The Lantern Festival of the Ming Dynasty was more prosperous than the Tang and Song dynasties, especially in Beijing, the hundred officials gave ten days off, and the lights began to be put on the eighth day of the first month, and they did not stop until the seventeenth day of the first month, especially the main lantern on the fifteenth day of the first month, which was the most intense time in the sea of lights in Aoshan, and even the emperor often took his concubines to watch the lights at the Donghua Gate. Although the old-fashioned state and county directors will simply ban lights or put fewer lights on the grounds of frugality, Ye Junyao is undoubtedly not such a person who spoils the scenery.

At the end of the year, the Communist Party of China can ignore the night ban for just a few days, allowing the people to walk outside, and what is the ban on?

Therefore, after the seventh day of the first lunar month, he asked Mr. Fang to take Ye Xiaopang back to Ningbo to participate in the county government test, and he personally went to the top wealthy merchants and eunuchs in various places in the county town to make a fortune, and then sponsored two hundred taels out of his own pocket. As a result, the Lantern Festival in the sixth year of Longqing, the capital city of Huizhou and the county seat of Shexian County, which are next to each other, ushered in a full ten days of sleepless nights. Although all the officials of the third class of the government were released, and they were busy with fire prevention and theft prevention, but the rare scenery on this big night, coupled with the offerings of the small vendors placed everywhere, and other commissions, plus the festival rewards issued by the yamen, they were finally busy on duty.

The people of the Wang family and the Ye family did not choose the day when the main lantern with the most fifteen people in the first month came out, but went to the lantern market two days earlier. Although there is no magnificent sea of lights in Jingshi, it is rare to go out at night all year round, which is enough to make a few children satisfied. Wang Fulin himself is not very interested in such a crowded occasion, but is always worried about whether there will be any stampede accidents due to too many people.

Fortunately, Wang Fulin discussed with Ye Junyao a few days ago and prepared a full emergency plan, which was arranged through the third-class leaders like Hu Zhutou and Zhao Wuye. During the ten-day Lantern Festival, the people dropped countless things. After all, there was no fire. There is no stampede. It passed without incident. When the morning of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month came, I don't know how many people breathed a sigh of relief, and even Ye Junyao, who decided to put the lights on the tenth day, was relieved, and there was no ease of spending the holidays.

It is gratifying that there is basically no big problem with the autumn grain in February, and if nothing else, Ye Junyao's tax payment in the two years in office is the first in the six counties of Huizhou. And to achieve this achievement. In addition to winning the hearts of the people and being just, the most important thing is that God is very helpful, which countless magistrates have been unable to get in these years by praying to God and worshiping Buddha!

In the blink of an eye, the deadline for the shipment of autumn grain arrived, and the county orders of the six counties that could not easily leave the county seat in the past gathered in the Huizhou Mansion again. Although this is just after the New Year's Festival, the population of the six counties in Huizhou is uneven, and the difference between the rich and the poor is very large. So. For Ye Junyao, he can suppress the eunuchs' calls for Junping Xia tax silk, and he can control the three classes and six rooms in his hands. The tax revenue is collected on time, and the other five county orders can be said to be envious, jealous and hateful.

Among them, the one who hates Ye Junyao the most is undoubtedly the one who was thrown away from the position of the governor of Huizhou Mansion to act as the Jixi County Order, and then this acting person turned out to be Shu Bangru. It's just more than a year, he looks thin and godless, obviously weighed down by the burden of Poor Jixi, coupled with the first to suppress Hu Zongxian's fifth anniversary sacrifice, the matter of inviting Wang Ruzheng has been spread, he is now in the county government is difficult to move an inch, three classes and six rooms are in line with the yin, and the people below all take an indifferent attitude towards his county order. If he hadn't known that he was resigning at this moment, there would be no hope for his career in the future, and the former Shu Tuiguan would have hung up his crown a long time ago.

The enemies were very red when they saw each other, but this was not very applicable to Ye Dacang. He hadn't taken Shu Bangru in his eyes for a long time, and now that the six counties and county commanders had gathered, he calmly gave in to everyone, and directly occupied the first seat at the top. As the governor of Huizhou and the head of the six counties, no one can pick any thorns. However, Shu Bangru saw that no matter what the other four county commanders thought in their hearts, they were polite to Ye Junyao, and even with a little respect, and when he sat down with him in the last seat, he was holding back a fire in his heart.

Therefore, when Huizhou started shipping autumn grain and the six counties shared the people's husbands and the corresponding expenses, he inevitably fought hard and quarreled with other county orders. It was easy to reduce a little burden on the county, and when he sat down again with a sense of accomplishment, he couldn't help but sit at the head of the Qimen County Commander sneered in a low voice: "At this time, you know that you are fighting?" When I thought about the matter in Longchuan Village, why didn't I know how to fight, and I went against the general trend to recruit Wang Ruzheng, and now with this little favor, I want to convince the people of Jixi and think beautifully! ”

Shu Bangru suddenly trembled with anger. Before he could figure out how to ridicule him, Ye Junyao, who was at the top, had already begun to talk about the bandits captured in the county during their heavy labor period, and suggested that they be promoted. To say that the number of bandits caught in She County at the end of last year is extremely rare in Huizhou Mansion, and it has been experienced several times before and after, and there is an ambush in the middle, it is even more surprising. Even Yao Huizu, the prefect of Huizhou, who had never been lukewarm to Ye Junyao in the past, also made a fortune in catching thieves for no reason, and now his attitude towards Ye Junyao is much kinder.

If you don't see it out of sight and don't worry about it on weekdays, forget it, but at this moment, where can Shu Bangru hold it. Today, he was so angry that he simply broke the jar and snorted coldly: "Isn't Ye County's order known as the rule of peace?" How did you attract so many bandits? If you don't come to the phoenix, you should also introspect yourself! ”

I don't mess with you, and you're still messing with me?

Ye Cannon is full of confidence now, where does he care about a mere Shu Bangru, he doesn't even have the interest to fight with him at the moment, he only glanced at him contemptuously and didn't make a sound. However, if he didn't say anything, it didn't mean that others would be dumb, and the keen county magistrate noticed that the prefect Yao Huizu showed a gloomy expression at that moment, and immediately began to bombard Shu Bangru. At this moment, the poor Jixi Shu County Order was accused of being incomplete, and even half of the autumn grain was owed again, which was brought out and said, it was just miserable.

Just when everyone was beating the water dogs, there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and immediately after, someone reported outside the lobby: "Fuzun, county honorable." There are official documents from the Ministry of Officials in the capital. ”

Hear this. In the lobby, the seven chief ministers of the six counties of the government changed color in unison. The ministry is the head of the six. Among them, the officials in Beijing mainly controlled their promotions, while the officials in Nanjing controlled their investigations. At this moment, Yao Huizu, who was the lord of the mansion, immediately ordered the documents to be sent in, and when the official document arrived, he opened the seal in front of everyone, and after glancing at it, his face suddenly became quite delicate. It took him a long moment before he looked up. said with a smile: "Ye County Order, take a look." ”

Seeing that Fu Zun had named his name alone, Ye Junyao couldn't help but feel his heart pounding, and hurriedly stood up and stepped forward to take it. After reading the contents at a glance, he couldn't help but look at it a second and third times, until he confirmed that it was really the promotion order he had been looking forward to for a long time, and he forced his joy and showed a sincere and frightened expression.

"The lower officials really deserve it."

"Ye Xianling has only been in office for two years. Outstanding political achievements and outstanding contributions. Therefore, the DPRK and China are just divided into the south of Zhili Huining Chi Tai Road for Huining Road and Chi Tai Road, and only then did they move to you for Huining Road to patrol the road. For the time being, he will be acting for the affairs of Shexian County. Before the election of this new Shexian magistrate, you will be busy, and you need to do your best. ”

"Yes, yes, the lower officials remember the teachings of the government."

Ye Junyao was suddenly promoted to the post of Zhejiang Inspector, that is, the sub-patrol of Huining Road, and oversaw the criminal prison supervision of Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, even if he was of high grade as a prefect, he would have to be controlled by others to a certain extent, in all fairness, Yao Huizu was naturally not very happy. Seeing that this person still regarded himself as a subordinate, he was finally a lot more comfortable, and immediately repeated the content of the official documents to the five stunned county commanders below.

Hearing that the official document of this ministry was for Ye Junyao, and this person was promoted to three levels in a row, everyone was already envious, jealous and hateful, and their faces were even more different at this time. Especially Shu Bangru, who had just ridiculed Ye Junyao, was almost crazy with jealousy at this moment. However, from now on, Ye Junyao will no longer be a county order that he can't manage each other's well water, but can still entrust his own sub-patrol road by seizing the loophole, and he can only swallow his hatred even if he has great hatred. After barely holding on to today's deliberations, a few county orders who adjusted their emotions quickly offered to congratulate Ye Junyao with wine, where was he willing to see people's pride, he found an excuse and left immediately.

When he left the county office, although the blue sky, white clouds and red sun were in the sky, Shu Bangru's mood was extremely bad. Originally, they were all top three jinshi, but now he and Ye Junyao opened the third level all of a sudden, and his evaluation must be a mess, won't it be farther and farther away in the future?

Ye Jun Yaocai didn't care how jealous Shu Bangru was, he thanked everyone for the banquet politely, forced the surprise out of the mansion and got on the sedan chair, and as soon as he passed through the Desheng Gate and entered his own county seat of Shexian County, he let out an irrepressible cheer. The sedan chair man outside listened to the movement, thinking that the officials who had a lot of trouble in the government just now came out to spread the word, and even some relatives slipped back to the Yamen of She County to report the good news, and even they were all elated.

First, it is for rewarding, and secondly, it is said that Huining Road will be located in the capital of Huizhou at that time, Ye Junyao is now acting as the county commander of Shexian County, and after leaving office, Huining Road is still in Huizhou, and their errand is obviously still there.

Who wouldn't welcome such a good official with good luck and a generous shot?

When the official sedan chair carried by the four people stopped at the gate of the Yamen of She County, the heads of the three classes and six rooms had already lined up at the door to greet and stand together. When Ye Junyao got off the sedan chair, he just brushed a large number of people to salute and congratulate: "Congratulations to the county, congratulations to the county!" In the future, it will be renamed Observation. ”

Ye Junyao will not leave even if he leaves office one day, and he is still on the one-third of an acre of land in Huizhou. On the other day, the new county lord will take office, and he will also provide for his predecessor, how can they not slap this one!

"Rejoice and rejoice."

On his own one-third of an acre of land, Ye Cannon finally no longer has to be reserved. Laughing, he gave a hand, then put away his smile a little, and solemnly admonished: "However, this county is still the acting county order, and you can still be commensurate with the county honor." This county has a word first, and this has just refused to allow the rest of the counties and counties to hold banquets, and the celebration banquet is exempted, and gifts are not allowed! After the lunch, the county paid out of his own pocket and added vegetables to the big room! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone from top to bottom praised them. Although this praise is a little welcome, it is also sincere. Although Ye Dacannon's means of controlling his head are powerful, the usual money will not be pushed out, but the three festivals and two birthdays only accept the snacks and meals made by each family, and the rest of the gifts are not accepted, so they save a lot of money. This time, even the promotion saved the subordinates from racking their brains to give gifts, and they had to pay for their own treats, and such a county order can indeed be regarded as a good official.

When Ye Junyao happily returned to the study, before he entered the door, he saw Wang Fulin flashing out of it, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the county for his honorable promotion, this step is worth ten years of hard work for others!" ”

PS: At this time, it is estimated that at the airport, fly for four hours to Symbian, and then all of them can only save the manuscript...... (To be continued......)