Tang Qi Tan

However, for Niu Shouli, the magistrate of Poyang County, there is nothing more surprising/shocking than going out to urge the storage of summer grain in person, and unexpectedly finding a dozen or so armored soldiers waiting in the yamen.At this moment, all kinds of fates of himself flashed through his mind.

For example, the arrears and bad debts left in my hands by the predecessor finally can't cover up the incident?Or was he being reported for misappropriating the proceeds from the academy and the official sacrificial field?As the Fuguo County of Raozhou City, the Poyang County Magistrate can only be regarded as a middle-to-lower vacancies, and there are not many channels for making money.

There are also a group of officials such as the governor of Raozhou staring at him. Whether it is the Yongping Qianjian built around the three local copper pits, or the rich tea and white porcelain in Fuliang and Yugan counties, it has nothing to do with him. There is no way to join hands.So we can only pick money from these humble corners.

However, the Poyang County School established in the Western Jin Dynasty has already declined; it has given way to private schools/academies established by local celebrities and Confucians in Donghu, Zhiyang, Fuzhou, etc.This is also a common phenomenon in the southern provinces and counties, that is, government schools cannot run private schools.

Because these prestigious private schools are often sponsored and supported by local rich families, big businessmen and famous families; compared with government schools that have been inflexible for a long time, they have more resources and are more flexible. The initiative is willing to spend money to recruit outstanding students.

It is only to expand the potential influence of the local school, township party and family.Therefore, Niu Shouli's private actions are just three melons and two jujubes scraping the flesh of the mosquito's legs; the truly profitable activities have long been divided up by the state government; it is not the turn of Fuguo County at all.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to go to the countryside to urge the summer tax money and grain to be put into the warehouse in person as the honor of Bailihou.Just because in this process, the customary contributions from the town tax bureaus and village chiefs are indispensable.In addition to the share of the subordinates, the odds and ends add up to a hundred and ten pockets.

This is also one of the few times he has made a large amount of money through this throughout the year.Of course, there are some more profitable incomes, which he really dare not ask for; considering Niu Shouli's background, qualifications, and background, being able to survive the tenure of the past few years in a stable manner is nothing special.

In the mainstream sense, he did not come from a major in the two majors and the third affiliated school of the Beijing Normal University, nor did he come from a private school of a well-known local academy; nor did he have a local official school background that connects the Imperial Academy and the Taixue.It is a special case of farming and studying heirlooms, which are extremely rare in this world, and then passing the provincial examination, state election, and Jingke.

In the end, the emperor specially opened Enke's six ancient schools (Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, Law, Calligraphy, and Mathematical Sciences), and was qualified to accompany the last list. Trying to be the captain of Shidi County in Fengzhou, the Protectorate of Annan, it was hard to get back to Jiangxi Province.

As long as he stays in office for the rest of the year without illness or disaster, he can naturally be transferred to other rich counties closer to his hometown in the Central Plains at the same level according to a certain practice; he doesn't have to worry about going back to the Annan Governor's Mansion to fight with the sub-vassals. It's time to spend time planting rice, feeding mosquitoes and disciplining the natives.

Of course, Niu Shouli's background in the traditional sense of farming and studying heirs/wild town as a questioner; compared with Muxuan (nepotism), Zhengpi (fortune), Menyin (wealthy waste) and other miscellaneous backgrounds , the upper limit of official position is still slightly higher, at least he is expected to keep the Tao/enter the province for a lifetime.

In fact, since the reformation of Thailand and the Great Conquest of the Kingdom more than 100 years ago, many things in the world of Tang Dynasty have undergone subtle and huge changes.For example, with the continuous acquisition and expansion of territory in the world, Datang has more official positions, and it is getting more and more difficult to do.

The good thing is that with the abundant financial and material resources of the current state, no matter whether it is an official election or a miscellaneous election, there are a certain number of senior officials who will be brought to the post and enjoy a subsidized salary; Study in Limu School and pass the corresponding qualification examination.

In this way, even after arriving at the locality, he will naturally have a correspondingly legitimate team, and compete for power and wrestle with the local treacherous subordinates and powerful clans; It is undoubtedly much easier to work as an official.

But on the other hand, the imperial court was also more careful and strict in the examination system for officials.There are not only delivery receipts for major matters, but also specific deadline constraints and overdue assessment rewards and punishments.Even promotions and left moves must refer to the reputation of superiors, subordinates, and people.

Although this still cannot avoid some of the remaining drawbacks and crux of the officialdom, it has relatively successfully provided a lower limit of guarantee.That is to say, except for some high-quality idle jobs; the waste that is too hip, it is difficult to make progress through unilateral support.

Another example is that the local government and the big family with the surname Hao really did not dare to bully the common people and exploit them too much. Even the arbitrage loans that the donkey rolled had to be restrained a lot.Because, although these oppressed villagers dare not fight against the government and subordinates, they can flee to other places.

If they had fled in the past, they would have fled, but now there are many overseas vassal princes, waiting to absorb the exiles from the Middle-earth; with all kinds of money and interests clearing the way, they infiltrate almost everywhere in the interior, More profit-seeking businessmen opened their eyes for it.

Not to mention, there are still some fellow countrymen who have made a fortune overseas. After returning to their hometowns with justifiable clothes, they have made a series of connections around to pull away many township parties from their neighbors on the grounds of support; even the government and big households cannot openly obstruct them, because This generation often has the corresponding official status and knighthood.

Therefore, if there is excessive exploitation and oppression in a place, or the use of compound interest drives people to nowhere; the light ones will leave their fields and debts overnight and flee with their families.In the most serious cases, the instigation of overseas fellow countrymen rises to make troubles, and the final result of the game is not worth the loss.

Whether it is the responsibility of abandoning the land or losing the household registration, the final responsibility of the imperial court will still fall on these parents and officials who have poor governance.As far as the big family surnamed Hao is concerned, whether it is unmanned farming to collect the rent, or the debts that have been released for many years and cannot be recovered, it is a big loss.

Coupled with the dumping and impact of a large amount of cheap food and products from overseas princes and vassals; even if the country encounters a famine, the probability of large-scale starvation is not high.It also forced the Hao surname, who once distorted the village and controlled the people's livelihood, to make changes and compromises in order to maintain the status quo.

Therefore, in Xiaoyoutian's hometown, Niu Shouli also relied on the fetters of familiarity for many years, coupled with the reputation of not being too forceful to collect debts, to retain a group of tenants and farmers;He then took a deep breath and tried to squeeze out a little smile:
"I don't know, all officers and men, is there anything I need to cooperate with?"

However, the leading sergeant in armor did not speak, and directly handed him a piece of writing approved by the state government: "...I have ordered Poyang County to fully cooperate with the actions of the Shangxian under the jurisdiction, and there must be no mistakes... ...".Seeing this, Niu Shouli couldn't help feeling bitter.

This is obviously because the state government did not dare to accept this fault, and kicked Cuju directly on him, the county magistrate of Fuguo.You must know that as a local parent official, he has received a lot of welcoming and sending things; but under normal circumstances, it will not directly fall on him, the county magistrate of Fuguo.

Because the importance of the corresponding identity is also divided into grades, grades, grades and grades according to official rules.Among them, the most common and most common is that the subordinate officials sent by the three divisions and four envoys of the Dao to fight the autumn breeze in disguise, as long as they maintain their integrity, whether they treat each other enthusiastically or hand over them in a plain manner, it is actually harmless.

Then there are various imperial dispatches from the capital, mainly from the Ministry of Shangshu; among them, dispatches from the Ministry of Officials are the most relevant, dispatches from the Ministry of Industry are the most troublesome, dispatches from the Ministry of Punishment are the most trivial, dispatches from the Ministry of Rites are the most pragmatic, and dispatches from the Ministry of War are the most straightforward ...

Of course, if the other party dared to claim that he was dispatched by the Political Affairs Hall or the Privy Council, the magistrates could arrest him without hesitation and severely torture and interrogate him.Because of the government's system, the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council are in charge of military and national secrets, but they are not allowed to issue orders to local governments beyond the Minister of State.

In addition, there are all kinds of palace envoys, palace envoys, and the like, from large and small envoys in Ouchi.Local officials can ignore it. On the contrary, if they take the initiative to curry favor with each other, they will be despised by the official circles of Shilin.

Then, apart from Shangshu Province, those who are eligible to request local cooperation or designated assistance include the Sansiyuan, which is in charge of national finances, the General Affairs Department, which is in charge of the national information transmission; , and the sixteen guards under the jurisdiction of the military government...

The next level is dispatched by the nine temples and five supervisors, the most important of which is the Taifu/Sinong Temple, which is in charge of the world's grain storage, warehouse management, and the supply of Lumi for the officials of the Beijing Dynasty. Shaofu Temple, and Dushuijian, which is in charge of river water conservancy and Guanjin bridge crossing...

But you can only ask for local cooperation, but you can't force it to act.Therefore, when he saw the title of imperial censor who "patrols the various roads of the river", as well as the monogram of Zhengshitang and the seal of Shangshu Province, Niu Shouli almost blacked out and fainted on the spot.Because the opponent's backing is too big.

As the saying goes, "Yama in the ten halls, the censor is the most troublesome." This is the situation described.If the dispatches from the three provinces and six departments of the Beijing Central Courtyard were ranked according to the seats of Yan Luo in the Ten Halls, the most important ones were undoubtedly the Ministry of Officials and the Third Division Court, but the most troublesome one was the Yushitai.

Inside the Yushitai, according to the degree of trouble, it is also divided into three or six grades; among them, the supervisory censor directly under the supervision of his own way is relatively simple; because he has a lot of daily supervision tasks, from the third division and four envoys at the same level to the assistant governors of various states; As one of the dozens of county magistrates in the state, he has limited attention.

The second thing that is more troublesome is that those censors who are regularly assigned to practice in their own way are mostly stunned youths who have just entered the Xiantai; What come, as a stepping stone on the road to promotion.

Although these censors don't have the expediency to deal with them impromptu, but once they are caught, they still need to check and even keep a file in the evaluation.Therefore, although some people occasionally pretend to be Yushi Lixing to bluff and deceive, it is inevitable that some parents and officials will lose money and lose face.

Then, even more troublesome is the special censor from Beijing; there are two types of situations.Either according to the sudden major case, important case, or extremely serious complaint incident, the small third division is formed with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple; go to the Dao to review and verify the case.

That often means a major earthquake in the officialdom along the way. Even if the final review and investigation are as before, there will still be a lot of unlucky people, so they lose their official titles or lose their heads.Or it is a temporary targeted dispatch, such as regular supervision related to transshipment, cost control, salt and iron, and water conservancy.

And this censor, who patrols all walks of the river, is obviously the latter.But just the words Zhengshitang, Shangshusheng and Yushi superimposed together were enough to overwhelm him and he couldn't hold his head up.However, Niu Shouli also noticed the words "beast disasters, monsters, chaos and strange stories, please arrest", and he was relieved immediately.

From the literal point of view, this obviously does not involve his daily duties; if it is forced to be related, it means that these occasional rumors of monsters and strange species haunting have somewhat led to the abandonment of the local area, the reduction of production and the delay of the summer income treasury; It became the reason why he went to supervise the inspection in person.

Immediately afterwards, he couldn't help but cautiously said again: "I will do my best to assist you. May I ask what instructions you have?"

"The Jingjiang Liu family under your rule, have you ever been familiar with it?" The sergeant nodded slightly and said: