Du Zhongxiao got up from the case, walked to the yard, and looked at the sky in the distance. Since he arrived here, there have been cases. The day before yesterday, there were news from Qing County that three people from other places were killed in the reed marsh by the Huan River. The case had been handed over to the supervisory court in the city, and reported here to let the inspectors pay attention to the idle people nearby.

Du Zhongxiao was a little upset. He didn't have many days to become an official, but he encountered several murder cases, and he didn't know what evil they had. The officials in this era were different from his previous life. A large part of his responsibilities was criminal prisons. If there were too many cases, they were very annoying.

At this moment, Chai Xin hurried in from outside and reported: "Official, the wife came from the city of Zhou and had already crossed the Huan River."

Du Zhongxiao was happy and hurriedly said, "Come on, I'll go and greet you." By the way, the murder case only occurred in the past two days. I picked up 100 or 20 soldiers from the inspection camp and went together."

Chai Xin responded with his hands and turned around in a hurry.

Du Zhongxiao wanted to take a few more days before picking up Han Yueniang. As a result, everything went wrong these days, and Han Yueniang didn't want to stay in the prefecture city for too long, so she asked her to come in advance. Everyone was less than twenty years old, but suddenly they were in a strange environment and were not adapted to everything. If someone was talking around, life would be much better. Du Zhongxiao was a little irritable these days.

Following the official road in Bozhou, Du Zhongxiao went out for seven or eight miles before picking up Han Yueniang and her entourage.

Han Yueniang and her personal female envoy Nan'er took a ox cart, and were escorted by Du Tou of Qing County. When she saw Du Zhongxiao, she breathed out and said, "The road in this area is very bumpy. Oh, it's almost time to get to the place. Dalang, this is the hinterland of the Central Plains, why is it so desolate?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The five generations are in chaos, and I don't know how many wars have been fought here, so there are naturally fewer households. In addition, years of wars, water conservancy and waterlogging are disrepair every year, so it has become like this. Although this area is plain and vast, it is actually full of briquette and is not suitable for farming."

Han Yueniang said, "Pity, good place is abandoned like this. These days, Dalang's letters have not been complained about the situation and the place is not peaceful. There are many cases of murder and arson. Why do you have to worry about that? As an official, instead of trying those cases, it is better to rectify the place. The people here live and work in peace, so there will be fewer cases?"

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "You are knowledgeable. If everyone lives and works in peace, how many people commit crimes. However, the freezing of three feet is not a day, so you have to do it step by step to rectify the local area."

Han Yueniang's words reminded Du Zhongxiao. Instead of having a headache about those cases every day, it is better to push them to the local area and organize the land reclamation with all his heart. Du Zhongxiao felt powerless and became irritable. It's not that he couldn't deal with this local snake, but according to normal procedures, it was difficult for him to do anything about Ma Meng. If he was tortured outside the law, he always felt that something was missing. He had more knowledge and had to use small means to deal with villains in a local area, and he would inevitably be suspicious of the future political prospects.

To change the political landscape of an era, of course, priority is given to the development of productivity and problem solving in development. But development cannot solve everything, otherwise there will be no intensifying struggles between the new and old parties in history. In addition to developing productivity, changing the political foundation is also essential. Only by changing the political foundation and changing the old pattern can a new social outlook appear.

Du Zhongxiao felt restrained everywhere about the local Ma Meng case, so this is the problem. He has only been here for a few days, and Ma Meng has been operating locally for many years. According to the old rules, it is difficult to do anything about him. Du Zhongxiao wanted to organize land reclamation and take such a big bend to deal with Ma Meng, and other people like Ma Meng, so he wanted to fundamentally solve the problem. Otherwise, besides one Ma Meng, there would be Niu Meng, which could not be eradicated.

The arrival of Han Yueniang relieved Du Zhongxiao's depression a lot. The two of them returned to the inspection village talking and laughing.

After the dinner, he bid farewell to the village leader He Kun and others who came to congratulate him. Du Zhongxiao and Han Yueniang sat in front of the room and talked about the moonlight.

After talking about some miscellaneous things about these days, Han Yueniang looked at the moon in the sky and said with some longing: "It's like this, we'll stay together every day and say something freely. But since you're determined to take the Jinshi exam, you've been together for a long time. When you become an official, you think that it's going to be better in the future, but you don't want it to be the same. These days, when I chatted with the families of other officials in the state city, I realized that it's not easy to be an official. Now most of the officials in the state are not only running around, but also having to be elected. Now, the judicial officers in the state have been in the military for twelve years, but only five or six years have been to be a steadfast official. What are he doing in the other years?"

Du Zhongxiao casually said: "Is there an elder at home who has passed away and is mourning at home?"

Han Yueniang shook her head: "No. This person is not. Most of the years, either on the way out of office or in the capital to guard the election. How difficult do you think such a life is? Oh, you will be like this then, what should we do?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "What else? I'll take you with you. Anyway, the restaurants and restaurants at home will sell wine, so there will be no need for food and clothing."

Han Yueniang didn't speak, holding her cheek to look at the sky. After a while, she said, "You don't know, since you went to the capital, everyone knows that we will get married in the future, and I don't know how many people envy you. When you passed the Jinshi, every time I go outside, people will talk far away. This is the future Jinshi lady, I don't know which lifetime I have to cultivate. I am also very happy. But when we get married and come to this place to be an official, I feel that it is not much better than living at home. Sometimes I think, if you don't become an official, how bad will your life be?"

The two were newly married, Du Zhongxiao arrived in Yongcheng County alone, leaving Han Yueniang alone in the state, without relatives, which made her feel resentful. In fact, Du Zhongxiao was not in the office when she went to Bozhou, not far from home, and in the Central Plains, and I don’t know how many years he envied. If he was in a family of officials, he should be glad in his heart. However, Han Yueniang was born into a small agent and had unrealistic fantasies about officials, so she complained a lot.

What can Du Zhongxiao say? Because he accidentally met Han Yi in the capital, he made such a big advantage. Now that he remembered, if he was sent to a remote county and Han Yueniang suffered from some hardship from the beginning, I wonder if it would be better.

Being an official is a big problem. In addition, in this era, the transportation is inconvenient and the term of office is short. Many officials calculate the time, but the time to become an official is not as good as wasting time on the road and the capital. Although it has not reached the level of more officials and fewer fewer officials, everyone has selfish intentions and does not want to suffer from remote prefectures. Many times, they would rather wait in the capital and change to a more convenient place, and the time wasted more.

Seeing Han Yueniang's appearance a little resentful, Du Zhongxiao felt aroused in his heart and said to her: "It's not easy to travel on the road from the state city, and I don't have any good things to give you. Is it okay to take this moonlit night to set off fireworks for you to see?"

Han Yueniang smiled and said, "I heard that the fireworks are very beautiful every day in the capital on the Lantern Festival. Why? Is there a remote place here?"

"That's natural. Here is a remote small county, with little money and food. I also hope to make some money and money to make fireworks so that it can be used to reclaim wasteland."
Chapter completed!