The Wannian County Government Office is located in Xuanyangfang, which requires a long walk. Without the pain of being beaten with a cane, and with a stable career, Li Siye finally relaxed and could freely observe the planned city structure of Chang'an City.
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Bai Juyi said, "Thousands of houses are like chess boards, and twelve streets are like vegetable fields." The planning of Chang'an Chengfang City is exactly the characteristics of this city, and it is probably considered the originator of the modern community system.
Crossing the vertical street and looking up, he saw that the walls of the Daming Palace on Longshou Plain were arranged in layers, and the green glazed tiles on the palace were scattered up and down like fish scales. He didn't know which year of the Xuanzong Dynasty he was in, but he saw his face looked like this
The youthful appearance should be from the Kaiyuan period, which was the time of prosperity, right?
Li Sizhu took the initiative to look over and asked: "Which year of Kaiyuan is it now?"
Zhang Xiaojing turned around slightly and glanced at him with a strange expression, which made Li Siye very uneasy. Fortunately, he gave the answer directly: "The 24th year of Kaiyuan."
Zhang Xiaojing continued: "At this time last year, I was still working as a servant at the Fengsui Fort of the Anxi Protectorate, but now I am already a small bad commander in Chang'an City."
Li Siye looked at him sideways and carefully. This man was tainted with too much aura of murder and blood, and was incompatible with the bustling atmosphere of Chang'an City. Perhaps it was the mark carved on him by the Western Region frontier, or the scars on his face were hidden behind it.
He has suffered a lot, but he must be a very complicated person.
Wannian County has a lobby facing the street. Next to the lobby is the front door. After entering, there are three or four courtyards, which can accommodate small officials with different responsibilities. The county captain is responsible for two cross-courtyards, one for housing and one for interrogation and
Temporary detention of prisoners.
Li Siye and the delinquents stayed outside the courtyard, and Zhang Xiaojing went in personally to report them.
He stood there bored and simply admired the architectural layout of the county. Both the main hall and the pavilion looked square and dignified, without the slightest delicacy. This was probably a characteristic of Tang-style architecture. Even the relief sculpture of Haechi on the door wall
They are all plump and majestic, without any carving, they only have their own spirit, and do not seek for their appearance.
Zhang Xiaojing walked out quickly and waved to Li Siye: "Follow me to see County Captain Zhang."
He left his sister at the door of the yard for everyone to take care of, and followed Zhang Xiaojing into the yard. He saw a man wearing a blue patterned round-neck robe standing in the main hall corridor, his head wrapped in a black gauze mantou, his eyes were cold, and he had a light beard on his chin.
This is Zhang Hong, the captain of Chang'an County.
Zhang Xiaojing led Li Siye forward and crossed his hands and said, "Li Siye, Zhang County Lieutenant, acted righteously and captured the habitual criminal Chang Hengsheng for us."
Li Siye also imitated Zhang Xiaojing's example, crossed his hands, stretched out his right thumb in front of his chest, and said: "Li Siye, a native of Gaoling, please see Zhang Xianwei."
"Huh? This brave man captured Chang Hengsheng? He deserves a reward! I will go to Zhao Zhubo later to receive the reward and bonus."
Zhang Hong nodded approvingly when he saw that Li Siye was tall, broad and strong. This man had a straight face and extraordinary talent. He didn't have any bad deeds. To follow Zhang Xiaojing's men and work as a low-level delinquent in Chang'an was to be regarded as a sign of humiliation.
"Yes, go and report your name to Master Zhao, and then you can follow Zhang Xiaojing."
Zhang County Lieutenant just gave this order, which was regarded as his job was assigned. After the two of them folded their hands and left, they went to Master Zhao to register the color.
Although the courtyard where Zhao Zhubo is located is not as spacious as the county captain, it looks very delicate. Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye stood at the door of the courtyard with their hands folded and loudly reported: "Zhao Zhubo, Zhang Xiaojing and the martyrs are here to collect the reward."
No one made a sound inside, and the two of them could only stand outside and wait. It seemed that the boss was much more powerful than the county captain, and it was true. The boss was in charge of the county's money and food, personnel appointments and registration, which was equivalent to the finance.
The bureau and the director of the Personnel Bureau are half a rank higher than the county lieutenant, and their scope of authority is much wider. If it is in a local prefecture or county, the county lieutenant is also responsible for the armed militia of a county in addition to arresting theft, but in Chang'an City, thousands of people
In Nian County and Wannian County, the county lieutenant only has the responsibility of catching thieves and maintaining public order.
After waiting for a while, a small official holding a thick document walked out. When he passed by them, he turned around and said, "Master Zhao asked you to come in."
Zhang Xiaojing whispered in Li Siye's ear: "When you go in later, no matter how much money Master Zhao takes out, you can only take half of it. The errand is more important than the reward."
Li Siye nodded, and he could understand the underlying meaning, and there was no need to ask why. Even though they were separated by more than a thousand years, there was no generation gap between him and the ancients on this matter. Money and silk were always the same.
It is a bridge to strengthen communication.
The two walked into the main office area. The three walls of the room were occupied by wooden shelves and wooden cabinets. Various silk volumes and paper volumes were displayed on the shelves. Only the desks were placed in the central open space.
, Lord Zhao sat cross-legged on the futon, holding a seal pen with his head lowered and copying official documents on the paper.
Zhao Zhubo put down his pen, rubbed his aching wrist, then raised his head and asked: "Zhang Xiaojing, bring someone to collect the reward? Whose reward is it?"
"The Lord is very humble, and there is always a reward."
"Oh," Zhao Zhubo stood up and walked to the scroll. He flipped the scroll and said, "Wait a minute, I checked the reward book. Well, I found it."
He sat back in front of the desk with the volume in hand, flipped through a few pages and searched on it, and then said aloud: "Chang Hengsheng has offered a reward of 1,600 yuan." Then he continued writing at the bottom: "Kaiyuan 2.
Fourteen years by..."
He raised his head and gave Li Siye a cold look and asked, "Where are you from, and what is your last name?"
"Oh, my name is Li Siye, from Gaoling, Jingzhao Prefecture."
Zhao Zhubo continued to write: "Li Siye, the righteous man in Gaoling, Jingzhao, has been arrested and the reward has been distributed."
"Someone is coming!"
A clerk immediately ran into the room next to him. Lord Zhao took off the key from his waist, handed it to the clerk along with the volume, and said: "Go to the county treasury to get 1,600 yuan as a reward for catching theft."
The clerk snorted and went to the treasury to withdraw the money. Zhang Xiaojing took advantage of this opportunity and brought up the matter of registering a delinquent for Li Siye. The Zhao boss complained a few words: "We, the non-staff clerk in Wannian County, are
The staff has already exceeded the quota. There are more than 160 people with more than 100 mouths. How much does it cost every quarter! Zhang Hong only knows how to cause trouble for me, and expands the staff through nepotism. They are all doing nothing but eating!"
The boss raised his head slightly and said, "Oh, I'm not talking about you. Don't have too many misunderstandings."
Complaints were complaints, but Zhao Zhubo still wrote Li Siye's name on the county staff roster, took off the seal bag from his waist, and stamped his seal.
The clerk returned with a tray filled with copper coins. Sixteen coins were placed on the tray, stacked one on top of another, each containing one hundred coins. He placed them on the table in front of Master Zhao and quickly retreated.
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Master Zhao didn't even look at the money. He lowered his head and continued to write the file, and said calmly: "Okay, take your reward money."
Li Siye followed Zhang Xiaojing's instructions, stretched out his hand, took out only eight of them, and poured them into his cuffs. Zhao Zhubo seemed to be lowering his head to write, but the corner of his eye was glancing at the tray, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.
Li Siye surrendered and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhao, for the small reward. I will resign."
Zhao Zhubo never raised his head, but he answered: "This is not a reward from me. This is a reward from the imperial court. It is a reward from Wannian County. Don't get confused."
Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye turned around and saluted, then exited the room and walked out of the courtyard.
It wasn't until the two of them left that Zhao Zhubo raised his head and glanced at the coins in the tray, and laughed out loud: "He is still a man who understands the rules."
Zhang Xiaojing glanced back outside the courtyard door, faced Li Siye and said with emotion: "I only gained a little experience after getting a lot of blood."
As he walked, he put his hands in his sleeves and said: "We, the low-level officials, can be regarded as reaching a small part of the officialdom. You don't need to understand the principles, but you must know it. Whether it is a reward of silver or a subsidy,
Half of it is not yours, don’t wait for kickbacks from above, donate it proactively, it will be much more convenient for us to do things in the yamen.”
Li Siye nodded, this was also part of the prosperous Kaiyuan era.