But apparently the emperor was not prepared to let this newcomer, who was not yet a newcomer to officialdom, intervene in such a major matter as military deployment, but just said casually: "I have learned that there is no need to say much about this matter, and in the next few years, I will focus on local government affairs, so that I can take a good look at the new atmosphere." ”

Obviously, with a young man with no political achievements, it is impossible to say that it is impossible to move the emperor to adjust his strategy, and after Zheng Yunming failed in his attempt, he immediately realized the hardness of reality. immediately kowtowed and thanked him, and relinquished the stage of the banquet to the Son of Heaven and the civil and military officials.

After the second round of drinking, many courtiers with status have already stood up to congratulate Zheng Qingzhi's tiger father and son, and both father and son have the talent of slaughtering and assisting. Zheng Yunming, who was already a little drunk in the next one, was quietly pulled to the side corridor by a person.

Zheng Yunming was dizzy, and when he looked at it, he realized that it was his mentor.

Zhen Deok-so has been in poor health since he was infected with a cold last year, but the situation has been tense recently, and he is just barely holding on to his illness. This time I went to the banquet only because it was the Holy Driver in front, but I barely followed. But his protégé sang such a song at the banquet, and he had to tell a few words in private.

"The teacher should take care of his body, you are the hope of the world, if there is a slight mistake, it will be an irreparable loss to the entire Great Song Dynasty." Zheng Yunming's words are not ordinary kind words, they are all out of sincerity. Not to mention the friendship between teachers and students, just in terms of the leading position of Master Zhenzi in the academic circles of the Southern Song Dynasty, his physical health is a very important thing for the country.

"It's okay, my old body can last a little longer." Although Zhen Dexiu has been a eunuch for many years, he inevitably speaks with the accent of his hometown in Fujian: "Do you know that there are local officials talking about you in Ludao recently." ”

"Talking about students? The student is just one of hundreds of new scholars, so how can it be worth talking about? ”

"Hehe, it's none other than the Shi Zhizhi from Jinghu." Even if Zhen Dexiu doesn't break it, Zheng Yunming can guess it. Shi Songzhi, the nephew of the former prime minister Shi Miyuan, is an outstanding talent in the Shi family, because of his talent tempered by years of practice, and even more invincible aura of officialdom of his uncle, he has risen all the way, and he has become one of the pillars of the imperial court at a young age.

When Shi Miyuan died of illness, Shi Songzhi had the support of several former prime ministers and friends, and he was in command of the military and civilians in key places, thinking that the position of prime minister belonged to him. However, the discussion of the imperial court thought that it was too young to let this hairy boy take on the heavy responsibility, and the emperor did not want to appoint a young Shi Xianggong to inherit his exclusive position after a Shi Xianggong was taken away by God.

As a result of the game, Zheng Qingzhi, who has always been Shi Miyuan's confidant and engaged in low-key, took over the position of Prime Minister Zuo. Since then, this Shi Songzhi has regarded Zheng Xianggong as a thorn in his side, and he always wants to find his bad luck.

"Since Shi Zhizhi has already been listed on the begging bones, what he says has no impact on the imperial court." Zheng Yunming breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this joint.

"After so many years of learning, why do you still speak by people?" Zhen Dexiu said: "I said that as long as the words are in line with the facts, even if Qin Hui and Cai Jing say it, they might as well use it, and they must not be nonsense because of others." Having said that, who are you doing when Shi Songzhi is compared to you? ”

"The teacher doesn't have to play dumb riddles with me, I think he will either compare me to Ruan Ji or Ji Kang. All in all, it is an example of unpatriotism and profligacy. ”

"You're wrong, he compares you to Wang Jiefu."

Zheng Yunming was shocked: "How can it be Wang Jinggong? The student is not easy to learn, and he has no heart for the country, and the poetry is a mess, is it because the student is as sloppy as him? ”

"Well, you're pretty clear about your shortcomings." Zhen Dexiu was laughed angrily by Zheng Yunming: "I heard that Shi Songzhi was discussing with people in the back hall one day about the heirs of the dynasty, and that person thought that Zheng Chengxiang's office, that is, you, had a lot of unruly behavior, and did not distinguish between high and low, and often mixed with craftsmen and merchants, which was said to be immoral." Shi Songzhi disagreed, he said that someone saw you reading every night with candles and nights, and it was by no means a rich man who wandered and had no pursuit. And those who can not only bend down to make friends with the heroes of the rivers and lakes, but also be able to study hard, will inevitably achieve extraordinary achievements in the future. ”

"Students just make a few reckless friends, how can they hook up with Wang Anshi?" At that time, everyone thought that Wang Anshi's new policy was the first sinner in the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, so Zheng Yunming did not feel abrupt when he called his name Zhendexiu.

"Why not, you often talk about Wang Jiefu's new policy is not entirely wrong, but the application of policies is not in accordance with the law, and the employment of people is not in accordance with the system, so it is self-defeating, this is what you said, right?"

"How did this get to the ears of the Controller?" Zheng Yunming couldn't help but feel creepy, and his casual discussion could be known by people thousands of miles away, which was inevitably too eastern.

"How can a person like him, who is diligent in officialdom, not collect all kinds of intelligence? The teacher didn't say this, you think, since Shi Songzhidu saw the shadow of the New Party on you, how could others not see it? But you boasted about Haikou in front of Your Majesty, and it will take three years to change greatly. How can a state and county that was originally running well take a big leap forward in three years? There is nothing else but to step up the looting of people's wealth and squeeze people's strength. If you use this as a way to be promoted, you will have to mention that you are my protégé in the future! ”

"What does the teacher say! If nothing changes, it will be possible to change greatly within three years! ”

"Hey, it's your theory of saving the country again, the teacher told you, politicians don't indulge in ingenuity, and the principles of heaven exist in people's hearts. If you spend manpower and material resources to carry out your reform, it is easy to hurt the people's power. ”

"Teachers can rest assured that the students' innovation will not be at the expense of the people, and everything will be flexibly controlled according to the local situation at that time."

"Anyway, you are also Baili's parent official now, no matter how much you talk about being a teacher, it is not as important as your achievements in the field. Many teachers don't have anything to worry about, so they will give you the eight words 'the world is in me, the road is for the public', as a congratulatory gift for your appointment. ”

"'The world is in me, and the road is for the public'" Zheng Yunming read it silently. I secretly said in my heart, why did this Sun Wen's inscription be told to the teacher first?

"That's it, let's go back to the banquet." Zhen Dexiu was about to turn around as he spoke, and Zheng Yunming hurriedly asked, "Does the teacher know what position the Daoist student got this time?" ”

"This, Hong Gong told me a little bit of rumors, this time I can take care of you, now there is a shortage of manpower in Jinghu, and you will be directly promoted to the position of counselor in Jinghu."

"Jinghu? Then isn't my boss" Zheng Yunming suddenly woke up: "Isn't it my Lao Tzu's iron opponent Shi Songzhi?" ”

Being removed from an official position for the first time in my life was quite a significant event. The quality of the assignments to official positions will likely determine the success of these new bureaucrats' careers in the future.

Sometimes being assigned to Xia County is not the worst outcome, you must know that some Xia counties were originally fertile and fertile, but because of a certain natural and man-made disaster, they fell to the point of Xia County.

Officials have little to do when they take office, they only need to sit back and wait for the natural disaster to pass, and the people who have fled abroad will return to their hometowns and begin to sow grain and run a variety of businesses. However, it can be promoted to a middle county in a few years, and it is very possible to even go to a county. This kind of political achievement is written in the resume of the first official position, and it is a very dazzling existence for any peak who is eager to be capable.

Shangxian is different. It is certainly a good foundation for the prosperity of all industries, but the achievements of the predecessor are too prominent, which often makes the successor out of reach.

The new parents can only do some tinkering on the basis of the glory of their predecessors, and this kind of political achievement with a little icing on the cake is the most thankless. However, when the state government urged the ration of wages, Shangxian County, with its abundant manpower and financial resources, was always able to exceed the apportionment given by the above.

Not to mention that the magistrate sits on a piece of fertile land, even if he is a righteous gentleman who enjoys the reputation of "incorruptible", he will involuntarily accumulate a lot of wealth. In the rich county, it is really a much more lucrative business than selling salt to the sea.

The most dangerous place is the so-called middle county. The fields in these places are still arable, and the people are still stable. But in fact, it is already in a dangerous balance. Anything else, such as the royal wedding, the infestation of bandits in the neighboring border, or the demand for food and salary on the front line. It is possible to upset the balance on this cliff.

Middle-sized households have no more than a month's worth of food, and landless poor households are just barely making ends meet. Even the powerful families in the township are not enough to cope with the insatiable demands of the blood basin and the huge mouth. It only takes one such disaster for a new magistrate to befall in a few years of his term, and the people are immediately fled, the fields are barren, and the streets are depressed.

The middle county has rapidly degenerated into a lower county, and these young people have no experience in dealing with such a situation, let alone appeasing the people and reviving production, even if it is the best trick in the officialdom to shirk responsibility, they don't know what to do. In the first step of his officialdom career, he was marked with the words "mediocre and incompetent", and it will be difficult to turn over in the future.

Naturally, there is another kind of county that is even worse than the dangerous middle county.

At the beginning of Zheng Yunming's tenure as an official, he had to devote himself to this worst situation, and he would inevitably face a lot of hardships and twists and turns in the future. The good and bad of the future development will be put aside for the time being, and it is reasonable to lose your head if you are unlucky.

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