There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 321 Seven Years of Chenghua.

Wu Youwei and Wantong watched the fireworks blooming in the night sky side by side, and another year passed.

"Everything will go well this year!" Wu Youwei clenched his fist.

"Yeah." Wantong nodded, wrapping his fist with a big palm: "Everything will go well."

If it doesn't go smoothly, he will make it go smoothly!

In the seventh year, Xinsi, the first month of spring, appointed a Beijing official with a fifth grade or above, and one person from Kanzhou County to Shizhong and Yushi.

Bingshu, a great sacrifice to heaven and earth in the southern suburbs.

There are four festivals in the first month: New Year's Day, Beginning of Spring, Shangyuan, and filling positions.

New Year's Day is an important annual event in the annual festival.Seasonal foods include pepper wine, flat food (water dim sum) and so on.The food eaten in the palace at that time, such as "Youshi Daji Box", mainly consisted of persimmons, round eyes, chestnuts, cooked dates, etc.

They also eat donkey head meat, which is packed in a small box, and the name is "ghost chewing", which is because donkeys are commonly called ghosts.

For the sake of it.

On the day before the beginning of spring, a "spring welcome" ceremony was held outside the Dongzhi Gate of Shuntian Prefecture. At that time, relatives, ministers, dignitaries, and warriors all went to the spring field for horse racing activities, and the competition was good and bad.

As a civil servant, of course, Wu Youwei will not go back to race horses, and neither will he!

On the day of the beginning of spring, no matter the high or low in the court, they chew and eat radishes, which is called "biting spring". They entertain each other and eat spring cakes and vegetables.

The third day of junior high school, the day when I went back to my natal family.

The married girls and daughters all came to see Wu Youwei, butler Lin Su also brought the young master, Xiao Mingde greeted Wu Youwei when he saw Wu Youwei, he was so happy that Wu Youwei hugged him and would not let go .

But the child is getting older, and he doesn't like being hugged, so he said seriously: "The child has grown up."

"Oh!" Wu Youwei teased him, "How did you grow up?"

"The child is enlightened!" Xiao Mingde said with a pouted face, "I have to follow my father when I eat!"

"Oh? Why?" Wantong asked him with a straight face beside him: "Your father dined with me.

The little guy raised his face to look at Wantong: "Because men and women are not seated at the age of seven.

Wu Youwei was taken aback, and after careful calculation, isn't this baby six or seven years old!

It's just because he was born in June, so strictly speaking, he is now six and a half years old, and he can only be counted as seven years old after June.

"Okay, okay!" Wu Youwei rubbed his son happily and said, "Sit with father later, ah! Don't sit with those women.

Wantong also wanted to laugh, how old is this?Do you know that men and women are different?

"Brother, don't laugh, you can hear it from outside." Wu Xinyue came in and gave them two plates of freshly cooked small twists: "Dinner will be served in a while, and eat some when you are hungry.

Wu Xingui brought some beef jerky.

When it was time to eat, the table was full of meals made by my sisters and daughters, and the whole family sat together. Of course, men and women were separated. We congratulated each other on a happy new year, and then we started eating.

Because the eldest brother "suffered a big crime", the younger sisters stayed there until the eighth day of the lunar new year before returning home.

Because the seventh day is "People's Day", spring pancakes and vegetables are also eaten in the palace.

It may be that Emperor Xianzong felt that Wu Youwei had been wronged. During the Chinese New Year, Wu Youwei was also included in the reward. In the past, Wu Youwei came up with secret ideas, but this time he was favored by the emperor in the open. Everyone in the village said that Wu Youwei had come to the end of all hardships.

He has a share of all kinds of "Daji Box" and "Ghost Chewing".

It's the Bai family, because Bai Zhen is only a general banner now, and she doesn't even have the qualifications to enter the palace for an audience, so she can only hold back at home.

As for Wantong, because he has been on duty in the palace for several years, it is rare that it is his turn to have a holiday during the Chinese New Year.

So it was rare for both of them to be at home, having fun with the children, Wanxi also came to join in the fun, the two families got together, there were so many children, and it was very noisy.

After eating the noodles on the seventh day, the eighth day people dispersed, and the family members came to watch the lights.

Lively and lively, Wu Youwei is happy. He likes the time when the family gets together. In the past, no matter how busy he was at work, he would go home during the winter and summer vacations. His relatives all live in the same village, and it will be lively when the New Year comes. .

Neighbors can gather enough mahjong tables just by saying hello.

But because Wu Youwei's brain is easy to use, he can count cards. He once set a record of winning all cards in the first month, winning 2000 yuan!

From then on, few people in the village liked to play with him. They all said that playing with him was boring.

In the end, Wu Youwei had no choice but to play cards with the older generation.

During the Chinese New Year, the Imperial Academy was also very clean, because copying books made money this year, Emperor Xianzong had money in his pocket, and gave each Hanlin Academy a red envelope of five taels of silver for copying books.

It was just after the Lantern Festival, and after the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, there was another rumor in the imperial court that people would be selected from the Imperial Academy to be sent down.

What does decentralization mean?

It is to send officials abroad to take up positions.

There are many things to pay attention to. Of course, those who went to rich places were happy, but in ancient times, remote places such as Yunnan and Sichuan were not only far away, but there were also many tribes, local chiefs, chiefs, etc. And so on were named Shisi.

This is not "toast" to eat.

Shisi has a broad sense and a narrow sense.

In a broad sense, Tusi not only refers to the governing place (Tuya Office) independently built by the indigenous people in the minority areas within their sphere of influence and allowed by the national law, but also refers to "the world has its own land, the world governs its people, and the world rules its soldiers". , hereditary position, the world governs its place, the world enters its stream, and the world receives its title" native official.

In a narrow sense, Tusi refers specifically to native officials who "own their land, manage their people, rule their soldiers, inherit their positions, rule their places, enter their ranks, and receive their titles".

The relationship is intricate and difficult to govern, not to mention that the local folk customs are also very tough. It can be seen from history that conflicts often broke out.

So people in the official department are very busy recently, and other people are digging around everywhere, hoping that if they are assigned officials, they can go to a good place.

Just after February [-]nd, after eating pork head meat, Wu Youwei received a notice from the Ministry of Officials that he was about to be released.

Hearing the news, Wu Youwei was taken aback, let it out?

Bachelor Yin Zhi was already very happy: "After the closing of the Imperial Academy, there are quite a few people waiting for jobs. Why is it Wu Shidu?"

The people from the Ministry of Officials didn't give an explanation, they just informed Wu Youwei that the release list had been finalized.

After Wantong knew about it, he immediately went to find Emperor Xianzong.

Emperor Xianzong himself was surprised: "Wu Shidu hasn't left the library yet!"

Yes, but the Ministry of Officials still sent officials to him. Wantong said with a straight face: "What do you think?" "

Emperor Xianzong thought for a while: "Come here, call the elders of the pavilion to see me."

Because Wantong was not on duty today, and it was inconvenient for him to be present when discussing state affairs, so he withdrew.

After thinking about it, I went to find Wanxi. Wanda's family will move here in the middle of the month.

He wants to go and see, how is the residence arranged for his younger brother's family?Are you ready?How do you arrange the servants who serve you?

Here Wu Youwei already knew about his appointment as an official, and he also knew that this matter could not be changed.

Because of the appointment of officials, the highest is the magistrate, and the lowest is the petty official, so the emperor was not alarmed, and the official department directly assigned the list.

In the end, it is directly decentralized, and it is done.

No one knew that there was even a waiter included in the list.

Because the report has been issued, the matter is well known to the whole world, and the imperial court cannot backtrack on what it says, after Wu Youwei found out, he thought about it: "It's also very good.

"It's not bad?" Zhang Sheng was in a hurry: "I heard that many places where officials are dispatched this time are... all in remote areas. Are you going to serve as an official in a place where barbarians are rampant?"

Because they are barbarians, they don't understand the way of a monarch and ministers, let alone obey discipline. Many officials sent by the imperial court were slaughtered by the local aborigines.

Daming's territory is too big, and there are many affiliated tribes and vassal states, so there is no time to worry about it.

What's more, when those officials were sent to remote places, they only thought about how to spend money so that they could bribe the superiors so that they could be transferred from this place. Who made political achievements there?

What they care about is their career, not the livelihood of the local people.

Zhang Sheng wasn't afraid that Wu Youwei would disregard people's livelihood, but what he was afraid of was that if he sent someone to seek death, Wu Youwei's little life would be gone.

"If you want to make political achievements, you have to make a difference." Wu Youwei thought for a while: "It's good to climb up from the grassroots. I also want to let one party's parents and officials benefit the people of one party."

Get over the addiction of being an official.

Besides, he also put it out to avoid the vortex of Chenghua's seven years.

Yang Yiqing and the others were all running for Wu Youwei, but Wu Youwei himself was very happy to let him go, which made Emperor Xianzong who knew the news very interested.

In his busy schedule, he summoned Wu Youwei.

No one knew what Wu Youwei said to Emperor Xianzong, because they were summoned alone, and Eunuch Huai'en was guarding the door. Wan An and the others were afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so they quickly planned the location for the appointment.

Either it is a remote and bitter place, or it is a place where it is not easy to achieve political achievements in the corner

However, in order to avoid being accused of avenging personal revenge, he deliberately chose a county in the south. Everyone knows that Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, a rich land, but that refers to places such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, and they arranged for Wu Youwei. It is the southernmost one, a county town on the side of Songjiang Mansion.

It is said that the county town is in dilapidated condition. It is said to be a county town, but it is actually a big village without even a decent city wall.

"This is definitely suitable for him!" Bai Zhen said with a sinister smile: "I heard from the people at Jinshanwei that there are occasional Japanese pirates coming ashore there, and the first three were killed by Japanese pirates...

"This place is good!" The choice was too satisfactory.

Wan An pointed to the other two places: "The other two...are also added.

The other two places, one in Datong Prefecture and one in Sichuan.

In Datong, tribes such as Huozhai, Yexian, and Tatar often went back and forth. There were no big wars, and small-group wars broke out frequently.

Sichuan is the Land of Abundance, but the Land of Abundance also has shortcomings. The Kangba area near Qinghai is a place with a high incidence of accidents.

None of these three places is easy to stay in.

In the afternoon, Wantong heard that Wu Youwei had been appointed as an official, and rushed to the palace to seek an audience. However, the emperor was discussing politics with several cabinet elders and six ministers, and Wu Shidu's immediate superior, Mr. Yin Zhiyin, was also present. The adult is very unhappy now.

Even Wan An and the others were there, and they were so trained by Yin Zhi that they couldn't hold their heads up anymore.

But Wantong knew that he was one step too late.

When he was in a hurry, a young eunuch came out and smiled when he saw Wantong: "Lord Wan.

"Eunuch, inside...?" Wantong recognized this little eunuch, even though he was a young eunuch, but he was the apprentice of Eunuch Huai'en, and those who served by the emperor's side were always higher than those in other places.

"Don't worry, Shidu Wu is fine." The little eunuch just said such a sentence, and hurriedly called people to exchange for hot tea.

Wantong still didn't know what to do, he had the audacity to beg the emperor, why was he sent an official?

An official is appointed for at least one term, that is, three years. After three years, he must either be promoted to a higher level, or... he must remain in place for another three years.

You can’t go back to Beijing right away after being promoted to a higher level. It was three or five years earlier, and more than ten years later, just look at Lauren. It’s been seven or eight years, and he has done such a great job in the south, and he hasn’t come back yet. what.

Although he should have been transferred back a long time ago, Luo Lun's presiding over San Ji Dao has been quite effective. Even if he comes back... at least he must be an official.

Tangguan is a general term for various ministers in central Beijing, such as Shangshu, Shilang, etc., and it got its name because it worked in the lobby of each government office.

But how many years would it take for them to be separated, he couldn't bear it, let alone agree to separate!