Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"The old man has worked in the county government for most of his life, but he taught such a stupid son, ashamed, ashamed!".

Seeing that Tang Cheng seemed to want to say polite words, Lao Liu on the side laughed and interrupted, "They all eat public affairs, so why be so polite, Tang Cheng, Lin Lushi is in front of me today, and I will be a friend. Peacemaker, between you and Lin Cheng..."

"With Uncle Liu and Lin Lushi face to face, is it worth talking about the trivial matters between Lin Lushi and I?" The reason why Tang Cheng tossed Lin Cheng so much these two days, on the one hand, he had the intention of sulking But more, he wants to use this matter to establish his image in the county government. After all, he is following the lost county magistrate Zhang. If the front is too soft, no one will dare to come up and step on him. Now that it has been achieved, and Lin Cheng's father's posture is still so low, Tang Cheng just took advantage of the situation and said, "When I first came to the county government to do business, I followed you Uncle Liu. In fact, Uncle Liu, tell me something about this There are still people who don’t listen, why bother Lin Lushi, at such an advanced age!”.

Naturally, Lin Cheng didn't have the face to tell his family about Lin Cheng's embarrassment in the yamen. It wasn't until he didn't go home on time after the yamen left yesterday that he alarmed Lin Daohan. Afterwards, Lin Daohan asked the whole story clearly.

After all, Lao Lin had lived in the public office for decades. After listening to the whole process, he left without saying a word. With his seniority in the yamen, he exposed Tang Cheng's background. To be honest, Zhang The county magistrate's appreciation of Tang Cheng really didn't make Lao Lin much afraid, but when he heard that Tang Cheng was going to be Zhao Huhu's niece and son-in-law, his expression changed immediately.

After staying in the yamen for a long time, Lin Daohan naturally knows what kind of person Zhao Huhu is, and even more knows his protective temper.This Tang Cheng looked like a newcomer, but he brought Zhang County Magistrate and Zhao Huhu together by himself. Just thinking about this, Lao Lin shuddered a little. He was already old, and his son was such a careless waste. Even though he has been teaching for so many years, he still doesn't really understand the way of dealing with people in the yamen, and what's more, he doesn't understand that some people really can't be offended.

Returning home with a heavy heart, Lin Daohan slapped Lin Cheng's face without saying a word when he heard Lin Cheng's muttering about asking him to go to the county government office to find Master Yao. This slap stunned the whole family. It's been ten years since Lin Cheng got married, Lin Daohan never hit him again.

That night, the lights in the Lin family's study stayed on until two o'clock before they were turned off. Lin Daohan went out early this morning and dragged Lao Liu here who was about to go to the yamen.

As far as the ordinary way of resolving Liang Zi was concerned, it would be enough for Lin Cheng to subdue Lin Cheng if Lao Liu came forward.But in order to completely eliminate the rift between his son and Tang Cheng, Lin Daohan finally gave up his old face and came by himself.

Since Tang Cheng entered the door, Lin Daohan has been observing him carefully, and when he saw his words, which made Lao Liu and even himself feel honorable and face-saving and ended the matter, Lin Daohan was completely sure that there was nothing wrong with this trip , compared to his son, the young man in front of him has a much brighter future, bully the old but not the young!This kind of person is the worst thing to offend.

Because Tang Cheng was still in class, the three of them didn't say anything more. Lao Liu, who felt very dignified, teased Tang Cheng a few words and then mentioned Lin Daohan's lunch in the newly opened Liuhe Building.Tang Cheng declined politely, but the refusal was also very sincere, which did not embarrass the two of them at all.

Hearing that Tang Cheng's parents had arrived, Lin Daohan didn't say anything more, and the three left.

At noon when Tang Cheng came home from school, the porter Gao Gao reported that a guest surnamed Lin had brought a gift in the morning, and pointed out that they were visiting Tang and Zhang.

After taking a look at the two boxes of Silla white ginseng and two bolts of lake satin, Tang Cheng entered the door muttering to himself, "The difference between father and son is really big."

Chapter 89 If you don't care about yourself, you will cause chaos

After all the things that should be said this time, the Tang and Zhang couples were going back in the afternoon, but they were stopped by Tang Cheng. Although they came in a carriage, the carriage of this era did not have a spring. Zhen, the road from the countryside to the county seat is not very smooth, and it is really uncomfortable to sit in a carriage. This is not the case when I just came here yesterday and left today, Tang Cheng really couldn't bear it.

Haosheng persuaded the two elders, Tang Cheng turned around and asked Lancao to put down other things for the past two days, and Haosheng accompanied Tang and Zhang to visit the county.

After lunch, Tang Cheng chatted with his parents for a while about the family affairs in the village, and after repeatedly asking not to mention the matter of leaving, he left for the county government office.

There was nothing special to do in the yamen in the afternoon. According to County Magistrate Zhang, it would take Tang Cheng half a month just to read the papers. The only thing worth mentioning was that Lin Cheng came to deliver the papers.

Yesterday he handed it over to the handyman, but today he brought the papers to Tang Cheng's office by himself, with dark circles under his eyes, and his face was covered with a haggard iron gray due to staying up late.

When he opened the door and came in, although his smile was embarrassing and ugly, Lin Cheng still smiled anyway. After Lin Daohan went to the county school in person, Lin Cheng made a silent apology in this way.

In fact, Tang Cheng's attention has never left him since Lin Cheng first came in. He could clearly see Lin Cheng's unwillingness and even the indelible humiliation from behind this awkward smile. Come to show your kindness, apart from being too severely punished by Tang Cheng in the past two days, I am afraid that the more important reason is Mr. Lin!

Tang Cheng didn't pay much attention to the things he saw in the depths of his eyes. This is perfectly normal. According to Lin Cheng's temperament, this is also a normal reaction. If he doesn't even have these emotions, or he himself If you can't see it at all, then Tang Cheng will really worry.

Lin Cheng was very embarrassed, while Tang Cheng was very affectionate. As soon as Fang came in, Tang Chengcheng greeted him with a smile on his face. Afterwards, he gave up his seat and even poured tea by himself, without letting the handymen intervene. .Looking at Tang Cheng's performance at this time, no one would believe that he and Lin Cheng had been fighting for two full days.

But it was Tang Cheng's intimacy that resolved a lot of Lin Cheng's embarrassment, and the expression on his face when he handed over the paper finally became much more natural.

There was not much talk between the two, Lin Cheng sent the paper, Tang Cheng received it, then he opened the paper in front of him, checked the data, and wrote down the summary of the paper.

When Tang Cheng picked up the pen and began to write the abstract of the paper, he clearly heard Lin Cheng's sigh of relief after all his efforts had been suppressed. At the same time, Tang Cheng himself sighed from the bottom of his heart.

After all, this matter is in the past!

It is not so easy to untie the knot, especially for Lin Cheng, so the two of them have nothing to say. After handing in the papers, he smiled at Tang Cheng again and turned away. Although this The smile is also a little stiff, but it is much more natural than when I first came here.

After leaving the office, he went home. An unexpected consequence of Tang Cheng leaving the Tang and Zhang couples behind was that he could no longer review his lessons normally as before.

Tang Cheng had nothing to do in the study except to practice calligraphy with the silent scriptures given by the old monk Chengning. Let your son take good care of his eyes.

Tang Cheng felt both warm and helpless for Tang and Zhang's behavior, but this kind of heart could not be wronged, so he couldn't ask for books anymore.

It's just that he doesn't go to bed early at night no matter whether he is in the later life or after time travel. It is really difficult to let him go to bed at eight or nine o'clock. As for reading idle books, he can't read them. Afterwards, Tang Chengyin, who was walking around in the study, thought of the homework assigned by the old monk Chengning last time - he had to hand in a powder book in class next time.

Just do it when you think about it, although it is already night, but fortunately the moonlight in April and May is very good, Tang Cheng simply opened the window, leaned over the desk with the osmanthus tree under the moonlight outside the window as the main body, and carefully outlined the powder of the osmanthus under the moon, Speaking of which, this is also one of his homework.

Tang Cheng, who was used to being busy, started to do things, and his restless heart quickly calmed down with the movement of the pen and ink. Gradually, it was like the moonlight outside the window, a piece of tranquility and clarity.

There was nothing to talk about in the next two days. I went to the county school in the morning, went to the county government in the afternoon, and copied the powder book in the evening. The days passed like this.

The peaceful day was broken in the afternoon three days later, and the reason was very simple - Tolerance, who was personally selected by Zhao Huhu as a messenger, came back, and he also brought back the answer from Erlongzhai.

Even after Tolerance said the very generous conditions given by Zhang County Magistrate, Erlong Village remained the same!

This move meant that County Magistrate Zhang had no other choice but to wipe out these bandits!

That is, in this afternoon, Tang Cheng knew that the refined county magistrate Zhang could also swear, and at the same time that his mouth was bursting with foul language, the teacup in his hand fell heavily on the ground and shattered into pieces, causing Yunxi to swear. The best set of criminal kiln white porcelain tea sets in the public property of the county government is not complete.

Amid the sound of the teacup shattering, County Magistrate Zhang watched the official leave the office. This gangster is too rampant!After taking a few breaths and trying to suppress the anger in his heart, he said in a deep voice: "Tang Cheng, you go and draft a proclamation to recruit people from all over the country and bring it to me."

Tang Cheng led the tolerance officer in just now, because he knew that the tolerance officer brought back news from Erlongzhai, and seeing that County Magistrate Zhang didn't let him go out, he stayed behind.

Hearing Tolerance talk about Erlongzhai's unwillingness to caress, Tang Cheng's mind naturally resurfaced the hidden worries of the day. This guy didn't make trouble early and late, and the time to start being active happened just right before County Magistrate Zhang took office. At first, if it was a coincidence, it would be too much of a coincidence.

Erlongzhai's reluctance to caress is nothing in itself, after all, recruiting bandits is not like in the TV dramas of later generations, who can succeed with just a few words, and the actual situation is far more complicated than the literati of later generations imagined.But what made Tang Cheng's heart heavy was that the bandits in Erlongzhai directly refused, which meant that they didn't even intend to bargain at all.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, Tang Cheng was clearly aware that from the current information revealed about the situation in Erlongzhai, it seemed to support his hidden worries little by little.

It's just that the current state of County Magistrate Zhang is not a good time to say these words. Besides, he also needs time to sort out the previous and previous matters, so that when he really wants to speak, he can explain the previous and previous doubts as concisely and clearly as possible.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Tang Cheng agreed and walked out. Magistrate Zhang ordered Tang Cheng to go out at the same time, but after walking three or four steps, he suddenly stopped and said, "Wait a minute." .

Tang Cheng turned his head abruptly, but saw that County Magistrate Zhang had stopped and was meditating. After a while, he heard him say, "I'll deal with the proclamation later. You go to the East Courtyard to invite County Captain Zhao." While talking, Zhang County ordered people to go back to the desk and sit down again, "By the way, by the way, tell Lao Sun to come in and tidy up the floor."

There is no need for county magistrate Zhang to order Tang Cheng to do such trivial things as sweeping the fragments of teacups, but now he said it out of the blue, "Well, I'll go right away", agreeing Then, when Tang Cheng walked out, he also used this little incident to see the irritability in the magistrate Zhang who was pretending to be calm, and even faintly flustered.

After all, this is the first time that County Magistrate Zhang has served as a county magistrate. Perhaps he never really expected that after offering such a generous offer, there would still be those bandits in Erlongzhai who would not be willing to caress them?

After going out to give instructions to the handyman, Tang Chengcheng went to the East Courtyard to find Zhao Huhu. After walking a few steps, he turned around and whispered to the handyman Lao Sun, "Master Zhang threw tea!" No one can say anything about Zhan."

Seeing the solemn expression on Tang Cheng's face, the handyman Lao Sun, who was carrying the sweeper in his hand, also smiled, "Don't worry about Tang Lushi, I understand the rules!".

"Okay, that's good." After nodding, Tang Cheng turned and went out.

All the way to the east courtyard of the county government, Tang Cheng went straight into Zhao Huhu's office.

"Ah Cheng is here, sit down." Seeing that it was Tang Cheng who came in, Zhao Huhu smiled and pointed to the stool on the opposite side of his desk, but he didn't stop pinching the hand holding the things, "I only listened at noon." The second daughter said that your parents have arrived in the county, and I have bought some things for my in-laws and have delivered them to your residence, remember to collect them when you return from the office.”

"Then I thanked my parents." County magistrate Zhang was waiting anxiously, and Tang Cheng didn't have the mood to sit down. "Magistrate Zhang ordered me to invite the county lieutenant to talk over."

In the middle of talking, Tang Cheng naturally noticed Zhao Huhu's hands. It turned out that what he was holding was... mud balls!

How fresh, Zhao Huhu, who is in his 50s, has nothing to do but is playing with mud in the office.

"It's still a scholar who can hold his breath!" Zhao Huhu let Tang Cheng look at him, his hands didn't stop for a moment, "Well, I see, you can go back, just say that I have something to go out, it will take about a while Only then can I return to the Yamen."

Tang Cheng never expected Zhao Huhu to say, "Huh?"

"Su Xiaoqi came to me first, and then went to the office inside. I know everything about Erlongzhai. Zhang Wupo told me to go there now to make up his mind. I haven't made up my mind yet. Go to What's the use of it?", talking in his mouth, the ball of mud in Zhao Huhu's hand slowly took shape, and what the mud squeezed out... was a flat-headed peak with three steep cliffs, "some things ...I haven't figured it out yet, so you can just reply like this, I will go by myself in more than an hour."

Tang Cheng paused for a moment before he realized that the Su Xiaoqi that Zhao Huhu was talking about was supposed to be a messenger. He came back from Erlongzhai to find Zhao Huhu first, and then Zhang County Magistrate. Guan hindered the taboo of not distinguishing between superior and inferior, and Zhao Huhu was able to tell him this matter directly, which proved that he did not treat him as an outsider.Thinking about it carefully, what Zhao Huhu said was really reasonable, so Tang Cheng didn't say anything, turned around and left the office.

"There are some things... I haven't figured it out yet." On the way out of the East Courtyard, Tang Cheng kept thinking about Zhao Huhu's words?What is it that he can't figure out?How much of the Erlongzhai matter itself is contrary to common sense?

When he came back to the county magistrate's office, Tang Cheng was [-]% sure that what Zhao Huhu was racking his brains for now should be what he was worried about.

Hearing from Tang Cheng's report that Zhao Huhu had been out of Yamen for more than two hours before he could return, County Magistrate Zhang, who had been tense, slowly relaxed his body, and a little anxiety gradually appeared on his calm face, but he didn't He waved his hand without saying anything.

When he came out of Zhang County Magistrate's office, he didn't see the handyman's old grandson. Tang Cheng didn't bother to inquire about his whereabouts. After returning to his room, he rummaged through the row of cabinets.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the management of the common people continued the household registration system established by the Taizong Dynasty. The household registration was based on the registration. The number of people in each household, the number of acres, the number of large animals and the number of males had to be reported to the government, and the householders were not allowed to leave without permission Origin, if you need to travel far, you must go to the local government to apply for a "passing place". This official stamped pass is similar to the ID card of later generations. Whether it is crossing the state, crossing the county or staying in a hotel, it must be checked. register.Anyone who is found to have no certificates by local government offices is treated as a refugee. Not only will they be repatriated to their original places after being caught, but they will also need to eat a raw meal before being repatriated.

Except for the young and strong men in the registered household who were transferred to the frontier army and the town army, the others were all farming at home, but in case of war or special needs, they had to be recruited and deployed. "I saw the military post last night. The Khan ordered more soldiers", the "military post" mentioned in the folk song "Mulan Ci" of the Six Dynasties is actually a kind of recruitment document.

And the writing of the solicitation document itself is by no means just a notification like Tang Cheng imagined just now. It is far more complicated and cumbersome than the notifications of later generations. It not only needs to state the reason, scope, time and other routine matters of the recruitment , It is even more necessary to attach the household registration information of all males within the scope of recruitment to the recruitment document, explaining where they will gather after receiving the recruitment order, who will be dispatched and arranged, and what they should do.This is why the "Twelve Volumes of Military Books" is specially written in "Mulan Ci".

The proclamation itself is simple, but the most important thing is the detailed items attached to the proclamation.

So although the task assigned by County Magistrate Zhang sounds simple, it is really not ordinary complicated to do it, and if you want to do it without any mistakes, you must have the cooperation of Sicang, Sihu and other county officials to complete it. , it is far from being able to manage independently by Tang Cheng, who has just joined the job.

Holding the previous recruitment document template, Tang Cheng frowned more and more, but the reason for his frowning was not only because he couldn't do this task by himself, but more importantly, with his progress towards recruitment. The more you know, the more you see the danger behind the enlistment.

After Tang Cheng finished flipping through the recruiting notice and the attached documents, he no longer had the idea of ​​drawing a pen at his desk and starting to work. Instead, he took the recruiting notice into Zhang County Magistrate's office.

Facing County Magistrate Zhang's gaze, Tang Cheng spread out the thick stack of papers in front of him, "Is this what your lord wants?".

County Magistrate Zhang casually flipped through the proclamation, patted his forehead and shook his head, "It's because I didn't think well enough, you go to the West Courtyard to find Yao Qingguo, and ask him to recruit people from all the Cao Dao pen officials, and just follow along." Make a copy of this sample, the sooner the better."

Tang Cheng followed the words of County Magistrate Zhang and nodded. He was silent for a while, and when he was about to go out after the papers were collected, he asked softly, "Your Excellency, you mean that the whole county will be recruited uniformly? It's already the end of April now." ".

Between Tang Cheng's question and his remark, the two sentences sounded completely irrelevant, but County Magistrate Zhang was stunned when he heard this, "I'm really a little disturbed, just say what you want to say." Said, don't come to this spring and autumn brushwork with subtle words and great righteousness."

"Yes", what Tang Cheng was waiting for was County Magistrate Zhang's words. In fact, County Magistrate Zhang couldn't see the risk behind the recruitment, but his mind was too messy now, so he didn't have the heart to think about these things. Tang Chengcheng, the secretary, needs to be reminded.

"My lord, the current season is the end of April. It is the time when crops are hoed four times, and it is also the busiest time for farm work in all villages. At this time, the recruitment of young men in the whole county will definitely affect the county's annual harvest. , then the collection of rent, mediocrity, and taxation in the future will also be greatly affected; moreover, so many young men will be recruited at one time to help fight against Erlongzhai, whether it is weapons or rations, I am afraid that the county's official warehouse I can't afford it. The three bandits will inevitably die, and this follow-up also involves the burial and pension of the deceased." Following Tang Cheng's eloquence, Zhang County Magistrate's face became more and more serious.

Although County Magistrate Zhang is the first time to be a chief official, he is not just coming out to be an official. There are some things he doesn't understand. Right now, he is just angry, so Tang Cheng just touches on all the situations, " Apart from these, the most worrying thing is that there will be accidents during the recruitment process. Once the recruitment notice is printed and distributed by the adults' office, it will be Yao Zhu who is responsible for the specific arrangements."

Although Tang Cheng's words were reserved, County Magistrate Zhang was startled when he heard them. He, who was originally edgy and unable to think about things, quickly calmed down after this shock.

Recruiting young and strong men who are the heads of households and households in the busy time before the harvest is the most likely thing to arouse public anger. Tricking hands and feet to fan the flames... Compared with bandits in the jurisdiction who cannot be promoted to officials, instigating civil uprisings due to improper governance is a crime of beheading. Yu Qianjun!

Even if Master Yao doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to play tricks, if the taxation task cannot be completed because of the disturbance of the people and the delay of this season's crop harvest... then the county magistrate Zhang will not wait until September to impeach him. Can't sit still.

There are so many smart people in the world who do stupid things, often because of this, and it is obviously because of this that the county magistrate Zhang intends to recruit all the young men in the county.

It is really thanks to Tang Cheng's reminder, otherwise, once he hastily printed and distributed it to the Recruitment and Reporting Office, it would be too late after he wakes up and reacted, and there might be big troubles.Even if it is a dead sheep that can eliminate the matter, there will be Master Yao and even the state city horse behind him. When the Ministry of Officials examines the merits of the school in the future, the eight-character test language of Zhang County Magistrate "faint and incompetent, and the order will be changed day by day" is He can't run anymore, and once he memorizes the eight-character test, it means that his career as an official in this life has come to the top.

After thinking about it, a fine layer of sweat dripped from the corners of Zhang County Magistrate's forehead, "If you have any other ideas, let me know together." Although he didn't say anything to thank Tang Cheng, the magistrate Zhang saw it. The expression in the eyes has already expressed this meaning.

"We want to wipe out the bandits in Erlongzhai, but we can't call in the town army. So it's imperative to recruit local young adults. Your Excellency's idea is good, but how to recruit, how many people should be recruited, and what should these people do? Arrangement, my lord can ask County Captain Zhao for advice, I don't understand this at all."

"Well, you're right, if it's not about you, it's about chaos!" County magistrate Zhang pointed to the paperwork Tang Cheng was holding, "I'll let you go when you plan to write a call for a call. Captain Zhao is here. Come see me immediately afterward."

"Yes", Tang Cheng took the papers out of the office and quietly closed the door.

Chapter 90 False is true when it is true!

After returning to the official office, Tang Cheng temporarily put down the papers he had been reading for the past few days, and began to carefully read the recruitment notice and the documents attached to the notice, not only to see what was involved in the document, but also to Take the trouble to copy the different data, and calculate the proportional relationship between the different data.

Although Tang Cheng traveled from later generations, and had read many official novels and TV dramas in later generations, he had never really worked as a civil servant after all.It was the experience just now that made him realize that there is such a deep doorway hidden in these seemingly boring official documents.If you want to eat this bowl of Gongmen rice well, if you don't get familiar with these tricks as soon as possible, you will inevitably be looked down upon by those veterans.When it gets bigger, if someone trips you because you are not proficient in business, then it will be too late to regret it.

When he was using the "dissecting sparrow method" to analyze the proclamation in detail, he heard footsteps outside the door. Tang Cheng got up and opened the door to look, but what he saw was not Zhao Huhu as he expected, but just now. Unseen handyman Lao Sun led the county school Lin Xuezheng in.

Seeing Tang Cheng coming out of the house, Lin Xuezheng didn't speak to him, but nodded and went directly to Zhang County Magistrate's office.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng didn't follow, but turned back to his room, but just as he sat down and calculated the three ratios, he heard footsteps again, and it was Zhao Huhu who came this time.

"Lin Xuezheng has just entered," and greeted him out of the office. After Tang Cheng whispered to Zhao Huhu, he also brought him to Zhang County Magistrate's office.

"County Zhao, you are here. Come on, sit down quickly. I just told Lin Xuezheng that looking forward to your coming is like looking forward to Yunni after a long drought." When Zhao Huhu arrived, County Magistrate Zhang's tone was very excited. At least, Tang Cheng didn't even let Tang Cheng do things like pouring tea, but did it himself, "Tang Cheng, from now on, no outsiders will be seen, and you just block anyone who comes to see you."

Just now he clearly wanted to go to Zhao Huhu in person, but he stopped after walking a few steps, and finally sent him there. Be hands-on and focus on being affectionate.Tang Cheng silently watched the seemingly inconsistent actions of magistrate Zhang. It seemed that there was really a lot to learn in the county government.

The three sat down, and after County Magistrate Zhang's order, Tang Cheng walked out of the room silently. Although he wanted to hear the analysis of the three and the strategy formulated after the analysis, he was not qualified to participate in such an event after all. conversation.

There are only five people in this county who are Liunei officials in the archives of the Ministry of Officials, and there are three in this house. As for Tang Cheng himself, although the county magistrate Zhang made a statement, and because of Zhao Huhu, he held the same gun as Lin Cheng. However, according to his qualifications when he just entered the job, regardless of the huge difference between the outsiders and the insiders, he is only the lowest ninth grade among the nine outsiders who set the grades for officials. , in the entire county government, it is only a little better than the handymen who are not even considered as foreign officials.

Regarding this, Tang Cheng had no intention of complaining. After all, he was young and inexperienced. It was normal not to let him participate in such a formal meeting. of.

The meeting between the three lasted for a long time, and it didn't end until the bell of Sanya rang for a long time, and when Tang Cheng finished his work and saw that the crescent moon was rising outside the window, Magistrate Zhang The door of his office room opened.

County Magistrate Zhang stopped after personally sending Zhao Huhu to the outside door, "Tang Cheng, I still have some things to discuss with Lin Xuezheng, and I will leave it to you to send Zhao Xianwei to you."

"Nephew and son-in-law sending uncle, isn't it just right?" Lin Xuezheng's joking words made several people laugh out loud. This not funny remark subtly dilutes the heavy atmosphere just now.

After walking with Zhao Huhu for a while, Tang Cheng looked back, only to see the magistrate Zhang, who had watched them off, return to the office. Don't even think about living a peaceful life.

The two walked out of the yamen together. As they walked, Zhao Huhu suddenly said: "You can ask whatever you want, don't be so weird and sullen."

"Hey!" Tang Cheng smiled and said politely, "How are you going to deal with the matter in Erlongzhai?".

"Is there any other way besides suppression?" Zhao Huhu didn't wait for Tang Cheng to ask again, and directly said what he wanted to ask, "Tomorrow morning, the Yamen will transfer the tolerance of the two team leaders to Erlongzhai, Let's siege the downhill road to death first. Even if we can't attack, we won't let them come down to make trouble during this time. While besieging, we will also check the details of Erlongzhai and the topography of Pingtou Peak to see if there are any Other ways and methods can be thought of; after the busy work of hoeing four times, and before the double robbing of the wheat harvest, the young men in the two villages on the left and right of Erlongzhai will be recruited, and it is time to try it at that time."

Listening quietly to Zhao Huhu finished speaking, Tang Cheng nodded, this arrangement is the safest way now, "Then who will take the two shifts there tomorrow?".

"Who else is there besides Zhang Ziwen? I'll go there after the news is clear and Ding Zhuang is recruited." Zhao Huhu said this and stopped, "By the way, the matter of recruiting Ding Zhuang for two miles fell on me Yes, I have the application, but you have to write the proclamation, you have to do it early, when you arrive at the Yamen tomorrow, you make a list, and I will come forward to help you if you need help."

Changing the county-wide enlistment to only enlist two-mile men and strongmen, County Magistrate Zhang obviously listened to his opinion just now. According to Erlongzhai plus women and children, there are only more than a hundred people. More than 30 tolerances are enough.As for Zhao Huhu's application for recruitment, it was obviously addressed to Master Yao.

Thinking of Master Yao, Tang Cheng slowly said: "The bandits in Erlongzhai are really weird. Although they occupied Pingtou Peak two years ago, they were just to avoid taxes, and they never went down the mountain to do anything. The work of looting! Speaking of it, it is no different from other farmers except that they don’t pay the grain. How come they have changed as soon as the county magistrate Zhang took office. It was so sudden that it was hard to understand."

For these remarks, Zhao Huhu just listened, and just smiled after listening, but still didn't say anything.Seeing this, Tang Cheng pursed his lips and continued: "Besides this point, there is something even more incomprehensible. Erlongzhai's refusal of Zhang County Magistrate's two successive recruitments was too straightforward. If It’s okay to say that the first time you refused, after all, there must be a process of price testing, which is still reasonable. But how to explain the second time, when Zhang County Magistrate resolutely refused when the price was so high, And there is no intention of haggling at all. Could it be that the people in Erlongzhai are really stupid and don't know what the consequences of refusing are? Let's put aside the good life after receiving the recruitment, but continue to be a bandit despite the risk of the government's encirclement and suppression. How can it be that they like being bandits so much?"

"While twisting and turning, scholars are troublesome." Zhao Huo stopped in his tracks, "What exactly do you want to say?".

Tang Cheng didn't make a long speech this time, and met Zhao Huhu's eyes and said: "There is a problem here!".

"Okay! As expected, he is the person chosen by my second daughter. Not only is he smart, but he also has a good brain." Seeing Tang Cheng's serious face, Zhao Huhu was amused, "Just think about it yourself, this matter Ah, don’t tell anyone, including the county magistrate Zhang you followed.”

Sure enough, Zhao Huhu also thought of it, but his current performance really puzzled Tang Cheng, "This...".

"Now that you think about it, you will be wary of what you should be on guard against. This step is enough. There are some things that cannot be said. Once you say them, you will tear your face, which means you have no way out." Zhao Huo said with his hands behind his back Walking forward leisurely behind, speaking in the same flat and steady voice as before, "Erlongzhai will definitely be able to be suppressed before September? Zhang will definitely be able to beat Yao? You are just a pen and knife, although you follow County Magistrate Zhang, but fundamentally speaking, how different is it from other civil servants in the yamen? Lao Yao is a man with big thoughts, so he may not really care about you, a low-ranking official? Then he Don't be exhausted!"