In Jizhou in the second century AD, the air was cool and soaked in the heart. He stood under a tree in his robe, stretching.

The rooster in the front yard is already white.

Although he stayed up all night, Wen Chou didn't plan to make up for a deep sleep, but squinted for a while and got up. Even if it is his first day in office today, it is not appropriate to sleep in the daytime as soon as he comes to office. "Zai Yu sleeps in the day, and the son says: 'Rotten wood cannot be carved'." If it spreads, it will definitely be ridiculed.

He looked at Du Yi, who was asleep, and didn't intend to wake him up, but tiptoed open the door and paced into the courtyard.

The official house in the township is divided into two parts, the front is the official temple, the back is the official house, and the middle is separated by a wall, and there is a door to communicate. The official temple is used for office, and the township has ranks, townships, and small officials who usually handle official business there. The official house is used for living, and it is divided into two districts, both of which are independent courtyards, and the two are adjacent, the left side is the village and the history of the village, and the right side is the place where the village has a rank to live. Some government offices will also make room for you, such as Shahe Township.

The hour was still early, and most of the people in the courtyard were still sleeping, and Wen Chou saw from the open courtyard gate that only You Qin Zhang had gotten up, and was packing up his belongings and draping them on the horses.

Wen Chou knew that Qin Zhang was in a hurry to go to the county to take up his post, so he paced forward and laughed loudly: "Qin Jun, why is he too anxious!" ”

"Wenjun, you got up early!" Qin Zhang put the cloaking away, turned around and saw that it was Wen Chou.

"Is Qin Jun in a hurry to take office? But he left all the things in Shahe Township to the kid to do! Wen Chou couldn't help but laugh.

"Wenjun is talented, and he will be able to enrich the people and peace of the township that he takes care of." Qin Zhang complimented. After all, Wen Chou is also a hundred stone officials like him.

"When the reward in the county comes, I will send someone to send it to you!" Wen Chou suddenly thought that this award was not complete, so he said so.

Qin Zhang was about to raise this matter to Wen Chou, but Wen Chou mentioned it before him, and he was overjoyed. Said happily: "This will bother Wenjun." In the future, I will live in the county, in the township, if there is any right or wrong, just come to me! ”

"In this way, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate, if there is any right or wrong in the future, the kid will go to harass Qin Jun, haha" Wen Chou smiled and continued.

"Haha, don't say much, I'm going now, the county monarch has already been recruited, and it has been delayed for a day, it's better to go early, don't disobey the county monarch too much." Qin Zhang explained to Wen Chou while pulling the horses out of the stable.

"In this way, the kid congratulates Qin Jun on a smooth journey!" Wen Chou arched his hand.

Qin Zhang led the horse out of the courtyard gate, jumped up, and said goodbye to Wen Chou: "Wen Jun, make a crime for Du for me!" I wanted to pay homage to him again, but now I can't. ”

"Definitely!" Wen Chou wanted to say something, but suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but say: "Qin Jun, has Lin Qing's case been decided?" ”

"When I returned yesterday, the county gentleman had already gone to the county, and I thought that I had already copied the whole house, so Wen Jun didn't have to worry about it!" Qin Zhang frowned and said.

"Oh, that's right!" Wen Chou thought of Lin Jie's fierceness and sighed and regretted.

Wen Chou stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at Qin Zhang, who was gradually moving away, and at this time, the sky was not bright, and the morning light unfolded in the east, reflecting the hazy and sacred mountains in the distance, and the countryside near was full of vitality. The township is silent, the township pavilion is scattered in many fields, and the occasional sound of chickens and dogs barking comes from far away, there is no noise, giving people a quiet feeling. There are no more pedestrians on the pipeline in front of the house, and it stretches north and south without an end in sight, like a yellow ribbon that divides the earth into two halves. I couldn't help but sigh again.

Another morning of the Empire, as usual, quietly arrived, and a new day was about to begin!

The majesty of the morning light gradually became stronger, and I saw the moon strings hanging in the sky, first becoming a faint touch, and then disappearing. In the east, the clouds are brilliant and radiant, and a round of vigorous rising sun jumps out of the ground, dyeing the mountains and forests, the fields, and the whole earth with red colors.

Wen Chou just stood there, silently looking at the beauty of nature! No one knows what he was thinking at this point......

Oh'er, the township officials and villagers in the courtyard also got up one after another. Fetching water, sweeping the floor, and so on, the whole official temple was also noisy.

"Wenjun, get up so early!" But it was the king of Xiangzuo who rushed up and walked to the front yard, and saw that the door of the courtyard was open, so he came to check, and saw that it was Wen Chou standing at the door and couldn't help but be surprised.

"Oh, it's Wang Jun, I can't help but be excited when I first get an official appointment, but I taught Wang Jun to laugh, hehe." Wen Chou turned around and saw a person who was seven feet long, wearing a Confucian robe, and his face was quite square, about forty years old, and he smiled.

"Wenjun's intelligence, the luck of the villagers!" Wang Chong hurriedly complimented.

"Oh, I do remember one thing, the list of villagers who were killed and injured in defending against the Black Mountain army is with you?" Wen Chou thought about it for a moment and asked in a deep voice.

"This is indeed here, I don't know why Wen Jun asked this?" Wang Chong Gongjin said.

"I want to visit their families first, they are all injured and killed in the village, and their families deserve our care!" Wen Chou said solemnly.

"What Wen Jun said is that his subordinates will take out the directory." When Wang Chong heard this, he turned around and went back to the house to get it. I thought: "This Wen Chou seems to be just a hairy boy who has not dried up, it is okay to lead people to train and train soldiers, and to fight wars, so that he is afraid that he will use the wrong place to govern the villagers, how can he not first visit the three elders in the township, Litian, filial piety, etc.?" I really don't know what the top is thinking! Alas, we are soft-spoken, and whoever is appointed by the above, we will do it with whom! Of course, this is all Wang Chong's mental activity, and outsiders don't know it.

Of course, Wen Chou did this with some of his own considerations. If it is an ordinary peaceful period, at the beginning of his tenure, he will first go to pay homage to the three elders, filial piety, and Litian, who are known as "villagers' fathers and brothers".

The three elders of the township are the spiritual leaders of the people of a township. "The people are more than 50 years old, have practice, can lead the crowd to be good, and regard them as the three elders." Although the three elders of the township are produced by the people and cannot be regarded as state officials, they have official seals, and they use square seals, and the specifications are higher than those of rank. If there is a rank, it is only a half-through print.

The basic duty of the three elders of the township is to be responsible for educating the villagers, guiding the villagers to goodness with their own virtues. In addition, his role is also to persuade and deal with civil disputes. "Hearing lawsuits" was originally the work of the villagers, but because most of the three elders of the township were held by people with high moral standing in the township, their semi-folk status was more affinity than that of the villagers, so if the villagers had disputes, they often did not look for the villagers, but went to the three elders.

In addition, the three elders of the township have the duty of participating in the sacrifice with the township husband. Whenever there is a long drought without rain, or when it rains for a long time and it rains to the point of flooding, the county often asks the township and the three elders of the township to sacrifice to heaven in order to have the wind and rain smooth.

The two positions of filial piety and Litian are unique in the township. Filial piety is responsible for educating the villagers to be filial to their parents and do good deeds; Litian is responsible for guiding the villagers to be diligent in farming and keep their own business. The three elders of the township will be set up in each township, and Xiaoyi and Litian are set up according to the household registration, some townships have them, and some townships do not. Shahe Township is a big township, so there are both of them.

The three elders of the township, filial piety, and Litian were all moral models set by the imperial court, and in order to promote the education of the villagers, the imperial court gave them a high status, many rights and benefits, and praise. At the beginning of the establishment of the three elders, it was stipulated that they were exempted from the responsibility of hard labor, and the rewards of the Son of Heaven for these three members in the former Han Dynasty to the present dynasties are also continuous, including the granting of fields, silks, knights, money, rent-free, and so on. Emperor Wu once said, "Yu three elders, filial piety and thought of the people's teachers", it can be seen that he is very respectful of these three members.

These three members, especially the three elders of the township, because they have such an outstanding position in the township, so they have a strong appeal to the villagers and the head of the Qian, and it is precisely because of this that they go up to the county to guard the county order, down to the chief of the Qiangfu, every time there is a new incumbent, most of them will meet them at the first time, one to express humility and courtesy, respect for the father; Second, for example, the county magistrate can also use this to inquire about local customs and customs, people's suffering, etc., so as to formulate the next policy policy.

The position of the county magistrate is high, and he can also summon him, but the chief Qiang Fu is not good, his position is low, and his usual work needs to rely on the cooperation of the three elders of the township, and he will often visit him in person.