Gentlemen, below I will briefly introduce the duties of these ten rooms of the PCPD, so if you have any comments after hearing this, there’s no harm in saying so.”
Zhu Pingan said to the crowd. When Zhang Tongsheng and the others heard this, they all sat up straight and listened attentively.
“The Officials’ Room, responsible for managing the promotion and transfer of the officials belonging to this county, the issuance of warrants of appointment, the grievances of the country gentry as well as the circumstances of their resurrection, as well as the registration and filing of the situation of the county’s jinshi and juren who have taken up positions as officials in foreign countries.”
“Household room, responsible for the county in charge of the county account, fish scale atlas, money and grain land inventory, in charge of the county levy taxes and silver, pay food and taxes, as well as in the event of a year of disaster, the specific handling of disaster relief grain release and other matters.”
“The Ritual Room, in charge of the county’s sacrifices to the gods, sacrifices to Confucius, festivals and celebrations, the promotion of learning, education, rituals, and flags. In addition, at the time of the imperial examinations, it assists this official, the oracle, and other divisions in organising the candidates to take the examinations, supervising the examination halls, and distributing and collecting the examination papers, and other matters.”
“The military room, in charge of the county’s recruitment of soldiers and messengers, civil certificates, horses, martial arts, training of dingzhongs, law and order, and other matters. In addition, matters such as the county’s stagecoaches, laying soldiers, city defence, and banditry suppression are also under the jurisdiction of the Military Room.”
“The Penal Room is in charge of all types and sizes of cases in the county, responsible for solving and detecting cases, transcribing the records of affairs in the hall, drafting cases, and managing the Xing Prison and other matters. In addition, the county’s pallbearers and prison guards are all managed by the Criminal Room.”
“The Workshop, responsible for managing the county’s sericulture, weaving, construction of government offices and temples, water conservancy and other types of engineering construction, minting of silver, destruction of money-making and other matters.”
“Shop long room, responsible for the management of the county mail and welcome officials and other matters.”
“The office is responsible for registering and sending all kinds of official letters, transcribing the list of certificates, etc. All official letters are registered by the office, and then distributed to all parties for specific referrals.”
“Warehouse, responsible for the management of granaries.”
“The treasury is responsible for managing the money in and out of the county.”
Zhu Pingan slowly explained the duties of the ten rooms of the county department to the crowd in clear and concise terms.
When Zhang Tongsheng and the others first heard the duties of the six rooms, they felt that it was nothing, it didn’t seem to be any different from the six rooms of the county department that were currently in use, however, when they heard Zhu Pingan’s description of the duties of the four rooms of the shop, the hair room, the warehouse, and the treasury, their eyes couldn’t help but lighten up, and the more they listened to them, the more their eyes lightened up.
They all had a certain foundation, or else Zhu Pingan would not have screened and invited them to succeed the Xu Clerk.
At this moment, after listening to Zhu Pingan’s division of the duties of the ten rooms of the county department, it was like an enlightenment that instantly opened their eyes.
In addition to the original six rooms in the county office, the addition of four rooms, the head shop, the hair room, the barn, the storehouse, is not a simple division of power so simple, after such a point, the duties of the county office of the various rooms is more clear, the original six rooms have a mix of duties, cross the place, the operation of some of the smooth, but the addition of the four rooms such as the head shop, the duties are more clear, the county government office runs faster, compared with the previous qualitative enhancement.
Sweat, we really did misunderstand the county honourable, we are really shallow. The county honourable this ten room set up and is not for the purpose of resettlement we, this is the benefit in the ten thousand people, merit in the thousand years of innovation.
The county honourable this ten room set up, I guess not long after, will slowly spread to pass the whole country.
We are fortunate to be able to participate in such an innovation that benefits all people and will be of great merit in the autumn. Maybe, we can also borrow the light of the county honourable sir, to be able to leave a name in history, at least the county record will certainly leave a name.
Zhang Tongsheng and the others were excited just thinking about it, so they would not have any objections.
In this way, the ten-room setup was decided, Zhu Pingan then appointed Zhang Tongsheng and others as the ten-room officials of the county department according to their situation. Zhang Tongsheng was known for his uprightness and honesty, so Zhu Pingan appointed him as the official; Liu Fuzi had assisted the county government in disaster relief many times and knew Jingnan very well, so Zhu Pingan appointed him as the official of the household room; Old man Liu of Baqiao Village was a bit old-fashioned and well versed in all kinds of etiquette, so Zhu Pingan appointed him as the official of the household room; Liu Jie of Zhangjiawan’s ancestor served as a soldier of the Great Ancestor during the founding of the country, and during the current invasion by Japanese invaders, he had organised the villagers to defend the fortress, thus sparing the whole village from the Japanese invasion.Zhu Pingan appointed him as a military official; Han Cheng of Liujiazhuang is as cynical as he is vengeful, and is known for his chivalry in Jingnan, Zhu Pingan appointed him as a criminal official; Xie Lao of Wangzhuang is a bricklayer, and participated in the construction of the county government office, and has spent most of his life dealing with large and small buildings, Zhu Pingan appointed him as an official of a workhouse; Sun Tongsheng of the county town is a meticulous and conscientious person, Zhu Pingan appointed him as a official of a storehouse; and Zhu Pingan appointed him as a warehouse official and a storehouse official of the county government; the county department’sThe warehouse official and the treasury official were appointed by Mr Qian and Mr Zhang, who had served as the accountant respectively.
The extra Wang Xiucai, Zhu Pingan appointed him as his saving point, equivalent to the position of secretary.
Liu Mu, Liu Dazhou and the others, Zhu Pingan temporarily let them serve as the head constable of the third class of yamen, and did not give them higher appointments, because in this battle report, Zhu Pingan had given them all the credit, and according to their merits in killing the enemy, they would at least be able to step up into the ranks of the military officials. When their rewards came down, then they would make plans.
Ever since the Japanese invasion subsided, a total of three hundred and thirteen young and strong people who had participated in the Battle of Jingnan’s Defence and the Battle of Taiping’s Restoration who aspired to serve in the county government offices had come to the county government offices to sign up and register.
In feudal society, the status of yamen is low for the ruling class, but for the common people, yamen is a very good position. In the eyes of the common people, the yamen represented the government, and the common people generally called the yamen “heavenly messenger”.
In the eyes of the ancient people, the yamen were even higher than the modern police of public prosecutors and law enforcement agencies, which was a good job.
Therefore, the people who participated in the city defence, especially the poor families, treasured this opportunity. As for being a magistrate and not being able to take part in the imperial examinations and so on, they didn’t care at all, for one thing, the imperial examinations were too far away for them to take part in in the first place, and for another, what was more important than clothing and food.
These are the heroes of the Japanese invaders, and the county office is also short of manpower, Zhu Pingan did not eliminate one, all of them will be temporarily integrated into the three class yamen, and so on the back of the slowly selected, enrich the Office of the ten rooms.
In addition, there is another point to consider, Zhu Pingan is clear that from this year onwards, the Japanese in Jiangnan will become more and more serious, more and more widespread, more and more frequent, and the scale is also getting bigger and bigger. Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, Xu Dong, Chen Dong, Ma Ye and other big Japanese invaders take turns to appear …… At this time, the more Yamen of Jingnan County Yamen, the better, and more is better.
In this way, the county office institutions have, people also have, Jingnan County Yamen is completely built up.
As for County Minister Zhang, Master Yao, and Li Dianshi, Zhu Pingan did not count them in the county government office at all.
