Chapter 142: New Year's Gathering

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On the twenty-ninth day of the ninth year of Tang Wude, that is, there are only two days before the New Year. And today the county government has also stopped working, and everyone is attending a meeting. And everyone came to the county government office at this meeting, and the main people who participated in this meeting were the officials and scribes in the county government, as well as the grassroots squires elected by the people such as the township Zhengbaozheng in the county, and they all came here today to attend a meeting. As for the name of this meeting, it is very simple, that is, the New Year's reunion.

"Hehe, you may not know what my county magistrate wants to do when I gather everyone before the New Year. I'm here to tell you that today I'm holding a New Year's reunion. Again, I would like to give you a greeting for an early year! Chen Fei said to everyone first.

"Congratulations!" "Chen County Order, congratulations on the New Year!" ……

Everyone hurriedly congratulated, after all, Chen Fei's county order also gave everyone New Year's greetings, and they couldn't help but give face! And because of Chen Fei's arrival, their quality of life has also improved significantly, so they can be regarded as sincerely supporting Chen Fei. Even Zhang Mingde County, who was born as a local, had to admit that Chen Fei did a better job than them, at least Chen Fei did not regard himself as an outsider, and he was dedicated to serving the people of Shuo County and improving their lives as much as possible. This kind of selfless mentality is also a reason why everyone supports Chen Fei. After all, the Tang Dynasty had just opened the country, and the entire government was not corrupted, so everyone still wanted to do a good job in the country.

"Today, the reason why I have gathered everyone together to pay New Year's greetings is because in the past, everyone paid their own New Year's greetings. Historically, our country has paid attention to human relations and paid attention to New Year's greetings and gifts. This is especially true for superiors and subordinates. Everyone is here today to pay New Year's greetings, and tomorrow I will come to pay New Year's greetings, especially before the festival. And before the holiday, it is often a busy time for official business, so it is easy to delay everyone to deal with official business and delay everyone to do business. So I took the initiative to gather everyone together and unify to greet each other at this time, which is considered a group meeting. As for the future, everyone in the officialdom doesn't have to greet each other, after all, don't delay everyone's work! Chen Fei said.

"Good. Chen County made this group a good New Year's greeting! It's great that everyone gathers together to celebrate, doesn't waste everyone's time, and reads to bring people closer! Yang Jiaxiang, a sycophant, immediately sent a burst of horses.

And even if everyone is not good at this time, they have to say good, after all, Chen Fei is to prevent everyone from delaying their work because of New Year's greetings, this reason is very legitimate, and no one can refute it.

Chen Fei looked at everyone and said yes, even if they were not sincere, they could only acquiesce. However, Chen Fei also knows that the New Year has been celebrated since ancient times. It's all an opportunity for officials to take advantage of it. Usually it is not suitable for giving gifts and bribes, but once it is time for the holiday, that is, the subordinates give gifts to their superiors, which can play a role in confusing the relationship between the two. It's hard to say anything like that anyway. Therefore, in order to put an end to this kind of gift-giving, Chen Fei took the initiative to hold a group meeting for everyone, so that after everyone met, they would not greet each other in the future.

The group meeting originated in Yan'an that year, and the great man wanted to prevent everyone from delaying each other's work because of the New Year. A group meeting will be held within a unified time, so that everyone can not only exchange feelings within the group, but also eliminate New Year's gifts. There are also various things that delay work because of New Year's greetings. So the original intention of this group meeting was good, and it was also a reason why it became popular in China later.

"Today, there are no big fish and meat here, and there are no delicacies from the mountains and seas, and everyone gathers together to talk about things. And what you have to eat and drink a lot during the New Year, this is actually very bad, it is a bad habit. So I propose that in the future, I will not gather together to eat and drink, which will not only save money, but also be good for my body! Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei is also very unkind to the bad habit of eating and drinking during the New Year. Moreover, during the Chinese New Year, what kind of public money is consumed, and what all kinds of public funds are given as gifts, which is a kind of unhealthy trend and a source of corruption. Since Chen Fei is from the next generation, the first thing is to put an end to these things as much as possible. New Year's greetings should first of all be to exchange feelings, rather than pay attention to what gifts, not to mention still taking public funds to give, this should not be. Therefore, although Chen Fei can't affect the whole country, it is okay to affect his own one-third of an acre.

Yang Jiaxiang immediately helped: "Yes! What Chen Xianling said is yes! At that time, Niu County Ling had always been keen on this kind of thing, and as a result, the whole county was eating and drinking, and the whole atmosphere was gone. Moreover, every time I eat and drink, I have to feel uncomfortable for days. At that time, I had gained a few pounds in a year. This kind of gathering to eat and drink is indeed a bad habit, so Chen County Order does not advocate it, and this is also a good thing. Today, everyone will eat some coarse tea and light rice, and then everyone will exchange feelings together. Those who ate and drank greatly diluted the feelings of everyone working together in the past. Isn't it for the New Year to eat and drink so much? Isn't our New Year just for a hard year, everyone can exchange feelings, if it's all for eating, when can't we eat? The feelings in this are the most important thing! ”

"Yes, yes, eating and drinking big fish and meat is not good for our health, we still have to keep our good body and serve the Tang Dynasty and the emperor!" The county lieutenant said.

And there are also many ordinary scribes who are not very satisfied with this group meeting in their hearts, but since the superiors have reached an agreement, they can only acquiesce. After all, this group visit has harmed their interests, and they have been able to obtain some benefits in the past New Year's greetings, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue to exist from now on. And these incoming officials led by Chen Fei don't care about the income of those holiday gifts at all, after all, the official officials in the Tang Dynasty are absolutely high salaries and high benefits, and they don't care about some gifts. And Chen Fei just didn't advocate it, and he didn't ban it completely, so everyone didn't completely oppose it. As for the New Year's greetings between ordinary relatives and friends, everyone can still participate together during the holidays. (The novel "The Tang Politician" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)