Qing Yao

Chapter 16 A young man came to the company
Zhao An, who finally got his wish and got a job in the government office, was in a more joyful mood than the spring flowers.

I don't have time, otherwise I would have gone to the West Lake to row a small boat, or run to the canal and shout at the top of my lungs to work hard, or say something like "my destiny is in my own hands."

How can I not be excited!

It only took him more than three months to get from the countryside to the tax bureau and then to the government office. This transfer speed was no slower than riding a rocket.

He was truly grateful from the bottom of his heart for Master Ji's support, and secretly reminded himself that he must work hard and perform better when he arrived at the Household Affairs Office, so as to strive to solve the staffing problem that concerned him most there. It would be best if he could become Secretary Zhao before the end of the year so that the county magistrate could take him wherever he went.

Even if it's just carrying the county magistrate's bag or opening the car door, it's fine.

Because only by achieving this step can Zhao An be considered a "big shot", and only by becoming a "big shot" will he be qualified to initiate the crucial step of financing.

Otherwise, why would a usurer lend him money?

It doesn't mean that you can buy an official position directly, but you should first attack the clerks, step by step, and eventually achieve a magnificent transformation from a clerk to an official.

Of course, there are still many difficulties that Zhao An needs to overcome, but that is all in the future. The most important thing at the moment is how to use the seconded household housing as a turning point in his destiny to lay a solid foundation for his future life.

However, after Secretary Lu and Master Ji left, Zhao An was surprised to find that no one in the company congratulated him.

Liu Xiaolou even tried to comfort him with a sympathetic look, saying, "Don't worry. The Household Department is only borrowing you for a while. You're still a member of the Taxation Department. We'll definitely let you go once the Household Department hires someone new. The department won't give your position to anyone else."

Even his cousin Wang Defa came to comfort his nephew and told him to be more open-minded after he learned that his nephew had been borrowed by the government office. He said that he would go and say hello to Ambassador Ding and that the job of calculating the house must be reserved for Zhao An no matter what, and it would be impossible for Zhao An to get nothing.

His direct superior Wang Tai also shook his head with some regret, thinking that it was not worthwhile for Zhao An to be borrowed by the household department. However, the matter was done, and there was nothing he could do even if he was reluctant to let Zhao An go.

This matter was handled by Master Ji, the county magistrate's advisor. Not to mention his calculating skills, even Ambassador Ding didn't dare to offend Master Ji.

Everyone's reaction made Zhao An, who was immersed in the joy of a successful secondment, feel a little depressed. Although the unit's statement in his previous life was different from now, the essence was the same.

The Taxation Department is only a subordinate executive agency of the Household Department, which is actually a combination of the Finance Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, and Land Bureau. It has great power and can be said to be the "money bag" of the county government.

From tax collection to financial management, from land registration to population statistics, all fall within the responsibilities of the household department.

Don't underestimate land registration and population statistics, there are many tricks involved.

Take the land measurement of a village as an example. Whether it is 100 mu or 150 mu is determined by the household.

The same is true for population statistics. Underreporting or underreporting costs money.

The benefits are one thing, and the other is that the people in the household department deal directly with the county magistrate and hang around in front of the county magistrate every day. Isn't that more promising than working in the tax department, a second-level institution?
You have to know that Zhao An has been working in the Taxation Bureau for more than three months. Apart from the Secretary Lu who he met today, he doesn't even know what the county magistrate looks like, let alone any work dealings with the county magistrate.

If you can't even see each other, it's all nonsense to talk more.

Liu Xiaolou didn't understand the whole thing, but Zhao An did. After all, this guy had only joined the Taxation Department half a year earlier than him and was one year younger than him.

His cousins ​​Wang Defa and Wang Tai also couldn't see the tricks and benefits of it, which made him a little puzzled.

But he soon discovered the source of the problem. Zhang Quan, the accounting officer, had revealed it to him during a job handover interview, as per protocol. The gist of it, as Zhao An had said in his previous life, was that no matter how successful you were in your previous unit, you'd be treated like a runner in the county government, unless you were being transferred or promoted.

For example, Ding Zhenglong, the ambassador of the Taxation Department, was promoted to the position of manager of one of the six departments, which means he held real power.

On the contrary, others, even someone like Wang Defa who had worked in the Taxation Bureau for decades, were just newcomers running errands in the Household Affairs Office.

Who would be happy with this?
The wages of the seconded personnel will continue to be paid by their original units. Although Zhao An is about to start working at the Household Affairs Office, the various benefits and salary packages of the Household Affairs Office staff have nothing to do with Zhao An, because Zhao An's personnel and salary relations are all with his original unit.

This alone is enough to make many people afraid of secondment.

Similarly, the "Awards and Awards" activity at the Taxation Department has nothing to do with Zhao An, unless Ambassador Ding Zhenglong gives him special attention.

Ambassador Ren Ding probably wouldn't be able to take too much care of him. So the longer Zhao An was "on loan" to the Household Department, the more he would lose from the Taxation Department.

In the end, you might have to start over as a new employee, or even be fired directly.

Therefore, in the eyes of Wang Defa, Wang Tai and others, Zhao An's secondment to the household department was purely a lose-lose situation.

After all, Zhao An was just a student, and his academic qualifications restricted him greatly. No matter how well he performed in the household department, he could not be transferred to an official.

Only Zhao An regarded the secondment as a life-changing event. Perhaps this was the difference in perspective.

".You should start working steadily in the Household Affairs Office. The regular salary will still be paid by the department. I will ask Xiaolou to deliver it to you when the time comes, so you don't have to run back and forth. By the way, the Household Affairs Office may not arrange accommodation for you. If they have arranged it, you can go and live there. If not, you can continue to live in Renfengli Alley."

After some symbolic instructions, Zhang Quan took out the registration materials that Zhao An had brought in when he first came in, put them in a brown paper bag, tied it with a thin rope, and handed it to Zhao An.

It feels very much like a file bag in later generations.

"When you get to the household registration office, give this to the person in charge and they will fill it out for you."

After saying that, Zhang Quan looked up at Zhao An and said, "If you're not satisfied with your work in the household department, just tell your uncle."

Zhao An didn't understand what these words meant at first, but after he came out, he realized that this was Zhang Quan's "hint" to him, meaning that if he couldn't continue working in the household department, he should privately ask his cousin to greet Ambassador Ding and ask Ambassador Ding to get Zhao An back.

Zhao An accepted the kindness, but he did not want to go back to the Taxation Bureau, a unit with no future. He returned to the accounting office, said goodbye to Wang Tai and a group of accountants, and then went to the county government office to report. When he left the door, he went to the gatehouse to say goodbye to Wu Laoer.

Wu Laoer made a few "oh" sounds but said nothing, only asking Zhao An to come back and have a drink with him when he had time.

Zhao An agreed with a smile, and went straight to the county government office with his file bag.

Arriving at the household registration office, Zhang, the manager I had met last time, handled Zhao An's employment paperwork. It wasn't anything complicated. He simply wrote a line of words with a brush on the yellow paper of Zhao An's file: "In June of the 55th year of the Qianlong reign, the Ganquan County Household Registration Office borrowed me to manage the accounts. Temporarily."

Then he took the official seal of the household department and stamped it.

That’s the resume.

(End of this chapter)