Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 277 Autumn Harvest
September eagles fly.

The son of the state sacrificed wine, Kong Yingda, the Duke of Qufu County, begged for the bones, and the emperor tried to persuade him to stay, but seeing Kong Yingda's trembling fingers, he had no choice but to allow him to become an official.

In such a situation, it is difficult to achieve even if it is early in the morning.

Fan Zheng sincerely congratulated Kong Yingda, even though his body was declining, he was able to retire completely, and he no longer had to bear the burden of offering wine to the son of the state, the prince's right bastard, and his reputation after death was not affected.

Anyway, his son, Kong Zhiyue, is already a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, and has taken a steady step. In addition, the various branches of Confucianism are closely related. As long as there are no mistakes, the wealth of future generations is guaranteed When.

The position of Prince You Shuzi was taken over by Zhao Hongzhi.

Li Chengqian's posture, although he tried his best to keep calm, was like a volcano before erupting, always showing a trace of anger.

Prince Taishi, Zheng Guogong Wei Zheng, was seriously ill for many days, the emperor led his ministers to Zheng Guogong's mansion, looking at the simple and empty mansion, stroking Wei Zheng's withered arm and weeping.

(Xuande: It can be seen that all the emperors are crying, so I am the only one to blame?)
At the last moment of Wei Zheng, he still did not forget to remonstrate, quoting the pre-Qin Zuo Qiuming's "Zuo Zhuan · Zhao Gong 24 Years" to remonstrate, which means "widows are not afraid of weaving well. few, but fear the disaster of subjugation of the country", it is really admonishing to death.

A few days later, Wei Zheng died at the age of 64 and died young.

Cough cough, I did not use the wrong word, the official was 70 years old before he became an official, 64 years old, so young that he can be regarded as a young man.

(For the age, see "Old Book of Tang"!)

The emperor came to mourn in person, abolished the dynasty for five days, gave Wei Zheng Sikong, governor of Xiangzhou, posthumously named Wenzhen, gave Yubao advocacy, Banjian 40 people, sent a thousand pieces of silk cloth, rice millet, and a thousand stones to be buried in Zhaoling.

When it was time for the ancestral funeral (the ceremony of ancestral sacrifice to be carried on the coffin), Wei Zheng's wife, Mrs. Zheng Guo, Mrs. Pei, paid homage to the emperor and presented the guard of honor: "Wei Zheng was frugal in his life, and it was not his intention to send the funeral with a first-class guard of honor."

After resigning from the guard of honor, the Pei family took Wei Shuyu and other four sons to Zhaoling with the coffin of Wei Zheng in a plain ox cart. Li Shimin went to the west tower of the garden to look at it and cried.

Hey, the old courtiers of the Zhenguan Dynasty are withering in batches, and Fan Zheng and the others are only the next in line.

The one who was promoted more rapidly than Fan Zheng was Zhang Xingcheng, who had been transferred to the right to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

However, Fan Zheng had no temper in front of Zhang Xingcheng. Zhang Xingcheng was an upright man with frighteningly old qualifications. Yuanwailang in the Sui Dynasty and Wang Shichong's Duzhi Shangshu had ups and downs, and they were not comparable to ordinary officials.
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Guo Siben got rid of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Li Wei took over as Secretary of Agriculture, and everything happened naturally without any hindrance.

The position of Sinong Shaoqing was taken over by Tang Tongren from outside.

Coincidentally, Tang Tongren is the third son of Tang Jian.

After careful calculation, who can say that Tang Jian was impeached and punished?

Anyway, Fan Zheng thinks that this is a deal, Aye bears the reputation of impeachment and sends the baby to a high position, why not do it?
If it were me, I would be willing to support Fan Baili so hard.

Tang Tongren was amiable all day long, and he didn't easily change the affairs of the temple, but he was a prudent person.

The change of power in Sinong Temple did not affect the director of Jingyuan. The work that should be done still had to be rushed, and the wheat and millet that needed to be robbed still had to be harvested quickly, and then dried and sent to Taicang.

If you waste time, if there is a change in the sky, you will cry to death.

Fan Zheng, director of Jingyuan, rode his own rough horse, and under the guidance of director Tang Yidian, went to all directions to monitor and check the autumn harvest situation.

"Well, Master, I just want to ask, how much can you be greedy for?"

After getting to know each other well, Fan Zheng didn't pay that much attention to what he said, and dared to make fun of the master's name.

Tang Yidian stretched out his little finger, gesticulated on the nail cover, and smiled honestly: "It's just a little greedy."

Sun Jiu, who was leading the horse, laughed.

There is no special taboo, in the officialdom, it is really common to be greedy within the rules.

Don't be misled by those story books and novels, thinking that honest officials must be good, in fact, honest officials can make people tremble when they are ruthless.

For example, an upright official handed over a large amount of money and food that could have been withheld in the local area to the imperial court, and all the officials under his rule had to tighten their belts. As a result, the water conservancy that could have been built under his jurisdiction ended without a problem, okay?
Whether you are greedy or not, the key point is whether you have crossed the line and whether you have done practical things for the people.

For example, if a certain official is corrupt, the people below will also benefit, and he has done practical things, how should he be evaluated?

It is unrealistic to expect everyone to be as clean as water. Officials also have to support their families, and they also hope to buy a hairpin for their mother-in-law and an extra piece of meat for their children.

If the salaries given by the yamen cannot keep up with the rising speed of rice prices, look at how many honest officials there will be.

Of course, the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty can still be seen relatively speaking, not the dynasty that was black from head to toe-the emphasis is on before the Anshi Rebellion.

The price of rice in the Zhenguan year was basically stable at the price of [-] cents per bucket of rice, thanks to the contribution of Sinong Temple.

There is a lot of land in the south of Jingyuan, with haystacks, millet, and wheat spread out in an orderly manner. The bottom is either stone slabs or cement slabs piled up on the grain field, faintly scented in the sun.

Fan Zheng didn't expect that the cement board would have such a use. No wonder Lu Jiasheng said that the sales volume was not bad.

The surroundings of Shibian Valley are full of harvest scenes. The lacquer carvings on the south side of the Jingyuan are clasping their uniforms, the hem of which is pinned to their belts. , and then rake evenly.

It's not about putting on airs. During the busy farming season, no matter how many people there are, it's normal for officials to go into battle.

"How's the harvest?" Fan Zheng pouted his buttocks and used a dustpan to turn over the wheat bit by bit, with an awkward posture.

Farming is an unfamiliar field for Fan Zheng. It can be done on paper, but not in practice.

If Fan Zheng was asked to plan the wood, although it could not be perfect, at least he could plan out a rough shape.

Qi Diao Pan laughed: "Finally, I have lived up to the hard work of the Jingyuan South Supervisor. This year, I should be able to increase production by half."

The three Confucian scholars talked about books, the three butchers talked about pigs, and the three officials of Sinong Temple could only talk about the harvest.

It sounds like half a percent is not much, but in the face of a huge base, it is quite remarkable.

"Of course, with Qu Yuanli given by the director, Nanmianjian is confident that next year's grain production will increase again."

As for how much to increase production, mature officials will not promise indiscriminately, lest they be unable to step down when the time comes.

"I'm thinking, whether selection of good breeds and breeding are the responsibility of the supervisors of the Si Nong Temple, or the responsibility of the Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Industry."

This point is indeed very confusing, and the duties of each family are not clearly stated!

In the later Zhou Dynasty, the decree of Sinong was in charge of Sannong, Jiugu, and Jiarong, but in the Sui Dynasty, this responsibility disappeared. The current dynasty followed the old rules of the Sui Dynasty, and the decree was clearly in charge of the national storage committee. .

Therefore, it has been arguing about which specific farming decree should be in charge.

I don't know where to put the blame on the matter of breeding good seeds.

(End of this chapter)