On this day, he suddenly received an edict from the governor Yamen, and rushed to Shunqing Mansion to discuss matters with the newly appointed Xu Kongtu of Pengzhou, Qin Mintang, the governor of Yilong County, and Ma Hongyuan, the governor of Yingshan County.

Xu Kongtu and other cultural officials naturally went in a sedan chair, since the defeat of the Ma Chao Department and the capture of more than ten military horses, Yang Lin chose the best one as a mount, and he can still be proficient in driving it after practicing every day.

Sitting in the saddle and stepping on the horse's pedal with two legs, it is nothing to run on the flat road, but if you are on the mountain path, you can hold the horse's mane and reins with both hands, for fear of being thrown off by the warhorse.

The first time I rode a horse out of the house, although the speed of the war horse was very fast, but it could not last, although it ran more than 40 miles of mountain road in an hour, but the war horse was out of breath and needed to rest and graze for at least half an hour before it could get back on the road.

The head of the squad saw the fully armed generals passing by from a distance, and hurriedly greeted them, and after verifying the officials, he nodded even more, while ordering the messengers to feed good forage, and on the other hand, welcoming everyone into the private room, and even asking the adults what they want to eat?

Seeing that these team leaders are so attentive and have been serving by the side, Yang Lin is full of emotion, even if the waiters of the star-rated hotels in the previous life are just like this.

After thinking about it, I smiled and let me serve two dishes casually, and I need to hurry after eating.

The head of the squad served four plates of stir-fried vegetables, and his body was still trembling, asking if he was satisfied?

In the previous life, eating advocated N+1, that is, eating out, one dish per person plus a bowl of soup, I didn't expect this life to be so rich, Yang Lin couldn't eat so much, I hope the team leader can remove two dishes.

The head of the team was so frightened that his face was like earth, and he quickly knelt down, claiming that he would fry two more dishes no matter what.

Seeing that it caused everyone to misunderstand, Yang Lin helped him up and said with a smile: "He Bantou, I really don't mean anything else." Look, it's just me and the guards, and we can eat two dishes at most, isn't it a waste for you to do so much?"

He Bantou shook his head again and again and said: "My lord, the small ones don't know Mount Tai, and judges like adults will kill chickens when they pass by, but some time ago there was a war, and the local economy withered, and the small ones could only make such things for a while." ”

Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, could it be that this is public money to eat and drink, doesn't he need to pay for these by himself?

Originally, the Ming Dynasty established post roads in the whole country, established post stations in various counties, and set up post posts to manage local post stations.

The post station not only facilitates the transportation of information, military food and baggage, but also provides accommodation convenience for the past gentry free of charge.

After the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in order to make friends with the gentry in the past, the local officials provided money and grain as a ritual, and even met hundreds of taels of high-ranking officials in the imperial court.

The son-in-law of Governor Hu Zongxian lobbied in all directions, and the county officials in various places all gave money and filial piety, and those who gave less money actually made the reception officials beat up.

Hai Rui, the magistrate of the county, pretended to be confused, did not recognize the identity of Hu Gongzi at all, and sent him to the governor Hu Zongxian after being beaten up, and finally made a fuss, so that he could not step down, and Hai Rui was named a clean official.

He Bantou was still hiding at first, and seeing that Yang Lin was young, and there was no official frame to let go slowly, it can be said that a nose and a tear told that this errand was not easy to do.

Ushered in the send-off, on the surface looks very beautiful, but all are errands to serve people, meet a good temper, but also be able to say two words at the same table, but if you encounter some strange temper that can only be carefully served, a little careless, the light will be scolded, the heavy will be punished, this is a common thing.

In order to ensure the normal operation of the national postal system, the local government often sets aside a certain number of households to be responsible for reception.

For example, the North Twenty Pu (post station is equivalent to the railway station under the Ministry of Railways in the past, and a large section includes a number of small railway stations. In feudal society, generally a county set up a post officer, including four or five small stations), the annual expenditure needs more than 400 taels, these post errands constantly need to bear heavy labor, each family also needs to pay 4 taels of silver every year.

This is a heavier burden than ordinary people, who have 10 acres of paddy fields and 20 acres of dry land, and they do not need to pay so much money and grain in a year.

Yang Lin listened carefully, this battle was like the railway station and bus station in the previous life, which should have been a fat shortage of yamen, how could the life of the employees in the Ming Dynasty be so unbearable, one post station after another became the cash machine of the past gentry, and the employees around the post station became free slaves.

After sighing, I realized that from ancient times to the present, China is a bureaucratic society, the ruling class relies on the bureaucracy to enslave the people, and the bureaucracy has become the accomplice of the ruling class to enjoy privileges and benefits.

It is no wonder that in the previous life, the folk satirized what heaven was, that is, taking an American salary, marrying a Japanese wife, living in a British house, and being a Chinese official, so that it was heaven.

It was less than one hundred and forty miles to Fucheng, and it took a day and a half to arrive quickly.

I just crossed the Jialing River by boat, and saw a group of people standing by the city gate from a distance, led by Fan Mingshan and Chen Huaixi.

Yang Lin turned over and dismounted, arched his hand and asked, "Brothers, are you ready to meet that person in such a big battle?" ”

Chen Huaixi arched his hand and said: "Brother Ruzhen, congratulations, I will wait for this time to come to greet Brother Tai." ”

Yang Lin was shocked, and said: "Brothers, you are tormenting the little brother, how can the little brother be able to alarm you, you are guilty of crimes, and I hope that you will be able to fight the sea and the sea." ”

Everyone hurriedly helped each other up, and Fan Mingshan said with a smile: "Some people in the people ridicule us scholars, saying that it is useless to be scholars, Brother Ruzhen justifies our name, and we are honored to be scholars, of course we need to come to greet us."

Not to mention that Brother Taiwan raised grain and grass to ensure the military needs of the army, not to mention the meritorious advice of the two sides, but only to say that under the stalemate between the two sides and the ancient city of Yunshan, Brother Tai led his troops to successfully attack and reverse the situation on the battlefield in one fell swoop, which is comparable to the famous generals of the ancients. ”

Yang Lin was secretly ashamed, and then sighed secretly.

This is really better than singing well, although this sneak attack is meritorious, although other parts of the people's army may have greater casualties, but whoever allows himself to be a scholar, as long as he makes a little meritorious service on the battlefield, there will be people of his generation singing praises next to him, so he actually attributed all the credit on the battlefield to one person, isn't this the case in the history books from ancient times to the present?

Thinking that the other party was humble, everyone wanted to talk about the war deeds, and after Yang Lin handed it over to everyone, he said: "Brothers, the military is dangerous and abnormal, and the world is unpredictable.

Sun Tzu said that the army was plotting, the second was the enemy, the second was the army, and the next attack was to attack the city, which was also to avoid the disaster of the army.

There is a decree in the saint that I am a child, and I don't have to kill it.

In the past, my younger brother I cultivated and studied in the countryside, I didn't know the world, this year down first for the chief, then training the soldiers, and then led the troops to conquer the local tyrants, but also sighed that to quell the scourge of the local tyrants, there is no need to specialize in cutting, only three points of military, and seven points of politics. ”

Everyone was puzzled for a while, everyone touched their heads and didn't know why, and after a long time, Ma Mingluan arched his hand and said: "Brother Ruzhen, what do you mean by saying that there are three points of military and seven points of politics?" ”

Yang Lin arched his hand to the people around him, and said with a straight face: "Everyone, pacifying the scourge of the rogue and pacifying the rebellion of the local tyrants is actually not a military gain or loss on the battlefield, but a way for the government to govern.

Taking Xiangru County as an example, after the addition of the three salaries, the imperial court's rated land endowment is only 16,000 quintals, and even if the government does not levy the three salaries, the levy of five liters of paddy fields and three liters of dry land alone can meet the imperial court's rated grain, and there is no need to apportionment at all.

However, the corrupt officials were not satisfied, and apportioned them layer by layer, and levied a quota of 2 buckets of paddy fields and 1 bucket of dry land from the peasant households, so that the officials and officials collected 10 cents from the people and only 2 cents were handed over to the imperial court, which only made the saint bear the notoriety.

What's worse is that corrupt officials and corrupt officials and people are not able to make a living, and all localities resist donations and levies, and in the end, the displaced people actually join forces with the local tyrants and are in a big tail. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, most of the people who read were handsome, and they had heard about the affairs of the people from time to time, and today they heard Yang Lin say this to know the urgency of the collection of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they shouted loudly one by one, and there was a tendency to gather at the prefect's yamen to petition. (In ancient China, the imperial court implemented the system of co-governance of monarchs and ministers, and the local government implemented the system of co-governance of officials and gentry, and missionaries such as Matteo Ricci once thought that the power of local scholars was similar to that of European and American parliamentarians.) ）

Yang Lin hurriedly stopped: "Brothers, don't be impatient, don't be impatient, don't you know if the junior brother is stupid, don't you know the Governor Daotai?"

In the humble opinion of the younger brother, the corrupt officials and corrupt officials are clever and robbery, and the saint knows it, the governor of Daotai, and the elders of the imperial court and cabinet also know it.

Since everyone knows why they didn't change their ways, it is really because there is the scourge of the rogue and the Liaodong Tatar outside, and we only need to do our best to exterminate the rogue and the tyrant, I think the Son of Heaven will definitely purge the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and will definitely return everyone to a prosperous future. ”

Chen Huaixi said angrily: "Brother Ruzhen, we have been studying the books of sages and sages hard, just hoping to benefit the people for the officials in the future, but now we see that corrupt officials are rampant and unable to do anything, thinking about it like this, we are heartbroken. ”

Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "Brothers, since I went to the township test, the younger brother has found problems during the period, which is why the younger brother is unwilling to stay in the cold window of the academy all day long and study hard and come out to be a security chief and come out to train the army."

Brothers, if you want to change the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, you can only start from you and me, only if we and other righteous people have the courage to take responsibility, and become local officials without keeping their reputations, so that we can change the social atmosphere. ”

Everyone nodded yes, but the status of scholars in ancient times was very high, and many people did not bother to give up their good prospects to become local officials (in the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the scholars in the six rooms were hopeless scholars in the imperial examination), so they were not popular.

Despite this, the scholars were in the same spirit, and no one wanted to lose in integrity, so everyone insisted on accompanying Yang Lin to the prefect's yamen to show their support.

And Yang Lin was worried that Shangguan would blame, so he repeatedly refused, and in the end he almost knelt down to ask for mercy, and everyone gave up, but after seeing the official, they had to meet in the east of the Daocheng Wangjiang Tower.

handed over the yellow horse to the guard Wu Dazhu, and he came to the prefect's yamen gatehouse.