Scholars from the grassroots level, who doesn't want to be a hundred miles of Hou!

Wan Shihua was looking for a half-official position, but it was only when he arrived in Xinxiang and was nurtured for nearly two years that he realized that his original kind of running for personal wealth was too shallow and deviated from the original intention of the sage.

Yu Guozhen once said that there should be three realms for officials, the first is for personal glory and wealth, this kind of person generally only stares at the official hat, even if it is not corruption and bribery, he must listen to his boss, and only the obedient is also the one. In today's officialdom, although everyone is scolding corrupt officials, in fact, there may not be many real big greed, and the vast majority of them are the first category, taking advantage of the court's advantage to eat and take cards, but not doing practical things for the people, and blindly meeting the boss.

The second realm is for personal ambitions. This is the case of the famous Hai Rui Haigangfeng, this kind of official is the so-called "clean official", Qing is clear, that is, less hands and more mouths, although the reputation is good, but the people under the rule should be poor and poor. They can still think a little for the people - if this consideration is good for their reputation, sometimes they will resist the pressure from the top, and even resign for the sake of the people. The so-called "being an official is not the master of the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes" is also. Nowadays, the one who can do this is a good official.

The third realm is to completely unify one's ambitions with the long-term interests of the people's livelihood, and know that he is here to be a public servant for the people, not a master. He will not harm the people in order to please the officials, but he will also not give up his persistence in order to cater to the people - he should know very well that the eyes of the officials should be moderately advanced, and as long as the work is done properly, the people will understand.

Wan Shihua really longed for this third realm, but looking through the ancient and modern classics, he was surprised to find that he could hardly find a person who could achieve this third realm.

Maybe Yu Guozhen can barely do it - but only reluctantly.

For example, Yu Guozhen's almost perverted pursuit of environmental sanitation makes people who have just arrived in Xinxiang and even those who have lived in Xinxiang for a long time extremely uncomfortable. At first, the people were very uncomfortable, Yu Guozhen first forced it, and those who did not carry it out were directly whipped, and then slowly explained the significance of this for the prevention and control of the epidemic. This one, it can be regarded as barely achieving the third point.

"Shigeru?" Zhang Pu was stunned, and immediately understood what Yu Guozhen meant, he was a smart person.

Wan Shihua has now completely surrendered to Yu Guozhen, but he doesn't know much about this matter, and the world knows that he is still the backbone of the well-written Fushe.

Therefore, he can openly come forward to operate this matter without being suspected of Yu Guozhen.

Zhang Pu knew that Yu Guozhen's desire for the position of Changhua Zhixian was definitely not just for ships traveling to and from Hoi An to have a place to berth, in that case, he would come forward to negotiate with Changhua Zhixian as Nanhai Bo, and Changhua Zhixian would not fail to give this face.

Although he was well-read, he never thought that the Shilu that Yu Guozhen had just talked about was in Changhua. After all, the place name Shilu is still not visible, and in the official literature, it is called "Yayu Mountain".

At the beginning, in order to prospect for mining, Yu Guozhen invited Zhi Yier, who is now raised at home, with sixteen disciples, escorted by 300 tiger guards, to wander in Changhua. Yu Guozhen only remembered that this iron mine was forty to sixty miles from the coast, and the specific location was not clear at all, so Zhi Yier originally thought that he was going to set foot in a county. But when he arrived in Changhua and asked around where there was a mine, he got a piece of news that in the second year of Chongzhen, Zhang Zhiguang of Zhixian County had sent people to drive away the people who privately opened copper mines in Yayu Mountain, and with this clue as a guide, they only took three months to discover an unprecedentedly huge huge bonanza!

In Yu Guozhen's memory, this iron ore area has a total of 300 million tons of iron ore, and it is rich in iron ore with an average grade of more than 50 percent, that is, theoretically 150 million tons of iron can be smelted. In fact, the current production capacity of Xinxiang is limited to the shortage of raw materials, but the total annual output of steel is 5,600 tons!

Shilu Iron Mine is fully enough to support Xinxiang and even the whole of China to complete the first industrial revolution. As for coal, another important resource needed by the iron and iron industry, there are quite high-quality coal resources in Jiaozhi, and it is temporarily mined by the people of Annam. Xinxiang used his own industrial products in exchange for coal in Jiaozhi, and it seems that he paid a lot of taxes to the Zheng family of Annan, but under the strong industrial production capacity of Xinxiang today, these taxes will be exchanged for Xinxiang's luxury goods.

So Annan Zheng wanted to use this money to develop armaments, so Yu Guozhen naturally released the Ruan clan to consume their armaments - speaking of which, they were replaced with armaments, whether it was muskets, artillery, swords, armor, or small warships, and they didn't have to go to Xinxiang to buy them!

"It's easy." Zhang Pu patted his chest and said: "After the matter is completed, the county will order ......."

"It's not after the fact, but now, right now, before March of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Mr. Maosheng will have to take office." Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "I was tricked by Shi Daolin once, this time I didn't see the rabbit and didn't scatter the eagle." With the skills of Tianru brother, just a county order, is it not a matter of being caught? ”

Zhang Pu pondered for a while, a county order in a remote place, spending a little silver, plus his personal face, can indeed be done. As for Yu Guozhen's repayment, he didn't think about it at all, no matter what difference he and Yu Guozhen had in terms of concept, he still recognized Yu Guozhen's private morality very much.

"Okay, I'll fix the book...... It's just that the event needs silver, which I don't have! ”

"Approximately?"

"The county order in a remote place, one or two thousand taels is enough."

"I have always been lenient in letting people do things, and I will give you three thousand taels of silver." Yu Guozhen said: "After the matter is completed, if you push Zhou Yixing's matter, I can secretly sponsor 30,000 taels." If you need more, it's not impossible, but you'll have to promise me some conditions. ”

Zhang Pu nodded without hesitation, although 30,000 taels was still insufficient, he was convinced that as long as he promised more heavy profits at that time, Yu Guozhen would definitely pay more money.

Thinking of this, he was a little worried: "Jimin, that Tian Chang, did you really throw him into the sea?" ”

"Not yet, he's going to Hoi An to see it." Yu Guozhen smiled faintly: "Everyone knows that our Qin'zhou is a wild place, and there are always miasma, so it is always inevitable to get a sudden illness or something, and his servants have also been infected with the epidemic, and only two or three went back to cry." ”

When these words were spoken, Zhang Pu felt a little chill on his body.

Yu Guozhen didn't even need to make special arrangements, Tian Chang and they didn't take care of any personal hygiene problems, after arriving in Hoi An, they arranged for someone to lead them to the swamp and ditch, and then they were bitten by mosquitoes a few times, and then drank some raw water or something.

Of course, Zhang Pu didn't know this, he hesitated, just like he didn't warn Yu Guozhen that Tian Guoqin had taken a fancy to Yu Guozhen's property, and he was not ready to intercede for Tian Chang.

Relatives, eunuchs and Qingliu, although they are essentially the same, are all parasites attached to the big tree of the imperial court to suck blood, but there is still competition between them. In order to stand up Zhou Yanru, Zhang Pu will inevitably ask Tian Guoqin for help, and even have to deal with Cao Huachun and others in the inner court, but only for the sake of a Tian Chang who has already angered Yu Guozhen, Zhang Pu has not yet been selfless to this realm.

What he is thinking about now is how to repair some of his relationship with Yu Guozhen.

After pondering for a while, he said, "It seems that there is something wrong with Jimin's desire to repair the ceremony. The cultivation of the code in the prosperous era is a major event of the imperial court, and it is inevitable that the people will be ridiculed for doing so. ”

Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "I only care about this matter, I don't care about anything else, for the time being, it will be presided over by Thief Quanzi, and Zhu Quanzi, Mr. Song, Mr. Wan and other masters will help." Daoist Guiquanzi suggested that we have cultivated the "Three Emperors' Treasure Book", which is divided into three parts: "Shennong Canon", "Fuxi Canon", and "Yellow Emperor Canon", and I feel that there is some truth in listening to it, but I am a layman on this matter, and I need to consult everyone's opinions. Brother Tianru knew about it, and naturally, if there is a well-educated Confucian, Brother Tianru can also recommend it to me. ”

Zhang Pu responded with a smile, but glanced at Wan Shihua. If you really recommend Yu Guozhen to learn Hongru again, stay in Xinxiang for a long time, and eat a few meals of braised pork, I am afraid that I will become Yu Guozhen's diehard loyalist like Wan Shihua. At the beginning, he entrusted Wan Shihua to look at Yu Guozhen in Xinxiangxu, and he thought that he had a plan, and the layout was far-reaching, but he didn't want to send a talent to Yu Guozhen in vain!

Once the agreement is made, this meal will be enjoyed by the guests and hosts. Xinxiang's catering is also developing rapidly, in order to make the canned food eaten by Huwei can take into account nutrition and taste, and also in order to satisfy Yu Guozhen's appetite, chefs of various genres who came to Xinxiang gathered together to specialize, such as monosodium glutamate and the like, Yu Guozhen has already made it, and every boat back from Qingdao is loaded with a large amount of dried kelp, which is the raw material of monosodium glutamate. As for pepper, chili pepper, Sichuan pepper and other seasonings, there is absolutely no shortage in Xinxiang. Yu Guozhen feasted guests, of course, the chefs had to show all their skills, and Zhang Pu was full of praise for eating, but he hated that his belly was not broad enough.

After he finished eating, Wan Shihua led him back to his residence, and the two walked on the street, and the smile on Zhang Pu's face faded.

"Brother Maosheng, do you really want to follow Jimin?" At the entrance of the community, Zhang Pu asked.

"Tianru, you are more familiar with the "Book of Rites" than me, you say, is it another place in the Ming Dynasty or Xinxiang is closer to the Datong contained in the "Book of Rites"?" Wan Shihua turned his face to look at Zhang Pu.

"This is a place where Yu Jimin is demagogic, and he naturally ......"

"I don't want to hear you slander Nanhai Bo behind your back." Wan Shihua interrupted him, arguing that he would not be Zhang Pu's opponent, so he continued to talk to himself: "We all read the books of the sages, and the sages said that we want to be unequal, and we are all in favor of great harmony, but how can the world be unified?" It is not said in the Book of Rites that the sage said that self-denial is for benevolence, and it is only benevolence and not great harmony. The trip to the avenue is also public in the world...... Datong is so good, but even the saints can't tell how to reach Datong! ”

"It wasn't until I came to Xinxiang that I knew that Datong was really possible. Datong is not said, but done, Nanhai Bo often said, don't just listen to what a person says, more importantly, to see what he does, eunuchs, relatives, Qingliu, all the same...... Tianru, please. ”

Speaking of which, Wan Shihua felt that there was no need to talk to Zhang Pu anymore.

Maybe tomorrow, Zhang Pu will take the initiative to ask to move out of his house.

(To be continued)