It was drizzling and the sky was dark.

This kind of weather has almost become the norm in Hangzhou, twelve months a year, but half a year is this unpleasant weather.

The incessant light rain was over every time it started, and the rain stopped, and the sky was also gloomy and annoying.

Hurry up and wait for the day when God will show a face to show the sun, and the people in this city are even happier than the New Year, appearing in squares and open spaces everywhere, bringing small benches, reclining chairs and other objects.

Basking in the sun is about to become one of the most extravagant national activities in Hangzhou at the moment.

"Knock knock."

Yu Qian was standing by the windowsill of his office in a daze, and the knock on the door woke him up.

Turning around and sitting back in his seat, "Come in." ”

The door was pushed open, and two smiling officials walked in.

Yu Qian recognized it at a glance, this is from the Hangzhou Household Affairs Office.

"Good house."

The two officials greeted politely, still with paper and pen in their hands, nodded straight to the point and smiled: "The order of the cabinet, isn't this a census, I don't know if it is inconvenient for the Fuzun now." ”

The emperor has taken the lead in participating in the census, and the household administration departments, departments, and departments at all levels naturally have to carry out the census closely in the yamen.

Yu Qian naturally didn't have a reason to say nothing, so he politely beckoned the two to sit down at the moment, and then told the truth about his family situation.

"There are still two parents in the family, one wife and one son."

A family of five and three generations are about to become the standard for the middle and low-level officials of the Ming bureaucracy.

A daughter-in-law, a child.

As for why there are not many concubines, it is not because of the Ming Law.

In the past, a man could marry as much as he wanted, and he was not afraid of his daughter-in-law stealing a man to cuckold himself.

After all, as soon as this kind of scandal comes out, the cheating woman is basically over, even if she is beaten to death by her husband's family, the government will not ask.

Who made you a slut.

But not now, whose daughter-in-law is not someone else's daughter?

As long as the mother's family reports to the official, the husband's family will fall into blood mold.

Officially, because of the existence of this reason, although it did not make those high-ranking officials and rich gentry stop taking concubines, they also began to be much more cautious.

If the body is too busy, it's better to take it easy, otherwise when you go home after your business, you will catch a rapist in bed, and this green hat will have the heart to die when you wear it.

Yu Qian was twenty years old, not because of his figure, but because of Zhu Wenqi.

Too busy.

Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province, and there is a political envoy on his head, but once the political envoy takes the provincial officials to Nanjing to attend the meeting, he Yu Qian has to temporarily take charge of the official affairs of the province.

In the past two years, Yu Qian's head has grown.

In addition, Yu Qian has always been an upright official, so far he has lived in the Hangzhou compound of the public house with his wife and children, and the house demolished by his parents' hometown has been sold cleanly except for two sets.

Even the inexhaustible salaries that were paid every year were donated to Hangzhou University by Yu Qian.

In terms of private morality, Yu Qian can be called a saint.

It is no wonder that when Jinyiwei copied Yu Qian's house in history, Yu Tingyi, who was a dignified cabinet assistant, the prince Shaobao, and the secretary of the military department, did not even have ingots of official silver or silk and satin.

After completing the registration, the two officials of the household administration office were about to leave, but they paused and looked back.

"Is there a subordinate in the Fuzun family?"

Yu Qian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "In a three-foot cone, why bother other others." ”

"Yes, yes, the post is a gaffe."

The two confessed, Yu Qian waved his hand to say that it was okay, and when he saw that the two wanted to leave, he called again.

"Right now, in the cold winter of Sanjiu, it is drizzling again, Hangzhou is the cold time, let's go to the door during the census, don't let the people line up against the cold wind and rain."

Both of them were stunned, and they were embarrassed: "Fuzun, there are not enough people in the household affairs office, and there are basically only twenty or thirty public servants in the household affairs department of more than a dozen counties under the government, where did they come here." ”

"If you can't run, climb slowly."

Yu Qian frowned: "I didn't say that it must be done within a month, and if it doesn't work, I will go to Zhejiang University and Hangzhou University to recruit a group of students to help, and I will sign a note and ask the Finance Department to allocate a special fund for you." ”

The two of them had nothing to say, so they had to nod their heads.

"Does the Mansion still have orders?"

"No, let's go."

The two said goodbye and left, Yu Qian got up again and walked to the window, looking at the rain outside.

I didn't feel anything about following Zhu Wenkui to assist him before, but now when Yu Qian is really in charge of one party, he can feel how difficult it is to be an official.

Take this household census as an example, Zhejiang is bound to fully implement it, but it is not a point that the whole province of Zhejiang can take into account Yu Qian's consideration, in the end, the terroir and climate in the south of the Yangtze River are still good, and what about Liaodong, Hebei?

It's freezing.

Will those officials take into account the physical impact of bad weather on the people and change the way they govern?

"Serving the people is just a slogan."

The more Yu Qian thought about it, the more anxious he became, and as soon as he turned around, he sat back in his position, studying ink and lifting the pen.

He wants to write a letter to Xu Buji!

Yu Qian knew what the impact of this letter might have, and he knew that it was likely to offend the bureaucratic class all over the world, but Yu Qian didn't care about it at the moment.

The letter was quickly sent to the Nanjing General Administration Department on the highway, and then forwarded to Xu Buji's case.

The latter exclaimed on the spot.

"Tingyi is worried about it, and he loves the people very much."

This praise made the big guys in the Wenhua Hall involuntarily stop what they were doing and look at Xu Buji.

Who doesn't know that Xu Buji has always been meticulous and strict in his treatment of local officials after becoming the first assistant of the cabinet, and he is a little unsatisfactory.

Only Zhu Wenkui, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, recognized it.

Tingyi, this is Yu Qian's expression.

"Let's see it all together."

Xu Buji's handwritten letter was spread all over the place, and everyone who saw it was shocked.

"It is cold in the north and rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many old and weak women and children among the people, and people with mobility difficulties.

"What Yu Tingyi said is very true, Xu Mou thinks so."

Xu Buji sighed: "When Xu returns home late at night, the official of the household administration department can send someone to wait for a few hours in front of Xu's mansion.

How can we be hard-working and complaining when we serve us, but when it comes to the people, they will be arrogant and designate a place for the people to register?

Is that to serve the people or to serve the officials?

Yu Qian's reminder really made me ashamed, is serving the people a slogan? This should be the program in our governance process and should be embodied in our daily work.

This matter was done according to Yu Qian's words, and the Department of Communications immediately circulated to the provinces, and the Ministry of Household Affairs issued a special fund for the local government to recruit temporary personnel to help with household registration. ”

Seeing that Xu Buji didn't even give him a chance to discuss, Zhu Gaochi and several other cabinet ministers understood that Xu Buji would support Yu Qian to death in this matter.

It is useless for anyone to oppose it.

There is no room for others to oppose at all.

Only Zhu Wenkui laughed happily and helplessly.

I never thought that my best friend for many years would be the same as Xu Bujiche.

It's good, though.

(The final chapter is estimated to be around two o'clock in the morning.) ）