others secretly take a breath.
Su Hao continued: "I have brought these people to serve as guards at the Yamen. As for the handymen, I still have to find them locally in Huai'an. Do you have suitable channels?"
"This is not difficult." Li Shibai said, "Huai'an Prefecture has been experiencing constant natural disasters in the past two years. There are many people who want to work in the yamen. I can find them all by just looking for them on the street."
Su Hao smiled slightly and said: "Li Dianli is joking. The handymen in the yamen also represent the yamen's face. You can't just look for it. Let's do this. I also brought a master to join him. Wait for him to come.
Please ask Li Dianli to take him with you to recruit people. He is quite experienced in looking at people, so if you leave the recruitment matter to him, I can rest assured."
Li Shibai nodded and said: "I will obey your wishes."
"By the way, according to the regulations of the imperial court, there is a certain number of servants for my sixth-grade yamen. If it exceeds, how can I spend the money for work and food?" Su Hao seemed to have suddenly remembered something.
, asked Zhang Xiang and others.
Zhang Xiang and others looked at each other, and Zhang Xiang said: "Returning to the chief executive, according to the regulations of the imperial court, our manpower is far from enough. Every yamen has overemployed people. As for the work, food, and silver...
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Having said this, he looked at the people in the room and said no more. The implication of his pretentious words was very obvious, that is to say, there must be unspoken rules to follow, but it should not be said in public.
Su Hao pretended to be stupid and asked: "Zhang Dianli, why don't you continue?"
Li Shibo said: "My lord, I have just arrived here, so I may not understand some things well. The issue of the staff's work, food and money is very complicated. I will let you know it later. But please don't worry, sir. How many people will be employed in the yamen?"
Sir, just give me your orders, and I will definitely be able to do it for you."
"That's fine, then let's follow your old rules." Su Hao followed suit and acted like a new official who wanted to pretend to be noble and arrogant at the same time.
Next, Su Hao asked about river engineering. Zhang Xiang and others bullied Su Hao because he didn't understand engineering and made some nonsense. Ma Yu felt itchy and wanted to hit him with his fist. Su Hao was surprised.
He kept his mouth open, as if he was listening with great interest, and even picked out some gossipy questions that had nothing to do with the project to ask Zhang Xiang and others.
After chatting for a while, Su Hao said that he was tired and signaled that everyone could leave. Zhang Xiang and others stood up to leave, and Zhang Xiang said: "My lord, it's hard work coming from afar, so you should have a rest early. There are some scenic spots in Huai'an Mansion.
If you have some free time in the day, I will come and take the adults to enjoy the scenery."
Su Hao said: "Thank you so much, Zhang Dian. By the way, don't you live in the Yamen?"
Zhang Xiang said: "Going back to the master, there are many affairs on the river. My brothers and I have to guard the river day and night, so we don't live in the yamen anymore. If the master has anything to give, please send a servant to the river to convey it."
I’ll just wait.”
"Forget it, thank you for your hard work." Su Hao stood up and made a gesture to see off the guests, but did not move his feet. No matter how arrogant Zhang Xiang and others were, Su Hao was their superior after all, so there was no need. Sent in person. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)