After he went out, the county magistrate Fan Dazhu gave Zhou Li a wink.
The two waved their hands to let all the little officials step down, and Fang Jiedan went to Fan Dazhu's house on the right side of the inner government office.
"It's not me who said that this guy named Liu is too disrespectful. He has enough money and plans to leave. We still have to serve the new county magistrate Xue."
Fan Dazhu sat down on the chair: "This Liu Bichang is cunning. He may not fail to be re-elected, but he is too timid and wants to retire bravely. Don't worry, I see that this magistrate Xue may be a wise man. Look at today's game. The play was so fake, but he didn't say anything."
Zhou Li pinched his beard: "I wish I did this, so as not to cause trouble for us."
"Even if you're looking for trouble, don't be afraid. You forgot who is in charge of this world? Unless he's not going to kill him." Fan Dazhu said disdainfully.
The two looked at each other and smiled smugly.
At the same time, in the room where Xue Tingxiang's family was placed. Hong'er had fallen asleep, Xue Tingxiang was sent back, and Zhao'er had someone bring hot water to serve him to wash up.
The two lay down on the couch, and Zhao'er went to cover the tent. Fang came to Xue Tingxiang and whispered to him, "I think there is something wrong with this place. Those Japanese pirates seemed to know this group of people before."
Xue Tingxiang smiled: "You can see that too?"
After being confirmed, Zhao'er immediately turned over and sat up: "Then we can't stay in this place, let's go."
Her action awakened Hong'er, the little guy sat up, rubbed his eyes and looked at his parents, Fang fell back to sleep again.
"Look at you, make a fuss, you don't have to scare Hong'er. Besides, where do you want to go?"
Zhao'er was stunned and said, "It's better than staying here. If they don't like us, what if they kill us with those Japanese pirates in the middle of the night?"
Xue Tingyan smiled and pulled her to lie down: "Do you think you are a radish and white song, and anyone can chop you up? Well, your husband is also a court official, they dare not."
Zhao'er looked at him suspiciously: "Really?"
Well, not really. Xue Tingxiang touched her nose and patted her: "don't worry, at least they don't dare now."
"What about after that?" Zhao'er was indeed Zhao'er, Xue Tingxiang's perfunctory words could not deceive her at all.
"In the future?" Xue Tingyan sighed inwardly: "I will talk about the future later, you can rest assured that I have my own opinion on this matter."
Seeing this, Zhao'er couldn't ask any more questions, so she could only fall asleep worriedly.
Early the next day, Liu Bichang and Xue Tingxiang handed over the Great Seal.
After that, Xue Tingxiang was promoted to the court, where he met the county officials and officials. Since then, he was considered the parent official of Dinghai County.
On the other side, Liu Bichang didn't stay much, and hurriedly left Dinghai County with his family.
There were no local people to send him. It seems that whoever is the magistrate has nothing to do with them. It was Hu San who came back and said that it was Liu Bichang and his team. The ruts left a deep mark, and there were probably a lot of yellow and white things inside.
But all of this has nothing to do with Xue Tingxiang. He came to be the magistrate, not to check how much money the former magistrate had greed for. Although he and Liu Bichang haven't met a few times, it can be seen from the contact that this person is very cautious and careful, so there can be no problems with the county government's books. Even if he wants to check, he may not find anything.
Sure enough, Bao Yixing and Hou Wanqian led the people below to check the accounts, and there were no problems on the books. The book is more beautiful than imagined. It seems that from top to bottom in this county, there are good officials with integrity and integrity, and they disdain to greed for the yellow and white things.
Xue Tingxiang's first day as magistrate was over.
He is very busy, and Zhao'er is also very busy.
Zhao'er was busy with Xiaohong and Xiaolu to settle down, so Liu Bichang's family went too hastily, and did not take away the furniture and some utensils they usually use. She brought people out to choose some useful ones, and cleaned them up and down.
Fortunately, there were still a few rough maids and maids left in the county government office, and there was no shortage of manpower. After I asked, I found out that these girls are all equipped by the county government itself, not the servants of a certain magistrate's family.
Xue Tingxiang's family just lived in the county government office
When she became an official wife, Zhao'er knew what it meant to be the master of the house.
Up and down the county government office, I saw her with great respect, but fortunately, her nature is not escaping, otherwise the designation will be held in high regard.
And Xue Tingxiang was a newcomer and had a lot of things to do.
After I got acquainted with the subordinates of the county government, I asked the old grain chiefs of the county to ask questions.
At the same time, Bao Yixing and Hou Wanqian were not idle, and they were busy taking over the affairs of the county yali's grain department, criminal name, and documents. As a local parent and official, not to mention trivial matters such as educating and governing the people, the most important thing is the money, grain and punishment.
I thought that maybe someone would interfere with it, but it went more smoothly than expected.
In addition to the fact that the county government is not greedy for money before, it seems that they are not greedy for power.
Xue Tingxiang had been in office for many days, and almost nothing happened in the yamen, except occasionally the lower officials would be lazy and a little late. There are even very few lawsuits by the people. It seems that this is a paradise where the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the local officials take care of the people.
There is harmony, but it is precisely this harmony that makes Xue Tingxiang feel that he has no idea what to do.
On this day, Xue Tingxiang returned to the back house after the sunset was over.
Fan Dazhu and Zhou Li looked at each other, unable to hide their pride.
"As I said, this person is a young man. What about the six yuan and the first one? It's not that he doesn't know the current affairs. Such a person is best to deal with."
Zhou Li was a skinny old man in his fifties with two goatee beards. Hearing this, he smacked his mouth and said, "Then let's coax him like this, so we won't tell you the details for now?"
Fan Dazhu glanced at him and said, "What are you in such a hurry, isn't this bad? After staying for a long time, he will naturally know the inside story. Isn't that the case before, he is more greedy than anyone else. This is the way of the world. , whoever told us that we are not from the two list of Jinshi, can't be the chief official, and it is not difficult to be the second official."
The previous one was referring to Liu Bichang. As for the two of them, they are not really serious officials. Fan Dazhu himself was born in a high school. On the other hand, Zhou Li is not even a leader, but a scholar, but he can't stand his own way, so he filled out a master book.
Different from the three-year term of the official, their errands may last for a lifetime, so the two people have been in Dinghai County for a long time.
"It's alright, alright, let's go back to our own homes and find our own wives. Let me tell you, we are much more comfortable than them, and what about the two-ranked scholars? It's not like we are playing around." After speaking, Fan Dazhu dumped it. Left with big sleeves.
Zhou Li looked at his back, smiled and went home.
According to the rules, after a local official takes office, if there is no guard station in the local area, if there is a guard station, he should visit the chief of the guard station.
Although the two belong to different categories, one is a civil official and the other is a military general, but when the place inevitably borrows soldiers from the guards, the relationship should still be good.
So Xue Tingxiang waited for everything to settle down, so he personally drove people to Dinghai Guard Station.
Dachang followed the old system of the previous dynasties, and also established a system of garrisoning troops in the Weisuo. This Dinghai Guards Office is not actually called this name, but Dinghai Housuo. According to the system, each guard has a total of 5,600 soldiers, and each guard has five thousand households in the front, back, left and right, with more than 1,000 people in each.
Like the Dinghai Housuo, it is just a thousand households, but because the front, left, and right institutions established on Zhoushan Island have all been withdrawn, now it is the Dinghai Housuo that has been living in the rear.
The guards lived alone in one place, and they owned their own fields. Although they were also under the jurisdiction of the local officials, the two had nothing to do with each other. So Xue Tingxiang arrived at the place, but no one greeted him, but after a few soldiers came to question him, he put his group in.
There were no drills in the barracks, on the contrary, people were rare. It was not until the tall house standing in the middle of the barracks that there were more than a dozen soldiers guarding the door.
A man in a military general's official robe hurried out from the inside. The man was about forty years old. He was quite big, but his face was puffy and his eyes were black. At first glance, he knew that he was a drunkard.
He had a smile on his face. Hearing that Fan Dazhu came out to say hello, Xue Tingyan knew that this person was a hundred households in the Weisuo, and his surname was Chen.
Chen Baihu welcomed Xue Tingxiang and others into the hall, and after they all sat down, they were served tea, and then he said: "Master Qianhu is not in the guardhouse, but was called to the Zhenhai Tower to discuss matters, and I hope Master Xue will not Weird."
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Of course it is not surprising. Not to mention that Xue Tingxiang was a newcomer, but he was a local snake. In terms of rank, the magistrate of Xue Tingxiang was a seventh-rank official, and a hundred households were a sixth-rank official. It's just that the military officer has always been inferior to the civil officer, and Xue Tingxiang is the chief officer of the party, that Chen Baihu is so polite.
As for Zhenhailou, the commander of Dinghaiwei was seated, and the commander called his subordinates to discuss matters, and Xue Tingxiang couldn't say more.
"Naturally I won't be surprised. I came here uninvited. I hope Chen Baihu doesn't blame this official for being abrupt."
"Of course not, of course not."
Since the master is not there, naturally he can't say anything, and Xue Tingxiang is here to make a good face this time, and there is nothing else to do. So after sitting for a while, drinking a cup of tea, they politely declined Chen Baihu's hospitality, and the group left.
Xue Tingxiang didn't know that after he left, Chen Baihu went to a room, and the person sitting in it was Geng Yunchang of Qianhu.
This Geng Yun is less than fifty years old, and he was born strong and burly, with an old and hot look on his face, and a nonchalant attitude.
"How do you see this person?"
This Chen Baihu changed his face of being flattered earlier, but with a look of disdain on his face: "I am too young, and I haven't cultivated enough internal strength. The official said that the adult was not there, and I saw that he had a bit of disdain on his face. The color of joy, in the end, still knows the importance, so I can't bear it. These precious scholars have always been like this, they will put on airs and pretend, and when they can't pretend, their faces are much uglier than ordinary people. "
Chen Baihu's remarks are also based on the previous two Dinghai magistrates.
Although they disdain such petty officials, they can't stand it under the rule of others, and the Dinghai Queen's office is under the eyes of others. If you want to do things well without adding unnecessary trouble, you naturally have to win one or two. As for how to win, you need to pay attention to the means.
"It's almost halfway through October, and this trip is the last trip of the year. You say hello there. You have to frighten him no matter what, so as not to cause trouble. As for other things, we'll talk about it when the new year starts to warm up."
"Yes, my lord."
Xue Tingxiang originally wanted to explore the depths of Dinghai Hou's place, but who ever wanted to return without success.
For the next few days, he fell into a state of boredom again.
There really is nothing to do in this yamen, it was not the right time for him to take office, and it was almost the end of September when he arrived there. This year's autumn grain has been collected long ago, and the tax, grain, tax and silver have also been escorted to Beijing. At this time of the year, there is almost nothing to do. Just waiting for the Spring Festival, naturally I can't find anything to do.
Just when he was too busy to start teaching Honger to write big characters, something happened suddenly.
The pirates are here again.
The matter was reported by the yamen newspaper below.
Fan Dazhu was the county magistrate who was in charge of arresting theft and public security in the county. He was full of righteous indignation and was extremely angry. action.
"Sir, just wait, this time, you will definitely catch these people." Fan Dazhu said, suddenly he stood up and said, "No, I will report it to the guard and ask them to send troops to help suppress these people. people."
"Why bother Fan Xiancheng himself to make a trip and let the following people go."
Fan Dazhu waved his hands again and again and said, "The guard is not as good as the arresting room below us. It's not something we can dispatch, or the lower official to visit in person."
"The officer will accompany you."
"No, no, the magistrate's status is precious, and the appearance is unknown, so how can he go to the danger in person, or go as an official."
After speaking, Fan Dazhu hurried out of the yamen with a generous gesture of sacrifice.
After about an hour later, he came back with a worried look on his face, and reported to Xue Tingxiang that the Japanese pirates had made a lot of trouble this time. There were actually several rogues. The guard had already sent troops to encircle and suppress them. Attacked by Japanese pirates.
The yamenli entered a state of high alert, like a great enemy.
That night, Hu San went out alone, and when he came back again, he discussed with Xue Tingxiang until the night.
The next day, Zhao'er planned to rest, but Xue Tingxiang changed into black clothes and planned to go out with Hu San.