Chapter 74
Zhang Ping then had the idea of going to the grandma's temple to see it.
He walked to a incense shop and asked about the location of Grandma's temple. The store informed him that he was on Shounian Mountain outside the city.
Zhang Ping thanked the store owner and was about to go, but remembered Tao Zhoufeng who said to him: "Governing a county is different from handling cases. It is not about focusing on one thing. You should focus on the overall situation. You should be both comprehensive and cautious."
Zhang Ping looked up at the sky and decided to go around the county first today.
Fengle County is in the west of the capital. The most prosperous street is Enlong Street, which connects the east and west city gates. Inns, restaurants, money shops, silk and jewelry and other large shops are all on this street. Among them, Enlongxi Street is the official post, the contact doors of the canal transportation are also here. Most of the shops are fur goods, wood-lacquered porcelain, saddle-so-mache harness, iron shops, and inns and restaurants that specialize in entertaining barbarian merchants. In front of the door, Hu Wenshuming has a small stove in the store, and the utensils are clean, and can provide top-quality vegetarian food, without any big oil.
Enlong East Street is mostly money houses, silk shops, pawn shops, jewelry shops, tea shops, etc. The Fengle semicolon of Dazhengsheng, the largest money house in this dynasty, is also here. There is a plaque at the front of the door, which is like the general number of the capital city, and it is said to be "Huitong Wanguo". There is a copper-casting approval document from the Ministry of Revenue on the wall. There is a column under the corridor next to the door, which is pasted with today's gold, silver and coins exchange prices, silver bill exchange and conversion of gold, silver and coins from several foreign countries such as Abashi.
The inns and restaurants on Enlong East Street are more gorgeous than those on West Street, and of course the price is higher.
Zhang Ping saw a door face marked by an official in the east and west streets, and there were people wearing official uniforms sitting or walking around.
The people and horses were ripe from Enlong Street, but the road was clean. When Zhang Ping entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city sent him a bag and put him on the butt. When Zhang Ping walked on West Street, a mule in front of him with no bag on his butt was swaying, and suddenly his tail was slammed a few times, and a pile of feces fell. An old man immediately came to the side of the road, poured out some dust from a small box in his hand, hid it on the feces, and then took a shovel and a broom from his back, and quickly shoveled the feces into a basket.
Zhang Ping only walked back and forth on this street, and it was getting dark. Zhang Ping turned to another street and found an inn to stay in.
After entering the store, I asked about the price and found that the room price was similar to that of the inns similarly furnished on Enlong Street. It was slightly more expensive than Yiping, but in terms of the territory, it was still fair.
The shopkeeper smiled and said to Zhang Ping: "If the customer goes to the capital, it is actually more convenient to stay on Enlong Street. There are also semicolons in the shop, all of which are the same price. There is no need to raise the price in our county based on the local area."
The young man led Zhang Ping to the second floor guest room. The room was not big and extremely clean. If you didn’t use other food and drinks, you would also give a bowl of porridge, a steamed bun, and two small plates of pickles in the morning and evening.
Fengle has many testers who cannot afford to live in Beijing. When the young man saw Zhang Ping young and looked like a scholar, he asked him if he planned to live in Fengle temporarily and could introduce him to a house with a affordable rent.
"A great boast, Fengle is one of the best in all counties in Jingzhao Prefecture. All the officials in Beijing buy houses in our Fengle, which is very suitable for living. There are things in our county that can be bought in our capital, but of course we can't compare with the capital. Did the Enlong Street guest go? It's really similar to the streets in Beijing."
Zhang Ping said: "Yes, lively and clean."
The young man smiled and said, "Yes, the streets have been repaired in recent years. None of the counties in Jingzhao Prefecture can be like our county, and the structure is so organized. At first, it was not so clean and neat. It was all this...ah, it was already considered a former, the magistrate who was rectified."
Zhang Ping said: "Thank you County Magistrate?"
The young man said, "It seems that the guest officer has heard about it. Alas, there is no way to be unlucky in the rush. Lord Xie has been in our county for a few years and has done a lot of things. In the past, the city was not so big, and it was expanded after Lord Xie came. The layout of the county was reorganized, and the two streets in the north and south were neatly arranged."
In the past, Enlong Street was called Jingtong Street. There were many people coming and going, which was quite messy and the shops were out of order. Xie Zhixian changed the street name and doubled the width and divided the east and west sections into their own categories.
The street connecting the north and south city gates was once called Dajie Market. County Magistrate Xie renamed it Zhengyang Street, which was also renovated like Enlong Street.
The Dazhengsheng Money House never set up a branch in the county town. Xie Zhixian made an appointment with prominent families in the county, and personally went to the capital to invite him, and even asked the Feng Fu Yin to come forward. After the Dazhengsheng Money House had a branch, big shops such as Jinchang and Henghe set up branch in the county.
The two streets are now in the county, and the merchants are traveling around. Because Fengle is better than other counties, they often would rather take a detour than go here to stay overnight.
Zhang Ping asked again that the door face marked by the county government office in the east and west sections of Enlong Street was specially set up by Xie Zhi County. The West Street Office supervised disputes, bullying and dominating the market, and the East Street Office was in charge of business fraud, loss of documents, and theft of property. There is no need to go to the yamen, and get quick and easy.
The county yards were also re-planned, with straight roads and shabby houses demolished or repaired, and all the places were well organized.
Beggars on the roadside are all taken sheltered by the government. If they can work, they will be assigned to clean the city, clean up the garbage, and take care of the pruning of trees. They can earn money to make a living.
Because Xie Zhixian has been in charge of the county over the past few years, the people of Fengle County have also lived a refined and organized life.
"There is one thing that I am used to being particular about here and not being used to other places."
Zhang Ping stared at the white porridge bowl in front of him, knowing that he was completely ruthless.
The next morning, Zhang Ping left the inn. The old yellow horse's fur was washed and the saddle was also shimmering. The young man gave Zhang Ping another cover.
The clean road has just sprinkled water, and the morning breeze is fresh and fragrant.
Shounian Mountain is located south of the county town, and Zhang Ping passes through Zhengyang Street and leaves the city.
Zhengyang Street is also divided into two sections, South Street and North Street. North Street is a grain shop, oil shop, sauce and vinegar shop, star anise and cinnamon and other seasoning shop, bowls, chopsticks and cooking utensils shop, etc. South Street is a vegetable market, selling onions, ginger, vegetables, fresh meat, chickens and ducks, river food, and eggs in various sections, arranged neatly, and someone inspected back and forth to clean the ground. The north and south streets also have the doors of the county government office, which can compete for the items, and there are also small shops in the money house, where the whole store can be exchanged at any time.
There is a small alley on the South Street that specializes in food, noodles, wontons, porridge, oil tea, tofu, big cakes, steamed buns, and various fried goods, and they are also arranged neatly in segments.
Zhang Ping bought a few buns and put them in them. He squinted his eyes and looked at the flag curtains of the sticks on the street, then looked at the straight heads of trees beside the road, and compared the size and color of the two flower tiles at the end of the curb, and asked the soldiers at the gate of the city: "How many days does the magistrate Xie leave?"
The soldier was stunned, looked at Zhang Ping, and said, "Look at when will the new magistrate come."
Lan Jue and Xue Mulin, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, went to Baohua Palace to apologize to the Tachi Kingdom mission. There was only one mission with the lowest status to greet him. His face was gloomy and his attitude was stiff. He did not lift his eyelids when facing those gold, silver and treasures.
Lan Jue said softly, His Highness Dai's young man was reckless for a moment, which made the prince frightened by misunderstandings. The emperor was also very shocked and ordered the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple to convey his apology to the prince. Can you meet the prince and bring the emperor's condolences?
The envoy said in a fluent Chinese voice, "No, no, the prince will not see you now, and you will not see you!"
Xue Mulin said: "I dare to ask, why is it not visible?"
The envoy shook his head twice, his beard shaking: "Go, go, you, go. Useless. Prince, you can't see you!"
Lan Jue said: "Can Lord Wen Muli be there?"
The envoy waved his hand away and said, "Let's go, Lord Wenmuli, Lord Shahuhan, they all, can't see you! Let's go, you!"
Xue Mulin's face was a little uneasy. This follower, who was just holding horses and shields in the mission, drove away the Minister of Rites and the Minister of the Honglu Temple who represented the emperor like a pig. The mission of Tachi Kingdom was really a bit arrogant.
Lan Jue was also very upset, but he must be shameless in his responsibility for this matter, so he said sincerely: "Your Majesty ordered the head office and others to convey the condolences to the prince in person. Please inform him on your behalf."
"Let's go, you!" The envoy roared, and his red eyes were filled with tears. "Prince, he is leaving us! He is going to return to the Sun God!"
"Ta Chi envoy said..." Lan Jue reported to Emperor Yongxuan in the Qinzheng Hall, "Prince Chabucharik is strong in nature. This incident made him plan to return to the Sun God. Wen Muli and others were blocking the prince, but they had never come out to meet with the ministers."
The kings, including Emperor Yongxuan and Uncle Dai, were also in the hall, and even the queen mother sat behind the curtains and screens. The oldest sect king said: "What official position is the Sun God in Tachi Kingdom? Is it the king's referring to?"
Lan Jue and Xue Mulin quickly looked at each other, and Xue Mulin silently said that it would be Lan Jue who explained it.
Lan Jue bowed and replied, "The Sun God is a god believed in by Tachi Kingdom. It is rumored that Tachi Kingdom has said that Chabcharik is the reincarnation of Sirius, and Sirius is the son of the Sun God."
The queen mother said anxiously from behind the screen: "That prince has gone? Or, let's have a grand funeral?"
Before Lan Jue could answer, King Huai sneered: "He is not willing to die. He cried, made a fuss and hanged, and he could also do the tricks of these women."
The Sect King coughed and glanced at King Huai.
The Empress Dowager snorted: "The Ai family is also a woman, but we have to say that this method is really not up to the Tao."
King Huai smiled and said, "How can the Empress Dowager be judged as an ordinary woman?"
The Empress Dowager said softly: "Your King Huai doesn't have to worry about it, the Ai family knows that you have no other intentions."
Emperor Yongxuan looked at Lan Jue: "Can Lan Aiqing and Xue Aiqing find his intentions?"
Lan Jue and Xue Mulin called themselves guilty.
King Huai said: "Just making a fuss, but I don't die. I'm waiting for the offer here, I have a big appetite."
Emperor Yongxuan frowned: "Uncle and two beloved ministers, what should we do?"
Both the kings and Lan Jue apologized first, and they had no good ideas.
Lan Jue said again: "I am foolish to pay close attention to Baohua Palace for the time being, so that Prince Chabucharik will not return to the Sun God easily and send more condolences. The rest should be discussed carefully and carefully considered."
I'm going to die if I make a fuss, but I won't die anyway. So I just want to waste my time and see who will be soft first.
I'll never die, I can't shout for too long.
Emperor Yongxuan showed a thoughtful look on his face, nodded after a moment, and sighed softly: "I have no choice but to follow what you said."
All the kings sighed and nodded, "I can only do this first."
Lan Jue and Xue Mulin breathed a sigh of relief and were about to leave first, Emperor Yongxuan looked at him again: "But, King Dai's punishment is necessary, it is considered an explanation."
He immediately summoned the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat and planned an order, and left King Dai to entitle, took over the mansion and fief, deposed as a commoner, expelled from the capital, and exiled to the countryside.
The empress dowager lost her voice and the kings changed color. Lan Jue and Xue Mulin, the Secretariat, lying on the ground, said that King Dai was young, and this punishment was too heavy. Please ask Emperor Yongxuan to be kind.
Emperor Yongxuan closed his eyes and said, "I am the elder brother Qi Tan. Qi Tan's faults are also my faults. They are all because they are indulged in daily life and make big mistakes. If they do not punish them severely, they will not be able to reflect on themselves."
The order was issued. The next day, Lan Jue and Xue Mulin went to Baohua Palace to express condolences. This time, a pretty decent envoy from the Tachi Kingdom mission came out to receive it, and he still looked sad: "Prince, he still insisted on returning to the side of the Sun God. The pain that was already there can never be back to the past."
Lan Jue and Xue Mulin politely comforted each other for a long time and said goodbye and left.
After leaving Baohua Palace, Xue Mulin sighed: "I hope to finish it soon."
Lan Jue did not answer, but sighed in his heart, and his right eyelid suddenly thrust twice.
After returning to the palace to report his life, Lan Jue was about to leave with Xue Mulin, but Emperor Yongxuan suddenly said, "Lan Aiqing, stay for a while."
Lan Jue suddenly felt a premonition of something bad.
After Xue Mulin left, Emperor Yongxuan smiled and said, "Lan Aiqing had already taken leave, but the matter was delayed, so I was very sorry."
Lan Jue immediately said that this was what I should have done.
Emperor Yongxuan said again: "I remember that Lan Aiqing's hometown is in a county in Jingzhao Prefecture?"
Lan Jue said: "My hometown is Jiuhe County, Jingzhao Prefecture."
Emperor Yongxuan's eyes shining, "Oh? What a coincidence. I have ordered Feng Tai to choose a rural area and exiled the common man Jing Qitan here to farm and think about his mistakes. Feng Qing recommended a place called Nianqin Township to me, which belongs to Fengle County. Is it far from Lan Aiqing's hometown?"
Lan Jue raised his dizzy head slightly: "It is adjacent to... my hometown small county."
Chapter completed!