In fact, the root cause of this strange phenomenon is that scholars treat scholars with special treatment.
In his spare time, Xue Tingxiang once classified the people of the moment - scholars, not scholars, and emperors.
When the emperor needs to rule the country, he needs helpers. Only by reading can we make sense. Therefore, scholars manage the group of people below who have not read books.
The emperor needs autocratic rule, and scholars need power, and this kind of power should be as big as possible.
The so-called incorruptible and clean-lined, this is a term originally used to describe people who are very poor. In the mainstream group of scholars, the upper limit is that the official is not greedy.
But not being greedy does not mean being poor, and this has to be related to the "Principles of Preferential Exemption".
In the previous dynasty, there was Xu Cunzhai, an honest and virtuous prime minister. After returning to his hometown after his retirement, he was found to occupy an area of 240,000 mu. Although the land occupied by the Yin family is not as much as 240,000 mu, there are definitely tens of thousands of mu.
The Yin family in Yuxian County has always kept a low profile, and this time it was probably because they jumped over the wall, so they found someone to beat Zhang Sheng for an excuse. It's Yin Zhan's power, and even if you know it well, you can't get the handle at all.
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Tomorrow I'll go talk to the old man Yin Zhan."
Uh, Zhao'er doesn't know what to say, he always feels that since the implementation of the New Deal, he has become more and more rude.
The next day, Xue Tingxiang specially let people stare at Yin's house, and only came to visit after knowing that Yin Zhan had returned home.
Yin Zhan lived up to his reputation of incorruptibility, and the three-entry house was rewarded from above. The utensils in the house are all outdated, making people unbelievable that this is the mansion of a high-ranking second-rank official.
"Master Xue came to visit, and I don't know why?"
"Of course there is something to visit."
Although Yin Zhan was much older than Xue Tingxiang, he did not put on airs, but asked him to sit down.
When the servants served tea, Xue Tingyan took a few sips before asking why.
Looking at his amiable face and smiling, it really doesn't look like a thief with a guilty conscience, but Xue Tingyan knew that these old foxes were used to pretending, and he was not confused, but told the ins and outs of the matter.
In the process of Xue Tingxiang's speech, Yin Zhan showed anger, and when he finished speaking, the other party finally couldn't hold back his anger and said: "I don't know that Master Xue said that this matter was granted by my Yin family, but there is evidence? No evidence, no evidence, How can you throw this dirty water on my Yin family head?"
"You still need credentials? Mr. Yin, you are not too young. You have been an official in the dynasty for decades. The reason for this still needs a younger generation of this official to remind you?"
Yin Zhan was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and sneered: "It seems that Mr. Xue must force this matter on my Yin family? What a big momentum! What a domineering style!"
Xue Tingxiang laughed: "Mr. Yin, you may say that this official is domineering or strong, but it is indeed for good intentions to come here today. In fact, this official does not need to come here at all, why should I come to you if you are unhappy, even if it is a new policy If the implementation encounters obstacles, this official can show Your Majesty, with His Majesty's determination to innovate, Mr. Yin will not be able to please him in this matter, and will only be misunderstood by His Majesty that you deliberately took the lead against him. It is time for you to lose face, The New Deal is still going on, what is this official doing? Why is this official here?"
Having said that, Xue Tingxiang paused and looked at Yin Zhan with a smile.
Yin Zhan's old face was tense and expressionless, with only slightly flickering eyes, revealing the restlessness in his heart.
"Because this official doesn't want some people to put Mr. Yin in front of him as a spearman, so this official did not follow their ideas, so this official came uninvited. I couldn't bear to see Mr. Yin. Being an official all his life is prudent, and his reputation is bad in the hands of his younger generation.
"Actually, I have heard before that Yin Shi's family style is cautious, and the younger generations are also eager to learn and motivate. This time Zhang Sheng, the prefect of Kaifeng, was beaten in front of the Yin family's door, and the matter spread to this official's ears, This official was the first to not believe that it was the Yin family.
"It's time for something to happen. You are extremely bold in front of Your Majesty and hinder the new policy of the court. For the Yin family, half a penny is not good, but it is disgusted by His Majesty. Only those people will secretly laugh and bring you here. Be a spearman. Of course, it is alarmist that Mr. Yin can be the official, but what is right and wrong, the adults will decide, and I will not say more."
Yin Zhan still did not speak.
Xue Tingxiang sighed and stood up: "Since what I want to say has been said, this official will leave. I believe that Mr. Yin is a smart person."
Xue Tingxiang cupped his hands and walked out of the door. Just as he reached the door, a voice came from behind him: "Old man, thank Master Xue for your reminder, Master Xue, don't worry, if someone in my Yin family disregards the court's decrees, this old man will not take it lightly. Rao."
Xue Tingxiang didn't look back, just nodded slightly and left.
After he left, Yin Zhan realized that his back was soaked in cold sweat, and he hated the stupidity of the younger generation in the family, and the people who were secretly making troubles were extremely hateful.
I hurriedly called someone to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote a letter and sent it back to Henan.
Zhang Sheng's injury is not serious, and it looks terrifying, but in fact, he is not injured.
He was thinking about the affairs of Yuxian County. People were in the government office, so the order was sent to the Yuxian County government office to let them go to other lands in Qingzhang County first. As for the Yin family, we still have to find a way.
Things were going on in an orderly manner. At this moment, someone from the Yin family came to the door, not only brought a lot of supplements, but also tied a descendant of the Yin family to the door.
"The old man sent a letter to the house to ask, and the owner of the house knew what happened. It was found that those who beat Master Zhang were from this unfilial descendant. After careful inquiry, I found that he was also bewitched by others, but The matter has already happened. Saying something to be deceived or not to be deceived is a shirk. Therefore, the owner of the family ordered this person to be tied up and subject to the disposal of Master Zhang. In addition, the Yin family also stated its position. Since the court has issued a clear order, the Yin family is a citizen of Dachang. , of course, to cooperate with the government office."
These words seem to be very short, but in fact they have a lot of meaning.
It shows that this matter was not inspired by the Yin family, but was done by the ignorant younger generation below, and this younger generation was bewitched by others to do such appalling things, and it meant something.
At the same time, the Yin family also expressed their attitude that they would never be protective and leave it to Zhang Sheng's disposal. He also emphasized that since the imperial court has a clear order, the Yin family will naturally obey it, and also draw a clear line with the suspicion of deliberately flattering the scumbags, and preserve the clear name.
In this regard, although it is a little hopeless to say so, Zhang Sheng is still a little overjoyed.
As long as the Yin family can be won, it is not difficult to implement the new policy in Yuxian County.
And he, of course, couldn't do anything about the unfilial descendant. Since the Yin family showed their attitude and gave them face, Zhang Sheng naturally had to be wise. But it was a symbolic teaching to this man, and after a few days of imprisonment, he was released home.
In this way, both of them lost face, but Zhang Sheng was beaten for no reason, and he had to let the other party go, which was a little too unpromising.
But facts are stronger than people, and it is important to implement the New Deal today, and personal honor and disgrace is naturally a trivial matter. In addition, even if Zhang Shengzhen retaliates for being beaten, he will still be an official in the future, and the Yin family is in a big trend, and Yin Zhan has not yet fallen. It is better to let the other party accept his own feelings than to offend the other party. Zhang Sheng is very understand why.
This is the reason why Xue Tingxiang values Zhang Sheng. He is not upright, and there is no shortage of officials who hate evil as hatred. What he lacks is this rare ability to judge the situation and be tactful.
At the beginning, Kaifeng brought together all the senior officials in Henan, and Zhang Sheng was able to do what he could do under the power of these people, and save many people, you can see it.
With the complete implementation of the Kaifeng government's new policy, the time has come to the end of the year.
Although the twenty years of Jiacheng have been ups and downs, it is good to end it in the end, and as the new year is approaching, the courtiers have also stopped a lot.
It is because of the special meaning of 'Nian' to the people of Dachang, and there may be other conspiracies brewing, but who knows.
The implementation of a New Deal is always accompanied by difficulties and obstacles, so we can only wait and see.
This year, Emperor Jiacheng had a high-spirited life, and before the end of the year, he was rewarded one hundred officials again.
Since the Ministry of households came up with a salary department, another salary policy has been issued, and Emperor Jiacheng will always reward some every three or five times.
Now it's not like before, where rewards were given in the past, and only a few people know that even if the officials below get the money, they don't know where they came from, and they are confused. Now, on the salary slip, various details will be listed, and the officials who have been paid will naturally sing praises for Emperor Jiacheng.
On the first day of the first lunar month, which was also the day of the great court meeting, Emperor Jiacheng summoned a group of envoys from various states with a group of princes and ministers. From this day on, the palace has been full of banquets and banquets. Xue Tingxiang, an important minister and upstart, naturally must be accompanied by his side.
Xue Tingxiang is busy, and Zhao'er is not free.
This year's Xue Mansion is not as deserted as in previous years. Xue Tingxiang has also made friends with many officials now. The custom of Dachang is to walk around during the New Year and festivals.
Therefore, from the first to the fifth day of the first day, Zhao'er stayed at home for a lot of guests, and at the same time did not forget to go to Lin Miao's house for a walk or two.
For more than ten years, teachers and students have experienced this incident in order to avoid never interacting with others, and Xue Tingxiang can finally come to the door in a dignified manner.
On that day, he, Chen Jian and Lin Miao drank a lot of wine together, and everyone was very happy.
On the fifth day of the new year, the Chen residence invited Zhao'er's family.
The two men were in the palace, and Zhao'er arrived early with the children.
Several juniors went down to play separately, while Xu Shi and Zhao'er talked about Chen Xiulan.
But overnight, Chen Xiulan and his wife went from a wealthy family to living on the streets. Fortunately, Chen Xiulan still had a few pieces of jewelry that she carried with her. Shi Zhiyou took them as a pawn, and the family first found a place to settle down.
Naturally, it is necessary to curse Chen Jian for being ruthless and unrighteous, and Chen Xiulan's uselessness. When something happened to Shi Zhiyou, he would only blame others and never find the reason in himself.
From a spacious house to a small courtyard, from brocade clothes and jade food to rough food. But no matter what, the days are always going to pass, and the seven things to open the door are the firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.
Shi Zhiyou does not work hard and does not distinguish between five grains. Chen Xiulan only has one skill, but now it is completely useless. With only a few dozen taels of silver for jewelry, the family sat on the mountain and gradually reached the point where there was no rice to cook.
During this period, Shi Zhiyou naturally had to go to Wangji Huafang to make trouble, but now no one condone him, he was thrown out when he went, and he threatened to send him directly to the official if he made trouble again next time.
Shi Zhiyou then remembered that Wang Ji Huafang seemed to be a businessman, but behind it stood a second-rank official.
Of course, I also went to the Chen Mansion to sell the pitiful, but it was destined to come back in vain. Chen Jian avoided seeing it, and Xu Shi played a bad sister-in-law to the fullest this time. She looked down on the country people, and naturally did not want to recognize Chen Xiulan, the sister-in-law who made her brother angry.
Both places were missing, and Shi Zhiyou was completely blinded this time.
In order to make a living, he forced Chen Xiulan to make flowers at home and sell them.
It's a pity that no one wants it if it's expensive, and if it's cheap, it doesn't even have enough capital. No matter how Shi Zhiyou said that it was from the hand of a clever lady, no one believed him, and only regarded him as a swindler.
Everyone knows that the clever lady is in Wangji Flower Square, how could it be possible to make flowers and sell them on the street. Isn't this a joke.
Everything was unsatisfactory, and Shi Zhiyou could not avoid taking his daughter-in-law's child out of anger.
Originally, he didn't care much about the two children, and he let the nanny take care of him in the daytime. This time, because it was useless to anger Chen Xiulan, the two children were also brutally beaten.
For the first time in her life, Chen Xiulan broke out completely and fought against Shi Zhiyou.
After the fight is over, I still have to live, and I still stumble, it seems that the bitter water will never end.
Shi Zhiyou was away from home all day, either coming back drunk or not returning for a few days. With the help of her neighbors, Chen Xiulan and her two children gradually made flowers again.
This time, I don't say she is a clever lady, and I don't make any expensive flowers anymore. I only make some ordinary flowers and sell them on the street, earn a penny or two, and use them to support my family.
Another incident happened during this period. Chen Xiulan knew that Shi Zhiyou had raised the outer room outside, and this outer room was still the maid who served her.
This is probably the most correct thing Shi Zhiyou has done in his life. Because of raising this maid, he deliberately bought a small house outside, with all kinds of furniture in it.
After the accident, Shi Zhiyou remembered this place, but he played tricks and didn't say that he was down. Two silver flowers.
But he got the money, and he never knew how to take it back to support his family, but he gambled it all.
He still dreamed of getting up from where he fell, hoping to get rich overnight by gambling, and then return to the old days.
But after a long time, it was discovered by the outer room.
After all, the other party is not stupid. The reason why she is willing to give Shi Zhiyou silver is because Shi Zhiyou gave her the silver. She is a woman who sits and eats the mountains and the sky, and let Shi Zhiyou search like this, and her life can't go on.
After I came here, I found out that Shi Zhiyou actually lived like this, and when Shi Zhiyou saw that he was exposed, he simply didn't do it again and again, and wanted to take back the house and sell it. .
Later, I don't know how Shi Zhiyou and the outer room negotiated, but they sold the house and moved in with Chen Xiulan.
The money from selling the house was lost by Shi Zhiyou, and the two fought at home all day long because they had no money.
In this regard, Chen Xiulan was indifferent, and only cared about setting up a stall to make money and taking care of herself and her two children's food and drink.
She can't rely on anyone, and has two children. She doesn't go out to set up a stall for a day, and she has no food for a day.