Although he had Xu Ping's permission, Xu Chang was still uneasy in his heart. After so many years in charge of the Xu family, he has never done such a thing. In particular, the extravagant atmosphere that permeated the restaurant made people feel uneasy. Although Xu Ping said that every time Xu Chang came into contact with those people, he would write a line and record everything he saw and said, and he would definitely be fine in the future. Xu Chang still felt uneasy, as if he was hiding from the children who had done bad things from the adults in the family.

Xu Ping came to the spirit instead, unfolded the paper on the desk, dipped it in ink, and wrote his own recital.

Since there are such rules in the recital, let's start from a distant place, such as Jiaozhi affairs. At the end, add the content to be written, as long as there is an excuse to seal it.

The New Year's holiday passed quickly, although I went to the yamen to see things, but the year was not over, and most of the officials were in the yamen to respond to the story, and they had to walk around in their leisure time to visit relatives and friends.

Unconsciously on the ninth day of the first month, the beginning of the spring solar term.

Because someone played a year ago to explain that the name of the year means the sun and the moon shine together, the year of the Great Song Dynasty has been changed to Jingyou, the moon has been removed, only one sun is left in the sky over the capital, and the whole country ushers in a new moment.

Xu Ping's recital has gone up, and there is no news back, and he has been a little idle these days.

There was no early dynasty on the day of Lichun, Xu Ping left the house early and went to Xiangfu County to watch the spring cattle. Xu Ping's new home is located outside Wansheng Gate, which is institutionally under the jurisdiction of Xiangfu County, although he has never entered the Xiangfu County Office.

Normally, the urban area of Kaifeng City is directly under Kaifeng Prefecture, but the officials of Kaifeng Mansion are limited, and it is difficult for the officials to find suitable candidates. Originally, Fukuo County was only in charge of the suburbs, and with these two urban areas outside the city, the two counties of Kaifeng and Xiangfu were not too idle.

"Whipping the Spring Cow" is the most important ceremony of the beginning of spring in this era, Xu Ping himself presided over it when he was a magistrate, but he has always been unsure whether it is in line with the rules or not, so he naturally wants to visit the formal ceremony in the capital. The spring cow of Kaifeng Mansion is in the Spring Festival Hall of the Imperial Palace, so I have to come to see the subordinate county.

As soon as the sky was bright, the earth cow in front of the county government could only see a vague shadow, and the surroundings were already crowded with people. Most of these are farmers farming in the surrounding suburbs, and most of the residents in Kaifeng City don't farm, so they don't get up early in the morning to join in the fun.

The door of the county government slowly opened, and the surrounding crowd let out earth-shattering cheers.

In a moment, an official came out of the door, and it was not dawn, and Xu Ping couldn't see it clearly.

Liu Xiaoyi, who was on the side, whispered: "Officials, people with rods are all in front of the cow." ”

Xu Ping nodded. Spring is before the year, and people are after the ox; Spring is after the year, and people are in front of the ox; Spring and the year together, people and cattle stand side by side, this year's spring is after the year, so people in front of the cow, it seems that they are not wrong in Yongzhou.

After that, the ceremony was much the same, Xu Ping listened carefully to Liu Xiaoyi's explanation. Liu Xiaoyi's eyesight is excellent, and now the sky is just cloudy, and he can see it clearly.

It won't be long before the whipping of the spring ox is completed. This was originally a ritual, and if the staff bearer was allowed to break the earthen oxen, it would not exhaust the staff holders to death.

Liu Xiaoyi squeezed up with the flow of people to grab the soil of the spring cow, Xu Ping had no choice but to stand in place and wait for him.

After about a stick of incense, Liu Xiaoyi squeezed out of the crowd, pinched a handful of soil in his hand and said loudly to Xu Ping: "Official, I grabbed the horns, and this year's village will definitely have a good harvest!" ”

"The spring horns are on the soil, and the house is on the house, which makes people suitable for the field." Although there is this statement, Xu Ping does not believe it, he came here to learn these common etiquette, he can't just read the book, not to grab this handful of soil with the people.

However, since Liu Xiaoyi grabbed it, it was not easy to throw it away, so he found a cloth bag and asked him to take it with him.

At this time, it was still early, Xu Ping did not ride a horse, and walked slowly with Liu Xiaoyi, and when he arrived at Zhouqiao, he bought two bowls of wontons to eat, and then he swayed to the Sansi Yamen.

When they arrived at the official hall, the miscellaneous officials served tea, and Xu Ping drank it to nourish his spirits.

Shi Quanbin, who edited the regulations of the three divisions, had already taken people to clean up, and after the Shangyuan Festival, that is, the Lantern Festival, Xu Ping wanted to set up officials to take them to the office. Several deputy envoys of the three divisions are natural candidates, as well as the chief officials of the three divisions, because the business is directly related, they are all indispensable. However, these people can't be on duty there every day, and Xu Ping has to elect permanent officials.

While Xu Ping was thinking about miscellaneous matters, the military general outside the door said in a loud voice: "Judge Guo of Salt and Iron asks to see you!" ”

When Xu Ping heard this, he stood up and said in a loud voice: "Come in!" ”

Xu Ping stood up, walked around from the back of the case to the front, looked at Guo Zheng who walked in the door, and said loudly: "Zhongmu is goodbye, it has been nearly ten years before I know it, and the master book has always been good over the years?" ”

Guo Yan came up to greet the salute and said with a smile: "Although there are some small mistakes, it is still smooth after all." It's just that I can't imagine that the young man in the field back then has now been made a marquis, and you are the deputy envoy, who can predict the world! ”

Xu Ping hurriedly gave up his seat.

Guo Yu said: "Now you are the head of a department, in front of the officials, where is there a place for your subordinates to sit." ”

Xu Ping pressed Guo Jian on the spot, and said in his mouth: "Back then, I was relieved, and thanks to Zhongmou Baoju, I have today, how can I say these foreign words?" In the future, you will be here with me, no formality! ”

Speaking of which, Guo Jian was the first official Xu Ping saw when he came to this world, and his down-to-earth and hard-working style left a very good impression on him and had a far-reaching impact. If he hadn't met Guo Jian at that time, but a corrupt official, Xu Ping might not have been as kind to the world as he is now. The things of life are indeed very difficult to say.

Guo Jian left the post of Zhongmu and was originally promoted to the magistrate of the county, but he was implicated in the crime of his subordinates and was demoted. After several stumbling years, he is still the magistrate of the county, and his official position has not changed compared with previous years.

Speaking of the experience of the past few years, Guo Zheng sighed infinitely. When he was the chief bookkeeper, Xu Ping was still farming in the countryside, and all he thought about every day was how to make the land collect a few more buckets. A few years have passed, and he has not changed much compared with that year, but Xu Ping has changed from a pastoral lang to a marquis of the county, an official to a deputy envoy, and the circumstances of his life are really unpredictable.

Although he has also been a jinshi, Guo Jian is not proficient in scripture and literature, but is good at civil materials, good at mechanical fields and acres of water conservancy, and is a doer. However, in this era, doers are not popular, those who can do it are not as good as those who can speak, those who can speak are not as good as those who can blow, and those who can blow are not as good as those who can write, and those who are capable and clumsy and not good at writing articles can only sink into subordinates.

At the time of Taizu Taizong, the country was initially decided, and most of the ministers used were proficient in officials, such as Zhao Pu. In the later period of Taizong, the world was peaceful, the wind direction slowly changed, and the Zhenzong Dynasty was completely reversed.

At this time, officials were often divided into the official type and the scribe type, even if the scribe type had mediocre political performance, as long as the article was well written, the promotion was also rapid. And no matter how capable the officials are, they are often suppressed, and they will be ridiculed if they come up by chance. In the past, there was Feng Zheng, who was ridiculed as uneducated, and even the current Xu Ping was also criticized. If it weren't for the Holy Family, the official wouldn't be easy. (To be continued.) )