Chapter 71 Unless
Qin Liang, who was ignored before, seems to have attracted a lot of attention recently. He has just met Sima Shi, and Gao Rou wants to see him again.
The next morning, Qin Liang arrived at the school office for the first time. As soon as he took office, he received a letter from Gao Rou, inviting him to go to Tingwei's office for lunch.
Gao Rou was the Tingwei, one of the nine ministers. Tingwei was the largest official in charge of the criminal prison, and later it should have evolved into the Dali Temple Minister. The current Tingwei actually has more power than the later Dali Temple Minister, because the Shangshu Province only has five ministers and there is no Ministry of Justice.
Cao Wei's central institutions were evolving towards the system of three provinces and six ministries. Cao Cao seemed to have the intention of conducting centralized power. However, the current system of three provinces and six ministries is far from mature, so it is normal for the Shangshu Province to have no Ministry of Justice.
Sima, Gao Rou, Cao Shuang, and the relationship between the school affairs seemed a bit complicated, so Qin Liang didn't make any sense in his heart. Moreover, he got up very early today and felt a little unwaking up, so he was already in the school affairs office, and he felt drowsy.
The school office is relatively close to the palace, and it turns out that it was to serve the emperor nearby. Qin Liang came here for the first time today. He was guided by the school office officials and visited various parts of the palace.
There were more than a dozen school officials who came to see him, and there were too many people, so Qin Liang didn't remember most of the names. But he especially remembered one of them, named Yin Mo, and the others called him "Yin Dianxiao".
Qin Liang found that the school officials were most respectful to Yin Mo's posture, and the volume of the voices they would be a little lower when they talked to him. Qin Liang immediately guessed that this guy might be a local snake in the school officials. Yin Mo was a big man with a beard, with a head shaped like a winter melon. Anyway, it was a bit strange, with a fierce look in his eyes, and he was not a good person at first glance.
But at present, Yin Mo is quite proud of Qin Liang on the surface, and Qin Liang is not in a hurry to find fault with him.
Although Qin Liang was tall, he actually gave the first impression of martial artists. For example, when Qin Liang first met those military generals in Shouchun, no one gave him face, and some people wanted to give him a warning directly. The main reason was that Qin Liang was too young and had fair skin, which gave people the illusion that he was ignorant of the world. Moreover, his resume had experience as an Imperial Academy, and his official position was directly the experience of a civil servant.
Yin Mo, such a fierce local snake, can give Qin Liang face, probably because of the official position of the head of the school official.
The current government is not like later generations, which have various restraints and constraints to prevent the formation of officials. The current chief officials have great power and almost have absolute power over the assistants and subordinates. Not all chief officials have the power to seize life and death, but the personnel rights of appointing and dismissing subordinates are relatively stable.
Qin Liang had been observing in the Great Wei for so long. He believed that the way the government power was allocated at this time might be related to paper. A system that was complex and effective in checks and balances required a large number of official documents for written offices. With the current situation where bamboo slips are still popular for writing, such a situation is simply an unbearable "heavy"; office communication is conducted in a large number of verbal ways, which requires a simple and clear organizational method, otherwise it is easy to get into chaos.
So even though Qin Liang is a civil servant, if these assistants and subordinates want to be unable to get along with the chief, they will definitely be asking for trouble. Even if the chief officials cannot defeat him, they will be fired in anger, unless they have a higher-level official who is directly under him forcibly protect him.
Qin Liang thought of that "unless", Yin Mo said, "When I was in the General's Mansion, why haven't I seen the Lord of the Mansion?"
"Uh..." Qin Liang immediately stood there and turned around and said, "Before the end of the third year of Jingchu, I spent several months at the General's Mansion almost every day, but later I went to Huainan and not Luoyang."
Yin Mo suddenly said, "So that's it. No wonder, it seemed like I had an errand to leave Luoyang at that time."
Qin Liang and Yin Mo stood there, and the people who were huddling and shouting and behind stopped.
At this time, Qin Liang pointed to the shed not far away where he was knocking on the iron chain, and asked casually, "Does there be a prison cell in the school office?"
Yin Mo replied, "Yes, I'll take the mansion to patrol a moment."
Qin Liang nodded and stood and watched the scene of iron chains for a while. He looked at the man pulling the bellows, and saw that the man pulled the wooden handle very well, almost leaving the bellows called "材", and then he swung hard to push it to the end. So the air entered through a pipe called "材", and the charcoal fire in the stove was very strong. It should take some effort to do the work. Qin Liang was already drowsy, and when he saw such skillful work, he couldn't help but feel distracted, as if he had become the man pulling the bellows. The amplitude was large and the distance was long, and the bellows blowing made a very dull sound, and the flames burning iron in the stove sounded "whirring".
It was originally a simple and boring scene of iron chains, but Qin Liang insisted on standing and watching, but everyone had no choice but to accompany him.
After a while, Qin Liang finally came to his senses and was suddenly a little annoyed by his distraction and confusion. He thought to himself that he could no longer be addicted to the happy time of squatting at home all day long. Even if he didn't like this kind of place, he had to bite the bullet and go out. After all, he was already the pillar of the Qin family.
Thinking about it, he liked home in his previous life, and did not like socializing much. His likes and dislikes seemed to continue until now. However, whether in his previous life or now, survival is always the first prerequisite to consider.
Qin Liang then calmed down and faced the people who had stopped, and said, "To be honest, many people in the court wanted to abolish the school office, but they didn't move for the time being. I came to do the school office in order to hope that the school office could do something and keep it. If it fails, everyone will find a way out."
After a few simple words, everyone immediately started to talk about it, looking at Qin Liang with complicated eyes from time to time.
Just as Qin Liang thought before, the government agencies of the Great Wei Dynasty did not really develop and mature. For example, for unemployed officials, whether military generals or civil officials, there was almost no aftermath system. In the end, everyone could only find a way out, just like they were trying to find a way out by themselves when they entered the officialdom, and the Eight Immortals showed their magical powers across the sea.
It would be fine if it was a marquis with a fief, but the title would not be cancelled. Some titles could still be hereditary and they would continue to have fiefs when they went home. Or like Qin Liang's clan brothers, they would collect money and not do anything when they were officials, and they would make a lot of money. They would still be rich when they returned home. There were also aristocratic families who embezzled a large amount of land and became the master of the land when they came home. Moreover, their children passed the evaluation of Zhongzheng Officials, and it is very likely that someone would join the family.
But most of these school officials are not from very good backgrounds, and many of them are not from the right place. If they are unemployed, they may have to return to their original form. What they are, they will go back to their past in minutes.
Qin Liang is not just a scary thing. School affairs are the tools of the emperor. Now the emperor has no use in speaking, and it is becoming increasingly possible to lay off the school affairs office. Moreover, there are indeed many gentry who have always been very dissatisfied with the school affairs office.
The real situation is scary, and no one is scared just by howl. Qin Liang saw that everyone was scared and under pressure to survive, he felt secretly satisfied.
Qin Liang didn't say much, and after a few words, he walked away, and everyone followed. He himself was also tired of the previous company boss "I'll just say two points", just a few words, without dividing one point, two points.
He walked around the entire mansion and told everyone to do whatever they usually do, without giving any specific instructions, and not caring about anything. After all, the school order is a newly established official position, and they can operate normally before Qin Liang arrived.
Qin Liang came to Dige and asked someone to bring all the documents with recent written records and read them first.
Soon it was noon, and he left the dige with Gao Rou's letter and ordered the car to go to Tingwei Mansion. The person in charge of the carriage today was Wang Kang, but a school official brought a team of people and took the initiative to accompany him to protect him.
Qin Liang has never been protected, and it seems that he doesn't need it very much. He is still a little uncomfortable all of a sudden, but thinking about it, it's okay to strengthen the fifth-grade reputation.
He asked the enthusiastic school official: "What's your name? At first there were too many people, and I couldn't remember so many people at once."
The school official is not very old, probably close to thirty years old, with a pretty good appearance, a strong lean body, and a look. He bowed and said, "Puyinci."
Qin Liang asked casually: "Are Yinfan and you relatives?"
Yinci shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be the case. I have never had any relationship with Yinfan."
Qin Liang stopped asking more questions. The main reason is that Yin is very rare, so he asked this question. If the other party’s surname was Zhang and Wang, Qin Liang would not ask questions. Moreover, Yinfan was also a spy from Wei State and was very successful.
"I'll ask the kitchen to leave some food for you, and I'll be back after lunch." Qin Liang said that, and walked into the carriage.
It is still a bit far to go to Tingwei Mansion. It is almost time to walk through the entire East-West Street south of the Palace, cross the intersection of Tuoling Street, and come to the eastern part of Luoyang City. But looking at the sun, I guess I can catch up with lunch.
A team of people entered the Tingwei Mansion, and the entourage stayed in the yard in front. Qin Liang walked up the stone steps and went to the front hall of the Tingwei Mansion. At this time, the big house and the attic seemed to be almost all built on the base.
What was a bit surprising was that there were only three people in the front hall of the Tingwei Mansion, which had a very large institution. At this time, there were only three people. The person sitting in the upper position was an old man in his sixties or seventies, and he should be the chief official here Gao Rou.
Sima Yi, Wang Ling, Gao Rou and Sun Li are all people who survived the Cao Cao era. Sun Li is the youngest, and there shouldn't be many of these people still alive, and most of them are familiar with each other. So Qin Liang will first guess that compared to Cao Shuang, Gao Rou may have a better relationship with Sima Yi.
Although Gao Rou was one of the nine ministers, he stood up when he first met, left the position above and walked to the west. Qin Liang stepped forward and bowed to him and introduced himself.
Gao Rou has a national face. He is old and has many wrinkles on his face, but the vertical lines between his eyebrows are the deepest. Such a serious look is indeed very consistent with his identity as a prison prison. Before Qin Liang came, he asked about Gao Rou a little. This person has been in prison since Cao Cao's time. I guess Cao Cao gave him an official position based on his appearance.
"Zhongming, please come to the seat." Gao Ju said, "I'll serve the food."
Qin Liang calmed down and said, no matter how much he had, he would have had a free meal before saying it. He was still like that. When there was no need, he didn't want to say too much. He first heard what Gao Rou said and what it means to invite him to come.
But in fact, Qin Liang had already guessed seven or eight points, which was mostly related to the official position of the school official.
Chapter completed!