Master Jin and Master Long took out the imperial calendar, calculated a zodiac auspicious date, and determined the auspicious time as the official time to take office, and then Master Jin wrote a ticket card and sent two guards to the county yamen.

The ticket basically means to inform them of the specific date when Yang Zhixian is scheduled to arrive in Qingxi County, tell them that they are not allowed to welcome them from afar (of course, the other party must understand this in reverse), and repair and clean the yamen, and the six-room section clerks should prepare their own work report materials, and they should check and listen to the reports one by one when the time comes.

Yang Qiuchi changed into a cyan official robe, he is a seventh grade, and the complement on the front and back of the official robe is embroidered with an emu, wearing a black gauze hat, and shaking two small wings, which is very interesting. Yang Qiuchi and his relatives all changed to the sedan chair prepared by Master Long in Kunming, and the sedan chair was carried by the brocade guards, and the team entered the city. Before entering the city, the two masters had already explained the relevant etiquette and procedures to Yang Qiuchi.

To enter the city, you must enter through the east gate, which is called purple qi coming from the east. The city gate in the east of Qingxi County has been lit up. This Qingxi County is relatively small, so there is no county, only set up the main book and the history of the two adjutants, however, the history of the history has died some time ago, the new has not been assigned, now there is a master book, he led the six room scribes, the three classes of officials and the gentry of the whole city, knelt down and kowtowed at the gate of the city to greet, Yang Qiuchi let them get up in the sedan chair, after all the people thanked in unison, they stood up and avoided the roadside to stand solemnly.

Yang Qiuchi transferred to the county official sedan chair, and Qin Zhihui and other female dependents transferred to the large and medium sedan chairs in the yamen under the cover of the green cloth curtain.

After the transfer, the yamen foreman passed the word to get up the sedan chair, for a while, the gongs and drums were noisy, the gongs and drums were sounded, the drummers blew and blown, and the soaps lined up with the full guard of honor, and the mighty and mighty followed the official sedan chair.

Qin Zhihui and their daughters' sedan chair and sedan chair were sent directly into the inner office of the county government by Xia Ping with twenty female guards, according to the convention, Yang Qiuchi could not enter the yamen directly tonight, he had to go to the city god temple to burn incense, fast and stay in the temple, and sleep alone in the slaughterhouse of the city god temple.

However, Yang Qiuchi didn't care about this, and now he came to his one-acre and three-point land, of course, he had the final say, and he was worried about Qin Zhihui and them, so after sacrificing to the City God Temple, he directly got up and returned to the yamen.

When he came to the yamen and got off the sedan chair, Yang Qiuchi was dumbfounded. The entire ruined temple of this yamen is farther away than the old nose of the Yacha in Guangde County.

One of the two stone lions in front of the yamen had half of its face gone, and two of the six doors had broken and crooked, and the paint had almost peeled off.

When I entered the courtyard, the ground was full of potholes, and half of the cover tiles on the top of the oncoming wall had fallen off, and the proclamation posted on the wall was soaked by the rain and the handwriting was mottled.

Turn the wall to the patio, facing the lobby, only the two sides of the fence on the platform are still broken, and the others are afraid that they will be stolen and burned as firewood.

The drums on the platform in front of the lobby for the people to cry out are still there, but only three legs are left in the bracket below, and the rest is tied with a branch.

When I entered the lobby and looked up, I was leaning, and the roof was bright, and it turned out to be several holes.

Yang Qiuchi is not angry, and he also knows the so-called "officials don't repair the government", but this is too bad. Look at the pillars in the lobby, they are crooked, and if they are not repaired, this hall may collapse.

When I left the lobby and turned my head to the left, I was even more startled, a large area of the house on the left had been reduced to ashes, and the ruins and broken walls were lying there and no one cared for them.

The yamen is broken, but Yang Qiuchi's procedure for taking office still has to continue. He was followed by a large group of officials and servants, waiting to kowtow to him.

Yang Qiuchi stepped into the lobby, and under the singing of the officials and scholars on the side, he first knelt and kowtowed to the north, bowed to the public seat, and thanked the Holy Grace. Then bow to the official seal resting on the official seal of the public case [***] and bow to the seal.

After worshipping, Yang Qiuchi stepped up to the warm pavilion, sat on the public seat in the middle, felt that the buttocks were [***], looked down, this chair has no cushion, it is a hardwood Taishi chair, this summer is still cool, but now it is just spring, and you have to wear a cotton jacket.

I can't care about my ass, ascend to the hall!

The soap li sounded the three-way drum, and the soap and the people in the courtyard shouted in unison, waving water and fire sticks together. Master Jin has already explained in advance that there is a famous hall called "Pai Ya", which is to drive away all the evil.

The master bookkeeper handed over the book with both hands, Yang Qiuchi took it, and began to draw the roll call.

The first one to be pointed out was the master who led the third class of clerks of the sixth room to greet him at the gate of the city, named Situ Lei, a shriveled old man, and the only assistant official in Qingxi County now.

After ordering all the scribes and officials in the six rooms in turn, Yang Qiuchi was about to accept the congratulations of the officials of the yamen.

Situ Lei, the chief bookkeeper, stepped forward and kowtowed, and Yang Qiuchi stood up and bowed according to Master Jin's explanation; The other six-room scribes came up one by one to kowtow, Yang Qiuchi just nodded, and the other three classes of officials could only kowtow collectively in the patio under the platform from a distance.

Then, Yang Qiuchi ordered to retreat from the hall, and then went to the courtyard of the Yamen Gate to worship the land lord, the house god, the door god, the stove god and other messy gods in the yamen.

After worshipping the gods, Master Long had already arranged a table of wine in the second hall of the Yamen, and brought the wine and meat that Yang Qiuchi had previously sacrificed to the city god to entertain his colleagues in the Yamen.

Participating in the banquet were Situ Lei, the chief bookkeeper, and the heads of the officials of the six rooms of the Yamen officials, the household rites, the soldiers, the criminal workers, and the officials. This table banquet is also a meeting procedure, you can't really eat, after three rounds of wine, the miscellaneous official quit and withdrew.

At this point, the greeting procedure was basically completed, and Yang Qiuchi returned to the internal office.

When I entered the living room of the inner office, I saw Song Yun'er, Qin Zhihui and a group of women talking lively in the living room.

Seeing Yang Qiuchi coming in, the girls all gathered around, and Song Yun'er preemptively said: "Brother, your yamen is too broken, the roof tiles of our room are all open skylights, what should we do if it rains?" ”

Song Yun'er opened her mouth, and Qin Zhihui and the others also talked nonsense:

"yes, the bed in my room creaks and rattles." Qin Zhihui said.

"There are still rats in my room~!" Song Qing said.

"yes, it's dirty." Yuechan said.

"The back garden is full of weeds!" Bai Sumei said.

"The kitchen pans are rusty." Red Aya said.

"There are cockroaches on the shelves!" Hui'er said...... Yang Qiuchi's head was big, and at this time, Xia Ping ran in and reported: "Lord Yang, there are several big dog holes in this inner wall, people can climb in and out, and some of the walls are about to fall, what should I do?" ”

Yang Qiuchi's head is bigger, this yamen is really too broken. Hurriedly ordered Master Long to be called in.

After Master Long came in, Yang Qiuchi instructed him to immediately arrange for the yamen to be repaired, replace the old ones, the bad ones, and the rotten ones, and immediately dismantle and rebuild those that were about to collapse. All the furniture in the interior was replaced, and all the rooms were repainted and rearranged. The facilities required for safety vigilance shall be handled according to the opinions of Nangong Xiong and Xia Ping.

Master Long followed Yang Qiuchi's path, of course he knew his temper, this so-called "officials do not cultivate the government" is for other officials, Yang Qiuchi is different, first, money is not a problem, second, safety first. He was immediately ordered to begin arranging the renovation of the yamen.

Master Long was responsible for repairing the county ya, and Nangong Xiong also began to arrange the guard of the yamen according to the situation of the county yamen, he selected five of the highest martial arts guards from the forty inner guards and brocade guards, plus Nangong Xiong himself, to form Yang Qiuchi's personal guard, as long as Yang Qiuchi came out of the inner office, he would not leave an inch. The rest of the guards guarded all parts of the yamen, and arranged the yamen to be heavily guarded, so that there was no leakage.

Of course, if Yang Qiuchi wants to leave the yamen and go out, there will only be ten guards left in the yamen, and the remaining thirty will all follow Yang Qiuchi and accompany them to protect, Yang Qiuchi will also have three classes of yamen, so this bodyguard team is still very spectacular.

The food and accommodation of the guards are still the same as those in Wuchang, and all the male guards eat and live outside the inner house of the Yamen, and they are absolutely forbidden to enter the inner house without permission. Unlike Wuchang, Yang Qiuchi asked Xia Ping to take twenty female guards into the inner office, and they were distributed in various places in the inner office, focusing on the safety of the three young grandmothers.

The two masters arranged to live in the wing room outside the inner gate, so that Yang Qiuchi could be summoned at any time.

The original magistrate has moved to a temporary mansion in the county seat. After lunch, Yang Qiuchi took Master Jin to pay a visit.

This county magistrate's surname is Jiang, an old man who is almost sixty years old, and his eyes are already a little dizzy, and his teeth are almost gone. Yang Qiuchi now understands why the yamen is so broken, because even if it is broken again, he can't see it clearly with the eyes of Jiang Zhixian. Besides, he is about to return to the hermitage, what is he doing to repair this yamen, it is better to save some money to ask the old man to return to his hometown and take a concubine to warm his feet.

After some greetings, Jiang Zhixian briefly introduced the relevant situation of Qingxi County, and said some high-sounding official words, this Qingxi County Han and Miao mixed residences, the folk customs are simple, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful, these are true, Yang Qiuchi has felt it all the way, that is, the people are too bitter.

After being instructed by Master Jin in advance, Yang Qiuchi repeatedly asked for advice as a junior, and sent a meeting gift, Jiang Zhixian was fascinated by an old eye, sighed, and said: "Lord Yang, you will know in the future, this Qingxi County is not only bitter, but also has a lot of troubles, and the most troublesome thing is that the Miao people do not accept education. ”

"In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, there was also a Miao rebellion, against the government, against taxes, Zhen Yuanwei commanded the division to send troops to suppress, as a result, a big battle was fought, our army was defeated, even the commander Wan Ji, 100 households Wu Bin were killed, forced to send more troops to encircle and suppress, killed hundreds of Miao people, the situation was stabilized."

(To be continued)