Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don’t bully the elderly and poor!

Today's changes in the court -

Hanlin Minister Liu Yixiang asked his in-laws, the "Painting Talent", one of the four talented people in Wuzhong, to provide the birth and death dates of three generations of male and female ancestors, and found that all three generations were in the age of forty to When he died of illness in his sixties, he forcibly broke the contract and instead looked for other young talents for his granddaughter who were healthy and would not die early.

A certain censor wanted to marry a daughter of the clan for his grandson. Taking advantage of his excellent teeth, he stood out from all the talented people and got to marry the daughter of the clan - because this clan girl's father suffered from toothache.

A new member of the consular service has become a hot target in the marriage market because his grandmother had five sons and one daughter, but lived to be 85 years old in good health.

And...

In short, the marriage of each family has changed greatly. Although marriage is based on There is a benefit, but there is also room for manipulation. For example,

your eldest son has a higher nose, your second son has a flatter nose. I don’t know whether my grandchildren are handsome or not, but no matter how handsome they are, they will look ugly with flat noses. It was too horrible to watch. Why not change the marriage partner from the second son to the eldest son?

It was a marriage anyway, so whoever married was married.

Xu Yanmiao had no idea about this.

He hadn't been looking for gossip about the Tiantong Dynasty recently. The strong ones are all attacking other people's ancestors.

When the government office was locked the day before the holiday, he packed the "Ancient Book of Interesting Stories" in a solemn manner and took a carriage to Yiyang County.

Yes, not in the capital, but in Yiyang County. The Dou family is Yiyang. County.

It is 131 miles west of the capital.

Maybe because the journey is a little far, I heard that the old emperor did not attend the birthday banquet, but just sent gifts.

Before Xu Yanmo arrived, he met Liang Rui's carriage on the road. When they arrived at the Dou Mansion

, they saw many carriages parked in front of the mansion, but they were all people Xu Yanmiao didn't know.

Liang Rui did know them.

He opened the curtain and pointed them out to Xu Yanmiao one by one -

"The one who came here on a strong horse, with silver and yellow hair on his left hand and a sash tied to his chest, is Kong Ying, the Minister of History who retired in the 17th year of Tiantong."

Xu Yanmiao looked over and saw a car with a silver and gold roof that was dazzling. An elderly man with a gray beard and exquisite brocade embroidery walked out of the car. , and the driver who supported him all wore silk satin soft-soled shoes.

Xu Yanmiao: (⊙o⊙)

made a sound as if he had never seen the world: [Wow——]

"That man is wearing a mink coat, and his horse has a drooping The one I saw was Zhang You, the retired prefect in the seventh year of Tiantong.

Xu Yanmiao looked over again, and his pupils were shaking.

A fat man stepped on a stool and got off the bus.

In March, he was wearing a fur coat made of squirrel and mink. Not only that, his horse had a gold bridle and silver horse head ornaments. Even the horse's earrings are made of jade.

He has never used jade to make earrings!

Man is not as good as horse!!!

No, not only man is not as good as horse, the car given to him by the old emperor is not as luxurious.

Although the horse is good, The horses are ordinary, without any gold or silver decorations, and the body of the car is made of good wood to prevent it from being damaged too quickly. In any case, it will definitely not have leather wrapped around the wheels or pearls and jade decorated windows.

Xu Yanmiao was in a daze: "Are these people so rich?"

Liang Rui picked up the teacup in the car, took a sip, and said calmly: "Maybe their family has some assets? But they also heard that the emperor would not come, Only then did he dare to be so arrogant. When he was still an official, he would never dare to decorate his carriage like this. "

Xu Yanmiao: "But the Jinyiwei..."

Liang Rui smiled: "The Jinyiwei was established in the 32nd year of Tiantong. Even if they listen to I have heard of the Jinyiwei, but I have never seen them in person."

Xu Yanmiao nodded thoughtfully.

Liang Rui: "Besides, local people are naturally fierce and wild. They may be cautious in their words and deeds in official circles, but when they return to their hometowns, they will be very brave. After that, they will naturally be influenced by the customs."

Xu Yanmiao immediately pretended to listen attentively.

——These are things that are not taught in school.

Liang Rui smiled: "The King of Han was born in the imperial harem, and he is very proud, but he also suffered a great loss in the countryside."

Xu Yanmiao raised his ears and adjusted happily . Liang Rui: "At that time , he was fifteen or sixteen years old.

He went to his fiefdom and summoned his men to go out hunting. He did not hide his identity, but when he left the city and entered the countryside, he was still set up by the villagers on the road. They tied the horse ropes, robbed the horses and money and left. Those people also knew that they were robbing the King of Han. "

But what does it matter?

Xia law does not allow large-scale private fights, and there are still armed fights between the two villages from time to time. Those township officials don't care at all. Yes, we will. Even if someone dies, we will just have to pay the money.

"Fighting between two villages and between clans is prohibited by law, but fighting is still going on in the countryside, and this cannot be stopped by clean government."

"Some desperate criminals dare to steal money and kill even the village chief."

" Killing and burying bodies, robbing on the road... In such a place, naturally, some retired officials will think, "I am the local tyrant, it doesn't matter what I do." They no longer have the keen sense of smell they had when they were in the officialdom. "

Xu Yanmiao Suddenly realized: [Oh! So much talk... Isn't this the imperial power not going to the countryside! ]

"Gudong——"

Lian Hang, who was about to get off the carriage, rolled down from the carriage as soon as he got here.

It scared Xu Yanmiao. Jump. He quickly opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage: "Lian Lang, are you okay? Why are you crying?!"

Lian Hang climbed up and wiped his tears: "It hurts."

What's the pain? It's just that I was You are scared!

Can you just say these five words "Imperial power does not go to the countryside"?

Oh... He didn't say it either... Forget it! Regardless! Anyway, these five words will definitely go straight to your majesty's heart. , ruthlessly pointing at the lifeblood of the dynasty, once this sentence comes out, many people will definitely die, don’t you know!

Xu Yanmiao didn’t react at all.

——This kind of words were used to being said on the Internet before, and I didn’t think it was sharp at all

Liang Rui sat in the carriage, muttering the five words "Imperial power does not go to the countryside" .

"As expected of Bai Ze, who is well-informed, your summary goes straight to the core."

In comparison, he just cited such a long list of examples and said so many descriptions that it was a bit tedious.

Why are the people in the countryside so fierce? Why are there evil officials? Why are the people oppressed so badly by the government? These five words are enough to tell the whole story.

Liang Rui couldn't help but recite "The imperial power does not go to the countryside" over and over again, as if he had found a treasure.

- Then, in other words, as long as we can find a way to let the imperial power go to the countryside, can we prevent the people from rebelling against the officials and allow the dynasty to last longer?

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Liang Rui wanted to think about it, but the carriage had already arrived at the door, and it would be impolite if he didn't get off. So he got off the car and went in and sat down. Xu Yanmiao sat next to him.

As usual, they first watched singing and dancing, and opera, and the food was served at an auspicious time.

[Huh? How luxurious——]

The college student made a sound that sounded like he had never seen the world.

[The meat on the pig's back is the most tender, and that meat dish is made entirely of pork back meat! ]

[Prime Minister Dou set up more than ten tables for the banquet, right? ]

[Hiss——How many pigs were killed! Wouldn't the remaining meat be thrown away? ]

[In this crucian carp soup, only the meat from the belly is put in? Because the belly meat is the most tender and has the least bones? ]

[Is he such a good eater! ]

[And this Chinese cabbage, only the tender heart is eaten! ]

[Wow! There is also a roast suckling pig later, and this pig is specially fed with Poria cocos and Dangshen! Her Majesty knows that her brother is so extravagant...eh? Oh, it turns out that they are not raised by themselves, but bought from the former prefect Zhang's house. 】

【Strange, Prime Minister Dou doesn't usually eat these, is it because of his 80th birthday that he indulges himself? 】

Liang Rui's eyes moved, and he fiddled with the particularly luxurious bowl on the table. He glanced at the position of himself and Xu Yanmiao, and suddenly said: "Xu Lang, can we change seats? I feel a little upset today, and I may need to go in and out. Sitting in the back is a bit..."

Xu Lang was very generous: "No problem! Let's change secretly now."

After the change, sitting in the back made it easier for Xu Lang to be distracted.

【Why is this fat prefect Zhang still taking other people's land? 】

Xu Yanmiao frowned, and a little disgust appeared on his face.

【The land he took was still the people's. It's really annoying. Now that you've discovered it, let's go back and report it to Yu Shi. 】

Most of the officials in Beijing secretly scanned the room.

Who is it?

- Not everyone is like Liang Rui, who can name all the retired colleagues with whom he has had little dealings.

After a few officials in Beijing met the person, they looked at the still smiling former prefect Zhang with sympathy.

Eat well, this may be the last good meal you have.

You are no longer in the officialdom, but the Prime Minister came here on his eightieth birthday and made such a conspicuous appearance. I can only say... it's your bad luck.

Former Prefect Zhang: "???"

For some reason, he felt a little weird, as if there were always eyes secretly watching him.

He twisted his body uncomfortably, put on a warm smile, and tried to continue the polite conversation with the official from Beijing who had just been so enthusiastic: "Your Excellency..."

Then, he saw that official suddenly stroke his forehead very weakly, as if he was drunk, and fell on the table.

Former Prefect Zhang was completely confused.

What happened? Why did he suddenly look like he didn't want to have too much to do with him? !

He wanted to talk to other people, but they either showed that they were obviously avoiding him, or were very polite and distant.

Former Prefect Zhang: "???"

Has he been away from the officialdom for too long? Why did one or two of them express their resistance to strange officials so obviously?

Is it because he retired? But things change over time, don’t they worry about him making a comeback?