Han official!

Chapter 146 Promotion
There are two governments in a county: the Taishou Government and the Duwei Government.

The prefect's rank was two thousand stones, and he was in charge of encouraging farming, collecting taxes, and checking the horses, cattle, and feed in his jurisdiction. He was also responsible for managing the sale of horses in his jurisdiction and had the power to appoint and dismiss minor officials with a rank of one hundred stones in counties, roads, and townships.

The rank of a Duwei is equivalent to that of a two thousand stone official. He is in charge of assisting the governor in managing military posts and soldiers, and assisting the prefect in managing military affairs.

The county where a county seat is located is called the first county, and it has the Taishou Mansion and the Duwei Mansion.

The prefectural government was usually located in the northeast of the county seat, and the county court could only be located elsewhere in the city.

For counties that are not the capital, the county court is often located in the northeast.

Guo Jie wore a black cap, a brand new black robe, and a pair of white leather shoes. He walked into the Nei Shi Mansion of the Right Nei Shi. Looking around, he saw that the Nei Shi Mansion was much larger than the County Official Temple.

Under normal circumstances, the number of clerks, secretaries, officials, and minor officials in the Nei Shi Mansion is large, far exceeding the number of minor officials in the county government temples.

"Han Guan" records: There are 927 officials in Henan Yin, including 50 clerks below the level of Yuanshi, 230 clerks, and 231 officials and minor officials.

In the Yinwan Han bamboo slips "Donghai County Officials' Appointment Book", there are 93 clerks, of whom 25 are on the payroll, 15 are retainers of the prefect, 13 are temporarily appointed due to matters, 29 are officials appointed at the request of the administrative office, and 21 are Ying staff.

When Guo Jie stood at the gate of the Nei Shi Mansion, he saw many officials in black robes coming in and out in a hurry, holding more or less bamboo slips in their arms, rushing into the Nei Shi Mansion's private rooms or running out of the Nei Shi Mansion.

A busy scene.

The Right Internal History was a large county, in charge of nearly 30 counties including Chang'an County, Lantian County, Huaili County, Mei County, and Yong County.

It is also a county town in the capital area with a dense population. The clerks of the Neishi Mansion need to do a lot of official work, such as checking the official documents and materials reported by the subordinate counties, checking the horses, cattle and fodder in the jurisdiction, and hearing cases.

Guo Jie straightened his cap and put on a two-foot-long sword. He was not allowed to bring the ring-handled sword with him when entering or leaving the Nei Shi Mansion, so he temporarily left it in the changing room of Youshu. After he received the seal given to him by Zhao Yu, he sent someone to retrieve the ring-handled sword.

The Neishi Mansion was different from the official temple in Chang'an. Guo Jie was the first one to come here. As he was new here, not many officials knew him. Only some thief catchers in the Menzi Cao knew him.

These thief-catchers were recruited by the county thief-catcher Yin Qi from the Right Internal Secretary's office. They were brought from the official temple in Chang'an and replaced half of the thief-catchers in the Internal Secretary's office.

Just as Guo Jie was about to move forward, he was stopped by a government official at the door.

"Wait a minute."

The official, the gatekeeper of the Imperial Household Department, scrutinized the sturdy-looking Guo Jie and asked, "Which county official are you from? What business have you brought to the Imperial Household Department on? Do you have any official documents from the County Magistrate's Office?"

At the main gate of the prefectural government, there is a guard post, who is in charge of the recorder, who is responsible for recording documents and supervising regular meetings.

Under the gatekeeper are other gatekeepers and guards.

The gatekeeper did not recognize Guo Jie and mistook him for a county official. As he was a stranger, he was worried that he was the assassin who was going to kill Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang.

The cruel officials Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang offended many powerful officials.

Have to guard against it.

Guo Jie didn't care and said who he was: "I am Guo Jie, Gongcao of the Chang'an Temple."

"Bianhu's Guo Jie, the heroic hero?"

The palace gatekeeper exclaimed in surprise, his face full of respect: "The Lord of the Palace is in the back hall of the Hearing Hall, and the five officials under the gate are also there. Gongcao Guo can go directly to the back hall."

Fujun is a respectful title for the prefect.

The Right Secretary of the Interior was also a prefect, and was also respectfully addressed as the Lord of the Prefecture.

When Guo Jie heard the gatekeeper say that the five highest-ranking officials in the county were all there, his heart sank. It seemed that the five highest-ranking officials in the county had already recruited Cao Yuan.

The five officials under the Menxia clan were the Menxia Zeicao, the Menxia Tutor of Thieves, the Menxia Gongcao, the Menxia Zhubu, and the Menxia Zhuji.

The first three carry swords and are military officers. Each of them has a cart and leads the way.

The latter two were civil servants and followed behind the prefect's carriage.

With a nervous mood, Guo Jie walked along the corridors of the Nei Shi Mansion to the back hall of the Tingshi Hall. The irises on both sides of the corridors were being pulled out by some clerks, minor historians and other officials to create vegetable plots.

The previous Right Secretary was fond of growing flowers and plants, and planted many irises in the vacant land of the Secretary's Mansion. The first thing Zhao Yu did when he arrived at the Secretary's Mansion to take office was to order people to pull out all the flowers and plants, turn the land into vegetable plots, and plant vegetables such as sunflowers, chives, and mixed garlic.

Guo Jie came to the back hall with a nervous heart and saw three familiar faces, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu, and his brother-in-law Yi Zong standing under the eaves of the corridor and chatting.

"Sister-in-law, why did you just return to Chang'an today?"

Yi Zong saw a familiar figure and said with great joy, "I have been waiting for my brother-in-law for more than a month, and he is finally here. He may not know that I am now also a fifth-rank official under your tutelage."

When Guo Jie heard his brother-in-law say that Yi Zong was one of the Five Officials under the Imperial Court, he was not surprised, because Yi Zong was a cruel official who was recorded in the biographies of cruel officials.

"Mr. Guo is here."

"The timing is just right. It's not too late to come here today."

Yin Qi and Wang Wenshu bowed with a smile one after another, rarely showing a smile, which caused the other two five officials under the door to be surprised.

It was the first time I saw smiles on the faces of the cruel officials Yin Qi and Wang Wenshu.

It seems that Guo Jie is not to be underestimated.

Yi Zong pointed at the two men beside him and said, "This is Yang Pu, the thief supervisor of the Imperial Household, and this is Jian Xuan, the Imperial Household Official. He is trusted by the Lord of the Prefecture and has been appointed as the Imperial Household Official of the Right Internal History."

Introducing the identities, especially the identity of Jian Xuan, the Gongcao of the sect.

Yi Zong needs to take the initiative to speak up.

After all, Yi Zong is Guo Jie's brother-in-law. Anything can be discussed easily among family members, and he can ease Guo Jie's emotions better than outsiders.

Guo Jie used to be a county Gongcao in the Chang'an official temple. Anyone could see that he should be recruited as a county Gongcao in the You Nei Shi.

Unexpectedly, the county Gongcao recruited and reduced the salary, which made him feel dissatisfied.

Jian Xuan? Yang Pu?
Two more cruel officials.

The five officials under the Ministry of Personnel, plus the Right Secretary Zhao Yu and the Commandant Zhang Tang.

Seven of the ten most cruel officials have gathered together, and they are almost all here.

Guo Jie glanced at Yang Pu, the only one among the cruel officials who was a military officer and also the most courageous one among them. He also glanced at Jian Xuan, who advocated the death penalty and wanted to sentence anyone to death for stealing. He had only one feeling in his heart.

All the wise men have arrived.

"come in."

Zhao Yu, wearing a double-beamed Jinxian crown and a black robe, appeared in the back hall of the courtroom. "I have just returned from the Forest Garden and have met with the present emperor. All of you who are serving as the county magistrates of the Right Internal Affairs Department must not relax your vigilance. You must strictly investigate the powerful individuals in the counties under the Right Internal Affairs Department. If any violation of Han law is found, they must be punished severely. Furthermore, do not implicate the poor and the small families below the middle class."

This was a reminder to the cruel officials in the back hall that the property of the powerful should be confiscated. This was something that Emperor Liu Che had personally instructed.

With the emperor's support, he told the five cruel officials under his command to go ahead and do it.

In addition, Zhao Yu reminded several cruel officials that if they were short of money, they should ask rich people for it instead of extorting money from the common people.

Guo Jie had an idea in his mind. It seemed that this was the prototype of Suan Min. When the country was short of money, it would plunder the rich instead of exploiting the common people.

The Suan Min regime directly confiscated all the land, houses, cash, and slaves of the rich, leaving them without even the means to live on their savings.

This kind of policy has never appeared in any dynasty, and it is impossible even in modern times.

The five cruel officials under his command were all delighted and ready to make a move. When they reached the level of county officials, they all had their own teams and were in charge of many clerks such as scribes, censors, officials, and historians.

Yi Zong, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu and others were preparing to make a big move, just like Guo Jie had done, confiscating the property of the powerful. "Guo Jie is here."

Zhao Yu looked at Guo Jie, who was standing in the middle of the back hall, and said with a smile, "Guo Bianhu won't blame me for not recruiting you as the county Gongcao, right?"

"How dare the petty official?"

Guo Jie bowed solemnly and said, "Thanks to your Excellency's care, I, a lowly official sentenced to the death penalty, am now able to continue serving as a clerk in the government. Otherwise, I would have long been taken to a frontier fortress to serve as a slave."

He has a very high level of communication with his leaders and has never followed the wrong leader or stood on the wrong side over the years.

Zhao Yu was a cruel official with capricious tempers. Whenever the powerful ministers mentioned his name, they would feel a pang of fear and wish they could eat him alive.

Guo Jie had long seen that Zhao Yu was a man who clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments.

Will not treat him unfairly.

just
A powerful official in a county is also the chief official and the closest official among the superiors and subordinates. His office is in the Menxia Five Officials. He has already been recruited as a Cao Yuan. I don't know what county Cao Zhao Yu arranged Guo Jie to be.

Cang Cao?

Later he was mainly responsible for all the land rent and taxes of the Right Secretary of the Interior.

It is also a unique official position of the Right Internal History.

Chang'an City Magistrate?

From now on, he will be responsible for the administration of all Chang'an cities, including the nine cities of Chang'an.

Just when Guo Jie was undecided.

Zhao Yu spoke up and said with a smile, "I have left you a position as a county official, a senior official in charge of accounting. Are you satisfied?"

In the Han Dynasty, both the prefectures and counties had a reporting system, which was a system for the government to understand the situation of the prefectures, and for the prefectures to understand the county's performance, examine its political achievements, and supervise officials.

Starting from the Western Han Dynasty, governors of counties and prefectures no longer submitted accounts on their own. Instead, they sent accounting clerks to inspect the counties of a county. The clerks were responsible for reviewing, counting and summarizing the account books of each county, and then submitting them to the two ministries, namely the Prime Minister's Office and the Censorate.

Guo Jie was stunned. He never expected that Zhao Yu would give him the position of Shangji Yuanshi. It was beyond his expectations.

Shangji Yuanshi is equivalent to the head of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and is also the head of the inspection team.

The power is in hand.

A department with more power than the Provincial Organization Department.

Just after Zhao Yu mentioned the position of Shangji Yuanshi, the two cruel officials Yang Pu and Jian Xuan glanced sideways at Guo Jie who was standing in the middle of the back hall. They never thought that Lord Zhao Yu valued him so much.

Yi Zong, Yin Qi, and Wang Wenshu all looked understood. It was obvious that they had expected this, but it was still beyond their expectations.

In the opinion of the three, Guo Jie was most likely to be appointed as the mayor of Chang'an.

In charge of one of the important purses of the Right Secretary.

Who would have thought that Guo Jie was directly appointed as the Shangji Yuanshi, and replaced Zhao Yu to inspect and examine nearly thirty counties of the You Nei Shi.

Guo Jie immediately bowed deeply and said, "I, a humble official, will not disappoint your Majesty's high expectations."

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded, then hurried out of the back hall again. It seemed that he had just taken over as the Right Internal Secretary, and there were still many things that needed to be reviewed, so as to avoid being blamed for the mess left by the previous Right Internal Secretary.

The chief accountant did not sit at the door, but had a separate small hall to work in.

Because the position of Shangji Yuanshi is usually held concurrently by the county magistrate or the county chief.

Just like the director of the Public Security Bureau, although he is also a director, he is in charge of the position concurrently by a high-ranking deputy county-level leader or a high-ranking deputy municipal-level leader.

That is, the deputy county magistrate serves concurrently as the director of the county public security bureau, and the deputy mayor serves concurrently as the director of the municipal public security bureau.

The county magistrate and the county chief clerk are the deputies of the county governor, equivalent to the deputy mayor, and the higher-ranking ones also serve as the senior accountant.

Guo Jie's qualifications were relatively shallow, so there was no problem in recommending him to be the Shangji Yuanshi.

Zhao Yu recommended him to be the county magistrate or county chief historian, but the Prime Minister's Office would not approve it. For the time being, he would be a senior accountant, which is not the county magistrate or county chief historian. It is equivalent to the county public security bureau director not being promoted to deputy county magistrate, and the city public security bureau director not being promoted to deputy city magistrate.

After Guo Jie has gained a few years of experience, he will be promoted to the position of county magistrate or county chief secretary.

Guo Jie did not go back to his seat as the Chief Secretary, but went to Zhang Tang's Commandery to meet his old leader who had promoted him.

It was not until lunchtime that Guo Jie finally walked into the seat of the Shangji Yuanshi.

Guo Jie is now a county official, and also the powerful head of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and head of the inspection team.

For four meals a day, the clerks would place the meals on the table where one sat.

There is sweet sunflower, sour leek, salty hops (yolk leaves of soybean sprouts), and a bowl of mutton soup made from high-quality refined rice (bai).

Officials were not allowed to drink alcohol in official temples, so there was no millet wine on the table, but they still served soup cooked with horse wine (cheese).

In the toilet, only Guo Jie could enjoy the soup made from yokan and Luoma wine.

The three subordinates, Mang Tong, An Guo Shao Ji, and Su Jian, only had a bowl of duck stew, some corn rice, and a bowl of soup (hot water).

"This soup is so delicious."

Su Jian picked up the duck stew, took a bite, and found it to be a rare delicacy.

It’s not that he thinks duck stew is delicious, nor is it that he has never eaten duck stew before. Last time, he was given ten gold coins, and his family’s life became better. They could eat meat every few days.

Su Jian thought the duck stew from the county government was delicious.

Before he met Guo Jie, he was just a thief seeking thieves in Gao City under the county government temple and a minor official in the flag pavilion.

After meeting Guo Jie, in just a few months, he went from being a small thief to an official in the county.

In life, we really need the help of noble people.

"good!"

An Guo Shao Ji also thought that the duck stew from the county government was delicious, but he soon felt disappointed again and thought of his host, Mrs. Zhao from the Zhao family.

Mrs. Zhao is the same as Mrs. Du.

After redeeming the tattoo.

Mrs. Zhao returned to her wife's family alone, unwilling to see An Guo Shao Ji again, nor willing to continue meeting with him in private.

An Guo Shao Ji was once again alone.

Only Mang Tong shook his head, thinking that the duck stew was just ordinary. In his mouth, only corn was the most fragrant and tasted better than any other delicacy.

Chong Huangrou, a son of a wealthy family who was used to eating delicacies, drank a large bowl of duck stew with relish and asked the official to bring another bowl. The official did not dare to offend the son and hurried to the kitchen.

"Very good."

Chong Huangrou smiled. "This free duck stew tastes delicious. However, Mr. Guo is now the Senior Accountant of the Right Internal Affairs Department. He can raise the confiscations of the powerful and tyrants, and will focus on confiscating those with assets of over five million coins."

Chong Huangrou bowed towards the palace and said, "Only by confiscating more powerful people can Zhao Yu be appreciated by the county magistrate."

(End of this chapter)