Chapter 220: Sick Longmen County

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Before he took office, he first got the bad feeling of the chief officer, and this bad feeling could not be eliminated. Tang Cheng really didn't expect that the first boss he met after he became the first chief official would be so perverted. After Fufu released his solo flight, he was not in a hurry to leave, and rested in Huairong City for two days before leaving to continue north.

Hebei Road was originally a plain, but when Tang Cheng drove from Huairong to Longmen County, he felt that the terrain was gradually getting higher.

"This is the Great Wall built by Qin Shi Huang who conscripted millions of people?" Through the slightly lifted curtain of the car, Zheng Lingyi looked at the winding and winding Great Wall like a flying dragon on the ridge in the distance and exclaimed: "It's magnificent!" ”。

Hearing this, Tang Cheng also leaned over and looked out, only to see that on the steep ridge at the highest place in the distance, the Great Wall from west to east was like a giant dragon that was about to fly high in the sky.

"It is indeed spectacular", in the face of such a thick and vast Great Wall, the language was a little weak for a while, Tang Cheng looked quietly for a while, then reached out and lifted the curtain of the car, and then hooked his hand, Zheng Lingyi had already snuggled into his arms, "The Great Wall is so continuous, even three thousand miles." This Great Wall looks indeed magnificent, but every inch of the Great Wall is an inch of bones, and the spectacle in front of you is piled up with white bones."

Hearing this, Zheng Lingyi's body in Tang Cheng's arms trembled slightly, and he muttered in his mouth: "Drinking the Great Wall Cave of the Horse, the water is cold and hurts the horse's bones." There are many healthy and few in the border cities, and there are many widows in the inner houses. You don't see the Great Wall, the bones of the dead are supporting each other! The few sentences she whispered casually and Tang Cheng just said, "The Great Wall is Lianlian, Lianlian 3,000 li" are all from Chen Lin's masterpiece "Drinking Horses and Great Wall Caves" among the seven sons of Jian'an in the late Han Dynasty. Knowing that the border land is bitter, how can a cheap concubine be self-satisfied for a long time? Husband, you and I will go out of the customs together today, and if you want to come back on another day, you still need to be together, you must not punish me to go first, otherwise it will be difficult for me to stay in the customs for a long time."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng was moved and amused, "Where do you want to go, silly girl, you and I are husband and wife, can I still let you go alone?" Patting Zheng Lingyi's shoulder, Tang Cheng said with a smile: "An inch of the Great Wall and an inch of bones, from the first emperor of Qin to the present for exactly a thousand years, from the beginning of the construction to the later repair, there are more than a million souls buried under the Great Wall?" As for the amount of wealth spent, it is countless, but the result is that the enemy who should be blocked still failed to block, not to mention, that is, more than 100 years ago, this Jiangbei land was still the world of the Hu people, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, 、、、 Qiang five Hu chaos, millions of Han people were slaughtered like pigs and sheep, these Hu people did not come from the Great Wall? Think about the past, although the Great Wall in front of you looks magnificent, but if you think about it, it is worth the loss, or Chen Lin's poem said well, a man would rather die in a fight, how can he build the Great Wall! ”。

"Hu people are fast, and the force is strong......".

"The more this is the case, the more we can't just think about it. The two armies are facing the enemy, and before the fight starts, think about defending first, then never think about winning", after casually receiving this sentence, Tang Cheng smiled to himself, "I'm a civilian official, why do you say these useless things."

"It's not entirely useless." Zheng Lingyi paused. "Husband, your land is Longmen County, but it is outside the Great Wall."

"Don't worry". looked at Zheng Lingyi with a worried face. Tang Cheng smiled and reassured: "Although the political situation in my Datang has been unstable in the past few years. But that's just a matter of Miyagi. The whole country is getting stronger and stronger. Those Hu people only hope that the imperial court will not move, and the idea of expanding the territory is good. Let them attack with their clans? I'm afraid it's not possible for thirty or twenty years. Speaking of which, it is still the same sentence just now. The strength of the country is much more useful than the Great Wall, which costs people and money."

"I don't dare to come to the clan. But small-scale attacks are inevitable every year. Longmen has no Great Wall to defend." Zheng Lingyi's face was unabated. "Husbands must not be careless."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng's heart sank. He had forgotten about it. Previously, all local judgments were made based on the general trend of history. In the next forty years, until the Anshi Rebellion, there was indeed no large-scale invasion of the land by foreign races. However, small-scale raids, harassments, and looting in border areas do occur every year. This is especially true after the Shanghu people were hit by a snowstorm. Although those hungry and anxious Hu people may not dare to attack the county officials of the Tang Dynasty. But if you harass and plunder the place year after year. So where does construction and change begin?

I didn't expect that people hadn't arrived at the Longmen jurisdiction yet. But because of a few unintentional gossip, it caused a big problem.

To build. To change. A stable environment is an indispensable prerequisite. Just for the gantry. How can such stability and security be guaranteed?

No one has yet arrived in the jurisdiction, and he doesn't know what the situation is, and Ren Tangcheng can't do anything if he wants to break his head now, so he simply shook his head and stopped thinking about it, let's talk about it later.

As the terrain became higher and higher, the Great Wall became closer and closer, and when Tang Cheng got out of the car and walked through the Suoyang Pass built at the pass of the two mountains, after more than two months of long journey, he finally saw his own territory with his own eyes.

Suoyang Pass is built to control the mountain, once passing through the deep and heavy city gate, the terrain in front of you obviously presents the direction from high to low, the mountain under the foot gradually passes to the flat land in the distance, but this transition is not abrupt, during which the ups and downs of the mountain range and the ravines are still clear

In the undulating mountains and the flat land in the distance, three rivers run through the north and south, and the whole 7 slopes down to the distance, and the mountains, basins, and hills are staggered, and the hills finally disappear into a dry yellow grassland that is not in sight.

Longmen County in front of us is located in the combination of mountains and grasslands, which has formed a rare landform that includes two types of terrain, mountains and grasslands.

The mountains in the near distance, the grasslands in the distance, just as Tang Cheng was standing in front of Suoyang Pass and looking at the vast desert land below very carefully, a slightly hoarse voice sounded not far away: "Lord Tang, Lord Tang."

Turning his head in response, Tang Chengcheng saw a man in his fifties walking towards him following the guidance of the guard sergeant, this person's face was a little dark, and he looked quite bookish, but his whole body was very strong, and he was holding up a cyan official robe.

After the man got closer and saw Tang Cheng's appearance clearly, he was obviously stunned, and then he sped up his steps with a smile on his face and stepped forward, "Yesterday, I got the news from the state government, saying that the new county commander of this county is a new jinshi who is as rich as jade, and it is not in vain when I see it today."

After smiling and saying these affectionate words, the man had already walked in front of Tang Cheng, bowed his hand and said, "Xiaguan Longmen County Lieutenant Hu Lianghai has seen an adult."

This person turned out to be the county lieutenant of the third-in-command of Longmen!

"There is Lord Lao Huliang", while returning the salute, Tang Cheng has officially entered the role, and from now on he will be the leader of a county.

After taking a deep breath, Tang Cheng looked at the look on his face while supporting Hu Lianghai, who bowed down slightly, with both hands.

Hu Lianghai has always had a smile on his face since he started beating just now, and no matter what Tang Cheng thinks, his smile is not half fake, it is really a natural expression from sincerity.

This county lieutenant actually sincerely welcomed himself to come, although Hu Lianghai's performance surprised Tang Cheng a little, after all, everyone who is an official hopes that the fewer people who will press on their heads as little as possible, for a county lieutenant like him, if according to common sense, it should be the chief officer who is eager to vacate and never take office, such a situation is really rare, at least according to Tang Cheng's experience in the Yamen at all levels in Shannan Dongdao.

Although the accident was unexpected, but after a short accident, Tang Cheng was still happy, for him, the county commander and the county lieutenant were really his right-hand men, if these two people could work with them, they would naturally get twice the result with half the effort, if they refused to cooperate, then they would grind people to death in terms of personnel alone, let alone the officer. Since the county lieutenant Hu Lianghai in front of him has such an attitude, it is a good thing no matter what.

As soon as he thought of this, the expression on Tang Cheng's face became more and more kind, and after getting into the rather old carriage he brought, Tang Cheng talked and laughed gently, and was very affectionate to Hu Lianghai.

After some greetings, Tang Cheng, who was smiling with a smile on his face, inadvertently asked about Longmen County, since he had already received the news of his appointment, and the county lieutenant had come to greet him, according to normal officialdom practice, there was no reason why the county Cheng would not come. Now that he didn't come, that's not a good sign.

"I don't know when my lord first came to take office, this county has been vacant for nearly ten years, and the officials have not been supplemented and transferred", at this point, Hu Lianghai coughed a few dry coughs, and then he was a little embarrassed to continue: "As soon as the adults arrived, some words should not be said by the officials now, but the documents approved by the officials have arrived, but they have to say."

I heard that Tang Cheng was still happy in his heart when he heard that there was a vacancy in this county, this is a good thing, without such a constraint in the middle, it will be convenient for him to be the county order, because of this, his mood is really not bad, and he nodded with a smile when he heard this: "Huliang County Lieutenant has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Xiaguan is a native of Cizhou, Hedong Province, and now there is a seventy-year-old mother living in the ancestral house by the insiders to lead the dog to raise, more than three months ago the dog has a letter sent to the office, saying that the old mother is getting older, and the body is getting weaker", Hu Lianghai lowered his head when he said this, and his voice was already choked, "The mother only has a son of the lower official, and this year there is not much time to come, as a son of man but can not serve the knee is really ashamed of the kindness of the family, because of this, the lower official has submitted a request to the Ministry of officials not long after receiving the family letter, The previous official department gave a reply, saying that the lower officials should approve it, and they only need to countersign it."

As Hu Lianghai's words became more and more, the smile on Tang Cheng's face became less and less, it was a good thing for him to be a county commander, but it was funny to have even the county lieutenant go together, within a county, the county commander, the county commander, and the county lieutenant were each performing their duties, and now there was one missing, and another had to run, leaving only him, the commander of the light pole who had just arrived, what was the matter?

What the hell is this place in Longmen County, why are all officials trying to run?

Seeing that Tang Cheng's face sank but did not speak, Hu Lianghai's voice became more and more sad in his heart: "Filial piety is the first, and the son wants to raise and not treat him is the great mourning of the son of man, and I also ask Lord Tang to fulfill the heart of filial piety with a fist and fist", when he said this, Hu Lianghai didn't care that this was still in the car, and he wanted to make a big salute between raising his waist.

Seeing that Hu Lianghai was eager to leave, Tang Cheng didn't stretch out his hand to stop him from saluting, and leaned his body firmly on the pillow before he said calmly: "The promotion and transfer of officials below the sixth grade are all decided by the officials. ”。

"There is a vacancy in the county and county, and the adult is also the first to take office, and the official means that if the adult needs to stay in the office, then the official needs to stay in office, and if the adult thinks that the official can go, then the official can be the officer."

Tang Cheng has also been in the yamen at all levels in Shannan East Road for a long time, and it is really the first time to hear such a reply from the official documents of the ministry, this gang of slippery heads can really kick ball!

After listening to Hu Lianghai's words, Tang Cheng pondered for a while and then asked, "How long has Lord Hu Liang taken over as the lieutenant of Longmen County?" ”。

"Seven months and twenty-three days", Hu Lianghai's voice lost its pathos, but it was a little empty.

Even the specific number of days is so clear, it seems that this Hu Lianghai is really living like a year in Longmen County, Tang Cheng is more and more curious about what kind of place this Longmen County is, now it seems that not only the local officials are unwilling to stay, but I am afraid that other officials are also unwilling to come, otherwise why would the officials give such a ridiculous reply.

"Although Longmen County is the time to employ people, since Lord Huliang insists on leaving, there is no reason for the official to stop him", the twisted melon is not sweet, rather than letting him stay awkwardly, it is better to let him go clean, this is Tang Cheng's idea a long time ago. At this point, Tang Cheng, who was sitting upright, leaned forward and stared at Hulianghai, who was happy, and said in a deep voice: "But before the official countersigns the official document, the governor of Huliang County still needs to explain all the situations in the county one by one."

"That's, that's", Hu Lianghai, who was happy, bowed his hand again and again, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

After the two sat down again, Tang Chengcheng didn't speak again, leaned on the pillow and closed his eyes slightly and listened to Hu Lianghai speak.

It was through Hulianghai's introduction that Tang Cheng knew that Longmen County, with its mountainous land and part of the grassland, was really larger than many of the high-class counties in the Inner 6 regions if it was based on area alone. In terms of population, Longmen County, with a population of nearly 50,000, is not too bad, after all, at this time, many counties in Lingnan and even in the border areas of Yunnan and Guizhou in later generations only had more than 20,000 people.

However, the composition of the more than 40,000 people in Longmen County is really complicated, among which the people who live in the mountainous areas are basically Tang people, and among the more than 20,000 Tang people, there are not many native villagers, except for a small number of exiled prisoners and their families, more are black households from the six inner regions. The land grant system adopted by the Sui Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty after the Ding Ding Dynasty was adopted, that is, the land was granted to the people according to the capitation, and then the rent and tax were levied accordingly.

After the great turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population decreased, and the land granted at the beginning was also sufficient, and now after 70 years of peace, with the land annexation and population surge, the land in the hands of the imperial court is getting less and less, and the land grant is naturally more and more insufficient, and the agricultural technology of this era is far from being reached, and the result is that many people have less land and more people can not eat enough, so many people are willing to risk being arrested by the government as displaced people to run to this vast and sparsely populated border land to beg for a living. The mountainous areas of Longmen County are barren, and after these people come, they can barely have enough to eat, and the Tang people in the entire mountainous area are really barren and poor.

In addition to this half of the people, another large population composition is the Xi people on the grassland, it is said that these Xi people should belong to the jurisdiction of the Raole Governor's Mansion north of Longmen County, after all, the Raole area is the gathering place of the five Xi people, and the Raole Metropolitan Governor himself is the king of the Xi people recognized and rewarded by the imperial court, and the area of the Raole area is about the same size as the "Dao" of the Central Plains, and its specific governance is similar to the autonomous region of later generations.

This part of Longmen County Xi people live here, as early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty suffered a rare snowstorm, resulting in the life of the He, when the generation was first knocked and plundered but was defeated and returned by the Taizong Emperor to conquer the world's generals, helpless can only apply for "attached" to the Tang court in order to survive the disaster, thus merged into the jurisdiction of Longmen County. Later, when Emperor Taizong defeated the Western Turks and was revered as "Heavenly Khan" by all ethnic groups and immediately established the Hu Governor's Mansion with autonomous nature such as Raole and Songmo, this Xi people and their grasslands were still under the jurisdiction of Longmen County, and with the passage of time, the original tribe of nearly 10,000 people has expanded to the scale of more than 20,000 people today.

It's just that although these Xi people belong to Longmen County, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Tang court, in terms of administrative divisions, because of their ethnicity, blood and common totem worship, they are actually closer to the Xi King of Raole Du's Mansion. This has brought a very direct problem, although Longmen County has nominal jurisdiction over it, in fact, it has no control at all. These Xi people usually follow the instructions of King Xi, but when they encounter a famine year, they unceremoniously reach out to Longmen County to ask for disaster relief money, grain and forage livestock. Because of its fierce folk customs and the large number of people, he successively served as the commander of Longmen County and the history of the state assassin, and even the observation of Hebei Province for fear of provoking a military disaster is a multi-line policy of appeasement. Over time, the little wealth accumulated by the already barren Longmen County is not enough to invest in this bottomless pit, so what is there left to build.

This side does not pay taxes but does not forget to ask for money and grain relief, and the household department is levied and taxed according to the total population of Longmen County, including the Xi people, and the difference between this back and forth is like two big saws grinding back and forth in Longmen County, although there are state capitals and Hebei Province to observe that the yamen is in the center to help fill the gaps, but Longmen County itself is really sad to the extreme. In this way, it has been difficult for the officials who have served in this place, and there is no oil or water at all, and the pain of collecting taxes in a year is simply impossible to say.

The problems brought about by the special population and ethnic composition are far more than these, such as public security, Xi people have committed something Longmen County Ya can't manage at all, or is unable to manage it, no way, Xi people are too many and like to hold together, what can more than ten tolerances in a county government do? It can't be solved here, and the Tang people who suffered there are naturally unconvinced, they can be forced once, they can be pressed twice, and over time, the entire county government will no longer have any prestige, and the officials will become a punching bag, and they will be pointed at and scolded by both sides.

All in all, Longmen County, which has a special geographical location, is an abnormal special place, and the officials began to have a headache when they came, and then they tried their best to find a way to go. Even if you really can't go, you only have a steady mind, as long as nothing happens, and stay up.

This is Longmen County, where Tang Cheng came to take office with great ambitions, a place where a county leader has already run away and the county lieutenant desperately wants to run, a sick place with a special location. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log on to 6**com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)