Immediately afterwards, Zhou He walked in, accompanied by several followers from Prince Wu's Mansion.
"Brother Jiang, what have you been busy with these two days? Is it so difficult to see you? Fortunately, I blocked you this time, otherwise I would have doubted whether you were avoiding me on purpose! I just don't like it.
Do you want to see me?"
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Zhou He couldn't help but complain.
A series of questions suddenly gave Su Xiaonuan a flash of inspiration. She looked at Zhou He and said seriously: "Little prince, the young master once had a friend who also liked to ask questions."
Zhou He had just arrived the day before yesterday. Although he was not familiar with the Lin family, he was at least acquainted with them.
But I still don't know what kind of character Su Xiaonuan is, so looking at Su Xiaonuan's serious face, I can't help but become serious.
He opened his mouth and asked: "Friends who also like to ask questions? What next?"
"Then he died."
Su Xiaonuan said very seriously.
"Dead...dead?"
Zhou He was stunned, and subconsciously answered with some confusion: "This... this is really a sad thing."
"Yeah, it's so sad."
Su Xiaonuan nodded in agreement with a serious look.
Lin Wanqing and Lin Wanru couldn't help but turned away, while Jiang Fan coughed twice in embarrassment.
He decisively changed the subject and said, "I wonder why His Royal Highness came to look for me?"
"Of course something good has happened. Brother Jiang, congratulations. After the decree issued by my father himself, you are now the captain of Heyang City! I came here to tell you this and confirm it with you.
Next, when do you plan to take office!"
Hearing Jiang Fan change the topic, Zhou He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly spoke with excitement.
Because he always felt that he and Su Xiaonuan were a bit incompatible. Although he couldn't hear anything wrong with what Su Xiaonuan said, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.
"Heyang City... city captain?"
Jiang Fan repeated it, not understanding what it was.
"Yes! Are you very excited? I understand, after all, this is equivalent to reaching the sky in one step. My father will also have to bear a lot of pressure by suddenly recommending you to such a high position, so you have to work hard and don't let my father
The king is disappointed.”
Zhou He interpreted Jiang Fan's expression as overly surprised and patted Jiang Fan on the shoulder with a smile.
"Wait a minute, what does this city captain... do exactly? Why did your father want me to be Lao Shizi's city captain?"
Jiang Fan frowned and asked.
"Huh? You don't know what a city captain does?"
Zhou He was very surprised.
"Of course, shouldn't I know?"
Jiang Fan rolled his eyes.
"This... to put it simply, the city captain is the second most powerful position in Heyang City after the city guard. And due to the special characteristics of Heyang City itself, the city guard and the city captain, compared with the same officials in other cities,
The grades are all higher. The city guard is from the third grade, while the city captain is from the fourth grade."
Seeing that Jiang Fan didn't seem to be faking it, and that he really didn't understand anything, Zhou He could only continue to introduce: "Unlike the city guard who is responsible for all the government affairs of Heyang City, the city captain's responsibilities are relatively simple, and he is mainly responsible for public security.
Arrest, judicial and other matters. Some cases that are more troublesome and difficult to decide by general judgment often require the city captain to make a decision."
Um? Isn’t this equivalent to the director of public security and the president of the court?
Jiang Fan was a little confused.
Inexplicably...he became an official?! And it sounds like the official position is not small!
Was the selection of official positions in the Zhou Dynasty so casual?
He didn't seem to have done anything. What kind of madness did Zhou He's father have?
"How is it? Are you happy? As for the reason why my father asked you to be the city captain, it is mainly for your safety. Gu Yan is full of hostility towards you. We don't know the reason for the time being. But he is the city guard after all.
My son, if you remain a white body, you will eventually suffer a big loss when facing Gu Yan's hostility."
"So you are given such a position. Although you are nominally the subordinate of City Guard Gu Haoran, you actually perform your own duties. Except for occasions where you need to be polite to Gu Haoran, at any other time, Gu Haoran has nothing to do.
If you do this, it will be extremely difficult for Gu Yanzhi to deal with you again."
Zhou He said with a smile on his face: I'm all for you.
Believe it or not!
Do you think you are Lei Feng when you are so sacrificing yourself for others?
Jiang Fan scorned in his heart, but asked with confusion on the surface: "Doesn't this... such a high position require an imperial examination? How can I become an official without any fame?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Jiang Fan found that everyone in the room, except Lin Wanru, looked at him with strange eyes.
Feeling a little nervous in my heart, I touched the tip of my nose and said with a wry smile: "What? Did I say the wrong thing?"
"Well... Young Master, our Zhou Dynasty implements a way of becoming an official by coexistence of recommendation and imperial examination. The imperial examination you mentioned is okay to seek fame. But it is also okay for nobles and aristocratic families to recommend. If it is a prince like King Wu
Personally recommended, although the official position of Heyang City Lieutenant is a bit high, there is nothing wrong with it."
Su Xiaonuan said.
Yes... co-authoring is another failure in common sense.
However, it was Su Xiaonuan who explained this common sense issue, which ultimately made Jiang Fan feel uncomfortable.
It seems that I am dumber than Su Xiaonuan. This is absolutely intolerable!
"Ahem, well, Xiao Nuan knows a lot, so I'll give you some interesting questions for your debut and let you answer them. What do you think?"
Jiang Fan coughed and said pretending.
Su Xiaonuan was immediately shocked. She reached out and patted her bald head, and said exaggeratedly: "Oh! Master, I remembered. I have something to do in my workshop. Let's go first!"
After saying that, he didn't give Jiang Fan a chance to answer the question, and fled out of the courtyard in a hurry.
Zhou He looked confused, always feeling like he had missed something again.
But exactly what was missed is unknown.
"Well... His Royal Highness, can I not be the captain of the city?"
One sentence scared Su Xiaonuan away. Jiang Fan pondered for a moment, looked at Zhou He and asked.
"Inappropriate? Why?"
Zhou He was obviously not prepared for such an answer.
"Because I am very lazy... and at such a young age, I am really not suitable for being an official. If I really want to be a city captain, I will definitely spend three days fishing and two days drying nets. I am afraid I won't even bother to go to the Yamen.
How bad it would be to embarrass the prince for nothing."
Jiang Fan spread his hands and spoke truthfully.
Zhou He fell into a sluggish state again. He paused for a while and suddenly said through gritted teeth: "The imperial court stipulates that the salary of a fourth-grade official is two thousand guan a year. Heyang City is special. In addition to the official salary, there are also
With an anti-corruption subsidy equivalent to his salary, plus other miscellaneous inputs, the city captain's annual salary can reach about 5,000 guan!"
"How much?! Five thousand strings?"
Jiang Fan was shocked. Doesn't this mean... an annual salary of five million?! A fourth-grade official?!
Is being an official in this great Zhou Dynasty so lucrative?
"That's right, five thousand strings! Not including possible rewards from other sources!"
Zhou He nodded.
"His Royal Highness! When do you think it would be better for me to join the job?"
Jiang Fan asked with sincerity without any pretense.