In the early morning, the sky was still dark, and the clouds and mist made the morning light tightly covered, and only the crowing of the rooster made people realize that at this time, ...... It's getting dawn.

In Feiyu Peak, countless supplies had already been moved a few days ago, and the full carts were already waiting at the mountain gate.

And Chen Kaizhi and the soldiers went down the mountain in the early morning when the sky was still dark, and took advantage of the cold on the street at this time to rush all the way to Longmen Ferry.

Here, there were already dozens of horse boats waiting, and the soldiers of the warrior battalion got on the boats one after another, Chen Kaizhi was already standing on the side of the boat, facing the first dawn of the early morning, looking at the sparkling water in the canal in this gentle breeze.

It's finally time to set sail.

This time he went east, and the future was a little unpredictable, but Chen Kaizhi knew that he had no choice.

If you want to blame, blame the brother of the ministry.

If this guy hadn't pulled himself into the water, he would have ...... Well, it must be him.

traveled all the way, and finally arrived at Jinan Mansion.

This Jinan Mansion is the provincial seat of Shandong, but Chen Kaizhi did not enter the capital city, because the governor of Jibei has nothing to do with Jinan Fucheng, he directly led the mighty team and detoured to Zhangqiu.

Zhangqiu is a county, not far from Jinan, although it also belongs to Jinan Prefecture, there is a county order of Jinan Prefecture, and at the same time, it is a forest of government offices.

Chen Kaizhi entered the city with a mighty army and horses, and he was greeted by the prefect of Jibei, as well as the county orders of Boyang, Luxian, Gucheng, Luoyin, Zhuxian, Pingyuan and other counties, as well as the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, as well as the counties of Qingzhou, and the county orders of Dengzhou Prefecture and the counties he led.

After that, there are Tongzhi, there are general judgments, there are water and land inspection divisions, there are school officials in the prefectures, teachers in the county, and adjutant officials in each county, such as the county secretary, the master bookkeeper, and so on.

Looking at this mighty team, it is estimated that there are no less than three hundred people, Chen Kai couldn't help but be startled, even if you don't count the scribes, errand officers, and the officers and soldiers who inspect the lower heads, these three or four hundred officials are enough to be on a par with the warrior battalion.

As soon as Chen Kaizhi's horse arrived, Li Dongsheng, the prefect of Jibei, Wang Changming, the prefect of Qingzhou, and Chen Rang, the prefect of Dengzhou, came to pay their respects on foot.

Chen Kai got off the horse, and Li Dongsheng said: "Governor, this is Zhangqiu, it is the temporary residence of each government, the governor is far away, I am afraid of fatigue, please enter the city to rest first." ”

Chen Kaizhi said: "The government offices of all prefectures and counties are here? ”

"It's all there, a lot of one." Li Dongsheng also seems to be secretly observing Chen Kaizhi.

Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but sigh, and couldn't help but quip: "This daring feeling, when you enter a city, your subordinates are all crowded together, and it's convenient to find someone to ask questions." But do you all have business trips? Or is it just a leisure? ”

Li Dongzheng said solemnly: "Why did the governor say this? We are busy with official business, and we dare not slack off. Let's talk about the Yamen of the Jibei Prefect, a few days ago, a priest, because of the head of the case, did not rest for several days, suddenly vomited blood, the lower official personally played the court, and wanted to ask the court to commend it. ”

When Chen Kaizhi was in Beijing, he knew that they were busy with official business, but ...... Someone vomited blood...... it, God......

As he walked, he walked into the city with Li Dongzheng, and couldn't help but say, "How many scribes are there in the house?" ”

Li Dongzheng asked respectfully: "Is the governor talking about the prefect's yamen, or does it include all counties?" ”

Li Dongzheng is still secretly observing Chen Kaizhi, there were also clans to control Jibei in the past, but in the past few decades, there is no clan that is really willing to come here, Chen Kaizhi is the first, and he is quite curious about Chen Kaizhi in his heart.

Chen Kaizhi: "Naturally, it is the Yamen of the Jibei Prefect. ”

Li Dongzheng said with a straight face: "In each room in the house, there are ninety-five scribes, and in addition, there are two hundred and twenty-one servants and doormen. ”

Groove ...... Chen Kaizhi was directly shocked, this is the standard configuration of the Yamen of the Great Chen Governor's Mansion, there is no one missing, just like that, there are still people who are busy with copywriting and vomit blood......

Obviously, this Li Governor is not a person who eats dry food, and ordinary prefects really can't know everything about their own affairs.

Can......

Chen Kaizhi still thinks it's weird, in a small Zhangqiu County, there are three prefect yamen, several water and land inspection halls, more than 20 county yamen, more than 20 county schools, and a number of various yamen, the clerical officials and errand personnel in the prefect's yamen are compared with other prefect yamen, there are many of them, and some people are so tired that they vomit blood.

Chen Kaizhi was shocked in his heart, and said quietly: "Let's go, go to the prefect's yamen and sit down." ”

"Yes, Governor, please." Li Dongzheng looked calm and made a gesture of invitation.

Chen Kaizhi took the lead, but unfortunately the warrior battalion behind him couldn't keep up, because behind him, there was no place for the warrior battalion, and they were all officials in various official uniforms.

Chen Kaizhi ordered people to settle the warrior camp, which is not a problem, because here, there are several water and land inspection halls, and what the water and land inspection halls do, it is equivalent to local government soldiers, so there are few large camps and water villages here.

Thinking that there are a lot of military camps here, this finally makes Chen Kaizhi feel a little comforted.

He followed Li Dongzheng all the way to the yamen of the prefect of Jibei Prefecture, this office is no different from the prefect's yamen in other places, there are a few doormen in front of the door, see Chen Kaizhi, hurriedly trembling and saluting, Chen Kaizhi in order to prevent them from 'cheating', quickly entered, and went directly to the prefect's yamen in the general judgment hall.

There are three rooms in this general judgment hall, which are water conservancy, prison, and household administration, Chen Kaizhi entered the water conservancy room, and at a glance, there were seven or eight scribes in it, some of them were lying on the desk, some seemed to be calculating money and grain, holding an abacus in their hands, and there was a snapping sound, and there were more old officials, looking down at the map, and were whispering to the little officials, this is an absolutely hot labor scene, and everyone has their own duties.

Even...... Perhaps because of the sweltering heat in the public housing, many people have been sweating like rain, and drops of sweat have fallen on the desk. But they didn't care about wiping it, they still leaned over the paper intently, and even a few people's eyes were bloodshot, thinking about it...... It's exhausting.

When they realized that someone was coming, they all looked up at the visitor in astonishment, so they put down their abacus or put down their pens and came to pay their respects.

Chen Kaizhi smiled dryly and said to Li Dongzheng: "Governor Li, it seems that everyone is very busy." ”

Li Dongzheng was upright, and said loudly: "Jibei Mansion will never raise an idle person!" ”

Chen Kaizhi actually believed it, because up and down the prefect's yamen, Chen Kaizhi touched his conscience and said that so far, he has not seen a single idler.

At this time, Li Dongzheng said again: "Since the subordinate officials have been autonomous in Jibei Mansion, the officials have made great achievements, and a number of redundant personnel have been abolished. ”

"Have you also laid off redundant staff?" Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he found that his coming here was simply a journey of exploration and discovery.

Li Dongzheng nodded his head and said: "Yes, when the lower officials took office, they found that the biggest problem in Jibei Mansion was that there were too many redundant people, didn't the lower officials say that there were ninety-five civil servants in the house?" In fact, at that time, there were 172 scribes, many of whom claimed to be scribes, but they were illiterate in big characters. It is necessary to make drastic measures, cut off all the old and weak, and never allow them to eat dry food here. ”

Chen Kaizhi sighed and couldn't help but say, "Well done." ”

"Where." Li Dongzheng sighed: "This is just the duty of the lower officials." ”

I don't know which adjutant in Jibei Mansion on the side is, and he said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Li Futai governs the place, which is famous, and last year, the Ministry of Officials also commended Li Futai for this." From top to bottom, they all praised Li Futai as a capable official and a good official. ”

Chen Kaizhi was a little dumbfounded,, when he was still in Hanlin last year, he didn't get a commendation from the ministry, and the evaluation was just a good one, and if you want to be rewarded, you must not only be rated as excellent, but also need to find a few typical examples from these outstanding officials.

It's really full of envy, jealousy and hatred, Chen Kaizhi's biggest regret is that he has not been rewarded by the Ministry of Officials in the Hanlin Academy, and now he has become a clan, this regret is deliberately irreparable for a lifetime, just like the person who collects medals, there is always a lack of one, so he has a long hatred.

Chen Kaizhi came out of the water conservancy room of the general judgment hall and continued to walk to the main hall of the prefect's yamen.

Here, he and the officials sat down one after another, but their thoughts were very complicated, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Check the work? People are very serious about their work! Setting up the work? It seems like...... There's really nothing to furnish about. For example, to crack down on the smugglers, eh...... Chen Kaizhi believes that in a small Zhangqiu City, there will definitely be a few thieves who sell illicit salt, but there are thousands of officials here, and there are people in every prefecture and county.

Chen Kaizhi said with a smile: "Governor Li is a very simple person. ”

This is not to praise him, because Chen Kaizhi looked at this main hall, it was very simple and simple, except that Chen Kaizhi didn't know what this Jibei prefect and his adjutant colleagues were busy with, Li Zhifu was simply impeccable.

Li Dongzheng shook his head indifferently and said: "The matter of eating the king's fortune and being loyal to the monarch is the proper righteousness, and it has been praised by the governor." ”

"So......" Chen Kaizhi finally asked what he had the most relevant words: "Where is the Northern Yan Army?" ”

"It's on the other side." Li Dongzheng said: "Out of Zhangqiu City, there is a river, and on the other side of the river is the pseudo-Zhangqiu County of the Northern Yan people. ”

Actually...... The special Zhangqiu County is not complete, one is true. Zhangqiu, Mo Fei...... There is also a pseudo. Zhangqiu? In other words, the place where I am is is only half a county......

Chen Kaizhi is really ...... Served!