Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 391 Master Fan Jin
Fan Jin was startled for a moment, then his old face turned red immediately, he groped around nervously with his hands, and lowered his head, he said: "The student has been studying hard since he was a child, and now he is over half a hundred years old, but he still hasn't achieved anything. I'm really ashamed to say that .”

Seeing that Fan Jin is indeed that Fan Jin, Fang Yiai shook her head and smiled wryly, and a lot of absurd thoughts came to her mind.

"Zhenguan Prosperity, Confucianism and Foreign History, how can these two irrelevant things be seamlessly combined?"

With a sigh behind his back, Fang Yiai raised his hand to interrupt Fan Jin who was muttering to himself, and said softly, "Fan Jin, would you like to come to the Neiya to be the county's staff?"

Seeing that Fang Yiai not only failed to stir her up, but instead asked straightforwardly, Fan Jin stood there blankly, but was stunned by the sudden happiness.

"Yes, I am willing." Fan Jin's family had no rice to cook, so he dared to risk Wang Dutou and plum bamboo students all over Meiwu County, and came to the county government to try his luck. There is no reason for this poor scholar to refuse.

Fang Yiai quickly walked down the high platform of the public case, stood beside Fan Jin, grabbed Fan Tongsheng by the sleeve, and said with a smile, "Haven't you eaten yet? Let's go to Neiya to have some dinner with the county."

Just like that, Fan Jin was dazed and dragged down by Fang Yiai to the inner office. It wasn't until Qin Jingniang put the hot food on the table that he came back to it.

"Xianzun, are these fish rewards for the students?" Fan Jin looked at the hot fish dishes on the table, swallowed a mouthful, and said in a daze.

Fang Yiai raised the jug and said with a smile: "Hurry up and eat, the county will ask you about the criminal name later."

Although he was hungry, Fan Jin still put on a literati's bones, shook his head and waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, the student and the county lord have only met once, how dare you endure such delicious food."

"Master Fan! From now on, you are the right-hand man of this county, so you don't have to be so polite in the future." Fang Yiai sipped his drink lightly, looked at Qin Jingniang, looked at the honest and almost pedantic Fan Jin with a smile, Said: "If you don't eat it, you don't give face to the county, and you want to come to this master's job."

Seeing that Fang Yiai wanted to change his mind, Fan Jin quickly picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fat chicken thigh, and started to eat without hesitation.

"Master Fan, where do you live?" Fang Yiai and Qin Jingniang just ate plain rice, asking each other.

After taking a sip of tea, Fan Jin put the chicken that was choked in his throat down his stomach, and replied modestly, "The student lives in Shuanghuaishu Village, which is only twenty miles south of the county seat."

"Oh? Twenty miles to the south of the city? Then how do you know that the county has announced the recruitment of masters today?" Fang Yiai stopped drinking and asked suspiciously.

Fan Jin's eyes flickered a few times, and finally heaved a long sigh. After raising his glass and taking a big sip of wine to strengthen his courage, he lowered his voice and whispered: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Mei and Wang Tong both passed on the message last night. Come, scholars from the city are not allowed to come to the county government to apply for employment, if the student's family has not interrupted the rice cooker, I am afraid they will not dare to come."

Slapping the dining table angrily, Fang Yi's eyes were full of sullen anger, "No wonder no one came to apply for the job, but it turned out to be the master, and everyone was there to make troubles! I guess those gangsters and catchers have a part in it?"

"What the county lord said is true. Last night, it was these gangsters and the police who went down to the villages to spread the word." Fan Jin quickly ate the rice in the bowl, carefully arranged the chopsticks neatly, and then put his hand Putting it on his knees, he sat up quietly with a respectful face.

Looking at the remnant seats on the table, Fang Yiai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at the gentle Fan Jin, and thought to himself, "This old boy looks so honest, but his appetite is really big. Jing Niang and I will eat a lot of food at this table. Didn’t move much, so it’s gone?”

Fan Jin caught the surprise in Fang Yiai's eyes, lowered his head, cleared his throat, and said embarrassingly, "To tell you the truth, the students only ate two meals of mung bean and rice in the past two days."

"Only eat one meal a day? Is it still not enough mung bean water rice? Is the life of the people in Meiwu County really so poor?" Qin Jingniang sighed softly.

Fan Jin frowned slightly, his eyes were red and he said: "Ma'am, I don't know. Last year, the county government's taxes increased by [-]%, and this year's food hasn't come down yet. We, the poor people, have enough to eat. I heard that in the north of the city Several villages in the eyes of floods have already gone up the mountain to dig grass roots and Guanyin soil."

"Before this county took office, didn't the county government release food for disaster relief? The food collected last year should not have been sent to the Caozhou government government?" Fang Yiai nodded and whispered, and the idea of ​​releasing food for disaster relief popped into his mind.

Fan Jin looked at Fang Yiai and Qin Jingniang, hesitating for a long time, hesitant to speak, he finally drank a glass of water and wine, and then said with the strength of the wine: "Before the county magistrate takes office, don't say it's food relief, Those police officers who are like wolves and tigers go to the villages and towns to fight the autumn wind every now and then, and they snatch everything that can be used and worn."

Hearing the shameful deeds of the slaves and the policemen under his command, Fang Yiai immediately burned his temples with rage, clutching the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, and said in a cold tone: "Why are they so bold? I think I've cleared the [-] boards in the morning!"

"Wang Tongdutou is the brother-in-law of the magistrate of Caozhou. His words seemed to have appreciated in Meiwu County before. All the slaves and arresters all followed his lead. I don't know that the county magistrate has arrived."

Fan Jin caressed his beard and looked at Fang Yiai. Fan Tongsheng, who was honest and honest on the surface, was a little wilted in his bones. He had read books of sages for many years, but he didn't learn anything else.

"Hmph! Now that the county is here, we must remove Wang Tong and Mei Zhusheng from their positions. Let's see if they still dare to take advantage of the common people and despise the county!"

Saying that, Fang Yiai got up and said to Fan Jin: "Master Fan! Let's go! The county will take you to open a warehouse to release grain!"

Fang Yiai was not quick to talk. When he left Beijing, Li Shimin gave him a six-rank inspectorate. Although the official position was not big, he had the right to supervise all officials and act expediently. In addition, he carried three chapters of the royal seal. Even the eldest grandson Anye can deal with it when he arrives, not to mention opening warehouses under the jurisdiction of the county to help the people.

"Students obey." Fan Jin stood up and was about to step out when his body trembled suddenly, then he stared at Fang Yiai with wide eyes, and said tremblingly: "What did the county lord say?"

"Open a granary to release grain! The county wants to open a porridge shed in the county town to help the people under its jurisdiction!" Fang Yiai's words were resounding, and the majesty unique to Zhuangyuan Lang, who had been hidden for a long time, burst out suddenly, and Fan Jin's blood boiled when he watched , even Qin Jingniang's apricot eyes flashed a hint of excitement.

The two walked out of the inner office side by side, and ran into Mei Zhusheng who had just returned from drinking.

Mei Zhusheng saw Fan Jin next to Fang Yiai, frowned carefully, and saw that the old scholar was wearing a patched long lapel and a literati's unique Confucian scarf on his head, so he guessed Fan Jin's trip in an instant the goal of.

"See the county magistrate." Mei Zhusheng greeted Fang Yiai patiently, then looked at Fan Jin in a blink of an eye, and said coldly, "Aren't you an old boy from Shuanghuaishu Village? Why did you come to the county government office!"

Mei Zhusheng, the all-round master, has a good reputation. There has been no county magistrate for half a year. He is actually the county magistrate without a gauze hat. He didn't even dare to meet his eyes, let alone have a conversation.

Seeing that Fan Jin was a little cowardly, Fang Yiai naturally wanted to support the newcomers, looked at Mei Zhusheng, and said righteously: "Master Mei, this is the newly hired Master Shuqi in this county, and you will be colleagues from now on. , please take care of me!"

After finishing speaking, Fang Yiai deliberately raised her voice and said, "Master Fan, are you meeting your new colleagues soon?"

With Fang Yi'ai's support, Fan Jin suddenly got a little taller, raised his chest and said in an official voice: "Fan is new here, if there is something wrong in the future, I ask Master Mei to give me some advice."

"It's easy to say, where is Master Fan going with the county venerable?" Mei Zhusheng was naughty and sophisticated, seeing that Fan's entry into the office was a foregone conclusion, she didn't make any more entanglements, and she didn't even reveal her dissatisfaction, she just asked a question Innocuous words.

Seeing that Mei Zhusheng asked, Fang Yiai simply told the truth, and before the fight, he resorted to a trick, "This county took Master Fan to the granary to store grain, and planned to build a few porridge sheds in the city, okay?" Give alms to those under your command who have no rice and no food due to the increase in taxes!"

"What, open a warehouse to release grain!" The mature and prudent Mei Zhusheng finally couldn't sit still, and looked at Fang Yiai, two imperceptible stalks of prey flashed in his eyes, and a ray of murderous intent was born in his heart.

(End of this chapter)