Li Xi's intention was to build a hanging flower arch at the head of the wall that was knocked open, but unfortunately before his idea was realized, the craftsmen had just repaired the broken courtyard wall almost completely, and were about to build a small door, but it suddenly rained again, and this time it was not over, the torrential rain was pouring, and he almost never lived in it. Therefore, this project had to be interrupted, and the section of the courtyard wall shared between the Li Mansion and Pei Yang's Mansion had to be temporarily broken and ruined.

In the midst of the rainstorm, on April 21, the Shuzhou Assassin Yamen officially received a letter from the Ministry of Officials and the Jiannan Dao Jiedu Envoy Yamen, and Li Xi was able to serve as the chief secretary of Jinyuan County under the Zhengjiupin in white after Zhou Qiong and Sima Liubo at this time.

Because the news that Li Xi was promoted to be the chief secretary of Jinyuan had leaked out of the Yamen of the Assassin History in advance, and everyone also knew that the Yizhou Assassin History and Sima jointly held a small master book, which was a reason that could not be passed, so at this time, when the text arrived at the local area, except for people who always had to sigh a few words that Li Xi was really a red star recently, it did not cause any big repercussions, and even the county government of Jinyuan County was also calm and tight.

In such a somewhat abnormal calm, in a day of heavy rain, Li Xi officially took office as the head of Jinyuan County.

The county-level yamen, naturally, can not be compared with the assassin history yamen, not only the pattern is much smaller, but also divided into two parts: the front hall and the back yard, the front hall, is the county government officials and subordinates of the office, there are the lobby, the second hall and the county government six rooms and so on, and the backyard, that is, the so-called back office, is the county order and the family members to sit up, and will not enjoy an exclusive courtyard like the history of the thorn.

People often like to call people who serve in the yamen officials, and call officials and officials together, but in fact, it is only a title that ordinary people really don't understand the difference, because for them, even if it is an ordinary sword and pen official in the county government, it is enough to make them tremble and hold their breath.

In fact, there has always been a strict distinction between officials and officials.

Officials, by the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the selection, directly under the central appointment and jurisdiction, even a small official from the nine grades, to be formally appointed, must also be recognized by the Ministry of Imperial Court officials, they serve on one side, or three or five years, can be transferred to other places at any time to transfer to other positions, Yulu is by the central household department direct method, this is called Liuguan.

Officials, the local officials are responsible for recruiting and using, the central officials are almost completely indifferent, the authority is completely in the locality, and even Li Xi has a nine-grade master book, as long as he obtains the consent of the county commander, in principle, he can already appoint subordinate officials independently, and the officials' salaries are also issued by the yamen where he is located.

It is precisely because of the low status that the officials are almost not mobile, and the county order can be transferred from this place to another place, but the officials will not, no matter how the chief officials above you change, they are almost the same, just stay in one place and one position, maybe do it for a lifetime, because in order to distinguish it from the flow officials, the officials are called not into the stream.

If a person wants to be an official, in addition to meeting the basic requirements of a clean background and a clean background, and there has never been a record of being a criminal within the fifth generation, he often has to have a background, which is naturally based on the scientific examination held by the imperial court, but the scale of the scientific examination in the Tang Dynasty is not too large, and it is not as complete and large-scale as the Song and Ming dynasties in later generations, so it is only a way to take the imperial examination, and it is not enough to meet the needs of the renewal of officials in the Tang Dynasty, so there are naturally other ways.

For example, protection, recommendation, grace, and so on.

But every way, for the vast majority of people, is more difficult than ascending to the sky, such as Li Xi, who is not from the imperial examination, but can be promoted to the ranks of officials at the age of eighteen, is really very rare.

Within a county, there may be many officials, but there are only four officials who eat the officials' money.

The county order is the chief official of a county, who is in charge of guiding the weather, investigating grievances, and hearing prison lawsuits. Where the land is granted, the county order will give it. Every year in the winter, the village drinking ceremony. Registers, heirlooms, storehouses, thieves, causeways, and even though there are special officials, they are all notified.

The county commander is the second of the county order, responsible for assisting the county commander and taking charge of the county's government affairs.

The main bookkeeper is the servant of the prefectural magistrate, and is responsible for assisting the prefectural magistrate in handling some minor affairs.

The county lieutenant was divided into public Cao, and the yield was adjusted.

To sum it up simply, the chief secretary appointed by Li Xi can also be regarded as the third "big member" in Jinyuan County.

When he arrived, the rain slowed down slightly, but it was still very heavy, because he had already learned from Zhou Qiong's mouth in advance that the county magistrate Zheng Shuang had already brought people down to visit and check the disaster as early as yesterday morning. Therefore, after Li Xi took the letter of appointment to the county office, he directly found the county Cheng Pei Junpei who stayed in the county office.

After some flowery politeness, the two sat down opposite each other, Pei Jun didn't put on a show at all, but said with a smile on his face: "Speaking of which, the old man has been in the position of the county for many years, but he was also promoted after being a curtain member for many years, so he was able to come to this day step by step, carefully calculated, when the old man was appointed as the county lieutenant of Qingcheng County, he was already fifty out of thirty, and he was even more than forty years old when he became the county lieutenant of this county. The old decay has lived for such a long time, and it is really the first time I have seen it, and the future life is terrifying, and the future life is terrifying. ”

Li Xi smiled when he heard this, he is no stranger to this old man Pei Junpei, it is said that after his poem leaked out of Dai Jun's bearded mouth last time, he was so angry that the old man almost vomited blood on the spot.

Come to think of it, after all, the old man is still helping him clear his name on the front foot, but Li Xi on the back foot has already admitted it himself, and the heroine in his glamorous poem is the daughter-in-law of the old man's family.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Li Xi to understand that he said something that was polite and flattering on the surface, but in fact secretly had some contempt.

At that moment, he also smiled, with a modest and teachable expression, and said, "Master Pei is polite, but the juniors don't dare to be tight." The younger generation is immature, and after that, on top of official duties, he also asked the county lord to give advice. ”

Pei Jun saw that the other party ignored his stubble, so he also smiled, "Where, where." His eyes rolled, and he said: "Speaking of which, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, in this county yali, there is really a lack of a young man like Master Li, and there are some things that are easy to do!" It's just, alas, although this county government is small, there are just some things, but it's really not easy to get started, the former head of the county, Li Yifeng Li, you know? Speaking of which, he is also an old official, didn't he quit his illness a few days ago? Alas, it's not easy to be an official! ”

Li Xi's heart sank when he heard this, and he looked up at him, thinking that this old guy had something to say. Did he know that Li Yifeng did not leave after resigning, but stayed at his home as a staff member, which made him feel uncomfortable, or did he beat himself first with Li Yifeng's forced illness?

When chatting some time ago, Li Yifeng also specifically mentioned that the reason why his daughter-in-law's family was in a lot of trouble, in fact, he also heard some rumors behind his back, and it was said that standing behind them was the smiling county Cheng Pei Junpei in front of him.

At that moment, Li Xi thought about it and said with a smile: "What the adults said is true, but please rest assured, although the same surname is Li, but the mistakes made by Lord Li Yifeng under the carelessness of the younger generation are confident that they will not be made." ”

"Oh? Yes! ”

After the bookcase, Pei Jun suddenly sat up straight after hearing the words, the smile in his eyes disappeared, but he stared at Li Xi with blazing eyes, the warm meaning on his face just now had disappeared at this time, and there was only a strong hatred all over his body, only to see him gently pick up the case pressing wood in his hand with one hand, and said slowly: "Master Li must know that you must let go when you have to let go, so that it will not be difficult for each other to be people!" ”

Li Xi also sat up straight, and looked at him without fear at all, but he smiled lightly when he heard the words, according to Liu Rong, it seemed that his poem came out, but it really annoyed the Pei family, Pei Jun Pei The old man was self-conscious, in addition to going to the yamen to act for official business, he was just closing the door to thank the guests, but the eldest son of his family, Pei Song, scolded every time, saying that he was looking for himself to come desperately.

It's just that since he knows that Pei Yang's family is actually the famous Mrs. Qiu Guo in history, how can Li Xi let go easily because of the little trouble that the Pei family may have caused him?

Not to mention that Pei Yang is a widow now, and he has already set up his own door, even if he has a husband, he has to grab it!

Therefore, if you think about it carefully, in fact, what Liu Rong said is also right, as long as he refuses to let go of Pei Yang's family, then between himself and the Pei family, I am afraid that there is no room for change, and then there will be confrontation.

Unless there is a time when his power can be so great that the Pei family does not even dare to offend.

So he thought about it for a while, and said: "Lord Xiancheng is too worried, in fact, there are some things, as long as people can let go of their own hearts, there will be nothing else, what do you say?" ”

"You...... Licentious! "Rao is the old man Pei Jun, who has been in the city for many years, and after hearing Li Xi's words, he couldn't help but be angry immediately. Good guy, you stole someone else's daughter-in-law, so that the whole family was embarrassed, and then couldn't raise your head, not to say that you would rather admit your mistakes, and actually persuaded people to dissipate their anger and make people want to open up, which means that you still accept your fate. ――If you "persuade people" like this, no matter how thick-skinned you are, you can't stand this stimulation!

At that moment, he stared at Li Xi hatefully, his chest rose and fell sharply, but he deliberately lowered his voice, and said: "Boy, don't think that you have the backing of the Liu family, and you can do whatever you want if you worship Master Thorn Shi as a teacher, and then the official will let you know that there are some things that you can't do, and some people you can't afford to offend!" ”

Li Xi smiled disdainfully when he heard this, brushed his sleeves and got up, put on a look of not caring at all, and said lightly: "Thank you for the reminder, then let's go, the appointment letter of the junior will stay with the adult, and then I will take office." Lord County, let's talk back. ”

got up and walked a few steps, Li Xi seemed to suddenly remember something, stopped and turned around, thought about it, patted his head with a look of remorse, and said to Pei Jun: "When you came, you also said that there is something you must ask Master Pei to come, after all, you are well-informed, you must be able to solve the doubts of the juniors, who wants to speak just now, almost forgot." ”

Pei Junzheng was full of anger, and when he suddenly turned around and said such a thing, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he was a little stunned at the moment.

At this time, Li Xi stared straight at Pei Jun, and asked for advice with a puzzled face: "It is said that the ancients used to describe the relationship between the two families as very good, do you say that it is good to call it a good family?" Yesterday morning, the juniors had the idea to open up the courtyard next door to the house of Pei Yang's mansion next door, and build a small door to facilitate the two families. It's weird and weird! ”

After speaking, he ignored the other party's stunned, just gave a deep salute, and said sincerely: "Lord Wanwang will solve the doubts of the juniors!" ”

"You...... You ......" Pei Jun stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Xi, trembling with anger, but he just couldn't speak.

Li Xi straightened up, smiled faintly, and turned to leave.

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The back side of the lobby in the county government is the office room of the county magistrate, and the other side of the lobby is the office of the county magistrate, which also highlights the status of the county magistrate as the deputy of the county magistrate and the second person in the county office.

After consulting Liu Lan in advance, Li Xi knew that the room where he worked was on the side of the house of the county magistrate, which could be said to be in line with the status of the main book as a county magistrate.

No one led it, and no one even cared about it, after Li Xi left Pei Jun's room, he bypassed the lobby and went to find his own office room.

The county government was empty, and occasionally met two people, and when they saw Li Xi coming here in a Jiupin official uniform, they were all far away and bowed their heads to avoid it, but they looked like a snake and scorpion.

Li Xi smiled and didn't care.

Pei Jun has served as the local county magistrate for many years, and under his careful management over the years, the entire county government can be called a monolith, even the county lieutenant Jiang An is the only one who obeys Pei Jun's orders, and even it is said that although the current county magistrate Zheng Shuang has been in office for more than a year, he has always been set up by him, and he can only hold him down with a hat in major matters, but he is also allowed to hide and pretend to be confused in small matters, not to mention that he is just a small master book, and it is not easy for Pei Jun to deal with himself.

Therefore, Li Yifeng had already analyzed it long before taking office, and there were only two situations that he might face in the end after he took office. The first is to be set up by Pei Jun, how to take the official and how to take it, but he is not handed over to the affairs in charge of his specific supervision, resulting in although he is in office, he has no real power. The second is to pick some very tricky things and hand them over to yourself, forcing yourself to make mistakes, or simply retreating when you see that it is too difficult to do.

And according to Li Yifeng's analysis, because of the previous conflicts that were not face-to-face but extremely violent, I am afraid that these two sets of methods will be used by Pei Jun on himself, that is, to set up first, so that he can't stand it anymore, and take the initiative to do things, and then he can easily sacrifice the second move, until his own heat is completely extinguished.

At the moment, Li Yifeng's analysis is not wrong at all.

After all, whether it is Zhou Qiong or Liu Bo, although they are high and powerful, they are not directly under the jurisdiction after all, even if some things can give some support, they always can't stretch their hands directly into the county government, even if they know that Pei Jun deliberately makes things difficult for themselves, they don't have a good way, because Pei Jun is standing behind Benzhou Don't Drive Gao Yue, that is also a big man that Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo dare not offend easily.

In the final analysis, if you want to sit down or even be a good master of this little Jiupin book, you still have to rely on yourself.

It's just that if he Pei Jun thinks that he will go on completely according to his script, then he will underestimate himself too much, or he will underestimate the combination of himself and Li Yifeng, an old bureaucrat.

Finding his room and pushing the door in, Li Xi couldn't help but smile and nodded.

Fortunately, Pei Jun hasn't done enough to make a mess of this room, although this room is too "clean", and there is not even a piece of paper on the copywriting shelf that Li Yifeng said.

It's obvious what it means to be overhead.

Li Xi came here alone, he didn't bring a single entourage, in fact, he didn't like to bring any entourage, he was used to being alone in modern society, and he hadn't adapted to the life of bringing a secretary to follow, so at the moment he simply blew the bookcase and a little bit of clear soil on the chair, and sat down directly, looking around the room.

Since the beginning of spring, heavy rain has fallen all over Shuzhou, and it is endless, occasionally resting for a few days in the middle, but it has hardly seen the sun, so this year's waterlogging is almost inevitable, now up to Jiannan Road and Shuzhou Thorn Shi Yamen, down to the small county of Jinyuan County, almost everyone is busy for the upcoming disaster relief and disaster relief.

According to the third uncle Li Qiu's information, many officials in the county government are busy packing up and checking the county's warehouse storage, whether it is distributed in the future disaster relief, or the disaster relief materials are allocated from above, there must be a clear number of statistics. Therefore, this county yali is already deserted, not to mention that everyone has been informed by Pei Jun in advance that they will deliberately snub themselves.

Therefore, Li Xi sat in his office room for a long time, and he didn't even hear a footstep passing by his door.

Li Xi's fingers tapped on the table in rhythm, facing the empty room, thinking about his plan in his heart, after a long time, maybe because the surroundings were too quiet, except for the sound of rain outside the window, there was only the sound of his fingers tapping on the table, he was unconsciously distracted, and his thoughts unconsciously turned to the conversation with Pei Jun just now.

Old man Pei, I'm sorry, I'm going to decide your daughter-in-law, who made him so beautiful, and he is still Yang Yuhuan's sister?

This is the greatest pleasure of my poor traverser, and it is always hard to let go.

By the way, when I asked Yang Yuhuan that day, what did Yang Huahua say, Yang Yuhuan is fifteen years old this year? It should be that he hasn't married Tang Xuanzong's son yet, it's too young. I just don't know, when will she get married?

Luoyang ...... It's so far!

Thinking of her, I unconsciously thought of Concubine Wu Hui, and then thought of Lan'er, alas, it's really big, and now it's an old monk with hands and eyes, since he went to see him, although he said that he wanted to take Lan'er away, but he didn't agree, and he didn't act after that, but I don't know, will there be the next person to come to him to ask for someone?

If you come again, will you be as good at talking as this old monk Mo Yan?

……

Just when he was in a reverie, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and Li Xi suddenly came back to his senses, but he couldn't help but be stunned.

Who will come to their room at this time?

Li Xi straightened his clothes and sat upright, coughed, deliberately made his voice lower, and said, "Come in." ”

The door opened, and there was an embarrassed face.

Seeing that the person who came in was actually him, Li Xi couldn't help but feel a little big.

I only heard him say, "That...... Returning to the adult, the villain and the villain are under the rule of the adult, and I heard that the adult has arrived to take up the office, and I have come to see the adult. ”

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