Idle courtiers

Chapter 41

I thought that once the song "Linjiang Immortal" came out, it would establish my position in the literary world of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.He and Yang Shen were brilliant for a while, and they were also known as the Shuangbi of the Imperial Poetry School.

He is also mentally prepared to meet the adoring eyes of the world and the endless stream of talented scholars and beautiful ladies who come to visit, and even challenges.

But it has been several months, but there is no movement.This song "Love him, Mingyue is good, haggard is also related." It seems that nothing has disappeared, and no ripples have been stirred up.Zhou Nan couldn't help but wonder if it was the change of Ming people's aesthetic taste, and he didn't like this kind of extremely graceful and desolate beauty.

It was only later that he understood a little bit that this phrase was made by himself in Miss Mei Er's so-called "Biwen Recruiting Marriage" collection.As the big enemy of the Mei family, they have no reason to make a name for themselves.Moreover, the scholars in the county wanted to curry favor with the beautiful Miss Mei Er, so naturally they would not mention this matter in front of others.

In this way, this song can be compared to "the rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wipe out the heroes. Whether it is right or wrong is turned around, the green hills are still there, and the sunset is red for several times." The work was jointly banned by the cultural circles of Andong County.

It would be a lie to say that he is not disappointed, but Zhou Nan is the best at adjusting his mentality.After thinking about it, it’s okay, there are only a few dozen poems of Ming and Qing Dynasties that I remember in my stomach.This "Linjiang Immortal" was made without any movement, but it can be used again in the future, isn't it beautiful?

Zhou Nan: "It's just a clumsy work, and it's unworthy to be seen by a generous family like the county lord." He said modestly, and then said: "Although Zhou Nan is a lowly official, he is not considered a serious scholar. But under the county lord's rule I am grateful for the enlightenment of the old man, and gradually understand the truth of being a person and doing things, and restrain myself strictly with the way of a saint all the time. This is the kindness of my old parents. I have a poem for my humble post, and I ask the county venerable to correct it."

In feudal society, where does a local official's political achievements come from, nothing more than three points: taxation, culture and education, and land conservation.

Keeping the soil means law and order, creating a harmonious society where the people are safe and happy without picking up lost items on the road and closing the doors at night.In the peaceful years, except for the Japanese pirates infested in the southeast, the rest of the Ming Dynasty was generally peaceful.Then, if Shizhi County wants to make political achievements, it can only start with the word "education".

To put it bluntly, enlightenment is the field of ideology, and this thing is retreat. It depends on how you put gold on your face and how to activate the propaganda machine to make yourself famous.

Since you, the county lord, have this demand, and I, Zhou Nan, can write a good poem, I naturally do my part.Look at my poems boasting you as the reincarnation of Guan and Le, and you are the best minister.

"It's well written." Shi Zhixian interrupted Zhou Nan's plan to further curry favor with him, he stroked his beard and said slowly: "Just now, I heard that someone came to report that Mr. Wang Ruoxu's official ship has arrived in Suqian, the magistrate I have already gone to greet you, and I will be able to arrive in Andong County in about the next day, and if I don’t know how to wait, I will pass the card to your delivery room.”

"Who is Master Wang Ruoxu?"

Shizhi County: "It is the head of the Shandong Qingli Department of the Ministry of Officials of the imperial court."

Zhou Nan was stunned: "Master Wang is far away in Shandong, and he said that he will arrive in about ten days. Why did he come so soon?"

Shi Renjie: "Master Wang is impatient."

In fact, it is not far from Shandong to Huai'an, and it is easy to travel one or two hundred miles a day by boat along the Grand Canal. Mr. Wang must have come this time to check on the transformation of Anton from farming to mulberry.

Zhou Nan was startled: "The county lord, it's too bad. Guixian Cheng went to Nanjing to buy mulberry seedlings and hasn't come back yet. There is no plan to change the mulberry seedlings. How can I show it to the boss?" Don't say there is no mulberry seedlings. Not too enthusiastic about it.It actually proved that this was a chaotic government, which was abolished by the court in less than a year.Therefore, his determined countermeasure is to procrastinate.Up to now, the list of households and the number of land that have been converted to mulberry in advance have not been counted.

It's not easy to deal with the sudden killing of Master Wang.

"This official is also careless, and it has delayed these geniuses to know the origin of the king's affairs." Shi Zhixian was worried: "Wang Ruoxu was born as a speech officer."

"Born as a speaker?" Zhou Nan went in without knowing.

Shi Zhixian explained that Mr. Wang was born as No. 26 fellow Jinshi in the second list of Jiajing in 16 years.After the Chinese style, I have done some work in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After a few years, it may be the work of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.When you have enough qualifications and are sent to a local area, you will be the governor of a province with a bright future.Later, because of the impeachment of the elders of the court, he was sent to the Ministry of Officials to be in charge.

What a speech officer does is to find fault with others.Anyway, officials in the DPRK and China are impeachable for everything from their politics and personalities to clothing, housing and transportation, and they can pick bones out of eggs.Otherwise, it cannot show his sense of existence.

The reason why Wang Ruoxu was demoted back then was because he did a big thing that made people laugh and cry. This guy didn't know what was wrong in his head. He was accused of impeaching Yan Song, the chief assistant of the dynasty, and said that Lao Yan used four dollars to sleep every day. It is not proper for a girl to warm her bed.

In fact, it is common for wealthy people to have three wives and four concubines. This is their private life, and outsiders are not good at talking nonsense.But Mr. Yan Ge, you can just find women to warm your bed, but there are aunts and sisters among these women, which is simply a reversal of human relations.

Also, if you are looking for a woman, just look for a woman, but don't touch her, just use her as an electric blanket.When the back is hot, they will be driven away, which will make the woman resentful.

Yan Song was impeached by Wang Ruoxu, it was really a dog.It's wrong for me not to touch the women in the mansion. The old man is almost [-] years old. Even if he has a heart, he has a guts, but there are no thieves. He is really like a young man.So, this Lord Wang was sent to the Ministry of Officials and kicked out of the team of discipline inspectors.

After listening to him, Zhou Nan suddenly realized.He knew how powerful the officials of the Ming Dynasty were, not to mention that Wang Ruoxu was a pervert.He came to Anton this time to inspect and change the field to mulberry. How can Shizhi County cope with it?

Not only Shi Jieren felt that a catastrophe was imminent, but even Zhou Nan felt the same.

Zhou Nan's current wealth and life are safely attached to Shi Zhixian. If Shi Jieren is dismissed from office because he lied to the court, he will not be able to be a pawn.Next, they will face the Mei family's crazy revenge.

Mei's, Mei's.Thinking of the Mei family, Zhou Nan became furious, and said: "Master, since the matter has already happened, let the small ones do it this way, first select a few big families and order them to pull out the seedlings and plant mulberry seedlings instead. Those who resist, please ask the county magistrate to issue arrest cards, and claim them one by one." Yes, the first one was to take Mei Yuanwai.

"You bastard, don't you think there are not enough things? This county is not looking for you today to ask people to arrest people and destroy seedlings." Shi Zhixian scolded.

Just kidding, this time, if we want to cope with the inspection from above, we have to be deceived by the gentry in the county.If the gentry were really angered, they would directly sue the king and bring the matter up, and he, Shi Jie, would be finished: "I am also confused. I listened to your crazy words and went to this farmer who changed the land to mulberry." Fold."

Zhou Nan wanted to roll his eyes when he heard that, you Shi Jieren, the reason why you did this at the beginning was not because you wanted to figure out what you wanted, to get promoted and rich.Otherwise, why don't you directly reject my proposal, but now you have to blame others, it's so unreasonable.

Of course, this cannot be said by Shi Zhixian. Zhou Nan thought for a while and asked: "Xianzun, how long will this king come to Anton?"

Shizhi County: "Three days, according to Wang Ruoxu's itinerary, he has other important business in Xuzhou, and he will travel to Andong, so he can't stay for a long time."

"It's easy to handle, three days is not long, we just need to find something to make him have no time to investigate." Zhou Nan said with a smile: "Don't worry about the magistrate, the lowly position has already been caressed about. The king's boss doesn't want to see Sang Seedlings? Let’s set up a few hundred acres of land for show first, and lead him over to have a look. Then, we will lead him to drink and have fun, play with mountains and rivers, and only need to survive these three days. In addition, during these three days , not only Mr. Wang, but even his entourage, we have to send special personnel to watch over them, and we can't let them wander around at will."

"This method... I'll give it a try, can it really be hidden?" Shi Zhixian was still worried: "However, we still need to prepare for the reception of Mr. Wang and his party. I heard that Mr. Wang Ruoxu is from Fujian, and he was also a famous flirtatious back then. The character, the poems are amazing. Zhou Nan, your poems are also very good. I came to you today because I want you to be responsible for socializing."

Only then did Zhou Nan understand that Shi Zhixian had just asked whether the song "Linjiang Immortal" was composed by him, and it turned out that he was asked to accompany Master Wang.After all, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were all scholars, and it was unavoidable to sing poems and wine for official entertainment.

Immediately, he responded very simply: "Don't worry, the county lord, I will leave this matter to the humble officer."

Soon, the master of Hufang sent over the funds for the activity of receiving Mr. Wang, a total of five taels of silver.

Zhou Nan was stunned for a long time when he saw the pitiful pieces of scattered silver in his hand, and was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother.It's only more than 4000 yuan, and you want to treat a bureau-level official of the central government properly, what are you kidding?
He originally planned to get some gray income through this grand reception task, but now it's all over, not only is there no profit at all, I'm afraid he will still have to post a little.That's all, the point is that if the errand is messed up, wouldn't everyone be finished together?This Shizhi County is really unspeakable.

However, if you think about it carefully, Shi Jieren really has no money.He only has a salary of 30 to [-] taels of silver a year, and he has to support dozens of people in the yamen. He even has to pay for every piece of paper needed for office work.Other times are fine, but now it is the envoys who are not accepted, and the Yamen has not recovered, so it is really helpless.

Forget it, if it's really not possible, let the big households gather some. I guess Shizhi County also means the same.

After coming down, Zhou Nan invited a few big households to talk about the matter of changing Gaisang to the superior inspection, and extorted some money from them by the way.Helplessly, all the big households in the county knew that this was a Hongmen Banquet, and when they really went, they saw that the rice that had bloomed would be uprooted.When the yamen servant came to ask for it, he would either say that the master had traveled far away, or he would directly send the servant to call him out.

Later, when they talked about inviting them into the city, the yamen servants all begged their father to tell their grandma, Master Zhou, you should send someone else to go, and the villain will treat you to drink and make amends later.

Huai'an Mansion is where the Lianghuai Salt Factory is located, the rich and powerful are heavily loaded, and the local powers don't have a few big bosses standing behind them, but they are not easy to mess with.

Zhou Nan felt depressed, so he took a few ruthless yamen servants to several shops in the city, cleverly set up a fee, and after a busy day, he gained a lot.In total, I got one bolt of cotton cloth, one hundred catties of hemp, twenty rolls of straw mats, two carts of dried stinky salted fish, and two goats who defecated and insulted famous teachers at the gate of the county school. The main expenses should be paid.

On this day, Zhou Nan went all out and shamelessly arrested two unscrupulous people and put them in the prison. He was really majestic.It's a pity, but he has earned a bad reputation as the dog's leg of the humble subordinates.

The ancients did not have nightlife. Basically, at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, when it got dark, all the shops would be closed.Except for the watchman who was in charge of security on the street, there was not a single person in sight.

Zhou Nan was busy all day, and did not finish the work at hand until dark.Suddenly feeling hungry, I screamed in my heart: Oops, it was the wrong time, even if I wanted to eat now, I couldn't find a restaurant.

Can I just go home and do it myself?
In Zhou Nan's house, there is one hundred catties of rice and a piece of bacon given to him by his father-in-law.The thought of having to cook by yourself is an annoyance.It would be great if Yunniang went to the city, damn the Mei family, I am at odds with you.

As soon as I returned to my courtyard, I saw that the courtyard door was open, the room inside was lit, and there was a tangy smell of food.The lights flickered, and a slim figure was printed on the window paper.

A neighbor woman saw Zhou Nan and said with a smile: "Master Zhou is back, your wife is here, and she talked to me for a long time in the afternoon, she is really a well-behaved woman."

Zhou Nan was overjoyed, thanked her, and then shouted loudly: "My lady, my lady, but you came and said that I will pick you up after a while, hey, why are you so disobedient?"

He felt warm and worried at the same time, it was not a good time for Yunniang to go to the city to live with him at this moment.

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