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The two of them were idle, only to see a team of people appear in front of them. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The leader was a local official, slightly fat, after seeing Dong Kui and Yan Zhan's team appear, the team immediately arranged a formation on both sides, and a government official rode over quickly.

Dong Kui smiled: "Brother, it looks like he's here to reward us again." ”

Yan Zhan said: "Forget it, when will those civil officials treat us?" People are here for the horse master, and this time the horse master will inevitably be promoted when he goes back, and the blind can see it. ”

Dong Kui didn't care: "It's all the same, the horse eats meat, we can get some soup to drink." ”

As he spoke, the official was already very close, only to hear him shout from afar: "Can the party appease Lord Chen's triumphant army ahead?" ”

Dong Kui turned the horse's head: "Brother, you should answer here, I will go back and report back to the horse master." ”

Yan Zhan nodded, patted his horse and greeted the officer: "Exactly, may I ask which house are you from?" ”

The official returned: "Please report to Lord Chen, Lord Yu of Hezhong Mansion heard that Lord Chen has returned triumphantly, and specially set up a banquet to congratulate Lord Chen on his world-class meritorious service on behalf of the fathers and villagers of Hezhong Mansion, and ask the officers and men of the three armies to stay and drink less water and wine." ”

Yan Zhan said, "Please wait! ”

At the same time, he waved his hand to signal the army to stop, and the official did not retreat, he had to wait for the reply from Chen Yuan after the report.

Along the way, officials in many places have done this, and Chen Yuan has never refused this. The Great Song Dynasty is in difficulty now, and the army stopping on the ground will definitely cause a burden to the place, but those burdens are small things.

Chen Yuan knew what the Great Song Dynasty had to do next, how to better digest the fruits of the party's victory, and how to make the entire Great Song Dynasty look new through the implementation of the new policy.

The implementation of the new policy requires the support of not only the officials in the court, but also the support of the local officials. How many times in China's history have the law been changed because of the obstruction of local officials, including the reform that China is experiencing in the 21st century, and there are also many documents that look the same at the central level, and the flavor changes immediately when they arrive at the local level.

Gaining the understanding and support of local officials is a necessary condition for the smooth implementation of the new policy. If they don't attend the banquet they arrange, then these people will think, why don't they give them this face?

To ease the burden on their place? This is a reason that they will not accept. In their opinion, it must be that Chen Yuan thinks that there is no need to contact them, and perhaps, when this master returns, his position will be in jeopardy.

Once these people have such a delusion, it will be very detrimental to the implementation of the New Deal. Therefore, almost every state official on Chen Yuanlu has to pay a visit, contact feelings, and explore these people's attitudes and questions about the new policy.

He understands the principle of the united front, and if he wants to accomplish something, he must win the approval of the majority of the people.

Since Lord Yu came in person, Chen Yuan naturally had no reason to refuse.

A moment later, he rode a big horse and came out of the ranks with a team of personal soldiers, and shouted from afar, "May I ask who is Lord Yu?" ”

The slightly fat official immediately ran forward, clasped his fists and saluted from afar: "The governor of Hezhong Prefecture has more money, and I have come to meet the pacification envoy!" ”

Chen Yuan jumped off the horse, walked over and helped up Yu Qian, who was saluting: "Lord Yu is polite, this official has admired Lord Yu for a long time, and now I want to disturb this place when I pass by, but I am afraid of disturbing the villagers." I didn't dare to go to the meeting. ”

Typical kind words in officialdom, but Yu Qian is a person in officialdom, and he is willing to say a few kind words, at least it shows that this horse master is willing to associate with him, which is enough for Yu Qian.

Yu Qian had a smile on his face: "Where is it, the master of the horse has set foot on the party with 10,000 soldiers in this battle, and promoted my great Song prestige, and the lower officials should represent the people of Hezhong Mansion and comfort the soldiers of the three armies." ”

Chen Yuan laughed: "Then the official is welcome." ”

Saying that he took Yu Qian's hand very affectionately, the two of them walked side by side towards Hezhong Mansion, and the gong and drum team on the side of the road also beaten.

Chen Yuan looked at these people, most of them had some vegetables on their faces, thinking that although the food crisis was alleviated, it still existed.

He immediately asked, "Lord Yu, how is the grain in Hezhong Mansion now?" ”

Yu Qian said truthfully: "Back to Lord Chen, my Hezhong Mansion has a population of more than 300,000, and the mansion is indeed tight. ”

Chen Yuan nodded: "Well, if you have difficulties, you have to tell the imperial court, especially this time the problem of food, you must not carry it yourself, you can't bear the outbreak of a riot like Shaanxi, and it will cause trouble to the imperial court." ”

Yu Qian hugged his fists: "Xiaguan remember the teachings of adults, we are not bad here, although we can only send two porridges every day, and the people are stable." ”

Chen Yuan sighed: "The imperial court is also very difficult, and if there are places that cannot be taken care of, please understand more, so that you can appease the emotions of the people and share the worries of the imperial court." ”

This made Yu Qian a little moved, in the past, those court officials either blamed them or nitpicked, this time when he went to Renzong, he was caught by Ouyang Xiu and scolded fiercely, saying that he patronized Hezhong Mansion and did not consider the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty. Yu Qian really doesn't understand, are these Hezhong Mansion and the Great Song Dynasty two different things?

In contrast, although Chen Yuan and Ouyang Xiu both have the same meaning, both emphasizing that the emperor is also difficult and allows him to do more things, Chen Yuan's words obviously make him more acceptable: "The lower official is taking the imperial court's money, and it is a matter of course to share the worries of the imperial court, please rest assured that Lord Chen, the lower official knows it." ”

Chen Yuan smiled: "I am naturally relieved of this, but Lord Yu should not spend too much to reward the three armies today, and in this case, if we put on a banquet, it will make the people disgusted." Besides, the official just wanted to visit out of respect for Lord Yu, and those things about eating and drinking were really not interesting. ”

At this time, Yu Qian felt that Chen Yuan was simply the best court member of the Great Song Dynasty, more blue than Bao Qingtian! He set up a wine to invite Chen Yuan, the first is to get to know this concubine, and the second is the problem of face.

If other states and counties are invited, but they don't invite themselves, wouldn't it make the horse master unhappy? Since he was going to set the venue away, he knew that some court officials would be unhappy if they didn't have a little bit of a banquet. Seeing that this horse master was so considerate, and said that he only stayed to visit him, whether it was true or false, at least this made Yu Qian very comfortable to listen to.

"The lower official understands that the horse master is considerate, and the lower official remembers it in his heart."

A few words brought the feelings closer, and Chen Yuan got to the point: "Lord Yu, this official has a question in his heart that he wants to ask the adult, and I hope that the adult will not hide it and can say what he thinks in his heart." ”

Yu Qian was also mixed up in officialdom, and immediately knew that Chen Yuan must be asking himself about the new deal. With the full implementation of the strong military article in the new policy, the quarrel over other provisions became more and more intense, and Yu Qian naturally had his own views on some issues.

Now that Chen Yuan asked, of course he would say. The scholars of the Song Dynasty had one advantage, that is, they dared to say whatever they had.

Chen Yuan asked: "I think my lord has heard some controversies about the new deal, and the most controversial of them is the issue of redundant officials, I don't know what my lord thinks?" ”

Redundancy is one of the hotest debates between conservatives and reformers, because ninety percent of those redundant officials are opposed to the New Deal.

Yu Qian immediately said: "Back to Master Ma, this problem of redundant officials has existed in all dynasties, but it is extremely serious when it comes to my dynasty, and it has indeed reached the point where it cannot be solved." Take my Hezhong Prefecture as an example, there are more than 200 civil officials in the prefecture, including the subordinate counties and townships, there are 1,000 people. Many of them have nothing to do. ”

Chen Yuan nodded: "What does Lord Yu mean is in favor of cutting redundant officials?" ”

Out of Chen Yuan's expectations, Yu Qian said: "The lower officials don't approve. ”

Chen Yuan was a little surprised, looked at Yu Qian, Yu Qian continued: "Although there is nothing to do, these people are approved by the imperial court to enter the palace, and there is nothing to do because the imperial court has nothing for them to do." Ping said that they were all loyal to their duties, even if they stayed idle in the mansion, they sat for enough hours. Someone sat for a few years, let him go at any time. But some people have been sitting for decades, and it is somewhat unreasonable to let people leave at this time, right? ”

Yu Qian said this, his eyes glanced at Chen Yuan, he knew that Chen Yuan was the leader of the Young Zhuang faction who implemented the new policy, and these young Zhuang factions were basically poor scholars, and the slogan they shouted was to let those guys who just take money and don't do things get out of the way. Yu Qian really wanted to see if this horse master could accept his opinion.

The problem of redundant officials is very sensitive, and Sima Guang pointed out very sharply at the beginning that when there is no suitable assessment method, it is impossible for the above to know who is a cadre and who is a redundant official.

A one-size-fits-all approach could lead to a lot of real talent being cut out.

Now this surplus money pointed out that even if the other party is really redundant, he has been redundant all his life, and he has given his whole life to Da Song, and now you have an order to let him go home?

Chen Yuan was thinking about this question, and Sima Guang behind him suddenly said: "Lord Chen, there have been eight adults who have talked to you about this problem along the way, and they are not in favor of doing this, I want to know if your attitude has changed?" ”

Chen Yuan glanced back at him: "Sima Guang, there are eight people who said that?" ”

Sima Guang nodded: "Yes, counting Lord Yu, there are exactly eight." We passed through thirteen prefectures, and you met a total of twelve prefectures, six prefectures, and twenty-eight prefectures. Eight of them share the same opinion as Lord Yu, and five agree with your plan. Thirty-three adults were not in favor or against. ”

Chen Yuan glared at him: "Sima Jianjun, I'm really very strange, you can't even tell which of your subordinates is leading which unit sometimes, why do you remember these things so skillfully?" ”

Sima Guang smiled: "Without him, he is a local official himself, so he naturally deals with this local official, so you must remember to be serious about this matter." ”

(To be continued)