Green smoke rose from the ruins and broken walls, enveloping the entire Pingyu County in a smoke screen, and a pungent smell of burnt paste filled the air.

A fire burned half of the flat to the ground, nearly 10,000 people have no fixed place, how can a tragic word be born, fortunately the fire occurred in the daytime, no casualties were caused.

Post-disaster reconstruction, diversion and resettlement to solve the housing and food problems of the victims are all headaches.

However, fire and water are ruthless, and the sky is righteous!

The feat of the two old men of the county government to save people from the fire field was passed on by word of mouth among the people of Pingyu, and the tall image of Chen Qingtian of Chen Zhi County was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people of Pingyu.

Of course, there is no shortage of someone's push in the middle.

The fire burned for a day before it was extinguished, and the entire county government got up, and Lotte was too busy to close his eyes. As the secretary of the workshop, when Lotte and a group of workshop clerks were estimating the amount of money needed for the post-disaster reconstruction, a disciple came to pass the word, and the master called for him.

Putting down the errand in his hand, Lotte came to the signing room, and before he saw the ceremony, he saw Chen Zhixian, Master Yan and Huo County Wei gathered together, talking about something, looking like a great enemy.

Bowing down to salute, Lotte only heard Chen Zhixian ask: "To resettle the victims, can the county mansion ever be occupied?" ”

"In addition to the victims who have joined their relatives, there are still many victims who have nowhere to resettle, and this county mansion is naturally useful!" Lotte replied, but he didn't understand what the old man meant by asking.

Master Yan said: "The news from Caizhou is that the boss of Zhizhou personally served as a pacification envoy and brought a group of officials from the state government to Pingyu to inspect the disaster, and this county mansion will naturally be used!" ”

Isn't it adding chaos to this time, the resettlement of the victims is too busy, who has time to receive that old man! Lotte is in the heart.

"Man-made disasters can be avoided, natural disasters can be avoided, and the Lord Zhizhou came to calm the public opinion, which is also on behalf of today's officials to appease the affected people!" Seeing Lotte's puzzled appearance, Master Yan explained, and then raised his eyebrows: "You also know that the Huang Tong Judgment is not in harmony with the county because of the wine debt, and this Huang Tong Judgment is also among the adults in this line!" ”

When Lotte first entered the yamen to do things, he thought that the general judgment was only the deputy of the governor, but he was just a cold stove official, but after being familiar with the official system of the Song Dynasty, he found that although the name of the general judgment was the deputy of the governor, its actual power was no smaller than that of the chief official.

Although the grade of the general judgment is only the eighth grade or the eighth grade, the power in his hands is on par with the fourth and fifth rank Zhizhou masters. The deputy has the same power as the first leader, which can only be seen in the Song Dynasty, which is also the Song Dynasty emperor's idea of governing with small systems.

Coincidentally, in the later Ming and Qing dynasties, there was also a post of inspecting the local seven products patrolling the imperial history, and its main responsibility was to patrol the hunting on behalf of the sky, the minister of the feudal service and the officials of the inspection prefecture and county, which was quite beautiful, and also had the meaning of making a big system with a small system.

"If that's the case, this county mansion will have to settle half of the people!" After thinking about it, Lotte said.

"No!" Lieutenant Huo waved his hand and said: "This time, the official will not hold me accountable, and it will be good, if there is any neglect in the hospitality, the adults will be resentful......

"If the eldest master wants to find faults, whether the hospitality is good or not, he will find a bunch of faults!" Lotte said, and then asked tentatively: "Thinking about what the adults said about being afraid of Shangguan's resentment, for Yu Xianzun, the real dangerous person should be the Huang Tong sentence?" ”

Chen Zhixian Mu Ran nodded, the matter of the Huang family's liquor debt a few years ago was obviously Huang Tongju taking the opportunity to extort some benefits from himself, and Tongju had the power to report to the imperial court, so he inevitably used the Pingyu fire to hit himself, and he couldn't help but be depressed.

Lotte was silent for a moment before he said: "Let's see what the attitude of the masters of Caizhou Mansion is, if the attitude is different, the big master can respond to all changes with the same!" ”

"What does it mean to be unchanged?" Master Yan knew that Lotte had a lot of ideas, and asked with some curiosity.

Lotte uttered a famous quote from the previous life: "If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone!" ”

Hearing Lotte speak like this, Lieutenant Huo smiled dumbly: "In front of Shangguan, we are humble, how can we be small and big?" ”

Without answering the county lieutenant Huo, Lotte asked Chen Zhixian for instructions: "In this catastrophe, the imperial court relief will not come for a while, please allow your subordinates to collect money and grain from the rich families in your hometown!" ”

Seeing that what Lotte said was reasonable, Chen Zhixian responded: "Accurate! ”

Chen Zhixian immediately said: "We will resettle the victims, and this time the matter of entertaining Shangguan will be handed over to you!" As he spoke, he took out a list and handed it to Lotte: "This is the list from the state capital, you can take a look." ”

should be on an errand, Lotte also understands what Chen Zhixian means in his heart, and now this time is the time for the three masters of the Yazhong to perform, if they go to meet Shangguan, they will inevitably be criticized.

Then Lotte unfolded the list in his hand and watched it carefully, and the name in the first place was called Ye Mengde, which should obviously be the governor of Caizhou; The name of the second person, Lotte is familiar with it, it is the Huang Bing Huang Tong Judgment who has only heard of his name but not his person, as for the following miscellaneous officials, Lotte has only seen it in official documents.

It's just that Lotte looked at the name of Ye Mengde, and felt a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

"The county lord asked you to entertain these officials, so naturally you have the intention of the officials!" Master Yan said, and then said: "Caizhou Mansion Zun Ye Lao Ye was born in a literati family, his grandfather was Ye Qingchen, a famous minister of the dynasty, and the fourth ancestor was a Jinshi during the Xianping period, and his mother was the sister of Chao Buzhi, one of the four bachelors of Sumen, Ye Lao Ye was a bachelor of Hanlin in the court, and he also asked me about you when he was in Caizhou!" ”

His name reached the ears of Shangguan's Shangguan, and he once mentioned himself, Lotte didn't know whether he was happy or worried, if this Ye Lao was a dusty man, he was not afraid, if he was an orthodox old pedant, he would inevitably criticize himself for a poetry wave.

Thinking of this, Lotte felt a little remorseful, knowing that it was better to copy some serious poems.

There are still many things to do in the disaster relief, and several masters said a few words to each other and dispersed.

Just as Lotte was about to return to the workshop, he was called by Master Yan.

"What is the matter with Lord Bo's subordinates?" Lotte was puzzled, now that Lotte has become a priest, he belongs to the list of scholars, so he no longer needs to call himself a villain in front of Shangguan.

Master Yan took Lotte to his office and said, "Le Charge, sit!" ”

This sentence of sitting made Lotte shudder, he had always been standing when he talked to the three masters of the county government, but now Master Yan said a word of sitting, which really frightened him, and hurriedly excused himself: "My subordinates don't dare!" ”

However, Lotte is also content, if he travels to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, he sees that the official master can only kowtow to insects, and I am afraid that now he has calluses on his knees.

As the saying goes, there is no merit and no luck, and the master of the book is so polite, there must be a reason for it, Lotte thought.

Master Yan raised his eyebrows: "Let you sit, you will sit!" ”

Lotte felt that Yan Zhuji's enthusiasm today was a little abnormal, and he didn't dare to excuse himself, so he sat on the chair with his ass in tow.

Seeing Lotte sitting down, Master Yan opened his mouth and asked, "Why do you say that Huang Tong sentenced his brother to owe Pingyu a liquor debt?" ”

"My subordinates don't know!" Lotte replied very matter-of-factly. But in my heart, I slandered in my stomach, how can I know the inside story of the matter between you Shangguan and the old man, how can I know the inside story. Then he guessed something in his heart: "What does the master of the chief bookkeeper mean that Pingyu intended to leave this wine debt for Chen Xianzun?" ”

Master Yan nodded.

Chen Zhixian has not yet taken office, so he left such a pit, could it be that he offended anyone, Lotte speculated in his heart. Suddenly thought of Chen Zhixian's uncle Chen Qiang, and said, "Could it be because of the county's uncle, Mr. Chen?" ”

"That's why!" Master Yan nodded.

This Lord Chen Qian Chen offended Cai Jing, degraded all the way, and was almost completely rectified, and his nephew was an official, so it was inevitable that he would be implicated, so it was reasonable. Then Lotte didn't understand, like Zhao Mingcheng, he was involved by his father Zhao Tingzhi and was ordered to retire to his hometown, why was Chen Zhixian able to become an official? Then Lotte spoke out the question in his heart.

In response to Lotte's question, Master Yan nodded: "The county uncle, Chen Zong, and the old man Chen are jealous of Cai Xiang, and they are belittled one after another, and the county is the son and nephew of the old man Chen, even if he is too educated and gave up his background, it is not easy to become a leader." ”

Lotte heard the implication in Master Yan's voice, and Chen Xianzun had other backers.

Seeing that Lotte seemed to understand or not, Master Yan no longer went around in circles: "Since I said this, this official will support you, the grandfather of Mrs. County Zun is Zhang Shangying and Zhang Laogong, who was the chief assistant of this dynasty!" ”

Like Lotte, who has never even been out of Pingyu, how can he know about things in the court.

Although Lotte is an authentic bun, but it is also understandable, this dynasty Zaifu Zhang Shangying Zhang Lao Xianggong is also prefixed with the word "Zeng", if you don't guess wrong, this Zhang Lao is either hanging, or Zhishi is retired.

In this way, although Chen Zhixian has entered the office, he has almost fallen backer, and it can be said that he is struggling in officialdom. Otherwise, this Huang Bing and Pingyu's predecessor county zun would not have dug such a pit for Chen Zhixian.

Then Lotte thought again, no wonder Miss Yingying refused to be a concubine with Chen Zhixian, I am afraid that she also knows some inside information, this Zhixian lady is stronger than Chen Zhixian.

It turns out that the thigh I hugged is so unreliable!

"This Mr. Chen used to be Dr. Taichang, and at that time Huang Tongju was studying in Taixue, Mr. Chen has always acted uprightly, and he once surrendered Huang Tongju because of his studies, thus forming a grudge." Master Yan explained the origin of the grievances between Huang Tongju and Chen Zhixian.

Although Lotte is not a scholar, he has been with Yu Ruozhuo for a long time, and he also has some understanding of the imperial examination of this dynasty.

No wonder Huang Tong sentenced Chen Zhixian to embarrass Chen Zhixian, this feud is not ordinary.

Master Yan then said: "This official knows that you have always been prudent and cautious, and you are a confidant of the county and the official, this time the adults of Caizhou came to Pingyu to inspect the disaster, and all related matters will be handled with you!" ”

The master of the bookkeeper also thinks too highly of himself, and Lotte smiles bitterly in his heart. knew that this was the case, whether he followed Feng Bao or Li Bangyan at the beginning, it was better than staying in Pingyu, but now he has no choice.

In a trance, Lotte seemed to see the down-and-out appearance of being expelled from the county government by the new magistrate after Chen Zhixian left his post. Maybe in the future, among the coolies who serve as servants, there will be their own sweaty figures.

Thinking of this, Lotte understands that he and Chen Zhixian are now both a loss and a glory, and if Chen Zhixian goes to work, he will also struggle in Pingyu.

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