Looking at Wen Tong's newly painted ink bamboo, Du Zhongxiao said: "It's very good, it's very good, the pen is concise, and it has its own charm." The magistrate can work with Judge Li to let the craftsman make the plate. The money of our river meandering road is led by the ink bamboo of the pusher on the front, and the picture of Yin Mountain is used on the reverse side. A few days ago, I sent a painter to Shazhou to paint Yinshan, there is a picture here, how about pushing the official to see it? ”

After speaking, he took out a picture from the desk and handed it to Wen Tong.

The text was unfolded and saw that it was a distant mountain view, and it was the picture of Yin Mountain that Du Zhongxiao said. This picture is different from ordinary paintings, although it is drawn with an ink pen, it is not a landscape, it is very textured, and the painting looks like a real mountain. In this era, literati painting has become popular, emphasizing verve rather than verisimilitude. Realistic is generally painted by painters, mostly with brushwork, there is a sense of craftsmanship. This picture of Yinshan is like this, although the pen is concise, the foundation of the fine brush painting is still there. However, when Wen Tong looked at it, he always felt that there was something different, and it looked magnificent.

After looking at it for a while, Wen Tong put it down and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Jingluo, I don't know what is different about this painting?" It should be printed on the money lead. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Our Hequ Road is south of Yinshan Mountain, and several states are set up along the Yellow River. The money is led to Yinyin Mountain, and the person who uses it can see at a glance where this comes from. Again, the perspective painting method used in this painting, although the technique is not refined, but it can be seen that the majesty of Yin Mountain. ”

Wen Tongdao: "Dare to ask the scripture, what is the perspective painting?" Xia Guan is proficient in Danqing, and he has never heard of this technique. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "This is the person who draws the picture in the iron prison, and the special painting method." Drawing with this method, although rigid, everything has rules to follow. Even if you are not good at drawing, you can see at a glance what the picture is. Without perspective, according to the frontal projection, it is an engineering drawing, and the craftsman can make the utensils according to the drawings, and the size is not bad at all. ”

Seeing that Wen Tong was still a little puzzled, Du Zhongxiao casually took a paperweight on the desk, stood in front of his finger, and said to Wen Tong: "Just like this paperweight, if the eye is here on my finger, the shape of the paperweight is seen by this eye, and when it is drawn on the picture, it is perspective." That is to say, what the eye sees is a ray of light, one by one, falling straight onto the paperweight and drawing it on the picture. If it weren't for the eyes here, the light would not be concentrated at one point, but would be seen flat and fall on the picture, which would be a projection. - These are all craftsmen's skills in painting, and it is common for officials not to know. ”

Talking about optical knowledge, Du Zhongxiao is not interested in talking about this with Wentong. It is enough for the people who need to use this knowledge to understand it, and the literati painters are interested in it, so they can understand it for themselves. Before Wen Tong came, Du Zhongxiao had already found a painter to paint Yinshan, and chose to see the map of Yinshan under the tomb of Zhaojun, in order to print it on the money on the meandering road. This kind of painting is different from ordinary paintings, if you don't go to that place to see it, the imitation is always worse than the charm, which meets the requirements of Qian Yin. Of course, there is technical knowledge, and if you imitate it after restoration, there is no way.

handed over the two drawings to Wen Tong together, and Du Zhongxiao said: "You take it to Judge Li and discuss the plate making with the craftsman." The money should be printed as soon as possible, and the branch department will set the amount, and the money will not be allocated here soon. It was printed late, but there was no money to use it. ”

Wen Tong promised to take two paintings to Li Fugui. Li Fugui has been turned into a judge of the Hequ Road, in charge of money and grain.

In the newly occupied states, it is necessary to rectify the localities, camp the fields, and organize and train the new army, and the matter is too complicated. Du Zhongxiao has already written to the imperial court to send Zhizhou to Benlu, and the generals are no longer in charge of civil affairs and concentrate on military affairs.

Along the border, Zhizhou has always used military generals, and Hequ Road is no exception. But then, there was a great change in the military system, and a large number of Du Zhongxiao's old troops were withdrawn, and new recruits were added to come in, where did the generals still have that energy. In addition, the DPRK and China did not send a shogunate, and the civil affairs were left unattended for a while. This was the custom of the Song Dynasty, and the newly occupied land was counted as a special military area, and the generals would only send officials after a period of time. At the beginning of the founding of the country, it was a legacy of five generations, plus the generals used officials who surrendered, it can still be like this, how can it be done now?

On the second day, the new officer sent to Hequ Road finally arrived. Changping Chen Xu and another judge Tian Jing, as well as Shengzhou Judge Chen Xiliang and manager Zhang Tangying arrived in the same car, and Dai Zhuang, who joined the army, had not yet arrived in the capital, and it would take a few days to arrive.

Li Fugui and Wen Tong picked up a few people at the station and said, "It's still early, let's go to the old city of Shengzhou together." Everything is created, there is not even a post house here, everyone is responsible. ”

Chen Xiliang muttered in his heart, it was hard to say anything. In the new land, when several people were in the car, they talked to each other, and they knew that it was not easy to be an official here. As the capital of Hequ Road, there is not even a post house here, which is really shabby.

Riding through Shengzhou New Town, Tian Jing said: "Is this the newly built Shengzhou City?" The city has been built, why don't the marshal's mansion and the state government move over? ”

Li Fugui said: "After a brief experience, all the officials have countless things, where is the time to move here?" You'll be fine when you've arrived, and you'll be able to move here. ”

Chen Xiliang said: "Shengzhou Xintuo, although there are few officials and few affairs, why don't you even have time to move the yamen?" ”

Wen Tongdao: "I don't know if the judgment is signed, although the place is new, there are a lot of affairs. Now in Shengzhou City, there are at least tens of thousands of people who come to camp in the fields. If you want them to eat enough, you don't know how many things you have to do every day. ”

Dai Zhuang said: "Isn't it the Xiang army who came here to camp in the field?" How can there still be people? ”

Wen Tongdao: "Record, the train is there, and some people come down, saying that they are here to camp in the field, do they still rush back?" According to rumors in the mainland, the land in this area is fertile and taxes are very small, so many households believe it and buy tickets to come. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be amazed. In fact, there is nothing surprising that the three roads along the border of Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei are heavy due to the large number of garrisons and various military operations. The land is fertile and there is nothing, and the attraction of paying little taxes is still great. These three roads are also places where the railway is connected, and many people who are overwhelmed by heavy labor, regardless of it, buy tickets and come.

Chen Xu said: "So, the tax on Hequ Road is very small, is it true?" ”

Li Fugui said: "In addition to the commercial tax in the city, there is no tax on Hequ Road now, of course it is true. The imperial court has an edict, the local area is newly expanded, the people's power is maintained, and the money and grain are exempted for three years. It is because of this edict that so many people came. It was commanded that all those who came should be properly settled. Now the weather is hot and they can live without houses, but they can't do without food and water. Think about it, how many things are going on a day? ”

None of them spoke. It seems that the road is thinking well, and the officials here are not so easy to be. When he left Beijing, he said that he was an official who came to Hequ Road and worked for a year to reduce the grind and survey, but this condition may not be able to be matched now.

After crossing the Yellow River, all the way to the city of Dongshengzhou. When he arrived at the gate of the city, Li Fugui said: "The marshal is waiting for you in the marshal's mansion." It is not as simple as the inland states and counties. I went to see the festival marshal, and then went to Caosi to meet Long Tu, and I will pick up the wind for you tonight. ”

And they said yes, and went into the gate together.

When I entered the city and arrived at the Shuaifu, I saw Du Zhongxiao, several people said goodbye to Bao Zheng, Du Zhongxiao said: "Chen signed the judgment and waited, I will go with you to see Long Tu in a while, and the rest of the people will go first." ”

Everyone left the official hall, and Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Xiliang: "Sign the judgment and sit down and talk." ”

Chen Xiliang thanked him and sat down on the pestle sent by the soldiers, his expression a little restrained.

Du Zhongxiao was a strategic envoy all the way, and the state government did not have the energy to ask too much, and in the future, the affairs of Shengzhou's civil affairs fell mostly on Chen Xiliang. Because of Du Zhongxiao's special identity, there is no general judgment in this state now, and below Du Zhongxiao, Chen Xiliang is the head of the shogunate officials.

When he was in Bingzhou, Du Zhongxiao once signed Xia Zhu and knew the importance of this position. The day-to-day affairs of state politics will be managed by the judge instead of himself, which is not comparable to other officials.

Normally, with Du Zhongxiao's status, Shengzhou should set up his own judgment and choose trustworthy people. However, Du Zhongxiao's qualifications are too shallow, there are not many people in the officialdom, the qualifications of the people he likes are not suitable, and he is not familiar with the qualifications that are suitable, so he can only be sent by the imperial court.

Chen Xiliang is a native of Meizhou, his family was poor when he was young, he was diligent and studious, and he ascended to the rank of Jinshi in the eighth year of Tiansheng, many years earlier than Du Zhongxiao. After serving two terms as the magistrate of the county, Ding's mother went home for a few years, and then joined the military for the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture. He was dismissed from office because he offended his relatives, and after being reinstated, he did some temporary errands, and this time he was sent to Shengzhou, and it is said that he was appointed by the emperor.

Speaking of which, this is a person who is unambitious in officialdom, and he has not been able to know the state for more than 20 years. Fortunately, he was less than twenty years old when he became a sergeant, which was young enough. Du Zhongxiao's understanding of him is only a few words for the justice and strict enforcement of the law, and he doesn't know anything else. This reputation is very big, although the officialdom is unhappy, the emperor still remembers it, and it can be regarded as Jane in the emperor's heart. This kind of character is not easy to arrange in the middle of the court, and he has come to himself.

It is precisely because Chen Xiliang is too young and his son is too young that Du Zhongxiao has no impression at all. If Du Zhongxiao knew his fourth son, Ji Chang, he would have some impressions. Although Chen Xiliang's fourth son has done nothing, Chen Jichang, the protagonist of the Hedong Lion's Roar, has been widely circulated in later generations.

asked about Chen Xiliang's family history, Du Zhongxiao said: "Sign the judgment, I have always been idle as an official, and I don't need to ask about political affairs, and I will rely on you more in the future for the affairs of Shengzhou." ”

Chen Xiliang arched his hand: "How dare you be an official?" The state is so serious that I can't afford it! ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's the same thing whether you dare to do it or not." Fan Shengzhou civil affairs, general affairs, you and the record of the army to discuss, after the decision to report to me. If there is anything difficult to decide, you can report it to me first, and then deal with it after the command. ”

Hearing this, Chen Xiliang was a little embarrassed, and sat there cramped and uneasy.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I always go all the way to the military and civilian politics, and I will not worry too much about the affairs of this state, which is inevitable." Sign the judgment carefully, do a good job, I will naturally write to the court, and I will protect you. If you don't do it well, you can change someone in a few months. ”

Chen Xiliang heard this, and hurriedly got up and said yes. It is not easy to make a judgment in the first state of the way, and it is necessary to know the trust of the state, and to be proficient in official affairs. Du Zhongxiao can be self-appointed to the shogunate, and if he is not satisfied, he will change it, and there is no question of whether the court agrees or disagrees. With the status of the two, there is no need for Du Zhongxiao to waste too much energy on Chen Xiliang, stay if he does a good job, and replace him if he doesn't do well.

Of course, if Chen Xiliang can stay and make Du Zhongxiao satisfied, there will be people in the DPRK and China in the future, and he will naturally enjoy official luck. In Du Zhongxiao's position, he has the power and obligation to sponsor officials, but he has no one to sponsor, and now these officials come to see if they can seize the opportunity.