On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and on the anniversary of the death of Queen Wende on July 18th, the emperor who had visited Jinchangfang was preparing to visit Jinchangfang again.
On August 13, Jinchangfang had closed its market and began to reorganize its internal affairs in preparation for the arrival of the emperor and Wu Zhaoyi.
"This brick is loose. Pry it up and spread the sand to make it secure. Don't dare to trip His Majesty..."
"And this bamboo tree, it's so twisted and unsightly that it's unsightly. Who the bastard even carved curse words on it? Cut it down, cut it down."
"Yao Niang, you must remember that on the day Your Majesty comes, you must pass through this bamboo forest. Remember, you must lift the cover on the bamboo basket a little. If Your Majesty does not ask, you will not
Turn back.
Remember, wear that water-red skirt."
"Hu Laoqi, I'm old and can't remember things. You have to help them remember that on the day your Majesty comes, they, the old couple with white beards and white hair, must stand at the door of their house.
Wait for His Majesty to salute His Majesty when he passes by.
This is what noble people like to see. Remember, when the two old people show up, they must be clean. You can go to Erniu's bathhouse to rub them well and get them clean on the first day."
Nowadays, Yun Chu doesn't need to worry too much about things in Fangshizi. After three years, he finally cultivated Liu Yi, a wooden lump.
The business of Jinchangfang was under the jurisdiction of Cui, and the people's livelihood was under the jurisdiction of Liu Yi. One of them was stingy, the other was greedy, but they made Jinchangfang, which was already prosperous, prosperous.
Liu Yi fished out a leaf from the ditch and threw it into a wooden box specially used for garbage. Liu Yi planned to walk through Jinchangfang.
Although I don’t know which path His Majesty will take, the preparations must be done well and comprehensively.
The officials of Honglu Temple said two days ago that His Majesty will come to visit the canteen. Therefore, even if there are no guests, when His Majesty is coming, the cooks in the canteen will still prepare all the delicacies that have just been prepared.
Serve it up and show it to the emperor and the nobles.
It was extremely hot in Chang'an today, and there was not even a breath of wind. Liu Yi looked at the motionless windmill and immediately decided to send someone to tie up the oxen. When there was no wind, he let the oxen spin in circles to grind the beans on the stone mill underneath.
By the way, let the windmill turn.
Looking at the water lilies blooming in the lotus pond of Daci'en Temple in the sun, Liu Yi looked at the lotus pond in Jinchangfang covered with dense lotus leaves and his teeth itched with hatred.
The water lilies at Daci'en Temple float in the water like lanterns placed on the water on the first day of the Spring Festival. The eye-catching and fragrant flowers bloom at the top of the slender stems, floating or slightly protruding from the water.
Their flower shape is similar to that of a lotus, consisting of petals arranged in rounds, gradually shrinking from the outside to the inside, and turning into many slender yellow stamens in the center.
The colors of their flowers are not only white and pink, but also blue, yellow, red and transitional colors in between. The colors are so colorful that people are overwhelmed with joy, and they feel like Buddhas when they look at them.
The only lotus flowers in Jinchangfang are lotus flowers, the kind that hold the flowers up high with a thick thorny pole.
Nowadays, when the autumn wind gradually picks up, the lotus flowers have already stopped blooming, and only a few late-developing lotus plants are still blooming. This will not last more than a day. After all, many petals have fallen off.
piece.
The county captain has always said that although the people of Jinchangfang have become wealthy, their personal image and quality have not kept up.
Compared with the Daci'en Temple, it is not good in any aspect, and it also smells of poverty and sourness everywhere.
The people at Daci'en Temple are very wicked and even use fences to encircle the water lilies to prevent people from Jinchangfang from digging them.
Liu Yi grabbed the railing and looked at the water lilies a few more times. Then a young novice monk hurried over and stared at him. These water lilies were treasures specially brought from Tianzhu by an eminent monk from Tianzhu. They could not be stolen by thieves from Jinchangfang.
Liu Yi took out a half-eaten meatloaf from his arms and handed it to the young monk and said, "Have you had your meal, young master?"
The young novice monk looked at Liu Yida with disdain and said: "I don't want you to eat the remaining meat pie. The master said that the lotus is not given to outsiders."
Liu Yi smiled and waited for the young monk to approach, then he grabbed the monk's robes, stuffed the meat pie into the young monk's mouth without any explanation, and threatened: "Your master is a monk who does not eat meat. Now, you eat meat.
You can no longer be a little monk."
Tears welled up in the eyes of the young novice. He tried hard to break free from Liu Yi's restraints. He knelt on the ground with his hands clasped together and began to recite "Amitabha" continuously to repent of his sins.
Liu Yi once again stood across the railing, eating his meat pie, and whispered: "Little monk, look around here, there are only two of us. If you dig a few Buddha lotus trees for me, I promise not to follow the big ones."
The monk told you about eating meat. If you want to eat meat in the future, I will secretly give it to you."
The young monk wanted to cover his ears, but he still firmly clasped his hands together, knelt there and continued to repent.
Liu Yi finished the last bite of the meat pie and continued to say to the young monk: "I will go and tell Zhi Ke Monk now that you have eaten meat, so you should grab my meat pie."
More tears flowed from the little novice's eyes.
Liu Yi whispered: "How about you give me a lotus root from the Buddha Lotus?"
The young novice monk whispered: "The Buddha lotus does not grow lotus roots, only lotus seeds."
"Lotus seeds?" Liu Yi stretched his neck and looked at the Buddha lotus pond, but he didn't see any lotus pods.
"The lotus seeds are in the water, not on the water."
"Then, just give me some lotus seeds, and I won't say anything about you snatching my meatloaf and keep it in your stomach."
The little novice monk obviously wanted to cry, but he held it back with strength. He picked up his robe and lay down on the edge of the lotus pond. He took out a few round lumps from the water and threw them to Liu Yi. Then he burst into tears.
Liu Yi happily played with the Buddha lotus bulbs for a while. Miss Naha must like such a good thing very much. You can first make a lotus tank, plant this thing, give it to Naha, and wait for the next year to produce seeds.
Just replace all those bitches in the lotus pond of Jinchangfang.
In this way, the county captain will no longer laugh at Jinchangfang's lack of temperament.
Pei Xingjian walked up and down the floor melancholy, while Su Dingfang, who was sitting on the soft couch, was shaking a cattail leaf fan and seemed relaxed and at ease.
"Teacher, do you really not have to bear any consequences for Yun Chu's wanton behavior?"
Su Dingfang smiled and said: "Where did he go wrong? Or tell me, where did he go overboard?"
Pei Xingjian frowned and said: "To kill the head with a stick, to fire the fast officer, to kill the yamen servant, to force the prisoner to death, to hang the corpse of a subordinate official in demonstration, all of which are not the actions of a gentleman."
Su Dingfang looked at his anxious disciple and said: "The evidence is conclusive and the evidence is conclusive. He should have been killed. Come on, the government servants worked together to oppress the good people. He was expelled. It was his power as a county captain. It was amazing. It was
A few more people were dismissed at one time, but this was still within their scope of authority.
Inspecting money warehouses, grain warehouses, supervising people's livelihood matters, what is not the responsibility of this county captain?
Those who died had embezzled the money and food of Wannian County and usurped the interests of the soldiers. Even if they did not hang themselves, they would still be dead.
Keep your promise, you don’t know these truths, are you hating why you didn’t use such methods when you took over Chang’an County?”
Pei Xingjian lowered his head and said, "It's not that I didn't think about it at the time."
Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "Are you worried about your reputation and being labeled a cruel official?
In fact, it’s not too late for you to do these things now, but you’re worried that others will say you’re taking advantage of others’ wisdom, right?”
Pei Xingjian seemed to have been shocked by an electric shock. He lowered his head and said, "I'm really not as good as Yun Chu."
Su Dingfang laughed and said, "You are much better than Yun Chu."
Pei Xingjian smiled bitterly and said, "Teacher, you are blaming your disciple."
Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "What I told you is the truth. Both Yinggong and I are waiting for the day when Yun Chu capsizes."
"Capsizing? He is taking every step very carefully now. He can be said to be careful every step of the way. The possibility of capsizing is too low."
Su Dingfang chuckled and said, "Tell me, why do you think Yun Chu's behavior is ungentlemanly?"
Pei Xingjian said: "He pays too much attention to the essence of things, that is to say, he omits the intermediate joints of the development of the situation. It is not a beautiful thing!"
Su Dingfang laughed and said: "That's right, it's the word "unbeautiful". Not only do you think it's not beautiful, but Grandpa Ying, I, and even an old man like Liang Jianfang also think it's not beautiful.
Now, coming back to the topic, why is it not beautiful without the middle joint? What kind of person can give you this feeling when doing things? "
"The disadvantage that my disciples think is that Yun Chu did not do things smoothly and was too practical. The last person who gave me this feeling was Shang Yang.
In the end, everything Shang Yang did was obviously done in accordance with the laws of Qin, but in the end, it was Shang Yang who was quartered by five horses.
He turned Qin from weak to strong, allowed Qin to seize the fertile fields of Wei, and laid the foundation for a strong Qin for the First Emperor to unify Liuhe.
One person benefits the entire Qin State, but in the end only hurts himself, my mentor, do you think Shang Jun is a lesson learned from the past for Yunchu?"
Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "Yun Chu is a wiser person than Shang Jun, and he is also a much smoother person than Shang Jun.
He vigorously cleared out those useless people in Wannian County, not because he didn't know how to act slowly, but just to test how far we old people could tolerate him.
When he discovered that we had not detected the bottom line of our attitude towards him, you see, he immediately gave up his domineering style.
If I read it right, all the subordinate officials in Wannian County will fall in love with him.
Although I don’t know how he can achieve this without compromising public wealth and private interests, I still insist that he will unify Wannian County into a monolithic unit in the shortest possible time.”
Pei Xingjian sighed and said: "I always envy the handsome man in the world..."
Attachment: The next chapter will be released at 0:00 on August 10th. This book is first published by Qidian. Everyone is welcome to read it on the Qidian app——
The order of the previous chapter was wrong, but I can't correct it here. (>﹏<)