The county office, also known as the county temple, is a place that symbolizes the power of the imperial court. Although the level is not high, the layout style is solemn and orderly, and the whole is surrounded by a wall, reflecting the majesty of the government everywhere.

Xu Chu came very early, and he was the leader for the first time, if he was not nervous at all, it must be nonsense. After a general tour of the place where he would work and live in the future, Xu Chu was quite satisfied.

The county government is mainly divided into two parts: the office area and the county building area, and the main hall built facing the north and facing south in the middle of the gate is the core of the entire county office; There are also houses such as 'sitting', which are used to deal with the daily chores. The prefectural building was built to facilitate the office, and all important officials from the prefectural order were required to live here on a permanent basis. But the situation in Yanling County is special, in the past, Han Zong and Pang Shang did not live in the county, but put their work place in their own mansion.

To put it bluntly, because the county has not appointed a county magistrate for a long time, when the two are suspicious of each other, they simply abandon the entire county government and take care of their own affairs.

So after Xu Chu turned around, he found that the entire yamen had just been simply cleaned, but it always looked a little desolate.

At this time, Xu Shu and Chen Yi arrived, and the other people who followed Xu Chu were assigned to positions in the army, and Xu and Chen Xu Chu were reluctant to be placed in the army, because Xu Shu was talented and Chen Yi was smart, so he kept a hand. Now the tense is running to be the head of a county, and the two of them can assist him.

Xu Chu sat upright on the main seat of the main hall, and Xu Shu Chen Yi had no official status, so he stood at the door.

The first thing to arrive Pang Shang Pang Zhan's uncle and nephew, Pang Shang is the county Cheng, Yan Ling's second-in-command, standing first on the left, the two casually and Xu Chu politely said a few words, just look at the nose, look at the heart, and the stake seems to stand still.

I heard Pang Shang praise his nephew before, Xu Chu glanced at Pang Zhan a few more times, and he did have a heroic spirit that ordinary scholars did not have. And he carries a sword with him, and he thinks that he will learn swordsmanship when he is young, but he doesn't know how many rounds he can walk under his hands.

After waiting for about half an hour, some people came one after another, and Pang Shang said, "County Jun, all of them have arrived." ”

Xu Chu roughly swept it, and there were only seven or eight people in the hall, less than a dozen. Is there only a few county officials? So he asked Pang Shang, who replied without thinking: "Yanling has been broken by the thief army several times before, and the previous county order was deposed because of this, and the Cao officials under the door also absconded or resigned in fear of crime, and then no one was willing to take on the duty of guarding Yanling County again, so that the rights of Zhu Cao were usurped by the county governor Han Zong." Although he is not talented, he does not want to see the authority in the county monopolized by the Han family and poison the people, so he privately uses virtuous people to fight against the Han family, and hopes that the county monarch will forgive his sins. ”

Xu Chu secretly said that he was lucky, fortunately he had someone like Xu Shu by his side, and he discussed with him until late at night last night, and what he talked about was the change of rights in Yanling County over the years.

In the local political tradition of the Han Dynasty, most of the chief officials at the county level used outsiders to prevent the place from becoming bigger. The subordinate officials and other officials of the main official often have to be served by the children of the local right surname Haoqiang.

According to Xu Shu's analysis, Pang Shang is more than incorruptible, and his talent is not obvious, and letting the local Han family suppress him is the fundamental reason why he has not been promoted for many years.

Han Zong is strong, and he took the rights that originally belonged to the county order and distributed them to other Haoqiang who were attached to him. But in the end, it was someone inside who was not satisfied with his status that Pang Shang had the opportunity to get the support of a small number of people and cut a small piece of the cake in Yanling.

Fang Cai Pang Shang's words were unremarkable to hear, in fact, if Xu Chu hadn't listened to Xu Shu's words and deeds in advance, he would definitely not know what to do, and it was inevitable that he would have a foreign appearance.

Xu Chu took a deep breath and said with a smile: "I know, it seems that all the sages in the hall are all candidates for promotion by the county, although they don't have the name of Zhu Cao, but they have the truth of Zhu Cao, right?" ”

Pang Shang was surprised when he heard this, he thought that Xu Chu was just a brave man, but he didn't expect that he already knew about the affairs of Yanling County.

"The county gentleman is wise, so I also ask the county gentleman to re-select the talented people."

Xu Chu replied: "Pang County's words are wrong. "When he Xu someone is stupid, Han Zong died in the hands of his Xu Chu, the people who relied on the Han family to benefit must have a grudge against him, if he doesn't use Pang Shang's people now, then how can he sit firmly under his buttocks.

got up from his position at the moment, walked up to Pang Zhan, and asked, "But Pang Zhan, the nephew of Lord Xiancheng?" ”

Pang Zhan didn't know what Xu Chu meant, so he replied yes. Xu Chu said: "Pang Xiancheng has praised you many times for both civil and military skills, and when I saw it today, I really showed a talent." He turned to Pang Shang and said, "How can such a talent not be used?" When Xun Jun came yesterday, he said that it was clear that He Yi's department was eyeing me Yanling, and it was the time to employ people, did the county Cheng want to let Xu Chu bear the infamy of jealousy and jealousy? ”

Pang Shang's face did not change, and he didn't see the olive branch thrown by Xu Chu, but instead led the conversation elsewhere, and said: "The official arrangement is not mentioned for the time being, the most important thing at the moment is to solve the problem of grain storage in the county, and other things will be put aside first." ”

"Stockpiling food? Didn't you transport a few truckloads of grain to the military camp in the west of the city a few days ago? Xu Chu asked.

"Yu County, that is all the grain in the county, and now the warehouse is empty, and there is nothing to do."

"What?!" Rao is Xu Chu had already prepared in his heart, and he couldn't help blushing.

Pang Shang was unmoved, and still said slowly: "Spring ploughing is approaching, and many families in the county have to eat the grain that was originally used as seeds because they were oversqueezed by Han Zong before. County gentleman, please try to remedy it, otherwise there will be no harvest in the autumn, and the people will be in chaos! ”

Xu Chu laughed a few times, this is the disadvantage of their gang of sons to the new parents official, before the Taishou Mansion Book came, why didn't you Pang Shang have a little difficulty.

"What about the Han family's grain stockpile? They have been exploiting Yan Ling for many years, so there should be a lot of money and grain in their private treasury, right? Xu Chu didn't want to mention the Han family, Pang Shang divided the Han family's inheritance, and he turned a blind eye to this matter. But now Pang Shang and others are pressing too much, and he has to mention this matter.

Unexpectedly, Pang Shang's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he squinted his eyes and said lightly: "The grain sent to the military camp before is all the grain left by the Han family. As for the money and goods, they are scattered among the poor people in the county. ”

Xu Chu laughed angrily and gave him this hand. But at this time, it is useless to regain anger, and the attack on the spot makes people feel that he is incompetent.

So I had to let out a long 'oh' and said with a forced smile: "I see, the time when this county arrived in Yanling is still short, and I don't know much about many situations, which makes you laugh." ”

Everyone is talking about where and where, the county monarch is a real hero for the people, and it is completely understandable that the affairs of the county have just taken office.

Xu Chu asked again: "Do you have a way to solve this matter?" If not, the power will be dispersed today. The county also needs time to think about it. ”

Everyone said: "I'm only a little learned, so I'll retire first." Then he retreated, Xu Chu's eyes were sharp, and he saw a few people with explicit sarcastic looks on their faces, but they didn't take him in their eyes, and clearly said: See what you can do.