"Chu Lie Cao, this is the governor Zhang Hong." Early the next morning, Chu Nan went to the state capital by himself. Although Lu Lingqi said yesterday that someone would come to take him, but a mere Lie Cao still needs someone to come to visit him?
"Chun Nan has met the envoy." Chu Nan saluted Zhang Hong.
"Zi Yan." Zhang Hong was slightly stout. He was about forty years old and always had a smile on his face without losing his majesty. He looked at Chu Nan up and down and said with a smile, "No wonder he is chosen by Marquis Wen.
I value him, he is indeed a talented person."
Appearance is not only useful for women, it is also useful for men. Even if you are a member of a famous family, if you are too ugly and come to serve as an official, you will be disliked by others. Chu Nan's appearance is naturally good, which is a business card in itself.
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"It's a coincidence, it's a coincidence." Chu Nan quickly shook his head humbly. He had just arrived and didn't know much about the interpersonal relationships here. Before that, he had always thought that Lu Bu was the governor of Xuzhou. He didn't expect that the governor was someone else. It's just this
Zhang Hong doesn’t seem to be the Zhang Hong from Jiangdong. He shouldn’t be a historical celebrity, right?
After hesitating for a moment, Chu Nan did not read the other party's information. He was not sure whether everyone could detect his peeping like Lu Bu did. The memory of yesterday was still fresh in his mind, so that Chu Nan now had no idea about his identity or knowledge.
People who are more powerful don't dare to pry into his information at will.
"Since Marquis Wen asked Zi Yan to be the Jin Cao, I think Zi Yan must be outstanding. From now on, you will be responsible for the salt and iron affairs in this state. This salt and iron is an important tax in the state and should not be underestimated." Zhang
Hong encouraged him with a smile and complimented Chu Nan.
Chu Nan is only eighteen years old now. If he is really an eighteen-year-old fool, this sentence may make him feel a little inflated. However, Chu Nan only looks eighteen years old.
This method is basically the first hurdle that newcomers face when entering the office or entering the workplace. Many people’s first lessons in life usually come from this.
However, for Chu Nan, Zhang Hong's words were just nonsense. No matter in the workplace or officialdom, if you take others' praise seriously, you are not far from bad luck. There may be some pitfalls waiting for you inside.
Although the times are different, the principles should be the same. Chu Nan chuckled and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious, so I will do my best. But after all, this is my first time getting involved. If there is anything I don't understand, I hope you can give me more advice."
I try my best, but I'm a novice, so you can't blame me if I don't do it well.
Zhang Hong looked at Chu Nan with a moment of surprise, then nodded and said: "This is natural and etiquette, I will leave it to you to explain this specific matter."
"Here!" The scribe who had welcomed Chu Nan in nodded.
This debriefing is considered complete.
Li Zheng, whose full name is Yi Yan and whose surname is Li Zheng, is the chief clerk of the Governor's Office. He assists Zhang Hong in handling government affairs and then helps Chu Nan with some handovers.
"Zi Yan, here are the files recorded by Jin Cao over the years. Take a look at them first. If there is anything you don't understand, then come and ask me." Yi Yan took Chu Nan to a room where the files were stacked and faced him.
Chu Nan smiled.
"Thank you, Brother Li Zheng. I'm here for the first time. I still need Brother Li Zheng's guidance on many things I don't understand. I wonder if Brother Li Zheng is free. How about having dinner together today?" Chu Nan put down the file and looked at Yi Yan with a smile.
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"Zi Yan is so kind. I shouldn't refuse. But I've been invited today. It's hard to refuse. How about I invite Zi Yan another day?" Yi Yan shook his head with regret.
"Then let's change the date." Chu Nan nodded and didn't force it.
Yi Yan said with a smile: "In that case, I won't disturb Ziyan anymore and take my leave first."
Chu Nan sent Yi Yan to the door. After he left, he came back and continued to look through the files, but his brows gradually furrowed.
Lie Cao is an official. Although he is not a formal official, he is a must in the government office of a state capital. Most things are carried out by Lie Cao.
For example, officials are usually sent from outside. For example, Tao Qian is from Danyang, Zhang Hong is from Donglai, and Lu Bu and Liu Bei, not to mention, are not in this category, but the officials in the government offices are usually locals.
Moreover, they are local wealthy families. Although these people do not have official positions, they have a large network of connections. Generally, without these people to help with things, no matter how big an official you are, they will just stare at you.
Chu Nan is a native of Xiapi, but he is neither a wealthy nor aristocratic family, so he naturally does not have those connections. To be an official, it is enough to maintain good relationships with the local wealthy families, but to be an official, if you do not have a certain background,
It’s useless no matter how powerful you are!
For example, he is now Jincao, in charge of the salt and iron trade, but he doesn't even know where to collect taxes on these things. Even if he knew, would they give it to you? That's too much to think about.
After understanding what I had to do on a daily basis, my heart gradually began to sink.
Not only because he didn’t have these connections, but more importantly, Jin Cao’s oily position in charge of salt and iron was actually left idle and he was asked to fill it?
After reading the salt and iron account books from Tao Qian to Liu Bei to Lu Bu, Chu Nan understood that this was obviously a trap!
There were still some checks and balances during Tao Qian's period. The salt and iron trade was basically in Tao Qian's hands. Xuzhou paid a lot of taxes every year just from the salt and iron trade, accounting for 30% of the entire Xuzhou tax revenue.
During Liu Bei's period, Liu Bei obviously gave up a lot of salt and iron trading. From a numerical point of view, the income from salt and iron trading was nearly half less than that during Tao Qian's period!
But now, so far, Xuzhou's salt and iron trade has not generated any revenue. It is said that this tax is collected once a season. Although it has not been long since Lu Bu captured Xuzhou, according to the records, it should be catching up with a wave of revenue.
The money was paid, but there is no record here, so it was obviously confiscated.
No wonder such a lucrative position can be vacated! There is a high probability that Lu Bu asked himself to be the Jin Cao because no one else was willing to do it, so he asked himself to do it!
You know, even if Lu Bu is now the master of Xuzhou, the various positions of prefectures and counties should not be replaced casually. It's not that you can't, but it's just that you can't do things if you replace them with your own people. Officials can be changed, but these officials cannot be replaced.
In the impression, Lu Bu seemed to be very greedy. Yuan Shu could ask Lu Bu to send troops to help attack Liu Bei with 200,000 stones of food and grass. However, when he actually entered the government office, Chu Nan discovered that there may indeed be personality factors, but the more important factor is probably here.
money!
What he didn't realize was that Lu Bu couldn't collect the tax on salt and iron, and I'm afraid it wouldn't be much better than here in other aspects.
Just like Chu Nan now, his eyes darkened when he came up, and he didn't even know where to go to get the salt and iron taxes or who to ask.
It’s difficult~
Chu Nan rubbed his temples, sat cross-legged on the mat, leaning against the bookshelf, thinking about the pros and cons in his mind, whether he should do it or not. If he did, if he wanted to achieve something, he would definitely offend the local wealthy family, but if he didn't do it, he would definitely offend the local wealthy family.
Or if you don't do well, it's a trivial matter to make Lu Bu unhappy, but if you do nothing, if Lu Bu fails and then joins others, others may not think highly of you.
Being an official, becoming a bigger official and gaining more luck is Chu Nan's current goal for himself. He doesn't want to be a messy man for the rest of his life!
Chu Nan was bored and opened his luck enhancement system and looked at it. After looking at it, he couldn't help but sit up!