Chapter 159
Yang He looked at his office for a while, and then, after being greeted by Zan Dianlian Fangzheng and others, he entered the office with high hopes.
This office is a structure of the gatehouse, screen wall, ceremonial door, main hall and back hall. When you enter the gate, you will face a huge screen wall that is three or six feet wide and ten or six feet high. There are gates at the east and west corners, and then there is a ceremonial door.
As the name suggests, the Yimen Gate is a place where the host welcomes and sees guests. At this time, the etiquette procedures are complicated, and officials of different ranks have different welcome and sees treatments. Generally, the ranks are equivalent. The host must go outside the Yimen Gate to greet them. The guest and the host enter through the wide open Yimen Gate and enter the lobby together.
The rank is slightly lower, so I only go to the corner gates on both sides of the Yimen Gate, and it is like Yanghe to the county government office, which is to go to the corner gate. The magistrate and others greet each other in the hall.
If he is at the same level as the magistrate and others, then today's magistrate Gao Qifeng will go out to greet him at Yimen.
At this time, the Yimen Gate opened wide, Yang He and others entered from the middle of the gate, Lian Fang was guiding the front, Yang He, inspector Deng, and Master Tian were walking in parallel, Chen Qiuao and the five others followed with their swords, and then they all went to the side door.
The horses of Yang He and others were naturally led by the groom and others.
Yang He looked around and saw traces of newly built buildings everywhere. Overall, it was still grand. However, because of the lack of money, the ground was not covered with blue bricks and stone slabs, but the earth was rammed, and it was somewhat lost.
However, several guards showed an excited expression in their eyes, and their husbands also had a bureau.
Inspection of the two inspectors Deng, Liu Kedi and Wang Ding, also looked at them enviously. Compared with the inspection department, they still liked the city.
Soon everyone arrived at the lobby, with five rooms and seven racks, and there were ear rooms on both sides. There were ninth-rank official color porcelain screens in the lobby, and there were public desks, grand master chairs, vocational plaques, mahogany racks and lamps in front of the screen.
Generally, the lobby is mostly polite places, and major celebrations and important government activities are mostly placed here, but the officials' office is basically not here.
Looking at his lobby, Yang He nodded, everything was in line with the etiquette.
"Sir, this is the lobby. On both sides of the hall are the officials' rooms, prison rooms, stable rooms, canteens and kitchen courtyards, and the official rooms. Entering from the east and west doors is the back hall, with the official residence and the upper room. The east and west roads are the East Flower Hall and the West Flower Hall, and there is also the curtain hall on the east road."
Zan Dianlian Fang introduced Yang He with expressionless expression, and his behavior was very stern.
However, looking at the lobby, he had envy in his eyes. How could every official have the dream of becoming an official in his heart?
Yang He nodded. There was no second hall in his office. After all, he was a ninth-rank official, so it was normal for him to have no second hall.
The Zaoli House here is also on both sides of the lobby. If it is in the county government office, the third-class yamen runner's dormitory and class room are outside the Yimen Gate.
After watching for a while, everyone entered the back hall from the east of the flower gate. Maybe they followed in, but Yang He and his horse were led to the stable to feed them.
The groom worked very hard. In addition to the clan of the clan, the rest of the country, and the other party members were transferred to the General Administration of Liberation, they actually had the result of secretly using money.
There is a rumor in Suining City that Mr. Yang is very generous, so in order to be transferred to the General Administration of Liberation, the people in the yamen also went through some serious disputes.
However, Chen Qiuao glanced at him and ordered a guard to follow him. The horses were precious. In this chaotic world, it was even more difficult to obtain horses and could not be missed at all.
After passing the flower wall that runs through the hanging flower door, behind the wall is the inner house, with a door-door room here, and then there are two courtyards in the official residence and upper room. Both are five main rooms, two left and right ear rooms, and three left and right wing rooms, and are connected by corridors.
The inner official residence is where Yang He’s office is located, and the upper room is where he and his family live. It is connected to the back garden, and there is also a courtyard near the upper room. Most of them are the offices of the staff, called the "Shuo Hall" and some are called the shogunate.
When I saw this, I saw the path of the road, but there were no rockery pools at this time, and they were bare everywhere.
Zan Dianlian Fangzheng directly brought Yang He to the official residence, which was a very large courtyard. During the Qing Dynasty, this place was mostly called a sign-in house, a main house, and outside the wing room. It was a place where confidential personnel were doing business. The superior's own public house was hidden deep in the inner room, which was like a suite structure with multiple rooms.
At this time, the official residence was simple, but there were basic office furniture. His public housing also had a small dining room and a bed for resting. It was fully equipped and comfortable and convenient.
This type of bed was mostly made by Shangguan and money and grain. The old master of Zheng Ming smoked and discussed, lying on one side, swallowing clouds and mists.
Looking at his official residence, Yang He sighed in his heart that the thousand-foot mansions (91 square meters) in later generations were like beggars compared to the ninth-rank official residences at this time. No wonder everyone wants to be an official. The noble officials are only a few in a prefecture and county.
In the hall of the official residence, Yang He entertained Master Tian and Inspection Commissioner Deng in the manner of his master, and drank tea and talked.
The door had already prepared, and the hot water was warmed on the stove. At this time, he poured tea attentively and worked very hard like the groom. The three soap lilies who were plucking their chests and raised their belly and stood aside, posing in a very majestic way.
If you are honest and upright, you will stand aside with expressionless face.
Master Tian said farewell impatiently after drinking a cup of tea. His mission was completed and his rich nightlife had just begun.
Inspection Commissioner Deng also said goodbye soon after. Although he wanted to stay here, he was a person with a wink. He knew that Yang He had just joined the office and had to have something private, but he couldn't leave here, so he took the pangshou Erzaoli away.
Soon the only people from Yang He were left behind in the bureau.
The groom also settled the horses and came to the official hall with the supervisory guards. Yang He sat firmly, looking at the people in the office with expressionless faces or bowing their eyebrows. They were all locals from Suining. At present, these local snakes can be used.
After scanning them for a while, Yang Hedao said, "You are transferred to the General Administration of Practice. As long as you do your best for me, I will naturally not treat you badly."
He looked at Chen Qiuao who stood straight with his knife: "Old Chen, please reward them with the New Year's Day red envelopes."
Three souvenirs, three traits, and one trait of the sacrificial dynasty received red envelopes, two traits of the sacrificial dynasty, and one trait of the sacrificial dynasty, and everyone was happy.
Mr. Yang is indeed generous. Although they have industrial and food and silver, six taels a year, in this era of high prices, it is difficult to live in the county town without additional income.
Everyone was happy, but Zaodianlian Fangzheng said, "Sir, the county has not allocated much food and salary. I hope you don't want to be extravagant and use it for a lot of money."
Everyone in the hall looked at him strangely.
Yang He smiled slightly and left the official hall. As his territory grew, there were also many people under his command, and he had all kinds of tempers and personalities. This tests his management ability.
He walked to the inner house and looked at it. As his living place, several main rooms here have been arranged, including bedrooms, living rooms, study rooms, and east-west wing rooms in the courtyard, which are also arranged as guest rooms for superior officials or colleagues and friends to live when visiting.
Before Yang He came to Suining, the county also allocated a batch of money to add furniture and other equipment, as well as prepare food, grain and rice, and have special account books, which are currently under the management of Zan Dianlian Fangzheng.
After seeing his house, Yang He nodded with satisfaction. He had a place to sleep when he came over, and a few guards could also arrange the wing room.
At this time, the pretty obese man stepped forward and kowtowed: "Master, it's almost late, do you think of this meal?"
Yang Hedao: "I'm happy today, so I'll have nine bowls, nine dishes and two soups, and put them in the East Flower Hall to create a two-table table, and everyone sat down to eat and drink."
The chef responded loudly, and the few servants were also very happy.
Generally, there is a kitchen yard in the office for the magistrate and his family, as well as the yamen runners and officials, which are like the internal canteens of the government in later generations.
For example, there is a kitchen yard in Suining Yamen, which has two kitchens, two kitchens, one storage room, three east and west canteens, as well as a pergola and well, etc.
Of course, magistrates, county magistrates, chief clerks and others rarely go to the kitchen to eat. They mostly ask the doormen to bring the meals to the flower hall or the inner house, or even open a group by themselves to let the servants and maids serve them.
There are also standards for the food in the county government office. There are three meals tables of the yamen on the kitchen wall. Generally, the standard recipes for each official are mostly "Fat Four Plates", which is second cold and second fried.
Only when the banquet is served by the boss is more sumptuous, and the dishes are mostly called "Nine bowls, nine bowls, nine plates, nine plates, eight out of 12 chess", that is, nine bowls, nine plates and two soups.
As for the yamen runners and clerks, the troop service has a certain standard of food supply, so the rest must be paid out of their own pockets.
However, these soap servants in front of me must have never eaten nine bowls and nine plates, so after hearing this, they were very happy.
Only Zan Dianlian Fangzheng frowned deeply. He suddenly stepped forward and advised Yang He: "Sir, I don't say that the rules are beyond the rules. Is it so extravagant? The county allocates only 3,000 taels of food and money every year. If you spend so much money, what is the food and clothing of the five hundred soldiers in the town? Do you want to deduct the food and money of the soldiers?"
Speaking of this, he was stern, with blue veins on his forehead swelling and roaring at Yang He, as if he was the only one who was the only one who was the master.
Yang He flicked his sleeves: "Talk."
He said to Chen Qiuao: "Old Chen, let's go to the military camp to have a look. I guess the food will be cooked when I come back."
Chen Qiuao glanced at Lian Fangzheng. The middle-aged Cangdian's face was full of heartache at this moment, and a hint of affection for the bookstore appeared in his heart.
However, my husband has his own rules for his actions, and the Integrity Office also wants to do it. My husband is not only relying on this mere three thousand taels of soldiers.
He responded, Jia Ye Qiangqiang followed Yang He.
However, Zan Dianlian Fangzheng actually chased Yang He, and seemed to be trying to persuade him.
Yang He was unhappy, and this person was so nagging when he had a meal.
I heard that Lian Fangzheng was once a clerk in the county office. In the Ming Dynasty, there was only one clerk in one wing, and two clerks, three serious clerks. As a clerk, the status of the clerks was quite unusual among the officials. However, Lian Fangzheng was transferred here to make a clerk.
As expected, this temper is unbearable and even more unacceptable than Han Daxia.
Seeing what he had to say, Yang He pulled him aside and snorted coldly: "It's a lot of nonsense, it's a hindrance."
Holding your hands behind your back, he left with his long hair.
The fat man had already run away, and Menzi, the man and the groom, and three Zaoli also took the excuse of going to the kitchen yard to help.
The guards followed and looked at Lian Fangzheng.
Lian Fangzheng was tug by Yang He and staggered and almost fell to the side.
His face turned red and he was very angry.
But thinking about his responsibilities, he still caught up with him.
Chapter completed!