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In the study, Zhao Junchen was preparing to present the recital to Emperor Deqing after returning to Beijing. (The first text is published in the reading room biquge.info)

There are two copies.

The first piece is Zhao Junchen's report to Emperor Deqing on the recent situation of Lu'an Mansion.

Since ancient times, disaster relief and disaster relief have often been the most problematic link, and the resulting civil uprisings are countless. It is very rare to be able to solve it as neatly and without leaving future troubles like Zhao Junchen, and it is not too much to ask for credit for this.

As for the second concerto, it is Zhao Junchen's recital to support Emperor Deqing's southern tour - this is a great opportunity to curry favor with Emperor Deqing, and Zhao Junchen will naturally not miss it.

As for concerns such as the lack of money in the household department and the loss of money by the Southern Tour, Zhao Junchen has already had a countermeasure after a night of consideration, so he is not worried.

In fact, even if there is no countermeasure, Zhao Junchen will still resolutely support Emperor Deqing's southern tour!

There is a saying in later generations - "the ass determines the head", and now Emperor Deqing is Zhao Junchen's biggest and only support, so for Zhao Junchen, there is nothing more important than pleasing Emperor Deqing - although this idea is quite petty, it is indeed Zhao Junchen's most genuine idea.

Just when Zhao Junchen had just finished writing the first recital, Xu Qingyan pushed the door in and reported to Zhao Junchen: "Young master, Liu Changan and Zhang Daoquan are here. ”

Zhao Junchen subconsciously frowned slightly, raised his head and asked, "The two of them came together?" ”

Xu Qingyan shook his head and said, "I didn't come together, the front and back feet, but they just happened to bump together." ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "Lead Liu Changan to see me first, and let that Zhang Daoquan wait in the side hall for a while." ”

Xu Qingyan nodded and took the order, and after a while, he led Liu Changan to the study.

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After Liu Changan entered the study, before he had time to kneel down and salute Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen had already waved his hand and said: "That's it, how many times have I told you, meet in private, these officialdom etiquette can be avoided, you don't think it's troublesome, and the official still makes trouble." ”

But Liu Changan still knelt down to greet Zhao Junchen, and then got up and said with a smile: "My lord, you are broad-minded and informal, but I and other subordinate officials, but I can't break the rules, please forgive me." ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head with a smile, seemingly helpless, but in his heart he was quite satisfied with Liu Changan's rules, pointed to the chair next to him, and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

After Liu Changan sat down, he reported to Zhao Junchen: "My lord, the restaurant where you will hold your banquet tonight has been arranged, and it is in the Fu'an Restaurant in the west of the city. Lu'an Mansion is located in a remote area, not as prosperous as the capital, that Fu'an Restaurant is already the best restaurant in Lu'an Mansion, although it is not luxurious, but the dishes are also complete, what do you think? ”

Zhao Junchen nodded, and while checking the music in his hand, he said: "These little things, you look at the arrangement, you do things safely, and the official believes it." ”

"Thank you for your trust." Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Liu Changan couldn't help but look happy, and continued: "However, I didn't expect the adults to return to Beijing so soon, it should have been my Lu'an Mansion to hold a banquet to see off the adults, but the result was that you personally broke the bank, ashamed, ashamed!" ”

Zhao Junchen checked the piece and didn't find any problems, so he closed it and put it aside, then looked up and said with a smile: "It's just an opportunity to get together, whoever has the same banquet, and how much silver is spent, where can we talk about breaking the bank?" Speaking of which, after the official came to Lu'an Mansion, the whole Lu'an Mansion, whether it was a local official or a squire or a businessman, took care of and supported the official, and it was also appropriate for the official to hold a banquet. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Liu Changan was moved, and sighed: "The mind of the adult really makes the lower officials sigh......"

In the middle of the conversation, he was interrupted by Zhao Junchen waving his hand: "You and I are familiar with each other, so there is no need to say these polite words again, this official called you today because he has something to order." ”

Liu Changan immediately sat upright, with a serious face, and replied, "Please also ask the adults to command." ”

Zhao Junchen said slowly: "Because of the relationship between His Majesty and his Majesty, the official will return to Beijing tomorrow, this Lu'an Mansion will be dominated by you from now on, and now the locust plague is about to be extinguished, and the relief is also a qiē shun lì, after the official goes back, you have to take care of all the qiē, don't be anticlimactic." ”

Liu Changan said solemnly: "The lower officials must follow the teachings of the adults. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded, and asked again: "This official has been preparing for the return to Beijing today, and he has not been able to exterminate the locusts with the people. ”

Liu Changan suddenly smiled and said flatteringly: "Xiaguan is about to report to the adult, the news that the adult is going back to Beijing, in less than a day, has spread throughout the entire Lu'an Mansion, the people still don't believe it, and they really believe it after they can't see the adult today." As a result, by now, most of the people had given up on exterminating locusts and had gone home. ”

Zhao Junchen frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" Could it be that because the official was not there, the people gave up on exterminating the locusts? You magistrates don't care? Aren't you afraid of a recurrence of the locust plague? ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen was a little unhappy, Liu Changan hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency, you have misunderstood, according to the news found by the lower officials, the reason why the people left one after another was to make an umbrella for you, my lord." ”

After a pause, Liu Changan's expression was full of admiration and emotion, and he continued: "My lord, what you have done for the people of Lu'an Mansion these days, the people are all looking at it, and they are reluctant to let you leave, but they also know that they can't keep adults, so they can only make some umbrellas for adults to show their gratitude." Although the Wanmin umbrella is said to be ten thousand people, it is the limit that each can hang three or five hundred names, but the people of Lu'an Mansion want to leave their names on the Wanmin umbrella given to the adult. Such a number, it can be said that there is no one before, no one will come after, and it will be passed on as a good story for the ages in the future. ”

After hearing Liu Changan's words, Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned, opened his mouth to say something, but gave up, and then was expressionless and silent for a long time.

The Wanmin umbrella was originally an umbrella given by the people in ancient times to praise the virtue and politics of the magistrates. The umbrella is decorated with many small strips of silk, and the names of the presenters are written on them.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Wanmin umbrella changed its taste, and local officials would force the local gentry to give them Wanmin umbrellas before leaving office, and the more Wanmin umbrellas local officials received, the more face they had.

But during the Ming Dynasty, the meaning of the Wanmin umbrella was still very simple, if the local official could receive the Wanmin umbrella when he left office, it meant that the local official was definitely a good official, and Zhao Junchen was not a local official, but as a Qincha generation of the Son of Heaven to inspect the place, he could also receive the Wanmin umbrella, and according to Liu Changan, the number was no less than 100, which would definitely shock the government and the opposition.

Although this practice is done by the people independently, it is needless to mention the benefits of improving Zhao Junchen's reputation.

But at this moment, Zhao Junchen's first reaction was not happiness, but guilt.

These days, no one knows better than Zhao Junchen himself what Zhao Junchen has done in Lu'an Mansion, and what is its essence.

To put it nicely, Zhao Junchen is putting on a show to improve his reputation; To put it mildly, it is Zhao Junchen who fooled the people for his own benefit!!

The people are ignorant and weak, and they are always deceived and fooled by those who are superior; The people are also simple and kind, and they often understand the truth of Entu Bao better than those who have read the books of the sages.

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"After all, I have also done a lot of practical things for the people these days, which is much better than the corrupt officials who forcibly asked the people for the umbrella of the people in the late Qing Dynasty......"

Thinking like this, or because of self-comfort, Zhao Junchen's complicated mood finally calmed down a little.

On the other hand, Liu Changan continued to describe to Zhao Junchen the grand occasion of the people making the people's umbrella for Zhao Junchen, quite a bit of "and honor": "My lord, don't you know, in order to make the people's umbrella for the adults, most of the people donated their best fabrics, it is said that those who are making the people's umbrellas, now the yard is full of all kinds of fabrics, and there is no place to stay, because many people are illiterate, in order to be able to leave their names on the silk strips on the people's umbrellas, they are looking for people to write everywhere, Those literate families are now also in the market......"

In the middle of speaking, Zhao Junchen suddenly interrupted Liu Changan's words and asked slowly: "Lord Liu, in your opinion, what is an 'official'?" ”

Liu Changan was slightly stunned, and didn't understand why Zhao Junchen suddenly asked this question, but he still replied: "The lower officials are foolish, the so-called officials, that is, the people on behalf of the Son of Heaven, assist the saints, serve the imperial court, and ensure the safety of the people." ”

Zhao Junchen smiled, nodded, and said: "If you look at it this way, you can't be wrong, so if the official asks you again, how many categories are the officials?" ”

Liu Changan was stunned again, not understanding what Zhao Junchen was thinking, and after hesitating for a moment, he replied: "This...... Xia Guan is short-sighted, but he has never thought about this question of adults, and he asks for advice. ”

Zhao Junchen said softly: "Throughout the ages, in the eyes of the people, officials are divided into three categories, namely clean officials, corrupt officials and faint officials. In the eyes of this official, there are only two types of officials, namely capable officials and mediocre officials. If a Qing official only has virtue but no ability, and is just a mediocre official, how can he rejuvenate the country? Since ancient times, there have been fewer examples of the so-called clean officials misleading the country? Even if a corrupt official has a lack of conduct, as long as he has the ability to benefit the people, he is a capable official, and where will he bring disaster to the country? Which of those famous ministers and virtuous ministers of all dynasties is a real Qing official? ”

Zhao Junchen sighed softly and continued: "I have never had many officials, but officialdom and face-saving are in the past, what is lacking in silver?" With that bit of official income, where is it enough? Therefore, for corrupt officials, the official does not hate it, because most of the time, if the official is not greedy, he will not be able to live. However, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, even if there is a word 'greed' and a word 'official', in addition to being greedy for money, they must also do their duty as an official and do their best to do things for the court and the people, in that case, the world is peaceful, and the people live in peace, even if there is a lack of conduct, who will take it to heart? On the other hand, the officials are most disgusted with those officials who are neither capable nor characterless, and those people are not even corrupt officials, because they have not even done the most basic official duties, and they have no other ability than to bring disaster to the country and the people. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen so blatantly support the corruption of officials, Liu Changan was stunned, but also a little heartbroken, and subconsciously stroked his hands and praised: "The adults have excellent knowledge, and the lower officials admire!" ”

Zhao Junchen snorted lightly and said: "In the opinion of this official, there are two types of officials, but there are four ranks. Superior, that is, capable and virtuous, this kind of official is hard to find in a hundred years, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are saints, and this official can't do it if he asks himself; Middle-class, capable but virtuous, although it is only second-class, but it is already possible to meet but not seek, I have been in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, can be called a middle-class official, but only a few people such as Zhang Juzheng and Sanyang; The inferior ones are virtuous and incompetent, although some of these officials will come out every few years, but their ability to manage a county is the limit, and most of the time it is already very good not to cause chaos; As for the lowest, it is an incompetent and immoral official, but in all dynasties, this kind of official is like a carp crossing the river, and there are countless of them. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen looked at Liu Changan with a smile and asked, "Speaking of which, this official will ask you, in your eyes, what is the rank of this official?" And what rank are you? ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's question, Liu Changan was shocked, and after he couldn't sit down anymore, he wanted to get up and kneel down to plead guilty.

However, as soon as he raised his buttocks, Zhao Junchen already glared at him and said, "Just sit down and answer the official's question!" Answer truthfully! ”

Liu Changan had no choice but to maintain his posture, half-dipping the chair, only feeling more uncomfortable than kneeling, and his heart was turning sharply, thinking about how he should answer Zhao Junchen's question.

What rank is Zhao Junchen an official? If it was just for sycophancy, then Liu Changan would naturally say that Zhao Junchen was superior, and he lacked both virtue and ability, but Zhao Junchen had bluntly said that he couldn't be this kind of "saint" before, and he also asked Liu Changan to speak truthfully.

What rank is Liu Changan himself? Liu Changan naturally hopes that he is upper-middle, but according to Zhao Junchen's words, in the hundreds of years of the Ming Dynasty, he can be called middle-class, but there are only a few Zhang Juzheng, Sanyang and so on, all of whom are famous for a hundred years before the cabinet members, where does he Liu Changan dare to compare?

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Changan finally replied: "Back to my lord, in the eyes of the lower officials, you are a middle-class official, although you will not refuse the filial piety of the people below, but you can also do practical and good things for the court and the people. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and continued to ask, "What about you?" ”

After Liu Changan gritted his teeth, he finally said: "The ability of the subordinate officials is limited, and their conduct is also average, so they are naturally inferior." ”

After saying this, Liu Changan hurriedly added: "However, the lower officials want to learn from the adults, become the middle and upper officials, serve the imperial court, and benefit the people." ”

Zhao Junchen smiled slightly and said: "You also have self-knowledge, these days, this official, but I have heard many people's complaints about you, and you can privately increase seventy percent of the tax in one breath, forcing the people's resentment to boil. ”

Hearing this, where did Liu Changan not know what Zhao Junchen was beating himself for? Hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhao Junchen, said with a crying voice: "My lord, the lower official was wronged." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junchen sneered: "So many people, have they all wronged you?" Isn't it your tax increase? ”

Liu Changan hurriedly explained: "My lord Mingjian, after listening to the old man's complaint against the lower official a month ago, the lower official was really puzzled, and he also investigated it privately, but found that there was another reason inside. Last year, the lower officials did raise taxes, but not because of selfish desires, but because they wanted to strengthen the embankment of Taihang Lake, and the lower officials only increased the tax by 20%, but they didn't expect that when they arrived in the counties, it turned into a 50% tax increase! And when it reached the people, it became a seventy-percent tax increase! My lord, the subordinate is really wronged. ”

After hearing Liu Changan's explanation, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be stunned.

Deception up and down, layer by layer, is the practice of officialdom, this Liu Changan's explanation is quite likely to be true.

However, Zhao Junchen suddenly said these things today, firstly, because he felt it, and secondly, it was also to knock Liu Changan.

After these days of observation, Zhao Junchen found that although Liu Changan was a corrupt official, he still had the ability to do things, he was safe, thoughtful, and experienced, but he had a touch with the middle-class and upper-class officials in Zhao Junchen's mind.

The most important thing is that this Liu Changan does not have much ambition, and he is quite obedient, and Zhao Junchen, who is eager to recruit party henchmen, has the intention to accept Liu Changan for his own use.

And if you want to subdue a person, the best way is to give grace and power.

Therefore, although he felt that he was a little wrong to blame Liu Changan, Zhao Junchen still snorted coldly and asked, "So, did the official wronged you?" ”

Liu Changan hurriedly shook his head and said: "My lord naturally did not misunderstand the lower officials, but the lower officials did not know the people and were not thoughtful, not only deceived by the officials below, but also harmed the people to suffer, which is a manifestation of the incompetence of the lower officials." ”

Hearing Liu Changan say this, Zhao Junchen's expression finally eased a little, and he said slowly: "It's good that you can understand this." In the eyes of this official, you still have the ability, as long as you are willing, you may not be able to become a middle-class official in the future, but you must also understand the proportion. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's tone soften, Liu Changan was overjoyed, and nodded again and again: "The lower official understands, the lower official understands, thank you for your advice." ”

After beating with a stick, naturally you have to give another sweet date.

"Get up, the official just mentioned it in passing, and he didn't mean to blame you." After Liu Changan got up, Zhao Junchen handed Liu Changan the piece he had just written, and said: "This is a letter written by this official to ask for merit, you can see how it goes." ”

After Liu Changan respectfully took it, he opened it and saw that his heart, which had just been frightened, was suddenly full of surprise and excitement!

It turned out that Zhao Junchen's excerpt, in addition to reporting the recent situation of Lu'an Mansion to Emperor Deqing, praised him Liu Chang'an greatly, and transferred him to Beijing to serve in Emperor Deqing, and promoted him to reward officials in order to motivate officials in the world.

In the Ming Dynasty, the promotion of seven products to six products is a hurdle, and the promotion of four products to three grades is another hurdle.

If Zhao Junchen can help Liu Changan overcome this hurdle, then for Liu Changan, there is no difference between it and Entong's reconstruction.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan thank you!!"

After reading this recital, Liu Changan knelt in front of Zhao Junchen again and said in a trembling voice.

Liu Chang'an's own qualifications are sufficient, but he doesn't have any backstage, so he has been in the position of local prefects for three terms, and has been in an embarrassing position where he can be promoted but cannot be promoted.

And this is also one of the reasons why Zhao Junchen values Liu Chang'an, promoting Liu Chang'an, with Zhao Junchen's status in front of Emperor Deqing, as well as Liu Chang'an's own qualifications, it is not difficult, the investment is not large, but the harvest is more, not only can accept Liu Chang'an for his own use, but also get Liu Chang'an's network of contacts in various states and governments over the years.

Originally, Zhao Junchen had the intention to let Liu Changan serve as the salt transport envoy and help Zhao Junchen control the extremely important link of salt transport, but there are too many people staring at this position, even Zhao Junchen is not easy to grab, and the most important thing is that although Liu Changan does not lack ability, he has no courage and assertiveness, even if Zhao Junchen can hold him to the position of salt transport envoy, I am afraid that Liu Changan will not be able to control the situation.

In this case, it is better to let Liu Changan be a third-grade Beijing official, at least Zhao Junchen in the court can have multiple echo worms, and once something happens, he can also help Zhao Junchen come up with ideas.

Seeing Liu Chang'an's grateful look, Zhao Junchen smiled slightly and said: "This official estimates, when you finish the affairs of Lu'an Mansion, the will of the saint to transfer you to Beijing will also arrive, and at that time, you will be promoted to a first-class, at least a member of the imperial court, and you will no longer have to call yourself a subordinate official in front of this official." ”

Liu Changan looked sincere and frightened, and said: "My lord said that I am laughing, no matter what position the subordinate officials hold, they will inevitably take the lead of the adults. ”

When Liu Changan said this, he was already making it clear that he wanted to take refuge in Zhao Junchen.

Zhao Junchen smiled: "Don't be so polite, get up." You also know that the official doesn't like these false courtesies. However, when you become an official in Beijing in the future, you must remember what this official said to you today, this official does not hate corrupt officials, but he hates incompetent corrupt officials. ”

"Xia Guan understands that he will never let you down in the future."

After Liu Changan got up, his attitude towards Zhao Junchen became more respectful.

Seeing Liu Changan like this, Zhao Junchen shook his head and said, "That's it, let's talk about it today, that Zhang Daoquan has been waiting for a long time, and I also have something to tell him, you go and do things first." ”

Liu Changan was slightly stunned, not understanding why Zhao Junchen valued Zhang Daoquan's magic stick, but he still bowed down and said, "Then the official has resigned." ”

After Liu Changan left, Zhao Junchen shouted outside the door: "Qingyan, let that Zhang Daoquan come to see me." ”

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