In late October, it was early winter.

Compared to the end of autumn, the rain in the western Sichuan Plain is much less. Whether it is a large or small river, the water level in the river has dropped sharply, and the river channel has narrowed a lot. In the Jinjiang River around the city, some silted stone piles are exposed, pulling out whirlpools in the river. On the boats, the captain of the boat standing at the bow of the ship opened his bow from side to side, carefully avoiding the shallows and reefs of the cargo ships with deep drafts.

Jiuli embankment is an ordinary river embankment in the northwest outside Chengdu city, which is named after Zhuge Liang presided over the construction, and under the embankment is the Jinjiang River that divides the water from Dujiangyan. Early in the morning, an official in a black gauze and red robe on a horse came to the embankment to wait. He looked at the boats crowded in the Jin River and did not speak for a long time. He had no guard of honor, no attendants with knives, only a tattered old soldier leading the horse.

The official in this black gauze and red robe is Liu Zhibo, the Sichuan governor who presided over the Dujiangyan annual repair project at the behest of Zhu Pingjin.

Liu Zhibo didn't speak, and the old Xiao Tou who led the horse didn't know the master's thoughts, and he didn't dare to bother rashly, so he had to hold the reins of the horse firmly, lest the Tibetan horse, which had just been bought not long ago and had not been properly trained, suddenly startled, and threw the two-sleeved patrolman on the saddle into the river and drowned. Fortunately, after waiting for a short time, Liu Shidou, the Chengdu magistrate, arrived and let the inspector re-embark on the road to the northwest.

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The avenue from Chengdu to Guankou is wide and straight, but the ruts are deep and the road potholes are constant. The two of them rode cautiously on their horses and slowed down.

On an early winter morning, the air was fresh, just a little cold. There are not many deciduous trees in Shudi, and most of the common ones are evergreen trees. In winter, these trees coat their green leaves with a thin layer of wax to reduce water evaporation. In this way, however, the color of the trees becomes darker, giving way to the green of spring and summer to the bleak green of autumn and winter.

The light gauze of morning mist hazes the vast woods in the distance, and the mountains farther away form a looming shadow. These mountains don't seem to be far away, but the old Xiao Tou, who knows everything, sighed in his heart.

Damn, it's more than a hundred miles! You don't do it when you sit in the yamen as a master, and you don't accept the money that others give, so that's it. When you go out from afar, you don't sit in the sedan chair, but ask the old man to lead the horse for you! If it weren't for the benefits of the big official's ten taels of silver a month, Lao Tzu would have stopped fucking doing it!

Although he complained, Lao Xiaotou still honestly led the disobedient Tibetan horse in his head, and he didn't dare to let Shangguan see the clues. In these years, there is a shortage of soldiers, and the advantages and disadvantages of ten taels of silver in a month are good and bad, and it is difficult to find them with lanterns. Besides, since Lao Xiaotou threw the silver box out of the official office and earned back his reputation for the master, it was very rare to gain the trust of the Inspector. The old concubine of the Inspector has quietly hinted to him that if the old servants in the outer courtyard have any accidents in the future, the old man intends to let him take over the post of chief follower.

Of course, it is a chore to be the long-term follower of this master who is like water in Qingsuke, but if the lord's official skin does not go, the big official will still get the news of the lord through himself, and the benefits of ten taels of silver per month will always be taken.

Thinking of this, Lao Xiaotou's heart blossomed: Rao is your self-proclaimed official, and I accept the door bag like the old man! Lao Tzu is the lice on your body, you can't shake it, you can't sweep it away, and you can only suck your master's blood! Whoa!

Liu Zhibo glanced at the honest and loyal old Xiao, turned his head slightly to the side, and said worriedly to Liu Shidou behind the opposite side:

"Shidou, this time the official presided over the irrigation of the mouth of the year of cultivation, and I have been nervous in my heart. There are tens of thousands of people, have you ever prepared food every day? If there is no food, many people will make a fuss, and they will be near the provincial capital, I am afraid that it will be another monstrous disaster! Don't forget, a Grand Canal will let Yang Sui II die! The grain stored by the feudal division is still insufficient to supply the armies of northern Sichuan, so how can it be used for irrigation and repair. I had no choice but to reach out to the son of the world. When the official thought of this, he felt very frightened! When the official was in Beijing, he also echoed the court's discussion, thinking that the wealth of the vassal king was all taxes of the court, and all of them were the people's fat and people's ointment. Now that I think about it, there are a lot of biased words. The prince once questioned the official way in Chongyizhuang, take it from the people and use it for the people, and it is in harmony with benevolence? Righteous? The official is ashamed, and he has no place to be ashamed! ”

Liu Shidou is a native of Nanhai, Guangdong, and was recently recommended by Liu Zhibo to prepare for the Jianchang army with Lian Neng, and he has just been sent to Beijing. Liu Shidou is slightly younger than Liu Zhibo and once served as the governor of Taicang. Because of discord with his subordinate judge surnamed Zhou, the villain stumbled and made Liu Shidou fall a big heel. Later, because of the high popularity and good official reputation, Liu Shidou was able to recover again. After that, he went through classes and restarted, and was finally sent by the imperial court to Sichuan, which is thousands of miles away. Who knew that he was in Sichuan, but ushered in the second spring of his career.

Nowadays, among the civilian officials, they all attach importance to the duties of military rations, and the local pro-people are the lightest.

The local pro-people officials have the responsibility to defend the land, but there is not a single soldier, and when the thieves come, they can only burn the jade and stones, and there is no reason to escape. It's not the same with civilian officers in charge of the army. As long as the battle is won, you can reach the sky in a few steps.

The Jianchang military garrison did not stay in Chengdu, but stationed in Jianchangwei (now Xichang City), and transferred the five guards and eight institutes under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Xingdu Division. These five guards and eight guards are all border guards, as well as real earth guards and military and civilian guards, with tens of thousands of soldiers alone. The people of Han Yi under his rule are afraid that there are hundreds of thousands or even millions. The imperial court military system uses literature to control the military, so the Jianchang military preparation is the leader of the Sichuan Xingdu Division.

The career rose a big step in an instant, and Liu Shidou was naturally grateful to Liu Zhibo for his kindness. The benefactor had an order, and Liu Shidou hurriedly responded with a smile, since the prince took the initiative to undertake the general affairs such as the people and food, then the adults only need to preside over the sacrificial ceremony and sit in the mouth to supervise the work, and there is no need to work too hard. Most of the irrigated water is the land of the eleven counties near Chengdu. And most of these fields are Wangfu Zhuang fields. It is a matter of course that the royal palace sends people and food, where do adults need to feel guilty and uneasy?

"Shidou's words are wrong!"

Liu Zhibo shook his head: "The field of the palace is also the land of my Ming Dynasty; The food of the palace and the salary of my king's teacher, how can they be separated! The official Wen Shizi and Miss Luo are ordinary in the palace, with no more clothes than cloth robes and shoes, and no more than four dishes and one soup, which is no different from the officials of the palace. The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace also spin and weave cloth in their spare time, and sew war clothes and flags for the soldiers in front. On the contrary, it is the ministers who are full of money, all of them on the grounds of recuperation, leading the silver, the mellow wine and beauty, and the excellent spring forest, so happy! ”

Liu Shidou knew that there were many Sichuan officials scolded by Lord Liu.

Last year, Sichuan was turned around by thieves, and at the beginning of the year, it was again hit by civil unrest, and many posts were vacant for officials in various localities due to various reasons, such as being killed, reporting illness, and guarding the system. Somehow, the imperial court could not send officials to fill the vacancy in time. Even though it was said that they had already been dispatched, many officials had not been able to arrive on time.

Hu Heng was originally the supervisor of Shangnan Province, because there were no officials to take over the Shoudao of Shangnan Province and the Shoudao of Xianan Province, and he recently carried three Daotai seals (Note 1). After Zhizhou Su Qiong and Song Pandao Huang Jianqing and other officials in the city were killed in Luzhou, there has been no news of officials taking over until now; As for the more vacancies for officials at the prefecture and county levels, those positions had to be temporarily signed by subordinate officials or recruited people.

The situation of the incumbent officials is not good either. The two elders of the feudal division were old and sick, and they threw the official affairs of the yamen to Chen Qichi, who participated in politics and guarded the western road. The left envoy has been recuperating for many years, and everything is just entertainment; The right envoy has recently officially returned to his hometown to the imperial court, and he has been sparse. The prefect of Chengdu, Lord Wang, has not appeared in the official office since the plague. It's just that every other month, I asked my subordinates to send a letter of leave to the domain. The prefect and the governor Fang Yaoxiang were sent by the provincial branch to be absent for a long time, and recently heard that he would be transferred to Yandao. The position has been vacant for more than a year, and it is not known when an official will take over. The capital of Sichuan Province has been empty for several months!

Chengdu is still like this, and the local prefectures and counties can be imagined!

I heard that there are many officials who have been promoted together this time, and most of them are capable ministers and cadres who can do things among the young and middle-aged officials. The specific list is probably only known to senior officials such as Liao Daheng, Liu Zhibo, and Chen Qichi. Liu Zhibo didn't take the initiative to say, and Liu Shidou didn't take the initiative to ask. Liu Shidou only heard Wu Jishan, the magistrate of Chengdu, reveal that he was also recommended by the same concert as the general judge of Chengdu and presided over the affairs of the Chengdu government.

Liu Shidou thought of this, so he responded according to Shangguan's meaning: "Now that the state affairs are difficult, some people have become turtles with shrunken heads and want to slip away!" Adults are worry-free, Tang Taizong has clouds: the wind knows the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen. If they don't do it, there will naturally be people who want to do it. Besides, there is a virtuous monarch like the prince in Shu and a strong army like the caravan in the domain. There can't be any big mess in Shudi! ”

"Oh? That's what Shito thinks? As soon as Liu Shidou's words fell, Liu Zhibo suddenly turned his head to each other, and his eyes were shining, "This official just has an idea, can Shidou help you with a detailed one!" ”

"The lower officials are willing to hear about it!"

"Emperor Taizu Gao once personally changed the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" in the 28th year of Hongwu, so that the emperors of later generations and the world's Zongfan: All my descendants, Qin Cheng and my life, do not do smart, mess with my already established law, not a word can be changed!

"Emperor Ming Zuxun" has an order to guard all things, and divide the kingdom soldiers into town guards and guards: if the country is a dangerous place, in case of emergency, its town guards, guards and dispatch from the king.

The ancestral training is the family law of the heavenly family, and it is also the law of my Ming Dynasty. However, since Yongle, there has been a ban on Zongfan. If things are urgent today, the world's sects are afraid of the ban, so they can't use it, the soldiers dare not train, and the wealth does not dare to be exposed. The official pondered again and again whether he could play the Ming court and restore the old system of Taizu. So that the world's sects can do things in their domains, make the best use of their talents, and train elite soldiers, so that it is not difficult to exterminate such thieves and thieves......"

Liu Zhibo didn't finish speaking, and was interrupted by the anxious Liu Shidou.

"My lord, this is unacceptable! In terms of the temple of adults, how likely is it that the court will be allowed to play? ”

"Less than one percent!" Liu Zhibo replied in a deep voice.

"The art of war, the husband is counted as the winner without a fight, and the temple is counted as a lot, and the temple is counted as a small number without a fight. More wins, less wins, and nothing counts! Adults know that they are too little, so why bother touching that moldy head! ”

"Wen is dead, and Wu is dead! This official and martial arts can't win Wenyu, so he has to beg for death! The death of this official is for the death of the country, the death of the society, and the death of the world! ”

"My lord, by no means! For example, although the situation collapses today, it is not the time to die! ”

Liu Shidou looked at Liu Zhibo's firm eyes, thinking that if he couldn't convince Liu Zhibo today, this patrolman who had the grace of knowing him might really do something stupid! He turned his mind and hurriedly carried out the young man from the Shu Palace.

"Do you remember a sentence that the prince of September 16 said when he was sitting in the palace?"

"Oh? I don't know which one? ”

"Emperor Taizu Gao, indomitable!"

"This is what the prince said from the tower of Duanli Gate! The two speeches of the prince that day, the official word by word, keep it in mind! Liu Zhibo retorted.

"In that case, why should the adults throw away their useful bodies, and not distinguish themselves from those traitors! Besides, His Majesty acts, although he has always been a wealthy clan, but he is also guarding against the vassal king everywhere! Have you forgotten how Zheng Shizi was given to die! Then how did King Tang trap Fengyang High Wall! As soon as the adults play the sparse, the traitors in the court will think that it is the order of the prince. Once the court dispute sets off a monstrous wave, the adults will not succeed in the death of the country, but will implicate the son! ”

Liu Zhibo let out a heavy breath and sighed:

"Hey! The official is confused! It seems that the courtiers of the Jingshi have no hope! ”

Note 1: According to historical records, Hu Heng once carried four large seals at the same time.

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