Guizhou Post House.

Xiuxiu boredly stroked the water in the clay pot with her hand, and said to the tall man standing next to him: "Brother Gao, it's lukewarm here, how comfortable!" Before coming, the officials said how terrible Lingnan was, and it turned out that they were all lies! Seeing that I am young, you scare me with big words! ”

Gao Daquan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Xiuxiu, it's winter now, and it's already in the wax moon!" The weather is as hot as March in the capital, how hot it will be in summer! ”

"yes, I forgot that the Chinese New Year is almost over!" Xiuxiu raised her head, thought for a while, and suddenly jumped up in shock, "Ahhh It's so hot now, and you can't roast people in the summer! I feel unbearable in the summer in our hometown, how can I live in the summer here? ”

As he spoke, he imagined the summer scene here, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became, and he almost cried.

Gao Daquan, a rough man, was most afraid of women crying, so he hurriedly comforted: "Don't scare yourself!" Didn't the officials say that the winter here is much warmer than ours, but the summer is not much different, but the time is longer. You see that the city of Guizhou is crowded, so many people, many of them have moved here from the Central Plains, generation after generation for a hundred years, aren't they all living well? ”

Xiuxiu listened, tilted her head and said: "That's right, the old man who sold us tangerines in the afternoon said that his ancestors moved from the Central Plains, in order to escape the war at the end of the Tang Dynasty, more than a hundred years!" ”

went to this confidant, Xiuxiu was happy again, and said to Gao Daquan: "If it doesn't heat up in summer, it's good here!" Brother Gao, look, everywhere is green, and there are still tweeds. By the way, did you eat the tangerines you bought in the afternoon? It's so sweet! I haven't eaten it before. ”

Gao Daquan's mind couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the little girl, so he just shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I've eaten it." ”

Xiuxiu thought about it for a while, and then said: "The official went out as a guest, I don't know if he will bring back delicious food." ”

Gao Daquan said impatiently: "After all, he is still a child, he only knows how to eat." ”

Guizhou Guangnan West Road Transfer Division Yamen, the newly arrived transfer envoy Wang Weizheng is banqueting his colleagues' subordinates.

In the back garden, the sound of silk and bamboo is endless, and more than a dozen female prostitutes play the flute and twist the strings, some hold the pipa in their arms, and a few bewitching dances and sing in a low voice.

On the main seat, a middle-aged man with a slightly dark face and black hair, in his fifties, looked silently at the female prostitute who was singing and dancing in front of him. It is the owner of this place, Wang Weizheng, the new Guangnan West Road transfer envoy, who was transferred from Jinghu South Road to a prison post a few years ago, and has just arrived in office for less than two months.

Next to him are Tian Shaozhong, the governor of Guizhou, and Feng Shenji, the governor of Gui, Yi, Rong, Liu, and Xiangbian, and the governor of Yizhou, and the guest is the new Yongzhou general judge Xu Ping.

Along the Guangnan West Road, Zhizhou is basically a military minister, Tian Shaozhong and Feng Shenji are both in their forties, Enyin is out of office, and the experience of Shi Eun is Liangguang and Jinghu South Road, and they are circling around Dongman.

Seeing that Wang Weizheng was sullen, Tian Shaozhong leaned in and whispered, "Why is the Cao envoy troubled?" ”

Wang Weizheng glanced at Xu Ping and sighed: "Where is Lingnan?" Although there are few accounts, there are countless holes, and the affairs are complicated. What does Zhongshu think? sent such an ignorant young man to sentence Yongzhou. Cao Yaoqing is already old and needs to concentrate on barbarian affairs, and civil affairs rely on general judgment. How could this young man be a first-time official and know nothing about government affairs? ”

Tian Shaozhong said: "Why did the envoy say that? I heard that Xu Tong was sentenced to Jinshi and ranked first, and when he was in the roll call, the sky appeared Ruiguang, and the saints were all blue-eyed towards him, so he must have learned from real materials. ”

Wang Weizheng snorted: "Jinshi and the first, what is the use of being able to do poetry?" Officials have to be close to the people year after year, not just familiar with the scriptures! ”

Wang Weizheng Xianping was twenty-seven years old in the ninth year of Xianping, and he started from Sihu to join the army, and the judge, general judge, and Zhizhou came up step by step, and he was qualified not to put Xu Ping in his eyes. Tian Shaozhong was a military minister, he didn't dare to judge civil officials casually, he was not easy to agree, and he obediently closed his mouth.

Xu Ping couldn't hear their conversation, and if he did, he might feel that it made sense. Before taking office, the officials had a special induction training, although the time was very short, the content was simple, and the basic precautions were clearly explained.

Because of the obscenity of Liu Tong, the father of the Empress Dowager Liu, the official name of the general judgment at this time is the same judgment, but in addition to the attention in the official documents, no one cares about it in private.

According to the impression of his previous life, Tong Ju was the second-in-command in the state, that is, the deputy governor of the state, and after training, Xu Ping knew that this was far from the case, at least not in this era.

The general judgment originated from the Sui Tang Dynasty, but in the real sense, the general judgment of the Song Dynasty was set up when Taizu recovered Jinghu, and the original purpose was to monitor the old officials of Jinghu on the newly recovered land, called Jianzhou, and often overrode Zhizhou. Taizu specially issued an edict so that the general judgment could not be arbitrary, and major matters must be jointly signed with the governor before they took effect, which can be regarded as suppressing the arrogance of the general judgment. Since then, with the stability of the region, the status of the general judgment has gradually decreased. But at this time, it is far from the point of being a deputy, and it should be regarded as the second governor of the state. If you want to compare, the relationship between Tongju and Zhizhou is similar to the relationship between the mayor and the secretary of his predecessor.

The general judgment is in charge of finances, and other affairs also have the right to intervene, which is originally set up to monitor the governor, so it has the power to supervise and the power to play alone. Especially in the place where the military minister is appointed as the governor of the state, the state's finances are regarded as the dictatorship of the general judgment, and most of the civil affairs are handled by the general judgment.

If that's all, Wang Weizheng won't be troubled. Although the transfer envoy was the heaviest time of the two Song Dynasty at this time, it was still mainly to transfer wealth and supervise the state and county, although other affairs were also involved, and they could not act arbitrarily. The key lies in the fact that the two main duties of the transfer are the same line as the general judgment. In a practical sense, the Zhizhou is not a subordinate of the transfer envoy, and the transfer envoy only supervises the work of the Zhizhou, but the general judgment is closely connected with the transfer envoy in business.

The biggest reason why the Song Dynasty was able to firmly control the local government was that it controlled the local finances. From the three divisions of the central government, to the transfer envoys at the road level, to the general judgment at the state level, and then to the chief secretary at the county level, this line has controlled the finances to death, and the local officials have actually been excluded and cannot make waves. Therefore, the transshipment envoy was called "the envoy" by the people at this time, which illustrates this nature.

On the other hand, from the imperial history of the central government, to the transfer envoy at the road level, and then to the general judgment at the state level, it is the main line of supervision in the Song Dynasty.

Since the expiration of Ye Shen's term of office last year, the Criminal Department of Guangnan West Road has been abolished, and the Supervision Department is only left with the transfer envoy department.

Xu Ping didn't have the heart to guess what his boss Wang Weizheng thought, but was interested in Feng Shenji, who was accompanying the guests. Feng Shenji is the second son of Feng Zheng, the role model of Tanhualang in Xu Ping's eyes, and Enyin is an official, so he is in the Wuchen sequence.

Feng Zheng is also a wonderful person, his two sons are all in the Wuchen sequence, one in the northwest and the other in the southwest, all of them have great achievements and have a great future.

Even if he can't be admitted to the Jinshi, Enyin can also enter the civil official sequence, with the atmosphere of emphasizing literature over military force at this time, Feng Zheng's choice is intriguing.

Like himself, Feng Zheng was also from a poor family, his father used to be a supervisor in Zhao Pu's family, in fact, he was a slave, he was appreciated by Zhao Pu when he was a teenager, and he was given a good poetry to the Jinshi, and finally paid homage to the prime minister. All of this has a lot of similarities with himself, but as a result, not only Feng Zheng himself has been rich and noble all his life, but his two sons are also outstanding among the descendants of Jinshi in the same year, and Xu Ping can't help but pay attention to it.

Just when Xu Ping was thinking about it, the song ended, and the song saluted and retreated.

Wang Weizheng raised his glass, and everyone drank three cups in a row.

Because of the miscellaneous civil and military affairs, everyone has different interests, so there are no programs.

Tian Shaozhong is the master of Guizhou, and the official prostitute who is in charge of singing and dancing, so he ordered: "Today's guest is Xinke Tanhualang, you go up and toast a glass of wine!" ”

Without waiting for the others to react, a female prostitute stood up, walked up to Xu Ping, picked up the wine jug and poured the wine, raised her glass and said: "Cheap concubine mercy, congratulations to Xinke Gui Life!" ”

Xu Ping glanced up and saw that Lian Xiang was seventeen or eighteen years old, with a fine white complexion, a charming face, dressed in a fancy way, and looked at his eyes with affection. I wondered, could this girl have taken a fancy to herself? It's just a meeting, so much love for southern women? But as an official prostitute, don't you know that officials can't have a super-friendly relationship with them?

Seeing that Xu Ping had drunk it, Lian Xiang poured it up again: "This is Guizhou's famous wine 'Ruilu', the two lakes and the two Guangzhous are very famous, and the officials who have drunk it are all praised." Good things come in pairs, why don't you drink a cup anymore. ”

On this occasion, Xu Ping had very little experience, and it was difficult to excuse himself, so he had to drink again.

Lian Xiang smiled even more charmingly, her pretty face was like a dew-stained flower in the morning, she poured it again, pursed her lips and said: "The noble man is in the high ranks, the literary style must be good, why don't you make the first new words and our sisters will sing it." ”

Xu Ping was impulsive, so he wanted to recite the Song Ci that did not appear at this time, but fortunately, he understood that he was two pounds, and forcibly suppressed this limelight thought, shook his head and said: "I am a scholar in poetry, and I have learned the knowledge of the sages and sages, but I am not proficient in lyrics." ”

Lian Xiang was slightly disappointed, if he could make a song for himself, it would also be an honor in the courtesan line, and his worth would have doubled since then, but he didn't expect Xu Ping to refuse directly.

After calming down, Lianxiang smiled again and said: "Concentrating on poetry and books is naturally the right way, but Lianxiang is abrupt." The nobles came from Beijing, and it was also a pleasure for us to sing the new words of the Beijing Division, and it was fun for the officials to entertain their ears and eyes. ”

Xu Ping thought for a moment and nodded: "This makes it, so I can recite Wucheng Zhang Ziye's song "Appealing to the Heart". In the past two years, he has studied in Beijing, and his name is all over the world.

Meet before the moon before the flowers. Bitterness and hatred hinder calmness.

What's more, the wine wakes up and the dream is broken, and the flowers are hazy.

The flowers are endless, and the months are endless. Two hearts and minds.

At this time, I am willing to do, willow thousands of silk, stumbling and provoking the spring breeze. ”

After reciting, he looked at Lianxiang on the other side, lowered his head and chuckled, infinitely shy, and said in a low voice: "I like this word so much!" Wait, our sisters are ready to sing. ”

Xu Ping was slightly surprised: "I just memorized it once, and you remembered it?" ”

"Of course, the concubine has a good memory since she was a child!"

After speaking, Lian Xiang twisted her waist and returned to the group of female prostitutes, whispering non-stop.

Tian Shaozhong looked at this scene, nodded and smiled, glanced at Wang Weizheng, but saw that he just sighed.