Li You knew that what Master Huang said was right, even if he couldn't be the long-cherished governor of the five cities, he was afraid that he would not have much time in Yangzhou. When he was driving, he took the title of governor of Yangzhou Prefecture and made an official frame. not only showed outstanding achievements in front of the imperial court, established his own image of a capable minister, but also exposed his dictatorship that broke the conventions of officialdom in the eyes of the imperial court.

So many Yanguan are not vegetarians, and there must have been some discussion. Now that Yangzhou officialdom is obviously seriously unbalanced, the imperial court, which has always paid attention to checks and balances, probably will not let him continue to stay in Yangzhou as an official, and will definitely promote him elsewhere.

But this time he is not a victim, but because he is too good and top-notch, he must not be sent away just for a second- or third-rate official position. Even if there is no Wupindu Imperial Envoy to Commander Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, he should be given a slightly decent official position.

Recognizing the reality that he was about to leave, Li You welcomed the teacher to be the prefect from the bottom of his heart. At least the situation he created can be well continued, and the people he uses can continue to rely on the teacher, so as to avoid the worries of people going to politics.

And Li You also believes that the teacher's ability is enough to control the situation, and there is also a skilled figure such as Master Huang to assist.

It is said that Chen Yingzhen went to Yangzhou Mansion to receive the stall of Li You, a nominal student, which is also a very beneficial thing for himself. Li You has laid a very good foundation, and he can naturally inherit the achievements created by Li You. It will not be like being promoted to another place, and you will not be completely unfamiliar with life, resulting in everything having to start from scratch with unpredictable risks. One word, safely!

So this situation is a win-win situation, and Master Li even plans to leave the two staff members of Master Zhuang and Master Hu to Teacher Chen. If he wants to enter Beijing as an official, he doesn't have a lot of pro-people affairs, but I'm afraid that he won't be able to use so many staff members around him, and one or two western seats will be enough.

Zhuang Chengxian is familiar with the affairs of the local yamen, and Hu Zhenru is familiar with the local people's feelings, and these two masters are of little use to go to Beijing with him. Recommended for teachers. It's also a good thing to do. The other two staff members, Choi and Erren, are younger. I have been to Beijing again, so I want to stay and follow him into Beijing.

In the past few days, Li You instructed the family to start packing up the soft boxes, packing the boxes and cages, and preparing to leave in advance, so as not to be in a hurry.

But the imperial edict came earlier than expected, and in late June of the ninth year of Jinghe, a new salt transport envoy took office. Li You also received an edict from the imperial court. The content of the edict was very simple, telling him to end his term of office early, enter Beijing for Hajj, and stay in Beijing for appointment after inspecting the plan.

As mentioned above, the Beijing official has a big plan every six years, which is called the Beijing inspection. According to the system, the local officials were held every three years, and at the same time as the Hajj, they had to be inspected by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, similar to the Jingcha of the Beijing officials. It is also called a full test.

Therefore, it is often said that the term of office of the magistrate is three years. The third, sixth, and ninth years are all the years when the examination is completed at the end of the term, and the three years with a way to be promoted will be promoted, and after nine years of staying up without a way, it is estimated that it is still a flat tone.

Of course, the most well-connected, or the most adventurous magistrate, will not expire in three years, and will be promoted after a year or two. Just like Li You.

There are only two cases in which a term of office can be terminated early. One is to commit a crime and be arrested and brought to Beijing for interrogation; The other is to be summoned to Beijing for Hajj and to be investigated.

When Mr. Li took office in Yangzhou, it was less than a year and a half to be full, and during this period, he also experienced a general judgment due to merit. Now that he has received an edict from the imperial court to end his term of office early and go to Beijing for inspection, everyone in the officialdom understands what this means. It must be a precursor to promotion. What's more, the edict also made it clear that he would stay in Beijing and be appointed.

For a while, the Manchu government came to congratulate each other, congratulating Li Taishou on his rise to the top and his promotion again.

Li You spent a few days handing over the affairs in hand, the affairs of the government were handed over to the Chen Governor's Mansion, the county affairs were handed over to the Guo County Cheng Executive, and the Garrison Department of the Government was also handed over to the Chen Governor's Mansion for temporary management, waiting for the imperial court to appoint a new garrison. …,

Because the family was prepared in advance, it was soon ready to go. Although the wives and concubines are very satisfied with the life in Yangzhou, there is no way, the husband changes positions, and they have to follow the emigration to Beijing, which is the so-called eunuch tour.

Of course, if you don't want to follow the eunuchs, you can also choose to go back to your hometown to serve your in-laws, and many official families are separated in this way. But Li You's wife and concubine did not choose this path, and would rather follow her husband to live in the distant Jingshi for a long time. The other Aunt Xie, who is alone in Gaoyou, will probably have to wait for a year and a half before she can get out.

Master Li comforted each room and said: "Although the Beijing division is far away in the north, there are many southerners who are officials in Beijing, and it is not the strange and strange place you imagined. ”

I went to bid farewell to Governor Chen's mansion again, and said with a few sighs: "I just got together with my teacher, and I parted again." If you can't stand under the door day and night and listen to the teachings, you will regret this life! ”

Governor Chen reluctantly said: "My generation belongs to the community, so why do you need to rely on it." Serve the court, don't lose the grace of the king, be worthy of the people, don't forget, remember to remember! ”

Every official is vigorous when he comes, so when he leaves, he naturally can't be quiet, otherwise others will see it and feel that he is slipping away, which will damage his image.

In the mature officialdom mechanism, all common procedures have rules to follow, and they are rules that can be used in more than 1,000 counties and hundreds of state capitals in the world. In a sense, this is also characteristic of a unified empire.

Master Li is scheduled to leave office on 27 June, and before that, he instructed Guo Xiancheng, Pang Jiaoyu, Jin Wanwan, and others to organize various farewell ceremonies, so as not to have a cold and lonely situation and lose face in their own family.

Losing face is still a trivial matter, and letting others see it will only mean that this person is really useless.

There was no silent promise. I just drove two months ago, and a lot of equipment was redundant and leftover, but now the waste is used and moved out again. In addition, it is necessary to create some merit cards, people's umbrellas and so on.

In the past, it was not impossible to erect a monument of merit, but now the imperial court has repeatedly ordered that it is not allowed to leave office at will to erect a monument, unless the imperial court specially approves it, so this time the monument will be exempted.

As for Li You himself, all he has to do is one thing, prepare a few official boots, which will be of their own use.

In the early morning of June 27, Li You's family, servants, and maidservants boarded the ship early and waited for departure. The fleet consists of eight ships, which is another big expense.

According to the system, officials have stopped paying money since the day they left office, and until they took up their new posts, there was no more regular silver and the like. Therefore, the most painful thing for the outgoing officials is this, Pepsi can only go in and out, not to mention that Master Li does not know how many years to deduct.

Fortunately, he has a very rich father-in-law, and he has sponsored a lot this time, so that Master Li will not look at the account book every day to calculate how to save expenses.

didn't mention it, but said that in the early morning, Li Qiantaishou, who was in a black gauze official robe, came out of the county government on horseback accompanied by his entourage. didn't take two steps, and saw the county chief bookkeeper and other officials and subordinates set up a colorful shed on the roadside and prepared a banquet to send off.

Li You dismounted and Guo Xiancheng comforted each other, cherished each other, toasted each other with a glass of wine, and then got back on the horse and moved forward.

After continuing to walk for a while, I saw the yamen officials set up a banquet, Li You was toasted, and when he got on the horse to leave, suddenly a yagong stepped forward quickly and hugged Li You's thigh. Several other people hurriedly took off Master Li's boots and shouted, "I beg the eldest master not to go!" ”

Legend has it that a magistrate left office in the previous dynasty, and the people refused to let him go, so they broke his reins and picked up his boots. As a result, this custom has been passed down to this day, and every magistrate, no matter whether he is virtuous or foolish, will stage a scene of taking off his boots and leaving his love when he leaves office.

Li You was mentally prepared, so he let others take off his boots, then put on a spare one and continued to go to Dongguan Lijin Gate. ..., when I arrived at the big east gate in the middle of the old and new cities, I met the square array of students led by Pang Jiaoyu, who was still a glass of thin wine and cherished goodbye.

The county government is located in the old city, and through the big east gate, you will enter the new city of Yangzhou City. Li Taishou rode a horse and stood on the arch bridge of the Xiaoqinhuai River, smelling the aroma of fat powder wafting from the riverhouses on both sides, with a trace of parting sorrow, raising his eyes to look at the road ahead, preparing to sing a poem for the occasion.

However, after the current situation came into view, Master Li's heart was shocked, and the shallow parting sorrow and poetry were gone! I saw that from the bottom of the bridge to the far end of the street, the colorful sheds were densely covered, the drums were singing in unison, there was a table in ten steps, a case in eight steps, and a banquet was set up along the way until it was out of sight.

Master Cui, who accompanied him, was dumbfounded, how could this pass through... Those organizers are working too hard! It was enough for a few hundred gentry and people to come forward, and it was too heroic to make such a scene.

From the place under your feet, you can reach the wharf outside the Lijin Gate of Dongguan, which is a full four miles away. This four-mile long street is not easy to walk.

A certain traverser really underestimated the people's feelings for the "blue sky" in recent years, and after careful preparation and agitation everywhere, he consciously or unintentionally, half organized and half spontaneously gathered into this scene.

After standing for a long time, Master Li, who was full of opportunities, was helpless, and went down the bridge to move forward. After only a few steps, there were a few old people from the city and township, flashing out from the side of the road to stop the horse and kowtow, crying and unable to speak.

Li Taishou got off the horse and helped him up, wanting to cry without tears, this official is really not so good...

The people of the time recorded that "when Li Gong went, the people of Jiangdu Hexian County sent each other off with colors, took off their wine boots, and from the small Qinhuai Bridge to Dongguan Lijin Gate, there were 100 people who came to set up banquets. Along the way, the people and residents flocked to the patrol, taking off their boots and crying for the wine trumpet. Inch by inch, line and stop, stop and stop.

Out of the city under the suspension bridge, the people in the suburbs were crowded and wailing, and Li Gong was extremely bitter and couldn't speak to move forward. From Lijin Gate to the wharf, the merchants prepare wine banquets and farewells, repeatedly take off the wine boots, drum music and wait for the send, and the people all sigh and sigh.

On the same day, Li Gong departed from the county government early in the morning and traveled to the shore in the afternoon. The gentry and villagers from near and far sent each other, counting more than 70 boots, but there was no way to change them, so they had no choice but to stomp on their feet. The banquet was prepared endlessly, and the toast was shallow, and he was still drunk and drowsy.

When Li Gong was helped to board the boat and left, the people of Manxian County were like losing their parents, and there were thousands of people walking on the shore. Alack! I have never seen a departing official like this in my life. ”

There are also horse poems that circulate: There are sages in the rivers and mountains, and the deification of Danqing is to draw pictures. Fortunately, Li Taishou of Yangzhou, the world has loved Slender West Lake