Li Yanqing said his task of supervision this time, and then took out the silver medal for troop transfer from his bosom and put it on the table, "This is the silver medal for troop transfer in Xiangzhou, and I am going to transfer 300 township soldiers." ”

Wang Gui picked up the silver medal and looked at it, "This is the silver medal of the Privy Council, you can mobilize the Xiang Army!" How did you come up with the idea of transferring the villagers? ”

"Because it's your subordinate, I can trust it, and it's hard to say about the soldiers."

"The township soldiers have no status when they go out, if you don't dislike it, I can transfer 300 soldiers to you."

"What about you?"

Li Yanqing smiled again: "Are you interested in going with me?" ”

Without waiting for Wang Gui to speak, there was a sound of footsteps outside, Tang Yuan'er brought them wine and food with two maids, and the maids put two pots of hot wine and six or seven side dishes on the table, Tang Yuan'er smiled at Li Yanqing and said: "This year's clan festival is the first time for my family Agui to serve as the main priest, are Li Guanren interested in taking a look together?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "I'm afraid I don't have time, I'm going to leave tomorrow." ”

"That's a pity, you guys drink bars!"

Tang Yuan'er smiled lightly and retreated, Wang Gui sighed and said: "The biggest 'benefit' of marrying a lady is that she has no freedom, her ears are always everywhere, you can hear it, I want to go to her but she won't let me!" ”

"Then forget it, after all, you are the main priest, and it is not easy to leave."

"What's the matter, I'll still be the main priest next year!"

At this time, Tang Yuan'er said in the courtyard: "Agui, the fifth brother is here." ”

Li Yanqing and Wang Gui hurriedly got up to greet them, only to see Yue Fei walking in quickly, he was dark-skinned, wearing a coarse cloth short coat, leggings tied on his legs, and wearing a white-washed flat scarf, he hadn't seen him for nearly a year, Li Yanqing felt that Yue Fei seemed to have changed into a different person, he originally had a bit of a general's temperament, but now he is a simple young peasant.

However, Li Yanqing also understands that he heard Wang Gui say that Yue Fei's father has completely lost his labor force and is paralyzed in bed, he has to support the whole family alone, and there is a brother who is studying in the state and married a wife half a year ago, so he is under a lot of pressure.

Li Yanqing and Yue Fei have been separated since the battlefield, and this goodbye is also very affectionate, Li Yanqing pulled Yue Fei into the room and sat down, Wang Gui poured them wine, Li Yanqing raised his glass and smiled: "For today's party, let's have a drink first!" ”

"Come on! Cheers. ”

The three of them drank the wine, and Yue Fei asked with a smile, "Is Yanqing coming back for the New Year this time?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's a business trip passing by my hometown." ”

He briefly said that he came to Hebei West Road to supervise, Yue Fei nodded, "The taxes in the past two years are too heavy, this year I paid the field tax and the exemption money, and only half of the grain was harvested, which was only enough for myself, if I didn't have a part-time job in the government, my family would have to borrow money." ”

"You don't have to pay for the exemption, do you?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

Yue Fei sighed, "But my father and brother have to pay, my father is paralyzed, and he still has to pay money, so there is no room for accommodation at all." ”

Li Yanqing said: "It doesn't make sense to let the disabled pay for immunization, I went to Zhou Chun and said that he must be exempted from your father's immunization money." ”

"Forget this, it's not the county's problem, my father's money is exempted, how can this gap be filled? Besides, my father is not the only one, other people with disabilities are the same, and it is also difficult for Zhouzhi County to do it, so it is better to open source than to throttle. ”

Speaking of open source, Wang Gui remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Lao Yue, I heard my grandfather say that Lushan Academy wants to invite you to be the head of martial arts, have you agreed?" ”

Yue Fei said with a smile: "Of course I agreed, and then I told my uncle that let my brother go to Lushan Academy to study, so that he can go home every day to take care of his father, and I can live in the academy and hold two positions, and then go home when the farm is busy, so that the family will be a little more comfortable." ”

Wang Gui's eyes lit up, "It's a good idea to let Xiao Flip go back to Lushan Academy to study, I'm still worried that you don't have time!" I went back and gave him a donkey, and he could go home every day. ”

"How embarrassing is that! I got my mind, and I thought of another way for the donkey. ”

"What is a donkey, my family is a livestock business, and it doesn't cost anything, it's just that the female donkey gave birth to a donkey, don't fight with me about this matter, or I'll be annoyed."

"Oh well! and touch your light again. ”

At this time, Li Yanqing smiled and said to Yue Fei: "I plan to pay three hundred taels of silver to hire a temporary bodyguard, I wonder if the fifth brother is interested?" ”

Yue Fei smiled: "With your martial arts, you shouldn't need my protection!" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's not me, it's my subordinate officials, they are all powerless civil officials, I'm worried about their safety, we have enough funds to go north this time, I don't know the bottom of my heart to invite other bodyguards, please Fifth Brother, I can trust it." ”

Yue Fei was a little moved, his father had been sick in bed for a long time, needed to take medicine for a long time, the family was really poor, his brother Yue turned to Lushan Academy to study still needed a sum of money, he was at a loss for this, and now he can earn three hundred taels of silver in twenty days, this silver can not only solve the urgent need, but also treat his father's illness, it happens that there is nothing to do during the New Year, instead of sitting at home, it is better to go north to earn this money.

Yue Fei thought for a while and said, "I'll go back and discuss it, and I'll reply to you later!" ”

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Tomorrow morning, we will pass by Lushan Town, if the fifth brother is willing to come, we will meet at Lushan Academy, and I will go to pay tribute to the master again." ”

"Alright! I'll go back and talk to my family. ”

The three of them drank another glass of wine, Yue Fei still had something to do at home, so he got up first to say goodbye, Li Yanqing saw that the time was not early, so he smiled at Wang Gui and said: "Then I will also leave, we live in Tangnan Station, sixty or seventy miles away from here, it should be dark when we rush back, and we will have a chance to see you again in the future." ”

"I'll send you!"

Wang Gui put on a coat and sent Li Yanqing out of the gate, he followed Li Yanqing all the way to the entrance of the village, Wang Gui pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "I still want to go with you, after all, you are going to Anyang to bring the township soldiers, that is my business." ”

"But you ...... at home"

"Ah Yuan is just talking, I really insist on going, and she won't stop her, as for my grandfather's side, of course he wants me to focus on my career, and I should be able to withdraw."

Of course, Li Yanqing hoped that Wang Gui would also go north with him, so that he would have a right-hand man, but he didn't want to force Wang Gui, so he smiled and said, "That's it!" You go back and think about it, if you decide, then meet at Lushan Academy like Lao Yue. ”

"Then it's a word, I will wait for you at Lushan Academy tomorrow morning, and I will also sacrifice to Master."

Li Yanqing turned over and got on his horse, "Then we'll see you tomorrow!" ”

Wang Gui waved his hand, he also hoped to go out to do some business, and he was really tired of practicing in Xiangzhou.

Early the next morning, Li Yanqing led everyone to take three ox carts to Lushan Town, Wang Gui and Yue Fei had been waiting at the intersection on horseback for a long time, Li Yanqing was overjoyed, he introduced Yue Fei and Wang Gui to everyone, everyone heard that both of them were martial artists, skilled in archery and horses, and strong in martial arts, and they all welcomed them.

The three of them then went to the academy to pay tribute to their master Yao Ding, and everyone sped up and went to Anyang County.

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The biggest feature of the magistrates of the Song Dynasty is that they are concurrently served by the court officials, such as the military department Lang Zhongzhi of a certain state affairs, the main official title is the court official, the magistrate is only temporary concurrently, and the real magistrates such as the festival envoy and the assassin are fictitious and stationed in the capital for a long time.

Not only the state officials are like this, but the road officials are the same, the road in the Song Dynasty seems to be a little similar to today's province, but in fact it is very different, the road in the Song Dynasty did not have such a chief official as the governor, only the transport envoy who was responsible for transportation and material circulation and the prison officer who was responsible for the criminal law, they were only subordinate to the imperial court, not the magistrate.

The transshipment is in charge of the transportation and deployment of materials along the way, and it is actually the most powerful official along the way.

In the Song Dynasty, there was no local financial power such as the local tax bureau, and all the taxes collected every year were handed over to the imperial court, and then the imperial court allocated the most basic administrative expenses such as personnel salaries, office expenses, education expenses, etc., according to the operation needs of a state and a county, and the rest of the expenses were not available, so the Song Dynasty was a famous rich temple and a poor monk, and the county government of each county was in tatters, and there was really no money to repair it.

However, even the most basic administrative expenses were not enough to cover the expenses, and the imperial court was sympathetic to the situation, and allowed the public houses and public fields in various prefectures and counties to be rented, and the rent was used to make up for the shortage of public money, that is, office funds.

The transit envoy is responsible for allocating the basic financial funds of the prefectures and counties, and it actually holds the financial power of the localities.

Of course, the governors and counties also have their own ways of making money, otherwise how can they afford to hire staff and marry concubines, but their gray income must not be used in the Ming place, such as building bridges, roads, city walls, and official offices, otherwise they will not be able to explain the origin of these money to the imperial court.

For example, the county government in Tangyin County has been renovated, and the supervision of the imperial history will immediately ask Zhou Chun, where does the money come from to renovate the county government? If Zhou Chun can't say why, he will face impeachment.

So it seems that the state and county are very fair and honest, the system is strict, and there is no oil and water to be fished, but in fact, behind this system there is a huge corruption and darkness, most of the bridges, roads, and schools are raised by the gentry, and the government is responsible for the construction, as well as the allocation of places in the state school and county school, etc., once the money falls into the pocket of the state and county officials, the court has no evidence.

Hebei transfer envoy because of the transfer of money and goods in the east and west of Hebei, so called the transfer of the envoy, by the signing of the Privy Council, the school inspection and criminal department of the book Liang Fangping, Liang Fangping is about 60 years old, is also the imperial court from the second grade of the high-ranking official, he was Cai Jing's confidant, was promoted by Cai Jing and recommended as the Hebei two roads of the transfer envoy, control the financial power of the two roads of Hebei.

But after Cai Jing's resignation last year, Wang Hao and Li Yan suddenly rose up, faintly replacing Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng, Liang Fangping changed the court and submitted a petition to Wang Hao instead.

Liang Fangping's petition was to impeach the chief officials of the five prefectures of Hebei Province, including Zhendingfu, Hejian Mansion, Daimyo Mansion, Jizhou and Xiangzhou.

These five state capitals are extremely important, controlling these five state capitals, it also controls the two roads of Hebei, these officials are almost all Cai Jing's protégés, as they are impeached or transferred, and the officials recommended by Wang Huang enter the five state capitals, which means that Cai Jing's power in Hebei is almost completely wiped out, which makes Cai Jing how can he not hate Liang Fangping deeply?

This time, the military supervision institute performed its duties and came to supervise the preparation materials of the two roads in Hebei, and the background was that a military warehouse in Zhending Mansion was on fire, and it was found that the warehouse was empty, and the 8,000 stone military rations on the account were missing, and this warehouse was under the jurisdiction of Liang Fangping's transfer department.

Of course, if there is a problem in one warehouse, you can shirk the responsibility below, but if there is a problem in multiple warehouses, Liang Fangping will not shirk the responsibility.

On the morning of this day, Liang Fangping got the exact news that Li Yanqing, the imperial historian, led the imperial history supervision envoy and his party to Hebei.