Awakening ability

Chapter 183 That's it?

A person who says he wants to do things for the common people is not necessarily a person who really does things for the common people.

Butler Chen was quite aware of this.

Perhaps people who shout such slogans do bad things even more badly.

Either a hypocrite, or a saint.

But neither a hypocrite nor a saint is someone he would like to see.

Because such people are very difficult to deal with.

He thought it would be better when Sun Fulin was a national teacher, and he could earn money under the name of the national teacher's office openly and aboveboard.

Not only he thought so, but Master Ma also thought so.

In the past few years in the Imperial Prefecture, Master Ma has made a lot of money.

Sun Fulin is not a person in charge, in fact, the one who exercises the power of the national teacher is Master Ma.

Although the rank is only a fourth rank, but with the back of the National Teacher's Office, he can even influence the appointment of second rank officials.

The oil and water he earns in a year is a hundred times his salary.

However, if the new Imperial Preceptor is a saint who is devoted to the people, then there is no way for him to make money using the name of Imperial Preceptor.

This is a huge loss.

Even if he is not a real saint, but a hypocrite who shouts such slogans and does nasty things in private, it is not easy to deal with people who are both worthy and established.

I think so, but he can only compliment Master Guoshi's statement.

Steward Chen is in charge of the internal affairs of the National Teacher's Office, which is the private affairs of the National Teacher's Office.

Master Ma is in charge of the official duties of the National Teacher.

The people under him are all officials with the imperial establishment.

There were nearly a hundred people before, but in the past two days, more than [-] young officials chose to leave.

Because Fang Hao had previously stated that he would allow them to leave, Master Ma did not stop them.

The officials of the National Teacher's Mansion are no more than servants. They are all paid by the imperial court, and the number of personnel is also established.

If there are twenty or so people who leave, it will be necessary to recruit another twenty or so people.

There's a lot to deal with here.

Among other things, just the tax details from all over the country sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs requires a large number of people to sort out and calculate.

He reported the incident to Fang Hao.

Officials do not need to be recruited by the National Teacher's Office, they only need to ask for people from the imperial court.

But how many people and what kind of people are needed, Fang Hao's opinion must be sought.

Fang Hao replied: "You need as many people as you need. The tax issue is the most important issue in the National Teacher's Office, and this labor cannot be saved."

It suddenly occurred to me that the books I downloaded included accounting, which might come in handy.

It is of course impossible for him to calculate the accounts by himself, but he can leave the method to the people below and let them use modern accounting knowledge to manage the accounts.

So he said: "It's better to find some young ones with strong learning ability, and I can teach them personally."

Master Ma and Steward Chen looked at each other - the younger one, it seemed that was the case.

Master Ma thought to himself, be careful when you need someone later, and try to find as many good-looking young people as possible.

Reported the affairs of the officials, and reported some official affairs to Fang Hao.

The position of the National Teacher's Mansion is not a private residence, but a government agency, and of course there will be contacts in the official circle.

Under normal circumstances, these entertainment exchanges are the responsibility of the horse owner.

Butler Chen only manages the affairs of the palace, and is positioned as the head servant of the imperial master. Of course, he is not qualified to socialize with those in the officialdom. This matter can only be taken care of by Master Ma.

"During the two days of the national teacher's retreat, nine princes came to visit successively. In addition to the princes, the six ministers also came to visit in person. In addition, the palaces of the princes, dukes, and marquises in the capital all sent people to greet them and send them off. The ceremony is important. The emperor also sent four imperial chefs to take charge of the meals for the national teacher."

Master Ma reported the situation of the past two days to Fang Hao.

With that said, a booklet was presented:
"Here is the list of the princes and ministers who came to visit in the past two days, and the gifts they sent."

When the new national teacher took office, he showed his strength as soon as he came. Of course, those princes and ministers wanted to pay a visit.

It's their business whether they see it or not, and it's their own business if they can't get over it.

Most of the dignitaries came to visit.

Even if the head of the family is not in the capital, they have sent cronies over.

Officials above rank six in the capital, as well as all nobles with titles, even if no one came, the gifts came.

Not necessarily clinging.

Mainly because I dare not not come.

You may not be remembered if you come, but you will definitely be remembered if you don’t come.

It won't be easy after that.

All the gifts were registered and recorded by the horse owner, and then handed over to Steward Chen for storage.

In the past, a woman from Sun Fulin was in charge of storing gifts, but now that Sun Fulin has left and that woman is no longer there, Steward Chen is naturally in charge.

Fang Hao took the roster, opened it and glanced at it briefly, the titles are quite amazing.

He didn't know much about the official system of the imperial court, but after looking at it, he felt that all the senior officials should have come here.

This is quite satisfactory.

It's not because of how prestige it is, but because with such authority, there will be much less resistance to what you want to do in the future.

Look at that gift again.

The brows could not help but wrinkle:
"What are these gifts?"

Master Ma and Steward Chen were watching Fang Hao's reaction closely, and seeing Fang Hao's frown frown, their hearts were suspended.

Hearing Fang Hao's complaints about the gifts, he thought to himself: "Is this because the national teacher thinks the gifts are too light? Shouldn't it be so? The gifts in this batch seem to be quite expensive."

Just thinking about it, I heard Fang Hao say very unhappy:
"Beautiful jade, precious stones, pearls, fox fur...they are all extravagant things, what use are they for me?"

The two of them looked at each other again, their hearts trembled:
"What annoys him is not that the gift is too light, but that the gift is too heavy. It seems that the new national teacher is a true saint and doesn't like these extravagant things. You must be very careful when following such an honest person in the future."

The more Fang Hao watched, the more annoyed he became.

The things are quite precious, but I just can’t use them.

After turning over a few pages, he threw the booklet to Master Ma and said:

"I don't need these things, and I will never accept these extravagant things again. Forget it this time, they don't understand me. Next time you send something like this over, you just return it to me."

"Yes, yes, yes." Master Ma said quickly.

Although he didn't approve of Fang Hao's behavior, he admired it in his heart.

In today's world, there are very few such honest people.

I heard Fang Hao say again:

"Tell them, don't come to such false ones in the future. If you want to give it away, give it gold, or don't give it away!"

Master Ma and Steward Chen were both taken aback, and looked at each other in blank dismay:

"That's it?"

"That's it?"

(End of this chapter)