Chapter 220: The Sick Longmen County

The plan is always faster than the change. After continuing, I found that things are much more troublesome than what I thought. I delayed for several days and finally got almost done. I started to resume normal updates from today.

Before he took office, he had the disgust of the chief officer, and this disgust could not be eliminated. Tang Cheng really did not expect that the first boss he met after he became the chief officer would be so perverted. After Fu was let go solo in the future, he did not rush to leave. He rested in Huairong City for two days before leaving and continued north.

Hebei Road was originally a plain, but when Tang Cheng drove from Huairong to Longmen County, he felt that the terrain was gradually rising.

"Is this the Great Wall built by Emperor Qin Shi's conscript of millions of people?" Through the slightly opened car curtains, Zheng Lingyi looked at the winding and curling Great Wall on the ridge in the distance, which was like a flying dragon and exclaimed: "It's really spectacular!"

Hearing this, Tang Cheng also leaned over and looked out, and saw that on the ridge of the ridge at the highest point in the distance, the Great Wall from the west to the east was like a giant dragon that was about to fly high in the sky. The Great Wall that was invisible under the high mountains and low sky became more and more majestic. Under the slightly dim sky, the winding black and gray Great Wall faintly exuded a kind of vicissitudes and thickness that was soaked by time, making people feel spectacular, and at the same time, a sense of pressure came faintly, as if this irresistible city wall under the sky had life.

"It's indeed spectacular." Facing such a thick and vast Great Wall, Language was a little powerless for a moment. Tang Cheng looked quietly for a while and then reached out to lift the curtains of the car. Then he hooked his hand and Zheng Lingyi had already snuggled into his arms. "The Great Wall is, three thousand miles in a row. This Great Wall looks really spectacular. But every inch of the Great Wall is one inch of bone, and the spectacular in front of him is piled up with white bones."

Hearing this, Zheng Lingyi snuggled in Tang Cheng's arms and shook slightly, and murmured: "Drinking in the Great Wall Cave of Horses, the cold water hurts the horse's bones. There are so many border towns, and there are so many widows in the house. You are alone, but you don't see the Great Wall under the Great Wall, and the bones of dead people support the pillars!" She whispered casually and the words "How can the Great Wall? Three Thousand Miles" that Tang Cheng just said, "The Great Wall is solo. Three Thousand Miles" were all from Chen Lin's representative work "Drinking in the Great Wall Cave of the Seven Sons of Jian'an in the late Han Dynasty". After muttering, Zheng Lingyi, who was originally lazy, reached out and hugged Tang Cheng's waist tightly, "I'm worried about my heart. Knowing that the border is suffering, how can I be safe for a long time? Husband, you and I will come out of seclusion together today, and if you want to come back in the future, you still need to be together. You must condemn me first, otherwise even if I am in the pass, it will be difficult for me to be safe for a long time."

Tang Cheng was moved and funny when he heard this, "Where did the silly girl want to go? You, I, my husband and wife are one, can I let you leave alone?". He patted Zheng Lingyi on the shoulder, and Tang Cheng smiled and said, "One inch of the Great Wall is one inch of bone, from Emperor Qin Shi to the present, it is exactly a thousand years. In the past thousand years, from the initial construction to the later repairs. There are more than one million souls in the burial site under the Great Wall? As for the countless wealth, the result is what should be blocked.

The enemy still couldn't stop it. Not to mention the distance, the land in Jiangbei was still the world of Hu people more than a hundred years ago. The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang and Five Barbarians invaded China, and millions of Han people were slaughtered like pigs and sheep. Didn't these Hu people all come from the Great Wall? Thinking about the past, the Great Wall in front of us looks spectacular. But if you think about it carefully, it's a bit unworthy to cultivate it. It's still Chen Lin's poem that says it well. How can a man be more stubborn and die when he fights to death? How can he build the Great Wall in a sanctuary!"

"The Hu people and horses are fast, and the force is strong..."

"The more this happens, the less we can't just think about defending. The two armies are fighting against the enemy, and they think about defending before they start fighting, and they will never win." After answering this sentence casually, Tang Cheng smiled and said, "I am a civil servant. Why do you say these useless things?"

"It's not completely useless," Zheng Lingyi paused, "My husband, your Longmen County is outside the Great Wall."

"Don't worry," looking at Zheng Lingyi with a worried look on his face, Tang Cheng smiled and comforted: "Although the political situation in the Tang Dynasty has been unstable in the past few years, it is just a matter in the palace city. The direction of the entire country is getting stronger and stronger. Those Hu people only hope that the court will not be able to expand territory and let them attack with all their tribes? It is probably impossible for thirty or twenty years. After all, it is still the same sentence just now. The strength of the national strength is much more useful than the Great Wall where the people are tired of money."

"Although the Qing clan dares not attack, small-scale harassment is inevitable every year, and there is no Great Wall to defend Longmen." Zheng Lingyi's face was not reduced, "Your husband must not be careless."

When Tang Cheng heard this, he was shocked. He actually forgot about this. All the previous judgments were made based on the historical trend. In the next forty years, there would be no large-scale invasion of alien races until the Anshi Rebellion. However, small-scale harassment and robbery on the border areas are indeed happening every year, especially after the Hu tribe suffered a snow disaster or something. Although those hungry and Hu people may not dare to attack the county government offices symbolized by the Tang court, if they harass and robbed the place year by year, how can they start construction and change?

Unexpectedly, before the person reached the jurisdiction of Longmen, he caused a big problem because of a few unintentional gossip.

To build and change, a stable environment is an indispensable prerequisite. However, for the gantry, how can such stability and safety be guaranteed?

People have not reached the jurisdiction yet, and I don’t know what the situation is. Ren Tangcheng wants to break his head and doesn’t do anything. Finally, he simply shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Let’s talk about it after he arrives.

As the terrain grew higher and higher, the Great Wall became closer and closer. When Tang Cheng got out of the car and walked through Suoyang Pass himself, after more than two months of long journeys, he finally saw his own jurisdiction with his own eyes.

Suoyang Pass is built to control the mountain. Once you pass the deep and heavy city gate, the terrain in front of you is obviously moving from high to low. The mountains under your feet gradually overwhelmed the distant flat ground, but this transition is not abrupt. The undulating and continuous valleys of the mountains are still clearly visible. On the undulating mountains and rivers and the flat ground in the distance, three rivers run north and south. The entire terrain is tilted from below to far away. Mountains, basins and hills are distributed intersecting, and the hills eventually disappear on a yellow grassland that is beyond the edge.

Longmen County in front of you happens to be in the junction of mountainous areas and grasslands, thus forming a rare landform with two terrain within a county, including mountainous areas and grasslands.

In the mountains and the grasslands in the distance, just as Tang Cheng stood in front of Suoyang Pass and looked at the vast land below with great care, a slightly hoarse voice rang out not far away: "Master Tang, Master Tang."

When he turned his head and looked, Tang Chengru saw a man nearly fifty years old walking towards him as he followed the gatekeeper's guidance. The man's face was a little dark and he looked quite bookish, but his whole body was very strong, and he was bulging with a blue official clothes.

After the man approached and saw Tang Cheng's appearance clearly, he was obviously stunned, and then he quickly stepped forward with a smile on his face. "I got news from the state corps yesterday, saying that the new county magistrate of this county is a new Jinshi with a beautiful and beautiful appearance, and it is not false to see it today."

After finishing the intimate words with a smile, the man had already walked to Tang Cheng and bowed and said, "The Longmen County Magistrate of Xiaguan Hu Lianghai has met the Lord."

This man is actually the county lieutenant in the third leader of Longmen!

"I'm sorry to call Lord Liang." At the same time, Tang Cheng has officially entered the role. From now on, he has become the lord of a county.

After taking a deep breath, Tang Cheng held Hu Lianghai with his hands slightly bent down while looking at the expression on his face with all his heart.

Since Hu Lianghai started to smile, no matter how Tang Cheng looked at him, his smile was not false at all. It was really a natural expression from the true heart.

This county lieutenant really welcomed him. Although Tang Cheng was a little surprised by his performance in Haiti, after all, every official hoped that the fewer people would be pressed on him, the better. For a county lieutenant like him, if he followed common sense, he would have been willing to give up a lack of landlord officials and never take office. This situation is really rare, at least based on Tang Cheng's experience of janitors at all levels in Shandong East Road.

Although the accident was unexpected, Tang Cheng was still happy after a brief accident. For him, the county magistrate, the county magistrate and the county magistrate were his right-hand men. If these two people could work together, they would naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort. If they refused to cooperate, they would torture people to death just in terms of personnel, let alone do things. The county magistrate in front of him called Liang Hai the same attitude, no matter what, it would be a good thing.

As soon as he thought of this, Tang Cheng's expression became more and more gentle. After getting on the somewhat worn carriage he brought, Tang Cheng talked and laughed softly, and was very intimate with Hu Lianghai.

After some greetings, Tang Cheng, with a smile on his face, inadvertently asked about the Longmen County Magistrate. Since he had already received the news that he had taken office, and the county magistrate had come to welcome him. According to normal official customs, the county magistrates had come all of them. Now that he has not come, it is not a good signal.

"I don't know what the magistrate of the county has been vacant for nearly ten years, but the Ministry of Personnel has not added any additional transfers." When he said this, he coughed a few times and then continued with a little embarrassedly: "As soon as he arrived at the office, he was not right, so he said it now. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Personnel has already approved the local documents, but he has to say it."

Tang Cheng was still happy when he heard that the county magistrate of this county was missing. This was a good thing. Without such a lieutenant in the middle, it would be convenient for him to be the county magistrate. Because of this, he was in a bad mood. He smiled and nodded and said, "I have something to do with the county magistrate, but it doesn't matter."

"Xiaoguan is from Cizhou, Hedong Road. Now there is an old mother in her family who lives in her ancestral home. She is raised by a dog son. More than three months ago, the dog son sent a letter from her family to the office. She said that the mother is getting older and her body is getting weaker." Hu Lianghai lowered her head when she said this, and her voice was already choked, "The mother only has one son, Xiaguan, but this year's work is getting higher and there are not many days in the future. As a son, she cannot serve her, which is really a shame to her relatives. Because of this, Xiaguan submitted a letter to the Ministry of Personnel to request retirement shortly after receiving the letter from her family. The previous son gave a reply, saying that Xiaguan asked for permission to be taken, and only the deputy signing of the Lord is required."

As Hu Lianghai said more and more, Tang Cheng's smile on his face became less and less. For him, the county magistrate was a good thing, but it was funny to leave even the county magistrate. The three county magistrates, county magistrates and county magistrates in one county each perform their duties. Now one is missing, and the other is going to run away. What's the matter with him, the commander who just took office, left behind?

What the hell is this Longmen County? Why do those who are officials are eager to run away?

Seeing that Tang Cheng's face darkened but did not speak, Hu Lianghai's voice became more and more sad and said in a whisper: "A hundred actions are the first. The son wants to support his parents but his parents are not waiting for him. He also asked Lord Tang to fulfill his filial piety and be filial." When he said this, Hu Lianghai didn't care whether he was still in the car, and he wanted to give a great gift when he raised his waist.

Looking at Hu Lianghai with a hurry and wishing to leave, Tang Cheng didn't reach out to stop him and salute him. After leaning his body firmly on the pillow, he said calmly: "The promotion and transfer of officials under the sixth rank are all decided by the Ministry of Personnel. Hu Liang is going to retire. If the Ministry of Personnel is correct, what else should I sign the deputy? "

"The county magistrate of this county is vacant, and the elders are also the first to take office. The Ministry of Personnel means that if an adult needs to be a subordinate to the position of the assistant, the subordinates need to be a subordinate to the position of the subordinate. If the adults think that the subordinates can leave, the subordinates can retire."

Tang Cheng has stayed in yamen at all levels in Shandong East Road for a long time. It was the first time that he heard such a reply from the official documents of the Ministry of Personnel. These guys are really good at playing missed balls!

After listening to Hu Lianghai's words, Tang Cheng pondered for a while before asking, "How long has it been since Lord Hu Liang taken over as the Longmen County Captain?"

"Seven months and twenty-three days", Hu Lianghai's voice disappeared without sadness, but it was a bit weak.

Even the specific number of days is so clear. It seems that Hu Lianghai is really living like a year in Longmen County. Tang Cheng was thinking more and more curious about what Longmen County is. Now it seems that not only local officials are unwilling to stay, but they are afraid that other local officials will not be willing to come. Otherwise, why would the Ministry of Personnel give such a ridiculous reply?

"Although Longmen County is the time to hire people, since Lord Huliang insists on leaving, I have no reason to force me to stop him." The forced melon is not sweet. Instead of letting him stay awkwardly, it is better to let him go clean. This is the idea that Tang Cheng had already made. At this point, Tang Chengqian, who had sat upright, leaned and stared at Huliang Hai with a happy face and said in a deep voice: "But before I signed the official document, Huliang County Chief General needs to explain the various situations of the county one by one."

"That's it. That's it." He shouted Liang Hai with joyful expressions and bowed his hands repeatedly, "Thank you, sir, thank you."

After the two sat down again, Tang Cheng did not speak anymore, leaned on the pillow, closed his eyes slightly and listened quietly to Hu Lianghai's speech.

It was through Hu Lianghai's introduction that Tang Chengcai knew that if we were only judging by area, Longmen County, which had mountainous land and some grasslands, was larger than many upper-class counties in inland areas, and even more land. In terms of population, Longmen County, which had a population of nearly 50,000, was not too bad. After all, at this time, many counties in Lingnan and even in the border areas of Yunnan-Guizhou in later generations had only more than 20,000 people.

However, the composition of more than 40,000 people in the mainland of Longmen County is quite complicated. Among them, the people living in the mountains are basically Tang people. However, not many of the more than 20,000 Tang people in Zhongnong Township. In addition to a small number of migrant officials and their families, more of them are black households from inland areas. After the Tang Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty adopted the land-giving system, which was to grant land according to the heads of the people, and then levy rent and taxes were collected. After the population declined at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the initial land was given enough, but now seven

After ten years of peace, with the increase of land annexation and population, the imperial court has gained less and less land, and the granting of land naturally becomes less and less. In this era, agricultural technology is far from being developed. As a result, many people are reluctant to eat enough for a meal. Therefore, many people are willing to risk being regarded as refugees by the government to go to this vast and sparsely populated border area to make a living. Longmen County is barren, and these people can barely have enough food after coming. Looking at the entire mountainous area, the Tang people in the mountains are really barren and poor.

In addition to this half of the people, another large area of ​​land is the Xi people on the grassland. These Xi people should have been under the jurisdiction of the Raole Governor's Office north of Longmen County. After all, the Raole area is a gathering place for the five Xi people. The Grand Governor of Raole himself is the king of the Xi tribe recognized and rewarded by the court. The Raole area is about the size of the "Tao" in the Central Plains, and its specific governance is similar to that of the autonomous region in later generations.

This part of the Xi people in Longmen County lived here for generations. As early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the He tribe had no life. At that time, those people first robbed and plundered, but were defeated by the generals who fought with Emperor Taizong to fight the world. In desperation, they could only apply to "attach the Tang court to seek disaster relief and life, and thus incorporated into the jurisdiction of Longmen County. Later, when Emperor Taizong defeated the Western Turks and was respected by all tribes as "Tiankhan" and immediately established the Hu tribe's governor's office with the nature of Raole and Songmo, this Xi people and their grasslands were still under the jurisdiction of Longmen County. As time went by, the original tribe of nearly 10,000 people had developed to a scale of more than 20,000 people today.

However, although these Xi people belong to Longmen County, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Tang court, they were actually closer to King Xi of Raole Governor's Office because of their ethnicity, blood ties and common totem worship. This has brought about a very direct problem. Although Longmen County has nominal jurisdiction over it, they actually cannot control it at all. These Xi people usually follow the instructions issued by King Xi, but when they encounter famine, they will not hesitate to ask Longmen County for disaster relief money, food, and food. Because of their fierce customs and many people, they served as the magistrate of Longmen County and the governor of Guizhou, and even the Hebei Road Observer was afraid of stirring up trouble, so they would tolerate more. Over time, the wealth accumulated by the already barren Longmen County is not enough to invest in this bottomless pit, so what else can we do to build it?

The Ministry of Revenue levies here did not pay taxes but did not forget to ask for money and grain relief. The Ministry of Revenue levies on the total population of Longmen County, including the Xi people. The difference between the two big saws was like grinding Longmen County back and forth. Although Guizhou Prefecture and Hebei Road Observation Office helped to make up for it, Longmen County was really sad. This has made it difficult for the officials who worked here to work at all, and the pain in the year when tax collection is simply unspeakable.

The problems caused by the special population and ethnic composition are far more than these. For example, public security, the Xi people cannot control the Longmen County Government's affairs, or they are unable to control it. There is no way. There are too many Xi people and they like to join in groups. What can more than ten tolerances in a county government do? If it cannot be solved here, the Tang people who were victimized there are naturally dissatisfied. They can suppress them once and twice. Over time, the entire county government will lose any prestige, and the officials will become angry bottles and be pointed at and scolded by both sides.

In short, Longmen County, with a special geographical location, is an abnormal and special place. Once the officials come, they start to have a headache, and then they try their best to find a way to leave. It is naturally good for those who can be transferred. They cannot be transferred and cannot help but rather retire than do this bird's errand. Even if they really can't leave, they only have a firm mind, as long as there is no problem, so let's wait.
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