Walking out of the drugstore.
Two people became three.
Li Xiao walked in front, and Xu Ying'er followed Zhu Ningyun step by step.
The uncooked rice has been cooked. Oh no, it’s not cooked yet.
It has to be said that Zhu Ningyun also has an aura, and the old man Huang is also very ambitious. Seeing that the other party is extraordinary, he is really relieved to hand over Xu Ying'er to Zhu Ningyun despite Li Xiao's obstruction.
Old man Xu has his own thoughts. The son-in-law of Prince Yan's Mansion can't cheat him, right?
If you can't marry the county horse master, it would be nice to marry the county horse master's adopted brother.
Isn’t this a connection again?
And Zhu Ningyun also has her own considerations. She only thinks about Li Xiao. Now that she is married, the two of them control the family. If it is difficult for her to have children, she must leave a heir for Li Xiao, right?
No wonder Zhu Ningyun thinks so.
In ancient times, the mortality rate of women giving birth to children was very high.
Especially in the period when medical standards were underdeveloped, it was difficult for many pregnant women and postpartum women to receive adequate medical protection and care.
The mortality rate for women giving birth to children is as high as over 40%, and this is still the case even for the royal family.
This is why the head of a big family will not have only one wife, and it will be easy for him to have no offspring.
Of course, Zhu Ningyun also has his own little calculation.
Rather than being passive, it is better to turn passivity into initiative.
Taking a concubine must go through her control!
Looking for some women who can help Xiaolang, women who are easy to control.
The Xu Ying'er in front of her was of the right age, she was honest and easy to control, and she seemed to be easy to give birth to. Most importantly, she seemed to be interested in Xiaolang, and that's when she caught Zhu Ningyun's eyes.
Li Xiao, on the other hand, was completely unwilling.
Although Ningyun now has another identity, this identity will soon be exposed.
When King Yan knew that he dared to take concubines, it was no joke.
"Forget it, just take it one step at a time, as long as I don't move the girl."
Li Xiao thought like this, and still felt in his heart that Ningyun was just one person. The other women were now inferior in front of Ningyun's beauty.
After returning to Li Mansion, Zhu Ningyun arranged Xu Ying'er's residence, and she didn't know what she said.
In the next few days, Xu Yinger always served herself with tea.
All in all, it feels a little weird.
Li Xiao's feeling was correct. These days, he and Zhu Ningyun were in pairs, and the news had reached the ears of Xu Miaoyun, the princess of the Yan Palace.
On the seventh day of the wedding, the bride will return to her natal home to visit her parents and relatives, which is called Huimen.
The seventh day passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Xiao took Zhu Ningyun back to Prince Yan's Mansion.
It's actually next door, just a few steps away.
Zhu Ningyun went to find his mother and concubine.
When Li Xiao entered Prince Yan's Mansion again, Li Xiao felt like he was in another world.
When I had nothing to do, I went fishing in Xiaochun Lake to pass the time.
The fish in Xiaochun Lake have no natural enemies and are fat and big.
Li Xiao caught a lot of fish in a blink of an eye.
"Brother-in-law, I finally found you. You haven't been in the house every day these days."
When he learned that Li Xiao had returned to Prince Yan's Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu ran over in a hurry.
It's no wonder that Zhu Gaoxu couldn't find Li Xiao. Li Xiao was either hiding in the warehouse working on textile looms, or he was out of town.
Zhu Gaoxu has been worried to death for the past seven days. He went to see Chen Cheng, the top scholar in the imperial examination, and visited the thatched cottage seven times to do what Xu Miaoyun told him, but he still hasn't finished it.
Then I wanted Li Xiao to come up with an idea.
"Gao Xu, come and fish together."
Li Xiao greeted.
"Brother-in-law, how can I think about fishing now? I'm so worried."
Zhu Gaoxu's face was full of sorrow.
"What's the matter? Tell your brother-in-law?"
So Zhu Gaoxu told the story again.
It is because the students in Peiping did not do well in the imperial examinations and have not been admitted to the Jinshi for several years.
This will have little short-term impact on Peking, but the long-term impact will be great.
Students who pass the imperial examination in one place can support each other and form a small group and power when they become officials in the court.
Peiping was the fiefdom of King Yan, and there was a reason why Zhu Gaochi supported the students in Peiping all the year round. There were people in the court who were easy to do.
It is also a good thing for Peiping that more people from Peiping enter the court and serve as officials.
Moreover, the Holy Spirit also hopes that there will be more northerners in the imperial examinations and not all southerners.
However, students from the north always failed the exams of students from the south. Princess Yan wanted to take advantage of Chen Cheng, the top candidate in the imperial examination, to give lectures, but she did not agree and did not buy the favor of Prince Yan at all.
"That's it?" Li Xiao disagreed.
"Brother-in-law, do you have any clever ideas?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.
"Wouldn't it be enough to have a south list and a north list?" Li Xiao said.
Zhu Gaoxu: "."
"I don't feel comfortable saying this."
Zhu Gaoxu whispered: "Brother-in-law, our father is not the emperor, how can he be the master?"
Li Xiao teased: "I said it was a joke, but you took it seriously."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled innocently, "I was just kidding too."
Li Xiao thought for a while and said seriously: "Well, tell me, you have already visited the thatched cottage seven times, so why is Chen Cheng, the top scholar in the imperial examination, unwilling?"
Zhu Gaoxu said: "This Chen Cheng is not an ordinary person. He won the first prize twice in the fourth and fifteenth years of Hongwu. He once held many important positions in the court, including the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Personnel, and the Minister of War. Now he has retired and returned to his hometown. Yes, everyone is selling him off. I asked him several times, but he always declined by citing his old age."
Li Xiaodao: "Since he can't do it, you can start with his daughter. Who is his daughter married to? Isn't it enough that we help the village help the village?"
"Brother-in-law, I also thought of this."
Zhu Gaoxu explained: "Chen Cheng's daughter is married to a big businessman. He is very rich. We have several restaurants in Beiping, so we are not short of money."
"Yes." Li Xiao said with a smile: "Don't we have the recipe for eight shovels? If you use those eight shovels' eight-course recipe as bait to force Chen Cheng's husband to put pressure, it might be effective."
"Hey! What a great idea!"
Zhu Gaoxu clapped his hands and then asked: "Brother-in-law, if the formula is leaked, won't you have competitors when you open a restaurant in the future?"
Li Xiaoda said: "Who made me the son-in-law of King Yan? I am willing to work for King Yan. The recipe is with your sister. If you ask your sister for the recipe of a dish, just say I agreed."
Zhu Gaoxu said excitedly: "Okay, I'll give it a try. Thank you, brother-in-law."
With that, he was about to leave, then turned back and said, "Brother-in-law, I forgot to ask you, have you made a foster brother recently?"
Li Xiao nodded: "Yes. How did you know?"
Zhu Gaoxu whispered: "Brother-in-law, you have to respect yourself. My mother and concubine already know that you are with a young boy all day long, and I am worried that you will like him, but I have said a good word to you, saying that brother-in-law is definitely not that kind of person."
Li Xiao patted Zhu Gaoxu on the shoulder and said gratefully, "Gaoxu, I knew you understood me!"
At the same time, Li Xiao thought to himself that it seemed that he had to confess this matter as soon as possible.
To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings
That's right.
There is indeed some misunderstanding.
Knowing that Li Xiao hangs out with a handsome boy every day, Xu Miaoyun can't help but wonder whether that night,
No wonder Xu Miaoyun is always suspicious.
If his daughter's appearance is completely ruined and Li Xiao doesn't dare to take a concubine, this may happen.
"Mother, it's okay, you misunderstood. I've seen him really be Li Xiao's adopted brother."
At this time, Zhu Ningyun in the room also realized that the matter had been misunderstood and hurriedly explained.
Now Zhu Ningyun is still wearing a veil, and Xu Miaoyun has not yet discovered that her daughter has regained her appearance.
"It's fine if you don't have it. Aren't you worried about the mother-in-law?"
Xu Miaoyun agreed, but she wondered in her heart whether her daughter's deep love for Li Xiao allowed Li Xiao to do whatever he wanted.
At night.
The family sits around the table and eats.
At the dinner table, Xu Miaoyun was talking sideways, serving dishes to her son-in-law enthusiastically, and then asked: "Li Xiao, how are you and Ningyun doing during this time?"
Li Xiao said: "It's a good mother-in-law. We are together all day long."
Zhu Ningyun knew that the mother-in-law still had some misunderstandings, and said: "Yes, mother-in-law, we are together all day long."
"Oh." Xu Miaoyun asked again: "Where is your sworn brother from? What does he do? I heard that he even went to Renhe Hall to take a concubine?"
Xu Miaoyun's investigation was so clear that Li Xiao was shocked.
Good guy, I am almost transparent here in Peiping.
No matter what you do, you can't escape the eyes of your mother-in-law.
Li Xiao had no choice but to look at Zhu Ningyun.
Zhu Ningyun had no choice but to act coquettishly and said: "Oh, concubine, we are already married, and you are still looking after us."
Zhu Di couldn't bear to listen anymore and said: "Princess, I am married now, so we should not interfere with their affairs."
"Eat your food."
Xu Miaoyun was angry, thinking that Zhu Di really didn't worry about anything.
Zhu Di waved his chopsticks and said, "Li Xiao, we really shouldn't ask too much about your affairs, but for your position as magistrate of Dong'an County, you should take up the post as soon as possible. The county government's case files are piled up."
With Zhu Di's character, he doesn't need to pay too much attention to the love between his children after getting married.
Career should be the priority.
Seeing that the topic was dropped, Li Xiao quickly toasted and said: "My father-in-law is absolutely right, I will take office tomorrow!"
"What do you call your father-in-law? Shengfen." Zhu Di frowned.
"Dad, here's a toast to you." Li Xiao quickly toasted.
Zhu Di smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass, and said, "Cheers."
After having enough wine and food, everyone went back to their rooms.
At night, it's time to sleep.
On the bed, Xu Miaoyun raised her head, still thinking about it and holding on to this matter.
"My lord, don't you think something is wrong with Li Xiao?"
"There's something wrong. I think it's normal."
"How can you just get married and go shopping with a man every day? You won't be like Long Yang, right?"
"Princess, what are you thinking about? Li Xiao is full of energy and blood, how can he be that kind of person? Go to sleep and don't think about it. I think my daughter is doing well now."
Zhu Di was a little impatient and didn't bother to answer. He wrapped himself in a quilt and got ready to sleep.
"My lord, you took away all the quilts."
"Snoring. Snoring, it hurts!"
Xu Miaoyun grabbed Zhu Di's ear, which made Zhu Di hoarse and grinned in pain.
"I don't care. You can accompany me tomorrow and follow him secretly to see what happened when he fell to the ground." Xu Miaoyun said, still very worried.
"Go, go, go, why don't I go and go?"
Zhu Di was timid. It seemed that he wouldn't be able to sleep unless he went to see him.
After Zhu Di agreed, Xu Miaoyun spared him and didn't bother him anymore.
However, after Zhu Di woke up, he was completely insomnia
What is this thing called?
The next day, early morning.
Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun returned to Li Mansion after bidding farewell to King Yan.
With the appointment documents in hand, I plan to go to Dong'an County to take office.
"Xiaolang, I will go with you today."
Zhu Ningyun changed into men's clothes again and planned to go with Li Xiao.
"Otherwise, are you at home?"
Li Xiao explained: "My mother-in-law seems to have some misunderstandings about me."
Zhu Ningyun said: "No, I have already explained it clearly to my mother and concubine. Speaking of which, I haven't seen what the county government looks like, and I want to see it. Anyway, there is nothing going on in the mansion now."
There is no way, now is the sweet period of love, we like to be together no matter what we do.
"Okay, let's go by carriage."
Li Xiao asked his servants to prepare the carriage, and the two of them got on the carriage and drove towards Dong'an County.
Behind the carriage were Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun.
Dong'an County is not far from Peiping.
After leaving the city gate and walking for more than ten miles, we arrived at Dong'an County.
Looking back two months ago, it seemed that he had indeed taken Prince Yan to seduce the magistrate of Dong'an County. It was probably at that time that my father-in-law had his thoughts.
The city wall in Dong'an County is not high, almost five feet high, and is made of rammed earth.
The city wall should be three kilometers long and wide, in a square shape, with an area of 9 million square meters.
In fact, as Zhu Di said, although the county magistrate is not high in rank, he has great power. Managing a land is for the sake of the people.
The greatest official many people have ever seen in their lives may be the magistrate of the county government.
Most of them will never see the county magistrate in their lifetime.
In times of war, if you close the gate of the county and gather brave soldiers, you will be regarded as a prince.
After entering the county seat, Li Xiao kept looking at the county he wanted to manage.
The streets are much narrower than those in Peiping, but they are quite prosperous inside. There are several criss-crossing commercial streets, various shops, and residential areas. The center of the county town is the county government office.
At this time, the carriage Li Xiao was riding in arrived at the gate of the county government office.
Twenty personal guards immediately stood in two rows, standing on the left and right in front of the county government office.
The leader of the personal guard who was responsible for escorting Li Xiao saw that no one was there to greet him, so he picked up his whip and flicked it in the air.
Snapped--
A loud explosion sounded.
"The county magistrate is here! Why don't you hurry up and greet him!"
The guard shouted loudly, full of energy.
In the Ming Dynasty, the county government was also a small local institution. Although it was small, it had all the internal organs.
The county magistrate is the seventh grade, the chief executive of a county.
The eighth grade of county magistrate, deputy to the county magistrate, assists the county magistrate, and is responsible for taxation, household registration and other matters
The chief clerk is the ninth grade, an assistant officer who helps the county magistrate handle administrative affairs.
The county lieutenant is the ninth rank, which is similar to the chief officer. He is responsible for arresting traitors, resisting bandits, guarding the county seat and other military affairs.
The teaching edict starts from the ninth level and is in charge of cultural education, student assessment and other matters in the county.
The above officials are within the system and receive public benefits.
But these people alone cannot control such a large county.
Therefore, there are temporary workers, which is the so-called official administration.
Don't underestimate the officials. The positions of these officials have been passed down from generation to generation and they are all local people. These are the people who handle things seriously.
Generally speaking, even if the county magistrate is clean and honest, the officials below may act recklessly.
What the officials manage are "three shifts and six rooms".
The three classes refer to Zao class, Zhuang class and Kuai class, collectively known as Yamen;
The six rooms are divided into official rooms, household rooms, ceremonial rooms, military rooms, execution rooms, and work rooms.
Corresponds to the six central departments.
The county magistrate is a floating official, and he will be transferred after a few years of service.
However, the positions in the third class and sixth class are often dominated by local subordinates.
It is easier for the king of hell to deal with the common people than the difficult little devil.
It is most likely to oppress the people.
These people are all local aborigines and are familiar with the grassroots. They also have professional skills. Their positions are passed down from generation to generation and form a system of their own. Without their cooperation, even the county magistrate would not be able to use his skills.
Then a scolding sound sounded.
Officials and subordinate staff who had been fishing in the county government office for more than two months came out to greet him.
They didn't dare to neglect them, let alone the magistrate who was in charge of them. According to information, the newly appointed magistrate was the son-in-law of King Yan, the County Ma Ye!
As soon as they went out, the people in the county government were shocked.
What kind of card is this? The soldiers wearing helmets and armors looked solemn and stood in two rows.
There is also a luxurious carriage in front of the county government office. It’s made of this material, it’s this size, it’s so majestic!
"Welcome to the magistrate."
Everyone hurriedly stood in two rows and bowed to greet him.
The Prime Minister of Meixian County hurriedly bowed to greet him. He walked to the carriage and bowed and said: "Welcome to the magistrate. Oh, magistrate, you didn't even say a word in advance when you came, so we can welcome you."
Li Xiao was not in a hurry to get off the carriage, but sat quietly.
There are three things a new official needs to do when he takes office: first, he needs to show off his authority and establish authority, so that it can be easily managed later.
This Meixian Cheng is also a good person.
Knowing that this was the magistrate's intention to show them power and establish their prestige.
So, he turned his head and winked.
Everyone in the county government bowed again: "Welcome to the magistrate."
He bowed again and said, "Welcome to the magistrate."
After three bows, Li Xiao slowly got off the carriage.
"Master Magistrate, in the future we will have Li Magistrate in Dong'an County, and Dong'an County will be prosperous and prosperous."
Meixian Cheng kept flattering him.
He was very happy in his heart. He was the county magistrate and the county magistrate's deputy. Naturally, he had the best chance to get closer to the county magistrate.
The one who is near the water and the tower first gets the moon. If you can catch up with the county horse, your future is limitless!
In his opinion, if the county magistrate came to be the county magistrate, he just came here to have fun and flatter him. After a few days, he might feel bored and transfer away.
"Who are you?" Li Xiao asked.
"Xiaguan Mei Jiale is the county magistrate of Dong'an County and your assistant." Mei County Magistrate hurriedly introduced himself.
Li Xiao nodded slightly, and at this time, Zhu Ningyun also got off the carriage.
"Who is this?" Mei Xian Cheng asked in a low voice.
"This is my personal staff." Li Xiao said.
The so-called personal staff are private secretaries that some officials pay for themselves.
Everyone in the county government looked at Li Xiao with even more envy. Look, this is such a big deal, and he even brings a personal staff when he takes office!
Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun walked towards the county government office.
Others followed behind, not daring to speak.
I took a walk around the county government office.
The layout of this county government office is similar to the courtyard of "Three Entries".
The front hall is the main entrance of the county government office, where visitors are received and some daily affairs are handled.
The inner chamber is the residence of the county magistrate and other senior officials, and is also the administrative center of the county government.
The inner house usually includes main hall, deputy hall, meeting hall, study, bedroom, kitchen and other rooms to meet the daily life and work needs of officials.
The back hall is the judicial and penalty execution center of the county government, and is also where the county government's armed forces are stationed. It has rooms such as arsenal, barracks, execution room, prison room, and torture equipment room to maintain the security of the county government and execute punishments.
Li Xiao heard a sudden noise outside the county government office and asked, "What's going on outside?"
When Li Xiao arrived at the county government, the people heard the news and ran over one after another, but they were stopped by the county government.
A government official said: "Sir, there are some unscrupulous people out there. Since no case has been handled for two months, they have come to seek justice. Sir, I will drive them away right away."
The Prime Minister of Meixian County proposed: "Master Li, you have come a long way, why don't you go to the inner house to rest first? Just leave these small things to us."
Hearing this, Li Xiao was unhappy.
How come we, good people, who want to voice their grievances become unruly people?
It seems that these officials and staff are used to oppressing the people.
"Xiao Lang, we want to be a good official and not ignore the people's affairs."
Zhu Ningyun whispered.
"Ningyun, you don't need to tell me, I know it."
Li Xiao nodded slightly, suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the county government officials, and said:
"I came to Dong'an to do only three things: fairness, fairness, and fucking fairness!"
"Shengtang, handle the case!!!"
(End of chapter)
