One problem is the contradiction between the indigenous scholars and the ladies.

The contradiction between the two, Xin Er has long been aware of it, but all along, there is no good way to deal with it, and no matter the local or county government, it was originally the indigenous scholars who had a greater advantage, and the scholars had complaints, and they couldn't afford to turn over the big waves, and the overall situation was still stable, and it would not affect his governance in the short term, so he simply pretended to be confused.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the local contradictions between land and apartments had not yet broken out, but the county government was the first to make trouble.

Speaking of which, he blames himself as well.

The fuse that caused the trouble was that he appointed Huang Rong as the master bookkeeper.

Jiankang County's Gong Cao and the main bookkeeper have always been in the bag of the indigenous officials. Yes, but they are all very famous.

Huang Rong was both a scholar and a nobleman, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction of the indigenous officials of the county government.

In only seven or eight days, Koji Jing and others complained to Xin Er about Huang Rong twice.

The first was to criticize Huang Rong for forming a party for personal gain. A certain Yushi county official did not ask for leave when he went home, but was discovered by Shi Liang and gave an unqualified attendance. This official begged Huang Rong, and Huang Rong forced Shi Liang to revoke the evaluation.

One was to attack Huang Rong's younger brother. Huang Rong brothers, his younger brother served his mother at home, and Koji Jing and others said that his younger brother forcibly bought Mintian.

The first thing was that Xin Er summoned Shi Liang to ask, and Shi Liang replied that Huang Rong was indeed looking for him, but he did not force him, and the evaluation of the official was not revoked in the end.

The next time, Xin Er asked Huang Rong, Huang Rong didn't know at first, and hurriedly sent someone home to inquire, and it was indeed true. But the matter is very clear, this has nothing to do with Huang Rong, it was his younger brother who did it behind his back. Xin Er taught Huang Rong a few words, telling him to either return the field or make up the money. Later, I heard that Huang Rongxiu returned home, practiced family law, beat his younger brother severely, and personally went to the bitter master's house to return the field.

Koji Jing and others are targeting Huang Rong, and Xin Er knows it well.

It is not because they are law-abiding and can't rub sand in their eyes, but because they can't tolerate the position of the county government secretary being occupied by them.

Mo said that Huang Rong was just discussing with Shi Liang, when Zhang Dao was the chief bookkeeper earlier, he didn't come to Xiu Mu, and he sneaked home more often, not only did Shi Liang not know, but he didn't see Koji being accused by them. If you are forced to buy and sell, which of the officials from the county government who are from powerful families have not done it?

Although he knew the reason, Xin Er did not regret promoting Huang Rong as the main book.

Huang Rong can do things and do his best, why not use him?

But having said that, if you don't regret it, you still have to deal with the contradictions in a timely manner, otherwise, if you let it develop, the county government will not be at peace, and the local land and apartment relations will be affected, and unnecessary troubles may arise.

One problem is the matter of digging caves and building Buddha statues set off by the Taoist monks.

Xin Er has no prejudice against religion, but he is not happy to see such things that cost the people's money, because he wants to ask Zhang Gui if there is a solution.

Zhang Gu did not have a good response to either of these things.

The first thing is that he knew that Huang Rong was the new appointee, and Xin Er would definitely not be dismissed, so after thinking for a while, he suggested: "It's better to replace Gong Cao and choose a soldier to replace him, or it may be able to appease the officials." To the second matter, he replied, "It is true that the excavation of caves in the mountains is a waste of people's financial resources, but there are many people involved in this matter, and if the administration is forced, it may cause resentment among the people." The turtle is foolish, and it is okay to listen. ”

Xin Er sighed: "Changling, you are true and sincere." ”

Zhang Gu was inexplicable, I don't know why Xin Er said this, I wanted to ask, I didn't know how to ask, but I smiled and said, "Yes." After answering the "yes", I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and said in my heart, "Although I don't know why, but Ming Gong is praising me, how can I not be modest?" He hurriedly added, "No." When the words came out, he felt that something was wrong, and said in his heart, "Confused! How can I say no? If I'm not honest, then what am I? "If you want to change your mouth again, you can't think of the right words, you open your mouth and stutter, your face is flushed, and you have nothing to say.

Xin Er laughed and said in his heart: "Compared with the begging guy, Zhang Changling is really honest and refreshing!" ”

The words are shallow and deep, and the gentleman is precautioned.

Thinking about that turtle, he just got out of the cell, and just threw himself into Xin Er's door, and he was not familiar with Xin Er's temper and character, so he gave Xin Er an idea, saying that Gong Cao could be replaced, but he didn't expect that if this matter was spread out, let Shi Liang know, isn't he just one more enemy?

Among the four books that Xin Er currently reads every day, two of them are classics, "Zuo's Biography" is what he has to read every day, and it is the second time; "Spring and Autumn" has only recently started to watch, because he feels that the current situation seems to be similar to the Warring States Period, he watched "Warring States Policy" before, and there is a sentence in "Warring States Policy": "Shallow and deep, it is loyal." ”

When he got up to send Zhang Gu out, Xin Er remembered this sentence.

Watching him limp across the threshold, on the dark and quiet corridor, stooping down to take his shoes and put them on, and then standing as flat as he could, and respectfully and restrainedly making a farewell, an indescribable taste flooded over Xin Er's heart.

"It's a poor man." Xin Er thought to himself.

Xin Er said with a pleasant face: "Changling, having a conversation with you today is better than reading for ten years, and I hope to listen to more teachings in the future." I should have kept you to eat, but you haven't seen your wife and son for many days, so I won't keep you today, and I will make up for it another day. ”

Zhang Gu said in fear: "How dare you, how dare you!" ”

"King Kuanren, according to the article of the 'Eight Discussions' (1), Zhang Jin and his son are allowed to atone for their sins (2). Within a few days, his father and son will probably return to the county. The Zhang family is powerful, and they have raised a lot of light heroes and swordsmen, and there may be revenge. You can't live in your house anymore. I asked the county magistrate to vacate a few guest houses for you, and your wife and your two sons have already moved in, so you can go directly. After a pause, Xin Er smiled again, "You can't be the bread and butter of the Zhang family, if you want, I will report to the court for reporting, you can enter my house, and you will have to eat a mouthful of food." ”

Zhang Gui fell, and soon, his eyes moistened, and he choked up and said: "The turtle is acting for the tiger and framing the county government, Ming Gong is magnanimous, not only does he not take responsibility, he saves the turtle from prison, and he cares about the turtle so much." The turtle was molerated with a mutilated body, and it was difficult to repay a hundred deaths. Ming Gong is gracious, and the turtle dares to thank you. ”

He bowed down to the ground and bowed again in thanksgiving.

"Go, go."

With tears in his eyes, Zhang Gui said goodbye.

When he went to the Tarshish, he found his wife.

In the deep twilight, his wife was squatting down to make a fire, and her face was covered with soot.

Zhang Gu looked at her from a distance for a while, wiped away his tears, turned his legs, slowly moved over, squatted beside her, took the firewood, filled it into the stove, and said, "I'll come." ”

His wife turned her face and saw that it was him, and after not speaking for a long time, she turned her head, stood up, and shouted to the next room where the sound of Langlang books came from, "Your father is back, come out quickly!" Looking at the sky, he lifted his shirt and wiped his hands, walked outside, and said, "I'll go outside the house to see, whether the vegetable seller is gone." ”

After walking a few steps, he bumped into two government officials.

The two officials carried meat and wine, and bowed to Zhang's wife, saying, "On the order of the king, send some wine and meat to your family." ”

Zhang Gui's two sons rushed out and threw themselves into his arms.

Zhang Gui turned around and looked at his wife.

Amid the child's shouts, smiles appeared on the faces of the two.

The night is creeping, and the moon is in the middle of the sky.

At the fifth watch, Zhang Gui and his wife got up.

Zhang's wife helped Zhang Gui tie his hair and dress, dressed up, and went to cook by herself. The two sons woke up, and Zhang Gui coaxed them to tell them a story. The rooster crows three times, and the morning light shines through. Zhang Gui had eaten, left the office, and went to the lobby of the county government.

On the way, I met a few officials I knew.

These officials are all local scholars, who have a good relationship with the Zhang family, and they raised their eyebrows coldly and did not answer him.

Zhang Gu didn't mind, he thought: "Although it is for the sake of my wife and son, I did betray Zhang Gong's father and son, and they should look down on me." The Ming Duke treated me like a mountain, did not remember what I had done before, saved my life, and was kind and forgiving, met me as a soldier, and cared for my wife and son. No matter what others think of me, the one who is a confidant dies, and from now on, I will be cut off from the past! ”

Outside the hall, Zhang Gui stood respectfully under the corridor.

Today is not the day of the court meeting, Xin Er did not come to the hall, he is a resolute person, decided to adopt Zhang Gui's strategy, and immediately took action, went to the barracks outside the county, and found Changshi Yangfu, the cavalry governor and the general Yan Raid to discuss the training of soldiers.

Speaking of returning to the house at dusk, after getting Huang Rong's report, Xin Er Nai knew that Zhang Gu had stood outside the hall for a day except for some dinner in the afternoon.

The next day, Zhang Gui came to the porch at the same time.

On this day, it was time to go to the court meeting, and the officials of Cao entered the hall, passing by Zhang Gui, all of them looked sideways. Zhang Gui was fine. Xin Er took pity on his inconvenient legs and feet, and told him to go to the side room on the side of the hall to rest, and call him again if he had something. From Zi, Zhang Gui gets up early every day, rain or shine, every day.

A few days later, Linghu sent two orders to the Jiankang County Government.

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(1) Eight discussions: There are three articles in the eight discussions: merit, virtue and nobility. Merit is the past merits of the person or his ancestors, virtue is the virtue and fame of the person, and the nobility refers to both his own official position and the family from which he was born.

Under normal circumstances, the Eight Deliberations are only applicable to ordinary crimes, and the ten evils such as rebellion and unfilial piety are not included.

However, during the Jin Dynasty, the imperial power relied on the support of the lords, and even if it seriously threatened the imperial rule, political crimes that were directly directed at the autocratic regime were sometimes reduced or pardoned.

During the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhou Mu and his brother-in-law Zhuge Mei persuaded Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea who held the power of the court at that time, to replace him with the emperor, and committed the crime of being inappropriate. However, because both of them are big families, they discussed them with "nobles", although they did not pardon their own crimes of rebellion, but they also gave preferential treatment, so that their sins and their own bodies were just ignored, and they did not connect the three clans.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the dependence on the gate lord clan was stronger, and the crime of conspiracy against the clan could also be pardoned through eight discussions, "Zhou Xian's rebellion was defeated, and the emperor remembered the Zhou family's pride, and the Wu people were the ancestors, so they were not poorly governed, and they were as old as before."

As the privilege of the aristocracy, the Eight Discussions have been there for a long time, and the two Jin Dynasty periods are an important stage of development of this system, compared with Cao Wei, some specific regulations and procedures have been perfected, and the past and the future have been inherited, forming the prototype of the scope of application and application procedures of the Eight Discussions in the Tang Dynasty and later generations.

(2) Atonement: i.e., atonement.

Atonement is an independent sentence alongside capital crime and endurance of crime. This punishment has also been in place for a long time. The Han Dynasty was divided into six classes, and Cao Wei was divided into eleven classes. The Jin period was the same as the Han period, and it was also divided into six classes, but the ransom was less than that of the Han period. In the sixth class, each class is four taels as the difference, "redeem death, two catties of gold; ransom for the five-year-old sentence, one pound and twelve taels of gold; Four-year-olds, three-year-olds, and two-year-olds each have a difference of four taels."

The ransom can be paid as well as in silk.

Most of the objects of atonement are inherited from the Han Dynasty, including the old and the young, the sick, women, those with a certain status, manslaughter, suspicion of guilt, and evil consequences due to good motives. The elderly, children, and women can reduce the ransom by half.

The "Eight Discussions" are sometimes used in conjunction with the atonement.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the martyr king Sima Wuji avenged his father, and wanted to kill the son of the enemy at the banquet, although he was stopped, but failed, he still coped with the crime of Tingweike, and finally because of his clan, and his father died for the country, Emperor Cheng discussed it with his relatives, and issued an edict to let him atone for the crime.