The local government system at the county level in the Song Dynasty basically inherited the Tang Dynasty, and the county magistrate can also be called the county magistrate, and at the same time it can also be called the county order, which should actually be the county order, it is not a court official concurrently, knowing a certain state, knowing a certain army, but a real chief official.

The Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty are slightly different in that the Song Dynasty canceled the county for a long time, only the county order, the county lieutenant and the main book of three officials, after the Yuanfeng reform, the county Cheng was partially restored, but it is still in name only, only responsible for the internal affairs of the county government, so many small counties are concurrently served by the main book, the same is true of Jiayu County, Yang Ju served as the county secretary and the main book.

In addition to the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and the chief bookkeeper, Jiayu County also has 12 clerks and 30 fast officials, as well as Xuezheng who is responsible for teaching and the management of some official institutions, such as post houses, docks, tax offices, warehouses, detention centers, nursing homes, Anjifang, etc., as well as the teachings and professors of the county school, and the assistant teachers of the government-run primary school, etc., which are also under the direct jurisdiction of the county government.

Among them, the county government clerks are in charge of six Cao, Bing Cao, Punishment Cao, Gong Cao, Rite Cao, Hu Cao, and Officials Cao, which are generally under the control of the county order.

However, there are many county order affairs, it is impossible to do everything personally, and they are unwilling to share power with the county officials, so they will generally set up several staff, and the staff will take charge on their behalf, so generally the new county order will bring one or two staff members.

Li Yanqing is no exception, this time he came to Jiayu County to take up his post with Mo Jun and Liu Fang two staff, of which Mo Jun is experienced, in Tangyin County he is the most effective staff of the county commander Jiang Dadao, once in charge of Tangyin County, Li Yanqing will be the rites, households, officials three Cao to Mo Jun in charge, and Liu Fang is in charge of the soldiers, criminals, and workers.

In this way, Li Yanqing took charge of the entire Jiayu County through the division of power between Zhang Hu and Mo Jun and others, and he did not come to Jiayu County to be a shopkeeper, he wanted to hone his ability to govern the local area through the position of county commander, which was both his qualifications and his opportunity.

On the first day of coming to Jiayu, Li Yanqing spent a busy time in understanding the situation, the distribution of affairs and the division of power, and in the evening, Li Yanqing returned to the county government's back house, and met Hu Qing'er as soon as he entered the door, Hu Qing'er hurriedly took a step back and lowered his head.

"Qing'er, what's the matter with you, you don't seem to be in a good mood?" Li Yanqing asked.

"Nope!" Hu Qing'er hurriedly shook her head, "Big brother, I'm fine." ”

"Then why did you become so silent?"

"I didn't stay silent, I talked and laughed with Yun Niang and Sister Sisi."

Li Yanqing glanced at her suspiciously, and then asked, "How are your flying stones doing?" ”

"I've already got my hands on it, and it's no problem to hit a foot-tall vase thirty steps away, but the fineness is not enough, and the strength doesn't seem to be enough."

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Flying stones are mainly to hit people's faces, too fine and unnecessary, as long as you can do ten stones and nine hits, then it's fine, and then the next thing is to practice hitting moving targets, and then you can ride on a horse to hit a moving target, each of which can basically be taught after three months of hard training, as for the strength, if you ride on a horse flying stone, the strength will be much greater, so don't worry." ”

"But..... Three months is too short! ”

"It's not short, you have a foundation yourself, plus I personally taught you, three months is enough, and try to use the evening to practice and exercise your eyesight."

Hu Qing'er nodded silently, "Big brother, I understand." ”

Li Yanqing smiled again: "If you have something, go ahead!" ”

Hu Qing'er hurriedly shook her head, "Yun Niang asked me to call you for dinner, since the eldest brother is back, I don't have to go out." ”

Li Yanqing was hungry, so he walked quickly to the mansion, and Hu Qing'er followed behind and said, "Big brother, you don't need to go around from the outside in the future, we found that there is a small door on the west side of the courtyard that can go straight to the inside of the county office." ”

Li Yanqing stopped, thought for a while, and said: "There is no need for this, it is not far to go around, and the small door will be a loophole, so you don't need to lock it in the future." ”

"What if there's an emergency?"

"In case of emergency, won't I set up a ladder to climb over the wall?"

Hu Qing'er's 'poof! He laughed out loud, "Big brother is joking, how can there be a county order to go over the wall." ”

"You will see in the future, throughout the ages, this official is the first county order to climb over the wall."

The two talked and laughed, and soon came to the atrium, where the dining hall was located, and Cao Yun and Guo Sisi were already waiting for him.

As soon as Li Yanqing entered the room, he saw a table full of wine and food, and couldn't help laughing: "It's so rich, the cook has found it?" ”

Cao Yun covered his mouth and smiled: "How can it be so fast, this is directly bought from the Anfeng Restaurant in the county." ”

"I bought it, and I thought you made it yourself."

Sisi raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "If the husband doesn't dislike it, Yun Niang and I will avoid making two side dishes for it." ”

Hu Qing'er next to her smiled and said: "I can make braised big carp, and once after serving it on the table, I found that the fish was still alive." ”

Everyone laughed together, Li Yanqing pulled a chair and sat down, Cao Yun poured him a glass of wine, "Husband, taste the best wine in Jiayu County, Uncle Shan went to buy it, it is said that it will be booked for three months, and the hotel shopkeeper heard that it was the new county order to buy, so he specially sold a jar to us." ”

Li Yanqing suddenly became interested, he tasted it a little, his eyes suddenly lit up, he couldn't help but raise his glass and drink it all, and blurted out praise: "It's really a good wine, mellow and sweet, and it's actually sake, I didn't expect that there would be this kind of good wine in the small county town, it's really rare." ”

Cao Yun was happy when he heard his praise, and hurriedly said: "How about trying the food, Sisi said that the food here is very cheap, only less than half of the price of the food in the capital." ”

"Hmmm! The taste is not bad, it is made more finely, and everyone eats it together. ”

Everyone was also polite, and they talked and laughed together.

"Lady, how is the maid's matter?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"Uncle Shan went to look for it in the afternoon, the two cooks have been found, and they brought it to me in the afternoon, it is a pair of sisters, the two look clean and decent, and the people are quite strong, after saying that each person has five yuan per month, including food and accommodation, come over early tomorrow morning, the maid will bring some to us tomorrow to choose, and other servants, grooms, coachmen, etc. will also come over tomorrow, and it is estimated that they will be able to find it all in two or three days."

Li Yanqing nodded, "The salary of the subordinates here seems to be a little lower than that of Tangyin County, and it is only three or four times a month, but it doesn't matter if the lady is willing to give five times a month." ”

Cao Yun said with a smile: "Sister Sisi taught me a method, give money to their family four times, and always keep the money for themselves, so that it is more complete." ”

"Don't ask me about this kind of thing, you can discuss it."

Li Yanqing drank all the wine in the cup, got up and said with a smile: "I'm full, go visit the house, you eat slowly." ”

He left the dining hall and walked towards the inner house, where more than a hundred large boxes were piled up like a hill, and it was too late to open them, but the curtains and bedding and other daily necessities had already been arranged, and they were the new goods he had just bought today.

The whole house consists of four small courtyards, and there is also a pond, which is surrounded by flowers and trees, and a three-zhang high rockery, on which more than a dozen towering trees are planted, and a path winds to the top of the mountain, and there is a small attic on the top of the mountain, and the whole layout is quite similar to the residence of Yunqiqiao.

Li Yanqing came to his study, his study is located in the westernmost courtyard, and it is also the smallest courtyard in the house, there are only three huts, he was not there when the yard was allocated, the three girls discussed dividing the yard, and the three of them each occupied a courtyard, they all needed their own bedroom, living room, storage room and maid's room, so this small courtyard with only three rooms unanimously decided to give the husband a study and a bedroom.

In addition, there is an outer study room in the atrium, so Li Yanqing actually has four rooms, which is not a loss.

A large locust tree is planted in the small courtyard, almost the entire yard is covered, and there is a very old plum tree in the corner, and there is a stone table and stone bench under the locust tree, which is quite quiet and elegant.

The three rooms are arranged in an 'L' shape, the entrance is the living room, where you can wash your face, comb your hair, and change your clothes, there is a bedroom on the left, and a study room on the right, the bedroom has been packed, the bedding and pillows have been laid for him, and it is estimated that he will spend the night here tonight.

Li Yanqing took a general look, then withdrew from the bedroom and walked to the study on the other side, the study had not yet been arranged, an empty big table, a wide chair, Li Yanqing patted the chair, he was surprised to find that this set of tables and chairs was actually made of good rosewood, and the former Wang County Commander did not take them away.

Li Yanqing understood after a little hean, this set of rosewood furniture must not be purchased by the previous county order, officialdom has the unspoken rules of officialdom, if the former county order takes everything away, it will make the successor laugh shamefully, and it will affect the reputation if it is passed on, reputation is virtue, and it is related to the official career, and the officials will grasp this measure.

Next to it is a large bookcase and a glove box, also made of rosewood, a complete set of furniture, but both empty inside.

This time Li Yanqing brought a large box of commonly used books, the books have been put into the study, but they have not yet been placed in the bookcase, Li Yanqing happened to have a little time, so he simply pried open the large wooden box containing the books, and began to organize the books and some porcelain furnishings.