Dress to be a celebrity

After June, when the summer heat subsides, the Ministry of Rites arranged teams to recruit and surrender: a team with princes from Shunyi left Datong and ran to Liangcheng along Dabian; a team went straight to Shaanxi to Hanzhong Mansion Xuanzhi seconded Huanling, and then went north to join Shunyi Hou Shizi.

When the officials from the Ministry of Rites arrived at Hanzhong Mansion, it was already autumn. It was the season of harvesting rice, and it was also the busiest time for local officials: the prefect of the Song Dynasty wanted to urge the people to harvest according to the time, dry the grain, and collect the grain into the warehouse. ; and urge the counties to transfer the newly harvested grain and grass to Shaanxi and Yulin towns; in a few days, the temperature will drop on the northern grasslands, and we must prepare cold-proof clothes, hats, socks, wool gloves, face protection, etc...

I was so busy that I suddenly heard the arrival of an angel, and I had to change into official uniforms and go out of the city to meet them.

This time the angel did not come to study, nor did he come to ask for things, but to deliver an imperial decree and let Huan Ling go out of the fortress to be a lobbyist.

This imperial decree must be accepted, and deep down in his heart he was unwilling to refuse this opportunity to contribute to the country. However, he did not know how long it would take to return after leaving the customs, and Huan Ling felt a little reluctant after all.

After he received the decree, he exchanged a few words with the angel, and the ceremonial minister who delivered the decree, Sun Han, said with a smile: "In the future, I will be headed by Mr. Huan, and I can't be so polite as Qian Xian."

He also introduced the situation of the envoy: "There is also the descendant of the newly descended Marquis of Shunyi in the envoy team. They are not used to Chinese etiquette and customs, so we must bear with them. After all, this trip is far away. Grassland, there may be accidents on the way, so please make more preparations."

In addition, the imperial court prepared only imperial edicts, gold and silver ritual vessels, and conferring watches for the various ministries, and asked Hanzhong to prepare one or two gifts to appease the various ministries.

In the future, the Shaanxi Cleaning Department will still reimburse you.

Huan Ling sighed: "After all, Hanzhong is only a prefectural city. Now it is doing its best to provide for the army of the Western Expedition and the people on the border of Liangcheng. How can it afford so many things? I only hope that the imperial court will know the difficulties of our officials, Give Zhiyinliang earlier, you can't just let the local support..."

He was afraid that excessive collection would hurt the interests of the people, so he couldn't help sighing in front of the angel.

The angel smiled and comforted: "How could the imperial court not know the difficulties in Hanzhong? Naturally, a single prefecture cannot afford a large army to conquer, and even the money and food used for recruiting cannot only rely on Hanzhong. Naturally, the imperial court has other arrangements for this matter. This time, the lower official also brought another imperial decree, which was issued for this matter."

It was not for him, nor for King Zhou, but for Song Shi.

Zhao added the prefect of Hanzhong to the Shaanxi branch of the household department in the Song Dynasty to take the post of guard and counselor, in charge of the money, food and military equipment of the Shaanxi provinces, so as to supply the army and appease the mission——

After the envoys arrive at various ministries, they may not be able to recruit successfully or not. When they fail to recruit, at least they must be able to save the lives of the envoys, so they must bring rewards and weapons.

A while ago, the King of Zhou only cared about the supply of the Western Expeditionary Army, and Huan Ling helped to manage everything, so everything went smoothly; now that Huan Ling has been transferred away, he has added the burden of recruiting the embassy, ​​and there must be someone to help him.This person must not only understand military affairs, but also know money and food, be able to understand the intentions of the King of Zhou, regard the newly attached people as his sons, and have the spirit of Huan Qianxian who is dedicated to serving the court...

There is no one more suitable than Song Zhifu.

In terms of relationship with the King of Zhou, he is no different from Huan Ling; in terms of civil affairs talents, everyone in the world can see it, and I heard that he had more experience than Huan Ling when he was a teenager; There is nothing to hide, besides, when the Song Dynasty passed the Sanyuan Examination, it was also praised by the Holy One for discussing military and political affairs in the palace examination...

Besides, it was Huan Ling who was sent as an envoy, who would have worked harder than Song Shi when he was preparing property? !

When the six departments discussed who would succeed Huan Ling, although he didn't have the right to nominate him, he still mentioned Song Shi in his heart!Sure enough, several ministers also mentioned Song Shi!

Sun Yuanwai smiled contentedly: "My lord Song is only a fifth-rank official, so it is not easy to add the title of deputy envoy or participate in politics all at once. However, he is responsible for assisting His Highness King Zhou, supplying military supplies and rewards in the Northwest, and settling the border people. Heavy responsibility, what the imperial court gave was not to manage several prefectures, but to unify the powers of all prefectures in the whole province."

With his qualifications, he should have been promoted to the fourth rank long ago.Now that he is shouldering this heavy responsibility, it is not too much to be promoted to the fourth rank.

Huan Ling's eyes couldn't help showing a bit of joy, and he took the initiative to propose: "It's Double Happiness coming to the door. I'll go and call him over right away. I don't need to trouble the prefect's yamen to prepare another incense case. Just accept the order at my censor's yamen."

After receiving the decree, it was time to have a banquet at the Zhou Palace, so that everyone would not have to move from one end of the street to the other, and then move back after the decree was issued.

He personally went over to the mansion to call Song Shi, Ma Tongzhi, Yuan Tongpan and others came over to check on the imperial edict, and when he got up after receiving the edict, they all congratulated him on his promotion.In the Song Dynasty, this promotion was promoted to two levels in a row, and its authority was higher than that of other Taoist counselors.

I just don't know who the new magistrate is, but he also came with the mission, or should he not come from the post?

Not only Mr. Song can't wait to follow Mr. Huan, the new envoy, to make an inspection tour of northern Shaanxi, but the subordinate officials and chief officials also want to know the identity and hometown of the next magistrate, so that they can arrange to welcome the new Shangguan.

Sun Yuanwai caressed the incense table, avoiding Master Song's eyes and said: "My lords need to know that Hanzhong is where His Royal Highness King Zhou resides, and it is also the hub of money, grain, military equipment and transportation. There are also industrial parks and economics colleges, not Shentong. Talents who are scientific, practical, loyal, diligent and vigilant, dare not be easily transferred to replace Mr. Song."

Now the Ministry of Officials is still carefully selecting and selecting the right talents from various places. When the right talents are selected, they will definitely be sent as soon as possible. Therefore... Before coming to the newcomers, Master Song, the magistrate's job, cannot be handed over, and he has to serve concurrently for a while. .

Master Song understood.

Master Song accepted it with a good attitude.

When Mr. Song was a leader, he would at most increase the salary and commission for the employees if they added more work, and promotions were rarely promoted.Now that the imperial court has promoted him by two ranks, and his salary has also been increased by two ranks, what's the problem with expanding the scope of his duties?

no problem.Isn't it just working overtime? He is familiar with this!

Furthermore, he has also seen the things that Brother Huan Xiao helped Zhou Wang manage before. It is nothing more than the quality inspection of ordnance, and the accounting and auditing of money and food in various places.He was just too lazy to use his brain before, and he liked to push things to the little brother, and there was nothing he couldn't do if he had to do it himself.

If it doesn't work, you can recruit two students who are good at mathematics from the school to be teachers.The reason why I didn’t use a teacher these years is because I have fully squeezed out the subjective initiative of my subordinates. Now that my subordinates can’t share the burden, I have to find a master of money and food to help him with the actuarial calculations. By the way, I can solve one or two jobs for the school.

He only has one question - can he temporarily leave his post as the magistrate and go to other places for inspection?

It is self-evident to know why this temporary resignation is why he has to leave temporarily, and where he is going to inspect other places.Sun Yuanwai couldn't help covering his sleeves and coughed twice, and replied: "Since your lord is participating from the fourth rank, you should give priority to inspecting the money, food and military affairs of each government."

However, this is just a suggestion, and he still has to listen to His Royal Highness King Zhou and Master Huan's arrangements. After all: "The lower official is just a member of the Ministry of Rituals, how can he know about local political affairs?"

He threw the question back confidently, and ate the delicacies of the palace with An An, a few interpreters and commanders in the mission, and waited quietly for the superiors to pack up the things they should use.

The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households made a list, and they brought all the items in the treasury in the car, and they had to ask the King of Zhou for grain, ordnance and so on.Huan Ling, the envoy, had already taken the initiative to go to the warehouse to pick up things. In Song Dynasty, he called all the officials in the mansion and the magistrate of Nanzheng County to have a work arrangement meeting.

King Zhou saw that they were going to part soon, but they were both busy with official duties, and they didn't even have time to talk privately. He felt sorry for the two of them, and sent two senior officials from his mansion to help.

There were two senior officials who brought their books to help them with their work, and the two newly promoted adults finally had time to return to Huan Qianxian's yamen, packing their bags and talking.

In fact, there is a great danger in going to appease the various tribes. Song Shi was worried and afraid of setting a flag, so he didn't dare to say it. He just struggled in his chest and said jokingly: "It's a good thing we don't have any children, otherwise we both would On a business trip, the child cannot see his father every day, so he must not grow up well."

Cough, both of them are men, where did the children come from...

Huan Ling subconsciously glanced at Song Shi's stomach, but didn't dare to look any further, for fear that he would get angry if he saw it.He hastily closed his eyes, but couldn't help but tease him: "If you and I are women, we should be husband and wife when we take office this time. Are you afraid that the child won't see his father?"

As he spoke, he remembered that the two of them did have children, but they were still being raised under the knees of their biological parents, and they had not been formally adopted under their knees.He thought he had guessed what Song Shi meant, and said again: "It's better for the child to follow his parents. Not to mention that we are both men and have no time to take care of their affairs. Even if we don't have so many errands, I don't want to add a villain It's between you and me."

Sometimes it is good for two people to travel around the mountains and rivers, study Neo Confucianism, or even just sit quietly facing each other, reading and drinking tea.He even finds the servants who come in and out to be an eyesore, and he doesn't want to have multiple children who need someone to take care of them to take up the time of the two of them.

Um.Song Shi nodded.He didn't want to either.

He sometimes feels that work is too busy, and the two of them don't even have time to go out for dinner or travel.

But right now, military and political affairs cannot be excused, and when the battle is won one day, he will persuade Huan Ling to resign with him and go back to seclusion.In the future, if I have no money, I will write books and open various training courses to make money; if I have money, I will lie down and eat deposits, travel everywhere, find poets from all over the world to sing and take photos, and live a smart life.

When they get old, they will adopt their nephew and niece. The two of them will each write a few memoirs, so that the children will slowly sell books in the future and live by copyright.

He was a little happy thinking about it, but he didn't want to say it, he just put Huan Ling's clothes on his lap, folded them casually, and replied with a smile: "Fortunately, we have brother and sister-in-law to help us raise our children, so we don't have to worry about these things. The two of us will work hard on our careers first. When they grow up, it will be right for them to be worthy of two ancestors when they have a big house, a large mansion, electric lights and a telephone."