Jinyi Night Walk

Although Luocheng is called a city, except for a few barracks in front and a few shops facing the street, the rest of the area is very empty.The Beicheng area is particularly remote, with a row of huts, a vegetable field, and a hill-like compost heap not far away.

An old man in a short coat and carrying a dung bucket scooped out the gold juice from behind the hut with a dung spoon. When two buckets were full, he carried it on his shoulders and wobbled along the path in the middle of the vegetable field to the composting place. Dump it down at the pile, and then mix the side-crushed weeds with soil and dung juice. In summer, the temperature is high, and it only takes one or two months for the manure to ferment and mature. The other side of this dung pile faces the north gate. The husband will use a small cart to load the retting manure from there to the field.

Farm husbands are also soldiers, but they are not responsible for combat missions. They are only responsible for farming. They are no different from ordinary farmers, except that farmers farm land for their own families, but the land they farm is state-owned, and their living conditions are worse than ordinary farmers or even tenants. It's worse, and it's no wonder that the peasants have no intention of opening up wasteland and farming, and flee with their families and families whenever they have the opportunity.

Xia Xun stood still from a distance, looking at the old man in charge of fattening. Although he had never met him before, he knew that the man in front of him must be Wan Shiyu, the prefect of Fuzhou.A scholar who was a magistrate, now reduced to such a situation, it would be a lie to say that his spirit has not been hit, Wan Zhifu mechanically picked up manure, like a walking dead, and did not notice a person standing not far away , was quietly looking at him.

After a while, Xia Xun raised his hand to stop the guards from following him, and walked to Wanshiyu alone.

Wan Shiyu finally noticed that there was someone beside him, leaving Xia Xun behind, his eyes were a little dazed but he didn't ask any questions.

Beside the vegetable field, an old farmer laden with manure and a young man in a broad robe faced each other. After a while, Xia Xun asked, "I called you to work in the shogunate, why didn't you refuse?"

It was only then that Wan Shiyu knew that the person in front of him was Fu Guogong. He looked at the person who had changed his life in surprise, and said forcefully: "I am old and dull and incompetent. If I work for the ministry, I am afraid that it will ruin the country's affairs, so I don't want to do it." Dare to promise."

Xia Xun smiled and said, "Oh? Could it be that being a fat old man is the right thing for you to do?"

Wan Shiyu raised his head and said awe-inspiringly: "The old man is willing to lift it up."

Xia Xun said, "Is your family willing to carry it?"

Wan Shiyu's cheeks twitched, but he didn't speak.

Xia Xun pressed the lapel of his robe, sat down on the ridge of the field, and said in a normal way: "I am very clear about the reason why the master of Futai was exiled to Liaodong. Your Excellency, the governor, is also very clear about protecting the people in Fuzhou. In fact , what I have done has the same goal as you. When the governor suppressed the Japanese, he imposed some cruel laws and punishments, but the purpose was also to make life better for the people along the coast.

Do you know how the coastal situation is now?The Japanese pirates are no longer a climate of trade between China and Japan, and the people along the coast have benefited. Now Japan has tasted the sweetness, and the suppression of bandits is also working harder. The life of the people along the coast has not only returned to normal, but also better than before.Chen Zuyi, a bandit on the southeast coast, is now mostly at ease in Nanyang, so he doesn't dare to invade the coasts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang. "

Xia Xun said unceremoniously, "Facts have proved that the governor's strategy is correct, but your views are not wise! Besides, it's just that you and I have different political views. It's not the governor who demoted you to defend Liaodong." , You resent this official for this, it is unreasonable! This official has decided to use you because of your virtue and talent, and it is not the governor you want to serve, but the imperial court.

Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement!Now an excellent opportunity is in front of you, which can benefit the people of Liaodong and realize your lifelong ambitions, but you refuse to accept it because of your unreasonable resentment towards the governor. Are you wise?Prefect Wan, the governor can manage Liaodong well without you. I want to use you because I value your talent and hope you can help the governor.But without the governor, your only result is to stay in Liaodong forever and be a sideman! "

Xia Xun stood up, patted the dust behind the tun, looked to the northwest, and said, "Going from here is the grassland. There are many wolves on the grassland. Every wolf pack has a leader, and only the leader It has the right to reproduce, and when it loses the position of leader, it means that it loses the right to inherit blood."

Xia Xun turned to Wanshiyu again, and said in a deep voice: "The human world is not as cruel as the wolf's world, but it has many similarities.

You can choose to be a farmer willingly. Now Liaodong has just risen, and it is normal for a family to have ups and downs when it is revitalized.If you lose this opportunity, your family of poems and rites, the Wan family that has been passed down from generation to generation, will all be servants in Liaodong in the future! "

Xia Xun took a deep look at Wanshiyu, and said, "Perhaps, in a certain generation, your Wan family will have an outstanding son who will revitalize the family, but that's just a possibility. You Wanshiyu, your wrong choice will make you feel sorry for your ancestors and your son, do you still feel proud? Do you still feel that your integrity is enough to shine through the ages? In the future, who will remember you!"

Wan Shiyu's complexion was like dirt, but he still sneered hard and said, "Master Butang has such a sharp mouth, do you think that if you condescend to your dignity and make a show, I, Wan Shiyu, will be grateful and serve you?"

Xia Xun smiled leisurely and said, "Today, I'm here to invite you. But don't expect me to invite you back to the shogunate. For Liaodong, it just needs a correct development path. If there is a Excellent officials may avoid some detours, but no one is indispensable, neither am I, nor are you.

Therefore, you don't have to regard yourself as an indispensable and important person. I will wait for you in the shogunate until today's sunset.If you come, you and I will let go of our previous suspicions and work together to do something for the people of Liaodong. If you don't come, the governor will choose another wise man and leave.Lord Wan, now I am the only one who calls you Lord Wan?Hehe, that's all the governor's words, you have to think about it, and leave! "

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Just after noon, a rare scene appeared in Kaiyuan City.

An old man, with his arms twisted by two women, pushed and shoved into the city, and went straight to the seat of the Liaodong shogunate, followed by two young men, two younger women, and two younger men. The woman held a urchin in one hand, and held a nursing child in the other.There is a group of idlers watching the excitement behind.

The old man shouted bitterly: "Don't push it, will it be possible? I blame it! I didn't say no! I will really go! Are you still afraid that I will run away?"

"Calling you an old man, God knows what you're planning? No, I won't worry if I don't see you stepping into Lord Butang's house with my own eyes! You old bastard, it's not enough to harm a family, you have to do more. Don’t you mean it? Lord Bulou gave you such a good opportunity, but you put on airs…”

The half-old lady became more and more angry as she talked, and she slapped her head again, and said fiercely: "I'm going to fight it out today. If you are stubborn, don't come in. Our whole family doesn't recognize you." Old stuff!"

The old man said sadly, "Woohoo, lady, you are also from a lady's family background, why are you speaking so vulgarly?"

The woman didn't give him face, and slapped him on the back of the neck again: "Every lady can be a meal? The whole family has been ruined by you, what else do you want?"

This old man is Wan Zhi Fu, Xia Xun's words really touched him a little.But even though Xia Xun invited him, he still put on airs, which made Wan Shiyu want to bow his head, and couldn't let go of his arrogance, so he went home hesitantly, not wanting his family members to have been preached and instigated by Huang Zhen , I heard that Master Butang personally invited his master to become an official, and he could also arrange for his two sons to work in the Gongmen. The prefect Wan's family was overjoyed, and sent Huang Yushi away gratefully. They stretched their necks and waited for the master to bring him back. The good news came, I didn't want Wan Shiyu to return home, but he still hesitated and refused to submit.

In fact, it's not that Lao Wan doesn't want to be an official, it's just that the juniors are also in front of him. He usually educates his son, and he has been reprimanded a lot about what can't be subdued by power, and what can't be done by wealth. It's still early, as long as the old wife persuades me, I will go down the donkey by then...

Although the prefect Wan had a good idea, the whole family was impatient. This was probably the last chance for the Wan family to change their destiny. If they gave up, what would the Wan family end up with?

As a result, the furious old wife transformed into a tigress. With a wave of her arms, she led the whole family to rebel against the master.The old wife and concubine of Wanzhi Prefecture, the two sisters worked together to send the master here, and the son and daughter-in-law hugged the grandson, and the granddaughter followed closely to express their solidarity. And humiliation.

Wanzhifu wanted to cry without tears, but he had no choice but to go all the way to the Liaodong shogunate's yamen, and saw the soldiers guarding the gate from a distance, and then Wanzhifu broke free from his old wife's hand, and said in a distressed voice, "I'll go! I'll go right away! Let go quickly, are you afraid that the old face of your husband will not be clean?"

Only then did his old wife let go, staring at him covetously and said: "Go! You old bastard, if you don't accept Master Butang's kindness, then you won't even go back home!"

Wan Shiyu straightened his clothes, looked at the eagerly looking eyes of the family, sighed, and rushed to the shogunate office.

Wan Shiyu arrived at the gate of the mansion, and just reported his identity and intention to the guards, when he saw a few people hurried out of the mansion, the one in the middle he recognized was Yang Xu, the governor of Liaodong, as for the few beside him, there were men of letters and martial arts, But Huang Zhen, Zhang Xitong, Yi Shiha, Ding Yu, Zhang Jun and others, who have been guarding the gate in Luocheng, do not recognize any of these officials.

Seeing that the governor seemed to be in a hurry, he hurried out of the mansion. Wan Shiyu was hesitating whether to go forward. Xia Xun had already seen him. When Wan Shiyu saw him, he stepped forward bravely, cupped his hands and said: , "Fuzhou Wanshiyu, I am here to serve the Ministry, and I am willing...to work for the Ministry!"

Xia Xun laughed, and said, "Okay! He's a cheerful person! Come on, bring a horse to Mr. Wan! Let's go to Hada City together and take care of something!" @.