The autumn sun is even hotter than in the summer heat.

Especially at noon, the scorching sun scorched the earth, almost turning this Doucheng into a steamer.

The banks of the Wei River have become a cool place for many people.

Many people choose to hide under the willow trees at this time.

In particular, after the last Chang'an typhoid fever epidemic, many people began to have nothing to do and loved to meditate under the willow tree.

Especially the monks, some guys with relatively big brains, even think that the willow tree has a spirit, and sitting for a long time can improve cultivation, and even attain Taoism.

As a result, the willow trees in Chang'an City suddenly became fragrant and sweet.

Many clever small businessmen have even found business opportunities in it.

There are more and more people selling straw mats and tofu brains in the poplar and willow dense areas, and small markets have gradually formed.

As a result, Da Si Nong's eyes were also attracted.

It is not uncommon to see city officials on horseback, patrolling back and forth on both sides of the Wei River.

On the bank of the Wei River in the east of Chang'an City, because it is adjacent to the Bus Department and Shangguanli Avenue, it has become a gathering point for Chang'an scholars.

Every day, hundreds of scholars gather here to talk about poetry and fu, point out the country, and excite words.

One by one, the Politburo was born.

A variety of points of view converge here.

Countless news has also been spread here.

"Did you hear that?" Under a willow tree, several scholars gathered together and whispered: "Zhang Sanlang from Luoyang, I delivered the manuscript to Zhang's house a few days ago, and I got a reply......

"Ah......" The listeners were all shocked, with a look of envy, jealousy and hatred, and sighed leisurely: "This Zhang Sanlang is so lucky, he can actually be valued by 'that one', I'm afraid he will go straight to the top......"

"Definitely!" A well-informed person said: "I heard that I just got some words of encouragement......

Only then did everyone put away the sourness in their hearts and sighed: "Even so, I am very lucky!" ”

Yes, in Jingshizi, who hasn't struggled in Chang'an Doucheng for several years, more than ten years, and wants to show their ambitions, as a result, ninety-nine percent of them can only go away.

Only a few people, who are less than one percent, can be lucky enough to get the opportunity to be recommended by nobles.

However, almost all of us, until we are finally disappointed, think that we are the one percent.

"Then how did Zhang Shizhong encourage Zhang Sanlang?" Someone couldn't help but ask.

"I'm fortunate to have read Zhang Shizhong's comments...... a tall and thin scholar said softly: "After Zhang Sanlang's essay, Shizhong wrote: Reading Jun Cewen, I heard that Jun has elegant ambitions, but he is quite embarrassed by the slight cold, and seems to have the idea of abandoning his will, which is very regretful to you. If you have lofty ambitions, why sigh and chill!? I heard that the mountain is not high, there are immortals, the water is not deep, there are dragons, people are not poor, there are ambitions, they are famous, and they are with the king! ”

When everyone listened, their eyes were stunned, and they couldn't wait for such a comment on their manuscript.

After a long time, someone sighed: "I know today that the sage of Zhang Shizhong is like a gentleman!" ”

Some people even muttered to themselves: "Where a gentleman lives, what an ugly place!" Where does a gentleman live, what is ugly? The teachings of Confucius are so great! ”

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "Niu Sheng Cewen of Song Street was favored by Zhang Shizhong, and now, the housekeeper of Zhang's Mansion is coming to the door to ask Niu Shengfu to meet!" ”

This news immediately smashed into everyone's hearts like a bombshell.

"Niu Sheng?" There are people who know each other, the corners of their mouths are disdainful, and they say: "This person is less than seven feet tall, ugly and dark-skinned, how can he be like this!" ”

As a result, many people have the idea that Niu Sheng can do it, and I will definitely be able to.

As a result, countless poems and essays poured into Zhang's house like a tide.

……………………………………

At this moment, Zhang Yue was sitting in the attic, quietly looking at the nervous man sitting opposite him.

He was about thirty years old, and he was probably less than seven feet, or at most six feet eight inches! He has a dark complexion, and he doesn't look good, and he can even be called a little ugly. The point is that his hands are also covered with calluses, and it is not that he is wearing a Confucian robe, and Zhang Yue almost thinks that the one sitting opposite him is a farmer or a craftsman.

In fact, it's not far behind.

Zhang Yue now knows that this Niu Sheng Niu Gongzi's daily expenses in Chang'an City mainly rely on doing odd jobs for people and earning some food expenses.

He was even so embarrassed that he even had to share a house with others.

It is said that seven people shared the house with him.

People are poor and short-sighted, Niu Sheng didn't even dare to look up at Zhang Yue, he just lowered his head, and didn't even dare to look at the refreshments that were served, for fear that he couldn't help but eat and leave a bad impression.

Zhang Yue saw it, but he smiled and said, "Niu Sheng doesn't have to be restrained, let's eat something first......

Niu Sheng hurriedly bowed: "No! ”

I took a sip of the tea and almost choked.

Zhang Yue looked at it and said softly: "Your Excellency, don't be nervous...... After thinking about it, Zhang Yue decided to chat with him first to liven up the atmosphere, so he asked: "I heard that Your Excellency is from Xingyang?" ”

"Yes!" Niu Sheng replied: "The villain is a person from Xingyang Niuzhuang......"

"Your Excellency, Teacher?" Zhang Yue asked again.

"Xingyang Hu Gong ......" Talking about the teacher, Niu Sheng finally had some confidence, and said with his head held high: "The teacher is a disciple of Mr. Han, and he has been a ...... of Qiao Gong."

It seemed that Zhang Yue didn't know who Qiao Gong was, so he introduced: "Qiao Gong, a hero from the North, has countless ...... of animal husbandry."

As soon as Zhang Yue heard it, he knew who it was.

Qiao Yao! The largest livestock breeder and the largest farmer in the Han family!

It is said that this person's ranch raises thousands of cattle and horses and tens of thousands of sheep all year round.

There were as many as 500 shepherd slaves alone.

Relying on the benefits of animal husbandry, Qiao's family is famous in Wuwei and Jiuyuan, and is the guest of many Han army generals.

So much so that even Ma Qian, the Taishi Company, heard of this person's name, recorded it in the historical records, and became one of the representatives of countless giants in the biography of the goods colony.

However, compared with other Jia people, the social status of Qiao's family, which started in animal husbandry, is undoubtedly much higher.

is not even discriminated against by public opinion, and can openly communicate with Confucianism.

After all, in the three views of Confucianism and Legalism, although animal husbandry is not as good as farming, it is also the right way.

Of course, now that Mr. Qiao Yao is gone, his huge pasture has also fallen apart with his death and has been divided among his heirs.

From Wuwei to Jiuyuan County, the largest rancher now should be surnamed Wang.

This is also a mirror of Han society.

No more than three generations of wealth, no more than two generations of expensive.

Since the Han Dynasty, this has been the case.

The state spared no effort, took great pains to dismantle the big families, dismembered the big heroes, and did everything possible to prevent any force from sitting on the throne in the locality.

On this basis, a centralized rule was established.

Zhang Yue put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Niu Sheng, and said: "I watched the content of Niu Sheng's policy, which is quite insightful!" ”

"At the local grassroots level, the redundancy of officials is indeed a national evil!"

"Niu Sheng can see this disadvantage and resolutely put it forward, which can be described as a gentleman!"

"Don't dare!" Niu Sheng hurriedly bowed: "The villain is just a little bit of a scholar's responsibility!" ”

"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!" Zhang Yue got up and said: "And the rise and fall of the world, the responsibility of scholars, so Confucius has the punishment of the Spring and Autumn Period, the punishment of the ministers and thieves, and the punishment of the mediocre people who do not act!" ”

"Niu Jun can see this disadvantage, I think it is good, and I want to recommend you as a minister of the country, I don't know if Niu Jun is willing?"

When Niu Sheng heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed: "I am afraid, I dare not be ashamed!" ”

He said tentatively: "If you can go for the cows and horses in the service, you will be satisfied!" ”

Zhang Yue listened, but said seriously: "Otherwise! Spring and Autumn said: The ministers have no generals, the generals will be punished, and the ministers should not be selfish, so I don't raise diners in my life, don't keep slaves and maids, and don't have land! ”

Are you kidding? What age is it now?

He didn't want to turn back the clock on history and play Meng Weijun's set.

Besides, the so-called diners are actually just some wall grass.

The story of Wei Qihou Dou Ying and Wu'an Hou Tian Wei has long proved to the world that diners will cling to you if they have benefits, and once something happens, they will slip away faster than anyone else!

When Niu Sheng heard this, he looked at Zhang Yue with admiration, and said: "Serving justice in the middle, I admire ...... below."

"It's just that I'm stout and short, and my appearance is not good, I'm afraid I'm going to live up to the kindness of the waiter......"

As he spoke, he bowed his head with low self-esteem.

In the world, it is a society that looks at faces!

The state selects officials, and there is a hard condition, which requires that the height and facial features of the candidates meet the standards.

And the long-handsome people will even get a lot of extra points.

For example, at the beginning, Pingjin offered Gongsun Hong the first time to face the saint, and because of his good looks, he was added to the eyes of today's son, and he was promoted to an official, thus starting his legendary life.

As for the ugly pussy?

I'm sorry, no matter how talented you are, you don't have much of a chance.

Zhang Yue listened, but he didn't care, and said: "The country employs people, how can it be in appearance?" Zhong Ni said: Judging people by their appearance, the lost son Yu, Fu Shuo, Baili Xi, and Yan Zi are all not good-looking, but they are all famous ministers at that time! ”

"Of course, there are indeed some problems in the world now, so if you want to grieve Niu Jun, for the time being, you can only go to Zhuya, Zhan Er or Jianwei, and North Korea as officials, and start from a county order......"

At first glance, the starting point of this prefectural order seems to be very high.

Not really!

Zhuya, Zhan'er, Rinan, Jiaozhi, Jianwei, North Korea, and even Shuofang, Jiuyuan and other Xinjiang territories are notoriously vast and sparsely populated.

Moreover, because of the public opinion of the Han family and the arrogant scholars and doctors, only the Han immigrants and Han officials are considered people.

Other local natives, roughly equivalent to two-legged animals, will not appear in the household registration of the people, let alone be counted.

Therefore, in quite a few places, a county governs thousands of people.

It is only equivalent to the population of a township or even a larger pavilion in the Central Plains.

Therefore, the requirements of officials in the border areas are quite low!

Those who have served as county commanders in the Central Plains, as long as they are willing to go to the border fortress, they will start as the main officials at the county level, or even too guarded!

Like Zhang Yue's cheap disciple Yuan Chang, he once worshipped Huang Ba, a native of Yangxia, as a teacher and studied Legalism.

Under the operation of Yuan Chang and the five-baht money to open the way, Huang Ba first donated the official to become a thousand-stone official of the right Fufeng, and then through the operation, he went to Jianwei County and directly became a taishou!

Therefore, Zhang Yue's recommendation of Niu Sheng to become an official in the border county was really effortless.

It's almost impossible for anyone to have objections - now the border counties of the Han Dynasty, as long as they are people, they want it!

Never picky!

Especially in Jiaozhi and Ninan in the south, every time the local county guards return to the court to report on their work, they have only one request, to give more talents!

If you don't have talent, you can give some people!

Zhang Yue had even heard that in some parts of the border counties, a county magistrate often held the positions of county lieutenant, county magistrate, or even township commander and wanderer.

There is no way, no one wants to go to the border counties, suffer those hardships, and suffer those sins.

In particular, for the tsundere scholars, going to the border county means dealing with Yidi.

It's something they won't do even if they are killed.

Niu Sheng listened to Zhang Yue's words, but he was very moved.

In today's world, there are fewer people who don't judge people by their appearances than phoenixes.

The gratitude to Zhang Yue in his heart was even more out of control, and he even felt that he was willing to die even for this lieutenant.

What's more, just going to the border counties?

At that moment, he bowed and said: "I will thank you deeply for the kindness of the service, and you will repay it with a spring!" ”

Zhang Yue listened, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Niu Sheng: "In the past two days, you have been polishing and rewriting the essay. ”

Although there is no way to solve the problem of redundancy of local officials in the Han Dynasty, the state must be made aware of the seriousness of the problem.

And Niu Sheng's essay, although the text may not be very gorgeous, but the problems described are shocking.

Zhang Yue also understood that in fact, in fact, what the Confucian scholars were shouting about every day to fight against the Xiongnu and cost a huge amount of money was not worth mentioning in the face of this problem.

Because, in fact, the heaviest part of the burden on the Han peasants, especially those in the Kanto region, came from the apportionment of the money to the grassroots officials.

Just like Niu Sheng said in his policy: Today's local officials have a monthly salary of 600, and the people have been suffering for a long time, and the people of Xingyang have raised a single official with 30 people, and the people are all wailing and crying, and there are bankrupt injuries.

On average, 30 peasants have to bear the expenses of a 100-stone official.

Spread evenly to the individual, you need to pay an additional 20 yuan or more every month.

And the war against the Xiongnu, reflected on the peasants, was only a calculation of twenty-three yuan a year and a horse's mouth.

In this way, the corporal doctors of the world talked violently and whipped one after another.

But almost all of them are blind to the reality that at the grassroots level, with an average of 30 or less, people supporting officials.

Others can be blind, but Zhang Yue can't!

It's just that this matter can't be solved by raising it.

This requires the efforts of countless people and the struggle of countless people.

But one thing is certain: this huge and bloated bureaucratic structure must be opened!

If you don't go under the knife, over time, the problem will become more serious and unsolvable!