Xiangyang, Sun Mansion.

"Mother, today's meal is your favorite lotus seed soup, come and eat it early." Sun Quan walked into Mrs. Wu's house.

"If you don't eat it, you don't have that appetite, what about your eldest brother?"

"The eldest brother is preparing for the celebration banquet of the Son of Heaven the day after tomorrow."

"Although I am a woman, I know what you and your eldest brother want to do. Quan'er, since your father has chosen your eldest brother, you can assist him well. Mrs. Wu sighed, "You also know that your eldest brother is a man of temperament, and he is very good to those of you who are younger brothers, and whatever mistakes you have made since childhood, they have also borne for you." ”

"Mother, Quan'er knows," Sun Quan said with a light smile, "Father chose the eldest brother, Quan'er will not go against his father's will, he will definitely assist the eldest brother well, the lotus seed soup son is here, and if the mother wants to drink it, she will drink it." ”

"Where's Shang Xiang? Go and call her, I want to talk to her. ”

"Okay mother."

The white silk hung in the door of the house, and the servants carried the sacrificial gifts back and forth. Sun Quan looked indifferent and stood in the pavilion.

"The moonlight is sad, Zhongmou is depressed and unhappy, and there is something in his heart?"

Sun Quan turned his head to look, and saw the person who came with a smile on his face and a bamboo slip in his hand, "I just gave it to my mother lotus soup, I think of the days when my father was still there, my heart is a little sad, and Brother Guoyi can't sleep at night, but what is going on in my heart?" ”

Sun Fu smiled lightly and said, "I'm afraid it's not that the second uncle is still there." ”

Sun Quan said with a displeased face: "You never have a word out of your mouth!" ”

"Eh, don't go, I'm here to give you a gift, you must like it!" Sun Fu took out a bamboo slip from his hand, "Do you know that Jiang asked this person?" ”

"A vassal beside the eldest brother." Sun Quan took the bamboo slip and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Our emperor is not at all restful." Sun Fu smiled, "I'll give you the letter too, and it's time to go back and rest now." ”

Sun Quan returned to his room, checked Sun Fu's letters, closed his eyes and meditated, "Is it an edict?" ”

The next day, Sun Fu's mansion.

"Grandpa's mansion outside the middle of the house, asking to see the son."

"Bring him to my study."

"Zhongmou doesn't know what to do with me?"

Sun Quan said: "I have a deep relationship with my eldest brother, and I will definitely not betray my eldest brother, and I am here today just to persuade Brother Guoyi to stop." ”

Sun Fu smiled and shook his head, "Zhongmou, why are you so unruly, although you and your eldest brother failed to compete for the position of the prince, I know what you are thinking." ”

"What I want in my heart is to assist my eldest brother and fulfill my father's wish." Sun Quan said with a light smile.

Sun Fu took out two mats, "It's not easy to stand, you might as well sit down and talk." ”

After Sun Quan sat down, Sun Fu said with a smile: "If Zhongmou really wants to assist Bo Fu well, it will not be Zhongmou who will come to me today, but a bunch of school affairs with long knives will break into my mansion." ”

Sun Fu looked at Sun Quan silently, and smiled, "Okay, don't pretend, there are only you and me in this study." ”

Sun Quan spoke after a while: "Why do you know about the edict? ”

"Yesterday I mentioned it to you and asked," Sun Fu said with a smile, "I know about the edict of the clothes and belts, and it has something to do with this military advisor's sacrificial wine, he has a concubine Diao Chan, do you know?" ”

"Naturally, in the past, the good name was widely spread among the scholars, although she was Lu Bu's wife, but her appearance was stunning, and many people fell for it, I have also seen it once, and it is indeed amazing." Sun Quan said, "But she is just a woman, how can such a big event have anything to do with her?" ”

"I don't know, but the letter did reach me." Sun Fu smiled and said, "Zhongmou, are you willing to get involved?" ”

Sun Quan said flatly: "Diao Chan is Jiang Wen's wife and concubine, Jiang Wen must know about this, since this is the case, I will not participate in this matter, what Brother Guoyi wants is not related to me." ”

"It's just a Jiang Wen, it's not a big problem, I've already arranged for someone to assassinate him," Sun Fu said, "Zhongmou, you really don't want to get involved in this matter, you must know that this is a godsend!" ”

"In your opinion, those ministers in the court can really achieve great things?" Sun Quan smiled and said, "In the past, Dong Zhuo made the world chaotic, eager to peel his bones and drink his blood, and none of these ministers stabbed Dong Zhuo to death, but now my eldest brother is not Dong Zhuo, he has more powerful strategists than Dong Zhuo in the past, and there are more powerful tiger generals than Dong Zhuo's side, in my opinion, this matter is just self-defeating." ”

Wake up the person in the dream with a word, Sun Fu's expression changed slightly, and sure enough, his cousin's resourcefulness is higher than his own, it is not unreasonable.

"Then we should not have seen this?"

"The military advisor sacrificed Jiujiang and asked, didn't you leave Xiangyang to go to Fuchun?" Sun Quan said lightly, "It can't be said that this matter is completely fruitless." ”

Fuchun County.

The mansion next to the county office.

The house had been cleaned up, but the yard was devastated, and the craftsmen were swooping on the bluestone.

However, the county government has already been repaired.

The drum in front of the door was also replaced with a new drum skin.

Xiaoshu looked at this mansion, although it was not as big as Xiangyang's, but at least it was much better than the one in the old man's village.

"Childe, what kind of meat did you cook yesterday, I want to taste it too!"

The main hall of the mansion, because there was no report and there was no need to deal with anything, Jiang Wen was very idle for a while.

Tao Er and Jiang Wen sat on the main seat, while Diao Chan sat below, "Madame has never eaten, the master's craftsmanship is very good, it is definitely a rare delicacy!" ”

"Then I don't care, Childe will do it for me now!"

Jiang Wen flicked Tao'er's forehead, "Didn't I give you a reward yesterday?" ”

Tao Er blushed and lowered her head, muttering something on the side.

Niu Mu jumped off the ox cart, and Niu Yi also followed him, "I have something to do when I come to Fuchun this time, don't cause trouble for me!" ”

"It's natural, Dad."

"I'm going to go to the county government now, you can take the money, and then go home by yourself."

"Dad, my son also wants to go to the county government together!"

"Put away those thoughts of yours, do you think I don't know what you went to the county government for?" Niu Mu Zhengse said, "If you cause trouble, I will only let you fend for yourself!" ”

"Good!" Niu Yi nodded perfunctorily in agreement.

After Niu Mu finished speaking, he took the bamboo slips and went to the county office.

Niu Yi followed behind him secretly.

Jiang Wen looked at the field books presented by the pavilion chiefs, "Pavilion Chief Feng, according to the grain tax, one hundred stones of grain and grass should be entered, but this month's grain and grass is only eighty stones, where did the other twenty stones of grain and grass go?" ”

"My lord, it's the recent disaster in the fields, so we don't have enough food."

"Sheep more!"

"The villain is here!"

"Go back to the village with Pavilion Chief Feng and see if it's as he said!"

"Yes, my lord."

"Next."

Niu Mu carried the bamboo slip and handed it over with some apprehension.

Jiang Wen opened the bamboo slips, and the registered fields had seventy acres, and the names of the owners of each mu were also registered, and the harvest of grain and grass this year, as well as the grain and grass paid, were clearly written.

The story of the previous county commander is still in his ears, Jiang Wen doesn't know what this county commander has found, but there is no doubt that it must be related to Wu County Taishou.

Speaking of which, although he has advised Tuntian on the policy, but the Tuntian matter was blocked by the old generals, and even did not take it seriously at all, many old generals still occupied the public land, and this matter was also a heart attack between Sun Ce and the old generals.

At that time, even if the letter from the county order was handed over to the Tuntian Governor, I am afraid it would not have much effect.

Jiang Wen is actually hesitating these days, it is difficult to be a good official, you need to be honest, you need to be reasonable, you need to be clear about rewards and punishments, and you need to be worthy of the king.

And Bo Fu has now become the prime minister, and there is no doubt that he needs to rely on the power of these old generals, after all, the power of soldiers and horses is in the hands of these old generals.

For the old generals, the fields are like the king's country, others can't move, and they can't take it, if they are in a hurry, they are afraid that they will be separated.

The county commanders in various places are either afraid of the old generals, or they are in the same league as the old generals, and they have a small head, and the old generals have a big head.

So Jiang Wen really wants to be this good official?

"Speaking of the village chief, I haven't been to the fields since I returned to the village, this time I will ask my subordinates to go and see on my behalf, the village chief will not have an opinion."

"This ......" Niu Mu broke out in a slight cold sweat, and his eyes fluttered.

Jiang Wen didn't give him a chance to refuse, "Yang Wu took this field book to Xiaohe Village, and the registered villagers asked them one by one, asking if they owned so many fields. ”

"There is no problem with the fields in the village, so the county magistrate doesn't have to bother......" Niu Mu's eyes flashed, and he said in a bit of panic.

Jiang Wen looked at Niu Mu's expression, and after groaning slightly, he said a little helplessly, "That's it, I believe in the words of Village Chief Niu, you go down." ”

Niu Mu breathed a sigh of relief abruptly and said, "Lord Xie, Niu Mu farewell." ”

The mansion on the side.

Niu Yi bowed his body and helped the craftsmen pave the road together, after all, he often did farm work, and he still had the strength in his hands.

But in fact, his eyes have been in the west room, constantly approaching the west room.

There were two women in the room, one was well-behaved and delicate, Jiang Wen's wife, and the other was a beautiful woman sitting opposite her.

The two were talking and laughing, and there were chess pieces on the table that they didn't know what mold.

The window was not closed, and Niu Yi swallowed secretly.

"Hey, who are you?"

Niu Yi's attention was attracted by a delicate drink, and he saw a delicate-looking girl standing outside the door with her waist crossed.

"That...... I had some problems with the rocks here, so I came over and took a closer look. Niu Yi said without changing his face.

Xiao Shu shouted angrily: "In this room are the wife and concubine of the county order, if you dare to peek again, I will ask someone to poke your eyes!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Niu Yi hurriedly ran away, with dark anger in his eyes.

"Humph!" Xiao Shu walked into the house, and Diao Chan asked softly, "What happened to Xiao Shu?" ”

"A dishonest craftsman actually peeked out the window at Madame and Miss."

"Reprimanding him is, just now you said that you poked him in the eye." Diao Chan said, "In case the old man ...... him"

"Sister, don't worry, if Childe knows, he will not only poke him blind, but also break his legs." Tao'er jumped off the horse and flew to the elephant, "General! ”

At night, the moonlight was very strong today, and Jiang Wen sat on the stone chair in the court.

Tao Er was dressed in a dress, and Lianbu Shanshan did it beside Jiang Wen, "Childe's heart is not good?" ”

"Where's Diao?"

"My sister has fallen asleep."

Jiang Wen nodded and said, "I've encountered some trouble." ”

"That'...... Can you talk to Taoer? ”

Jiang Wen smiled and hugged Tao'er over, his wife is different from Diao Chan, her background is very clean and she is a person who has always accompanied her, and many words that are held in her heart can be easily said to her.

Jiang Wen smelled the fragrance of Tao'er, "Today I looked at the field books in many places, and found that many pavilion chiefs did tricks and feet, and they were greedy for profit. Many of the registered fields no longer belong to the original villagers. ”

"That son helps the villagers get back the fields, so that the son can become a good official!"

"This matter is not so simple," Jiang Wen hugged Xiao Man's waist lightly, sighed and said, "These pavilion chiefs don't have the courage to privately swallow these fields, they can get a little profit from it, and they have already fed their appetites, and it is those generals who really occupy the fields." ”

"Childe, I don't understand, those generals are already not worried about eating and drinking, and there are a lot of fertile fields, why do they still occupy the people's fields, it is the lives of the people!"

"Because no one has too much of this kind of thing, contentment and happiness are the four most common words for them, all corrupt officials throughout the ages have been like this," Jiang Wen said, "Just like Tao'er said, they have no worries about food and clothing, occupy a less acre of land, and may be able to feed one more person, but corrupt officials will not care about this, they only care about more, and even carved this word into the bone marrow, like gluttonous greed, and those who come will not refuse." ”

"These grains and grasses are handed over to the people, which can feed the people, and handed over to the king, which can train the soldiers. But they like to fill their pockets with these things that are for the country and the people. ”

"Childe, what is on your mind, are you thinking about how to deal with these corrupt officials?"

"No, on the contrary," Jiang Wen said, "many times criminals can be easily punished without taking evidence of crimes, and just like now, although I know that there is a problem with the field book handed over by Niu Mu today, I still did not call anyone to check it in the end." ”

"Childe...... Why is that? ”

"Because I'm afraid of ......," Jiang Wen looked at Tao Er's bright eyes, "I'm afraid of suffering a catastrophe, there was once a county magistrate who came here to investigate the case, and soon after he was wrongfully executed by Wu County Taishou and beheaded, and now there is still a mustard between Bo Fu and the old general, if it is because of the field, the relationship will deteriorate." The military power is in the hands of the old generals......"

"But this is always a stopgap measure, not a cure!"

Diao Chan walked over, "The concubine has seen Madame, sir." ”

Tao Er immediately broke free from Jiang Wen and looked away embarrassedly.

"Didn't you sleep?"

Diao Chan smiled: "It's a little stuffy, so I came out to breathe." ”

Jiang Wen nodded, "Go on." ”

Diao Chan said: "According to what the old man said, the prime minister can control the old generals with this, but if he appeases the generals for a long time, it will provoke an uprising among the people." ”

"The longer the old generals occupy the fields, the more miserable the lives of the people will only become with the taxes, and then there will inevitably be a new Yellow Turban Rebellion."