When Cao Liu came out of Jiang Fan's room, his whole body was completely filled with anger.
Because Jiang Fan is really too lenient and unreasonable.
How could the rules that had been formed so long be abolished just two days after Captain Xincheng took office?
Yes, the salaries paid to officials by the imperial court were extremely generous. Even the lowest-level government servants and scribes were actually treated quite well and could definitely be regarded as high-income groups.
But no one would mind having too much money!
Unless you reach a certain height, reputation is more important than money. In addition, in the salary system of the Zhou Dynasty, the higher the official position, the more exaggerated the standard of salary.
Only then can corruption be completely eliminated.
But at least at Cao Liu's level, he was extremely satisfied and happy to be able to have a relatively safe and stable extra income.
Where does an annual salary of two thousand dollars go? Didn’t you see that a nice house in Heyang City is much higher than this figure?
As for the lowest level government servants, they are naturally less able to resist this kind of extra income.
Therefore, Jiang Fan's decision just now made Cao Liu furious, feeling that Jiang Fan was arbitrarily cutting off everyone's financial path.
Such behavior is certainly unreasonable.
At least for Cao Liu, that's the case.
After walking a few steps in the government office, Cao Liu thought about it carefully and decided to go to the city guard Gu Yan to report the matter.
No matter what, we can't let Jiang Fan just mess around here, right?
When Cao Liu came to Gu Yanling's office, Gu Yan was taking a nap while drinking tea. There were a lot of things going on in Heyang City recently, and in addition, there were always secret messages coming from the capital Jinling from time to time, so that Gu Yan's
Feeling quite anxious.
Because of the progress of some things, he felt that certain situations were getting out of control.
This is not a situation he wants to see.
As Cao Liu walked in, Gu Yanyan just glanced at him and said: "Cao Dianli, the new city captain has arrived, so don't always run to me. Whatever you do,
They should go directly to the city captain for instructions."
"Sir, I just came out from the city guard. It's not that I broke the rules. It's because our city captain is young and energetic and does things too ridiculously. If you don't have the city guard to check for him, I'm afraid he will be provoked immediately.
What a disaster!"
Cao Liu had a grimace on his face and explained what had just happened in detail.
Then he looked at Gu Yanzhi expectantly.
After all, Gu Yanzhi also got 20% of that income.
Despite Gu Yan's status, he probably has a dispensable attitude towards the 20% of the income.
But in the officialdom, it is important to be a harmonious person. Even if you are a superior official, you can't be too independent, right?
Anyway, from Cao Liu's point of view, Gu Yan would definitely be very dissatisfied with Jiang Fan's indiscretion. When the two big bosses confront each other, the city captain is only the number two figure after all and will eventually compromise.
However, Gu Yan's reaction was far beyond Cao Liu's expectation!
Listening to Cao Liu's sufferings expressionlessly, Gu Yan didn't seem to have any emotional fluctuations.
He continued to drink tea, and after pondering for a long time, he actually said: "Well, during this period, the government officials have indeed become more and more lazy, and they are completely careless about what they should do, which has led to the deterioration of public security in the city.
.It is a good thing that Sir Cheng Wei wants to correct this."
Ah? Good thing?
Cao Liu looked at Gu Yanzi blankly, completely unable to understand why Gu Yanyan would speak for Jiang Fan.
This stupid look made Gu Yan couldn't help but frown, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Dianli, the public security in Heyang is deteriorating. This is your dereliction of duty. I have no objection to the government officials taking advantage of the autumn wind and reaping some benefits.
But the premise is that the daily patrolling of the streets by the government officials must be done properly!"
"But what is the actual situation? You know much better than me, the city guard. If you can't do your job well, what qualifications do you have to ask for those extra benefits? At least in this matter, I stand with the city captain.
!”
"Okay, go down. I still have a lot of things to deal with. Think carefully about what responsibilities you should bear. Don't come to me crying and complaining all day long. What does it look like!"
Being scolded by Gu Yanzhitong made Cao Liu a little doubtful about life.
What's going on? Are you two in the same group?
Seeing Cao Liu leave his room, Gu Yan stood up and walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.
The expression on his face was still calm, but various thoughts were constantly spinning in his mind.
Cao Liu was different from Zhou Tingyu in that he was not one of his. It was just that when there was no city captain before, Cao Liu was closer to him.
Heyang City has a very special status among all the cities in the Zhou Dynasty.
Basically it can be said that among individual cities, its importance is second only to the capital Jinling.
Many people even regard Heyang City as a companion capital!
This specialness is not only reflected in name, but also in the official structure within the city.
Except for the ranks of city guards and city captains, who are one level higher than their counterparts in other cities, officials at all other levels are actually one level higher than their counterparts in other cities.
At the same time, the internal structure of the yamen is also larger. The number of officials, clerks and yamen servants is much greater than that of ordinary cities.
In such a special government office, there are naturally many factions within it. Even if Gu Yan is the head of the city, it is impossible for him to cover the sky with one hand.
Various factions almost all have spokespersons in Heyang City Government Office.
In most cases, these people will follow Gu Yan's lead, crowd around Gu Yan, and jointly maintain the overall interests.
But once a conflict of interest occurs, those whose interests are affected will instantly stand against Gu Yan.
So Gu Yan has been thinking about how to maximize his control within the government office.
Cao Liu suddenly came to complain, but Gu Yan suddenly had a certain idea.
"Perhaps we can use Jiang Fan's hand to deal with some people? Although there will definitely be counterattacks from the factions behind those people, as long as it is Jiang Fan's hand, it has nothing to do with me. After all... Jiang Fan is the leader of Prince Wu's Mansion
People. Even if I can't do anything about it, the factions behind those people have nothing to say."
Gu Yan stopped and muttered to himself.
The more he talked, the clearer the ideas in his mind became, so that by the end, Gu Yan's eyes lit up!
"Even if we provide guidance, maybe we can make people from other factions unable to tolerate Jiang Fan. And if people from other factions find ways to get rid of Jiang Fan, wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone? Everything I was worried about has been solved.
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Gu Yanzhi clenched his fist and said to himself in a deep voice: "Comparatively speaking, it is enough that I don't dare to interfere with Jiang Fan because I am afraid of Prince Wu's Mansion! Of course, the premise is that this Jiang Fan...
...I really dare to break the rules regardless of it! At least now, it seems that there is a lot of hope! The passion and innocence of young people...are always so pleasant many times..."