Seeing that it was still early to disperse, Kang Shouzhen led Cao Hong into the officer's room, and several clerks in the officer's room were bragging and farting.

Seeing Kang Shouzhen enter the door with Cao Hong, they all stood up and greeted the two with a smile. Kang Shouzhen saw that they were all there, so he said to one of them: "Wang Cai, this Li Yu and Li Gongzi must all know each other, Tang Si is old, and he just said a few days ago that he would go home to care for the elderly. It just so happened that in the past few days, I saw that Li Gongzi was knowledgeable and reasonable, and he was a good seedling of a secretary, so I arranged him into your office today and temporarily acted as a secretary. Do you hear them all?"

Several clerks thought to themselves: "I just came here to be a secretary of the bureaucracy, this is the head of all the officials, this Li Yumao has not grown up yet, Kang Shouzhen is really enough to pay for the officials." ”

Although he thought so in his heart, several clerks hurriedly said: "Ah, I felt that Li Gongzi that day, oh no, Li Shizhi is shrewd and capable, this position of secretary is not something anyone can do, I think Li Gongzi has done the most suitable one." ”

Seeing everyone's reaction, Kang Shouzhen touched his beard with great satisfaction, and was about to say a few words to Cao Hong, when he suddenly heard Li Cai say: "Master Kang, even though Li Gongzi is smart and capable, but his qualifications are still shallow, should he start with the secretary office first, and then be promoted in the future?" ”

When the secretary office saw that Li Cai had taken Kang Xianzhen, they all whispered: "Li Cai is really unlucky, after boiling for the past 20 years, he finally boiled the Tang priest away, and he thought that he was going to sit in the position of the boss, who knew that the top sent another one, and Lao Li wanted to cry." ”

"I've heard that they've already put on the table! Who knew that this sure priest would fly like this. The other clerk whispered.

Hearing everyone whispering behind him, Li Cai's face turned blue. Who knew that there was a Kang Xianzhen whose face was gloomy than him, stared at him and said, "Li Cai, you come out for me." ”

Li Cai followed Kang Xianzhen out of the room indignantly.

Seeing that Kang Xianzhen and Li Cai were gone, all the secretaries came over again to greet Cao Hong. Because he knew that he was a relative of Yeluxi, he was very polite to him. One of the clerks named Wang Ying pulled Cao Hong to sit at the last big table in the officer's room, and said to Cao Hong: "Everyone is an errand under the same roof, please take care of Li Si in the future." Secretary Li is still young, and if there is anything I don't understand in the officer's room in the future, just ask me and wait, and I will know everything. ”

Cao Hong saw that the secretary office was very polite, so he said: "I am young, although I was appointed as a secretary by Lord Kang, but there are many things I don't understand, it is not as commensurate as our brothers, and I will ask my brothers to take care of them in the future." ”

That Wang Ying said: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Cao Hong grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he was used to a cautious life, and he was even more self-taught in dealing with people, chatting with the secretary office, and soon became familiar with it.

"Brother, you're so lucky, you've been assigned to our officer's room. Let's not talk about the position of you, the head of the officials, let's just say that our officials' room is in charge of the neighboring chiefs, lieutenant chiefs, party chiefs and the officials of the Shuntian Mansion and the surrounding counties. One of the clerks said to Cao Hong awkwardly.

"Ahem...... Cough" Wang Ying saw that the clerk said bluntly, and hurriedly interrupted: "In fact, every room has the input of which room, and which room also has the suffering of which room, such as our officer's room, things on paper, complicated and repetitive, just tired, sometimes you will offend people if you are not careful." ”

"In fact, as long as the people in the yamen have more or less some income, pointing to the little rice every month, they are starving to death, and the fool comes to be the little official of Laoshizi." Wang Ying said again.

At this time, the secretary who had just spoken interjected: "There is also a place in this Shuntian Mansion that is troublesome, and the treasurer of the Fucang knows it." Don't go to that place, it will make you poor and shed tears. I heard that Kang Shouzhen got a fat man? I don't know how much money I charged, the fat man is pitiful, thinking that our Shuntian Mansion is the same as other places. I guess this will be dumbfounded. ”

Cao Hong wanted to laugh when he heard this, and said that the fat man was about to cry blind.

Everyone talked about Huigu again, and made an appointment to go to the restaurant outside at noon tomorrow to have a drink, and Cao Hong was the east. Then they dispersed, and they went their own way.

After sitting for a while, Li Cai came in from outside, saw Cao Hong sitting in the position of the priest, his face was flushed, and he snorted angrily, and he didn't come in, but directly flicked his sleeves and walked out.

Cao Hong was not angry when he saw it, and picked up the official document on the table and read it.

At this time, a clerk dressed as a clerk walked in and said, "Is Secretary Li here?" ”

Wang Ying pointed at Cao Hong, Cao Hong stood up and said, "It's Li Yu, what do you have to say?" ”

The clerk dressed as a clerk said, "Lord Jeru, please! Ask Secretary Li to go to the second hall to see your lord quickly. ”

Cao Hong nodded and dismissed the bookstore, stood up and went to the second hall.

Ye Luxi was sitting in the second hall and was bored, and when he saw Cao Hong coming, he smiled at him and said, "Secretary Li, are you still used to it these days?" ”

Cao Hong didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Yeluxi's gourd, so he dealt with it carefully: "Thanks to Lord Yelu's care, the people in the yali are quite kind, and everything is still used to it." ”

Ye Luxi secretly slandered: "It's not because I said that you are my distant relative. But when I think about it, if Cao Hong reports to his family, it is estimated that it will be better than this distant relative. I can't help but scold in my heart, reincarnation is also a science.

Although Ye Luxi secretly slandered himself in his heart, he still said with a smile on his face: "I heard that Kang Zhangshu said that you were arranged to be a priest in the official's room, and I have wronged Your Highness!" If someone stumbles you behind your back, come to me, and I'll help you clean it up. ”

Cao Hong secretly wondered in his heart, on the first day he came to Shuntianfu, this Yeluxi ignored his love, how could he change so quickly today. So I was even more vigilant.

Sure enough, seeing that Cao Hong didn't answer, Yeluxi cleared his throat and said: "Mengjin County, which is under the rule of Shuntianfu, has not elected the party leader for a long time, and the above is very urgent. ”

Cao Hong didn't know what the party leader was, and after listening to Ye Luxi, he knew that this matter must be tricky, but he suffered from too little information in his hand. I had to respond hesitantly.

Na Yeluxi was very happy to see Cao Hong's response. politely sent Cao Hong out of the second hall.

It was the time to disperse from the second hall, Cao Hong was still confused, he didn't know why Yeluxi came today, and when he saw that there was still some time before the palace door was locked, he rushed to the Han Mansion.

Cao Hong entered the courtyard where Xu Yan lived, and saw that the master was sitting under the tree reading a book, so he stepped forward and saluted: "Master! ”

Xu Yan was very happy to see that it was Cao Hong, and hurriedly asked him to sit down.

After the two of them sat down, Cao Hong told Xu Yan in detail about the things assigned by Yeluxi today.

Xu Yan pondered for a while and said, "To know the ins and outs of this matter, first of all, Hong'er, you have to know what the three chiefs are." ”

"The so-called three chiefs are the neighborhood chief, the lieutenant chief, and the party chief, five families set up a neighbor chief, five neighbors set up a mile long, and five miles set up a party chief, and these three chiefs are responsible for checking the household registration, supervising farming, collecting rents and transfers, and levying and issuing conscription and military service." Xu Yan continued.

Cao Hong suddenly said: "So that's the case, I think these three elders are all some village sages, right?" ”

Xu Yan nodded: "The three chiefs are recommended by the county or elected by the villagers, and they are generally respected people. ”

Cao Hong is strange, since it is so simple, let the township report that everyone is convinced to be the third chief, and why do you want the officials of Shuntianfu to go to Mengjin to urge the election of the party leader?

Xu Yan smiled: "Yes, this is the problem, Hong'er, do you know who set up this three-long system?" ”

Cao Hong shook his head.

Xu Yan said with a straight face: "It is your father, which is one of the reasons why I admire your father." ”

"Since Cao Wei, the people have been controlled by the family, and the family often shades the population, and the private tribe is hidden, the big one is overwhelmed by the state capital, and the small one is rampant in the county and township. The people were afraid of him, but they had to live by these families. The state often failed to collect taxes because the population was overshadowed by these families, and once the war began, it could not recruit soldiers. The three-long system set up by your father is precisely to snatch the population out of the mouth of the family, and the state will give it land, so that the people do not have to share the land of the family, and set up the three-long inspection of the household registration to prevent shading ......" Xu Yan explained to Cao Hong carefully.

"Master, I understand, there must be a big clan in Mengjin that Yeluxi does not want to offend. He told me to touch the nail. Cao Hong suddenly realized.

"Yes, the imperial court has to check the household registration every three years, and if the household registration does not increase but decreases within the government, it will be taken from office and dismissed." Xu Yan looked at Cao Hong with a smile.

"It seems that the three-year exam is imminent, as long as I solve the matter of Meng Jin, not only will I keep Yeluxi's official, but also let him not offend both of them, and he will be left and right." Cao Hong smiled bitterly.

Xu Yan asked again: "Then Hong'er, are you willing to take this head for Yeluxi?" ”

Cao Hong thought about it for a while and said firmly to Xu Yan: "The family is like a worm lying on Da Wei's body to suck blood, if you don't cut off the family, don't say anything to unify the world." ”

Xu Yan said with a wry smile: "Don't forget, my Xu family and your grandfather's Han family are the ones you want to cut off." ”

Cao Hong thought of this stubble at this time, and his face suddenly turned red.

Xu Yan laughed and said: "Hong'er, do it boldly, the family will not exist because of me and your grandfather; I won't die because of your trip to Mengjin. Look at the Southern Dynasty, almost all of the Song Kingdom was controlled by the four nobles, such a country, not to mention the head of Qian, even people like us will not have a bright future. So, go for it, because the family has ...... It's rotten to the roots. ”

When Cao Hong saw Xu Yan scolding Fang Xuan and his uninhibited appearance, he suddenly felt arrogant, and there was an inexhaustible strength in his body. Father said that the master is the ass who decides the head. It doesn't seem absolute. Xu Yan, the master, can really be called a "celebrity".

Cao Hong bowed deeply to Master Xu Yan and said, "Master, I will not let you down during your trip to Mengjin." ”