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The first is an old official who is nearly sixty years old, with a gray beard, wearing a cyan official robe, a square white pheasant patch on his chest, a fifth-grade silver and gold-plated circlip belt around his waist, and a delicate waist plate with jade gilding.

It seems that this person is Su Chengxing, the governor of Pizhou.

He laughed, and there were three other officials beside him, two of whom were wearing the same cyan official robes, white pheasant patches, and silver flower circlip belts. It seems that one is Huang Sien, the governor of Huai'an River Affairs in Zapizhou, and the other is Qi Shangxian, the director of the Water Department of the Ministry of Industry in Zapizhou.

They are also all fifth-grade officials, and they are no different from Su Chengxing's dress.

Especially now that Su Chengxing has been promoted to the first rank, like the second official, he is the official position of the fifth grade.

The third person is more dazzling, but he is wearing a red official robe, a big square tiger and leopard complement on his chest, and a gold and jade circlip belt of the third grade around his waist.

It seems that this person is the new commander of Pizhou Wei, Kong Chuanyou.

He is an official of the guard, or the highest military commander at the level of the guard, according to the Ming official system, the rank is three ranks, and he wears a scarlet official robe that can only be worn from one to four grades.

Seeing that he was followed by several officials, thousands of households, hundreds of households, etc., they were either wearing official uniforms of the fifth grade, or wearing official uniforms of the sixth grade, a large area of green robe color, and the people who followed behind Zhizhou were far from comparable.

The grade of the officials of the health center has always been high, that is, the general flag has seven grades, and Yang He has worked hard to mix until now, which is not as hereditary as others.

Of course, now the officials of the health office are not valuable, and the high-ranking officials of the third grade are not as noble as Zhizhou in the place.

The officials came over with a smile and saw that their official robes were all the same style, only civil officials embroidered birds, and military attaches embroidered beasts, which was also the origin of well-dressed beasts. At this time, the word has no derogatory meaning, and Da Ming doesn't know how many people want to be a member of the well-dressed beasts.

Deng Guan led him diligently, and Yang He also went up, and saluted Su Chengxing, the former Zhizhou: "Xiaguan Pizhou Lian General Yang He, I have seen the old parents of the state. ”

Su Chengxing said with a smile: "I have been looking forward to the arrival of Mr. Yang Lian for a long time, and if I have been looking forward to Ganlin for a long time, I have finally looked forward to it." ”

He looked Yang He up and down, stroked his beard and smiled: "Sure enough, it's a handsome and heroic man." ”

He spoke in a deep voice and slowly, as if every word had been well thought out.

He is full of red light, nearly sixty years old but well-maintained, and his tone of speech is not leaky, at first glance, he is the kind of old bureaucrat who is good at Tai Chi, has experienced the sea, is scheming, calm and sophisticated.

He introduced Yang He with a smile, and in order of Qi Shangxian, Huang Sien, Kong Chuanyou and others.

Qi Shangxian, the director of the Water Department of the Ministry of Industry in Zapizhou, is a middle-aged man with a lot of official authority, he is in his forties, his eyebrows are high, and his beard is meticulously trimmed. In his expression, there was a faint hint of arrogance that was unique to Jingguan.

In the face of Yang He's gift, he just nodded reservedly.

Although Yang He has reaped the benefits of several battles and won the credit of "cooperating in praise of painting", the rank of the fourth grade is expected, maybe one day this son can be moved.

But he was not grateful for this, and Qi Shangxian believed that he deserved these credits.

He is a Shangguan, who does not give credit to him?

Besides, without his signature, can Yang He's several great victories be taken seriously?

Without his signature, can the good news be taken seriously by Shi Duchen?

In this regard, Yang He should be grateful to him.

He can come today, or because of Su Cheng's character, and the rumored reason why Shi Xianggong attaches great importance to Yang Heqi.

Yang He's meeting with Huang Sien, the same knowledge of Hewu, attracted a lot of attention, and in the first lunar month, Yang He had a conflict with his son Huang Chengji, and beat his son all over the head. What will it be like to meet now? Lord Huang is cold? Indifferent? Or do you turn your face with a scolding?

Everyone paid attention, but seeing that Huang Sien was no different, he said with a smile: "Lord Yang has worked hard all the way. The people of Pizhou have been looking forward to Lord Yang for a long time. ”

After Yang He gave a salute, he also returned the salute and was personable.

Yang He also had some admiration in his heart, needless to say, this person has a lot of cultivation in the city.

Seeing that Lord Huang Sien is mature and handsome, in his forties, indifferent and elegant, with a little majesty.

He has wisdom and profundity in his eyes, and his speech and demeanor are like a humble gentleman, and he has the taste of a scholar.

Compared with his son Huang Cheng, the level is indeed much higher.

Yang He thought to himself: "This is the legendary Confucian official, right?" ”

Seeing that there was a middle-aged scribe behind him, with fair skin, calm and atmospheric, and the appearance of a staff member, he slightly attracted Yang He's attention.

When he saw the Pizhou Wei commander Kong Chuanyou, this person was very kind, he took the initiative to give a salute, and laughed: "I have heard the prestige of Lord Yang for a long time, and when I saw it today, it was better to meet than to be famous, hahahahaha." ”

He was tall and fat, not like a soldier, but like a wealthy merchant and landlord, but he was a leading official.

Pizhou Wei has one commander, three members of a thousand households, and seven members of a hundred households, of course, this refers to the real power officials such as the palm seal officer and the secretary officer. For hundreds of years, there have been many officials in the guard, with official titles and no real power.

In the past, Kong Chuanyou was a leading officer, and he was rejected by Han Lan by the original commander.

After Han Lan's death, the guard was indispensable, and Kong Chuanyou took the position.

In this regard, he should be grateful to Yang He.

In fact, he is also quite close and tries his best to make friends.

In addition to these high-ranking officials in the state city, Su Chengxing also introduced his colleagues to Yang He.

Tongzhi Zhang Kuixiang, from the sixth-rank official position, is almost as old as Su Chengxing, and he doesn't seem to be in charge of things. But when Yang He saw it, he knew that this person was an old fox. It's just that the official university crushes people to death, and with Su Chengxing, an old fox, he can only survive honestly until he retires.

Judge Song Zhiyuan, from the seventh grade, is also old, in his fifties, and he is submissive in front of Su Chengxing, no wonder he is taken seriously.

Chen Tai'an, a servant from Jiupin, is in his forties, slightly deep, and the nature of his work in the state is very similar to that of the county magistrate.

The above three are the second officials of the Pizhou Ya Bureau, who assist the governor in handling various official affairs, each of them has their own exclusive office, and they also have their own mansion in the state office.

The size of their power mainly depends on what affairs Su Chengxing assigned to them in Zhizhou, such as Chen Tai'an, who used to be in charge of taxation, household registration, and patrol arrests, but later Su Chengxing deprived him of the affairs of patrolling and arresting and handed them over to Song Zhiyuan in charge.

Chen Tai'an's power is greatly reduced, and Song Zhiyuan's power is greatly increased.

In addition to the four officials of Zhengyin Zuo Er, the remaining few are miscellaneous officials, such as Zhang Xie, the ambassador of the Tax Bureau, from Jiupin. Ambassadors of the Ordnance Bureau, Nan Chen, from the Nine Pins. Deng Guan, the ambassador of the delivery station, is nine products. The new Zhihekou inspector Qiu Hongan, is nine products.

They are all dressed in green robes, and their chests and backs are adorned with Lian Que's complement.

Qiu Hongan is a seahorse complement.

He is elected by the Ministry of Officials, temperate by the Ministry of War, and has not long been a newcomer, and he is cautious.

He secretly looked at Yang He, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Nanchen had a complicated expression, he had been in contact with Yang He last year, when Yang He was just a showman, and he was on top. In the blink of an eye, Yang He was transferred to the state city and became a high-ranking official of the seventh grade, and he was still a minor official of the ninth grade. Not surprisingly, he will be in this position for the rest of his life.

Su Chengxing introduced all his colleagues in the state city to Yang He, and even on Yang He, there were only nine court officials in the state government, and the rest of the Confucianism, post stations, gunpowder bureaus, river berths, etc., all belonged to miscellaneous duties that did not enter the stream, and were not considered officials.

In the end, Su Chengxing also introduced thousands of households and hundreds of households to Yang He, these people are not like officials, not like soldiers, but like landlords and old financial businessmen Jia Duo. They also take it for granted that they were introduced to the end.

Yang He shook his head secretly, these guards were all abolished.

In fact, although Pizhou Wei has more than 1,300 banner soldiers, it is difficult to say whether there are 1,000 people in the actual number. Their main task is also to transport grain, and every year they transport 40,864 stones, three buckets, six liters, and two heels. There is also shipbuilding, which requires the construction of 13 shallow ships every year.

Except for the grain and shipbuilding, the rest are counting on them not to go.

If the Pizhou Banner Army can fight, there is no need to set up a training general.

Overall, Yang He was disappointed, and like Suining officialdom, Pizhou City was also lifeless, just as the empire had entered the twilight of decay.

……

After everyone met and greeted each other, Su Chengxing said that his colleagues in Zhou City had already prepared a banquet in the 'Yingchun Building', just for President Yang Lian to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

He looked at the soldiers and horses of Yang He who were still standing on the street, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he smiled, saying that he was worthy of being a good soldier trained by Yang Lian, no wonder he could defeat the thieves.

He instructed Deng Guan, the ambassador of the delivery station, to continue to bring Yang Lian's headquarters to the barracks to settle down, where the wine, meat, grain, rice, and so on had already been prepared.

Su Zhizhou even explained to him: "Zitai, you have to entertain well, don't neglect the loyal and brave soldiers, you know?" ”

Deng Guan nodded and said, "The lower officials know, the lower officials know." ”

Yang He also arranged: "Minister, you go to the barracks with Lord Deng, and Lao Chen can take a few people to stay." ”

Soon Yang He's iron-blooded army went with Deng Guan, and only the captain of the guard, Chen Qiuao, led five people, and Deng Menzi stayed.

After the soldiers and horses left, the pressure on the officials was relieved a lot, but Chen Qiuao led five ironclad guards to stay, which still brought heavy pressure to everyone.

They are all big men, especially the brothers Jiang Zhen and Jiang Qing, these two people have a fierce appearance, their bodies are like iron towers, and every step is extremely heavy, especially the clanging sound of the nail leaves, which seems to step on people's hearts step by step.

When many people saw them, they subconsciously avoided them.

Judging from the façade, Yang He took the two brothers by his side and was successful.

Soon everyone entered Yaqian Street, there were already officials here to clear the field, and before coming to the "Yingchun Building", some of the rural sages and celebrities in Pizhou City gathered, Su Chengxing introduced it slightly, and these people also came up to meet one by one and handed over the name stickers.

However, there are no students here, after all, it is a state city, and the identity of Xiucai is not enough.

Yang He coped, pampered and not surprised, and his expression was flat, which made the people who observed him secretly surprised. Speaking of moving qi and raising the body, this Yang Xiucai became rich at the beginning, but he didn't mess up, is there really a natural person in this world who is suitable for being an official?

The overall atmosphere is relaxed, perhaps this is also the reason why Su Chengxing and others put the reception banquet outside.

If they are in the state government, Su Chengxing and others will greet each other in the hall at most, and with Yang He's current momentum, they will inevitably be sluggish.

Special news came, he was quite respected by the governor of history.

When he greeted him outside the Yimen, or even outside the Yamen, he was rude, after all, Yang He was only a seven-rank official, or a loose official.

In particular, Qi Shangxian, Huang Sien, Kong Chuanyou and others are impossible to accompany.

This is the case in the Ming Dynasty, the etiquette procedures are very complicated, and officials of different ranks have different treatments, and if the etiquette system is messed up, it will be criticized.

It's much better to put it outside, it's easy to see the courtesy, and some of the township sages and celebrities in Pizhou City can also take the opportunity to meet the new officials.

Soon everyone entered the "Yingchun Building", this building does not know what to do with the "Yingchun Building" in Suining, but it is higher and larger, with three floors. And one thing is the same, they are all designated as the place of consumption of the Yamen public banquet.

Everyone went up, the upper two floors here are elegant seats, the first floor is the lobby, at this time the three floors are full of wine tables, there are five tables on the upper seat, ten tables in the middle seat, and twenty-five tables in the lower seat, and the scale is really much larger than the county seat.

Then there are opera troupes on each floor, and delicate musicians sing Kunqu opera.

Yang He and others naturally went to the top floor of the restaurant and sat on the table.

Perhaps knowing Yang Hekou's appetite, the state government also arranged for him to pour wine and serve two Lehu with slightly larger breasts.

The overall atmosphere of the banquet was warm, with a little bit of reserve of civil and official banquets.

But looking at the crowd chanting the wind and the moon, there are hundreds of extravagant dishes on the table, and many dishes are even only used to see, not eaten. Thinking about the starving refugees outside, when he fled, Yang He only had one sentence in his heart: "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." ”

Although it is for the sake of picking up the wind for himself this time, it is common to think about this kind of official banquet.

How much money does it cost in a year every time it is so extravagant?

Seeing everyone in the banquet looking for joy and being happy, they really don't know the outside situation?

Or maybe like an ostrich, you turn a blind eye to the outside world?

It's just that when the empire collapses, how can there be eggs under the nest?

Seeing the appearance of many people wandering around, Yang He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He shared a table with Su Chengxing, Qi Shangxian, Huang Sien, Kong Chuanyou, Zhang Kuixiang, Song Zhiyuan, Chen Tai'an and others.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Su Chengxing got up again and said with a smile: "Now bandits are rampant, especially the green mountain thieves harass the state border and townships from time to time. Now that Lord Yang is in charge, the place can be maintained, so that the people of Pizhou will no longer suffer from thieves. ”

He raised his glass: "Come, have another drink for Lord Yang to take office as the state practice president." ”

Everyone applauded and took a drink.

Yang He also drank, and then Su Chengxing looked at Yang He, meaning that Lord Yang also said a few words?

Yang He smiled, he put down the wine glass slowly, and said: "Fang Caizhou's old parents said well, bandits are rampant now, there are bandits everywhere, and the thieves are suffering, and the lower officials feel the same way. Even when I went to see Shi Duchen that day, I encountered bandits on the road, but fortunately, the guards were able to kill them. ”

He sighed and said, "This is the case with all the officials, what about the ordinary people? Think about them, what kind of life they lived. ”

Everyone sighed along with it, and some of them were cheering, and some of them were genuine.

Yang He continued: "So on that day, Shi Du inquired, and the lower official said about it. He also sighed, and he was ashamed. ”

Yang Hedao: "After bidding farewell to Shi Duchen, his staff member Mr. Yan said goodbye. He asked me what I would do when I arrived in Pizhou. I said that I would bring to the people of the people something more precious than money, wealth, and even my life. ”

There was a silence in the field, and everyone was curious, this Lord Yang spoke interestingly, what do you mean by "something more precious than money, wealth, and even life?" It seems that these three points are already the most precious things in the world, right?

It was Qi Shangxian, the head of the Dushui Division at the same table, who put down the small hand of a pink and tender Lehu beside him, curious, and wanted to hear what Yang He had to say.

Only Huang Sien, the neighboring river affairs acquaintance, seemed to think of something.

His scribe staff, sitting near the upper seat, was also thoughtful.

Seeing everyone's curious and different eyes, Yang He slowly said two words: "Order!" ”

"Good overrides evil order! So that the people can walk on the road with peace of mind, and women and children can go out with peace of mind. Merchants can do business with peace of mind, and farmers can plow their fields with peace of mind. Whether rich or poor, there is no need to worry about encountering bandits to rob and kidnap tickets for extortion! ”

"Order! These are the words I said in reply to Mr. Yan that day. ”

Yang He looked around at everyone and saw that many people opened their mouths wide, and he said lightly: "The so-called people don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, and they don't suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety." Therefore, the Qingshan thieves harass the state border and the order of Pizhou, and I will kill them all! ”

"The local bandits are rampant, they have lost their conscience, and they have done all kinds of evil, and the official will kill them all!"

"The reason why there are so many bandits is that there are people who collude, and this official also hereby advises those who raise bandits and collude with bandits to surrender themselves as soon as possible, or jump into the Yellow River as soon as possible, so as not to die well! The official is also here to say that Pizhou is a good place, but under the rule of the official, flies and dogs are never allowed to run rampant! ”

At the sound of "ping", Yang He patted it on the table, but it was like thunder, which scared many people.

The atmosphere in the restaurant was cold, and everyone's hearts were heavy.

Yang He went straight to the point with a single knife, but it was like a storm and thunder, which made people breathless.

They have long been accustomed to it, whitewashing the peace, who cares about the water and fire outside?

This Yang River tore apart all the blood, just like the thunder and lightning that cut through the darkness, it made people uneasy and tremble, and it also left the deepest impression on everyone.

Many people secretly looked at Yang He, looking at this young Mr. Lian for the first time, seeing that his dark eyes were resolute, and the momentum on his body was like a mountain, which seemed to make everyone understand why he could defeat the thieves several times.

There was silence in the restaurant, and Chen Qiuao and others, who were sitting not far away, also stopped drinking and eating meat, and looked at everyone quietly, with the same resoluteness in their eyes as Yang He.

For a long time, there was silence in the restaurant, many people were restless, and even Qi Shangxian, the director of the Shui Division, was shocked. He had long lost that kind of cold arrogance, carelessly, looking Yang He up and down, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

It was still the old fox of Zhizhou Su Chengxing, who woke up first, and he smiled and said: "Mr. Yang Lian said it well, with Mr. Yang Lian sitting in Pizhou, we can sit back and relax, hehehehe." ”

To be honest, Su Chengxing was also shocked, and he felt like he was luring a wolf into the room.

But there is no regret medicine in the world, you can only take one step at a time.

Su Chengxing spoke, and the rest of them also woke up and responded one after another, but the response was sparse, but there was no enthusiasm as before.

Looking at everyone's appearance, Yang He smiled slightly, and he said in a low voice: "The column lacks thunderbolts, the hills collapse, and the caves and stones suddenly open." ”

……

After the banquet, Zhizhou Su Chengxing returned to the state yahou house, and he didn't know whether he regretted it or what it was for today's banquet.

Zhizhou feels that Yang He, a young man, has enthusiasm and can do things, and he appreciates it in his heart, but this character and temper will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

He's about to die, and he's most afraid that he won't be quiet, but he ......

Thinking about it, Pizhou really needs Yang He, but this young man, alas, is really in a dilemma.

He had a feeling that Pizhou was afraid of going to be troublesome.

……

That party was stationed in Zapizhou, and Huang Sien, the governor of the river affairs, also returned to the river affairs and the knowledge office with his staff Jia Shuweng.

Jia Shuweng's evaluation of Yang He, like Yan Ermei at that time, was "solemn!" ”

He was a little worried: "Dong Weng, this person is solemn and strong, whether he will clash with you because of the things he inherited earlier, you must not be guarded against." ”

Huang Sien put his hands behind his back, silently thinking about something, and smiled at this time: "Don't worry about this, Huang Mou can see at today's banquet that this Yang He is a person who does practical things." He does not conflict with others because of his personal likes and dislikes, but this kind of person gets along well. ”

Jia Shuweng said: "That can be used as a strong reinforcement, Dong Weng should strive to make friends with him." ”

Huang Sien shook his head: "No need, I don't have to deal with him with the well water, neither humble nor arrogant, just on official business." The most important thing now is to take care of our business, and the flood is coming. ”

Jia Shuweng said: "Dong Weng is high. He also looked a little dignified, several major floods in the river, the flood is a kind of flood, during which even heavy rain or thunderstorms, often the water level of the river rises sharply, a little careless, there is a danger of bursting the embankment.

Moreover, the flood is often connected with the autumn flood, the total amount of flood is large, the duration is long, and the river prevention affairs are really heavy.

After finishing his business, Huang Sien took out a few letters with a pleased smile on his face: "Xi'er has sent a letter, he has traveled to Huai'an, Suyang and other places, and made friends with many heroic warriors...... This kid has made a lot of achievements, and it seems that people still have to suffer setbacks. ”

He said with a smile, his tone was quite happy, this is the joy and joy of the elders from the bottom of their hearts when they see that the younger ones are promising.

Jia Shuweng was just as happy for him, he had been a staff member in the Huang Mansion for many years, and he had long treated Huang as if he were his own nephew.

He sighed: "Yes, we are all old, and we will still have to look at the juniors in the future." ”

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Lao Bainiu: Thank you for the tips and votes of book friends such as General Guanzhong. A book friend suggested that I use voice input, and I used it, and there were a lot of typos. And in a hurry, I don't know how to write. I always feel that I use my mouth to speak, and I don't have a neat hand to write, and my mouth is dry. It seems that it will take time to adapt to the new technology.