Du Jun, a native of Wuling County, Jingzhou, is from the Wuling Du clan.

In the twenty-fourth year of the Taiqing Dynasty, the twenty-five-year-old Du Jun was elected as the chief secretary of Anxiang County, and now he has been tired of being the official to the Taishou of Nankang County, Yuezhou. Du Jun has all the 'advantages' of being a child of a family: extravagance and neglect, and treating the inferior people as grass.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, a day that should be happy, everyone will visit friends on this day to send New Year's blessings, but on such a day, Nankang Taishou Du Jun suddenly closed the door to thank the guests, and the outside of the Taishou Mansion was crowded with people waiting to meet, and everyone looked at each other but didn't know what was going on.

"Bang, bang!"

only heard the sound of smashing things in the living room, Du Jun smashed all the things he could reach, and the two cronies on the side were even more frightened and shrunk out of the door.

"You two get the hell out of here!"

Seeing that Du Jun seemed to be calm, the two cronies cautiously entered the living room and came to Du Jun tremblingly.

Du Jun glared at the two of them with a blue face and asked, "Let me ask you, is that Jian Xiao'er really so rude?" ”

"Returning to Taishou, that Jane not only did not have filial piety, but also placed a large wooden box in front of the county yamen, on which was written 'Taishou for exclusive use'. The little ones were angry and wanted to teach this one who didn't know the height of the sky, but there were too many people watching the county yamen, and the little ones had no choice but to come back first to report. ”

"Bang!" Another chair was kicked out by the angry Du Jun, "Arrogance! The head of a county who lives in the untouchable Tianju is so ignorant of the height of the sky, it is just enough to come to worship me first, and dare to despise and play tricks on me so much, and be angry with me! ”

"Lord Taishou, this Jane is from a poor background and does not know how to be polite, and he swept your face, not to mention that he gave your adult such a big embarrassment, should we..."

Du Jun glanced at the two of them coldly, and said gloomily: "What do you want?" Join him? Doesn't he honor me? I think he is sure that I don't dare to be so unscrupulous. ”

"That's... I'll wait for your lordship's orders. ”

Du Jun breathed a long sigh of relief and calmed the anger in his chest, "What did that Song Zewen say?" ”

"That Song Zewen is standing next to Zhang Jian, and the little ones are very proud of him, and with Zhang Jian's support, it is not as good as before."

After all, Du Jun is also a person who has been in officialdom for a long time, and Song Zewen was submissive to himself before because Song Zewen had no background and background. But now this Jane is different, although his background is not as good as Song Zewen, but I heard that this person is deeply favored by Shi Ziwei, so even Du Jun has to be jealous.

What's more, this time it was originally his own bribery first, if it really made trouble and Shi Weiji was assassinated in the state capital and played in Jiankang, it would be really difficult to say how it would end at that time. But he was born in his family and was a Shangguan, but now he was humiliated by such a lowly little person, and he really couldn't swallow this breath.

"Zhang Jian, you wait for me!"

At the same time, Zhang Jian, who was in Xiaoping, was not very happy, and the impromptu performance three days ago made everyone happy, but at the same time, it was also completely torn with Du Jun. Speaking from the heart, if Xiaoping's treasury is full, Zhang Jian may not choose to go-for-tat with Du Jun. Just like Han Qian said, in addition to solving the current urgency, it can be said that there are all kinds of harm and no benefit. But who can give Zhang Jian a chance to choose?

It was also the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it was also a closed-door visit, Han Qian and Song Zewen were invited by Zhang Jian to the study to discuss what to do next.

"This year is over, and Du Jun's people have also blocked back, so how to go down this road in the future is still for the two of you to express your opinions."

Song Zewen did not hesitate to bow his head and open his mouth: "Xia Guan is ashamed, he was confused and walked on the slope for a while, now I think about it, if I can be tougher at that time, even if I finally resign and return to my hometown, it is better than being spurned by the people now, and now it has caused such a big trouble to the adults, and Xia Guan deserves death." ”

Han Qian looked at the two of them and didn't say anything, he himself was Wu Yue's doorman, and he was ordered to come to assist Zhang Jian in handling government affairs, as for other things, of course, there is no need to open his mouth, not to mention that he doesn't agree with what Zhang Jian did this time, no matter what his considerations are, but it is not cost-effective to offend Du Jun because of a Song Zewen.

Now, although Song Zewen is temporarily saved, the price is very great, if he can't make up for the deficit in the treasury, the final result will be the same, he went around a big circle, and finally offended Du Jun, you must know that Du Ke is the county guard, and he has the means to make the life of a county commander worse than death, but these words Han Qian can only hide in his heart and can't say it.

But Zhang Jian was lucky, because it was now the Chu Dynasty. If the weight of the authority of the county guard in the former Tan Dynasty was too much compared to the current one, then it would really be called immeasurable.

Zhang Jian saw that Han Qian didn't mean to speak, so he said: "Song County, what I am asking now is not accountability. ”

Han Qian took a moment's heel, "I'm afraid that Song Xiancheng can't do anything, otherwise he wouldn't have come to this point." It has been nearly 50 years since the founding of my Great Chu, but most of the inheritance methods come from the predecessors, and the preferential treatment of the family in this dynasty is still prosperous in the previous dynasty.

The land of the common people was annexed and reduced to tenant farmers, but the miscellaneous taxes and forced labor of the imperial court caused the families to flee day by day, and the powerful clans of the local counties and counties relied on their power to shirk the arrears of money and grain taxes. ”

Zhang Jian lowered his head and muttered to himself: "Since we owe it to the government, why can't we ask for it?" They have a lot of money and food, so it's not too much for us to ask for a little bit. ”

Han Qian is talking about the national situation, but this is not something that Zhang Jian can change now. What is needed now is money, but Zhang Jian doesn't want to squeeze it from the people, so the answer seems to be right in front of him.

The three of you, look at me, I look at you, especially Han Qian stood up violently after gaining insight into Zhang Jian's intentions, this is a major matter that affects the whole body, he can no longer be silent, and now he must persuade this young man who does not know the height of the sky.

"County Zun, Han knows that you have the intention of loving the people and serving the people, but this matter is not trivial, once you make a move, you will be the enemy of the squires of the entire Xiaoping and even Nankang, these people will be attacked once their interests are damaged, and then don't say that it is an adult, even if the prince wants to protect the adult, he has to weigh the weight, please think twice."

Song Zewen also stood up and bowed and persuaded: "What Mr. Han said is right, the filial piety clan is strong and strong, and the adults want to check the money and grain that these people have accumulated in the past is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and the matter of chasing money and grain is absolutely impossible, please think twice." ”

Although the Xiaoping clan is far from being called a scholar clan, these families are entrenched in the township, there are many people in the township, and the relationship with the government is also intertwined.

As the so-called 'imperial power does not go to the countryside', it is said that the feudal bureaucracy is powerless and helpless, and the fact that the squire is making it bigger, before Song Zewen recognized the misappropriation of the treasury to exploit the people, and did not dare to cross the line for this reason.

Seeing that both of them spoke out to dissuade them, Zhang Jian could only shake his head and smile bitterly, temporarily dispelling this idea.

Sometimes that's how it is, you may know it or you may understand it, but you'll never experience it until you experience it. Just like Zhang Jian now, he thought he was ready, but he was far from expecting what kind of behemoth he would face.