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Mizhi County Ling Zhang Guang and Zhang Zi said that they are very troubled now.

On this morning, he did not go to the hall to take care of his official duties, but only coughed and sighed in a concubine's room, and sat down with tea and stuffiness.

Zhang Guang was born in the south of the Yangtze River wealthy, the family is quite wealthy, after several imperial examinations, bribed the examiner, Jinshi and the first has been idle at home, the eunuch in the apocalypse period of power, the inspection of local officials no longer pay attention to the ability to learn, but pay attention to the weight of gold and silver and the means of local looting, Zhang Guang saw this, it is his own ability, he brought a large amount of silver money to Beijing to walk around, walked the door of the palace Cao Gonggong, after a lot of silver money, it was really short of this rice fat, it has been three years to be an official.

This official did a smooth ride, who would have thought that the new emperor ascended the throne, and he fell backer, so he was afraid of being implicated all day long, so after he was a money antique, he took the initiative to denounce all kinds of lawlessness of the eunuch party, and it was groundless to fabricate some criminal evidence.

But in recent years, the weather is not beautiful, drought year after year, resulting in a large number of Diao people no longer farming, more land abandoned, or into the homeless people or up the mountains and grass, a lot of income is missing, rushing the little emperor to do things, so happy, Qingliu wants to show the new dynasty weather, so for this mountainous land, not only do not provide relief, but also ask to make up for the arrears of the previous years.

This is really going to be a life, in the past few years in order to get back the old capital, it is already three feet high, and now if you can't complete the money and grain taxes, then your previous efforts may have to be in vain, and you can only stubbornly play with the scraping and urging, fortunately, the following officials are still doing their best, after everyone works up and down, using all kinds of means and methods, although there are also Diao people who push and resist in many ways, but after rectifying dozens of leading Diao people, finally the tax money and grain stipulated above are almost completed.

Actually, it's not that important, the most important thing is the cost at hand.

Now, after deducting what is handed in, there is not much left in hand. But his expenses here are constantly increasing: the families in the far south have to eat and drink, and the concubines who are close to them must also fight right, and people in front of them cannot be decent. There is also a lot of expense for the punishment of the courtesy, money and food, chores and other masters, which makes you at a loss, but you can't do without them, and you can't keep hands on them, because after all, these masters are locals, real local snakes, proficient in local customs, and used to doing things up and down, you can't move an inch without them. (In the old days, the master and other staff members were hired by the officials themselves, and the officials had to pay out of their own pockets, and they were not among the officials who were issued by the imperial court.) ）

There is also the porter of the sedan chair, all kinds of miscellaneous servants, maids and women, etc., where do you want to eat and drink?

There is also the distribution of red envelopes at the end of the year for the subordinates, although there will be various ways for the subordinates to get a lot of oil and water, which is much more than this, but after all, this is a façade that cannot be owed, and it is a headache to think about.

There are also colleagues and colleagues, and the gentry and gentry are constantly sent to socialize, of course, these are relatively small, after all, they are courtesy.

The biggest expense is at the end of each festival, but also the filial piety of the bigwigs in the capital of Fuli Province is even more headache, just in time for the end of his term of office this year, he has to find a way to move, out of this border where bandits are rampant everywhere, or promoted, or not to Nanzhili to a rich and peaceful territory as an official, close to home, and a small field property is also good to take care of.

The rules set by the grandfather are that the officials must be in different places, but we are the officials, and the officials can't take care of the small fields of the relatives, although there are also local officials who look at the face of the officials in the same dynasty and take some care, but the favor is still needed, just take the county order of their hometown, and this year they will make a great contribution to the land disputes with their neighbors for their own families, and the officialdom pays attention to reciprocating the peach, so this year's annual rules must of course be thickened.

When he was hesitating and bored, a doorman hurried in, and did not report through the maid in the inner courtyard, so he stood outside the door and cautiously reported: "Master Qiyu County, there is an old man from Zhaojiazhuang outside the city who asks to see him outside, saying that there is a big matter known to the lord of the court." ”

Zhang Xianling couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, if it weren't for Zhao Yuanwai in his words, he would have scolded this guy who forgot the rules and was good at breaking into the house.

This Zhao Yuanwai is a sensible person, he is also a century-old family in the local area, his family is also quite rich, and he also has some connections in the local area.

Of course, it is indispensable to repay the favor, and he received a lot of property from others, so of course he helped him do some small things with his hands, and suppressed the general anti-rent and land occupation of the people.

Today, if you want to come to this Zhao Laocai from afar, there must be something big to ask him for, a big event? Well, it seems that a lot of filial piety is in hand again, and for a while, I have temporarily let go of the worries in front of me.

With this reason, he no longer blames the subordinate who lost his manners, put down the tea bowl, and Shi Shiran commanded; "I know, when the official wears it, you go and introduce that Zhao Yuan to see him in the flower hall."

Receiving a gentry landlord to the flower hall instead of the class room is already a great treat.

When I got inside, I was served by the concubine and dressed, and I didn't wear an official uniform, but I wore a moon-white robe, a scribe's scarf, and took a fan, (the ancient literati dressed up, the fan just showed that they were gentle, and had nothing to do with enjoying the coolness) and walked to the flower hall.

coughed, took a full stance, turned the screen, and saw that the chubby Zhao Yuanwai was sitting there with a frightened expression, and his face was constantly bleeding oil and sweat, and he wiped it with his sleeve from time to time.

Zhang Xianling couldn't help but be happy in his heart, the more the other party was panicked, the more he explained that his matter was serious, the more he was filial to himself, although he was trying to win over his family, he was the same year as his son who was released, but his brother still had to settle the account.

As soon as Zhao Yuanwai, who was in a panic, saw the arrival of Zhang County's order, he immediately stepped forward in a panic and bowed his hand and said, "The old parents are fine." ”

Zhang Xianling arched his hand and said with a smile: "Shi Bo is well, I haven't seen you for a few days, and I have been getting more and more blessed recently." Then he pointed to the seat with his finger and said with a smile: "I am the same age as your son, the elders don't have to be formal, come, sit down and talk slowly." "The more anxious you are, the more I have to be steady, is there a drama behind, this is also the least forbearance in the officialdom.

That Zhao Yuanwai sat down apprehensively, although he was anxious, he didn't dare to really overstep, waiting for the county to ask.

The subordinate brought the tea, Zhang Xianling sat in the main seat, raised Erlang's legs and took a sip of tea, retreated from the idle in the room, and waited for Zhao Yuanwai to speak.

Seeing that the normal etiquette procedures had passed, where could Zhao Yuanwai still sit still, his face was full of sweat and he bent over and arched his hand; "I ask my parents to be in charge of me."

"What is it that has made Shibo so wronged? Take your time, I'll do my best to do my best for Shibo here. "The more the other party panics, the more Zhang Xianling is happy, it is a disaster for you, and it is a great good thing for me, snickering in my heart or drinking tea slowly.

So this Zhao Yuanwai was no longer polite, and hurriedly captured the pole in Zhangjiabao, and he and the surrounding villages struggled to save each other, but he didn't want that Chenjiazhuang to suddenly turn his back, and slaughtered his brother and the township he led, so that his brother died in the wilderness, etc., and finally knelt down, crying and shouting: "This blood sea feud must be the old parents and me to be the master, and run the Chen family, once the old parents make me a big enemy, the clan is willing to be rewarded with silver ten thousand taels." ”

"Huh-" Zhang Xianling heard this, and a mouthful of hot tea squirted out, "When the teacup fell to the ground, the whole person became dumbfounded."

"Old parents, old parents." When Zhao Yuanwai saw the county honor's expression, he didn't care about his identity, so he immediately got up and massaged the already demented Zhang County Order.

After a while, Zhang Xianling, whose face was pale, relieved his breath. grabbed Zhao Yuanwai's collar, and his whole face was almost attached to Zhao Yuanwai's fat face that was sweating, and asked in a trembling voice: "What are you going to say?" Guo Tianxing captured Zhangjiabao? “

"Exactly, it's just that the Chen family is even more hateful, colluding with bandits and killing the alliance." Zhao Yuanwai hurriedly replied loudly again.

It was reconfirmed that the county order was already gone, but there was still a trace of luck. "Is this accurate? Don't make me happy. ”

"Absolutely." That Zhao Yuanwai's head was like a chicken pecking rice, and he said with a bitter face: "The matter is big, I have the courage to do it, how dare I take this life-threatening thing to have fun with my old parents?" ”

After Zhang Xianling received an exact answer, he let go of the hand holding Zhao Yuanwai's collar, and sat down on the chair in a daze, unable to speak for a long time.

It's not that he Zhang Guang was shocked by Zhao Chen's countless casualties, this clan fighting has been a common occurrence since ancient times, and it is not worth making a fuss about at all, the main thing is that this Zhangjiabao was captured, and the Zhang family's father and son were killed, which is really a big deal.

Zhang's family is in Yan'an, Xi'an Taiyuan, are all hand-eyed figures, they sit firmly in the position of the Mizhi County Order, and get rid of the big trouble in this eunuch storm, or the central government told this hand-eyed Zhang Yuan to give himself the result of walking around in the Taiyuan Palace, at that time he also changed his name with this Zhang Yuan, recognized the same brother, this Zhangjiabao was broken during his tenure, and it became a family ruin, that Zhang Yuan was angry, he would definitely blame it on his head, in case, no need to do it, it was ironclad to go to the palace, Or the governor sued himself and found out that he hugged the eunuch's thigh at the beginning, then it is possible that he lost his future or his life.

Also, I often go back and forth in Zhangjiabao all year round, and I know the strength of Zhangjiabao, so I can catch up with the defense level of my county, and I will be broken by the pole at once, what kind of strength does the pole have? Don't want Zhang Yuan to collect the charges, such a force has appeared in his own jurisdiction, and there is no way to govern the place, so that the place is erosive, just this excuse, you can take your own life.

Woe to you, woe to you.

Thinking of this, he suddenly jumped three feet and shouted: "Hurry, hurry, hurry up and call Master Guo, just say that I have something important to discuss with him." “