PFC Chapter 880 Peony is a flower that eats meat
Chapter 880 Peony is a flower that eats meat
Peng Huizu, 41 years old, was from Heyang, Tongzhou, Guanzhong.
It is said that they are descendants of Peng Zu who lost 49 wives and 54 sons.
His father was fond of gambling, and he once sold Peng Huizu as a child servant six times. Every time, Peng Huizu could find him and beg his father not to sell him again... As a result, his gambling father sold him six times. Once, and proud of it, he often praised Peng Huizu as a smart boy who could run back by himself.
The reason why it was only sold six times was because when it was sold for the seventh time, it was bad luck. When it met the second buyer, they broke Peng Huizu Aye's legs, and after two days of wailing , and died of pain.
Afterwards, Peng Huizu became a boy servant of the family who bought him for the second time, serving the elderly in the family. Later, because of his diligence, good looks, and great strength, he won the favor of the master. Professor Peng Huizu read and write.
Before the old master passed away, not to mention Peng Huizu's status as a benefactor, he also made up for Peng Huizu's student status at the county school, and sent him to the county school to study, thus erasing his status as a servant.
Twenty years later, Peng Huizu won the first place in one fell swoop.
He has always believed that as a human being, one must abide by one's duty and be superior and inferior. This is the basic order of society. A slave must have the self-awareness of a servant, and a farmer must have the self-consciousness of a farmer. will be stable.
Just like the fugitive slaves in front of them, they didn't think about how to serve their master well. After gaining the master's favor, they would gain freedom through formal channels, and then obtain the high position they wanted like him.
Those who don't obey the rules are the untouchables, the real untouchables, because they can't even do the basic duty of observing order, they just want to escape and use the power of the Tang princess in front of them to gain freedom.
It is not acceptable to do this, and they cannot do things that violate the rules.
In his opinion, fleeing against the master is the greatest damage to order, especially in this group of people, there are still many people who escaped because of adultery, and there are still a lot of them. These people are more hateful than robbers who kill and rob.
Therefore, he is going to send these fugitive slaves who fled to Lei Ze County back, or kill them on the spot, which is very in line with the spirit of Datang's law.
Before sending these fugitive slaves back or executing them, Peng Huizu was going to teach them some lessons.
Wenrou stood at the gate of the yamen with his hands behind his back, watching Peng Huizu deal with those fugitive slaves, especially when he saw Peng Huizu order to cut off the fingers of a maid who fled because of adultery with a pinch stick, and broke the legs of the maid's lover. I think this Peng Huizu deserves to die.
"Go and burn the county government office."
Wen Rou gave an order without turning her head, and after a while, the house behind the county government office erupted with fireworks.
When Peng Huizu heard that the back hall was on fire, he stopped trying the case and ordered the pair of runaway slaves who had passed out to be tied up at the gate of the county government office, and they hurried to put out the fire.
Since the fire was ordered by Gentleman, it was naturally not so easy to be extinguished. Before Peng Huizu and the others put out the fire in the back house, the yamen in front was on fire.
Fighting the fire like hide-and-seek is of course impossible. When it was dark, Peng Huizu had no choice but to give up fighting the fire and watched Lei Ze County Yamen being burned to nothingness by the fire.
If there is a county government, there will be county magistrates, and if there is no county government, there will be no county magistrates. This logic was established in the Tang Dynasty, and Ruan Rou has been a county magistrate for so many years, so she naturally knows the three flavors.
Under normal circumstances, the county government is composed of the court, the middle hall, and the back hall. The court is used to judge cases, the middle hall is used to handle official affairs, and the back hall is used to accommodate the county magistrate's family.
Lei Ze County is a small county, and the government offices and prisons are also integrated with the county government. Therefore, if the county government is gently set on fire, it is tantamount to burning down the management foundation of Lei Ze County.
Rourou needs time to bypass the county magistrate and deal with the mess left by Li Si as soon as possible. Once these fugitive slaves enter the village and obtain a formal identity, basically, it is equivalent to a fish entering the sea.
In the Tang Dynasty, even if the county magistrate wanted to accomplish something, he had to go through the district chiefs one by one to complete it. The imperial power never went to the countryside!
The fact that imperial power does not go to the countryside is not so much a phenomenon as it is a compromise of desperation, because the imperial court does not have so much money and food to support a large number of rural officials.
Datang currently has 11 prime ministers, 130 seven ministers, 680 eight ministers, 950 fourth-rank officials, tens of thousands of fifth-rank officials, and more than 500 sixth-rank officials. , There are more than 2000 seventh-rank officials, and there are countless officials of various colors who receive imperial salaries. If a larger number of rural officials are added, the ratio of [-] people supplying one official in the Tang Dynasty will suddenly increase. Increased to [-] people to support a manager.
Such a support ratio is not a big problem in Chang'an, but there is only one Chang'an in the whole Tang Dynasty, and the taxes collected by most counties and counties in a year are even more than that of Jinchang Fang in a year.
This is the current situation of Datang.
Of course, Datang also has some governance actions for the village, but generally, people with two talents are selected to replace them.
These two talented people refer to people with money and talent.
In other words, the governance of the village has always been carried out by wealthy households and landlords instead of the imperial dynasty.
Even if it is to track down fugitives, once they reach the village level, if the head of the family or the head of the village says that there is no such person, then it is true that there is no such person.
Yunchu has always believed that the township of Datang should do a lot, and he himself has come to his current position step by step from the head of Jinchangfang and Guangmingli.
No one understands the power of the village head better than Yunchu. Once the management is done well, it is easy to use the clan or interests to make the country's business flourish. Instead, the county magistrate should have lived with the strong face of Li Chang.
The fugitive slaves who were locked up were taken away by the village chiefs who had been polluted by Li Si, and after changing their names and surnames, they settled down.
Peng Huizu was busy looking for someone to build the county government.
As for the fugitive slaves who fled without a trace, he couldn't take care of them at this time.
A new county magistrate, in Lei Ze County, with no one and no money, wants to prostitute a county government office for free. It is almost as difficult as an unknown monk holding a bowl to ask for alms, hoping to build a big temple.
At the most difficult time for Peng Huizu, the angel Jia Chunyan came to Lei Ze County after inspecting Linpu County.
In Juancheng, Jia Chunyan was full of praise for the newly appointed local magistrate, thinking that the county magistrate had only just taken office, and he could quickly calm down the chaos of the previous county magistrate being killed and officials being arrested, and quickly govern Juancheng County. A well-organized government and harmonious people are really a rare talent.
In Linpu County, although Jia Chunyan pointed out a lot of problems, Jia Chunyan believed that the problem here was caused by the excessive involvement of the government soldiers when they were searching for the former county magistrate and officials. It is already rare to be able to maintain a seemingly peaceful county government. I believe that as long as the county magistrate is given another three months, his Majesty will be able to restore a happy and peaceful Linpu County.
It's just that Lei Ze County is worse, it's not that it's worse, it's worse, it's not only a civil disturbance, but also a serious accident such as the people setting the county government on fire under the rage, causing the prisoners in the county government prison They scattered.
Seeing that Peng Huizu, the county magistrate, was accused by Nei Wanfu of Lei Ze County, who had been bought by Li Si with money and land, Jia Chunyan beheaded Peng Huizu in front of the people in the county in order to appease the anger of the people. He wrote a book of peoples.
In this book, Peng Huizu, who has been in Leize County for less than 20 days, has committed so many crimes that there are too many books to describe. Fortunately, an angel arrived in time to save the people of Leize County from the fire and water.
Jia Chunyan didn't understand why Yunchu would do this. It is obvious that things in Lei Ze County should be small and big, so why did Yunchu act with such fanfare?
Even if a mere Peng Huizu is born a villain, he has only been in Lei Ze County for 20 days. How can he commit so many crimes? prove.
Jia Chunyan told Yunchu that it was inappropriate to do so, but Yunchu still insisted on his own opinion and refused to change it. In desperation, Jia Chunyan took this Wanmin Book back to Jiyang City, where the emperor stayed.
This time, Yunchu bet that the emperor still couldn't see clearly the far-reaching significance of what he did in Lei Ze County to accept the escaped slaves.
After Li Zhi read the Wanmin letter submitted by Jia Chunyan, he asked Jia Chunyan in puzzlement, "Is Peng Huizu's death wronged or not?"
Jia Chunyan calmly replied, "I'm wronged."
Li Zhi said again: "The crimes mentioned in the Wanmin Book seem to be non-existent?"
Jia Chunyan said: "More than [-]% are nonsense."
Li Zhi moved his ass on the chair, moved his body closer to Jia Chunyan and said, "In that case, why did you kill Peng Huizu unjustly?"
Jia Chunyan sighed and said, "When the people's grievances are boiling, the first thing I should do is to appease the local area for His Majesty, and eliminate the grievances between the government and the local people. At this time, there must be no chaos in Caozhou.
On the other hand, the purpose of His Majesty sending Peng Huizu to Lei Ze County is to calm down the local disasters caused by the killing of the previous county magistrate and the arrest of officials, instead of sending him to continue to go to Lei Ze County to make troubles. It's raining, as long as he can calm down the place and appease the people, the rest of the things can be taken care of in the future.
It seems that a mediocre official like him who can't solve His Majesty's worries and problems, the only remaining usefulness of him is to use his head to appease public grievances. "
Li Zhi asked: "Is this matter related to Yunchu?"
Jia Chunyan glanced around, then lowered his voice and said, "It has nothing to do with Yunchu, but it has something to do with Princess Anding."
"What reason?"
"Princess Anding not only sells food at a low price in Lei Ze County, but also wants to deploy some land in Lei Ze County to plant new seeds and new crops planted by Donggong. I heard that one of them can make a lot of money."
Li Zhi said with a gloomy face: "What crop can make a lot of money?"
Jia Chunyan said in a deep voice, "Caozhou Peony."
Li Zhi slapped the table heavily and said: "Being reckless, the farmland in Lei Ze County is not fertile, and there is not enough food every year. If you don't grow food, what does she want to do by planting peonies?"
Jia Chunyan sighed and said, "When I returned to Jiyang through the Yunchu military camp, I once asked Princess Anding, and Princess Anding said: Just because the food produced in the field is not enough to eat, it is more cost-effective to plant peonies, as long as the peonies are planted It came out, and the money I got in exchange was enough for the people of Lei Ze County to buy food in other places..."
Li Zhi roared with trembling hands: "What if no one cares about the planted peonies?"
Seeing that the emperor was so angry, Jia Chunyan said quickly: "Princess Anding said that she would collect all of them. Not only did she want peonies to be planted in pots, but also peony roots to be used as medicine, and peony seeds were also needed to grow new peonies in other places... as long as the peonies are cultivated." When a new variety of peony comes out, she can sell hundreds of peonies."