Compete for the Song Dynasty

Wang Pang and Yuan Ze visited their parents, and Wang Anshi asked Zhao Bo to settle down for Wang Pang and his party.Only then did Wang Pang know that Uncle Zhao was the housekeeper of the house.Wang Pang knew that although his family's fortunes had been poor in the past two years, Wang Anshi's officialdom was not satisfactory, and he wanted to do things for the people, but he was just idle in the capital.Wang Anshi's resignation was firstly because he felt that his ideals could not be fulfilled, and secondly because Anshi's mother died, so he resigned and returned to his hometown.And Wang Pang has been away for two years in succession, and even the Song Dynasty cannot return to the emperor's life.Now a family reunion is full of sorrow and joy, and naturally there are many things to say.

Hearing that Wang Pang also resigned, Wang Anshi felt very good. Although he is not in the capital, he also knows that the officials in the court have been frequently transferred recently, especially for a reckless boy like Wang Pang. good thing.

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "That is to say, I have resigned from office, and I happen to be studying at home with Yuan Ze."

"Father, although my son has resigned from office, he can't live in Linchuan for a long time. He was entrusted by Prime Minister Zeng some time ago, and the Holy Spirit ordered him to go to the south."

Wang Anshi frowned slightly. The second son really couldn't settle down, but then he thought about it again. Now that the two children are still young, since they are still working for the court, it seems that their official career will not be interrupted in the future.But father and son had just met, so it was inevitable that they were a little reluctant: "This? Just got home, are you going to leave?" [

Seeing the expressions of his father and mother, Wang Pang guessed what Wang Anshi was thinking: "I will leave after the new year."

"That's good, that's good!" Wang Anshi immediately turned from worry to joy, what else did Wang Anshi want to ask, the wife sympathized with the two children's hard work, and reminded Wang Anshi: Since the two children come back together, if they have to stay for a few more days, why not Let them have a rest first, and then go to visit their uncle from the same country.

This is reasonable, after all, Wang Anshi's family is a big family in Linchuan, and the two brothers bid farewell to their parents and left the study.

Yuan Ze walked in front, Wang Pang followed behind, the two went downstairs to the second courtyard, Yuan Ze stopped and looked at Wang Pang with a vague smile.

Seeing Yuan Ze's expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, Wang Pang couldn't help asking: "Brother, what are you laughing at?"

"Laughing at you, I'm not leaving now, it depends on whether you can find your own room or not!"

This is really a bit embarrassing for Wang Pang: "Okay, brother, don't talk about finding a room, just say that letting us go to visit relatives and friends just said is a matter of my life." Wang Pang scratched his head and said.

Yuan Ze chuckled, and patted Wang's side: "Don't worry, even though you don't know them, they have all heard of you. Your name has been spread all over your hometown, and our father regards you as your father." It's the pride of our Wang family. I'll take you to meet them one by one tomorrow, and it will probably take four or five days."

"Okay, that's Ming's business, tell me first today, which one is my room."

"There is no room for you in this courtyard. Let's go, I'll take you there!" Yuan Ze said, leading Wang Bang through the corridor and out of Wang Anshi's mansion. Behind Wang Anshi's mansion, there is another house. There are only two entrances, but it is very quiet.

Wang Pang couldn't help feeling that he had only lived in isolation in such a courtyard when he was young. Of course, he didn't blame Wang Anshi at all: "It's very quiet here, but it's so close to my father's mansion, isn't there anyone here?" Ask who lives here?"

Wang Pang looked at the mansion and said with emotion: "This was once the residence of my grandmother. After my grandfather's first wife passed away, I took my grandmother to the front mansion. My father is not the eldest son of my grandfather. Two uncles, An Ren, although An Dao was not born to my grandmother, But the grandmother is considered her own after she passed the house. Now they are all officials in the Jiangnan generation, and this house has been vacant until you and I were born."

Wang Pang counted these in his mind, and two uncles came out, plus Wang Anshi's own brothers, An Guo and An Li.Why did Yuan Ze say that he would visit for two or three days?

The two entered the mansion while they were talking, and all the people in Wang's mansion were here. It turned out that the madam was thoughtful, seeing that Wang was also bringing his family, so naturally it was convenient to do things in this mansion.

On the second day, Yenze took Wang Pang to visit. Only after visiting Wang Pang did he learn what a big family is. Wang Anshi's grandfather had five sons, and Wang Anshi's generation was even more prosperous.These uncles and uncles visited from house to house, no wonder Yuan Ze bought a cart full of gifts in the capital.Wang Pang, who had already recognized these people, was dizzy and dizzy. After all the visits, Wang Pang just breathed a sigh of relief.But I heard that these are not finished, and there are still a few companies to visit.

These families are even more different. They are actually Wang Anshi's maternal grandfather's family. Wang Anshi also has his grandfather's elder brother Wu Min and four sons. The eldest son Wu Ruiguan to Secretary Cheng is the father of Mrs. Wang Anshi.And this Wu Min's wife is the sister of Zeng Gong Zengbu's grandfather.The listener Wang Pang already had a big head, no matter how Wang Pang's father Wang Anshi and mother Wu's are somewhat related by blood, but Wang Pang finally knew why he was born with dementia.

The ancients really did not know the dangers of inbreeding!

It turned out that the Wu family was also a big family in Jinxi, Linchuan. Wang Anshi married Wu Rui's daughter, the Wu family, as his wife.

This is not to mention that Wang Anshi's three younger sisters married Zhang Kui, Zhu Mingzhi, and Shen Jichang, who were both born and talented, Wang Anguo married Zeng Bu's sister, and Wang Anli married Xie Jiang's daughter.Now Wang Bang knew that his sister had married Wu Chong's son.This Wu Anchi is also an official of the imperial court, and the official is the envoy of Dushui.The Dushui Envoy is not for water delivery. It is the department of the imperial court that specializes in managing irrigation and maintenance of rivers and canals. In the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, the Dushui Envoy was the chief of the Dushui Supervisor. The official rank is generally from the third to the fifth rank. [

Knowing these Wang Pang can't help but think of the Dream of the Red Chamber, the four families in the Dream of the Red Chamber, these families are deeply entrenched in the local area, and they have worked together through marriage and other means to form that kind of family.

This is really a job that makes Wang Pang lose his legs. It takes several days to visit each family to meet each other after giving gifts.Of course, these things cannot be explained. Because of Wang Pang’s passing, among these relatives and friends, Wang Pang has become a hot favorite. Although Wang Pang has resigned temporarily, but these, Ask about the family law, not about the wealth." All the families of the big family have taken a fancy to Wang Pang.

What's wrong with the king?Now the main family, although temporarily resigned, is young and promising, has a good reputation, and is so young and handsome, whenever Wang Pang sees these elders asking about the family without concern, Wang Pang has a premonition that he is also in the big picture One of the pawns.

Wang Pang's hunch was right at all. Wang Anshi and his wife, who were sitting at home and hoped that Wang Pang's brothers would finish dealing with their relatives and friends, were also hesitating about the marriage of their two sons.The eldest son, Wang Xi, is easy to deal with. He is already engaged to the Pang family in the same county, and he is only waiting for the big wedding; but the second son, Wang Pang, has already married and established a business, especially Wang Pang is a person with more righteous ideas. Although some people are willing to use him as a matchmaker, It is still a bit difficult for the old couple to choose one of these big families.

This matter has become the main topic of discussion between Wang Anshi and his wife recently. In the end, they discussed whether to choose between the Wu family or the Zeng family.While the old couple was studying the matter, the servant came to report and the county magistrate asked to see him.

Wang Anshi lived in his ancestral home and had little contact with the local government. He didn't know what was going on with the county magistrate's sudden visit to the mansion.

The county magistrate of Linchuan County, surnamed Zhu, was in his 40s when he passed the Jinshi examination. It was hard for him to get to the county magistrate of the ninth rank, but he finally had a rank.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about the official system in the Song Dynasty. First of all, to be an official in the Song Dynasty, you have to go to other places to be an official. There are three levels of government.The highest level is called Road, which is equivalent to the Tao of the Tang Dynasty.The middle level is government, prefecture, army, and prison, which is equivalent to the state capital of the Tang Dynasty.The lowest level is still the county.At first, it was divided into 20 roads, and later it was divided into more than [-] roads.Since the Five Dynasties, local administrators have all been soldiers.

In the Tang Dynasty, the chiefs of various provinces were observers. According to the name, the observers were sent by Yushitai to inspect local administration, and they were not official local administrators.But then gradually became the head of the local.This has already been said in the Tang Dynasty.It changed again in the Song Dynasty.These officials were also called supervisors in the Song Dynasty. There were four supervisors in each route, commonly known as Shuai, Cao, Xian, and Cang. "Shuai" is the appeasement envoy, in charge of military and civil affairs along the way, leading the ban on military brigades, and clearing up rewards and punishments. "Cao" is a transshipment envoy, who is in charge of wealth and taxation, leading the consumption and offering, and accumulating funds. The "Constitution" is to mention punishments and judges, who are in charge of the judiciary, who lead the prison lawsuits, and the prisoners are given detailed answers. "Cang" is to promote Changping envoys, handle rescues, lead Changping righteous warehouses, and collect and disperse water conservancy.These four are equivalent to not being local governors, but sent by the central government to supervise and command the localities.

In the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty, as long as one boss was flattered, that is, the observer, but in the Song Dynasty, four bosses were required to be flattered, namely Shuai, Cao, Xian, and Cang.Among the four divisions, the cao envoy, that is, the transshipment envoy, is the most important.Local finances are all in his hands, and he must transfer all local wealth to the central government.And this county magistrate Zhu has been here for three years, and it is said that nothing major has happened in the past two years. It is more difficult to do.

Originally, there was a Chen Yuanwai in this county, and all the errands allocated for the past few years have been sent to this Chen Yuanwai. This Chen Yuan's grandfather also had some land, and he is the only son of his generation, but he is not a member of the Xingwang family. He can't fight, but he still has a kind-hearted heart.He couldn't collect the rent and tax apportioned by the government, and he didn't dare to offend the government, so he had to pay it himself.I thought that relying on the government might be able to get a good job, but the more I got the worse, the scene I saw on Wangpang Street finally appeared.

Then what was the reason for the county magistrate Zhu to come to Wang Anshi's mansion?