Chapter 2163 Handling official duties

   "There are still some manuscripts. The officials and others cannot confirm the authenticity of the content of these manuscripts, so they are not sure whether they will be published."

  Chu Heng first read a few self-recommendation letters, all of them were candidates who wanted to join the official newspaper.

  Chu Heng read the letter quickly, and said: "These people wrote back one by one, saying that they will be notified when the time for the second exam is confirmed, and they can submit papers in normal times."

   "Yes." Yan Zhenming nodded, probably understanding that the official newspaper is still short of people, but he doesn't know if there are five people left besides the one set at the beginning, and whether there will be more.

Although he thought about it in his heart, he didn't know how to ask. After all, although he had only been with Chu Heng for a few days, he still knew something about this lord. If they needed to know, the other party would tell them directly that they shouldn't know. , and don't ask too much.

"As for these manuscripts, these farming, craftsmen's crafts, etc., to determine the procedures, you have to confirm it in person. Many of these crafts are made by craftsmen for a living, and they may not be willing to spread it. Unjust, false and wrongly decided, of course, you have to sign a contract when you are sure, and you can’t let the other party play around. As for the officials who go to the local area to confirm the situation, they will go out with two guards. to reimburse."

  Chu Heng arranged in an orderly manner. He didn't say what would happen if the officials made false reimbursements. Yan Zhenming didn't think about it for a while, so he forgot to ask.

   "My lord, if this manuscript is far away, it may take some time to communicate." After Yan Zhenming became the editor-in-chief, he could also know some daily expenses and income.

  Because the reimbursement amount is limited, if it exceeds the monthly reimbursement amount, it must be embezzled from other places.

   Moreover, he also understood one thing from Chu Heng's attitude.

  Because the income of the entire official newspaper is divided into three, 60% needs to be handed over to the personal account department, 20% is kept as a reward, and the remaining 20% ​​is used for official newspaper reimbursement.

  If the official reimbursement is not enough, although the salary is not changed every month from the Ministry of Households, the reward is also fixed at the beginning, and the emperor agrees that no matter what the situation is, it will not be changed.

   In this way, when the official newspaper reimbursement is not enough, you can only ask the household department for money.

  Then there are only two outcomes, either the Ministry of Finance agrees to pay the money, or the Ministry of Accounts refuses to pay, and the official newspaper will be involved. Then everyone in the official newspaper will be implicated, and the vicious circle will continue. Sooner or later, something will happen to the official newspaper.

  In the end, the official newspaper may no longer have so much autonomy. Either sacrifice freedom in exchange for the survival of the official newspaper, or the official newspaper will be completely reformed, and they will no longer have the current errands.

  Yan Zhenming received two orders from Chu Heng. One is to make a budget for reimbursement every month based on the balance of the previous month. The second is to realize the awareness of spending small money to accomplish big things.

  He needs to maintain this point. Naturally, when he heard what Chu Heng said, he subconsciously asked this question.

  Chu Heng said: "Unless it is a major matter involving a human life lawsuit, no submissions will be accepted from places that are more than a day's journey away from the capital."

  Yan Zhenming nodded, "I understand."

  Seeing that Chu Heng got up and was about to leave, and had quickly picked out the more useful manuscripts and put them aside, Yan Zhenming sighed with emotion at the efficiency of Master Chu's work, while standing up in awe, watching him go away.

  Here, Chu Heng walked out of the Yamen and got into the carriage.

  (end of this chapter)