Han official!

Chapter 97 Internal History
"New Bamboo Slips from Juyan" talks about the seven residential buildings in Yeshu Lane, including the gate and hall.

That is, room, hall, courtyard, door, lane, art, and field,

They are the inner room, main hall, courtyard, gate, alley, street and wilderness.

Guo Jie's entry into the inner room and main hall of Lingshe was almost equivalent to being invited by the top official to have dinner at his home after get off work.

The furnishings in the guest room were rather simple, with a few sitting tables, a single-branch lamp, and no other utensils. Not even the wall-playing table commonly seen in the homes of nobles and wealthy people was to be seen.

The dining table in front of them was a common table in the homes of local residents.

There are two types of dining tables: one is a table without feet, and the other is a table with feet.

Although Zhao Yu was the magistrate of Chang'an, the dining table in his home was a common table in the homes of ordinary people, without any pearls, jade or lacquerware.

"How can you say that I am an honest official?"

Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "How could I, a corrupt official, choose to be an honest official just for the sake of reputation? This is slander. Tell me how much money you want to bring as compensation for the slander against me."

Zhao Yu and Sang Hongyang stared at Guo Jie with burning eyes.

It's not like looking at people.

It's like looking at a human-shaped piggy bank.

slander?

Guo Jie was slightly stunned, but soon he was suddenly enlightened.

I just realized that the honest officials of the Western Han Dynasty are not the same as the honest officials of later generations.

An honest official is not necessarily incorruptible.

Honest officials were noble officials around the emperor, such as the Imperial Court Assistant Minister and the Palace Attendant Minister, or officials under the crown prince, such as the Secretary, the Crown Prince's Secretary, and the Crown Prince's Secretary.

To put it bluntly, honest officials are those who talk big, while corrupt officials are those who actually get things done.

"Zhao Yu!"

A familiar voice suddenly rang out from the entrance to the boudoir. The Magistrate of Maoling, dressed in a leopard-shaped brocade gown, entered the room and said, "Last year, you won first place in the imperial examination. Marquis Weiqi was furious and slapped me in the face. This year, even if you had a Guo Jie, a master of scraping the ground three feet deep, by your side, I would still be the first."

"Cuckoo-"

"quack--"

The noise made by the Maoling Magistrate was so loud that it startled the chickens, ducks and geese in the chicken coop, causing chaos. A pheasant almost flew out of the rammed earth wall of the magistrate's residence.

Zhao Yu's face darkened. "How rude of you! I didn't invite you into my residence, yet you barged in without permission! You claim to be a disciple of Confucianism, but where do you place the most important etiquette for Confucian scholars?"

He stood up from the table, flicked the cuffs of his crimson-collared shirt, and walked out of the house.

"present?"

The Maoling Ling Ling sneered and said, "When I am promoted to the position of Right Internal History, I will teach you what etiquette is. Then, let's see how you can yell about etiquette in front of me."

The Western Han Dynasty adopted a system of prefectures and counties. The prefectures in the capital were called Neishi, and their status was slightly higher than that of the prefectures.

In the second year of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, the left and right were divided into Left Nei Shi and Right Nei Shi.

Chang'an was under the jurisdiction of the Right Secretary of the Interior.

When Guo Jie heard the Maoling magistrate say that he would be promoted to the position of Right Internal History, he frowned. The person who should be the Right Internal History should be Ning Cheng, who was deeply trusted by Emperor Liu Che, so how could there be a vacancy?

Could it be that.
Ning Cheng had already been imprisoned due to the slander of his relatives by marriage, and was shaved and shackled to avoid punishment.

He fell in the struggle between imperial power and prime ministerial power, and between the emperor and his relatives.

When Guo Jie heard that there was a vacancy in the position of Right Internal History, he looked back at Sang Hongyang and knew that Sang Hongyang would be relied upon more by Emperor Liu Che in the future.

Sang Hongyang's status beside Emperor Liu Che is equivalent to that of Musk beside King Dong.

Use private businessmen to restructure the organization.

In order to regain power from his relatives by marriage, Emperor Liu Che reorganized the government's organizational structure.

There is a lot of profound knowledge contained in it.

Guo Jie once conducted in-depth research on this.

Emperor Liu Che gradually undermined the old system by expanding his secretariat and non-staff advisory team, avoiding internal friction with the various interest groups within the old system and establishing a new leadership team. By increasing the workload of the new team, he bypassed the old system and gradually reduced its workload.

Finally, the power was hollowed out.

The secretarial team is the tutor, and the non-staff advisory team is the assistant minister.

Sang Hongyang was the best among the secretarial team.

The Magistrate of Maoling was a relative of the emperor's wife, and he obviously looked down on the companions like Sang Hongyang, thinking that they were all sycophants like Han Yan who gained the emperor's favor by selling their asses.

In addition, the relative Dou Ying had been appointed as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

The relative Tian Fen was also appointed as the Grand Marshal.

The two most important official positions in the Han Dynasty were also the two with the greatest power.

The prime minister and the general were both in the hands of the foreign relatives.

The look in Maoling Ling's eyes when he looked at Sang Hongyang was filled with more contempt, as if he was looking at his favorite concubine Han Yan.

Sang Hongyang's face darkened. "Whoever comes out on top will be promoted to Right Internal History. Wait until you rank first in the county's annual exam before you start making such outrageous statements!"

The time for submitting accounts is at the end of the year, also known as winter lessons.

At the end of the year, the county will be taxed, and at the beginning of the year, the palace will be taxed and evaluated.

Give promotions, demotions, rewards and punishments.

Generally, there are six ways of reward and punishment: transfer, demotion, transfer, migration, entry and exit, and replacement.

The most outstanding ones in the palace will be rewarded with imperial edicts, promotions, titles, ranks, and monetary awards.

Punishment includes reprimand, exile, demotion, and punishment.

"hehe."

Zhao Yu uttered another chilling sneer, the same one he uttered as he fabricated charges and ramped up the prison system: "At the end of the year, I will definitely take first place in the imperial examinations among the counties. Next year, in the imperial palace examinations, Chang'an will also surpass all other counties and take first place."

After saying this, Sang Hongyang, Zhao Yu, and Zhang Tang all looked at Guo Jie.

Guo Jie's face straightened, and he straightened his chest in his black robe, his face flushed.

The Maoling Magistrate scoffed, "Thanks to the mausoleum town system, all the nobles and powerful people in the world were relocated to mausoleum towns like Emperor Gaozu's Changling, Emperor Hui's Anling, and Emperor Wen's Baling. I already have their support. How could I lose to a cruel official like you who has offended them?"

Guo Jie understood.

No wonder the magistrate of Maoling was so sure that he would be ranked first in the annual county examination and be promoted to the position of Right Internal Secretary.

It turned out that he had obtained political donation promises from many political families.

The next words of Maoling Ling confirmed Guo Jie's thoughts.

"The Du of the Western Road."

The Maoling Ling Ling was very pleased with himself and said: "I am collecting two thousand buckets of three-zhu coins to donate to the government temple for use in the upper plan."

Two thousand buckets.

That's two million yuan.

Zhao Yu was startled, thinking that as a cruel official, he would not have the support of the nobles and powerful people. Not to mention two thousand buckets, even one thousand buckets would be enough for the Maoling Magistrate to get the first place in the plan.

He was indeed not good at managing land taxes.

But that's it.
Zhao Yu, Sang Hongyang, and Zhang Tang looked at Guo Jie expectantly, hoping that he would bring more money and silk this time than the two thousand buckets.

The Maoling magistrate said confidently, "Don't even think about the money confiscated from the Wan family in Liushi. Most of the money was used to smuggle horses. How could they have any money left, let alone more than the two thousand buckets I have."

Zhao Yu's face darkened and he felt uneasy.

"Reporting to Lord Zhao."

Guo Jie bowed slightly and said loudly, "This time, I, the humble official, have brought back two thousand five hundred baskets of cloth."

(End of this chapter)