Chapter 496 The sophistication of township officials!
Overhauling the railway is one of the wisest and wisest decisions Zhu Youjian has made since crossing over. The conditions around Beijing are also suitable for the implementation of his bold and radical idea. Starting from the first railway - Tongmi Railway
Since its construction, several important areas in North Zhili have been fully covered by railways. Now railways are being built in Daning, Guihua, Datong, Jinan and other places. The planned railway lines are even larger.
In my lifetime, all the currently envisioned railway lines will be built. Even if my journey through the late Ming Dynasty was not wasted, it can be regarded as leaving something for future generations.
Gucheng is a small town located between Baoding and Zhuozhou. It originally had a population of less than a thousand households. Although it was considered a prosperous place in the northern countryside, in reality it was just that.
But since the railway from Beijing to Baoding set up a station here, the town has undergone great changes.
In the past, there were only a few decent restaurants in the town, let alone hotels and the like. Nowadays, there are nearly 50 restaurants, large and small, and 30 horse and carriage shops for people to stay in the town.
In many places, there are three large restaurants and several large carriage and horse shops on the main street of the town. On weekdays, the streets are full of carriages and horses, and there is a constant flow of people. The prosperity is not inferior to that of the county town.
Zhizhen Dong Liming has been an official in the town for three years. When he first came here, he took office as a town magistrate. The Zhizhen at that time also joined the post at the same time as him. Last year, because of his good political performance, he was transferred to Shandong.
As the county magistrate, Dong Liming was naturally promoted to the rank of seventh-grade high-ranking magistrate of the town.
Thinking about his life experiences, Dong Liming feels that he is lucky. Not many of his college classmates who graduated at the same time have been promoted to the rank of seventh-grade official, and even fewer have a bright future like him! With the current reputation in the town,
The situation is that in another year or two the magistrate of a large county will not be able to leave. If it is better, there will be no problem in becoming the magistrate of a small county.
You still have to be lucky. Who would have thought that if you were to work in the town, you would find such a good place? The students worked hard but could not achieve much political achievements. They did not do much, but they achieved political achievements.
It's so beautiful. Where can I make sense of this?
"Sir, Gong Zhizhen of Shatin has arrived at the town hall. His humble post has arranged for him to drink tea in the hall. Would you please come over now?" An official from the town hurriedly ran to Dong Liming who was wandering around the station and asked him.
He reported that guests were waiting for him at the town hall.
"Lao Gong is here? This guy has been running to our town a lot lately?" Gong Zihu from Shatian Zhizhen is a classmate of Dong Liming University. The two are very familiar with each other and have many contacts.
"Nowadays, the officials in the towns around us like to go to our town. Gong Zhizhen is a classmate of the adults, so it is not unusual for him to run frequently." The official followed Dong Liming's words and catered a few words.
Regarding the frequent visits to the town by their eldest classmates, the officials below knew exactly what was going on.
In most cases, this person comes here to eat and drink and enjoy the glory of his old classmates. Even though they have the same level, their actual living standards are very different. As an official in a poor town, even the boss of a town usually
There is no good food here. The financial situation in most towns is not good. They all rely on the office funds allocated by the county. The office funds can only cover a meager meal. How can they withstand the extravagance of food and drink?
?
Dong Liming's place is different. With the station, the town has built a row of shops on the main street, two large inns, and several warehouses for rent. Just collecting rent in a month brings in hundreds of taels of silver dollars.
, this money is not a tax, and the degree of freedom is very high. It is precisely because of the large amount of self-owned funds that the officials in Gucheng Town have a better living standard than officials in several surrounding towns. If you don’t look at anything else, just look at them
The canteen of the town hall has good food for every meal, but other places have this kind of treatment?
After spending some time at the station, Dong Liming calmly returned to the town office to meet his old classmates.
"Old Gong, why didn't you send someone to tell me in advance that you were coming? I was already out and you came here, which made you wait for so long."
"Brother Dong, we old classmates, why not wait for a while? What you said is a bit unreasonable."
"Hey! It's still Kuangda, my old classmate. By the way, it's lunch time now. Do you have any other arrangements? If there are no other arrangements, let's go to the cafeteria to eat and chat?" Dong Liming took care of the meal for his old classmate.
I can still afford it, and the food in the small private room in the town hall canteen is of decent quality, and I don't have to spend my own money.
"Brother Dong, I came here today to talk to you about something. I'm afraid it's inconvenient to go to the canteen?" The small private room in the canteen of the town office is not owned by Dong Liming. Under normal circumstances, reception meals are held in the small private room, and the town order also has
Several other important officials in the town will make compensation. This is an unwritten rule. You know that the town can make the decision and let people eat the reception meal, but it cannot eat alone. For officials at the township level, having a good meal is really important.
Yes, nothing can be done too much.
"Li Zhenling is not here today, and there is no one else. It's just the two of us having dinner, so it's okay." Dong Liming muttered in his heart, wondering what on earth his old classmate had done that made him so mysterious.
The two of them arrived in the small private room. The chef in the canteen, Ma Liu, made four stir-fried dishes and brought four cold dishes over, along with a bottle of wine.
"Brother Dong, Gong is really embarrassed that you spend so much money every time I come to your place."
"What's the expense of this? It's just a few random dishes prepared by the chef in our institute. I'm embarrassed to say that."
"This is not casual. If Brother Dong comes to our town, I won't be able to arrange such good meat dishes. The four hot dishes are all meat dishes. Isn't that bad? At most, I will have someone kill a chicken for you, and you have to
Seven or eight people can accompany you."
"The situation in each town is different. Everything is a matter of people's hearts. There is no comparison. Brother Gong, what do you have to say to me this time?" After the two of them picked up their wine glasses and clinked a glass of wine, Dong Liming changed the topic.
Turned to business.
"Beijing is planning to send officers to Ningjin and other places to end military control. Has Brother Dong heard about it?"
"I really haven't heard of this matter. Brother Gong means that this matter has something to do with you and me?"
"It has something to do with you, Brother Dong, but it may not have much to do with me."
"What do you mean by this? Why am I so confused?"
"The most important officials to go to Liaodong are officials at the prefecture and county level. Most of them at the township level will be selected from the university working group and the Anmin Institute system. How can someone like me with poor performance in governance have a position? Brother Dong is afraid this time
A county magistrate has no choice but to run away. If things are a little better, there is no doubt that a county magistrate will be able to do anything."