Chapter Twenty-Three: Once upon a time there was a eunuch

"Naturally." Zhao Yan pretended to be false and said: "I don't know if you have ever heard the word 'public opinion'?" ”

Wang Ye thought for a while and said: "When I was young, I heard Mr. say by chance, "Liang Shuwu Emperor Ji" has a cloud: whether you can do it, or Su Ding's embrace, or get public opinion. This public opinion must be the public's opinion. ”

Zhao Yan nodded with a bit of a dog-headed military advisor, pressed down the slight guilt that rose in his heart, and lowered his voice and said, "Yes, outsiders can make people do this and that...... Once it is done, it is inevitable that Sun Changgeng will make a fool of himself. ”

Wang Ye was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Zhao Yan and hesitated: "What did the virtuous nephew say...... I'm afraid it wasn't the gentleman's doing, and besides, there is no empirical evidence for what the virtuous nephew said, even if it is publicized, no one will believe it. ”

Zhao Yan was speechless, he never thought that Wang Dahu would be so indecisive, and finally simply said: "To do or not to decide whether to do it or not depends on the decision, most people in the world are like clouds, if it is not about themselves, they have never seriously thought about the twists and turns, Sun Changgeng ignores this matter, as long as he stands up to defend himself, this kind of thing will only get darker and darker." ”

"The virtuous nephew has a point." Wang Ye slapped his thigh after thinking for a while, and said coldly: "Heaven is the most public, one report is one report, if this matter is successful, it will be forgotten that the old man has been entangled in his heart for many years." ”

On April 18, the tasting was held as usual.

For most of the people who came to participate in the meeting, this wine tasting was naturally the top priority, but for Zhao Yan, he was actually just here to make soy sauce, and even after he gave advice to Wang Dahu, Wang Ye, who was originally interested in the wine tasting, suddenly lost interest, just because he had already greeted a few friends in advance, so he had to show his face at the wine tasting.

"Everyone, let's be quiet and listen to what the old man has to say. The old man Fang Dawei, the chief steward of the 'Fuxinglong' winery, is polite here......" An old man with three strands of long hair and a red face stood in front of people and talked eloquently, and he talked for a quarter of an hour without stopping, and everyone on the field listened drowsy, but they were helpless.

Half an hour later, the chief steward of Fu Xinglong was still talking there, Zhao Yan originally wanted to follow Wang Dahu to see for a long time and see a fresh look, but at this time, when he saw this situation, he couldn't help but want to borrow urine to escape, this is purely a waste of time, if he has this time, Zhao Yan felt that it was better to go to the double soap stall to help shout twice.

At this moment, a person squeezed in from the crowd outside, he came to Fang Dawei's side and whispered a few words to him, and he didn't know what he said, he saw that Fang Dawei was first surprised, then happy, and then returned to his usual smiling appearance.

Seeing that the attention of everyone below was attracted by Fang Cai's actions, Fang Dawei smiled and said: "Everyone, as we all know, our former prefect Zhang Dingfu was transferred to Beijing, and the prefect's yamen has been vacant for more than a month, and the old man has just gotten the news. ”

As soon as these words fell, there was an uproar and amazement at the bottom, and it lasted for a long time.

After the establishment of the country in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhending Road was changed to Zhending Mansion, leading five states and eleven counties, directly subordinate to the Beijing Division, which is not only the political center of the five states and eleven counties, but also the transportation center that controls the throat of Yan and Jin, and is the economic and military town of Gongwei Jingshi.

The largest of the civil officials of Zhending Prefecture is the prefect, whose rank is the fourth grade, the government decree of a government, the general leader of each county, all the proclamation of state decrees, the education of the people, the trial and resolution of lawsuits, the inspection of adulterous courts, the assessment of subordinate officials, the collection of taxes and other government affairs are its duties, its power is far greater than that of later generations of regional mayors.

Now the new prefect Han is passing by Hengshui City, and he is willing to inscribe Mobao himself, what an honor.

When the noise below subsided slightly, Fang Dawei continued: "The prefect of Han has not yet taken office, and he is tired of traveling and driving, and he is taking a break in the county office a few days ago, in order not to let the prefect wait for a long time, the old man proposed that today's wine tasting will be complicated and simplified, and it will end before noon, I don't know what you think?" ”

Simplify the complex? The clichΓ©s you just said were annoying enough. There were not a few people who had this idea, and they clapped their hands one after another.

At the end of April 18, the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty, the wine tasting conference officially came to an end, the old white gan of Deyuanyong Winery lived up to expectations and won the title of Hengshui Wine King again......

Hongbin Building, one of the largest restaurants in Hengshui City, ordinary people come here to eat a meal and order two dishes, how can it cost hundreds of dollars, and the celebration banquet of today's wine tasting will be arranged here. At this time, the Hongbin Building is full of crowds inside and outside, and today's life winner Zhang Yuanwai personally stood at the door of the restaurant to greet the guests, and there was a festive and lively atmosphere inside and out.

Zhang Yuanwai is the owner of Deyuanyong, and today's Lao Baigan not only won the Hengshui Wine King in one fell swoop, but also had an unexpected joy, that is, the handwritten ink treasure of the new Zhending Governor Han Wen, and his mouth was never closed when the double happiness came.

"The prefect and the county lord are ......" Not far away, the family in charge of keeping an eye sang loudly, and Zhang Yuanwai immediately cleaned up his clothes and greeted him with a smile on his face.

Han Wen is a native of Luoyang, Henan, born in Yongle for four years, Xuande two years of Jinshi, the first to the Ministry of Rites to observe the government, and then put it in Shandong Plains County as the county, it is rigid, although the rules and regulations, but the ability is insufficient, so it got a 'mallet' nickname.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the term of office of the county order was nine years, with a preliminary examination every three years, a re-examination in six years, and a general examination in nine years.

After the expiration of the nine-year term, Han Wen, because he had no achievements and a mediocre resume during his tenure, should have been deposed, or demoted to an unpopular post minister, or directly dismissed on the spot, but he would try to be the same as the champion Lang Ma Yu, who had been promoted to a bachelor of waiters at that time, and accidentally heard his news from a friend who served in the Department of Literature and Anthology of the Ministry of Officials, so he said a few good words to him, and he did another term in the plain magistrate.

Now it is ten years of orthodoxy, and the original champion Lang Ma Yu has already entered the cabinet counselor, and has been promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, which is among the three major members, and Han Wen, the same Jinshi, with some small contributions, was finally able to leave Pingyuan County and was promoted to the prefect of Zhending Mansion in Beizhili. Jindingfu is a key place in Gyeonggi, and if there is no shadow of Ma Yu, a cabinet scholar, I am afraid no one will believe it.

This Han stick mallet prefect is slightly fat, with a white face and a slight beard, but he is somewhat similar to Wang Ye, he is wearing regular clothes at this time, and he looks more like a wealthy Ming businessman. He was followed by a young man in a green shirt, who was only in his twenties, with a square face, sparse eyebrows, and a free and natural atmosphere, which was Min Zheng of Hengshui Zhixian County, who only took office at the beginning of this year, and it was only three or four months of hard work.

"The grass people meet the prefect and the county." Zhang Yuanwai walked a few steps to meet him and bowed his head, Han Wen raised his hand and said with a smile: "This is Zhang Yuanwai, who won the championship in one fell swoop today, right?" The official is not wearing an official uniform today, and he has not officially gone to his post, and he is also the master of the staff, and the official is a guest, so there is no need to perform this great gift outside the staff. ”

When Zhang Yuanwai heard this, he straightened up and complimented: "The eldest lord is approachable and amiable, and the eldest lord is in charge of the mansion, it seems that the people of my real mansion are blessed." ”

"Eh, the staff has won the award......" Han Wen was a little fluttering, and a smile appeared on his slightly chubby face, but it looked similar to a thin crust and a white bread with a big filling.

Hearing the news, he walked out of the hall of the restaurant, and everyone who wanted to greet Han Wen surrounded him, and after hearing Han Wen's humble words, they all patted their ass.

"The prefect is too humble......"

"The mansion is like a valley, and I admire ......"

"The eldest man is approachable, he is really a role model for my generation......"

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Han Wen was quite happy at first, but he was blocked at the door of the restaurant, and the compliments spoken by the people around him were the same, but after a while, the prefect of Han Bang was a little impatient.

Hengshui Zhixian Min Zheng was dressed plainly, and there was only Han Wen in the eyes of everyone, and he was unconsciously squeezed to the periphery of the crowd, but this person has his own city government, and he is not strange to others, and after seeing the impatient look on Han Wen's face through the gap in the crowd, he made people separate the crowd and said loudly: "Zhang Yuanwai, the official came with his own official, the original intention was to ask for a cup of wine, but now I don't know if the wine can be warm?" ”

A few words from Min Zheng came into Zhang Yuanwai's ears, and he suddenly woke him up, and then he called out to separate everyone, and greeted Han Wen and Min Zheng into the private room on the second floor of the restaurant.

Han literature is not enough, the city is not deep, the ability is not enough, and he can become the prefect of Zhending Mansion, mainly because of his Ma Yu in the same year, he is already impatient, and he was trampled on twice in the crowded room, so he let Zhang Yuanwai say all the good things, and after entering the private room and sitting down, the Han prefect still had a cold face and did not speak.

Han Wen didn't speak, and Min Zheng, who was a local parent official, didn't speak, but stood on both sides of the wine table with everyone, leisurely admiring the decoration in the private room.

Wang Ye and Zhang Yuan diplomacy, at this time also entered the private room, he saw Zhang Yuan sweating profusely, couldn't help but feel unbearable, and from the mouth of Li Yan, the governor of Shenzhou, had heard about the hobby of the new prefect, so he tentatively said: "The old man has traveled for many days, the boat and car must be very hard, although this Hongbin Lou is not big, but there is a particularly famous dish, called 'Jinling osmanthus duck', which is specially invited by the master here from Jinling to the chef made, the grass people had the honor to taste it before, this duck eats white skin and tender meat, fat but not greasy, Fragrant and delicious, quite a return to the original artistic conception, if it is paired with the old cellar wine of Deyuanyong, the wine with food, the taste is really only in the sky, the lord will not miss it later. ”