Although it is the first day to take up the post in the Third Division, logically speaking, what should be done is to meet with the internal officials of the Third Division, such as the Yantie Judge, the Hubu Judge and others, to sort out the internal situation, and then to the outside world.

, this is the saying goes that before fighting against external forces, one must first settle within.

But now that he encountered such a big trap, he couldn't take care of it. If Zhang Heng didn't meet these people, the entire Third Division would probably be in trouble.

Zhang Heng was not a stickler for rules, so he immediately decided to meet these people.

Zhang Heng met these people at the Third Secretary's Hall. According to their introduction, Zhang Heng only listened for a moment and already understood several things.

First of all, the demands of these people came because of the unfair expenses arranged by the Third Division to Cao Shu Baisi.

Some of them hope to be treated fairly, some hope to continue to maintain last year's expenditure standards, and some indeed believe that this year's expenditure is indeed relatively large. If we seriously cut it, something big will happen and we have to do it.

Secondly, these people who come here are basically from powerful departments.

No one dares to ignore the powerful departments, such as those in charge of people, the military, those involved in the palace, and violent institutions. No one dares to block or reduce the expenditures of these departments.

For example, the Juguan Yuan is responsible for managing officials, and the boss is in charge of money. But if you really offend the Juguan Yuan and cause trouble for you during exams, what do you think you should do?

Those who are in charge of the military and those involved in the palace are either thorns in the head or those who can directly reach the heaven. Whoever dares to stop is a fool.

As for violent organizations such as Dali Temple and the Imperial City Division, if they don't cause trouble for you, it's considered good. Do you really dare to cause trouble for them?

Therefore, the people who came today were all Taichang Liyuan, Menxia Sheng, Shangshu Sheng, temple supervisors and other departments. They were not important, they had no resources themselves, and they had no deterrent effect.

When Zhang Heng saw them, they were all filled with righteous indignation. Although they were all red-faced and aggressive, as if one of them was going to hit someone before they reached an agreement, Zhang Heng saw their fierce expressions and felt sad inside, and actually felt some sympathy in his heart.

Zhang Heng asked them to quiet down, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone should recognize me, right?"

"Who doesn't know Zhang Sanyuan? I just heard that you came to be the Third Secretary, so everyone saw hope and came here!"

"Yes, Zhang Jixiang, you have to make the decision for us! We... we... it's not easy! Wow!"

The speaker burst into tears.

"It's hard! Zhang Jixiang! Our life is hard!..."

Zhang Heng: "..."

If this continues, it will become a grievance meeting.

Zhang Heng said quickly: "Quiet, quiet! Listen to me!"

The hall fell silent.

Zhang Heng said: "Today is the first day that I have just come here to take office in the Third Division. Before I came, I had heard about this matter. Others did not solve it, either because they were incapable of doing it, or because they were too late, or they even did it intentionally.

But I, Zhang Heng, have always been a person who has problems to solve, so this problem cannot be left alone and I will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer.

Let me promise you that my most important task next is to immediately re-examine Cao Shubai's expenses for this year, and then make adjustments based on the actual situation.

Of course, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, and it will definitely infringe on the interests of some departments, because once expenditures are reduced, someone will definitely have to bear the consequences. But you can rest assured that the plan I have adjusted must be the most realistic.

It must be the fairest!”

Zhang Heng looked at everyone, then smiled and said: "Okay, let's go back now."

Everyone looked at each other in shock, and then retreated one after another, but there were still people coming from behind. Zhang Heng had someone write a notice and posted it at the entrance of the Third Division. The notice mentioned this, so the people behind him did not continue to come.

Only then did Zhang Heng have time to summon the Third Division and other auxiliary officers.

The Third Division is a very large organization, divided into three divisions, each with its own chief officers and assistant officers.

The Salt and Iron Department has deputy envoy Zhong Jian and salt and iron judge Wang Si.

The Duzhi Division has Wu Ding, the deputy envoy, and He Zhongli, the judge;

The Hubu Department has Cui Yi, the deputy envoy, and Zhou Zhan, the judge.

Looking at these auxiliary officers, Zhang Heng felt a little emotional.

The Song Dynasty was more wary of officials than any other dynasty had ever seen before. These deputy envoys and judges were all replaced in the past two years. Basically, within these two years, all of them would leave the Third Division and go to other places.

Local office.

Therefore, these people can only stay in the Third Division, a position that requires special professional skills, for a short period of one or two years. In one or two years, they may have just become familiar with the work of the Third Division, and then they have to go elsewhere to perform their duties.

Now that they have been appointed, the newly replaced officials must continue to become familiar with this position.

Basically, in a professional organization like Sansi, there is no way to get into working condition without half a year. This was reflected when Zhang Heng consulted with them.

When Zhang Heng asked about the expenses of the Hundred Divisions of the Cao Department, none of them knew anything about it. Even Cui Yi, the deputy envoy in charge of Duzhi Division, and Zhou Zhan, the judge of Duzhi Division, were the same. Most of them were confused.

When Qiqi Ai Ai asked, he said that only Kong Muguan would know this, and requested that Kong Muguan come over to answer Zhang Heng's inquiry.

Zhang Heng's expression remained unchanged, but he sighed in his heart.

The Third Division is where all the wealth in the world is gathered. It should be controlled by a group of the smartest and most professional people. However, these people are good at reading, but they know little about how to manage finances. In this way, even if they are

How can we use billions of wealth well?

But it can only be like this. The Great Song Dynasty had such a virtue. Whether you have this ability is secondary, but the first thing is that you don't know how to cause trouble.

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the question, Zhang Heng announced the adjournment of the meeting, then asked the chiefs of their respective departments to go back, and sent Kong Muguan from each department to discuss the matter.

When Zhong Jian and others heard Zhang Heng's instructions, they all breathed a sigh of relief. They quickly returned to the department, called Kong Muguan, and informed them to go to the third department's envoy hall for a meeting.

It's not that they didn't think there was a problem with Zhang Heng's cross-level management, but they couldn't answer the questions Zhang Heng asked at all, so that they, all of them in their forties and fifties, were submissive in front of this young man Zhang Heng, and even got into trouble.

Cold sweat.

Therefore, Zhang Heng was willing to discuss matters with Kong Muguan. They felt relieved and did not care about the possibility of being ignored by Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng watched them leave in a hurry, feeling both sad for them and happy that they had achieved their goal.

You can’t hit anyone!

In front of professionals, these civil servants are scum!

Ding Shougong was the first one to come over. He almost ran over. When he saw Zhang Heng, he felt like he was seeing a relative. He said happily: "Judge... no, Prime Minister, you are finally back!"

There were tears in his eyes.

Zhang Heng smiled: "Why, I'm back, shouldn't you be afraid?"

Ding Shougong was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Xiang Ji, you are looking down on a villain. Although the villain certainly has many shortcomings, his respect for you comes from the bottom of his heart!

When you were in the branch office, with you taking care of us, we lived the most comfortable days in our lives!

You can block the ups and downs outside, and you are not always harsh on the inside. You have never left us short of the spring rain and nectar. We just work hard. Such days are really wonderful.

.

It's not like now, where every day is like a hell on earth. The officials either don't care about things or care about them blindly. If the expenses of the Department of Cao's Department are really controlled by me this time, I will never be able to control them.

It has reached this point now!

The officials were quite relaxed. Those who were relevant were found and they let them go. Those who were not relevant were left to us to deal with.

We work hard every day, and we were involved in lawsuits that were so serious that officials were involved. In the end, we were the ones who were the most outraged, and our half-year salary was confiscated. What do you think we have to do?...

"

Ding Shougong complained endlessly, and the tragedy was so vivid in his mind that even Zhang Heng couldn't help but shed tears for them.

Zhang Heng sympathized: "You didn't sell yourself any favors?"

Ding Shougong sighed: "Of course I want to sell it... huh?"

Ding Shougong looked at Zhang Heng with wide eyes.

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Is there any?"

Ding Shougong smiled bitterly: "Other people can cheat, but in front of you, villains dare not lie. Of course, favors are sold, but they are also reasonable and compliant. If you don't believe it, you can check it out."

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Of course I have to check it. I will go through all the expenditures next and I will arrange all expenditures according to the four-quadrant rule.

The criteria for expenditure will not be whether Cao Shu is important or not, whether the relationship with the three departments is good or bad, or whether Cao Shu is important or not, but whether the expenditure itself is necessary and urgent to arrange."

Ding Shougong scratched the back of his head: "What is the four-quadrant rule you are talking about?"

Zhang Heng took out a pen and drew two intersecting arrows on the paper, then wrote [Important] and [Urgent] at the two arrows, and then wrote [Unimportant] and [Not Urgent] at the beginning.

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"This is the four-quadrant rule. Among the things we do, there are important and urgent things, important but not urgent things, unimportant but urgent things, and unimportant and not urgent things. So you understand.

?”

Ding Shougong suddenly realized: "I understand, I understand, for example, there is an expenditure for regulating the Yellow River at the Capital Water Prison.

Since the beginning of spring this year, there has been a lot of rain. Si Tianjian predicts that there will be a lot of rain this year, which may cause floods, so the Water Supervision Bureau hopes to get money as soon as possible to strengthen the dams.

The safety of the Yellow River is related to the safety of life and property of the people along the coast, and is also related to the country's taxation. It is a very important matter.

Moreover, it is already April, and the rainy season will soon enter. If we don’t start strengthening the river embankments quickly, we may not have time. Therefore, this matter is also very urgent and needs to be implemented as soon as possible.

So this is both important and urgent?”

Zhang Heng nodded with satisfaction: "You understand it very correctly..."

Suddenly his expression changed: "...will there be a lot of rain this year?"

Ding Shougong nodded and said: "This is the conclusion given by Si Tianjian, but the actual situation is unknown. However, according to usual experience, floods are bound to occur after a long drought. There have been many droughts in the past Qingli years.
To be continued...