Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1129
By April, a wall had been erected beside the lotus pond across the road from the Governor's Mansion, and the Lotus Academy had been completed. God blessed them, they all enrolled.

When all official duties are carried out in an orderly manner, Cao Yong is free to come down instead.

The errands of military training were handed over to several admirals and commanders-in-chief, while the civil affairs were in charge of the chief envoy.

Zhili had no political envoys and inspectors, but only guards and patrols.

It was only after Cao Yong released Zhili that Yongzheng proposed to follow the example of other provinces and set up a chief minister and an inspectorate in Zhili to be in charge of civil affairs and criminal affairs.

The new inspector, the inspector, was transferred from the south. He was born in a professional class. He heard that he handled the case cleanly and had a good reputation in the officialdom in the south. The new political envoy was an acquaintance. Tang Zhiyu, a colleague of the servant temple.

Over the years, Tang Zhiyu has moved here and there. He has been to Honglu Temple and Dali Temple. , worked for several years in Fengtian Mansion.

It wasn't until the second year of Yongzheng, when he moved to the Ministry of Rites at the age of three, that Tang Zhiyu emerged.

As his servant, even if he is released, he should be the governor of a province, but this time he released the Zhili chief envoy, and was demoted from the second rank to the second rank official.But no one thinks that he is inferior, because the governor of Zhili is one person, and the chief envoy is under one person, and there is a shortage of people above ten thousand, and he is not much weaker than the governors of other provinces.

In addition, Cao Yong was his former boss, so in the eyes of outsiders, he felt that Tang Zhiyu was highly valued.

No matter what Cao Yong's background is, after all, he is not from a professional background, and he is young, so it is still too difficult to bear the military and political affairs of a province.The emperor sent Tang Zhiyu to save Cao Yong and Tang Zhiyu.

Obviously, Cao Yong thinks so too.

He has been an official for more than ten years. Among his former colleagues, Tang Zhiyu was the one Cao Yong had the happiest cooperation with.No matter in terms of character or ability, Tang Zhiyu is worthy of respect.

He handed over the "Zhili Development Plan" to Tang Zhiyu, and Tang Zhiyu led people to implement it.

Just like when he was in the Yamen of Taipu Temple in the early years, Tang Zhiyu was overwhelmed by Cao Yong's whimsy.However, compared with Cao Yong, a theorist, Tang Zhiyu is obviously a doer.

Therefore, he is very cautious about the regulations on property and farming mentioned by Cao Yong.He does not agree to implement it immediately, but wants to go down and make a circle in person, inspect it on the spot, and then make a decision.

If it were another boss, the subordinates would have been annoyed if they questioned him like this; if it was Cao Yong, there would be only joy.

He was worried that what he came up with would be similar to Wang Anshi's reforms. The top thought well, but the bottom implemented it badly. In the end, it was the local people who were unlucky.

Under the watchful eye of Tang Zhiyu, a rigorous and careful person, Cao Yong can feel more at ease when this policy of enriching the people is implemented.

In this way, Cao Yong sent all the errands at hand, and the days were no longer as complicated as before.

He wished to be idle, but there were quite a few staff and documents in the Governor's Mansion idle.

Not everyone likes to be leisurely. These behind-the-scenes people did not choose to become officials, but chose to hide behind the scenes, some for money, and some for power.

From their point of view, if they don't take up errands and don't show their abilities well, they will lose the "filial piety" outside and become like sharp-edged officials.

Song Ren saw that the atmosphere in the curtain house was not right, so he suggested to Cao Yong that these people be recommended to the chief envoy and the inspector's yamen. ".

Jiang Jian did not agree with this, turning Zhili into an iron bucket, although it can prove that Cao Yong is outstanding, but it may not be the emperor's favorite.

The salaries of the staff and clerks of the Governor's Mansion are considered generous, ranging from 50 taels of silver per year to 500 taels of silver per year.

Coupled with the reward of silver during the New Year's Day, not only can you support your family, but you can also live a richer life than ordinary people.Those who want to make money are not standing upright, so if they want to leave, they don't have to force them to stay.

Cao Yong thought about it, made a compromise, and found a reason to dismiss those who were really frivolous; for those who were really capable and unwilling to be lonely, he did not recommend them to the chief envoy and the procuratorate, but directly wrote the recommendation letter, and sent them to the Yidu Li Office in Shanxi.

A few days ago, Yiduli sent several letters in succession, asking Cao Yong to pay attention and hire some staff and scribes who should be used.

His career as governor in the past few months, in his own words, has been "destroyed".

The government and gentry in Shanxi are integrated, and the local forces are extremely tough. His parents, who are in the same province, feel that they have nowhere to talk.

In addition, those people he brought over were mostly relatives of the tribe, and there were very few experienced staff and scribes. It was even worse, so he wrote to Cao Yong for help.

If the chief envoy is not Tang Zhiyu, but someone else, Cao Yong will "recommend" a few staff members to go down, and grasp the dynamics below, so as to save the two political opinions and delay time; if it is Tang Zhiyu, in that case, it will affect the harmony between the two .

As for the procuratorate, it is a dual-led yamen, which is directly under the supervision of the Inspectorate and under the supervision of the governor's yamen.

In Cao Yong's view, it is better to have judicial powers that are relatively opposed. It is better to supervise them than to participate in criminal activities by themselves.

Regarding Cao Yong's decision, Song Ren and Jiang Jian didn't say anything.

It's just that since then, when the two of them get along, they are not as comfortable as Zao Xia, but rather subtle, always a bit of a rivalry.

Other staff and scribes were either close to Song Ren or Jiang Jian, as if they were standing in line.

Cao Yong was aware of the changes, and he didn't have the patience to get the "balance" set.

He felt that his energy was limited, and he had exhausted his energy dealing with the capital and local officials, so he didn't want to worry about being in the Governor's Mansion.

Therefore, based on the directors of Song Ren and Jiang Jian, he clarified the scope of their responsibilities.

Song Ren was in charge of the official relations in the capital, and among the six workshops, the officials, soldiers, and workers;

In this way, the two people are equal, sharing the general affairs of the Governor's Mansion equally.

This time, the staff and clerks who stood in front of the line were dumbfounded. This one was obviously from the official department, but he had a friendship with Jiang Jian a few days ago;

Jiang Jian and Cao Yong have been together for a long time, and Song Ren is an old man. Although Cao Yong did not express his dissatisfaction, he also expressed his meaning by clearly assigning responsibilities so impartially.

He missed his old love and trusted Jiang Jian. At the same time, he also valued Song Ren's experience and gave him a heavy responsibility.

Both of them are smart people, so they know how to measure.

In addition, after the division of responsibilities this time, what the two of them dealt with is what they are best at, so they both have motivation.In the end, who is No. 1 by the governor's side is not determined by words, but in the end it depends on who does the job well.

The annual salary of the two of them is 500 taels of silver each, which is not the highest salary among the staff at the governor level, but it can also be ranked first.

In addition, they were highly valued by Cao Yong, and when the officials below came to the governor's mansion, they still had "mask respect".After a few months, each person will have seven to eight hundred taels of silver, and at least two to three thousand taels of silver in a year.

Whether it's income or the land they rule, as behind-the-scenes, they have reached the pinnacle of their careers, and they are very motivated.

Jiang Jian's wife, Zhong Shi, is not only well educated, but also good at poetry and painting.

When he was in the capital earlier, Mrs. Li liked her very much.After arriving in Zhili, Mrs. Li asked Mrs. Zhong to advise Danqing.

It's just to relieve boredom, Mrs. Li is getting older, and has not used needlework for two years.But apart from socializing and talking with her children and grandchildren, she still has half a day free every day. She was bored, so she started painting Buddha statues to kill time, and that's when she asked Mrs. Zhong for advice.

For this reason, Mrs. Zhong went to Mrs. Li to teach for an hour every other day.

Niuniu and Tianhui looked funny, and they followed suit every time.They are young, and the Dharma is too far away for them.Following Zhong's learning of painting, he mostly painted flowers and plants, coloring them himself, and drawing some new flower shapes.

However, Zhong's career of "teaching painting" only lasted for more than a month and then stopped because it was found out that she was pregnant.

Jiang Jian has passed his age, and this is the first happy news for their husband and wife in three years of marriage. Everyone is happy for their husband and wife.

Ever since he knew that Jiang Jian had become a staff member of the Governor's Mansion, the clansmen from Jiang Jian's hometown have sent several groups of clansmen to bring their children over the past six months.

Although he didn't expressly want Jiang Jian to adopt an heir, but the elder was in his teens and the younger was seven or eight years old, and his intentions were extremely evident.

Even the head of the Jiang family wrote to Jiang Jian, asking him to choose one of his nephews to keep by his side.

Jiang Jian couldn't laugh or cry. He was raised in a temple when he was a child, and he studied Legalism when he grew up. His ambition was to open eyes for the people, but he didn't pay much attention to the matter of blood inheritance.

Among the three children, he didn't choose any, and decided to send them all back to Jiangxi.In the letter to the patriarch, he also stated that he had no intention of being an heir.

The members of the Jiang family who sent a few children here advised Jiang Jian to think twice.

He is over 40 years old, even if he has a biological child in the future, when he knows his destiny, the child will still be young; it is always cheaper to keep two nephews by his side to honor them.

Jiang Jian was very firm, and after several persuasion, he did not change his mind.

The few clansmen didn't say anything in front of them, but behind their backs they attributed the matter to Mrs. Zhong, thinking that she was blocking it.

They were thinking of relying on their status as elders and persuasion from the Zhong family, but they heard that the Zhong family was happy, so they had no choice but to leave Zhili reluctantly.

Although Jiang Jian has no official position, everyone knows that he is Cao Yong's arm.

There was good news from his family, and there was an endless stream of congratulatory congratulations.

Even Song Ren sent congratulatory gifts to Jiang Jian.It was bought from the capital on a special trip, a tent with a picture of a hundred sons, and a jasper screen with a boy holding a lotus.

These two gifts are not only delicate, but also auspicious.

Jiang Jian saw that Song Ren was showing his favor, so he not only accepted the kindness, but also specially arranged a banquet, and invited Song Ren to have a drink.

After this meal of wine, the relationship between the two can't be said to be back to normal, and there is no more open and secret fighting before...

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The annual selection is over, the eighth work of the year, entered the top ten, ho ho, thank you, thank you so much, ^_^...

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