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The county magistrate of Wannian said that he would not leave home due to illness, so Luo Yong took over the post of magistrate of Wannian County. Once the handover was made, Du Gou and an entourage of the former county magistrate were mainly responsible for carrying out the work, and there was also an official from Ying County to assist.

To say that these small officials in Wannian County may not all obey the newly appointed county magistrate. In Chang'an City, these people open their mouths and keep their mouths open. This is a culture accumulated over hundreds of years. Well, Luo Yong's background is so low, so he will naturally be looked down upon by them.

But Luo Yong is now considered to be in full swing. This time, so many people in Chang'an City wanted to pull him down, but they failed. Instead, he got the post of Wannian County Magistrate, which is obviously very worthy of a saint. He has blue eyes, and he is now quite connected with several families in Chang'an City...

Being an official in Chang'an City, especially those small officials who are at the bottom of the officialdom and have little chance of promotion, there is no one who can't wink. Therefore, during Luo Yong's tenure, it went smoothly, and no one opposed him. Look for that incident.

Their decision like this is naturally very wise. Luo Yong said earlier for Du Gou that if anyone dares to jump this time in the Wannian County Government, he must be pulled out. If I can't control it, I have to sort out my own three-acre land.

The first thing Luo Yong did after taking office was still to promote biogas digester technology, and the imperial court was very forthright in appropriating funds this time.

Then there is also the establishment of primary schools. Although Wannian County is a large family, there are still many small families, and there are also many poor people, as well as servants and maidservants in some big families.

Du Gou and the others are familiar with these things, so they don't need Luo Yong to worry about them.

Since returning to Chang'an City, Du Gou and Xia Yan have really put in a lot of effort for Luo. Luo Yong also has the idea of ​​helping Du Gou get an official position first, but it's not easy to open his mouth. After all, they returned to Chang'an City. The time is still relatively short, maybe in another year or so, when this matter is brought up again, the time will be more mature.

Luo Yong is thinking about how to help Du Gou get an official position, and the emperor is also thinking about letting Luo Yong do things.

On this day, after the court was over and the corridors were eaten, the officials who had nothing to do could go out of the palace. Luo Yong usually went out with everyone at this time, but on this day, an eunuch came to proclaim that the Tao is the emperor. To talk to him.

So Luo Yong went, and after the meeting, the emperor told him that there had been a lot of talk recently, and asked Luo Yong, the magistrate of Chang'an County and Wannian County, if he had any countermeasures.

In the Zhenguan period, speech was relatively free. Li Shimin didn't like to block the way of speech, he liked to hear all the good and bad things from others, and then he knew what others were thinking, but in this way, Sometimes it's hard to avoid hearing too many words that you don't like to hear. For example, there have been many voices opposing his management of the Western Regions recently.

Luo Yong said that the reason for this is because the common people are too idle and have no entertainment, so they are keen to gossip.

The emperor said, if I send out more corvees and increase taxes to make the people busy, the world will think that I am a foolish king again.

Luo Yong said that if they had fun to watch and something new to talk about every day, they would not be interested in the boring government affairs.

The emperor said, does Luo Aiqing have a magic trick?

So Luo Yong talked to him like this, like this.

In less than ten days, a publication called "Chang'an Interesting Talk" was published in Chang'an City. The theme was very clear.

The publication of this publication is Nanbei Groceries. Siniang and the others are very experienced in this kind of thing. In today’s Nanbei Grocery, they don’t know how much they sell every day just for exam papers and picture books. Many foreigners come here Purchasing is often a matter of buying dozens or hundreds of copies, and there are also some merchants and hawkers who specialize in dumping these items.

In order to show support for this publication, the emperor also asked the eunuchs in the palace to sort out a few gossips in the palace and send them to Luo Yong. They were all harmless anecdotes, and many officials and big families in Chang'an City probably knew about them, but it was only in the public domain. , very few people have heard of it.

In addition, the sisters of Si Niang also have a lot of information. Many of these little ladies are writing articles by themselves. They heard that there is a publication that can contribute articles, and they all look enthusiastic.

In addition, there is a submission box next to the gate of Nanbei Grocery, anyone can contribute, as long as the name and address are written, and after the manuscript is accepted, someone will send the remuneration to their home.

This "Chang'an Interesting Talk" is a semi-monthly magazine, with one issue on the first and fifteenth day of each month, and the first issue is published on the first day of March of this year.

As soon as this publication was released, the effect was really remarkable. The first issue is the main one, and there are especially a lot of dry goods. How can ordinary people hear so many secrets and anecdotes?

Most of the protagonists of these anecdotes do not have names, and they are mainly referred to as a certain man, a certain store, a certain concubine, a certain royal relative. In this way, everyone not only enjoys watching, but also unavoidably get together to discuss the protagonists of these anecdotes Who exactly.

On weekdays, although ordinary people also talked about government affairs, there were a few people who really cared about government affairs, but it was just for entertainment. At this time, Luo Yong gave them a better entertainment, and many people were immediately diverted.

Of course, there are quite a few people who will continue to discuss government affairs, and those are probably those who really care about government affairs.

The emperor was very satisfied with Luo's success in this matter, and on a day when he was not in court, he specially announced him to the palace and praised him face to face.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Yong mentioned Du Gou's matter to him, saying that Du Gou's life was very short-lived. He injured his leg when suppressing bandits in his early years, and was tired by his brothers later, but he is really a worthy man. Talented, now like this, really humiliated him.

The emperor sighed leisurely, and said slowly: "What Ai Qing said is reasonable, but I was negligent earlier, you go ahead, I know this matter well."

Luo Yong was sent out of the palace in this way. The emperor knew what he said, but he didn't know how to do it.

But for Du Gou, having this sentence is always better than nothing, at most it won't work this time, let's help him fight for it next time.

Luo Yong's mentality is also relatively good now, and even some self-proclaimed high-minded people these days say that he is the emperor's minions and hawks, guiding public opinion to deceive people's hearts, so that the people only know anecdotes and gossip but don't know about state affairs. I often hear about it, but I don't take it very seriously.

As the county magistrate of Chang'an County and Wannian County, he always tried his best to make the society stable. As an ordinary official, he also tried his best to win some favorable conditions for himself in the face of competition and strife in the officialdom. I don't even have this awareness, so I might as well resign and become a righteous man.

There is already news from Changle County, which confirms that what the Changle Academy student said in the letter earlier is indeed a rumor.

But in Chang'an City at this time, few people cared about this matter any more, but those family members who made troubles have stopped making trouble now, and those family members who were worried have now calmed down.

As for those lies and the harm caused by those lies, naturally no one is responsible.

This world was originally like this, bustling, ebb and flow, often showing its blind and indifferent side.

For this matter, Second Uncle Bai also made a special trip to the county lord's mansion, mainly to comfort Luo Yong.

In Uncle Bai's opinion, Luo Yong is young and enthusiastic, and it must be very chilling to think about what happened to him during this period of time.

Before going out, his father and brother made it easy for him to say that Luo Yong didn't seem to need him to explain it. Second Uncle Bai didn't believe it, and said that he must be pretending. come out.

"How come there are so many guests in my house today, Master Xuanzang left just now, and Second Uncle Bai came again." Luo Yong came out to greet the guests with a smile.

"Master Xuanzang is here?" Second Uncle Bai was surprised.

When he came here just now, he felt that Chongde Square was very lively today, and he thought that some rich family was going to hold a wedding banquet, but he didn't expect that it was because of the presence of Master Xuanzang.

I heard that Master Xuanzang has devoted himself to translating the scriptures since he came back from learning the scriptures. He didn't even have much time to give lectures. How could he come to visit Luo Yong in person today?

"Exactly." Luo Yong led Uncle Bai all the way into the main room.

"Then why is Master Xuanzang looking for you?" Second Uncle Bai asked.

"My reputation is too bad, but he has a good reputation himself, so he came here to help me clean up." Luo Yong said with a smile.

Of course he was joking. Master Xuanzang's original words were not so straightforward, but the meaning was more or less the same.

Second Uncle Bai was amazed, but also a little envious in his heart, that Master Xuanzang is a real eminent monk, and many people in Chang'an City squeezed their heads to listen to his lectures, including some of the gentry.

I heard that when Luo Yong was in Changle County, he once received Master Xuanzang, and now he is doing it like this, maybe it is a bit of a courtesy.

He also said that Luo Yong had to suffer from such a thing this time, so he must need someone to comfort him, but now it seems that he was worrying too much.

So Second Uncle Bai didn't say anything, just had a few drinks with Luo Yong, chatted some gossip, checked the weather was about the same, and went back home.

After sending off Second Uncle Bai, Luo Yong turned around and went back to the courtyard. It was getting late, and it would not be long before Siniang Wulang and the others should all be back.

Erniang is so busy now that she hasn't seen anyone for several days. Da Niang and Lin Wulang also took Feier to live in the courtyard in the south of the city for the past two days, because it's time to pay the bill again, which is enough for her to be busy. of the day.

So at this time, the yard was a little empty, except for a few sweepers and cookers, all I saw was the kid from Hou Lin's family squatting outside the fence, pulling some vegetable leaves to feed the chickens, muttering that he didn't know where he was. Talking about something, playing alone is quite enjoyable.

When Luo Yong just woke up in Xipo Village, Liu Lang Qiniang was about this size, and she was much thinner and pitiful than him, with a pair of black eyes open, and a small face that was thin and yellow with hunger.

When Luo Yong was first adopted by Grandma Luo in his last life, he must have looked like that, after all, it would not be too good.

Naturally, what happened during these days would not be too pleasant for Luo Yong.

It's just that once a person concentrates all his feelings on himself, then he can only see himself in his eyes, and from then on, it's enough to feel sorry for himself and care about himself for the rest of his life.

Luo Yong always remembers that there are still many people in this world, just like the Luo family sisters and brothers in the past, and also like himself when he was young.

They have never done anything bad, never hurt anyone, but they are born to suffer in poverty and hardship. If they have never received help and never had the opportunity to change, what will their life be like.