Since you have become a gravekeeper, you must understand the responsibilities and authorities of a gravekeeper before you can arrange your work.
After walking around, Jia Liu came to his general office.
It is said to be the general manager's yamen, but it looks worse than a magistrate's yamen. It only has a gate, a lobby, and a dozen tile-roofed houses in the second hall, and the rest are thatched houses.
Judging from the quality of this Yamen project, it is better than the bamboo-built Admiral's House built by Jia Liu in Sichuan.
It is said that the previous minister in charge was the great-grandson of Mingzhu, a famous minister of the Kangxi Dynasty. He spent six years in Jingling and was now transferred to Rehe as deputy capital commander.
The toilet is also a thatched house, which is for people's convenience. Next door is a pen for a few horses and the pigs and sheep raised by the officers and soldiers guarding the mausoleum.
The smell was stronger than Jia's underwear that hadn't been washed in six months.
Because the weather is getting warmer, there are bee holes everywhere on the adobe house, and the bees are buzzing, not to mention how lively it is.
The smell of the toilet is okay without the wind, but if the wind blows, the smell will fill the office lobby of the manager.
This made Jia Liu so angry that he couldn't help but curse Mingzhu's great-grandson for six years, but he didn't know how to repair the yamen. If I don't ask you to make this yamen look like a hotel, you should at least clean the toilet.
Clear it all.
It's going to be hot today. It looks like Manager Jia will have to deal with flies during the day and sleep with mosquitoes at night. Who can bear this?
"Master, why don't you let someone repair it?"
The speaker was the older of the two children brought to Jia Liuda's home, a 15-year-old named Liu Xinping.
My younger brother is Liu Xinning, 13 years old.
Something happened at home.
The grandfather of the two brothers was an old scholar. I don’t know whether he was dedicated to serving the country or because he had enough to eat. He even made suggestions to the yamen, that they should clean up their household registrations as soon as possible, limit the return period of people who go out, and conduct an inventory of local boat owners.
In Jia Liu's view, these are all good ways to catch bandits and crack down on lawlessness.
However, the law of the Qing Dynasty states: "No member is allowed to make a single confession, and those who violate the rule will be dismissed from office as a violation of the system."
What does it mean? Scholars are not allowed to discuss government affairs, including local policies. Regardless of whether the court's policies are good or bad, scholars are not qualified to discuss them, let alone make suggestions.
Scholars and those with fame are not allowed to talk about it, and ordinary people can't even think about it.
If you dare to say so, you are discussing state affairs and violating the rules.
So the local government decided to punish Liu Laoxiucai with a hundred sticks according to Qing law and send him to his family to be imprisoned forever.
For an old man in his 60s or 70s, a hundred sticks, even if the government officials show mercy, is basically giving away half of his life.
But somehow the matter reached Qianlong's ears, and the old man became angry. In the midst of all his busy schedules, he issued an edict saying that the old scholar was talking about national customs and was actually being rebellious. He ordered the old man to be beheaded and his descendants to be sent to the capital to be slaves of the Eight Banners.
In this way, the grandfather who wanted to behead the Qing Dynasty was beheaded, and all his children and grandchildren became slaves under his banner.
This matter is not a literary prison, but it is worse than a literary prison.
Because this is a forbidden word.
In short, in the Qing Dynasty, except for the people who could give advice to the yamen, the Han people broke the law when they opened their mouths, and there was no discussion about arresting you.
Jia Liu felt lucky that he was wearing Banner clothing, not Han clothing.
Otherwise, it's quite boring.
However, the Liu family is considered lucky. After all, their descendants are slaves to Jia Liu, the father-in-law's family. It is hard to say what would happen if they were transferred to another family.
Although it is right for officials not to build a government office and for customers not to build a shop, Jia Liu really didn't want to stay in this environment like Mingzhu's great-grandson, so he decided to build a government office.
When it comes to being an official, there are always three things a new official should do when he takes office.
If he doesn't set fire, can he start the project?
First, it can earn face and improve the living environment of officials;
Secondly, if you can make some money from it, why not do it.
Back in the lobby, Wing Commander Delwang, together with the defenders below, the Xiaoqi School and the Yamen's pen-stickers, paid homage to Tang Aduhou.
Seeing the steward returning from his inspection, everyone quickly saluted.
"Everyone, get up."
Jia Liu glanced at the crowd and found that they were all empty-handed, and he must have felt a little unhappy.
He doesn't accept gifts, but that doesn't mean that these subordinates can't give them.
He was unhappy and spoke little, so he entered the hall with a sullen face to seal, and according to the system, he stamped various official documents left by his predecessor.
After "Ba Ba" was sealed, Jia Jia Shikai had the final say in the Jingling General Manager's Yamen from now on.
Then Wing Commander Delwang handed over the "handbook" to the general manager, asking the general manager to familiarize himself with the working environment, procedures and so on.
This matter was relatively important, so Jia Liu immediately began to study it.
After much research, I came to understand two things.
The first thing is why he commanded so few Eight Banners soldiers guarding the mausoleum.
The reason is that the security of the East and West Tombs is actually the responsibility of Lvying Malan Town.
A town is equivalent to a military sub-region. For example, the four towns of Chengdu, Chongqing, Jianchang, and Songfan that Jia Liu commanded when he was the admiral of Sichuan are equivalent to the four sub-military districts in Sichuan.
Due to the important location of Malan Town and the protection of the imperial mausoleum, the town's chief military officer had the qualifications and rights to report to the emperor, and the candidates for the chief military officer were personally appointed and dismissed by Qianlong.
Regardless of whether banditry breaks out in Dongling or Xiling, or is approached by rebels, the Malan Town Green Camp will be responsible for encirclement and suppression.
Therefore, the Eight Banners officers and soldiers stationed at various mausoleums are really guarding the gates. If there are imperial envoys or the emperor coming, they will carry the signs to make a show.
Besides, nothing happened.
The second thing is that if Jia Liu wanted to repair the yamen, he would not apply for expenses from the Ministry of Industry, but would report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
After the Ministry of Internal Affairs approves and allocates the money, the general manager's office can recruit craftsmen to start repair work.
Jia Liu thought that He Shen seemed to be in charge of the Guangzhou Reserve Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so He Shen wouldn't make things difficult for him if he gave him a report asking him to spend RMB 180,000 to improve the working environment.
When I think about it, I feel happy.
Just as he was about to talk to Delwang about repairing the yamen, Delwang handed over an account and said it contained various expenditure accounting reports, which needed to be reviewed by the new general manager.
"oh?"
Jia Liu quickly reached out and took it. Isn't this expense accounting a matter of money? He is good at this aspect.
When I opened it, I only turned three pages, but my face suddenly changed. Then I became furious and slapped my hand on the table: "One hundred and seventy thousand taels? You are just helping pigs, you can't use 170,000 taels a year!"
Why, you are treating me as someone who has been taken advantage of!"
Can you not be angry?
There are more than 100 people in total, and the expense report costs 170,000 taels. Why, he is really being used as a hammer by Manager Jia!
Delwan became anxious and quickly reminded: "Sir, these 170,000 taels are the deficit from last year."
"last year?"
Jia Liuyi was startled, and quickly picked up the account book and took a closer look. Sure enough, at the end of each page there were the words Qianlong's 39th year.
"What does last year's deficit have to do with me?"
Jia Liu is even more upset. Every official has his own job, and your predecessor's shortcomings have nothing to do with his new official.
I'm here to make a fucking fortune, not to advance money or anything like that.