Feng Zhiren's hand was extended to Yu Jackie Chan:

"The two in front of you are the 'Qingke' and the pampered person you said - Feng Zhiren is less than forty, and Chen Huang is only twenty-nine years old! Do you think they look like? If you look at their hands again, are they hands playing the piano and chess? ”

Seeing Jin Fu so angry, Yu Chenglong took a step back in shock, and then took a serious look at Jin Fu, Chen Huang and Feng Zhiren. Feng Zhiren looked like he was sixty years old, bald, with sparse gray hair tied together, less than the thickness of a little finger. Chen Huang's face was blown by the river wind, full of wrinkles, as dark as bronze, and only a pair of bright eyes, indicating that he was still in his prime.

Yu Chengchan's face sank, and the scene in front of him couldn't help but be moved. However, the arrogance brought by Benxìng flowing in his blood quickly overcame a flash of warmth: "Lord Jin, the river workers know their hard work and humble duties, but they are far inferior to my people!" The state uses soldiers, and one-third of the wealth comes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, what crime do they suffer? It has only been 10 days since I took office, and more than 40 children have been picked up in the nursery I set up. If their father and mother had a mouthful of food, they would not abandon their own bones! Speaking of this, Yu Chenglong paused, his eyes flashed with tears, he raised his hand, and walked away without looking back.

Isn't this Yu Jackie Chan a clean official who is loyal to the monarch and loves the people? Why is he so awkward, and he has a quarrel with Jin Fu as soon as he comes up? It's complicated and complicated, and it's simple to say simple. Whether it is Jackie Chan, Jin Fu, Feng Zhiren, and Chen Huang, they are all Qing officials, and they all want to do a good job of governing the river for the emperor, so as to benefit the people and future generations. But they have different views and different methods. If you put it in modern terms, Yu Jackie Chan and his brothers are conservatives, while Jin Fu is reformers. Yu Chenglong advocated that if you want to control the river, you must follow the ancient law, widen the river, block the breach, and can't wait to eradicate the thousand-year-old flood at once. As for Jin Fu, he used Chen Huang's idea and adopted a new method, which was to tighten the river, speed up the flow of yellow water, flush sand and silt, and at the same time, strengthen the river embankment, build a dam, and divide the flood and intercept the flow. In this way, the construction period will naturally be extended. When he was facing the saint in Beijing, Jin Fu had already given this idea to Emperor Kangxi. At that time, it was stated that the first phase of the project would take ten years, and Kangxi asked to be completed within seven years ahead of schedule, and now it is only three years, and the progress of the project is less than half. But Yu Chengchan is a magistrate, and his task is to protect the territory and the people. What you do with the river is your business, and you can't make any more decisions on the ground under my jurisdiction. Well, with different views and methods of governing the river, coupled with this "small standard" thinking, can Jackie Chan not mess with Jin Fu and them? Jin Fu had already estimated this point, so when he was facing the saint Chen, he said the words of "slow work and fast slander" to govern the river. That is to say, the effect of river control is slow, but the attack will be fast. No, the first time I met with Jackie Chan today, although Yu Jackie Chan's official position is lower than Jin Fu, but he dares to be so arrogant and rude under the brand of being the master of the people, pointing fingers, criticizing, blaming, threatening everywhere, and not taking the hard work of the river ruler in his eyes. Jin Fu, as a first-class member and the emperor's trusted governor of the river, has worked hard and prepared bitterly for three years, but he has ended up like this, can he not be indignant and angry? When he returned to the office, he didn't say a word, rolled up his sleeves and grinded ink to write a fold, and participated in the impeachment of this rude platform, but was held down by Feng Zhiren and said: "Commander, I can't help it!" ”

"What kind of governor, a small road platform dares to be so presumptuous and rude, this governor of the river is really not a human being!" Jin Fu's lips turned blue with anger, and he trembled and dropped his pen, and the dripping ink shook Chen Huang's body. At this moment, Peng Xueren, the official of the Governor's Palace, came in to pay tribute, and there was a drop on his face: "My lord, you, what's wrong with you?" Chen Zai saw that Jin Fu did not answer with a calm face, so he said: "Ah, Lord Zhongcheng and the newcomer Yu are disgusted, and they want to go to the book to impeach......

When Peng Xueren heard that this was the case, he hurriedly said: "Hey-my lord, just follow what I said about it, I can't get involved." Feng Zhiren also persuaded: "What Lao Peng said is right. Although Yu Chenglong is arrogant and rude, he is a clean official in the end, and the migrant workers under us are all from this area, and the official reputation of the adults is good, but I am afraid that this will ruin his reputation. ”

The fire in Jin Fu's heart flickered and roared: "He is a Qing official, am I a corrupt official?" Peng Xueren, you used to be a county official in Anhui, not to mention Tianyi and Zhiren, you say, am I Jin Fu corrupt? Do I have any relatives in my staff? Hmph, I have been an official for 20 years, and my family has lost 10,000 taels of silver, does he know that Yu Jackie Chan? ”

"Zhongcheng is angry, in the opinion of the lower officials, Yu Chenglong is waiting for you to join him, don't be fooled!"

"Huh? Why? ”

Peng Xueren is an old official, and he has eaten the inside story of officialdom: "My lord is participating in him at this time, and the emperor categorically refuses to refute your face, so naturally you will fall as soon as you join him." But you said that you are a clean official, we all believe this, but you are from a wealthy family, and now you are in charge of river workers, and you spend money like flowing water, which does not show your innocence, and no one believes it. Yu Jackie Chan is a scholarly person, and if he gets this cheap, he will become famous! Mrs. Yu Jackie Chan has been in Qingjiang for three years, growing and eating by herself, and Dumen is a guest. Yu Jackie Chan's wife is already destined to wear old cloth clothes. Once, during the holidays, his eldest son bought a chicken, and was scolded by his wife on the spot with twenty sticks. If this official does not come to the river to stir up peace, he is really impeccable. If you fall in with him this time, the people here will give him an umbrella, and there will be a boycott of the city, and maybe someone will knock on the book to complain for him. If the lord is faint, he may not ask, but the Lord is so holy, how can he let you really participate in him? couldn't stop for half a year and drove him back again. So the more you participate in such a person, the better his reputation will be, and the more you participate, the faster he will be promoted......"

Chen Huang didn't have an official position, and when he heard this way of promotion, it was a little novel, so he smiled and said, "Oh, since Brother Xueren has won the mystery of this promotion, why don't you learn to do it?" ”

"Alas! I can't learn it, I have 200 acres of land at home! ”

Jin Fu understood, and participating in impeachment would not help. Isn't this less than Jackie Chan the one who was impeached by Ge Li, and was promoted to four levels in a row within three years and became a Taoist? Ge Li is disgraced with the dignity of his uncle, why should he follow in his footsteps? "Alas! If a righteous man and a gentleman do bad things, it is really more difficult to fight than a villain! ”

Peng Xueren said: "My lord, you are right. Although Yu Chenglong is arrogant and lonely, he loves the people. Why don't we make some ideas about this and turn the conflict with him? ”

Feng Zhiren said: "Yes! In my opinion, the commander endured this breath, gritted his teeth and gave him 108,000 yuan, and asked him to take it to help the people. ”

The use of money has always been in the hands of Chen Huang. He stood up and propped up the back of his chair and thought about it, "Well, it's really a matter of being sad in the spring famine-let's not do it for him, but for the people." In this way, take 50,000 jiāo to Jackie Chan first! ”

But Jin Fu shook his head: "Well, we still have 500,000 taels of silver in our hands right now, but who dares to move these 500,000 taels of silver?" You also know that what we are doing is a business that can make hats with our heads, and now there are still 70,000 miles left, where is the surplus of 50,000? ”

Chen Huang smiled and said: "It costs 200,000 yuan to repair the Qingshuitan embankment, and I originally wanted to have a little subsidy left over to the Zhonghe River, and the river work was completed to reward the migrant workers, but now I have to give up." ”

"Tianyi, you're not joking, are you? I've watched it there no less than 20 times, and you can't do it for 560,000 less than one tael! ”

"Zhongcheng is right, relying on manual repair, 500,000 is really tight. But those of us who govern rivers should not only think about the harm of the river, but also think of the benefits of the river. Chen Huang said and got up and walked to the sand table under the east wall, pointed to the terrain around Qingshuitan and said: "This place is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, two feet and three feet lower than the river level. ”

Jin Fu listened, and a smile gradually appeared on his face: "Well, okay, okay, Chen Tianyi, I really have you." With this extra silver item, not only can Yu Jackie Chan be paid, but even the insufficient amount of Zhonghe excavation can be made up. But this matter can only be known to us, and the gang of people in the household department see the silver like flies seeing blood, and they will have to fight our famine again. Even Yu Jackie Chan must also make it clear that there is a loan and a repayment, otherwise it will be like we bribing him, doing a good thing, or not falling well! ”

The plan of the three has been decided, and in the early morning of the second day, Chen Huang came forward to meet Yu Chengchan, Chen had breakfast, only brought an entourage, and rode to Qingjiang City. Years of floods have caused the collapse of houses in the city, the decline of business, and the people are in rags and hungry. The Daotai Yamen is located in a ruined temple in the west of the city. After Yu Chengchan arrived, because he suspected that there were too many people to eat, he cut more than half of the three classes of officials, and only invited a rural Hongru to help with the paperwork in the yamen, so the huge courtyard was empty and almost no one was seen. Chen Huang looked forward to it as he walked, and secretly wondered in his heart: Why didn't the dignified Yamen even set up a sign to avoid quietly? Could it be that I went to the wrong door?

Chapter 20 Democracy is difficult, officials are stationed in broken temples, officials are governed, and reputation is praised in the township

Chen Huang came to Yu Jackie Chan's Taoist Yamen, which turned out to be in a ruined temple. Chen Huang took a closer look: Xiao was defeated, deserted, and thought he had gone to the wrong door.

was wondering, a young servant came out of the second gate, saw Chen Huang, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet: "Yo, where did the uncle come from?" ”

Chen Huang hurriedly handed over the official document of the River Governor's Mansion that he had brought with him, and after reading it, the official smiled with a smile on his face: "Oh, it turned out to be from the River Governor's Mansion, please hurry, please inside." ”

The official led him to the ear room of the main hall, brought a glass of boiled water and sent it over, and said with a smile: "Uncle, the Taoist platform is about to be promoted to the hall to ask about the case, and he can't pick up guests." Please wait here for the time being, there are only two cases today, and it will be over in a while. As he spoke, he dusted off his chair and invited Chen Huang to sit down. Chen Huang sat down and said with a smile: "I have been observing the government for a long time, and it is really good, there are only two complaints a day!" The official smiled and said: "Yes, the first of these two cases today is a case of disobedience, which was transferred to the county for retrial when Master Yu saw the injustice of the county; The second one was bumped into by our lord himself. Later, you'll see it at a glance. - There are still messengers outside the small ones, so it is inconvenient to accompany them. With that, he hurried away.

Chen Huang drank water while looking at this ear room, it seems that this is Yu Jackie Chan's study and signing room. Leaning against the wall is a bookshelf full of books, and the desk is full of books and copywriting pending approval. The bamboo chairs and wooden tables are simple but very neat. The most conspicuous thing is the painting in the middle hall hanging on the east wall, which is not painted with landscapes. Bird. Insect fish, but Chinese cabbage. There is also a couplet:

Shanglian is: The official must not be without this taste

The next link is: The people must not have such a color

The payment is:

——Mother Yu Huang's son Jackie Chan

This couplet, the font is beautiful and flexible, quite a lot of style. Chen Huang saw it and couldn't help but praise. Mrs. Yu taught a good lesson, and when he became an official, he couldn't eat chickens, ducks and fish every day, and forgot about vegetables and vegetarian food, let alone blackmailed the people, so that they had no food and clothing, and their faces were full of vegetables. Well, it seems that this old lady teaches her son very strictly, and she really deserves her reputation. While he was pondering, he suddenly heard a shout outside:

"Ascension!"

Chen Huang sat in the ear room, the door was wide open, and the situation in the lobby was clear at a glance. It's just that the angle is a little off, and he can't see Yu Chengchan sitting in the center, but he can hear all the movements in the lobby clearly. I only heard Jackie Chan command:

"Take Liu Zhang and others to the court!"

The four officials shouted loudly, and the atmosphere in the lobby immediately became tense. Four people, with mixed footsteps, came in one turn and knelt down. Two old men, both in their fifties. A very handsome young servant, and a young man, who looked a little weak, knelt in the corner with a sad face - needless to ask, this must be the disobedient and unfilial son who was accused. Several people reported their identities, oh, it turned out that these two old men, one was his uncle and the other was uncle. Chen Huang was surprised for a while, since it was the mother who sued her son for disobedience and unfilial piety, why didn't she see the mother Liu Zhang appear in court? At this moment, I only heard a startling sound, and Yu Chengchan started the trial.

"Liu Biao, did you accuse your son Liu Yinqing of disobedience and unfilial piety on behalf of your wife?"

His questioning was very kind, and it was like the arrogant and aggressive Yu Jackie Chan on the embankment yesterday.

When the young servant heard the question, he hurriedly replied: "Yes, the villain is Liu Biao, the servant of the Liu family." ”

"Oh, good, good, good, you are young, but you know how to be faithful to the Lord and sue for your old lady."

"Hehe, go back to the master, although the villain has never studied, he also knows the cannibalism, so he should be loyal to people, this is the way of servant. The villain has been in Qingjiang for many years, and the neighbors in the county know that the little one is a good person. ”

"Well, okay then, you can tell this official about how Liu Yinqing is disobedient and unfilial!"

Liu Biao kowtowed again, and then said endlessly: How can this young man leave his books and not read, and travel all day long. Half a month ago, because he didn't go to the school, the housemother accidentally said a few words, and the young master jumped to his feet and scolded, and his head touched the master's mother and fell to the ground. The mistress was powerless to discipline her, so she had to order the villain to denounce her. The county sentenced a naturalized person to live separately, and sought to find a clear understanding of the Tao and uphold the county's original verdict.

What is naturalization, to paraphrase a modern phrase, is "expulsion". The son is not filial, annoys his parents, sues the government, and if he is serious and refuses to change his ways, he will be "naturalized", just like modern people publish a statement in the newspaper to break away from the father-son-mother-son relationship.

That Liu Biao was very articulate, gesturing while talking, sometimes raising his eyebrows and feeling sad, sometimes shaking his head and sighing, which made everyone in the hall stunned. Chen Huang was in the ear room, peeking at the defendant's young man, but his face was as white as paper, trembling all over, his head was lowered, and he was fiercely picking at the brick cracks with his fingers.

Yu Chenglong spoke again: "Liu Yinqing, Liu Biao accused you of disobedience and unfilial piety, but is it true?" ”

Liu Yinqing raised his head, looked up with a begging gaze, moved his lips, bowed down deeply, and choked up: "Yes...... True. The villain really has nothing to say, but I beg the teacher not to leave the student......"

As soon as Yu Chengchan heard this, he burst into flames: "Huh?!" The king has no relatives, do you know? As a child, you have read the books of sages, you have listened to the lectures of this Tao, and you have seen your character and learning as good, but you do not know that you are lawless at home! Why don't you respect your widow and commit unfilial piety - come! ”

"Piercing!"

The official agreed like thunder, and Liu Yinqing was already shaking into a ball, begging in a trembling voice: "Dao...... Daotai, teacher, you ......"

"I can't spare you!" Yu Chenglong broke off and shook the whole house, but he didn't rain with thunder, but he didn't immediately throw down the fire stick. I only heard him smile and say to Liu Biao, "Liu Biao, you are a servant who is loyal to your master, and you are a good person, and you also know how to 'eat people and be loyal'." It's really a good discipline and a good follow--that's the case, the young master of your family is punished with a rod! ”

The verdict was so sharp that the whole house was dumbfounded and stunned. Not only is Liu Biao's face like earth, but even Chen Huang, who is lively in the ear room, can't help but be surprised.

Yu Chenglong shouted: "What are you doing in a daze? Replay the forty boards! With a "bang", the four fire sticks had already been broken.

The officials were surprised and amused, agreed, and dragged Liu Biao, who was looking around in panic, to the entrance of the hall and fell to the ground, with a crackling sound, which made Liu Biao howl like a pig. After the fight, he dragged in and knelt down. Yu Chenglong shouted again: "Liu Deliang, are you Liu Yinqing's uncle?" ”

"Little old man...... Be. ”

"Liu Yinqing has been unfilial to his mother for a long time. His father died, and you will be trained as an uncle