Lu Weibiao, the magistrate of Mizhi County, has been very depressed recently. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After the emperor ascended the throne, vigorously rectified the government, completely exterminated Wei Zhongxian and the rest of the evil, the government and the opposition are a new atmosphere, cheers and praises one after another, it is said that under such circumstances, all parts of the Ming Dynasty will be stained with joy, but unfortunately, Mizhi County has suffered a serious famine for three consecutive years, and the consequences are unexpected by officials at all levels.

Ma Maocai, the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture, has issued a lot of documents to the counties last year, almost all of which are famine and peasant riots in the counties under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture, which is incompatible with the new atmosphere that has emerged in the imperial court.

In November last year, Wang Er, a peasant in Baishui County, rebelled, which led to a larger-scale wave of rebellion, with Wang Jiayin of Fugu, Wang Zuo of Yichuan, Gao Yingxiang of Ansai, and Wang Daliang of Hannan all rising up to rebel.

The three-year drought led to a three-year catastrophe, which made Lu Weibiao call that the sky should not be used and that the earth was not spiritual.

Lu Weibiao rushed to Mizhi County in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he was originally a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, a top three jinshi during the Apocalypse, without any special background, nor a member of the Donglin Party, or a member of the Zhejiang Party, and he had nothing to do with Wei Zhongxian, so he was sent to the most barren Shaanxi and served as the magistrate of Mizhi County.

Most of the top three jinshi are to be sent abroad, but this expatriate place is very different, if it is sent to the north or south of the country, it is the most comfortable, followed by Zhejiang and other southern regions, and then Huguang and other central regions, even if it is to remote Yunnan and Guangdong and other places, at least the climatic conditions are much better.

The worst is to be sent to Shaanxi.

Interestingly, as long as there is no special background in the top three jinshi of the palace examination, generally Shanxi is sent to Shaanxi as an official, and Shaanxi is sent to Shanxi as an official, and almost nothing is sent to the south, let alone North Zhili and South Zhili.

Lu Weibiao also wants to work hard in Mizhi County and do something out, so that at least in the appraisal of the magistrate conducted once in three years, he can be affirmed, so that at least he can be adjusted to the capital to be an official, or have the opportunity to be promoted.

Three consecutive years of drought and peasant riots in various parts of Yan'an Province have dashed all of Lu Weibiao's hopes.

Lu Weibiao has been in office for more than three years, and he has not had the opportunity to return to his hometown to see, even if it is the Spring Festival holiday, he can't leave, either because of the serious famine below, or because the taxes cannot be collected on time, in short, things are just busy.

After many peasant riots appeared in the counties under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture, Lu Weibiao did not even think about going home to take a look.

This Spring Festival, Lu Weibiao was worried about whether there would be a peasant riot in Mizhi County, and at the same time drank sullen wine alone, sending the depression in his heart, but unfortunately this sullen wine could not solve the problem.

Mizhi County has a population of less than 50,000 people, less than 10,000 households in the county, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.

Three years have passed, Lu Weibiao has basically mastered the situation of the county, and he is even more familiar with the five major families in the city.

However, the strength of the He family in the county seat is still a little unexpected by Lu Weibiao, maybe it is the far away emperor of the mountain, and the battle of the imperial court during the Apocalypse has not affected it at all, but the He family has relied on its own strength, taking advantage of some major mistakes in other families, and slowly expanding its power, and in the past two years, it has almost controlled the entire Mizhi County.

The disheartened Lu Weibiao doesn't care much about all this, he doesn't have much interest, and he is fighting to the death, he is simply a frog at the bottom of the well, and he has never seen the world.

When Wu Mianqing came to report, Lu Weibiao didn't pay attention to the matter at all, and showed absent-mindedness, thinking of the famine and peasant rebellion.

The upcoming county test, Lu Weibiao also doesn't care, Mizhi County is a poor and remote country, I don't know how many years there have been two Jinshi, such a poor place, I'm afraid it will be difficult to produce any talents.

The patriarchs of the five major families have come to visit, Lu Weibiao still came forward to receive him, this bit of face still has to be given, he also knows the meaning of the five families, anyway, at this time of year, the five major families are more or less filial, can receive money, why not be happy, with this money, slowly accumulate, but also be able to figure out how to get through the relationship above, and leave this barren land as soon as possible.

Lu Weibiao really doesn't want to continue to suffer, serving as a magistrate in a place like Mizhi County, compared to those magistrates in Gyeonggi County, the income is several times less, and everyone is almost a top three jinshi, why is there such a big difference.

In fact, is a place can appear more two list of jinshi, for the imperial court to contribute more talents, this is also regarded as the merit of the county, Nanzhili and Zhejiang and other places, the number of two list of jinshi, especially the first and second class of jinshi, those local officials, the speed of promotion is also much faster, into the capital to do officials are almost all officials in these places.

It's a pity that Lu Weibiao is also helpless in this regard and can't make any achievements.

There is less than a month to go, and the county exam is coming, and the officials of the county government room are busy, but Lu Weibiao, the county magistrate and chief examiner, has not asked at all.

According to the rules, he should have five masters, among which the criminal master is responsible for assisting in the trial of criminal and civil cases, the master of Qian Gu is responsible for the collection of money and grain taxes, the master of folding is responsible for drafting the book and reporting official documents, the master of levy is responsible for inspecting and verifying the field endowment, the registered master is responsible for registering and sorting out many documents and letters, and the master of Shuqi is responsible for writing ordinary documents.

Lu Weibiao didn't have so much silver, and Mizhi County was too poor, so he only had three masters.

These three masters are the criminal master, the Qian Gu master and the folding master, among which the Qian Gu master is also responsible for inspecting and verifying Tian Fu, and the folding master is responsible for drafting and writing all the documents, official documents, etc.

Lu Weibiao didn't trust these three masters very much, after more than three years, he had long been aware of some of the things these masters were doing in secret, especially the close connection with the He family in the county.

Lu Weibiao personally handled many things, especially matters involving criminal charges and money and food.

Just after the Spring Festival, the county government opened the door, and the urgent paperwork of Ma Maocai, the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture, arrived.

The document is mainly to inquire about the famine in Mizhi County, and requires the county government to report in detail, without any omissions, and the time regulations are also very clear, and it must be reported before the first day of the first day of March.

Lu Wei thought about transferring this document to Master Folding, anyway, there are many such documents, Mizhi County received the document from Yan'an Mansion, there could be no good thing, it was either a famine, a homeless person or a riot of the people, and the people who saw it were shocked.

After carefully reading the folds again, Lu Weibiao suddenly found something different, because this document was drafted by the prefect Ma Maocai himself, and Lu Weibiao was still familiar with Ma Da's handwriting.

Master Ma also has a master under his command, and he also has the assistance of the same knowledge and general judgment, so you don't have to do it yourself.

Since Master Ma personally wrote the paperwork, it means that the situation is somewhat serious.

At the end of last year, the displaced people of Mizhi County approached the county seat, which was only two miles away from the county seat, and there were so many bandits in the county that even the sergeants guarding the yamen would not easily go out of the city, lest they encounter the calculations of the bandits.

Thinking of the garrison yamen, Lu Weibiao is also annoyed, there are less than 100 sergeants, these sergeants can't get any military pay on weekdays, the county yamen has no silver at all, and most of the people who fund them are the He family, so these sergeants' feelings for the He family are not ordinary, it is said that Lu Weibiao does not allow such a situation to appear, but unfortunately he is shy in his pocket, there is no silver, the He family is willing to take out the silver, maintain the garrison yamen, he is just a blind eye.

There were too many things on his mind, and Lu Weibiao forced himself to calm down.

For nearly half a day, Lu Weibiao was analyzing this document.

It is impossible for him to write a reply immediately, to say that he, the magistrate of the county, must abide by the yamen according to the rules, and must not leave without authorization, otherwise he will be impeached, understand the situation below, rely on the officials below, as well as the elders and Li Zheng of the villages and towns, Lu Weibiao also wants to go down to take a look, this is basically a fantasy, after the peasant riots began to appear in various places last year, it is even more impossible for him to go to the villages and towns, and he is really going to be clicked by the rioting peasants, it must be a big news of the imperial court.

It was a bit difficult to get the actual situation from the officials below and from the elders and lizheng of the villages and towns, and the reports obtained from this channel either exaggerated the facts or narrowed the extent of the famine.

In this way, the officials below can get benefits from it, which Lu Weibiao knows very well.

After thinking about it, he focused his attention on the students who were about to take the county exam, don't underestimate these young teenagers, they should know a lot of things, and more importantly, they have not yet experienced the tempering of society, they are very straightforward in speaking and doing things, and they will never hide what they say.

The news from the mouths of these students must be true.

However, Lu Weibiao did not have great hopes, after all, most of these students have good family backgrounds, and they may not fully know the following situation.