"Then what do you want?" Kong Yinjinghan stared at the boy beside him with a face.
The boy noticed Kong Yinjing's ugly face and thought it was directed at the previous guards, so he continued to shout: "Sir, don't you know their general named Chen? We can talk to that general Chen. Tell General Chen to take care of them."
"Hmph! Let's talk about it again!" Kong Yinjing snorted and continued walking forward while holding the horse.
He still didn't know whether the people from Hu Zi Qi were really not in the yamen, or were unwilling to see him. The former was fine, but if it was the latter, he couldn't help but think more about whether Hu Zi Qi was going to do something to Kong.
"Master, where should we go next?" The boy followed closely.
My master was leading the horse, so naturally one of his servants did not dare to ride in front of the other party, so he could only lead the horse and follow behind.
"Go to the government office!" Kong Yinjing said.
The boy was stunned for a moment, then thought of something and said, "Sir, are you going to see the prefect who just came from Ziyang City?"
Kong Yinjing said nothing.
The two people just led the horses and walked towards the government office one after the other.
Standing outside the door of the government office were two government officials in official uniforms, holding notices and glue in their hands, pasting notices in front of the government office.
Kong Yinjing threw the reins to the boy and walked towards the two Yamen servants.
The yamen officer who put up the notice put the notice up and noticed Kong Yinjing walking towards him. He turned aside and quickly saluted Kong Yin and said respectfully: "Young man, I have met Mr. Kong Liu."
Kong Yinjing snorted.
Looking at the two familiar government officials in front of him, he asked: "Is your new boss here?"
"Here, there, there." The Yamen servant said hurriedly, "Our eldest master is in the back office. Sixth Master, are you here to see our eldest master?"
"Well, come in and report for me." Kong Yinjing regained the feeling of being the sixth master of the Kong family in these two government officials.
The yamen servant hurriedly said: "How can I let you, the Sixth Master, stay here and wait? You go in with me, and I will arrange for someone to report to you, the Sixth Master."
At this time, another government servant on the side secretly pulled his sleeve with his hand.
However, he ignored it at all and invited Kong Yin into the Yamen with enthusiasm.
Seeing that he couldn't stop it, the other government official had to go back first to report the news.
The new magistrate of Ziyang City is a county magistrate in Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan.
This county magistrate was appointed by the Tiger Character Banner, not the Ming Dynasty magistrate.
Although the Tiger Character Banner has trained a lot of officials over the years, as the Tiger Character Banner captured Shaanxi and Henan, and successively used troops against Shandong, the number of officials was still very tight.
Transferring a county magistrate from Henan directly to Yanzhou Prefecture as magistrate can be said to be an exceptional promotion. This is also a bonus in a period of rapid expansion of a new political power.
Although the new magistrate of Ziyang City Government Office came from Henan, before taking office in Henan, he had served as a town mayor in Shanxi and later as a county magistrate.
He is very familiar with government affairs, otherwise he would not have been sent to Henan, and then to Yanzhou Prefecture.
The situation in Yanzhou Prefecture is far more complicated than that in Henan. It is not only the place that the Tiger-Character Banner army just captured, but it is also close to the Kong family in Qufu.
He was sent here to be the prefect because he was valued by Li Shuheng for his abilities.
So even if he was promoted out of the norm, he would still face more difficulties than ordinary prefects.
"I want to see the great master."
Outside the back yamen, the yamen servant who ran in to report the news was stopped by two guards outside the door.
The guards who stopped the government officials were the guards temporarily allocated to the prefect in the army.
"Let him in!"
The prefect Chang Xu, who was handling official duties in the back office, heard the shouts outside and said something outside.
The guards outside heard this and let the yamen servants into the back yamen.
"Young man, I have met the eldest master." As soon as the yamen servant entered the back office and saw the prefect behind the table, he hurriedly bowed his head and saluted.
Magistrate Chang Xu waved his hand gently and said: "Okay, get up."
"Thank you, sir." The officer then stood up straight.
Magistrate Chang Xu glanced at the other party, lowered his head again and dealt with the official business on the table. At the same time, he said: "You came to see me, but what happened outside?"
"The elder has a keen eye. Just now Xiao and Wu Liu went to post notices and happened to run into Mr. Kong Liu. Wu Liu let Mr. Kong Liu into the Yamen without your consent, the elder. The younger one felt it was inappropriate and couldn't stop him. I live in Wuliu, so I have no choice but to come over first and report the news to you, the eldest master." The yamen servant explained the purpose of his coming.
The prefect Chang Xu raised his head, looked at him and asked, "Is the Kong Liuye you are talking about Kong Yinjing of the Kong family in Qufu?"
"Yes, yes, yes, this Master Kong Liu is from the Kong family in Qufu. I don't know his name as for the younger one. Do you also know this person?" said the Yamen servant.
Magistrate Chang Xu said: "I heard someone mentioned this person, and I also want to meet him. You go outside to greet him, and bring him over when he arrives."
"Yes, I will wait for them outside." The yamen servant bowed and took a few steps back, then straightened up and walked out.
And at this moment, I heard the prefect Chang Xu say: "Your name is Zhang Xiaowu!"
The Yamen servant who was about to leave heard the prefect calling his name and turned around quickly and said, "The younger one is Zhang Xiaowu. I didn't expect that the eldest sir would know the younger one's nickname."
"Go!" Magistrate Chang Xu waved his hand, then lowered his head to deal with the official business at hand.
On the table in front of him was a thick pile of official business sent from various places.
The army had just occupied Ziyang City, and many things were left unfinished. All kinds of official affairs had to be dealt with. Even at night, they had to light lamps and boil oil without rest, and their feet were so busy that they hit the back of the head.
The yamen servant named Zhang Xiaowu bowed again and walked out of the back yamen with a happy face.
Not long after, there was chatter outside the back office.
Immediately afterwards, Kong Yinjing was brought into the back office. In addition to the office worker named Zhang Xiaowu, there was another office worker who came in with him.
"Little Wu Liu, I have met the eldest master." Wu Liuyi, the yamen servant, came in and saluted the prefect Chang Xu who was sitting behind the table.
The prefect Chang Xu glanced at him, turned to Kong Yinjing aside, and said, "This gentleman should be Master Kong Liu of the Kong family in Qufu!"
Looking at Kong Yinjing, he sat on the seat without even moving.
"I don't dare to be the sixth master of the mansion." Kong Yin bowed his hands respectfully, with a look of displeasure in his eyes.
He could not feel any respect from the new prefect in front of him.
The prefect Chang Xu raised his hand and pointed to the seat next to him and said: "Mr. Kong, please sit down."
Immediately, he said to Wu Liu and Zhang Xiaowu who came to the back office with Kong Yinjing: "You two, go out first!"
"I'll take my leave, little one."
Zhang Xiaowu and Wu Liu said goodbye and left the back office.
At this time, Kong Yinjing also sat on the empty seat beside him.
