Hao Pingan was the most inconspicuous civil servant in the Frontier Economics and Strategy Department of the Song Dynasty.
His dream is simple: survive the last three months, receive his salary, return to Bianjing to reunite with his wife and daughter, and bid farewell to the northwest frontier village.
Unexpectedly, Shenzong died and the situation in the government changed drastically.
An edict to cede the border village to Xixia threw Hao Ping'an directly into a dead end——
In the whole village, only he, an ordinary civil servant, was designated to complete the inventory and settlement of all households and assets in Yongning Village within ten days.
No helpers, no rules, just a pile of bad debts and a group of colleagues who watched indifferently.
This is clearly a dead end.
Hao Ping'an exploded: I won't do it if I quit! I don't need any more money, I just want to go back to Bianjing!
That night, he packed his bags and prepared to sneak out of the Walled City during the chaos.
But under his firewood door, he kicked a still-warm corpse.
The gates of the village were closed, the watchtower of the enemy tower was filled with beacon smoke, and the footsteps of the soldiers guarding the village came one after another to search for suspects.
Forced to hide the body, Hao Pingan broke out in cold sweat.
#I just want to earn a salary to support my family, why is it so difficult?
#Workers are forced to a dead end, how can anyone not be crazy?
Three days later, the whole village discovered:
The clerk, who had been cowardly for three years, took the account book and began to settle the accounts one by one.
Description:
1. Short and medium stories, ancient style suspense, background of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia border;
2. The survival of little people in the big era;
3. There will be no court. The famous ministers and emperors of this period are probably just background figures who are occasionally mentioned.
The copy was uploaded on 2026.1.20
Intention: Never give up, never forget