Chapter 979 0974 [Conglong hero who did not do well]
The closer it gets to Yanshan Fucheng (Beijing), the more prosperous the population becomes, reaching the county level of Jiangnan.
Quite sad.
The dignified city was once the capital of the Liao Kingdom, but its population was only equivalent to that of Jiangnan County.
The age structure is still the same, with a particularly large number of children, all of whom have been born over the past few years!
The prefect of Yanshan was called Shao Yi. When Ju Ming raised his army in Jinzhou, he was the chief of police of Xicheng County, and he was coerced into rebelling without knowing it.
This person is proficient in small means of fighting for power and gain. He likes to make money but does not dare to be greedy for too much.
Ability is limited, courage is also limited.
When he was forced to follow the rebellion, he was even prepared to recruit troops and surrender immediately as soon as the officers and soldiers came to kill him.
This kind of person has actually become a prefect.
Who should let people have deep qualifications? They were old acquaintances of Ju Ming when he was the magistrate of Jinzhou. When Ju Ming started his army, he appointed four county magistrates, and Shao Yi was one of them.
If he had been more capable, Shao Yi would have been promoted to a central official long ago. This prefect was purely a result of his seniority.
Considering my age, it’s time to retire.
Shao Yi was relatively old and was unable to deal with women, so he liked to be arty and arty, and often summoned the scholars in his jurisdiction to hold literary meetings together.
Moreover, when traveling around the mountains and rivers, I wrote inscriptions everywhere. The writing was mediocre and the poems were mediocre, but they were always carved on stone tablets and cliffs.
I also do serious things, such as promoting culture and education.
He allocated funds from the treasury to support the construction of social studies and village studies, and gave subsidies to teachers of social studies and village studies. Then he publicized it as his own achievements. Every time he held a literary meeting, the scholars also wrote poems to flatter him.
He also visited official schools at all levels from time to time. In his words, he encouraged students to learn and helped those who were less advanced.
The real reason is that the population within the jurisdiction is too small. Apart from organizing people to clear the irrigation canals during the off-season, there is nothing serious to do at other times. For those daily affairs, it does not matter whether there is a prefect or not, and some things require the signature and seal of the prefect.
At this moment, Shao Yi was inspecting Yanshan Mansion School.
Professors, teachers and other teachers gathered in the courtyard with their students and wasted their time listening to Magistrate Shao bragging.
Those awesome guys have been blown so many times that my ears are calloused.
But Shao Yi continued to repeat with great interest:
"In the former Song Dynasty, Ankang Prefecture was still called Jinzhou. Xicheng County was the Fuguo County of Jinzhou, and I served as a superintendent in Xicheng County..."
"You all know that in the former Song Dynasty, the Hunjun was in power, and there were many corrupt officials in the local area. Although I am upright and upright, but the magistrates, magistrates, and county magistrates are all corrupt officials! One year, the magistrate suddenly changed. You guys
Guess who it is?"
Speaking of this, Shao Yi deliberately betrayed him.
The teacher and students could only pretend not to know and asked in unison: "But your Majesty today?"
Shao Yi smiled and slapped his thigh: "It is the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! His Majesty took office in Jinzhou and paid a private visit incognito all the way. At the northern foot of Fenghuang Mountain, west of Hengkou Town, he saw many farmers panning for gold during the spring plowing season. Find an old farmer and ask
, Hey, it was the state magistrate who forced the farmers to dig for gold, even during the spring plowing season. Why did the state magistrate dare to do that? It was just because the former Song Dynasty was too decadent, and the officials were free to prey on the people..."
"Who is the state magistrate? He is a confidant of the former Jingxi Road Transfer Envoy of the Song Dynasty. Who is the Jingxi Road Transfer Envoy? A relative of the traitor Cai Jing! The official residence of the transfer envoy is in Luoyang, and he is also responsible for rebuilding the Luoyang Palace, which is now the palace.
He was the one who repaired it. In order to repair the palace wall beautifully, this guy first ground ox bones to make mortar and killed all the cattle around Luoyang City! Later, he heard that human bones were better, so he went to the mass graves to get human bones.
They even dug up graves to retrieve the bones, causing resentment among the people of Luoyang..."
"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty did light corvee and paid little taxes in Luoyang, while the transfer envoys of the former Song Dynasty dug graves and stripped bones in Luoyang. Comparing the two, who is more benevolent? Even a fool knows! If the former Song Dynasty does not perish, who will perish? If the Ming Dynasty does not prosper, who will prosper?
Besides, His Majesty took office in Jinzhou... Hey, where did I just talk about?"
There are already students who are lowering their heads and suppressing laughter.
Not only is this prefect old, but he also drank too much when he was young, which may have damaged his brain and memory.
Teachers and students said in unison: "Your Majesty saw the farmers of Jinzhou panning for gold during spring plowing."
Shao Yi suddenly recalled: "Yes, yes. Your Majesty said to the farmers, you will go back to plow the fields. I will take care of the affairs here alone. He also showed his official badge with his sword, dispersed the Xiang troops who were supervising the mining of sand gold, and rushed to Hengkou.
The town questioned the tax collector..."
This old man talks eloquently, but actually he talks quite brilliantly.
But the teachers and students were drowsy after listening to it. They had heard it too many times and were very familiar with the emperor's deeds of governing Jinzhou and raising troops to raise righteousness.
Moreover, Shao Yi boasted too much, adding extravagant details about how he assisted the emperor.
Especially when Ju Ming started his army, he only appointed four county magistrates. Shao Yi always said that he was the first of the four county magistrates. Because he was the magistrate of Pingli County, which was closest to Jinzhou City.
It is also said that Zeng Xiaoduan, the current right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was only the magistrate of Xunyang County at that time and was further away from Jinzhou City than he was.
He also said that it was only through his assistance to the emperor that the unjust case in Zeng Xiaoduan's family could be overturned.
Teachers and students all complained in their hearts: You are so powerful. You are only the prefect of Yanshan, but you have already become the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Suddenly, an official rushed over and said in Shao Yi's ear: "Prefect, an angel is passing by and has rested in the posthouse outside the city."
Shao Yi stood up quickly and said to the teachers and students: "Students, go and study now. Professor Zhang will follow me out of the city to meet the angel."
"Congratulations to the prefect!"
The teachers and students sent the prefect away happily as if they had been granted amnesty.
Back in the classroom, a student sighed: "A person who is just trying to gain fame and reputation, but has no ability and is a fool of himself, can actually be the prefect of a country. Alas!"
"Time is also destiny," another student said with a smile, "I am a hero from Long Dynasty, one of the four county magistrates when His Majesty launched the army. If he was really capable, would he still be in a remote place like Yanshan? Didn't he look at other things at that time?
Three county magistrates, a left minister of the Ministry of Justice, a right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and a left minister of Shanxi Province?"
Another student asked: "The four major county magistrates are like this, but how come the magistrate of Jinzhou appointed by His Majesty at that time has not been mentioned by Magistrate Shao?"
"The prefect mentioned it when he leaked," an insider whispered, "The magistrate of Jinzhou at that time was named Liu Shiren, and he moved to Daming Township for a few years. He was the first magistrate of Hanzhong promoted by the emperor. He was later involved in the incident that year.
A major national case has been investigated by demoting an official. I don’t know what official he is now. If Liu Shiren had not been implicated, he would at least be a minister now, and he might even have joined the cabinet."
All the students sighed: "This is very unlucky. It is just a demotion, which means that the case is not deeply involved, and it is probably a family member who is implicated. It is sad to lose the position of a cabinet minister like this!"
At that time, there were three villages in Daming Township. Two brothers, Liu Shiren, one succeeded Meng Zhao as the village school principal, and the other was one of the village chiefs of Daming Township.
During the time when Zhu Ming was transferred from Jinzhou, Liu Shiren assisted Zhu Guoxiang in preparing for the rebellion.
After raising troops to capture Jinzhou, all government affairs of Jinzhou were handed over to Liu Shiren. Later, the entire Hanzhong was conquered, and Liu Shiren became the first prefect of Hanzhong.
The first magistrate of Ming Dynasty!
The first prefect of Ming Dynasty!
If such a person had not been involved in a major case, he would have been in the cabinet by now. He was already the Zuo Shilang after he was demoted that time.
The court was very secretive about this, and Ju Ming dealt with it in a low-key manner, sending him to a remote place to be the magistrate. His current position is Guangxi Zuobuzheng envoy.
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Magistrate Shao, who was doing everything haphazardly, was in great spirits when he saw the imperial envoy. He burst out laughing as soon as he entered the post house: "Why didn't you send someone to notify the angel when he came?"
The county magistrate who had already received him at the posthouse introduced Zong Wu: "This is Shao Zhifu. When His Majesty raised troops in Jinzhou, Shao Zhifu was one of the four county magistrates appointed by His Majesty."
"Haha, these are all things of the past," Shao Yi waved his hands proudly, "Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."
When Zongwu heard this, he did not dare to be scornful and bowed respectfully: "The latecomer will learn from Zongwu and meet the prefect in person."
The county magistrate then introduced: "This angel is the grand-nephew of Mr. Zongge."
Shao Yi was even more enthusiastic. He took Zong Wu's hand and said, "It turns out it's Mr. Xiao Zong."
After a brief exchange of greetings, Shao Yi wanted to host a banquet and invited Zong Wu to go to the government office for a drink. Zong Wu declined politely in the name of being on his way.
Shao Yi asked: "Where is Mr. Xiao Zong going?"
Zong Wu raised his hand in the direction of Luoyang and said, "On the emperor's order, go to the Linhuang Protector's Mansion to reward the meritorious soldiers there."
Shao Yi said: "The journey is not easy."
"Why?" Zong Wu asked.
Shao Yi explained: "All the people in the mountains along the way came down to settle down and divide their fields. They took refuge in the mountains during the Liao and Jin Dynasties. Who would want to live in the mountains when the world is peaceful? Even Bei'an Prefecture (Luanping, Chengde) in the Liao Kingdom
area), there are not many people left now, and the Ming Dynasty did not even have a county. Without people, jackals are in power, and the wild beasts in the mountains are very ferocious."
Zong Wu wondered: "Since the Liao Kingdom can establish a state, there must be a lot of land for farming, right?"
Shao Yi said: "The Kingdom of Jin built strong walls and cleared the country, taking away all the people, and many died of starvation on the way. Later, the Kingdom of Jin was destroyed, and those people settled in Dading Prefecture, unwilling to go into the mountains and return to Bei'an Prefecture.
I heard from officials who came back from the north that the capital city of Bei'an Prefecture is empty. There is only one post station where 200 sergeants and their families are stationed, and there are about a hundred families who have fled into the mountains and returned. It's just one post after all.
There are about a thousand people living in the city or on the outskirts of the city. A little further away from the city, you can encounter jackals, tigers and leopards."
Zong Wu sighed: "I would rather be a peace dog than a chaotic person. There are only a thousand people left in this dignified state. The people's livelihood is so difficult."
Shao Yi smiled and said: "The people there don't have to pay taxes. Each family only needs to contribute some food to support the local post officials, and they live quite comfortably."
"It's really comfortable." Zong Wu couldn't laugh or cry.
The reason why there is no need to pay taxes is that it is too remote and the population is not large, so even the tax collectors are too lazy to urge them.
Shao Yi said: "When the registered population increases to 5,000, the imperial court will reset Xinghua County there. Did the angels lead soldiers?"
Zong Wu said: "I brought more than a dozen forbidden troops and some civilians from Baoding Prefecture."
Shao Yi ordered: "When passing through Miyun, bring more food. Let the soldiers of the imperial army be on guard. There are really ferocious beasts in the mountains."
"Thank you, Grand Administrator, for informing me." Zong Wu handed over his hand.
As Shao Yi chatted, he began to brag again: "I was a police officer in Xicheng County, Jinzhou..."
(In the previous chapters, some people’s titles were incorrect, and the degree of desertification was not taken into account in Ancient Yumen Pass. All have been corrected.)
