Chapter Eighty-Nine: It's not about you, it's about yourself

After saying all the things that should be said this time, Tang Zhang's family was going back in the afternoon, but they were stopped by Tang Cheng, although they came to take a carriage, but the carriage of this era did not have a spring shock absorption, and the road from the countryside to the county seat was not much smooth, and it was really uncomfortable to sit down in a carriage.

Haosheng persuaded the second elder, Tang Cheng turned around and asked Lancao to put down other things in the past two days, and Haosheng accompanied Tang and Zhang's family to visit the county.

After lunch, Tang Que chatted with his parents for a while, and after repeatedly asking them not to mention the matter of leaving, he left for the county office.

There was nothing special in the yamen in the afternoon, according to Zhang County's order, Tang Cheng would take half a month just to read the papers, and the only thing worth mentioning was that Lin Cheng came to deliver the papers.

Yesterday he was handed over to the handyman, but today he took the scroll to Tang Que's office, his eyes were very dark, and his face was covered with a layer of haggard iron gray because of staying up all night.

When he pushed the door in, although he smiled very embarrassingly and ugly, Lin Cheng still laughed anyway, after Lin Daohan went to the county school in person, Lin Cheng made a silent apology in this way.

In fact, since Lin Cheng just came in, Tang Cheng's attention has never left him, he clearly saw Lin Cheng's unwillingness and even the slightest indelible humiliation from behind this embarrassing smile, he can take the initiative to show favor this time, in addition to being really ruthless by Tang Cheng in the past two days, I am afraid that the more important reason is that Old Man Lin!

Tang Cheng didn't pay too much attention to these things he saw in the depths of his eyes, this was normal, according to Lin Cheng's temperament, this was also a normal reaction, if he didn't even have these emotions, or if he couldn't see them at all, then it really made Tang Cheng worried.

Lin Cheng was embarrassed, and Tang Cheng was very affectionate. As soon as he came in, Tang Chengcheng greeted him with a smile on his face, and after that, he gave up his seat, and even poured the tea himself, without letting the miscellaneous servants interfere. If you look at Tang Cheng's performance at this time, no one will believe that he and Lin Cheng have been fighting for two days.

But it was Tang Cheng's intimacy that resolved a lot of Lin Cheng's embarrassment. The expression on his face when he handed over the scroll was finally much more natural.

There weren't too many words between the two, Lin Cheng sent the scroll, Tang Cheng received it, and then opened the scroll in front of him to check the data, and then wrote down a summary of the scroll.

When Tang Que picked up the pen and began to write the summary of the volume. I clearly heard Lin Cheng's sigh of relief after trying his best to suppress it, and at the same time, Tang Cheng also sighed in his heart.

After all, this matter is in the past!

The knot in his heart is not so easy to untie, especially for Lin Cheng, so the two of them don't have much to say, after handing over the papers, he smiled at Tang Cheng again and turned to leave, although this smile was also a little stiff, but it was much more natural than when he first came. After dispersing the ya, he went home, and Tang Cheng left Tang and Zhang's family together, and an unexpected consequence was that he could no longer study his schoolwork normally as before.

In addition to practicing the words in the silent scripture given by the old monk of Chengning. Tang Cheng had nothing to do in the study, and Tang Zhang completely put away his books, saying that she wanted her son to take care of his eyes in the past two days

Tang Cheng felt both warm and helpless about Tang Zhang's behavior, but this intention was indespised, so he couldn't ask for a book anymore.

It's just that he doesn't go to bed too early at night, whether it's in the afterlife or after crossing over, it's really difficult for him to go to bed at ** o'clock, as for reading idle books, he can't read it, and after accompanying the two elders to talk, he watched them fall asleep. Walking around in the study, Tang Chengyin thought of the homework assigned by the old monk Chengning last time - next time he would have to hand in a powder book in class.

Just do it when you think of it, although it is night, but fortunately, the moonlight in April and May is very good, Tang Cheng simply pushed open the window, and took the laurel tree under the moonlight outside the window as the body, and carefully outlined the powder of the laurel under the moon, which is also one of his schoolwork.

After Tang Cheng, who was used to being busy, started to do it, his heart, which was still frizzy just now, quickly calmed down with the movement of the pen and ink. Gradually, it was like the moonlight outside the window, a piece of tranquility and clarity.

There was nothing to say about the next two days, I went to the county school in the morning, went to the county government in the afternoon, and copied the powder book in the evening, and the days passed like this. The peaceful days were broken on that afternoon three days later, and the reason was very simple—the tolerance that Zhao Laohu had personally selected to act as a messenger returned. He also brought back Erlongzhai's reply.

Erlongzhai is reluctant to caress it. Even after the tolerance said the very generous conditions given by Zhang County's order, Erlongzhai is still the same!

This move means: In addition to exterminating this group of mountain bandits, Zhang Xianling has no other choice!

It was also in this afternoon that Tang Cheng knew that the elegant Zhang Xian Ling would also curse, and while his mouth burst into foul language, the tea cup in his hand also fell heavily on the ground and shattered piece by piece, so that the best set of white porcelain tea sets in the Yunxi County Yagong was incomplete.

In the sound of the tea cup shattering, Zhang Xian Ling saw the man out of the office, this guy is too rampant! After taking a few breaths of heaviness, he tried his best to suppress the anger and indignation in his heart before he spoke in a deep voice: "Tang Cheng, you go and draft a proclamation to recruit the people of various regions and bring it to me."

The tolerance just now was brought in by Tang Cheng, because he knew that the tolerance brought back to Erlongzhai was the news, and seeing that Zhang County Commander did not let him out, he stayed.

Listening to the tolerance said that Erlongzhai was unwilling to be touched, Tang Cheng's mind naturally appeared in his mind the hidden worries of the day, this guy did not make trouble sooner or later, and the time to start active was just right at the beginning of Zhang County's order, if it was a coincidence, this was really too coincidental.

Erlongzhai's reluctance to appease the matter itself is nothing, after all, appeasing bandits is not like in the TV series in later generations, Wang Bazhiqi can succeed, and the actual situation is far more complicated than the imagination of the literati in later generations. But what made Tang Cheng's heart heavy was that the mountain bandits in Erlongzhai directly refused, which means that they didn't even have the intention of bargaining at all.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Tang Cheng clearly realized that judging from the information revealed by the current situation in Erlongzhai, it seemed to be a little bit of evidence of his hidden worries.

It's just that with Zhang Countyling's current state, it's not a good time to say these words. Besides, he also needs time to sort things out well, so that when he really wants to speak, he can explain the doubts as concisely and clearly as possible.

"Okay, I'll go now", Tang Cheng agreed and walked out, Zhang Xianling ordered Tang Cheng to go out at the same time, but after walking three or four steps, he suddenly paused again. "Slow".

Tang Cheng turned his head suddenly, but saw that Zhang Xianling had stopped his steps and was groaning, and only after a while did he hear him say: "The proclamation will be done later, you go to the East Courtyard to invite Zhao County Lieutenant first", as he spoke. Zhang Xianren walked back to the bookcase and sat down, "By the way, by the way, notify Lao Sun to come in and clean up the ground."

A trivial matter like sprinkling and sweeping the fragments of the tea cup did not need to be ordered by Zhang Xianling to Tang Cheng to do it naturally, but now he said this matter in a special way, "Well, I'll go now", his mouth promised, Tang Cheng walked out at the same time, and also saw the irritability in Zhang Xianling's heart who pretended to be calm through this little matter. There was even a little bit of panic.

After all, this is the first time that Zhang Xianling has served as the chief official of a county, maybe he didn't really expect that after offering such generous conditions, those bandits in Erlongzhai would still refuse to be appeased?

After going out and giving an order to the miscellaneous servant, Tang Chengcheng wanted to go to the east courtyard to find Zhao Laohu, and after walking a few steps, he turned around and whispered to the miscellaneous servant Lao Sun: "No one can say anything about Lord Zhang dropping the teacup."

Seeing that Tang Cheng had a solemn expression on his face, the handyman Lao Sun, who was carrying a broom in his hand, also smiled, "Don't worry, Tang Lushi, I know the rules!" ”。

"Good. That's good", nodding, Tang Cheng turned around and went out.

All the way to the county Yadong Courtyard, Tang Cheng directly entered Zhao Laohu's office.

"Ah Cheng is here, sit", seeing that it was Tang Cheng coming in, Zhao Laohu smiled and gestured to the stool on the opposite side of his bookcase, but he didn't stop pinching things in his hands, "I heard from my second daughter that your parents have arrived in the county seat at noon." I have prepared some things for my in-laws and sent them to your residence, remember to collect them when I go back."

"Then I'll thank you for my parents", Zhang County's order was waiting in a hurry, and Tang Cheng didn't have the heart to sit, "Zhang County's order ordered me to invite the county lieutenant to come over and talk."

In the middle of speaking, Tang Cheng naturally noticed Zhao Laohu's hands, and it turned out that what he was pinching in his hands turned out to be ...... How fresh the mud is. Zhao Laohu, who is in his fifties, is playing with mud in the official room.

"It's still a reader who can calm down!". Zhao Laohu let Tang Cheng watch, and his hand didn't stop for a while. "Well, I know, you go back, just say that I have something to go out, and it will take more than an hour to return to the ya."

Tang Cheng didn't expect Zhao Laohu to speak like this, "Huh? ”。

"Su Xiaoqi came to me first, and then went to the official room in the field, I know all about Erlongzhai, Zhang Wupo asked me to go over now to get an idea, I don't have an idea now, what's the use of going?" , As he spoke, the mud in Zhao Laohu's hand slowly came out of shape, and the mud was pinched out...... It was a flathead peak with steep cliffs on three sides, "something ...... I haven't figured it out yet, so I'll go myself in a little while."

Tang Cheng paused for a moment to understand that Su Xiaoqi in Zhao Laohu's mouth should be the messenger, he came back from Erlongzhai to find Zhao Laohu first, and then went to find Zhang County, although this matter is not big, but after all, it is a taboo that hinders respect and inferiority, and Zhao Laohu can tell him this matter directly, which is enough to prove that he did not treat him as an outsider. Thinking about it carefully, what Zhao Laohu said really made sense, so Tang Cheng didn't say anything more, turned around and walked out of the official room.

"Something...... I haven't figured it out yet", on the way out of the East Courtyard, Tang Cheng kept thinking about Zhao Laohu's words? What the hell was there he couldn't understand? How many places are contrary to common sense in the matter of Erlongzhai itself?

When he came to Zhang Xianling's official room again, Tang Cheng was already eighty percent sure in his heart, and now Zhao Laohu was racking his brains thinking about things that should be what he was worried about.

Hearing Tang Cheng's report that Zhao Laohu had been out of the government and would not be able to come back for more than an hour, Zhang Xianling, who had been tense on the ground, slowly softened his body, and a little anxiety gradually appeared on his calm face, but he waved his hand without saying anything.

came out of Zhang Xianling's office, but there was no miscellaneous old grandson, Tang Que didn't have the heart to ask where he was, and after returning to his room, he rummaged through the row of cabinets.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the management of the common people mostly continued the customized household system of the Taizong Dynasty. According to the nationality of the household, the number of people in each household, the number of acres of land, the number of large livestock and the number of men need to be reported to the government, and the people of the household are not allowed to leave their original places without permission, if there is a need to go far away. It is necessary to go to the local government to apply for a "passing office", which is stamped with the official seal of the office similar to the ID card of later generations, whether it is passing through the state or passing through the county or staying in a hotel, it must be checked and registered. Those who are found to have no evidence by the yamen in various localities will be punished as displaced people, and they will not only be arrested but also repatriated to their places of origin. And before repatriation, you need to eat a raw meal of tamping board.

In addition to being transferred to the border army and the town army, the rest of the men in the household are farming at home, but in case of war or special needs, they need to obey the conscription and deployment, "I saw the military post last night, and the Khan ordered the soldiers", and the "military sticker" mentioned in the folk song "Mulan Ci" of the Six Dynasties is actually a kind of requisition document.

And the writing of this requisition document itself is by no means a notice as Tang Que just imagined, he is far more complicated and cumbersome than the notice in later generations, not only need to write down the reason, scope, time and other routine matters of the conscription. It is also necessary to attach all the household registration information of Ding Nan within the scope of the recruitment to the requisition document, explaining that they will go there to gather after receiving the conscription order, who will be dispatched and arranged, and what they should do. This is why "Mulan Ci" deliberately writes about "Twelve Volumes of Military Books".

The proclamation itself is simple, but the most important thing is the detailed entry of the requisition attached to the proclamation.

Therefore, although the task assigned by Zhang County Commander sounds simple, it is really not ordinary complicated to do, and if you want to do it without making mistakes, you must have the cooperation of Sicang, Sihu and other county officials to complete it, which is far from being able to do it independently by Tang Cheng, who has just joined the company.

Holding a sample of the previous requisition paper. The more Tang Cheng looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, but the reason why he frowned was not only that he couldn't do it alone for this errand, but more importantly, as he learned more about the requisition, the more he saw the danger behind the requisition.

When Tang Cheng finished reading the requisition notice and the attached documents, he no longer had the idea of starting to do things with a pen on the desk, but took this requisition proclamation into Zhang County's office.

Facing Zhang Xianling's eyes, Tang Cheng spread out this thick pile of documents in front of him, "What do you want from adults?" ”。

Zhang Xianling flipped through the proclamation casually, patted his head and shook his head. "It's because I'm not thinking about it, you go to the West Courtyard to find Yao Qingguo, and ask him to transfer people from the Cao Dao pen officials, and make a copy according to this sample, the sooner the better."

Tang Cheng nodded at the words of Zhang County's order, and was silent for a while when he was about to go out after the papers were collected, he asked softly: "My lord means that the whole county is uniformly recruited?" It's the end of April."

Tang Cheng asked between this. The two sentences sound completely incompatible. But Zhang Xianling's body was suddenly stunned, "I'm really a little troubled in my heart." If you want to say anything, just say it, don't come to this spring and autumn penmanship."

"Yes", Tang Cheng is waiting for Zhang County's words, in fact, the risk behind this requisition Zhang County's order is not that he can't see it, it's just that his brain is too messy now, so he doesn't have the heart to think about these things, and Tang Chengcheng, as a secretary, needs to be reminded.

"My lord, it is the end of April at the moment, it is the time when the crops are hoeed four times, and it is also the busiest time for farm work in each village. In addition, so many Ding Zhuang were requisitioned at one time to help fight the encirclement and suppression of Erlongzhai, regardless of whether it was weapons or rations, I was afraid that the county's official warehouse would not be able to support it. The three bandits will inevitably die, and this follow-up will also involve the burial of the deceased", as Tang Chengdi spoke, Zhang Xianling's face became more and more heavy.

Although Zhang Xianling is the first time to be the chief official, he has not just come out to be an official, there are things he doesn't understand, and now he is just angry and angry, so Tang Cheng is just pointing, "Aside from these, the most worrying thing is that something will happen during the recruitment process." Once this requisition notice is printed and transferred, it will be the master of Yao who will be responsible for the specific operation."

Although Tang Cheng's words were subtle, it made Zhang Xianling shocked, and he was originally frizzy and couldn't think about things at all, and he quickly calmed down because of this shock.

In the busy time before the harvest of the crops, the recruitment of Ding Zhuang men, who are the laborers of the heads of various households, is the most likely thing to arouse public anger, not to mention that it is the Yao master who specifically handles this matter, as long as he does a little tricks and feet in it to fan the flames and light the fire...... Compared with the fact that the bandits in the jurisdiction cannot be promoted to the official position, it is a crime to kill the head if the people are provoked by improper governance, and the four words "remnants of the people to succeed" are really heavier than a thousand jun!

Even if the chief secretary of Na Yao does not take advantage of this opportunity to do anything, if the tax task cannot be completed because of the disturbance of the people and the delay in the harvest of this season's crops...... That is not waiting for the impeachment of the superintendent in September, and Zhang Xianling can no longer sit in this position.

There are so many smart people in the world who do stupid things, and Zhang County's order has the intention to recruit Ding Zhuang in the county is obviously this situation.

Speaking of which, it is really thanks to Tang Cheng's reminder, otherwise once he prints and forwards the requisition proclamation office in a hurry, it will be too late after he wakes up and reacts, and he may have to make a big fuss. Even if the matter can be eliminated, there is Yao's master book and even the state city behind it, when the Ministry of Officials examines the school on a different day, Zhang County's order "mediocre and incompetent, the order changes every day" The eight-character test language is not able to run, and once he carries this eight-character test language, it means that his career in this life has reached the top.

Thinking about it, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on the corner of Zhang Xianling's forehead, "What other thoughts can be said together", although he didn't say anything to Tang Cheng to thank him, but Zhang Xianling had already expressed this meaning in his eyes.

"I want to exterminate the Erlongzhai mountain bandits, and I can't ask the town army, so it is imperative to recruit and transfer the local Ding Zhuang, the adult's idea is good, but how to recruit and transfer, how many people to recruit, and how to arrange these people, the adult can ask the opinion of Zhao County Lieutenant, I don't understand this at all."

"Well, that's right, it's not about you, it's about yourself, it's messing up!" , Zhang Xianling pointed to the document scroll held by Tang Cheng, "The matter of writing a proclamation will be released first, and County Lieutenant Zhao will come to see me as soon as he arrives."

"Yes", Tang Cheng took the document scroll out of the official room and quietly closed the door. 6,000 words updated for a monthly pass! When I went to the street today, I went to the pharmacy, and I happened to see it, and I weighed it and lost five pounds! Seeing this result, I was first overjoyed, and it seemed that I was about to recover the figure of the Yushu Linfeng that I once was; Then there was a burst of sadness, obediently in the winter! Codeword is indeed a migrant worker's work!