Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1109 Governor Constitution
Because of the heavy snow, Cao Yong and his party were delayed for a day at Daxing Post Station, and they set off again when the snow stopped on the fourth day of the lunar new year.

Although the snow had already stopped, the half-foot-deep snow on the road made everyone slow down their journey.

"This year's snow is a bit heavy. It seems that there is no need to worry about the spring drought next year." Jiang Jian raised the curtain of the car and looked out, with a little joy.

The journey was boring, so Cao Yong asked Jiang Jian to come over and talk about Zhili's military affairs.

Although Jiang Jian has no experience as a veil in the governor's office, he has been able to get along for many years, and the person Cao Yong trusts the most is him.

Cao Yong also heaved a sigh of relief looking at the world wrapped in silver outside.

There have been nine droughts in ten years in the north, and the imperial court requires rain almost every year. The people's yearly situation depends on whether there are major droughts or minor droughts.

With a few more snowfalls, even if there is less rain next spring, there will still be rivers and streams to irrigate the farmland.

According to later generations, the local surface water is abundant, and it is easy to form cumulonimbus clouds, start the water cycle, and form rainfall.

This is roughly what the auspicious snow heralds a good year.

Yongzheng opened his mouth and gave Cao Yong two years of hard work. This time is very tight.And the errands that were handed over were all money-burning errands.

If there is a severe drought in Zhili next year, not to mention collecting money, I am afraid that normal taxes will not be collected.

If the harvest is good next year, Cao Yong will be much calmer, and he will not be overwhelmed when he comes up.

It is three hundred miles from the capital to Baoding Mansion, and the group arrived on the eighth day of the lunar new year.

Although Cao Yong did not put on a guard of honor, the magistrates of the prefectures and counties who passed by greeted him respectfully.

When he arrived at Baoding Mansion on this day, Cao Yong also experienced some "Jiao Ying".

He came down to guard the shepherd's side, so he wouldn't be as arrogant as Nian Gengyao, but he wasn't as warm and amiable as he was when he was an errand in the Six Departments.

In his thirties, he had a short beard on his mouth and was wearing a brand-new crane men's suit. His eyes swept over everyone, showing a bit of oppression and majesty.

The Zhili side is a good place where the children of the rich and powerful love to be released.It will neither be as poor as Beijing officials, nor be far away from the court like officials in other provinces.

Cao Yong would rather keep a distance than give these officials a chance to get on their noses.Otherwise, each other's family lives in the capital, and if they turn around a few corners, they can get involved. In the future, they will look at inappropriate places and it will be difficult to deal with them.

Unlike Gengyao who welcomed the new year that day, today there are more officials and the momentum is more serious.

Cao Yong's resume has spread throughout Zhili official circles in the past half month.Looking at it makes people stunned. Such a rapid rise can only be called "lucky progress". If it is not for the emperor's grace, he would not have become a feudal official at such a young age.

Cao Yong was fortunate enough to have the capital. Although his father and grandfather were deceased and there were no elders in the family to advise him, the in-laws were sufficient.Several cousins, one imperial bodyguard, and two professional backgrounds, the family has shown a tendency to take off.

In addition, Cao Yong is young, and he will still have great achievements in the officialdom in the future. There are not one or two local officials who want to cling to his big tree.

Only Li Weijun, the former governor of Zhili, led the crowd out with a smile, but his mouth was full of bitterness.

The governor who got it flew away, and his intestines were about to turn green.Although Prince Yi didn't say it clearly, he still pointed out that the emperor was annoyed by Nian Gengyao.

But when he thought that Fan Shijie, who was also the governor, would be transferred back to the capital to "wait for the shortage", he felt lucky again.He had already made up his mind, hugged Prince Yi's thigh tightly, avoided Nian Gengyao, and always looked for opportunities to let the emperor see his "loyalty".

Although Cao Yong showed his "official authority" to others, when he looked at Li Weijun, he was still a bit polite.

Such a scene today was due to Li Weijun giving him face, and he naturally returned the courtesy.

The new governor and the old governor were amiable, and lasted until the reception banquet in the evening.

The reception banquet is held in the largest restaurant "Longsheng Building" in Baoding Prefecture.

Near the restaurant, officers and soldiers have been dispatched to martial law.

In the restaurant, there are more than 20 tables upstairs and downstairs.In addition to the local civil and military officials who came to welcome the new governor, there were also dignified gentry representatives from Baodi Mansion.

Because Cao Yong is the immediate boss, the officials who took the initiative to toast had a more respectful demeanor, including those powerful children and servants of the palace that Li Weijun had a headache in normal times.

Li Weijun was born in Gongsheng, started as a county magistrate, and worked in an official career for more than 20 years before reaching the position of governor. He didn't have any foundation, so he attached himself to Nian Gengyao in his early years.

Although everyone respected Nian Gengyao in front of Nian Gengyao, the dignitaries in the capital also looked down upon Nian Gengyao behind their backs.The Han army, the concubine, and good luck, being a slave under the emperor's family, this is the only way to be decent today.

Cao's Baoyi was born, and although he was criticized by others, everyone would talk about it behind his back; but compared with Li Weijun, he was a powerful and influential person.

It's nothing to offend Li Weijun, the big deal is to lose his errand and go back to Beijing; if he offends Cao Yong, he will continue to go to Beijing for the festival and cause trouble for his family.

Which is more important, everyone knows the bottom of their hearts, so the wine table will be up and down.

Although Li Weijun was smiling, he was already uncomfortable. When he looked at Cao Yong, he felt a little angry.

It is chilling for people to leave the tea cold; it is annoying for the tea to be cold before people leave.

Cao Yong noticed that the aura was wrong, turned around and ordered a few words, and stopped the next toast.He didn't want to make a joke about the disagreement between the old and new governors, that would be very troublesome.

If you confront each other, you will appear small-minded; if you take a step back, you will appear timid.

In the private room, there were only a few high-ranking companions left, Zhili Shoudao in charge of civil affairs, Zhili patrolling in charge of justice, and several admirals, chief soldiers, and deputy generals in charge of Zhili military administration.

If no one else is around, Cao Yong is willing to give Li Weijun a step, and then talk about the friendship between the thirteen elders.The two of them exchanged official positions, and Li Weijun created this "spreading into the mu" again. It is not a disadvantage to maintain a good relationship and have a place to ask.

But right now, the few on the table are all officials above the fourth rank, and the admiral is the first rank, the same rank as Cao Yong.

These military officers were not under the control of Cao Yong.Biansheng Cao Yong came down this time with the intention of training soldiers.If you let them read the joke at this time, you will lose the upper hand when dealing with them in the future.

Cao Yong can only hold the score of the new governor, say less and do less.

However, his posture really stunned the local officials at the same table.

Even Li Weijun, who was about to say a few sour words, was a little cautious, for fear that his emotions just now would be hated by Cao Yong, so he held a cup and was very polite.

The two Daotai are officials directly under the governor's yamen, and they are only obedient to Shangfeng.

Those few military officers were confused, they were of high rank, and the information on Cao Yong collected in their hands was much more detailed than that of the lower official Zhima.

In addition to the relatives of the Cao family, there are also Cao Yong's achievements and reputation as a Beijing official over the years.

In terms of political achievements, the Taipu Temple, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs have all made achievements, and they have not only relied on the shadow of their elders to get promoted all the way.

If word of mouth is used, be generous, be friendly with colleagues, be respectful but not obsequious.No matter how you think about it, they are all gentle, refined, and good-natured.

Everyone was prepared to deal with the new governor, but they didn't expect that the rumors were wrong. The new governor was not as peaceful as the rumors said.

Several military officers, with no expression on their faces, thought secretly in their hearts.

Cao Yong hangs the Minister of the Ministry of War, and all the towns are subject to his restraint. Even the two admirals who are on the same level as Cao Yong should respect Cao Yong.

How can the local military and government be so easy to intervene?
There are a lot of tricks in it, and the most important thing is not to study it carefully.

Seeing Cao Yong's lukewarm attitude, everyone was uncertain.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere on the wine table became much more heated.

The people who were sitting and watching the excitement just now all laughed together, and began to toast the new governor with wine cups.

He was a step too late, and he didn't come forward, nor was he idle, and said "congratulations" to Li Weijun with a smile, and the words were very sweet, as if Li Weijun was not going to be the deputy hall, but was about to be sealed as a minister.

Cao Yong has already seen the plan of these military officers, they want to set up friendship at the wine table, so as to find out their own background.

The person who is really in charge of training soldiers has not been sent by the emperor, so Cao Yong will not mix with them.

Almost everyone on the table had respected him. Cao Yong stood up, took the initiative to lift the wine cup, and made a toast to the whole table. Then he left the restaurant and returned to the post on the grounds that he was "too strong to drink" and "weary from the journey".

Because the governor's office was not in Baoding in the early years, there was no special governor's office here.

The last governor and governor of Zhili, so the governor's mansion is also the governor's office.

In order to make room for Cao Yong, Li Weijun has already vacated the inner house of the governor's yamen; as the previous words have not been handed over, the governor's seal letter is still in Li Weijun's hands, and the relevant scribes and staff are still in the mansion.

Although Cao Yong said that he would arrive at noon, he did not invite Li Weijun to live directly in the governor's office, but parked the motorcade at the official post.

The handover of the governor is not like the magistrates and prefectures below. It involves the general affairs of a province, and there is no unclear settlement within three or five days. Even if the family members live in, other people still have to wait at the post station.Instead of tossing twice, it's better to wait a few days and enter the mansion together.

Next, is the cumbersome handover procedures.

Fortunately, there are not many times when Cao Yong is required to show up directly, so Cao Yong invited Song Hou and Jiang Jian to bring the scribes and staff into the governor's office to make friends.

Cao Yong has a stack of blank letters of appointment in his hand, all of which are minor officials who have not entered the mainstream. When the handover is completed, write the names of these staff and scribes. They are the subordinates of the governor's office.

There are also some eight-rank and nine-rank certificates of appointment, which are lacking in the prefecture and county. They are the new governors who take office, install their own people, or give favors to the subordinates.

After counting for three days, everything was almost handed over. Cao Yong was invited to the governor's office and received the seal of the governor's office from Li Weijun.The governor's seal letter was brought directly from Beijing by him.

The old and the new are friends, so I'm afraid of wrangling.

Li Weijun didn't have any extra problems, and he was more polite than the previous few days when he was in the suburbs.

It's good to leave some leeway.In this way, there are several unclear points in the accounts, involving more than 600 taels of silver, Cao Yong also made people depressed, and did not mention it.

As the saying goes, if you treat people with courtesy, you should ask for what you need, and it is true.

After the official business was settled, Li Weijun said what he wanted in his heart, that is, the more than 30 scribes and staff in the governor's yamen.Among them, some are relatives of Li Weijun, returning to their hometowns or going to Beijing with him, and others have no place to settle now.

In the capital city, even if you support aides, there are only one or two staff members, and there is really no way to accommodate these people.

Cao Yong thought for a while, and said: "Since Master Li spoke, the governor should have come down. But this time the governor is out of Beijing, and there are many people recommended by relatives and old friends, and there are only a lot of people... Otherwise, let them continue. As an errand in the yamen, first do it until the end of the year. At that time, those who have done a good job will stay; if you want to go back to your hometown, the governor will also give you a gift..."

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(End of this chapter)