Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"Okay, let's go", Tang Cheng waved his hand, the little girl turned around and went away, Tang Cheng looked at Zhang Xiangwen and shook his head, "Our trip was a waste of time".

"Hey! I've learned a lot, let's take a good look this time."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled wryly like Zhang Xiangwen, he really has learned a lot, who would have thought that Yu Dongjun, a dignified official, could do such a thing, and he would leave face at the welcome banquet in Jinzhou people!This is too unreasonable, not to mention that he is an observer, even a county magistrate can't do such an act that is not in line with official practice.

Although he heard Zhang Liang say that Dongjun was too broad and not suitable for palming when he was in Yangzhou, but Tang Chengshi did not expect that Yu Dongjun would be able to leave all the guests alone. Not to mention others, Yao Rongfu's face has been greatly reduced.

That being the case, there was no need for the two of them to stay any longer, they turned around and left Wanfu Building, and just as they got on their horses at the gate, they heard the sound of horseshoes in front of them.

A middle-aged man wearing a seventh-rank official uniform came riding his horse. When Tang Cheng passed by, the man took a look at the official uniform on Zhang Xiangwen's body, stopped his horse, turned his head and shouted, "Tang Cheng".

Tang Cheng turned his head when he heard the sound, and the man turned his horse's head when he saw this, "Are you Tang Cheng, Sitian Cao, the judge of Jinzhou?".

"Something is right".

"Okay, come with me." Immediately, the man raised his hand and pointed forward, "Master Observation Envoy wants to see you." As soon as he finished speaking, he rode away first.

"Brother, remember what I told you just now," Tang Cheng nodded, and slammed his legs on the horse's belly to catch up with the seventh-rank official clothes.

In the Tang Dynasty, the post system was extremely complete. Regardless of dry road or waterway, a post station was set up every [-] miles in the inland Daozhou. It's more stylish, and Yu Dongjun and his party live here.

Entering through the gate, passing through the three courtyards to the most quiet and elegant courtyard, Tang Cheng finally saw a purely technical bureaucrat who was an unusual number among the local observers of the Tang Dynasty. He was already famous in Yangzhou. Eastern Army.

Yu Dongjun is about 50 years old, but his body looks good, his hair is black, and his figure is not as fat as Ma Dongyang and Yao Rongfu. He looks very capable.

When Tang Cheng came in, Yu Dongjun was leaning over his desk looking at a huge geographical map of mountains and rivers. From a distance, the map was drawn extremely finely, which was nothing compared to what Sitian Cao kept.This is also impossible. In this era, maps are an extremely important strategic secret. Different levels enjoy maps with different precision. For example, if the Eastern Army is to step down, the first thing that must be delivered is this Seiko drawing Sheepskin maps, objects like this are registered by the imperial court, and they must not be leaked.With Tang Cheng's current status, he is doomed to only look at that kind of rough and simple goods.

"Are you the Jinzhou Sitian Cao judge?" Yu Dongjun continued to move his fingers on the map, without looking up or turning around.

"Exactly".

"Well, how many acres and population are there in Heihu, Yunxi County under the jurisdiction of Jinzhou?"

Among the four counties under the jurisdiction of Jinzhou, Yunxi is the closest to Fangzhou. If you walk more than a hundred miles from Erlongzhai, you will find Heihu, which is the junction of Jinzhou and Fangzhou. If there is no potential limit, it must pass through Yunxi through the county, but this is inconsistent with the news I heard at the beginning.

"Could it be that he wants to change the route?" Tang Cheng thought about it, but there was no pause in his mouth, "Heihu is a funnel-shaped gentle slope land sandwiched between two mountains. According to the results of the field acre inspection last year, there are 860 acres of land here. Among them, 430 mu of paddy fields and three quarters are at the bottom of gentle slopes. The remaining 420 mu are all slope land. As for the population, because the household registration is managed by Hu Cao, the subordinates do not know.”

"Yeah!" Hearing Tang Cheng's answer in a clear voice, Yu Dongjun, who was still pressing his fingers on the sheepskin map, turned his head in surprise. After knowing Tang Cheng's appearance, his brows twitched, one surprise after another, this Si Tian Cao Pansi was so young.

After looking at Tang Cheng carefully, Yu Dongjun turned his head away again, and continued to move his fingers on the map, "How many official fields are there here?".

"880 four acres, all are high slopes."

Hearing this, Yu Dongjun focused his fingers on the map, "Over 3000 acres of land, the amount of official land has just reached one-fifth, and the remaining nearly [-] acres are private fields. Even if the slopes are barren, each family owns land The number is larger, and the [-] mu of land is at least owned by more than [-] households. According to the statistics of the household department, there are six people in a family, and these [-] households involve more than [-] people. This is just the black tiger. one place".

Yu Dongjun's fingers traced back to Yunxi County along the place that he had just focused on, and his words were fast and urgent, "Heihu is already like this, if this road really goes from Jinzhou, how much land will it occupy? How many people’s livelihoods are involved? Yao Rongfu is so unreasonable. The emissary’s setting up a side route is just to take care of the people of Jinzhou.

Hearing this, Tang Cheng was completely dizzy. Now he finally knows why Yu Dongjun was able to do what he did just now. The co-author of this lord is simply a bit of a misunderstanding. From this, it can be seen that he has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years It must be a purely technical official responsible for road construction, and he must take over the construction after other people have done the work with the local government.Otherwise, there is absolutely no way to say such a thing.

A purely technical officer, this Yu Dongjun really lives up to his name!

Tang Cheng didn't understand why no one around Dongjun told him such a simple truth, but the road construction matter really involved his personal interests, so he didn't care about the huge identity gap at this time. , The lower officials do not answer the practice, and said: "My lord, the account cannot be calculated like this."

Yu Dongjun was born as a jinshi in the mathematics department. He has been dealing with arithmetic since he was a child. Qiao's actual achievements ranged from an ordinary worker to a doctor, Yuan Wai Lang, and later served as a secretary Yuan Wai Lang for more than ten years.

Although he is the chief officer in charge of the affairs of the first department, he still devotes himself to building roads. All the other affairs of the department are left to the two deputy doctors. Such a careless arrangement of flowers has won him a "no power" in the Ministry of Industry. good reputation.

It can be considered that he is lucky, originally he was invincible in the officialdom with his temperament, but it happened that Zetian Wu, who happened to be the first court, was also an anomaly, and he likes people like him who have no thoughts, only know An official who worked hard, and was recommended by Di Renjie, the virtuous prime minister at the time, so Yu Dongjun was unexpectedly promoted from Yuanwailang to deputy head of the Ministry of Industry. When the imperial edict came down that day, many people in the Ministry of Industry were dumbfounded after hearing the letter , can't believe it.

Road construction is Yu Dongjun's favorite and his old profession. This time, His Majesty personally handed over the road, so after Yu Dongjun received the imperial edict, all his mind was on the geographical map of mountains and rivers. On the way, even the team he brought from Beijing were almost all subordinates who had been skilled for so many years, and these people were not much different from him in terms of temperament.According to the words of later generations, the IQ is extremely high, and the emotional intelligence is terrible.

After he took up his post in Dongdao, Shannan, Yu Dongjun was completely exempted from all the official entertainment. He spent every day thinking about the geographical map of mountains and rivers he had just received, and he also sent out all his subordinates to survey the terrain.

The new observation made the adults so weird, even if someone wanted to curry favor, it was hard to say anything deep in the short time, and when they wanted to wait and see, Yu Dong didn't even sit on the hot ass in the Daocheng yamen. The army has brought people down.

In a nutshell: Yu Dongjun, an odd man in the officialdom, has almost never followed official rules in his actions since he took office in Shannan Dongdao.

It was fine when he was in the Ministry of Industry, and other matters were taken care of by himself. He was only responsible for the construction. Now when he was in charge of the construction of this road in the local area, he really felt awkward and constrained everywhere.

Just now he was just complaining about Yao Rongfu, but he didn't expect Tang Cheng to answer the words. Hearing this, he stood up and turned his head to look at Tang Chengdao: "Oh, then how do you settle the score?".

"My lord, please sit down and talk." Tang Tang observed that there was not even a single servant left in the room where the lord stayed. It seemed that it was impossible to expect Yu Dongjun to sit down and serve tea. Tang Cheng only Can do it yourself, walked over to Yu Dongjun and poured a cup of tea for you, and then poured another cup yourself, "Since your lord took office, now everyone in the south of the mountain knows that your lord is here to build roads, and everyone knows this. This road is His Majesty's long-cherished wish for many years. Like Your Excellency, Mr. Yao has been favored by the Emperor for many years. With such an opportunity, it is human nature for His Majesty to want to contribute to His Majesty's long-cherished wish."

"If Yao Rongfu wants to do his best, he should do his best to support this envoy." Although Yu Dongjun is straightforward, he is not stupid after all. As soon as he blurted out this sentence, he understood what Tang Cheng meant. on the account?".

Tang Cheng smiled when he heard the words, but did not answer directly, "The route through Jinzhou is too short, and my subordinates reckon it is not enough to express Yao Shijun's dedication to His Majesty; on the contrary, if the route through this state is longer, Master Jun will be able to do it on his own." Work hard, no matter how many difficulties there are, you will surely be able to overcome them.”

"If the route is changed from Jinzhou to Fangzhou, not only will the road be more rugged, but also nearly a hundred miles will have to be built. How much food will this nearly one hundred miles cost? How much corvee quota will be used? Your Majesty ordered this road to be built for the purpose. For the convenience of the people, this official is not a failure of the holy grace, this method is not advisable." Yu Dongjun shook his head without thinking, "Tang Cheng, tell me, what is the terrain and the acres of land in the three official areas of Zhushan County under the jurisdiction of Jinzhou?" .

Which is the best!Co-author Yu Dongjun has nothing but the road in his heart, so Tang Cheng's words are in vain.

Sanguan is a place name, which is the 520-mile land in Jinzhou that Yu Dongjun ordered to wipe, and it is also the place where Yao Shijun played pushing hands. This question is too sensitive, and Tang Cheng pondered for a while before saying: " There are 170 mu of land in the Sanguan area, of which less than [-] mu of paddy fields, and the rest are slope land, so the land is large and densely forested, so these slope lands are all high slopes and very barren. However, the amount of official land in this place is small. Quite a lot, [-] mu, about half of it.”

"It's all high slopes!" Yu Dongjun put down the tea cup and went to the map again, "How is the folk customs here?".

"That place has large mountains and forests, and most of the mountain people are half-field and half-hunting, and the folk customs are extremely tough." Tang Cheng replied without hesitation, "If you want to build roads from this place, firstly, it is not easy to recruit strong people, and secondly, it takes time. It takes a lot of work."

"Come here!" With Yu Dongjun's shout, a Qingjian junior school wearing leather armor came in from outside, "You set off immediately and go to the Sanguan District of Zhushan County to see the terrain and terrain. Come and meet me".

After leaving the small school, Yu Dongjun immersed himself in the geography of mountains and rivers.

Having said that, Tang Chengcheng should say goodbye.But he didn't say what he wanted to say, so he didn't leave, and he went to the desk with the teacup, only to see that the eyes and fingers of the Eastern Army's landing on the geographical map of mountains and rivers had quietly slipped to the side.

It seemed that he was determined to adjust the route. Seeing this scene, Tang Cheng's heart skipped a beat. If he didn't say what he had already thought about, he would have no chance.

"My lord, I still have some thoughts about road construction that I want to talk about."

Perhaps the word "road repair" in Tang Cheng's words fit Yu Dongjun's mind, so he was not impatient, "Well, you say it."

"There are many big trees on Bendao Mountain, and the transportation has been extremely inconvenient since ancient times. This is not only the case in Fangzhou, but almost all the prefectures. Although the local government intends to improve the status quo, it is difficult for a poor place to bear the cost of such a huge project. Furthermore, there is no unified management. Even if the localities can overcome all difficulties and build some roads, most of them are doing their own thing, and all the roads are built in the state. So much so that there is no decent official road in the vast east of Shannan.”

"Shannan is adjacent to Jiannan Road. The envoy came all the way west this time, and it turns out that this road is no better than the Shu Road." After hearing the words, Yu Dongjun nodded, and then shook his head helplessly, " The terrain makes it so, and it didn’t come from a single dynasty, so what can I do? It’s His Majesty’s grace to build this costly road to Fangzhou, and other states... are difficult!”.

"It's not necessary to build roads from Daocheng like Fangzhou. What I mean is that by taking advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court to overhaul this road, each neighboring state will build a road connecting Fangzhou. In this way, a road will be formed. The road network connects Daocheng, Fangzhou, and neighboring states in one place, although it does not have the name of an official road, it actually has a reality.”

"The envoy has thought about this before," Yu Dongjun looked Tang Cheng carefully again when he heard the words, and there was a little more approval in his eyes, "but this is easy to say but difficult to do. The money, food, and corvee quota allocated by the next imperial court were not enough for housing and prefectures, and the states in this area were poor, so what did they use to build the road network? There was no money, food, and credit, and road construction was an extremely difficult task, such as this Jinzhou, is Yao Rongfu willing to undertake this matter?".

At this point, Yu Dongjun shook his head, "Although this emissary has this heart, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Besides, before the road to Fangzhou is completed, there is really no such energy and local state government to waste this matter, so I can only think about it, Lu Wang... a good way to say it, I can only leave it for later." When talking about Lu Wang, Yu Dongjun's eyes were bright, but in the end it could only be attributed to a sigh.

"My lord, you don't need to worry about this, Jinzhou can build this road connecting Fangzhou by itself."

"Is this true?".

"Really", Tang Cheng's eyes met Yu Dongjun firmly.

"No money and food allocated? No corvee quota?".

"If the adults really don't have one, then that's all."

"Oh!", Yu Dongjun stared into Tang Cheng's eyes, "Who will fix it?".

"If your lord is willing to issue an order to the state government on this road construction, Mr. Yao can trust you," Tang Changchang let out a sigh of relief, and said in a sullen tone: "This subordinate is willing to be the person recommended by himself."

Chapter 148 The Byproduct of Digging a Pit

Minghui, the postman of the Jinzhou Posthouse, is very busy and nervous today. There is no other reason. The observation that I just took office made the adults live in his one-third of an acre of land. For such a big man who doesn't know the details, he can't help it. Don't be nervous.The bigger the official, the more tempered he will be. If a poor servant loses this lucrative job, it will be too wronged.

Ever since he learned that the observation envoy was coming down a few days ago, he has done a good job of chasing the chickens and dogs under his post to clean up the inside and outside of the post house. After he didn't see any abnormalities on Master Observation Master's face during the introduction, Ming Hui's heart, which had been tensed for several days, finally relaxed a lot.

What made him even more relieved was that the observer seemed to be different from what he had imagined. Although the lord was a big official, he didn't have a bad temper at all. In the room where he lived, there was not even a servant serving him. Not at all, it's not that he didn't follow his followers, and it's not that Minghui didn't send people, but they were all sent out by him.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Minghui couldn't believe it for a while, how fresh it is!Minghui saw that a small county magistrate was also from a large group of people, and even drinking tea and beating his legs had to be served by two maids, but now Tangtang observed that the adults did not want to be served by others, which really made him a little overwhelmed. .

But after confirming this matter, Minghui completely let go of his thoughts, okay!It seems that this lord is really informal, such a person is easy to serve no matter how high an official he is.

After being tired for several days, Minghui, who was completely relieved, made a pot of good wine to warm up, and asked Zhu Xiaoer, the most skilled chef in the inn, to prepare two good dishes. Cozy, it's not easy to walk. After working in this post office for many years, Minghui knows that there is no other key to his job, that is, being cautious and careful can last for a long time.

It's a pity that the comfort of such good wine and food didn't last long, and was disturbed by a piece of bad news-the observation made Mr. Yu walk away at the dust-cleaning banquet hosted by the Governor of Honshu.

Hearing this news, the wine cup in Ming Hui's hand shook suddenly, and the hot wine in it spilled on his pants, and it just so happened that a piece of wine was dripping on his crotch.

Ming Yicheng's mouth turned hot immediately, but at this moment he didn't care about it, got off the couch, put down his coat and covered his trousers, then hurried out dragging his wet crotch like this.

"Get up, get up, don't f*ck up your body again, and let me tidy up all the places you have to pass before you go back to the post."

"My lord, how many times have I dealt with this! Besides, my lord, don't you say it too, Mr. Yu is a good-natured master."

"Pang Wu, you know a ball, the more good-tempered you are, once you get angry, it will be a big deal. Hurry up and do it to me. The ugly words are up front. Who the hell is in charge? If you let adults who are upset If something happens, I'm not going to be accommodating this time, if there's one, it's just another one, and they'll all get out of bed."

A piece of news from Wanfulou made the adults not happy at all, but it made Jinzhou Post House very busy in the dark.Fortunately, although Yu Dongjun's face was indeed gloomy when he came back, he didn't take advantage of the trend and make trouble.

After sending Yu Dongjun all the way back to the house, Minghui who let out a sigh of relief no longer had the mood to drink and didn't go home, so he stayed outside the inner courtyard. I have to wait and observe to make the adults feel better before talking about it. Who knows if there will be any accidents in the middle?

With such thoughts in mind, Minghui himself also laughed when he heard Yu Dongjun's laughter coming from the courtyard.

With a smile on his face, Minghui looked through the small slit window, and he saw an even more shocking scene—observation envoy Mr. Yu also gave it away in person.

I really can't blame Minghui for making such a big fuss. Speaking of which, although Yu Guan lived here for a short time today, there are quite a few people who came to see him. Up to now, he has never personally delivered one, even Yao Shijun of this state also the same.Speaking of it, this is the first time this has happened, and the person who was sent to the gate of the courtyard by observation is... so young!

Judging by the appearance of this young man, he might not even be in his twenties, right?Taking a closer look at the young man's appearance, especially his neither humble nor overbearing demeanor when he walked with Yu Guan, a thought suddenly appeared in Minghui's mind:

Could it be that the prince and grandson from Beijing went to Jinzhou in disguise?

……

After seeing Yu Dongjun who sent him out at the moon gate in the inner courtyard, he returned to the house, Tang Cheng waved his tightly clenched hands, and then stretched out his fingers to make a V-shaped gesture of victory, This vented part of the excitement in my heart.

After venting his excitement, Tang Cheng realized that his actions just now might be inappropriate. He first looked around, then put his hands behind his back, and walked out slowly.

Inside the room, Minghui watched Tang Cheng go far away, then turned around and stretched out his index finger and middle finger to make the same V-shaped gesture, but he couldn't understand what it meant when he looked left and right.

"Pang Wu, what do you mean by that?"

"My lord, we can't just say no." Seeing Minghui's posture, Pang Wu's face immediately changed, and he said in a tearful voice, "When I borrowed the two pennies a year ago, my lord, you agreed to come here." I will return it during the Dragon Boat Festival."

……

Just a few steps after Tang Cheng walked to the post house, a Xuan car drove towards him.

This car looked very familiar, "Isn't this Yao Shijun's car!" Tang Cheng just muttered to himself, when he saw the curtain of the Xuan car was lifted, "Tang Cheng, come up and talk."

The person who came out to greet Tang Cheng to get in the car was not Yao Rongfu, governor of Jinzhou.

"Don't go to the post house yet, move on," Tang Cheng got into the car, and Yao Rongfu told the driver to continue, then turned around and said, "Did you just meet Mr. Observation Envoy?".

Hearing this, Tang Cheng answered very carefully, "The clerk in the yamen told me that Lord Shijun wanted to see me, and his subordinates immediately went to Wanfu Building. When I came out, I happened to meet the recorder who was summoned by Lord Shijun, so he immediately Arrived at the posthouse."

"En", Yao Rongfu put his hand on the three long beards under his chin, "What did the Observation Envoy ask you?".

"The Observation Envoy asked about the fields. He asked two places one after another. The first one was Heihu in Yunxi County, which is under the jurisdiction of the state. This place just borders Fangzhou...".

"Well, I know." Yao Rongfu interrupted Tang Cheng. If he wanted to choose Heihu, it meant that the road to Fangzhou would have to pass through Jinzhou. He, the envoy, naturally knew this, "So What do adults say?"

Yao Shijun asked in a hurry, at this moment, it is hard to see from him the demeanor of "keep things simple and do nothing".

"Master Yu said that if you want to go through the black tiger, the road will be more rugged, and you will have to build nearly a hundred miles more." Tang Cheng just recounted the original words of the Eastern Army without adding any comments.

The hope that had just surged on Yao Shijun's face was suddenly replaced by disappointment, and the long beard he was stroking was broken. Yao Shijun looked down at the broken beard, and frowned tightly. Get up, "Did Yu observe that place?".

"The three officials of Zhushan County under the jurisdiction of this state", Tang Cheng's eyes moved away from the slick, well-maintained severed beard, and before Yao Shijun asked again, he continued: "Subordinates say The most important thing is that this place has large mountains and dense forests, and it is difficult for a large number of young people to spread out, and the people here are half-field and half-hunting, and the folk customs are extremely tough."

"Well, well said." Yao Shijun gently twisted the severed beard, and gave Tang Cheng an approving smile from the side, "How did you respond to what you said?".

"Yu Guan ordered a small school to go to the three officials of Zhushan to see the terrain on the spot, and at the same time, he also sent a report to the master of Zhushan County. As for the further actions of the observation envoy, it is unknown."

"You have to check everything yourself. You are really careful when you observe your lord." Although what he said was praise, the dissatisfaction in Yao Shijun's tone can be heard from afar. Obviously, he will This is regarded as Yu Dongjun's distrust of himself.

After complaining, Yao Shijun turned his head with a warm face, "Tang Cheng, not bad! You answered very well."

"I am a member of the Jinzhou Yamen," Tang Cheng replied with a smile, "If my lord has nothing else to do, the subordinates will leave first."

It can be seen that Yao Shijun was very satisfied with Tang Cheng's answer, and nodded slightly. When Tang Cheng got up and opened the curtain, he asked again very lightly, "When I summoned you just now, observe your lord?" Did you mention this envoy?"

"No," Tang Cheng shook his head, "Master Yu only said that his current thoughts are all on the road in Fangzhou."

"Okay, let's go!".

Hearing this, Tang Cheng opened the curtain and got out of the car, but he did not leave, but retreated to the side of the road to watch Yao Rongfu's carriage go away.

On the carriage, Yao Rongfu slightly opened the curtain on the rear window, looked at Tang Cheng's figure standing on the side of the road watching him go away, and nodded slightly.

"Master, where are we going?" The coachman's voice came through the curtain.

"Turn back at the alley in front and go back to the post house." Because of Tang Cheng's last words, Yao Rongfu felt a lot relieved. crush people!What's more, Yu Dongjun is now at the time when he is the most holy.

The one who deserves to be topped is also topped, it won't be long, Yao Rongfu can't understand this truth very well after spending decades in the imperial city.Just thinking of the scene of Yu Dongjun walking away at the banquet, Yao Shijun's hand stroking Meiran's chin tightened, and another hair of that glossy beard and hair broke...

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The small school's journey was fast, and he had already returned the next afternoon, accompanied by Lao Xu, the director of Zhushan County.

Just looking at Lao Xu's ashen face, one can tell that his trip is really not comfortable. It's a pity that he is almost sixty people, almost who haven't ridden a horse in the past ten years. Did not dismantle the bone frame.

It was difficult for him to come, and the time for the adults to meet and observe was short. This was also because he left in a hurry, and the school didn't clarify the key points with him, so that Xu Xianwei's words were very vague when he replied, the season It's clearly the time when it's warm and cold, but the white sweat on his head has never been broken.

How many lands do the three officials have?How many people?This person doesn't have a file at hand, who would know!Old Xu has never been to that ghostly place where rabbits don't shit, since he took over as director, and now the observation adult hastily sent him over to ask about this, isn't it out of intention... to make things difficult for others!