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Chapter 506 Zhang Dongguan teaches the way of becoming an official

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    There are two famous Changbanqiaos in the world.

    The first one is the Dangyang Changban Bridge, which was unfortunately broken by Zhang Yide, a Yan native, and now it no longer exists.

    The other place is the Changbanqiao in front of Jinling Confucius Temple.  The land is covered with water smoke and green willows. It is adjacent to the old courtyard where the most famous female historians of Qinhuai lived.

    The "Changqiao Old Courtyard" that men all over the world miss so much refers to this area.

    A beautifully painted boat covered with green gauze cuts through the Qinhuai River, which is as green as green, and slowly passes under the Changban Bridge.

    The boatman wearing a straw hat stood at the stern of the boat, swinging the oar rhythmically.

    Whenever the bronze-colored paddle slowly hits the water surface, the emerald-like river water slowly ripples with layers of wrinkles, and then is broken into pieces by thousands of raindrops.

    There was an exquisite banquet in the cabin, but there was no standard female singer. There were only three men, one old, one young and one middle-aged, sitting across from each other.

    The old man at the top was already blushing, and he was sitting next to the big pillow with a comfortable expression.

    He looked through the green gauze on the door fan and looked at the stone road under the willows by the river.

    The talented and beautiful couples holding an umbrella together were either walking hand in hand or laughing while leaning on the railing, amidst the sound of pipa, cave and flute.

    He is calm and sweet, and does not shy away from the eyes of others.

    "We insist on winning the Qinhuai River." The old man was too relaxed and his local accent was revealed unknowingly.  "The gentle village, the Tomb of Heroes, where you can enjoy your time and relax."

    It turned out to be Zhang Dongguan, a dignified magistrate of Shangyuan County who never accepted bribes.

    The other two are Zhao Hao and Zhao Shouzheng, father and son.

    Today, Zhao Hao made a special appointment with Zhang Zhixian for one purpose, which was to teach his father how to be a county magistrate.

    Although Mr. Zhao can also say something, after all, he has only seen pigs running and has never been a pig.  Naturally, it would be more appropriate to ask the seniors among them to speak out.

    The reason why I left my old man alone was to ask Zhang Dongguan.  This is because, first of all, Zhao Liben worked in Beijing for more than ten years, and then was directly transferred to Changsha as the prefect, and he had never been a people-friendly official.  There is a huge difference between the prefect and the county magistrate.

    Secondly, the old man is still angry with his father. If Zhao Shouzheng hadn't won the first prize in the exam, he would probably have severed the father-son relationship with him.

    How can I ask dad for advice?  I guess I can only get scolded.

    ??~~

    In the cabin of the boat.

    Zhao Hao is responsible for pouring the wine, and Mr. Zhao is responsible for accompanying the wine.  What is surprising is that he has not changed his expression and is not drunk at all until now.

    Hearing Zhang Zhixian's praise of the Qinhuai River, Zhao Shouzheng began to talk about the many treasures of the old courtyard, as vividly as if he were there in person.

    As he was talking, he suddenly remembered that his underage son was still there. Mr. Zhao immediately stopped and said, "I heard this from Fan Datong. I have never been to that kind of place"

    "Hey, I haven't been there either." Zhang Zhixian said quietly: "Although the old hospital is in Jiangning County, there is no guarantee that anyone will recognize me. It's embarrassing."

    ¡°As he spoke, the old man glanced at Zhao Hao and said with regret, ¡°If my friend Zhao wasn¡¯t still too young, wouldn¡¯t it be nice to invite some female historians to join us on the boat for wine?¡±

    "Another day, another day, I won't take him with me next time." After Zhao Shouzheng finished speaking, he changed his words and said, "I mean, let Fan Datong help me arrange"

    "Yes, father will go to Kunshan in a few days." Zhao Hao saw that Zhang Zhixian always talked in that direction, so he knew that he had drunk enough.  Then he picked up the wine bottle and filled it for the two of them, getting ready to get down to business.

    After all, you can only tell the truth after drinking.

    He glanced at his father and said to himself, "You haven't drunk a drop of wine, why do you act like you're drunk?"  Could it be that the liner of my yin-yang pot is leaking?

    "This is the first time I am a parent, and I feel really uneasy. Can any seniors give me some advice?" Fortunately, Zhao Shouzheng did not forget the agreed signal, and asked Magistrate Zhang for advice.

    "Advice is out of the question. Thanks to Mr. Zhuangyuan's respect, let me tell you about my experience as an official these years." This was what was agreed upon. Zhang Zhixian took a sip of wine and started talking.

    "First of all, I need to understand that our officials in the Ming Dynasty all served in other places. But what about the subordinate officials and servants? They were born in the hometown, and they were inherited from father to son for generations."

    Zhang Zhixian stretched out two fingers and said with a big tongue: "Take our county government office as an example. Half of the scribes were in this profession during the Hongwu period. They are all the founding fathers of the country! Do you think we should be concerned?  "

    "Hahaha" The three of them burst into laughter.

    "We are from our own hometown, with many people and powerful forces, and we are intertwined; we are unfamiliar with the place, we are alone, and we will leave after working for a few years. People have been doing the same job for several lifetimes, but we have only been officials for a few years? So I will neverRemember one sentence.  "

    After laughing, Zhang Zhixian said to Zhao Shouzheng in a deep voice: "So brother, remember this first sentence, 'No matter how clean your officials are, you will not be able to compete with the slippery officials.'"

    "Yeah." Zhao Shouzheng nodded quickly and remembered it firmly.

    "What should you do at this time? Then you have to find helpers to look after them with you. Naturally, these helpers cannot be found from the local area, otherwise they will sell them and you will have to help them weigh the money."

    Zhang Dongguan added another point: "You have to find people from other places. It is best to find people from the hometown, who are related to the old people and know the basics."

    "Yeah." Zhao Shouzheng nodded again and remembered it firmly.  "How many people are you looking for?"

    "This depends on financial resources." Zhang Zhixian said and glanced at Zhao Shouzheng with envy and said: "With the financial resources of my good brother, it is natural for Han Xin to order troops. The more the merrier."

    "Usually, when a governor takes office, he has to bring fifty family members, the feudal and provincial chiefs have to bring forty long followers, and the Taoist official seal has to bring thirty. At our level, we need at least twenty family members to divide the troops for guarding. We can barely  Look inside and out.¡±

    "Twenty people, so many people?" Although Mr. Zhao was not short of money, he was still shocked.

    "Is that a lot? Let me count for you. There are two gatekeepers, one for signing manuscripts, and nine for signing and depositing houses. In addition, there are those who handle drought errands, those who handle wharves, those who handle warehouse gates, those who handle canal collection, and those who handle horses  Those with number numbers, those who work as supervisors, those who are stationed in the provincial government, those who manage the government offices, those who are in charge of the kitchen, those who serve as followers there should be at least ten people. What I said is at least, I should bring more to feel at ease."  Zhang Zhixian sighed and said:

    "Back then, brother, I was poor. I only brought ten senior followers to Jinling to take office. I almost didn't let those local gangsters kill me to death."

    "Let's put it this way, twenty people are really not many." Mr. Zhao said to himself, then double it, forty?

    But this is not something he should worry about.  Then he looked at his son and said, Yameni, please listen.

    Zhao Yanei was really self-aware, and immediately took over the conversation and asked: "These long-term followers can't just be done by cats and dogs, right?"

    "Of course." Zhang Zhixian took a piece of salted duck, chewed it carefully for a while, and then said slowly: "These long followers I mentioned are not ordinary servants and servants. Literary literacy is the most basic thing.  You also have to be familiar with who takes precedence and who takes second place in the officialdom, what is beneficial to the people and what is harmful to the officials This is only a rough outline, and each position has different requirements."

    "It's like two doormen, who are in charge of the affairs of the number in front of the yamen. They must be well-versed in common sense and people. They must be familiar with all the affairs in the officialdom and the rules of the yamen. When guests come, they must know where they are and what errands they have to do.  The person who was sent here must understand the seriousness and handle it properly. This is not just for the master¡¯s face, but it may also make the master suffer.¡±

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