Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 35 Incognito, first entry into the official career (5)
"The method of making this steamed suckling pig is as follows: first, select a fat and strong suckling pig, clean it, cook it until it is half-cooked, and soak it in black bean sauce; Soak in the juice until it turns yellow, cook the cooked rice, and then sprinkle it with fermented soy sauce; one liter each of finely chopped ginger and orange peel, four liters of three-inch scallions, and one liter of orange leaves, put together with suckling pig and sorghum rice Put it into the steamer, seal it tightly, and steam it for two or three meals; finally, use three liters of cooked lard, and one liter of black bean sauce, and pour it on the suckling pig—it becomes the delicious steamed milk of the palace. Pig! Do the math, how much seasoning, how much rice oil, and how much work will it take to let Ma Jun taste its deliciousness? It can be made in five days and five nights. The craftsmanship of this famous chef in the capital has already It's amazing!"

Sima Yi was speechless when he heard this.It sounds like it will cost a lot of baht to make this steamed suckling pig!I don't know how many people's fat and anointing have been wasted by these corrupt officials and rich families!His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of the vegetable soup and brown rice that Liu Yin and the others ate in the refugee shantytown. His nose was sour, and there was no taste anymore.

At this moment, the cut-off ceremony between the two sides has almost come to an end.Du Chuan felt that the atmosphere at the scene was getting hot, so he coughed, cleared his throat, and slowly twisted the "eight" mustache at the corner of his mouth with his fingers, and asked Sima Yi slowly: "Ma Jun, I heard that you brought us today?" I have recruited more than [-] household heads of Yuzhou refugees, and went to the eastern suburbs to divide the farmland, but I don't know if this can be done smoothly?"

Hearing what he said, Sima Yi couldn't help but twitch his brows, his eyes flicked across his face, and then he looked back immediately, and landed on the wooden plate in front of him that contained suckling pork knuckle.He was silent for a moment, and sighed deeply as if overwhelmed: "These refugees from Yuzhou despise the remoteness and barrenness of the official land we allocated, and none of them want to live here and work in farmland! I am helpless now."

"Mr. Ma doesn't know that Hanoi County used to have relatively few official lands, and in recent years, there are not too many local diaspora households in Hanoi County, so they are indeed a bit remote and barren..." Du Chuanxin said : You kid is finally complaining about suffering!But with a chuckle in his mouth, he pretended to explain to Sima Yi, "You can persuade the head of the homeless household a little more, let them make up for it."

After hearing this, Sima Yi's thoughts changed rapidly, and he didn't answer right away.Before coming to Sihailou this time, he had already checked some information on the county’s household registration and farmland in the archives of the Shanghai Planning Office: Hanoi County had 20 households before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there are 12 households in Hanoi County. 37 households—calculated in this way, in the past few years, Hanoi County has lost a total of 6000 households.Then the fields of [-] households became idle fields without owners, and naturally they were taken over by the county government as official land.However, judging from last year's household registration and farmland books, there is still a shortage of [-] households in Hanoi County, while the number of official land and official land is only [-] hectares.However, this is very unreasonable: the [-] households abandoned the idle land without owners, based on the average [-] mu of land per household, that is to say, the area of ​​official land acquired by the county government should be at least [-] hectares!So, where did the more than [-] hectares of land that are not visible in the accounts of the household register and acre book go?This is obviously very strange.While he was thinking deeply, he saw that the expressions on the faces of the Yuan brothers were half smiles.Immediately, he had an idea in his heart, and he opened his mouth slowly: "Actually, if you want to keep these Yuzhou refugees with those barren fields, I'm afraid it won't help if you try to persuade me with dry mouth—but, Yi But there is a clever plan, which can not only keep this group of refugees, but also successfully complete the task of farming this year, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"

"Oh? What's the trick?" Du Chuan couldn't help but stop suddenly as he twirled the pair of "eight" mustache right hands, and suddenly shot over with surprised and suspicious eyes: This Ma Yi has a lot of tricks in his mind!I really don't know what he is thinking about!Anyway, let's hear what his trick is.

"As far as I know, the two masters of Yuan actually own [-] hectares of fertile land and [-] hectares of fertile land in Hanoi County, of which seven or eight are useless." Sima Yi raised his eyes. , looking straight at the two brothers Yuan Xiong and Yuan Hun, with a faint smile on their faces, "According to the noble integrity of the two masters Yuan who are always willing to do good and help the poor, can we allocate one or two hundred hectares of land to help these eight people?" More than ten households of refugees from Yuzhou?"

"This... this... garrisoning the land and reassuring the people is the great plan of the society and the important task of the county government...how can we, the common people, dare to do it for us? Your Majesty is really good at joking!" Yuan Xiong rolled his eyes and said inwardly: He wants to persuade Do I give these two hundred hectares of fertile land to those Yuzhou refugees to live and work in peace?Even an idiot would not do such a foolish thing that loses money!This Ma Yi——is really a stupid young man!
Du Chuan also squinted his eyes slightly, glanced at the Yuan brothers, smiled lightly and shook his head: What kind of clever plan is such a ridiculously stupid method?
Sima Yi still had a smile on his face, and continued to say in an unhurried manner: "Master Yuan, don't refuse in a hurry—I think these refugees from Yuzhou can become your tenants! They planted yours. Naturally, the land should be paid to you two for rent!"

As soon as he said this, there was a strange silence in the field.Both Yuan Xiong and Yuan Hun were a little stunned—they hurriedly glanced at Du Chuan.Du Chuan was also startled for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up: This Sima Yi is really quick-witted—he walked into the alley in one step!Children can be taught!Children can be taught!He smiled slightly, coughed, and secretly cast a wink at the Yuan brothers.

Yuan Xiong reacted quickly, and there was a trace of hesitation on his face: "Oh! Lord Ma—your county government has its own official land to house these refugees, why do you push them to our private land for nothing? What about the tenants? Master Ma, your idea is to push us brothers into the fire pit..."

Sima Yi sneered secretly in his heart, and still smiled slightly: "Why do the two masters avoid suspicion like this? In my opinion, if those barren official lands were given to those Yuzhou refugees for farming, they would not be able to harvest them in a year. A few buckets of rice. If they worked in the rich and fertile land of you two, even if they paid more grain rent, they should still be able to eat with the leftovers. Helping the people out of trouble! How can the two Master Yuan let go of such a well-known and well-known act of kindness?"

At this time, Du Chuan, who had been pretending to stay out of it, felt that he should stand up and push the boat along the way—he coughed again, and slowly twisted the two beards at the corners of his mouth with his fingers, and finally spoke slowly: "Master Yuan—— Ma Jun's words are reasonable! It is true: you two are really willing to let go of such a well-known charity? Not a lot!"

Hearing what Du Chuan said, Yuan Xiongcai pretended to be reluctant and sighed, and replied helplessly: "Since Prime Minister Du Jun has given such instructions, how dare the two brothers disobey?"

After hearing this, Sima Yi showed joy as if relieved of a heavy burden: "The two masters of Yuan are really happy to help others! Good! Good! Now, I will go to preach to those refugees that the two masters "understand the righteousness" and persuade them to come to your mansion. Sign the contract."

As he spoke, he jumped up and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Du Chuan shouted, pulling Sima Yi who had just jumped back to his seat.After Du Chuan yelled this, he didn't speak immediately. He took a sip of tea from his teacup, then turned his head to look at Sima Yi, and said slowly: "Mr. Your good reputation, seeing you doing things today, the old man really deserves your name! ——Ma Jun is not only smart and capable, but also understands current affairs, which is really commendable!
"That's it - this old man might as well reveal a top-secret news to you: this year, the Ministry of Officials in Xudu allocated a quota of 'Excellent' for our officials in Hanoi County. Do you know the value of this 'Excellent' quota? How precious is it? Last year, the newly appointed Shangji from Yingchuan County was only five years older than you. His name was Chen Qun. He had been with Liu Bei in Xuzhou in the early years—that’s why he got the “excellent” evaluation. Adverb, he was immediately promoted by the court officials to become a secretary, what a sight! But, do you know? He got the 'Zhuo Yi' spot in Yingchuan County because of their Chen family The big shot of the prefect of Yingchuan greeted the prefect of Yingchuan privately! Just look at how difficult it is to get this 'Zhuo Yi' spot!"

Having said that, he picked up the teacup again, and instead of sipping, he blew lightly on the white air rising from the mouth of the teacup, blowing them away in a confusing manner.Then, he said as if talking to himself: "Mr. Ma, if you can handle this matter properly, the old man and the two masters of Yuan will definitely do their best. Let that 'extraordinary' evaluation adverbial fall firmly on your head!"

"Where! Where! How can I be worthy of Du Juncheng's kindness?" Sima Yi hastily waved his hands and refused after hearing this. Although Du Chuan didn't really clarify the meaning of "this matter" just now, Sima Yi's heart seems to be clear. De: It is to make all the more than [-] households of Yuzhou refugees become tenants under the hands of the Yuan brothers!

"Why are you talking so many polite words?" Du Chuan stopped dealing with Sima Yi on etiquette, picked up a pair of chopsticks and tapped a little bit on the wooden plate on the table in front of Sima Yi, "If you continue to be so polite—then A piece of steamed suckling pig is almost completely cold!"

After several rounds of drinking, Sima Yi finally left half drunk.

The elegant room in Sihai Building gradually became quiet.Yuan Xiong looked at the half-closed door, and said with a smile to Du Chuan: "Du Juncheng, this Ma Yi has a chance, he doesn't have so much sour air."

"Hehehe! I have been in the officialdom for so many years, and I have never seen a cat that does not smell like fish! Even a person who was full of bookishness when he first became an official, will inevitably smell a little coppery after staying in the government for a long time!" Du Chuan said indifferently as if it was commonplace, "Again, this Ma Yi, I see that he is quite organized, methodical, and highly savvy in doing things. He is not an ordinary person. Now you General Yuan and Xu Du Your Cao Sikong is at the critical moment of fighting openly and secretly, wouldn't it be better if I could attract more talents for your Yuan family in Hanoi County?"

(End of this chapter)