Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

When Tu Yezhuo, who left early, could vaguely see the Longmen city wall in the distance, Tang Cheng in the county government office in the city was discussing matters with Yang Pao, Jia Xu, and Qian Sanma.

The desk in the office room had been cleaned up long ago, and there was a rather crude geographical map of Longmen County's mountains and rivers spread out on it. Tang Cheng held the iron ruler that Qian Sanba carried with him and pointed to two places in the picture, " Although the mountains in Longmen County are all similar, these two places are the most suitable for building terraced fields. Coincidentally, these two places are right next to the county seat. It seems that the people who chose the site for the county seat really took a lot of thought."

At this point, Tang Cheng, who was stroking the iron ruler, turned around with a smile, "The area on the left side of the city is to be handed over to the Tian Cheng Army, so don't worry about it, San Scar, can their people leave?".

"The first batch of 100 soldiers from the Tiancheng Army set off three days ago, even if it's not tonight, they should arrive tomorrow."

"Okay, we don't need to worry about these people's food and lodging, but you have to pay close attention to the matter of collecting farm tools and recruiting blacksmiths. This guy is so hot that he can't be idle here. Let them start doing it when they come. The more they do, the better they will be." Okay," Tang Cheng's words made all three of Jia Xu laugh.

Tang Cheng also smiled to himself and continued: "Leave the ones on the left to Tian Cheng's army, and the ones on the right are all up to us. Jia Xu, the proclamations that were discussed two days ago can be issued. Except for the necessary stay behind, Those civil servants in the East Yard have to go down to every ri, so they must explain the matter clearly to the people and do a good job of mobilization.”

"Yes, my subordinates will do it immediately."

"Well," Tang Cheng nodded, turned his head to look at Qian Sanba, "Sanba, you and your subordinates have been working so hard these days, after you are done with the farm tools, go to the marked area on the right to check and take it. For the books of household Cao, it is necessary to clarify every household in every mile, so as to ensure that people can quickly find a place to start working when they come. The food is limited, so how much will it cost so many people to eat for nothing for a day? You have to lighten the burden for Mr. Yang. ".

"The subordinates know."

The last one is Yang Pai, "Sir, there is no need to say more about the responsibilities of Mr., from picking out the help of his subordinates to receiving food relief, to daily labor and distributing food accordingly, these are the most tedious and trouble-prone. The county will take care of the trivial work." After finishing speaking, Tang Cheng put down the iron ruler and bowed to Yang Pao.

"I have been wasted for several years, but now I can participate in such unheard of things, I should thank the Ming Palace." Yang Jiao returned the gift, "But I think that although the Master of the Ming Palace has good intentions, but in such a drought year For such a big event, the choice of timing is not very appropriate, let alone the rations alone, it is definitely not enough, and the matter of large livestock is also difficult to handle, it is difficult to sustain the time and there may be a big change." .

The greater the crisis, the more important things can be done. In later generations, every major economic crisis will be the peak period of large-scale infrastructure construction. This was the case in the United States during the Great Depression in the 30s, and the same was true in China before the crossing. The benefits of this The truth is naturally clear to the later generations, but it is difficult to explain it clearly to the people of Tang Dynasty 200 years ago. This is the difference of the times and the core rigid advantage of being a time traveler.Since it was difficult to explain, Tang Cheng didn't waste his time talking, and smiled when he heard the words, "Mr. Yang, let's do our best. I am responsible for the food and large animals."

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After coming out of Tang Cheng's office, Yang Jiao didn't directly go back to his exclusive office like the previous few times, and called Jia Xu and Qian Sanba to his side in the yard.

Regarding Yang Pao's origin, Tang Cheng did not hide it from Jia Qian and the two of them. Since he was so important to the boss and the county lord, and he had revealed the truth during the past few days, Jia Xu and Qian Sanma naturally did not dare Look down on him, although he doesn't have any duties, but the current Longmen County Yamen, except for Tang Cheng, seems to respect him.

It hasn't been long since he came here, but Yang Jiao has obviously adapted to the work style of Tang Cheng in the county government. With a serious face, he didn't say anything nonsense, "Jia Lushi, we must choose the most capable people in the East Courtyard." People will be sent down, and there will be chief arrester Qian. The task on your side is more serious. Once the people gather, you have to keep an eye on it. The connection with Tiancheng Army can't be broken every day. Jiang Duwei still has 700 people. People? Come forward and discuss with him to see if they can temporarily move the town to the designated area."

Seeing that the big plan that had left them stunned when the county lord said that day was about to start, Jia Xu and Qian Sanma were full of excitement. When they heard Yang Jiao's words, they felt a little bit in their hearts, "Sir..." .

"Just in case," Yang Jiao waved his hand, "Magistrate Tang's thoughtfulness and courage are beyond human comparison, but he is really too anxious. The big thing he wants to do is a good harvest. The year is also difficult, let alone... But now that the decision has been made, I won't say anything, but the three of us should pay close attention to doing our job well, and dance with the weight of a hundred catties with the body of a weak child. There is no room for error.”

"En", when Jia Xu and Qian Sanscar nodded, the expressions on their faces became more serious.Since the county lord is determined to promote such a major event now, then everyone will try their best to do it, and the scholar will die for the confidant, that's all.

When the three of them finished speaking and were about to part ways, they saw the old man at the gate of the yamen hurried in. Jia Xu stopped him casually, "Lao Jiang, what's the matter?".

"A few Ximen came outside and want to see the county lord," Lao Jiang said in amazement, "The barbarian claimed to be the patriarch of the Xi people in this county."

"What?" Upon hearing this, the three of Jia Xu were taken aback, and then followed the anxious Lao Jiang back to Tang Cheng's office.

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Outside the room, Qian Sanba, who was holding the waist knife in his hand, and Kudo, who was stroking the scimitar across the room, glared at each other. Inside the room, Tang Cheng and Tu Yezhuo sat apart from each other and did not speak for a while.

Tang Cheng, holding a teacup in his hand, narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the so-called most outstanding patriarch for decades. He was amazed that he could have such a strong body at his age, and he was also amazed that he and Tu Yezhuo had such a strong body. With a tacit understanding, when he was about to look for him, he came to the door first.

Tu Yezhuo, who was doing the same thing, was even more surprised. Although he had heard from Cudo before, even after seeing it with his own eyes, he still found it hard to believe that Tang Cheng, who could use such a thunderous method, was so young and younger than he expected. High Hope's third son is even younger.

After looking at each other for a long time, Tang Cheng raised the teacup and took a sip, then said slowly: "The patriarch Tuye came to see me against the wind and cold, what's the matter?".

"There has been a severe drought for days since the beginning of winter, and someone came here for disaster relief for the tribe."

"Oh?" Tang Cheng dragged out a long nasal voice, which made his official accent more expressive, "The Tuye patriarch has gone to the wrong place, and if you want to give relief, the patriarch should be the patriarch who is Rao Le in the north." Places to go".

Tu Yezhuo heard that not only did his face not change, but he laughed, "When did the imperial court have the will to let the family return to Rao Le, can the county magistrate take this seriously?".

"The imperial court has no such decree, but the county is planning to submit an official document to ask the imperial court to allow Er and others to return to the clan." At this point, Tang Cheng leaned forward and stared at Tu Yezhuo with a smile: "Return to the clan after decades. , isn’t it the long-cherished wish of the people of Longmen Xi?”.

With just this sentence, Tu Yezhuo's heart suddenly turned cold. Although this Tang Cheng was young, he was much stronger than Tu Yesi. So far, the smile on his face could no longer be maintained. "This is a later story. Today, our family is still the people of Longmen, and it is the responsibility of the county government to provide relief in case of drought."

"Well said", Tang Cheng slapped the table in front of him suddenly, "It is true that disaster relief is the responsibility of the county, since you and the others claim to be the people of Longmen, paying taxes should also be their duty, but I don’t know where Tuye Patriarch’s taxes are paid? You don’t pay taxes on a daily basis, but what kind of relief does this county give in this disaster? Could it be that food and fodder are all falling from the sky?”.

Tu Yezhuo responded to the situation, but ignored Tang Cheng's questioning and only sneered: "So, is Magistrate Tang determined to watch more than [-] members of my clan starve to death?".

"You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. The patriarch Tuye heard clearly that the county is not not giving relief, but that it is powerless." Looking at Tuyezhuo, Tang Cheng smiled colder than him, "You wait for the past years To whom have the cattle and sheep been sacrificed, who should be turned to for relief now."

"Okay", Tu Yezhuo's eyes narrowed sharply, and he said a famous saying in "Lao Tzu", "The people are not afraid of death, so how can they be afraid of death".

It's this time and I'm still pretending to be stupid, trying to intimidate and coax myself to gain benefits, who does the old guy think of me?Tang Cheng laughed, "If Captain Jiang of the Tiancheng Army heard this, he would be very happy. He didn't enjoy it when the city was calmed down last time."

Sitting and standing, sparks splashed between the four eyes, and the office fell into a suffocating silence for a while.

After a long time, Tuye Zhuo, who had closed his eyes, sat back slowly, Tang Cheng smiled lightly when he saw this, and picked up the teacup again.

"Let's come up with the regulations of Tang County Magistrate."

"This county happens to be doing a major event, and we need to mobilize a lot of big animals. Instead of hiring them in other places, it's better to call them nearby. Let your clansmen come. Each person will lead a big animal, and they will get a day's food for every day they work. No food is needed. It can be replaced with grass fodder. If you don’t do it, you won’t have it.” Tang Cheng raised the teacup and took another sip. “There is no free meal in the world, at least not in the territory under the jurisdiction of the official. This name is called Yigong Patriarch Tuye must remember the relief, so he can explain it to the tribe.”

"Tang Cheng, don't bully others too much. Even if I follow your policy, how much can you use for my more than [-] people? Will the rest starve to death?".

"I want to mobilize far more big animals than you think. If you want your family members not to starve to death, it's easy. Tell your clansmen to save some of the food they receive every day. In a catastrophe year, you will be a landlord." There is no food left at home.” At this point, Tang Cheng paused and then looked at Tu Yezhuo with a sudden smile, “The patriarch of Tuye has been trading with the Niu family caravan in Guizhou for many years. However, more than [-] high-quality leather goods were burned as if they were nothing. How could people starve to death after only a few months of drought? I heard that the Niujia caravan traded with the patriarch to barter and use most of them. What we need is food, and the patriarch is so arrogant that he keeps saying that people will starve to death, is he deceiving me or himself?".

"Good Tang Cheng, it's not wrong for my bad son to be planted in your hands." Tu Yezhuo's furious anger not only dissipated in an instant, but also laughed out loud, "Whether I will pay as many people and large animals as you want, and you don’t want a grain of food for nothing, so I don’t know what Tang county magistrate can give me?”.

Chapter 242 The world has changed?Or is Xi Ren stupid?

Tu Yezhuo has been here for such a long time, and after so many detours, true and false, he finally got to the point. After he finally uttered these words, Tang Cheng put down the teacup in his hand and stood up, walked to Tu Yezhuo's side Sitting down, looking at him with a smile on his face, he said: "During my tenure as an official, I will not lead the Tiancheng Army to enter the Longmen Grassland. After that, as long as you can pay taxes according to the court regulations, the current management method will not change, and the grassland will still be controlled by you." Xi people self-government. So, is Tuye patriarch satisfied?".

"Oh, magistrate Tang is really generous!".

"Yes, I'm really generous." Tang Cheng sighed deeply, and tapped the fingers of his left hand on the desk between the two of them in a rhythmic sound, "Is there any king in the world? Guarding the Dragon Gate and leading the people of one side is a matter of course, but now you hand over the power of governing the lower half of the people to the patriarch, how can you not be generous?".

"The magistrate of Tang County is worthy of being a Jinshi, and he spits out lotus flowers." At this moment of substantive exchange of conditions, it is really inappropriate to repeat the previous clumsy trick of getting angry when a word disagrees. Naturally, Tu Yezhuo would not do this It’s just that although he didn’t get angry, the sarcasm in his words was obviously much stronger, “Maybe I should remind you that what you promised just now has been enjoyed by this family for a long time. It would be too insincere to calculate what you already have in exchange for food relief, manpower storage, and even future taxes.”

Tang Cheng didn't confront him, "If Tuye's patriarch really thinks so, why come to the county seat against the wind and cold? Why does this county have to talk so much nonsense?" The hand that was tapping on the table raised his hand and shook it gently, " It is not kind to say this now. Everything you have before is not what you should take for granted. There is no basis for it, whether it is in the court system or the law. In short, what you have before is illegal. It's just because the former county magistrates did not take care of the government and respected Jian, but here in this county..." At this point, Tang Cheng smiled and looked at Tu Yezhuo and stopped talking.

Tang Cheng's words were rascally, at least it sounded so to Tu Yezhuo, but his rascal words took up his reputation, and there was no way to argue with him, and Tu Yezhuo didn't want to argue with him, "Tang County It is easy to talk about the matter of employing people this time. No matter how much manpower is needed to accumulate energy, the family will accept it. Moreover, the family will not take a grain of food from the county government in this severe drought, but I hope that the county magistrate Tang will still pay taxes on the matter of taxation. Can follow the old rules." After talking about this, Tu Yezhuo also smiled, a very confident smile, "As for what is self-governing or not, I don't really care about it. If the county magistrate doesn't bother It is up to you to govern yourself.”

"No." When it comes to this kind of specific interests, Tang Cheng will not give in at all. Tu Yezhuo's last threat with a deep meaning is even ignored by him. All the people in Longmen County who come to work will have food relief, and the people of the Tang Dynasty treat everyone equally. Don’t think of it as a loyalty to appreciate the emperor’s grace and sympathy for the court, but it’s not that the county doesn’t give it; Is there an exception? The patriarch can not give food, but as the head of a county, he has no right not to pay taxes. There is a world of difference between the two, and they cannot be confused. As for the governance of the Longmen Grassland, the patriarch feels cumbersome However, I cannot shirk my responsibilities within my duty. To be honest, this is what the Japanese counties are thinking about every day. I firmly believe that the grassland people can understand the righteousness, and they can really do things like killing officials and rebelling. ?” When speaking of the last sentence, Tang Cheng laughed to deliberately dilute the strong bloody smell.

After waiting quietly for a while, seeing that Tu Yezhuo didn't say anything, Tang Chengfu tapped his finger on the table again and said with a smile: "Or there is another way, the Tuye patriarch can submit to the court to request to return to Rao Lexi's tribe. , after leaving Longmen’s jurisdiction, nothing will be a problem.”

Hearing this, Tu Ye turned his head sharply and stared at Tang Cheng closely.

"I know that Tu Yezhuo's patriarch is reluctant." Tang Cheng put away all the previous official accent and smile, and met Tu Yezhuo's eyes and said in a clear voice: "In just a few decades, there are less than 3000 people in Longmen Xi. It has grown to more than 2 people today, the tribe is prosperous, and the wealth is accumulated. This kind of development speed is many times faster than that of the Rao Le family. Not only do they have to donate cattle and sheep to King Xi's Yazhang, which is far more than the country's taxes, but they also have to face mergers and killings within the tribe. Although the tribe of more than [-] people is indeed not small, it is placed on the Raole Grassland What's the point? With a group of more than [-] people, can the Longmen Grassland that everyone covets be kept? And once the Longmen Grassland is lost, which is the window for Rao Le to communicate with the outside world, how can the Tuye patriarch still trade in the middle? Therefore, For Longmen Xiren, the identity directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court is the real greatest wealth. This identity not only guarantees safety, but also guarantees a steady stream of wealth. Once lost, everything that Longmen Xiren has now will be lost. Over the years, Longmen Xi people have received so many benefits from the imperial court and the county government, so it is not too much for me to ask you to pay your share of taxes, right?"

During this time, Tang Cheng had been playing a one-man show almost all the time, but it was not until he turned over the most important hole card that Tu Yezhuo let out a deep sigh from the bottom of his heart.

When Tang Cheng relied on the Tiancheng frontier army of as many as 8000 people and clearly understood the lifeblood of Longmen Xiren, Tu Yezhuo had no other choice at all.

"Okay, everything will be done according to Tang County Magistrate." After a long silence, Tu Yezhuo finally said, "However, this is just a personal agreement between this clan and you. Once you leave the post, today's agreement will naturally be invalidated. Tang The county magistrate should pray to the wolf god not to lose his official position."

"I have never believed in the wolf god, but Patriarch Tuye has to think about how to explain to Niu Shishi. What you and I agreed today must not be what Lord Shijun wants to hear."

"Sure enough, he is a smart person. What Niu Zude wants to hear most now is the news of the chaos in our family, and then he intervenes accordingly. By then, the county magistrate of Longmen should be replaced."

It is really surprising that such words come from Tu Yezhuo's mouth, and Tang Cheng is no exception, but although he is surprised, he is not surprised, "Oh, since there is such a good opportunity, why doesn't Patriarch Tuye give it a try?".

"Why don't I think that if three or fifty people die, this can be accomplished, so why should I take this trip to seek humiliation? It's a pity, your hands are too ruthless." Tu Yezhuo looked at Tang Cheng and shook with a sigh. Shaking his head, "If we really want to do this, I don't know how many people will be killed and the grasslands will be stained with blood? Of course Niu Zude doesn't care, but I, the patriarch, can't help but feel sorry for it. It's just a deal. Why must blood be shed if we can talk about it?"

"Well said", Tang Cheng laughed, "But there is no way to say this in front of Niu Cishi, how is the patriarch going to explain?".

"Why do you have to explain? It is so easy to let the people of Longmen Xi return to Raole? Hand over the people under their rule, can the court with a high face do such a thing? Since Niu Zude can't do this, the hand And there is no Tiancheng army to rely on, so why should the clan need to explain to him?" In such a naked negotiation of interests, Tu Yezhuo was frighteningly straightforward, "It's all just a transaction, and in this transaction, Niu Zude We need our family more."

Tang Cheng understood the meaning behind his words. In the trade between the two of them, Longmenxi indeed had the advantage. Because of the huge difference in productivity and trade development level, Longmenxi had many channels to obtain Tang goods. If the channel of Longmen Grassland is open, it will be much more difficult for Niu Zude to successfully obtain large quantities of cheap northern goods.The advantage of Longmen Xiren is based on this imbalance in the level of trade development, and this is the root cause of Tu Yezhuo's daring to ignore Niu Zude at a critical moment.

It's really funny to think about it, Tu Yezhuo may not care about the governor of Guizhou, but he has to accept the conditions of him as the county magistrate of Guizhou, and the only difference is that the eight thousand heavenly troops.

This is the basis for him to be able to talk to Tu Yezhuo like just now, it is the guarantee of his strength to be a real Longmen county magistrate, and it is also the only thing Tu Yezhuo is afraid of.

Without the Eight Thousand Heavenly Formed Army, he would be nothing in Longmen, and even like the previous county magistrates, he would not even be able to see pictures, let alone let him come to the gate on his own initiative.This was unthinkable in the previous Longmen county government.

In the final analysis, it is one sentence: everything he does in Longmen is based on the alliance with Tiancheng Army, which is also the most correct thing he has done since he took office, and the best thing is that he has Hebei Road and Youzhou Governor The background of the government's separation of military and government is that as long as there are enough interests to bind, even his immediate boss Niu Zude cannot destroy this alliance with the border military system.

Benefits, bundled!Tang Cheng made up his mind more and more, the faster the Tiancheng Army's land repairs, the better. Only the faster and more land repairs, the deeper the bondage of this kind of interests.

When Tu Yezhuo left, Tang Cheng didn't send him too far. After leaving the office, Tu Yezhuo and his subordinates, Kudo and others, wrapped themselves in windcloaks that could cover most of their faces just like when they came, and walked silently. and go.

As soon as Tu Yezhuo left, the three Yang Jiao who were waiting outside the office surrounded Tang Cheng, and Qian Sanma, who was the closest, was the first to ask, "My lord, what is he doing here?".

Tang Cheng didn't answer Qian Sanba's question directly, but looked sideways at Yang Pao, "We originally agreed that all the large animals recruited from the people of the Tang Dynasty would be allocated to Tian Cheng's army, and we can't let Captain Jia transfer the army horses to pull them." Cars, these people’s food relief, it’s not too fussy, both sides should pay half of it. As for the animal power needed by the headquarters, it will be collected from the grassland.”

"Recruitment from the grassland?" Rao Yang Pao was so thoughtful, he couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, "Then what about their food distribution?".

"There was a severe drought this winter, and Tu Yezhuo sympathized with the difficulties of the government and resolutely gave up food relief, so Mr. Yang can rest assured that these people only work and don't need food."

Hearing this, Qian Sanba's eyes suddenly became the size of a bull's-eye, and Jia Xu, who was listening, felt a bang in his head, as if he had been hit hard with a big hammer. Dazed like a dizzy mind, has the world changed or are people stupid? It's scary enough that the county lord can mobilize them to work, but they still don't want food for nothing?

When Jia Xu hadn't woken up from the hammer, Tang Cheng slammed down with a bigger hammer, "Jia Lushi, I will leave the matter of recruiting documents to you. When you have these things at hand After I finished my work, I supervised Hu Cao to sort out the amount of rent adjustment and taxes that Xi people in this county should pay into a book as soon as possible. This is a complicated matter, so it is better to start early, so as not to be late when it is needed next year."

"My lord, Xi Manzi...really...really going to pay taxes?", too shocked, Qian Sanba, who stared like a copper bell, stuttered.

Tang Cheng pursed the smile lines that were almost overflowing from the corners of his mouth, and asked in a serious tone with a surprised expression on his face: "Xi people are also Longmen people, isn't it a matter of course to pay taxes, San Scar, your question is really weird."

Weird I asked?Qian Sanba stared blankly at Tang Cheng, this time not only his eyes widened, but he also forgot to close his opened mouth.

"Okay." Among the three, Yang Jiao reacted the fastest, and his laughter also woke up Qian Sanscar and Jia Xu who were in a daze, "Tu Yezhuo is so generous, the harvest must be indispensable. What did you promise him?"

His question made Jia Xu and Qian Sanba's hearts clear, yes, Xi Manzi is greedy, since he can make such a big investment this time, and even pay the tax, how much benefit do he have to resign before he is willing to go back?

"As an official, I will never guide Tiancheng's army to never set foot on the Longmen Grassland. In addition, grassland affairs are still governed by Xi people according to the old rules. Except for tax collection, the county government will not intervene in it." With a sigh, Tang Chengpo It's a pity, "Manpower is sometimes poor, after all, the strength of the county government is too weak, and it can only be like this!".

That's all... that's all there is to it!Qian Sanscar couldn't even describe his feelings. Could the Tiancheng Army really kill Longmen Grassland casually?As for Xi people's self-government, this is even more ridiculous. Those barbarians live in tents and chase water plants. They don't even have a fixed residence all year round. How can they let the county government manage them?Just relying on the idea of ​​the county government, people can't manage it if they run away.Not to mention Longmen, but the imperial court left Rao Le Dudu Mansion and Songmo Dudu Mansion where the Khitan people gathered, and Wei Dudu Mansion and Mohe people's Bohai Dudu Mansion to take care of themselves?

What is the difference between the two conditions agreed and not agreed?The magistrate exchanged so many real benefits for the condition of fooling the three-year-old baby, and it was "that's all there is to it", which is too greedy.

Just at this time, he heard the bell of the San Yamen outside, Tang Cheng was thinking about the original chicken soup that Zheng Lingyi had repeatedly explained when he went to the Yamen at noon, and since he didn't have any urgent business at hand, he didn't stay any longer, "I know everything, Busy if you have something to do, go back and rest if you have nothing to do, I am really tired these days." After finishing speaking, he waved to the three of them and walked away first.

As soon as he left, Jia Xu and Qian Sanshang were left behind, you look at me, I look at you, and then they turned to look at Yang Jiao at the same time.

"Whether it is extremely peaceful or not, there must be blessings in places of suffering. The people of Longmen Tang have suffered for many years, and finally they have waited for the blessing of Tangming Mansion. The reincarnation of heaven is not happy after all." Looking at Tang Cheng's back, Yang Jiao shook his head with a smile , "If I hadn't seen it myself, I really couldn't believe that a person of this age could do such a thing. I'll do it with my heart and see where I can go."

After Yang Jiao finished speaking, he specifically explained to Qian Sanma, "You are in charge of the Tiancheng Army's liaison, you must be careful about this matter, and there must be no mistakes." After emphasizing it, he didn't explain much. I walked leisurely.

"Boss, what does Mr. Yang mean?"

"You and I are on errands, why do you think so much?" Jia Xu slapped the confused Qian Sanscar heavily, "It's right to follow Tang Xianzun closely, you just need to remember this is enough."

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Due to the guidance of the powerful county venerables and the establishment of a new political style in the Longmen County Yamen, and the extraordinarily busy time during this period, the civil servants in the East Yard gradually developed a new habit. No matter how late you are, you won't be in a hurry to leave when the bell rings in Sanya. More or less, you always have to stay and wait for a while before leaving, so as not to have any urgent business, and today is no exception.

After Jia Xu walked into the official office of Cao, the son of the east courtyard, he didn't go to the judge of Cao, but went to the desk of a clerk nearby, "drawing up a notice of Ximin recruitment".

During this period of time, there were a lot of things like writing proclamations, and the clerks were already familiar with it, and when they were about to write after taking out the bamboo paper, they suddenly raised their heads and asked in confusion, "The clerk just said this?" Who is the proclamation addressed to?".

"Xi Min", just these two words immediately made the office room that was opened up to be heard in an instant. Apart from doubts, there was an expression of bumping into a ghost.

The performance of these officials gave Jia Xu a lot of comfort, "The Xi people on the Longmen Grassland don't know, why are you in a daze?".

"Yes," the waking civil official agreed, while peeking at Jia Xu's face, he wanted to see if the officer who joined the army was joking with him.

Send a call-up notice to Xi Ren!Faced with such an unheard of event, the poor clerk really couldn't find a better explanation other than joking...

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Just when it was getting dark that night, Jia Tolerance, who had rushed to the state government office to submit the relief documents, came back, and brought back the news that the relief food was about to be shipped.Also on this night, 100 people from the first part of the Tiancheng Army, who were anxiously thinking about their family's fields, rushed to Longmen County.

So far, after dealing with the "backyard" affairs, Tang Cheng's development plan for Longmen County has finally reached the stage where everything is ready, and his ideal of change is finally about to take the first step in practice.

Chapter 243 The Ideal Wind and Thunder

If you want to say that the oldest person in the Longmen County Yamen is the old Jiangtou in the concierge. Since he was 17 years old, his uncle asked someone to get him into the county government office to work as a handyman. Until now, he is 68 years old. Going home for the elderly, Lao Jiangtou has been in and out of the Yamen almost every day for 51 years.

51 years is indeed not a short period of time. How long has it been since the country was established? In the past 51 years, Lao Jiang can't remember how many county magistrates have been changed in this county government that has been renovated three times. His status is too low, and many county magistrates have not even spoken to him.

What Lao Jiang remembers is that in the past 50 years, this yamen was just like the Longmen county outside the yamen, except that there were more people and Ximan became more and more domineering, nothing changed.Although people change from one generation to another, those who are lazy are always lazy, and those who are dawdling are always dawdling.Just like the city, the dirty ones are always dirty, and the broken ones are always broken. Although the sun rises and sets day by day, this yamen and this city seem to be nailed to death without any change. .

Maybe it's because of heredity, Lao Jiangtou was very talkative when he was young, and he liked to talk to his wife about things he had seen in the yamen after returning home, but slowly when he came back home, he talked more and more. Less and less, it's not that the bad mouth has changed, there is really nothing to say.The old news has been repeated several times, but there is nothing new about it. It is repeated over and over again, and Lao Jiangtou himself finds it dull and meaningless.

After so many years of living like this, the Jiang family woman, who is equally strong, doesn't remember this problem when the man was young. As long as the dead ghost man comes back, he can no longer stop his mouth, and the older people are so quiet. In less than three or five days like this, the unbearable Jiang family woman not only bored the man to death, At the same time, Tang Xianzun, whom the neighbors have agreed to now, is also hated.

It's really weird, how long has it been since I've been sitting in the county office, and there are so many different movements from before, making the old man crazy like an old hen that wants to be happy in Chun'er, and he keeps babbling and babbling all the time. Say, say, say!After all, every day the talk is inseparable from that county lord, what did Mr. Tang do, and what happened to the east courtyard of the county yamen, and what happened to the west courtyard? What about the county?

You said, is this the magistrate Tang who harmed people?If it weren't for him, how could the old man be so crazy when he was almost 70 years old?The same goes for the gentlemen above, why did they send such a person to make such a mess and never live a clean life again.

When Jiang's mother-in-law was sitting on the couch with the soles of her shoes in her hands, she was thinking wildly, when she heard the sound of a small door outside, and at the same time as the sound of footsteps that had been heard for decades, the voice of muttering came in more advanced than people , "Old woman, let me tell you, it's amazing, Tang Xianzun is really amazing, you know who I saw coming to see the county gentleman in the afternoon, I can't think of it, let your old woman guess for the rest of your life less than...".

As soon as she heard this, the mother-in-law of the Jiang family felt that the irritability in her heart surged upwards, and she didn't care if he ate or not?The more you eat, the more you talk.With a kick of shoes on her feet and a set of needlework in her hands, Mrs. Jiang pulled off the quilt and lay on the couch without taking off her clothes. Her face was facing the inner wall and her eyes were tightly closed. Do not open your eyes.

The trick that has been used for decades is effective, the old man's voice gradually disappeared, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and the room was completely clean.

At first Mrs. Jiang breathed a sigh of relief. After so many days of noisy, her ears were finally relieved, but as the quiet time gradually lengthened, her heart was empty at first, and then she gave birth to something like a little bug crawling. Heaps of thatch were so chaotic that he couldn't lie down anymore. After all, the old man was so old that he relied on a bowl of rice to support him when he was old, unlike the strong young man who carried three taels of food wherever he went, and he didn't hesitate to go hungry for half a day... ...and the sound of his footsteps when he went out just now is also a bit wrong...

Grass grew in her heart, and the old woman couldn't lie down anymore. After she lifted the quilt and got on the bed, she went to the door quietly to see what the old man was doing.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jiang really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The dead ghost man squatted at the door of the chicken coop with the weed bowl, sprinkled weeds in it, and whispered into it in a low voice, " Grandpa Tian, ​​that Ximan is really a figurehead..."

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Jiang had nothing to say to the old man at all. She only hoped that Mr. Tang sitting in the county government office would calm down for a couple of days at least, but please don't make any big noises.

People are not as good as heaven, let alone two days, Mrs. Jiang's expectations were emptied the next morning, and the Longmen county government, which had been idle for decades like a dead quagmire, went completely crazy from this morning — Crazy busy.