The former county magistrate was the one who complained about the illness, and after hearing the news, ? F hated himself for being too stupid, running too slowly and becoming a bottom, why didn't he think of getting out of this sea of bitterness in this way, at this time Tang Cheng had promised to let him go, and he naturally knew everything and said everything in his heart, so he walked all the way and said all the way, when the carriage arrived in Longmen County, Tang Cheng already had a rough outline of the overall situation in Longmen County.

I heard that he had arrived in Longmen County, Tang Cheng moved a little bit of his body and then lifted the curtain curtain to look out, originally listened to Hu Lianghai's introduction and thought about the county tired, but to his surprise, the city wall of Longmen County seen outside the car window was very good, although it was far from the word "Xiongcheng", but the four words strong and thick were well deserved, and it was indeed unexpected to see such a city wall in a poor county.

"Almost all of the county's annual conscription quota is used on this", Hu Lianghai saw Tang Cheng's surprise and explained: "Other official affairs in the county may be slow, but the successive county lords have never slackened off on the repair of the city wall."

The reason for this does not need to be said by Hu Liang Haiduo Tang Cheng can naturally understand, hearing that he smiled silently, as the carriage got closer to the city gate, the more obvious the tolerance of the pile gathered together in front of the city gate, although there was still some distance apart, but because it was downwind, the sound of shouting and shaking dice betting in the tolerance pile had come with the wind, and it was very clear to hear.

Seeing this scene, Tang Cheng didn't know much, Hu Lianghai couldn't hang up on his face first, after all, he was a county lieutenant, and these tolerances belonged to him.

After lifting the window on the other side of the car and explaining a few words to the tolerance that came with him, the tolerance immediately rode his horse to the city gate, and after Hu Lianghai finished the order, he turned his head and said in embarrassment and helplessness, "The subordinate is not strict with the subordinates, and the lord is smiling."

The city gate is a place where people come and go, these people are wearing a tolerance suit to gamble here, its nature is just like the traffic police of later generations wearing police uniforms on the side of the bustling road to set a table to play mahjong, although I knew that Longmen County was sick, but this scene in front of Tang Cheng made Tang Cheng feel very intuitively how sick Longmen County is, with the current state of the Tang Dynasty, the rule of officials is far from the corruption of the late Tang Dynasty, not to mention that he can't see this kind of thing in Xi and Jinzhou, just can't think of it.

Regarding the scene he witnessed, Tang Cheng didn't say anything except frowning at the beginning, and his face remained unchanged, let alone the slightest hint of getting out of the car or his temper.

Tang Cheng's performance made Hu Lianghai a little surprised, he originally thought that Tang Cheng was young, and he was a freshly baked new jinshi, he must be arrogant and couldn't rub sand in his eyes, so he was even mentally prepared to listen to a few unpleasant words, but the young new county commander was so calm, not only did he not say anything unpleasant to him, but now he didn't even seem to have changed his face much, "Although this Tang Cheng looks young, the city is not shallow!" ”。

After Hu Lianghai muttered in his heart, he looked at the distance between the carriage and the city gate, and then leaned out and said loudly: "Sound the gong, show the flag of the county commander."

With his command, the carriage suddenly slowed down, and the accompanying guards who were originally on both sides of the carriage rode forward, and after a while, with the banner with the rank and surname of Tang Cheng written on it was raised high, the gong was also sounded, so the gong was going to knock all the way through the city gate to the county office, and then the proclamation was distributed to the whole county - the new Tang county official to the ya.

The flag is lit up. The gong sounded. From the front of the carriage to the gate of the city, the people of the land searched for their voices. Subsequently. The originally noisy official roads and outside the city gates gradually quieted down. The people also consciously avoided both sides of the road.

Quietly evasive procedures have been done. But Tang Cheng noticed that these people were indifferent when they looked at him and drove.

As a local. It stands to reason that there should always be some reaction when you first meet the new chief. It's normal to have anticipation, disappointment, and even disdain. After all, the quality of this person's governance, and even his personal likes and dislikes will be directly related to their personal life. This was not only in the Tang Dynasty. It is the same in the Hereafter. A place has a new mayor and county magistrate. The common people still like to talk after dinner. But these should be normal, but they are reflected in the people of Longmen County, but they can't be seen at all. It's as if Tang Cheng, the newly appointed commander of Longmen County, has nothing to do with them.

This...... What does that mean?

As is customary. Tang Cheng's new county order was lit up when the flag was lit. The curtains of the car should be lifted high, and the people on both sides of the road should smile and signal. There are even newly arrived county commanders who gave up the car and walked down at this time. This will not only allow the people to better understand their own parents. The new county magistrates can also use this to make a good impression on the people. However, Tang Cheng did not follow the convention. When he saw the indifference of the people, he gave up the idea. The curtain of the car is still lifted. But he leaned back.

Hu Lianghai was very puzzled by his unusual behavior. "My lord?".

"Let's go", Tang Cheng waved his hand without explanation, "Enter the city."

When the car drove to the city gate, the people who had gathered together just now finally put on a fairly neat formation and saluted in unison: "See Lord Tang."

Tang Cheng's hand stretched out of the window and waved, without saying a word, and the carriage did not stop for a moment and went straight into the city gate.

"This ...... What does that mean? When the previous county commanders took office, they passed by this city gate and there was a smile on their faces, and there was darkness

Temperamental, I've never seen anything like this today! Tang Cheng's horse tolerance posture suddenly returned to the appearance of three hanging bends, and one of them, who was turning the dice in his hand, bent down to look at the carriage that was about to pass through the city gate hole and said, "This newcomer is scolding us?" ”。

"He's a bird, and I'm still angry!" , After hearing this, the man standing next to him snorted disdainfully, "Our county government is an old kiln, these county orders come as fast as prostitutes, maybe this can last a few days, he just vomits and has a bird, no matter what he turns day by day, come, what should you do, let's continue to play."

"Old Qian, didn't you hear what Jia Lao Er came to report just now? This new county order is very young, and when he is twenty years old, he is still a genuine jinshi, and he may be different from the previous ones."

"Ball, this is Longmen County! Don't say that he is just a jinshi, even if the grandfather in the imperial city of Chang'an arrives, it will not be good to ......", the man paused suddenly when he said this, and his face, which was full of indifference, suddenly became gloomy.

His change came suddenly, and the tolerance next to him immediately asked, "Qian Sanscar, what's wrong?" ”。

"Something bad!" , Qian Sanscar looked at his colleagues and said worriedly: "This newcomer Tang Bihui is so young, most of them are the second person who has become an official for the first time, if he is stunned and has a quarrel with those barbarians, the brothers still have a life?" ”。

As soon as Qian Sanscar's words came out, the other tolerances were stunned and their faces changed a little, really hi, the young new jinshi who became an official for the first time was like a boy chicken who had just arrived in the kiln, and he was very suffocating, so what kind of skills did he pay attention to? It would be fine if it was somewhere else, but in Longmen County...... Damn, if he really does this, these tolerances will really not be able to live, and the title of "barbarian" who mocks people is not given for nothing.

The soldiers of the iron-beaten battalion, compared with the officials who are like horses in the Longmen County Yali, these natives are the iron-beaten battalions, and after looking at it over the years, they don't care who is the county commander for a long time, anyway, who is a ball, and they don't have any hope for the new county order like those Longmen people, but because of the relationship between the officials, they are looking forward to this new county order, but don't be a two-pole, otherwise this bowl of rice is not delicious, but it really can't be eaten.

"Fuck it, why do you want to do so much, if he is really a two-ball, the brothers will peel this skin and go home to eat themselves", a tolerance next to him waved his hand with a big grin, "One day at a time, fuck these light dry hairs, come on, let's continue to play."

"Lao Niu said well, fuck it, come."

"Come", the tolerance group got together again after two sentences, and immediately someone shouted: "Three scars, what a stunned, dice!" ”。

A shout made Qian Sanscar react, and he casually put the dice sleeve in his hand, "It's not interesting to play this, Lao Tzu sits in the village, and bet that Tang Bihui will stay in Longmen for only a year", with a snap, Qian Sanscar's hand slapped heavily on the dice table, and shook the sea bowl that threw the dice, "Willing to bet."

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Just when a new gambling game was opened at the gate of the city, Tang Cheng also officially entered Longmen County, compared with the city wall that was quite meteorological outside, the county town was much shabby, the streets looked narrow, dirty and broken, the smell of fish in the air and the smell of dung of livestock were much heavier than those of Huairong, although it was broad daylight, but there were not many pedestrians coming and going on the street, and the reaction of these few pedestrians to the flags and the sound of gongs was exactly the same as those people outside the city.

Rao is Tang Cheng had already been mentally prepared from the moment he received the appointment document from the ministry, but after he arrived at Longmen today, what he heard and saw was really sorry for his enthusiasm, no matter how much he expected, he never imagined that the place where he took office would be so rotten! In fact, if the place is rotten and the conditions are poor, it is okay to say, what place was not built by people? The most terrible thing is that from what I have heard and seen so far, this ghost place is not only the Yamen has lost the slightest authority, but the common people have also entered a state of collective indifference, they neither believe in the Yamen, nor believe that life can change anything, this is now the most powerless for Tang Cheng, speaking of which, he is the leader of Longmen County, but what he took over is such a team whose hearts have long been scattered to the point of mourning more than death, and the hearts of the people are scattered, how can the team be brought?

"The reception banquet will be exempted", with Tang Cheng's current mood, where do he still have the heart to go to the reception banquet, he directly rejected Hu Lianghai's proposal, "I'm tired of rushing all the way, go directly to the ya."

The yamen is a place of flowing water, and there is no habit in the officialdom of the predecessor to repair the yamen for the successor, and the dragon gate is a poor place to drop scum, so it is reasonable to be dark and old with the county ya, seeing that Tang Cheng got out of the car and looked at the county ya, he frowned, and Hu Lianghai took a step forward and said: "The inner yaya is much stronger than the front, or the adults and their wives will be settled in the Longmen Inn in the city first, and it will not be too late for the adults to move in after the county government is cleaned up."

Tang Cheng looked at the gray and old county government hall in front of him, which had lost a bit of solemnity, and then looked up at the plaque covered with a thick layer of ash above the public case in the main hall, "How much grain is still on the county government's account?" ”。

"I have just finished collecting the rent and taxes for the next autumn, and there are now more than 6,000 yuan in the account, but some of them will have to be released to the state city before the end of the month."

More than 6,000 yuan is converted into more than 2 million yuan in later generations, and there is only one county government that governs nearly 50,000 people

Money, just part of it is about to be freed, hearing T makes people speechless, Longmen County is not only poor, it is already bankrupt at all!

"I'm tired of Huliang County Lieutenant to bother for a little longer", Tang Cheng retracted his gaze and stopped under the dusty "Diligent Government and Love the People" plaque, "The internal office where the official lives behind the public hall can be swept a little, the focus is here."

Tang Cheng nodded at the main hall standing at his feet, "Everything laid out here has been replaced by the official, and the walls must be re-mudded, especially this plaque, the best wood is selected and carved out of mud gold, in short, the yamen must make people look like a yamen, and have the appearance of a yamen!" Just let it go, don't spare money in this matter."

After finishing speaking, Tang Cheng walked out, and the stunned Huliang County Lieutenant just stepped to follow, Tang Cheng's voice sounded: "The official of the Longmen Inn will go by himself, and the Huliang County Lieutenant will start this matter immediately", after speaking, he waved his hand back and he was out of the main hall.

Jia Laoer, the leader of the tolerance who came in with him, watched Tang Cheng's back go away, turned around and looked at Hu Lianghai, "Lord County Lieutenant, this Tang County Zun and the previous county commanders...... It's a little different."

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After Tang Cheng came out of the county office, he went straight to the Longmen Inn with the best conditions in the city, the Longmen Inn is really a very reverie name, but unfortunately the inn is really ordinary, and the legendary beautiful proprietress is not even a shadow.

After settling down in the upper room in the inn, which was claimed to be the best condition, Tang Cheng waved his hand and scolded Xiao Er and the accompanying tolerance and others to lie down on the couch without taking off his boots, and then his eyes closed, and he didn't know whether he was tired and wanted to rest or was pondering something.

Zheng Lingyi quietly walked to Tang Cheng and sat down after twisting a hand towel in the copper basin sent by Xiao Er, carefully wiped his hands and face for the man with his eyes closed, and after taking off his boots, he asked with a soft smile: "Looking at Longmen County, it's worse than I thought, I don't know what the county lord has?" ”。

Zheng Lingyi's action of wiping his hands and face, and even her deliberate and ridiculous smile and question, had a great effect on Tang Cheng's mood adjustment at this time, hearing this, although he still didn't open his eyes, his face was much softer than just now, and he asked instead of answering: "Mrs. Tang used to be an official in Yangzhou City, so she must have taught me."

Hearing the words "Mrs. Tang" popping out of Tang Cheng's mouth, Zheng Lingyi pursed his lips and smiled, put down the handkerchief handle, got up and walked behind Tang Cheng, and massaged his head with his slender ten fingers, "It was an opportunity at the city gate just now."

"By purging those dereliction of duty and gambling as the official appearance of the new office, this can not only give a good impression to the people, but also take advantage of the situation to promote the rectification of discipline in the county government, and use this to establish authority, well, if you change elsewhere, this is indeed a good way", Tang Cheng heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, "But Longmen is not another place, such a small fight will not play a role, maybe it will be self-defeating", and then, Tang Cheng said everything that Hu Lianghai said in the future concisely and concisely.

Originally, Zheng Lingyi was still a little unconvinced, but after listening to Tang Cheng's words, his face was already a lot heavier, "I didn't expect the dragon gate to be so rotten, what kind of law do you have now?" ”。

"This place is rotten to the roots, since it is terminally ill, it is useless to warm up and recuperate, if you don't make a move, you have to take a fierce medicine", Tang Cheng shook his head, "It's just that I haven't figured out what this fierce medicine is, and let's wait until the condition is completely clear, no matter what, this first fierce medicine will not only be effective, but also let those desperate patients establish some confidence in me, and if you can't achieve these two goals, you can't make it easy, otherwise no one will believe it after the effect of the medicine is unknown."

Zheng Lingyi pondered for a while and nodded, "Well, the right to forbearance and wait for the opportunity to move, with the situation in Longmen County, the husband's idea is right."

"If you don't bear it, you can't help it, after all, my understanding of Longmen is limited to what Hu Lianghai said, and what he said may not be comprehensive. The more complicated the dragon gate is, the more you have to see the situation clearly and find out the situation before you say anything else, and the experience accumulated in the yamen is at least not useful now."

Hearing this, Zheng Lingyi's face relaxed a lot, and even had a little smile, "I was afraid that you would it, but now I am relieved."

As soon as he arrived at Longmen, Tang Cheng made up his mind that he didn't want to do much for the time being, but he didn't want to be quiet and the wind didn't stop, and the matter took the initiative to find him, and it was the most tricky thing for the Yamen in this county, on the third day of his tenure, several people carried a flesh and blood person to complain.

The reason for the complaint is very simple, they were beaten by ridicule, and when they asked about the whole incident, they were basically pure victims with nothing wrong.

In a small county town, a major event like this has spread throughout the city almost as soon as a gust of wind, and at this moment, the people of Hecheng finally focused their attention on Tang Cheng, the new county order. Those tolerance people were even more staring at him, although their left hand was holding the water and fire stick, their right hand had quietly put it on the cloth button of the placket, and they immediately peeled off the black skin and went home to eat themselves. Just for a tolerance of money and food, let them work hard with Xi Manzi, don't even think about it!

What to do?

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ps: Since I'm still writing this book, and it's really hard to write it, then I didn't think about deliberately breaking the update, and there is really no way to make a deadline a few days ago, please forgive me! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log on to 6**m, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )