Time is like an arrow, and in a blink of an eye, it has entered the wax moon again.

In other words, as soon as he entered the Layue Yamen in previous years, there was nothing to do, but this year is different from previous years, the previous county magistrate stepped down after acting for a year, and the county magistrate who just came to office was busy collecting the land and silver that had been lost over the years, and issued more than a dozen or even dozens of summons almost every day, which kept the officials on the fast shift and the capture shift busy.

Guan Zhutou had just taken a flower household who owed two years of land and silver from the countryside to the county office, and a servant of the soap class came to say that Duan Jiqing had come to the palace in the morning, saying that Han Situo had sent a letter to the family with the eldest young master of the Hu family, and that Yu Youfu had not only asked the eldest young master of the Hu family to bring a letter to the family, but also asked the eldest young master of the Hu family to bring silver to the family!

I don't know when it started, Guan Zhutou was always looking forward to the letter from the capital like Duan Jiqing, and when he heard that there was a letter in the capital, he didn't want to delay for a moment, so he quickly put the tax arrears who got the lock back into the class room, and rushed to Han Si's house without even taking a sip of tea.

When I walked into the courtyard, I saw that Zhu Zi and my sister were busy making supper in the kitchen, Duan Jiqing was sitting in the hall with a dog egg and talking to Liu Guangren, the secretary of the Taoist Yamen's room, and Jiang Liu, the head of the Sichuan Gang, actually came, standing honestly to the side and laughing.

"In-laws, Liu Shucheng, Young Master Hu came back from the capital so soon?" Guan Zhutou asked with a distant smile.

"I'm back, isn't there a thief in Hunan and Hubei, he didn't dare to take the waterway, he took the dry road, passed through Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and turned over the Qinling Mountains, I don't know how much crime I suffered along the way, I went to Ba County last night, and I entered the city early this morning." Duan Jiqing beckoned him to sit down and drink tea, and sighed: "Young Master Hu said that not only are there bandits in Liangguang and Huguang, but there are also mobs in Anhui, Henan Province, who are in trouble, as if they are called bandits. ”

"Liangguang and Huguang are not peaceful, and Henan and Anhui are in trouble, this is a big mess in the world!"

"If you want to talk about chaos, no mob will commit rebellion in any year, don't worry, those thieves can't make the climate."

"That's right, even if there is chaos outside, we can't mess up Sichuan."

Duan Jiqing nodded, and then smiled: "Don't talk about this, let's get down to business." Zhixing's lack was finally made up and sent to Taizhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, to do inspections. That inspection is different from the inspection we have here, not only has jurisdiction over three large towns and more than 250 villages within a radius of more than 100 miles, but also guards the waterways for transporting salt in more than a dozen salt farms in Huainan. ”

"Make up for it, and make up for such a fat shortage!" Guan Tou was ecstatic.

"I made it up, and it was selected on October 15." Duan Jiqing looked down at his little grandson who was sleeping soundly in his arms, and then looked at Qin'er who was sitting in the corner with his mouth covered and chuckling, and said proudly: "The gap made up on October 15, I set off from the capital early in the morning of October 17, and I didn't go far from the capital to Jiangning in our Ba County. ”

"In-laws, the lack of the four babies is made up, and whether or not they can be appointed smoothly are two different things. As far as the county prince who just came to Ba County is concerned, he is still a Jueluo, and he is also a member of the royal family, so he waited in Chengdu for more than two years to deal with this shortage. ”

The son-in-law often writes letters to his family, and often talks about the affairs of the capital in the letters, Duan Jiqing is now well-informed, and he can't help laughing: "You said that this auspicious celebration just came, isn't it just a red belt, there are five people and six people in our Ba County, and he is really nothing in the capital, if you want to talk about the royal family, there are many royal relatives in the capital." ”

"But the four babies ......"

"I know what you're worried about, but there's nothing to worry about." Duan Jiqing patted his little grandson lightly, and explained with his eyebrows fluttering: "I told you a long time ago that the first thing in Zhixing's guild hall will not be done in vain!" If you think about it, he dealt with the officials and lords every day in the capital for the past year, and also renovated the guild hall, so the fellow villagers who were officials in Beijing would naturally promote him. ”

Guan Zhutou subconsciously asked: "Is there someone in Jiangning?" ”

"Speaking out scares you to death, Zhixing not only befriended Master Ji and Master Ao, but also joined Master Duan and Master Huang of Huguang Dao, who came to Beijing to meet him. Duan Dazhang Duan, you know, we are the same townspeople as the Eight Classics, and the political envoy of Jiangning Bu happens to be the same year as Duan Daren, you said that with the support of Duan Daren, can Zhixing take office smoothly? ”

"Isn't Master Duan the prefect of Shaanxi?"

"That's the old Huang calendar, and now they are the political envoys of Gansu, the feudal platform of Gansu! In the future, you can't call Master Duan anymore, you have to call Master Duan. ”

"I've been promoted!"

"I just know." Duan Jiqing grinned, and then turned around and said, "Guangren, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I didn't dare to climb high before, and when I received Zhixing's letter this morning, I went to ask my two surviving cousins." I don't know if I don't ask, but after asking, I know that our branch is really the same clan as Lord Duan, and my great-grandfather and Lord Duan's great-grandfather are cousins. ”

"Really?" Liu Guangren, the scribe of the Daotai Yamen, was taken aback.

"What are you lying to do, in fact, you should have thought of it a long time ago, not to mention Ba County, how many surnames does Chongqing Mansion have? I have decided that I will prepare a ceremony early tomorrow morning to visit Lord Duan's brother, to check the genealogy of their branch, and to repair the genealogy of our branch when I come back. ”

"You don't have a family tree?"

"My family used to be poor, and it was good to be able to eat, so how could I care about cultivating the family tree."

"That should be repaired, and it should be recognized as soon as possible."

Guan Zhutou thought that it would be too shameless to climb the high branches and climb like this, so he forced a smile and asked: "In-laws, what did the four children say in the letter?" ”

"He said that not only did Lord Duan help him write a letter to the political envoy of Jiangning, but Huang Yushi also helped him write a letter to the governor of Jiangsu, and Lord Duan also had one who was going to Jiangsu to take office in the same year, and with so many adults to support, he would definitely be able to take office smoothly, so we don't have to worry about him."

Duan Jiqing glanced at Qin'er who was sitting in the corner again, and continued: "He was worried that Zhang Er, who sold this yard to me the year before last, came to make up for it, and Young Master Tuohu gave him five hundred taels of silver tickets. Of these, two hundred taels were set aside for replenishment, and one hundred taels were reserved for domestic use. One hundred taels to carry the horse away, and another hundred taels I'll give you later. ”

"Give it to me?" Guan Zhutou asked in surprise.

Looking at Guan Zhutou's incredible look, Duan Jiqing couldn't help but smile: "There are filial piety to you, but not all of them are used to honor you." From the provincial department to the county government, the big guy has taken care of him in the past few years, and when he went to the capital to confess, you also helped to make up more than 300 taels of entanglement, and he kept these friendships in his heart. ”