Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

Even beheading the chicken head and burning the yellow paper came out, so far Tang Cheng was completely speechless, forget it, let him toss about it.

After leaving the gate of the county school, Zhang Xiangwen found the carriage waiting for him at home, first ordered a few words to the servant, and the servant looked at Tang Cheng for a few times, then flew away, and the two got on the carriage and went straight to the south of the city.

Chapter 50, Yao is not compatible

During the drive, Zhang Xiangwen lifted up the car window, looked out, and kept talking, "Our Zhang family generation is rich in women but not prosperous in men. My father has four brothers and only I have one son. There are ten sisters. There are quite a few of them, and I have been playing with them since I was a child. I am bored, and today we are destined, and I finally have a brother."

Tang Cheng took a closer look at the carriage he was sitting in, not to mention the carriage, the horse pulling the carriage alone was worth at least forty pennies, "On your condition, if you shout out, I don't know if there will be any money." How many people are rushing to be your brother!".

"Old Tang, what you said is outrageous. Do you think that I look at everyone, just like Wang Jiaxiang, scoff!" Zhang Xiangwen said, put down the car window, turned around and looked at Tang Cheng solemnly, "I know that, Mr. Tang, you must be thinking that I'm acting on a whim, but you're really wrong, I'm not because of what I said this morning, I just like you."

"You sure don't know, my third uncle works in the yamen, this one belongs to Zhao Huhu," Zhang Xiangwen raised his thumb as he spoke, "The last time the county magistrate went out, the leader of the guards was my third uncle, he After going on this trip, I didn’t talk about anyone else when I came back, I just caught you and praised you for a while. So, I knew you before you came to the county school.”

Tang Cheng didn't expect that there was such a reason, so he became serious about Zhang Xiangwen's words, "If you say that I have never been convinced since I was a child, but I am convinced that you are like that at home, and I just climbed up on my own. Counting all the counties in the county, how many people can make Zhang County Magistrate and Lin Xuezheng look at each other differently? To be convinced is to be convinced, and he does not necessarily like it! When you get to the county school, I will pay special attention. Compared with the previous third uncle As I said, what convinces me more is your character. If you change someone, forget it, there is no need to change someone, just say me. If I were you, I might show off the matter with Zhang County Magistrate. Not a single word was said!"

The expression on Zhang Xiangwen's face was really convinced, which made Tang Cheng, who was listening, a little embarrassed, and said, what should I say?He said he was happy for a while, but it would not be good if the truth spread to the ears of County Magistrate Zhang and Lin Xuezheng. People of some identities are most troubled by this matter. After all, they got mixed up in later generations. This simple truth Tang Cheng Understand.If he really opened his mouth about the previous matter, let alone Lin Xuezheng treated him so well, he should have avoided seeing him long ago.

"Don't think I like to show off, but I just can't see others showing off." After Zhang Xiangwen finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing, "Then that time, when it was raining a few days ago, I happened to see you again Alms begging for Hanako, other people’s alms is throwing money, but you ran to the side and bought Hubing to give it to you. To be honest, after seeing it that day, I was determined to become a brother with you. Don’t say anything else, there is In order to pay homage to love, you must at least treat me better than that beggar Huazi." After saying this in one breath, Zhang Xiangwen stretched out his hand and patted Tang Cheng's shoulder heavily, "I didn't say anything, you are so real!".

Hearing this, Tang Cheng said, it's really hard to say anything else, but it's difficult for him to say that in later generations, when he sees beggars for money, he will take a detour?Could it be that it was because the beggar woman looked five points like Tang Zhang's that day, so I was moved to feel compassion?As for buying Hubing directly without giving money, it is really a sequelae of time travel, and people will be deceived in future generations.

It can only be said that everything is fate, a momentary unintentional act of kindness changed such a "brother".

The peach garden is located three miles outside Yunxi County. March is the time when the peach blossoms are in full bloom. Dozens of acres of peach forests are in full bloom, turning their blossoms into a large area of ​​brilliance. It is really beautiful.Seeing the respectful face of the garden guard when facing Zhang Xiangwen, Tang Cheng knew that this was actually his family's property.

There is nothing to say about the subsequent process of sworn worship, nothing more than setting up an incense table, beheading chicken heads, burning yellow paper, and even the vows of the alliance are not much different from those of later generations.It's just that Tang Cheng saw Zhang Xiangwen's expression of sincerity when he swore, so he accepted his original intention of joking.

After the marriage ceremony, Zhang Xiangwen wanted to stay with Tang Chengcheng for dinner in Taoyuan, but he resigned. Sister Lan was waiting at home. With her character, if she didn't go back, she might not be able to eat.

Zhang Xiangwen is also free and easy, seeing Tang Cheng's refusal, he didn't insist on keeping him, so Yuan took him back in a carriage.

During the casual chat on the road, Tang Cheng's errands in the afternoon were mentioned, and naturally he also talked about the personnel disputes in the county government. Because there was a third uncle working in the government office, Zhang Xiangwen knew a lot about it, "Brother, although you It’s just helping the county government, but you have to be careful. The current county magistrate Zhang and Master Yao don’t get along very well?”.

This is the first time Tang Cheng heard of it, "Oh, why?".

"I also heard from my third uncle that Director Yao has been in this position for six years, and he has long wanted to be a county magistrate. As he gets older these past few years, this idea has become more and more urgent. , Man watched and finally got rid of his predecessor, it's time for him, the old boss, to come forward, who knows that there is another county magistrate Zhang, can he feel angry?" Seeing Tang Cheng nodding, Zhang Xiangwen went on to say: "Zhang County magistrate Although Ling is the magistrate of the county, there is no good way to deal with Master Yao now. After all, he was born in his hometown. It’s really hard to deal with people who are not familiar with the place, brother, you have to be careful in the county office, it’s best not to let people know the reason why you came to the county to study.”

Tang Cheng naturally understood Zhang Xiangwen's meaning. In the current era, County Magistrate Zhang really showed kindness to him, which was tantamount to labeling him. "Of course I won't tell people about this, but there were quite a few people who went down with Magistrate Zhang that time."

"There are quite a few, but except for Lin Xuezheng, they are all Zhao Huhu's people. Zhao Huhu doesn't get involved in the dispute between Zhang County Magistrate and Master Yao at all. I will go back at noon and talk to third uncle. This should be a leak. There is no wind."

"Then I'd like to thank you very much." Tang Cheng temporarily put aside this thought in his heart, and asked curiously, "How did Captain Zhao become Tiger Zhao?".

"You and my brother still need to say thank you?" Zhang Xiangwen had a smile on his face when he said Zhao Huhu, "Zhao Xianwei is from the old North Street in the county. When he was young, he had a violent temper and hard fists. He played and fought everywhere. It was the largest green skin in the county at that time. When he was 21 years old, a big insect came from nowhere on the Dajianzi Mountain outside the city and injured several lives. The mountain hunt failed, and the county magistrate had no choice but to send out a dew cloth to attract heroes to enter the mountain to eliminate the harm. The county captain Zhao went to the mountain for seven days and beat the tiger to death. When he dragged the tiger to the county government covered in blood, I heard from my father that all the people in the city went to watch the fun.”

Chapter 51 Why don't we try it!

Zhang Xiangwen talked about such old things with great interest, and Tang Cheng was also fascinated when he listened to them, and he had a taste of Wu Song in "Water Margin", "Thus, Zhao Huhu became famous. Taking this opportunity to work as a servant, as soon as he took office, there was no green skin in the county, and he became more and more important to the officials. Although he became an official, his fiery temper has not changed at all. The name Zhao Huhu refers to his fiery temper, and secondly refers to his old incident of killing tigers."

"Fighting a tiger alone, Zhao Huhu is well-deserved." Tang Cheng smiled, always feeling a little awkward in his heart. After all, this person is Gao Li's fourth uncle. She has such a grumpy and protective relative. It may not be a good thing.After Tang Chengxin thought of this, he laughed at himself again. This is too timid. If he is really with Mrs. Gao Li, Zhao Huhu may not be able to treat him like he did to the guard.

Seeing Tang Cheng's weird smile, Zhang Xiangwen was very curious, "Brother, what are you laughing at?".

"Oh, it's nothing!" Tang Cheng didn't want Zhang Xiangwen to see anything, so he casually talked about what he saw in the yamen yesterday.

"That's right, Zhao Huhu has been quite tempered recently, and even my third uncle has been scolded a few times. He is loyal, he is kind to his subordinates and protects his weaknesses. I have never heard of such a thing before. Those thieves and birds in Erlongzhai are harming people." Zhang Xiangwen's third uncle is now the chief arrester, so he also gritted his teeth when talking about the bandits in Erlongshan.

"How can there be bandits opening mountains and setting up cabinets in the peaceful and prosperous age?" For Tang Cheng, who traveled through later generations, such things as bandits are really a very strange existence. Besides, general history books also say that bandits only appear in troubled times. , Right now is when Datang is booming, "Tiger Zhao is so powerful, can't he suppress them?".

"No matter how peaceful and prosperous times are, there are people who can't afford to eat. If you lack anything, you can't lack bandits? Brother, you used to live in a small place, and you still know very little! Listen to my third uncle, the people in Erlongzhai are not actually bandits. Some rent-resistant farmers went up the mountain with hoes, but there were only 78 people, and half of them were women and children. If we really want to fight, there is no need to invite any town army from the state at all. Only my third uncle led his men They can get rid of them.”

Zhang Xiangwen spoke of these bandits with contempt on his face, Tang Cheng knew that there was Wen'er, so he didn't interrupt, and waited for him to continue.

Zhang Xiangwen said that he was thirsty, so he opened the small drawer on the wall of the car, picked up a bottle of wine and drank it for a while, then slipped the bottle into Tang Cheng's hand, and said: "Those bandits Although it is useless, the place they occupy is really good. There is only a flat-headed peak that is not supported by three sides. There are fields and water on the top of the peak, but there is only one intestine for going up and down the mountain. It can only accommodate three people at most. That's it, there can't be a fat man among the three! Both sides of the road are prickly and rocky, and it's impossible to pass by. Not to mention the narrow road, but it's still very steep, and the bottom is okay, and the higher you go, the harder it is Let's go, occupying such a terrain, you can't be surrounded to death, and you can't fight, what do you think?".

There are many mountains in Shannan, so it is not surprising that there are several places like this. Hearing this, Tang Cheng could only shake his head and sigh, "There is really no way, Erlongzhai occupies the best location."

"That's right! It doesn't matter if they can't fight, after all, they are not in a good mood, but what I hate is that these thieves have been extraordinarily noisy since the second half of last year. Since then, County Magistrate Zhang has been urging him anxiously, and Zhao Huhu's temper is not good. Is it okay? Not to mention him, even my third uncle broke countless cups of tea during this period, and the day before yesterday he was so angry that he beat my third aunt for a while, making the family restless."

Tang Cheng heard what Zhang Xiangwen said was funny, and when he was about to laugh, a vague idea came to his mind, the second half of last year?Isn't that when magistrate zhang just took office?

It was not far to go back to the city, and he walked faster as he talked all the way, and he arrived at Tang Cheng's residence in a short time. Zhang Xiangwen knew his background, and now seeing that the house he lived in was small but decent, it was inevitable It's strange.

After all, there is no title now, so Tang Cheng said vaguely, "The owner of the house has a close relationship with me, he took care of me and rented a cheap room."

"I wanted to take a look at the residence of the eldest brother, and take you to my house by the way. Now it seems that this house is not bad." Zhang Xiangwen waved his hand and said with a smile: "You have something to do in the afternoon, and it's getting late. Go home first, and come to see your residence another day."

Although Tang Cheng spent a short time with Zhang Xiangwen, he really liked his free and easy temper. After watching his carriage go far away, he entered the house. Sister Lan didn't eat as expected, and waited for him to come back.

"Why is it so late today?" Seeing him coming back, Sister Lan hurriedly served the meal, "I'm going to let Gao Shun'er go to the county school to have a look."

"I got married to a brother today," said Tang Cheng with a smile, "He's a nice guy. His family has a peach orchard in the south of the city, and the flowers are in full bloom now. If I have time these two days, I'll take you there to play."

"Sworn brother?" Sister Lan was really stunned.

Tang Cheng didn't say much because he was short of time, he just gave a rough idea, and after he finished his meal, he only drank a cup of tea, and then hurried to the county government again.

As soon as he entered the county office, he was busy in the dark. As he gradually became familiar with the matter at hand, Tang Cheng came up with a new method. After thinking about it, he got up and left his seat to find the knife and pen officer in charge of the group. Old Liu.

Lao Liu is also over 50 this year, and he is an old civil servant who has served several county magistrates. When Tang Cheng joined the team yesterday, he called him Uncle Liu along with the others. "Uncle Liu, I have an idea here that may speed up the progress of our group...".

In fact, Tang Cheng's idea is not surprising, but it is to change the current division of labor. At present, it is divided according to "li", from checking the population, acres, account books to rent, mediocrity, and adjustment procedures. In short, it is The whole process is done.But what Tang Cheng wanted was to cancel the method of distribution according to "li", and instead divide according to procedures.Decompose the people in this group into each program, and one person is in charge of one program. This is like the teachers in later generations changing the college entrance examination papers, dividing the work according to the big questions, and doing the assembly line work.

"Uncle Liu, the advantage of doing this is that one person can be in charge of one task. If you check the population, you can check the population, and if you check the fields, you can check the fields. In the end, as long as all the figures can be matched. In this way, there is no need to go through these files again and again. , It can also make one person specialize in one thing, and the more you do it, the faster you will be able to do it." This method will be used badly in later generations. Tang Cheng is naturally confident, "Uncle Liu, if you think it is suitable, Let's just... try?"

Chapter 52 This young man is rare!

As the leader of the group, Lao Liu naturally has to pay close attention to everyone's progress. After a whole day of tossing yesterday afternoon, the best performer among the three new recruits is Tang Cheng, who is young and rare in doing things. He is solid, and his work progress is not worse than those old knives and pens, and his mouth is not like the other two who occasionally mutter a few strange words.I had a good impression of him, and what Tang Cheng said was simple. After thinking about it briefly, Lao Liu nodded and said, "Try it."

Just do it, Lao Liu immediately called up all the busy team members, first talked about Tang Cheng's idea, and then re-divided the work according to this idea. It was not difficult at first, and no training was needed.After everyone took some time to adjust their work habits, their efficiency improved immediately, and all the team members said that it was much easier because they no longer had to go back and forth to turn over the case files like before.

Seeing that the efficiency of this group has suddenly increased by nearly one-third, and there is a faster and faster trend, Lao Liu, who went out to another group to have a look, smiled. Didn't say anything, this time the group Sure to come out on top.

When he was getting excited, he heard the sound of a stool being moved suddenly from the next door. When he looked up, it was Master Yao who came in accompanied by Yao Qingguo, and immediately called the team members to get up hurriedly.

"Everyone has worked hard, let's all sit down." Mr. Yao, who is in his 50s, is unattractive, even a little thin, but has a warm smile on his face. After he came in, he looked around the hall with a smile, and looked behind him. Instructed: "Qing Guo, everyone is very tired recently, please give Da Zao Li an order to add more food from tomorrow, at least two meats. The students in the county school are also together. After all, they are helping us! Ah! , In addition, the Tuancha that is currently offered can be better."

There was a custom in the government offices of the Tang Dynasty. The meal at noon was managed by the yamen, and it was called "meeting food". As a rule, Master Yao's theory of adding vegetables comes from this.

Master Yao's words immediately warmed up the hearts of the people in the hall, especially those students who had been gritting their teeth and struggling to get rid of their sluggish state just now.

After this, Tang Cheng officially got to know Mr. Yao.For a county government, how much does it cost to add two meat dishes and a better group tea?Looking at the morale of the people in front of him, Master Yao's method of buying people's hearts is really easy.

County magistrate Zhang has such an uncooperative deputy, it's really tricky!

After Master Yao finished speaking, he asked casually in the hall to see the progress of each group. During this time, he kept talking to the officials. He didn't talk much, just a few or two sentences, but every sentence was on point. On the Internet, ask the old man in this family if his old illness has relapsed?How many days before the daughter of that family gets engaged?To say that his memory is really good, the situation of so many officials' families in the hall is like a mirror in his heart, and all the officials who only asked are very useful in their hearts.

Even some of the students he could call out the name of the other's father in one breath, and only made the student who was talking to him shine brightly, as if the whole face was three points bigger.

Master Yao walked around and talked all the way to Tang Cheng's group, "Good old Liu, why didn't you invite me when your big fat grandson held the 'three-day baptism' ceremony on the seventh day of last month? Don't forget it at the cake party!"

Master Yao gave a lot of face, and Lao Liu repeatedly clasped his hands as he spoke, "It's not because I'm afraid that you are too busy, Master Master, so I will definitely come to visit you during the soup cake meeting."

"Okay, then I'll wait, and then we'll all take advantage of the excitement, ah," Mr. Yao agreed, and looked around, and the people around him naturally smiled and nodded in agreement.At this time, Master Yao really had the air of responding to everyone.

Director Yao started to ask about the progress of the group after a few words of pleasantries. Old Liu naturally wouldn't let it go when he got a chance to show his face, so he immediately talked about the rapid progress of the group in the afternoon.

The fact that the knife and pen officials are doing right now is the "biggest thing" in the county at the moment. I heard that Lao Liu has found a way to increase the efficiency by at least [-]%. They all swarmed up.

As the team leader, Lao Liu has already firmly taken the leadership role. Besides, everyone in the team knew that Tang Cheng had come up with this idea, so he didn't deliberately hide anything. Seeing everyone surrounded him, he turned around and pulled Tang Cheng. Cheng, said with a smile: "Tang Cheng, you came up with this idea, let me tell you about it."

After all, he worked in later generations. Standing in front of others, Tang Cheng did not hold back when facing the No. [-] person in the county. He briefly and clearly explained the idea of ​​the "assembly line" operation. While everyone was thinking, they retreated behind Old Liu. After all, Old Liu was the leader in this group.

Director Yao is different from Zhao Huhu. He is an old knife and pen with a background in writing. What Tang Cheng said is not profound. After Liu backed away, he felt more favorable towards this teenager in his teens.

Knowing the superiority and inferiority, knowing how to advance and retreat, taking credit without being arrogant, this is very rare among young people!

"It is a simple and easy way to speed up the progress and reduce fatigue. Qing Guo, since Lao Liu and the others have already tried this method and it is feasible, then the other teams should follow suit," Master Yao turned around and ordered After saying Yao Qingguo's words, he turned his head and smiled and said, "Are you a student of the county school? What's your name? Which family are you from?".

Master Yao's question drew everyone's attention to Tang Cheng again. The other students were really surprised and jealous when they saw that the master was so kind and interested in Tang Cheng. From a simple point of view, it is extremely difficult to get into the county government, but to Master Yao, it is just a matter of one sentence. Tang Cheng, who is a dog day, is really lucky.

"Boy, Tang Cheng, is the scholar of Mingjing in the county. He is from Guanyintai Village, Tumen Town, this county." Mr. Tang Cheng vaguely felt the heat on his side, and then he glanced at it out of the corner of his eyes as he lowered his head and spoke. I saw that Liu Suifeng was looking at him steadily from behind the crowd, his eyes were very strange.

This person has always been in the limelight, and this time he is the leader of the students appointed by the county school. Could it be that he can't bear to show his face and is jealous?

Tang Cheng thought wildly, and Master Yao, who was opposite him, was also slightly taken aback. After thinking about it carefully, he didn't think of a rich family named Tang in this county. It's really strange that people come out of small households.

Chapter 53 is counting on you!

Master Yao is an experienced person, so he naturally understands the thoughts of the students. If it is said that the yamen is really busy and needs to be supplemented, he saw the young man in front of him with good looks, good mind and good manners. If this is the case for a son of a rich family, you might as well open an opening and let him into the county government, so that you can not only accept someone who is available, but also make a big favor by the way.Unexpectedly, he came from such a bad background. Although he is a good person, it seems worthless to waste a position as an official for him.

The Tang Dynasty, especially the Tang Dynasty, which is currently booming, is extremely strict in the administration of officials. Upper states, lower states, upper counties, and lower counties are clearly divided. There are as many officials as there are officials in each county. Customization is really a radish and a pit.As a result, each quota is very precious, and it is also an important means for Director Yao to win contacts and make money peacefully. It is really reluctant to let him give it to Tang Cheng for nothing.

Master Yao's thoughts were only for a moment, and he didn't show any hesitation on his face, "You can enter the county school from the countryside, and you have a good certificate, and now you have made another contribution. The master has high hopes for you, ah!".

After some deliberation, Master Yao still decided not to open the opening for the time being, but he didn't completely block the road.Let's find out the details of Tang Cheng first, after all, he can squeeze into the county school from the countryside, and this young man should not have no background at all.

As soon as Director Yao said these words, the faces of the other students changed. Don't say they are scholars, even a white man can clearly understand what "high hopes" means.The 30 people who were able to come here this time, except for Tang Cheng, can be said to be more or less from a family background. It is natural to know that because seven people resigned at old age years ago, there are now seven vacancies in the county government. And three of the seven places belong to Zhao Huhu's subordinate servants, which means that there are only four vacancies for knife and pen officials, and Tang Cheng has already taken one first, so why not let them be anxious and jealous, and look at it for a while. Xiang Tang Cheng's eyes changed a little.

After Master Yao inspected all the halls, he was accompanied by Yao Qingguo, and everyone settled down to start working again, but for Tang Cheng, the previous peace was no longer there. He felt a bunch of eyes with different meanings shooting at him around him.

Pretending to be ignorant, he buried himself in his work, tonight was the same as yesterday, Yao Qingguo still waited for the night to settle before ordering his shift to leave.Tang Cheng put together the case files that he was busy with, stretched his waist, got up and was about to leave, but saw that his classmate Wang Jiaxiang, who was waiting for him yesterday, avoided his eyes intentionally or unintentionally. Went out alone.

"Zhang Xiangwen is really right. Although Wang Jiaxiang is willing to work hard in his studies, he is still too small." Tang Cheng laughed at himself, and when he was about to leave, he heard the voice of Old Liu behind him: "Tang Cheng, wait a minute!" ".

Tang Cheng accompanied Lao Liu out of the county government office. Although the curfew was still a long time away, there were not many people on the street outside the county government office. In the distance, only Huashen Street in the west was brightly lit. , there was a faint sound of flute pipe teeth coming along with the wind.

After staying in the room for an entire afternoon, Tang Cheng took a deep breath of the slightly cool night wind, feeling refreshed and his groggy head cleared up a lot. Just as he was exhaling the breath, Old Liu next to him smiled. He opened his mouth and said: "After all, he is young. Although he is a scholar, the sitting skills under his buttocks are still far behind!".

"What Uncle Liu said is true." Hearing this, Tang Cheng also smiled, "To tell you the truth, Uncle Liu, at the end of the afternoon for the past two days, I felt like there were ants crawling on that mustache stool, and I couldn't sit still." .

"Sitting power is purely time-honored, you, you haven't seen it yet." After Lao Liu laughed, he looked at Tang Cheng carefully again, "Well, the big fat grandson at home is still waiting for me, so I won't tell you these things. It's useless, I called you today mainly to remind you of one thing."

Tang Cheng thought that there was something wrong with his work, but when he looked at Lao Liu's face, he didn't think so, "Uncle Liu, please tell me."

"You have personally experienced what happened this afternoon. I suggest that you spend some time in the next two days to pay a visit to Master Yao's house." Lao Liu patted Tang Cheng on the shoulder while speaking, "I am also an old man in the county government office. Yes, it can be seen that Master Yao is very satisfied with you, if you walk around again, you may be able to get rid of your student status in a few days, and you will be named on the gold list! It sounds good, but it is really difficult to walk."

Tang Cheng is also a time traveler after all, so why don't you understand the meaning of Lao Liu's words?Seeing another opportunity in front of him, but he always felt a little hopeless in his heart.

Seeing him like this, Lao Liu didn't care too much. After all, this is a major event related to his life. "Although an official is not an official, as long as you don't make a big mistake, no one will let you go casually. It's better than when the term of office is up." The officials who are transferred here and there are comfortable. The salary is enough for you to live a peaceful life, and it is convenient to do something if you want to, and it is decent to go out. Hehe, hurry up when you think about it, the opportunity is not lost, this Not everyone can come in the county office. That's enough, I've finished talking, and I should go home to see my grandson." He patted Tang Cheng on the shoulder again, and Lao Liu turned into the alley on the right with a smile.

When Tang Cheng returned to his residence, Sister Lan, who was busy in the small kitchen in the inner courtyard, saw him coming in, and excitedly said through the window: "I went to the street with Gao's family this afternoon, and happened to meet Zhangji rice shop selling Wuxing rice. Tang Cheng, you don’t know that this kind of rice is crystal clear and white, and it has the name of crystal, and the ‘breeze rice’ made from it is delicious, you can eat more later.”

"Ah, I see." Tang Cheng was thinking hard, but the promise he made was erratic, and he went directly to the study and sat down without entering the kitchen.

Tang Cheng has been thinking about it all the way since he heard what Lao Liu said. According to his current situation, it would be a lie to say that he is not interested in such a chance to enter the county government.As for the benefits that Old Liu said, he didn't doubt it at all, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people desperately trying to squeeze into the county government.Speaking of his entry into the county government office, he is the same as being a civil servant in later generations. To some extent, there were fewer officials in the Tang Dynasty, and fewer opportunities for scholars. If you look at it this way, generally speaking, being a civil servant in the Tang Dynasty I'm afraid it will be even worse.

Once you enter the county government, not only will you have a way out, but your family's situation will also undergo earth-shaking changes.And if it works well, Lin Xuezheng may not be incapable of accommodating him. Maybe he can not only do errands in the yamen, but also seize possible opportunities for imperial examinations. This is really killing two birds with one stone.

But when he really wants to do this, he faces two real difficulties. One is money. Even though he doesn't know what the market for doing this in Yunxi County is, it will definitely not be less if he thinks about it. I'm afraid it won't work; the question of money is easy to talk about, after all, Gao Li can borrow it from him, but his bigger thoughts are on Zhang County Magistrate. After all, he can come to the county to learn from Zhang County Magistrate. Judging from the current relationship between Master Yao and County Magistrate Zhang, not to mention that he felt a little sorry for County Magistrate Zhang when he voted under Master Yao’s door like this, what would happen if Master Yao knew about his past in the future?What will magistrate Zhang do when he finds out about this?

Chapter 54 If you are a man, you can't be cowardly!

Sister Lan came in carrying a red lacquer tray as if offering a treasure. Seeing Tang Cheng frowning in thought, she put down the breeze in her hand and came up behind him softly after eating, pinching his shoulder and asking, "What's the matter?".

"It's nothing." Tang Cheng didn't want to spoil Sister Lan's good mood because of his troubles. He grabbed the hand on his shoulder and gently stroked it and asked, "Sister Lan, if you are kind to a person, and this person turns back What would you think if you went to work under your opponent's door?"

"This is ungrateful and betrayal of the Lord. No one looks down on such a person. If they are from a humble family, they will be beaten to death." Sister Lan's expression darkened when she said the word "bad family", "You Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Nothing", Sister Lan's unintentional words solved the troubles in his heart. Yes, people in this era don't have much concept of job-hopping, and they value loyalty far more than later generations. How about him, if Master Yao knew the old things, he would probably look down on him, let alone trust and reuse him, so even if he didn't send him away, he wouldn't be able to make progress.Breaking away from the confusion of interests, Tang Cheng, who regained his clarity, smiled, turned around and put his arms around Sister Lan's waist, and said, "If Qingfeng Rice is not as delicious as you said, see how I punish you."

Hearing the word "punishment", Sister Lan, who still had Qi Qi in her heart just now, couldn't help but blushed, vaguely thinking of the scene where Tang Cheng lifted up her skirt, took off her panties and "slapped" her white buttocks .

After going through a lot of inner struggles at night, Tang Cheng, who was sitting in front of the book table again after eating, was very calm. Before he opened the book, an idea came to his mind inexplicably.

What would magistrate zhang do if he knew that he had voluntarily given up such a good opportunity?

This sudden thought was fleeting, and the current magistrate Zhang is probably in a state of desperation, how could he pay attention to such a trivial matter?

After shaking his head with a smile, Tang Cheng lowered his head and sank into the scroll.

The next morning, Tang Cheng was awakened by the sound of rain outside the side window of the couch. As soon as he opened the window with dim eyes, he felt a chilly and cool rain blowing towards his face. He slept too hard last night, but he didn't know When did it rain in spring.

The steps outside the window and the blue tiles of the house opposite are all wet, but they are clear after being washed. Everything in front of me seems to be new, and everything is fresh.

After freshening up and walking out of the house, Tang Cheng realized that the spring rain last night must have been quite heavy after he saw the red withered and green flowers on the porch in the courtyard.

After eating, Tang Cheng, with a cloth bag wrapped in books in his left arm and an oil-paper umbrella in his right hand, fluttered out to the county school. The student passed by with an umbrella, and Tang Cheng faintly felt as if he had walked into a painting of splashed ink landscape.

Picture scroll!Thinking of this, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered something. That day he had worshiped the old monk Chengning of Tianfu Temple as his teacher, and what he was learning was painting and piano skills. The two also agreed to take lessons every five days.But he was too busy these days, and he forgot all about it when he got busy. The old monk was still not sure what he thought of him?

The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to be upset. All Tang Cheng can do is to apologize to the old monk after school at noon, but he is also worried in his heart. Now that he is so busy, how can he spare time to learn piano and painting?

Affected by this incident, Tang Cheng's poetic and picturesque feeling just disappeared, and the leisurely feeling just now disappeared, so he quickened his pace and rushed to the county school.

Tang Cheng walked into the county school building, and before he reached the door, he heard loud noises coming from inside.I walked in and took a look, only to find that almost all the students in the class were crowded together, chatting around the few people who were the most solid in their studies.

Tang Cheng, who walked into the classroom, tugged at Zhang Xiangwen, who was jumping around in the crowd, "What happened?".