Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

After realizing that 'this Di Qing is that Di Qing', Lu Ci felt a little inconceivable about this hindsight, so he couldn't help but pay more attention to Di Qing.

Before there was Fan Zhongyan, Liu Yong, Teng Zijing, and later, there was Kou Zhun, Yan Shu and Song Renzong, and he gradually got used to it.

How could he have imagined that there was a real and faceless Di Qing hiding beside him?

... It's just that I don't need to memorize the lives of Di Qing's characters when I study.

Lu Ci thought he was observing secretly, but Di Qing has always been extremely keen, so there is no way he would not notice his gaze from time to time.

However, Di Qing was also stared at that day with a ghost in his heart, so he didn't dare to expose it, let alone ask clearly.

After thinking about it, he simply relied on the cover of the bronze mask, not deliberately concealing the changes in his facial expressions.

As long as you pretend to be calm in the behavior that the grandfather can see, you don't have to worry about revealing any flaws.

After Lu Ci soon got caught up in affairs again and had to look away from him...

Di Qingcai heaved a sigh of relief with both regret and relief.

Naturally, Lu Ci didn't know that Di Qing had already noticed his "snooping" behavior.

Over the past few days, he saw that Di Qing still ate a sea bucket boldly when it was time to eat, scaring others; Practice one or two policy theories before resting.

The only difference from before the battle in Tubo is that because Di Qing's ability as a sharpshooter has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he is not a member of the army, he can't conflict with other soldiers, so naturally it has become the most heated discussion in the barracks recently. Core.

As a lieutenant, Li Chao, who also has excellent shooting skills, has a sense of distance that is not easy to get close to. Although Di Qing is less talkative, he is much more easy-going.

For a time, whether it was out of sincerity, out of sheer enthusiasm, or just to join in the fun, there was an endless stream of soldiers who came to Di Qing every day for advice on archery.

Obviously, in their eyes, Di Qing is no longer "Lu Zhizhou's little righteous brother who can afford hardships", but the flying eagle Di Qing who "pierces through Yang with a hundred steps and shoots without fail".

After taking a panoramic view of these things, he felt that Di Qing was living his life in a down-to-earth manner, and the little tangle between Lu Ci's brows was completely released.

No matter what Di Qing was like in history, the one in front of him is just a little raccoon slave whom he has worked so hard to raise.

Lu Ci smiled in relief.

However, as soon as he lowered his eyes and read a few newly received letters, he felt that the first and the second were too big.

... It is not only Di Qing whose life trajectory has been changed, but also Liu Qi who has successfully become an official.

No, with a bad taste, I sent him some unfeeling poems in a woman's tone, condemning 'Lang Jun has gone far away and never heard from him again'.

When Teng Zongliang hurriedly pushed the door and came in, he couldn't help being amused when he saw Lu Ci's embarrassing expression: "Who is so capable that even brother Yu Yu can't do anything?"

Lu Ci said helplessly, "Aside from Brother Liu, who else could it be?"

Teng Zongliang laughed a few times without sympathy, and then gradually became quiet under Lu Ci's indifferent gaze.

He unceremoniously spread the stack of official documents in his arms on the desk in front of Lu Ci: "Don't think about replying to Brother Liu, there are countless government affairs, waiting for Lu Zhizhou to come Judgment."

Lu Ci was noncommittal, but stood up under Teng Zongliang's schadenfreude gaze, moved an unused chair from the side and put it next to him, and said to the bewildered friend as a matter of course: "Since Teng Zongliang wants to accompany me How can you be tired of standing all the time when dealing with official business? Sit down quickly."

Teng Zongliang: "..."

When did he promise to accompany Lu Ci to review these together!

Before he could resolutely say goodbye and run away, Lu Ci picked up one at random, and as soon as he opened it, he smiled unexpectedly: "Read this one."

Teng Zongliang frowned, and wanted to refuse, but Lu Ci pushed the document to his front and back naturally, and kept opening the next one, so that he missed the opportunity and could only sit down patiently.

He only read this one, and left after reading it.

Teng Zongliang knew very well that if he didn't want to follow the way of brother Yu Yu, he had to be hard-hearted and decisive, and he must not be procrastinating.

But after reading this letter, he couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, and said with a smile: "This is really amazing, it is definitely a great thing worth reporting!"

It turned out that, out of gratitude for Lu Zhizhou's kindness in leading the state soldiers, quickly defeating the invading Tubo soldiers, and successfully keeping the people in the city from being harmed, the most famous Ji squire in Qinzhou took the initiative to take the lead.

In the end, a total of 620 guan was collected from the rich people and monks and Taoists to donate voluntarily for the repair, and [-] hu was given out for Luzhizhou, which sheltered them in safety, to repair the dilapidated government buildings.

"This broken government office should have been repaired long ago."

Although Teng Zongliang disliked the dilapidated official residence, he did not insist on repairing it. After all, it was really difficult to get approval.

Seeing this unexpected surprise, I am in a good mood: "This is really great. You don't have to wait for a long festival, you don't have to apply for approval, and you don't have to collect people's money. It's still a big deal that can be publicized. Congratulations, for brother Yu Yu to add a very beautiful touch to the calendar of the supervisor's office!"

The neighboring states and counties either put up with dilapidation and embarrassment without repairing, in order to avoid the suspicion of melon fields and plums, or make troubles, and just wait until the three-year salary expires and leave; For example, the envoy’s library printed books to sell, begging for the sale of certificates to carry out simple repairs; because the required amount is often huge, there has never been a willingness to pay for it, but I can’t enjoy it for a few years. In the end, I only benefit from the generosity of later officials official.

Now it is the common people who take the initiative to contribute funds to repair the Yamen for them!

When Teng Zongliang was happy, Lu Ci unhurriedly poured him a cup of hot tea, watched him take a sip without thinking, Fang said intimately: "Since Brother Zijing is so happy, when the craftsmen arrive, let Let's fix the signing hall that is used the most by general judgments first."

Teng Zongliang was moved in his heart, but quickly waved his hands: "How can it be done, brother Yuyu is the governor of a state, and in terms of emotion and reason, you have to cultivate brother Yuyu first."

Lu Ci smiled and said, "Brother Zijing, you don't have to refuse. If you are really moved, you can accompany me to read the rest of these documents."

Teng Zongliang, who had thrown away the determination made a moment ago, agreed without thinking.

Lu Ci hit the iron while the iron was hot, and in a deliberative tone, Teng Zongliang sent a few more tasks to Teng Zongliang's head without blinking: "According to Brother Zijing, now is the time to recruit people and increase household registration?"

Teng Zongliang thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "The defenders have just defeated the Tubo cavalry, and their reputation among the people is about to rise recently. If we can make a good publicity, supplemented by screening out the traitors outside the city, the refugees will be able to regain their homes, and also Make more households in the city."

"It's really a hero who sees the same thing!" Lu Ci said with frowning eyebrows, "Brother Zijing's words really touched my heart."

As soon as the corners of Teng Zongliang's lips were curled up, Lu Ci quickly made a decision, and said, "This matter is related to the exam and is very important. I dare not pretend to be in the hands of others. I can only ask Brother Zijing to work harder."

Teng Zongliang's heart almost missed a beat.

However, after thinking about it, he thinks that this matter is not onerous: especially with the east wind of the big victory, it is possible to get twice the result with half the effort.

The matter is cumbersome and requires a lot of patience.

He then nodded and said with a smile: "Since brother Yu Yu dared to entrust this crucial matter to me, why should I refuse? Although there is no guarantee, I will definitely go all out and never let you down. "

Lu Ci showed a smile, put one hand on the back of Teng Zongliang's hand, his eyes seemed to be shining brightly, and said sincerely: "I thought that once the general sentence came, I would be controlled everywhere. You are here, and you have really sent charcoal to me in a timely manner."

She was as beautiful as jade, and was stared at by those clear and warm black eyes. Even Teng Zongliang, who had seen many people in the world and had been with Lu Ci for a long time, couldn't help being amazed and dazed for a while.

Lu Ci said with a smile: "In another month, it will be the time when the road supervisor will patrol according to the regulations. Although the transit envoy has not been on patrol in the first half of the year, he should still be ready to pick him up. I will trouble Zijing to worry about this matter. , give me a hand."

Teng Zijing almost completely forgot about the supervisor who had never shown up before. When Lu Ci mentioned it, he quickly agreed, "Of course."

Lu Ci said: "Because the matter is getting more and more complicated, there will inevitably be a shortage of manpower. If you can be honest, I will also ask Brother Zijing to help."

Teng Zong thought that this would be a good opportunity to add capable officials to the government and help his subordinates, so he was proud to personally examine and screen them, so he nodded again.

Just thinking of the more and more affairs on his head, the smile on his face was a bit forced at this time.

Lu Ci had been carefully observing the expression on his face, and at this moment he quickly accepted it.

The reason why he assigned so many tasks to Teng Zongliang, apart from the fact that he could trust the other party's abilities and use them well, the main reason was that he wanted to get Teng Zongliang to help him in the probing class.

He doesn't know whether he can reach the full salary in Qinzhou, or he will be affected by the tug-of-war between the DPRK and China, and he will be transferred to another place in the near future.But it is conceivable that it is impossible for Teng Zongliang to be taken away by him in a package, and most of them will stay in Qinzhou honestly until the three years are full, and then wait for rotation.

It is in his best interest to let Teng Zongliang get in touch with more of the ten items in the exam, and he will be able to excel in the calendar in the future.

While discussing a few official documents with Teng Zongliang, Lu Ci sipped the good tea he ordered, looking relaxed.

It was noon in a blink of an eye, just as Lu Ci and Teng Zongliang were chatting and laughing out of the lottery hall, and when they were going to inspect the tea garden, they saw the soldiers upstairs running profusely, rushing forward.

Lu Ci was slightly surprised.

It stands to reason that after the Tubo army had just stumbled, it was impossible for the smaller tribes around to act rashly and hit the stone with an egg.

Will there be any military emergency?

With a calm expression on his face, he saw that the soldiers were clearly still panting, and when he was anxious to report the situation, he said gently: "Don't panic, just take it easy."

The soldier looked at Lu Ci gratefully, managed to catch his breath, and then explained clearly what he saw and heard in the watchtower just now.

But after listening, Lu Ci couldn't suppress his delicate expression, and exchanged a glance with Teng Zongliang who didn't know what expression to make.

It turned out that the soldiers in charge of watching from the watchtower, the large army they saw just now, were not foreign criminals from abroad.

Even the opposite.

Those who came were friends rather than enemies, and they came from the southeast direction, following the edict issued by the temple, [-] Song reinforcements were urgently mobilized from neighboring counties.

After all, the emergency call for help a few days earlier is destined to arrive much earlier than the good news of the great victory.

Counting only the time spent by the urgent soldiers on the road, [-] surrounding soldiers and horses can be dispatched here for reinforcements within half a month. The response of the DPRK and China can definitely be called extremely fast.

It's just this embarrassing situation right now...

Lu Ci thought blankly, he couldn't say to the hard-working reinforcements, 'I'm sorry, you're late, the battle is over, see you next time', right?

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. In the notes of the previous chapters, the point of not repairing government officials has already been introduced, and I will not repeat it this time.

The sources of funds (including funds, manpower, and materials) for the construction of local government administrative facilities are mostly from public funds. The records often emphasize that they come from frugality, or they are named, such as praying for the sale of ultimatums, selling the printed books of the minister’s library, and enriching the people. Help and so on.The only example of paying out of pocket is the county magistrate hall in Longquan County, Jizhou, which was built by the county magistrate himself.Of course, it is unknown whether this was requisitioned or a true voluntary donation...

However, in the Song Dynasty, there were also cases where the common people voluntarily contributed money to help the government build the Guanxi because of the incorruptibility of the officials.For example, in Xinzhou in the year of Emperor Renzong's reign, after the disaster, the magistrate of the prefecture said, "Fu County transferred the rich people's water to reach 780 six households, and collected 130 bricks from Buddhist temples."

Regarding this amount, I refer to the cost of repairing official houses in Xiataihe County in 1042 (a thousand guan), there are more tens of thousands of guan, and some only a few hundred. ("Research on Administrative Costs of Local Governments in Song Dynasty", Chapter 1 Costs of Administrative Facilities of Local Governments in Song Dynasty p78, p103-107, written by Wang Xiaolong, Science Press)

2. The magistrate's exam has been mentioned in detail before, so I won't repeat it here!

Shuai Shou and Supervisor (transport envoys, mentioning some criminal prisons, and promoting Chang Pingping) inspected the subordinate Zhizhou, and divided them into three grades.

3. Lizi: carved and printed by the imperial court and issued.The basic method of assessment of local officials is to record their principalities on the calendars and printed papers of subordinate chiefs, initially assess a level, and then be selected and reviewed by the Ministry of Officials.

4. Inspection history of supervisors: In the 6th year of Xianping, Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty once issued an edict that "the position of supervisors is always to be assassinated, and it is quite common to hear that the officials are idle, and they are lazy in the Ministry of Affairs... and ordered all roads to transfer envoys, and ordered them to be inspected all over the management." .There are also regulations on the time of tours. During Song Zhezong's time, it was necessary to tour the prefectures and counties every two years. However, during Song Xiaozong's time, it was stipulated that "all road supervisors will be divided into divisions in the future, and patrols will be carried out according to regulations in the second half of the year." For those who go all over the place, stick one hundred times, if you go over it without applying it, you will be reduced by two grades'

The article uses the inspection frequency requirements of Song Xiaozong.

2-4皆出自《宋代地方政治研究》作者贾芳芳人民出版社，Chapter 3p115-126