Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 143 Vision
"They can't arrive, so why are you so excited?"

Hearing this, Daniel was stunned for a moment.After a slight hesitation, he took out something from his arms, handed it to Zhang Yifan, and said at the same time: "Mr. Dianshi looks blessed and speaks nicely. He also gave me a hundred coins to let me Drinking tea, it is said that everyone in Guangdong drinks tea!"

Zhang Yifan looked down and saw that what Daniel handed to him was a brand new Ming Dynasty treasure note with a face value of one hundred Wen.

Although it is the lowest denomination of Daming Treasure Banknotes, it is enough for ordinary people to go to the next restaurant.

That Zhang San and the others have never owned the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.Daniel followed Zhang Yifan, and although he received a salary, which was given in Ming Dynasty treasure money, it was still very rare for Daniel.

Looking at this, Zhang Yifan suddenly remembered a popular TV series in later generations. Before the protagonist's comrade died, he left a letter to the protagonist, explaining the difficulties of dealing with local tyrants and bullies: They will corrupt you. If you stick to your principles, They will focus on your family members, or draw them in, or threaten them, etc., and eventually they will be dragged into the water.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan asked seriously: "What did Dianshi say to you?"

Daniu had never seen Zhang Yifan's face like this before, so he was a little scared, and quickly replied: "He praised you, and the princess, and said that I have seen the world at first sight, and I am worthy of being from the capital. People in small places are much more imposing. He admired me very much and invited me to tea. That’s about it!”

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan frowned and considered.

I can't see anything wrong with just these words.As long as Nadian Shi wants to curry favor with himself and the princess, deal with his subordinates, and flatter him, it seems to be reasonable.

However, through this incident, Zhang Yifan felt that he should also set rules for his own people.Otherwise, the people under his command may be exploited by others under the attack of sugar-coated bullets.

So, he told Da Niu: "Except for the salary I give you, if any outsider gives you money, things, etc., no matter what the reason is, you must report it to the princess. Things given by others belong to you. You still have to hand it over if you keep it, it depends on the details. If I find out that you have something to hide, even if it’s just a penny, don’t talk to me again!"

"Yes, Brother Fan, I know I was wrong!" Daniu was obviously a little frightened, and quickly nodded in response, "I'm going to find the princess right now, I won't dare again!"

Seeing him like this, Zhang Yifan softened his tone and said: "The most important thing for a person is to be self-aware. Others' sweet words will not be without reason. You should use your brain more, don't count money for others after being sold." !"

Daniu Erniu is a real young man with little experience and little wealth, so he is really easy to be taken advantage of.

The same is true. Only when they don't pretend in front of themselves can they see the problem immediately.

It still takes time to cultivate them.

With this in mind, Zhang Yifan deliberately rested in the inner courtyard for a while before calling Zhu Wu and others to go to the front office.

Ma Ruhai led the county government officials and officials, who had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Zhang Yifan coming out, he immediately led the group of people to salute Zhang Yifan.

His words were extremely respectful.Even if Zhang Yifan was dissatisfied with him because of what happened just now, he couldn't be angry at this moment.

Zhang Yifan sat down on the main seat, and Ma Ruhai immediately stepped forward and began to report the situation in Xiangshan County to Zhang Yifan and hand over the power of the county magistrate.

According to regulations, he also reported what Zhang Yifan had to do in an extremely orderly manner.

The first step is to offer sacrifices to the gods, which means to inform all the gods that the new magistrate of Xiangshan County has arrived.

After busy work, Ma Ruhai accompanied Zhang Yifan to the Town God's Temple in the city to worship the gods.

Along the way, people cheered and knelt down to greet the arrival of the county magistrate.

Zhang Yifan did not take a sedan chair, but rode on horseback. He observed on the road and found nothing that he was not satisfied with.

In the second step, the property of the county government is handed over, the officials are admonished, and the people's feelings are reported.

There are no minerals or horse farms in Xiangshan County. There is only one salt farm.

The people mainly make a living by farming and fishing.Therefore, the county government is also poor, no less a lower-class county.

In the third step, Dian Shi accompanied Zhang Yifan to inspect the nursing home and visit the orphaned elderly people in Xiangshan County to show the court's favor.

The fourth step is to inspect the prison and hand over the lawsuit files.

The public security in Xiangshan County is good, there are few prisoners in the jail, and the lawsuit files are mostly trivial matters, and there are no major criminal cases such as homicide.

Accompanied by Dian Shi, Zhang Yifan went through these procedures and was busy for a whole day.

Of course, it was an afternoon to be precise.

During this process, because Zhang Yifan was riding a horse, Dian Shi, who was originally riding a sedan, also changed to riding a horse.

Autumn in Guangdong is not much different from summer. This Dianshi's sweat never stopped. His official robe was always wet, and Zhang Yifan couldn't bear to see it.However, Dianshi himself didn't care at all, he just said that it was like this and he was used to it.

After leaving the office in the evening, Zhang Yifan took Dian Shi's hand and said kindly: "I've really worked hard on you today. Tomorrow will be the same as usual. If you need anything, come to me in the afternoon. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand!" After hearing this, Ma Ruhai nodded quickly and responded, "It's all because the subordinate officials didn't do a good job, which is why the county consort is so tired. It really shouldn't be done, it shouldn't be done!"

It is indeed very comfortable to have such subordinates!
Zhang Yifan was very satisfied and told him to have a good rest before returning to Houya.

Ma Ruhai watched Zhang Yifan's back disappear, and still shouted to the officials: "You all cheer up and try your best to handle the matter properly. The county consort has come all the way. This is a blessing for us Xiangshan people. Don’t let the county prince consort get hurt!”

Guessing that Zhang Yifan was far away and out of earshot, he wiped his sweat and turned around to leave.

But as soon as he left the county office, he did not ride the horse again, but sat down in the sedan.

His butler followed beside him and immediately ordered the bearers: "Hold it more steadily, carry it more steadily. I am very tired today. Please carry it more steadily."

"And you, hurry back to the mansion immediately, notify the master to go back to the mansion, and prepare to serve the master immediately!"

"..."

Not long after, Ma Ruhai returned to his house. He was so tired that he didn't want to move. There were several beautiful maids serving him.

Two maids, on the left and right, were fanning themselves with big cattail fans.

The cold fruit taken out of the well water, as long as one opens his mouth, someone will deliver it to his mouth.

After he stopped sweating, two maids helped him bathe, so he didn't have to do the whole process himself.

After tossing around for a while, Ma Ruhai lay on the deck chair and continued to enjoy the food delivered to his mouth by the beautiful maid.

Only then did the housekeeper have time to say to him: "Master, you have worked really hard, but you must not get exhausted!"

Ma Ruhai himself was satisfied, so he heard him say: "There are a lot of things today, so I am indeed a little tired. But I think the prince is quite satisfied. This is the purpose. With a good impression, it is worth being tired. I guess it will be worth it later." , it will be a lot easier!”

At this point, after he ate the grapes that were brought to his mouth, he continued: "After another day of contact today, I almost understand this prince-in-law. He is just a man with high vision and low hand. He wanted to do something, but even after getting up early Neither of them will. Haha, after a few days, the enthusiasm fades, just like the daughter-in-law you get looks like a yellow-faced woman."

When it came to women, he couldn't help but sigh again: "It's a pity that the princess came with him. Otherwise, we should choose a few beauties to serve him. At his age, I guarantee that he won't want to go out to the back office again!"

"How about we secretly raise a few for him outside?" The housekeeper heard this and gave his idea.

Ma Ruhai listened, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "That's not right. If the consort is happy and the princess is unhappy, for us, the gain outweighs the losses. Even you have to remember that the princess is more important than the consort. Without the princess, there is no life." There is no consort.”

Having said this, he thought for a moment and then said: "It's just that on the princess' side, there are differences between men and women, so it's difficult to deal with them. You tell the aunts who work in the county government to pay attention to the princess's preferences!"

"Yes, master!" The housekeeper quickly agreed upon hearing this.

"By the way, although I am very satisfied with everything today, these few days are still a critical period and no mistakes can be made." Ma Ruhai thought of something, his expression became serious, he stared at his butler and said, "You... you... "

Suddenly, he sat up, stared sternly at the maid in front of him, and shouted in a cold voice: "Master, I'm talking about something, why are you so blind?" He just spoke, but the maid still put it in his mouth. So stuffed with food that he didn't even say it twice.

When the maid heard this, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Drag her out, give her ten lashes, and starve her for a day." Ma Ruhai explained in a cold voice.

Upon hearing this, the housekeeper immediately waved his hand, called over the two servants standing at the door, and stepped forward to drag the maid away.

When the maid saw it, she was so frightened that she began to cry. While crying, she said: "Master, I don't dare to do it anymore. My father is gone today and I will be distracted. Master..."

Ma Ruhai did not change his story. It was not until the maid was dragged away that he frowned and asked, "How did the news from outside reach the house?"

"His brother came here today and wanted some money for his father's burial." After hearing this, the housekeeper quickly explained, "I beat him out."

After hearing this, Ma Ruhai frowned and said, "Where are you? You don't know how to go to the county government office, do you?"

"Even if I borrowed his courage, he wouldn't dare to go to the county government office." After hearing this, the housekeeper said with confidence, "Even if he dares to go, there are all our people watching around him, so he can't go!"

Ma Ruhai listened and nodded, feeling satisfied.

"It's just..." the housekeeper hesitated for a moment, then continued, "This money is flowing like water, I don't know how many more days it will take. How about asking other families to contribute more money and share it?"

Ma Ruhai listened, thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, just say what I said, and each family will give another fifty guan."

"Yes, sir!" When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately became happy and agreed quickly.

………………

At the same time, in the backyard of the county government office, Zhang Yifan and others had already had dinner and were enjoying the shade under a large lychee tree in the yard.

Zhu Wu smiled and said to Zhang Yifan: "I really can't see it, this canon history is really capable, and Xiangshan County manages it well!"

"Oh?" After hearing this, Zhang Yifan turned to look at him without comment and said, "Tell me?"

After hearing this, the others turned to look at Zhu Wu, all very interested. They wanted to hear how the big fat man was so capable.

After Zhu Wu heard this, he immediately replied: "First, this person can convince everyone. I can see that everyone else convinces him. It is not easy to be able to do this!"

Zhang Yifan nodded, motioning for him to continue.

So, Zhu Wu continued: "In today's handover, he arranged it in an orderly manner, which made the prince consort a lot of worry. This can be regarded as an ability to do things!"

"Is there anything else?" Zhang Yifan asked after hearing this.

"Also, he does pretty much everything in the yamen. There are even no prisoners in the cell. This also shows that he is very capable!"

Having said this, Zhu Wu raised his voice a little and emphasized: "The most important thing is that I think he is very obedient to the prince-in-law, and he has absolutely no objection to his orders."

After Zhu Jingjing heard this, she smiled and said to Zhang Yifan, "So, is this person really useful?"

But who knows, after hearing this, Zhang Yifan shook his head and said: "There is definitely something wrong with this person, I feel like he can't be used!"

"Ah?" Zhu Wuyi was quite surprised when he heard this, and quickly asked, "Why?"

It could be heard from his tone that he seemed a little unconvinced by Zhang Yifan's conclusion.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan did not answer him immediately, but looked at Daniel and asked him: "Have you reported to the princess?"

When Daniel heard this, he blushed immediately, and said in a low voice, "Report...reported!"

The others didn't know why, so they all turned to look at Daniel with doubts in their eyes.

Zhang Yifan saw it and took the initiative to explain: "Na Dianshi had a relationship with Daniu and gave Daniu a hundred yuan for tea."

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized, but many people had a look of disapproval on their faces.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he said seriously: "What my father hates most is corrupt officials, and he is not merciless in killing them. But there are still many corrupt officials found every year. Do you think these corrupt officials are really not afraid of death?" ?”

"Didn't you say there might be something wrong with their salary?" Zhu Jingjing listened and reminded him, "The prefect of Guangzhou is also very poor!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan looked at her and nodded: "That's one thing, but there are still officials who still remain clean, but it's not easy."

Zhu Jingjing listened and said nothing. She knew that Zhang Yifan had his own reasons, so she was listening.

So, Zhang Yifan looked at the people present and said: "In fact, some officials are indeed honest and do not want to be corrupt. However, people with ulterior motives cannot attack him personally, but they can attack him. The family started..."

As he said this, he used some examples to tell the people here about the methods of attracting corruption, which was the content of the letter summarized in the TV series.

Then he said sternly: "There are so many methods that can make an official become a corrupt official without knowing it. Therefore, you are my people and you must be vigilant about this. Today I will establish my The first rule is that in the future, if there is any situation that I mentioned, you must report it to the princess, and stay vigilant against such people. In addition, you cannot use my name to do evil, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Zhu Wu and others responded loudly after hearing this.

They know that the son-in-law is serious.And at this time, they didn't even bother to be that kind of person.

Zhu Jingjing looked at Zhang Yifan with adoring eyes and said, "Brother Fan, you know so much!"

After hearing this, Zhu Wu and others nodded with deep understanding.

Ancient people had limited ways to spread knowledge, but in later generations, there should not be too many ways to spread knowledge.As long as it is a person, he can tell one, two, three.

But in this ancient time, Zhang Yifan was not yet 17 years old, but he could come up with so many methods that they could not think of, and they couldn't help but admire him.

After hearing his wife's compliment, Zhang Yifan just smiled slightly, then looked at Zhu Wu and said, "Then let's talk about the situation of this classic history. Just today, there are a lot of strange things!"

Zhu Wu thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out anything fishy, ​​so he listened carefully with his ears raised.

He was curious, how many truly strange things could the consort see from today's events?
Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, Zhang Yifan said to them: "First, the financial situation of Xiangshan County is indeed an inferior county. Apart from farming and fishing, there is almost no other income. However, you found No, the thousands of people who came to greet us yesterday were better dressed than the people in Panyu in the middle county next door, why?"

After hearing this, all the people couldn't figure it out, so they shook their heads.

Zhang Yifan was not busy explaining, but continued: "Second, this Dianshi can really convince everyone, and everyone else listens to him. But, have you noticed that others are actually afraid of him, not you and me?" The relationship is the same, can you figure it out?"

When Zhu Wu heard this, he thought about it and finally looked thoughtful.

Zhang Yifan, on the other hand, continued: "This Dianshi is so fat. Where did he get this kind of flesh? Even if he eats well, if he is as busy as he is today, can he be so fat?"

After a pause, he added: "It's very hot here in Guangdong, and you'll be sweating even if you move a little. Even if Dianshi is not usually so busy, if he really has to deal with government affairs, and the county magistrate is not available, there will be more If you are busy with things, you won’t be so fat, right?”

At this point, he felt that he had not said enough, so he explained: "Of course, if you just look at the figure, this reason is actually a bit reluctant. But think about it, it has only been a long time since the wind disaster passed, and Xiangshan County has already recovered. . And in Panyu County next door, the county magistrate personally went to provide disaster relief. Is it possible that the storm avoided Xiangshan County, so Xiangshan County completed the disaster relief so easily without spending any of his energy? "

After Zhang Yifan looked around at everyone, he said in a decisive tone: "Judging from these things, although everything seems fine in front of me, I dare to conclude that there must be something we don't know yet!"

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