On the fifth day of September, Xie Shen decided to return to his hometown. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Including his son Xie Xu, his wife Qianqian, his concubine Shui Yun, and Erya, a group of relatives went together.

Lu Chongtian followed closely with dozens of guards to ensure the safety of Xie Shen's family.

The family boarded the boat from Zhangjiawan Wharf and traveled south along the Grand Canal to arrive at the wharf outside Yuyao on September 25.

Knowing that Xie Ge was going to return to his hometown, a group of officials, including Yuyao County Ling Kou Ran, Shaoxing Governor Zheng Ke, and Zhejiang Provincial Governor Liu Lianhui, came to the wharf outside the city early to greet him.

The guards were even sent dozens of miles away early, and when they saw Xie Ge Lao's ship coming, they rode their horses and galloped to report the news, so these officials were prepared in advance.

When Xie Shen jumped off the boat with the help of Lu Farming, he saw an extremely spectacular scene.

Hundreds of officials knelt neatly on the dock, and Liu Lianhui, the governor of Zhejiang Province, said in a loud voice: "Liu Lianhui, the governor of Zhejiang, brought a group of officials from this province to greet the first assistant. ”

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is extremely interesting, and there are many rules that do not know the so-called. These rules do not have a clear source, but have been explored from generation to generation over the past 100 years.

For example, the bow of the lower official to see the superior official was the first to be made by the flattering person.

A good man has gold under his knees, except for the prince of heaven and earth, it stands to reason that he should not bow down to anyone.

But officials or politicians are an extremely special group, and it can be said that most of the people in this group can do without discipline for the sake of political interests and futures.

What is it to bow down? You don't see that the Chenghua Dynasty also came out with a 'Bird Washing Imperial History' that offered treasures in order to please Shoufu Wan'an.

If this worship can be exchanged for the favor of the officials, it will be worth it.

After all, not everyone is a sea pen holder.

Xie Shen was not surprised by this.

The values of the ancients cannot be measured by the ideas of modern people. As long as you stick to your heart, as for what these colleagues think, it is not something he can control.

In fact, thinking about it from another angle, it is understandable that Liu Lianhui, the governor of Zhejiang Province, did this.

After all, when Shoufu returned to his hometown, he would be suspected of neglect if he handled it inappropriately.

Maybe Xie Shen doesn't account for it himself, but what if someone has a heart to take advantage of the question? 、

Liu Lianhui, the governor of Zhejiang Province, has a lot of people staring at, and he doesn't want to be calculated by those who are secretly observing, so he has to do the best he can.

In addition, Liu Lianhui really wanted to use this opportunity to get on the line with Xie Shen.

After all, Xie Shen is very young, and if nothing else, he will be the head of the cabinet for many years.

It is not impossible to have a good relationship with Lord Shousuke, and it is not impossible to return to Beijing in the future to serve as an official of the six ministries or even enter the cabinet to participate in the maintenance of the aircraft.

Liu Lianhui's congenital conditions are very good, he is the third place in the second class, and he is from a Jishi background, so there is no problem in terms of hard power.

As long as you are good at drilling, you can still go further in your career.

Xie Shen waved his hand and said, "Governor Liu doesn't have to be polite. This official returned to his hometown this time only for personal matters and did not have official business. Everyone, please get up. ”

Officials in Zhejiang Province can kneel, but Xie Shen can't just ignore it. It's almost enough, if you really ask these local officials to kneel all the time, it's hard to guarantee that no one will participate in the play, saying that Xie Shen is a blessing.

Although Xie Shen is indeed quite wronged.

Lord Shoufu had a life, and the ministers naturally responded positively and stood up one after another.

It is said that there are not many people who like to kneel, and most of them are forced to be helpless.

"Lord Shoufu, the lower official ordered someone to prepare a banquet for Lord Shoufu. You see......"

As the highest governor of Zhejiang Province, Liu Lianhui naturally has the responsibility and obligation to take over the wind for Xie Shen.

Xie Shen couldn't refuse, so he nodded lightly and said, "Okay." ”

Being greeted all the way into the city by the stars like the moon, Xie Shen only felt emotional.

I thought that he was just a poor boy when he first crossed over to Yuyao, how could he have thought that one day he would become a minister of Zaifu?

Looking back at all this, it was like a dream.

Xie Shen asked Qianqian and other relatives to return to the mansion first, and he went to the banquet.

The banquet was set up in the county office, although Xie Shen returned to his hometown for private purposes this time, but after all, he was an important member of the imperial court, and there was no problem in having a reception banquet in the county office.

Those who were able to participate in this reception banquet were all important members of Zhejiang Province.

Needless to say, Governor Liu Lianhui was also among the political envoys, envoys, commanders, and prefects of Shaoxing Province. As for the Yuyao County Order, it is purely because it is Yuyao's parents who can be included in the table, which is an exception.

Purely looking at the grade, the seventh-grade Baili Hou is absolutely not qualified to attend the reception banquet of Lord Shoufu.

Xie Shen walked to the top and sat down, Governor Liu Lianhui sat next to him, and the political envoy, the envoy according to the inspection, the commander of the envoy, the prefect, the Tongzhi, and the academic administration sat down in turn.

The poor Yuyao County Commander could only sit at the bottom of the position close to the courtyards, which was really embarrassing.

Xie Shen is the representative of the Yuyao faction after Xie Qian, how can these officials not respect and praise Xie Shoufu's great achievements.

Xie Shen hadn't heard anything of it, and only listened quietly to the praise of his colleagues and subordinates, laughing and not saying a word.

Neither refute nor like to be disliked.

Liu Lianhui saw that the scene was a little embarrassing, so he coughed, raised a glass of wine and said: "On behalf of all the officials in Zhejiang Province, Xia Guan toasts the elder of the pavilion." ”

The road to simplicity. The ancients used to dissolve all their words in wine.

Of course, Liu Lianhui also has another layer of consideration in doing this.

It's hard to think about toasting, I wish Xie Shen a prosperous official fortune? Xie Shen is already a supreme minister, and above him is His Majesty the Emperor.

Wishing Xie Shen good health? People's bodies are already good, and when they are young and strong, it is obviously not suitable to say this.

May Xie Shen make a fortune in the future? Money is a good thing, but since you have an official status, you have to be more reserved.

Of course, Xie Shen is not a corrupt official, is it to defile himself by making money every day?

So it's better not to say anything, everything is silent.

As the saying goes, more is wrong, less is wrong, and not good.

The philosophy of officialdom is now in this toast.

Xie Shen nodded lightly and said: "Governor Liu has a heart, this official has no business trip to his hometown this time, you don't want to stir up the army and disturb the lives of the people." ”

"Old Xie Ge cares about the people, and the officials admire it."

Zheng Ke, the prefect of Shaoxing, took over the words and slapped a sycophant.

"We must abide by the teachings of Elder Xie Ge, and we will never disturb the people."

"Yes, Xie Ge's righteous deeds will definitely be praised by the people."

"Xie Ge Lao Gaoyi!"

"Xie Ge Lao Gaoyi!"

Seeing that everyone was clapping their ass, Feng Chuan, a scholar in Zhejiang Province, was not willing to be lonely, so he stroked his beard and said: "Lord Shoufu has returned to his hometown this time, why don't you go to the county school to have a look, and teach some life experience to those new students, so that Yuyao scholars can pass on the torch." ”

Xie Shen pondered for a moment and said, "This official has this intention. ”

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