I have a backstage in Datang

Everyone was startled, and their joy turned into worry in an instant.

But no one blames the person who just spoke.

Because, this is the responsibility of that person.

The reason why the aristocratic family can continue to pass on is because each generation of the family will set up such a role of throwing cold water. Whenever everyone is extremely excited about something, the person in charge of throwing cold water will stand up and sing the opposite.

This is his right to always alert his people.

After a long time, no one dared to make any noise, and almost everyone felt anxious, worried that this person's vigilance just now would become a reality.

In the end, it was the old man who woke up from the panic first, and asked Hu Yun tentatively: "Yun'er, tell grandpa, will you really be punished for this matter? Our family's power is too small, so we don't dare to provoke him." The wrath of your master..."

Hu Yun was obviously also hesitating, as if he hadn't considered this situation.

But his eyes lit up soon, and he said excitedly: "Don't be afraid, I think of what Master said a few days ago. Master said that because of the lack of manpower in Youzhou, everyone had to line up. This is not only for the sake of order, but also to prevent the rules from being messed up. The reason is that there are not enough small officials in Youzhou. All the preparations for the resettlement of the people have been done, so our disciples who are in charge of government affairs can't keep people waiting, we can make appropriate adjustments and let this family start first."

He paused while talking, then suddenly reached out and took out a wooden sign from his pocket, and said: "For this matter, Master has specially approved some authority for us, such as the wooden sign that Master gave me, It means that I have the power to make people advance. If I use this wooden sign to make our family jump in line, no one can accuse our family of breaking the rules."

Everyone was overjoyed immediately, they all became excited, and said: "There is such authority, young master is worthy of being Gu's disciple."

Hu Yun smiled all over his face, but there was clearly reluctance in his eyes, and he said softly, "But I only have this wooden sign."

He sighed as he spoke, and said enviously: "After all, I have only been a teacher for a short time, and my status in the school is no higher than that of the other senior brothers. Those senior brothers have been with the master longer than me. The wooden plaques in their hands At least three pieces. Especially senior brother Cheng Chumo, he was directly given five wooden plaques by the master, that is five times of special authorization, it is really enviable..."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and someone cautiously asked: "You are both true disciples of the master, is there any difference in treatment between each other? Does a person like Mr. Gu also fall into this cliché of giving rewards according to one's preferences?"

Hu Yun shook his head quickly, and said solemnly: "It's not like this, it's not like this, my master is such a fair person, how could he act so superficially?"

He glanced at everyone, and explained: "The reason why our senior brothers are treated differently is because everyone's achievements are different. For example, my senior brother Cheng Chumo has the most meritorious service among the teachers, so the master gave him the best gift. He has five wooden plaques to reward the senior brother for his hard work. As I was the latest to enter the ranks, I had the least merit, so I only have one wooden plaque. This is not because the master doesn't like me."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Immediately afterwards, everyone looked at the wooden sign with burning eyes.

Hu Yun held the wooden sign in his hand and rubbed it for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and handed it to the old man, saying with a full face, "Grandpa, please keep this thing away."

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Chapter 286 [Even if it is a privilege to jump in the queue, it must pass the assessment before it is allowed]

The old man stretched out his hands subconsciously, and caught the wooden sign very carefully. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, looked at Hu Yun eagerly, and asked, "Yun'er, tell grandpa, how do you calculate the achievements of your master? If possible, how about we help you behind the scenes with the strength of the whole family? Let you get more achievements and get a few more wooden plaques of this special approval..."

Hu Yun shook his head slowly, and said solemnly: "No, this kind of loophole must not be exploited. My master has sharp eyes, and no small action can escape his eyes. You must not harm me, such things as meritorious deeds It can only be done by myself.”

As he spoke, he glanced at everyone, and said in a more solemn tone: "Master, the reason why he uses merit to distinguish our treatment is actually to cultivate and exercise our ability to handle affairs. If I let the family help me behind, wouldn't it be Is it cheating? If that's the case, maybe I will be expelled from the division."

Everyone's heart trembled, and they assured each other again and again: "Brother Yun, please don't worry, we absolutely dare not harm your future. If you are expelled from the sect by Mr. Gu, our Jingyang Hu Sect may be doomed from now on."

Hu Yun nodded.

The elder of the patriarch carefully put away the wooden sign, and only then remembered that there was still business to do, but seeing the old man gently squeezed Hu Yun's hand, his tone was clearly full of expectations, and he asked tentatively: "Yun'er, That point exchange table..."

Hu Yun smiled happily, and said: "I brought this, after all, I am the master's personal heir."

He reached into his pocket again, took out the same shiny card, and said with a smile: "Look, grandpa, this is the point exchange table. With this exchange table, our Jingyang Hu family has the foundation to take off from now on."

With trembling palms, the old man took the card carefully.

The people around looked on eagerly.

I only heard someone gulp and swallow their saliva, and said excitedly: "It is said that as long as you have this thing, you can exchange it for countless treasures from Gu's treasury. I heard that the top families in the Tang Dynasty have this thing, and they all treat it as a legend. The treasure of the family will only be passed on to the new patriarch when the old patriarch dies..."

The old man looked serious, and said solemnly: "Our family is the same, this thing can only be managed by the old man, and it will be passed on to the next person after I pass away."

Everyone nodded.

The old man rubbed the card with both hands, his eyes were full of brilliance, and he murmured continuously, as if feeling inexplicable.

After a long time, he asked Hu Yundao: "Yun'er, how can I use this thing?"

Hu Yun stood aside and explained: "Although this thing is called a point exchange table, it is actually a remote branch of Gu's treasury. All aristocratic families in the world, no matter who gets this thing, are connected to the general treasury through this thing. To exchange treasures, you must first have this card."

Just now, the man's tone became more excited, and he said, "And now, our Jingyang Hu family also has this card."

Another person couldn't help interjecting, and said excitedly: "It is said that many medium-sized families don't exist yet!"

The old man's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "You may not know that this point exchange table alone is a treasure. The old man has heard it before, and it is said that only this small card needs 10 points to exchange. Yes. And after having this small card, it means that the family has entered another level, and from then on, it can be regarded as entering a certain class."

Everyone was pleasantly surprised and kept nodding their heads and said, "Yes, yes, our Hu family in Jingyang is no longer what it used to be."

Someone couldn't help looking at Hu Yun, his face was full of gratitude, and said, "Brother Yun, I want to thank you. Without you, our Hu family..."

Another person also expressed emotion, saying: "This card is worth ten points, and one point is worth at least 100 points. Although our family can spend 1000 points, points are something that money can't buy. Without Brother Yun , We Hu family don’t know when we can get this card. That’s 10 points, and many medium-sized families don’t necessarily earn 10 points.”

More than a dozen members of the Hu clan present looked at Hu Yun with grateful eyes.

Although they were all Hu Yun's elders, they all looked grateful at this moment.

Hu Yun was seen as a little cautious by everyone, but the young man couldn't help being proud, and said with a little satisfaction: "After all, I am a disciple of Master, as long as I work hard, I have unlimited hope. For example, this point may be very difficult for others to earn. Difficult, but as long as I study hard with Master, I will have a chance to get rewards during the monthly exam. Although the number of rewards is not much, sometimes only one or two points, but I have the opportunity after all, and I can add up. Save more slowly."

The old man's tone was very serious, and said: "This is the opportunity for our entire Hu family to take off, and it is also the greatest opportunity for Yun'er in his life."

After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Hu Yun kindly, and solemnly said: "Yun'er, you must work hard. It is an opportunity that many people will never get in their lifetime. Don’t dare to be proud and complacent, you must know that pride can easily breed laziness, if you degenerate too much, you may be expelled from the school..."

Hu Yun's expression froze, and he said hastily: "Grandpa taught me that my grandson was a little proud and complacent when he spoke just now. I will never dare to do this again in the future. I must always remember to be cautious."

The old man was very satisfied, he knew that his grandson had listened to his teachings.

He stretched out his hand and patted Hu Yun's shoulder lightly, and said softly, "It's okay for young people to be proud for a while. After all, everyone makes mistakes occasionally, but remember, you can't always be proud."

Hu Yun nodded again, and said solemnly: "Grandpa, grandson remembers."

At this time, the old man remembered something, and said quickly: "By the way, Yun'er, you said before that you would investigate the situation of the people in our Hu's Zhuangzi? Why do you want to investigate? Is it because of the reason for jumping in the queue ahead of time?"

Hu Yun nodded, and said: "Exactly, it must be investigated. Although the authority of the wooden sign I have allows our family to jump in line ahead of time, my master once said that this kind of authority is not a privilege, it is a privilege given to us by the master. In fact, it is more like a kind of smooth sailing. A certain family must have made all preparations to be allowed to use this kind of authority... Therefore, the grandson must investigate what our family is doing. Then even if the grandson pays the wooden sign, he still has no authority..."

He paused while talking, and said in a very serious tone: "Everyone, don't imagine that I can go through the back door because I am a disciple of the Gu family, because there is no loophole in this investigation. If it is done, it will be done. Doing well is not doing well.”

He paused again as he spoke, turned around and pointed to a few servants and scribes not far away, and said solemnly: "Have you all seen that I didn't come here alone, the scribes and servants I brought They are the supervisors, they will truthfully record all the conditions of the people in our village. If any cheating and cheating are found, our family's jumping in line will be terminated immediately in advance."

Everyone's heart trembled.

But Hu Yun continued to issue warnings, and said more solemnly: "These servants and clerks are all clerks who are personally in charge of my elder brother. Although the elder brother has a loyal personality, he is cold-hearted when dealing with Youzhou government affairs. Selfless, he doesn't even let his own Cheng family go through the back door, let alone a family like ours that hasn't yet entered the middle class. So, uncles and elders, you must not let me sit on the wax today."

Everyone took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.

Only the old man showed a little confidence, and suddenly he cupped his hands slowly, and said in an extremely solemn way: "Then, let the disciples of the Gu family start investigating. Although our Hu family in Jingyang is weak, we firmly believe that what we have done to the people good enough."

Hu Yun nodded solemnly.

Not far away, the scribes and servants came over.

The survey of the people's situation in Hu's Zhuangzi officially started...

The first thing to check is whether the people can eat enough!

This is important!

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Everyone originally wanted to follow behind to accompany the inspection, but they didn't know that those clerks didn't give any face, but when they saw a scribe looking at Hu Yun without saying a word, he said with a bit of sobriety: "Sixth son, the son of your family Too many people followed."

Hu Yun quickly turned his head to look at his elders, and said with a wry smile: "Uncles, I know that everyone is worried that you will fail the inspection, but it is against the rules for you to follow behind..."

Smiles were squeezed out from everyone's faces, and they clapped their hands in a sly voice: "Let's go, just go."

They didn't dare to delay at all as they spoke, and dodged far away. Although they dodged far away, they still stood and watched from a distance, all of them looked tense and looked extremely worried.

The clerk sighed and said, "Well, as Mr. Gu's disciple, the sixth son, you have to give some face after all. It happens that we need someone to explain when we are investigating, why don't we let your grandfather come over as a guide?" But only the elderly can come here alone, no more than one person is definitely not allowed, otherwise the people in your family will talk in a hurry, and may use words to lure us into wrong thinking. In that case, it will affect the assessment Perception leads to injustice."

Chapter 287 [So, I hate dealing with smart people]

I have a background in Datang Chapter 287 of the main text volume [So, I hate dealing with smart people] At this time, there is another place outside Youzhou City, and there is no end to the wasteland as far as the eye can see.

Li Shimin held a shovel in his hand and shoveled it vigorously on the ground, but he said to Gu Tianya: "I don't understand, you have always been a person who pays attention to rules most, why did you suddenly change this time and take the lead?" Breaking the rules and giving privileges to your disciples..."

The emperor paused while speaking, looked at Gu Tianya with some puzzled eyes, and said: "You should know that doing this will easily lead to bad public opinion, and once the public opinion ferments, it will form a huge trend. Aren't you afraid that ministers will criticize you? I, the emperor, may not be able to help you suppress..."

Gu Tianya didn't speak, and took a shovel in his hand and shoveled heavily on the ground.

Li Shimin obviously misunderstood, and immediately frowned and said coldly: "What's the matter? Does what I said make you uncomfortable?"

Gu Tianya looked up at him, and said helplessly, "There are no outsiders here, and it's just the two of us here, so I asked if you could leave me alone, as if I were yours." The subordinates of the court are general."

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback, then burst out laughing, and said, "That's right, Zhen...I do have some problems since I became the throne, especially the self-proclaimed 'zhen', which seems to be getting more and more used to speaking. If things go on like this, I am afraid that relatives and old friends will get farther and farther away from me."

After the emperor made such a self-deprecating statement, he immediately changed the topic to what happened just now, and asked again: "Tell me, what is your plan? Why did you take the lead in breaking the rules and granting privileges to your disciples... ..."

Gu Tianya sighed, looked up at a white cloud in the sky, seemed to be lost in thought, and seemed to be preoccupied.

After a long time, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Since ancient times, in all dynasties, no matter at any time, privileges cannot be eliminated."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Go on, I'm listening..."

Gu Tianya still looked up at the sky, and continued: "As long as people live in this world, everyone will have selfishness, even a sage who has been famous for thousands of years, he can't be selfless, that's why I say privilege Things cannot be eliminated at any time, because we can never eliminate people's selfishness... If people's selfishness is eliminated, I am afraid that people will not be considered human beings. It will be a machine without emotion, and it will only act according to Follow the law."

Li Shimin nodded slowly, and said with sympathy: "It is true, you continue to talk."

Gu Tianya withdrew his gaze to the sky, looked at Li Shimin and said: "People's selfishness cannot be eliminated, and privileges will always exist, just like the current resettlement of 30 people, those families are trying their best to take advantage of the loopholes, everyone wants to advance , no one wants to fall behind, and no matter how I set the rules, I can't guarantee that everyone will abide by them in the end."

He paused while talking, and then said: "When it's time to take advantage of the loopholes, they will still take advantage of them. When it's time to take care of their own family, those clerks will definitely take care of them..."

Li Shimin smiled lightly, as if he was not surprised and said: "It's true, it's human nature, those petty officials under your command come from aristocratic families, as long as they get a chance, they will naturally repay the family."

Gu Tianya did not answer Li Shimin's words, but continued to say: "The existence of the so-called world is reasonable. Even if I don't like it, there is nothing I can do. The only thing I can do is to block it instead of sparse it."

"It's better to block than to block?" Li Shimin was thoughtful.

Gu Tianya nodded and said: "That's right, it's better to block than to block. Since the privilege cannot be eliminated, then I will take the lead in implementing it myself, but my lead is not to break the rules, but to deliberately add new rules to this kind of thing...Privilege You can, jumping in line is also allowed, but you have to follow my rules?"

Li Shimin was obviously curious, and said, "Tell me, what are the rules?"

Gu Tianya smiled slightly, and asked him back: "Do you know what are the restrictions on the privileges I bestow on my disciples?"

Li Shimin didn't answer, and pretended to listen to his explanation.

Gu Tianya obviously didn't intend for Li Shimin to answer, but said on his own: "First of all, I will make a distinction according to the different situations of the disciples. For example, Cheng Chumo, he was born in the mansion of the Duke, and the Cheng family has a lot of friends. There must be many relatives and friends to take care of, so I gave Cheng Chumo five privileges."

He paused for a while, and then said: "My sixth disciple, Hu Yun, comes from a small family. If he takes too many privileges, it will harm him. Why? Because his family is too weak. He has extra privileges in his hands, so there will inevitably be powerful families who come to ask for them. Even if my disciple has the courage to refuse, will the Hu family from Jingyang have the courage to refuse? Definitely not, so if I give too many privileges Most likely it harmed Hu Yun and his family."

Li Shimin still did not speak, maintaining a posture of continuing to listen.

Gu Tianya continued: "Each disciple's situation is different, and the number of privileges I give is also different. Under this premise, I have restricted their privileges. For example, must they follow the rules if they want to use the privileges?"

Li Shimin finally spoke, and asked with interest: "If you want to use the privilege, must you follow the rules?"

"Not bad!" Gu Tianya nodded.

He glanced at Li Shimin and explained with a smile: "The rules I set for them are very strict, even stricter than the bottom line of normal queuing. In this way, the privileges of the disciples are actually only privileges in name."

"For example?" Li Shimin seemed to be more serious.

Gu Tianya smiled slightly, and said: "Let's take the family of my sixth disciple Hu Yun as an example. If they want to enjoy the privileges, they must pass the test. First, I will ask Cheng Chumo to send someone to follow. What are you looking at? Look at it." How is the life of the common people? Such as food, clothing, housing, and mental health.”

He paused for a while while talking, and continued: "So what the Hu family in Jingyang has to do is not only to feed the people, but also to make the people they migrated have a longing for life. This longing is not something that can be easily achieved. To achieve this, the common people must feel from the bottom of their hearts that they will have a bright future. If the Jingyang Hu family wants to do this, they must first bow down and treat the common people sincerely...not by means of oppression and intimidation means, because that will arouse the rebellious hearts of the people, and they must treat the people with sincerity and kindness, so that the people will feel that they are the leaders of the future."

Li Shimin's face was thoughtful, and he nodded slowly after a long time, and said with some emotion: "It's not easy to do this."

The emperor seemed to have a clear understanding, looked at Gu Tianya and said: "I understand, you are setting up a model, it seems to be giving Hu Yun privileges, but in fact it is forcing the Hu family in Jingyang to treat the people well, and the Hu family in Jingyang Once they pass the assessment, their deeds will definitely be publicized by you... No, you don’t need to publicize it at all, because the Jingyang Hu family will enjoy the privilege of jumping in the queue after passing the assessment, and this jumping in the queue will inevitably attract all the families If you want to find fault, you must first catch the Hu family's handle, but after digging into it, you suddenly find that the Hu family's actions are better than all the families."

Gu Tianya nodded with a smile, and said: "At that time, they will understand that my privileges are not given indiscriminately. If you want to enjoy the privileges, you must first conform to the rules I set."

Li Shimin also nodded and smiled, and said in a guessing voice: "If my guess is right, you must have a backup, for example, rewarding the Hu family in Jingyang with great fanfare. This reward is likely to be extremely unreasonable. It is definitely a Kind of a big interest that fuels greed in everyone, right?"

Gu Tianya looked at him in displeasure.

People who guess people's minds are the most annoying.

Especially the emperor.

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