Seeing his elders behaving like this, he advised: "Sir, we haven't handed over to Mr. Chen yet. I'm afraid it won't be good if you don't go in at the door and have someone come to pick you up. Let's go to the county government first. , after meeting Mr. Chen and taking over the official seal of Liuyun County Yamen, let’s think about other things.”
As he spoke, he looked at what Mr. Xu wanted to say, and added: "Sir, Mr. Chen is now a co-president. Although he is from Luyang Mansion, his rank is higher than yours, and he is backed by the General Protector's Mansion. Now the protector of the country The people in the General's Mansion are in charge of the Ministry of War."
If he hadn't been frightened by Mr. Cao and others these days, Master Bai would have wanted people from the yamen to come over and greet him, so that he would be so majestic.
It was precisely because of Mr. Cao's appearance that he completely understood what it means to be strong but not to overwhelm local snakes.
So what if they have the Xu family behind them?
The Xu family is far away in the capital, can they still manage it here?
Even if they really could manage it, they would probably all be dead by then.
They say that distant water cannot save a nearby fire, and that’s exactly what they say!
What they adults have to do now is to control those people below, instead of being emptied of power.
Otherwise, the people below will be disobedient, and they may not even be able to control the police officers. What is the use of a mere county magistrate and master?
Master Bai thought clearly, so he tried his best to persuade County Magistrate Xu.
Magistrate Xu’s name is Xu Chongguang, and he is in his thirties this year.
After taking the provincial examination many times, I barely managed to get to the bottom of the provincial examination list.
No, not even at the end, he can even be said to be a substitute.
The reason why he was able to be substituted was because someone discovered that a person who was famous on the previous list passed away two days before the scientific examination.
Logically speaking, if the people taking the provincial examination don't know about it, and no one will expose it, that's okay.
However, some people who were not dealt with were jealous and unwilling, so they reported it to the superiors, and were therefore removed from the exams on the grounds that they were not qualified to participate in the provincial examination.
No, County Magistrate Xu, who had the best score in the exam, was replaced by miraculous luck.
He had no talent for reading, was a side branch, and was not very smart, so he was sent out by the Xu family to make money.
When he came out, he guaranteed that the amount of money he would turn over every year would not be less than ten thousand taels.
It can be said that he came with "ambition".
No, it was a bad start, and in Xie Yanzhi's case, he hit a wall.
He was suffocating in his heart. After hearing Master Bai's words, his face darkened: "He is just a branch of the Chen family, and he is also a colleague of other cities. What am I afraid of him for? Lao Bai, I'm not talking about you. You This is too cowardly. You just follow me wherever you go. Listen to me, you have someone come over to greet me now, otherwise, I won’t be able to enter this city gate!"
When Master Bai saw this, he wanted to scold his mother.
His family does not have much wealth, but he has already been admitted to the imperial examination. The next step is to take the imperial examination to become a Jinshi.
It’s just that he knows that even if he is a Jinshi, except for the top three, if he has no power and power, he will basically sit on the bench.
Whenever there is a vacancy, when can he fill it?
It's just a good place, but it won't be his turn when the time comes.
He was afraid of poverty and didn't want to go to a bad place.
Now the reason why he came here was because he wanted to get some exposure from the Xu family, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to make some money.
In this way, after he takes part in the examination, he can successfully get into the eyes of the direct descendants of the Xu family by working next to Xu Chongguang.
Later, if he sends officials or something, he can find a good place.
Even if he can't get into the eyes of the Xu family, he still has money. When the time comes, I'll take care of myself, and I won't end up in a too bad place when I go out.
His goal is clear, but he also knows that he and Xu Chongguang are now in the same boat.
Seeing that he was still stubborn, he said: "Whether you can enter the city or not, it doesn't matter to others. When it gets dark and the city gate is closed, where will we stay? We can spend it first, but The sixteenth day after tomorrow is the deadline for Your Excellency to take office. By then, Your Excellency has not yet entered the city to hand over to Master Chen. I estimate that Master Chen will go directly to the capital to hand over the documents."
Xu Chongguang wanted to say no, but when he thought Master Bai wouldn't lie to him, he hesitated.
At this time, a girl got out of the carriage behind him, came to his carriage, and knocked on the carriage window.
As soon as the window of the carriage was opened, she said: "Master, Aunt Rou asked when can we enter the city? She was not feeling well and wanted to rest early. Auntie also said, Master, don't think about everything and go to the city to rest as soon as possible." Well, now we have someone to take care of us. My aunt also said that her birthday is coming soon, and she will personally send a message to invite some female relatives to gather at the house. "
When Xu Chongguang heard that this was a chance to wash away the dust and celebrate his birthday, didn't he just ask everyone for money as a matter of course?
Thinking of this, he was not worried about running into trouble with Xie Yanzhi, and asked the county magistrate and others to greet him.
He raised his chin slightly and said to Master Bai, "Okay, let's go into the city!"
Master Bai felt a little annoyed when he heard that his earnest persuasion was not as effective as a concubine's words.
But what's the use of being annoyed, after all, he already got what he wanted!
In Lijia'ao, Li Yuan still didn't know what happened at the gate of the county town.
She took people back to Li's house, and Su Mingshan didn't mind it and followed her directly into the kitchen.
While Wang Can helped light the fire, she sat on the small teapot.
"Sister Li, Mr. Chen and I had just completed the disaster relief in Liufeng County and were about to return to Fucheng when we received a letter from my brother-in-law Xie, asking Mr. Chen to come over. What's wrong? Did you encounter something? Are you in trouble?"
"Sister Su, you should know that Mr. Chen is going to be transferred. A new county magistrate will take office in Liuyun County soon, right?"
"Well, I've known about this for a long time. Why, is it related to the new county magistrate?"
"Yes! We have heard for a long time that the new county magistrate comes from a branch of the Xu family, the third prince's maternal ancestor. He comes here to make money. Well, perhaps it is more correct to say that making money is more correct. Before others have arrived, we will send someone to take care of it first. We want money..."
As soon as Su Mingshan heard this, she knew what it meant.
Xie Yanzhi probably didn't give him any money and didn't want to be remembered, so he needed Chen Hao, the eldest grandson of the Protector General's Mansion, to frighten the dog officer.
Thinking this way, she breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that nothing happened.
"I actually don't know the content of the letter. I only know that after Mr. Chen received the letter, he asked me to go back first. He wanted to come here. He didn't say what the specific matter was. I thought about Caiwei's birthday in the past few days. I came with him by the way. As long as you are fine, I am really afraid that something will happen to you. But it is also strange, brother-in-law Xie is not a scholar and has a reputation, so can he be exempted from taxes? What money does he want from you? "
"What else could be the reason? I just know that Brother Xie's story books are selling well, and I feel like I'm making a lot of money, so I want to take a piece of oil off of us."
