Returned to Penglangdu again.

That's right, it's "again".

She has been in this county for a day. She got off the boat at Penlangdu in the morning and walked around this small county in the south of the Yangtze River.

Now I'm going round and round and back to the starting point.

But the journey became increasingly silent.

From Penglang Ferry, to the west bank of Guyue Jianpu, to Di Gongzha, and finally to Tanlang Ferry, which was a little admired by Zheyi Canal.

Did a field trip.

She fell silent.

After spending a long time in the Luoyang court and the Empress's palace, it was clear to Rong Zhen that behind every high-sounding principle in the world, there were other people's selfish desires.

Just like those officials who delivered memorials to Her Majesty the Queen with an upright look on their faces, each of them asked for orders for the people, and each of them was a stern official, but which one of them did not hide his unspeakable selfishness?

Rong Zhen has seen too much.

Therefore, when she followed the empress's order and copied Ouyang Lianghan's memorial, she only thought that this man was hypocritical and very verbose.

They talk about a bunch of "improper constructions" in detail.

But behind all your advice and suggestions on water control in Jiangnan, do you really have no selfish desire to protect the interests of the Jiangnan gentry and gentry behind them?

Just normal operation.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was a vast national political power, and every official from the local area who had taken the imperial examination, had military merit, or inherited the ancestral influence and was promoted to the central government, could more or less represent the interests of the local gentry and gentry behind them.

How many of the truly innocent and poor families there were? Even if there were any, they were quickly bribed and won over by the gentry and gentry after they came ashore and began to become the spokesperson for their interests in the court.

And having insight into these can be regarded as the basic qualities of a female official beside the empress. You will understand it after seeing it more.

So after Rong Zhen came to Xunyang City, whether he allegedly caught Ouyang Lianghan in the carriage at the West Gate and transferred his female family members to run away, or he ignored her order and beheaded Zhu Lingxu at the West Gate, in Rong Zhen's eyes, Ouyang Liang

John just has a naked selfish heart.

Behind the appearance of a gentleman, there may be a face driven by interests.

Which company's interests do you, a well-known gentleman like you, represent?

In addition to the Xunyang Prince’s Mansion that is visible at a glance, what else is there?

The Xie family of Chen County? The powerful squires of Jiangzhou Longcheng and Luling Nanlong? Or the giant businessmen of Jiangnan Road?

Since everyone is here for profit.

It would be better to be as evil as the Wei family. They want to dominate the family, steal the position of the Li family, replace it, and become the largest landowner in the world.

It's better than this group of hypocritical civil servants who talk about justice and are full of interests.

So far, the only person Rong Zhen can really admire and respect is the master who has been sitting around settling accounts for more than ten years.

Therefore, during their brief contact in Xunyang City, the more serious Ouyang Lianghan acted, the more she wanted to expose him.

Therefore, Rong Zhen came to Longcheng with suspicion.

Be prepared to investigate something:

Back then, Ouyang Lianghan beheaded Zhu Lingxu in public at the west city gate.

The day before, a person who was also closely related to Zhu Lingxu, Zhao Rushi, was publicly beheaded by unknown gangsters in the market of Longcheng County.

Rong Zhen vaguely discerned a certain connection between them.

She disembarked from the ship and landed today. She originally wanted to visit and investigate, but she never thought of it. She lost track of time while walking around.

the reason is simple.

This county is different from the ignorant and backward poor mountains and rivers in her impression.

Very different.

Have a completely new look.

Even the "qi" is quite different.

Yes, county towns also have "qi". In the eyes of the Qi watchers of the Yin and Yang family, everything has "qi", and a county town is no exception.

Just like a unified dynasty, whether it is gradually decaying and entering the afterglow of the sunset, or it is full of vitality like the sun at half past nine in the morning, or it is in the stage of young adulthood when the scorching sun is blazing...

These can be roughly "seen".

It’s hard to explain how I feel about Longcheng County.

If I had to describe it, I would compare the county seat to a person.

Then it was influenced by three masters with unique personalities... It was infected by three different "temperaments" by these three county magistrates, and they all blended together to make it natural.

Among them, there is a latest "temperament" that is particularly conspicuous...

Rong Zhen walked through the streets and silently read some county annals, and learned a lot.

If I guess correctly, these three county magistrates are:

Tao Yuanming, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty four hundred years ago.

Although he only served as county magistrate for eighty-one days, he left behind two released sika deer and the drunken figure "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence", which will be talked about by future generations.

Many streets, place names, and special products in this county come from his allusions to merlot and chrysanthemum wine.

This is what gives it style.

It cultivates a reclusive and open-minded landscape and scenic spot temperament.

If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there are immortals; if the water is not deep, it will be spiritual if there is a dragon.

The same goes for counties.

There is another person, Master Di, who was demoted from the high position of prime minister ten years ago and is "taking a step back from the beginning" here.

No love or resentment,

Prosperity through hard work.

Poor mountains and harsh waters? Fighting between heaven and earth?

It is also endless fun.

Provide disaster relief and flood control, resolve cases and repair floodgates.

Outwit the barbarians and eliminate the prostitutes.

The master's perseverance taught the people here that even the "unruly people" in the poor mountains and rivers can conquer nature.

A gentleman loses his time and surrenders to villains.

When times are tough, it is better to live in poverty and keep one's duty;

If you are not deceived, you will feel proud.

This is called giving character.

Then, the last one is... the "hypocrite" Ouyang Lianghan who she originally despised.

Digging the Broken Wing Canal to control floods, defeating the biggest bully, dismantling a dominant ancient Yue sword shop...and so on, and so on.

He came to Longcheng alone, and he had nothing but a piece of official paper.

His choice was not to join the ranks of the gentry and wealthy families, but to stand clearly on the opposite side of the powerful landlords in the county.

Scholars fight bullies.

Treat him to a guest, behead him, accept him as a dog?

Then release food, check the accounts, and conduct public trials and raids on homes!

all in all.

Be fair and fight.

This person hangs the word "justice" high in the lobby of Dragon City and teaches the people how to fight step by step.

It gives this county the temperament of a vested interest group that wants to overthrow all common people.

Finally, some kind of thriving vitality is released.

In Rong Zhen's eyes, what the Broken Wing Canal connects is not only a pool of stagnant water in the terrain, but also a pool of numb stagnant water in the hearts of the people of Longcheng.

This is called giving spiritual energy.

Literary spirit, character and spirit.

Three county magistrates, three legacies.

The influence of this kind of temperament at the helm on governance and pioneering work is not groundless.

Just like Emperor Taizong Wen, he fought bullfights with anger and was invincible. His civil and martial arts gave Da Qian and even the current Da Zhou a momentum of expanding territory and full of martial virtue.

This is the change that the founding leaders brought to a new dynasty and its people.

In the words of the Yin Yang family's spiritual watchers, this is called a dragon among men.
To be continued...