Chapter 6 The county magistrate also has to worry about food?
Chapter 6 The county magistrate also has to worry about food?
Author: tree on tree
Chapter 6 The county magistrate also has to worry about food?
"Your Highness, we heard that when Guo Zhixian became the head of Wanping County last year, he blocked the promotion path of some people, which resulted in Guo Zhixian being squeezed out in Wanping County.
Although he has the title of master Bo, he has no right to master Bo.
Now, the behavior of this Guo County magistrate should be like me and others who have just become the Yanshan Guard Hundreds. We need to understand the situation clearly before showing off our skills!"
On the side, Li Wang was more thoughtful and said thoughtfully.
"Hmph, he is a dignified county magistrate, why should he be so timid?"
Zhu Di has a more impatient temper. After listening to Li Wang's words, his anger has dissipated somewhat, but he is still a little dissatisfied.
"Your Highness, although the Guo County magistrate has a house in Wanping County, his family is out of town and he is a floating official. He will always be transferred and leave. Although the local subordinates have a humble status, they are well versed in the hometown sentiments. When facing the county magistrate, they usually treat each other well.
They work together to control most of the government affairs of a county.
If you offend those subordinate officials, a magistrate like Guo Zhixian with a humble background will definitely be tricked in secret by those subordinate officials. It is not impossible that Guo Zhixian will be disgraced at least, or his life will be hurt in the worst case..."
Li Wang said slowly, "Furthermore, this County Magistrate of Guo has no master's secretaries and is not proficient in punishment, money and food. If he rashly interferes in the government affairs of the county government, it is very likely that the subordinate officials will take advantage of him!"
"They dare?"
Zhu Di slammed the table, filled with anger.
"Which subordinate official dares to join forces to bully Shangguan like this? We will directly lead people to raid his home and exile him to a bitter and cold place thousands of miles away..."
Seeing that His Highness became furious again, Li Wang, Zhu Liang and others all had wry smiles on their faces.
His Highness has been a noble person since his mother's womb and has not seen the dark side of life at the bottom. However, they are all ordinary people and have to deal with these subordinates since they were born. Naturally they know these subordinates.
The officials are difficult to deal with.
"Do you have any good tips for this?"
After drinking a cup of warm tea, Zhu Di asked again.
To be honest, Zhu Di was still a little unwilling to give up on Guo An, whom he had had high hopes from the beginning. He had an intuition that Guo An, who dared to look at him, King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, with such eyes was definitely not a mediocre and incompetent person.
generation.
In this case, it is true that as Li Wang said, Guo An was trapped by those subordinate officials!
Li Wang, Zhu Liang and others, who have been with Zhu Di for so many years, can naturally understand Zhu Di's thoughts.
"Your Highness, I see that Guo Zhi County does not have a master and accountant yet. If Your Highness can send Guo Zhi County a master who is proficient in punishments and names, and a secret friend who is proficient in money and food.
In this way, everyone in Wanping County will know that Magistrate Guo is the person His Highness likes, and those subordinate officials will not dare to have any evil intentions!"
"No!"
Zhu Di quickly shook his head and refused.
"The king is still inspecting Guo An. Only if he is a man of great talent will the king take him under his sect. If he is a mediocre person, I cannot afford to lose him!
As for the masters and secretaries who are proficient in criminal names and money and food, I only have a few in my palace, and I don’t have enough for myself, so how can I give them to Guo An at will?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. It was the last few generals who were reckless!"
Li Wang quickly handed over his hand and apologized.
Zhu Di waved his hand carelessly, then frowned and thought.
After a long while, he directly raised his head and said: "Tomorrow I will go to the Chief Envoy of Beiping to pass on my decree. Guo Huan colluded with Li Yu, Zhao Quande and other traitors to cause great harm to my Beiping Prefecture. All the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture must be divided between the two.
Within this year, each of you will cultivate 10,000 hectares of land for me!
If you do well, I will have your own reward. If you do not do well, hey..."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zhu Fu, the chief official of King Yan, quickly raised his hands and responded.
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On the other side.
Anfufang, Guo Mansion in Chunshu Hutong.
Guo An finished his dinner with difficulty and called the cook over.
"The villain Guo Erniang has met the young master!"
Guo Erniang is a woman with a fleshy face and a round waist. The fat on her body trembles when she walks. Since her grandmother's generation, her whole family has been working as servants in the Guo family.
As for Guo Erniang, she has always taken care of Guo An. All the servants in the house also respect Guo Erniang very much!
Seeing that there was still less than half of the food on the table, Guo Erniang couldn't help but look concerned.
"Master, you are not feeling well. Why did you eat so little today?"
"Thank you for your concern, auntie. Ever since I watched the beheading at Chaishikou of Nanmen the day before yesterday, my appetite has been bad!" Guo An explained with a gentle look.
Guo Erniang's eyes widened, "What should we do? You are already weak, and now your appetite is only half of what you were before. How can you continue like this?"
"I'm worried too!"
Guo An sighed helplessly, he really couldn't get used to the food of this era.
Not to mention the lack of salt, it’s not spicy yet!
There is little meat and the noodles are not thin!
As for the condiments, they are even more pitiful...
"Auntie, how much food is left in the house? Please go out tomorrow and buy more salt, cane sugar, pepper, ginger, fennel, green onions and other dipping sauces. I want to try some stronger-tasting meals!"
Hearing this, Guo Erniang and Guo Erniu and others could not help but tremble at the corners of their eyes.
"Young Master, there are currently only thirty taels of silver in the house, which is all the expenses of the house this year."
"Thirty taels, that's enough money!"
Guo An obviously hasn't realized anything yet.
"Master, one pound of salt costs one hundred Wen, and sucrose is even more expensive, costing at least five hundred Wen per pound! As for the pepper, ginger, fennel, green onion and other dipping sauces that the Master mentioned, the prices are not low either.
If you really want to eat freely, it is just salt, cane sugar, pepper, ginger, fennel and other seasonings. These thirty taels of silver can only last the young master for half a year.
As for the wages of the villain and others, as well as the rice and oil for the house, the young master's clothes, books, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, etc., we need to ask the master for money!"
"Thirty taels of silver is not enough to feed the family for a normal year?" Guo An was a little surprised.
Guo Erniang looked at Guo An strangely, "It's not enough for the young master to eat for half a year!"
Guo An was stunned, "These materials are so expensive!"
Guo Erniang, Guo Erniu and others all nodded in agreement.
"I am a magistrate, but I still have to worry about food?"
Guo An couldn't help but be stunned.
Then, he remembered something and chuckled directly.
"It doesn't matter! Now, I am the magistrate of Wanping County, and I am in the sixth rank. I have a salary of one hundred and twenty dan per year, and a salary of ninety guan. Together, these should be enough for my family's expenses!"
Speaking of this, Guo An suddenly felt that it was not so unacceptable for him to become the magistrate of Wanping County.
At least, he has earned a year's worth of expenses!
"Young master is wise!"
Guo Erniang and Guo Erniu were all very happy.
At night, Guo An locked himself in the study again...