It was only now that Ye An discovered that there was a problem with Sinong Temple, and the root of the problem was that the yamen, which was supposed to be a centralized power, had all its powers devolved. As the chief official, Shaoqing of Sinong Temple was just a mere
It's just a walking seal.
No wonder Fan Ziyuan wanted to do things before, but could only do nothing. Most of the power in his hands was divided by the officials below. Shaoqing seemed to be in charge of all government affairs, but in fact he was sometimes unable to even supervise.
Ye An originally thought that he would face busy government affairs at Sinong Temple, but now he knows that the biggest threat in Sinong Temple does not come from external pressure, but from the internal chaos!
After all, it was also an important government office of the imperial court. How did Sinong Temple get to where it is today?
There is only one answer. The problem of redundant officials has begun to appear. If there are too many officials, there will be a large number of idle officials. But this is the later stage. In the early stage, a large number of petty officials begin to occupy official positions, leaving them with nothing to do.
Of course, it does not mean that you do nothing, but that while you are doing it, you actively use your power for personal gain. The best reaction is to have unclear account books and incomplete documents.
Ye An stared at the thin piece of paper in front of him and said slowly: "In other words, the Sinong Temple in the middle of the capital is just an empty frame except for the official offices that no one cares about?! Where did the number given to me on this paper come from?
What’s the point? Just report it directly to the saint!”
Faintly aware that Ye An was about to get angry, Zhou Guangzu winked at the swordsmen and pen officials around him. Sure enough, several people immediately got up and closed the doors and windows. They all stood in front of Ye An's case and said: "Returning to Shaoqing, the only one in Sinong Temple is
The affairs of the various villages are still in the temple, and the rest of the prisons and offices are all under their own jurisdiction. The director of the Jiucheng Palace, the director of the palaces and gardens in Kyoto, and the supervisors of the gardens in Kyoto are all in the palace. The power of the supervisors on all sides of the gardens is in the four capitals.
Yamen...only Sizhu and the villages are still under the jurisdiction of Sinong Temple."
Ye An finally understood why Liu E asked him to serve as the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, and why he asked him to promote improved seeds. At present, Sinong Temple is an empty frame.
The only two remaining positions are Sizhu and Zhutun.
Bamboo and reeds were planted in the palm of the palace to serve as curtains and bamboo baskets for all the palace officials. Bamboo shoots were used as food during the year, and flat bamboo curtains and bamboo mats were used to provide bamboo shoots.
The rights of the villages are slightly greater, but more of them are practical, such as managing the camp, planting and farming, arranging homework and livestock accounting, setting lessons according to floods, droughts and locusts, the village leader's advice, farming, and supervising land collection.
In other words, Sinong Temple was responsible for things in the fields during the Song Dynasty. It also had to calculate the degree of completion and register the output of animal husbandry. At the same time, it also had to estimate the production reduction caused by annual floods, droughts, locusts, etc., and of course more
The most important thing is to persuade farmers, send people to the fields to personally teach farmers to plant, and supervise the implementation...
Good guy, now Sinong Temple is simply a handyman. All thankless tasks are left to Sinong Temple, and those slightly oily errands have long been divided up.
Coupled with the presence of a large number of petty officials and the lack of power, it was difficult for Ye An, the young minister of Sinong Temple, to audit the accounts.
Looking through the window at Fan Ziyuan's signing room, except for a few clerks shaking their heads like "cats fishing", there was no one in the main seat. Ye An knew why Fan Ziyuan hadn't shown up yet.
Ye An casually tore up the paper in front of him, glanced at Zhou Guangzu and said, "You already know this. No wonder all the officials from top to bottom of Sinong Temple disapproved of it during the banquet yesterday.
No matter how long your hand is, you can't reach them. It's just a lack of ministerial money, right?!"
A few people nodded slightly but did not dare to speak. This is the current situation of Sinong Temple. Why is there no Zhengqing? Putting a Zhengqing in Sinong Temple is a waste of talent and a humiliation to senior officials...
Ye An recalled the details of his previous duties at Sinong Temple, and then he realized that all government affairs were almost simple and clear. All documents were in order, and there were no faults in them.
From this point of view, those documents were deliberately written by experienced swordsmen and pensmen by the officials below to deal with themselves. As for whether they were executed or not, and to what extent they were executed, I had no idea.
I was negligent at the beginning, which is why I was also the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple while serving as a bachelor.
Ye An smiled bitterly, Liu E knew from the beginning that there was nothing to do in Sinong Temple, and Shaoqing was just a big seal.
The main purpose of letting her serve as Shaoqing of Sinong Temple was to promote potatoes and sweet potatoes, encourage farmers to engage in farming, and supervise land management!
In this way, I am really a big fool!
His mother made a special trip to Liuneiquan to ask Yan Shu for the power to appoint and remove officials from Sinong Temple. It seems useless now. After all, those official offices have been assigned to other administrative offices. As a young minister of Sinong Temple, he also
Don’t you have the right to remove me?
Send the clerks in the signing room out. Ye An needs to be alone. The Sinong Temple is now an empty structure. It is impossible to check the accounts, but the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes must be done.
Ye An slowly put down the pen he picked up. He did not feel that he should write a memorial to Liu E and Zhao Zhen now. On the contrary, he should do his part to avoid giving people the feeling of borrowing the topic.
Ye An put down his brush and took out a piece of yellow silk paper from the locked cabinet. After reading it carefully, he couldn't help but admire Liu E's clever methods.
This is a directive, and the content is very simple. It is to give oneself the instructions that when promoting potatoes and sweet potatoes, all officials must cooperate and help, otherwise they will bear the consequences.
I'm afraid Liu E also knows what kind of ridiculous government office she is about to face, right?
It was almost lunchtime when Fan Ziyuan arrived late. When he saw Ye An coming out of the security room, he turned around and walked side by side with Ye An, as if he had just worked hard all morning.
He reached out and wanted to put his hand on Ye An's shoulder, but was glanced down by Ye An. Then Fan Ziyuan said sarcastically: "Brother, I also want you to know the difficulties of Sinong Temple. How about this?"
Do you know that "it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice"?"
"But you dare not do what the saint told you?"
Seeing that Ye An's expression was not good, Fan Ziyuan said helplessly: "If we still have things in our hands, we have to rely on them to do things. It's our duty in the first place, and the saint is not confused at all!"
Ye An nodded silently and walked slowly towards the corridor of Sinong Temple, where the dining place was. Who said there were no canteens in ancient times? Of course there was! "Galleria meal" is the lunch in the yamen, also called the public kitchen.
But before he got close, he was stopped by Fan Ziyuan: "Changsheng, let's not go to the corridor. Brother, I have brought wine and food to eat in the flower hall!"
Ye An turned to look at Fan Ziyuan and said with a smile: "You brought wine and food? Which one?"
"Passing by West Street, I knew that you must have not eaten or drank yet, so I brought some food and drinks from "Shiweitian"..."