At the end of the 17th year of Kaiyuan, when the whole country was about to usher in the new year, after Li Longji returned from paying homage to the tomb, he granted amnesty to the world and exempted half of the land tax of the people of the whole country. It seems that the good governance of the Son of Heaven, however, today's land tax and household tax were originally imposed and apportioned in addition to the rent adjustment, which is not really to reduce the burden of the people, but can only be regarded as better than nothing. However, such a policy means that the fields and households that began in the ninth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty have really come to an end, even if the household department has a first-class minister of finance and planning like Pei Yaoqing to take over, the degree of support is still in chaos.

Sure enough, after welcoming the New Year, Menxia Province, which has not had a governor, finally ushered in a new master, Pei Guangting, a scholar in the middle of the book.

As a result, Zhongshu Province has Zhongshu Ling Xiao Song, and the province has Pei Guangting, the two prime ministers perform their own duties, each in charge of one side, and the well water does not violate the river water. In order to settle the newly registered fugitives, the 100 official job fields that were abolished for a time are now also allocated in full again, and it is unknown whether the cooked land that ordinary people have worked so hard to cultivate will be included when the job fields are cleared.

In a place like Yunzhou, far from the center of the Chang'an Imperial Court, these messages seemed irrelevant. First, Yunzhou is vast and sparsely populated, second, it is still in the recovery period, and third, there are things that need to be busy up and down. Hu Cao was busy sorting out the expenses and income throughout the year, and the changes in the registered population; Tian Cao needs to count the fields that have been divided in Yunzhou in the past two years, and whether there are any omissions in the fish scale book that records the land situation; Cangcao needs to take stock of the warehouse, from the granary to the current coal warehouse; Bing Cao was to be in charge of the selection of military attachés and the preparation of weapons...... Guo Quan, the chief judge of the army, is responsible for reviewing all kinds of copywriting last year.

All in all, since the New Year, the Governor's Mansion has been busy. It was easy to wait for March to gradually become idle, and Du Shiyi finally got a letter from Song Jing in the court, but he was informed that the Yunzhong County Party, which had been vacant, had been transferred to other subordinate officials from the county order, and they would soon be elected to take office. Together with this news, he was also informed of the method of qualification for selection that Pei Guangting had vigorously promoted.

When he talked about this matter with his most trusted subordinates and friends in his study on this day, and when he read Song Jing's letter, Wang Han sneered at the letterhead with his fingers and sneered.

Pei Xiangguo has just taken over the post of secretary of the ministry, and as a result, he has launched such a new policy that has caused an uproar up and down. According to the qualifications, the number of years of dismissal is secondary, the number of officials elected is few, and the number of officials is selected by small officials. In addition, the same is true for promotion, when the number of years is over, as long as you have not made a mistake, you will be promoted immediately, regardless of your talent. What else do you need to do with this? It doesn't matter if you are virtuous or not, it doesn't matter what your political achievements are, even so, I just drink my wine and care whether his people can eat

Wang Lingran was already cold-eyed because of running to seek officials, and he couldn't help but say angrily at this moment: "How can this be said to be to guard against risk-taking and follow qualifications, but this law is a line, there is no door for those who are capable, and those who are incompetent are full of their way, Pei Xiangguo was born in a famous family, and his career is smooth, so he doesn't know the suffering of those candidates."

"He knows the suffering of those incompetent and mediocre people who can't wait for an official for ten years or eight years." Because Yu Wenrong was chased and beaten even more after being ousted as prime minister, Guo Quan is now more and more cynical, and he has almost no good impression of the bigwigs in the DPRK, and he learned from Du Shiyi that Pei Guangting is very likely to be the real black hand, so he naturally spoke more harshly, "In addition to being the son of Wen Xigong, what other great achievements does Pei Xiangguo have?" These three words of following qualifications are better said to be tailor-made for himself, but speaking of which, if these three words of qualification had been implemented earlier, they would have been used on himself, and now he would not have been able to enter the political hall."

Du Shiyi saw that almost everyone criticized this move, and he didn't know that the people who thought highly of themselves looked down on this kind of seniority.

Thinking of Song Jing's heartache in the letter that the capable people have no way out and can't get it, he said lightly: "In the past, the public of Guangping County was the secretary of the ministry, and most of the election was entrusted to the servant of the ministry, but now Pei Xiangguo is also the servant, and he is also the secretary of the ministry. There is a way that there is no good or evil in the scholar, the years are long, the job is not changed, and the name is awarded. We don't have to have much hope for this group of officials in Yunzhong County, but there is only one way"

Speaking of this, he stood up and said loudly: "As long as these officials from Yunzhong County go to Yunzhou, if they want to change their ways, I will never allow it."

"That's it" Guo Quan also patted the armrest and stood up, and said sharply, "This situation of the longevity of Yunzhou cannot be destroyed by others."

"This matter is naturally my responsibility, and I have to say it to others." Wang Lingran nodded heavily and took over the position of coordination of various departments. He was arrogant back then, but now he is the best to speak among the group of people in Yunzhou. Otherwise, do you expect Wang Han and Cui Hao to communicate and coordinate with people, or Guo Quan, a well-known cold-faced recorder, to join the army and appear?

When everyone said goodbye and left, Du Shiyi left Luo Ying and Hou Xiyi with his eyes, and he was going to talk about the cloud guard and continuing to recruit and practice, but suddenly found that Cui Hao was sitting and did not move. Thinking that since the original reproach, Cui Hao's words had been much less, he frowned slightly, and finally gestured to Luo Ying and Hou Xiyi, and told the two of them to come back later. Seeing that the two were leaving, he went to close the door in person, and then turned to look at Cui Hao and said, "Have something to say to me?" ”

"Hu Cao is the most important thing in Yunzhou now, and I am a little struggling." Cui Hao bowed his head and said, and then as if he had made up his mind, he said word by word, "I want to resign and visit Wang Majie." ”

Du Shiyi was so annoyed that he almost wanted to give Cui Hao two blows with his fist. However, among the people he got acquainted, there were the most talented people, and all those who were talented had tempers, such as Wang Lingran and Wang Han had experienced the vicissitudes of the world, and Wang Jin had seen his brother being dragged away by others, unlike Cui Hao Jinshi and the first who only became a foreign official and began to be idle, and then followed him to Yunzhou. Moreover, after calming down and thinking about it carefully, he also knew that Hu Cao Nai was one of the most important jobs in Yunzhou now, and Cui Hao was indeed not good at such complicated financial work, so he calmed down after being annoyed.

"You have to pick and choose, and wait until you get through the current difficulties, haven't you heard me just talk about this new method of qualification? You have also spent a lot of effort in Yunzhou, are you happy to see a Hu Cao who came from nowhere to join the army and make a lot of trouble? ”

Seeing Cui Hao nodding silently, arching his hand and about to go out, seeing that his hand had already opened the door, Du Shiyi suddenly asked in his heart: "Could it be that there is something wrong with you and your lady?" ”

"I've already decided, divorce my wife." Cui Haotou didn't say a word back, as if realizing that Du Shiyi must be angry, he added, "I will give her a thousand acres of fertile land and a million dollars as compensation." It's because I shouldn't have married her just because of her beauty, but I didn't even know how to say it every day, and the husband and wife only felt the same taste as chewing wax. Instead of continuing to live like this, it is better to get together and disperse. ”

When Cui Hao opened the door and walked a few steps quickly, he only heard a bang in the room behind him, as if Du Shiyi didn't know what he had smashed. It's not been a day or two since he intersected with Du Shiyi, he knows the other party's temperament very well, and he is almost a little angry when he is moody, but he is so angry that he smashes something This is the first time, and it is for him. However, when he thought of the depression and pain of tossing and turning for a long night, he strengthened the thought in his heart.

He will definitely meet the wishful girl he is destined to be

When Luo Ying and Hou Xiyi came to see each other again, they were surprised to find that there were porcelain cup fragments and water stains on the ground. Just now, Du Shiyi and Cui Hao didn't know what to say, but now that Cui Hao is not there, but the ground is so messy, is there a dispute? can make a person like Du Shiyi, who rarely loses his temper, smash the cup, what is going on with Cui Hao?

Du Shiyi knew that if he fell into the eyes of others like this, there would inevitably be all kinds of speculations and suspicions, but he didn't want to explain so much. After asking the two of them about the progress of the recruitment and drills, he only pondered for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "The Xi clan and the Khitan are now in an eventful time, if someone comes to vote, absorb it first, investigate it carefully, think it carefully, and after confirming that it is correct, they will be put into the cloud to guard and capture." ”

Is this to absorb foreign military horses?

Luo Ying once traveled far away in Anxi, and Hou Xiyi, who is half of his blood and is proficient in the languages of various ethnic groups, glanced at each other when he heard the words, not only was he not much surprised, but he was born with an indescribable excitement. The two of them immediately stood up at the same time and responded in unison. When Du Shiyi explained all kinds of details in detail, and when the two of them retired and left together, Luo Ying, who was walking in front, had just stepped out of the threshold with his front foot, and heard Du Shiyi's voice with his back foot.

"Luo Ying, you train and return to training, don't ignore your lady, she is unpredictable and short-tempered.

I don't know why Du Shiyi suddenly said this, Luo Ying turned her head and glanced at it in confusion, and then smiled bitterly: "Yes, I know." ”

He ignored her? It's Yue Wuniang who is erratic at all, which makes him feel uncomfortable, but it's too difficult to catch up with his lady's footsteps...... It's too hard

And Hou Xiyi's idea is much more direct. He followed Luo Ying out thoughtfully, and it wasn't until he was about to leave the courtyard that he grabbed Luo Ying's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Ke Di, you said, what Cui Hucao just had with Du Changshi had a dispute with, could it be a family matter?" I heard that the lady of the Cui Hu Cao family has been sick and has not seen anyone for several days. ”

Luo Yinghu raised her eyebrows suspiciously, thought hard about it, and finally shook her head, "Don't ask me, how can I have the heart to take care of other people's family affairs, I am still anxious."

Hou Xiyi was stunned for a moment, and it wasn't until Luo Ying left dejectedly that he came to his senses and burst out laughing for a while.

To say that there is a small Yunzhou, there are really too many powerful women