Chapter 34-Whether or Not It's a Hard Bone, You Have to Take a Bite
Ye Jin was already immune to the system's electronic synthesized voice.
Without any delay, he walked into the main hall of the county government with his hands behind his back.
After a set of formalities, a bitter day finally began.
After the morning meeting ended, the mud bodhisattva like Official Zhang respectfully bowed to Ye Jin and then returned to his signing room (the office of the chief officer in the ancient government) to continue being a mud bodhisattva.
The officials, scribes, and bailiffs also left.
Ye Jin picked up the document on the table and began to read it.
The way Shangyuan County operated was different from other local governments. It could be considered a mixture of modern government and ancient government.
When the various departments submitted the documents, they had to first sort them out and then summarize them at the beginning of the documents.
This way, Ye Jin would save a lot of time when reading documents.
In fact, there were quite a number of petty officials in the county government. If they were properly managed and used an effective management model, then the county lord would have a much easier time even if he did not hire any advisors and attendants.
However, managing a county required a lot of work.
Therefore, Ye Jin spent an entire two hours in the main hall of the county government office, making notes on documents.
Every time he finished marking a classification, he would let the departments in charge of such matters take the documents away.
They were either taken away for execution or reported to the higher-ups.
In the blink of an eye.
The sun had already crept to the center of the sky.
Ye Jin finished writing the last document and stretched.
He took another sip of tea.
She was thinking about whether she should stand up and stretch her body.
At this moment, a scribe who was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old and dressed in a green robe walked in with a document.
After bowing to Ye Jin, he said,""County Lord, this is the income and expenditure report of the county government last month. The income is 3,120 strings, the expenditure is 3,109 strings, and the balance is 12 strings.”
Ye Jin took the form from the scribe and read it carefully.
Forms were one of the greatest inventions of modern office civilization. They could greatly save time and cost.
As a modern person, Ye Jin naturally used forms in his own management.
As for how to make these forms?
It was simple.
Big Ming's printing skills had long matured. He could just make a master copy of a set of forms and then get someone to print it out.!
Ye Jin looked at it very seriously.
Ten minutes later, he signed the form and handed it to the other party."Put it in the storeroom for safekeeping."
"Yes."
The scribe took the form and handed over another document.""This is the yamen's expenditure forecast for this month. Because this month is the critical period for spring plowing, the expenditure will be relatively large.”
Ye Jin didn't answer. Instead, he took the form and looked at it again.
There wasn't much of a problem.
These scribes were not fools. Under his training over the past few months, they were already familiar with this set of office procedures.
Therefore, Ye Jin quickly signed and approved it.
After Ye Jin handed him the form, the scribe took out a spring plowing plan and handed it over.
"Zhengping (scribe's handwriting), can you take out all the documents at once?" Ye Jin said helplessly.!”
The scribe smiled shyly and quickly handed over another document in his hand.
Ye Jin was speechless.
There really was?
He rubbed his temples and said,""I'll read the spring plowing plan later. Tell me what this document says.”
"Yes." "This document was sent by the Six Fan School of the Ministry of Justice at Si o'clock today," the scribe hurriedly said.”
As he spoke, he looked around like a rat.
He lowered his voice and continued,"On the 18th of December in the 14th year of Hongwu, some people were burned to death in the prison of our yamen. The victims of these people have been complaining to the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court every day. Therefore, the Six Fan School has restarted the investigation on this case." He specially sent a document to inform us…" In ancient times, there was no yamen known as the Six Fan School. The so-called Six Fan School referred to the collective name of the three judicial yamen. The yamen of the Six Fan School that we are familiar with is just a fictional story from a martial arts novel. However, since this book is also a web novel, let's write it according to the content of the novel. I hope you guys will be angry.)
The scribe saw that Ye Jin still looked indifferent and could not help but feel a little anxious.
"My dear county magistrate, please don't take it to heart." These days, I've heard that some students are having second thoughts…" As he spoke, he gestured at the signing room of Official Zhang and continued,"Don't look at how calm they are, they have long been secretly colluding. Why did those victims go to Yingtian Prefecture to report the situation? Wasn't it all because of these people?!”
This scribe called Chen Zhou was originally a student from the county, but because of his poor family, he could not afford to continue his examination.
A few months ago, the county government had put up a notice to recruit scribes, and he had come to apply for the job. He had been accepted by Ye Jin on the spot, so he was very grateful to Ye Jin and could barely be considered as Ye Jin's confidant.
Moreover, the salary that the county government gave these scribes was not low.
So if Ye Jin was taken down by those people, where would they find a decent job that could support their family?
Only then did Ye Jin come back to his senses.
Seeing Chen Zhou's anxious look, he couldn't help but smile and comfort him,"It doesn't matter. The Sage Son of Heaven is in court, so these little rascals can't cause any trouble.”
Chen Zhou opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw Ye Jin's confident look, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
"Since you have a plan in mind, then I won't speak nonsense anymore. I just hope that the county lord will put the people of the county first and not underestimate these people."”
He seemed to be a little worried and continued to chatter,"This student has heard that the one leading this time is Old Master Li from Shiba Street. There's no need to say whose distant relative he is, right?!”
"No one's distant relatives are useful. You just need to do your job well.”Ye Jin frowned slightly.
Then he said," The expenses for the past few months have been a little big. There are still a few villages that have yet to start building schools, so we have to think of a way to increase our income.”
Chen Zhou was stunned. He quickly said," Old Master, the tax rate is already high enough. If we increase it again, those merchants will definitely not agree."”
"Who said I wanted to raise the business tax rate?!”Ye Jin said unhappily.
Chen Zhou was a little dumbfounded.
If he didn't raise the business tax, would there be any other way to make money?!
" The east bank of the Qinhuai River is also considered our county's territory. There are more than twenty brothel houses there. This is a piece of juicy meat…" Ye Jin stroked his bald chin and said as he pondered.
However, after Chen Zhou heard his words, his expression suddenly became flustered.
He cried out involuntarily," Those 20-odd brothels are not fat meat, but hard bones. No, it's poison, poison that pierces the intestines, a poison that kills whoever touches it. Who doesn't know that the owners behind these brothels are all high officials and nobles in the Ying Tian Prefecture?! Our little Shangyuan County can't afford to offend them…"
"Old Master, please listen to this student's advice. Don't provoke these people. We can't afford to offend them…"
"Can't afford to offend him?" Ye Jin smiled.
He didn't say anything and stood up.
As he walked out of the main hall, he said,"If I can afford to provoke them, I can't afford to provoke them. Whether it's a tough bone or a poison that pierces the intestines, this official has to taste it to know if it will kill me!!!”
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