In the Three Emperors Temple in Heyin County, Fan Zhongyan shook a pu fan under the big ginkgo tree, listened to the chirping of cicadas in the distance, looked at Sun Fengnian's father and son who walked out of the door, and said to Sima Chi beside him: "Hezhong, the matter is today, it should be decided, right?" ”

Sima Chi at the table straightened his waist, frowned and said, "The people who should ask have already been asked, and the matter is understood, it is time to decide." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info it's just that we went back so much that this errand was not done well. ”

"When we reciprocate, we do a good job. Do you want to make up a story? ”

Seeing Fan Zhongyan's frank appearance, Sima Chi shook his head helplessly. The identities are different, of course Fan Zhongyan can think that this is to do things well, but Sima Chi cannot.

Yushitai came out to check people, but he didn't find out any cheats, this is not good! Change to an ordinary official who has no way to get up, and he can still fight for a straight name in such a return, what should others think of a close minister like Xu Ping?

Since it's okay, who will take the responsibility for coming out to investigate so aggressively? Wang Yan has been demoted to Chunzhou by Lu Yijian all at once, what else can you do with him? Unable to find someone to look up, Sima Chi went back and had nothing to say.

Sima Chi didn't have to charge Xu Ping'an with anything, but at least he should have some small handles, and when he went back to report it, he just said that Wang Yan was exaggerating, and Xu Ping would not be punished, and the matter would pass. Now I checked and checked, and it turned out that Xu Ping had been here for nearly a month, and he had no offense against the local autumn, and even when he usually ate, he went out to buy meat and vegetables by himself. At other times, there was no contact with the place at all, and the only time was when Lu Fang took someone to buy the two Mengzhou pigs.

As for catching gambling, let the local people set up a club to fill the gap of the two big households being arrested, these are all specific governance measures, and it is not the fault of the imperial history station, otherwise the local officials will not be able to do things.

After taking a sip of tea, Sima Chi sighed, and he didn't know what to say to Zhongcheng Han Yi when he went back. The Han family is still related to Xu Ping because Han Zong, and Han Yi doesn't want this kind of result, so as not to provoke suspicion for himself.

An old Taoist priest who watched the temple came to the two of them and said, "Two officials, someone from the county came just now, saying that the general judgment had set up a banquet in the county office, and asked the two officials when they would come." ”

Sima Chi looked at Fan Zhongyan and replied to Lao Dao: "You go and talk back, and we will go when the sun sets." ”

Lao Dao agreed, turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Sima Chi stopped Lao Dao, "A few days ago, there was a deputy envoy Xu living here in the court, I don't know what you think of him?" Did you cause any trouble in the temple? ”

Lao Dao shook his head: "Don't hide it from the officials, when the Xu official arrived in the small temple, he occupied the backyard, and let Xiaodao and a few others live in the front hall, and there is no daily contact." Those people live here, and the incense money is enough, and the life in the temple is better than this. Moreover, after Xu Guanren left, the incense in my small temple also flourished a lot. ”

Fan Zhongyan waved his hand and let Lao Dao leave.

Watching Lao Dao go out, Fan Zhongyan shook his fan for a while, and said to Sima Chi: "Hezhong, there are some things that I may not be suitable to say, but I have to say them." The duty of Taiwan to do things is naturally to discover and criticize the shortcomings of officials. But what is done is not to punish people, let alone send people to prison, but to make officials vigilant and fearful. Therefore, he has always not concealed people's faults and praised people's beauty, which is what it should mean. But first of all, we must still report truthfully, and we must not tell the truth for the sake of our own momentary pleasure, then we will lose the foundation of being an official. Xu Beizhi has been outside the mountain for six years, although he has made great achievements, but he has been promoted too quickly after the dynasty, this is a fact. It is also true that he has a family friendship with Li Tingshi, and he is suspected of being attached to his relatives. But this time in Heyin County, his mission was blameless, and this is even more true. When we return to the court, we just have to report what we have heard and seen here to the truth, and how to deal with it, the minister naturally knows in his heart. ”

"If it makes sense, so be it." Sima Chi smiled bitterly, "Why don't I know this truth?" It's just that in Taiwan Province, there will always be gossip among colleagues. ”

Fan Zhongyan nodded, indicating that he understood what Sima Chi meant.

Years ago, Xu Ping had a very unpleasant quarrel with the Yushitai and the Imperial Yuan, Sima Chi was not there at that time, and now he is the second person in the Yushitai, and the officials who had conflicts with Xu Ping looked at it with their eyes. This is the position of finding trouble for others, and as a result, if you go back and help the person being investigated to say good things, your colleagues will naturally look at Sima Chi differently.

When they went to Heyin this time, the most important thing was to check Xu Ping's daily life here, because Wang Yan was talking about Xu Ping's poisonous place. As a result, after checking and checking, there was no such thing as eating a chicken like Wang Yan, and a big gambling case was solved by chance.

The most important thing is that the ordinary people who were called for questioning all said good things about Xu Ping, and they looked grateful. Not to mention those tenants of the Jiang family, since then they have the capital to live for a long time, and those who burn the cellar have gained great benefits. Although Tong Qilang was found to have evaded taxes, and the supplementary taxes were spread on these people now, but from then on, the profits in the cellar were shared by themselves, and the income was still a lot more after deducting the monthly taxes.

For one term of office, for the benefit of one party, this is the greatest merit of an official. Xu Ping has been here for a month, but he has brought earth-shaking changes to this remote county, what is there to blame?

At this moment, Sima Guang came out of the room, saluted Fan Zhongyan, turned to Sima Chi and said, "Father, the child has completed today's schoolwork, please take a look." ”

Fan Zhongyan stood up and said: "At a young age, you don't forget your homework when you go out for a long trip, and you have a son like this, and you will become a great weapon in the future!" Okay, it's not early, let's go to the county government for a banquet. The county order in Heyin County was not up to the task, and the Jingxi Road Transfer Envoy reported it, but no one had come to take over, and Li Tongju was busy with affairs. ”

Sima Chi agreed, took Sima Guang's hand, and entered the room, not knowing what homework to check him.

The sun fell on the top of Guangwu Mountain, sprinkling thousands of golden rays and smearing all things in heaven and earth. The wind blowing on the Yellow River finally cooled down and blew on the body, gently brushing away the restless heat of the day.

Fan Zhongyan and Sima Chi took Sima Guang out of the door of the Three Emperors Temple, and their entourage led the horses.

Officials have always brought not many people with them when they go out of Beijing, and the manpower they need is drawn from the locality. Heyin County is sparsely populated, and the county government is already short of manpower, so the two of them have no trouble with Li Shen.

When they arrived at the upper horse stone, Fan Zhongyan and Sima Chi turned over and got on their horses, and Sima Guang served on the side.

With a flick of the horse's reins, Fan Zhongyan turned around and glanced at the white wall standing not far away, on which there was a poem inscribed by Xu Ping when he left, and the old Tao in the Three Emperors Temple was specially covered with a gauze cover.

"The grass house outside the city sells wine idly, and it is rumored that it is reported to the Daming Palace. A maid and a rider ride eight thousand miles, crossing the rivers and lakes like a tent. There are many tigers and leopards in the mountains and forests, and he plays the sword and leads the bow at night in his spare time. Silent night to the Yellow River water, who was the male back then? ”

When Xu Ping left, it was Li Yonghe who served as the deputy envoy of the herd to the former military supervisor, and then there were many disputes with Wang Yan in Bishui County. At that time, Wang Yanshang's accusatory of Xu Ping's recital was blocked, and in combination with this poem, it was very obvious what Li Yonghe said to Xu Ping at that time.

But whether Li Yonghe said it according to his own meaning or relayed Zhao Zhen's meaning, Fan Zhongyan and Sima Chi did not dare to guess. Xu Ping's biggest trick was actually that after knowing that Wang Yan said bad things about him, he adopted an attitude of not cooperating with him, and finally forced Wang Yan to a dead end step by step.

But Sima Chi checked Xu Ping's every move in Heyin County, but he could only assume that he didn't know this. There are some things that officials in the imperial court dare not touch no matter what. (To be continued.) )