The next day, in the palace of King Ping.

The sun is three poles, and the sun is drying the buttocks.

Chu Tianxiu was drunk all night, and was lazily drying his butt in the study, supplementing vitamin D.

Zu'er hugged an official uniform, rushed into the study excitedly, and when she saw her uncle's indecent sleeping posture, she couldn't help but blush, and quickly covered him with a quilt.

"Uncle, get up! There are good things! ”

She shook Chu Tianxiu's arm and said.

"What's wrong!"

Chu Tianxiu got up in a daze, but couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Zu'er holding a set of county official uniforms in his hand.

"Early this morning, the imperial court sent someone to send the county magistrate's uniform, as well as the county magistrate's seal and the appointment document of the Prime Minister's Mansion to you.

From now on, you are the Danyang County Commander, and you can command the county government and the people. ”

Zu'er said happily.

"Ah, does that mean I'm going to leave for office soon?"

Chu Tianxiu scratched his head.

To be honest, he was used to staying in the prosperous place of Jinling City, and he was not very interested in Danyang County Order.

He participated in the palace examination, and he just wanted the official position of a county order, to show off that his son-in-law was not eating rice... As for what the county order does, what's his business!

Out of Jinling City, that is the countryside.

Don't look at Danyang County, which is less than a hundred miles away from Jinling City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven. But what is the difference between such a small county with a population of 3,000 households and a poor rural area?

Let him stay in the tattered county office, he doesn't want to go.

"The new county order appointed by the imperial court must arrive at the office before the 26th 'rain' solar term of the first month, and hand over the old county order, presiding over the county's farming, ploughing, ditching and fertilizing. There wasn't much to do other than farming and collecting taxes.

However, Danyang County is on the edge of Jinling City, and going to the county is similar to an outing, and horseback riding is only half a day's effort.

Today, the Lantern Festival has just come out, and there are still ten days before the twenty-sixth day of the first month. You can leave today, or if you don't want to go too early, you can go later. ”

Zuer said.

"Oh, let's be late then! Anyway, I didn't have much to do. ”

Chu Tianxiu nodded understandingly.

This is completely different from the ministers of the imperial court, who are in charge of hundreds of counties and thousands of counties, and have endless government affairs from morning to night.

In a small local county, with a population of several thousand households, in fact, there is no major matter, the main thing is to preside over the agricultural affairs of a county, collect taxes and so on, so that the local people do not starve.

Others, what governance, lawsuits, disputes, are all small things of sesame mung beans.

Even if he is a county magistrate, there is no problem, and naturally there are county officials such as the yamen rushing to serve.

...

Since Danyang County is so close, Chu Tianxiu is of course not in a hurry to take office. There are still ten days, enough for him to make five trips back and forth.

Chu Tianxiu and Zu'er had breakfast together.

Breakfast is water tofu.

After Zu'er took King Huainan's share of the tofu secret to the dining room of King Ping's mansion, the housekeeper thought that his uncle wanted to eat tofu very much, so he rushed to make it overnight.

Chu Tianxiu looked at a bowl full of water tofu, adding sugar, chili oil, fried beans and side dishes respectively.

He didn't know whether to sigh or be speechless.

Familiar and unfamiliar!

He ate tofu from 2,000 years ago.

"Come, uncle, open your mouth!"

Zu'er scooped a spoonful and fed her aunt this big gentleman.

Chu Tianxiu tasted a few bites of each bowl.

Zu'er couldn't help but ask curiously, "Uncle, which flavor do you like to eat?" I ordered the dining room to prepare it every morning. ”

Chu Tianxiu smiled and said: "I love it all, this is called rain and dew, impartial!" lest they be resentful! ”

"Hmph~!"

Zu'er's face was full of shame and he took a sip.

Suddenly, Di'er came to the study and said, "Uncle! Dong Xianliang, Chao Fangzheng, and the main father Yan, the three county commanders, came to visit together and asked to see their uncle! ”

"Oh, how did the three of them get here together. Let them come to the study! ”

Chu Tianxiu was a little surprised.

Moment.

Three new county magistrates are coming.

The three of them couldn't wait to put on their brand-new official uniforms, their faces full of joy and high spirits. After putting on the official uniform, he immediately had a bit of official authority.

Chu Tianxiu was surprised and said: "You have all put on your official uniforms, are you preparing to take office today?" ”

"It's not, I just can't help but want to put it on first and see what it's like to be this county commander!"

Dong Xianliang laughed and said, "A few of us received official uniforms, official seals and documents early in the morning. Invite each other, prepare to pick a good day, and go to the county order together. I don't know, the little marquis can be ready, when will he leave? ”

Chu Tianxiu thought about it.

He, the little marquis, doesn't have any feelings for this small county order.

But the three of them are from civilian backgrounds, and they finally became officials, although they are small county commanders, they are also full of energy, and they don't want to delay for a day, and they can't wait to take office.

"Little Hou Ye, the three of us came to you together, just to invite each other to make an appointment and go to work together."

The master father said in high spirits.

"I don't know when I'm going to go, but I guess it's going to be a few days away, two days before the rain. By the way, I don't know yet, where did the three of you take office as county magistrates? ”

Chu Tianxiu asked.

"I'm in Moling, Danyang County! Brother Chao, in Wuhu! Father and brother, familiar in the lake. It's all in Danyang County. ”

Dong Xianliang said.

"Why are they all arranged in Danyang County? These four counties seem to be about a day's journey away from Jinling City. Moreover, the conditions of these four counties seem to be the same. ”

Chu Tianxiu was strange.

Li Yu is the county lord of Danyang, but she is the county lord with a foreign surname, and her fief is smaller than that of the princess of the Xiang family, and there is only one fief in Danyang County.

This arrangement of the imperial court is very unusual!

"The prefectural order was arranged by the Prime Minister's Office... However, I heard from my mentor that it seems that this is the emperor's instructions. The original county order was transferred away, and a few of us were arranged. ”

Dong Xianliang groaned.

Chao Fangzheng said with a smile, "Needless to say, a few of us were looked at differently by the emperor." The emperor's move is convenient to summon us to Jinling at any time.

As long as we make political achievements in the appointment of the county commander, the emperor will definitely be able to see it at any time and promote it.

Hehe, I'm waiting for Huang Tengda, just around the corner! To say a word of boasting, the four of us will have no chance to be ranked as the third prince and nine ministers in the court in the future. I'm equivalent to the Kedian test, and I want to help you! ”

"That's how it should be!"

The main father gave up his hand, and he was also in high spirits. He went from a poor scholar to a county magistrate through the palace examination, and he has already entered the emperor's holy eye.

"Okay! Let's get ready. Eight days later, they went to work together. This little marquis governs Danyang County with one hand, and the three of you just have to let go of your two hands to do it. Don't say that I won't let you and make you lose face! ”

Chu Tianxiu said with a smile: "Let's see who has better governance performance!" ”

"Haha! Little Hou Ye, you can boast about this. Governing a county relies on real skills, and I have been studying it for a long time. Let's compare a few of them to see who is the master of governing a county! ”

Dong Xianliang said with a smile.

"The county is not more prosperous than Jinling City, so I have to prepare more things these days!"

"Say goodbye and see you at the south gate of Jinling in eight days!"

Dong Xianliang, Chao Fangzheng, and the three county commanders of the main father Yan made an appointment with Chu Tianxiu, and then left together.