On the Cangzhou side, the officials sent by the imperial court had to rely on the officials provided by the local tyrant family to check the land of the local tyrant's family.

In Kaifeng Mansion, Lu Jiawen and Lu Benzhi could still find some public officials who had little to do with the forbidden army system to drive.

After all, the pool in Kaifeng Mansion is relatively large, and the range of choices available for the major yamen is also broader. Moreover, many of the officials of the government offices in Kaifeng Mansion are hereditary, and many of them have served in the government offices for generations, and they can be traced back to the Taizu and Taizong dynasties. At that time, the forbidden army still took it as its duty to be a soldier and fight, but there were no three hundred and sixty lines, and there was a forbidden army.

Therefore, most of the people who served as public officials in the government office in the early years were local scholars from Kaifeng Prefecture. Well, the Hanmen scholars were not as noble as they were later in the Sui and Tang dynasties and the Five Dynasties until the beginning of the Song Dynasty. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, where the scholars had an advantage, the number of scholars in the imperial examination was very small, and there were many cats in the imperial examination, so most of the scholars from the poor family could only start from the low-level officials or the doormen of the big officials (in fact, the doormen and officials are the same).

At the beginning of the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, the world was a martial artist, and when Song Taizu was in power, the number of scholars in a branch was single or double digits, and it was impossible to provide a rising channel for many poor scholars, and it was impossible to elect a huge team of bureaucrats to rule the world. Therefore, the Hanmen scholars served as officials and doormen, which was still the most common upward route in that era.

In this case, although the quality of the officials is high, they are not independent enough, they must be dependent on the officials, and there are also channels for promotion to become officials, and it is easy to form groups with the officials who promoted them.

When the imperial examination was in full swing, the scholars of the poor family had a broad and relatively fair upward channel, and they no longer had to rely on high-ranking officials and wealthy families to serve as guest officials. At the same time, the ascent channel of the officials was gradually blocked because the imperial court had to arrange official positions for a large number of jinshi.

On the one hand, it is a position of official that loses its appeal to scholars; On the one hand, there are lonely and cold officials who have no Hakka retainers to drive. Therefore, the situation of officials without feudalism and hereditary officials began to become the mainstream.

In the actual government activities, the peculiar pattern of strong officials and weak officials also began to take shape in the Song Dynasty.

And in the ideal Qingliu ministers of the Song people, even if the officials are in charge, there should not be a large number of Hakka retainers to drive, and it is best to have a lonely minister who has no henchmen.

Lu Jiawen, Lu Benzhi and his son are standard orphans, not only do they have few minions, but they have turned their faces with the huge Shouzhou Lu family. What they can rely on is a group of hereditary officials who have long formed interest groups......

However, Lu Jia asked a wicked and cool official of this level, there is still a way to deal with a few hereditary officials with a low background.

Lu Benzhi reported outside the study: "Father, Yu Zhusi, Zhao Zhusi, Zhou Duyi, and Liu Duzhi have all arrived, and they are waiting in the front hall!" ”

Lu Jiawen, who was frowning and looking at the sample of the "tube building" sent by the store's housekeeping building, replied casually: "Oh, let them wait, the old man will be there soon." ”

Lu Benzhi brought the four officials of the Taifu Siqing Mansion, who were from the Municipal Taxation and Peace Quasi-Case. Yu Zhu Si is the same name, the word book friend, is the charge of the city taxation, is the city tax document in charge of the north chamber of the city. Zhou Duguan has a single name and a Jian, and the words are like ice, and he is one of the four officials of the city taxation department in charge of the tax revenue in the north of the city. Zhao Zhusi's name is Lu, the word Ziren, and he is the charge of the Beixiang documents in the Pingzhun case. Liu Duguan is famous and honorable, and his character is Yao, and he is the official in charge of the inspection of the north wing of the city in the Pingzhun case.

The four officials were all carefully selected, all of them were around twenty-five years old, and they had been employed for three or four years, and of course they were all from the families of the officials.

Lu Jiawen, who had served in the city for a long time, knew the situation of the Kaifeng Mansion official family well, and knew that it was difficult for the elderly officials to drive. First, they have been officials for many years, and they have already earned enough, and most of them have the qualifications to become officials, that is, they can get the official status at any time and get out of the control of Taifu Temple; Second, these people have run an intertwined network of relationships, and they are familiar with all kinds of officialdom methods, which are difficult to drive them; Third, these old officials are all slippery and abnormal, and they can't catch the handle at all--it is better to do the trick than to do it, and it is not easy to let them be biting vicious dogs without a handle.

And the easiest to drive, there is no doubt that the kind of would-be newcomers who have been public officials for three or four years, although their positions are inherited, but it does not mean that they do not need to spend money. The boss has to take care of it, the clan has to be settled, and it is not surprising that a public official at the level of a priest or a capital official inherits and spends twenty or thirty thousand yuan. Basically, you can empty a house, maybe you still owe a lot of debts, and now is the time to rush to make money!

Moreover, these newly recruited public officials are not as leaky as the old officials, and it is easy to grasp the handle. With the handle, they can only be obedient, or they will be dismissed, and then they will have nothing.

Lu Jiawen sat down and looked at the four young officials in black shirts with somewhat apprehensive faces standing with their sons.

Lu Benzhi calmly opened his mouth to introduce: "This is the secretary of the municipal taxation department in the same way, who accepted a bribe of 500 taels from the head of the Li family, mixed the smuggled goods with the grain, and evaded thousands of taxes.

This Zhou Jian is the capital of the city's taxation, and because he received 300 taels from the treasurer of the north tile of the state, he was exempted from the residence tax for three months on the grounds that the business was closed during the national funeral of the north of the state.

Zhao Lu and Liu Rong in the Pingzhun case were instructed to join forces to blackmail the Wangjia Grain Store in Beixiang and were denounced. ”

"Okay, they're all capable!" Lu Jia asked and smiled coldly, "I've only been working for a few years, so I don't take Wang Fa in my eyes?" ”

"Bachelor's ...... Bachelor, let's spare the little bottom this time......"

The four officials who were tied to their pigtails knelt down together and begged for mercy.

The sins they have committed are not big, it can be said that everyone is doing it, and it is simply a bad rule. Somehow, it was known to a high-ranking official like Taifu Siqing - in fact, Lu Benzhi went down to find the old officials of the city tax and peace case in the name of Lu Jiawen, and asked them to hand over a few dirty officials to clean up the discipline, so the four of them were filled with indicators without any big background......

"What is there to forgive?" Lu Jiawen smiled indifferently, "It's not the crime of killing the head and filling the army, and the official doesn't bother to send you to the division to ask for the crime, just open the revolution and never use it, let's live a good life in the future." ”

Of course, it is not a small sin for officials to accept bribes of hundreds according to the law, but it is not a big deal to really send a priest to ask about the crime, but it will make the other officials of Taifu Temple Qing feel cold. Therefore, Lu Jia only mentioned Kaige, and did not ask anything else.

For these four public officials who have no net worth, Kaige will lose everything, and from now on they will be four poor eggs.

"Father," Lu Benzhi said at this time, "they are just first-time offenders, so it is better to give them a chance to make up for their mistakes." ”

"Make up for it?" Lu Jia asked coldly and glanced at the four people under the hall, "Are they okay?" ”

"Okay! Okay! ”

The four of them spoke in unison.

The priest named Yu Tongdao is the fastest of the four, and now he has a little understanding that Lu Jia asked this cool official to use his own family as a sword. immediately said: "Bachelor, but there is a sending, and Xiaodi will not hesitate to go to the soup." ”

"You don't give up, ...... well," Lu Jia asked and smiled, "Then you stay, and everyone else leaves." ”

"Bachelor, Xiao Di is also not going to give up!"

"Little Bottom Goes to the Soup for the Bachelor ......"

The remaining three hurriedly begged, although the scholars and doctors looked down on the dispatch of this official, but this was the official of Taifu Temple! When it comes to oil and water, ordinary county officials can't compare!

Lu Benzhi also said: "Father, they are all willing to do things for you, or do you want to stay?" ”

"How can you stay all?" Lu Jia asked and shook his head, "You have to fire two ......."

As he spoke, Lu Jiawen coldly swept the four kneeling people in the hall, and then lowered his voice: "Everyone is a cool official!" That's right, this official is a cool official! The cool officials took office to establish their authority, and you happened to bump into them, so it's no wonder that the officials are here.

However, this official is not unreasonable, and can give you a chance to make up for your mistakes. Of the four people, only two people were opened. As for who to open and who to keep, it depends on your performance! ”

It depends on the performance...... And there's only half a chance to stay! I have to say that Lu Jiawen is still very methodical!

Looking at the four miserable and miserable officials, kowtowing like pounding garlic, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Lu Jiawen's mouth.

With these four minions, there is no fear that those small merchants and hawkers in the northern military camp will not move away. As long as someone is willing to move, it is a loose position, and it is not difficult to take them all.

……

When Lu Jiawen's demolition and relocation began to progress, Shi Dazhizhou, who was organizing forces to investigate the hidden fields and hidden households, was taking bribes - 3,000 evil money, plus a beautiful woman from Goryeo.

The bribe came to pay the bribe from Qizhou, a wealthy businessman named Chen Xiaotian, whose family is the largest sheep dealer on Jingdong East Road, buying 100,000 sheep from Liaoguo every year, and also operating a pasture covering an area of more than 30,000 acres in Cangzhou - the sheep bought from Liaoguo must have a place to feed, and the sheep can only be sold for money when they are fat.

Of course, this ranch is also a hidden field, and if you can buy so many sheep from Liao, and you can also become a big businessman who is the number one sheep merchant on Jingdong Road, there must be someone behind it. Of course, there is no problem with building 30,000 acres of hidden land in Cangzhou.

However, his family suddenly received an order from the backstage boss, saying that Cangzhou was now inspecting the fields, so he wanted to sell part of the 30,000 acres of pasture so as not to cause trouble.

Cha Tian This kind of thing, Chen Xiaotian and his family have encountered a lot, and there is nothing unfair, nothing more than bribery...... So Chen Xiaotian got his father's order, brought gifts and came to Cangzhou quickly, and also went through the door of Sister Wan and met Shi Guozhong of Zhizhou.