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Wu Sunchang always has the feeling of being bullied.watermark ad test watermark ad test

He was originally the director of the Renqiu County Industrial and Commercial Office—although he had no one under him, no one on top, and was a low-level official, he was still the head of a department.This time the crown prince supervised the country in Nanjing, and all over the country dispatched capable officials to Liudu to listen to him. Wu Sunchang was finally selected, and the Ministry of Officials gave him the rank of Cong Jiupin, but I don’t know why he was sent to Tianjin to travel south by sea. .

From Renqiu, you can directly go south to Linqing, and then take the canal to Nanjing!

"Brother Wu is still throwing up?" A friend I met on the boat patted Wu Sunchang on the back.

The clear water that Wu Sunchang had already vomited almost immediately came up again, and he vomited twice, making his whole body dizzy.He shook his head and panted, "It's a good thing we've arrived, otherwise we would have died on the boat."

But the man acted as if nothing had happened, he chuckled and said, "Brother Wu still has to take a river boat, and it will take at least three or five days from here to Nanjing."

"Brother Liang, this is..."

"I'm here." Brother Liang said with a smile on his face: "I just went to the pier and read the official dispatch sign. I was transferred to the Zhaomo Office of the Shipping Department in Shanghai County and City. It happened to be my brother's hometown."

"That's no wonder..." Wu Sunchang knew that the Crown Prince changed his rules and preferred to use local people as officials.Although it is an unspoken rule to be an official in a different place, there have been very few violations of this rule in the past dynasties.The defense here is that local officials are local tyrants and form feudal towns.Apparently the Crown Prince wasn't worried about that.

"Brother Wu is free in the future, you can come to Songjiang Mansion for a while." Brother Liang cupped his hands and was about to leave.

Wu Sunchang hastily grabbed his arm, and said, "Brother Liang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are integrated. If you dare to ask your country to be in power, what should you pay attention to first?"

Brother Liang patted Wu Sunchang's arm.He smiled and said, "Let's learn Wu dialect first."

Wu Sunchang's head exploded with a bang!

It would be better to die!

The orthodox official language of the Ming Dynasty was Fengyang official language, and the emperor and prince were born and raised in Beijing, but the official language of the dynasty was still Fengyang dialect.In addition to Fengyang dialect, Beijing Mandarin and Nanjing Mandarin are common Mandarin in both the north and the south.The former is similar to Mandarin in later generations.Even the new time-traversing people can barely get along, just be careful not to bring out the Liaodong Army dialect—that is more like Mandarin in later generations.but be despised.

Nanjing Mandarin can refer to the Nanjing dialect of later generations, but it is somewhat difficult for northerners.The folks don't use official Chinese, they speak local dialect, which is difficult even for Nanjing people 400 years later.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the officials were in a difficult situation.In addition to the fact that officials from all over the country formed a world job to fight against the floating officials, the more important thing was that the floating officials worked in different places and could not understand the local dialect.Officials have mastered the right to communicate in language, so they can naturally make many abuses.Places like Jiangnan are not bad, after all, there is a gradual process of change.Those officials appointed to serve in Fujian and Guangdong are the worst, if they offend the local officials.I can't even eat enough.

Wu Sunchang had already learned Wu dialect from Liang for several days on the boat, so he thought it would be no problem for him to say hello to people on the street.When I was about to disembark, I met another Wu man who spoke the Gusu dialect, and my previous confidence was instantly shattered.Only then did he know.In order to teach him, Brother Liang already slowed down his speech several times.

——When Qin Shihuang used the same pronunciation, the writing was the same as the text, and it has been the same for 2000 years!

Wu Sunchang seemed to have tied a knot in his heart.

"Wu Sunchang! Wu Sunchang!" Someone shouted Wu Sunchang's name under the official sign on the pier.

"I'm calling you!" Brother Liang pushed Wu Sunchang: "Now all the people are calling for appointments nearby, it seems that you don't have to go to Nanjing."

"Fortunately, fortunately..." Wu Sunchang ran over staggeringly, and said loudly, "Yes! Yes! I am Wu Sunchang."

The roll caller took a look at Wu Sunchang, and said loudly, "Wu Sunchang confers a title to the governor of Kunshan County in Suzhou Prefecture."

Everyone around cast envious eyes.

Wu Sunchang froze in place.

Brother Liang stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, low rank and high match, the future is boundless."

Wu Sunchang was still afraid of the Suzhou dialect, so he asked in a low voice, "How far is Suzhou Mansion from here?"

Brother Liang laughed loudly and said, "This place is under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture."

At this time, everyone was standing at the boundary of Chongming County, which belongs to Suzhou Prefecture.Opposite the Wusong River is Shanghai County, which belongs to Songjiang Prefecture.

Although Chongming is located in Suzhou, Wu Sunchang had to walk one day longer than Brother Liang to arrive at his post.After all, this day's itinerary is all overland, and it is much easier to have a public carriage to ride.There were only three people who went to Suzhou Mansion together in the car, and the other two were young men who had recently graduated. They didn't even have beards on their mouths, just a ring of bristles.

Wu Sunchang, who has a baby face and is actually 21, naturally became the leader of the three-person team, and was regarded as the backbone by the other two.But after Wu Sunchang knew that the two were studying accounting, he restrained himself a lot.In contrast, he does not have professional skills, and his previous job was more like a boy running errands.

"When I take office, I have to walk around a lot so that I can handle business properly." Wu Sunchang said to the two.

"It all depends on Brother Wu's advice." The two said one after another.

Facts proved how timely Wu Sunchang's greeting was.As soon as the three of them arrived in Kunshan County, they were beaten down by local officials.The county magistrate had a ruthless expression on his face, as if he had seen an enemy who had taken his wife and killed his relatives; from the magistrate of the county to the clerks below, all of them were grim, and even the white servants who had no status were indifferent to them, rolling their eyes No greetings.

The entire Kunshan county government office is like a ghost, and if you walk in, you can drop water into ice.

Wu Sunchang led the two younger brothers who were scared to the ground, and tried to comfort them: "Don't be afraid! We are the Ming officials, can they eat us?"

"Brother, don't shake your legs..."

"..."

With such an attitude, the county government naturally did not arrange board and lodging for the three of them.Wu Sunchang had finally been in charge of industry and commerce, and he was familiar with the price standards of inns and meals, so he wouldn't make jokes.However, he soon discovered that the prices in Jiangnan were quite strange. The prices were low when copper coins were used, but high when silver coins were used.According to the saying that things are rare and expensive, it seems that Jiangnan has more silver and less copper.

Although he couldn't understand the economic principles involved, Wu Sunchang couldn't control so much, because he still had to think about how to get along with his superiors and colleagues when he arrived at the county government office tomorrow.

The basic configuration of Damingfu County is a county magistrate of the seventh rank, a county magistrate of the eighth rank, a master Bo of the ninth rank, and a canonist of the lower rank.

The crown prince expanded the bureaucracy system, adding county lieutenants in charge of the inspection department and Xiangyong on the original basis, and belonged to the command and envoy system of the capital.The county court was also set up to separate the judicial power of magistrate and county magistrate.At the same time, all yamen are required to set up photo mills to count the administrative revenue and expenditure of the department.

As for the systems of regular meetings, project approval, etc., they are also common sense in the north.Wu Sunchang has been taught these rules since the first day he ate public rations, taking them for granted.After arriving in Kunshan, I found myself in a foreign land.

The court here is basically the county magistrate and the county magistrate, and the Dianshi is also in charge of the county police station. Only Ma Bukuaishou and four people serve as policemen.Zhaomosuo is in name only, but there is an extra sign hanging at the door of the house.The county lieutenant is short of staff, and it is said that he is still waiting for someone from the capital to come.As for the daily work procedures, such as regular meetings, project establishment, minutes, and notifications... It seems that everyone has never heard of it.

"Which work should I be in charge of?" Wu Sunchang asked weakly.

The magistrate drooped his eyelids, sat on the official hat chair in his early years, and said leisurely: "Master Bo was supposed to be in charge of the county's household registration and document handling. Register the household registration of the common people. This official will entrust this matter to you, you must do your job well, and don't let the emperor down."

"Your Majesty understands." Wu Sunchang paused, and then said, "My lord, look at the manpower and money..."

"The county still owes a lot of taxes, how can I give you money! As for the manpower, you can find some savings yourself." The magistrate raised his hand and touched the teacup on the table.

Wu Sunchang had no choice but to leave, thinking to himself: I don't give money or people, so I want to do the big project of organizing households and people?I don't know what Kunshan County has done now.

When he returned to his office, Wu Sunchang called the housekeeper, and seeing that he was an old man in his fifties, he did not want to use official pressure to suppress him.Not only let him sit down, but also ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked politely: "How is the progress of our county's official documents from Fantai last year, and the registration of households and people?"

There was no resistance on the old man's face, he just said: "Not yet."

"Why is that?" Wu Sunchang was taken aback: The feudal administration only issued the official document last year, it was already too late, why did it not start when we got to the place!

"Third Lord Rong Bing," the old official cupped his hands slightly: "This matter requires no one, and no money. The exchange of money and money in my house is already very cumbersome on weekdays. Where did the time come from?"

"This matter is a major matter for the imperial court. What should I do if Shangfeng asks about it?"

The old official stopped talking, just sat silently, like a stone sculpture.No matter what Wu Sunchang said, the old housekeeper just didn't understand, and sometimes he didn't use official language to deal with it, but just dealt with it in Kunshan dialect.

After driving the old official away, Wu Sunchang's anger subsided, and suddenly he heard someone tugging at the door, and immediately shouted: "Who is outside! Don't you understand the rules!"

The door curtain parted, but it was Lu Wei and Yang Xiang.It was the two accounting students who came with Wu Sunchang. They squeezed in together, but they also pulled a soap li with a mouse whisker.

"What's the matter?" Wu Sunchang asked after seeing Lu Wei and Yang Xiang, suppressing his anger.

"Tell the third master exactly what you said before." Lu Wei pushed behind the Zaoli.

That Zaoli timidly stepped forward, bowed to Wu Sunchang, and said, "Third Master, the villain also heard the rumor..."

"Say." Wu Sunchang's heart tightened for no reason.

"It is said that the elder master and the second master are going to send you off."

Wu Sunchang frowned: "I have only been in office for two or three days, and the official duties I have taken are not yet ready for Cheng Wen, how can they send me away!"

"It's the residence of the third master..."

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