Lean on the stick and look at the mountains, leisurely in the house.
It's hard to catch up with the ancient times, but only Hongmeng will remain.
The rising and falling of the moon and the sun, the rolling of the wind and the thunder and wind.
If I want to be self-satisfied, why should I go to Huasong?
At the head of Donglong Village, Tianbu Township, Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province, Li Tengjiao, a famous figure of the generation, looked at the hill opposite and sang a song "Looking at the Mountain" composed by himself.
He was an open-minded person, and never cared about the disobedience of those who came from behind. He was also very upright. When the two capitals were lost, he did not want to be an official of the Manchu Dynasty. He entered the Yitang of Cuiweifeng and interacted with other scholars, and became one of the "nine sons of Yitang".
The oldest person is treated as a brother by all the disciples. Among the scholars, he can be said to be highly virtuous and highly respected.
"What a poem! It's impassioned, sonorous, straightforward, and uplifting when you listen to it." Suddenly someone praised it loudly.
Although they haven't seen each other for many years, their voices cannot be changed. Li Tengjiao knew without looking that the person coming was Peng Ren, who was also the ninth son of Yitang. He smiled and said: "My dear uncle, my dear brother, if you are not an official in the court, how can you come here?"
Are you looking for me, a mountain villager, in this wilderness?"
"Haha, brother Li Lu is so leisurely. He doesn't listen to what's going on outside the window, and he only reads the books of sages. It's just a pity that he has such a talent for dealing with the world!"
Peng Ren's voice seemed to be sighing, but also seemed to be a hint.
Li Tengjiao raised his brows, raised the bamboo cane with his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Fool is not as young as my wise brother. He is old! He is a sixty-six-year-old man, and he has to rely on it to walk!"
In fact, Peng Ren was not young, he was fifty-two. Hearing this, he said sternly: "If we talk about old, Jiang Shang can still be the prime minister at seventy. The chief minister of our dynasty is still serving the country at the age of seventy-two. How old is my brother?"
That’s it!”
"My dear brother, you will not come from the capital without anything. If you have anything to say, please speak up." Li Tengjiao knew that Peng Ren was courageous and loyal. He had a good relationship with Wen Yingbo when he was young. Later, Yingbo was killed by the rebels. At that time, the war was in a hurry.
People did not dare to walk in the daytime, so they went alone to collect the corpses and mourned the funeral. In short, this was an upright and bloody man. There was no need to talk in circles when talking to him.
"Brother, I have spoken out. The Holy Emperor wants to establish a new statistics department in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Da Sinong (another name of the Minister of Household Affairs) wants to appoint me as a doctor. The younger brother thinks that his talent and learning are far inferior to his elder brother, so he recommends you to Da Sinong. Now.
The imperial court's recruitment documents have been issued. You are the doctor and my younger brother is the Yuanwailang. Please follow my younger brother to Beijing to take up his post as soon as possible."
"Statistics Department? What does this new department do?"
"Statistics of important data related to the national economy and people's livelihood. For example, the output of salt, iron and tea, the number of materials for new ships, the price of beef and mutton, etc. are used for your Majesty's reference in governing the country, and at the same time, it is also an assessment of officials' performance."
"I understand, this is a statistics of all directions for the Holy Emperor to consider carefully. It is indeed important!" Li Tengjiao thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty is carrying out reforms and it is the right time to hire people. Please bring me to the capital with you, brother," Peng Ren said excitedly.
"My dear brother, you know that my foolish brother has no ambition here. He only wants to be leisurely among the mountains and rivers." Li Tengjiao sincerely does not want to be an official. The older he gets, the more indifferent, humble, gentle and kind he becomes. p>
"Brother, haven't you always advocated that scholars should apply what they have learned to help the world? The problem with today's scholars is not that they are not clear about the distinction, but that they are not diligent in their practice. Since you have talents and knowledge, you should come forward and be used by the country, and live in seclusion.
What good are the mountains and wilderness to the people of the country?"
"Teaching and educating people and cultivating talents for the country is also a kind of contribution." Li Tengjiao taught disciples in the countryside, requiring his disciples to wear coir raincoats and hats every day, sing poems day and night, and bow into the house. He really cultivated many talents. p>
"Compared with cultivating talents in a corner of the country or making statistics on the teachings of nine states and thousands of directions to assist the king, which one has made a greater contribution?" Peng Ren looked directly into Li Tengjiao's eyes and said, "Brother, people are bound to die, why not do more?
The country should do something to make life more exciting.
The weak words made waves in Li Tengjiao's heart. Once upon a time, he also wanted to become an official and realize his ambition. However, first the government was corrupted, and then the Manchus invaded. He finally drove away the Manchus, and he didn't like to curry favor with the powerful.
As I grew older, I gave up my thoughts of being an official and settled down to entertain my grandchildren and teach students. Unexpectedly, at the age of sixty-six, God gave me another chance to fulfill my ambition.
Should you go or not? Some things are still unbreakable after all!
"What my dear brother said is that life is short, so you should do more things to avoid regrets!"
"Brother, is this accepted?" Peng Ren was overjoyed.
"I agreed, let's go, let's go to Beijing together to serve as officials." Li Tengjiao threw away his bamboo stick, laughed loudly, and left with Peng Ren in his arm.
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After entering the Golden Palace and wearing official uniform, you become an official.
Although Li Tengjiao had never been an official before, he was a well-known scholar. He was quite upright and had full official power. As soon as he and Peng Ren took office, he summoned all the officials of the Statistics Department for discussion.
The Statistics Department consists of the Office, the Personnel Department, the Logistics Department, and then five major business departments: the State-owned Assets Statistics Department, the Industrial Statistics Department, the Commercial Statistics Department, the Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, and Fishery Statistics Department, and the Urban and Rural Survey and Statistics Department, each with its own responsible management. "This company is initially established. What data do you plan to provide for your Majesty's reference?"
"Dr. Li, our undergraduate program has set up twelve data items such as total industrial output value and new output value," the director of the Industrial Statistics Department reported.
"The undergraduate program has set up fifteen data items such as the total amount of commodity transactions and sales of important commodities such as salt, tea, and iron," said the director of the Business Statistics Department.
"The undergraduate program has set up eighteen data items such as the number of births, the number of deaths, the total population of the country, and the price of beef, mutton and vegetables," the director of the Urban and Rural Survey and Statistics Section also said??
"Well, you have been working hard and the preliminary data project has been completed. However, I believe that the projects in each subject should be listed in more detail. For example, industry can also be subdivided into mining and textile industries.
, manufacturing, construction, shipbuilding, food and beverage processing industry, etc., sub-statistical output value; agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, agriculture can be broken down into grains, beans, vegetables, fruits, cotton, hemp, oils, flowers and trees,
Rattan reeds, hay, etc. Fisheries can be divided into marine fisheries and freshwater fisheries; commerce can be subdivided into shops, department stores, professional markets, warehousing, etc.??"
Li Langzhong, the new official, made three big moves when he took office. As soon as he took office, he increased the number of statistical items from the original 120 items to 368 items, which can be described as a big deal.
"Do you collect the data yourself or report it to each prefecture and county?" Li Tengjiao asked another key question.
"Brother Li, our company has just been established and is short of manpower. We only have personnel in the three capitals, provincial capitals and some important cities. Some of the data are collected by ourselves, and most of the data need to be reported by the prefectures and counties," Peng Ren said. "It seems that we need to thin out the imperial court and increase the number of manpower. We must have our statisticians in all cities and towns." Li Tengjiao thought for a while and said to Peng Ren: "Brother Xian, brother Yu thinks that we should add another department: the Supervision Department to go to various places.
Supervisors of prefectures and counties should check whether there is any data falsification. Without supervision, I cannot believe the data reported by local officials."
