Watching the sunset every day, the clouds rolling up, the wind sweeping the leaves, or listening to the rain hitting the window lattice, and seeing people floating in things, it is Lotte's business.

At present, Lotte has really become a big idler, and the remaining officials do not arrange official business, and their colleagues deliberately alienate and snub them, making Lotte like a transparent person in the workshop.

Zhang Suo is a derogatory and loose official, but he is also a Shangguan, since he was invited, Lotte did not dare to refuse. Anyway, no one cared about him, and he didn't wait for the gong to sound, Lotte returned to the official residence where he lived and changed into a scholar's robe, and went out of the restaurant set by the state government to Zhang Tuanlian, the deputy envoy.

When I arrived at the restaurant, Dr. Nacha led me to the private room, and when I opened the door, I saw that the deputy envoy of the regimental training had already sat in his seat and waited.

Lotte originally thought that he had come early enough, but he didn't expect that Zhang Suoji had already arrived at the restaurant, this idle official was really more idle than himself, a transparent person, and for a while Lotte felt that he was also a fallen person at the end of the world.

The two of them saw the ceremony, and they each sat down, Lotte looked at this private room, and immediately had a suspicion in his heart, although this private room was elegant, but it was a little crowded for four or five people to sit down, and this Zhang Tuanlian deputy was short of money, and he would not be stingy enough to set such a small private room.

After Dr. Nacha served the tea and retreated, Lotte asked tentatively: "I don't know who Zhang Daguan is going to invite to the banquet today, and he will come down to sit with him?" ”

Zhang Suo chuckled: "Today, Zhang only invited Mr. Le and Zhang's uncle, and no one else!" ”

Only invited himself and Yang Song? Lotte was suspicious for a while, and it was difficult to ask the other party what the reason was, so he only smiled: "Zhang Daguan is so affectionate, it's really a villain!" ”

I have no intersection with Zhang, and my intersection with Yang Song can only be regarded as general, what is this Zhang's plot for? Lotte quickly moved his brain, and his thoughts were half loud without a clue.

Not long after, Yang Song also came, and the three of them were polite, asked the store to serve wine and food, and then closed the door.

The three of them pushed the cup to change the lamp, and after three rounds, Yang Song suddenly said: "I heard that the day after Yang was the east, Lotte didn't catch up with the yashen because he was late to return to the ya, and was fined a month's salary by the royal family Cao to join the army?" ”

Lotte was wondering why Zhang Suo invited him to the banquet in his heart, and immediately felt that there was something in Yang Song's words, and still replied with an unchanged face: "Some small things, why do Yang officials need to mention them!" ”

Yang Song said again: "Yang heard that Mr. had a quarrel with Huang Tong's brother because of his wine debts when he was in peace, and Yang also heard that this Wang Hu Cao joined the army and Huang Tong had a very personal relationship!" ”

It goes without saying that Yang Song means that Wang Hu Cao joined the army in order to show favor and judge Huang Tong, and intended to rectify Lotte.

"If you violate the rules first, you can't complain about others!" Lotte replied expressionlessly, wondering in his heart what Yang Song meant when he said this.

Listening to Lotte's answer, Yang Song just smiled: "Mr. Yang has heard that Mr. Yang has a lot of noise when he is in peace, and the three lords of the county government have a good eye for Mr., and they ask Mr. for advice on everything, and the new city rebuilt by Pingyu has been reported to the imperial court, and it is said that the official is also appreciative." Therefore, Mr. also got the blue eyes of Mr. Ye of Zhizhou, but the state government is not as good as the county government, and the officials hinder each other, so Mr. might as well be in the peaceful time. ”

Lotte chuckled and didn't answer.

Yang Song said again: "Compared with the scenery of Mr. in the past, when you come to the state government to be so clean, there must be some gaps in your heart?" ”

With a light complexion, Lotte replied: "The saint has clouds, 'the ancients, the will, Ze plus the people; Unwilling, self-cultivation is seen in the world. If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will be good to the world. 'Le Mou was able to get Chen's father's blue eyes in Pingyu, and he should take revenge in his chest to repay the kindness of the county.

Jinle has just entered the state government, he is not familiar with affairs, and he is studying in the state, and he reads hard every day and is still too late, so he really has no intention of being sided. ”

These days are very boring, and I don't go to the house to socialize, and there are no entertainment activities, so I have to take the four books and five classics every day to pass the time, but I have also made some progress, and I can quote the classics.

"Mr. Le has great ambitions and is unwilling to be a county official, Yang really admires it!" Listening to Lotte's words to be soft and not leaking, Yang Song praised on his lips, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, thought about it and said: "Mr. Yang Mouzhi is talented, it is easy to promote from the county school to the state school, I think Mr. also knows that the county school and the state school are corrupt now, that is, the Taixue is also full of disadvantages, Mr. is a hard study, if you don't merge in the meantime, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get ahead!" ”

Looking at Yang Song, Lotte gradually became vigilant in his heart, every word Yang Song said today has meaning, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

Seeing that Lotte was still silent, Yang Song smiled awkwardly, and then his face became solemn: "Inviting Mr. here today is not only the meaning of Zhang Guanren, but also Yang's idea!" ”

When I came to Caizhou in January, Lotte and Yang Song also socialized several times, and I have always seen that this person has always been talking and laughing, and he is a little uninhibited, and he rarely has such an expression in front of him. Lotte Zhengse said: "Yang Guanren, if you have anything to say, just say it, don't go around the bend!" ”

Yang Song said: "Invite Mr. to come today, there is really something important to tell you!" As he spoke, he turned his gaze to his cousin-in-law Zhang Suo, "After all, Yang is just a businessman with a humble status, and it is inconvenient to say much about the affairs of the government. ”

Zhang nodded and arched his hand to the sky: "Although Zhang is a sin, he doesn't dare to forget the grace of the official family, Zhang heard about something recently, I'm afraid something big will happen in Caizhou!" ”

"Does Zhang Guanren mean that he wants Le to pass the word to the boss of Zhizhou on behalf of the official?" Lotte understood what Zhang Suo meant, and said directly.

"Exactly!" Zhang said bluntly, and his face showed a sad look when he spoke: "Zhang was idle by the deputy envoy of the regiment, although he was not allowed to sign official affairs, but he had the responsibility of inspecting the barracks. Recently, I found that there were many indignant and resentful words among the sergeants in the barracks, and there was a faint uproar! ”

Hearing this, Lotte was shocked, he still didn't know what the reason was, and was inexplicably awarded the false title of an idle military attache of the Imperial City Division of the Nine Pins, but it was really a real difference, and it was the former duty of Na Tian Wei, who was responsible for investigating and monitoring the movements of the Huaikang Army garrison.

Although the Zhao Guanjia had ancestral training not to kill the scholars, they did not say that they would not kill the lieutenants in the army.

Although he was shocked in his heart, Lotte's face remained unchanged: "The officials have thought about it too much, the court has never owed the salaries of the soldiers, and why should the soldiers have the heart of mutiny." ”

Seeing that Lotte didn't believe it, Zhang Suo said seriously: "Mr. doesn't know, although the imperial court has not defaulted on the salaries of the soldiers, but the sergeants of the Huaikang Army eat like pigs, and the soldiers are increasingly dissatisfied, and now they are ready to fly." ”

Although he is a transparent idler in the Yazhong, Lotte is also aware of the distribution of military rations, and he is more and more puzzled: "The rations in the army are distributed by the state government on time, why is there not as good as pig chaff?" ”

"Mr. Le previously worked in the county office, and it is reasonable that he doesn't know some things." Zhang said, talking about the matter in detail with Lotte.

Speaking of which, it involves the traditional shady scenes in the official office, the six rooms of households, officials, rites, criminals, workers, and soldiers, each with its own way of black money, in addition to a greater errand of oil and water, that is, the income of these six rooms is returned to the warehouse, and the warehouse is divided into a silver warehouse, a material warehouse, and a granary, which are respectively kept and stored gold, silver, money, utensils, and grain.

There is a saying in the yaya that it is better to advocate (warehouse) than to be good (grain), the silver and money utensils in the warehouse are all registered, and it is too difficult to make fakes, and the granary is full of grain, and the room for extraction is greater than that of the silver warehouse and the material warehouse.

Therefore, grain warehouse officials have always been the fat shortage in the official office.

In order to fill their pockets, officials colluded with each other, and the common method was to falsely claim that the old grain stored in the warehouse should be sold at a low price, and then replaced with new grain into the warehouse. According to the warehouse method, this is allowed, so good grain is also sold as cheap grain, and one in and one out is a considerable amount of input. Even some officials even omitted this procedure of entering and exiting, but only turned around on the books, and the new grain in the warehouse did not even come out of the warehouse, thus completing the whole process of filling their own pockets.

The new grain is sold as old grain, and it is still conscientious to buy new grain and put it into storage. The Caizhou granary was even more excessive, the new grain was sold as old grain, but the old grain was bought as new grain, and it was worried that these old grains were not stored, and all of them were used as military rations.

These things in the granary are well-known secrets in the officialdom, and most of the bosses turn a blind eye to this, as long as they can match the number when checking. Lotte was on an errand in the Yazhong, and he had heard of these things, but he didn't expect to really encounter this matter today.

In contrast, Chen Zhixian is also a little cautious about money, and compared with the bureaucrats in Caizhou, he is really like a mirror.

The sergeants and soldiers of the army ate moldy and stale grain, how could they not feel resentment in their hearts.

"Greed is inevitably a little insufficient!" Lotte's eyes narrowed. Immediately, I was shocked again, is Ye Zhizhou involved in this matter of pouring official food, and if so, can I talk to him. After thinking about it again, if the Ye Governor's Mansion was involved, if there was really a mutiny, the Ye Governor's Mansion would not be able to sit idly by.

seemed to see what Le Xintian was thinking, Zhang said: "Zhang has secretly investigated this matter, and this matter of filling the private pockets of the official warehouse has nothing to do with Ye Zhizhou, but if there is a mutiny among the soldiers now, if it is Zhang Mou, Ye Zhizhou, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape the involvement!" ”

Don't say it's the two of you, even if it's the master, I can't escape it, Lotte said secretly in his heart.

"The mutiny of the soldiers is not only affected by the old men in the government, but also the merchants and the common people such as us are not immune to the poison, the mutiny of the soldiers is not controlled and reckless, all of them kill people and set fires, loot and rape, that is, after the court is pacified, this Caizhou City has also turned into a ruin!" Yang Song also sighed on the side.

Lotte finally understood why Yang Song mentioned that he had a gap with Huang Tongju and Wang Hu Cao's joining the army, Hu Cao's joining the army is another name for Si Hu joining the army, and Si Hu joining the army is in charge of household registration and taxation and warehouse acceptance, and this reselling of warehouse grain must be inseparable from the relationship between the two.

By extension, although I don't know why Zhang Suo was demoted to the deputy envoy of Caizhou's regimental training. However, it is certain that if Zhang's report is meritorious, not only can he escape the catastrophe, but after the merits and demerits are compensated, Zhang's office can still be reinstated.

Seeing that Lotte was silent, Yang Song said: "The next two know that Mr. Ye has blue eyes, and I hope that Mr. Ye will pass this word into the ears of Ye Lao!" ”

Squinting his eyes, Lotte asked: "Is it a county official in Xia, and Zhang Guanren also has an official status, why don't you report to Lord Ye in person?" ”

Zhang smiled bitterly: "A criminal official like Zhang, the boss can't avoid it, how can we see each other!" ”

This novel comes from reading books