There are a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging in the lobby of Li Yuanwai's house, and judging from the inscription of several of them, it is the ancestors of the Li family who were given to the officials of the Li family by the important ministers of the court in the past. He had to watch these things every day since he was a child, and he didn't feel anything at all. More importantly, the Li family discussed far more important matters than these vain heads.

"If that's the case, we can wait two years. But what about two years later? ”

"Do you give only grain, or only fifty percent of the grain you receive from the tenants? There's no way to explain this to the family. ”

"The money has been released, and I can collect 80% of the interest a year. It's okay to give everyone a chance. ”

In the face of the disappointed remarks, Li Yuanwai looked calm, because he was not calm and had nothing else. So far, he hadn't heard a word about the separation. This made Li Yuanwai quite satisfied with the unity of the family.

"Head of the house, what will happen in the future? After Wen Zhang left, the newcomer Lu Feizhi did not change at all. "Someone asked.

After hearing this somewhat knowledgeable statement, Li Yuanwai said: "The current officials and cadres are all corrupt people, since the imperial court is now pretending to be a tweezer to investigate corruption, we should help the imperial court." There are many people in our village who have worked in water conservancy, and many of them have worked as errands in agriculture, so we have to ask those people if they have seen any corruption. We can also report it to the imperial court. ”

"Is it possible for the court and the government to collude?" The elders of the clan had no faith in this.

Li Yuanwai raised his head and swept under the inscription of a few calligraphy and paintings. When he retracted his gaze, Li Yuanwai said: "The current court is no longer a group of Zhengying Dynasty, but there are still a few righteous men and gentlemen. They must be willing to expose corruption. It's just that they are too far away from Jiangning, and they don't know how far those people in Jiangning can do wrong. ”

Now that they learned that there were still people in the clan in the imperial court, many of the elders of the Li family showed happy expressions, and they responded one after another: "I'll do it right away." ”

Taking advantage of this momentum of recognition, Li Yuanwai continued to order: "The children in the family must go to school in the city. If there are dozens of cadres in Jiangning City who are from our family, even if the government doesn't give us face, we won't know anything about the government. ”

"The head of the family, the cadre is the compassion."

"Our family has had several Jinshi before and after, alas! If it weren't for some elders, our family would have been a hero a long time ago. Recalling the predecessors who abandoned their officials and fled when the Mongols besieged Lin'an, Li Yuanwai felt very sorry in his heart. In hindsight, the Mongols had nothing to fear. If you are willing to follow the small court south to Fuzhou, you don't have to pay a price to become a hero.

Trying to get rid of such a regretful mood, Li Yuanwai said: "Our family has been scholarly for generations, and reading will never be worse than the children of those masters." Look at the current cadres in Jiangning City, most of them are the children of soldiers. Even the current prefect of Jiangning is a child of the army. The worst children of our family can become cadres, and some of them can become officials when they go to university. When the time comes, our family will be able to return to the old days. ”

As the opposite of the Li family, Li Yuanwai took Lu Feizhi as an example. Lu Feizhi's grandfather was assigned to Fujian to serve in the army after committing a crime, and at that time, he let his son defect to Zhao Jiaren ≡ became the prefect from Lu Feizhi, and all kinds of news about him began to spread around.

The elders of the Li family also nodded. When it comes to Guan Rong in the past, they are not proud. Then one of the elders said, "It's going to cost a lot of money." ”

"Whatever you want. This is about the future of the Li family. "Li Yuanwai is very determined.

"If the children of the Li family learn the same as Duan Fengming, how should we deal with it?"

Duan Fengming's attitude towards the Duan family is a bad thing in the landlord family, Li Yuanwai heard someone say this, he sighed, "If everyone is unwilling, I will let all the children of my family go to study." Everybody is free to do whatever they want. ”

"When are you going to assemble your children?"

"Yes. The new semester starts in July. It's already March. Children from the countryside have to be disciplined in the city first. ”

After the talk, he sent his family away. He returned to his study and took a thick copy from the shelf. When I opened the bookmark, I saw that it read:

"And when I saw the Lamb open the first seal of the seven, I heard one of the four living creatures with a voice like thunder, saying, Come.

And I looked, and behold, there was a white horse, and he was on it, and he had a bow. and a crown was given to him. And he came out, and he was victorious, and he was victorious.

And when the second seal was opened, I heard the second living creature say, Come.

And another horse came out, and it was red. The authority was given to him who rode on horseback, that he might take peace from the earth, and that men might kill one another. And a great sword was given to him.

And it came to pass, when the third seal was opened, that I heard the third living creature say, Come.

So I looked, and behold, there was a black horse. The hand on the horse holds the scale. And I heard a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, "A penny for a measure of wheat, and a penny for three measures of barley." Oil and wine should not be wasted.

And when the fourth seal was opened, I heard the fourth living creature say, Come.

So I looked, and behold, there was a miserable green horse. The one who rides on the horse is called "Death". Hell followed him.

Power was given to them to kill a quarter of the earth with the sword, with famine, with pestilence, with wild beasts. ”

Reading this, Li Yuanwai put down the scriptures of Jingjiao. He used to have a lot of books in his house, and his family didn't care about the collection of Jingjiao scriptures. When the Mongol army passed by, I saw a Mongol army waving a cross flag, and I remembered the badge on the cover of the Jingjiao scripture that I was waiting to see.

When he got home, he read the scriptures, but he couldn't read anything☆ Recently, he really liked to read the part about the Last Judgment. Sometimes Li Yuanwai thinks that it would be nice if the Last Judgment could really happen. As the top of the power of the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhao official family will definitely bear the brunt.

No matter what Li Yuanwai thinks, Zhao Jiaren, who is now at the top of the power of the Great Song Dynasty, is indeed the first to face many things. The secretary of the office walked to Zhao Jiaren, who was reading the official document, with a list and put his heart on Zhao Jiaren's table.

Zhao Jiaren rubbed his eyes and leaned back in the chair, "What is the content?" ”

"It's about Jiangning Mansion." The secretary replied cautiously. Zhao Guanjia is now also the prime minister, and the prime minister cannot fight alone, and the political hall is the work unit of the Great Song Dynasty. In addition to ensuring the existence of the political affairs hall, the Zhao Guanjia also added an office directly under the Zhao Guanjia. Although this office is a staff organization, it has a lot of content.

"Are the keywords for the stats list the ones I gave you?" Zhao Jiaren closed his eyes and continued to ask.

"Yes." The secretary's voice became more cautious.

Zhao Jiaren opened his eyes and made a gesture to the list∝ Zhao Jiaren took it, Zhao Jiaren picked up his glasses and put them on, and the words on the list immediately became very clear. When I looked at the 'family background' column behind those names, I saw almost all the word 'Jinshi'. Zhao Jiaren put down the list, took off his glasses again, closed his eyes again and leaned back in the chair.

Maintaining good eyesight for decades is something that Zhao Jiaren is proud of, and wearing glasses makes Zhao Jiaren feel really old. Taking off his glasses, he just made the font a little blurry, and he could accept that. The ergonomic chair that imitates the 21st century is very comfortable to sit on, and Zhao Jiaren is also in a good mood☆Recently, the news about the corruption of local officials and cadres in Jiangning Prefecture flew like snowflakes. The number exceeded Zhao Jiaren's expectations ★, and many people violently criticized Wen Zhang's dereliction of duty, and after the attack, they questioned whether it was wrong to do so in Jiangning.

Most of the critics were Jinshi, and Zhao Jiaren felt that he could still accept it. If the attack was launched by various forces within the Great Song court, Zhao Jiaren would be very troubled.

"Does the official still have orders?"

"Nope."

"I'm going down."

"Okay."

The secretary walked out, sighed at the top of the stairs, and then felt for a cigarette and lit it. After getting the 'keyword' stipulated by the Zhao official family, the person in charge of this matter in the general office began to be uneasy≡ from the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty was obviously divided into 'system department' and 'jinshi department', especially when the official family used this to interpret the situation. That's scary.

After smoking this cigarette, the secretary finally made up his mind and went downstairs quickly. When he returned home in the evening, he changed his clothes and went to a restaurant≡ since Zhao Jiaren was in power, the doubts of the senior poets about the time of the West Lake song and dance finally became a reality. The boat disappeared completely on the West Lake.

No painting boat does not mean that there is no entertainment, with the increasing number of restaurants in the economy∝ this is a place that officials love to go, and the owner of the store is also an official, and the design is very popular with officials. If you want to be stylish, you can take the wide passageway. If you want to talk about something, there are other passages that will not be seen leading to the private rooms. After entering, there were already people waiting, led by Wen Tianxiang's secretary.

First of all, Wen Tianxiang's secretary spoke first, "Since everyone is here, we still have the old rules, everyone should not inflate themselves like those people before, and finally blow up to pieces." ”

"Hmm." All the people who came had the same expressions, did a good job in the position of secretary, and in the end there were many who soared. There are many people who sell the news without authorization, and even go up and down, and finally ruin their future. It depends on how to grasp it.

With a consensus, everyone began to eat and drink, chatting very casually. If there are outsiders, they will hear something completely indifferent, or listen to a very interesting little story.

Someone asked, the recent personnel adjustment of the XX department. Some people over there will say that it is similar to the legend.

Here it is said, find XX to do things, and there is a sentence of 'go to the relevant units'. Some people said that I heard that XX belongs to OO.

If you don't know what the speaker means, you don't know what the person who answers means. It's that I get a certain meaning right, and because I don't know whose meaning the anonymous meaning is, I don't know anything in the end.

When they were about to disperse, the secretary here and Wen Tianxiang's secretary left last. Wen Tianxiang's secretary heard the secretary of the office whisper: "The official family ordered someone to collect all the accusatory notes against Jiang Ning, who wrote them, and also set up a keyword about their origin. ”

Hearing this, Wen Tianxiang's secretary was shocked. Such a revelation would be too blatant.

"What do you mean?"

"I just admire Prime Minister Wen very much, and I don't mean anything else."

"Who wrote the memorabilia?"

"Most of them are Jinshi ∠ Jinshi and new Jinshi have it."

"Thank you."

"Gone."

As the secretary of the office walked home, he felt like he had dropped a big rock. His reasoning may sound ridiculous to others, but the secretary knows that he is telling the truth. His grandfather was the same year as Wen Tianxiang and admired Wen Tianxiang's literary character very much.

Wen Tianxiang learned the news that night. After hearing this, the Great Song Dynasty official was not excited, and he sighed: "Your courage is too great. ”

"Shangshu, everyone admires you very much≡ but they don't want Shangshu to be victimized."

"Aren't they just jinshi? The official family and I have been in the same three dynasties, and I have seen a lot of that kind of thing. The officials just want to see if there is any change in the jinshi. ”

"Shangshu, I'm afraid that Jiangning's affairs won't be good this time."

"The official family has always been a person who moves forward, not to mention the affairs of Jiangning Mansion at the moment, even if it is in the hands of Jia Yidao, it will not stagnate. Good is evil, that must be understood. ”

"Shangshu, even I know that many families who follow the old cadres are trying to figure out the future of their children." The secretary couldn't bear to tell the truth. During this time, there were many people looking for him to find out, and the secretary admired Wen Tianxiang very much, and was even more reluctant to joke about his future. Although he didn't answer at all, he saw what kind of family was trying to paralyze his children.

"Do you think I'll be law-abiding?"

"That's nature!" The secretary replied very simply, and after finishing speaking, he still felt that it was insufficient, and added, "Everyone in the court knows the character of Shangshu. ”

"Now that everyone knows, what are you worried about? Just see what they do. The people who were sent down at the moment have not yet returned with official documents, and they will know what to do when they have the investigation report. ”

"Isn't it too late to argue?"

"No, no, no. In the past, the imperial court only had a description of the conduct of officials, and only the statement that officials should be honest and complete errands. What the hell is going on with this errand, as it is said in modern Chinese, those regulations are lyrical prose throughout, not expository essays at all, and there is no logic in them. Now the government is improving the system and clarifying the logical relationship. Wen Zhang has any responsibility, let him bear what punishment. What I'm afraid of now is just not doing things according to the rules, if it was when I grabbed my beard and eyebrows before, it was really only when I saw Autumn and didn't see Taishan. ”

After listening to Wen Tianxiang's words, the secretary only felt suddenly enlightened. He sent many letters to Wen Zhang for Wen Tianxiang, knowing that Wen Tianxiang must have taught and earnestly instructed his third brother Wen Zhang. If Wen Zhangdang can listen to it, he is afraid that he will not do anything wrong. As long as you don't do anything wrong, there will be nothing wrong with this use.