On the afternoon of March 12, 2,000 soldiers and horses led by Shen Xi arrived at Haifeng County along the official road. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The stagecoach ran much faster than the march, Shen Xi people did not arrive in Haifeng County, his actions in Huizhou Mansion had been spread to Haifeng County, knowing that Shangguan Shen Xi was specifically aimed at corrupt officials and corrupt officials, Haifeng Zhixian Ren Wenwen personally led the officials and gentry in the city to greet them outside the city early in the morning, for fear that Shen Xi would be reprimanded by him for his poor greeting when he came.

Shen Xi sorted out the information of all the officials in Guangdong Province before the expedition, and learned that this document was a native of Tancheng, Lu Province, and a third-class jinshi in the sixth year of Hongzhi, and it was not easy to get through to the official vacancy, and he was not greedy for bribes, but he was a little dim, advocating the rule of inaction, and would make a few limericks, and often convened the literati and writers of Haifeng to hold literary meetings, as if to create the atmosphere of Haifeng's cultural county.

In fact, even if this magistrate is really a corrupt official, Shen Xi can't go all the way to destroy all the way, that is simply to make himself an official public enemy, the reason why he wants to kill Song Kuang is that in addition to Song Kuang's cruelty to the people, the anger and resentment must be eliminated, but also wants to kill a hundred people.

Now that he has killed chickens and monkeys, even if anyone else is corrupt, as long as there are no great evil deeds, he can't investigate and interrogate them one by one.

Shen Xi led the troops to level the pirates and the pirates, not as the governor of the eight prefectures to correct the local officials.

The soldiers and horses were supposed to be stationed outside the city, and Shen Xi didn't plan to enter the city, but when he knew that the officials and people had been waiting at the gate of the city for four hours, from sunrise to the end of the day, it was a little unreasonable if he didn't show up to offer condolences, so Shen Xi had to lead six hundred guards into the city.

A total of 2,000 soldiers and horses, 600 soldiers and horses were requisitioned by Shen Xi to enter the city, although there are still a large number of people, but the scale of the military camp outside the city is still reduced a lot.

In the first few years, there was no one who led tens of thousands of horses at one time, and it was not easy to lead two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and even in the great battle between the northwest and the Tatars, Liu Daxia only integrated the soldiers and horses when he organized a retreat.

The gentry and common people of Haifeng County did not take the initiative to go out of the city to greet them, but they were forced to do so, mainly because the magistrate of the county liked to put on a show.

I want him to be a Jinshi who has been in the officialdom for six years, and now he has been in the officialdom for ten years to become the county magistrate, and the future is becoming more and more bleak, and having Shangguan passing by is a good opportunity to perform, if he doesn't leave a good impression on Shangguan, and when the evaluation comes out and fails, then he may have to resign and return to Tancheng after the expiration of his term in Haifeng Zhixian County, and wait for the official vacancy again.

Being an official in these years is so cruel, either you have outstanding ability and are appreciated, or you have a lot of money to dredge up relationships, and Ren Wen is from a small family, neither of which are involved, and it is naturally more difficult to be promoted.

In addition, it is fate, in the eyes of Ren Wenwen, Shen Xi is his "chance", maybe Shen Xi also likes poetry and literature, and talks with him very happily, so it is irreversible to intersect?

When Shen Xi, dressed in regular clothes, arrived outside the south gate of Haifeng County on horseback, the gentry and people waiting there stood up from the ground in surprise, and there was no scene of cheering.

The main thing is that the gentry and the common people present saw a young man in a red official robe riding a high-headed horse over, this year the news is blocked, people only know that a big official is coming, the specific position of this big official is not clear, not to mention Shen Xi's identity, background, age, qualifications and so on.

Even Ren Wenwen only knew that Shen Xi was the champion and from Hanlin.

Shen Xi jumped off the horse and arrived in front of Ren Wenwen, he had already recognized the magistrate in front of him, but Ren Wenwen didn't recognize him, he was staring at the peacock complement on his chest, and then asked uncertainly: "Dare to ask Your Excellency what ...... is"

"This official is Shen Xi, the governor of the southeast."

Shen Xi reported his home, it was purely a last resort, there may be more people in Guangzhou Mansion who know him, and he can't expect others to know his glorious deeds in this small county town.

Ren Wenwen was taken aback at first, and then remembered that he had heard someone talk about it, saying that the champion of the twelfth year of Hongzhi was the youngest in the history of the Ming Dynasty...... Could it be that this young champion has become the governor of the three provinces in just four years?

People are more popular than people, look at people, I became an official in my teens, and I have already led the military and government of the three provinces in only three or four years.

Ren Wenwen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Lord Shen, the lower officials came to greet the officials and people on behalf of Haifeng." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Xi nodded with satisfaction, changed around, and asked, "This is going into the city?" ”

Ren Wenwen was surprised, and thought, Lord Governor is really direct, he was about to enter the city just after he saw his face, could it be that I was asked to set up a banquet in the county government to entertain me?

I heard that Guishan County has prepared money and food for the army, should I buy a little more?

The biggest difference between Ren Wenwen and Shi Feng is that he is not greedy, he can do the scene, but he rarely tosses the people, and he is not willing to spend money to entertain Shangguan, after all, he is never greedy for ink, and he rarely has spare money to usher in it. As for the ability to do things, Ren Wenwen is far inferior to Shi Feng, he is more inclined to study than a practical talent. This may be the fundamental reason why he has been admitted to the Jinshi for ten years and is still only a Qipinzhi County.

Ren Wenwen hesitated for a moment before making a gesture of respect: "Your Excellency, please." ”

Even the official sedan chair was not prepared, Shen Xi could only get on the horse again, and the gentry and people who came to greet him waited for most of the day under the scorching sun, and now they were exhausted, but Mu Ran watched Shen Xi lead six hundred personal soldiers into the city.

In this era, the people were inconvenient and the news was closed, and many people had never traveled far from birth to death, except that they knew that it was an official called the governor.

Now that I see Shen Xi himself, I am curious in my heart that this young man who looks young is actually the Lord Dufu? In the end, compared with this governor, which official is bigger?

It is definitely not a solution to have two eyes black, and many people have made up their minds that after they go back, they must ask the Xiucai Gong in the neighborhood how big an official is this governor?

After entering the city, Shen Xi did not go to the county office, but went directly to the post house, and the guards set up camp in the open space outside the post house.

Shen Xi settled down early, and was about to write something at the desk, Jing Yue scolded his mother to come in, and said: "My lord, this Haifeng Zhixian is too disagreeable, he actually entertained things hastily, I thought that he called so many people out to greet him, and others also praised him as a Qing official, so he should be able to do more things." ”

Shen Xi shook his head with a smile: "A Qing official does not necessarily mean that he is a capable official." ”

"Huh!?

Jing Yue was stunned for a moment, and then asked puzzledly: "Aren't all Qing officials capable officials like Lord Shen?" ”

Shen Xi explained: "The official is honest because he is not greedy or acceptable, and it is a matter of life style, not reflected in the efficiency and ability of work. Qing officials often pay attention to reputation, and they are usually mean to subordinate officials, and they have no desires and no desires, so how can they be demanding that they do things wholeheartedly? ”

Jing Yue was puzzled and couldn't understand the meaning of Shen Xi's words.

Qing officials are mean, it is not that Shen Xi is biased, in history, Qing officials are just a rhetoric or self-proclaim, there are very few people who are really honest, and the Qing officials who are really famous in history are actually only temporary ministers and capable ministers, such as Bao Zheng and Hai Rui, and most of the rest have the name of "Qing officials".

Even Shen Xi himself is also running a business and industry behind his back, which is not what a "clean official" should do, so is he Shen Xi a clean official or a corrupt official?

However, some corrupt officials, in addition to grabbing wealth from the hands of the people to satisfy their selfish desires, are good at developing people's livelihood and invigorating the local economy, and their contribution to the imperial treasury is amazing.

Shen Xi saw from the beginning that this writer was just an incapable "clean official", and it was completely difficult for him to raise food and materials for such a mediocre magistrate, and he could only take the initiative to mention this kind of thing.

"Clean up the camp, have dinner, and go to the county office with the official!" Shen Xi Road.

"Yes, sir." Jing Yue took the order and left.

Accompanying Shen Xi to visit the local yamen is Jing Yue's favorite thing to do, because following Shen Xi out has face, Shen Xi, as the largest official in the three provinces, is afraid of people wherever he goes, he can follow Shen Xi out to show off his power in front of those civil officials who are above the top.

After a simple dinner, Shen Xi took Jing Yue and dozens of guards to the yamen of Zhixian County, Ren Wenwen had just eaten an Ansheng meal in the backyard, and before he went to the study to taste tea and read a book, he heard that Shen Xi was coming.

Ren Wenwen didn't know the purpose of Shen Xi's coming, so he quickly packed up and personally welcomed Shen Xi out of the gate of the county government, welcomed Shen Xi to the middle hall, and asked Shen Xi to sit down in front of the main seat in the middle hall, while he stood aside.

Shen Xi looked at the books on the table, those books used for school were about to be ruined by Ren Wen, and the official documents next to him basically didn't even have the cover, or Shen Xi himself found out the official documents issued by the political envoy to the local government to ask for money and food.

"Lord Shen, you came to visit late at night, I don't know what happened?"

Ren Wenwen had been waiting for Shen Xi to speak, Shen Xi sat there and looked through the official documents, and after waiting for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask.

Shen Xi looked at the sky outside, it was just dark, and he said that it was a "late-night visit", could it be that the work and rest of this document was different from others?

Shen Xi asked, "Did Ren Zhixian read this official letter a few years ago?" ”

Ren Wenwen took the official letter, opened it and read it, and recalled it carefully before replying: "Go back to your lordship, the lower officials have read it, but the county's money and grain are dispatched by the county and sent to Huizhou Prefecture." My lord...... Is there anything else to ask? ”

Shen Xi asked, "Is there anything urgent to do in Renzhi County?" ”

"This ...... Not really. "Ren Wen tells the truth.

Shen Xi thought to himself, of course you have nothing to do, otherwise you would not have led the gentry and people of the city to wait outside the county under the scorching sun for most of the day, just for the sake of the scene, ignoring the safety of the people.

Shen Xi said: "This official came here today to raise some food and materials with Haifeng, I don't know if there are difficulties here in Renzhi County?" ”

"Huh?" Ren Wenwen immediately cried and said, "Lord Shen, this ...... Not in line, right? Xiaguan ...... It's hard to be a lower official. ”

Shen Xi looked at Ren Wenwen: "The rules of the imperial court have always been that money and grain are requisitioned from the local government in times of war, and it is feasible to pay donations in advance?" Could it be that this official does not obey the laws of the imperial court? ”

Ren Wenwen is a Qing official, but he is also a mediocre official, Shen Xi knows that he can't count on him, so he waved his hand at the moment: "Invite Tianxian Cheng, who requisitioned money, grain and materials before, to come out, and this official told him that it is." ”

At this time, Shen Xi will not save any face for Ren Wenwen, he will pass through Haifeng County, and he will leave the next morning, who has the leisure time to listen to you, a sour and rotten seven-grade official?

Although Ren Wenwen felt a little embarrassed, he still instructed the official to invite the county Chengtian Yaoqing to the county office. Shen Xi didn't talk nonsense, and when he came up, he asked about the requisition of money and grain with the local gentry, although Tian Yaoqing was full of embarrassment, he still stubbornly said that he would convene the local squire overnight to discuss the requisition.

Shen Xi finally said: "The official will send someone to transport it tomorrow, if you need help with the manual scheduling, just talk to the official!" (To be continued.) )