Next, starting from the county magistrate, a group of officials began to introduce themselves in terms of official position, name, place of origin, etc.
Among them, the county magistrate and the chief registrar were acquainted with Jia Huan, the historian. The other one was Xing Xing, the shop owner, who was paid serious attention to by Jia Huan.
The chief catcher of a county town is equivalent to the modern director of the public security bureau and is the main force in arresting criminals.
If you want to rectify the security of the county, the headhunter must be brought into his own camp.
If you really can't pull him over, you can only replace someone with him.
However, Capt. Xing is a native of Ping'an County, and it seems not easy to win him over to his side.
Jia Huan still needs to wait and see before making any calculations.
As for the remaining people, especially Jiao Yu and others, they were basically not needed to implement the reform. Jia Huan simply memorized their names and did not pay too much attention to them.
After everyone had introduced themselves, Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "It is imperative to implement the new law. From the emperor to the emperor, the princes of the court, and countless people, they all look forward to it."
"And I hope that the implementation of the new law in Ping'an County will start with the collection of this autumn tax. It has only been a few months since the collection of the autumn tax."
"Because time is tight, the matter must be arduous. I hope that all colleagues can work together to complete this matter. When the time comes, I will ask for credit for you."
"In this way, I will now arrange specific matters for my colleagues. I hope that all colleagues can complete their duties on time..."
Before Jia Huan finished speaking, he heard Song Wen, the chief clerk, say: "Don't you, the county magistrate, think it's too early to arrange things now?"
Hearing this, Jia Huan's face suddenly darkened.
Before coming to Ping'an County, he was mentally prepared that it would be difficult to carry out his work.
But he never expected that someone would give him a slap on the wrist before he took over as a new official.
Jia Huan stared at Chief Secretary Song Wen and asked, "I wonder if Chief Secretary Song has any advice?"
Song Wen said: "The county magistrate has not received the official seal and has not handed over the handover at this time. Isn't it too early to issue orders at this time?"
When a new official takes office, there must be a handover with the previous official. The new official will not officially take office until he signs the handover after checking the accounts and making sure they are correct.
In order to implement the new law, Jia Huan was indeed a little anxious. He was prepared to assign the task of reform first and then hand it over later.
This was something that was understandable at first, but unexpectedly, the chief clerk caught on to this mistake and contradicted him in public, making it impossible for him to step down.
After hearing this, Jia Huan said after a while: "What Chief Song said is right, but I am impatient. I wonder where the previous county magistrate is? I can take over with him now."
Song Wen said: "I took office as County Magistrate Huang. I waited for more than ten days after resigning but did not see Lord Jia. Because there was a family emergency, I handed over the accounts to the lower official first and Lord Huang left first."
"If there is anything wrong, Mr. Huang will come back and explain. If everything is normal, there will be no need for Mr. Huang to make this trip again."
After listening to Song Wen's words, Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "In that case, I can just hand over the matter to you. The handover can probably be completed in one morning."
"In this way, after the handover is completed in the afternoon, tasks will be assigned here. Please don't be absent, colleagues."
After Jia Huan finished speaking, all the officials in the room handed over and left.
Although they were still respectful to Jia Huan, in their hearts they really looked down upon him.
Next, Song Wen and Jia Huan began to hand over. There are many matters that need to be handed over.
And Jia Huan needs to hand over every item carefully. Once signed, if anything goes wrong, it will be his problem.
Taking the official office as an example, we need to know how many formal and alternate officials there are in the county, how many official officials there are in the yamen, whether there are any registered Dingyou accidents, and the specific number of monks and Taoist yin and yang medical officers.
Another example is household housing. You need to know the county's summer and autumn taxes, grain duties, labor duties, miscellaneous classes, etc., as well as the specific number of acres of land, how much fixed taxes are paid to the court every year, how much is reserved for local public use, etc.
The money and grain of every state and county will be registered. The new county magistrate will often give this important task to the money and grain and accountant master, who will check the settlement, deposit and retention, and check the debts of the people.
As for Jia Huan, there were several accounting offices around him, which were given to him by the Xue family. They arrived in Ping'an County a few days in advance and settled down, which happened to come in handy at this time.
After a whole morning, all the account details have been handed over.
The accounts and physical objects were all accurate, which surprised Jia Huan.
Generally speaking, more than 90% of county officials will suffer losses when they leave office.
The new officials who take over will acquiesce to the existence of these deficits as long as the deficits are not very large.
When he leaves office, he will do the same thing and the deficit will be passed down from generation to generation.
It is strange that Ping'an County has no deficit at all.
However, considering that Pingan County is now the focus of national attention, it is understandable to think that the previous magistrate had already made up for the shortfall when he left office.
After the accounts were handed over, Song Wen took out the magistrate's official seal and handed it to Jia Huan with both hands.
"Please keep an eye on it, your Excellency, the County Magistrate. Once confirmed, if it is lost from your hands again, it will not be a matter of concern to the official."
Huo, this guy has a sinister voice and is really brave and not afraid of death.
Jia Huan looked at him with a half-smile but asked: "Master Song seems to have something in his words. Could it be that he has some prejudice against me?"
Song Wenpi said with a smile: "How dare you, the official? However, Ping'an County is not peaceful. I just reminded you to be more careful. I am thinking of you."
Jia Huan smiled and said, "It's Chief Lao Song who has to worry about that."
I don't know what this guy has to rely on, but he is willing to be the leader, speak thorny words, and take the lead in confronting himself.
We must find fault with him in the next few days and capture him.
Let's treat him as the first thing to burn as a new official!
If we don't kill the chicken to scare the monkey, I'm afraid it won't be easy to implement the new law.
When it was time to go to the Yamen in the afternoon, Jia Huan was sitting in the main hall, and all the officials in the room were in place.
Jia Huan said: "All the accounts have been handed over in the morning, and I have officially taken office."
"Today, Your Majesty, the Dukes of the court, and even the officials and people across the country are all looking at me in Ping'an County. My colleagues, time waits for no one!"
"Next, I will assign specific tasks."
"Secretary Song, I will give you one month to lead someone to re-count the number of acres of fields in Ping'an County."
"Cao County Magistrate, you are responsible for collecting the autumn tax in accordance with the new law. You must collect all the tax."
"Lu Dianshi, you will lead people to post notices of the new law in the county and towns, and be responsible for publicizing and interpreting it for the people. If you have any questions, you can ask me first." (End of Chapter)
