Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 264 Grounding

While speaking, Li Jing and the others came to a house.

The living area of ​​this family is not large, the yard is only about ten steps away from the house, and the span of the house is only about ten steps, which is the size of three rooms. With such an area, under the rule of Pingyang Mansion, even the poorest family The living area is also much larger than this.

In fact, when Li Jing and others came in such a mighty way, the common people had already seen it, but the common people had a natural awe towards the officials. How could the common people dare to go out when they saw such a group of people appearing near their residences?They all hid in the house and did not dare to come out. Occasionally, the brave ones would just lie on the crack of the door and look out.

Li Jing naturally knew the fear of the common people. Shaking his head, Li Jing turned to Wang Cheng'en and said, "My lord, when the common people no longer fear the officials and dare to meet and talk with them openly, then It shows that our officials really care about the common people.”

Wang Chengen nodded silently. When he was young, his family was very poor. When he was desperate, his family sent him to the palace to be a eunuch.Wang Chengen had a deep understanding of the common people's fear of officials in his early years.

It's just that as his status got higher and higher, Wang Chengen was no longer the child of the poor family in the past. He was used to being hugged by others and living a life with unlimited scenery, and the days of bowing and kneeling back then were almost forgotten.

Seeing that someone was about to open the gate of that house, Li Jing waved his hand, stopped the movement of several people, stepped forward and shouted to the courtyard: "Is there anyone at home? Li Jing, I want to meet and talk to this family !"

Li Jing's voice was so loud that not only the family heard it, but even the neighbors nearby heard Li Jing's shouting.

As Li Jing's voice fell, he heard the sound of opening the door several times, and then heard a trembling voice: "Li Jing? But Mr. Li Jing, who went to Henan for disaster relief?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "I'm here, Mr. Li is here to visit everyone, can you open the door to see us?"

As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, he heard a bang sound coming from the room, and then saw a person rushing out of the room, ran to the door, quickly opened the door, looked at Li Jing, and suddenly knelt down and bang He kowtowed his head.

Li Jing hurriedly leaned over and pulled the man up, looked at him, he was about 50 years old, and said: "Uncle, don't be too polite, you kowtow to me at such an age, you don't mean to kill me What!"

The man was held back by Li Jing, looked up at Li Jing and choked up and said, "Benefactor! I finally saw you! Without you, our family would have died long ago. The old man asked Bodhisattva to protect his benefactor for a long time. A hundred years old, I hope to see my benefactor one day! God has eyes! Let the old man see his benefactor in his lifetime!"

Speaking of which, the old man was struggling to kowtow to Li Jing again.

Li Jing hurriedly pulled him back, sighed and said: "Uncle, don't do this. Li Jing is just doing his best, and he really can't afford such a great gift from Uncle. In addition, Li Jing is sorry for everyone! Let everyone Li Jing felt ashamed for coming all the way from Henan to Shanxi, but only arranging such a place for everyone!"

"Don't blame Engong, don't blame Engong! There are so many of us, how can we solve the problem of housing in one go, and we are very satisfied with the house we have now." The old man hurriedly said.

Li Jingwen turned his head to look at the officials behind him, and Zhang Li and the others suddenly showed shame on their faces.

Seeing how hard the ground was, Li Jing pulled the old man to sit on the ground casually, and then said with a smile, "What's your surname, uncle? This year's Geng?"

The old man was shocked when he saw Li Jing sitting on the ground, he didn't pay attention to Li Jing's question, he just said in surprise: "How can you sit on the ground, benefactor, get up quickly, the old man will go home and fetch a stool for benefactor."

Li Jing grabbed the old man, waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, Li used to sit on the ground, come on, let's sit here and talk for a while."

The old man couldn't pull it away, so he had to sit on the ground with Li Jing.

It didn't matter if Li Jing and the old man sat on the ground, but Wang Chengen and others behind them were very embarrassed. These people never thought that Li Jing would sit directly on the ground with his current status.

What should they do with Li Jing sitting on the ground?Sit down, it really damages their identity and image, don't sit down, Li Jing can sit on the ground, can't everyone sit down as subordinates?

To say that Wang Chengen was the one who reacted the fastest. After all, he had been with Zhu Youjian for many years. Wang Chengen's ability to observe the situation and judge the situation was much higher than others. Wang Chengen just hesitated and sat next to Li Jing.

Seeing Wang Chengen sitting down behind him, Zhou Hengchen, Zhang Li and others understood, and hurriedly sat down.

It should be said that these civil servants look down on eunuchs from the bottom of their hearts, but it is one thing to look down on them in their hearts, but they dare not show the meaning of looking down on them in face.

What's more, Li Jing obviously respected Wang Chengen very much. The boss respected him so much. If a subordinate didn't respect him, wouldn't he be making himself feel uncomfortable?
With Zhou Hengchen and Zhang Li taking the lead, all the officials behind also sat down.

Seeing a group of officials sitting on the ground, Li Jing frowned, shook his head and said, "I'm sitting on the ground for the convenience of talking to uncle, what are you doing sitting around here? Besides, you are all scholars, there is no need to learn from me Look like this. Get up, everyone, and invite the people nearby, I have something to tell you.”

When all the officials heard this, as if they had received an amnesty, they hurriedly got up and went to the left to invite the people.

Wang Chengen next to him smiled and said: "General Li, Wang is not your subordinate, don't assign me, I will just sit here and accompany you."

Li Jing looked at Wang Chengen and said with a smile: "Wang Gonggong, what kind of status are you? How can you sit on the ground? It's Li's fault."

Wang Chengen shook his head and smiled and said: "General Li can sit well, so Wang certainly can! Sigh! Counting it, Wang has not sat directly on the ground for more than [-] years. Sitting down now, I can't help but think of the situation at home when I was a child. It seems People really should be down-to-earth, otherwise it is easy to forget their roots!"

Li Jingjing nodded and said: "What Wang Gonggong said is that only when you are down-to-earth can you not forget your roots and know where your roots are."

After hearing Li Jing's words, Zhou Hengchen and Zhang Li, who had just walked a few steps, suddenly looked at each other. They stopped at the same time, then turned around, walked to Li Jing and sat down silently.

Seeing the two sitting down, Li Jingting nodded, but then shook his head and pointed at the two of them and said, "You guys! As long as you two remember these principles, you don't have to act like this."

Zhou Hengchen smiled and said: "Xiaguan was also poor when he was a child, but he forgot the hard times back then. Today, he is down to earth with the commander in chief. In the future, he will definitely remember the commander's teachings and not forget the fundamentals."

Li Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's good if you have this heart, then sit together and listen to what the common people want, and help them solve these problems."

Zhou Hengchen and Zhang Li nodded emphatically.

Li Jing turned his head to look at the old man and said with a smile: "Uncle, you remember these two people, this is Zhou Hengchen, the magistrate of Pingyang Prefecture, and this is Zhang Li, the magistrate of Jiezhou. What difficulties do you have in the future?" Find these two people to help you solve it, if they don't help you, you come to me, and I will deal with them."

The old man was not stupid, he knew that Li Jing was joking with him, but with Li Jing's joke, the old man's nervousness just now relaxed.

Just seeing the magistrate of Pingyang Prefecture and the magistrate of Xiezhou trembling in front of Li Jing, the old man still clicked his tongue secretly.

Li Jing's official position is Shanxi general, and the victims in Henan naturally knew about it during the disaster relief.

Although they don't know how high an official Shanxi's general is, the common people also know that gentlemen are noble and military are inferior.

We must know that military generals had status in the Ming Dynasty except for the founding of the country and the Jingnan period. After the Tumubao change, because the important military generals in the court were lost in this battle, the right to speak in the court fell into the hands of civil officials. After that, the status of military generals It plummeted.

The old man had never heard that civil servants were afraid of military officials, and he didn't want to see it with his own eyes today.

Seeing that the old man's mood had stabilized, Li Jing asked again with a smile: "Uncle, what's your surname, is this year your Geng?"

The old man came to his senses now, and hurriedly said: "The old man's surname is Zhang, he is fifty-four this year. I was so rude just now, don't blame the commander!"

Hearing old man Zhang call himself Marshal following Zhou Hengchen's example, Li Jing smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, you don't have to call me Marshal like them, you can just call me nephew. We are just chattering, you Take it easy."

The old man Zhang shook his hands again and again: "Don't dare, dare not, benefactor is our savior, and even the general of the imperial court, how dare the old man call him that!"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Then don't call out one benefactor at a time, it's awkward to talk like that, you will treat me as a junior in your family, let's just chat about family affairs, okay?"

Old man Zhang nodded hastily upon hearing this.

Smiling, Li Jing continued: "Uncle, have you been in Pingyang Mansion for a while? How are you doing? Are you used to eating?"

The old man Zhang said with a smile: "People like the old man are satisfied if they can eat enough, there is nothing they can't get used to."

Speaking of this, the old man Zhang suddenly remembered something, looked at Zhou Hengchen and Zhang Li, and hurriedly said: "Since I came to Pingyang Mansion, the government has taken good care of it, and now I live very well."

Li Jing shook his head, looked at the old man Zhang and said with a smile: "Uncle, you don't have to say good things for the government. With me here, you can tell the truth. Tell me what grievances you have. I will make the decision for you."

Old man Zhang looked at Zhou Hengchen and Zhang Li, and then at Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen and Zhou Hengchen all smiled and nodded.

Old man Zhang suddenly plucked up his courage and said: "Commander, the old man speaks out what is in his heart, and asks the commander to make decisions for the old man and his fellow villagers."

Li Jing nodded solemnly and said, "Uncle, please tell me."

The old man Zhang continued: "Marshal, when we came, your subordinates told us that as long as we arrived in Pingyang Mansion, we would definitely let us live a good life, but look at what kind of houses we live in? The houses here Wind leaks in winter and rain leaks in summer, can people live there?
The old man will not hide it from you, good houses are not unbuilt, but they are all built in the southeast of Salt Lake near the county seat, we all know why the good houses are built there, it is just for show to the general.

As our place is far away from the county seat, it is estimated that the commander-in-chief will not come over, so he built such a house for us.

In fact, we didn't care about the way it was built. We have our own hands and feet. If the house is broken, we can repair it and build it ourselves.But the wood here is not allowed to be cut down at all, and the price is too high for us to afford.

In the past, the commander-in-chief's subordinates said that as long as we work in the salt factory, we can get at least six denarii a month, but after we start working, we can only get three denarii a month at most.

The old man doesn't know who did it, isn't this ruining the reputation of the commander in chief?

To tell the truth, the old man, if this is the commander-in-chief's intention, not to mention three silver coins a month, even if there is no money, the old men will do it, as long as we don't starve to death. "

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