The Dayin of Liewei County (Dawu) was named Zhang Zhan, whose courtesy name was Zixiao, and was also from Guanzhong. His family was in Guangli County (Pingling County) of Jingwei County.

Zhang Zhan became emperor in the previous dynasty, and when Emperor Ai was Emperor Ai, he served two thousand stones. Later, the Xin Dynasty established the position of Liewei County. It seemed to be a flat relocation, but in fact it was surrendered. It was just because Zhang Zhan was a stern and upright person and did not follow the trend and offered auspicious prophecies and divinations to praise Wang Mang, so he was unable to be awarded the title of fifth-class title and only became a city attached to the city, equivalent to the Guannei Marquis of the former Han Dynasty.

Zhang Zhan did not complain about himself, or thought about his previous dynasty, and was still working diligently. The Jingshui River changed its course the year before yesterday. If he had not actively rescued disasters, it would have caused greater disasters and killed more people.

In the eyes of the county people, Zhang Dayin was too solemn and always had a stern face - this was the case when discussing affairs with Cao, when he returned home and got along with his wife, and even lived alone in a secluded room.

His official robe was neatly tidy, each wrinkle was smoothed, and his long crown was held upright. The crown belt tied a very rigid knot directly behind his pointed chin beard. After ten years, without any change, the people of Guanzhong gave him a nickname.

"Three auxiliary appearance Zhang Zixiao!"

When Jing Dan came back to report, Zhang Zhan was still serious and spoke in detail. It was not until Jing Dan reported that the fifth replies refused to exterminate him that there was a trace of abnormal movement on his poker face.

As the lord of the mansion, he sent his confidant Cao to recruit a white-bodied child from a small landlord family. This is an opportunity for promotion that many people cannot ask for. Most of them thanked him with fear and fear, and took office today, but the fifth reunion actually chose to refuse?

Wu Lun had previously asked his studies to give up his filial piety and brotherly history, which made Zhang Zhan a little mentally prepared. He was not annoyed and asked, "Was the reason?"

He wanted to hear whether the fifth reunion was to take care of his elderly grandfather at home and not to travel far, or was it an old excuse?

Jing Dan said, "The fifth ethics is that he is young, has little study, has not yet cultivated his body, and has not yet unified his family. How dare he be an official and help the county magistrate to govern the county and the country?"

Cultivating qi and governing peace is the words in the Book of Rites, and it is also the life creed of Confucian officials.

"From the emperor and the common people, they all take self-cultivation as their basis. Only when one cultivates one's body can one's family be united, only when one's family is united, and then the country is governed, and then the world is peaceful. This is indeed true."

Zhang Zhan said: "And the fifth ethics and self-cultivation is good. He values ​​clans, has filial piety and brotherhood, and is urgent and famous in counties and townships. This is also the reason why I asked Sun Qing to eliminate him as an official. But he actually said that he was not a member of the family?"

He snorted coldly: "Huo Guang, the general of Zhaoxuan in the previous dynasty, had a good governance of the country and was almost as good as pacifying the world. However, because he was ignorant of his studies, Huo Guang did not even have a family, and taught him the rebellious wife and daughter of a noble slave, which caused the Huo family to suffer the disaster of extermination. It can be seen how difficult it is to manage the family. A little child has a very strong tone."

In Zhang Zhan’s view, self-cultivation and family management are not contradictory and governance are both lifelong cultivation and will never be completed in the previous stage before entering the next one.

Jing Dan replied: "The county lord's words are reasonable, but according to what the officials saw with their own eyes, the fifth reunion is indeed very good at Qi's family."

"Oh? You can actually afford Sun Qing's 'excellent' praise?" Zhang Zhan became interested. He trusted Jing Sun Qing very much. Others would be jealous of the wise, but Jing Dan would not.

Jing Dan first talked about the construction of the Yi Cang of the Fifth Reunion, which was a very interesting measure. After hearing this, Zhang Zhan sighed: "Bao Xuan of the previous dynasty once said that there were seven deaths in the people and seven deaths. One of them was the disharmony of yin and yang, and floods and droughts caused disasters."

From Cheng Ai to the present, for decades, this forced the people to leave their hometowns to die. Instead, it has become more and more serious as the natural disasters intensified. The system of the Changquan warehouse in the former Han Dynasty had long been abolished, and local governments could only treat headaches and treat headaches. Zhang Zhan was deeply hurt when the Jingshui disaster occurred two years ago.

The great emperor was very dedicated and did his best to help the victims. However, because he had no long-term planning, he could only eat a few meals of relief food. Faced with the land washed away by the flood, it would be easier for the victims to last until the next year. So after the disaster relief officials evacuated, tragedies on earth arose.

The Yicang on the fifth mile is like a "self-rescue" path gathered in the clan.

Zhang Zhan stroked his beard and said, "This Yicang inherited the intention of Geng Shouchang, a farmer of the Grand Secretary during the previous dynasty, to close the warehouse. It is not harmful to the public and beneficial to the private sector, which is very good."

Later, Jing Dan talked about the fifth reunion and borrowing oxen to plow the poor.

After hearing this, Zhang Zhan praised again: "The fourth of the seven deaths that Bao Xuan said was that the powerful surnames were insatiable, resulting in the wealthy people being connected to the fields and the poor and the poor people not having a place to stand. The fifth reunion is the noble man, but he does the opposite. He is a disaster relief and sympathy for his neighbors, and he is blessed to practice the way. No wonder his family's reputation is so good in the village."

The era of Qin Emperor and Han Wu was over. After Yuancheng, the local government was out of reach for the countryside. The administrative cost of the large government was too high, and the dynasty's decline could only shrink again and again. The counties not only did this kind of tyrant and do good deeds, but instead held an encouragement attitude.

Jing Dan hesitated for a while, or said that the men and women who coincided with the fifth reunion and the Holy Emperor Wang Mang came to separate the toilet.

"There is such a coincidence?"

Zhang Zhan opposed the strange path of men and women. Isn’t this a nonsense? He supports the gender distinction between roads and toilets. He only praised: “First, there is Yi Cang to ensure that there is no death in the disaster year, and then he has to borrow a ox to ensure a deep cultivation and harvest. Finally, he began to understand the difference between men and women. He knows honor and disgrace with enough food and clothing. He is talking about the fifth mile.”

The last Yixue mentioned by Jingdan is that "if the granaries are full, you will know etiquette." The fifth mile is very likely to become a model village in this county.

But Jing Dan had not had time to implement his studies on righteousness, and did not know what would happen later, so he simply mentioned it briefly. Instead, he remembered the Fifth Religion's random "Ask a hundred operas to show the story of the filial piety for the villagers to popularize education, which is a good idea.

As Jing Dan finished his experience, Zhang Zhan became more and more surprised. He was always dignified and even patted his thighs and praised: "Since I took office as the county magistrate, I have organized ceremonies and set up teachings, hoping to achieve political transformation, but I didn't notice that a young wise man appeared in the fifth mile."

I used to call me a child, but now I just call me a wise man.

Now Zhang Zhan understood a little why the fifth reunion refused to become an official: "It seems that Boyu is obviously a great wise man who is not a self-evident, but I think he is a young talent. He is the position of assisting the official. No wonder he is unwilling to come out of the mountain. It's me that he hastily."

Zhang Zhan is a straightforward person and has a somewhat paranoid personality, but he is good at self-reflection.

"In this way, the prince will continue to eliminate him?"

Jing Dan smiled and said, "The assistant goes up, but it's Cao Zhuan. Could it be that I will give him a bronze seal and yellow ribbon next time I go?"

He added fire to Zhang Zhan: "The Book of Filial Piety says that when serving brothers and brothers, they can be moved by the elders and stay at home, and they can be moved by the officials. If the fifth relationship can really be managed in an orderly manner, and achieve self-cultivation and family management, it would be better to let him be responsible for the education of the county?"

"Monday, if there is no suitable position, I am willing to give up the literary officer."

Although Jing Dan looked gentle, he had a heart to command soldiers. He had long since wanted to do this idle position, and hoped to change to a military officer or a thief Cao officer with real power. This is also the reason why he was not jealous of the fifth ethics and was desperately hinting at Zhang Zhan.

Zhang Zhan was really moved and asked back: "Which is the fifth reunion?"

“Seventeen.”

"It's too young. According to the convention, I can't be the chief clerk Cao's servant before I reach twenty."

Zhang Zhan was worried, and Jing Dan was still encouraging him: "In ancient times, Ganluo Thirteen was the prime minister, let alone the seventeen was the servant of Cao?"

Zhang Zhan was too old-fashioned and believed in the procedures. He shook his head and said, "I want to continue to eliminate him, but I am afraid that the seedlings will be used to help grow. The fifth relationship is a good seedling plant and should be transplanted to the upper place."

"He gave in and gave in, and personally practiced Confucius' way of pampering him, enriching him, and teaching him. He was so proud of himself, let alone the county of the Wei County, Yongzhou is extremely rare. It seems that his abilities are the same as Sun Qing, and he is definitely not something that a minor official can tolerate. He should be a famous minister in the present!"

Yi is a famous minister in the contemporary era, which is Zhang Zhan’s praise for Jing Dan. Now he has given him the fifth relationship he has never met before. He has such a high evaluation?

Jing Dan was shocked, understood Zhang Zhan’s plan, and even became a little jealous: “Does the county lord want to refer to him as... filial and honest!”

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Filial piety and brotherhood are the great virtues of the world; honest officials are the manifestation of the people. According to the moral logic that filial sons are definitely loyal ministers, honest officials can definitely cure the local area. According to the period of Emperor Wu of Han, counties and states recommend filial piety and elders every year, and one person with integrity and integrity can be made into a custom-made order.

The selection of filial piety and honesty was the main source of the imperial officials from the Han Dynasty to the New Year. The famous officials and nobles came from this. Thirty years ago, Zhang Zhan entered the political arena by filial piety and honesty.

Jing Dan was right, Zhang Zhan did think of recommending the fifth ethics as a filial integrity. After all, these two verbal qualities were rare from the previous Han Dynasty to the current dynasty. With his talent in Qijiazhili, his reputation has spread throughout several counties. In Zhang Zhan's opinion, the fifth ethics are definitely qualified.

“But it is impossible.”

"Absolutely impossible!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhan feels uncomfortable. After more than a hundred years of development, it is not as simple as before. After all, there are actually not many people who are truly virtuous in the county and state. In addition, filial piety and honest can be an official without being evaluated, and the temptation of interests is too great, so the activities here are getting dirty.

I won’t talk about bribery and superior rank. Even if I recommend it normally, I often regard the clan as my virtue and the position as my virtuous, and the tribute election as my lord. Under the turbid current, even a fairly upright official like Zhang Zhan cannot avoid the common people.

Zhang Zhan shook his head regretfully: "This year, two filial and honest places in this county have been set, one is Wang Long, the nephew of the Wang clan, and the other is Xiao Yan, the legitimate son of the Xiao family. The list has been submitted to the court and cannot be changed!"

There is no way. If you want to manage the government smoothly in the county, you must cooperate with Haoyou. Wouldn't you see what the previous man said?

"I would rather bear two thousand stones than let everyone down!"

The county magistrate who has been free and has been able to beat Haoyou, and the strength he has accumulated over two hundred years cannot be underestimated.

Although the world's heroes and rights are now divided into three or nine levels. The weakest one is a small landlord like the fifth family, who is just in the nest, and there is nothing left after the village, and there is no sermon.

The second level is the tyrants of the county and township. They are more powerful and can arbitrarily punish the countryside. The ancestors have produced more than 600 stone officials. For example, the first family is the tyrants of the county and township who have made the most miserable fortune.

The top one is the "Haojia", or it can be called Dahao. Its characteristic is that its land covers all over the county and controls the key points of the local area. The ancestors were rich, and they had produced two thousand stones or even three dukes and nine ministers. They were in the position of marquis and uncles, and they were well-known in their hands and eyes.

As for the "rich families" with power spanning states and counties, and their disciples and former officials all over the world, they have not appeared yet these days.

There are only two "heroes" in Liewei County, and they are not even worthy of Zhang Zhan.

One is the family of the third empress of Emperor Xuan of Han in the previous dynasty, the Wang family of the King of Qiongcheng. The head of the family, Wang Yuan, likes to date friends and is very famous. I heard that he is close friends with his confidants of the national master, Wei Xiang, "national sir".

The other is the family of Xiao He's descendants, who migrated back to the Xiaoxiang Hou Xiao family in Changling.

In the past ten years, the filial and honest families in Liewei County have basically taken turns, and the trend is difficult to reverse. When the children in the clan are vacant, they are only overtaken by the nobles of the lower-level county and townships, or the wise men who are truly favored by the county magistrates.

Unfortunately, this year, the quota was divided up by Xiao and Wang Zi in advance. Even Jing Dan, who Zhang Zhan admired quite a lot, did not become a "integrity official", let alone the fifth reunion.

"There is no need to continue to eliminate the fifth relationship, let's do it for now."

Zhang Zhan didn't know whether he was comforting himself or comforting Jing Dan, so he said regretfully: "Since the quota has been set, it's better to go next time."

"Sun Qing and the fifth uncle Yu must be selected as the filial and honest person in this county next time!"

...

On the other hand, in the fifth mile of Linqu Township, the fifth domineering did not use the tongs to clean up the fifth relationship. After all, he was the great power of the clan and gave it to his grandson with the meat knife. This little devil must have his own tricks.

Early this morning, the fifth tyrant held a hook inlay and an unopened ring-headed knife, and was talking to the fifth tyrant to teach him martial arts.

In a flash, I remembered the day before yesterday, and the fifth domineering still couldn't help saying: "Lun'er, it's really a bit hasty to refuse the county magistrate to be eliminated..."

The fifth tyrant is good, but he is a little bit absent from the officialdom. Perhaps it is because he wasted his whole life and became a village official. He is determined to make his fifth tyrants stand out and add some qualifications to the family.

Wu Lun waved a knife and said with a smile: "Big Father."

"This polite rejection was the result of my careful consideration, and it was not hasty at all! Let me tell you in detail."

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Chapter completed!