Guanzhong Sanfu, Chang'an Mansion.

Autumn has always been the harvest season, and then a large number of scholars began to hold singing and writing meetings, drinking and having fun, as if otherwise, they could not express their joy.

"Unconsciously, this mid-autumn is coming...... Fei Qian said with a smile, "Shi Yuan wants to celebrate the festival with me?" ”

Pang Tong rolled his eyes and ignored Fei Qian.

Mid-autumn, in the Han Dynasty is also called the festival, many people will hold a celebration on this day, this kind of festival that has survived from ancient times, as the name suggests, is naturally to worship the ancestors according to the routine, with the newly harvested rice and wheat and so on for sacrifices, to the ancestors to report the autumn into the autumn, is a kind of cultural traditional festival to remember the ancestors, while respecting the ancestors and filial piety, it is also to gather the centripetal force of a family. There are ancestor sacrifices in the spring and sacrifices in the autumn.

This festival has a long history, in the book of rites there is a record of "the moon of mid-autumn, it is the fate of the slaughter, the sacrifice of the line, the whole thing, the case is rich, the fat and barren, the search is observed, it must be compared, the amount is small and large, depending on the length and shortness, all are moderate, the five are prepared, and God feasts", and the so-called mid-year festival or Obon Festival are all imported products later. Obon was grafted with the help of the original traditional festival when Buddhism arose during the Wei and Jin dynasties.

The name of the Zhongyuan Festival was proposed by Taoism at about this time, and there were two more than its competitors. Because Taoism originally had the saying of officials, local officials, and water officials. Taoism designates July 15 as the birthday of the local official, and is called Zhongyuan. The birthdays of the corresponding heavenly officials and water officials are also called Shangyuan and Xiayuan. The magistrates are in charge of forgiving sins, so on this day, a large-scale fasting ceremony will be held in the Taoist temple to forgive the sins of the deceased, and the believers will naturally participate in praying for their deceased relatives and hoping that they will live a better life in the underworld.

As for the Chinese people, there is a natural attribute, that is, the supremacy of practicality, just like what Lu Xun said, no matter whose person he brought it, yours is mine, my nature is still mine.

So the cottage or something, it's really a long history!

Therefore, on the 15th day of July, Buddhism, Taoism and our traditional ancestor worship customs gradually merged together, and in the late Song Dynasty, everyone basically accepted the name of the festival "Zhongyuan Festival" from Taoism, and at the same time retained the customs of the Buddhist Bon Festival, and at the same time the oldest family sacrifice naturally could not be left behind......

At the moment in the Han Dynasty, the most important thing on this day is naturally the sacrifice, although Pang Tong is in Sanfu, Pang is the only one, but he still has to go through a process, so how can Pang Tong and Fei Qian live together?

"I mean......" Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong's expression, and knew that he was wrong, so he added, "After the sacrifice, come to me again...... A few days ago, Baishiqiang sent someone to send some small Huaixiang, which is very good, and it has a unique flavor when added to the barbecue......

"This can be there." Pang Tong immediately nodded and said, when he was growing his body now, he had a lot of food, and he heard the delicious wine and began to drool, "What else?" Would you like me to bring some drinks? ”

"No, when the time comes, Yuan Zhi and Zijing will also come, and we will gather together as our own brothers, just ......" Fei Qian said, "After the mid-autumn, Yuan Zhi will go south to Hanzhong, and we will probably have to meet again for many years...... "Pang Tong is in Chang'an, it can be regarded as a guest house, unlike those families who have wineries and wine cellars at home, and they can hide some good wine, saying that they bring some wine, I am afraid that they are some ordinary goods on the market, and they are not as good as those brewed by Feiqian Pingyang."

Pang Tong nodded, and also sighed with some emotion: "That's right, you have to drink a few cups...... It would be nice if Zijian was also there, and the five of us would be together......"

In these years, the transportation is inconvenient, and once separated, it is indeed difficult to get together again.

Liu Dan reported the plan to attack Shuzhong, although it was clearly written in writing, and the idea seemed to be comprehensive, but Fei Qian always felt a little relieved, so he was ready to leave Xu Shu and bring some people to Hanzhong to take the town, so that even if there was any emergency, it could always be dealt with.

After all, Li Ru's main focus now needs to be placed on Longyou, and this aspect of Hanzhong is naturally beyond the reach of the whip.

"Zijian, this kid, don't you know, now he refuses to leave the ......workshop an inch" Fei Qian shook his head and smiled, "Let him run Sanfu, most of them are unwilling to ......" Tai Shiming is almost a typical representative of the steel otaku type of science, if it weren't for Fei Qian sending him a few maids to take care of his daily life, once he delved into it, I am afraid that his clothes could be worn as armor.

Pang Tong laughed and nodded, "Also, it's not good to call him here, forget it, forget it......"

"Well, however, since it is a festival of sacrifices, there are always some sacrifices," Fei Qian found a few from the lines on the table and handed them to Pang Tong casually, "These people are really bold...... Is money that important? Is it that important? Is it true that the path of poverty and integrity is so unwilling to go? ”

Pang Tong took the text, looked at it, sneered, and seemed to be a little accustomed to saying: "It's not that I don't want to go, but I'm used to it, and ......I can't change it."

Fei Qian smiled: "These guys are also very smart...... In fact, if you want to work on it, even people who are not smart can't do it...... Make false accounts, false losses, declare more airspace salaries, exchange old grain for new grain, all kinds of things, and renovate the ......"

Guanzhong Sanfu, compared to the area of Pingyang in the north, is naturally several times larger, so Fei Qian's original inspection and grain collection queue in Pingyang was not enough, most of them still need these land snake clan Haoyou, but these land snakes failed to fight against Fei Qian's Xintian Zheng, in order to save more interests of the family, these Guan Sergeant clan Hao Right began to find ways to wield hoes to dig the foot of the wall.

"If the family really lacks these belongings to save their lives," Fei Qian continued, "It's not right or wrong to just survive, but these guys have food and drink, and they have a worry-free life, so they want to take advantage of this little bit of advantage...... Where have these people been reading? ”

Pang Tong smiled, threw the text on the table, and said, "Actually, it may not be ......."

Fei Qian turned his head and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Because they are not only themselves......" Pang Tong smiled, his eyes were very complicated, "When you become an official, you can not have contact with your family, you can not accept bribes, you can also not sell anyone's face, and you can be a clean official, these are no problems, but when you become an official, you must do things, and when you want to do something, when you can't complete it alone, what should you do?" You have to borrow the power of others, but the power you can borrow has to pay a price......"

"So I'm to blame for that?" Fei Qian pointed to his nose, a little amused.

Pang Tong laughed, even patted the table, and actually nodded: "Of course it's because of you!" Don't blame anyone! ”

"You Pang Shiyuan, okay, what do you say......" Fei Qian couldn't turn the corner for a while, "Why do you blame me?" ”

"The pavilion chief is also a human from Cao, and there are many trivial things in the countryside...... Take this autumn fu as an example, there is a quota on it, how much it takes, and it will take a few days to complete, right......" Pang Tong raised his eyebrows provocatively and looked at Fei Qian.

Fei Qian nodded, indicating that you continue to perform.

"On the Pingyang side, there are not many villages, acres and acres are relatively concentrated, tax taxes and rents are collected, and it is complete to run a few more trips in a centralized manner......," Pang Tong said, "But there are many Guanzhong, not only is it big, but the distance between the villages is also farther, one in the east and one in the west, and the autumn harvest is not something that can be arranged at will regardless of the time of day, the time to plant in the spring is almost the same, and the time of the autumn harvest is naturally similar...... So they are all harvested in a period of time, and these people in the county town are not enough to divide even if they are cut into ten or eight sections, so what should I do? ”

Pang Tong rolled his dead fish eyes and continued to taunt Fei Qian, "What should I do? Write a letter to you, saying that you have difficulties and can't accept it, or let you have a grace period and wait for them to slowly collect it one by one? ”

"Hmm......" Fei Qian somewhat understood what Pang Tong meant.

"So, if you want people to help...... Pang Tong pointed to the text on the table and said, "If you want people to help, and you don't give benefits, who will help?" If it's you, can you help? Help this year, help next year, help for free every year? ”

Fei Qian frowned and said, "But like this, it's still not right......"

"It's not right, but it's right to collect it from all over the place, it's right to collect the number of official documents, and it's right to summarize the grain and grass that you're given," Pang Tong said slowly, "The only thing that's wrong is ordinary people, but these people don't have a way, first, they don't know if the amount assigned to them is right, and second, even if they know that the number is wrong, they have no place to ask, no time to ask, no capital to ask, so for ordinary people, it's not right, it's right......"

"So, you mean that this corruption is considered an administrative cost?" Fei Qian frowned and said.

"Administrative costs? What do you mean? Oh, I see, almost......" Pang Tong shook his head and said, "Sometimes I think you love too much, and that's how it ......was when you married a wife."

Fei Qian was silent for a while, and said, "But...... That's still not right......"

Pang Tong was interested, rolled his eyelids, stared at Fei Qian and said, "Then you say, what do you think is right?" Arrest and cut them all? ”

Fei Qian smiled dumbly, this is obviously impossible, they are all cut, who works, counting on the ordinary people of the Han Dynasty who can't tell whether they are ten fingers or eight fingers when they pull their fingers?

"What you said is something I didn't think through...... Fei Qian said slowly, "Seeing these corruptions, I'm a little confused......"

When he was in Pingyang, Fei Qian also encountered such a situation, but at that time, Fei Qian simply put aside these people, and directly completed most of the expropriation work with veterans and some boys plus centralized baggage trucks.

In Guanzhong, this problem was magnified, and it was put very large, so it attracted Fei Qian's attention.

"That's it," Fei Qian knocked on the table, pointed to the text, and said, "Find the one who is the most corrupt, check, and cut it." First, you can be angry with the people, second, you can also erect the name of our integrity, and third, you can warn others not to cross the red line. ”

Pang Tong laughed and stroked his palms: "That's right! This is the correct solution! ”

Fei Qian sighed, but shook his head and said, "This is a plan, but it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause." I can guess that these people will be trying frantically around the red line to try to find the best balance. ”

"Oh?" Pang Tong's eyes widened and he said, "Could it be that you have a better way?" ”

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Yes, read." ”

"What?" Pang Tong

"Read." Fei Qian tapped lightly on the table and said, "I will ask Mr. Nongshi to tell them that knowledge changes fate." ”

Pang Tong swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Are you playing really?" ”

"There's a word called class solidification...... Well, to explain, to put it simply, the sons and grandsons of farmers will always be farmers, and the sons and grandsons of officials will always be officials......" Fei Qian said, "If such a situation arises and cannot be changed, what will happen to this dynasty?" ”

Pang Tong hesitated and said, "Rebellion? ”

Fei Qian nodded and said, "Yes, it will definitely lead to rebellion in the end." Because people have desires, they always just want more, more, and then when they can't be suppressed, they bang ...... Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are like this, of course, if there is no Chen Sheng Wu Guang, there is also Wu Sheng Chen Guang...... Maybe it's not a good example, but it's pretty much ...... anyway."

Chinese people are very smart, and the smarter people are, the more ambitious they are, when these ambitious people find that they can't rise, they will definitely gradually gather together and ponder, there are not too many such things in history.

"What do you mean it's almost, that's much worse!" Pang Tong said dissatisfiedly, frowning, "But I also understand what you mean, it's just that if you do this, it's not a matter of two families......"

"Haha, are you scared?" Fei Qian laughed, "Use the symptomatic first, then the root cause, take your time......"

Pang Tong rolled his eyelids and said dissatisfiedly: "Just talk big." ”

"Not really," Fei Qian said, "It's mainly a matter of manpower, think about it, a place like Sanfu in Guangguan is like this, if it is enlarged a little more, wouldn't it be even more chaotic?" ”

Pang Tong suddenly said, "You want to move the Pingyang set?" ”

Fei Qian nodded, showing a sly smile and said: "Educating the people, it is a major matter of the country, who is against it?" ”