Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a while, and didn't realize it for a while, I'm the commissioner of the criminal court, how could it be my turn to dig river canals and build sewers? Fatty Zhang is a person who has no idea. As soon as he heard Yu Junting's suggestion, he immediately felt that Ye Xiaotian was a very suitable candidate, and said, "Officer Ye Tui..."
Ye Xiaotian came to his senses, got up quickly and said: "My lord, this official is the official seal of the criminal court, I'm afraid..."
Yu Junting squinted at him with black and white handsome eyes, and said with a half-smile: "Officer Ye Tui is very busy recently, can't you share your worries for the magistrate?"
"Well… "
Ye Xiaotian really wanted to tell his conscience that he was really busy, but this little demon girl was very savage, what if she insisted on submitting a response to the undertaking? So far, there is only one Zhang Tushe who has filed a lawsuit, and because Pu Jie was killed, he did not submit a pleading paper...
In desperation, Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to admit it with his nose, bowed his head and said: "Yes, then, please leave the matter of dredging the river to the lower officials."
Fatty Zhang turned his anger into joy, and praised: "Officer Ye Tui is young and promising, shrewd and capable, and he will definitely not fail the trust of the government. I can rest assured that you will do things."
Ye Xiaotian was speechless.
Fatty Zhang agreed on this matter, so that his relatives would not be able to make noise with him, so he went back to the inner house contentedly, and a master stepped forward for him, greeted Ye Xiaotian with a smile, and said in a low voice: "Officer Ye Tui, Most of the people living in the Xicheng area are from the family of Mr. Fu Zun, you know, hehe... "
As soon as the master left, Dai Tongzhi approached Ye Xiaotian again, smiled warmly at Ye Xiaotian, and said, "There is a lot of water in front of the official mansion, it's very inconvenient to go in and out, you understand, hehe..."
Just as Dai Tongzhi walked away, the state judge Yulong came over again and said to Ye Xiaotian: "Officer Ye Tui, I live in Anlan Lane in the south of the city, you..."
Ye Xiaotian quickly nodded and said, "I understand, I understand!"
A child can be taught, and Yuzhou judge left with a smile on his face. Li Jingwen came up again, put Ye Xiaotian's shoulders on his shoulders, and said affectionately: "My father-in-law lives on the street, and I live at the end of the street. You know where I live." , our own brother, I don’t need to tell you anything, anyway, you know.”
Ye Xiaotian was speechless again.
Along the way, those who knew and didn't know, those with higher rank than him, and those with lower rank, came forward to say hello one after another. Ye Xiaotian agreed vaguely one by one, and when he returned to the execution room and sat down Already dizzy, Li Qiuchi slid over like a yellow fish and asked, "Dong Weng, what's the matter with the prefect's summoning?"
Ye Xiaotian thought that he was a promotion official who went to dig canals to control the river, and he still felt a little unreal for a while, so he was a little confused and said: "Today, it rained heavily, and many places in the city were flooded. The magistrate decided to allocate funds to cleanse the stasis and dredge the river. Li Hedao said that our criminal office is not busy, so we will leave it to our criminal office."
Li Qiuchi frowned first, then showed his face and said, "It doesn't matter if it's his duty or not, it's better to do something better than nothing. Besides, this matter may not be an opportunity for Dong Weng to form relationships with all the officials. Hehe , I wonder how much the magistrate is going to allocate?"
Ye Xiaotian frowned, and tried to remember: "Hmm... It seems to be two hundred taels of silver, and it will be changed in turn, and three hundred people will be recruited for each labor."
Li Qiuchi rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then turned around and walked out. Ye Xiaotian had never had any experience in municipal construction and was thinking hard about how to proceed. Li Qiuchi came back with an abacus in his arms. borrowed.
As a master, Li Qiuchi has a desk on the left side of Ye Xiaotian's case. As soon as Li Qiuchi put the abacus on the table, he started to make the abacus, chanting while doing the abacus: "According to others As a rule, for a city the size of Tongren, it takes about two years to clear the stasis in the whole city, and the construction is divided into sections. If 300 people are employed every day, it is calculated... 219,000 person-times... "
Ye Xiaotian looked at him curiously, wondering what this master is planning to do, but... Master Li's calculations are really good, the crackling sounds quite rhythmic, it seems that if Li Dazhuang is going to be a accountant, he is quite competent of.
Li Qiuchi continued: "The current market price is two shi rice and one tael of silver, and two hundred taels of silver can buy four hundred shi rice, and with four hundred taels of rice, the average daily grain rice per capita is about three taels..."
Li Qiuchi frowned. At that time, one tael was equivalent to thirty-seven grams in modern times. In other words, if the laborers brought their own tools and the government was only responsible for food, each of these laborers would only have one hundred grams per day. Kemi up and down, this little rice porridge has to be boiled thinner to survive three meals a day, not to mention that the government cannot only be responsible for eating, mules and horses, vehicles, and repairs for damaged tools, all of which are money.
Ye Xiaotian frowned upon hearing this, the two looked at each other, and spoke in unison.
Li Qiuchi said: "Such a small amount of money..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "It's been so long..."
Li Qiuchi shook his head and said: "Dong Weng, time is not a problem, the most difficult thing is the initial arrangement and scheduling, once everything is confirmed, the adults only need to arrange a few small officials to take charge, and there is no need to personally do it, the real difficulty is There is not enough silver."
Ye Xiaotian jumped up and said: "Sir, what you said is true, how do you do things without money, I will go to Master Fuzun for money!"
Ye Xiaotian left in a hurry, and came back only half an hour later, Li Qiuchi asked, "How much money does Dong Weng want?"
Ye Xiaotian grinned like a toothache, and said: "The magistrate is an iron rooster, it is very difficult to pluck his hair, I will talk about it later, you go to the engineering department to ask for the blueprint of the city's underground culvert, let's study it. "
Li Qiuchi said with a bitter face: "Dong Weng, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!"
Ye Xiaotian's consistent thinking is that to be a monk is to hit the clock for a day, and he must ring the clock seriously. To put it in a more modern philosophical way: "Life is like being raped. If you can't resist, just enjoy it!" So he said: "There is no rice, let's make rice for him, that's called ability. An official is not afraid If there is a hard job, we are afraid that there will be no job, let's go all out!"
In the early morning of Post Day, Ye Xiaotian finally officially opened his first business as an official. Li Qiuchi really secretly encouraged some people with old cases to file a lawsuit these days. Let it go, for the sake of prudence, Li Qiuchi does not seek meritorious service this time, but seeks no faults. He hopes that this first case will be handled cleanly, so he found a case with a clear history of the case.
This case is not difficult to judge, the sufferer had submitted a complaint to the Yamen before, but the Tui officer in Haiyu would not care about this kind of thing, he was still a very playful young man at that time, and the complaint was handed over, but nothing came of it. No response at all.
You must know that Tongren Mansion is different from Huxian County. Most of the officials here are native officials. Officials do not need to be evaluated by the imperial court's examination method.
When Yu Tuiguan was in office, since there was no need for evaluation, no one would care whether the case was handled or not. Today's Ye Xiaotian is different, he is also an official in Tongren Mansion, the imperial court's examination method will have an impact on his promotion, appointment and dismissal, so he must be more diligent in accepting cases.
Ye Xiaotian summoned the defendant, the plaintiff and the defendant confronted each other in court, and Li Qiuchi made preparations in advance, and the witness and material evidence was quickly and accurately investigated, allowing Ye Xiaotian to fully demonstrate the majesty of the Qingtian master, and a Chen The trial of the years-long case was actually accepted on the same day, which surprised the officials and assistants of the criminal court who didn't know what was going on.
In the afternoon, Ye Xiaotian changed into regular clothes and left the criminal hall together with Li Qiuchi. It is said that Master Ye went to pay a private visit in his micro-clothes to observe the people's sentiments.
Ye Xiaotian carried the drawing that Li Qiuchi asked for from the engineering department, sometimes took it out to look at it, sometimes walked with Li Qiuchi for a while, and from time to time stood in front of the ditch full of dirty water and pointed, the host and guest The two showed sinister smiles, and they didn't know what they were discussing.
In the early morning of the next day, Ye Xiaotian called together a group of officials from the criminal office to start the assignment of blood stasis removal project. According to the map of the city's canals provided by the engineering department, Ye Xiaotian asked the painter in the yamen who was in charge of shadow graphics to draw a large wall chart for him, and hung it in the courtroom.
Ye Xiaotian pointed to the blueprint and said: "Hua Jing, you go to Huke to ask for the list of migrant workers, and you are allowed to work for one hundred people, starting from the intersection of Qingping Street to dig canals to clear the stasis; Jiang Jing, you are the same, and you are allowed to work for one hundred people. The cleanup started at the intersection of Taiping Street; Governor Zhang went to Huke to get back the money and was responsible for buying grain. Yang Zhaomo, write a few notices and post them in the streets and alleys to preach the kindness of the prefect... "
Everyone took orders one by one, and immediately started to work in full swing. Qingping Street, Qinglang Street, Taiping Street, three streets and six alleys, the most prosperous places started construction at the same time. They were all excavated from the intersection, and the sludge that had accumulated for hundreds of years They were all dug out, exposed to the sun on both sides of the river, and the stench was suffocating for a while.
Immediately, the notice of the Criminal Office was also posted, publicizing the good governance of the magistrate. During the heavy rain, many merchants were also affected. It is a great thing to be able to clear the stasis and dredge. Therefore, although it caused a temporary inconvenience, the number of customers was also greatly reduced, and the merchants were very understanding.
Early in the morning of the third day, the staff member next to the magistrate entered the criminal hall with a sullen face, and sneered when he saw Ye Xiaotian: "Officer Ye Tui is a low-ranking official appointed by the imperial court, and our magistrate is a local magistrate, presumably Officer Ye Tui doesn't take my lord seriously!"
Ye Xiaotian said in surprise: "Sir, why did you say that, I have always respected the lord Fu Zun, and dare you not have the slightest disrespect?"
The master sneered and said: "Really? Qiao had already greeted you in advance, saying that the people living in the Xicheng area were the magistrate's own family, but he started to cleanse the stasis from the place where merchants live in the three streets and six alleys. This is not contempt for my family." What is it, my lord!"
Ye Xiaotian was taken aback, and said: "Where did you start with this, Mr. Qiao, you misunderstood me, I clearly...Mr. Li, Mr. Li! Come here!"
Ye Xiaotian called Li Qiuchi in front of him, and asked viciously: "I entrusted you with all the matter of clearing blood stasis, tell me, where did you start clearing blood stasis?"
Li Qiuchi said blankly: "Didn't your lord tell you to start from the most important place? Students think about it, the three streets and six alleys are the places where Tongren's wealth gathers, so it should be the most important, so..."
Ye Xiaotian was furious, and said, "Didn't I tell you to clean up from the west first?"
Li Qiuchi continued to say in a daze, "That's right, the students cleaned up from west to east!"
Ye Xiaotian was furious, clenched his fists with both hands, and held them high in the air: "The West I'm talking about refers to the West City! West City, do you understand? You are also a master, and Mr. Qiao is also a master. Why is the gap so big? You are too shameless." Don't worry, do I have to tell you everything?"
Li Qiuchi was ashamed and obedient. Ye Xiaotian yelled sharply: "Go, stop working elsewhere immediately, and start to clear the blood stasis in Xicheng first, it's really unreasonable!"
Li Qiuchi hastily agreed to retreat, and Ye Xiaotian said to Mr. Qiao with a pleasant face: "I am really ashamed of my negligence. But this is really not my intention. In front of the lord, I would like to ask Mr. Qiao to speak a few words on his behalf. It is not true." To tell you the truth, this master was recommended by an acquaintance, and he was retained because of affection, how can he compare to Mr. Qiao, a wise man who understands world affairs."
Master Qiao's face paled slightly, he snorted softly, and said: "Forget it, George, the guest of honor, also needs experience. I think you are still very young, and it is inevitable that you don't know the importance of doing things. You don't have to be too harsh. Your Excellency, Qiao Mou will save you a little bit."
Ye Xiaotian felt relieved, and hurriedly bowed to thank him: "Sir, you have bothered me, and the Japanese official will definitely buy wine to thank you, and I also ask Mr. Qiao to show you the honor."