"So, there should be a county government official planning this matter behind the scenes? Old Dai, according to your judgment, who should it be?" Su Hao asked.
Dai Qi's face became embarrassed, hesitating as he didn't know what to say. He asked Su Hao to talk to him to remind him of the political struggle in the county government, but if he wanted to target a specific official, he didn't have that idea yet.
Courage. Besides, given his position, he really didn’t know who was behind this incident, so he couldn’t tell.
Su Hao actually just wanted to test the situation. Seeing Dai Qi's embarrassed look, he chuckled and said, "Old Dai, I was just joking. How could you possibly know such a confidential matter?"
"Yes, yes, how could someone let me know about this kind of thing?" Dai Qi hurriedly walked down the steps.
Su Hao suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, Lao Dai, do you usually interact with Wang Fengshao a lot?"
Dai Qi was stunned, nodded and said: "Master Wang is in charge of money and food, and has some connections with the workshop, so we have a lot of contacts."
"Where's the personal relationship?"
"Personal relationship... there is also one thing. Mr. Wang likes to drink, and I also have some hobbies for the things in the cup, so I have had several opportunities to drink together."
Su Hao said: "In that case, have you ever heard him say anything dissatisfied with me?"
Dai Qi didn't understand why Su Hao singled out Wang Fengshao as the chief clerk for questioning. He thought about it seriously and said, "I have never heard him say that. But one time when we were drinking, everyone mentioned the matter of digging a well.
I also have some appreciation for you."
"Well, that's good." Su Hao said.
Dai Qi asked: "Master Su, why did you suddenly remember to ask about him? Could it be that Master Su had heard something?"
Su Hao didn't want to hide it from Dai Qi, so he told Dai Qi what happened in Caijia Village. At that time, Li Yuanwai, who opened a sauce shop in the city, took a fancy to Cheng Yi and asked Wang Fengshao to say hello to Cai Youshou, the head of Caijia Village.
Cheng Yi refused. After that, the incident of digging wells and occupying fields happened. Su Hao asked Han Qian to help and introduced Cheng Yi to the county government as a cook. Su Hao did not take it into consideration when he did this.
Did Wang Fengshao have any ideas? After thinking about it later, it seemed that this meant not giving Wang Fengshao face.
After hearing Su Hao's words, Dai Qi thought for a while and said, "The friendship between Mr. Wang and Mr. Li was formed during drinking. He may have received some filial piety from Mr. Li in private, but this is also a normal exchange of courtesy. According to the
As far as I know, the two of them don't have a deep relationship. Chief Wang went to talk to Mr. Li about the matter with the Cheng family's wife. I'm afraid he just helped me casually. The matter will be over in the past. He won't take it to heart, let alone because of it.
And I will resent you."
"Oh, it seems I was overthinking it." Su Hao said.
Dai Qi changed the subject and added: "However, since there is such a thing, if some thoughtful people provoke it, it is inevitable that Master Wang will have some misunderstandings about you. After all, you have never had any dealings with him.
However, maybe he still thinks you are a little aloof and aloof."
"I'm aloof and arrogant?" Su Hao pointed at his nose and laughed, "How do you say this?"
Dai Qi said: "Master Su, with all due respect, you have been working at the county government for more than a month, but you have never visited the county magistrate, the chief registrar and the history official. How can this not make people think you are arrogant?"
Woolen cloth?"
Su Hao couldn't laugh or cry: "Old Dai, others don't know, but you still don't know? Although I have been working in the county government for more than a month, I spent most of my time in the countryside. I stayed in the county government for less than three days in total.
How can you have time to meet these unrelated people?"
Dai Qi smiled slightly: "Whether you have time or not depends on what the master thinks. For example, this afternoon, you have time to go to the academy to chat with the masters. Can't you stay in the county office and pay homage to the superior?"
"This..." Su Hao was speechless, and suddenly realized that he had indeed paid too little attention to the way of being an official.
In his previous life, Su Hao was a technical person. Because of his outstanding talents, he was appreciated by the big leaders, so no one of the smaller leaders below dared to point fingers at him. This also developed his habit of not paying much attention to communication with the leaders. With his
IQ, it is not that he cannot understand the tricks in the officialdom. Sometimes the young people newly assigned to the unit are not smooth enough in doing things, and he will give them some advice. But when it comes to himself, he is really a bit weird.
The so-called aloof and aloof character.
After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he won the favor of Han Wen with his well-drilling skills and was appointed as the master of the workshop. He directly took orders from Han Wen, so he also neglected to communicate with other officials. In addition, he was very busy with well-drilling matters.
, he can no longer let these thoughts of office politics out of his mind.
As Dai Qi reminded, when digging a well, Su Hao could find excuses not to visit Shangguan, but after returning from digging a well, he should report to the county magistrate and others as soon as possible and say hello, of course.
, if you can bring a few taels of filial piety money, everyone will be even more happy.
But Su Hao forgot about this item. He held a meeting in the workshop in the morning and distributed the money with great fanfare. In the afternoon, he went to the academy to recruit students to help him. This was an unintentional move on his part, but in the eyes of the court officials
, is to act arrogantly and not treat officials as cadres.
"So, Lao Dai, what do you think I should do?" Su Hao followed his advice and humbly asked Dai Qi for advice.
Dai Qi said: "It's not too late to mend the situation. Why don't we go to the homes of the county magistrate and others in a while? You said that there were some things that were difficult to say in the county office during the day, so you chose to come to the house to visit at night.
.Don’t we still have some savings from the money we collected from promoting Han’s stove? I just took some out and sent them to each of the Shangguan.”
"Okay..." Su Hao reluctantly agreed. This can be regarded as doing as the Romans do.
The waiter brought the food and wine. Since they had decided to visit several officials at their homes, Su Hao and Dai Qi did not dare to drink too much, lest they smell of alcohol and cause the officials to be displeased. The two of them did not dare to drink too much.
After eating a few bites of food, Su Hao asked:
"Lao Dai, the rule in this county government is that the money earned by each house must be shared with all officials, otherwise it will cause trouble?"
Dai Qi said: "According to the general rules, each house has an official in charge. The money earned in the house is mainly due to filial piety to the magistrate and the superior officer of the house. Other officials only need to show their interest. However, this is not the case.
It depends on how much money you make. If you make too much money, I'm afraid everyone will be jealous."
"So, if our workshop earns 10,000 taels of silver a year, why do we have to spend thousands of taels to honor the officials?" Su Hao asked. Thinking that so much money must be used as filial piety, Su Hao felt
I felt guilty and panicked. But the lesson here is that if you are unwilling to share money with other officials, then you will indeed be unable to deal with all kinds of overt and covert attacks.
Dai Qi said: "Master Su, this is also something I want to discuss with you. The things you said you would do in the workshop this morning sounded really exciting at first, but in the afternoon, I sat down and thought about it.
After a while, I felt that there was something wrong with it."
"What's wrong?" Su Hao asked. In fact, he had already realized that there was a huge loophole in his plan. Ultimately, this loophole was because he was not adapted to this era. If there were not today's gangsters causing trouble, he might not have thought of it.
So much so that not only will things not be handled well, but I won't even be able to figure out how I died.
Dai Qi said: "According to Master's plan, our workshop will mine coal, burn lime, and smelt iron. Even if all these tasks are completed half way, we will earn thousands of taels of silver in a year. If you have more than one silver, it will make a difference."
There are more.”
"Tell me about it." Su Hao said.
Dai Qi said: "Since this money is earned under the banner of a workshop, it belongs to public funds. Not only do we have no right to share it privately, I'm afraid even the magistrate of Han can't decide its use."
"No way?" Su Hao said, "Didn't Magistrate Han let us allocate the money we earned from promoting Han's stove in the early stage?"
"This is because the money is small." Dai Qi said, "Our workshop has never had any income. When such a sum of money comes occasionally, no one takes it seriously, so the magistrate of Han gave it to us with a stroke of his pen.
.But if we can continue to make money in the next step, and earn thousands of taels at a time, more people will want to share the money.
At that time, not to mention those who did not get the money will be unhappy, even those who did get the money will still feel that they did not get enough. If anyone goes to Nanchang government office to file a complaint, I am afraid that you and I will all be in trouble.
A charge of embezzling public funds."
"Damn!" Su Hao couldn't help but want to curse. I worked hard to earn money for the county government, and now I have to be charged with a crime. Isn't this a systemic problem!