A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 667 Ten Years of Order History
early morning.

The sun has not yet risen, and the cool breeze is blowing. In the atrium of the earth building, Wu Huaiyu is practicing the Eight Parts of Vajra, and his wife and children are also practicing.

A group of children were also posing in a stylish manner.

Huaiyu's children, Huaiyi's children, and Lao Wu's children are about the same age, and the uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces can't tell them clearly.

Compared with the big houses in Chang'an, the round fort in the countryside is closer to everyone and more lively.

The third master lives in the middle of the five round forts, and it is also the inner ring of the five round forts.The inner ring is laid out according to Bagua, with six rooms starting from one hexagram and forming a courtyard by itself when the door is closed. Each courtyard has twelve rooms on the third and fourth floors for living, and the first and second floors are used for halls, kitchens, warehouses, etc. Twelve rooms.

The eight courtyards all surround the huge atrium.

The children get along with each other every day, and it's time for fun, jumping up and down and running around.

After finishing the exercise, I feel refreshed.

The children were still in high spirits and were running and having fun again.

"Alang, Liu Yuanwai is here."

Huaiyu now works from home and stays in the countryside of Sanyuan to supervise and direct pilot projects. He has more time to spend with his parents, wife and children.
All his staff also followed him to Miyuan and now live in Xibao, Wujiabao. They share various affairs for Huaiyu, which makes him more leisurely.

Liu Rengui and a group of officials and historians from Chang'an stayed in the East Fort of Wujiabao for office and accommodation.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"not yet."

Liu Rengui was not polite to Wu Huaiyu. The tall and strong man patted his belly and said, "I know that my husband's breakfast is exquisite, so I came here to share the meal."

Wu Huaiyu smiled and called a maid, "Go and prepare."

After a while, the maid brought some breakfast on a tray.

Jian Feng Xiao You Jie Cake, Wo Wo Noodles, Long Lung Pork, Thousand Layer Cake, and River Fresh Pimple Soup.

Liu Rengui looked at these items and saw that they were all very exquisite. "My husband's breakfast is really exquisite, and I don't bring the same thing every day."

He picked up a fried cake and was about to bite it. Huaiyu quickly reminded him, "Don't be impatient when eating this. It's freshly fried. It looks like a crispy bubble shell on the outside, but it's lard and... "If you bite too many fillings made of sugar, walnut kernels, cooked flour, cinnamon sauce, etc. in a hurry, it will easily burn your throat and stomach."

Liu Ren stopped his mouth and looked at the cake with a few glances. The freshly fried cake noodles had a layer of bubbles as thin as cicada wings as frost and snow, like flowers blooming. Very fragrant.

"No wonder this oil cake is also called Feng Jianxiao. I heard it is a famous snack in the palace?"

"Well, it's called Feng Jianxiao at the palace banquet, but in my family it's usually called bubble cake."

Bubble cake is very delicious, but it is not easy to make. First boil water and then add lard, then pour flour into the pot, knead the oil and flour over low heat until the dough is mature, take it out of the pot and let it cool, add cold water and knead it repeatedly to form a dough. , serve as hot noodles.

Another tone a yellow cinnamon sauce and white sugar filling, then scald the noodles and stuffing into a cake, and then fry.

The key lies in the two steps of blanching the noodles and frying, which require skilled experience. Especially when frying, the heat must be well controlled and time is also critical, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the expanded bubbles or it will be burnt.

Huaiyu picked up one and ate it first.
You have to eat it in small bites, and it will be very hot inside, so it will be very uncomfortable if you swallow it.

Take a small bite and it will melt in your mouth, soft and moist, and taste great.

Liu Rengui also learned to take a small bite.

"Note that the sugar filling will flow, don't flow it to the elbow,"

A small oil cake, not to mention complicated to make, it only requires lard, white sugar, and yellow cinnamon sauce. This yellow cinnamon sauce is made by pickling fresh osmanthus with sugar and adding some nuts.

Ordinary people can't afford white sugar, let alone a lot of fried cakes.

"good to eat."

Wujia's Wo Wo noodles are also very delicious. They mainly use eggs and good noodles, roll them into small cubes, and then use the head of a chopstick to hold the dough through the center of your fist, so that the noodles will be in a Wo Wo shape, and then add mushrooms. , shredded pork, fungus and other seasonings, simmered into noodles,
Wu's Wowo noodles also add chicken soup, sprinkle with walnut kernels, shredded egg pancakes, shredded green onions, and finally drip with sesame oil.

The aroma is very strong and smooth in the mouth.

Liu Rengui ate two bubble cakes and then picked up a bowl of wowo noodles.

After eating it, I sighed, "The aftertaste is long and the aftertaste is endless. This taste can only be found in heaven, and it is rare to smell it in the human world."

Huaiyu pushed a plate of caged meat in front of him, "Actually, whether it's bubble cake or wowo noodles, you can eat them all on Longqiao Street."

"But it's not as authentic as yours."

Most of the shops and houses in Longqiao were built by the Wu family. Most of them are rented and some are self-operated. Among them are shops selling breakfast.
There are shops selling sesame pancakes, steamed cakes, steamed buns, etc., as well as more exquisite ones such as bubble cakes, caged pork, etc. There are even shops selling morning tea and morning wine.

Longqiao's industry and commerce are prosperous, there are many merchants, and consumption is good.

The various delicacies on Longqiao Street are even famous in Chang'an. If you pass by Longqiao, you must try it.

Long cage pork is actually glutinous rice flour mixed with diced pork belly, steamed in a cage, soft and soft, very delicious.

Another Thousand Layer Oil Cake, also called Qianqian Oil Cake, is characterized by its many layers, which are thin and fluffy but not greasy. It is even more flavorful when paired with almond soy milk.

It’s also good to have river fresh pimple soup.
The fish, shrimp and river delicacies in this pimple soup are all very fresh, just caught from the Qinghe River early in the morning.

As the largest noble here, the Wu family would have many nearby people bring in fish and shrimps, birds, rabbits, wild boars, wild deer, etc. to sell every day.Although Longqiao Market is also very lively, people are still used to sending them to Wujiabao for sale first.

Under normal circumstances, the Wu family will also buy the game meat sent by the villagers, and may even pay a little higher than the price sold on the street.

It's been like this for several years.

Just like the barbarians from all over the world came to the Central Plains Dynasty every year to pay tribute to some local products, and then the emperor gave silk, porcelain, money, silk, etc. in return.

Fortunately, Longqiao is now lively. In the past, when there were not so many shops in Longqiao, some of the game that the common people got was not easy to sell. Only aristocratic powerful people like the Wu family could afford it regularly. The Wu family purchased it. , which not only improves life, but also helps the villagers.

Liu Rengui was very satisfied with the meal, and even gained a lot of knowledge. Although he was now a sixth-grade Yuanwailang, he had been lonely and poor since he was a child and had never lived a good life. Even after being an official for more than ten years, he was still quite poor.

"Recently, many people have come to give gifts not only to me, but also to the officials in the gate and send it to the township officials.

Wu Huaiyu had expected this.

Liu Rengui continued, "Most of the officials I selected and transferred from Chang'an still did not receive the gifts, while some reported them after receiving them. There are a few guys who are bolder, and even after receiving the gifts, they still have to follow me." The division is divided into seven for him and three for me."

Huaiyu smiled and said, "It is divided into thirty-seven percent. I heard that it seems to be the unspoken rule below. After doing things and receiving gifts, the officials will take seven percent and then give three to the Shangguan. Of this seventy percent, the official in charge will also have to give some to For the servants and fellow officials below, he probably gets [-]%, and the superior officer gets [-]% for doing nothing, which is quite reasonable."

After all, Liu Rencou has been doing it for more than ten years, and he is also very clear about these situations. "I plan to kill chickens, pick a few unlucky egg officials to punish them, and to catch two bribes of the pride to set a typical example."

"If you don't kill people with this trend, things won't be handled well."

Huaiyu was not in a hurry.

Light the small stove to boil water and make tea.
"This kind of thing can actually be expected a long time ago. Let's not be anxious. We should be polite first and then attack, and take it step by step."

When the villagers are applying for registration and the verification of the head of the village of Lizheng, the publicity period is then, and then the villagers are reported to be revealed.

It would be justifiable to take action at that time.

"Reaffirm the discipline with them and ask them not to accept gifts or bribes, let alone take bribes for personal gain. Give them another chance to correct themselves.

If it is not corrected by the end of the public notice period, then it will be dealt with fairly. "

"When you have time, you can also visit the powerful households in the countryside, or say hello to some landlords who have discovered problems, and ask them to correct them themselves."

Wu Huaiyu didn't want to rush to kill people or exile him. After all, it was just a trial now. If he did it too harshly at the beginning, it would inevitably lead to greater conflicts.

What he wants now is a good result. The most important thing is to collect more accurate statistics on the registered population, land acres, and property, so as to compile a complete book of taxes and levies, which will become the basis for collecting the two taxes in the next stage.

"There is an Lingshi named Fan Zhiheng in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was born in the Fan family of Fanyang. As a commoner, he was recommended by the governor of Dezhou to study arithmetic in the Imperial Academy. He achieved excellent results. Later he entered the capital as an Lingshi and served as an official for ten years. "

"This man is very good at arithmetic,"

"I was born in the Imperial College, and I am very good at arithmetic. I am even a member of a famous family. However, after ten years of service as an official, I am still an official," Huaiyu smiled, "Why can't he be promoted?"

The Imperial College was the highest academic institution in the Tang Dynasty. It usually recruited the children of noble officials. However, it also recruited some outstanding children of common people in subjects such as calligraphy, arithmetic, and law, and they usually became officials.Although the rise is slow, there is still a chance to become an official.

Moreover, this Fan Zhiheng is still Fan Yang's children, and it is still relatives with Lu. It is reasonable that until now, at least he can mix a record or nine grades.

"Fan Zhiheng has taken a group to Xiaoli Village these days and is very serious about his work,"

"Ah."

"Li Yuanwai of Xiaoli Village was a bad commander of Wannian County in the previous dynasty, and Wu Dechu served as Yuanwai County Captain for two years."

"I've heard of this person."

"Fan Zhiheng was in Xiaoli Village, and Yuan Wai Li gave him six banknotes worth one thousand yuan. He refused and refused to accept them, but he came to me that day and handed over the six thousand banknotes.

When we came here these days, when he checked the property and fields of Li Member's house, with the ability of extraordinary arithmetic, he talked with the previous archives and talked to the villagers. Ding Nu's livestock, workshops and other property, all recorded and reported to me one by one. "

When Liu Rengui said this, Wu Huaiyu knew why Fan Zhiheng was still in the imperial court for ten years.

Mr. Li gave him [-] yuan without asking him to do anything, and everyone accepted it. But after Fan Zhiheng accepted it, he turned around and reported to his superiors. He even found out about Mr. Li's family's fraud. If ordinary people either If you don't accept it, you will at least turn a blind eye.

Subordinate officials like Lao Fan are indeed rare.

Not only do you not do anything with money, but also a knife.

"Mr. Sir, I think Fan Zhiheng is upright and has really strong ability. He can be reused."

"Is there any suitable location in the Yamen?"

"An old hero has retired."

Huaiyu smiled and said, "Since there is a position, let Fan Zhiheng be assigned as Cao Zuo, but I suggest that Fan Zhiheng can be Si Huzuo first."

Although Sitozuo is just a miscellaneous person,
But this is a signal of reuse. If Miyuan County is mentioned first as Sihuzuo, as long as the job is done well, it can be arranged immediately.

Once the public notice period is over, a group of subordinate officials who are unrepentant will definitely be punished, and the current county magistrates, chief registrars, and county lieutenants may even have to be adjusted. Fan Zhiheng can be assigned to them at that time. .

"I will bring Fan Zhiheng to see my husband later."

"Ok."

(End of this chapter)