As soon as Lu Zilin took office as Xiangyue, he showed his extraordinary ability to work and organize. He used the very limited funds allocated to him by Bailucang to buy a dilapidated house in Bailu Town. The house was dilapidated, and the courtyard exuded...
There was a sour smell. He hired carpenters and assigned small workers to the ten villages under his jurisdiction. He renovated all three halls and two side rooms. He also completely demolished the crooked gatehouse facing the street.
, use blue bricks to build two sturdy square doorposts, use snow-white mortar to outline each brick joint, and then install two wide door panels painted black. On the right doorpost, hang out
A sign with black characters on a white background: Zishui County Bailucang No. 1 Security Center. The residential courtyard that had been dilapidated for many years was completely renewed. In the gray and aging Bailu Town, it immediately revealed a strange temperament.
The administrative agency during the emperor's reign was abolished, and the county magistrate was changed to the county magistrate; there were warehouses under the county, and security offices under the warehouses; the officials in the warehouse were called Zong Xiang Yue, and the officials in the security office were called Xiang Yue. Bailu Cangyuan
It is a warehouse set up by the Qing government in Bailuyuan, in the wilderness three miles west of the town. It stores grain in good years and provides relief to the people in disaster years. There is only one official in the warehouse, who is responsible for collecting grain in good years and distributing relief in disaster years. He does not care about anything.
.Now Bailucang has become an administrative agency that exercises revolutionary power. It is no longer the same as Bailucang in the past. The Guarantee Station is a newly added lowest-level administrative agency, with jurisdiction over about ten villages, large and small.
When Tian Fuxian, the chief township officer of Bailucang, asked Lu Zilin to serve as the mayor of the first security station, Lu Zilin was full of doubts when he heard the awkward "security station" and the awkward "township agreement" new names. He couldn't make up his mind and put the blame on others.
He said that he wanted to do crops, but he was afraid that he would not have time to do the work at the security center. After he returned from receiving training at the county government, he felt grateful to Tian Fuxian for his kindness.
Lu Zilin received a half-month job training at the county government. The day before the training ended, County Magistrate Shi Weihua came to the scene again to give instructions and gave everyone a blue uniform.
The villagers from the security center took a group photo with County Magistrate Shi. This is undoubtedly a unique and historic photo in the history of Zishui County. Lu Zilin took off his long robe and mandarin jacket, put on his new uniform and took a photo in front of the big mirror. He first
He was startled and almost didn't recognize himself. After pausing for a moment, he still believed that the Lu Zilin in the blue foreign cloth uniform was still the Lu Zilin in the long robe and mandarin jacket: long face, high forehead, and deep-set eyes.
, long eyelashes, straight nose, handsome mouth corners, this Lu Zilin looks more energetic than that Lu Zilin.
One day later, two sons who were studying at Mr. Zhu's White Deer Academy heard the news and ran to the county government to visit him. When they saw him in uniform, they stared blankly in shock. Lu Zilin laughed and hugged his son and said: "
Dad is a revolutionary." The eldest son Zhaopeng said: "Dad, you are already a revolutionary, and you still want me to read ancient books. I want to study in a new school in the city. The imperial examination has been abolished long ago, and there is no use reading old books anymore.
"The second son Zhaohai also echoed his brother and said: "Several students have left to study in new schools in the city. I will go with my brother." Lu Zilin said cheerfully: "Go and you two can go together.
County Magistrate Shi said that our county is also planning a new school."
Lu Zilin returned to Bailu Village at dusk and met acquaintances in the streets, but none of them recognized him. He was no longer surprised by this reaction, and answered their inquiries indifferently: "Trained at the county government. Full.
Fifteen days are up. These clothes... uniforms." Walking into his yard, his woman was walking to the cattle pen with a basin of swill. She was so frightened that she lost her hands and buckled the basin to the ground. Lu Zilin walked in
He went up to the room to greet his father. The old Taiheng man blinked and stared at him from head to toe for a long time, then asked in surprise: "Where are your braids?" Lu Zilin was already prepared: "Everyone who has been trained has their braids.
.The Security Office is a newly established institution of the revolutionary government, how can it accommodate the Qing family?" Old man Taiheng shut up and muttered.
When Tian Fuxian, the chief township officer of Bailucang, invited Lu Zilin to serve as the chief township officer of the first security center, Lu Taiheng, considering his family's situation in Bailu Village, supported his son to go out into the world outside Bailu Village. Naturally, he couldn't throw away his braids for his son now.
Just a few words. Lu Zilin respectfully reported to his father about his training at the county government. After hearing this, the old man Taiheng said: "Don't forget what your old man said." Lu Zilin said: "You can't forget it." The next day Lu Zilin
He started to deal with the matter of buying and repairing a house and setting up a welfare center. He worked with Bai Jiaxuan in Bailu Village to build an ancestral hall, establish a school, and repair the walls of the fort. In the end, it only increased the merits of the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan; now he will act independently for the first time.
, he was determined to make something of it. In Bailu Village, his wealth could be accumulated, but he had no chance of being the leader of the clan; now, he is the township leader of the Guarantee Station and has jurisdiction over ten villages, including Bailu Village.
, at least not under Bai Jiaxuan, right? He followed the county government's regulations on the number of staff for the security office, and hired a writer named Wang. He was a student from Dawang Village. He had good handwriting and was capable.
When the construction of the security station was completed, he and Wang Shushou sat down in the living room and set up their offices.
The First Security Station was successfully established, and a grand celebration was held. Lu Zilin first invited his immediate boss, Zongxiang Tian Fuxian, and officials from the ten villages under the jurisdiction of the First Security Station - including Bai Jiaxuan.
The chiefs of the villages in the area also invited the villagers of eight other security centers in Bailucang; then there were several leading figures in the town, Mr. Leng from the Chinese Medicine Hall, Shopkeeper Ge from the grocery store, Shopkeeper Cui from the grain store, etc.;
All the gentlemen and wealthy owners of the ten villages under Bao Bao's jurisdiction were not left out. The first ceremony was to hang the sign. Tian Fuxian of Bailucang Headquarters hung the wooden sign with red silk on the square doorpost on the right, and then
Firecrackers went off in unison, and three more gunshots were fired, which made people's ears ring and their hearts beat. In the chaotic atmosphere of congratulations, Lu Zilin remembered the old man's words: "If you are successful, the scholar will fire a string of straw cannons, if you are successful, the scholar will fire thunder cannons, and if you are successful, the scholar will fire thunder cannons."
After becoming a Jinshi, fire three cannon shots." Now that he is a member of the security station, the cannons, thunderbolts, and cannons have all been fired, and the old man can be comforted by his spirit in heaven.
Lu Zilin booked five meals at a restaurant in the town, and the waiter delivered the dishes to the security center on a red lacquered wooden plate. After three drinks, Lu Zilin gave a welcome speech, and Mr. Tian made an appointment to give instructions. Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
The characters congratulated and complimented each other. Bai Jiaxuan felt uncomfortable sitting here, and even more uncomfortable listening to these people talking. He couldn't get rid of the doubts in his heart: "Whose are these people eating here?" He wanted to write several times to his brother-in-law Mr. Zhu to Governor Zhang.
He recited the ballad, but gave up several times. He knew clearly that Lu Zilin was not Governor Zhang, and he himself was not Mr. Zhu, so it was useless to recite it. He sat socializing for a while, but could no longer sit down, so he stood up and left.
Lu Zilin came over with a wine cup in his hand and pulled him to drink again: "Brother Jiaxuan, I hope you will tolerate my brother's mistakes in the future." Bai Jiaxuan pretended to be open-minded and said: "You can't say this any more, or you will be ignored.
I have something to do. I have to take a step forward." Lu Zilin held on enthusiastically: "I have to leave because of something urgent." Bai Jiaxuan broke away from his arm, left the table and chair and said, "The scalpers are looking for calves, I have to go and breed them." Lu Zilin
Disappointed, he shut up and refused to hold on.
Bai Jiaxuan was notified to go to the security station for a meeting. After all the officials from the ten villages arrived, Lu Zilin conveyed the order of the county magistrate Shi Weihua to conduct a thorough inventory of the county's land and population. First, the security station would go from village to village.
Households are checked and registered, and then compiled by Bailucang and sent to the county government for stamping, with one chapter per mu and one chapter per ding. The seal tax is collected according to the number of acres of land and the head. Before Bai Jiaxuan finished listening, he suddenly thought of listing the security office.
What he didn't say on the day of eating and drinking: Whose are these people eating here? He then made a relaxed look and joked to Lu Zilin: "Brother Zilin, did you eat a hole on the day of listing?" Lu Zilin was pregnant with
Sacred He, who was performing his official duties for the first time after taking office, couldn't change his face for a moment. Although he was choked by these words, he could only treat it as a joke: "Brother Jiaxuan, what are you saying? This is County Magistrate Shi's order."
." But I couldn't help but feel upset. After the seal tax was collected, the county government, warehouse and security office would allocate a percentage of 721, with 70% handed over to the county government, 20% from the warehouse, and 10% retained by the security office as
The funds for the activities and the salaries of the officials. Because there is no share of the officials in each village, this article is under internal control and will not be communicated to the lower level. After Lu Zilin regained his calm, he strongly realized that he could not show weakness now, otherwise things would be wrong later.
It was difficult to handle, so he said: "Everyone, our official affairs are handled by the government, and private matters are private. Things that belong to the personal relationship between brothers and you can be discussed and handled easily. If it is an official matter, it must be implemented according to the regulations of the county government. Shi
The county magistrate has repeatedly said that we must obey revolutionary laws and establish a new revolutionary order." Someone asked: "What should I do if someone really has no money to pay?" Lu Zilin said: "Let them think of a way." Someone else said: "What if they can't think of a way?
What should we do now? There was a drought last autumn, and most people in the village can't get enough new wheat to eat..." Lu Zilin said: "You can always think of a way if you think about it. After you return to the village, you have to be tougher."
Bai Jiaxuan stopped talking, received the notice distributed by Lu Zilin, and walked straight back to Bailu Village.
Bai Jiaxuan shoveled a few bunches of honey locust thorns from the honey locust tree with a shovel, stuck the notice with the name of County Magistrate Si Weihua on the wall outside the ancestral hall, then struck the gong and summarized the content of the notice into the most concise sentences.
While knocking in the village, they shouted: "One acre per acre, one per person, one tax according to the stipulations, and all must be paid within the month. Those who refuse to pay will be punished according to revolutionary military law." Bai Jiaxuan walked around the village and returned to the ancestral hall to put down the gong.
When the announcement was made, the villagers had already gathered around in front of the announcement. Everyone was talking incessantly and couldn't hear clearly. They could only hear a curse word: "This is a bad thing anyway. This county magistrate is a bad county magistrate..."
The noise outside the ancestral hall door disturbed Mr. Xu's peace. After school in the afternoon, the children carried bamboo cages on their backs and picked up straw scythes to mow the grass for the animals. Mr. Xu went for a walk by the river. The willows were showing new green and the wheat seedlings were growing.
A layer of green felt was spread, and green grass was embroidered on the river bank. There was a faint fresh and refreshing atmosphere in the river. While pacing, he recited long and short sentences. When he returned to the ancestral hall, he wrote them down on paper.
Now there is a thick stack, titled "Zishui Collection".
Mr. Xu came to Bailu Village to teach, freed from the heavy field work at home, and lived a peaceful and leisurely life. He strolled leisurely along the river bank, and always saw the cover outside the ancestral hall door flying in front of his eyes.
As I read the notice with the county magistrate's name in the county government seal office, I heard the villagers' discussions and rude curses in my ears, and my heart was pounding. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty had never levied such a tax, but only paid the imperial grain.
It's over. "A harsh government is more fierce than a tiger" Mr. Xu said unconsciously, and then recited a long and short verse. In his "Zishui Ji" which recited the mountains, rivers, wind and moon, this is the only one that satirizes the current affairs.