When he received the letter from Xiaocao, Xiao Nuan was boating on Xizi Lake with the third master.

She laughed.

The third master took the little princess who rolled over into his arms, took the letter in her hand and read it, and couldn't help laughing.

Zuo Prime Minister Li Xiran is so majestic in front of the court and hundreds of officials, and now he has stood in front of the first village for three consecutive days to ask for marriage, such treatment, not to mention the second brother, even Emperor Jianlong did not wait for it when he was alive.

The third master wanted to take the second brother to watch the ......

After reading the letter and reading Xiaocao's paintings, the third master laughed louder, "Why does Li Si look so pitiful?" ”

In Xiaocao's painting, Li Si's body holding an umbrella for Li Xiran is like a rag hanging under the umbrella and swaying in the wind, twisting a few bends, how can there be a little bit of steel guard.

Xiao Nuan is very familiar with her sister's painting style, "This is realism. Because of the hot weather, it is normal for Xiaocao to look at it from a distance, and Li Si's figure has become fluctuating and blurry. "In layman's terms, it's so hot that it's out of shape.

The third master asked again, "In that case, why is Li Xiran's body straight?" ”

"It's freehand. Probably Xiaocao recently felt that Master Li was very pleasing to the eye and straightened him. ”

Third Master ......

Xiao Nuan pointed to the people sitting next to him and watched, "Can the third master see who is here?" ”

The third master took a closer look and pointed out, "This is the third grandmother Qin who makes the shoes, and the second master Qin who is the fisherman in the village who mends the nets?" "These two people are so lively, they can't fall on the field.

"Not bad." Xiao Nuan thinks it's very good, the third master, a busy person who has a lot of opportunities, can actually remember the lively duo at the entrance of their village. It shows that every time she chatted with the third master about the people and things in the village, he listened carefully.

The third master looked at the man in the Confucian shirt and square scarf who was sitting next to Grandma Qin San for a long time, "This is...... Mr. Yunqing? ”

Xiao Nuan laughed, "Well, sitting next to Mr. is my seventh senior brother." "Don't ask Xiao Nuan how she sees it, her sister's painting realm is very high, a few strokes, you can outline the main characteristics of a person, as long as you are familiar with the person, you can recognize who it is at a glance, but the painter looks at it, and does not want to admit that it is him.

Even Mr. Yunqing went to ask for Li Xiran, how spectacular and interesting it was. The third master also wanted to go back to Nanshan Pass, "Mr. Yunqing's life in the past few years has been very leisurely. ”

Five years ago, Mr. Yunqing was tired of the court, and King Chengping invited him to go to his son-in-law's family to sit in the hall, and the third master would plan to let Mr. Yunqing go to Jixian County to pay attention to Chen Zumo and see what tricks Chengping wanted him to do in Jin Wuwei's station.

As a result, Chen Zumo folded in the hands of his daughter Chen Xiaonuan step by step, and nothing was done. Mr. Yunqing also fell into idleness, and walked into Nanshan Pass step by step, becoming the head of Yunkai Bookstore. Now he is far away from the court, neighbors with poetry and books, with good readers in the world as companions, and envious of a group of old scholars in the country.

Xiao Nuan saw the third master's rather moved appearance, and gloated, "Third master, don't laugh, if Lord Li's marriage is successful, you have to respect him as 'father-in-law'." ”

The third master really couldn't laugh, and said stiffly, "My mother-in-law has no intention of remarrying." ”

Xiao Nuan lay on the bamboo couch of the cruise ship, "Since ancient times, the martyr girl has been afraid of pestering Lang, and Master Li has been scheming and putting on such a persistent posture, my mother is not his opponent." ”

Third Master ......

"Don't-"

The sad sound of a woman came from the lake where the song and dance were leveling, followed by a burst of laughter. This laughter is the kind that makes people want to beat people when they hear it, and the third master's face sank.

Xiao Nuan twisted her body and looked out from the window of the cruise ship, looking at the familiar scene of the bully robbing the people's daughter, and she lacked interest, but soon, she stared at the bullie who was shaking a fan and looked like a dog.

The third master dragged her back and snorted, "This person's footsteps are vague and his eyes are bruised, what is there to see." ”

Xiao Nuan explained, "Third Master, the brocade he wears is the new style of our Ayaluo Fang this year, it's a pity." ”

The third master went south this time, and Emperor Xining gave him the identity of patrolling the imperial history. Xiao Nuan and they came over here, although they didn't deliberately inspect, but the third master could dispose of a few of them.

The third master can't rub sand in his eyes, and those who are bumped into by him will be dealt with strictly, and the relevant cadres will also be held accountable.

This prodigal son can't run away today, Xiao Nuan regrets the clothes on his body, "Third Master, don't let them fall into the lake, lock them away, right?" ”

The third master bowed his head, "Xuansan." ”

"Yes."

Soon, the incongruous sounds on the lake were gone. Xuan San came back and reported, "The man in charge is the son of a small warehouse official in this department, and his subordinates have ordered the guards to send him to the state government and instructed the governor to handle it strictly. ”

Xiao Nuan sighed, "It's Xu again." ”

The personnel who work in the Great Zhou Yamen, according to the current words, are public servants, and can be divided into three types from high to low: officials, officials and servants.

The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were the officials who walked the way, and they were the least numerous in the yamen, and they were high-ranking public servants appointed by the court.

An official is an official with no rank, a local civil servant, who obeys the official's orders to perform state affairs. Some of them were appointed by the imperial court, and some were promoted from the service.

Unlike officials and officials, they did not have official status, and were recruited by the yamen themselves. The imperial court does not issue salaries to servants, and the state and county yamen raise and distribute them themselves. In the county yamen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many of the servants were volunteers, and there was no money at all, so the officials were listed as untouchables. Therefore, those who are willing to join the military are idle people in society.

At the county level, the number of servants is the largest. Positions such as officials accompanying guards, opening roads, ascending to the church, performing the official service of torture in the public court, catching thieves, guarding the city gates, guarding the prison, guarding the treasury, etc., as well as cooks, grooms, servants, horsemen and other miscellaneous servants.

Most of the people who joined the army were in order to eat a mixed meal, and a few of them were very good and could be promoted to officials. Officials and servants are collectively referred to as Xu officials, and the quality of these people can be imagined.

Officials leave when their terms of office expire, but officials and servants have always been these people. The official is still strong, but if the official is weak, he will be fooled by the officials, and it will be useless. No matter how good the imperial court is, when it comes to the level of officials, it will be distorted and distorted.

In order to rectify the problem of officials, the imperial court will strictly investigate every ten or decades, and the discipline will be corrected and the dynasty will be shaken, but it will also treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Nine times out of ten, the injustices they encountered along the way were related to the deception and misconduct of the officials or their families.

If the problem of officials is not completely solved, it will be difficult for the court to be upright and the country will be difficult to consolidate. The third master's eyebrows were cold, and his face was full of slaughter.

When Xiao Nuan saw him like this, her heart was furious, "Third master, what do you want to do?" ”

The affairs of the court are not something that Xiao Nuan should be troubled about. The third master restrained his anger and gently helped her tidy up her hair accessories and clothes, "It's almost noon, we should go back to eat, don't let my mother and uncle wait for a long time." ”