In late June of the 23rd year of Qin Wangzheng, Anlu County, which had just had two major cases, received a very interesting personnel transfer.

Zheng Shui, the right lieutenant of Anlu County, was transferred to Yidao County as a county lieutenant, although it seemed to be transferred at the same level, but in fact, it was derogatory.

Anlu is a large county with more than 10,000 households, but Yidao is a "minority autonomous county" with no more than 1,000 households. And in April, there was a bad incident in which the county lieutenant was killed by the local Ba barbarians, although the rebellion has been quelled, but everyone can see that it is difficult to govern, and going there to be an official is like exile......

This denunciation is expected, because the Legalist power is different from the quiet and inactive Huang Lao, and it is characterized by "urgent government", coupled with the influence of Qin Wangzheng, which is also an acute sub-government, from top to bottom presents an atmosphere of eagerness for quick success and quick profit, and those who can see political achievements in the short term are easy to get promoted. For example, within 100 days of Ye Jun Shoulai Nanjun taking office, he issued several decrees in a row, killing thieves, Jian Haochang, and Zhengguanfeng, which was praised by King Qin and asked him to do it.

However, Zheng Shui has been an official in Anlu for more than a year, and he has done almost nothing, until the Yunman case is discovered, this right lieutenant Zheng Shui knows very little about his crimes, which is in stark contrast to the ability of Heifu and others, and is probably considered "mediocre" by the county lieutenant.

After Zheng received this appointment, he asked the servants to pack their bags at home, but his heart was full of bitterness.

He is a Korean from Yingchuan County, and he has not been attached to the Qin State for many years, and he has been influenced by the thinking of the past thirty years, and after coming to Anlu to take up his post, he is too friendly to the local lords. In the first year, he was directly Yun Man's puppet and let it go.

This year, with the return of those meritorious Qin soldiers who were military pawns, they regained some of their power from Yun Man by appointing them as lieutenants, wanderers, pavilion chiefs, and tun chiefs.

But with the investigation of the case of the princes of the Yun family and the Li family, Zheng Shui found that the locals who were recruited by him as officials actually did not appreciate him at all, especially Wei Shi Lixian, who had already started to investigate the black material of the Yun family, but did not mention anything about him......

Only then did he realize that these old subordinates of the Black Husband still regarded the Black Husband as a benefactor and regarded him as a passerby.

The official business has already been explained, Zheng Shui dragged on for a few days, and only reluctantly left after eating the county order and the county minister's send-off banquet, only taking the car when he came, pulling a cart of luggage, and several maidservants left.

When he came to the city gate, he was surprised to find that it was crowded with people, most of them were the officials of the lieutenant office headed by Liham, as well as the officials of Nu and Le, who were also waiting here.

Zheng Shui thought that these people were here to see him off, and he was surprised and happy for a while, but those people were looking forward to the west, and it was not until Zheng Shui's chariot and horse approached that they suddenly realized it and hurriedly turned around and saluted.

"We are waiting here to see off Zheng Jun."

Or Liham was clever, he lied with one mouth, and took out his money bag, and said with a smile: "This is our money, and I hope Zheng Jun will have a smooth career in the future......"

Only then did everyone react, they all picked up their money bags one after another, and temporarily scraped together some money, three or four hundred yuan more, only a hundred yuan less, Zheng Shui was a little uncomfortable, and it always felt like charity.

Among these people, there are almost a lot of old subordinates of Heifu, and they still hold the wisdom used to greet them, that is, the broom, to show the meaning of sweeping the couch to welcome each other.

How can Zheng Shui not understand? These people did not come to see him off, but to greet An Luxin.

In addition to Zheng Shu, who was transferred, Cao Shihefu, a left soldier who served in the county, was transferred to Anlu County and served as a left lieutenant......

Coincidentally, the day Zheng Shui left was the day when Heifu arrived, and after inquiring, Lixian and others said that Heifu had already arrived in the northern suburbs and would soon arrive in the county seat.

"Zheng Jun won't wait any longer?" Leham asked.

"No, I've already told you what should be handed over, and I must take office before July, and now it's late June, and I can't delay it anymore."

Zheng Shui didn't want to stay longer, so he asked the coachman to speed up and leave Anlu, and instead of taking the main road to the county town, he took another road in the southwest, so as to avoid meeting the black man halfway and embarrassing the two sides.

Looking back at those old subordinates who were looking forward to the coma, compared to the shabby feeling that no one was sending him, and the warm welcome that Heifu was about to receive, Zheng Shu's heart was sour, not to mention, he could only secretly think: "It's different to have a backer!" ”

Obviously, in addition to the derogatory, he was transferred away to make room for Heifu, and the county lieutenant Li You was determined to let Heifu have the power of the army.

The absence of the right lieutenant of An Lu will not be filled until a few months later, and before that, the affairs of An Lu's soldiers and thieves are all decided by Heifu......

Thinking about it like this, Zheng Shu's heart was a little better.

"After the fall of the Yun family, Heifu's old subordinates had military merit titles, as if they had the real power of the county lieutenant's office, and they were also quite influential in the township and pavilion. Hey! Just died in Yun Banxian County, and there is another Black Half County! At this moment, I was transferred, avoiding its edge, so as not to be its puppet, which is actually not a bad thing! ”

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Half an hour after Zheng Shu left, Heifu really arrived, because the laws of the Qin State stipulated that officials were strictly forbidden to take the old ministry to their posts, and before becoming the county governor, they were not even allowed to have staff. So Heifu still only took his own status and fate, and left Jiangling in a car with the royal Sangmu.

But when he arrived in the northern suburbs of Anlu County, the number of followers was more, and the Dongmen leopard here was his diehard, so he couldn't help but say, he took a group of township pavilions and soldiers to wait on the county border, and went to the county seat under the pretext of going to the county to work, with a few people, escorted all the way.

Dongmen Leopard asked his subordinate township pavilion guards to hug him in front of the left and right of the car, and said eloquently: "When the new official takes office, when he is about to let everyone in the county see the majesty, how can he weaken his momentum?" ”

"Of course." He added with a cracked mouth: "The prestige and reputation of the pavilion chief, after all kinds of things in the past two years, who in the county does not know, who does not know? ”

On the one hand, he also personally led the bridle for Heifu, like a pawn on the horse, and Heifu reprimanded him: "Ah Leopard, you are also a township rank, leading the horse for me, and you are not afraid of being laughed at?" ”

"In this northern suburbs, who dares to laugh at Naigong!"

Dongmen Leopard's temperament is still like that, he raised his eyebrows, glanced at the villagers pointing at him on the side of the road, and everyone immediately fell silent and left as if nothing happened. It can be seen that the Dongmen leopard has been swimming for half a year, and it has reached the level of fear in the township.

A month ago, Heifu was ordered to arrest Yun Man, and he was in a hurry to go, and only met Dongmen Leopard, so Dongmen Leopard held back a lot of words, and then bragged about himself on the next road.

"When I first arrived in the northern suburbs, the local townsmen tried to deceive me, so I followed the method explained by the pavilion chief, first suppressed the thieves, caught the idle people, and killed a few people according to the law, so the townsmen knew that I was not a good match, and they didn't dare to slack off on me."

During the conversation, Heifu also learned a good news, that is, Dongmen Leopard's wife is pregnant again, and I wonder if he can give birth to a son for him in addition to the pair of tiger-headed twin daughters......

The willows, rice fields, and ponds full of lotus flowers were gradually left behind, and when they came to the edge of the county seat, Heifu was warmly welcomed by the northern suburbs!

A disciple of the school was pushed to the front by everyone, it was shocked, the last time Heifu came back, he didn't even catch up to see his younger brother, I heard that Heifu was going back to Anlu to be an official, and he was the happiest, so he smiled and said: "Brother Zhong, I can wait for you!" ”

At this time, everyone in the rear also bowed and saluted, and one person squeezed out of the crowd, hugged Hui with both hands, and bowed down: "The subordinates and others welcome the arrival of the county lieutenant!" ”

Heifu was amused when he saw it, this was none other than his old acquaintance Chen Baijiang, Chen Bu.

Speaking of which, when Heifu was a shifter, the two hundred generals were killed with Yun Man because they were involved in the Yun Man case, and Chen Baijiang has been transferred from the hundred generals to the county lieutenant Shi Shi, and after going around a circle, he was transferred to Anlu.

Heifu got out of the car, helped Chen Baijiang up, and greeted Le, Nu, Lixian and others, and said with a smile: "You are mistaken, I am not an outsider, why bother to embrace wisdom?" ”

"Embracing wisdom" is a kind of etiquette to welcome officials to take office in this era, which originally meant that there should be guests in the house, and the host should clean the house in advance to show respect and welcome to the guests. Although he was holding a broom in his hand, he didn't sweep the floor, just making a show, Yonghui walked in front and led the way and led the officials into the county, as if he was cleaning the door himself.

But Heifu feels like a master, and this time he comes to Anlu, like a wanderer returning home.

After greeting for a while, everyone was like the stars holding the moon, hugging him to enter the city and go to the official temple. Along the way, many familiar faces saw Heifu, all of them were from afar, their eyes were envious and admiring, and in the face of the villagers, Heifu was not arrogant, and bowed his hands one by one.

He first went to meet the county magistrate and the county magistrate, and then arrived at the county lieutenant's office, which had already been arranged by Lixian for everyone to clean up and renovate, and the entrance hall was wide open, waiting for the new owner.

After entering, I saw that everything was the same as before, including the big jujube tree in the courtyard, which was slim and slim, and the flowering period was about to end.

In the past two years, Heifu has been in and out here countless times, and when he first came here, he was still a small soldier, and it was led by General Chen Bai, who sat down and bowed tremblingly. Now, he is staying here as the "master", and Chen Baijiang has become his subordinate, flattering and flattering all the way. Comparing the two, Heifu couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

When he learned that Heifu was going to be transferred to the left lieutenant of Anlu County, many people in the county were puzzled, and some even secretly laughed at him.

Because the position of the left soldier Cao Shi is more than 200 stones, although he is an adjutant, he is also a county official, with a low position and weight, and he often accompanies the county lieutenant.

And the rank of the county lieutenant is more than 400 stones, which seems to be promoted, but if the soldier Cao Shi is ordered by the county to come to the county to inspect, the county lieutenant will have to apologize!

For example, Heifu remembered that when he watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his previous life, when he talked about the Pinghuang Turban Rebellion, Liu Bei was awarded the county lieutenant of Anxi because of his merits, and he happened to meet the superintendent of the post department to the county......

The Qin and Han systems are similar, although the Qin State does not have a postal superintendent, but its level is equivalent to the history of Bing Cao, they are all county officials of 100 stones, more than 200 stones, the position is low and weighty, and it is common to look forward to the county captain's fingers. Therefore, in the eyes of many people in Jiangling City, they would rather be a county official with a hundred stones than a county lieutenant with a rank of three or four hundred stones.

However, the county lieutenant also has things that the history of Bing Cao does not have, such as the warm welcome of the old department of the villagers, and the independent official office with his own office.

"And real military power! and the opportunity to train the children of the hometown! ”

The battle of defending the city in Yidao made Heifu understand that on the battlefield, it is still the soldiers he brought out that can be relied on, and in this era when the concept of the township party is extremely heavy, the most trustworthy and dependent, who can share weal and woe with you at a critical juncture, and never abandon it, is still the children of his hometown.

After arriving at the main hall, Lixian and other lieutenants presented a gilt bronze wooden tiger talisman symbolizing the military power of Anlu County in accordance with the regulations.

Unlike the Tiger Talisman that was temporarily given to him by the county guard and the county lieutenant and had to be returned immediately afterwards, he could keep this thing as long as he was on any day!

Holding this tiger talisman, surrounded by the old subordinates behind him, after coming to this era, Heifu finally had the feeling of holding the "power" thing in the palm of his hand for the first time!

Although this power is very small, the order cannot be ordered for a hundred miles, and there are only more than a thousand soldiers who can be trained, and they have to act in accordance with the laws of Qin. But for Heifu, it is like a person who was originally helpless in the chaos of the world, grabbing a sharp blade.

Since then, he can not only make other people's knives, but also have knives in his own hands!

This long-lost sense of security is extremely wonderful, and Hefu is like a shark that has tasted blood, and he is reluctant to let go of it when he holds it.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "No wonder they all say that a husband can't be without power for a day!" ”