A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 376

The end of the year is approaching, and things are busy.

Originally, he was officially appointed as the governor of Yongzhou after the next year, but after the operation to wipe out the ghost city in the south of the city, Wu Huaiyu was directly promoted to the post of Yongzhou Biejia, and the emperor asked him to take office immediately.

After the early court, Huaiyu went to work in the Yamen of Yongzhou in Guangdefang.

Guangdefang is just to the east of West Market, opposite to Huaiyuanfang where Huaiyu's earliest house was located.

The government office in Yongzhou is actually a bit dilapidated. Li Shimin once worked as a shepherd in Yongzhou, but he was only a remote leader. The actual staff are usually Biejia and Zhizhong. Yang Gongren, Gao Shilian and others worked successively, but most of them were part-timers.

Few officials are interested in repairing the yamen.

The Yongzhou yamen doesn't even have official residences for officials. There are only a few rooms where officials are on duty. All officials, big and small, live at home.

It was not the first time for Wu Huaiyu to come to the Yamen of Yongzhou, but this time he came as an officer. The shepherd of Yongzhou is now led by the nine-year-old Han Wang Yuanchang, so he is the actual officer of the Yongzhou Mansion.

All the officials in the yamen came to welcome them, including the magistrates, magistrates, magistrates, county lieutenants, recorders, Liu Cao Zhujun and other high-ranking officials from Chang'an and Wannian counties in the same city.

The scene was quite grand.

No one dares to underestimate this Yongzhou Biejia, who also holds the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Prince Youwei, Prince Xima, owner of Chongxian Pavilion, etc., and even has the title of Champion General.

Of course, as officials at the emperor's feet, they all basically knew that Wu Huaiyu was still a doctor of the six doors, the real confidant of the emperor.

Even if he is only 20 years old, Duke Yi, who has sealed [-] households, who dares to underestimate him. He has punished Luo Yi, destroyed Liang Shidu, and even killed Wang Junkuo. Those who died under his hands were not unknown people.

In the joint surprise operation of the three Yamen just now, Dou Lukuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was dismissed from his post. General Zuowei, Governor of Huazhou, and concubine Chai Shao were also punished by decree, and were recalled to the court and changed to the right Xiaowei. The general and his younger brother were also dismissed from the post of governor and expelled as a citizen.

Another son-in-law, Lu Huairang, was also removed from the post of governor.

Yongzhou prefecture originally governed more than 20 counties. Last year, it began to abolish and merge. It was also at Wu Huaiyu's suggestion that nine counties be retained on both sides of the Weihe River, and [-] counties should be in charge.

The Yongzhou Mansion is different from the general state government. The chief is not called the governor, but Yongzhou Mu, and the second official is not called Changshi or Sima, but Biejia and Zhizhong.

Its subordinate officials are similar to those of other prefectures, but their grades are higher.

The Yongzhou yamen occupies a large area.

There are several gates, the main hall, the inner hall, several courtyards of the various Cao divisions, as well as stables, biography houses, even a banquet hall, a canteen, and dormitories for on-duty personnel to rest.

In addition, there are pavilions, ponds, and gardens.

It even has its own Yongzhou Prison.

During the change of Xuanwu Gate, Gao Shilian, who was the wife and uncle of Li Shimin in the Yongzhou government, armed the prisoners in Yongzhou Prison, raided Fanglin Gate, and assisted Xuanwu Gate.

Those prisoners also made great contributions to support them. Many pending death row prisoners were not only pardoned, but some were even rewarded for their meritorious service in killing the enemy.

He was welcomed into the main hall of the Yamen like the stars arching the moon.

Officials at all levels came to see him one by one.

During the administration, Li Hongjie was still on his way south from Bingzhou, and Wu Huaiyu, who was dressed in purple and jade with a goldfish amulet, was particularly conspicuous among the officials.

Yongzhou is an important place in Gyeonggi, but it is still only a state. It was not until the time of Tang Xuanzong that it was upgraded to Jingzhaofu, which was higher than the state.

At this time, Yongzhou was still only Shangzhou, that is, Zhoumu, Biejia, and Zhizhong were higher than ordinary Shangzhou officials, and other officials were the same as ordinary Shangzhou officials, but they might have priority in promotion sequence.

Liucao's joining the army and the recorder's joining the army are only seventh-rank green-robed officials.

On the contrary, the county magistrates of the two counties of Chang'an Wannian are all officials of the fifth rank, while the county magistrates of the other sixteen counties are of the sixth rank, and the magistrates of Liangjing counties are also of the seventh rank.

The county magistrate of Chang'an, who is wearing a scarlet robe, is also an acquaintance. Yang Zhuan, a descendant of Hongnong's Yang family, belongs to Yang Su's family. Because Shuofang County Shuzuo was implicated and dismissed, and later the father and father welcomed Li Yuan, and his official career was not bad, from serving as a censor to now being a fifth-rank Chang'an county magistrate.

Before Huaiyu was going to Yanzhou to be the governor, Yang Zhuan also gave him a lot of advice.

Yang Zhuan has been the county magistrate of Chang'an for several years. He is quite famous, but he is called a cruel official. They say that he does not like elegance and likes to use cruel officials. He offends many people and is even ridiculed by many colleagues. So, go my own way.

In this joint attack by the three Yamen on the ghost caves in the south of the city, Wu Huaiyu specially asked him to take charge of leading the troops in Yongzhou, and Yang Zuan did not fail Huaiyu's expectations.

At that time, the assault involved many dignitaries and powerful people, but Yang Zuan didn't buy anyone's face, and he was stern and selfless.

Wannian county magistrate is also an acquaintance.

Fang Xuanling's wife's natal family, Lu Chengqing, Duke of Fanyang County, Huaiyu joined the army for Qinzhou when he was in Longyou, and had dealt with Huaiyu before. Wu Huaiyu felt that he was good, and he didn't have the arrogance of the five surnames who look at people from above their nostrils. Under Dou Lu Huairang's introduction, he has made a friend.

Later, the emperor asked the officials to recommend virtuous men, and Huaiyu recommended Zhang Xingcheng, Zhang Xuansu and others, as well as Lu Chengqing.

Of course, Lu Chengqing was distinguished and talented. His father, Lu Chisong, was the commander of Hedong, and he was Li Yuan's friend for a long time. He responded to Li Yuan very early, so he was granted the title of Duke of Fanyang County. However, he passed away very early, and Lu Chengqing inherited the title early.

Many officials recommended him to be erudite and talented, and Li Shimin called him to the Beijing Miansheng. After taking the school examination in person, he was highly praised, and he was directly promoted to the sixth-rank examiner Wailang.

And now he has been promoted to the county magistrate of Zhengwupin Wannian.

The two county magistrates, one from the Hongnong Yang family and the other from the Fanyang Lu family, are both descendants of famous families. Fortunately, Huaiyu is familiar with them, so there is no need to worry about these two subordinates being difficult to deal with.

Yongzhou is not only in charge of the eighteen counties in Gyeonggi, but also responsible for the security of Chang'an. It has a high rank and a lot of power, ranking under the minister and above the minister.

The Yamen in Yongzhou is not subject to appeals step by step. All cases that have been proved to be convincing can be sentenced to death without the joint trial of the three divisions. Yongzhou has its own prison.

However, as a yamen in the capital, it is not so easy to be an official. Not only do you have to deal with so many yamen in Chang'an, but the most important thing is to face the many princes and nobles in the capital, and even the relatives of the royal family. Unbearably long.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the shepherds of Yongzhou have been led by princes from a distance, and the two actual chief officials of Biejia Zhizhong are also led by the prime minister or minister of the court, which is convenient for communication with various government offices and can be lived in town.

Wu Huaiyu is the first one to do so.

On the first day of taking office, Wu Huaiyu met with everyone, got to know each other, and then announced something.

When he came to take office, he got a sum of money from the emperor and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the six doors also supported a sum of money and food.

Wu Huaiyu divided the money and food into three parts, and one part was used as the principal of the public house loan, and the interest was collected on the loan.One part is used as the capital of the cafeteria, and it is used to buy food for the free lunches of officials, and the remaining part is used to repair the yamen, especially to build a new batch of official residences and dormitories.
Some officials in the Yongzhou Yamen are foreigners, and it is expensive to come here to take office, and renting a house adds to the cost, especially some low-ranking officials or even expatriate officials.

Huaiyu planned to allocate money to repair the dormitory of the official residence, so that it would be convenient for officials to live in the yamen, especially for those young, unmarried officials from other places, living in dormitories is convenient and economical.

This kind of Shangguan worked for everyone's welfare as soon as he came, and he really won the praise of all the officials.

In particular, some of the money allocated to the company's money and food money will be used to immediately distribute a sum of New Year benefits. If there is money, silk, rice noodles, sauce, vinegar, wine, salt and tea, everyone calls Yi Guogong mighty.

There are quite a lot of officials in Yongzhou Prefecture, one person from the third rank, two from the fourth rank, two from the seventh rank to join the army, four from the ninth rank to record the affairs, two from the seventh rank to the sixth Cao and the military, and the eighth rank Under the article, there are six people who joined the army,

In addition, there is a doctor of economics and a teaching assistant, as well as a newly established doctor of medicine and a teaching assistant in medicine.
Miscellaneous duties include fifteen swords, eleven jails, twelve inquiries, and twenty-four white straight.

There are nearly a hundred officials with official titles, not counting the temporary personnel who have no establishment, such as Shi Yongzhou, the order to catch money, there are eighteen.

In addition, there are a bunch of Cao's Zuo, Shi, Lingshi, and calligraphers.

There are many bad people and so on.

There are also many white straights and clothes guards who attend officials.

As the Yongzhou Mansion, which is in charge of the capital, the total amount is no more than a hundred people, but in fact there are nearly a thousand people.

This does not count the officials and people in the counties below.

Compared with the general Shangzhou, Yongzhou's official staff is basically double.

On the first day of taking office, he found a good benefit for all the officials. Everyone was very happy. Even today's lunch, Wu Huaiyu had already prepared in advance, killing chickens and sheep, and having a beautiful dinner.

On the first day of work, Wu Huaiyu didn't plan to do any official business, just getting to know everyone.

But Wei Siqi, the secretary of Yongzhou who joined the army, came to Huaiyu to report to Huaiyu with a document.
"Wu Biejia, County Magistrate Yang just happened to be here. A case has been reported to the Chang'an County Government, and our state government has objections."

Wei Siqi is the elder brother of Cucumber Marquis Wei Siren, who was named Duke of Henan County, and his elder brother Siyan was named Duke of Shu. Although they are all scattered, the three brothers all hold the title of Duke and Marquis, which really represents the prosperity of the Wei family. This is not only because their sister Wei Nizi is the Emperor Zhaoyi, and the cousin is the emperor's concubine, but the most important thing is that they are the sons of Jingzhao Wei.

Wei Siqi's father-in-law is Du Yan, the former prime minister.

Facing Yang Zuan, the baron of Chang'an County in the scarlet robe of the fifth grade, the young Wei Siqi didn't give him any face at all, and directly presented a case he had handled to Huaiyu.

Wu Huaiyu took the dossier and looked through it. There was a woman named Yuan in Chang'an who was accused by the Chang'an county government of bewitching people.

The county magistrate Yang Zuan found that there was no evidence after the trial, so he let her go.

That's the thing, Wei Siqi joined the army as a recorder in Yongzhou. This official position is to judge Liu Cao's documents, and to judge good and evil. His main duty is actually to supervise officials.

This official position is similar to the postal supervisor in the Han Dynasty. It not only supervises the appointment of officials, but also supervises the implementation of central government orders in the local area. Review the relevant official documents to check whether they are inappropriate and whether the official affairs have been completed, and sign them with a red pen.

If you compare Yongzhou to Shangshu Province for this official position, then the two recorders joining the army are equivalent to Shangshu Zuocheng, and they have a lot of power.

The case handled by Chang'an County Magistrate Yang Zuan was reported to Yongzhou, but Wei Siqi thought it was inappropriate and refused to pass it.

Now he directly stabbed Wu Huaiyu here, still in front of Yang Zuan, which made Yang Zuan's face very ugly.

Wu Huaiyu deliberately read the case file one more time. Judging from the case file alone, there is nothing wrong with Yang's judgment, after all, there is no evidence.

But Wei Siqi said that the Yuan family has been denounced many times, so this matter should be investigated in depth, instead of being closed with a single sentence without evidence, especially when it involves such things as deceiving people with false rumors, so it should not be taken lightly.

Huaiyu accepted the file.

"I'll study this matter further."

(End of this chapter)