Chapter 55: The Foot-Washing Maid
said that Xu Fan invited Zheng Yue and others to a banquet that day, and it was almost all night. Zheng Yue returned to Huating at noon the next day, and as soon as he entered the county office, before he changed his clothes, he saw his literary master Li Wenming coming over in a hurry, and asked with a smile: "Sir, why are you in such a hurry?" ”
Li Wenming is about 30 years old and is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. There is a way to see Zhejiang's articles in the world, and Zhejiang's articles belong to Shaoxing. Li Wenming was born in middle school at the age of seventeen, and he was even in the fourth and fifth grades in the annual examination, and he couldn't even make up for the students, and his results in the scientific examination were even less satisfactory.
Zheng Yue is a new science and technology jinshi and a native of Fujian, so he naturally needs an assistant with experience and dialect.
Li Wenming said: "Dong Weng, the summons of the palace are very urgent, let's go over quickly." ”
Zheng Yue was shocked, and hurriedly asked someone to fetch water to wash his face, change into a drunken clothes, and secretly laughed at himself in his heart: People said that they didn't cultivate in their previous lives, and they should be a magistrate; In his previous life, he did evil, and the county was attached to Guo; The evil is full of evil, attached to the provincial city of Guo. Fortunately, I did only so much evil in my previous life, and I didn't attach Guo Provincial City.
Thinking that he had studied hard for 20 years, and finally had to bow down and be small in front of the prefect when he was released, and he didn't have the scenery of Bailihou at all, Zheng Yue couldn't help but be discouraged. He changed his clothes, and after leaving the Huating County Ya, he entered the Songjiang Mansion.
The prefect Zhen Zhenji was a second-class forty-one jinshi in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing. According to the practice of officialdom, the Jinshi after the thirty-two in the second class basically had no chance to enter the cabinet, so he did not expect to be famous and famous in history. It's just that he worked hard as a Beijing official for one term, and then he was promoted to the prefect step by step.
When Zheng Yue came in, Zhen Zhenji's face was dark: "Did your county go to inspect the people's situation early in the morning?" ”
Zheng Yue secretly said that it was not good: Sure enough, the boss was going to attack himself. He knew that the prefect must have an ear report, so he didn't dare to lie, and said: "Xu Luqing invited him to Xia Wei yesterday, and he only rushed back this morning. ”
Zhen Zhenji snorted from his nostrils and said, "When your county was first in charge of the people's livelihood, you should know that the imperial court set up pro-people officials to support the common people, not to tie up with the powerful!" ”
Zheng Yue stood with his head down, and said secretly in his heart: What kind of hot things did you eat today, you didn't look for me early in the morning. The Xu family is a local family, and Xu Xiang even has a student in charge of the cabinet, can I not give face to my little seven products? Besides, we only ate wine and dinner together, so why talk about it!
"Lao Huangtang has learned a lesson." Zheng Yue bowed slightly, after all, he didn't dare to anger his boss.
Zhen Zhenji calmed down slightly, and said: "You and I are in charge of three feet, especially three feet; If you take a penny, it is worthless. He softened his tone and said, "You are still young, and your future is limitless. If you are stained at the beginning of your career, how will you deal with yourself in the future? ”
Zheng Yue's heart moved, and he said secretly: Zhenhongxi seems to be beating me, could it be that he is changing the direction of the wind, shouldn't he get too close to Xu Xiangjia?
"The most important thing in my house now is to average the grain, and since Huating County is the government, it should be a good example." Zhen Zhenji said: "I think there are many wealthy families in your county, and there are many resistances, I don't know how to be diligent day and night, where is there still time to socialize with people?" ”
Zheng Yue hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "The lower officials will definitely work hard and implement this matter of equalizing the grain, so as to relieve the suffering of the people." ”
Although Zhen Zhenji didn't like the work attitude of this new jinshi, he was very satisfied with his attitude as a man, and he didn't say much, and said: "There is quite a dispute between the DPRK and China about the method of compilation, and we will give the county and county, and when we give feedback to the voice of the people, I also ask your county to visit in detail." ”
Zheng Yue went through the "average grain" and "promotion" twice in his heart, and said: "Xiaguan understands. ”
Zhen Zhenji served tea to the guests, and Zheng Yue returned to the county government with a disgraced face.
Seeing that the proprietor had returned, Li Wenming stepped forward and said, "Dong Weng, what did the Fuzun say?" ”
Zheng Yue sighed: "What can you say?" It's just that I, the footwasher, have been asked to vent my anger. After complaining, he added, "But there are two things that need to be done with heart." The first is the average grain in the fields of Huating County, and the second is the discussion and mention. ”
Li Wenming followed Zheng Yue and walked towards the second hall together, saying as he walked: "There is actually nothing to discuss about the compilation method. Li Yuanfu is a good gentleman, Zhang Xianggong is in charge of political affairs, who else dares to say that the compilation method is not good? ”
"Sir, this is said in the officialdom, since I am a holy order, I still have to see if this compilation law is harmful to the people." Zheng Yue did not deny Li Wenming's "political correctness", but he really did not want to turn his eyes open and talk nonsense and harm the people. He only thought that if the method of compilation was really bad, he would always think of a way to get the best of both worlds in the future for the superiors to know.
Li Wenming knew that this was the cuteness of the new jinshi, so he just smiled and didn't defend it.
"What do you think you should do about the average grain?" Zheng Yue asked again.
In the year of Jiajing, the north and the south were at war, Taicang was empty, and the people fled very much. Those who did not flee had to bear more taxes and miscellaneous labor, and they suffered terribly. Therefore, after the 32nd year of Jiajing, the imperial court promoted the policy of "equalizing the land and equalizing the endowment" in various places, with the purpose of making the tax pressure evenly distributed to the land, and the burden was heavy if there was more land, and the burden was light if there was less land.
This is a good idea, but in practice it faces great resistance.
Not to mention that the royal clan occupies a large number of farmland, and this part cannot be taxed at all. Even if it is a local wealthy family, there are many hidden acres, moving east to west, and pretending to be the other. If you investigate deeply, don't talk about him first, and because the officials are all local natives, they have long been intertwined, and their interests are related, so they can't find out anything at all!
"The matter of Juntian, unless the court is ruthless, clears the acres of fields, and rebuilds the fish scale yellow book, otherwise it is all the moon in the water." Li Wenming shook his head and said: "Dong Weng still finds a place to be strong and accommodating, as long as he receives the silver, the officials below will naturally be able to smooth out the books." In this way, the small people can be relieved, and Dong Weng's political achievements can also be passed. ”
Zheng Yue didn't know if he drank too much yesterday or was annoyed by mundane affairs, he only felt a headache, and said angrily: "It is said that the county is the foot washing maid of the mansion, and the bed-warming concubine of the big family, and it is really angry at both ends." ”
Li Wenming smiled but said nothing. I don't know how many people want to be this foot-washing maid and bed-warming concubine!
"By the way, yesterday I had a banquet with Xu Luqing and talked about Huating culture and education." Zheng Yue entered the second hall, sat down by himself, and said, "If I take more places in the county examination, is there any analogy?" ”
The officials elected by the imperial examination are all administrative officials, and their learning is beyond reproach. However, because he devoted a lot of time to Taoism such as literature, history, and philosophy, he could only rely on personal advisers, the scholars, and subordinate officials, in handling political affairs.
Li Wenming ate this bowl of rice, and was very familiar with the rules and regulations of the imperial court, and replied: "The imperial court has not tasted the edict on the admission quota of the county examination, and it is more difficult to see the government than the county examination." ”
After the magistrate arrives, he can drink and socialize first, but the master must do his best to grasp the local government affairs and people's feelings. Li Wenming had already known about the upside-down situation of Songjiang County and the government test before Zheng Yue, and he answered in an orderly manner at the moment: "This is because the imperial court believes that the prefect is not only higher than the prefect, but also geographically farther away from the candidates. In this way, candidates can avoid favors and bribes, and it is more fair. ”
"Well, in that case, it would be okay for me to take a hundred?" Zheng Yue said.
Li Wenming thought for a while and said, "As long as there are no jokes on the scrolls taken, Fuzun has nothing to say." And the students thought that it was also a good thing to let Fuzun have more papers to read. "Reading more rolls naturally requires more energy, and you won't be idle and have nothing to trouble people.
Zheng Yue meeting, nodded and smiled, drank tea first, and then asked someone to inform the master Bo to convene the six room officials to see how to do a good job in the "Juntian" event.
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