There is a Tianqi temple in Feng Village, there are many statues in the temple, and the incense is very prosperous. The sanitation in the Tianqi Temple is managed by the school. The students took turns to go there to sweep the temple.

When it was Bai Shangshu's turn to be on duty, he felt that it was difficult to clean, so he said to the mud gods: "Follow the teacher's order, I will sweep the house for you today." Go outside, all of you. ”

The clay gods did not dare to slack off, and they all moved outside.

After Bai Shangshu finished sweeping, he said to the clay gods: "It's okay now, let's all take place!" Then all the clay gods came into the house in a hurry, and crouched down in their places.

Bai Shangshu was afraid that the mud gods would sue again, so he said to them: "This matter is not allowed to be leaked. Otherwise, I'll smash your heads. The clay gods nodded hurriedly, indicating that they understood his words.

The son is honored and the mother is expensive

Bai Shangshu sat on the first product of the dynasty, and the emperor ordered to praise the official for three days.

In front of the team is the guard of honor, behind is the guard, Bai Shangshu is wearing red and wearing a tall horse and walking in the middle, and the third lady Bai Lao is sitting in a sedan chair carried by eight people and follows behind her son. The team is mighty, and it is magnificent.

This boasting official sitting in a sedan chair also said: Man, drop half of the sedan curtain, revealing the upper half of the body; The woman lowered the sedan curtain by half, revealing only her head and face.

Bai Shangshu helped his mother onto the sedan chair and lowered the sedan curtain by half according to the rules. Mrs. Bai Laosan is a famous big foot, her pair of feet, the sedan chair can't be opened, sticking out of the sedan curtain.

At that time, women were happy to wrap their small feet, and the smaller the feet, the more they were considered beautiful, so they were called "three-inch golden lotus".

Bai Shangshu saw his mother's big feet exposed outside the sedan curtain, and was afraid that people would see the joke, so he pushed her inside and covered it with the sedan curtain.

Mrs. Bai Lao thought to herself: "Good boy, your father doesn't think I'm ugly, but you don't think I'm ugly." If it weren't for you, the ugly girl, you wouldn't be as prosperous and rich as you are today! As soon as he was angry, he pulled down the sedan curtain and deliberately put his feet out of the sedan door.

Bai Shangshu saw that his mother was angry, so he didn't say anything, and rode his horse with a red face.

For three days, Mrs. Bai Laosan has always been sitting in a sedan chair with an open sedan curtain. Until now, there is still such a saying in the area of Jianjin Prefecture: Mrs. Bai sits in a sedan chair - there is no curtain.

Mrs. Bai was a nun before she got married. After marrying Bai Laosan, the family saw that she was blessed and respected her.

At that time, people called nuns "sister-in-law", and the family was taboo to say the word "sister-in-law". Because millet has the same sound as "sister-in-law", and it is difficult to avoid it in daily life, they use "two or eight meters" instead of the name of millet.

After Bai Shangshu became a big official, Zirong and his mother were noble, and the villagers of Jianjin Prefecture and Nangong were afraid of provoking right and wrong, and secondly, out of respect, they were also taboo, and they all called the grain "two or eight meters".

Especially in the bazaar, buying millet is called "buying 28 meters", and selling millet is called "selling 28 meters". Mrs. Bai Lao San also changed her name to "Mrs. Bai".

Transporting books and throwing the land lord

Emperor Wanli sent Bai Shangshu to Yunnan to transport books. When the land lord he sent to Yunnan heard that he had arrived, he went to beg him. said: "Master Bai, you are here, let me go back to Feng Village!" ”

Only then did Bai Shangshu remember that he had played with the land lord when he was a child. smiled in his heart: "I didn't expect him to keep his promises." Then he said to the land lord, "Okay, you can go back." Seeing that the land lord's face was difficult, he asked, "How are you going to go back?" ”

Lord Land said: "Shinto is difficult, and the land gods everywhere are unwilling to let the land gods of other places pass by. It took a lot of twists and turns when I came, and I had to go through some hardships when I went back. ”

Bai Shangshu heard it and thought: This is all my fault, and it is difficult for him. He said, "So take you back when I go, and get off the ground, and they won't be you." ”

When he came back, Bai Shangshu asked the land lord to sit in his jacket sleeve and sail with the boat.

Along the way, Bai Shangshu read the books he had transported and threw them into the river. When I arrived in Beijing, I threw away all the books that had been shipped.

Just when he threw the book into the river, he accidentally threw the land lord in his sleeve into the river. Since then, Feng Village has lost the land lord.

Of course, you have to hand in the books when you come back. But he didn't have a single left. Emperor Wanli asked him, "What about the books I let you ship?" ”

Bai Shangshu said: "It's all in my stomach, which one you want, I'll copy it out for you right away." ”

The emperor pointed to the title of the book, and he copied it. The copied book is really exactly the same as the original book.

Tax-free in the city

During the Wanli period, the feudal group ruled seriously, and the people were harshly taxed and taxed, and even people's houses and houses had to pay taxes. The people in the area of Jianjin Prefecture and Nangong are in dire straits.

This matter reached Bai Shangshu's ears. He thought: the tree is ten thousand feet tall, and the fallen leaves return to the roots. Which official also has a time to return to his hometown. I want to take advantage of my reign to seek more benefits for my parents and fellow villagers in my hometown, as well as for my children and grandchildren.

This year, the water level of the Yellow River rose due to heavy rainfall. Bai Shangshu asked for an order to return to his hometown for inspection, and ordered the villagers in the area of Jianjin Prefecture and Nangong to leave the village three miles away from the village to repair the village mound, so as to prevent flooding of the village.

There was an old villager, so he obeyed the order to repair three miles away from the village.

Some villagers thought: Isn't the purpose of repairing the mounds to prevent flooding? The edge of the village is repaired, which is labor-saving and good-looking. Repairing such a big circle, not to mention the cost of labor and money, I don't know if I can use it. It was built in a small circle next to the edge of the village.

After a short time, sure enough, the Yellow River burst its banks, and the water surged to the middle and lower reaches. Due to the construction of walled villages in the area of Jianjin Prefecture and Nangong, there were precautions, and the villages were not flooded. The common people remembered the benefits of Bai Shangshu.

After the flood receded, Bai Shangshu returned to Chaozhong. When I saw the Son of Heaven, I was depressed. Emperor Wanli asked, "Every time Bai Aiqing came back from an inspection, he told me some beautiful stories. Why do you look like this when you come back this time? ”

When Bai Shangshu asked, he said even more sadly: "The Yellow River has flooded, and the flood has flooded the walled village in my hometown, so I am bored. ”

The emperor said, "You should be happy that you have flooded your walled village this time, and you will not pay any more taxes in your village in the future." ”

When Bai Shangshu heard this, he hurriedly picked up his clothes and knelt down, and said loudly: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" Immediately a decree was issued: all land, homesteads, houses, and all crops and livestock in the city were exempt from state taxes.

The people in Jianjin Prefecture and Nangong all cheered and jumped, praising Bai Shangshu for doing a great thing for the people in his hometown.

Those villagers who were enclosing at the edge of the village deeply regretted that they didn't listen to Bai Shangshu's words at the beginning, and when they went to enclosure again, the government had already measured the size and wrote the title deed.

There is no "food" in the house

One year, there was a severe drought in the area of Jianjin Prefecture, and the crops were not harvested. However, the government's excesses and miscellaneous taxes were still apportioned to the villagers. The villagers had no way to complain, remembering that Bai Shangshu had made Xiuwei Village exempt from taxes a few years ago, thinking that he was an official who was willing to do practical things for the villagers, so he went to the capital to find him.

Although Bai Shangshu was an official residence, it was the emperor's will to levy grain taxes, and he did not dare to disobey the decree. After thinking about it, he said to the villagers, "When you go back, every house will put a roof in the house with paper." I'll have my own way then. ”

The villagers didn't know what kind of medicine was in Bai Shangshu's gourd? But he said he had his own way, so let's do it! So, every household found straw and hemp, bought white paper, and put all the main houses on the roof.

Bai Shangshu heard that the villagers had put up the roof, so he went to the emperor and asked the emperor to tour the south to observe the people's feelings. Emperor Wanli played on the line. Accompanied by Bai Shangshu, he patrolled all the way.

On this day, when he came to the area of Jianjin Prefecture, Bai Shangshu led Emperor Wanli to the people's homes to see. After reading it, Bai Shangshu asked, "Long live, what do you think are the characteristics of the houses in this area?" ”

"There are no beams in the room." Emperor Wanli replied without thinking.

When Bai Shangshu heard this, he immediately gave the villagers a look, and knelt down with his robe. When the villagers saw this, they all knelt down in unison.

Wanli was puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "Why did Aiqing kneel?" ”

Bai Shangshu said: "Long live Chrysostom Yuyan, saying that there is no 'grain' in the house here, how can you afford the grain tax? Banzai, please, decree exemption. ”

Long live this to know that I was fooled. It turned out that there were no beams in this room, but a roof covered the beams. But the words had already been spoken, and Bai Shangshu took advantage of the loophole. Wanli had no choice but to issue an order to exempt the grain tax in this area.

This year, the villagers of Jianjin Prefecture survived the famine peacefully. The benefits of people reciting Bai Shangshu have been passed down to this day in every household since then.

Chickens fly and eggs are beaten

Again, Bai Shangshu accompanied Emperor Wanli on his southern tour and happened to pass by Nangong County. There is also a feng shui gentleman who travels with Wanli. When the group walked to the cemetery of Bai Shangshu's family, the feng shui gentleman said: "The cemetery of Bai Lao's family is really a treasure of feng shui, and it must be chosen by the masters." ”

Regarding this piece of feng shui land, Bai Shangshu had already heard from his mother, and he had also told the story to Emperor Wanli.

Today, I am happy to see someone praising his family's grave in front of Emperor Wanli. Then he said proudly: "At the beginning, my grandfather was a well-known feng shui master, and this cemetery was chosen by his old man. ”

Mr. Feng Shui said, "The old lady is really a god." Master Bai, with the protection of your family's cemetery, and your blessed star, your family will be rich and noble for generations. ”

Emperor Wanli saw that they were talking lively, and he was also busy making fun. Ask Mr. Feng Shui: "Aiqing, where is the treasure of Feng Shui in this land?" ”

Mr. Feng Shui said: "Emperor Qi, ninety-nine steps north from the grave of Mrs. Bai, there is a stone box under the ground, and there is a hen in the box. Every time this hen lays an egg, Old Man Bai's family will produce a court official. ”

When Bai Shangshu heard this, he thought that Mr. Feng Shui was deliberately acting in front of the emperor, so he pursed his lips and said, "Mr. is talking wildly, where can there be such a miracle!" ”

Mr. Feng Shui said, "This is exactly where the Feng Shui of this place lies. Believe it or not. ”

Bai Shangshu said: "But I don't believe it. Let's bet: let people open it and see it. ”

Mr. Feng Shui hurriedly stopped: "Master Bai, I can't help it!" If it is planed, it will break the feng shui of this place. ”