Suiyang, county government.

"My lord, all the gentry have been sent away." Ding Li came in from outside the hall and bowed to Ye Zhao.

"Well, it's a good job, everyone has worked hard these days, and now I'm waiting for the first time in Suiyang, I think there won't be any big things for the time being, everyone can cultivate well, after this time, I think you should be very busy." Ye Zhao put down the bamboo note in his hand and said with a smile: "By the way, that Master Wu hasn't come here today?" ”

"Not yet." Qiu Chi frowned and said: "If I waited in a hurry yesterday and didn't come in time, it would be reasonable, but today, even Ting Peng, who was supervising taxes in the countryside, came back one after another, but this Master Wu has not appeared for a long time, which is too rude." ”

"It's just a master book, if he is really so loyal to the superior county commander who has been imprisoned, I don't mind letting him go, Qiu Chi, you will temporarily take the position of the county magistrate, and wait for the official document of the imperial court to come down, and then officially take office." Ye Zhao pondered.

"Oh, thank you." Qiu Chi hurriedly said.

"As for the others......" Ye Zhao looked at Guan Hai, Ding Li, Fang Yue, and Meng Hu, and frowned: "Now that Suiyang County is fully established, and the two lieutenants Wang Xing and Jiang Sheng have no bad deeds, they cannot be replaced at will, the four of you will temporarily pay for my subordinates, and I will find a chance to help you get promoted in the future, but I am a little wronged." ”

It doesn't matter if Meng Hu is still promoted, Fang Yue used to be a school captain, Ding Li served as a county lieutenant when he was in Macheng, and he was even a captain in Jundu Mountain, but now he is only a tourist, not even a formal official, more of a diner under his own door, not to mention Guan Hai, the fierce generals trained by Ye Zhao are now useless, and with more and more talents around Ye Zhao, if he can't give a suitable official position for a long time, people's hearts will not disperse for a while, but after a long time, he will definitely be dissatisfied, this is human nature, And if he wants to recruit more talents, he also needs enough official positions, and now he is only a county order, which is difficult to meet Ye Zhao's requirements.

"The lord is serious, and I am very satisfied to be able to do things for the lord." Fang Yue and the others hurriedly bowed and said.

"If the name is not right, it is not good, you have to do things for me in the future, there is no corresponding identity, there is no name, and many things are not convenient." Ye Zhao shook his head: "It won't be too long." ”

"I'll thank my lord in advance." Guan Hai and the others said gratefully.

"You and I are both born and dead, don't keep saying these polite words in the future, now we haven't established a firm foothold in Suiyang, everyone is familiar with the county affairs in the past few days." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Whoa!"

Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao and said, "The lord summoned this Suiyang gentry today, but what do you think?" ”

Ye Zhao looked at Qiu Chi speechlessly: "In your eyes, I like to make things happen so much?" It's just an ordinary banquet, you also said, if you want to do things in Suiyang, you can't avoid these people, I summoned them to meet today, and I am only familiar with one or two, and I want to do things in Suiyang in the future, and it is indispensable to deal with these people, how can I have so many ideas? ”

"Uh...... Yes, a gaffe. Qiu Chi said a little embarrassed, in fact, he didn't blame him for thinking wildly, thinking about Ye Zhao's beginnings, before he arrived in Macheng, he provoked the Taiping Sect, Wei Xian, Guo Cheng, and he didn't stop when he arrived in Macheng, first he subdued the three major forces in the city, drove them away, and then the tax system, and the layout of the grassland, and then came to Jundu Mountain, and before he could sit on the heat, he burned Macheng, and Xianbei Shan Yudu changed his master.

Thinking carefully about Ye Zhao's entry into the office in the past three years, it is really hard to imagine that Ye Zhao will be able to do this county order in peace, Qiu Chi always feels that something big will happen.

"Humble Jiang Sheng, meet the envoy." At this moment, the sound of drums sounded outside the door, and Jiang Sheng came in in a hurry.

"Who is beating the drum of grievances?" Ye Zhao asked while putting on his clothes.

"It's a ragged woman, she doesn't look like a local, unkempt, her subordinates ask her what grievances she has, but she doesn't say whether she lives or dies, so that you want to go to court?" Jiang Sheng bowed and said.

"The law of my Han Dynasty clearly stipulates that when the drum of grievances sounds, the officials must go to the court, go, and follow me to see who is beating the drum of grievances." Ye Zhao put on his clothes and stepped forward.

This drum of grievances is said to be set up by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, in order to avoid someone from deceiving the upper and lower levels, and the people cannot appeal if they are wronged.

No matter what later generations said about Liu Bang, but he grew up among the people, knew the suffering of the people, and was very strict in this regard, regardless of the style problem, it was a private matter, but as an emperor, Liu Bang was not bad.

Soon, Ye Zhao took a group of henchmen to the hall, and Wang Xing had already taken the county officials to wait in the hall, but he saw a ragged woman kneeling under the hall, although the clothes were ragged, it could be seen that most of them were torn not long ago, and the skin could be seen in many places.

Ye Zhao knelt down in the hall, patted the table and said: "That woman, can you please tidy up your image, this is the public court, even if you don't have the money to buy new clothes, it is also a kind of etiquette to be tidy." ”

"The women obeyed." Madame brushed away the hair that was covering her face, revealing her true face.

Although her face was covered with dirt, judging by her outline, this woman was quite beautiful.

"It's good, but I don't know why it ended up like this?" Ye Zhao smiled: "Get up and speak." ”

Sometimes God's gift of an excellent face is a great capital, even if the background is not high, you can live a better life than ordinary people, no matter how bad it is, it will not be mixed with this woman.

"Thank you." The woman stood up as she said, and subconsciously pulled the clothes on her body, and as soon as she stood up, more places were exposed on her body.

"Meng Hu, go find Xin'er and put a shirt on her." Ye Zhao saw that the eyes of many county officials had become wrong, frowned, and turned his head to look at Meng Hudao.

"Whoa!"

Meng Hu entered the back hall as he said and borrowed a piece of clothing from Xin'er, although it didn't fit, it could at least cover his body.

"Thank you." The woman looked at Ye Zhao gratefully.

"It's okay, now I can talk about what happened to you." Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I don't know who you want to sue?" ”

"The grievances of the women are quite big, but I don't know if the envoy dares to take over this case?" The woman hesitated.

"Presumptuous!" Guan Hai was furious when he heard this, and looked at the woman with a tiger.

"Whether the official dares to take it is the official's business." Ye Zhao stopped Guan Hai and said with a smile: "But whether to say it or not is your problem, since you have sounded this drum of grievances, there must be a big grievance, say, maybe as you said, this official does not dare to take it, but it is one of your few opportunities." ”

A look of struggle flashed across the woman's face, and after a moment of hesitation, she finally spat out her grievances......