Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1110 New Governor
On November [-]th, Li Weijun set off for Beijing. On the same day, Cao Yong and his family and staff entered the governor's office in Zhili.Now, with his presence, this side has also been promoted to the governor's office.

This is the second time Cao Yong has been released to the outside world after he has been an official for more than ten years.

Compared with the Daotai yamen in Yizhou, the governor's yamen here can be described as magnificent.

It is about 45 feet wide from east to west, and [-] feet deep from north to south, covering an area of ​​[-] mu.

You know, among the palaces of the princes in the capital, Prince Shuzhuang's mansion occupies the largest area, only 42 mu.This Zhili Governor's Office is three mu more than Prince Zhuang's Mansion.

The entire government office is divided into east, middle and west roads, separated by Geng Road in the middle.

From south to north, the middle road is the gate, the Yimen, the lobby, the second hall, the flower wall, the official residence, and the upper room.

Behind the gate is the Yimen, and behind the Yimen is a twenty-foot-long corridor, which connects to the lobby.The hall is five rooms wide, solemn and solemn, but it is just a decoration, it is only used when receiving orders and important celebrations.

On both sides of the corridor, there are eighteen rooms on each side, and every six rooms have a door open. They are the six departments of the six departments, and they are the places where the scribes work.

Behind the main hall is the second hall, which is the place where the chief officer meets with subordinates and staff members who have already been promoted to settle cases.

On both sides of the second hall, the five rooms in the east wing are the meeting halls, where the chief official takes a rest or discuss matters with his staff;

Behind the second hall is the flower wall, and behind the flower wall is the third hall, also called the official residence.

The official residence is where Cao Yong does his daily work and reviews official documents. It already belongs to the inner house, and he is not allowed to enter unless he is summoned.Behind the official residence, there is another hanging flower gate leading to the upper room in the backyard, which is the place where Cao Yong and Chu Yu lived.

In addition to the official residence and the upper house, the back house also has several small courtyards to accommodate family servants.

From south to north, the east road is followed by Yin Hotel, Shogunate Courtyard, East Flower Hall and Garden.Yin Hotel, as its name suggests, is a place to accommodate distinguished guests, the Shogunate Courtyard is the residence of staff, and the East Flower Hall and Garden are places for banquets.

From south to north, the west road is followed by official houses, shogunate courtyards, small teaching grounds, and stables.

As Cao Yong's family moved in, the accompanying staff, scribes, and servants were also settled properly.

Li Cheng stayed in the shogunate, which is what Cao Yong meant.

Since Li Cheng came here to practice on a errand, it would be inconvenient to live in the inner house.

Cao Yong originally wanted Tianyou to live in the Shogunate, but was persuaded by Jiang Jian.In addition, in addition to the people Cao Yong brought from the capital, Li Weijian also left 18 people. The official house and the shogunate are not spacious.

It is precisely because Li Weijun left these 18 people that Cao Yong's governor's career was much easier.

Under the arrangement of Jiang Jian and Song Hou, these people from the capital were divided into six departments and the notice hall according to their different directors.In the form of the elderly leading the newcomers, the daily government affairs of the government office are smoothly transitioned and carried out in an orderly manner.

On November [-]th, Cao Yong was promoted to Yamen for the first time after he took office as governor.

There are more than 100 prefectures and counties in Zhili, two provinces and ten prefectures, plus large and small guards, and there are more than 200 full-time civil and military officials with palm prints.

In order to kowtow to the new governor, half of the officials rushed to Baoding to arrange shifts before today; the remaining half of the officials will come to kowtow on the first day of next month.

Then, unless the governor's official document summons, or has official business contacts, parents in these places no longer need to come to the governor's office to schedule shifts.

The civil and military officials directly under the governor's yamen will be announced on the first and fifth; if there is a case that can be resolved, the trial will be held on the third, sixth, or ninth day.

Before this promotion, almost all these officials came to visit Cao Yong once.

Their resumes have long been placed on Cao Yong's desk.

It mostly starts from the age of birth, and there are traces to follow along the way to official promotion.There are also some materials that were sorted out by Li Weijun's staff member Guo Shengyuan and presented to Cao Yong.

Although the number of words is not many, it is very important.

For example, Jiang Guoxiang, the magistrate of Zhengding, was 56 years old and was born in Baoyi. He donated as a supervisor in the 19th year of Kangxi and passed the examination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the 25th year of Kangxi.After serving four consecutive terms as Tongzhi, Kangxi was promoted to the prefect of Zhengding in 31, and he has served as the prefect for ten years now.

Judging from his resume, he was about 40 years old, and he had been an official for [-] years before he made it to the magistrate, and that's about it.

But Guo Shengyuan added two more notes, Henan Governor Tian Wenjing's brother-in-law, the number of robberies in Zhengding Mansion is decreasing.

The former is Jiang Guoxiang's official relationship, and the latter is the common people who governed the land, which shows that Jiang Guoxiang is not as mediocre as written in his resume.

Although before coming to Zhili, Cao Yong had already made preparations in Beijing.But after all, the time is short, and what I have mastered is only the relationship network of officials above the third rank, in case there are any constraints.

Like the chief officials of the prefectures and counties below, Cao Yong understands all official articles.

With Guo Shengyuan's note, Cao Yong has a lot of peace of mind.

This is also his luck. If he didn't keep these people, he would not be able to sort out such personnel information without a year or two of effort.

In this way, when Cao Yong met his subordinates, he did not go through the motions, and the conversation was also targeted.

When Jiang Guoxiang was summoned, Cao Yong talked with him about the stability under the rule, and asked him to compile the income from anti-theft and anti-theft into a book, and hand it in after a while, so that the usable part of it can be promoted in the province.

Jiang Guoxiang is the kind of person who looks very ordinary, with a respectful attitude, neither flattering nor high-minded.

Hearing Cao Yong mention the robbery, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he responded calmly, without humility or lack of humility, and he did not obliquely agree with his achievements.

This is a person with introverted personality and dull speech.

Such a person is not suitable for officialdom, perhaps this is why it is difficult for him to be promoted.

Cao Yong had a good impression of him, and there was no "full faith letter". Whether the people under the Zhengding Mansion were stable or not could only be determined through hearing and seeing.

There is also a 24-year-old county magistrate named Yang Tingyi, a son of a banner official and eunuch, who was born as a donated official, with a handsome appearance, and looks like a weak scholar.His father died of illness, and an uncle was a secretary in the Six Departments.She is a member of Prince Jane's family, and an aunt married a member of the side branch of Prince Jian's family, so she can barely be regarded as an in-law of Prince Jane's family.

When Cao Yong saw him, he didn't speak directly to Yaerjiang, but just asked a few words about Yang Tingyi's study in Guozijian.From the perspective of time, the time when Yang Tingyi entered the Imperial Academy coincided with the time when Cao Xiang was studying in the Imperial Academy.

Unexpectedly, Yang Tingyi really knew Cao Xiang.He was not only a classmate with Cao Xiang, but also participated in the 57th year of Kangxi's examination just like Cao Xiang.It's just a high school prospect and a failure.

Mentioning the past, Yang Tingyi looked sad.

It is not difficult to obtain the status of Guozijian student, but it is not easy to pass the Guozijian examinations and obtain the qualification to directly participate in the examination.Such people are all familiar with the scriptures.Even if you fail in one subject, you will try to get another one.

Especially this Yang Tingyi, who was only 21 years old six years ago, was only [-] after another subject, but he donated his official post in the second year of Luodi, and was elected magistrate of Longping County in April this year.

When Cao Yong saw that he mentioned the past, he had only regrets and nostalgia, but no embarrassment of failing, so he called his name and asked, "Did Ji Guang stop the imperial examination because of his frail health?"

Yang Tingyi was shocked when he heard this, nodded, and said with a wry smile: "That's right. I wanted to pursue another subject as an official, but was blocked by the elders in my family. Even if I came out to be an official this time, I begged again and again. Willing to let people go."

Cao Yong has seen several scholars who are hurt by studying hard and can't end the game, but it's not surprising.

Just remembering that Longping is considered to be a county, and the official duties will not be easy, Cao Yong secretly paid attention to it.

After Yang Tingyi stepped back, Cao Yong asked someone to find the personnel file of the Longping County Yamen and check the information of the county magistrate.The county magistrate is a juren in his forties. He was promoted from the main position. He has been in Longping for three years, and his evaluations over the years have been above average.

Only then did Cao Yong breathe a sigh of relief. With capable subordinates, even if Yang Tingyi, a sick man, couldn't handle government affairs, the place wouldn't be in chaos.

In Zhili, the children of officials like Yang Tingyi are no longer a minority.

Even if no one is in front of Cao Yong, blatantly "who is my father" and "who is my grandfather", Cao Yong can't take them lightly.It's not to appease and win them over, but to prevent them from harming the place.

Those who are capable are fine, and those who are not capable should think about transferring capable assistant officials.

Through such interviews, not only did Cao Yong have an intuitive and indirect understanding of these local officials, but these civil and military officials also saw the methods of the new governor.

There is no deliberate kindness, nor is there arrogance to the authority of the subordinates, just talk to everyone about the situation of officials ruling the land.

It's not like the newly appointed governor, as if he has been in Zhili for several years and knows them well.

Some people are overjoyed when they meet Bole; some people feel guilty and anxious.

Joyful thinking about how to behave, the shade under the big tree is good; guilty brains, thinking how to curry favor, making the new governor open and close his eyes, and let himself go.

By the time of the [-]th Shengya, the civil and military officials who were on duty in the hall showed some sincere awe of the new governor sitting behind the big case.

The opening was successful, and Cao Yong gave himself a hit in his heart.

When the Yamen was dispersed, these civil and military officials who came to schedule shifts did not disperse immediately.

In official communication, the most important "three festivals and two birthdays" will be the governor's wife's birthday in a few days.

There is no privacy in the officialdom. Before Cao Yong arrived in Zhili, the birthdays of the new governor, the governor's wife, and the governor's wife had already spread throughout the Zhili officialdom.

Forget about Mrs. Tai, if she is not in Zhili, it has passed.

The governor's wife's birthday is just around the corner.

Not only the Futai and county stations that came to kowtow on shifts prepared birthday gifts; the local officials who did not take this shift and came to kowtow next month also sent their children and cronies to Baoding to come to the governor's office to give birthday gifts.

Antique calligraphy and painting, jewelry and jade are dazzling.

By the end of November 23rd, the day of Chu Yu's birthday, the birthday presents he had received had already filled three storerooms.

Although these things are not as detailed as those between relatives in the capital, they are expensive.

Among the staff who accompanied Cao Yong out of Beijing this time, there was one who had been in the antique shop all the year round.According to his estimation, the value of these birthday gifts is at least 8 to [-] taels of silver.

Cao Yong listened and straightened his tongue.

He is not a newcomer in the officialdom, and he knows everything about "three festivals and two longevity".Among the five gifts, the life-span gift for the official is the heaviest, followed by the wife's birthday and annual gift, and the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Calculated in this way, as the governor, throughout the year, there will be three to four hundred thousand taels of gifts for accepting officials.

In terms of locality, the governor does not have any big expenses; but if he goes to Beijing to meet his majesty, the silver that will be donated to the six ministries and nine ministers' universities will cost hundreds of thousands to 10 taels...

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It took a long time to study the map of the Governor's Mansion.Early tomorrow night.Today is Christmas Eve, Xiao Jiu wishes everyone a happy and good mood and a happy Christmas Eve.

(End of this chapter)