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   Chapter 293 291 [Jiangxi Literary World]

  The three famous prostitutes were sent away, and they all let out a long sigh of relief when they left the General Military Mansion.

  Lin Xue was speechless and said, "When I recited that poem, it frightened me."

   "I wasn't intimidated, but I found it interesting," Liu Rushi said with a smile, "In the past, when we talked about poetry and Ci, it was always a pleasure for the host and guest. Today is the first time someone wrote a poem to admonish me."

  Wang Wei couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Zhao asked people not to sing songs about the old age, but his own poem has the charm of Bai Letian."

  Liu Rushi said: "Mr. Zhao cares about the sufferings of the people, and he is a man of unity of knowledge and action. His poetry is naturally popular and straightforward. I think he is very bold, disdainful of twists and turns, and his style is very different from ordinary literati."

  The three women walked together and went out of the city to the inn, but they saw a pavilion outside the city.

  There is also a kiosk at the pier, but it is mostly posted with commercial information, but the kiosk here is more of an official announcement.

Wang Wei took a closer look and read: "The Luling County Government will recruit 12 more officials to watch the government. They will take care of their own food and lodging for three months. They can be turned into reserve officials. Each of the six towns in Luling will recruit three more officials to watch the government. Party member..." After reading the content of the notice, Wang Wei sighed, "If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely be a government official, and I might be able to become the magistrate of the county in the future."

Listening to Li Fenglai's explanation all the way, Liu Rushi already had some understanding of Jiangxi's administration. She said: "This notice has been smashed by wind and rain. I think it was posted two or three months ago. In Luling County alone, 30 new notices have been added. Reserve officials, it seems that this summer is really going to send troops."

  Jiangxi has been able to mass-produce officials, and Hunan and Guangdong are almost on the right track.

  The larger the territory, the more people there will be.

  It is a pity that hidden dangers have also increased, and old and new officials are mixed together. Especially in remote counties and towns, the clean government is out of reach, and it depends entirely on the supervision of missionaries and farmers' associations. After the division of land is completed, most of the missionary officers will be withdrawn, and only one missionary department will be left in the county government.

  Starting this spring, the Department of Integrity of the General Military Mansion has set up twelve incorruptible envoys.

   In groups of three, draw lots to determine the location, and follow the established direction to tour the states and counties in microservices. It is a bit similar to the inspector censor of Ming Dynasty, but has no judicial power and is not allowed to interfere in local affairs.

Lin Xue read the second notice again: "Zhong An, the deputy mayor of Wuxing Town, married the woman from the town, Mrs. Huang. The wasteland in the mountains was collectively reclaimed by Lijia Village. The family of Shi and Li Long divided an additional three acres. After investigation, Zhong An had another crime of corruption, swallowing more than 60 shi of rice and more than 90 shi of corn..."

"According to the trial and judgment of the Luling County Government, Zhong An was allocated a mine as a miner, and his wife Huang was ordered to remarry. All the land under Zhong An's personal name was taken back, two acres of land under Huang's name were taken back, and half of Huang's natal family was taken back. Li Longfa allocated Mines for miners..."

  Liu Rushi exclaimed: "Only occupying six acres of wasteland, sixty shi of paddy, and ninety shi of braised grain, so two officials were distributed?"

   "Jiangxi's officials are really strict." Lin Xue said with emotion.

  Under normal circumstances, it is really not so strict.

  In this case, first, the land was moved and the absolute red line was touched. The second is that the case happened in Wuxing Town, where Zhao Han raised his troops!

Wang Wei sarcastically said: "This deputy mayor is really stupid. He lost his future for a few acres of wasteland and more than a hundred stones of grain. According to Li Yuanwai (Li Fenglai), he is the mayor of Jiangxi at this time. At least he is a magistrate, maybe he can even be a magistrate."

   "There are always many short-sighted people in the world." Liu Rushi smiled.

  Lin Xue said with a smile: "There are rewards and punishments, and there is also a reward order."

   But at the weapons factory in Luling County, a craftsman improved the rattan armor production technology, shortening the rattan armor brewing cycle by three months. A special reward of five taels of silver, a salary increase of three levels, and an acre of farmland, was selected as this year's "Top Ten Craftsmen".

  Liu Rushi said curiously: "The artisan has such courtesy."

  Wang smiled and said, "If I were a craftsman, I would work hard for Mr. Zhao."

  The three famous prostitutes became more and more interesting as they watched, and went to the market outside the city together.

  Their first goal was not a jewelry store or rouge and gouache, but went straight to a nearby bookstore.

   "Three girls, please come in!"

  The bookstore owner's eyes lit up, and he came over to say hello in person. These three women are really beautiful.

  Liu Rushi said: "We are from other places, do you have any new books here?"

   "There are a lot of new books, three girls come here." The owner of the bookstore is very attentive.

   After just a few casual glances, the three women could see the difference.

  The bookstores in the south of the Yangtze River are purely in terms of quantity. The first is teaching materials, the second is poetry and anthology, and the third is song novels.

   But here, there are almost no teaching materials.

  The entire bookshelf at the entrance is full of laws, water conservancy, mathematics, official document writing, Datong Theory and agricultural books.

  From the spring of this year, officials who are promoted to county magistrates must pass an assessment, and the above contents are compulsory subjects.

  The main reason is that there are too many qualified county magistrates, and the selection is unfair, so just organize an exam.

   Let those "prepared magistrates" answer the questions, and it doesn't mean that you can answer them all. As long as you do better than others in the test, you will be given priority.

  Now, the county magistrate exam is over, just wait for the war after the summer harvest, and the newly occupied land will immediately go to be the magistrate of the county.

  After the announcement last winter, booksellers from all over the world took to the news and printed a large number of related books.

   Not only those who are qualified to be magistrates come to buy books, but many ordinary officials and scholars also come to buy books. Anyway, sooner or later they will have to take the exam.

  Liu Rushi looked at those professional books and sighed: "Fushe has always advocated practical learning, and Jiangxi is really advocating practical learning."

  Wang Wei switched to Jingshiziji. Traditional books are no different from Jiangnan, but there are quite a lot of anthologies recently published.

   "Sir, do you know which literary societies are there in Jiangxi?" Wang Wei asked.

  The owner of the bookstore is very familiar: "Ji'an has Bailuzhou Club, Xinshe, and Takeshita Club; Nanchang has Hongdu Club, Duck Club, and Xiao Club; Jiujiang has Jiangzhou Club and Sheng Club..."

  Wang Wei was surprised: "So many literary societies?"

The owner of the bookstore said with a smile: "Many rich scholars don't want to work hard, so they don't apply to be officials. There is no imperial examination in Jiangxi, so they form associations and sing, and stay with the rivers and lakes all day long. Novels and operas are also booming. Some down-and-out rich scholars write novels and operas for a living. The township also takes care of these people. There is no bookstore that pays for writing fees, and the author’s articles are not allowed to be published at will. Twenty years after the death of the original author is required. And print."

  Liu Rushi smiled and said: "This is a good idea, can we find out?"

   "It's definitely not possible to find out. The author should report it himself and identify which bookstore is pirated." The bookstore owner said.

  Liu Rushi casually pulled out a booklet called "Bamboo Text Collection".

   Turning the pages to read, most of them are landscape and pastoral poems, among which there are many works of complaints, and the dissatisfaction with Zhao Han's policies can be seen between the lines.

   "Miss Crown?" Suddenly someone exclaimed.

  Wang Guan was Wang Wei's name when she was young. She turned around and looked at it, but she had no memory of it. She smiled and said, "Mr. Blessings."

  This man was in his forties, with a straight and handsome appearance, cupped his hands and said: "My servant, Wu Bing, the word can be first. More than 20 years ago, I went boating with the **** Taihu Lake."

   "So it's Mr. Wu." Wang Wei still had no impression.

  Wu Bing was quite excited: "At that time, I was a Juren, and I had the honor to go on a lake tour with Mr. Meigong."

  Mr. Meigong is Chen Jiru, the one who wrote "Little Window", Wang Wei immediately recalled.

  However, there were so many people at that time, I still had no impression of Wu Bing.

  Wu Bing said with a smile: "In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, he was awarded a Jinshi. Since then, he has been an official in various places, and he has never been able to see the beauty of the crown girl."

   It is understandable for Wu Bing to be enthusiastic about Wang Wei. When he was an ordinary juren in his youth, he followed a group of bigwigs on a lake tour, and could only sit in a corner for fun, but he couldn't impress this famous courtesan.

  Wang Wei was also quite surprised. Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli should be at least a provincial official. Why is he wearing common clothes in Ji'an Mansion?

Wu Bing took the initiative to explain: "When Mr. Zhao captured Nanchang Mansion, I was the Jiangxi Education Envoy. Now I am not an official, and I am an external consultant of the Propaganda Department of the General Military Mansion. "Da Ping Ji" is my work. This spring again The play "The Story of the West Window" was also adapted from real people and real events."

   "Disrespect, disrespect!" Wang Wei hurriedly saluted.

  Wu Bing's hometown is also in the south of the Yangtze River. This guy sold all his land and brought his wife, concubine and children to Jiangxi.

  The son is half a year old, and he was thrown into elementary school by him. The daughter is married to a town mayor, and is a mayor of Juren background. She will probably be a high-ranking official in the future.

  As for himself, because of the sensation caused by "The Tale of the Great Fellowship", he simply wrote "revolutionary literature" full-time, and was even specially hired as a consultant by the Department of Propaganda and Education, and was often invited to cadre training classes to tell stories.

  Let him be an official?

  That was impossible. The officials under Zhao Han were too tired, and Wu Bing, who was used to leisure, couldn't bear it.

  Wu Bing invited three famous prostitutes to the tea house and told them about the Jiangxi literary circle.

   "Jiangxi articles are nothing more than three categories."

"The first category is Datong articles, and the most famous one is "Legend of the White-haired Girl". Before that, there were only dramas, but they were changed to operas. Last year, someone wrote a novel. The following "Datong Ji" is also in this category, which can be ranked. Into the top three."

   "The second category is complaint articles, either the family has been divided, or they feel depressed and unsuccessful."

"The third category is articles eulogizing virtue. Although these scholars have not been officials, they support the administration of the town. Most of them are merchants. They say that China will return to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in just 20 or 30 years. These people are also retro-stylers. No matter the poems or songs, they all respect the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Just last month, there were more than 30 scholars who jointly signed the Shangshu Zongbingfu, asking the Zongzhen to send troops to take Jianghuai as soon as possible."

  Wang Wei asked: "Please tell me, sir, where is there a shortage of teachers in girls' schools, the closer to Ji'an Mansion, the better."

  Wu Bing said: "Jishui County is building a third girls' school, and I can help write letters of recommendation."

  Wang Wei happily said: "Thank you sir!"

  Liu Rushi suddenly said: "I'm going to the Luling County Government to observe the government, and I will be a female official in the future!"

  Everyone was amazed.

  Liu Rushi is very high-minded. Ever since she broke up with Chen Zilong, she has vowed to marry someone who is more talented.

  She thinks Zhao Han is good.

  In today's brief contact, Liu Rushi has figured out that Zhao Han doesn't like reciting poems and lyrics, but prefers those who can do practical things. So she wanted to be a female official, first to realize her own life value, and second, to attract Zhao Han's attention.

   (Ask for a monthly pass, double the monthly pass these days.)

  (end of this chapter)