Chapter 75 Zongyuan Academy(1/2)
On February 14th, the fourth year of Chongning in the Song Dynasty, the first hour of the lunar calendar, and at 7:10 am in the modern day.
In Wuligang, Tangyin County, Yue Fei received several guests in the conference room where the meeting was held ten days ago.
These guests were invited by Zhang Shangying, and they said that the invitation was not right, but they were coming. The reason was to set up a town in Wuligang.
According to Yue Fei's decision, the Wuligang bandits' nest should be correct and the name should be legitimate. This matter will be left to Zhang Shangying.
Zhang Shangying is used to being a high-ranking official, which is a small matter, but Yue Fei warned him that he should also be a big matter, especially if he cannot handle it, he is domineering.
For example, in the past, Zhang Shangying became much more honest. I have to say that the experience of cheating the king was quite precious to him. He respected the county magistrate Li Chun and others very much.
Li Chun and other managers also knew it and were very cautious about this matter. He immediately said that they would conduct on-site inspections.
Because both sides need to be prepared, the time is set today, so today's visit has been made.
Because this is a formal meeting, many people from both sides attended.
Li Chun brought his main assistant, one was the county magistrate named Cai Lei and the other was the county magistrate named Yang Tai.
The two of them are responsible for a lot of matters in specific division of labor, but generally speaking, one is the aspect of literature and politics, and the other is the aspect of martial politics.
The two of them belonged to the ninth rank among the Song Dynasty and were the lowest rank officials, and they were under the rank of no rank. According to convention, according to convention, they could not be called an official, but could only be called an official.
Officials who cannot be ranked are not important. They often control important positions, and they are mainly responsible for their work, so they are collectively called officials, but in social status, especially in the upper class, there are very different officials and officials.
But in the eyes of the people, they are all noble and superior. There is a word called corrupt officials and officials, which shows the classification of them in the hearts of the people.
Because those officials who belong to the officials are important and because they need to deal with the town construction matters, several of them have come. They are undoubtedly the subordinates of the county magistrate and county magistrate, and they must be missing when doing things.
Also, everyone is tacitly informed. Anything that is indispensable for doing things, so naturally you can’t miss anyone, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
Even if Li Chun is a clean official, these things like the normal feelings of people in the officialdom, especially those related to interests, are not allowed to be negligent.
Otherwise, how could he be called a veteran of the officialdom and a tumbler for more than ten years?
Yue Fei sent Zhang Shangying to take charge of this matter. Zhang Shangying mobilized all his cells to do this matter well. This was his first shot and he had to fire it. He was jealous and completely weak. He had been in the officialdom for many years and knew better than anyone else.
Therefore, he reported the progress to Yue Fei every day, including who would come to investigate the attitude of the county government, etc.
He also had an in-depth understanding of the main officials and officials in the county, including their character.
For example, are they law-abiding or committing private fraud? If they commit private fraud, they are generally taking advantage of small gains or being greedy.
For different people, he would propose different targeting measures and discuss with Yue Fei whether to adopt them.
So from Zhang Shangying's perspective, he made complete preparations and felt that there was no problem with their investigation.
Especially Li Chun, his attitude was strongly supported. He came here mainly to see what the actual situation of Yue Fei's transformation into good deeds and whether there were any loopholes.
However, the two outside the two, the county magistrate and the county magistrate, were not so sure, because neither of them was Li Chun's camp.
In the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, because of the emperor's deliberate actions, they prevented them from forming a group and opposing the emperor, and all levels of officialdom were full of factions.
Therefore, it is natural that they have different opinions and constant disputes.
Specifically, the county magistrate Cai Lei was a distant brother of the Cai Jing family. He was younger than Cai Bian and was about thirty years old. He was the rising star of the Cai family, at least one of them. Cai Jing admired him very much. It is said that being a county magistrate was his arrangement.
In the Song Dynasty, the emphasis on culture and military affairs was placed on the whole. In the state and county system, the county level was very important because it was an institution that contacted grassroots people.
Moreover, due to the limitation of scale, a county magistrate must deal with cultural and political issues within a county. As the saying goes, sparrows are small and have all the internal organs.
This is obviously an advantage over the current officials, because the current officials are in charge, even if they become the supervisor of the six ministries, they only care about one aspect.
Therefore, if a person really has ambition, he can learn the knowledge of being the prime minister to govern the entire country by becoming a county magistrate.
Of course, these are all theoretical possibilities, and they also rely on the parties to effectively use the opportunity. Otherwise, even if you are given a mountain of gold, you will starve to death.
Cai Jing is the prime minister, and no matter what others think, he doesn't care. Anyway, he thinks he is the prime minister's talent, so he has high hopes for the rising star of his family.
Not to mention anything else, the emergence of ten or eight prime ministers is the most important, and Cai Lei is one of them.
Of course, the goal is to be the prime minister just a general requirement, and he has a specific task, which is to fight against Li Chun and drive him off the stage.
Therefore, Li Chun is not Cai Jing's party, so this must be suppressed.
Therefore, Zhang Shangying and Yue Fei knew very well that Cai Lei would not stop at today's meeting.
As for county magistrate Yang Tai, as a military officer, he had little influence in such decisions.
But when it comes to turning bandits into good deeds, it is his territorial power.
Wuligang is a notorious bandit cave, and it has a long history. The officials have achieved little success in many bandit suppression, so when discussing bandit suppression, they are excluded. Because there is no way, it is useless to spend effort.
He is happy to see this matter happening with his responsibilities. He probably can also increase the benefits one level as well.
However, his backer did not agree with using force and was a pacifist, so he would not be too active.
For example, he reminded Li Chun that if the bandits turned into good causes the bandits to cause rebellion and injury, he would have no one to suppress the chaos.
Yue Fei first made an opening remark: "Welcome to visit us. The ones we attended today's meeting are Taoist Chen Tuan!"
Yue Fei pointed to the old Taoist who was sitting against him. This person didn't actually show up very much, so he didn't have a reputation, but Li Chun knew about it.
When he heard Yue Fei mention him, he immediately understood the profound meaning: "Chen Tuan? Could it be that Taoist priest who played chess and won the Huashan Mountain from Taizu?"
Chen Tuan kept scolding you, a stinky brat, let me take on all the bad things, but he remained silent on the surface: "Yes."
Yue Fei did not wait for others to speak, and then said, "The reason why I introduced Master Chen Tuan to everyone first is to tell you that what I said and what all our personnel said were all in the planning of Master Chen Tuan.
We have implemented it gradually according to his foresight, so when you see our clever approach, don't make a fuss.
"Don't object if you don't understand. With the profoundness of Taoist Master, you will be right if you don't move. I sometimes don't understand.
"For example, why did the thousand-year-old bandits in Wuligang turn bandits into good deeds? They just followed Master Chen Tuan's advice.
"Uncle Zhang Yaqun, is that right?"
Zhang Yaqun muttered in his heart, although it was actually a thousand miles apart, but it was almost the same on the surface, and agreed with a smile: "Yes!"
When Yue Fei saw everyone's speech that was very supportive, he happily clinked: "Look, is it the same thing I said?
"The most amazing thing is that Uncle Zhang Shangying, who is dating you, is that from Uncle Zhang Yaqun, Uncle Zhang Shangying has fought some cheaper things, but don't worry about it, anyway, the meat is rotten in the pot and the word "Zhang" cannot be broken.
"He insisted on putting the opportunity to be prime minister in the court, but came to us to do some errands, such as building a town, and it was still very satisfying to accept it.
"Why? Or is it because of Master Chen Tuan's words, right? Uncle Zhang?"
Zhang Shangying thought to himself, you little kid don’t have a truth!
He smiled happily: "That's right! I wish I could hear it twenty years ago!"
Yue Fei concluded this way: "Under the guidance of Master Chen Tuan, we have made a request to build a town. My uncle Zhang has already made it clear to you in detail, so I will not repeat it. Here I will repeat it again according to Master’s wishes. Please allow us to establish Wuligang Town and turn bandits into good deeds."
Li Chun asked: "What will happen to you if we don't agree?"
Chen Tuan said: "It's easy! I can find Zhao Ji to play another game of chess. This is what Zhao Kuangyin promised me."
"What did Taizu promise Taoist priest?"
Almost everyone asked in unison.
"It is to allow me to play a game with the current emperor. If I win, I can make any request."
"Can you ask the emperor to marry your daughter to you?"
Who is so bold that he dares to raise such a rebellious question?
When everyone saw that it was county magistrate Yang Tai.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that this reckless man is still alive and has a great life.
The old Taoist hehe: "The old Taoist is a boy, let alone those yellow-haired girls, they don't care about their interests at all."
This old Taoist is even more brave than that reckless man! He doesn't want the princess to be afraid, but he looks down on him.
In comparison, civil servant Cai Lei would be much better: "If the Taoist priest wins this time, can you tell us what reward you want?"
Chen Tuan didn't care much: "It's too easy to beat Zhao Ji, probably no more than fifty hands. He is known as a master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In my opinion, he is so proficient in everything, and he is not just not able to be the emperor, but in front of me, he can't do anything."
Li Chun said: "Does the Taoist priest think it's easy, so he doesn't want anything?"
Chen Tuan glanced at Li Chun: "You are dreaming! A gentleman's word is as good as a horse, let alone me, my old man? What's more, Zhao Kuangyin's golden words? I don't want much, just Tangyin County, at most, Neihuang County, it depends on my mood at that time."
Li Chun smiled bitterly in his heart. Isn’t this a typical fight between gods and immortals? I, a mortal, suffers from disaster?
You have a happy time with the emperor, but Tangyin County exported it from me, and it is my responsibility. To be honest, it is also my responsibility. Why should I do anything?
If you build a town, you will build a town. With my years of experience in replenishing your hands, Isn’t it like a flower?
So he said, "I have no problem, where are you county magistrates and magistrates?"
While talking, I hint to the two of them, just pass it, don’t make any troubles.
However, he made a mistake in a hurry and forgot that the two men were not in the same trench as him.
Cai Lei spoke out: "I am responsible for managing all the villagers. If they are good people, I am confident that they can make them obey themselves. However, these bandits are all bandits who have accumulated age and are extremely guilty. Although the Taoist priest has had a huge influence on them and has turned them into good people, I have many questions about this. How do you plan to educate them? Today I brought the new county tutor and listen to your plans together."
Yue Fei was happy, this question was very good!
It turned out that during these days, Zhang Shangying continued his work, looking for the people on the Yuanfu Party’s list and attracting them.
When we contacted Li Chun and the others to build the town, we accidentally heard a name, which was the new teacher, whose name was Cheng Yi.
Cheng Yi, isn’t it Cheng Yi?
To be continued...