In the slightly bumpy carriage carriage, Lin Xi lay down on the soft cushion and straightened her legs.
He took out a book and flipped through it slowly. After flipping through a few pages, he softly shouted: "Go back."
After a sudden change of familiar scenery, Lin Xi saw that he was still in the carriage. He still held the book in his hand, but it was closed and not opened.
"That certainly seems to be the case."
Lin Xi muttered to herself with satisfaction.
He has completely understood that it is indeed as he guessed. As long as he silently wants to go back to a few seconds ago within ten minutes, he will go back to a few seconds ago.
As long as the time to return is shorter, the energy consumed may be less. The green light in his mind will be brighter and clearer, and indeed the recovery will be faster. Lin Xi tried it in the past two days.
, if it is within ten breaths, that is, within ten seconds, it will not take the previous day at all, and it will only take half a day to recover.
In this way, although he tried clearly, even if he went back to a second ago, after using this ability once, the remaining cyan light group would not be enough for him to use the ability immediately again.
It seems that according to Dean Zhang's energy theory, the energy consumed in pushing this "roulette" for an instant is the largest.
But as long as you go back within ten seconds, you can recover in half a day... If you only need to go back ten seconds each time, then this is equivalent to using this ability twice a day.
Although most of the time it may not be useful to go back ten seconds ago, sometimes it may be useful. This can at least give him one more choice.
I don’t know what wonderful changes the abilities that only he and Dean Zhang will have after reaching the level of national scholar.
When she thought that she would be able to see her old sister, father and mother in Lulin Town soon, the corners of Lin Xi's mouth rose again.
With Jiang Xiaoyi and Bian Linghan traveling together, this trip to Lulin Town is destined to not be lonely. Moreover, compared to last time, he has more things to do, and there will be no boring moments.
Lin Xi opened the car curtains slightly to let in more sunlight on the Four Seasons Plain. Then he opened the thin book again and read it carefully.
"Uncle...if you were a history teacher or an official, you might not be so strenuous."
After reading a few pages carefully, Lin Xi couldn't help but shook her head and sighed slightly.
The booklet he is looking at now is a detailed introduction to the bureaucratic organization of the huge Yunqin Empire, the responsibilities and jurisdiction of each department and subordinate department, as well as all officials.
If you want to become a local official, you must at least understand what you are going to do, who your superiors are, and who are below you.
The responsibilities and powers of the Criminal Division's arrest ward, a tenth-level official position, are already explained in the small paper that the college provides for the selection of new students in the Department of Crime Prevention. They are to investigate and handle cases, and to pursue criminals within their jurisdiction.
The town governor is the eighth-rank official, the largest official in a town. It is not difficult for Lin Xi to understand that the arresting officer of the tenth rank is equivalent to the arrester of Donggang Town.
Lin Xi had already learned a lot about the Yunqin Eighth Division before, and it seemed to him that it was quite satisfactory. However, some of the official ranks and department names in this booklet were clearly marked by Dean Zhang's brand.
For example, the next important department of the Department of Justice is actually called the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and its supervisor is the police officer. The superior department of the arrest house is actually called the Police Department, and the officials are called town police inspectors.
There is also the Qin Tianjian under the Lissi, which is the same as in some TV dramas in the world he is familiar with. It is in charge of the calendar and astrology. The most egregious one is the important department in charge of taxation under the Husi, called the Tax Bureau.
This can only show that the late Emperor Yun and Qin relied heavily on Dean Zhang. When he was establishing the world, most of the establishment of the entire Yunqin bureaucracy and the way to govern the country were based on Dean Zhang's opinions.
Judging from the official vocabulary that resembles a mixture of costume dramas and Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas from his world, Dean Zhang, who was an ordinary high school physics teacher at the time, did not have much research on officialdom, and he was probably still a partial liberal arts major.
Physics teacher with short legs.
In Lin Xi's previous world, he was interested in the history of many dynasties, and his liberal arts scores had always been pretty good, so he might know more about dynasty changes and historical bureaucracy than Dean Zhang.
But judging from this booklet, Yunqin's departments at all levels are very complete, and the entire bureaucratic class is not bloated at all, and the official setting of each department is very streamlined.
A town in this world is much larger than a town in the previous world that he is familiar with, but taking the setup of the Criminal Division as an example, there is only one police station and one arrest room, which is far from his understanding.
, it is equivalent to having only one director of the Public Security Bureau, one criminal investigation brigade, and such a large jurisdiction, not even other police stations.
Such a bureaucracy with the highest local governor as the governor and the tomb governor as the main body can naturally save a lot of manpower and financial resources for other aspects of the empire's operation, such as the army.
Therefore, as a science teacher who does not know much about bureaucracy, it is not easy to plan such a streamlined and complete bureaucratic organization in Yunqin. Dean Zhang and the late emperor probably spent an unknown amount of money back then.
My brain is thinking very hard.
"The arrest room is equipped with six agents and three backup agents who also serve as miscellaneous..."
Lin Xi carefully read this booklet. For someone like him who has some interest in history and has read history books that are difficult for anyone in the world to achieve, he naturally began to make the most intuitive judgment about the court system in his mind.
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There are only ten people in a town-level arrest room, including arrests and all the arrests, and there are not even one deputy. This is already streamlined to the extreme.
And some clerical departments only have a staff of two or three people, so they probably don't have much free time to handle normal official business.
No wonder the literati in Yunqin were generally not officials in the dynasty...because many of the officials in the dynasty did not have much free time, and they did not have time to travel around, play chess, calligraphy and painting.
In Lin Xi's view, the streamlining of the bureaucracy means a greater concentration of power. The vast majority of officials have great real power.
In addition, there have been constant wars on the Yun-Qin border, and the enemy countries are also trying their best to govern. Over time, this has led to the Zhengwusi, that is, the military department having too much power. Some officials have too much power. The force is strong but the internal governance is weak.
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Lu Dongling, Donggang Town.
Although it is only an extremely remote town in the eyes of dignitaries in the capital and provincial capitals, and may not even be heard of, it is because there is a Xizi River connecting Shuling passing by the east of this town, and the upper reaches of the Xizi River are in Tongmu Town.
It is a large town rich in tung oil. One-third of the tung oil used in Yunqin comes from Tongmu Town. Thanks to this town, Donggang Town has a large wharf with many vendors along the way.
Take a rest. For convenience, some of the wealthy businessmen even built houses in the bustling Donggang Town and raised concubines and singers.
In particular, there are many boatmen and trackers working on the Xizi River. Over time, this Donggang Town is different from the more remote Lulin Town. From the port to the town, there are not only many restaurants, but also fireworks.
The place always stays up until late at night, with laughter and singing, and red lanterns are shown on the riverside making the area famous.
Most of the boatmen, laborers, and small traders made some money in Tongmu Town upstream. After passing Donggang Town, their money bags were empty again, so they had no choice but to return to Tongmu Town.
Year after year, the red lights and night breeze in Donggang Town remain the same, but these strong men with dark skin who have been exposed to the sun and wind are getting older one by one, and another generation of young and strong men has become the protagonists of this river.
, and these old people, the original wine bowl and white body in their hands were replaced by a water pipe, and they recalled the past in the sound of beeping. In the past, they suppressed a certain popular boat girl and shook the river.
They are all violent waves.
On this day, Liang Sansi, the substitute arrester of the Donggang Town arrest room, saw that the merchant ship docked at the dock was Heng Rongchang's merchant ship. He knew that there would be no fight at the dock today, so he packed several fried leek horns early.
We ate all the way back to Tidusi.
There are strict regulations on the layout of all government offices in Yunqin. The offices of all officials in Donggang Town are in the town governor's office. The offices of the town governor and military officials occupy one-third of the building facing the north. This is under the Criminal Division.
The arrest room was located in a courtyard at the east end of the town governor's mansion, with only three rooms. The other two rooms in this courtyard belonged to the Hubu Cangchang Yamen.
Liang Sansi is twenty-six years old this year. He passed the martial arts examination two years ago and filled the vacancy of a substitute catcher. Among the young people in Donggang Town, he is already very respectable and has some future. In addition, he has only one eyebrow on his left eye.
Apart from a small green birthmark, she also had a very upright appearance, so she became a match to his liking early on.
After eating the fried leek horns and wiping the oil stains from the corners of his mouth, Liang Sansi walked into the Lingdu Mansion and walked quickly along the side road into the small courtyard where the capture room was located.
Seeing Xu Jianling and Du Weiqing about to go out in the courtyard, Liang Sansi smiled slightly and was about to say hello and ask if there was anything he could help with. After all, these two people were the most senior people in the courtyard.
He was an agent, but before he could speak, Xu Jianling's face darkened, and he frowned and looked at him with great displeasure: "Liang Sansi, you are not in charge of patrolling the East Pier today, why are you already here now?"
came back?"
Liang Sansi hesitated for a moment, and explained with some embarrassment: "Today, the fleet unloading goods at the dock is Heng Rongchang's fleet. There will be no disputes over the order of unloading. Heng Rongchang is also very good at managing the black water at those docks.
Youzi doesn’t dare to cause trouble..."
"Liang Sansi, I have been a police officer for so many years and you have only been here for so long. Do I need you to remind me if I don't know this?" But before Liang Sansi could finish her words, she was interrupted by a sullen Xu Jianling.
A middle-aged man looked at Liang Sansi and said coldly: "Even if there is no problem with the dock, can you guarantee that there will be no problem with the shops around the dock? And do you know how long it will take for Heng Rongchang to unload the goods?"
"I..." Liang Sansi was furious, and her face suddenly turned ugly, but she just tried not to get angry.
"If you want to get rid of the word substitute, you have to work harder." Xu Jianling said this again, then walked straight in front of Liang Sansi, who was standing there, and left the small courtyard of the arrest room.
"Forget it, I've said it before, don't argue with him." Du Weiqing came up and patted Liang Sansi on the shoulder, saying comfortingly.
"Brother Du, tell me where did I offend him? Although he usually doesn't look good to our subordinates, we are always polite to him. We do our best to explain the things we usually do, and we don't do anything wrong at all.
Sloppy. This is what Heng Rongchang always does when unloading goods in our arresting room. He usually comes back early, so why did he deliberately make things difficult for me today?" Liang Sansi said angrily with a wave of ill will in his chest.
"You don't know that he is usually a bit green-skinned, and today something is special." Du Weiqing shook his head, looked at Liang Sansi and said softly: "The appointment document for the successor arrest has arrived today, but
But it's not him, it's someone who was transferred directly from outside and will take office today and tomorrow."
"Turn around?"
Liang Sansi was stunned for a moment, and most of his anger was gone.
Xu Jianling was not only very senior in the arrest room, but also had good connections and was well managed both above and below. Ever since he took up the post of arrest and transfer, everyone had been thinking that either the superiors would transfer someone else, or he would be the replacement.
Missed this.
Although this person usually has a bad temper and likes to rely on his elders, but to be fair, several people secretly felt that it was more likely that he would fill this gap, but they did not expect that they would still put someone on his head. No wonder
His face looks so ugly today.
"You deserve it. If we want to recommend it, we will definitely recommend you, Brother Du, and we will definitely not choose him." After Liang San thought and understood, thinking of Xu Jianling's face just now, he felt happy in his heart and said this out of anger.
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"Don't say this nonsense. If he hears it, it will be bad for you and me." Du Weiqing glanced at Liang Sansi and smiled bitterly: "And the people above us usually have very bad tempers. Don't be worse than him."
Say hello, that would be difficult."
Liang Sansi was stunned for a moment and said, "That's true."
"Let's go. There are some tenants in Tianxiang Building who are having some disputes over the rent. If you have nothing to do, come with me." Du Weiqing smiled and called Liang Sansi, and the two of them lowered their voices.
They chatted quietly and quickly walked out of the arrest room.
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The early summer of the empire was not originally the season when the activities of the Western Region bandits and dragon and snake barbarians outside the Biluo Border Pass were frequent. This was supposed to be the time of the four seasons when the Yunqin Empire could breathe a sigh of relief. However, this year's three border passes were not crowded.
Peace.
Nanshanmu of the border pass in the west led his troops to rebel and left the pass. Several armies of General Wenren also swept out. The armies of the Damang Dynasty in the south mobilized one after another, and there was a hint of a large-scale attack. Even on the side of Long She, those generations
For unknown reasons, barbarians living in swamps and caves appeared in large numbers in the Dragon Snake Mountains, which once put the Dragon Snake border troops in a tight spot, causing Zhengwusi to do it three times in a row within a month.
A large deployment was carried out, and many elites and practitioners were transferred from the five provinces.
However, apart from hearing that there was a major rebellion in the Biluo border army along the way, Lin Xi didn't know about the rest.
The selection of Qingluan College students is issued through the college, and then approved by the officials. It is passed down layer by layer. The time when they arrive in Donggang Town and the time when Lin Xi arrives in Donggang Town are just the first and last step.
At this moment, Lin Xi had arrived at the entrance of Donggang Town.