There are some minor problems with the arrangement of the chapters, so this chapter is forty-seven chapters, the next chapter is forty-seven, and it will return to normal in the future, so I hereby inform you

Suzhou is a prosperous economy and a prosperous mansion, which Zhou Jun never doubted, and it can be seen from the various "demon suits" who have come and gone. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info he followed his master along the way, which can be regarded as an eye-opener.

He saw a drunken man, with a big face, a red rosacea, a long beard, a mouth full of wine, a mouth full of drunken words, scolding the heavens and the earth, staggering, and a crown of seven beams on his head, which was so high that the people who came across ignored their heads, and could only see his ornate and strangely styled high hat, and this man was also wearing an embroidered garment, which was densely decorated with gold and silver threads, and at first glance it was not ordinary, and this man's belly was also surprisingly large, This not only seriously affected his movements, making him look like a meatball running out of a steamer, but also gave people the illusion that this person's stomach was his main body, and the limbs and head were just extra additions. Some people say that this person looks like a brave general, but Zhou Jun doesn't think so, if this kind of person is a general, not to mention that a horse can move him, how can he fight with others?

The other man was even more strange, he was wearing clothes made of paper, which looked like they could all get wet in a burst of rain, and his crown was even higher, two or three feet higher than the average house, and from a distance it looked like a bamboo pole walking slowly.

"This Suzhou person is really, he doesn't dress well, and he makes some demons!" Zhou Jun said with a little dissatisfaction to Su He, who was walking together. Behind them were more than a hundred strong juniors, these juniors were carefully selected, characterized by a bad brain and a special fear of scholars, Su He promised each of them three taels of silver, so that they could completely obey the command.

"Little brother, you don't understand this, although this costume demon makes people palpitate, and there is a suspicion of corruption and weathering, but only this Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River with flowers and brocade and cooking oil can have this grand scene, if it is changed to North China, there is no such scene. In short, this is the scene of economic prosperity! Su He was wearing an eggplant-colored bullfighting satin coat and a yang scarf, sat in the carriage, and said to Zhou Jun with a smile. Since Zhou Jun worshiped Liu Xu as his teacher, Su He's attitude towards him has suddenly improved a lot, showing that Zhou Jun's status is rising.

Zhou Jun was a little silent when he heard this, he spent most of his youth in the north, and naturally knew what the scene was like in the north, even if it was the first good district and the famous Jingshi at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it was full of beggars, I heard that there could be tens of thousands of people at most, and the rest of the north was naturally not much better, and people would starve to death in a good year, not to mention a disaster year. In recent years, the weather has been bad, and people have a problem even eating, so how can they have the leisure to do anything to "serve demons"? From this point of view, Su He is right. But Zhou Jun was born in the north and has a deep affection for the north, so he naturally didn't want to say that his hometown was not good, so he just changed the topic: "Since this Suzhou is so prosperous, it is also a fat difference to come to the Suzhou prefect!" ”

"Isn't it!" Su He didn't care about Zhou Jun changing the topic, he folded his fingers and calculated with great interest: "This Suzhou Mansion is the place where the world's wealth is concentrated, and the prefect is naturally the top priority. Although the Suzhou government is burdened with heavy affairs and has many heroes, being able to experience here is of great help to the development of the future career. I roughly calculated, almost thirty percent of the prefects took Suzhou as the last term, and more than half of the prefects were promoted from Suzhou to official positions above the third grade, you can imagine the status of this Suzhou Mansion! Su He is now in good spirits and full of energy, and he is completely incompatible with the drunken dreams and games that others have discussed in private. Zhou Jun guessed that this was because he had a good future when he followed Shizun, and it was because of him that he was able to shake his spirit and try to make himself rich.

However, although this Suhe chases dogs and horses, he still knows a lot about the affairs of the government, and Zhou Jun respectfully asked for advice in order to do a good job of the master's errand: "Then since the Suzhou prefect is so important, I think the officials should be brave and active?" ”

"Haha, little brother, that's wrong! If you want to do a good job in Suzhou Prefecture and want to be promoted in the future, the most important thing is not to do it, but not to do it! ”

"This ...... How can it be that you don't do anything? If you don't do anything, how can the imperial court pass the assessment on time? Zhou Jun was a little strange when he heard this, he had been mixed up in the rivers and lakes before, although he was clear about the ways of the rivers and lakes, but he didn't understand how this way of being an official worked.

"Alas, there is still some distance between Hengzhi and Suzhou Mansion, we have such a relationship, my brother will tell you about it." Su He and Zhou Jun's generations are actually a little confused, he and Liu Xu call themselves brothers, but they call themselves "old brothers" in front of Zhou Jun, but since Liu Xu doesn't care, everyone is confused.

Once Su He opened the chatterbox, he couldn't stop it easily, so he just heard him say: "I also told you before, there are more than four in this Suzhou Mansion: there are many people, more money, more things, and more trouble!" This person has a lot of money, and naturally has a lot of troubles! And this Suzhou is full of wealthy families, if the officials have the courage to do things, most of them will offend the interests of the wealthy, if they provoke these wealthy families with deep roots in the local tree, they have the backing of the court, and the local prefect is even a high-ranking official from the fourth grade, and he can't resist it! After thinking about it, he gave another example: "Take Songjiang Mansion as an example, Songjiang is still worse than Suzhou, the economy has developed over the years, and the city has long been full of merchants. And the expansion of the city is different from the construction of water conservancy, the repair of bridges and roads, there is no benefit to large households, who will do this kind of thankless work? So everyone joined forces to boycott and brought this matter to the court, but in the end, it was over, and there was no such thing! Think about it, a small Songjiang Mansion has such energy, let alone this Suzhou Mansion? ”

"Again, this Suzhou Mansion is not only rich and powerful, but also the power of the local guild is extremely powerful, this Suzhou Mansion not only has a guild of textile workers, but also the miscellaneous servants and servants of large families, and the horsemen and pawns who work for the government have formed their own guilds, and their leaders are called 'guild heads'. If the salary given by the master is too small, and the work sent by the government is too heavy, the head of the association will lead everyone to resist in partnership, and make a 'slave mutiny' together, forcing the big families and the government to bow their heads. Think about it, the peddlers and pawns in this area are so powerful, can the prefect be careless? ”

"This small people, how powerful is it?" Zhou Jun couldn't believe it, he was born in the north, and there is a way to "break the prefect of the family, destroy the county order", a small county order can destroy the whole family, although the strength of the wealthy family is strong, but they must also be careful to serve the officials. Who would have thought that the small people in the Jiangnan region would dare to unite to deal with the government, which opened his eyes.

"Don't believe me? That old brother will tell you a story of 'General Ge'! Su He pursed his lips and continued to swing the dragon gate array: "Back then, Lord Wanli sent eunuchs to collect taxes everywhere, levied and extorted taxes violently, and took advantage of them, which made the heavens angry and resentful, and the small people had no way to make a living. One day, a few eunuchs robbed an old man's raw silk, not to mention, and hung people in the Xuan Miao Temple and beat them, causing the people to watch. At this time, there was a head surnamed Ge who stood up and shouted, "Fight the tax thief", in an instant, the sky thundered and the earth was on fire, and 10,000 people shouted and beat together, killing several tax officials, this is not enough, starting from the sixth day of June, to the ninth day of June, a total of three Suzhou mansions were burned, more than a dozen tax officials were killed, and more than a dozen houses of the lackeys of the tax envoy Sun Long were burned! Tell me, is this Suzhou Xiaomin powerful? ”

Zhou Jun is a teenager after all, and he grew up in a family of rivers and lakes since he was a child, and he has always liked heroes and heroes, he was fascinated by what he heard, and he couldn't help but force the white horse under his crotch and applaud loudly, causing the white horse to neigh.

"And what about what happened? Was this General Ge killed by the government's lackeys? ”

"Killed? How is this possible, General Ge is a hero of the people, who dares to touch him? Because he killed the official of the imperial court, this General Ge took the initiative to surrender to the government, the government did not dare to touch him, and had to arrest him to maintain the dignity of the court, so he had to put him in prison, eat and entertain all day long, and the people of Suzhou also sent him food all day long, it is estimated that he has gained a lot of weight over the years! ”

"Oh, such a hero, I can't wait to meet him!"

"Do you think it's just because he's a hero? You want to be violent in this Suzhou mansion. After three days, the court died officials, and the entire Suzhou Mansion did not see any officials dispatched, and only after Sun Long ran to Hangzhou and the matter basically calmed down did the government come out and post a notice to the people, asking the officials to arrest the culprit; And this General Ge held a general meeting and discussed it with everyone before deciding to turn himself in, it is impossible for the government not to know about this matter, but he pretended to be deaf and dumb, isn't it strange! ”

"And why is that?"

"This government is also unwilling to do much trouble, first, this people's grievances have been accumulated for a long time, you must know that the ancients said, 'the mouth of the people, more than the Sichuan', and said, 'water can carry the boat, can also overturn the boat' If the people are not allowed to vent out, I am afraid that the Suzhou prefect will also have to kill people; Third, Wan Li Ye didn't need to be a scholar, but instead sent eunuchs to collect taxes, fish with all his might, kill chickens and take eggs, and all civil officials were waiting to see his jokes, how could they take the initiative to do things? ”

"So," Su He concluded: "This is the prefect of Suzhou Mansion, the water is very deep, and it is better to have more than one thing!" ”

"Oh, I see", seeing that the Suzhou Mansion was about to arrive, Zhou Jun asked curiously: "Then what task did the master give you?" ”

"Hehe, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, you will know when you see it!" Su He nodded and smiled, smiling mysteriously.