In the face of Qian Qianyi's questioning, Lu Xianling was not panicked at all, he said: "This kind of thing has never happened before, and now it is a new thing that needs a new method, and several auxiliary officials in the county have studied in the state, and it is estimated that they have not learned to be proficient, so it is inevitable that there will be a little controversy. It is said that the officials in charge of training in the state are all trained by the Ministry of Rites, and Lord Qian is the Ministry of Rites, and now that he has come to the county in person, there must be a way to teach the officials a lesson. ”

Lu Xianling is not wrong at all, in the past, large households also had some mines, and many of the people who worked under them were from their families in addition to the technicians hired outside. Now, under the forcible orders of the imperial court, the momentum of large households annexing land has been curbed, and many large households that have annexed too much land have been forced to sell their fields, and those who are unwilling to sell have also been harassed by Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang under various excuses, and finally have to succumb to the imperial court's overt or covert means.

At this time, of course, the people who started the mine will not stop work and let their subordinates help others, which suddenly exposes the problem of insufficient labor in the field at a critical moment. It was rainy in the south, and the grain must be harvested after a few sunny days when it is ripe, otherwise it will be impossible to dry the rice when it rains continuously, and it will rain for a long time and there will be no time to harvest, and it is not impossible for the rice to sprout in the field. Lu Xianling was still a responsible person, and did not let a few inexperienced people idle around, but immediately issued an order requiring all factories and mines to stop work, and not to start work until the crops were harvested.

Although the factory owner was dissatisfied, he did not dare to go against the government, and after receiving the promise that he could receive a certain amount of remuneration, he organized people to help the surrounding farmers to carry out the harvest, and now there is still an account waiting for Lu County's order to pay, that is, some farmers who have immigrated from the north cannot afford to pay, and the big households who have contributed to the county demand that the county uphold justice, otherwise they will not obey the county's order next year. Lu County Ling is having a headache about this matter, it is a fact that farmers can't afford to pay for silver, and the county doesn't have this money to pay.

After Qian Qianyi figured out what was going on, he asked, "The auxiliary political institutions in your county are relatively complete, who are they?" What do you usually do? Do you think they are helpful in handling your county's affairs? ”

Lu Xianling thought for a while and said: "In the past, there were some county officials, lords, historians, and head catchers of different grades in the county, but later the imperial court trained two people from the county, mainly to assist the big iron company in selling the qualifications for mining and starting the plant, as well as to give some ideas and communicate with the higher-ups for the lower officials, in general, it is still good." In the eyes of the lower officials, it is actually just a matter of turning the master who was invited privately into a public invitation to do things for everyone, but the previous master was experienced, and now these two are knowledgeable, energetic, and energetic, and they lack some experience, and they don't know how to be flexible. ”

Qian Qianyi asked, "Do you think they are similar to the master you originally invited privately?" ”

Lu County Ling said: "Not only the lower officials, but also the people in the county government say so, and everyone usually calls them masters." ”

Yang Lian said at this time: "Calling them master is also an honorific title, and many people who failed in the past have later become the staff of officials." However, there have been cases in the past where the county officials and the newcomers were not convinced by each other, is there such a situation now? ”

Lu Xianling looked at Yang Lian and said: "This lord is right, there was indeed such a thing before, but since the imperial court has designated the county prince, the lord Bo, the classic history, the head catcher and the newcomers as the eight grades, everyone has no opinion on the same treatment." Of course, the old people look down on the young people and think that they are inexperienced and too reckless, and the young people look down on the old people and think that they have low education and no knowledge are unavoidable, but these things are hidden underneath and no one has publicly expressed them. ”

Qian Qianyi saw that Yang Lian didn't continue to ask, so he continued to ask: "You said that the people in your county are all trained by people in the state, what is your impression of the training officers in the state?" Do you think he is also incompetent? ”

Lu Xianling hurriedly said: "The training officer in the state specializes in training the county leaders, and the usual policy advice is conveyed through him to the top and down, whether it is the handling of affairs or the academic professors are very competent. It is said that he used to be an official of the Hanlin Academy in Beijing, and many people admired him very much, and the subordinate was his subordinate in terms of position, and his junior in terms of academic qualifications, and he was also sincerely admired by him. If there are any shortcomings, Xia Guan thinks that most of the things he teaches are the knowledge in the officialdom and books, and there is less practical application to the people. ”

Liu Qiao asked at this time: "All provinces are stationed with Jinyi guards and eunuchs sent by the palace, and the richer local governors are also stationed. Did the county magistrate Lu hear that they usually acted as guards stealing or causing trouble and disturbing the people? ”

Lu Xianling looked at Liu Qiao's outfit and temperament, and asked cautiously, "May I ask if this adult is from Dongchang?" ”

Liu Qiao frowned and said, "I have nothing to do with Wei Gelding. ”

Since Wei Zhongxian is called Wei Gelding, he is definitely not from Dongchang, Lu Xianling couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said: "This Dongchang was indeed hated by people before, but in the past two years, their style of doing things has changed significantly, and their reputation among the people is not bad." Let's take the phenomenon of self-theft that this adult said, which of the soldiers who used to guard the warehouse was clean? The difference is that the big officials and small officials are just fishing, ordinary soldiers can get benefits in it, at least the whole family will not be hungry≡ after moving from Beijing to Nanjing from Dongchang, other provincial officials dare not say that the officials and soldiers of Nanzhi are honest. ”

Liu Qiao asked: "According to what you say, this atmosphere has changed for the better, and the improvement of the atmosphere is all due to Wei Zhongxian?" ”

Lu Xianling knew from Liu Qiao's words that he had a holiday with Wei Zhongxian, so he laughed and said, "Where can this be?" Whether in the south or in the north, the change for the better must be the result of the emperor's education, and Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang is at most carrying out the emperor's orders. ”

Yang Lian nodded to Liu Qiao and said: "In that case, you can tell me what good things Dongchang has done here, if they are evil, we will definitely report it when we return to Beijing, and if they change their ways, we will not look at people with old eyes." ”

Lu Xianling said: "After Dongchang came to Nanjing, it was not popular with everyone at first, it is said that when they came in and out, others looked at them coldly, but they also held their breath and endured it quietly. Later, when I encountered a group of unscrupulous businessmen who colluded to disobey the orders of the imperial court, it seemed that it was the gang of people who opened the money bank to lend usury, Dongchang quietly found out the news and suddenly attacked, caught the real evidence of the group of people who privately put usury, and made their crimes public in front of the people. ”

Yang Lian said expressionlessly: "I know about this, do you know anything else about them?" ”

Lu Xianling said: "Yes, it is said that they not only monitor the surrounding merchants, but also monitor the court officials and garrisons, but they are not as domineering and unscrupulous as before. Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangdong once got drunk with someone and accidentally said that the responsibility of their uncle and nephew is to supervise everyone, as long as they find lawless people, the emperor will reward them, whether the ♀ words are true Xiaguan is not sure, but Xiaguan knows that the people in Dongchang are now targeting those foreigners who are preaching everywhere, and they will send people to follow wherever they go, as if they have obtained the consent of Jingli, and foreigners have no choice but to let it go. ”

Yang Lian said: "I also know about this, it seems that this Wei Zhongxian has changed from specializing in bad things to doing good things." ”

Of course, Qian Qianyi knew what was going on between Yang Lian and Wei Zhongxian, he thought about it and said to Yang Lian with a smile: "My lord doesn't have to take Wei Zhongxian to heart, how much storm can he raise if he is an old eunuch?" What do they do is not a word from the emperor? I think Wei Zhongxian is so hard-working, I'm afraid he is afraid of losing the emperor's trust. There are countless bad things he did back then, as long as the emperor no longer trusts him, there are many people who want to do something to him. ”

After listening to Qian Qianyi's words, Liu Qiao couldn't help nodding, and a smile appeared on his face.

Of course, Yang Lian knew that the two of them were afraid that they would have a pimple in their hearts to relieve themselves, and he also knew that the laughter of the two of them was from the heart, because the task of the two of them could be regarded as half completed. As long as you go to various places to confirm that what Lu County Ling said is true, a report with detailed information and circumstantial evidence can be obtained, and the rest of the affairs of this trip are only your own.

Yang Lian asked Lu County Order again: "Lu County Order began to say that there are two female officials in your county, are they palace maids who came out of the palace at the beginning of this year?" ”

Lu Xianling began to see Yang Lian and knew a lot of inside information, and later saw that Qian Qianyi, a five-grade lang, respected Yang Lian very much, so he knew that Yang Lian was a big official. Now seeing Yang Lian's question, he immediately replied respectfully: "My lord is right, I heard that the emperor and the queen's mother were merciful and allowed palace maids over twenty-two years old to leave the palace in batches, and at the beginning of the year, a total of more than 800 people were released, and these two female officials came out of that batch." ”

Yang Lian nodded and said: "Your county is good, among the 800 people in nearly 1,000 counties in the country, your county accounts for two, it seems that Jiangnan is really beautiful." ”

Lu Xianling said with a smug face: "There are not many people who have come back from the county, and there are five palace maids in one county in the neighboring county of Minghu County, and there are many other counties. However, this year, I have the most newly recruited into the palace, and a total of six people have been recruited, and when they come back in the future, they will definitely be able to make some changes in the county. ”

Yang Lian asked: "These two palace maids should not be young when they come back, are they preparing to live their lives or do they want to get married?" ”

Lu Xianling said with a smile: "My lord said that they are joking, if they want to live in the palace for the rest of their lives, where in the world can they live better in the palace?" One of these two is prepared at home. After coming back, he married a cousin of hers who was in business, and at that time, the lower official also went to follow the joy to come to No, and the other one was not married, but the neighboring county Zhao County Ling was interested in her, and invited a matchmaker to ask for marriage, it is said that both families are interesting, and it is estimated that good things will be achieved by the end of the year. ”

Qian Qianyi said at this time: "Those two palace maids are the first batch to be released, and there should be about thirty, since they are palace maids, they will not be bad in terms of appearance, but is there really a man in his thirties who has not married and waited for her?" ”

Lu County Ling said: "The former one is the one who married her cousin, her cousin has already had a wife, but it involves the face of the court and the palace can neither divorce nor accept her as a concubine, and finally discussed that it is to marry as a flat wife in the county Zhao County Order is because the wife died to continue the string, so they looked at each other, one is a flat wife and the other is not the best to fill the house, but now it is also a good ending, it is much better than staying alone for a lifetime." ”