Found the village's elders, Li Zheng and some prestigious villagers, Xu You asked the brother and sister-in-law of Baihua to say everything again, everyone was shocked when they heard it, some people expressed doubts, and felt that these two people were not like beasts who insulted their mothers and plundered their sisters, but after seeing the tragic situation in the old woman's room, they immediately aroused everyone's anger, and denounced them for being rebellious to humanity, and they were ashamed of the prince of heaven and earth.

Xu You confessed that Li Zheng was guarding the two of them all night, and he couldn't die, let alone escape, and waited until tomorrow when the county government would send someone to take them into custody. Of course, his crime should be punished, but he must wait for Gu Yun to investigate and question, and then clarify the canonical punishment. Then asked about Hong Qi's whereabouts, someone said: "That Hong Qi is a ranger, who has been in the surrounding villages for many years, but he doesn't live here, and he seems to have a family background in Qiantang City." ”

It seems that he can only find the whereabouts of this middleman after returning to the city, Xu You hugged his fists and thanked him, leaving a thousand yuan for Li Zheng to hire someone to clean up the old woman's body, and then send someone to send him after a few days.

Leaving Zhou Village, the atmosphere in the ox cart was more depressing, Xu You didn't make a sound, and the others naturally didn't dare to speak, no one thought that the elated visiting old friend would return so disappointed.

In the world, everything is impermanent!

The ox cart went all the way slowly, and finally arrived at Qiantang before closing the city gate, and after two days of running, everyone was tired enough, and returned to Jingyuan to freshen up and fall asleep. Early in the morning of the second day, Xu You went to the county government to visit Gu Yun and told him what he had seen in Zhou Village, Gu Yun was furious and immediately sent someone to detain the prisoner, and sent another person to the city to search for Hong Qi. At the end, he was depressed and said, "Weizhi, you say, am I not qualified for the post of county commander?" ”

"Why does Fei Qing think so?"

"The county order has the responsibility of preaching and educating, I have been in Qiantang for a long time, and there have been many cases of plundering and selling people in the jurisdiction, is it because of the lack of virtue?"

Xu You's heart moved, and the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, first the case of hating sheepskin and selling women, then the case of the robbery of a hundred paintings, and several other similar cases. If you want to say that in a year of disaster and famine, it is normal for such frequent cases of human plundering and trafficking to occur, but now that the country is safe and the people are provided with enough food and clothing, why do they repeatedly take risks?

It's not scientific!

He suddenly thought of Li Qingyu, a white black merchant, and the He family who was hidden behind the scenes, his eyes condensed slightly, but he promised Bao Xi about this matter, and he couldn't say anything to Gu Yun, his face did not show the slightest abnormality, and said: "Feiqing filtered, how many days have you been in Qiantang?" If we want to crack down on the arrogance of plundering and selling people, we must re-enforce the punishment and reward the others. ”

"Re-canon? Heavy rewards? ”

"Whoever plunders and sells a man shall be punished according to the law of theft according to the severest article, which is a heavy punishment; Encourage the people to report the clues of human plundering and trafficking, and once it is verified, they will immediately give heavy rewards and make it known to all. As a result, the looters were terrified and had nowhere to stay, so they naturally did not dare to defy the law again. ”

"What Weizhi said is extremely true!"

Gu Yun's emotions came and went quickly, and after finishing his business, he wanted to pull Xu You to watch him paint. Xu You couldn't sit down on his knees, grabbed his arm, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I still have something to ask you." Before, you wrote to the imperial court to make the plunderers and plunderers guilty of the same crime, I don't know what the opinions of the Zaifu are? ”

To change the law, the opinions of the governors of the three provinces were very important and could directly influence the emperor's decision-making. Gu Yun sighed, with a disappointed face, and said: "There is a lot of discussion between the DPRK and China, and most people agree with it, but Liu Zhongshu is against it, so the lord hesitates......

"Zhongshu Ling Liu Ning?"

"That's him!"

Gu Yun said that Liu Ning was very angry, and said: "The Liu family has two seals, and he is a very popular minister, and he doesn't know the suffering of the people. To say that the predator did not know in advance and to talk about the sin is against the way of the saint's loyalty and forgiveness, and it is simply foolish! ”

This is really taking Xu You as a friend, otherwise it will be foolish to scold him as a book in the court, and it will be difficult to clean it up if it is spread out. Xu You smiled and said, "Is Liu Zhongshu a foolish person? When he said this, he was just referring to the fact that the person who proposed this matter was Feiqing! We ruined Liu Quan's plan in Yangzhou, causing him to leave office in embarrassment, and I can't say that this account is all on your head. ”

"I know, I don't care, let him hold a grudge, even if I do it again, I still have the same choice." Gu Yun sneered, shook his head and said: "It's just that he is a Chinese scholar, the foundation of a hundred officials, a cardinal of the country, and he should be clear and fair in everything. ”

Xu You said with a smile: "In the world of family and country, some people are always in front of the family, the country is behind, and the world is again." Since Feiqing has seen through the tricks of this generation, he should catch up, replace him one day, and sweep away the disadvantages of the court, wouldn't it be happy? ”

Gu Yun laughed and said, "Weizhi, don't think about the mountains and forests by yourself, but see me struggling in the sea of eunuchs." To tell you the truth, if I can be promoted to the county guard this time, I will raise your filial piety, and in the future, you and I will be officials in the same dynasty and support each other, and it will be a good story after a thousand years! ”

Xu You laughed when he said and said: "I wear a guilty body, don't say that you are a county guard, you are the assassin of Yangzhou, and it is also delusional to recommend me to the court as filial piety!" ”

The state of Chu followed the old system of the Han and Wei dynasties, and the four counties of Danyang, Wujun, Huiji, and Wuxing could recommend two people for filial piety every year, and the rest of the counties could recommend one person a year. Each state can nominate one person per year as a talent. Where the state Xiucai, the county filial piety, have to go through the Chiwu Palace's policy test, the Son of Heaven in person, accompanied by the princes and ministers, Xiucai must answer the five policy questions correctly to pass, filial piety can answer a question correctly, and then the amount is excellent, selected by the Ministry of Officials.

"The Lord has issued a decree to the world and forgiven your sins, where did you come to bear the sinful body? Moreover, although you have been demoted to Qi Min, it is definitely not possible to rely on Jiupin visitors to enter the office, but the inspection of Xiucai and filial piety does not involve the family, regardless of the scholar or the poor family, as long as you have both ability and political integrity, you can be recommended by the state and county, with the slightest talent, you will enter the Chiwu Palace in the future, and all the five policy questions will be rated as the top, is it not easy? ”

The system of inspecting and promoting talent and filial piety originated in the Western Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu suggested to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and was adopted, and then continued for hundreds of years, and was still one of the most important official election systems during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Not only did the Han dynasty in the south implement it, but the Hu people in the north also followed suit and established their own inspection system, which had far-reaching influence and great significance.

Xu You realized that Gu Yun was serious, and said busily: "Don't bother about me, after the changes in the family, I have already stopped thinking of joining the office." If Feiqing were my friend, I would never mention this matter again! "What are you kidding, the prince is in charge, the Shen family is weighted, he is now going to be the filial piety of Lao Shizi, and the sheep is in the mouth of the tiger, isn't he dying fast enough?

Gu Yun is not a fool, knowing that Xu You is taboo against the prince, he said: "Weizhi can rest assured, there is a holy son of heaven in the court, and there are four surnames of my Wu County, which is enough to ensure that you are safe." ”

Xu You didn't want to continue this topic, and said: "The four surnames of Wu County, I'm afraid they don't have the same spirit and branches as before, advancing and retreating together, right?" ”

"Hey, where did you start with this?"

"Starting from the construction of Dade Temple, everyone watched the ceremony that day, listening to Zhu Fayan Liantai's saying, the four surnames of Wu County only came to Gu Zhu, and none of Lu Zhang's people showed up......"

"Haha, I don't know!"

Gu Yun said with a smile: "Our Gu clan and Zhu clan are the main helpers to eradicate Du Jingzhi, plus the Dade Temple is cultivated in Qiantang, I can't avoid it no matter what." Zhu is too, Hu Changshi personally sent an invitation, making it clear that he wanted to give Zhu Fayan a strong momentum, and he couldn't do it if he didn't come. Moreover, now that Buddhism is in full swing, it is convenient for the Yangzhou scholars to deal with each other and find out how big the appetite of the other party is. As for the Lu family and the Zhang family, they just stayed out of the matter, and still maintained a superficial friendship with the Heavenly Master Dao, no matter which faction of the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism won the holy favor in the future, the four surnames of Wu Jun could help each other and be invincible. ”

Good means!

Bet on both sides, the four surnames are divided into two factions, each for their own Olympic aid, a century-old gate valve, and it really deserves its name. Of course, the practice of betting on both sides is only suitable for a powerful family like Gu Lu Zhu Zhang, otherwise, it will not be a defeat after the autumn? Their strength can't be a chess player, but they won't bend to be a chess piece, no matter who wins, they have to unite, make friends and get their support to sleep peacefully and sit peacefully. For many years, emperors, ministers and sects have been rotating like a marquee, and only these families are standing, and the reason for this is fascinating.

These words are the secrets of the four surnames, Xu You shouldn't have listened to them, and Gu Yun shouldn't have said them, but one of them said casually, and the other listened naturally, friends intersected, and the most important thing was to know each other, from this moment on, Xu Gu and the two of them could really be regarded as bosom friends!

"By the way, where are you going to go for Feiqing's promotion this time? Is it Wu County, or is it Huiji County? ”

"It's still being discussed at home, but it's more likely that Wu Jun. After all, there will be Kong He Yu Wei, I went over there, I was afraid that I would be constrained by others, and it would be difficult to make a difference. ”

Xu You smiled: "If you can choose Wu County, of course it would be great." Looking at your face, is there still a difficulty? ”

"Yes! The four surnames of Wu Jun are deeply ingrained here, if I become a Taishou ...... again."

Gu Yun was halfway through his words and closed his mouth with a smile. Xu You said lightly: "This is not what the Lord meant!" "An Zidao is also an emperor, and he doesn't care too much about Wu County. Moreover, Gu Lu Zhu Zhang has been entrenched in Wu County for a hundred years, and his power has long spread to every inch of flesh and blood of this land, and it is not much different whether someone with the fourth surname is the Taishou or not.

"The Wisdom of the Small! Hey, the ministry has actually passed, report to the Shangshu order, and ask the lord for approval to go to the post at a later date. It was still Liu Zhongshu, on the grounds that I was still young, I had not served in Qiantang for six years, and I was over-promoted to non-compliance system, so I refuted the minister's proposal. ”

The tenure of officials in ancient times was a very complicated process of change, and the "Book of Shang" recorded that "three years of performance appraisal, three tests of dethronement and seclusion", that is to say, once every three years, and then decide whether to be promoted or demoted after three inspections, that is, the nine-year system. When Du You compiled the "General Dictionary", it was accurately recorded that "Tang Yu's relocation of officials must take nine years." After the Wei and Jin dynasties, it took six weeks. ”

Six weeks is six years, the state of Chu inherited the Wei system, and Liu Ning used the excuse that Gu Yun had been in office for less than six years and did not comply with the system, and this was the basis for obtaining it.

Xu Youqi said: "Isn't it the power of the subordinates to refute it? ”

Gu Yun felt even more strange and said, "Who said that the subordinates have the right to refute?" ”

Xu You reacted immediately, and he habitually substituted the wrong historical trajectory. The system of three provinces and six ministries was really formed in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Chinese book was taken, the door was sealed, and the book was pursued, which was the principle of division of labor among the three provinces, which restrained each other and shared the power of the country. During the Six Dynasties, it was the dominant family of the Chinese book, because the Chinese book was in charge of the service, the senator seal, the drafting of the edict system and the seal book, all of which were in charge of the important government, and it was the close minister and heart of the Son of Heaven, and the book and the subordinates had to look up to it, which was very different from later generations.

"It's my bad memory!" Xu You sighed and said, "Since Liu Zhongshu can't avoid it, he has to let him nod his ......."

"The family is already thinking of a way!" Gu Yunle knew his fate, he couldn't be promoted, and he was not impatient, and said: "Liu Zhongshu is not a saint, he can always find a way to make him nod, so he doesn't have to worry." ”

Xu You smiled: "I wish you weren't promoted, and you would protect me well in Qiantang, what's there to worry about?" ”

While he was talking, Du Sansheng came to report and caught Hong Qi, he is a county lieutenant, just like a cat in Qiantang, Hong Qi, these rangers, are fattened mice, and it is not difficult to catch anyone. Gu Yun ordered to be imprisoned first, and then tried after Baihua's brother and sister-in-law arrived. Du Sansheng was ordered to go, and when he left, he was very respectful to Xu You, and said, "If Xu Langjun is okay in the afternoon, let me invite you to drink a glass of wine." ”

"No need, Feiqing's lunch is used by me, if you want to invite it, let's change the day!"

Gu Yun smiled and helped Xu You block a meal, Du Sansheng couldn't rob people with his boss, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll invite Lang Jun to get together another day." ”

"What is he looking for you for?"

Xu You looked at Du Sanxing's back and said with a smile: "County Lieutenant Du sold me to someone else, this will probably want to apologize......

"Oh, interesting, who did he sell you to?" Gu Yun touched Xu You's shoulder, his demeanor was not obscene, but it was also very ambiguous.

"Okay, it turns out that you also know that Su Tang was stuffed into my Jingyuan by County Lieutenant Du."

"I've wronged me...... However, I seem to have heard that Xu's Qilang is actually a lover, and when he first came to Qiantang, he took in a few prostitutes and concubines, and stayed in Jingyuan every day without asking about the world, and he was happier than a fairy. ”

Xu You smiled and said nothing: "Is it better than a fairy, when you marry a wife, you will understand!" ”

Gu Yun suddenly made a bitter face and said, "Weizhi, do you say that marrying a wife is to marry virtue or to marry sex?" ”

"I said that you didn't look right today, it turned out to be Sichun!" Xu You quipped: "No wonder, there is a cloud in the Book of Poetry: a scholar is like a wife, and the ice is not over, now is a good time to get married." "In ancient times, marriages were mostly after the frost fell and before the ice melted, so as to avoid the agricultural time.

"Don't laugh, I'm asking you, if you want to marry a wife, if you want to be beautiful?"

"Haven't you heard a sentence, marry a wife and marry virtue, and take a concubine."

Gu Yun shook his head blankly and said, "I haven't heard of it!" ”

Xu Youxin said: Of course you haven't heard it, I don't know which dynasty and which generation only has a quotation, I am now learning and selling, and said: "Grace is virtue, prevention of leisure is courtesy, and marrying a wife is naturally based on virtue." As for the complexion, but the joy of the bed, you can accept a concubine to be comfortable. ”

Gu Yun said dejectedly: "If it were so simple, it would be easy to do......"

Xu You's gossip heart suddenly rose, and said, "Come and listen, maybe I can help you come up with ideas!" ”