With a press of his fingerprint and a signature of the document, Wu Huaiyu officially became the money-catching history of Sanyuan County.
Although it is not the money-grabbing order history that was leaked out of the various departments in the capital, it has also become a miscellaneous official in Sanyuan County, commonly known as an official. Compared with the county government officials such as the recorder, sihuzuo, judicial assistant and history, etc.
As a civil servant, Huaiyu, the informal official, only needs to concentrate on making money. He does not need to participate in the affairs of the yamen.
"Congratulations Takejiro."
All the miscellaneous officials and minor officials in the county government came over to say hello. Sanyuan County used to be an upper county, but after it was separated from Huachi, it was only reduced to a lower county. Except for the county magistrate, the county prime minister, and the county captain
Four of them are of the highest grade, and none of the rest are of the highest grade, even if they are recording things.
The high-ranking or serious scholars of the Sui and Tang Dynasties looked down upon the magistrates, thinking that they were turbulent, had a humble status, and had a meager salary, and had no chance of getting ahead. However, they looked down upon the miscellaneous officials in the prefectures and counties who did not even have foreign titles.
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But at the local level, especially in the eyes of ordinary people, these chores have actually made them envious.
Although he is not a foreigner, he still wears the crimson official uniform and crimson coat.
"Sanlang, this is prepared for you."
Secretary Zhao brought a set of red clothes to Wu Huaiyu. The official name is Jianggongfu, which is the official official uniform for officials of the third rank and above.
Huaiyu was stunned for a moment and understood the meaning behind the old man's words. He wanted to free ride, whether it was his own money or public funds, he wanted to lend money to Huaiyu, and Huaiyu would definitely have to share some of the interest.
The so-called borrowing of uniforms is also similar to low-level officials wearing the uniforms of high-ranking officials. For example, those who are not satisfied with the fifth rank are given scarlet, and those who are not satisfied with the third rank are given purple. In the same way, common people have no rank and are not allowed to wear official uniforms normally, but it is a big deal when getting married.
Days, so the common people were allowed to wear the crimson uniforms of foreign officials, which is exactly what Huaiyu is wearing now.
Secretary Zhao came up with another idea, which was totally cunning.
Secretary Zhao helped Huaiyu change into Jianggong uniform, and he looked like a groom.
"Erlang is a son of a high-ranking official. He can borrow clothes for his future wedding, but he can wear a blue robe and a black tasseled hat."
Huaiyu stepped forward. These coins were very tempting, but they were not the bright yellow brass coins he imagined, nor were they turquoise. He picked up a bunch and they were very heavy. Each coin was made of fine copper, very shiny and not yellow.
Not green but slightly white.
There are also sword-wielding officers in the state government who serve as guards.
Those in yellow are called miscellaneous workers. They are similar to the three classes of government officials in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For example, the warden is mainly responsible for guarding the prison, the interrogator is mainly responsible for the torture stick, and Bai Zhi is responsible for guarding the officers and clearing the way.
Officials in red clothes, officials in yellow shirts, and servants. These are the three major strata of the county government. Officials in Zhu clothes are those who wear red clothes. They are basically also called officials in swords and pens. They are responsible for the clerical department. There are officials in red clothes in the establishment.
There are also clothes other than knitted clothes, which are easy to distinguish and are collectively called miscellaneous responsibilities.
"Erlang, this Kaiyuan Tongbao is very exquisite, but the imperial court does not mint many coins. Each coin furnace can mint more than 3,300 coins a year, but since the Kaiyuan Tongbao was minted, it has not exceeded thirty furnaces per year at most."
Common people are called fake clothes, while children of distinguished officials can be called Shengfu.
"Kaiyuan Tongbao is made of copper, tin and lead. It looks bluish white. This is good money with excellent quality." Goatee-bearded Wang Huzuo picked up a coin and raised it with admiration in his eyes, "Every Kaiyuan coin is
The diameter of Tongbao money is eight cents, and it weighs four liang for two plants, one tael for ten coins, and one tael for one thousand coins, and weighs six catties and four taels."
Huaiyu didn't feel any pressure, he thought it shouldn't be a big problem.
"Don't worry, Wu Baiqi, they are all dressed like this. Our Sanyuan is a lower county, but the recorders, assistants, and historians all wear crimson official uniforms, while the writers and others wear crimson jackets. As for the warden and questioning, Bai Zhi
Those who wait for miscellaneous jobs wear yellow. County white servants, middle-aged men, other post boys, porters and other color servants wear soap..."
Count and draw.
He was a little envious when he looked at Huaiyu's Jianggong uniform. In fact, he was not an official sword and pen official. He was an official clerk in Sanyuan County. In fact, he only had one recorder, two chief ministers, two judicial assistants, and two cao and four officials each.
For each history, add one person for account history, and if there is a city, there will be one person for city magistrate, one for history, and two for handsome people. If there is no city, there will be a shortage.
Copper coins with square holes on the outside and square inside were filled up in large boxes one after another. It was the first time that Huaiyu saw so many copper coins.
Fifty thousand yuan, which is more than three hundred kilograms. Huaiyu is divided into five bags, each bag is ten thousand yuan, which is sixty-four kilograms.
The two Si Huzuo went to the warehouse in person to fetch the 50 Guan Gong's money, and went to work on the affairs of Liucao in the county. There were only two Huzuo and Fazuo. They were the direct subordinates of the county captain and assisted in the affairs of Liucao.
In the yamen, there is actually quite a lot of power, but even Magistrate Zhang, who has a strong background, is so polite to Wu Erlang, how could they not understand.
On the road, Zhao Cheng's family followed the horse and ran very fast, as if they had a share of the copper coins on the horse's back.
"I have been an official in the Yamen for more than thirty years and have handled countless coins, but none of them are as exquisite as this one. Look at the four characters Kaiyuan Tongbao read directly on it. How well written it is. This is Ouyang, the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu of this dynasty.
It was written by Xun, the master of calligraphy in the world."
Over there, Goatee King Tosaya came over and said, "If Erlang has a way to lend money easily, we will still have some money on hand if the capital is not enough."
The history of Huaiyu and other nine money-grabbing orders is not officially compiled, but they generated revenue for the yamen. Even the county magistrate and other chief officials pointed out that the money-grabbing officials could pay interest on time to increase their income, and the status of the money-grabbers was
Naturally, they are a little more detached, not to mention that these people are different from ordinary non-staff officials. Most of them are the children of sixth-rank officials and third-rank or lower honorary officers.
This money already belongs to Huaiyu for management, and he has to pay the interest of 4,000 yuan in time every month.
The annual mintage of coins was less than 100,000 guan, which was obviously far from enough for the Tang Dynasty.
In Jingxian County and Wannian County in Chang'an, there are six county captains each, and each county captain is responsible for one cao. In Shangxian County, although there are only two county captains, there are four chief ministers and magistrates in each state.
One of each of the six Cao Cao joined the army.
Wang Huzuo gave Huaiyu 50,000 yuan, which was all such good money.
Both Zhao Shuli and Wang Huzuo were the same. One said he wanted to introduce merchants to lend money, and he definitely wanted to make a profit from it. The other said he wanted to lend money to Huaiyu, and he also wanted to make a profit.
What they wore in the yamen were narrow-sleeved crimson jackets. With their straight and narrow sleeves, they could be distinguished from official officials such as Zuo Shi at a glance.
But in Xia County, there is only one county captain, who is responsible for the daily affairs of Liu Cao, and is equivalent to the standing deputy county magistrate. When the county captain is absent, Sihu Zuo is directly responsible for handing the money to Huaiyu.
Huaiyu just smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Zhao. Let's talk about it later."
This old Zhao is a bad person with a bad stomach and pus on his soles, but he can't blame others for seeking benefits for him.
"Who does Erlang plan to give the money to? I know some businessmen who can introduce them to Erlang." Secretary Zhao said with a smile.
These officials with swords and pens in red clothes may appear to be of humble status, but in reality they are all cunning and ruthless.
"These are all new money. Each one is a Kaiyuan Tongbao coin cast by Chang'an Money Prison. There is not a single five-baht old coin or private money."
Wearing a red official uniform, a black turban, and a seven-ring bronze trousers belt given by the King of Qin, and a golden knife given by the King of Qin, a group of red-clothed officials in this yamen
, among the yellow-shirted officials and servants, he immediately stood out from the crowd.
"We, County Lieutenant Zhao, recently went to Chang'an for official duties..."
The money was strung in the bag and made a pleasant jingling sound. The people carrying the money were all excited and their eyes lit up, as if they owned the money.
Huaiyu didn't understand this, but Huaiyi pointed out that the brothers were not the officials and historians of the capital, but they were just serving in the official service without having to carry out miscellaneous tasks of high rank.
Huaiyu understood that he was enjoying the treatment at the department level.
There are only a few official establishments, but in fact there are thousands of households in a county. These people are responsible for the paperwork, so there are actually non-staff officials. For example, Secretary Zhao was recruited from non-staff, and even his salary is not enough.
If not, we will give you two rations. If the public farm has enough money, you can also share some benefits. The rest will be earned by yourself through gray income, such as paper money and so on.
Civilian clerks are obviously higher than those who run errands.
Huai Yi was concerned and asked Huai Yu what his plans were. The interest on four thousand dollars a month was quite a lot.
It is the instinct of the market that bad coins drive out good coins. Wude Kaiyuan Tongbao is exquisite and contains high copper content, but its circulation is small. There are still many other old coins in circulation on the market, and the quality is far inferior to Kaiyuan. People will naturally collect good money, and even
Take the initiative to exchange good money and store it, this is the arbitrage space.
Secretary Zhao just wears a Jianggong suit. It is simpler than the Jianggong suit. It is a dark red robe with slim fit and narrow straight sleeves. The Jianggong suit is much larger and comes with several other clothes.
and leather belts, etc.
There is a county lieutenant who is responsible for judicial arrests of thieves, and is called the thief catching lieutenant.
"Erlang is receiving this good money now. You can first use this money to exchange for other old money in the market. You can exchange it for more money, and then use it to lend money. When you recover the principal and interest, you can also collect Kaiyuan.
If you go in and out, you can make a lot of profits."
"For example, when common people get married, they are allowed to submit to their superiors."
However, there are only six official jailers in the county government, four interrogators, and eight white men. So in fact, these yellow-shirted men are all squad leaders, and each of them has a group of white men and middle men recruited from the county.
The servants, those people wear soap clothes, the lowest level.
After saying hello and farewell to this group of county government officials in red clothes, yellow shirts, soap servants and other new colleagues who had their own evil intentions, Huaiyu couldn't wait to leave with the money. He didn't really like this group of people in his heart.
Lending old money only to collect good money when the principal and interest are repaid is a form of bullying, or even a disguised increase in interest rates.
Both sets of clothes are crimson, which is darker than vermilion and is dark red. The crimson of the fourth and fifth-rank officials in the imperial court is the opposite, lighter than vermilion and more vivid.
"Brother, I plan to use this money to run some business of my own."
"Doing business?"
"Use this as capital to purchase medicinal materials, and then prepare wound medicine to sell. My brother has also experienced the effects of my wound medicine. Cheng Dalang spent a lot of money to buy the medicine. Once he has prepared it, he will not have to worry about selling it." Huaiyu was very confident.
In that era, this medicine was also a huge profit trade. After all, you don’t need to ask the price when seeking medical treatment.
