"First of all, my birth date is not allowed to be announced to the outside world, nor is it allowed to announce the birth date of my wife, nor is it allowed to reveal the identity of the young lady and the young master... In short, no such things as three birthdays and two birthdays are allowed."

"Second, I will not accept any past, present, or charcoal gifts since I took office."

"Third, no matter who comes to visit me, they are not allowed to collect door packages, especially those around me are not allowed to receive other people's money without permission. Once discovered, I will be severely punished!"

On the carriage heading to Baoding, Jia Liu was explaining the matters that the new official should pay attention to when taking office.

Fan Wei, Shuan Zhu, Bao Zhu, and Zamul were huddled across from each other. The two literate ones took notes carefully, while the two illiterate ones tried their best to listen and nodded from time to time.

It doesn't matter whether you listen or not, what matters is your attitude.

Baozhu felt that he had to say a few words, so he coughed lightly and said: "Sir, I am an official for thousands of miles just for money. If I don't accept this, I won't accept that. We... Your Majesty, aren't we at a loss?"

"Thanks to me, millions of families will be happy... There is no loss or loss. What I want to earn is big money, not small money... From now on, if you want to speak, just raise your hands and don't cough. Are you an adult or am I an adult?

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Jia Liu picked up the teapot and took a sip directly to his mouth.

If he had interrupted the leader at will in his previous life, no matter how talented he was, he would still have to hide.

Although he doesn't like bureaucracy, he has been in charge for a long time and it is inevitable that he will be a little shaken.

Therefore, the officialdom is like a big dyeing vat, and only a handful of people can maintain their original aspirations.

It is a great blessing for the country to have three or five honest officials out of a hundred.

He also ordered Shuan Zhu and Fan Wei to arrive in Baoding, and the latter was responsible for taking over the staff of the former Zhili Governor, that is, the agencies and general offices under the Zhili Governor's Yamen.

It is equivalent to three shifts and six rooms in the county government office.

In a few hundred years, if state workers are divided into civil servants and public servants, they will be essentially the same.

However, in a general sense, people from the seventh rank and above can be called officials, and those from the seventh rank and below can only be called officials.

Usually there are three or four left-hand officials in a county, one is the county magistrate, the second is the county magistrate, the third is the chief minister, and the fourth is the history officer.

The county magistrate is in charge of overall work;

The county magistrate is in charge of taxation and population;

The boss is responsible for water conservancy, food and horses, and dispatching missions;

Equivalent to two deputy county magistrates.

Ranking is based on seniority and is usually done by candidates.

Some large and developed counties have a high proportion of Jinshi scholars.

Dian Shi is responsible for arrests, that is, the director of public security.

Among the four, Dian Shi is not an official, but the head of the officials. He has no rank and is not in the mainstream.

The "three classes" with three classes and six rooms refer to "Zao, Zhuang and Kuai classes", which are actually government officials, rural policemen, and agencies similar to criminal investigation, public security, and taxation bureaus.

The people inside are neither civil servants nor business editors, they are helpers.

It's just that these helpers have clothes issued by the state and have certain special powers given to them by the state.

Without these clothes, no one would dare to fight.

Yes, Mr. Ma has to take a detour when he sees him.

The "six rooms" refer to the official, household, ritual, military, punishment, and workshop rooms, which comprehensively cover all aspects of a place, ranging from life and death to eating and drinking.

Clerks are called clerks, and they need a certain level of education. They must be at least a child, because the sixth floor requires certain business abilities.

In the feudal era, the third class may be replaced from time to time, and the six-family house is basically an industry monopolized by local gentry.

Anyone who doesn't have any connections at home can't get in even if they want to.

From the county to the prefecture and even the province, there are subordinate organizations with three shifts and six rooms, but they are called differently.

On the surface, the operation of the country appears to be the responsibility of layers of officials, but in fact it is the responsibility of layers of subordinate agencies from top to bottom.

Without these institutions, the orders of Governor Jia Liu might not even be able to leave Baoding City.

The so-called governing a country and governing a locality means, to put it bluntly, governing people.

Therefore, if Jia Liu wants to make this governor-general solid, strong, and beautiful, the first step is to fully take over the subordinate agencies of the governor-general's office.

After achieving rapid and efficient administrative operation of the Governor's Yamen, a series of reforms can be carried out in subordinate units within the scope of authority.

Shuan Zhu organized Jia Ban to go to the site to familiarize himself with the work process of the Governor's Yamen, and gradually took over the subordinate agencies of the Governor's Yamen once the business was smooth.

"The original agency staff must organize an exam. Those who pass the exam will be retained. Those who fail..."

Jia Liu originally wanted to fire all the unqualified ones, but when he thought that this was not in line with his lenient work attitude, he asked Fan Wei to assign the unqualified ones to the lower ranks.

It is divided from provinces to cities, counties, and even towns.

The illiteracy rate is too high these days. Those who can write are considered high-end talents. There is no need to beat them to death with a stick.

An adult who ruins people's jobs as soon as he takes office is obviously not a good adult.

This is a preliminary arrangement on the administrative side. The military side needs to slow down and not act too hastily.

This time, there were four battalions of escorts accompanying Jia Liu to Baoding, and together with the guards there were more than 2,000 people. It can be said that except for Feng Sheng'e, the current official of the border, no one else has been as popular as Jia Liu.

"You two will go down first, and Crouching Dragon and Phoenix will stay."

Jia Liu asked Baozhu and Jamur to convey the spirit of his instructions, not only to ensure that there would be no intrusion into Qiu Qiu with the guards at Baoding, but also not to invade any place along the way.

"Tell the brothers, the wheat is growing in the spring now. If anyone tramples on people's fields, I, the governor, will cut off his braids even if I don't chop off his head!"

After saying that, he glanced at the carriage following behind.

After Yin Jiang'a left Beijing, except for taking a break to pee, he spent the rest of the time studying Buddhism in the carriage.

In order to bring joy to the newly promoted Man Zhangjing, Jia Liu specially asked someone to give him a copy of the Thousand Buddhas Sutra.

The Buddhist scriptures look ordinary at first glance, but there are actually three thousand-tael silver notes inside.

Jia Liu stipulated that no one should give him gifts, but he did not stipulate that he should not give gifts to others.

Although Yin Jiang'a was only a fourth-rank Zhangjing, his father Yonggui was the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu. Jia Liu wanted to engage in industry in Zhili, so it was impossible not to deal with the Ministry of Hubu. Zuo Zuo had also conspired with Yin Jiang'a before, so he simply continued to do so.

, don’t let this friendship fade over time.

Gift-giving is very particular. For example, the envelope should be written "Eight Rhymes of Plum Blossom Poems", which means that there is an eighty-tael silver note inside. If it is written as ear-shun, it will be sixty-two, sixty and ear-shun...

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Sutra of Thousand Buddhas starts with a thousand taels, which is already a gift from princes and ministers.

However, Jia Liu's side went up a few levels and treated him directly as gifts from the emperor.

The regular one is one thousand taels, but he only gets three thousand taels.

In short, he does not allow anyone to give gifts that are more fashionable than him.

Just as he may not remember who sent him how much money, but he certainly remembers who didn't.

When it comes to giving gifts, either don’t give them. If you do give them, you have to make a strong impression and impress people.

Yin Jiang Ah, this meeting must be very profound.

Due to his rank and lack of backing, Jia Liu would certainly not be taken advantage of and give him three thousand taels, so he only asked Shuan Zhu to give him a favor.

Sixty taels is enough to get through.

"After I take office, the province's finances must be clarified. You should put in some effort to find some professionals to help me take care of it. Well, we can directly handle the affairs under the name of the Financial Secretary..."

"Sir, I have done some research in the past two days. The main revenue of Zhili's finance comes from four aspects: Diding silver, consumption silver, salt tax, and customs duties. The annual tax revenue is about 4 million taels. Others include reed tax and fish tax.

, tea class, landing miscellaneous taxes, deed taxes, and Yadang mineral taxes combined, the total is less than 300,000 taels..."

Zhili Finance Jia Liu heard something from Kuini and said that it generally belongs to a province with a fiscal balance, that is, it does not belong to Jiangsu, a province with rich finances and the ability to hand over to the national treasury, nor does it belong to Sichuan, a province with a fiscal deficit like Guangxi.

The provinces where the imperial court asked for money could barely make ends meet.

This is in line with Jia Liu's understanding.

The territory of Zhili is actually dominated by Hebei, supplemented by Tianjin, and there are also some large provinces in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Henan.

The best place economically is definitely Tianjin, but other places are average, and many places have even been poor areas for a long time.

There is no way, who can prevent Shuntian Prefecture, the essence of Zhili, from being under the control of Jia Liu, and half of the fertile land in Zhili prefectures and counties adjacent to Shuntian Prefecture was occupied by the Eight Banners in the early days of the People's Republic of China.

In the feudal era, local taxes were definitely the largest source of fiscal revenue.

Fertile farmland has become a flag property, which will of course reduce Zhili's fiscal revenue.

Jia Liu looked at the map badly, and concluded that industry must be developed in Zhili to drive the economic development of Zhili. Otherwise, the people in this area would not have a chance to live a good life because of the existence of the capital.

If he doesn't start to change and let history develop, eventually the people in the Zhili area will rely on working as their main way to make money, and it will be impossible for the local area to develop industry.

"Fu Zhongtang exempted me from paying taxes this summer. There will definitely be more funds that can be used by then. When you get there, you should check the accounts and give me an accurate detailed list of income and expenditure. How much is collected, where it is collected, and how much is spent.

And where the money is spent, the accounts must be clear."

Jia Liu was just explaining his general idea to Wolong Fengchu. He was too anxious to eat hot tofu and no one was at work. How could he sneeze with a wave of his hand and shake the whole province.

Fan Wei said that the province's largest fiscal expenditures include three major expenditures: the first is official salary expenditures; the second is garrison money and food expenditures; and the third is water conservancy and river channel expenditures.

These three expenditures are also the foundation for maintaining the stability of a dynasty.
To be continued...