A new year has not yet passed.

Today's Emperor Shengxiao, as his name suggests, has just brought a glimmer of light to the people of the world, and then passed away in a hurry.

In the short period of three years of governance, although there was no shining brilliance, there was peace within the administration and there were no major troubles on the border. The only great ritual that has been passed down through the ages has not caused turmoil in the country.

The emperor, who was regarded as the successor of Renzong's benevolent government and improved the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty's weakness and poverty, had such a short life that people had to sigh.

Liu Qingming's plan was still half aborted in the end.

Although the world has a total of seven days of filial piety for the emperor, there is an additional unspoken rule in the officialdom, that is, within half a year, no crowds are allowed to gather for fun.

The matter of the Wenhui can only be put aside for the time being.

Even so, the Shangyuan Festival Wenhui still made Qinzhou praise Liu Qingming's reputation, and it has already achieved the expected effect.

Time passed, and it was July.

The people of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Merit Examination conducted a short inspection in Qinzhou, and evaluated Liu Qingming's various political achievements according to the usual practice.

The result naturally surprised Liu Qingming, whether it was persuading agriculture or revitalizing water conservancy, or re-education, Liu Qingming was the leader in Qinzhou in all aspects. Even in the whole world, there are only twenty of those who can count all of them.

There was some controversy in the court, but it was harmless, in the autumn and August, Liu Qingming still hadn't seen Shen Yun with his own eyes, so he sent Jiang Jimin to come and give Shen Yun some books, and then left in a hurry.

It's just that Liu Qingming's departure made the other group happy.

Shen Xi is one of them.

Maybe no one else knows how sad he has been in the county in the past six months. He made a lot of money to Cao before and after, but he never got a good face from others.

Shen Xi knew that this was because Liu Qingming didn't like him very much, so Hu Cao, who thought it was slippery, took advantage of this to slip his beard and shoot the horse.

Fortunately, for the sake of silver's face, he didn't suffer much, which was a great blessing in misfortune.

Now that Liu Qingming has left, the next magistrate will come soon. At that time, who will know who he Shen Yun is.

September.

The Weishui River has remained unchanged for thousands of years, carrying sediment and flowing slowly eastward. At the ferry port outside Chengji County, a few tall and straight weeping willows have already fallen clean willow leaves. The willow branches flutter with the breeze, which is quite a bit of a bleak artistic conception.

The pile of fallen leaves is stepped on the soles of the feet, and the softness gives people a feeling of unsteadiness.

But what is even more unreliable is the hearts of dozens of officials large and small in Chengji County.

After receiving the post station express, the newly arrived Zhixian will take a boat to Daji County today, and it is here that the ferry stops. According to the usual practice in officialdom, these officials must stay on duty, and the rest will come to greet them.

It's just that what this new magistrate looks like and what attitude he should treat them with these questions have become bells and drums hanging in their minds, reminding them to be cautious at all times.

"Look, there's an official ship coming from the east."

It is said that it is an official ship, but in fact, it is not true. It is nothing more than a person who has a good official on the ship, and the official rank is high, and he hangs out his flag order; Those with low official ranks will hang out lanterns with their names and surnames written on them.

Only these two things, on the river, will be exempt from the inspection of the river patrolman.

However, when someone with a heart boarded, he secretly thought: "Now that we have reached the boundary of Chengji County, although the new official has taken office, who dares to check the ship." Now that the ferry is closer, it stands to reason that the lanterns should also be received, which is serious. ”

It seems that this Xinzhi County is also a good pompous guy.

I thought so in my heart, but I couldn't say it, but I was alert in my heart, how to deal with this magistrate in the future.

The county also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, fortunately, he found a gong to encourage the lion when he came, otherwise he would have really offended the magistrate from the beginning.

Seeing that the official boat was only half a mile away from the ferry, the county man hurriedly looked back: "The gongs and drums are beating for me, those few lion dancers are not hurrying, why are you stunned, this matter has gone wrong, and you have good fruits to eat." ”

Those who were in charge of the performance dared to slack off, and they all cheered up the spirit of twelve, just hoping that there would be no mistakes.

The official ship arrived at the ferry in the blink of an eye, and a green-shirted scribe took the lead on the boat, and everyone only thought that this was the new magistrate, and rushed to worship before they heard this person say: "Where is the county prince?" I am Zhang Xianzun's staff, and I have also asked for an official certificate, and Zhang Xianzun will come out again. ”

The county has been in this Chengji County for more than ten years, and has been sent to several magistrates, how can there be one like the current one, and he will not show his face, so he will be inspected by the next person?

But since the people spoke, the county didn't dare to disobey, so he could only obediently step forward and carefully take over the official certificate that was very beautifully framed.

When you open it, there is not only the name and physical characteristics of this Zhang Xianzun, but also the resume of being an official. I don't know if I don't know if I don't see it, this co-author is also a Jinshi of today, but obviously there is a lot of power behind it, and he can be in charge of the party with a fellow Jinshi.

Looking at the big seal of the ministry, it was true, and the county official was very politely handed back to the staff.

"The official certificate is correct, and I also ask the county to get off the boat, and I have already prepared wine and food in the county to wash the dust for the county honor."

The gongs and drums became more and more lively, and the green-shirted scribe nodded, ignoring the people who had already bowed down to the pain of his back, and turned and walked into the cabin.

After waiting for a long time, I heard a satisfied voice in front of the ferry: "Okay, you can wait for no courtesy." ”

Excuse me, it's long overdue, before and after, these officials bowed for as long as two moments. Some of them are old, and they already feel pain all over their bodies at this time, and they are almost unable to stand up.

Straighten up, what everyone saw was a young man in his early twenties.

It's just that this young man has changed into an official uniform at this time, and he is dressed in crimson clothes, which also reflects this young man, who is in his prime.

But what's the use of that?

Anyone who is familiar with officialdom knows that this is a shelf as soon as it comes up. There are only two kinds of people who do this, one is the kind of stunned young man who doesn't know anything; The other type is the big people with deep backgrounds who don't put these people in their eyes at all.

Everyone else is still wondering, but only the county knows that this one really belongs to the second type.

However, he also has no obligation to warn others, and if someone wants to be confused, let him do it.

In the sound of gongs and drums, this Zhang Zhixian was invited to the county government by the eight sedan chairs, and then the gongs and drums stopped, and a cadre of officials walked into the back hall of the county office.

After the seats were divided, the county magistrate spoke: "This official Jiangzhou Longmen Zhang Yan is fortunate to come to Chengji as an official, and I hope you will help a lot." ”

The tone is not ordinarily large.

Zhang Yan looked at the officials in the seat who were slightly flattering on the surface, and couldn't help but feel a burst of contempt in his heart.

Since this group of people can't understand what they mean, they can only confess some questions: "Zhang Sheng, the former envoy of the three cities of Heyang, is a clan brother, and there are also several clan relatives in the court, although they are not very famous, but they also occupy important positions. ”

Well, the co-author's self-introduction is simply to show off the backstage.

Zhang Sheng had already paid tribute in March, but the relations between the DPRK and China had not yet been dissipated, and the Zhang family in Longmen, Jiangzhou, and some close relatives of the Zhang family in Qinghe, whether it was in Shilin or officialdom, they all had a good status.

Can't afford to mess with.

This is the unanimous voice of all officials in Chengji County.

However, here in Shen Xi, although it was not his turn to sit in the seat, he could only serve from the side, but when he heard Zhang Yan's words, he was secretly happy in his heart.

As long as he can climb the line of Zhang Yan, not only will it be easy for him to clean up Shen Yun in the future, but even his own promotion will be close at hand.

And there were even more flattering voices during the banquet: "It turns out that the county is the younger brother of the Zhang Gong clan, who is really famous and promising." I waited for Bai to live dozens of years old, and I was not as good as the county. ”

"The Zhang family in Jiangzhou has always been full of talents, and I want to come to the county to be a leader. I have been waiting in Chengji County for many years, and it is the first time I have seen someone as young as the county honor. ”

Zhang Yan wants this effect, only these people under his hands know their background, and they will not dare to deceive themselves in the future. And when he arrives at this realm, even if there is a prefect above him, he can do whatever he wants.

nodded, and picked up a glass of water and wine: "Haha, you have praised it." Come, come, please drink this cup, and I'll sit down and talk. ”

After everyone watched Zhang Yan sit down, he slowly sat down. Shen Xi saw it in his eyes, hurriedly picked up the wine jug, walked to Zhang Yan's table, and took the initiative to pour wine for these officials one by one. This kind of behavior made the other few other officials who wanted to be attentive to the direct sect hate it.