One after another, the eleven dock forts in Huaiyin County sent people to the county seat, and most of the dock fort owners refused to show up like Chen Fen, and sent brothers and nephews as representatives, only a few small dock forts, did not dare to disobey, and the dock lord came in person. With {Meng} Xiao◢.1a Huaisiwu Fort as the largest armed force in the territory, and Chen Jian's notoriety was not under his brother Chen Fen, so he became the leader of this group of people, and the big guys secretly connected not only once, but also vowed to advance and retreat together.

As for what tasks the government will send, everyone has their own speculation; How to deal with it, there is a general plan. If it was just a pre-announcement that the grain tax would be collected this autumn, the big guys would cry together about poverty, saying that last year's harvest was not very good, and thieves were rampant, and they were forced to build dock forts and weapons, and spent countless money and food, and it was really impossible to pay the fixed amount - whoever let the government leave us alone - even if they kneel down and kowtow, they have to mourn and reduce the tax amount. If you have something else to ask for, for example, if you contribute money to help repair the county, then you have to belong to the autumn endowment, and we will pay in advance.

Of course, if you can not give benefits, it is not completely impossible to give day work or extra money and food, for example, the state, county, and county will vacate a few places for officials to come out and everyone will share a point, or rebuild the title deed, so that we can legally annex more land. Eleven of us, if we can divide all the land in a county, even if the government wants more, then we can negotiate!

Everyone waited anxiously until the limited period of deliberation, and then they changed into neat but simple clothes and hats, and came to the door of the county office together. A servant reported that he had entered, and after a short time, he saw a rough-looking official walking out slowly with his hands behind his back, claiming to be Zhou Huaihai engaged in guarding, and leading everyone to the top of the hall.

The banquet and the case had already been arranged in the hall, and Wei Xun ordered everyone to sit and wait for the time being, while he walked around the screen. After some concessions, Jian Chen was let to the top, but he was not in a hurry to sit down, but looked around and looked at the surrounding environment.

Just see the middle of the lobby, the main seat is in the shape of the word "product" with three several cases, presumably in the middle is the honor of the Xuzhou Thorn History, one side is Guangling Taishou, and the other side is Xuzhou don't drive. Don't drive the full name of "don't drive to engage in history", although it is the history of the assassin since the subordinate, according to the later generations, it is regarded as the "master", but the power is very heavy, second only to the history of the assassin in a state, that is, the travel is not the same as the history of the assassin, hence the name. Later, Yu Liang wrote in the "Book of Answering Guo Xun": "Don't drive, don't drive the old classics and the history of the assassin, and those who circulate and declare in thousands of miles will be in half of the history of the assassination...... "There is actually no difference between the deputy and the deputy, so it can be juxtaposed with the county guard."

Behind the three seats, there is a small seat, presumably used by the transcriptionist. At this time, there were no officials in the hall, only three servants served, and there were several soldiers standing in the hall, all wearing helmets and armor, holding a sword on their waist in one hand and a halberd in the other, silent and silent, but their backs were straight. Chen Jian peeked and saw that the soldiers were all around thirty years old, with weathered faces and even scars on their faces, as if they were pawns of a hundred battles...... It is estimated that except for my two brothers, there are no other people in my own dock fort, and I will never be able to win any of them.

He had an eyeliner in the county, and the report was very detailed, saying that the assassin and the county guard brought nearly 10,000 people this time, but most of them should be homeless people who were gathered on the way, and those who looked at the real elephant soldiers were less than a hundred - this is to put the elite out, right? Do you want to intimidate me? The vast majority of the scholars here are not powerless, most of them have been stained with blood, where is it so easy to be frightened by you. However, if you don't agree with each other and start to do it, your own bare hands - the weapons are forced to be untied in front of the gate of the government office - maybe you are the only one who has a chance to kill the general......

He was carefully observing the position where the soldiers were standing, and rehearsing the path of rushing out to kill in his mind, when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "The nobles have ascended to the hall, and the common people have stood quietly!" Then it turned out from behind the screen...... Six people came.

The first one is the one surnamed Bian who I saw the day before yesterday, and his clothes today are the same as the day before yesterday, with a black hair on his head, a three-beam crown, a white silk shirt with black trim, a horizontal jade belt, a black skirt, and a white knee cover......

White is plain, because it only needs to be bleached and does not need to be dyed, the cost is relatively low, it is generally worn by the common people, only the Jin Dynasty is different, and it is used to make the color of the official's clothes. Because the "Five Virtues Doctrine" has begun to prevail in these years, the great Confucian Sun Sheng once wrote to Emperor Wu Sima Yan, saying that my dynasty Wei and Xing, Wei is Tude, so according to Liu Xin's theory of winning the five elements, Jin should be Jinde, and gold is white - so he wore a white robe.

Bian Beijia was followed by a servant, and when Bian Beijia sat down on the right hand side of the main seat, he pointed and introduced to everyone: "This, this Xuzhou don't drive Bian, Bian Gongye." "It's different from the Wei Xun I've seen before, it's purely a northern accent, but it sounds a little trembling, and I don't know if it's because of a natural stutter or because of nervousness.

Before they could salute, another official stepped forward and sat down on the left hand side of the throne. This person's dress is not much different from Bian Beijia's, but he wears a two-beam crown on his head, and he still has a seal ribbon tied around his waist, and at a glance, he knows that he is a court economic official--of course, Chen Jian's kind of dirt buns may not be able to see it--he is much older than Bian Beijia, with white hair and coarse black skin, just like an old peasant, only a pair of eyes are shining, and after a little look, Chen Jian feels a faint chill on his back spine......

"This, this Guangling County guards the ancestors."

After Bian Yan and Zu Li, it was time for Assassin Shi Pei to show up. But unlike the previous two, Pei Gai didn't come out by himself, but was carried out by two young servants - he sat under a table, and put it directly behind several cases, so he didn't need to get off the table, and he was naturally half a head taller than others.

Moreover, Pei Gai was not wearing official clothes, and his dress looked very casual: he wore a black gauze curly skirt hat on his head, a white large-sleeved fine kudzu shirt, and he also had a loose placket, revealing his heartfelt clothes, and pants underneath. Pei Gai is not a serious kneeling sitting, his left leg curled up, lying horizontally on the table, his right leg arched forward, stepping on the wooden table with his bare feet, his right hand is casually resting on his right knee, and his left hand is holding a pu fan, gently shaking.

Chen Jian didn't dare to look up, peeked at it, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: "This crazy family, you have eaten too much cold stones!" ”

"Hanshisan" is "Wushisan", which is said to be a kind of medicine that has been popular since the end of the Han Dynasty, and after taking it, it makes people feel feverish, and they are in a trance, and they have a feeling of fluttering immortals...... To put it bluntly, it's a drug. Because of the darkness of politics, many children of the family could not see the future clearly, and when they were confused and hesitant, they all became infected with the vice of drug addiction - of course, people at the time did not think of it as poison, but people of insight already knew that it was not a good thing.

And gradually, taking San and Xingsan (it is persuaded that after the drug, you must walk to stimulate the medicinal properties, otherwise it will be harmful to the body) has become a symbol of aristocratic status, because the price of "Wushi San" is expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford to take it. Of course, Chen Jian has never taken it, but he has never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? Looking at Pei Gai's virtue, although he may not have just taken the medicine - because his cheeks are not flushed - he has the habit of taking it loosely.

This can be seen in the way you dress. You said that it is normal to see that some of us ordinary people do not wear official clothes, but use regular clothes, but do you need to dress so sloppily? Most of the scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties and the Southern Dynasties were dressed like this when they were idle, and if they didn't pinch the fan in their hands, they would be as they wished and hold the tail, which was actually caused by the sequelae of dispersion.

Because people who often take loose clothes have very sensitive skin, they can only wear loose old clothes to avoid friction; The placket is often open, because it will be hot and unbearable after the clothes are scattered, and the same is true for pinching the fan all day long; And not only wear old clothes, but also clothes can not be washed, resulting in wearing for a long time, it will inevitably stink, and the smell will attract flies, and the tail (dust) is used to drive flies; Wearing this kind of clothes, the body will definitely itch, so it is necessary to end the handle Ruyi, in fact, the prototype of Ruyi is tickling, the old man is happy......

Although this kind of dress has gradually become the fashion of the upper class, it is not necessarily a drug addict who is dressed like this, but Chen Jian, a middle- and lower-class small landlord, does not know it, and believes that this Lord Thorn Shi is very likely to be addicted.

As for why Pei Gai deliberately dressed up like this? Naturally break their heads, and it is impossible to guess.

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The owners of the dock fort held a meeting to study how to deal with the government, and the representatives of the government, the three ancestors—Pei Gai, Zu Ti, and Bian Yan, and the rest were not qualified—would naturally gather together to discuss how to deal with the landlord and squire.

The principle is actually very simple, the city defense should be repaired, the fortifications along the Huai should be built, the water patrol ships should be collected, the soldiers, grain and grass that Zu Shizhi planned to march west, but also to recruit, theoretically to fund thousands of soldiers and horses in a county, the difficulty is already relatively large, plus the treasury is empty, the grain and grass materials they brought, at most they will survive the autumn harvest, and this year's taxes are definitely not enough to support the next harvest, so it is necessary for those landlords to spit out more money and goods. or levy, or adjust, to the point that it is not good to play white strips and borrow, in short, on the premise of not forcing them to rebel, the more the merrier.

Zu Ti suggested: "I have always controlled the people, and we must pay equal attention to grace and power, so that they can not only fear my power, but also feel my virtue, and can shepherd them." ”

Bian Yan spread his hands: "What Zu Jun said, although it is right, but when I first came, I only led two thousand militiamen, and we still need to be trained, what is the momentum?" And what grace can make the people feel virtuous? ”

Zu Ti smiled bitterly: "I can only try the benefits of my tongue." Then he turned to Pei Gai and said, "When the meeting is held, I will speak sharply to persecute him, and Wen Yue will ease his cheeks." That is, I will be powerful, and I will be gracious, or I may be able to receive miraculous results. ”

The corners of Pei Gai's mouth twitched: "Jun sings white face, makes me sing red face......"

Zu and Bian were both stunned when they heard this: "What does Wen Yue mean?" ”

Pei Caixin is right, there haven't even been dramas in these years, let alone red-faced and white-faced...... Hurry up and make up for it: "My intention is to make the ancestor face cold, and I will pay it with sincerity, and I can even fake a dispute, like a soldier who is born together, in order to confuse them - is this what you mean?" ”

Zu Ti nodded and said That's what I meant. Pei Cai smiled and asked, "Can't it be replaced?" ”

Bian Yan said: "I look at the meaning of the ancestors, so that the king is young, and his appearance is peaceful, and it is easy to win the trust of others with sincerity; Zujun Youzhou Jieshi, there are soldiers with him, and he sits in a majestic state, and he can only be impatient. ”

Zu Ti smiled and nodded, indicating that I was thinking about it this way. In fact, there is another sentence that he did not declare, that is: I will be here for a year at most, and then I will leave, no matter how those landowners hate me; Pei should be in the future for a long time to suppress Huaiyin, for my rear protection, the power can only be intimidated for a while, virtue can last for a long time, so you have to sing red-faced, then after I leave, I can be at peace with those landowners, no conflict.

Pei Gai lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied: "Bian Jun is a humble gentleman, and he is really in charge of county affairs, so he can be gracious and ......" You sing with a white face and let Bian Yan sing with a red face, it seems that this will be better.

"Then what does the envoy do?"

Pei Cai smiled and said Wait a minute, I'll go into the inner room and change my dress, and you will know what role I will play during the meeting. Immediately turned back to enter, and in a short time, he was carried out by Pei Du and Pei Lian's two slaves, and Zu Ti and Bian Yan were shocked on the spot when they saw his dress-black gauze hat, Ge Yi cloth pants, and hand-cranked pu fan. Zu Ti even stood up directly: "What does Wen Yue mean by this?" If you show them in this dress, you will be despised by them! ”

Pei Gai smiled: "Just want them to despise me." ”

Bian Yan arched his hand: "We are stupid, it is difficult to understand the true meaning of the king, please solve the doubts." ”

Pei Gai smiled: "If the world wants to be peaceful, the Son of Heaven should rule by hanging the arch and appointing the wise; And the virtuous dynasty, the yin and yang, the upright in the opposition, the shepherd of the people, the upper and lower hearts, the community can be stable. But no? ”

According to the traditional Confucian theory, the monarch does not need to be too capable, because because of his strong ability and lack of restraint, it is easy to become rigid and arbitrary, and on the contrary, he will mess up the country. The only virtue that a monarch must possess is the ability to identify and appoint wise ministers, who are then to actually run the country—ministers who are not afraid of competence, because there is a king who can restrain him and remove him at any time. The best representative of this set of theories is that in the early stage of Duke Qi Huan, he only managed to eat, drink and have fun in the inner palace, and took a boat trip to the lake with his favorite concubines.

Therefore, as soon as Pei Gai said this, Zu and Bian both nodded: "This is true." So Pei Gai continued: "I don't dare to take Fang Tianzi, and then I will use this Xuzhou theory, I will rule with my head down, Bian Jun's morality, and Zujun's prestige is the best policy." They are fools, afraid of the power of the ancestors, and will look at the virtue of Bian Jun, that is, the virtue of Bian Jun is not in place, and there is still a history of thorns in their hearts, and they can litigate. If the history of the assassination is also moralized, they will not be afraid of might; If the history of the assassination is also prestigious, they will not feel virtue; Only those who seem to be useless can make up for the shortcomings of the two ways. ”

If the coordinator is too capable or the tendency is too obvious, the people will look down on your policy, so instead of despising you, it is better to despise me as the coordinator. The more useless the coordinators see, the more they still have the last glimmer of hope for all the policies they are not satisfied with, and they hope to get changes in their favor by complimenting or bribing the coordinators, so that they will not take risks and cause any trouble.

Hearing this, Bian Yan lowered his head and thought thoughtfully; Zu Ti shook his head again and again: "It still doesn't seem to be appropriate." "Of course Pei Caixin said that it is not appropriate, I am just casually making up a reason, as for my true intentions, I can't tell you at this time, otherwise you will definitely oppose it, and my next plan will be difficult to implement!