Xiaoman tried hard to lift the umbrella high, but Li Shan took a few steps forward, and the rain immediately wet his face, and he looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly.
The drizzle of light rain hit the broken bricks and tiles, and the strong wind swept in, blowing the rain into a mist, and a few half-broken trees made a rustling sound.
More than two hundred people behind him stood there quietly, and only the occasional snoring of horses could be heard.
After half a month of trekking, Li Shan didn't feel it was hard, and he still had pride in his heart. But when he entered Dai County and arrived at the county government office under the guidance of the clerk, a light rain fell from the sky, which not only wet his body, but also
It chilled his heart.
No wonder Li Shimin, who has gone to Yanmen County several times, is not very optimistic about his own profession... Damn it, even the county government is like this!
The door is actually discolored. If you look closely...it turns out that one of the doors is burnt.
The lobby inside looked eye-catching from a distance, but when he got closer, Li Shan didn't dare to go in... Wang Junhao tried to kick it, and the house was shaking, and a burst of dust fell from the roof.
The houses of the assistant officials and officials on the left and right... there were only broken bricks and tiles, and the exposed wood looked burnt.
The backyard...well, there is no backyard anymore, just an open space with quite lush weeds.
Li Shan, who was relatively familiar with history, swallowed his saliva. Did the Tang Dynasty also have a rule that officials did not build yamen?
Even if there were, it wouldn’t be like this, right?!
Last year, Li Shan followed the army and passed through Hedong Road. This time, he also saw many county offices along the way. Not to mention how nice it was, at least he could live in... Damn, where should I stay tonight?
And I’m not the only one, there are more than two hundred people behind me!
Ma Zhou on the side was also dumbfounded and stepped forward to ask a few questions to the officials nearby.
The official was a little old man with yellow teeth and wrinkles all over his face when he smiled. He reported respectfully: "In the Ming Dynasty, it was burned after repairs, and then repaired after burning... That's what it looks like."
Li Shan sighed, "What about the acting county magistrate?"
The little old man chuckled and said: "I took office in the Ming Dynasty and left office in December of the fourth year of Takeru."
It has been almost two years since he was paralyzed, which means that the acting county magistrate has been vacant for two years, and no one is willing to come... Li Shan was speechless, but he figured it out.
At that time, the last general manager of Daizhou, Li Dayen, was defeated and died. The Turkic army captured Yanmen and entered and exited Hedong Road at will. The court proposed to revoke the general manager of Daizhou. Although the acting county magistrate was not revoked, no one was willing to take up the post...
Maybe if you take office today, the Turks will be out the door the next day.
During the two-year vacancy, there is really no need to repair the government office. It will still be burned down anyway.
Tragic, really miserable!
With a long sigh, Li Shan nodded to the clerk, "There won't be any arrangements for where you will stay, right?"
An hour later, I settled down at the post house. I searched around a lot, but I couldn't find any place that could accommodate more than 200 people with horses and carriages.
In the end, under the introduction of the clerk, most of the people stayed in a Zhuangzi outside the city. Wang Junhao, Zhu Ba, Zhao Da and others were guarding the post... The owner of that Zhuangzi went south to Taiyuan as early as the fourth year of Wude.
Mansion.
The posthouse is not a hotel, and the conditions are just so-so. I got some hot water, took a shower, and put on clean clothes. Li Shan sat on the edge of the couch, while Zhou and Xiaoman tied his hair behind him.
Xiaoman kept chattering, his voice was clear and sweet, and he kept complaining about the poor conditions.
Li Shan dozed off after hearing this. In his previous life, he was born in a poor family and suffered a lot of hardships. He didn't care about this... But if it's just one person, that's all. The problem is that more than two hundred people are following him.
Enduring yourself?
On the way from Chang'an, Li Shan once thought carefully about the saying that imperial power did not go to the countryside during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the early Tang Dynasty, most of the control of the grassroots society fell into the hands of powerful families and local wealthy families. What he could do
There are actually not many things.
It is probably to encourage farmers and mulberry trees, to develop water conservancy, to educate the people, etc. The main focus should be on the preparation of the wounded barracks... Regarding this article, Li Yuan gave clear instructions to set up wounded barracks for Mayi and Yanmen.
To boost the morale of the army.
But now it seems that the first thing to do is to build a house... Fortunately, Qi Laosan, Zhou Zuolang and other experienced people are here, so it is not a big problem to build a brick kiln locally, and the so-called Hedong Road is Shanxi Province in later generations, which is a large coal-producing province.
Save it.
Li Shan was thinking about it in his mind. Mrs. Zhou behind her had her hair tied up in a bun. She took the hairpin from Xiaoman and put it on the string. She whispered: "I and sister Xiaoman are not in the way. It's just that this post house is damp and dark. I'm really aggrieved."
Langjun."
"Wronged?"
"After all, Lang Junjue was granted the title of County Duke..."
Li Shan interrupted Zhou with a smile, "Although he has been granted the title of County Duke, he is only a Marquis of Baili. How can he talk about grievances?"
Li Shan is an anomaly. He did not serve as an official and made great achievements, so he was awarded a title. However, he became an official through the imperial examination. He was too young and wanted to go out to work, so he had such a county official Bailihou.
After chatting for a few words casually, Li Shan closed his mouth and sneered in his heart. Among the founding emperors of the past dynasties, Li Yuan was probably the first in terms of the degree of title conferment, including the Duke of the country, the Duke of the county, and the Duke of the county.
, County Marquis...
In other words, Li Shan's title of County Duke at such a young age is indeed arousing, but in the context of the general environment, it doesn't matter... after all, there are too many people who have been awarded the title.
And after that, Li Shimin was known as the "Khan of Heaven", and the Tang army marched across the desert steppes in the western regions, and there was another big attack... However, Li Er may also feel that there are too many people eating the imperial food, so he chopped off many families, including the descendants of Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui
All chopped.
After that, Li Zhi continued his efforts and chopped up most of the veterans of the Tiance Mansion in his early years, including his direct uncle Changsun Wuji... Finally Wu Zetian came to power, and she was the most ruthless, and many of the Li Tang clan members were chopped off.
Li Shan's mind wandered, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it, and suddenly he remembered his house in Chang'an City... Before leaving, he discovered that the house next door was actually the residence of Duke Ying Guo.
Well, Ying Guogong is the warrior Yan... Li Shan silently calculated in his heart, was Wu Zetian born?
A knock on the door outside interrupted Li Shan's random thoughts. He put away his thoughts and pondered in his heart... He looked like a Bailihou, but because there was an important town called Yanmen in the territory, his rights and responsibilities were unclear.
Before leaving, Ling Jing had made a detailed analysis. After Li Shan took office, he mainly focused on two things. One was to set up a camp for wounded soldiers, and the other was to supervise taxes.
Needless to say, the Wounded Soldiers Camp was the reason why Li Shan took up the post of Daizhou Magistrate, and taxes were the most direct connection between the county magistrate and the imperial court... and were also the most important criterion used by the Ministry of Officials to evaluate local county magistrates.
The so-called taxes are actually divided into two parts, one is taxation and the other is corvee.
But because Dai County is at war all the year round, strong men are needed, so Li Shan doesn't have to take care of the corvee work, so it's just tax...Each man's cloth is two feet and five feet per year, and hemp is three kilograms.
Yang Siyi specifically told Li Shan in private that in the past two years, the payments made on behalf of the county were insufficient, and far from enough.
Therefore, as long as the taxes paid can be increased, as long as the wounded barracks can play a role in the war... Li Shan will at least have no problem in the evaluation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Li Yuan may even reward him for it.
Of course, the premise is that Mayi and Yanmen are not lost, and Daizhou is not attacked by the Turks.
But these are far from enough for Li Shan.
Nodding to Ma Zhou who came in, Li Shan was still thinking to himself, if he just wanted to live a peaceful life, if he just wanted to live a happy life, there was no need for him to be in the current situation.
Traveling through time, I always want to leave something in the history books...
"Huairen." Ma Zhou looked serious, "I just got my revenge, the Turks invaded."