Chapter 75 Kaifeng Government Office! (First update!)

Jia Changchao felt quite trapped in the left and right.

Jia Changchao was a typical scholar-type official, and he was a very typical person who transitioned from academia to politics.

He is the great-grandson of Jia Wei, a well-known historian in the Five Dynasties and later Jin Dynasty. From the time he entered officialdom, he spent most of his time in educational posts.

At the beginning, he was a storyteller in the Imperial College, and later he was changed to accompany the reading in the Prince's Court of Yingchuan County. Later, Sun Shishi was banned from reading. He resigned because of his old age and recommended Jia Changchao to succeed him. He passed the imperial examination and soon resumed his storytelling in the Imperial College.

Of course, there was also a brief experience as Jingdian Zhongcheng and the magistrate of any county, but overall, he still focused on education.

Therefore, when he just took up the post of Kaifeng Magistrate, he seemed a little in a hurry.

But this is also a challenge he should accept.

Jia Changchao read books in the Imperial Academy, and later became a companion, and then he was appointed to make imperial edicts, and then to Kaifeng Mansion. With such a resume, he was trained as a prime minister. Kaifeng Mansion should be regarded as his last test, or in other words, he was trained as a prime minister.

, is to give him a chance to practice.

There was a saying in the Song Dynasty that was not widely circulated: Those who want to rule the world should predict Kaifeng Prefecture.

It means that if you want to be a prime minister and rule the world, you must first be a good prefect of Kaifeng. If you can't even be a good prefect of Kaifeng, you must not be a good prime minister.

Therefore, the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty basically had the process of knowing the prefect of Kaifeng.

Of course, there are also the famous four heads, the three secretaries, Hanlin bachelor, Zhi Kaifeng mansion, and censor Zhongcheng.

In fact, it's all understandable.

The three envoys manage finances, and the prime minister knows how to manage finances, so he can govern the world;

It is known that Kaifeng Mansion is the most complicated mansion in the Song Dynasty. If Kaifeng Mansion is cured, it will be good to govern the world;

As for Hanlin bachelors, they are close friends of the officials and help them plan various matters. After such experience, they have a broad vision and there is no big problem;

Yushi Zhongcheng is the country's highest law enforcement officer. With such experience in law enforcement, it is natural for him to become prime minister.

Therefore, knowing Kaifeng Mansion was an opportunity for Jia Changchao to gain experience, but it was indeed a big test.

Kaifeng Prefecture governs more than thirty counties. It is also the capital of a country, with countless dignitaries. It is also a place where the population gathers, where commerce is the most prosperous, and where the people's wisdom is most open-minded.

Only the smartest people can govern such a place.

Jia Changchao is a smart man, but he does not have much administrative experience, so he always feels in a hurry.

No, in addition to all kinds of things on weekdays, this summer has just begun, and there has been such a continuous heavy rain. Many places in Kaifeng have been flooded. Many nobles came to complain and asked the prefect to think about it quickly.

Ways to unblock.

Jia Changchao was helpless.

This can be considered a natural disaster. It is going to rain and my mother is getting married. What can he do?

In desperation, this kind of thing can only be ignored.

He had just finished dealing with a noble man and tried to send him away, but the next moment someone else came.

Jia Changchao was about to say that he was gone, but then he thought about it and asked, "Who is here?"

The follower said: "He is a young man who calls himself Zhang Heng and is a disciple of Zeng Zhizhi."

Jia Changchao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Ha, it's Ju Zheng, um... Why did Ju Zheng come to me? Is it because he's about to take the scientific examination and come to ask me some questions?"

Jia Changchao was happy in his heart. Educational issues were what he was good at. He especially liked being a teacher. He seemed to like teaching more than the prefect of Kaifeng. However, he had not had the chance to teach for a long time. Now a young man came over to make him happy.

, that’s really great!

"Quickly, please come in, Juzheng."

Jia Changchao met Zhang Heng in the establishment hall.

He was quite interested in the Kaifeng government office.

When I was a child in my previous life, I watched Bao Qingtian, so I was quite familiar with the Kaifeng Government Office. But when I came here, although the shape was similar, the real scale of the Kaifeng Government Office was much larger than that in the movies and TV series.

Walking all the way in, passing through the gate of Fu Zhi and Yi Men, the first thing that catches the eye is a majestic building with five bays and nine ridges. It is the main hall of Kaifeng Fu Yamen and the office hall of the prefect.

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To the west of the establishment hall, there is a slightly smaller hall, which is the Qian Hall. The Qian Hall is the place where the prefect, general magistrate, and shogunate officials jointly work.

The court officials are headed by the magistrate, followed by the promotion officer, Jiedu Zhang secretary and the observation envoy.

Therefore, in addition to the hall and the Qian Hall, there are also the Tongban North Hall, the Tongban East Hall, the Signing Hall, the Observation Judge’s Hall, the Jiedutui Hall, and the Observation and Tui Hall.

And the above are not all, because there are also government agencies in charge of the law, such as the Dangzhisi, the Left Siliyuan, the Right Siliyuan, the Justice Department, the Sihu Department...

This is not over yet, a complete organization under the Kaifeng government office.

There are also Changping warehouse, Huiyi warehouse, Changping warehouse, Minister's money warehouse, Minister's wine warehouse, Minister's vinegar warehouse, Shengqian vinegar warehouse, etc., but these are not here, but scattered outside around the Kaifeng government office.

Even so, the scale of Kaifeng's government office still left Zhang Heng speechless.

Of course, what shocked him was how dilapidated the government office was.

Zhang Heng had already seen some crumbling houses on the way, especially under the heavy rain. Zhang Heng even felt that they would collapse in the next moment.

The yamen servant who led Zhang Heng turned a blind eye and skillfully led Zhang Heng to avoid dangerous places.

Okay.

This is the characteristic of the Song Dynasty.

The reputation of officials in the Song Dynasty for not repairing official offices was quite famous.

Speaking of which, this is due to the rule of the Song Dynasty that "officials do not build yamen".

In the second year of Dazhong Xiangfu reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court issued an order that the local government should "not be able to repair the buildings properly".

Moreover, the Song government enforced the law strictly and showed no mercy.

There was an official who "ordered people from the county to donate wood and build pavilions and pavilions, causing heavy labor trouble", and was impeached by the censor and demoted.

Therefore, in the fourth year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi went to Hangzhou to serve as a general magistrate. He found that the buildings in the state government "were all tilted, and there was a fear of being overturned every day."

Hangzhou was once the capital of the Wuyue Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. At that time, "the official houses were all made of rare and huge trees, and they were known as majestic."

However, for more than a hundred years after the Song Dynasty, the court could not afford to repair it, nor could it bear to be demolished into a hut. It was damaged by wind and rain, and fell into decay over time.

The local officials had no choice but to work and live in this "decadent" state government office.

As a parent official in Hangzhou, Su Shi encountered the embarrassment of being "fearful of pressure every day".

The Kaifeng Prefecture Government Office is at the feet of the Emperor, so no one dares to take the risk to build this government office. Moreover, most of the Kaifeng Prefecture Magistrates can only work for a few years, a few months, or only a year or two. Who is willing to do this?

A thankless job?

But looking at the government officials, it was obvious that they were used to it.

Zhang Heng could only smile, and then walked around the dangerous area and walked inside. Fortunately, the building hall was relatively strong. After all, large-scale repairs were not possible, but small-scale repairs were still possible. Otherwise, the Kaifeng prefecture would be crushed to death.

, then it becomes a joke.
Chapter completed!