Chapter 290: The Death of the World

Magistrate Zhou only felt dizzy.

Desperate errands, but only because of the desire to survive.

But where did it occur to me that, in a haphazard manner, he was promoted.

And it’s still a special order.

This was clearly beyond his expectations.

Because people are different from each other and officials are different from each other.

Like those of the Qingliu ministers, such as the Royal Historian and Hanlin’s editors, it seems as if they are with their own seven products, but they want to promote, just like playing, even if what merit are not established, three or two years to rise a level is also but a breeze.

But he is different ah, he is a small magistrate, magistrate to go up, but it is much more difficult, sometimes may be a lifetime, stay in the position of the seventh grade.

Even if you are lucky and stay up for ten or eight years, you may not be able to move up a bit, but at that time, you are almost at the end of your life.

Now he is just doing more than a month s errand, he got an official, although it is still a county magistrate, but it has been obvious that …… the future will always be able to solve the problem of the job vacancy.

Even if you don’t solve the vacancy, you can still carry the wind with you when you walk out.

He was busy getting up and saluting, “Thank you, Your Excellency.”

His voice was hoarse, but with a few moments of genuine gratitude.

At this time is not a tendency, but their own in a small county, do a good job again on weekdays, there is nothing big people care about themselves, will be treated like grass, now, Wei Guo Gong such a person, actually took the initiative to play for their own merit.

Ancient people with high emotional intelligence, generally will promote their own people called the Enfu, because the world has never been in the world of love and care for no reason, people why take resources to you? If you are really lucky to be valued, this kind of gratitude is not ordinary people can imagine.

Especially if he is such a small magistrate, half a lifetime wasted, see more than human warmth and coldness, people want to use you when you use you as a cow or horse, used up …… or you as a cow or horse, where you may give you a share of meat to eat, eat your grass to go.

Zhang Anshi, on the contrary, accepted his thanks in a big way.

This Tongzhi Gaoxiang, as well as several other county magistrates, as well as all the officials in the government offices also moved.

That’s when the eyes started to look different.

“The next …… is the tax …… This tax problem, the relationship is the national plan of the people …… No, the relationship is the extermination of the White Lotus Sect. White Lotus Church is really hateful, they in order to shake my Ming Jiangshan, collusion with people, abetting people refuse to pay grain tax, this …… is still people do things? In addition …… there is the problem of commercial tax, commercial tax immediately out of the rules, but …… this commercial tax also has rules, collected silver, it must be a severe crackdown on the local police officers and the various road inspectors of the exploitation, this matter… …Magistrate Zhu, Inspector Zhao, what do you guys say?”

Zhu Zhuanjuan was in charge of the criminal name of a government, and as for the several inspectors, they were in charge of guarding the army.

A few people stood up, and Magistrate Zhu immediately said, “Starting tomorrow, my humble servant will begin inspections to all counties, always catching a few outlaws as a warning to others.”

The inspectors were even more fearful of Zhang Anshi and said, “My humble self and others will definitely introspect.”

Hearing the word introspection, all the officials showed a meaningful look, and at this time many people’s hearts were much lighter, and their minds began to come alive.

After all, we are all human beings. These inspectors, instead of patting themselves on the back and guaranteeing that there is no problem, said that they were self-reflective, with the implication that we had done something like this in the past but would not dare to do so in the future.

The reason why it was such an answer was because they knew that Zhang Anshi had another dimension of the Jinyiwei, and you still dared to hide it from him?

Zhang Anshi nodded, “Li Zhaomu.”

An officer stood up, “Present.”

Zhang Anshi said, “You are responsible for the cleanliness and honesty of the officials in this government. How many rooms are in your public room?”

Li Shao milled, “Four openings.”

Zhang Anshi said: “too small, people are also too small, I will prepare another Yamen, you office there, you under the head of the clerical posts are to increase, in addition to this, I sent four people of the Brocade Guards, resident in your Yamen outside, for you to guard against curiosity. Every year allocated you yamen money and food, increase a few times, you give me to keep an eye on, if there are officials unlawful, or accept merchants, people report, no matter who, all to me to close the case paperwork, there is the investigation of the truth, take people.”

Li Zhao mill froze, he this according to the mill tube, the tube is only the problem of discipline, the status of the governor, the same know, under the magistrate, but is the district seven products, in the House on a four-room public office, the clerks are only a district of three people. But now look …… as if they ……

Zhang Anshi said, “How about recruiting fifteen civil officials and thirty more military officials?”

Li Zhaoma realized that it was all true, and he shook his spirits, “Sufficient, sufficient.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “The counties should be well prepared, this will soon be the autumn harvest, the work of tax collection to start, but also pay attention to disaster prevention, of course, the security is also the top priority, the lower head of the people …… to do all the work is hard, and now it is in the scorching summer it, it should be given to everyone some money and food to beat the summer heat, this thing I do the Lord, the summer March This is my decision, the summer March, allocate the upper and lower officers monthly one or two silver summer money.”

“Would it be too much.” Tongzhi Gaoxiang got up, “There isn’t much …… in the mansion ……”

Zhang Anshi said: ”There are grain taxes and commercial taxes, are you still afraid of running out of money? Does the government care about this small amount of money? If we don’t pay, how can the lower people do their work? We all work hard, this silver is not worth mentioning to us, but to the clerks and officers and soldiers, it is the silver to support their families.”

Gao Xiang smiled, “Your Excellency is clear.”

The reason why he smiled was that he actually did have a game for Zhang Anshi.

He realized that there was no way out, so he simply followed Zhang Anshi.

Now that he had made up his mind, it was time to make this male happy.

Let s say that the public master is going to pay money again this time, the lower people are sure to be grateful, but the public master is paying money …… can not be a word that is said.

Rather, there needs to be a person, to do this ‘bad guy’, at this time, and then wait for the male master sternly reprimanded himself a few sentences, the male master love and care for clerks and servants to speak out the words, this spread out, the effect will be multiplied.

Gaoxiang is happy to be the bad guy, it looks like he is stupid and has no pattern, but when people are under the roof, who cares about this? Being good at his role as a green leaf is the essence of tongzhi.

Zhang Anshi also said: “Everything is difficult at the beginning, it is important to open the situation, in addition, the counties will be under the situation, reported to teach the Office of the Tongzhi this side to deal with, high Tongzhi, your side can not be idle, under the people’s situation, as well as some of the circumstances arising from this military order, to be dealt with in a timely manner, these seem to be tedious, but the more tedious, on the contrary, the more important. ”

Gaoxiang said, “Yes, sir.”

Zhang Anshi waved his hand, “Go in your own way.”

The crowd bade farewell.

Everyone back to the Yamen, this Gaoxiang also began to busy, many of the military order, indeed led to some confusion, the problem at hand, one is to deeply publicize the military order, otherwise many people still do not know. Another is to cope with some people make trouble, any decision, some people gain, there will be some people lose, these things are not dealt with, especially in the occurrence of the first signs of direct dousing, not good, is to be a big deal.

Of course …… there is another thing, that is, Zhang Anshi side sent some military orders, mostly for the autumn harvest after the repair of bridges and roads, additional docks, consolidation of the river embankment, the addition of new volunteer schools, volunteer farms.

Gaoxiang felt that this male master likes to manage everything, how to do so many things in this year.

But Gao Xiang also gradually saw the beginning, Wei Guo Gong he is not at all to get rid of thieves, but to do great things.

Of course, Gaoxiang will not think of these far-reaching things, he is not young, long past the time of the spirit, the sea of bureaucracy, things have seen a lot, but there is not a lot of ambition, according to the meaning of the top, the matter can be done properly.

Affairs, so busy to the end of the night, Gaoxiang only hit the road back to the government, but Gaoxiang in Qixia no home, and this Yamen, there is no寤ㄨ垗, but the Yamen still give him a place to live, but in the next door is not far from a dormitory, because he is a co-conspirator, so there is a small courtyard, the government offices and hired two people to take care of his daily life, he went back to the courtyard, the door will be said, “Gao He returned to the courtyard, the doorkeeper said: “Gao co-cognizant, some people throw in the invitation to pay homage, said it is your same year, long wait for you for a long time.”

When Gao Xiang took a look at the worship post, his eyes immediately warmed up, because this worship post was written on the book: the same year Chen Jingye salute.

Chen Jingye is his same year, when they went to the provincial city to participate in the township exams, along the way to take care of each other, young has been a close friend, these years we are busy with each other, but the contact of the letter is not broken.

Gaoxiang quickly entered the courtyard, and saw that in this hall, someone had been waiting here for a long time.

“Aiya …… Ziyi brother, you still haven’t changed.” Gao Xiang quickly stepped forward.

This Chen Jingye spandex scarf and Confucian shirt, stepping on green cloth shoes, said with a smile, “But Xiandi Gao has changed.”

“Shame.” Gao Xiang said, “The paperwork has changed my appearance so much that Zi Yi can hardly recognize me, right?”

“Haha …… turned into a ghost also recognize you.”

Gao Xiang heard also followed the laughter, invited Chen Jingye to sit down, asked this Chen Jingye’s recent situation, Chen Jingye said: “still okay.”

Gao Xiang then knew that he might not necessarily be as happy in life, so he immediately changed the topic, “I don’t know if Zi Yi has any insights to offer by coming here.”

Chen Jingye said with a smile, “It’s really true that there’s nothing to do, Xiandi Gao, I’ve come to seek you out this time for one thing only.”

“You and I don’t have to be so rusty.”

Chen Jingye took a sip of tea, “Gao Xiandi, woe is you.”

Gaoxiang calmly said, “Oh?”

Chen Jingye laughed bitterly, “By now, do you still not know, what happened in this Taipingfu? Hey …… thieves and sons of thieves chaotic politics, thieves and sons of thieves chaotic politics ah.”

When Gaoxiang saw him beating his chest, he said, “Who are the thieves you are talking about?”

“Who else could it be?”

“How do you mess with politics?”

“Look at it, this Taipingfu was originally good, but now it is stirred up in a mess, you are a co-conspirator, can …… you bear to see the people being spoiled like this?”

“Ziyi, you may have misunderstood, if we say that some rules have been changed here, it is true. But to say that the brutalization of the people …… is difficult for people to agree.”

“How dare you agree with him?”

“I am a co-conspirator and I have followed the orders of my superiors ……”

“Gao Xian Di, you are confused ah, do you know …… that such a mess …… is going to be a big deal ah.”

“What great things can happen, can we still die?”

“It’s not the gods that have fallen, it’s the world that has fallen!”

At these words, Gao Xiang suddenly understood, with a few bitter pains under his eyes, he took a deep breath, “It’s not as bad as you think.”

“Everywhere against the readers, everywhere according to the squire, the squire’s house, difficult to sustain, wailing everywhere, the people gradually followed by savagery, this is what? This is the rites and music is broken. According to such a farce, what kind of consequences ah.”

He said hysterically, “Changing one’s surname and changing one’s name is called the death of the country. Benevolence and righteousness are filled up, but to the extent that the rate of beasts eating people, people will eat each other, the rites and music are broken, and the culture is destroyed, that is to say, it is called the death of the world as well. Could it be that you don’t understand this kind of reasoning?”

Gaoxiang stood up, “You don’t say.”

Chen Jingye, however, was even more agitated, “Gao Xiang, how did you become like this.”

“I ……” Gaoxiang tried to say something, but eventually came to a screeching halt.

He couldn’t tell you what he was feeling at the moment.

In the book that I read myself, I can indeed appreciate the words of Chen Jingye, the death of the world …… This is what a heavy word, and the force to protect the name and religion is the duty that the scholar should be responsible for.

But now, he faltered, not just because he had no way out, although it was true that he had been given the neck to not follow along this way, but for more than a month, he had not felt too much of a sense of guilt, he was a co-conspirator, understood the situation down below, and was well aware of all the military orders, and didn’t have any trouble with the majority of the people.

He looked at Chen Jingye, “You go.”

Chen Jingye stood up, “You want to expel the guests?”

Gaoxiang closed his eyes and slowly nodded his head.

“Good Gaoxiang, are you finally going to be left in disgrace for the sake of your future?”

Gaoxiang ignored it.

Chen Jingye laughed coldly, “I was blind and recognized the wrong friend, so after this, cut the robe.”

Gao Xiang s face stiffened …… In fact, he has long had a vague premonition …… just did not expect that the reality came so quickly.

Chen Jingye looked at him dead, “You don t think …… that if you climb up to the Duke of Wei, you can be how to do it, in all dynasties, those who are from the thieves, there are a few people who have a good end.”

With that, he whisked his sleeve, gave a sigh of hey, and turned to go.

Gaoxiang sat stiffly in his chair, but he didn’t say a word.

Just sat there withered until dawn.

He dragged his tired steps and returned to the Hall of the Tongzhi, and the secretary in the hall saw that he did not look well and hurriedly said, “Tongzhi Gao, you …… this is ……”

“There is no obstacle. ” Gaoxiang said: “Today’s matter, all sorted out, first from the Qixia side of the comb, now the righteous school and the righteous village …… squire is not counted on, think of a way to look at the merchant side, willing to take a bit of money, of course… … face to give everyone, this school of righteousness there, to give them a monument. As for the righteousness of the village do not set up a monument, lest people dislike the bad luck, in the name of the governor Yamen, honor it. ”

“Yes.”

Gaoxiang also remembered what: “and, these days, buy and sell land things are also quite a lot, many people have come to yamen to ask people for insurance, this thing you write down, later I go and the Duke of Wei to mention it, this kind of thing, has been ten times from the previous, but from but can cope with, now but can’t cope with, have to specialize in the deployment of a few clerical officials to be responsible for witnessing the insurance, the best place to work, do not put in the government office, otherwise there are always people in and out, like what appearance, I have to think about finding a place. Yamen, otherwise there are always people in and out, like what appearance, I have to think about it, find a place.”

To the evening, Gao Xiang went to see Zhang Anshi, roughly reported some of the situation in the Yamen, and finally said, “Once upon a time, the sale of land and housing is less, so the establishment of the deed often which a clerk has free time, then go to cope with it. But now it is different, Your Excellency …… what the next official means is ……”

He finessed his thoughts.

Zhang Anshi said, “If you don’t say it, I’ve forgotten about it, no wonder in these two days, many idle people came in and out, scaring me.”

Zhang Anshi said: “This is good to do, find a place, also hang the governor’s yamen sign, called the administrative hall it, the place should be large, to spacious, will be some of the tedious affairs, are put in, all Yamen have to have some clerks to be on duty, whether you want to find someone notary for security, or the grievance, or even open what vouchers, can teach people to go there, to find a division to be responsible for this matter! .”

Gao Xiang’s eyes lit up, “That’s a good idea, but it’s Your Excellency’s circumspection.”

Zhang Anshi said, “What’s wrong with you, you haven’t slept all night?”

Gao Xiang shook his head and smiled bitterly, “Shame, I didn’t sleep well last night.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Go home early and sleep.”

“Yes.”

On the Qixia side, a large amount of manpower had poured in, and it was good to know that the one thing Qixia lacked was manpower.

But at the same time, many merchants have gone to the countryside, the counties there, are Qixia merchants.

In the counties of the county, the money changers such as springing up generally open out, in addition …… to that is the pier, in order to facilitate access, especially to facilitate the Qixia and Taipingfu between the military and civilian people and merchants and businessmen, a dozen or so wharves were built, the passenger flow are not a lot of all sorts of cargo ships, passenger ships filled in the river.

The tax collector of each county, Zhang Anshi let people gather up, no longer by the original county government office to dominate, directly let the government unified to deploy, in advance, invited some people to train a bit, not only to learn to bookkeeping, bookkeeping, even the military drill also have, allow them to take the bow, sword, and then distributed to the counties to do a good job in the collection of taxes.

The bylaws for the commercial tax also came out, but you can only find workshops to collect it.

Those traveling merchants, the tax is not good to collect, after all, mobility, but the workshop is not the same, someone has a land here, even if you want to check the accounts or check some, if it is true that some people are not lawful, that also run the monk can not run away from the temple.

Other than that, it’s stores everywhere, docks everywhere, and so on.

Zhang Anshi was so busy with this that he had to let Zhu Jin go and find someone to allocate a group of experienced accountants to come to this government’s tax hall to supervise.

These trifles, on the contrary, were the most troublesome; no one anticipated what problems would be found after the new military order was issued, and with unexpected problems, there was no solution before, only for everyone to feel their way to try to solve them, and then form some kind of a stereotype.

Good in the lower head of the officials now, began to have the energy, although each one is busy feet, but a variety of performance, as well as a variety of evaluation of the drive, we gradually began to adapt to the habit.

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A report was sent to the capital.

“Great success, great success ……”

Yiluoha ran into the Wenlou with great joy, “Your Majesty, a great victory ……”

Zhu Di took a look at also lost ha: “Where is the great victory?”

“Thief Li Faliang awarded the head, was broken by the official army in Jishui County, his party killed more than 1,900, the rest of the remnants, has been hiding in the mountains, but has been insufficient for the trouble. In addition to …… the rest of the thieves, also more than captured ……”

Zhu couldn’t muster any interest in it.

Li Faliang’s rebellion, has been playing a whole three years, this thief is Xiangtan people, because of dissatisfaction with the government, pulling the flag of rebellion, from the countless, but Zhu Di for such a small thief is not much interest, only the order of the official army siege, but on the contrary, this Li Faliang with the people around the war, from Hunan to Jiangxi Province, Ji’an Province, the sound of the situation is getting bigger and bigger.

But even so, Zhu Di still did not attract much attention, in his eyes, this is just a civil unrest, is the local guards of the matter.

But now …… finally this person awarded the head, finally let Zhu Di long sigh of relief.

He has read the report, nodded: “good, the official army is still quite with life, but …… previously the guards in Hunan, but it is really a wine bag, the district civil unrest, made this way ……”

At this time, Wen Yuan Ge’s bachelor as well as the official minister Jian Yi, the official minister Xia Yuan Ji and the military minister Jin Zhong also came.

They had obviously just learned of the news and had come to meet the driver.

Xia Yuanji joyfully said, “Your Majesty, ah, this Li thief is no longer a scourge, I am also a sigh of relief.”

Jianyi said, “Indeed, God blesses Daming.”

Zhu Di pulled a face, “Killing a thief is heaven’s blessing, then this thief revolts, could it be that heaven wants to kill the Great Ming?”

“This ……”

Zhu Di shook his head, “Why did Li Faliang rebel?”

“This person has evil intentions ……” Yiluoha snatched at the answer.

Zhu Di waved his hand, “I am not talking about the head of the thieves, Li Faliang, but these thousands and thousands of people who followed Li Faliang.”

Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said, “I’m ashamed, it’s me …….”

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and said after a long silence, “Didn’t you capture many thieves? All of them were escorted to the capital, to be considered by the court after their crimes, and then the punishment will be clear.”

“Your Majesty, isn’t it too much trouble.” Xia Yuanji said, “This way the official army escorted, plus the loss of carts and horses along the way …… would be better ……”

Zhu Di waved his hand, “I want to see what these thieves are really like.”

The crowd then went silent.

Zhu Di stood up, said: “such a good news, as a matter of fact, the brocade guards must have known the news, according to Zhang Anshi’s temperament, there are bad things he must avoid me, there is a good thing must be to come up to congratulate, how these days, do not see others.”

“This ……” also lost ha, “slave girl is heard, Zhang Anshi in the Taiping Province to get rid of thieves, burnt out, busy feet do not touch the ground it.”

“This is difficult for him.” Zhu Di profoundly said: “kill the thief hard Well, this White Lotus Sect, really too rampant.”

Also lost ha said: “yes, yes, slave girl also heard the people on the side of the jin yiwei said, this white lotus sect hiding in the dark, plotting against the wrong, this pingfu in the most bandits, I heard that walking in the street, casually catch ten or eight people, if they are all killed, at least one person is not wronged.”

Zhu Di: “Has it come to this? Then we need to send a message to Zhang Anshi to keep him safe.”

The ministers listened to the words of Zhu Di and Yiluoha, but in their hearts they all shook their heads and laughed bitterly.

Some things, hidden from others, but not hidden from the temple public, we are not fools, where is this banditry, this is clearly repairing the darkness of the inn.

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Late change, do your best to correct your routine.