Tang's dining table

Although it was a hot summer day, the city of Chang'an was still full of vitality. After the women of Pingkangfang spontaneously walked around Zhuque Street wearing cool gauze clothes, Chang'an, where everyone originally wanted to cool off, started to feel hot.

Yun Chu is a person who doesn't like heat very much, so he chose the dungeon in Wannian County as his office location.

The people who built the dungeon were very thoughtful. The entrance was facing the wind. As long as the entrance of the dungeon was opened, the wind could penetrate the entire dungeon and finally leave through the exit of the dungeon, bringing fresh air to the dungeon.

After the fresh air mixes with the dank air in the dungeon, it becomes dry and cool.

Of course, the dungeon door is usually not opened. Humidity and coldness are the daily atmosphere in the dungeon. Now, when the county magistrate comes to work in the dungeon, the prisoners in the dungeon also take advantage.

Yun Chu never thought that there was still ice here in Yanjiu. Although Yanjiu made this cup of sweet-scented osmanthus ice sweet and delicious, when he thought that the ice was originally stored in the dungeon, Yun Chu didn't want to drink it. , after all, the death row inmates in the dungeon eat, drink, and defecate in the dungeon, and Yan Jiu likes to practice with prisoners, God knows what kind of smell this cup of sweet-scented osmanthus ice will be tainted with.

Yan Jiu deliberately placed the sweet-scented osmanthus ice in the most convenient position for Yun Chu. He was not willing to leave yet, just wanted to watch Yun Chu drink the sweet-scented osmanthus ice and get two more compliments.

It's a pity that Yunchu always refuses to drink.

The news from Luoyang is always two days later than the actual time of occurrence. Unless there is something very, very important, Yin Erhu will use a few homing pigeons.

Yunchu checked the time on the news and found that there was no timely news, so he knew that nothing earth-shattering happened in Luoyang.

For people in the government, what they hate most is earth-shattering events. Once such a thing happens, even if they didn't like each other before, at this time, everyone will work together to suppress the earth-shattering events first. Let’s talk about other things.

Therefore, once something earth-shattering in the eyes of the people happens, they will magically discover that when the government handles such matters, they usually handle it quietly and very quickly. It was definitely not the rolling thunder that the people thought it was.

This makes many people who want to watch the fun very disappointed...

In the government, the only things that can really be used for fighting and fighting are small things, because only strong tearing and fighting on these small things are allowed by the emperor and the big shots in the court, and they are also happy to see them.

Without tearing and fighting, it would no longer be an official government. Everyone is craning their necks to wait for their superiors to suffer misfortune while they rise to the top. This level of tearing and fighting will help the government to let go of the old and adopt the new.

Therefore, after Yunchu saw the case of Baiyunguan's family massacre, he didn't think it was that strange. It was just a fight between the emperor and the queen, and the death of hundreds of Taoist priests and Hwarang disciples was not a big deal.

I think back then, when Li Chengqian and Li Tai each commanded their own eunuchs and slaves to fight in military formations, many more people died than in Baiyunguan.

Of course, the battle between the two brothers was not as fierce as the battle between Emperor Taizong and his brother. Until now, in the open space outside Xuanwu Gate, there are always phosphorus fires flying on summer nights.

Judging from the news sent by Yin Erhu, Zhong Kui, a fool, suffered the heaviest losses. He liked to take the lead and shoulder the heavy burden when he encountered an attack. Therefore, the casualties among the believers he brought were naturally the heaviest, one hundred. More than half of the believers were lost, and no more than twenty people could survive, and everyone was still injured.

The reason why there was such huge damage was entirely because the other party used firearms. Many believers saw kerosene bombs for the first time. After they were touched by fire, they poured water on them. As a result, they were burned miserably.

Through this incident, Yun Chu discovered that Zhong Kui could not be the leader. If he were to lead people to attend this gathering of the Taoist sect, he would never put himself in the position of charging into the battle. Even if he wanted to charge into the battle, he would definitely do so. After being fully prepared, he still only made one lightning strike.

Zhong Kui is a very down-to-earth person, always willing to think too much of others, just like when he was the first scholar in the exam, he always thought that the emperor was a person who only considered talent and not appearance. As a result, he almost killed himself. If Yun Chu hadn't kicked the mat over, he would have been killed on the threshold.

It was the same this time. He regarded people like Li Chunfeng and Ye Fashan who had been very kind to him as good people. As a result, in times of crisis, they pushed him out and used him as a buttress.

Even people like Zhang Guo took advantage of Zhong Kui to fight the enemy and ran away... Only he, Zhong Kui, always fought on the front line.

The sweet-scented osmanthus ice was about to turn into ice water. Yan Jiu was a little anxious. Just when he was about to remind the county official to drink the ice quickly, the fat Di Renjie appeared in front of Yun Chu with a gust of hot wind. He saw the table There was a bowl of crushed ice, and without saying a word, he picked it up and drank it in one gulp under Yan Jiu's resentful eyes.

"Ah, comfortable - have another bowl."

Yan Jiu hugged the bowl that Di Renjie gave him and left reluctantly. Di Renjie shouldn't have drank this bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus ice. If someone like the county magistrate drank it, he would not only gain a few words. If you show appreciation, rewards will be handed out. I have long heard that when the county magistrate recently rewarded people, he always gave them a handful of golden melon seeds.

Di Renjie's fat body was radiating high heat. Yun Chu had to move his body outwards and said in confusion: "Nothing happened in Chang'an City, right? Why are you running around wheezing?"

Di Renjie waved his hand and said, "Nowadays, people in Chang'an City are spreading egg pancakes on the backs of golden bulls to eat."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "It's just the common people asking for a lucky break. What's so strange about it?"

Di Renjie smiled obscenely and said: "I also heard that many women with abdominal pain would ride on a golden bull to treat their abdominal pain if they had nothing to do. Now they are using hot golden bulls to spread eggs. Are you not going to take care of it?"

Yun Chu spread his hands and said, "Aren't the people under my rule so stupid?"

Di Renjie laughed and said, "Sillier than you think."

Yun Chu said: "This means that the people now understand the truth."

"What's the point?"

"Wealth can connect the gods and cure all diseases."

Di Renjie sighed and said: "In the past few years in Chang'an, you have destroyed the stubborn views of Chang'an people on getting rich through hard work and frugality. Today, among the people of Chang'an, not many people get rich through hard work and frugality, and even fewer people get rich through frugality." Yes, the reason why they become rich is because you pushed them to become passively rich through many means.

It is unfair to be able to rely on one's own poor house to surpass other people's accumulation of several generations or even more than a dozen generations.

Over time, the atmosphere will become bad. This is the case in Chang'an today. Everyone is looking forward to getting something for nothing. "

Yun Chu looked at Di Renjie and said, "Women ride golden bulls to relieve abdominal pain. People use golden bulls to spread eggs and eat them to get a little luck. Can you see such a serious problem from this?"

Di Renjie sighed and said: "Don't worry about few, worry about inequality."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "There should always be some lucky people in this world."

Di Renjie said: "All the lucky people gathered in Chang'an. Not only the people who demolished houses were lucky, but also the Chang'an soldiers, Chang'an people, Chang'an businessmen, Chang'an craftsmen, and even the Chang'an sweepers were luckier than other places. a little better.

Do you know how many government soldiers are willing to come to Chang'an to serve, how many merchants are willing to come to Chang'an to do business, how many craftsmen are willing to come to Chang'an to work, and even beggars are willing to beg in Chang'an.

If things go on like this, Chang'an will become the public enemy of officials all over the world. "

Yun Chu said with a smile: "Everyone says that Wen Wen and I are officials. Since we are officials, we must do some things that officials must do. If we can't make other officials jealous, what kind of officials are we?

Chang'an will only get better and better. In the future, it will gather more rich people and more smart and talented people. These rich people and smart people will become part of the content of Chang'an. If you like Chang'an, come here. If you don't like Chang'an, come here. Just leave, this is a free city, good or bad depends on one's own ability. "

Di Renjie saw that Yun Chu was not paying attention, so he reminded him: "Xue Rengui is going to review the registered soldiers in Chang'an in ten days, for a period of twenty-six days."

Yun Chu spread his hands and said, "Then just review. As long as he has enough money and food, we can save money and food to feed the soldiers in the past year and a half."

Di Renjie said: "There may be three captains Zhechong who will be replaced. The captain Guo Yi, the captain, and the brigade commander will probably be replaced. You have to be prepared to deal with it."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Chang'an City has its own color. No matter who comes, it will naturally become the color of Chang'an City over time.

We are targeting all government soldiers, not just petty-minded military leaders such as Captain Zhechong, Captain Guoyi, Colonel, and Brigade Commander.

So what if we replace all the previous leaders of the government soldiers? These people can only be promoted from the local government soldiers, and it will be the same no matter who they replace.

Just because the soldier leader has changed, the treatment they receive will not change. "

Di Renjie saw that Yan Jiu had brought two more bowls of sweet-scented osmanthus ice, but the big bowl was replaced by two small bowls. He was so hot that he drank both bowls of sweet-scented osmanthus ice in a few seconds, and then He threw the bowl to Yan Jiu and said, "Change to a bigger bowl. This is enough for anyone to drink."

When Yun Chu saw Yan Jiu's troubled expression, he grabbed a few golden melon seeds and put them in an empty bowl and said to Di Renjie: "Next time I will bring something to drink. Do you think these honey water, crushed ice, and sweet-scented osmanthus cost nothing?" "

Di Renjie looked at Yan Jiu who was looking happy, scratched his hair and said to Yun Chu, "Do your own subordinates also want to pay?"

Yun Chu said: "Fairness is our greatest characteristic in Chang'an."

Di Renjie looked at the golden melon seeds in the bowl and then at the flattering Yan Jiu, then pointed at the golden melon seeds in the bowl and said, "Who can enjoy this kind of fairness?"

Yun Chu patted his chest and said, "Oh, you think Yan Jiu, the prison chief, is so shameless. He ventilates the prison, cleans our office, and prepares a big bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus ice. The final purpose is Aren't they just these golden melon seeds?

Isn't it natural for people to choose a person to serve, pay for their services, and finally receive golden melon seeds? "

Di Renjie looked at Yun Chu and said: "Come to my house for dinner tomorrow, my wife will cook, my son will recite poems to you, my little girl will beat your legs, and I will chat with you. If you can't pay for a pot of golden melon seeds, you can never leave my house. "

Yunchu laughed and said, "Look, look, haven't you already learned the life of Chang'an people? Why did you look so out of place just now?"