Zeng Yu and the others asked Xiao Er about some of the situation in Eping County, and they had a preliminary understanding of the entire Eping County and the county order Cui Yuan. Cui Yuan is completely different from Zeng Yu's predecessor Cui Yu, he can be regarded as a county order that is obviously inclined to Legalism, and can even be said to be a county order with Legalist thoughts.

He completely followed the Korean system and advocated the establishment of an absolute monarchy, a centralized feudal state, strict punishment and strict law, and the rule of law. Therefore, since he took office, he first tried a number of squeezing cases, punished the parties in accordance with the Han law, and did not avoid relatives and nobles, and the atmosphere in Eping County was reversed at once. In the following years, on the basis of the Han Law, Cui Yuan formulated a series of provisions to guide the people's livelihood and other matters in almost every detail.

Nowadays, the people of Eping County, most of the things almost do not have to think about how to do it, only need to act according to the notice of the government, if this is in the later generations, it may also cause the people to be disgusted, but now, because of Cui Yuan's series of measures, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, whether it is in the county or in the village outside the city, they can live and work in peace and contentment.

Although some local scholars tried to resist Cui Yuan's policies, because Cui Yuan had the support of the Boling Cui clan behind him, and these policies were very popular with the people, Cui Yuan's position in Eping County became more and more stable.

But now, this nail has attracted unexpected attention, and in the end, what kind of effect he will have for the Bolingcui clan depends on their respective means.

A few people wandered around the county for a while, except for Guo Jia, the others saw the appearance of an ordinary county town in Dahan for the first time. There were not many pedestrians on the streets, but they were all people from poor families, and if it was said at the time, it was that these people should have belonged to good families, and in the past they belonged to the best conscripts, and the weapons were provided by themselves.

It's just that by the end of the Han Dynasty, the decay of the upper strata determined the chaos of the lower strata, and the combat effectiveness of the army was no longer than before. In the case of the family and the royal family ruling the world together, the good family is the same as the commoners, belonging to the bottom class, the military merit lord and the famous field house system is replaced by inspection and filial piety, and the rising channel is gradually blocked, what Zeng Yu has to do is to reopen the promotion channel and give everyone a relatively fair chance.

Although there is no absolute fairness in the world, he also does not want the whole society to be absolutely class-distinct, as for who is up and who is down, it depends on their ability, whether it is family background or themselves, for the society that Zeng Yu wants to build, the role is the same, only in this way can Zhuxia truly grow into a giant in the East and even the world.

Zeng Yu and the others returned to the inn before it was dark, and he asked the five soldiers who followed them to go back to rest first, and then called Guo Jia and the three to his room. He first said to Zhao Yi: "Zirou, now we have determined that the county magistrate of Eping County is still a good friend of Uncle Zhao, and according to our understanding today, he should still be the Legalist Cui Yuan in Uncle Zhao's impression before." I plan to visit us tomorrow, so that we can finish Uncle Zhao's explanation as soon as possible, what do you think, Zirou? ”

"I'm fine, my lord means we go over together?" Zhao Yi asked.

"That's right, since it's Uncle Zhao's friend, it's also our elder, since I'm here, of course I have to pay a visit, and at the same time, I also want to meet this Legalist disciple from a family." Zeng Yu said.

"Is Bong Hyo also with you?" Zhao Yi asked Guo Jia again, after all, Guo Jia is not from Qianlong Village.

"What, doesn't Zirou want me to go over?" Guo Jia replied with a smile.

"No, no, I'm just...."Zhao Yi hurriedly waved his hand, but he didn't know how to explain.

"Haha, I'm teasing you, I won't go tomorrow, the lord has something for me to do." When Guo Jia saw Zhao Yi like this, he stopped teasing him and said to him with a smile.

Zhao Yi looked at Zeng Yu and asked with his eyes if it was true. Zeng Yu nodded and said: "That's right, the purpose of our trip this time is not only to visit some people, but also to understand the general situation of various cities in Jizhou, such as the city defense and the forces in the city, so Fengxiao will be responsible for finding out the news tomorrow." ”

"It's hard work!" Zhao Yi said with his fists clenched.

"Haha, it's not hard. I have already planned to go to the teahouse tomorrow for a day, since ancient times, the teahouse is the easiest place to find out the news, and there is wine there, which is just right. Guo Jia waved his hand and said with a smile to Zhao Yi.

Zeng Yu and the others listened to it, and they laughed all of a sudden, Guo Jia was really right, this task is indeed quite suitable for him, drinking and doing things at the same time.

"Okay, everyone has been on the road for a long time, let's go and rest early." Zeng Yu said.

The group was indeed quite tired, and after they went back, they didn't have much to do, and they all fell asleep soon. There was nothing to do all night, and when they woke up in the morning, the shopkeeper had prepared breakfast for them according to Zeng Yu's requirements, and after Zeng Yu explained the relevant things, he took Zhao Yi and Zhu Wen to visit Cui Yuan in the county office.

Cui Yuan is a middle-aged man in his forties, although he is in a high position all the year round, he doesn't want to be like other officials of the Han Dynasty who only know how to enjoy happiness, but for the ideas in his heart, he works hard to formulate various policies, so he looks relatively old.

At this time, Cui Yuan was checking some of the things to be dealt with today in the back hall of the county office, and when he heard the report that the son of the old man was visiting, he was a little curious about who came over at this time. He took the post, opened it and saw a familiar and unfamiliar name, saying that it was familiar because the owner of the name had spent many young years with him, and that it was strange, that the owner of the name had not seen him for a long time.

He asked the lower, "Where is the messenger now?" ”

"I saw that he claimed to be the son of a friend of my lord's, so I led him to the next room, and if my lord wanted to see him, I would call him over now." The servant replied.

"Well, you bring them over, and remember not to be rude." Although he was very excited to see Zhao Yi's father's name, Cui Yuan was an elder after all, and now that he was a county magistrate, he naturally had to maintain a certain degree of majesty, so he asked his subordinates to bring Zhao Yi and a few people over, and at the same time he was worried that his subordinates would not be well entertained, so he deliberately explained that his subordinates should be thoughtful.

As soon as the subordinates heard it, they knew that the visiting people should not be lying, and the excited look that flashed on their faces just now seemed to have a lot to do with it. He came to the guest room and said to them respectfully: "A few sons have been waiting for a long time, my lord is waiting for you in the back hall, please come with me." ”

"It's hard work!" Zeng Yu nodded and said.

This is also expected by the three of them, and judging from the attitude of the subordinates towards them just now, presumably the relationship between Cui Yuan and Zhao Yi and his father must be unusual, otherwise it would not have been so many years, and he would have made a special explanation when he heard that the son of the old man had come.

Under the leadership of his subordinates, Zeng Yu and the others came to the back hall and saw a person wearing a high crown, a handsome face, and not angry and arrogant sitting on a chair.

Knowing that this person was Cui Yuan, a friend that his father asked him to visit, after approaching, Zhao Yi saluted Cui Yuan and said, "Zhao Yi has seen Master Cui, and my father asked me to say hello to my lord!" ”

Cui Yuan stood up, walked closer, took Zhao Yi's hand and said, "Since the virtuous nephew is Jingfei's son, then there is no need to give birth, just call me uncle." Your father is in good health now, and he hasn't been in touch for nearly twenty years since he retired. "Zhao Yi's father is called Zhao Zhen, and Jing Fei is his word.

"Uncle Xie cares, and everything is fine with my father. It's just that my father has been inconvenient to contact the outside world since he went into hiding, so he has never exchanged letters with his uncle. This time I went down the mountain, and my father told me that I must come to visit my uncle. Zhao Yi didn't see it, and said homeopathically, while explaining the reason why his father had not been in touch.

"I see, almost 20 years have passed unconsciously, it's really 'the deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night', I didn't expect Jing Fei's children to be so old." Cui Yuan said with emotion.

"Uncle, you are old and strong." Zhao Yi said beside him.

"Zirou Xian's nephew, I don't know who these two are....?" Cui Yuan also noticed Zeng Yu and Zhu Wen standing next to him at this time.

"I'm here to introduce my uncle, this is Zeng Yu Zeng Zirui, next to Zhu Wen and Zhu Chengyong, they are all good brothers who grew up with me." Zhao Yi introduced Zeng Yu and Zhu Wen to Cui Yuan respectively, but concealed the fact that Zeng Yu was the lord of himself and Zhu Wen.

"Zeng Yu (Zhu Wen) has seen Master Cui!" Zeng Yu and Zhu Wen hugged their fists at the same time and saluted Cui Yuan, a courtesy of a junior to an elder.

"Since you are friends with Zirouxian's nephew, then call me uncle. It feels so good to see you so young, and it reminds me of the time when I traveled with Jing Fei before, when we were like you, we traveled around while we were young, and we had learned the cold wind in the north, and we had also seen the land of fish and rice in the south, and we had traveled to Bashu to feel the customs of the land of abundance. It's just that now, hey, don't talk about it! ”

Cui Yuan looked at Zeng Yu and the three of them, fell into deep thought, and said with emotion. As the saying goes, if there is no contrast, there is no harm, usually he has been busy with official business, and he does not have the feeling of getting old, but now seeing the young son of the old man appear, such a young and vigorous, such a majestic instrument, let him fall into the memories of twenty years ago, and he feels that time has really flown by.

"Uncle Cui is also in the prime of life now, and what we hear in the county is the voice of the people supporting you, which is incomparable to us who are post-schoolers." Zeng Yu opened his mouth to express his respect for this Legalist county order.

"Haha, it's over, I'm just following the concept of my ancestors!" Cui Yuan waved his hand and said, although he said that it was not his own credit, the smile on the corner of his mouth really couldn't hide the happiness in his heart.

This is also the case, in the era of exclusive respect for Confucianism, his Cui Yuan's concept is almost like a mudslide, not only people from other families say irresponsible things to him, but even people in his own family don't understand him. If it weren't for his outstanding ability, he would not have been sent by the Bolingcui clan to take the lead in Pingyuan County, but because his governance concept obviously goes against the current trend, so for so many years, he has been in this small Eping County, and the rest of the family has even made it to the head of a county, and even went to the capital to become officials.

And Zeng Yu can be said to be the first stranger to agree with him, and the excitement in his heart can be imagined. If it weren't for his identity, Cui Yuan even wanted to laugh a few times to express the happiness in his heart, although so, he expressed this in action.

No, he heard that Zeng Yu and they had only arrived yesterday, and immediately asked people to book a seat in the restaurant, and he wanted to entertain them well. As a person who strictly follows Legalist ideology, he will not go home from work until the point of time, so he asked his subordinates to help him entertain him first, and he himself continued to work and entertained them well in the evening.

Zeng Yu understood his persistence, of course he said that it didn't matter, and then under the leadership of his subordinates, he first walked around the county government for a while, but after all, it belonged to the important land of the government, so Zeng Yu and they walked around for a while and then returned to the back hall.

There is a place in the back hall where Cui Yuan is in the county government's study, Zeng Yu asked the lower people if they could go in, and the next people didn't dare to decide, so they asked Zeng Yu to wait for a while, and he himself went to ask Cui Yuan.

Cui Yuan heard the report of Zeng Yu and they wanted to go to the study to have a look, so he hesitated for a moment, after all, the study was a very private place at that time, and it was generally not allowed to enter without the permission of the owner, but Cui Yuan thought about it for a while, he believed that Zhao Yi and their people might just be out of curiosity, so he told the next person to take them in.

Zeng Yu and the others got the word from the next person, and the three of them walked into the study, which was very simple, and the first thing that caught their eyes was a bookshelf, on which a bunch of bamboo slips were neatly placed. In front of the bookshelf, there is a table and a few chairs, a very simple study, it seems that when Cui Yuan is in the county government study, it is estimated that he often reads books here.

Zeng Yu and Zhao Yi came to the bookshelf and picked up a book book, which should have been copied by Cui Yuan himself and brought out from Cui's house in Boling. Zeng Yu took the top volume, which is estimated to be what Cui Yuan usually reads, and when he opened it, he saw that it was the main chapter of "Han Feizi". In the sentence "Monarchs and ministers keep their duties, and hundreds of officials have regularity, and they can make it because of their ability, which is called habitual", Zeng Yu also saw the mark made by Cui Yuan, and obviously felt the same way with this sentence. Zeng Yu unconsciously took the bamboo slip and continued to look at it, after all, this is Cui Yuan as a practitioner of Legalism, and some of his experience will definitely give him some new touches.

And Zhao Yi picked up a volume of "Book of Songs", at this time, almost most of the scholars will have to learn poetry, but different genres are different, so the interpretation of poetry is also different, as the so-called benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see the wise.

For a while, the two of them were immersed in bamboo slips, and Zhu Wen and the subordinates of the county government had to wait for them in the study out of the study under boredom.