The people are simple, but simplicity is not necessarily a good thing, as the so-called horse is good to be ridden, and people are good to be bullied. When has the people ever taken control of their own destiny? They are like lambs in the pasture, imprisoned and shepherded!

Rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, their greatest wish is just that the world is peaceful, and they can be a cow and a horse in peace.

However, even this idea has become a luxury, because officials are always greedy, and honest people are always hard to see, even if they know that those sanctimonious officials are not so honest and honest, but they have no choice, the crows in this world are always generally black, and the officials always protect each other.

Finally, a Bao Zheng Bao Qingtian appeared, and the people and some righteous officials admired him very much, but there were rumors among Shilin who called him "a traitorous and loyal".

In fact, this is normal, Bao Zheng's handling of cases has two characteristics, one is not afraid of power, and the other is to avenge the people. It was not easy to be afraid of power and dare to handle cases against the wind in the Song Dynasty, and the intricate relationship had already been linked together by a rope of vested interests (that is, privileges), linking bureaucrats, aristocrats, gentry, and bullies, and it was not easy to break through the network that had been compiled to protect the interests of landlords and nobles.

Bao Zheng offended a lot of people, and it was reasonable for these people to spread rumors and slander behind their backs, but this could not deceive the eyes of the emperor and the people. There was a Song Dynasty, and the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were basically competent, until Huizong of the Song Dynasty began, not doing his job, and began to engage in thin gold calligraphy, playing what flowers and stones, and even one generation was not as good as the next, and the government was corrupted, until the country finally died.

At the twilight of this day, Lin Tian and the others came to Yucheng Ancient County, which was under the jurisdiction of Shangqiu Mansion, and it was less than two days away from Kaifeng.

Lin Tian kept his distance from those corrupt officials all the way, Qiao Feng and Lin Tian were inseparable, and the account book was placed on Qiao Feng. Along the way, he had not encountered Han Lu's people to attack, but Lin Tian knew that the closer he was to Kaifeng, the time for the attack would not be far off.

Yucheng Ancient County is located in the east of Shangqiu City, located in the east of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan, Shandong and Anhui provinces, which is the boundary of the three regardless of the people.

Lin Tian waited outside the county seat, and Lu Youzhi, the county magistrate, took a group of colleagues such as the county Cheng and the head catcher to greet him, and of course the people of Yucheng also heard the news and watched curiously.

Lin Tian saw that Nalu Zhixian was about fifty years old, thin and capable, the official robes on his body had been washed and faded, and the other bureaucrats were the same. Those people were dressed in tatters and patched, but there was a trace of unyielding in their eyes, standing with the county lord, and there was not much fear, Lin Tianxin said: It seems that this county is often in contact with the people, and the people are familiar with his temperament, and there is no fear, so it can be seen that he is a good official.

Lu Zhixian stepped forward a few steps, and when he came to Lin Tianma, he knelt down on his knees and bowed: "Lu Youzhi of Yucheng County will meet Lord Qincha!" Others, such as the county magistrate and the head-catcher, also knelt down.

Lin Tian accepted it calmly, dismounted with a smile, helped Lu Zhixian up, and said, "Lord Lu doesn't have to be polite, get up quickly." ”

Lu Youzhi was helped up by Lin Tian and said humbly: "Your lordship is tired, the county government has prepared wine and food, and please go to ......."

Lin Tian smiled, pointed to the team accompanying him, and said, "This official and his party are more than 1,000 people, have you come here from this small county town?" ”

Lu Youzhi's face was flushed for a while, although this Yucheng is called the county seat, it is sparsely populated, only about 10,000 households, strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a large town.

It's just that Yucheng has a long history, and it has also produced extremely top celebrities, such as the most legendary emperor Shaokang in Chinese history, the most legendary prime minister Yi Yin, and the most legendary civilian woman Mulan.

There is also a figure buried here who is even more powerful than Master Confucius: Cangjie!

Pity Cangjie to make words, the world is shocked, and the ghosts and gods cry. As soon as the words came out, mankind moved from the barbaric years to civilized life. And the Cangjie tomb was built in this Yucheng County, Wangji Town, Duipo Village, there is a big hall, two thousand-year-old cypress trees are planted, full of vitality, lush, there is a tall sitting statue of Cangjie in the hall, and a generation of the most holy master Confucius will sit in front of him. There are bright pillars on both sides, and the book reads: "The ancestor of the world's articles, the ancient and modern Han ink masters".

Because of the existence of these celebrities, Yucheng is essentially the size of a town, but it is promoted to a county-level town, and the county magistrate is a serious seven-grade official.

Lu Youzhi was hesitant, Lin Tian said with a smile: "This official is just passing through here, it is inconvenient to enter the city to disturb, I am waiting for the road, I have dry food on my body, but there is no firewood, this matter will trouble Lord Lu!" ”

Lu Youzhi was stunned for a while when he heard this, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and said happily: "Where did your lord say this?" The lower official will ask someone to send firewood! ”

Lin Tian nodded, at this time, Qiao Feng, Wang Anshi, Qiao Feng and others also dismounted, and walked to Lin Tian's side, Wang Anshi stroked his beard, watched Lord Lu leave with his subordinates, went to arrange firewood, and said with a smile: "This Lu Zhi County seems to wish we didn't enter the county government." ”

Qiao Feng frowned and said, "Here...... So poor. ”

Lin Tian looked at the mottled city wall, this city wall was dilapidated, it seemed to be crumbling, I don't know how many years it had not been repaired, he shook his head and sighed: "This is in the middle of nowhere, it is a poor country, alas, who would have thought of them?" ”

When Wang Anshi heard this, he was angry again, and said angrily: "Hmph, those wine bags and rice bags will only make money, wandering among the Goolan wine shops, how can they think of the poor people in the world?" Damn, shit! If my Great Song Dynasty is going to die, I will die in their hands! ”

Su Shi and Shen Kuo hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, Lin Tian shook his head, in the past few days, he can be regarded as understanding this Wang Anshi's character, not only stubborn, but also irritable.

The virtuous people who were with Wang Anshi were all left in Yangzhou to deal with political affairs temporarily, and Duan Yanqing and Xingzi were also left there by Lin Tian to protect them.

Everyone set up a tent outside the small county of Yucheng, it was dark at this time, some torches were lit for lighting, and Lord Lu finally came with a group of people pulling firewood.

The firewood required for thousands of people to eat and drink is not a small amount, and Lin Tian saw that there were more than a dozen wheelbarrows behind Lord Lu, and the carts were full of firewood......

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