"Elders, you can submit your accounts to His Highness King Yan for review! As long as His Highness King Yan passes the review, you can also go to the household to collect each Jiali IOU!"
Guo An gave instructions to the waiting chiefs and sat behind the newly brought in table.
"Of course, I can also review it here!"
"Yes, County Lord!"
Although all the district chiefs readily agreed, many people went to Zhu Di's side!
In this regard, Guo An is happy to see the success.
Anyway, if Zhu Di can be more related to the matter of borrowing grain, it will provide him with an additional safety guarantee as the magistrate of Wanping County.
Otherwise, according to the suspicious and murderous nature of Old Zhu in Yingtian City, coupled with the ubiquitous Jin Yiwei, he cannot guarantee that borrowing food will cause some accident in the future, and then involve him!
However, Guo An was not relaxed for long.
The old men who had gathered in front of Zhu Di with faces full of curiosity were all quietly moving towards him.
Guo Anxin knew why it was like this, but he had a tacit understanding with all the village chiefs and didn't bother him.
In this way, it was not until Zhu Di came down from the evening office that he examined a dozen old men, but his whole face was dull, as if he had suffered an unknown amount of torture.
Guo An, who was very polite and sophisticated, stepped forward and saluted Zhu Di with his hands in hand, his face full of gratitude.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for helping me with the review today. Otherwise, I don't know how long I would have been busy tonight!"
Hearing this, Zhu Di's expression perked up, "It's just a trivial matter. I think when my father sent me to Fengyang to do farm work, I was much more tired than you!"
"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Your Highness!"
Guo An quickly raised his hands and saluted with a sincere look on his face.
Zhu Di was very satisfied with Guo An's attitude, and then asked curiously: "Are you so busy with official duties every day?"
Guo An replied: "Reporting to your highness, it is not like this every day, but half of a month!"
"However, as long as the chief envoy can send the county magistrate, the governor, and the official history to the lower official, the lower official will be much more relaxed! Only in this way can he free up his hands to lead tens of thousands of people in Wanping County and earn a lot of money.
More money and a better life!”
"make money?"
Hearing this word, Zhu Di couldn't help but frown slightly.
"You are a thief official. As a dignified official of Wanping County, why are you still such a philistine, always thinking about making money? If you love money so much, why didn't you become a merchant in the first place?"
Guo An murmured helplessly: "I don't know why I came to Wanping County to become the boss in the first place!"
"Um?"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An with some confusion.
Guo An quickly said: "Xiaguan is saying that Xiaguan came to be an official with a sincere heart, thinking that he could make thousands of people in the world live and work in peace and contentment!
But I didn't expect that after I became an official, I discovered that whether you are a common person or an official or a powerful person, if you want to live a good life, you must have enough money at home and the food tank will never be short of food.
Otherwise, neither the common people nor the officials and dignitaries will be able to stabilize!"
"Humph, people's hearts are not enough. Even if those corrupt officials' homes are full of money and food, they still won't be satisfied. Only by beheading their entire families and executing the head of the gang with a thousand knives can we control the greed in these people's hearts!"
Zhu Di said sharply.
"What His Highness said is absolutely true. Those corrupt officials who are never satisfied will have their whole families beheaded!" Guo An quickly followed.
"Um?"
Zhu Di heard what Guo An meant, "You think it is excusable for some officials to be corrupt?"
Guo An looked up at the sky and said helplessly: "Your Highness, I am very tired after working all day. Now that we have all gone to the evening office, it is our personal time. Can we stop talking about work?"
"Work matters?"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a strange look on his face. He found that he could not understand the Wanping County Magistrate more and more!
"Your Highness, your job is to do official business, deal with county government affairs and court affairs!"
Guo An was happy to explain these insensitive topics to Zhu Di, "Xiaguan is accustomed to calling official affairs such as court affairs and county government affairs work.
The imperial court gave the official a salary and allowed him to work in the government office every day. The official then tried his best to handle government affairs. This was the official's responsibility.
And when it comes to Youshi, after Xiaguan returns home from the office, it’s personal time. Xiaguan just wants to have a good rest and enjoy life!”
Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a half-smile, "So, you are going to be lazy?"
"Your Highness, the imperial court has issued the salary to the lower officials to open the Yamen. After the official disbandment, why do the lower officials still have to work so hard to handle official duties?"
Guo An quickly explained with an aggrieved look on his face, "Moreover, during the period of Shangyamen, the work efficiency of the lower officials was so high and they handled so many government affairs.
The lower official is just a thin scholar. He must balance work and rest during the day, and he must rest when he needs to!
Otherwise, if you are tired before the government affairs handed over by the imperial court have been dealt with, then you will be ashamed of the imperial court, your Majesty and His Highness!"
Zhu Di said: "Damn it, you sound like this king is an evil landlord who specializes in exploiting you!"
"A mere small landowner cannot compare to His Highness!"
Guo An replied with a smile.
Then, without waiting for Zhu Di to reply, Guo An continued: "Your Highness, please forgive me, it is getting late, and I have been tired for a day. I need to go back and have a good rest, and then have a delicious meal.
Therefore, I have to resign first!"
"gourmet food?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but think of the ordinary but extremely delicious bowl of rice at noon, and subconsciously licked his lips.
"Speaking of which, I still have some questions to ask you. I didn't expect you to go back for dinner so early!"
"How about tomorrow, I will be waiting for His Highness at the county government office?"
Guo An asked tentatively.
Zhu Di frowned slightly, and Guo An understood in his heart.
"Speaking of which, His Highness helped the county government handle government affairs for a whole day, and I haven't thanked His Highness properly yet.
How about you prepare a little wine and delicious food at your residence today to treat your highness to a good banquet?"
“Wine and delicious food?”
Zhu Di's expression wrinkled again, "You thief official, as a majestic King of Yan, I have never tasted any delicacies, am I someone who covets your wine and delicacies?"
"Yes Yes!"
Hearing this, Guo An's expression changed, "The wine in Xiaguan's house is indeed a little bad, but the delicacies cooked by the chef in Xiaguan's house are made with the secret recipe developed by Xiaguan, so they have a different taste.
How about asking your highness to send someone to bring some fine wine from the palace, and your highness to go to your humble residence to taste your original delicacies?"
"You are the magistrate of the county, and you actually study gourmet food?"
A trace of curiosity flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.
"Exactly, Your Highness may not know that it is best for lower officials to keep their appetites to themselves!" Guo An nodded slightly.
Zhu Di turned around and shouted, "Li Wang!"
"The end is here!"
Li Wang ran over quickly.
"Go back to the palace quickly and bring me some jars of fine wine to Guo An's house!"