"Sir, you must not do this."
Hearing this, the county magistrate's expression changed and he hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Sir, if we put them in jail directly, things would be a big deal. Behind them is no one else, but the Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty. The Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty Holding Shang Fang's sword, he has the power to kill first and then report. The new official took up his post with three fires. The first fire of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Master was on the left governor Huazhong. He chopped off his head in front of the court. This group of people even killed the district chief. Being thrown into jail before joining the job, this second fire will be burned on us. If we kill first and then report, as a warning to others, then our heads will probably fall off, sir, be careful."
The county magistrate is not thinking about the county magistrate, but as the county magistrate, if something happens to him, he will naturally not be able to escape the relationship.
"Is there still this matter?"
The magistrate was shocked and asked in surprise.
He has been paying attention to beauties these days and doesn't pay much attention to matters in the court.
He didn't know about Huazhong's beheading, let alone the fact that the Ming Dynasty Master had the Shang Fang Sword. He only knew that the Ming Dynasty Master came to reform the law and popularize the community.
"Can there be any falsehood?"
The county magistrate hurriedly explained: "Xiaguan also went to the capital to visit relatives not long ago and accidentally found out."
"Fortunately, you reminded me."
The magistrate, who was originally a little angry, instantly calmed down and became a little scared.
When those powerful families arranged for me, they didn't tell me about this at all. They were obviously afraid that I wouldn't dare to go against the national master?
"In this case, it's better to be on the safe side."
Luzhi County thought about it for a while and said: "In this case, you go over and tell them in a nice voice that I will be back as the county magistrate in a few days, and let them join the job first. After the magistrate comes back, they will go to inspect the work one by one. , it’s considered a meeting.”
The county magistrate nodded and said: "Okay, let me go and take care of it."
Lu Zhixian nodded.
Half an hour later.
The county magistrate came back again and said bitterly: "Master Lu, you can't do it. They don't buy it and say that they must wait until the magistrate comes back, otherwise it will be disrespectful."
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Lu Zhixian was furious again, threw his cup and said: "I have already given them a step down, they still have to go further?? In this case, I will not care about them."
that's all.
Lu Zhixian was too lazy to care anymore, turned around and entered the house, and the door closed with a bang.
I didn’t know what he was doing inside, but soon I heard the concubine’s screams.
However.
Yu Qian and others did not slack off at all outside.
It is still the national policy to continue to popularize the community.
This is their job.
If they publicize it more now, they will be able to get more cooperation from the people in the future.
The time came in the afternoon.
Several people in luxurious clothes hurriedly walked into the county government office, and then went directly to the back hall of the government office, knocking on the door hard, with unkind expressions.
"Who, who?"
Lu Zhixian put on his coat and opened the door with a displeased expression. Then when he saw the visitor, his expression changed and he hurriedly bowed and said, "I have met Mr. Xu."
The Xu family is the largest powerful family here.
He is related to the family that operated the county magistrate when he came here. He knows all the secrets of Luzhi County. Even the beautiful concubines around him were arranged by the Xu family.
At first, Lu Zhi County was dissatisfied, but later he found that the small magistrate could not defeat these big families.
If I want to live a stable life, I have to rely on these powerful local squires, so I simply accept it and live a comfortable and prosperous life.
Standing next to Mr. Xu were the second son of the Tang family, the eldest son of the Zhang family, and the second son of the Zhao family. They had all formed an alliance and came immediately after learning what was happening here.
Mr. Xu's face darkened and he said, "Magistrate Lu, are you dissatisfied with me?"
The magistrate of Luxian County hurriedly said: "This is definitely not the case. What does Mr. Xu mean by this?"
Mr. Xu snorted coldly and said: "Aren't you dissatisfied with me? Why do you allow those sour and rotten scholars outside to promote the national policy of She District at will outside the county office?? Ah? You are really eager for She District to enter Jiangning territory, right?"
Lu Zhixian's face turned pale and he said hurriedly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Let me tell you what's going on inside."
"Needless to say, I don't want to hear it either."
Mr. Xu said in a deep voice: "Send away those people outside immediately, otherwise they will ruin our big event. I think your days will be over. No one in the entire Nanzhili family will spare you."
"I'll go right away."
The magistrate of Lu County was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
The small county magistrate, in front of these people, is extremely humble, and his life and death are taken away from him.
"Hmph, you better not disappoint me!"
Mr. Xu glared at her fiercely.
After speaking, he waved his sleeves, turned around and left.
The rest of the people also had bad looks on their faces and followed him away.
Wait until these people leave.
Lu Zhixian then got up, went back to his room to put on his clothes, and then shouted: "Zhang Xian Cheng, Zhang Xian Cheng, follow me and call these people in immediately."
When these people above spoke, Luzhi County could only obey, and all the official airs just now were gone.
Hearing the sound, the county magistrate trotted over immediately.
The county magistrate said: "Lord Lu, is it inappropriate to go out directly like this?"
Lu Zhixian said: "What's wrong? I'm going to greet them personally. Can they still come in?"
The county magistrate said: "It's possible. Those people outside are clearly against you. Your excuse is that you are visiting hometown outside, so they are waiting. But if you come out of the county government, wouldn't it be revealed? Those people outside People who are not afraid of heaven and earth will not know what trouble they will make."
Hearing this, Luzhi County is one big and two big.
I hated the scholars outside even more, especially Yu Qian. I heard that he was the one who came up with this bad idea, which caused me to be scolded by Mr. Xu.
But now, he had to invite these people in, let them go to the countryside to do business, and let those powerful families deal with them.
Since you are in officialdom, it is better not to provoke anyone
As the saying goes, children who cry are fed by milk. Outside, Yu Qian and his gang are just like children who cry, causing trouble and getting into trouble. In such a situation, the county magistrate can only retreat.
In fact, it will be the same in some departments in the future. Ordinary tasks will be difficult to accomplish, but if they carry banners, lead a group of people, cry, make trouble, and hang themselves, then we must pay attention to it.
After suffering the loss and being fooled, Luzhi County was completely convinced.
He looked at the county magistrate and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"
In recent years, the magistrate of Lu County has not dealt with matters very much. He always asks the county magistrate for everything.
It's ironic to say the least.
This Luzhi County magistrate didn't pass the examination, so he was just a scholar.
On the contrary, the county magistrate is the one who lifts people, but he works under Luzhi County.
The county magistrate said: "My lord, now I can only put on a show and pretend to be returning to the county government office from outside. The scholars outside have nothing to say."
Luzhi County Road: "I am in the county government office now, so how can I return to the county government office from outside?"
The county magistrate said: "How about you wait until the evening, when these scholars leave, and you stay out for one night and return to the county government office tomorrow morning?"
Luzhi County thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "No, I want to let them in now, and we can't let them do whatever they want."
After all, Mr. Xu has already spoken, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer.
Otherwise, those people from powerful families still don’t know how to deal with themselves.
To put it bluntly, if you offend them, their personal safety will not be guaranteed.
"That"
The county magistrate thought for a moment and said, "Yes."
After speaking, he pointed to the garden to the south and said, "Sir, if you are in a hurry, just climb over the wall and go out, and then come in through the main entrance."
"What???"
Luzhi County was furious: "Let me climb over the wall? In order to let these gang thieves in, I have to suffer this humiliation???"
The county magistrate spread out his hands: "Then the official has no other choice."
Lu Zhixian frowned and fell into silence.
After a while, I finally weighed the pros and cons and made up my mind.
"Okay, just climb over the wall. Only if you can stretch and bend can you be a husband!"
The two walked through the garden to the wall and then began scaling the wall.
It's a coincidence.
The location of this wall is exactly where Yu Qian climbed over the wall and came in a few days ago.
Unexpectedly, the magistrate now wants to climb over the wall from here.
"Try harder."
"Sir, I have exhausted all my strength in feeding!"
The county magistrate pushed Lu Zhixian's butt from below, while Lu Zhixian desperately tried to grab the wall and try to climb over.
However, this wall is ten feet high. How can the magistrate, who has been fat and fat over the years with good wine, good food, good fish and good meat, be able to climb over it?
Let alone him, even an ordinary person can't get over it without special training.
"Forget it, you'd better bring me a ladder. Don't let anyone find out. This matter must not be leaked."
Lu Zhixian said helplessly.
At the same time, you can't let others know, otherwise this old face will be completely lost.
Not long after,
The county magistrate brought a ladder, and Lu Zhixian climbed up the wall.
He looked carefully and felt relieved when he found that no one saw it.
But getting down the wall is another problem.
He sat on the wall and moved his butt slightly.
If you want it to be natural, fall off the edge.
Snapped--
It fell down.
He just rolled on the ground and his legs were crooked.
Old arms and legs.
Lu Zhixian had no choice but to limp, walked from another street, circled around, and returned to the direction of the county government gate.
The county magistrate had already been waiting at the door with several government servants, ready to welcome him at any time.
After seeing Lu Zhixian coming, he immediately greeted him.
"Lord Lu is back."
"Master Lu is back from the countryside."
Several people greeted him and shouted loudly.
At this time, there were many scholars and common people outside the county government office, talking.
I heard these two voices roaring.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Especially the dormitory leaders were stunned one by one.
Is the information wrong? ?
Is this county magistrate really coming back from the countryside?
At present, this magistrate walks with a stumbling step, his body is covered with dust, his face is covered with dust, and he looks dusty.
How did they know that this was when Luzhi County had just climbed over the wall and landed?
"I have returned from patrolling the countryside."
Lu Zhixian nodded and said, then looked around and pretended to be confused: "Why are there so many people gathered here?"
The county magistrate hurriedly explained: "Sir, these people are all district heads. Those who came to report have been waiting for you for many days."
Yu Qian hurriedly walked out and held his hands in his hands: "I have met the magistrate."
Luzhi County nodded slightly: "Okay, I have received the news a long time ago. From now on, I will have more capable subordinates under my command, okay."
After finishing the whole show, he looked at the county magistrate displeased: "Mr. Zhang, these are the district heads who have come to report to this county, why don't you invite them in??"
Zhang Xiancheng pretended to admit his mistake: "It was the officer's negligence."
The magistrate of Luxian County scolded a few more words, then looked at Yu Qian and others and said: "Quickly enter the county office, Zhang Xiancheng, call for people to greet you and prepare tea."
Yu Qian cupped his hands and said, "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
That's it.
The district chiefs asked the people to disperse, saying they were waiting for them to go to the countryside.
The people said hello one after another and then dispersed.
Then the district chiefs entered the county government office one after another.
"Yu Qian was right. The magistrate personally begged us to come in."
"But how did the magistrate come back from outside? Is the information wrong?"
"That's wrong. They must have deceived us. Maybe they got over the wall."
Along the way, the district chiefs discussed in low voices.
Although there were some twists and turns in joining the job, he finally followed Yu Qian's plan.
Finally able to take office!
When we arrived at the county government office, Magistrate Lu was very polite and said a few high-sounding words, saying that everyone would work hard and the county government would give them strong support.
Then everyone's documents were stamped and official uniforms and official seals were distributed.
These official uniforms and official seals were obtained from above.
The exclusive official uniform and official seal of the head of the She District were made by Li Xiao, and they are the same official uniforms as the head of the Beiping She District.
Things were very quick.
In less than an hour, all the procedures were completed.
After finishing their work, Luzhi County said a few more polite words, asking everyone to make decisions for the people after taking office. After taking office, they must report to him any difficulties.
How could Yu Qian not see that Luzhi County had begun to issue an order to expel guests?
So, Yu Qian bowed his hands and asked everyone to leave, saying that he would take office as soon as possible.
After a few polite words from Luzhi County, he sent everyone out of the Yamen.
After sending him out of the Yamen, he sighed deeply.
"Finally, these plague gods have been sent away."
Yu Qian and others completed the process,
After getting the official uniforms and official seals, everyone finally gathered at the inn to drink and eat as a farewell.
After tomorrow, everyone will be busy in their own villages.
"Brother Yu Qian, you are so tall. The magistrate actually invited us in personally."
"Fortunately, we didn't report this matter to the Imperial Master, otherwise it would be really embarrassing. We can obviously solve it ourselves."
"You didn't see how embarrassed the county magistrate was today. If you didn't know, you would have thought he went to the countryside."
"I have to say, this grandson is really pretending to be like me. I guess he came out of the county government over the wall."
"We forced the magistrate to climb over the wall, and he laughed to death."
The scene was filled with laughter and laughter, and everyone was having a great time changing glasses.
However, Yu Qian was not happy at all.
He raised his glass and toasted everyone, and then said: "Everyone, let's not be happy too early. This is just the beginning. After that, we will have to face the local powerful and country squires. Those people are not easy to talk to." , In addition, if you buy land or build in the future, you have to ask the county for approval, and the troublesome things of asking for money for things are still behind."
(End of chapter)
