The Nameless of the Common Clans

The clouds in the sky are very thick, and it looks like it's going to snow.

Time has unknowingly reached mid-November, which is already deep winter. At this time, Luoyang City is less noisy, and every household stays at home if they have nothing to do. Since Chen Mo promoted the use of fireplaces in the north, fewer and fewer people are willing to go out in winter. Standing on a high place, you can see the fireworks of thousands of families, and the wisps of smoke will not stop throughout the winter.

In the early morning, someone on the street pushed a cart to send charcoal slag out of the city. Although life is a little better, when winter comes outside the city, there are carbon ash and debris dumped everywhere. This thing is not like feces. It can be collected and made into manure and sold for money. Because the effect of manure is good, the price of feces is much more expensive now. Chen Mo heard that the business of pulling night incense has been very prosperous in various places recently, and even caused disputes. If it was decades ago, this scene would not dare to be imagined.

While eating breakfast, he inexplicably thought of manure. Chen Mo felt that he must be crazy, and the food in his mouth suddenly became not fragrant.

"My husband, many ministers' wives have been visiting the mansion more frequently these days. Is there something wrong?" Cai Yan looked at Chen Mo and asked.

"After the New Year, a group of county officials will be selected for promotion to county magistrates and sent to various places in the Central Plains. In addition, the Imperial Academy will select disciples for posting. In addition, some vacancies in the court were not filled because I was not in the court before. Now that I am back, it is time to fill the vacancies. These people are probably here to investigate." Chen Mo smiled.

It is not uncommon for the wives of ministers to visit Cai Yan at the Prime Minister's Mansion. The wives of Chen Mo's confidants will come every now and then. In order to avoid suspicion, Chen Mo generally does not participate in these women's activities. Even if he participates, it is when there are ministers around. However, at that time, men talk about men's things and women talk about women's things. Chen Mo will not have too many interactions with those women. At most, he will greet them when they meet.

There are obviously more people visiting these days. Chen Mo knows what these ministers are planning. They are either testing the waters or recommending. However, Chen Mo has already drafted a draft for the new batch of officials entering the court. Those talents who have been sent out should now report back to the court.

"Then I will send back the gifts sent?" Cai Yan said uncertainly.

"No need, just accept them." Chen Mo shook his head: "Return the gifts in a while, and the value will be equal. If you have time, go there yourself. If you don't have time, let Juan'er or Yunsi go."

Cai Yan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Bodao." Chen's mother smiled and said, "It's the end of the year. Mother wants to send something to your aunt Zhang. What do you think?"

Since Chen Mo said that he had met Zhang in Xia Qiu last time, his mother has been more concerned about this former fellow villager.

"Mother, tell me what you want to give, and I'll ask Xia Qiuling to prepare it." Chen Mo nodded. This was not a big deal, but it was a long way from here to Xuzhou. It was not something special, so it would be the same if I bought it locally.

"Just give a few books. I heard that his family has another child." Mother smiled.

"Then give books." Chen Mo nodded. Although woodblock printing has matured now, paper books have not been vigorously promoted. They are only popularized in the academy. Some things are meaningless if they are given too quickly. However, it is still okay to give a few books to relatives and friends. Others can't control Chen Mo. Not only him, but now people in the academy give books as gifts. The academy also charges money for this thing, but it is not expensive. It is also face-saving to give it to others. Over time, this thing has gradually spread among the people, and even some small workshops have begun to try to publish books using the same method.

This is good news. Chen Mo did not stop it. Instead, some people in the court began to be dissatisfied with it and reported it to the court to suppress it. However, the profits brought by books were too considerable, and the court did not issue clear laws, so there were more and more workshops in the private sector. Luoyang could still contain it, but other places, especially the more affluent places such as Guanzhong, had already been flooded.

Sometimes the court forcibly promoted these things, but it would be rejected by the people and the officialdom. On the contrary, this kind of free growth would be more easily accepted by the people. The court suppressed it severely, and those who got the books would feel that they had picked up a bargain. The method was inappropriate, and the more it suppressed, the faster the business would grow.

When it was out of control, Chen Mo was ready to come forward at that time, and the court would establish a bookstore with better quality and easier to preserve books. Now these families who strongly opposed the flood of books would rush to do these businesses.

But now is not the right time. The whole court is against it. Even Chen Mo does not want to go against the crowd to promote this matter. This kind of thing may take dozens or hundreds of years to take shape. Chen Mo's secret push may shorten the time, but it will never be too short. Chen Mo is not in a hurry.

"It's a pity that my mother is old now and it is not suitable for running around like this. Otherwise, I would like to go back and take a look." Chen's mother smiled.

"Mother is not old. If you want to go back, wait until the situation stabilizes in the future, and the child will go back with the mother." Chen Mo smiled.

"My son should focus on the business, and don't take these things to heart." Chen's mother shook her head. She has always fully supported what her son does.

"Business needs to be done, and this private matter must be done. Who can't have some private matters." Chen Mo smiled and said: "When the weather gets warmer next year, I will accompany my mother back to take a look. It happens that the child will also go to Xuzhou next year. Let's go together."

Although Chen Mo said she wouldn't go, she stopped talking when she heard that Chen Mo was going. She obviously wanted to go back and have a look. Chen Mo couldn't understand the plot of the old man's hometown, but his mother rarely asked him to do anything. Since he wanted to go back this time, Go back, then let’s go back and have a look together.

After finishing the meal, Chen Mo said goodbye to his mother and went to the main hall to start a busy day.

"My lord, these are the people chosen for the eldest son. Please take a look, lord." As soon as they arrived at the government office, they saw Xun You handing a list to Chen Mo.

Chen Jin is going to be the county magistrate. Although he intends to test his son, Chen Mo attaches great importance to safety, because the county town he has arranged for his son is not a safe place.

Chengde County is about a hundred miles south of Shouchun. It used to be a good place, but now, this place is between Shouchun and Hefei. The first county magistrate was killed by the Jiangdong Army who came to harass. Now it is a good place. If we say 10,000 households, I’m afraid we won’t even be able to collect 2,000 households.

Although Chen Jin is somewhat cruel, he is kind and has never experienced any war scenes. Chen Mo put him here with the intention of tempering him.

"Xu Zhi?" Chen Mo looked at the first name on the list and said with some surprise.

"Xu Zhi is the son of General Xu Huang. He is only sixteen this year, but he is extremely brave and well versed in the art of war. He is still white now. He and Dianman will protect the young master. If something big happens, they can at least keep the young master safe." Xun You. smiled.

Chen Jin serves as county magistrate in a dangerous place like Chengde, where safety is the first priority. Many generals on Chen Mo's side are not suitable to follow him. Pick some capable generals who can become Chen Jin's assistants in the future.

In addition to Xu Zhi and Dianman, there were several boys who were favored by Chen Mo in the academy, and there was another person. Chen Mo turned to look at Xun You and said, "I remember that this Guo Huai is Jin'er's classmate and the son of Guo Miao. Now It’s time to become an official.”

Back then, Chen Mo personally arranged for Guo Huaike to be with Chen Jin.

"Exactly!" Xun You nodded and said, "This man is quite capable, but he has a good relationship with the young master. He was previously the county lieutenant of Gong County, but this time it was General Guo who personally sent him."

Chen Mo nodded and said: "Okay, just these people. In terms of security, the county magistrate generally cannot have more than twenty guards. However, Chengde Land is an unusual place. I plan to select fifty people to accompany him as guards, thirty of them." They will be sent there first, hiding in secret to protect them, and will not show up if nothing happens. If necessary, these people will come forward to help. "

Xun You can guarantee that these fifty people will definitely not be simple ordinary guards. They are either Chen Mo's personal guards or selected from the trapped camp. They have to be hidden like this. Xun You doesn't know what expression to make, but after all, it is Chen Mo. As a parent, he can understand this.

I want to train my son, but I am also worried about his safety.

After Chen Mo put away the list, he looked at Xun You. The matter was settled. Chen Mo smiled and said: "This time I am going to recruit Mr. Youruo to return to the court to serve as an admonishment official. What does Gongda think?"

Xun Chen has been serving as the governor of Dai County in Youzhou for several years now. Dai County has been quite prosperous under Xun Chen's governance. Of course, this is also due to the continuous plundering of Hu lands by Lu Bu, Tai Shi Ci, and Zhao Yun in recent years. It has a lot to do with it. Chen Mo had set a rule at the beginning that normal business could be ignored, but if the Hu people dared to cause trouble within the borders of the Han Dynasty, they would be killed even if they caught up with the Hu people.

It is this rule that Zhao Yun and Tai Shici said, "I won't send troops easily if you don't come." However, Lu Bu always looks for trouble. Now, if the Han people are bullied in Hu land, as long as they come to retaliate, Lu Bu will lead the troops to attack. , the Xianbei and Xiongnu people in Danhan Mountain, Hetao and other places At first, people would gather to fight against Lu Bu, but later they learned the lesson after being punished by Lu Bu several times. This also greatly improved the living environment of the people in the north. Many Han people who fled to the grasslands even came back to settle, which also made this In recent years, the population of Youzhou and Bingzhou has continued to increase.

Xun Chen's governance was meritorious, and after the end of the year, the officialdom was transferred. Chen Mo's first consideration was that these border governors might become governors, enter the court as officials, or be transferred to the Central Plains as governors.

Chen Mo naturally hopes to transfer someone like Xun Chen to the court. Asking Xun You this is not to ask whether he should be transferred, but to ask if Xun Chen will stand on his side when Xun You is transferred. If not, then he should stay. Let’s benefit the local people.

"I thought... that's okay!" Xun You thought for a moment, nodded and said solemnly.

"That's good. Mr. Youruo's official letter will be delivered by Gongda."

"Here!"