The thin officer's eyes fell on the face of the king, he was stunned, this person was very raw, looking at the clothes and dressing up is not a common person, he also knew that what he said just now was not said by the king, but the king was really eye-catching in this group of people, probably looking for relatives and friends or passing by here, a flash of magic felt that the king's eyes were sharp, and he wanted to avoid it and felt that he was doing errands after all, why should he be afraid of a living person, so he simply said to the king: "Listen to others, the government has the rules of the government, and those who don't understand the rules are less involved." ”

Wang next to the disdainful "snort", a county official bluffed what a shelf,

Seeing this, Chen Yuanwai played the round with a look of grievance: "Thank you, the old ones, the neighbors, I Chen has done everything I can, but now I really can't do it." As he spoke, tears rolled in his eyes, and he turned his head and said to the two officers: "Two officials, you see what I, the landlord, did, and in the end I didn't even have the land......

The two officers glanced at each other and said to Chen Yuanwai: "Look, our county is so big, who doesn't know who is the first to meet, you are on a business, we don't know if you have the ability to do it, the two of us eat official meals, you look at you, they all say that you are good, it's time for you, don't make us embarrassed, everyone has a whole face, and we are good friends." ”

Chen Yuanwai listened, sighed and looked at the people around him, with a look of help, and the fatter errand also looked around the crowd, "Everyone, get out of the way, if anyone wants to help this Chen Yuanwai and take this errand service, then stand up, we brothers don't want to be embarrassed by Chen Yuanwai, isn't it." As he said this, no one in the crowd spoke again, as if he was afraid that something would happen to him, and some of them took half a step back.

What kind of difference is this, how can these people be so afraid, Wang Bian couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, it can be seen that Chen Yuanwai sighed, and there was no better way, he turned around and closed the door of his house, bowed his head and followed the two errand officers, the thin errand seemed to be afraid that Chen Yuanwai would run away, but it didn't make sense to lock the person and take it away, so he had to drag Chen Yuanwai's elbow with one hand, and said with a smile: "Look, this road is not flat, your legs and feet are not good, I will support you." ”

Saying that, the three of them followed a road that the crowd had dodged away, and went in the direction of the county town, and Wang Fang noticed that this Chen Yuan was still a little lame, and he was just about to inquire what was going on, when his sleeve was tugged, and he looked back to see that it was Cai Jing,

"Childe, the eldest son is urging you." Cai Jing said in a low voice,

Wang looked at the team, Yuan Ze was waving his hand at him, alas, looking at Yuan Ze's heart like an arrow, he was still worried that he didn't know anywhere, looking at the tone of those people's voices, it seemed that the two errand officers would not be too embarrassed Chen Yuan, anyway, they had to set off again after the New Year, so they would stay in Linchuan for a month, and there was time,

Wang sidestepped on his horse: "Brother, what kind of bad thing is this, why does it seem to be fatal." ”

Yuan Ze sat on the horse and raised his head, he didn't care too much about the scene just now, and listened to the king ask about the move and said: "You are really confused as an official, as soon as you get better, you will rise to prominence, and you have not passed the Ministry of Rites as an official, let alone the fame you have obtained, I see that in addition to making money in your mind, you are fighting a war, and you don't know the officialdom or the people's livelihood, you, there should be a curtain by your side." ”

It's not that Wang Bei didn't think about this problem, but there was no suitable candidate for a while, and the older ones in the house were Cui Deyou and He Xingyuan: Although Cui Deyou had contact with officialdom earlier, after all, he was also a private person, and he didn't know much about officialdom; And He Xingyuan said that he had also been a petty official, but the Han officials of Western Xia also knew very little about the situation in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention that the staff of the officials of the Song Dynasty were not allowed to be appointed by themselves, but were appointed by the imperial court.

"As long as I have my brother here, you can guide me more in everything, and you didn't answer me about that just now."

"You see, this is what I just said about being an official, that is, how much land is useless: the government collects taxes from the people, then all under one project, in the Han Dynasty, China originally had a local autonomous organization, its leader was called the three elders, under the three elders, there were Sifu You, the three elders were in charge of education, the Sifu master collected land rent, and the police and thieves were in charge of it, and they all assisted the government on behalf of the locality, this system, to the Sui and Tang dynasties, there was no more, it became nominal and insubstantial, and when the five dynasties came, the army went to a place, and the local force was to serve and pay tribute. Those who were not in the system prescribed by the state for a long time, so they had to find local leaders temporarily, and asked them for houses, straw, horse fodder, utensils, strong men, and provisions.

The magistrate felt that there was such a person, which was easy to do and easy to supervise, so even if there was no such person in the locality, he insisted on citing one or two, and the army flowed like water, and when he arrived in a certain place, he had to send a messenger, so that after three or five years of running errands, the furniture would collapse, and one would collapse, and then find another, and even if there was no army to ask for in the future, the magistrate would still follow the old habit and still ask the place to run errands as usual, so that it would become another burden for the locality, and what was worse would be that there would be no prosperous family in the locality, and it would prosper. It will be his turn to send errands, our Great Song Dynasty's errand service law is inherited from the previous history, you see, this Chen Yuanwai is an example, it is estimated that the tasks of this county order are spread to this family. ”

It turned out to be like this: "This magistrate is also, if the rich families in the place are like this, then no one can prosper, and those who can prosper are those who have a job, or the eunuchs who can't be provoked by the magistrates, these magistrates are also bastards, and the court sent them to do nothing, don't say, brother, you do know a lot." ”

"That's it." Yuan Ze smiled proudly: "If you don't understand officialdom and people's livelihood, our father knows more, by the way, you still don't remember the Jiayou years, and my father played a book of ten thousand words." ”

"Yes." How can I forget this thing, at that time, my father Wang Anshi forgot to sleep and eat, and consulted a large number of books and historical classics for this book, and there are a lot of contributions to Yuan Ze here.

"At that time, many disadvantages of taxation had been written in the book of ten thousand words, but it was a pity that this matter was put down like this, and at that time, my father also said that when you and my brother are older, they will naturally understand some of these things."

Wang next to want to ask something more, the group unconsciously has come to the bottom of the hillside, along the slope of the dirt road up the hillside, in front of the gate of the mansion is a flat land, Wang next to the others got off the horse, Yuan Ze pulled the king to the door of the mansion, pop, three knocks, the door was squeaked open, the door in the door saw Yuan Ze was stunned at first, and then reacted: "Oh, the eldest prince is back, why don't you send someone to say it in advance." Said hurriedly opened the two doors: "This is." ”

"Uncle Zhao, why don't you even know my brother if you don't have it." Yuan Ze laughed as he spoke, it seems that Yuan Ze and this Ding are very affectionate, this Ding must be around fifty or sixty years old, especially when Yuan Ze is called so, it seems that he is the old man in the house,

"This, this is the second son, you look the same when you were two hours old, if it weren't for the second son, he wouldn't be wise, it's not easy to distinguish, hurry, come here" The old man Ding was obviously a little flustered, and hurriedly arranged for others, "You go and settle the horses and vehicles, you go and report to the lord and the lady." Uncle Zhao Zhangluo, and a family member ran to the house to report,

Yuan Ze led the king along the bluestone road of the house to the inside, the yard is slightly open, the bluestone road has wells, trees and flowers, now in the cold winter season, the plum blossoms on both sides of the stone road are in full bloom, the cold fragrance is fragrant, the bluestone road is facing the hall, and the family ran back to tell Yuan Ze: "The master is in the study of the inner house." ”

Yuan Ze asked Zhao Bo to wait here with his entourage first, and then pulled Wang Bian around the corridor and corner gate, and entered the second courtyard, where he saw that the courtyard was a two-story building with a patio, and there was a pool in the middle. Yuan Ze said: "The front courtyard is a guest room", and then walked through again, "This was originally the residence of the second uncle, and now they have set up another door, which is the house on the side." ”

Wang saw that Yuan Ze did not stop, while admiring the courtyard, he followed Yuan Ze inside, and then entered the courtyard, which was also a circle of courtyard houses with the second floor: "Arrived." With the words, Yuan Ze's pace also accelerated, and Wang followed Yuan Ze up to the second floor, and came to the study three times and two times.

Wang Anshi heard that his two sons had returned, and he was overjoyed, especially when he heard the news of Wang Bian's return, thinking that this child had suffered a lot in recent years, especially in the foreign war, which was hanging his life on the tip of the knife, and thinking of what happened to Wang Panfu, his heart hurt and pity, he was waiting for his two sons at this time, and he couldn't read the book, looked east and west, listened to the footsteps outside, and paced back and forth in the study,

As soon as the door opened, Yuan Ze and Wang walked in: "Daddy, we're back." ”

The father and son all took a few steps, and Wang Anshi said, "Okay, good." Patting a child with one hand, he looked at Wang and then Yuan Ze, and finally at Wang again: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

Yuan Ze knew that his father was worried about the news next to the king, and he flashed to the side sensibly, and the king understood the meaning of this time, although he was still a little entangled in the matter of Wang Anshi being his father earlier, but seeing the deep love between father and son, he couldn't help but feel: "The child is outside, let the father worry." ”

Before Wang Anshi could speak, Mrs. Wang led a four or five-year-old girl in, Yuan Ze and Wang hurriedly asked her mother for peace, and the little girl jumped into Wang Anshi's arms and put her arms around Wang Anshi's neck and stared at Wang.

"Oops, my little sister is so old." The king saw that the girl was well-behaved, and she was still a baby in swaddling clothes.

Mrs. laughed out loud: "You are mistaken, this is your sister's child, you have to call your second uncle according to generation, you came back just in time, your sister and his husband also happened to be here this year, and our in-law Professor Wu also happened to step down from Gaoyou, and he also celebrated the New Year here." ”

Professor Wu, Wang was confused, Wang Anshi smiled and said, "You really haven't seen this person, this person's surname is Wu Mingchong, Chongqing, he used to be the Jingshi Ren Guozijian and Professor Wu Wanggong, just because he later violated the holy will and knew the Gaoyou Army." ”

Isn't this Wu Chong, Wang Bi suddenly thought that he would compete with Wang Anshi for the power of prime minister in the future, and Wu Chong, who said several times in front of Shenzong that Wang Anshi's administration was inappropriate, turned out to be in-laws with Wang Anshi? !