Tang's dining table

Without various subsidies, Liu Hucao received his own two ounces of salary. This was the total amount after conversion. He was very satisfied with this figure.

When Xie Rong arrived at the Wannian County Government Office in the morning, he found that the atmosphere was very wrong. In the past, the officials who treated him with respect were now looking at him with a hint of resentment in their eyes.

Xie Rong still knows the source of this anger. After all, he recovered the so-called year-end bonus given to these people at the end of last year.

Regarding this matter, Xie Rong thought that Wannian County Magistrate Yunchu was acting wantonly. Such large-scale embezzlement of national funds was intolerable in his opinion.

Previously, Yun Chu relied on his military exploits in Liaodong, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and His Majesty would tolerate his misdeeds. But now it is different. The imperial court has begun to move the capital to Luoyang, and money is needed everywhere. At this time, the money that Yun Chu has given out before will be tolerated. Getting the money back was a kind of compensation. Even if Yun Chu came back, he would only be grateful to himself.

This approach can be regarded as helping Yunchu make up for the loopholes, just like the succeeding officials are helping their predecessors make up for the shortcomings.

And these fools in Wannian County's Yamen have been devouring Wannian County's wealth for so many years, and they actually feel confident about taking it.

When Xie Rong walked into the official house, he found that the room was very cold. He took a look at the stove equipped in the official house and wiped it. It was cold.

There was no hot water in the teapot, and there was still the leftover tea that I had drunk yesterday on the table, which I had not cleared away.

"Somebody come!"

Xie Rong suppressed his anger and shouted loudly.

As a result, no one answered.

He opened the window angrily and found five or six handymen carrying steaming wooden buckets, busy delivering hot water everywhere.

He grabbed a passing handyman and said, "Where's the hot water in my house?"

The servant bowed and said, "There is no county magistrate's name on the water and fire sign."

Xie Rong frowned and said, "What brand of water and fire?"

The servant hurriedly said: "It's the sign that supplies hot water and charcoal. Whoever's name is on it will be delivered to his mansion."

"Why is there no official name?"

The servant said: "I'm afraid it's because the county magistrate didn't pay the water and fire money."

Xie Rong said angrily: "Isn't this what it should be? Why is there such a thing as paying money?

When did it start? "

The handyman wanted to break away from Xie Rong's hand, but he was worried that he was a sixth-grade official, so he forced a smile and said: "The notice was posted last night, and the implementation started this morning."

"Where's the notice?"

"Right at the yamen gate, there was a very strange name called - Integrity Charter."

Xie Rong let go of the handyman and left the official residence in a few steps and came to the gate of the county government office. Sure enough, there was a notice posted on the eight-character wall at the gate of the county government office.

After Xie Rong read the notice, he felt that his eyes were going dark. Wannian County Government had canceled all preferential treatment. This was nothing to him. At most, he could just eat more simply.

As for being hated by the subordinate officials in Wannian County, it is not a big deal. The subordinate officials themselves hate the chief officials. This is common sense.

What made him angry was that this notice had been posted all night, but no one informed him or even asked him, the county magistrate, for his opinion.

Xie Rong tore up the notice and angrily went straight to Liu Hucao's official residence.

At this time, Liu Hucao had already gone to work. The fire in the room was very bright, which was very good at resisting the autumn cold. The teapot on the table was steaming lightly. A pot of good tea had been brewed and was waiting for Liu Hucao. Cao was enjoying it after washing his hands.

Xie Rong opened the door and walked into the house with a gust of cold wind. He slapped the torn documents on the table and shouted angrily: "Give me an explanation!"

Liu Hucao was already calm in the face of Xie Rong's anger. After wiping his hands with a handkerchief, he picked up the teapot and said calmly: "This is what the county magistrate meant."

Xie Rong's face flushed red, and he suppressed his anger and said: "Magistrate Yun is still in the Western Region at this time, how could he issue such an order?"

Liu Hucao put down the teapot, carefully flattened the notice that Xie Rong brought, pointed to the county magistrate's seal at the bottom and said, "Didn't the county magistrate read the seal?"

Xie Rong pointed at Liu Hucao's nose and said, "How presumptuous!"

Liu Hucao laughed out loud, pointed at the notice with his finger and said: "The lower official knows that the county magistrate is unhappy, but this is the county magistrate's handwriting. Even if you are unhappy, you can only endure it at this moment and wait for the county magistrate." After the prime minister becomes the county magistrate for ten thousand years, it will not be too late to give orders to his subordinates."

Xie Rongchang took a breath and said: "You are corrupt, perverting the law, secretly dividing national funds, and are suspected of selling your official position. I also heard that you regard Wannian County as your own land, and you give and receive privately to each other. Do you really think that Yunchu can win over Wannian County?" Can Nian County cover the sky with one hand?"

Liu Hucao looked at the angry Xie Rong and said with a smile: "People from Dali Temple have come three times. They arrested six people and sent them to prison. They entered Dali Temple in good condition. Three days later, when they came out, they found no evidence. The skin is torn.

The imperial censors also wrote seventeen articles of impeachment, and when they were read out in the court, they were generous and loyal. It seemed that my Wannian county government office was already a nest of snakes and rats.

It's a pity that after the bullet was delivered to Liangtai Pavilion, there was no news. The prime ministers in the court paid no attention to the matter, and there was no movement from His Majesty.

Since the county magistrate thinks we are guilty, we might as well submit a memorial - well, the county magistrate submitting a memorial is like eating vegetables, and the county magistrate is not yet qualified to submit a memorial.

The lower official suggested that the county magistrate could go to Dali Temple to report the matter, or he could also file a complaint to the Yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

If the county magistrate doesn't want to choose either, then just shut up and wait quietly for the magistrate to come back and see how the magistrate reacts. "

"You have no respect for your superiors, and you want to take advantage of me?"

Liu Hucao smiled and said: "This is all what the county magistrate means. The county magistrate should not frighten the subordinates. Just wait a little longer. The county magistrate will come back at the beginning of spring. The county magistrate will definitely give an explanation to the county magistrate."

Xie Rong glanced at Liu Hucao bitterly and said, "Someone doesn't believe it. This Chang'an City is a place where rats like you are rampant."

With a proud smile on Liu Hucao's face, he once again took out the asset income statement discarded by Zhang Hua, slapped it in front of Xie Rong and said, "Can't you understand? Do you want to explain it to the county magistrate?

In the fourth year of Xianqing's reign, Wannian County opened 600 miles of canals, converted 110,000 acres of dry land into paddy fields, opened up 14,000 acres of barren hills, created 3,100 acres of new fruit trees, and 40,000 acres of new bamboo fields for papermaking. One thousand one hundred and sixty-one new workshops were opened, business taxes collected were one million three hundred and one million guan, and all rents and servants were collected at the beginning of the year.

Twenty-seven new elementary schools were opened, 361 orphanage houses were expanded, 80 miles of canals were repaired in cooperation with the Ministry of Water Resources, and 213 miles of roads were repaired in cooperation with the Ministry of Works.

The bad guy, Wu Houpu, was responsible for the public security of Wannian County. In the fourth year of Xianqing, there were only 111 cases of lawlessness in Wannian County, and 87 cases were dealt with, and the rest were self-consistent.

Wuhoupu watched and patrolled day and night and kept watch, and he was quite dedicated. In the fourth year of Xianqing, there were six fires, one of which was caused by arson, and the remaining five were accidents. None of the six fires resulted in a major disaster.

The county magistrate has also been a county magistrate. With such achievements, even if our county magistrate is a bit domineering, your majesty will tolerate it, right?

Not to mention that in order to expand the Chang'an trade route, the county magistrate went to the Western Regions and Persia tirelessly to attract merchants. I heard that he attracted more than 20,000 caravans.

This will be a new challenge for Chang'an. As long as we arrange this chamber of commerce, we will definitely be able to bring more generous business taxes to Chang'an City.

If the county magistrate comes to Wannian County to do things, he might as well get involved. Within two years, the county magistrate will definitely be promoted. If the county magistrate comes to Wannian County to do bad things, then don’t blame me and other county magistrates. Like nothing. "

When Xie Rong came out of Liu Hu Cao's mansion, his face was extremely pale.

He knew that a local official's real confidence came from his political achievements. Although this was on the surface and could not be done accurately, when his political achievements were so brilliant that no one could cover them up, such good things would surely reach the sky.

Even if the prime ministers in the court were dissatisfied with this local official, they would still tolerate him because of his extraordinary political achievements.

What's more, a person like Yunchu has great hands and eyes. As long as it is his credit, no one can cover it up.

The main purpose of appointing officials in the imperial court is to amass wealth for the imperial court, and then to stabilize the world. Nowadays, Wannian County has done extremely well in these two areas.

Xie Rong also discovered for the first time that he had indeed underestimated Wannian County, Yunchu, and the subordinate officials here.

Xie Rong returned to the cold official residence and sat there for a long time. When Zhang Hua and Qu You came over to discuss countermeasures, they had no good way to deal with it.

The magistrate of Wannian County is Yunchu. If he wants to appoint a subordinate official in office, Yunchu needs to speak out. The three of them do not have this power.

The three of them were the only people in the entire county government office. They sat there until noon, feeling hungry, and then remembered that the government office had stopped eating, but the smell of food outside the window was lingering. It was paid for by the subordinate officials in Wannian County themselves. Qian sent a handyman to buy delicious food from the Jinchangfang cafeteria.

Among the three of them, Qu You was the timidest. He had also heard some legends about Yun Chu these days. When the three of them couldn't think of any good solution, he whispered: "How about forget it?"

Xie Rong and Zhang Hua remained silent.

Both of them understood that if there was nothing they could do about the Wannian County Government through normal means, they would have to resort to some means.

After all, they are Wannian County officials, so if they want to do something, they can still do it.

Once clandestine means are used, they must be prepared for others to use clandestine methods against them.

A battle in officialdom is no different from a battle between two armies. There is no reason why you are only allowed to harm others but not allowed to fight back.

Once the competition reaches this level, it will be an endless fight.

Whether or not to cross the line and form a deadly feud is something that both Xie Rong and Zhang Hua need to carefully consider.

After returning home full of anger, Xie Rong found that his family was waiting for him on the side of the street, and some of the furniture and household items he had brought to Chang'an were piled on the road.

Before Xie Rong could ask questions, his wife came forward and said, "The landlord kicked us out and said he wanted to increase the rent. I don't even want to pay him any extra money."

Xie Rong's eyes were about to burst and he roared angrily: "If you are not a human being, where is this bastard landlord?"

The lady quickly grabbed Xie Rong and said, "Husband, please don't get angry. The owner of the house is the Duke of Yanmen..."

Chapter One