What Zhang Zijin didn't know was that the treatment given by the Baoxiang Army was relatively generous to the scholars and above who came here voluntarily, as well as to the former Ming officials who had left their jobs at home for various reasons.
There are not a few who are in the fifth grade, and there are even several in the fourth and third grades.
Zhang Zijin actually received ordinary treatment among this group of people.
Of course, compared to a group of talented people who have become scholars and have great reputations, Zhang Zijin's treatment is pretty good.
After Zhang Zijin accepted the appointment of the Chu Empire, that night he had a feast with Fang Xubing, who had also joined Chu as an official and was assigned to serve in the Finance Department. During the dinner, the two people talked about the past and sighed. My own experiences over the years.
At the end, Fang Xubing raised his glass and said, "Master Zhang..."
Zhang Zijin was stunned for a moment, then raised his glass with a smile on his face: "Master Fang!"
After Zhang Zijin finished speaking, he started laughing on his own, and Fang Xubing also laughed heartily!
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It was still dark the next day, so Zhang Zijin got up early in the morning. Although he still felt a little uncomfortable with a hangover, he felt much better after freshening up.
He called his entourage over: "You can go to the city to find a house to stay in. You can rent it or buy it directly. We can solve it as soon as possible."
Zhang Zijin came here in a hurry this time, and he didn't have time to arrange someone to take the front line. The most important thing is that when he came, he didn't actually make a final decision on whether to surrender to Chu. Even if he did, he didn't know where he would be arranged. hold office.
So I didn't buy any real estate in advance and stayed at Fang's house these days.
Now that the position arrangement is in place, Zhang Zijin naturally has to look for a house and move out as soon as possible.
Although Fang Xubing would definitely have no objection or even welcome him if he continued to live in Fang's family, Zhang Zijin was not willing to live in someone else's home for a long time.
It’s always inconvenient to be in other people’s homes
After arranging his entourage to search for a house, Zhang Zijin and Fang Xubing went out together, but they did not go together, but separated as soon as they left the intersection.
Because their yamen are not in the same place, and they even have different directions!
After Luo Zhixue ascended the throne as emperor in Hanyang City, he relocated all the central institutions of the Chu Empire. There were dozens of institutions gathered together. There were not so many large buildings in Hanyang City for them to concentrate. office.
Therefore, we can only place them separately in one piece in the east and one in the west.
However, this is only temporary. After the Chu army captures Wuchang, this situation will be greatly changed.
Hanyang City is small in scale and mainly focused on commerce, but Wuchang City is different.
Wuchang City is the political and military center of Huguang. There are many official agencies in the city, such as the Prince of Chu's Palace, the Governor of Huguang, the Chief Envoy, the Inspection Envoy, and the Capital Commander. Various office buildings in the city are indispensable.
After taking over these office buildings, the administrative communication efficiency of various departments in the capital of the Chu Empire can be greatly improved.
It is said that although Wuchang City has not been captured yet, various departments of the Chu Empire have already arranged the use of many buildings in Wuchang City.
Needless to say, the Prince of Chu's Mansion will definitely be used as Luo Zhixue's palace.
This is the same as the other three palaces controlled by the Baoxiang Army, namely Prince Tang's Palace, Prince Xiang's Palace, and Prince Jing's Palace, which were all used as temporary palaces.
The buildings of other official institutions will also be arranged one by one and placed in a centralized manner to facilitate security work and communication between various departments.
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Zhang Zijin rode the carriage all the way and finally arrived at the Ministry of Ethical Affairs.
Zhang Zijin from the Ministry of Ethics and Education had already been here yesterday. After the election of officials, he was taken to the Ministry of Ethics and Education to identify places and people, and registered in advance.
So coming here today, he can be considered familiar with the road.
The place where the Ministry of Etiquette and Education is located is not large, and it was not an official institutional building before, but was converted from a guild hall.
There is a shortage of buildings suitable for offices in the city, and the Ministry of Ethnic Education is not a powerful organization. It is not easy to allocate a guild hall as an office space.
After entering the Ministry of Ethics and Education, Zhang Zijin first went to see the director of the Imperial Examination Department, and then went to see the left and right deputy directors. Among them, the right deputy director was still his immediate boss, because the right deputy director directly served as the Superintendent's Office. The position of director.
After visiting these three bosses, Zhang Zijin arrived at the office assigned to him.
This office is not big, just a small room, and there are two tables in it. There is already a young man who is much younger than him, probably only in his twenties, sitting inside.
This man's surname was Li and his first name was Huan. Like him, he was a new official who had just come in this time. He also served in the Superintendent's Office.
When the two newcomers met, it was natural for them to say hello and chat. Zhang Zijin also had a very good attitude. He did not act like an elder just because the other party was young, but spoke in the tone of his peers.
After all, they are colleagues, and they are colleagues sitting in the same office. Zhang Zijin naturally does not want to make the relationship between colleagues tense.
So the attitude is relatively good.
Zhang Zijin is a face person, and Li Huan opposite him is also a sophisticated veteran. When chatting, his face is full of smiles and polite, and he speaks like a senior.
Overall, the two of them got along quite happily.
After the small talk, Zhang Zijin started to work officially.
When I visited a group of bosses just now, Zhang Zijin's work tasks had already been initially assigned.
It is very simple to say that it is to formulate various regulations for the upcoming ascension of Enke and let him serve as one of the deputy examiners.
Zhang Zijin himself is also an old man in the imperial examination. Having been involved in the imperial examination for half his life, he is naturally very familiar with the various procedures. He quickly sorted out the various regulations of the imperial examination and submitted them.
What Zhang Zijin didn't expect was that he didn't know whether the materials he wrote were too good or whether his superiors were so confident about him. After the imperial examination regulations materials he wrote were sent in, the superiors quickly approved them. The imperial examination regulations were well formulated and quite good. Clear.
Immediately afterwards, the superiors made arrangements for him to be fully responsible for the formulation of all regulations for this trip to Enke.
What if you just became the school inspector when you first came here, but you have to be re-employed within two days of taking office?
He is fully responsible for the formulation of the regulations for Enke's ascension to the throne. How much trust does he have to trust...
Zhang Zijin didn't know it at this time, but two days later he finally knew why.
The etiquette department is very busy...
He was relatively leisurely when he first came in, and was only responsible for the imperial examination affairs for the time being, but everyone else was keeping their feet on the ground, and there were a lot of messy things.
Moreover, they still have few people in the Ethical and Education Department...
In today's Ministry of Ethical Education, apart from the ordinary staff members of the eighth and ninth grades who are engaged in ordinary clerical work, there are only about forty people above the section chief level...
Seven or eight of them are still newbies who are not yet familiar with the office procedures of the Da Chu Empire, and they still need time to become familiar with the work procedures.
This means that there are currently only more than thirty people in the Ministry of Ethical Affairs who are mainly responsible for affairs...
But according to the official system, the Ministry of Ethics and Education is subordinate to several departments, each department is subordinate to various divisions, and the divisions are subordinate to various sections. According to this calculation, there must be hundreds of officials above the section chief.
However, now there are only more than 30 people in charge of affairs, which is equivalent to one person doing the work of three people. As a result, everyone from the minister to the department heads has a lot of things to do, and many people are responsible for multiple tasks. Multiple jobs.
The director of their school inspection office is directly held concurrently by the right deputy director of the Imperial Examination Department...
In this regard, Zhang Zijin finally understood why the Chu Empire was so generous in giving official hats...
The Great Chu Empire has no shortage of official titles. What it lacks is people who can serve as officials, especially people who can serve as middle- and high-level officials.
At the same time, I also understood why the superiors directly asked him to take charge of the formulation of various regulations for this imperial examination.
Because the Ministry of Ethics and Education simply couldn't allocate other people to take charge of this matter. Since Zhang Zijin took the lead, the superiors simply let him be responsible for it to the end.
Ever since, Zhang Zijin devoted himself to studying the official examination system with excitement and apprehension. Sometimes he would forget to eat lunch when he was so busy.
Not only him, Li Huan, who works in the same office as him, is also very busy.
Li Huan is also responsible for the affairs of Enke this time, mainly responsible for some venue and personnel arrangements.
Anything involving people will be troublesome, and many of them require Mr. Li to run in person.
He was out on the field every day, and even though he was young and in good health, he was still very tired.
In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Zijin, who was immersed in writing documents in the office, heard footsteps. He immediately looked up and saw Mr. Li: "Mr. Li, are you out on the field again?"
Li Huan said weakly: "No, we made an agreement with the patrol department yesterday. In addition to sending additional patrol police to patrol the city during the examination, at least 150 patrol police will be dispatched to the examination room to maintain order! "
"But in the morning, I heard that the patrol department dispatched a group of patrol officers from Hanyang City and said they were going to patrol and garrison in the northern suburbs of the factory. Now there are so many yamen in Hanyang City sending patrol officers to watch, and there are also patrols on the streets. We all have to patrol to prevent bad guys.”
"Originally there were not enough patrol officers. Now a group of them will be sent to the northern suburbs to garrison. Then there will be even fewer patrol officers in the city. I was afraid that something would happen if there were not enough patrol officers, so I went to the patrol department again!"
"It's easy to convince them that they agreed to temporarily dispatch a group of patrol officers from several other places in advance to respond to the emergency. We shouldn't miss the trial at that time!"
As he said this, Li Huan looked at Zhang Zijin and couldn't help but sigh: "It's better for you, Mr. Zhang, because I can stay in the office every day without being blown by the wind or wet by the rain, so I don't have to suffer!"
Zhang Zijin also put down his pen at this time, picked up his teacup and stood up. As he stood up, he said: "What's the matter? I'm just chewing pens. I seem to be free, but I don't have much credit, and I don't know many people." Ah, unlike Mr. Li, you run out every day, you have met a lot of people these days!"
When Li Huan heard this, he immediately smiled: "Don't tell me, I'm a little tired these days, but I did meet a lot of big shots. Yesterday morning when I went to the Ministry of Personnel Affairs, I also met Guo Shangshu, he even had a conversation with me."
Zhang Zijin was silent after hearing this...
In fact, I just complimented you casually. You are really showing off... My imperial examination regulations are still being sent to His Majesty for review. Are you showing off?
However, the relationship between colleagues still needs to be maintained, so Zhang Zijin didn't show much.
Li Huan on the side also seemed to feel that his words were not quite right, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "By the way, have you heard about it? There is news that when the Dengji Enke is completed, we inspectors will go to various prefectures and counties. The local school inspector.”
