It's about to enter September, the autumn tiger is still strong, and the sun is still hot at noon. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Ping sat under the big tree by the pool, reading a stack of letters on the stone table on one side.

Not far away, Xiuxiu was seriously mixing a bowl of cold noodles with various condiments. At this time, the cold powder is called "cold tao", which is the most common snack in Luoyang City, regardless of Shishu, when there is nothing to eat.

The first letter came from Li Jing, who greeted him as usual and told him about his situation there. Now that Xu Ping is the transfer envoy of Jingxi Road, he is Li Jing's top boss, and he talks more carefully about official affairs in the letter.

The second letter came from Zhao Ying, who was the governor of Ruzhou and was also under the management of Xu Ping. The two are in the same year, and their previous relationship was not bad, so they should naturally send a letter to greet them. The letter also talked in detail about the use of the small iron money there, as well as the three divisions.

There are also a few letters from Zhang Dayou, Li Shen and other officials who have been in contact with Xu Ping and can speak before, and are now also under the management of Jingxi Road. Li Shen talked about the aftermath of Heyin County after Xu Ping left, as well as the preparations for the river in Mengzhou. In addition to greetings, Zhang Dayou also said that he would build an official school in Bishui County, hoping to get Xu Ping's help.

At this time, local state schools and county schools were not common, except for the Tokyo Xijing Guozijian, and the Yingtian Academy in Nanjing was relatively large. Especially a few years ago, Yan Shu was in charge of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, and hired Fan Zhongyan, who was idle at that time, to preside over Yingtian Academy, which cultivated a group of good students. Because the imperial court had a clear edict, only in Sanjing and Jianjie, the great feudal lords were allowed to run official schools, and there were no official schools in the general state, and even less in the county. In the past two years, there have often been ministers who have issued a charter to demand that education be run on a large scale, and local officials have often ignored the restrictions of the imperial decree to run schools in prefectures and counties, and Zhang Dayou is one of them.

There are three places with the most developed education north of the Yangtze River, namely Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Henan Mansion on Jingxi Road, and Qingzhou on Jingdong Road, which have historical origins. Xu Ping is on Jingxi Road, so naturally he can't break the tradition, and he should still support it.

Picking up the last letter, Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, and looked at it carefully before opening it.

The letter was written by Wang Yaochen, who resigned and went home for a few days because of his father's funeral. After another month or two, the mourning period will be full, and I wrote to ask Xu Ping if there was a suitable position on Jingxi Road. As the champion of the fifth year of Tiansheng, Wang Yaochen was the first to enter the pavilion, although he was delayed for two years because of filial piety, and his official qualifications were second only to Xu Ping in the same year.

After reading the letter, Xu Ping leaned back in his chair and thought for a while.

Wang Yaochen went to the local government at this time, either to serve as the governor of the prefecture, or to the state where the military minister served as the governor of the state, and the status of the two was not much different, and it was acceptable. Or to serve as a judge in the transshipment department, which is also quite qualified.

There is no vacancy in Zhizhou on Jingxi Road now, but there is Xiangzhou in the general judgment, because Zhang Qi is there to serve as Zhizhou, which is suitable for Wang Yaochen. One term of general judgment, another term of governor, and then return to the dynasty to serve as an official or imperial historian is also a normal promotion rank.

Suddenly, Xu Ping remembered that the general judgment of Henan Mansion was also vacant, could he let Wang Yaochen come to Henan Mansion?

Xiuxiu adjusted the cold powder, brought it over and said to Xu Ping: "Seeing that it's autumn, why is it still so hot?" The officials eat a bowl of cold food to fill their stomachs, this thing is cold, and it is just right to relieve the heat. ”

Xu Ping put down the letter in his hand, and said to Xiuxiu with a bowl: "Two days ago, there was a letter from home, saying that Xu Chang had come to Luoyang City in the past two days, and you asked the people in the yamen to pay attention to it, so that he could not enter the door." ”

Xiuxiu smiled: "Why should officials worry about this? Xu Chang took care of the chores at home when he was in Kaifeng, how could these things be difficult for him? By the way, when Xu Chang went to Luoyang, did he want to buy an industry in the city? ”

"Yes, Xiuxiu, the official I am now has to run outside half of the year, and it is very inconvenient for the family to live in the yamen. Besides, you don't listen to people, born in Luoyang, we came here, we have this opportunity, how can we not start a house here? When we get old, we come here to live our lives. ”

Xiuxiu said with a smile: "The official really thinks about it for a long time, now that he is in his twenties, how can he think of going in a few decades." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "People have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries, so they naturally want to think long-term." ”

At this time, the saying goes, "born in Luoyang, buried in Zhu Fang", Zhu Fang is in the area of Runzhou, Jiangnan, as soon as you hear this, you know that it was said by those Southern Tang scholars who came to Luoyang City at the beginning of the country. Nantang advocates extravagance, and the place that can be favored by these people will naturally not be bad. Luoyang City is indeed not prosperous enough, but the city has a wide area, and the land price is not high, so you can build a high-gate compound with a little money. It is also in the middle of the world, the weather is suitable, the soil is fertile, and most of the flowers and trees from all over the country can survive. Coupled with the foundation left by the Han and Tang dynasties, there are rockeries and strange stones, strange flowers and giant trees, everything.

As long as there is no shortage of money in hand, Luoyang is indeed a good place to live, far better than the capital Bianliang.

As a northerner, naturally I will not think about anything "buried in Zhufang", in fact, the more widely spread in later generations is "buried in Beibei", to say that behind the Yin House, the mountain north of Luoyang is the first place. Xu Ping thought that when he was really old one day, this would be the best place to retire. In fact, most of the wealthy giants in Luoyang City are also high-ranking officials who are wise or idle. It is the choice of many people to start a house in the east and west.

While eating cold noodles, he gossiped with Xiuxiu.

It has been more than ten days since he came to Luoyang City, and Xu Ping slowly understood the situation he was facing, and his mood began to calm down. The predicament he is facing now is far from being compared with his time in Yongzhou or when he returned to the capital last year. Among the divisions along the way, the most honorable in theory is naturally the commander's pacification envoy, but the actual power is the transfer envoy.

I now hold a lot of power, I have the full support of the connections left by the three divisions in the court, and there are a few officials I know well in the local area, who can really stop me from doing anything? Even if there are setbacks, they are only temporary.

After eating the cold powder, Xu Ping leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, and squinted for a while.

When the rear government was at leisure, the deputy transfer envoy Yang Xuan hurriedly approached.

Xiuxiu saw it, gently shook Xu Ping awake, took the bowl, and left first, letting the two of them talk about things.

In front of Xu Ping, after the ceremony, Yang Xuan took out a pleadings from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Ping: "Du Cao, Du Jinyuan sent a report from the court for the past two days, and there is a copy of the recital from Henan Mansion in it!" ”

Xu Ping looked at Yang Xu, took the chapter, looked at it, put it on the stone table, and said in a deep voice: "What does Li Ruogu mean?" Didn't you already tell him that in two days, the people from the Criminal Division and the Shuai Division would arrive in Luoyang, and the governors of Henan Prefecture, Mengzhou, and Zhengzhou would discuss the matter of repairing the river together? He is going to dismantle the stage now that he is on such a concert? ! ”

(Happy New Year, everyone!) (To be continued.) )