Usually, when a new official takes office, the first thing he does is to give a lecture and establish his authority, and He Ruinian is the same. The official who went to see Chen Yaozuo off received a notice soon after returning and went to report to the Jingluo Mansion.

Li Ce also received a notice, although he was only a commander, but he was responsible for the Yizhou flood, so he was also summoned.

Jingluo Mansion has now changed its owner, and the guards at the gate have also been replaced by He Ruinian's own people, and even most of the miscellaneous servants in the original mansion have been dismissed.

The officials of the entire Hebei West Road have arrived, the transfer envoys, the envoys of Xing Prison, and the commanders, including the governors of various prefectures, and the general judgment have all arrived, and a large number of people in the house have been counted, not to mention more than 30 people.

Many of the officials had never seen Li Ce, especially the governors and general judges of some states, but everyone saw that he was able to participate in today's meeting at such a young age, which showed that he was a promising young man, so they all greeted him politely.

Guan Yiqi also came, and was talking with Sun Zhi and Wang Youcai at this time, but he didn't see Li Ce coming in.

The current county commander of Yizhou, Zhou Dean and Li Ce, naturally knew him, the previous county commander Zhang Chucai was dismissed, and Zhou Dean was promoted from the county lieutenant to the county commander, which also has Li Ce's credit.

Zhou Dean saw Li Ce coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him enthusiastically.

"Oh, it's Lord Zhou." Li Ce also bowed his hand and saluted back.

"Brother Li, you're not in a hurry, I've been waiting here for almost an hour, and I haven't seen Lord He yet, alas, there is still a lot of things to do in Yizhou." Zhou Dean complained quietly.

"How is the flood treatment in Yizhou progressing now?" Li Ce thought that he would soon have to deal with the flood, so he secretly became concerned.

"The construction period is in a hurry, it is estimated that it will be completed in half a month or more than a month, I heard that the materials for the imperial court disaster relief have arrived?" Zhou De'an's eyes lit up.

"Well, it was brought by our Lord He." Li Zenunu said.

"I wonder who this newcomer will send to deal with the floods in Yizhou?" Zhou Dean said to himself.

"Hehe, it's my brother." Li Ce shook his head helplessly and smiled.

"Oh, it's Lord Li? Then I'm relieved. Zhou Dean was relieved, revealing his two front teeth and laughing.

"There is also a person named Xu Shan, who is Lord He, who also goes with me, and we are jointly responsible." Li Ce added.

"Xu Shan? Well, he ...... Is it as pragmatic as Brother Li? Zhou Dean pondered for a moment, pulled Li Ce aside and asked in a low voice.

"This ...... Hehe, let's talk about it then. Li Ce is not familiar with De'an this week, so he doesn't dare to reveal his opinions too much, don't look back and let people sell him, he doesn't know yet.

"Lord He is here, Lord He is here," someone shouted, and there was a commotion in the hall, and everyone looked towards the door.

I saw He Ruinian wearing a purple official uniform, wearing a long-winged hat, black official boots, and his hands behind his back, swaying into the door, followed by several henchmen he brought from Beijing.

"Colleagues, it's early." He Ruinian raised his hand and saluted everyone.

"Morning Ho." Everyone hurriedly returned the salute, but in fact, they were scolding in their hearts, a fart early, they are all three poles a day, and Lao Tzu's legs are numb when he stands.

He Ruinian put on a good shelf and began to lecture: This official was transferred out of the capital for the first time, and he knew very little about local affairs, and he hoped that his colleagues would give him more guidance when he came here.

Everyone hurriedly said: "Lord He is polite, we should do our best in the future." ”

He Ruinian smiled proudly, seemed to be more satisfied with the attitude of his subordinates, he waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, and continued: But don't think that in this way, you can deceive the official, you people's foundation, don't think I don't know, I don't investigate the previous things, and everything in the future will be done according to my rules, understand?

"This ......" The crowd was a little surprised and hesitated.

"What do you mean by that?" An official asked.

"Hmph, what do you mean? Some of you know it yourself! He Ruinian said disdainfully. Among the officialdom dogmas he pursued, the first was that new officials must establish authority when they take office, and no matter how they stand, they must make their subordinates afraid of themselves, so that they can be suppressed.

He thinks that all those who are officials, like himself, will use their power for personal gain, and have unscrupulous deeds, so he uses this to deceive them by himself, and many facts have proved that his approach is very effective, referring to his previous experience, and even took gold and silver treasures to honor him that night, so he tried this trick repeatedly.

"Lower Officer, remember the teachings of your lordship." Everyone had no choice but to take it hard.

"This official is a pragmatic person, I will evaluate you from time to time, if there is a corpse vegetarian, don't blame this official for being ruthless." He Ruinian enjoyed the feeling of his subordinates obeying him.

"Understood." The officials replied.

"Okay, then tell me what you have to reflect, this official has always been very open-minded." He Ruinian felt that he had established his prestige, and began to win people's hearts instead.

Officials, you look at me, I look at you, they all shook their heads, everyone knows that in fact, this is just a passing scene, how can you really mention it, the new official will block the boss when he takes office.

"My lord, the flood in Yizhou is urgent, this time because the Liao people knocked on the pass for the time being, now that the Liao army has retreated, and the city defense has been reinforced, is it time to start solving the problem of Yizhou?" Li Ce stood up and said. He saw that He Ruinian didn't seem to take the matter of Yizhou to heart, and looking at this situation, if no one spoke, it might be time to end the meeting.

"Where is the Yizhou County Order?" He Ruinian nodded.

"The lower official is here." Zhou Dean hurriedly stood up and said back and forth.

"Tell me how Yizhou's affairs are going?" He Ruinian had already sat down at this time, holding a cup of tea, slowly blowing the tea leaves and sipping lightly.

"Uh...... The lower officials have made all the arrangements made by Lord Chen before, and Yizhou should carry out the affairs in an orderly manner, and now he is seizing the time to repair the river embankment and resettle the refugees. Zhou De'an replied cautiously, he was born in a martial artist, and he couldn't use words and sentences when he spoke, for fear that he would offend the new envoy in front of him by saying the wrong thing.

He Ruinian was bowing his head and drinking tea, his brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, it was Chen Yaozuo again, why was everything arranged by Chen Yaozuo, could it be that this official could only follow the route he had planned?

"Where is Xu Shan?" He Ruinian put down the teacup and said.

"Humble duty." Xu Shan replied with a fist.

"Well, you will be in charge of Yizhou affairs, and the Yizhou County Commander and Li Ce will be responsible for assisting you." He Ruinian originally wanted to shoot Li Ce and Xu Shan to govern together according to the agreement with Chen Yaozuo, but just now he was a little jealous of Chen Yaozuo, so he changed his mind at this moment and became Xu Shan as the main one, supplemented by Li Ce and Zhou De'an, so that Xu Shan was highlighted and Li Ce was suppressed.

"Humble duty must not fail in the mission." Xu Shan said loudly, and then he glanced at Li Ce defiantly, and retreated proudly.

Zhou De'an hurriedly said that he would do his best to help, and only Li Ce stood there without speaking.

In fact, he was secretly scolding, you He Ruinian, you obviously promised the teacher before, and asked me to be jointly responsible for Xu Shan, but now why has it become me to assist Xu Shan? You old fox, you're so insidious.

Seeing that Li Ce didn't speak, Zhou De'an hurriedly tugged at the corner of his clothes and motioned him to hurry up and express his position.

Li Ce raised his head and looked at He Ruinian, He Ruinian was still smiling, but that smile made people feel extremely hypocritical. But now is indeed not the time to clash with him, even if it is for the sake of the people of Yizhou.

"Command, take the order." Li Ce said expressionlessly.

"Hmph, the kid is still not convinced, do you think it is still when Chen Yaozuo is here, blame you for standing on the wrong team, if you don't know each other, you will feel good in the future." He Ruinian saw that Li Ce was angry, and snorted coldly, and said secretly in his heart.