Du Zhongxiao got up from behind the case, walked into the courtyard, and looked at the sky in the distance. Ever since I got here, I've been involved in a lot of cases. The day before yesterday, there was news from there in Yuxian County, saying that three people from other places had been killed in the reeds by the Lianhe River. The case has been handed over to the Governor's Court in the state capital, and it has been reported here, so that the patrol village can pay attention to the idle people nearby.

Du Zhongxiao was a little upset, he hadn't been an official for many days, but he had encountered several murders, and he didn't know what evil he had hit. The official of this era is different from his previous life, and a large part of his duties are prisons, and there are many cases that are annoying.

At this moment, Chai Xin hurriedly came in from outside and reported: "Official, Mrs. has come from the state city and has crossed the Lianhe River. ”

Du Zhongxiao was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Prepare the horse quickly, I'll go to meet you." - By the way, there was a fatal case in that area in the past two days, and one or twenty soldiers were selected from the inspection village and went together. ”

Chai Xin forked his hand and hurriedly turned around.

Du Zhongxiao wanted to take Han Yueniang over in a few more days. As a result, everything was not going well these days, and Han Yueniang didn't want to stay in the state city longer, so she asked her to come early. Everyone is less than 20 years old, and suddenly they are in a strange environment, and they are not suitable for everything. With someone talking by his side, life is much better, and Du Zhongxiao is a little irritable these days.

Along the official road to Bozhou, Du Zhongxiao went out seven or eight miles before receiving Han Yueniang and her party.

Han Yueniang and her personal envoy Nan'er took an ox cart, escorted by a few archers from the capital of Yuxian County, and when they saw Du Zhongxiao, they let out a sigh of relief and said: "The road in this area is very bumpy, oops, it can be regarded as almost to the place." Da Lang, this is the hinterland of the Central Plains, why is it so desolate? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Five generations are in turmoil, I don't know how many battles have been fought here, and there are naturally many fewer households. In addition, there have been wars for many years, water conservancy has fallen into disrepair, and floods have been flooded every year, but this is not what it is. Don't look at the flat place in this area, in fact, it is full of brine and is not suitable for farming. ”

Han Yueniang said: "Poor, a good place is abandoned like this." These days, Da Lang has been complaining that the place is not peaceful, and there are many cases of murder and arson, in fact, why do you bother with that? Da Lang is an official, instead of trying those cases, it is better to tidy up the place. The people here live and work in peace and contentment, and there are fewer cases? ”

Hearing this, Du Zhongxiao smiled and said: "You have insight in what you say, if everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, there are a few people who are traitors." It's just that freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it takes one step at a time to clean up the place. ”

Han Yueniang's words reminded Du Zhongxiao. Instead of headache those cases every day, it is better to push them to the local government and organize the reclamation of the land with all your heart. Check a tooth man Ma Meng, Du Zhongxiao felt powerless, and he was irritable. It's not that he can't clean up this snake, but according to normal procedures, it is difficult for him to do anything to Mamon. If extrajudicial punishment is used, I always feel that something is missing. With a thousand years of knowledge, and having to deal with a local villain with small means, it is inevitable that he will have doubts about his future political prospects.

To change the political outlook of an era, of course, priority should be given to the development of productive forces and the solution of problems in the course of development. But development cannot solve everything, otherwise there would be no history of the intensifying struggle between the new party and the old party. In addition to developing the productive forces, it is also necessary to change the political base. Only by changing the political foundation and changing the old pattern can a new social outlook emerge.

Regarding the local Ma Meng case, Du Zhongxiao felt restrained everywhere, and this is this problem. He had only been here for a few days, and how many years Mammon had been operating in the local area, according to the old rules, it was difficult to get him. Du Zhongxiao wants to organize the reclamation of the fields and make such a big bend to deal with Ma Meng, and other people like Ma Meng, that is, to fundamentally solve the problem. Otherwise, in addition to a Mamon, there will also be a cow, which cannot be eradicated.

The arrival of Han Yueniang relieved the depressed mood of these Du Zhongxiao a lot, and the two talked and laughed all the way back to the inspection village.

After the dinner, bidding farewell to He Kun and others, the owner of the village who came to congratulate him, Du Zhongxiao and Han Yueniang sat in front of the room and gossiped about the moonlight.

After talking about some miscellaneous things in these days, Han Yueniang looked at the moon in the sky and said with some longing: "Just like this, how good it would be for us to stay together every day and talk about something." But since you are bent on taking the Jinshi exam, you will gather less and leave more. When I became an official, I thought that I would get better in the future, but I didn't want it to be the same. These days, when I was in the state city, I chatted with the families of other officials, and I realized that it is not easy to be an official. At present, most of the Cao officials in the state are not only running around, but also guarding the election. Now the state judiciary has joined the army and has been an official for 12 years, but the days of being a real down-to-earth official are only five or six years. Guess what he was doing in the other years? ”

Du Zhongxiao said casually: "Isn't it that there are elders in the family who have passed away and are filial piety at home?" ”

Han Yueniang shook her head: "It's not." For most of this person's years, he was either on the way to leave his post or went to the capital to defend the election. How hard do you say these days are? Alas, you will be like this then, what should we do? ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled: "What's more, I'll take you with me." Anyway, the family restaurant sells wine in Sanzhou, and there will be no shortage of food and clothing. ”

Han Yueniang didn't speak, holding her cheeks and looking at the sky. After a long while, he said: "Don't you know, since you went to the capital, everyone knows that we are going to get married in the future, and I don't know how many people envy us." When you get into the Jinshi, every time I go outside, there are people talking from afar, this is the future Jinshi lady, I don't know which life to cultivate the blessing. I'm so happy. But when we got married and came to this place to be officials, we felt that life was not much better than at home. Sometimes I think, if you don't become an official, where will your life be bad? ”

The two were newly married Yan'er, Du Zhongxiao went to Yongcheng County alone, and Han Yueniang was left alone in the state, with no relatives, which made her resentful. In fact, Du Zhongxiao was not an official in Bozhou, not far from home, and in the Central Plains, so I don't know how much I envied in the same year. If you are in the eunuch's house, you should be glad in your heart. However, Han Yueniang was born in a small broker's family, and she has unrealistic illusions about officials, but she has a lot of complaints.

What can Du Zhongxiao say? Because he met Han Yi by chance in the capital, he made such a big bargain. Now that I think about it, if I was sent to a remote state and county, and let Han Yueniang suffer from the beginning, I don't know if it would be better.

Being an official is a big problem, coupled with the inconvenient transportation and short term of office in this era, many officials calculate the time, and the time to be an official is not as long as wasting time on the road and in the capital. At this time, although it has not yet reached the level of more officials and fewer officials, everyone has selfish intentions and does not want to go to the remote state army to suffer, and many times they would rather wait more in the capital and change to a more convenient place, which will waste more time.

Seeing that Han Yueniang's appearance was a little resentful, Du Zhongxiao's heart moved, and said to her: "You are not easy to travel here from the state city, and I don't have anything good to give you." Take advantage of this moonlit night and set off a fireworks to show you, okay? ”

Han Yueniang smiled: "I heard that every Shangyuan night in the capital, the fireworks are very beautiful. Why, is there a backwood? ”

"That's nature. This is a remote and small county, with little money and food, and I still count on making fireworks to make some money so that I can reclaim the wasteland. ”

After Du Zhongxiao finished speaking, he called Chai Xinlai and asked him to pick a few of the fireworks made in these days with a few followers. Du Zhongxiao has more than a thousand years of knowledge, and the fireworks and firecrackers produced are much better than the existing products of this era.