Ye Xiaotian came to the county magistrate's signing room with strides, when he heard the sound of the piano eloquently coming from the room, playing a piece of "Yangguan Trifold", the tune was played well, the tune was melodious, the lingering sound was graceful, two people at the door All the yamen servants knew Ai Dianshi, and when they saw Ye Xiaotian, they knew that this was the same Ye Dianshi who had the same appearance as Ai Dianshi, so they quickly saluted him, showing a strange look on his face.
Ye Xiaotian didn't look sideways, and went straight into the hall, seeing only two servants in the hall, seeing Ye Xiaotian coming in, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, Xu Boyi stopped his hands, put them on the strings slightly, and said with a smile: "Ye Dianshi has already Have you checked in?"
Ye Xiaotian stood upright, and asked loudly: "Dian Shifang... Or the subordinate officials and servants in the third class and six rooms, have the county magistrates been transferred?"
Xu Boyi said indifferently: "That's right! As the saying goes, officials are as slippery as oil, and they bully their superiors and subordinates. Why? Because they have lived together for a long time, and after getting to know each other well, they can collude with each other, disregard the laws of the state, and seek their own self-interest. The official transferred them staggeredly to let them supervise each other. If they are not familiar with each other, it will be difficult to collude with each other. If someone does something illegal, it will be easier to be exposed. Ye Dianshi thinks there is something wrong OK?"
As Xu Boyi said, he glanced at Ye Xiaotian, showing a slight provocation, with a meanness of "hit me if you have the ability!". beat? When Ye Xiaotian was not playing donkey, how could he be so easily controlled by others, he smiled softly, his smile was bright and sunny: "So that's it! There is nothing wrong with it, since it is the arrangement of the county magistrate, the lower officials just obey !"
Ye Xiaotian arched his hands to him, turned around and left, Xu Boyi saw that he was approaching in a menacing manner, the flags and drums died down, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, but that was all, he couldn't help secretly proud of himself, raised his eyebrows lightly, plucked the strings, and continued to play Play it.
Ye Xiaotian walked to the door, and suddenly turned around and said: "Lord County Chancellor, I have an unfeeling request from you, I don't know whether to say it properly."
Seeing that he suddenly became polite, Xu Boyi said happily, "Why should Ye Dianshi be polite? If you have something to say, it's okay to say it!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "May the county magistrate stop playing the piano in front of the lower officials from now on?"
Xu Boyi wondered: "Why?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Ye used to have a playmate when he was young, and they had a very good relationship with each other. Unfortunately, a few years ago, he was kicked to death by a crazy horse on the street, and Ye felt very sad about it for a long time. When you play the piano, my lord, you can't help but think of him."
Xu Boyi let out a sigh, stroked his beard and said, "That friend of yours must be good at playing the piano?"
Ye Xiaotian shook his head, and said sadly, "No! He plays cotton."
"puff!"
The two young servants only laughed halfway, then quickly shut their mouths tightly, their faces flushed from holding back, and the faces of the two yamen servants at the door also twisted.
Xu Boyi was so angry that his face turned black. Seeing Ye Xiaotian come up and go away, he angrily picked up the strings, and the strings snapped with a sound of "stretching", which really sounded like someone playing cotton.
Ye Xiaotian went back to the courtyard where he signed the mortgage house, and went to the Huke to have a look. As expected, the Huke official Dian Li Yuncong and several people who had been close to him in the past were all transferred away, and Li Yuncong was transferred to work as a warehouse ambassador.
Ye Xiaotian was furious in his heart, and returned to his signing room, the subordinates were chattering together, seeing Ye Xiaotian leaving and returning, they hurriedly dispersed, each looking for some work, in fact, he didn't know what they were busy with.
Ye Xiaotian had stayed here for half a year, so he naturally knew which gongan was from the classic history. He strode over, sat behind the gongan, looked around at the subordinate officials in the signing room, and asked loudly: "Is this official's yard Are all the people just changed today?"
Hearing his unfriendly tone, everyone couldn't help being silent, Dian Ci, the scribe in charge of the house, was about to agree hesitantly, when suddenly a person stood at the door and replied loudly: "There is me!"
Ye Xiaotian's eyes lit up, he raised his head quickly, and looked intently, but saw a tiger general, wearing a helmet and armor, standing in front of the door, with a white beard reaching to his chest, holding a dragon tooth war bow in his left hand, and a long knife as bright red as blood in his right hand , Majestic, full of evil spirits, just like the old Huang Zhong of the Five Tigers...
Ye Xiaotian stared blankly for a long time, shook his head, shook his mind away from fantasies, and said calmly: "Understood, you should step back first!"
"Yes! My lord!"
Old Lu, who was sweeping the floor, picked up his broom and dustpan, bowed and retreated.
Seeing Ye Xiaotian, old Lutou was very excited. In this yard, only this old Lutou knows that today's Ye Dianshi is the same day's Ai Dianshi. As Li Yuncong's chess friend, after Ye Xiaotian left Hu County, Li Yuncong couldn't hold back and once revealed this secret to him.
Ye Xiaotian put his hands on the table, rubbed the center of his brows, and felt a little depressed: "Everyone who has been in close contact with me has been dismissed by Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi, and I don't know who among the newcomers It is Hua Qingfeng's confidant, who is Xu Boyi's inner room, if you are one step late, you will lose the opportunity..."
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In the evening, Huazhi County greeted Ye Dianshi and Zhao Yicheng in the parlor of the second hall of the county government. Almost all the leading figures in the county came, the county magistrate Xu Boyi, the chief secretary Wang Ning, the county school instructor Gu Qingge, the admonisher Huang Xuan, the inspector Luo Xiaoye, and the tax ambassador Chen Muyan.
Luo Xiaoye is very friendly to Ye Xiaotian, and it was Ye Xiaotian's identity who reminded him of his reason in the past not to walk too close to Ye Xiaotian. But today, Ye Xiaotian has transformed himself into a real Huxian canon history, so this layer of scruples no longer exists. It's just that on such occasions, it's inconvenient for the two of them to say anything, they just looked at each other and smiled, keeping everything in silence.
Ye Xiaotian's heart warmed up. Even though he had just arrived in Huxian County, he secretly clashed with the people who took the top spot and the second spot in the county, and all the old departments that could be used were transferred, but at least this man held the army. , Inspector Luo, who is in a detached position, will not stand against him.
Ye Xiaotian looked around in a blink of an eye, and saw Gu Qingge and Huang Xuan again, they had just greeted him, and they had already sat down behind the seats. Because Xu Boyi had studied in the county school, he had a teacher-student friendship with them, so he came to see them.
Now that Xu Boyi's official position is above them, the two gentlemen did not dare to sit boldly to receive the gift, they hurriedly got up to return the gift, but their expressions were very cold. Ye Xiaotian saw it, and thought to himself: "These two old masters are obviously extremely shameless to Xu Boyi's behavior of attaching to the dignitaries and abandoning his wife. We should try our best to pull them over. Although it is said that the scholar rebelled against the three It’s not a year, but I’m not asking them to rebel, the pen in the hands of a literati, if used well, can kill without blood.”
Ye Xiaotian sat down slowly, and saw that Wang Zhubo on the opposite side was raising a cup of tea, he should have raised his eyelids to observe Ye Xiaotian just now, Ye Xiaotian looked at it, and obviously felt that his eyes had just drooped.
Ye Xiaotian thought to himself: "Although this old fox is the third in command of Hu County, his position is secure. The power of civil affairs has always been firmly in his hands. There is also the city. I have to guard against this old fox, but when dealing with Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi's embarrassment, we can join hands."
With a faint smile on Ye Xiaotian's face, his eyes swept across the faces of many guests talking and laughing, and the enemy's barriers had gradually drawn a clear outline in his heart.
Hua Qingfeng delivered a speech and welcomed Ye Xiaotian and Zhao Wenyuan for their appointment. The two then stood up and expressed their thanks. As soon as the banquet started, cups were mixed and the atmosphere gradually became more relaxed and active.
Sitting on Ye Xiaotian's right hand is Chen Muyan, the tax ambassador. The two had known each other before, and they were introduced by Hua Zhixian just now. Ye Xiaotian poured a glass of wine for Chen Muyan, and Chen Muyan, who was chatting and laughing with Director Huang Xun, quickly held the glass with her hand and nodded her head in thanks.
Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly and said: "Ambassador Chen, is this year's taxation going well?"
Ye Xiaotian just asked a random question to get closer to him, but unexpectedly, he asked about Chen Muyan's pain point. Chen Muyan frowned and sighed: "Difficult! Difficult! This year is especially difficult! It's been a month and a half It’s not raining. You’re from Guiyang. You haven’t seen the river in the east of the city, have you? It used to be two feet deep, but now you can cross the river by rolling up your trouser legs.
This is because our county is located in a low-lying area of the canyon, and the people’s homes in the mountains on both sides are all terraced fields on the mountains. The terraced fields depend on the sky for food. Now the crops are all wilted. ? The official's tax official dared not go to the countryside at all, and if he went, he would not let those red-eyed people beat him to death. "
Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian suddenly lost his appetite when he saw the table full of delicacies from mountains and seas. He asked, "Didn't the county think of a way?"
Chen Muyan sighed and said: "Think of a way? How can we think of a way? We are not thunder gods and rain masters, we can call wind and rain. Gaojiazhai built a Dragon King Temple, and it is not good to rush to hug Buddha's feet. Don't say it, Lijiazhai is really A Taoist priest was invited with a lot of money, and the county also took part of the money to let him perform sacrifices to the heavens... "
Ye Xiaotian frowned, and said, "We can only rely on these charlatans? Will they succeed?"
Chen Muyan said: "Hey! Whether it can be done or not, at least it can appease the hearts of the people. The common people believe this, seeing that our county government has also worked hard, at least they won't come to trouble us. Otherwise, what should we do? Besides begging God, Who can do it?"
At this moment, there was a commotion at the entrance of the living room, and someone shouted: "Su Weimen, the county lord is having a banquet, you can't just go in!"
"Fuck you!"
"Ouch!"
Suddenly, a person bumped into the door, took a few steps back, and hit a wine table near the hall door. There was a "squeak", and the cups, plates and dishes fell to the ground. Shaking the dishes and drinks on the placket.
A man wearing a cross-collar blue cloth narrow-sleeved gown, a red belt around his waist, and a soap hat with wings on his head stepped in, cursing and saying, "You're fucking on fire, tell me to have a feast!"
When the servant at the door fell in, Hua Qingfeng stood up angrily, and when he saw this person, he couldn't help shouting: "You bastard, why are you so crazy!"
Ye Xiaotian couldn't help smiling when he saw this person, it was Su Xuntian who came.