There is a water pavilion in Cui Yongzi's house in Quanzhou, half of the water pavilion extends into the water, half of it is erected on the shore, and the water pavilion is surrounded by low and flat railings.

There are also some water lilies in the clear water under the water pavilion, sleeping quietly in the water.

The water pavilion is not big, but the environment is relatively quiet.

Li Sanjian "looked at the thatched house" three times, and was finally invited into the house by Cui Yongzi, and the two came to the water pavilion in the house together, and Cui Yongjian then instructed the servant to serve Li Sanjian a bowl of hot tea.

Li Sanjian sat on the stone bench in the water pavilion, picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of tea, put the tea bowl on the stone table, and said with a smile: "Li wants to drink a bowl of Cui Tongju's tea, it's really not easy." ”

Cui Yongzi's face turned slightly red when he heard this, and he said to Li Sanjian: "In the past two days, Cui Mou has indeed been ill and inconvenient, so he has neglected Li Zhizhou, and I hope Li Zhizhou will not blame." ”

"Huh! How dare Li? Li Sanjian smiled when he heard this: "According to Li's guess, Cui Tong judged that he was not in good health, but in bad heart, right?" ”

"Sick heart? What does Li Zhizhou mean? Cui Yongzi looked at Li Sanjian and asked.

Li Sanjian took another sip of the tea bowl and asked, "What kind of person does Cui Tong think Li is?" ”

"What kind of person do you Li Zhizhou think Cui is?" Cui Yongzi asked rhetorically when he heard this.

Li Sanjian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed with Cui Yongzi.

"When Sanjian first arrived in Quanzhou, he didn't know much about Quanzhou, and he misinterpreted Judge Cui, and I hope that Judge Cui Tong won't care." Li Sanjian then said to Cui Yongji: "Sanjian thought about it later, Judge Cui is not allowed to open a regular position, there must be a deep meaning, so I came here today to ask for advice." ”

"Hehe, Li Zhizhou is like this, and Cui is the same." Cui Yongji saw that Li Sanjian expressed his apologies like this, so he also said frankly: "When Li Zhizhou came, Cui also misinterpreted you, so... ”

"So you avoid it?" Li Sanjian asked with a smile.

After Li Sanjian finished speaking, the two laughed again.

Cui Yongzi was disgusted from the beginning that the imperial court actually appointed a person in his early twenties as the governor of Quanzhou, what can such a milky child do? Can Quanzhou be governed well? What can it bring to Quanzhou?

is just a favorite minister of Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty, who is not of great use and is not enough to make a profit.

Later, Li Sanjian just arrived in Quanzhou, ignored the floods, ate and drank with the officials of the state government, and accepted bribes from his subordinates, which made Cui Yongzi even more disgusted with Li Sanjian.

However, Cui Yongzi soon learned that Li Sanjian included all the money he received into the state government and did not keep a penny for himself, which made Cui Yongji's impression of Li Sanjian change somewhat.

Later, Li Sanjian arranged disaster relief, and a conversation with Yang Zheng, the magistrate of Nan'an County, was soon known to Cui Yongji, and it was only at this time that Cui Yongji's concept of Li Sanjian underwent a fundamental change.

The most important thing is that although Cui Yongji is the general judge of Quanzhou and has the right to supervise the hundred officials of Quanzhou and Li Sanjian, Cui Yongzi is after all the assistant of Zhizhou and Li Sanjian's subordinate, and Li Sanjian is so low-minded to visit, so how can Cui Yongzi put on an appearance of rejecting people thousands of miles away?

In addition, it is necessary to know that the state and the general judgment work together to manage the floods in Quanzhou and appease the people.

"Cui Tongju!" Li Sanjian then said to Cui Yongzi straight to the point: "Li's visit this time is to think about a detailed explanation of my Chang Liquidation in Quanzhou, and to know what Cui Tongju's hardships are, refusing to release grain for relief. ”

"Hey!" Cui Yongzi replied after a long groan: "Presumably Li Zhizhou already knows, I often close a position in Quanzhou and have little grain, and at present, there are only less than 5,000 stone of grain left in the warehouse, and less than 1,000 yuan of money, so what can I do to give relief with grain?" A mere 5,000 stone grain and 1,000 yuan is a drop in the bucket. At the same time, Cui does not want others to know that my Quanzhou granary is empty, if it is known by others, it will definitely affect the people's hearts, and the people's hearts are in chaos, I don't know what chaos will happen, so it is better not to put the grain, if anything happens because of this, it will be borne by Cui, and it is a big deal that Cui's head is handed over. ”

"It's serious, Cui Tong's judgment is heavy." Hearing this, Li Sanjian hurriedly said: "It turns out that Cui Tongju is for the sake of the overall situation, and Li Mou now knows that he is very admired, but Cui Tongju, can you tell me why my Quanzhou Changping warehouse has accumulated grain to such a point?" ”

Sure enough, it was a misunderstanding, at this time Li Sanjian couldn't help but feel ashamed, at that time, Li Sanjian asked Cui Tongju and others to be a prisoner and steal, so that the Quanzhou granary was empty, and now it seems that there must be other reasons, and Cui Yongzi refused to release grain relief in order to take care of the overall situation.

"Well, today Cui will inform Li Zhizhou in detail about the closing of the position in Quanzhou." Cui Yongzi took a sip of tea after hearing this, and said: "The imperial court raises soldiers, and the soldiers are not enough to eat, so they ordered the money and grain that are often closed to be diverted as military funds. In addition, the officials of the road-level yamen are mostly incompetent, and they are all lent money and grain by the state government, so whenever a disaster occurs, when it is necessary to release grain for relief, the warehouse is empty and cannot help the victims. ”

"I see!" Li Sanjian carefully recalled Cui Yongzi's words, and then asked, "Isn't there a storage order in the imperial court?" Or the edict prohibiting the misappropriation of the warehouse? 186 Chinese Network

"Yes, it's like a dead letter!" Cui Yongzi continued: "I have a lot of mountains and few fields in Quanzhou, and my income is meager, so I can't make ends meet." ”

"There are many mountains and few fields? Cui Tong's judgment is not bad. Li Sanjian nodded and said, "Can the money from the City Department be spent?" Take it to the rescue first? ”

"Huh!" Cui Yongqi smiled slightly when he heard this: "Li Zhizhou is promoted by the city department, and the lower officials have no right to order it." ”

"Huh? How did I forget about this stubble? Li Sanjian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Li Sanjian completely forgot that he was also promoted to the post of secretary of Quanzhou City...

Cui Yongzi shook his head when he heard this.

Who is this? If you are someone else, you will remember it firmly, but where will you forget? Cui Yongzi said secretly in his heart.

"But Li Zhizhou, even if you order the money, grain, etc. of the city and the city, it is not much, and the reason is that every year the city and the city will pay tribute to the imperial court for most of the annual income." Cui Yongji then reminded Li Sanjian.

"Well, I'll go back and look at the account books of the city's shipping department, and use as many as I want." Li Sanjian nodded and said: "The top priority at present is to control the water and save the people. ”

Of course, Li Sanjian understood that the imperial court's jurisdiction over the various prefectures and state armies was extremely strict, and most of the annual income of each locality had to be supplied to the imperial court, which was the so-called "strong cadres and weak branches".

The advantage is that it strengthens the centralization of power and prevents local separatism or chaos, and the disadvantage is that it seriously weakens local strength, making the local government weak in every aspect.

If the incident happened suddenly, the Song Gelu Prefecture Army would hardly have the ability to react or fight back.

At that time, when Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty saw Li Sanjian, Li Sanjian was cheeky to ask for money, goods and power, which was taken into account.

But Li Sanjian is extremely sober in his heart, and this kind of thing will rarely be done in the future, because it is very easy to arouse the suspicion of Zhao Ji or the imperial court, suspecting that Li Sanjian has a bad heart and is suspected of rebellion.

But fortunately, Li Sanjian is a civil minister, otherwise if he is a military minister, Zhao Ji or the imperial court will not allow it anyway, and even if it is allowed, it will use all means to restrain Li Sanjian.

Even have their lives in danger!

"That's exactly what happened!" Cui Yongzi said: "The money and materials of the City Shipping Division, plus the remaining of the Quanzhou granary, should be able to last for a while, but Li Zhizhou, even if the money and materials of the City Shipping Division plus the money and things of all the warehouses in Quanzhou are far from enough, I should make plans for this as soon as possible." ”

"What Cui Tong said is that Li understands." Li Sanjian nodded and said: "But there are only two things that are most fatal at present, one of which is the flood, the flood needs to be released immediately, and there are only two places where the flood is discharged, presumably Cui Tongju already knows, so where is the flood discharged?" What is Cui Tong's opinion on this? The second is that the hoarding of Quanzhou's rich rooms has caused the price of rice in Quanzhou to skyrocket, and how should it be treated? ”

"That's right, what Li Zhizhou said, Cui already knew." Cui Tongju groaned for a while and then asked: "But Cui wants to know, how does Li Zhizhou plan to decide?" ”

Damn, I asked myself again, if I can make a decision on the spot, why should I ask you? After Li Sanjian glanced at Cui Yongji, he muttered in his heart, did he really not know, or was he testing himself? Or is Cui Yongzi a wise and foolish person, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, but he let himself feed the tigers first?

"The people are the foundation of the country. The use of money is related to safety, and the security is urgent. Sage cloud, the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the king is light. Li Sanjian also thought about it and said: "Li can't do anything that harms the people, if Li Sanjian harms thousands of people, the people will dig up Li's ancestral grave, Cui Tong is willing to decide this matter with Li?" ”

Aren't you trying to back off? Then I'll force you now, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.

"Li Zhizhou is sympathetic to the people, and Cui was indeed eyeless in the past." As soon as Li Sanjian's words came out, Cui Yongzi was in awe.

Cui Yongzi stood up, gave a heavy salute and said: "Not only that, not only can it not be harmed by the people, Li Zhizhou, do you know that the terrain of Quanzhou is high in the west and low in the east, Nan'an County is located in the middle reaches of the Nan'an River, the northwest of Jinjiang County, if the embankment is burst in Nan'an County, the harm is not only a county in Nan'an County, but Jinjiang is facing the sea on three sides, so it is the best policy to discharge floods in Jinjiang!" ”

"Cui Tong judged Gao Zhi, Li obeyed!" Li Sanjian was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "So Li will no longer hesitate." ”

At this time, Li Sanjian felt a little ashamed of misinterpreting Cui Yongzi.

"Cui Tongju, how should we deal with the hoarding of Juqi?" Li Sanjian then asked.

"Didn't Li Zhizhou already know?" Cui Tongju smiled slightly and said: "The hoarding of Juqi is like a flood, and it should be sparse rather than blocked." ”