According to the process of Ming officialdom, the magistrate did not worship the chief official when he took office, but exchanged letters with him. First of all, he submitted a letter to the provincial political envoy and the governor's yamen, saying that he was coming, and according to the flower at the end of the letter, he proved the identity of the person who came. After that, the political envoy will send an official letter to the new county magistrate, confirming that he has received the letter and knows that this person has arrived. Then make an explanation to the prefecture where you are located, and the government will notify the county government where you are serving, arrange the time, and organize personnel to go to meet the chief official.

The new magistrate lives at a post station outside the city where he performs his duties, waiting to be greeted. This is a fixed process in officialdom, and it is also decent, even if Jiang Ning is the escort, some procedures need to be simplified, but this minimum rule must be retained. Miss Xu Liu's group of women could no longer follow at this time, so they had to enter the city before Fan Jin, leaving only Fan Jin's family waiting in the post station.

Jiangning, as a companion to the capital, has many officials, and is full of big officials, just a county order, in fact, it is not a big official in this kind of place. But the county officials are not as good as the current management, plus Zhang Dashou brought a message to this person before, the people of these post stations are extremely respectful to Fan Jin, and the accommodation and food are beyond the standard supply, and the environment is not bad compared to the inn where he lived before.

The most excited person is Zheng Chan, who is like a fire of enthusiasm, turning into a pool of pure water, moisturizing the two of them on this sultry summer night. There were already two watches outside, and Zheng Chan couldn't lift her strength, but she still refused to sleep, hugging Fan Jin and whispering softly in his arms:

"I don't know what kind of kindness I did in my last life that made me meet the master. Not only did he not dislike me, but he was so kind to me. In the future, when Xiaowan is older, I will let her serve the head of the house together, and the two of us sisters will not snub me. ”

"Don't worry, I won't snub you." Fan Jin stroked her smooth back and said softly: "When I become a relative, I will think of giving you a name, and I won't let you follow me in vain." Next, there is a little hard work for you. After I take office, if Ma Xianglanken listens to me and turns the business around, you can help her. Will you be able to teach you a few dishes? I'm a county official, things will be busy, and I may not have so much time to teach her people how to cook, and this errand will have to fall on you. ”

"Anchovy shrimp, squirrel fish, egg siu mai, beauty liver, these four must-learn dishes have been learned. There are also more than 20 famous dishes of Su Wu taught me by you, and I can also do them well. But teach people...... Forget it, most of the men eat this bowl of rice, I am your woman, how can I be in the same kitchen with a man. I have the strength and I'm not afraid of hardship, so I can go to the kitchen to help first. As long as...... You don't think I smell like sauce and vinegar. ”

"I think the vinegar tastes very good, let me smell it."

The two laughed for a while, and Zheng Chan said: "Then what if Ma Xianglan refuses to turn the business around?" ”

"That is, she has no creation, and this business is completely up to you. In fact, I also know that I have wronged you by letting you be a helper, but I can work in Jiangning for a total of a few years, in fact, I can't say it myself. If it's hard for the restaurant to get up, but I want to go up, you have to follow me, and the restaurant will be more troublesome. The reason why I didn't open a restaurant in Beijing before was also because of this floor. ”

Zheng Chan nodded and said, "I knew that the person in charge of the house treated me as his own person and wanted me to be by the side of the housekeeper." This kind of restaurant business can't leave as soon as you become a person, and you can only get a dewy couple. Who is far away and who is close, it will be clear at once. ”

She leaned her head on Fan Jin's arms and muttered excitedly: "Five-grade official! Seen the emperor! The old queen mother is registered there, and with such a husband, she will not change any number of restaurants. ”

Fan Jin said with a smile: "It's just five grades, and it's nothing." It's just a start, if you can't sleep all night for this, I'm afraid there will be times when you can't sleep all night in the future. ”

"That's different, when the head of the family became a big official in the future, I don't know how many women surrounded the family. Only here and now, I am the only one by your pillow, as long as Miss Zhang and Miss Xue Wu are not there, I will be your lady of the palm print. Even if it's just this half-day thing, I'm happy in my heart, you who are in charge of the house, sleep, and tomorrow I will have the spirit to see my subordinates. I will not make a fuss, but I will rejoice in my heart by leaning on you. ”

Before the end of the day, the team to greet Fan Jin had already arrived outside the pavilion, wearing a hat and a green coat, holding a new official title card in his hand, and holding a stick and whip at the door, the sedan chair had already been hired, including Zheng Chan and Hua Jiyin; Everyone has a sedan chair. Guan Qing, Fan Zhigao, and Zhang Tiejian could only walk.

These three people studied with Fan Jin, and they all knew how to read, and they recognized the words on the official title plate. I saw a pair of official title plates, in addition to the common quiet avoidance of crookedness, the other few sides of the words "Ci Jinshi Origin", "Ding Chouke Chuanlu", "Fengzhi Doctor", "Xiezheng Shu Yin", "Shangyuan County Zhengtang", "Qinci Bullfighting Suit" and even "Township Test Yakui", "Huiyuan" are all written on it.

This kind of official title card, in fact, can be regarded as the resume of the official, the more official title cards, the higher the gold content of the text on it, the less resistance will be in the future work. Shangyuan is not only the capital attached to Guo, but also the county, the southeast culture and education are prosperous, the county under the jurisdiction of the government does not know how many ministers, full of Confucianism. If it is a top three, he can't hold the scene here at all, and no one buys his account.

The words on this series of official titles are Fan Jin's greatest capital in the southeast, and with these identities, he can show his strength in Jiangnan and do whatever he wants.

In the crowd, the leader was Bo Chen Youfang, the lord of Shangyuan County, who was a thin old man of fifty miles, not tall, and very shrewd. As soon as he saw Zhang Tiejian and others coming out, he came over first to meet the ceremony. Although he is the second official in the county, he does not have the slightest arrogance in front of these subordinates, especially after learning that Fan Zhigao is actually Fan Jin's nephew, he is even more polite, holding hands and calling Fan Zhigao his brother, which seems very affectionate.

When Fan came in and out, Chen Youfang stepped forward, took a group of servants to kowtow, and then came to Fan Jin and said: "I have long admired the name of the old man, and the last time the old man passed by Jiangning, I wanted to go to see him, but unfortunately there was no chance." This time, God finally has eyes, and the master is sent to Shangyuan, and he has liked the way of Danqing since he was a child, but unfortunately he did not meet a famous teacher and did not achieve great success. In the future, I will ask the master for advice every day, and I hope that the master can give me some advice. ”

Master Chen was polite. I'm a very good person, as long as you work hard and learn whatever you want, I will teach you. What about our county in Shangyuan? ”

"If you go back to the master, Liu Peng, the county prince, protects the seal in the yamen, and you can see it when you get to the yamen."

The honor guard began to play, and this small but magnificent procession began its own action. When Fan Jin went to Jiangning last time, he was just a passerby, but this time he was half a master. Thinking back to the time when he arrived in Jiangning last year, the relationship with Zhang Shunqing took the most critical step, and no matter how many serious consequences were caused subsequently, Fan Jin thought it was worth it.

At least for him and Zhang Shunqing, that experience will make the two feel that their union is a kind of fate, rather than the traditional order of their parents, and the words of the matchmaker will greatly benefit the relationship between the two in the future. In Fan Jin's heart, he also regards Jiangning as his blessed land. Now that he has come to the blessed land to be the county magistrate, he believes that this is a good sign.

Since deciding not to join the cabinet and act as a pioneer for Zhang Juzheng's new policy, Fan Jin has been mentally prepared to be a magistrate. Relatively speaking, Jiangning is actually the best choice. Compared with the two eyes and a black eye, a seal at the beginning, and other places that rely on fighting, Jiang Ning is half of his home field. I have connections and fame here, and I have a lot of advantages compared to other places. As for the disadvantages, of course, there are also disadvantages, but in the end, there are still more ways than difficulties.

Zhang Juzheng arranged himself here, and he must have considered these aspects. On the one hand, Jiangning is really difficult to manage here, if you make achievements here, no one can gossip about promoting yourself. On the other hand, he does have connections in Jiangning, and if he can't do anything here, he won't be able to do anything anywhere.

Of course, with the accumulation of previous efforts, even if he really can't make any achievements, Zhang Shunqing may still be his wife, but then he will always have a hard waist, and he will inevitably fall into the name of relying on his father-in-law. Even for Shunqing, I have to make an appearance this time.

The county order is known as the Baili Hou, and it is not as good as the Beijing official in terms of Qing and noble, but it is more than decent and prestigious. Generally speaking, the arrival of a new official will fully show his prestige, and it is also to announce to the people of a county that they have a new master. At the main gate of the county seat, there should be a second group of local celebrities to greet the gentry, which is regarded as the support of the gentry for the magistrate, and at the gate of the county yamen, it is a welcoming procession composed of representatives of the people, the remaining personnel of the yamen and other local officials, so as to show the sincere cooperation between the yamen.

But the county order directly under Liudu, this pomp and circumstance cannot be talked about. The key is that the authority is limited, and the senior officials of the six yamen departments in Jiangning City came out to welcome a county order...... This pomp and circumstance is basically unspeakable. Fan Jin himself didn't think that someone would pick him up at the city gate, but only thought about who would be in charge of receiving him in the yamen when he entered the city.

Unexpectedly, the sedan chair did not wait for the city gate, Fan Zhigao trotted to the side of the sedan chair and said, "Uncle Nine...... Look, there are so many people at the gates. ”

"Jiangning is the capital of Dayi, and there are countless people in and out of the city every day, of course, many people. It's not like you've never been here, so don't act like you've never seen the world. ”

"No, Uncle Nine, just look at it, there are so many women! And some of them pulled banners and musical instruments, and it seemed that they were here to welcome Uncle Nine. ”

Fan Jin also heard at this time, there were other melodies mixed with the drumming of the honor guard, he poked his head out of the sedan chair, but saw outside the city gate, crowded with people, dense. The most eye-catching thing is that there are more than 100 women in total, all of them are brightly dressed, with flowers and branches, and people stand there and do not forget to scratch their heads and make gestures, and throw a wink at passers-by from time to time. Behind them, there are also many noodle banners, the words are the size of a bowl, and you can see it clearly if you look closely.

"The sisters of the old courtyard welcome Master Fan to take up his new position."

"Sister Zhushilou congratulates Fan Gonghe."

"Youlan Pavilion Ma Xianglan and a group of righteous daughters congratulate Fan Daling on taking office, and wish the future to rise brightly"

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Fan Jin suddenly remembered a certain picture in his previous life, a large number of clubs celebrating the groom's happy marriage, and his inner thoughts at that time were: what hatred and what injustice. Seeing this scene now, he couldn't wait to call Ma Xianglan in front of him, scold her first, and then poke her hard as punishment. I know that you have a sense of righteousness and face, and you are the head of the eldest sister in the flower world, so you can't afford to put on such a battle......

Of course, Fan Jin also has to admit that so many famous actors come together to cheer on the stage, which is still very face-saving. After all, many of the women are the heads of the Oiran line, and they only receive rich people and dignitaries on weekdays, and it is difficult for ordinary people to meet each other. Some women don't look at each other, because there is a situation where she has no self, and it is actually more difficult to come out to greet a person at the same time than the gentry have it. There are many people who are good at music, playing musical instruments, and the tunes are soft, which is also a pleasure. But here's the problem...... It's really a bit awkward to greet a local pro-people official with so many famous people.

A large number of men were attracted by such a large group of beautiful women, and they all stopped and unconsciously joined the greeting procession. Many of these women had important friendships, and even the gatekeepers did not dare to expel them, so they had to watch the excitement with their weapons in their hands.

Fan Jin reluctantly ordered the Taoist team to stop, walked off the sedan chair himself, and walked towards the front, ready to persuade them to leave. As soon as he took a few steps, a group of women flew up and surrounded him, and said:

"Master Fan, you're finally here. The slave family has been waiting here since dawn, and in order to wait for you, they have driven away all the guests in advance. You must save face and drink the slave's cup of residual wine. ”

"Master Fan, I want it too, I want it too. You are the great benefactor of the slave family, if it weren't for your cowpox prescription, the slave family didn't know when he was infected with pox plague, just for this, the slave should also pay tribute to the eldest lord's half a glass of wine. ”

"Master, the slave knows the rules, and the county order can't go out of the management realm, but it doesn't matter, there is no one around you to serve, and the slave can go to the yamen to serve the master." You are the Buddha of Jiangning, and we are waiting for you not to have silver. ”

Fan Jin was in the burst of fat powder, and he couldn't tell who was who, but he probably figured out one thing, these people were not the sisters who were pulled by Ma Xianglan, but they were grateful for their kindness in offering cowpox prescriptions, and spontaneously came here to greet them. At this moment, their identities are not Oiran leaders, but a group of ordinary women, just repaying their benefactors in their own way. On the contrary, it was their own thoughts, which hurt their feelings a little.

He arched his hand towards a woman, picked up the Yi Jin Jing Kung Fu, and said with all his strength: "Everyone's kindness, Fan Mou's heart is understood." But the stakes are so high that it is too late to drink one by one. I had to take three glasses of wine and drink them at random to demonstrate a certain heart. However, as long as everyone who came today leaves their names, Fan will keep them in mind, and they will have the opportunity to make up for today's wine another day. ”

Wine glasses and bowls rushed to hand over, the wine inside was basically half a portion, most of them had lip prints on it, if it weren't for the public, I was afraid that there would be a bold girl to offer a leather glass. But Fan Jin looked at these wines at this time, but he couldn't feel the smell of Xiangyan, but felt that under these skins, without exception, they were all innocent hearts. When I first arrived in Jiangning, there was so much public support, which is a good sign!