Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 435 I'll just say two things

Outside the south wall of Lin'an Prefecture.

Because this place was adjacent to the prefectural yamen, the results of the imperial examination were always announced outside the south wall, and a large number of scholars would gather there at that time.

So over time, a cultural street was formed here.

There are teahouses, antique shops, stationery stores, bookstores, calligraphy and painting shops, etc. on the street.

Opposite the south gable of the signing room in the Tongpan South Hall is a shop selling the four treasures of the study: "Sibaozhai".

The shop of "Sibaozhai" is quite large, with three floors in total.

The first floor is used to sell study items, and the second floor is where the original owner and his family live.

There are only three large rooms on the third floor, and then there is a very spacious rooftop.

The bonsai on the rooftop are elegantly arranged, making it a perfect place to drink tea and relax.

A few days ago, this stationery store changed hands.

The buyer made some improvements to the second and third floors of the store.

The second floor was turned into four "inner and outer" rooms.

The layout of the outbuilding of each suite is like a flower hall.

The inner room is equipped with desks, bookshelves and bookcases, and the layout is like a signing room.

Leng Yuchan and Xue Bingxin held hands and looked at each room one by one.

The layouts of the four houses are basically the same, the only difference is the scenery outside the windows.

There are two signing rooms on the left, and when you open the windows you will see the avenue on the south side of Lin'an Prefecture.

Standing here, you can overlook the official residences in Lin'an Prefecture.

The other two signing rooms are on the right.

When you open the window, you can see a leisurely river with boats passing by from time to time, and on the other side of the river are rows of houses.

That's Renmeifang.

The memorial archway with the words "Zhuangyuan Jidi" at the Yang Family Mansion is very eye-catching among the buildings and can be seen from here.

Xue Bingxin smiled and said, "This place is more comfortable than the signing room in our Privy Council. How about we choose the two rooms near the river?"

Leng Yuchan said: "Don't you want to choose the other side? Maybe you can see Erlang if you open the window."

Xue Bingxin wrinkled her nose and said, "I have seen both Big Yang Yuan and Little Yang Yuan come here with sincerity.

Who would wait at the window every day to see him? I am not a disgraced woman in the palace."

Leng Yuchan chuckled: "Yes, not only have you seen it, you also made a bed to welcome me, took off your clothes and offered me food, you were full of enthusiasm, you climbed on the shaft to grab the horse, and you blocked the road with pots of wine, you are so kind-hearted."

Xue Bingxin lifted her skirt and leg and kicked away.

Leng Yuchan spun her long legs and her skirt and floated past lightly.

Leng Yuchan smiled and said, “Okay, let’s choose these two.

I heard there are three bedrooms on the third floor, which is a place for taking a nap. Let's go and take a look."

Xue Bingxin said: "I don't have the habit of taking a nap, you go."

Leng Yuchan rolled her eyes at her and said, "Silly girl, can a napping place only be used for napping?"

Xue Bingxin said: "If you don't use it for taking a nap, you can use it for work..."

At this point, Xue Bingxin suddenly understood and glared at Leng Yuchan unhappily.

Leng Yuchan said with a smile: "That's right, do you want to go pick one?"

Xue Bingxin blushed and said, "Please help me choose."

Leng Yuchan asked: "Does it have to be next to each other too?"

Before Xue Bingxin could answer, Fujiwara Himeka came upstairs slowly with Hanane and Xiaonai.

The three of them were still on the stairs when Ji Xiang's voice came over: "You two, take a look and decide which room we should choose as the signing room."

Before she could finish her words, Ji Xiang showed up and happened to see Xue Bingxin and Leng Yuchan.

Leng Yuchan and Xue Bingxin looked at Fujiwara Himeka in surprise.

The looks from both sides gradually became unfriendly.

Fujiwara no Himeka, Kanon, and Kona are now dressed as Han women.

Leng Yuchan and Xue Bingxin were used to working in the government office, and they always wore men's official uniforms when they were there.

Therefore, although it is women's clothing at this time, it is simple and elegant, and somewhat neutral.

This is not the case for Fujiwara Himeka, Kanon and Kona.

They were wearing the most popular Han women's clothes and were dressed in gorgeous clothes.

Himeka is as graceful as a queen, Kanon is as elegant as a queen, and Kona is as innocent as a little girl.

Leng Yuchan squinted at them and asked, "What do they do?"

Leng Yuchan spoke in a loud voice and did not mean to betray anyone.

Xue Bingxin said, "I heard that there are three Japanese women living with Madam Li. Could they be them?"

Leng Yuchan curled her lips and said, "So she's a Japanese girl. No wonder there's a smell of sea breeze blowing towards me."

Leng Yuchan had gone to the sea with Yang Yuan before, but Xue Bingxin had never seen what the sea looked like.

Xue Bingxin asked curiously, "What's wrong with the smell of the sea breeze?"

Leng Yuchan said: "It tastes a bit fishy."

"Hey, what are you talking about? That's so rude!"

Chunwu Xiaonai heard the hidden meaning in Leng Yuchan's words and was about to go up to her to argue angrily.

Yazawa Kanon hurriedly stopped her and said, "Cute Xiaonai is often praised by her master for being well-behaved and sensible. Don't lose your composure because of the provocation of others."

Ji Xiang frowned and said, "Hey! Do you two take me seriously?
Master, master, Yang Yuan is your master, then what am I?"

Xiao Nai said sweetly: “Of course you are an amazing Lord God, but you must not argue about these things in front of the Master.

If you offend the master again, your knees will turn red again."

"Shut up, you idiot!"

Princess Fujiwara felt dizzy from the aroma. Why did she say such things in front of these two women from Song? It was so embarrassing!
When Yazawa Kanon saw Leng Yuchan and Xue Bingxin standing in front of the room on that side, she said to Fujiwara Himeka:

"Let's choose the signing room facing the street. The guy said there is a rest room on the third floor. Let's go and take a look."

Xue Bingxin said, "Hey, there are only three rooms on the third floor. Don't even think about choosing all of them."

Tsubakiya Kona blinked at her and said obediently, "The three of us have always slept in the same room."

Yazawa Kanon said: "Sometimes, the four of us sleep in one room."

Fujiwara Himeka said: "Hey! So as long as the bed is big enough, it will be fine."

The three of them walked upstairs, and Tsubakiya Kona's voice floated down the stairs:
"Xiao Nai thinks it's better to move the bed out and put a tatami mat instead. That way, people won't have to worry about being pushed off the bed by the owner."

Xue Bingxin was so angry that she felt dizzy. She shouted towards the stairs, "It's not a big deal if there are more people. Xiaochan, let's go upstairs and pick a room, two of us."

There are three rooms upstairs, only one faces the river, and the other two face the street.

Xiao Nai said excitedly: "I want the one facing the river. I can lean on the window railing and greet the guests on the boat politely.

The owner is standing behind them, just thinking about it makes me happy."

"Shameless and despicable!"

Xue Bingxin, who had just come upstairs, felt dizzy again after hearing this.

But...she really didn't dare to do that, so she was even more angry.

Ji Xiang said: "The joy of the boudoir is greater than that of painting eyebrows."

Hua Yin said: "We both agreed to this, so why can't we do anything? It's none of other people's business."

Xiao Nai said, "Is it possible that when someone wants to be intimate with their man, they must first ask politely: 'I want to make love, do you agree, my dear man?'"

Hua Yin said, "If you grant my permission, I will open my arms and legs."

Ji Xiang imitated the man's voice and said, "In this case, Madam, I am very rude. "

"Hahahaha..." The three Japanese women laughed mockingly.

They turned around and went downstairs, deliberately pushing Leng Yuchan and Xue Bingxin aside on the stairs, and left three words:

"Pfft! Hypocritical!"

After returning to the second floor, Hua Yin whispered, "They are from Song Dynasty after all, maybe the master will be more favorable to them.

We just met them, so we just need to let them know that we are not easy to bully, but don’t go too far.”

At this time, a blond, blue-eyed, and bright-featured Western angel walked up the stairs slowly.

Xiao Nai was surprised and said, "Oh my God, who is she? Why does she look so weird?"

Ji Xiang's beautiful eyes flickered, and she said, "Obviously, she is also a foreign woman like us."

Hua Yin whispered, "Lord God, we are all foreign women, can we share the same hatred and the same enemy?"

Fujiwara no Himeka's eyes flashed, and she thought of the story of Liu Bei's "allying with Wu to fight against Cao".

So Himeka, who had transformed into "Uncle Fujiwara", greeted him with a smile: "Hello, I am Himeka Fujiwara from the Hakata Tsukubi Sea Shrine in Japan. Nice to meet you."

Emmanuelle looked at Fujiwara Himeka with some surprise, and seeing her friendly smile, she also replied in a friendly manner:

"Hello, I am Emmanuelle Belle from the Western Frankish Kingdom."

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In response to Qiao Zhen's question, Yang Yuan first drank a sip of tea calmly, then slowly said, "Lin'an Prefecture and its two counties, Qiantang and Renhe, have a total of more than 100,000 households and nearly 700,000 people.

In addition, there are various temporary residents who are doing business, studying, working as officials, and working, totaling no less than one million people.

This population of one million is mainly concentrated in urban areas, which means that more than 20 people live on one acre of land.

But in reality, streets, rivers, temples, government offices, mansions, lakes, etc. occupy a large area.

By this calculation, there are at least fifty or sixty people living on one acre of land, and the population is large and crowded.

In general, the upper states are equipped with two Tongpans at most, but my Lin'an Prefecture has three Tongpans.

The reason is that Lin'an has a large population and there are too few officials to take care of it!"

Yang Yuan first explained the necessity of setting up three Tongpans in Lin'an Prefecture.

At the same time, his thorough understanding of the situation in Lin'an also made Qiao Zhen and the other three feel secretly horrified.

Yang Yuan said: "As the head of a prefecture, Qiao Fuyin is in charge of the county affairs. The three of us, the Tongpans, are the assistant officials to assist the Fuyin.

I will just say two points about the principles of how the three of us divide the work.

First of all, of course, we should divide the work but not the family. We are all here to assist Governor Qiao in governing Lin'an."

Qiao Zhen smiled and nodded.

Yang Yuan added: "The second is what Liu Tongpan just said, that when dividing important tasks, it is best not to involve the other two when executing them.

Just as mentioned above, the collection of grain and taxes, and disaster relief seem to have nothing to do with the military affairs and arrests that Liu Tongpan was mainly responsible for.

But what is the reality? As long as we collect grain and pay taxes, and provide disaster relief, it will inevitably involve military affairs and arrests, so it is not suitable to be allocated to two people. "

Hearing this, Liu Yiguan also showed a stiff smile and nodded to Yang Yuan.

However, he didn't believe that Yang Yuan was so generous that he was willing to come to Lin'an Mansion to be a decoration.

But there was nothing wrong with what Yang Yuan said, and he couldn't help but express his opinion.

Yang Yuan changed the subject and continued, "So, after careful consideration, I feel that I can take on the responsibility of adjudicating court matters and criminal cases."

When Liu Yiguan heard this, his face suddenly changed.

He was originally the Director of Public Security Department, President of the Court and Chief Prosecutor of the Procuratorate.

Now Yang Yuan is going to take away the court and the procuratorate with just one word?
Before he could object, Yang Yuan quickly continued, "I will tell you two reasons why I think this way.

First, it does not involve much of the coordinated handling mentioned by Liu Tongpan.

Collecting grain and paying taxes, as well as providing disaster relief, may seem unrelated to military affairs and arrests, but the two complement each other.

Without the cooperation of local militiamen and the arrest of lawbreakers, it would be difficult to accomplish the task smoothly.

However, this is not the case when deciding court matters and criminal cases.

It and arrest and investigation have a relationship of first and last, and they are not carried out at the same time.

Liu Tongpan would arrest the criminals and then hand them over to Yang Moutang to adjudicate the case and decide the criminal cases, which would also relieve Liu Tongpan of his worries.

This is the second one..."

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "I'm sure you've all heard that the government is reforming the censors.

The legislative, judicial and executive powers will be separated.

The six offices in our prefecture and the six departments in the county were all modeled after the imperial court system, and they are all in the same order.

Now that the imperial court is going to reform the censorate, should the prefectures, cities and counties also make changes?
I think it needs to be changed.

Lin'an Prefecture was the "temporary capital" of the Song Dynasty, right at the feet of the emperor. If anything needed to be changed, Lin'an would obviously be the first to be changed.

We will take the lead and separate arrest and trial so that they can supervise each other, restrain each other, cooperate with each other, and divide the work together.

If the emperor knew about this, he would also appreciate the actions of Prefect Qiao and Judge Liu.

Do you think what Yang said makes sense?"

Qiao Zhen looked thoughtful, stroking his beard and pondering, but he did not express his opinion.

Yang Yuan looked at Liu Yiguan.

Liu Yi-kuan is an official with a legal background. Just like programmers who are used to dealing with machines through strict codes and logic, and whose way of thinking is gradually influenced, he is also used to discussing issues in terms of yes and no, right and wrong.

Yang Yuan also used the same excuse he had used to evade Yang Yuan before, which was really impossible to refute.

Liu Yiguan was thinking of a countermeasure in a hurry, and said slowly: "What Yang Tongpan said is true..."

Yang Yuan did not wait for him to finish and turned to Qiao Zhen and said, "President Liu agrees with my opinion. What does the prefect think?"

Qiao Zhen immediately said, "Ah? This government has no problem! If you think there is no problem, then let's do it this way."

Liu Yiguan held his breath in his throat and his face swelled up like a rooster's comb.

Yang Yuan did not give him time to react. He immediately turned to Zhang Mi and said with a smile, "President Zhang."

Zhang Mi sat up straight in an instant.

He watched Liu Yiguan picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

He didn't know which melon in his melon field Yang Yuan took a fancy to, so he was particularly nervous.

Zhang Mi said cautiously, "President Yang, please speak."

Yang Yuan said: "Before Yan Tongpan was in charge of the general affairs of the state court, postal and mail delivery, attendance within the office, household management, and people's livelihood charity.

These things are laborious, tedious and complicated.

Yang is younger, so he will take on more of these trivial matters and won't bother Judge Zhang.

After all, Zhang Tongpan was in charge of promoting education, imperial examinations, local chronicles, education, rituals, sacrifices, and festivals, which were mostly metaphysical affairs.

These matters are extremely important. How can Yang use miscellaneous affairs to distract Zhang Tongpan? However..."

Hearing "but...", Zhang Mi subconsciously tensed up and said in a deep voice: "But what?"

Yang Yuan said seriously, "However, I think that the management of households should also be assigned to Zhang Tongpan."

Qiao Zhen, Liu Yiguan and Zhang Mi were all stunned when they heard this.

Assign the management of Dinghu to Zhang Mi?
Is Yang Yuan’s vision so broad?
Before, Yan Ding was in charge of miscellaneous affairs that had little power, little benefits, and were complicated, with the exception of household management.

This area has real power.

Everyone also felt that they couldn’t give Yan Ding no benefits at all.

It would be bad if we angered that old guy and he would rather go to court with illness and fight to the death with them.

In the end, Yang Yuan just gave it up?
Looking at the way he took a piece of fat from Liu Yiguan's mouth just now, he doesn't seem like such a generous person!

Yang Yuan said: "As Judge Liu just said, related matters should not be divided.

Zhang Tongpan was in charge of promoting education, imperial examinations, local annals, education, and festivals. Let me ask, which of these could be separated from the population?

Therefore, the management of households should be the responsibility of Zhang Tongpan!"

Zhang Mi fainted.

It was like the general on the opposite side beating the war drum and leading his troops to attack.

He was just about to draw his bow and shoot a volley of arrows when the opponent bowed down to him, spraining his waist.

Zhang Mi was afraid that there was something fishy going on, and for a moment he did not dare to agree to the big piece of cake thrown by Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan turned to Qiao Zhen and asked, "What does Governor Qiao think?"

Qiao Zhen immediately said, "Ah? This government has no problem! If you think there is no problem, then let's do it this way."

Yang Yuan said: "Zhang Tongpan is mature and prudent. He is now in charge of metaphysical matters such as promoting learning and education. He is exactly the prefect who knows how to appoint the right person.

The metaphysical is called Tao, and the physical is called Qi.

"Zhang Tong-pan holds the Dao, and Yang has just become an officer, so it is time for him to gain experience. Yang will hold the instrument."

Zhang Mi asked anxiously, "What does Yang Tongpan mean?"

Yang Yuan said, "I can be responsible for the review and approval of the songs, dances, speeches and performances of the brothels in Lin'an Prefecture."

The imperial court set up special offices to manage temples and monasteries, so how could it just leave brothels and opera houses alone?
Of course, there is also censorship and management.

For example, if a woman wrestles sumo and exposes herself too much, the official in the government office who is in charge of this area can stop and punish her on the grounds that it is immoral.

However, the literati of this era paid the most attention to the ethical and moral affairs of the upper class, and did not attach much importance to the entertainment of the lower class people.

The education they understood was still top-down, through the education of scholars in schools.

Therefore, Zhang Mi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

He was afraid that this was just a prelude by Yang Yuan, and that he would have other requests next, so he quickly said, "Of course, this is fine. Prefect, can we finalize the division of labor among the three judges?"

Qiao Zhen said: "Ah? This government has no problem! If you think there is no problem, then let's do it this way."

Song Ya Shi wrote furiously, and the division of labor among the three judges of Lin'an was thus determined.

The "non-stick pan" is in charge of the overall situation and also manages personnel, which is human affairs.

Zhang Mi, the "butt-touching hand", was in charge of major affairs related to the household department and culture and education.

"Blackhead Catfish" Liu Yiguan was responsible for part of the affairs of the Military Department, the Household Department, and part of the Law Department.

Yang Yuan was in charge of engineering construction, transportation, fire protection, and postal services of the Gongcao, as well as charity affairs of the Hucao, litigation and criminal justice of the Facao, as well as the review and supervision of the brothels and theaters.

Except for some legal affairs, everything here is hard work.

There was originally a household registration office, but Yang Yuan took the initiative to give it up.

After this comparison, Liu Yiguan, who was already indignant, had nothing to say.

Therefore, after Yang Yuan took office, the division of work among the three judges in Lin'an Prefecture came to a harmonious and successful conclusion.

(End of this chapter)