When you enter Wannian County, you will see the instrument gate facing you.

The so-called instrument door is the second door in the gate, which means that it can be likened, and it is also the starting and ending point of riding a sedan chair, which means the place to welcome guests.

The Yimen of the first county party of Yantang has three rooms and five frames, the green wall is gray tile, and the Wuliang Zhu door has a lion's head knocker and brass nails, which is very majestic and solemn. The door of the ceremony is usually closed tightly, and only when the edict is read, the Ming Mansion takes office, the guests are welcomed, or there is a major celebration, the door can be opened to show grandeur. There are east and west corner doors on both sides of the instrument gate, the east is the upper head, called "the human gate" or "the happy door", which is specially for the county to make people enter and exit normally. The West Corner Gate is called the "Ghost Gate" or "Desperate Gate", which is usually closed and cannot be opened until the prisoner is arraigned and the death row prisoner is escorted to death.

There are two transepts behind the gate, which should be the gatehouse, and they are also unmanned at the moment.

There are wings and stables on both sides of the gate to the gate for guests and servants to rest.

There are more than ten steps from the gate to the Yimen, and the four people of Dugu Xinci pass through the happy gate, and suddenly open up, and a long road goes straight to the main hall of the county party.

Wannian County Party Hall five rooms and seven frames, there are ear doors on both sides, the base of the hall is four feet high, obviously higher than the surrounding corridor room, and the eaves are in the middle of the main hall gilt two-word plaque.

The road is more than 10 steps long, there are seven corridor rooms on both sides, there are also plaques in front of each room, and the left hand is the power room, the warehouse room, the household room, and the signing room. The right hand is the barracks, the lawrooms, and the sergeants' rooms. It is the county Yaliu Cao, corresponding to the six departments of the Shangshu Lihu Soldier and Criminal Work.

The three rooms in the main hall are the public hall, the place where the county order is promoted to the government, and the one on the east side is the praise hall, and the praise is also the place where the government participates. The county order received the elders and squires of various villages here, in order to show "sympathy for the people". One on the west side is the Luan driving warehouse, which stores the dragon pavilion and honor guard that welcomes and guides the "holy edict".

There is no frame in front of the three public halls, the middle is open, there are fences on both sides, and there are drums under the east corridor.

In the courtyard, you can see the situation in the public hall, the screen behind the middle is painted with a picture of the rising sun of the landscape, the front of the screen is the official platform, and there is an official pavilion above, also called "warm pavilion". There is a plaque hanging above the pavilion, and the book "Mirror hangs high".

The case was set up on the official platform, and the "Four Treasures of the Study", the fire stick, and the shocking wood were placed on the top of the official platform, and the official seal box was placed on the right side. On the same day, the county order ascended to the hall and sat upright, which happened to be the position of the rising sun, indicating that the sun was beautiful and the king was fair.

In the lobby, part of the ceremonial guards of the Qipin main hall are displayed, also known as "deacons". According to the Tang system, "the county order, four green flags, one blue umbrella, one green fan, two tong sticks, two leather lances, and two quiet cards".

The four of them stood in the courtyard to watch the tea kung fu, but no one came to ask, and the doors of each room were closed.

There are ear doors on both sides of the main hall, according to the system of left text and right martial arts, the east gate should be the county chief bookkeeper, and the west gate should be the county lieutenant who joined the army.

Dugu Xinci wanted to step into the west gate, and sure enough, he finally heard a voice.

There is a door on the right hand of the west gate, and the lintel is written on the Wannian County Prison. There is a public hall opposite the door, and there is no plaque, but there are six doors.

Six doors, Dugu Xinci muttered, there are corridors on the left and right hands, and there are voices in the corridor on the left hand.

There is a rough voice talking about current affairs, talking about the deeds of Dugu Xinci who scolded Prince Guogong yesterday, and is talking about the Ming Mansion of the Far East Hou and others, shouting loudly, "Roll on, you eat so-and-so's white food and smash so-and-so's rice bowl, what kind of sin have you made?" ”

As if he was there in person, Dugu Xinci coughed lightly, embarrassed to listen to others boast about himself.

So someone poked his head out, looked at a young face, and said, "Rest today, come back in five days."

Dugu Xin smiled and said nothing, another strong man poked his head out, chewing and eating in his mouth, and when he saw it, he quickly jumped out and said, "Mingfu has arrived, forgive your sins and forgive your sins"

"Are you sharp-eyed? Yesterday at Pingkang Fong? Dugu Xinci could hear that it was a rough voice.

"Yesterday, someone reported that the official Pingkangfang was making trouble, and a certain person led a team to check it"

"Oh, hard work, dare to ask the name?"

"Where the duty department is, it should not be praised by the Ming government, a certain is the captain Wang Yong"

"It turned out to be Wang County Lieutenant in person" Dugu Xinci was very polite, these are his subordinates in the future, how lazy it depends on their performance.

Tang system, a county has one order and three Zuo, the county order is the chief official, the general judge is the county Cheng, the judge is the county lieutenant, and the inspector is the main book, usually one person in the county Cheng main book, and two county lieutenants, but Wannian is the first county in the world, and the preparation is different.

Chang'an Wannian and other Beijing counties have orders to have one person each, and they are on the five products; Cheng two, from the seven grades; The main book is two, from the eighth grade; recorded two people, from the ninth grade; Lieutenant six people, from the eighth grade.

The six county lieutenants are divided into Gong, Sicang, Sihu, Bing, Judicial, and Sishi, corresponding to Gongcao, Cangcao, Hucao, Bingcao, Facao, and Shicao.

Wang Yong is a military lieutenant, in charge of military registration, ordnance, grain and grass, military orders, bans, etc., and commands the Wuhou of Zhufang.

Dugu Xinci entered the wing room, this is a miscellaneous room, a few tables, there is a pot of braised boiled pig's head meat, it seems that it is still braised and boiled in the Shengdao Fang, and there are fish and other ingredients on the ground.

"Is this a refresh?" Dugu Xinci asked with a smile, and everyone was nervous.

"Hehe, isn't this annual leave? The ingredients they brought from home came to the Five Organs Temple," Wang Yong hurriedly explained.

"It's not bad, there is a stove room in the county party?"

"Yes, yes, it's just that the county chef is resting today" Wang Yong saw that Dugu Xinci did not blame, and his heart fell to the bottom.

"Do you know how to cook?"

"There are two of them, they are street cleaners, but now they are out on patrol."

"It's quite tiring, okay, I'm going to have lunch here with you today, and I'm going to make a meal table, but it's cold, and I'm too lazy to do it, how many are there on duty now?"

"Jiang Lushi took two clean streets to make two white values go to the workshop to inspect, these days the artillery has been very strong, Jiang Lushi is afraid of going to the water" Walking water is a fire, and it is better to be safe during the New Year.

"Jiang Lu is very dutiful, five, plus you and so on are ten?"

"There are still five people on duty who are making up for sleep," Wang Yong didn't know what the new Ming Mansion wanted.

"Okay, add a certain four people, alas, Uncle Qiu, are you eating here or going back to your home?"

"It's not far away, let's go back to the house" Qiu Bin has been with him for almost a long time, and seeing that Dugu Xinci is still doing things with all his heart, he wants to go back to the house.

"Okay, then you go back now, there are only three of you, well, bother the county lieutenant Wang to go to the Star Tower, just say that there are twenty people here, let them send some food"

"Going to pick up the stars?" Wang Yong was taken aback, and grinned, "Yantang has a system, and you must not harass merchants."

"The Star Picking Tower is so-and-so, what's the point of getting you some food at home?" Dugu Xinci was dissatisfied with "arranging another person to accompany a certain person to see this county party"

Wang Yong thought about it, and he was right, with the situation of the new Ming Mansion yesterday, even if the Star Picking Tower was not from the Liaoyang County Palace, it must have a lot to do with the Star Picking Tower.

"Then it will disturb the Ming Mansion" Wang Yong thanked him, and quickly arranged for the two of them to go to the Star Tower, personally lead the way, and lead Dugu Xinci to visit the first county party in the world.

Being able to keep up with Shangguan's footsteps and have a future, Dugu Xinci came out of this miscellaneous room.

"You wait to clean up this place," Wang Yong did not forget to order the rest of the people.

With the introduction of Wang Yong, the county lieutenant who can tell stories, Dugu Xinci has a preliminary understanding of this Wannian county party.

It is worthy of the first county in the world, and the county party has five halls and five courtyards.

The gate to the instrument door is counted as one entry, along this central axis, there are two into the public hall, three into the second hall, four into the inner building, five into the inner house.

The five courtyards are the county office, the main book office, the county prison, the arrest hall is the seat of the county governors, and there is a recording hall behind.

The first two into the public hall show the majesty, the last three into but the environment is good, although now full of snow, but can also see the courtyard pavilion exquisite exquisite, rockery lotus pond scattered, laurel tree upright, flowers and trees lush.

The county government and the main office are two halls standing side by side, each with a side room. The second hall is also five into seven frames, and the warehouse is fully equipped with silver and money warehouses, but it is unattended.

Dugu Xinci looked at Wang Yong County Lieutenant, Wang Yong County Lieutenant was also exquisite, and said with a wry smile, "It's all empty"

Dugu Xinci was relieved and confused, is this the first county in the world or the poorest in the world?

There is a study in the inner building, and there is a garden in the inner house.

Dugu Xinci was too lazy to understand deeply, and went to visit the county prison with great interest, which was still empty at the moment, there was a Hutou Gate, a prison shrine, a dormitory, three rooms in the east, four rooms in the west, two rooms in the southeast, one room in the southwest, and one room in the northwest.

The entire county party occupies a corner of Xuanyang Fang, which is about the same as the palace of Liaoyang County.

Dugu Xinci returned to this miscellaneous room next to the capture hall, the food for the star picking tower had not yet been delivered, and the Jiang army of Wannian County came back, and after a salute, Dugu Xinci learned that this person was also born in the imperial examination, and the Chang Ke Jinshi of the seventh year of Shenlong, surnamed Jiang Minghe, had just been promoted from the captain of Wannian County.

Now, if you don't count Dugu Xinci, he is already the second person in the entire county government, and there is a master book on it, the county government of Wannian went to the year Pei Yaoqing, the county order first moved to the left, and then Dugu Xinci instigated the Shengdaofang to make trouble with the monks in the city, and the people in the county government were panicked, and they walked and depreciated, and there was only one main book left, and there were only three county captains left who joined the army.

After a while, the only remaining master book also came, the main book's surname was Wei Mingqing, his home was in Xuanyangfang, and he was greeting him, and the remaining two county lieutenants also came, one called Lu Si, and the other called Han Qu, who was all strong, from the forbidden army, and Han Qu also participated in the battle of Mohe in the previous year.

Subsequently, the banquet of the Star Picking Building also arrived, and the steward Feng usually sent it in person, smiling and greeting Dugu Xinci, this morning yesterday's troublesome various national mansions and princes' mansions sent people to send fifty guan, eighteen is nine hundred, after compensating for yesterday's losses, the rest is equivalent to several days of net profit of the restaurant.

Feng is naturally happy to be in charge of things, according to yesterday's Dugu Xinci's explanation, one by one to give back the burning knife, with a jade card, anyway, Lijingmen has a workshop specializing in hairpin tokens, slightly change the word called picking up the star card, most of the eighteen are polite, and the few or two are angry and don't care.

Dugu Xinci invited everyone to sit down, and instructed the shopkeeper Feng to leave two jade plates, saying that if they were placed in the county party, whoever went to the star building could go to the private room at any time with the brand, and they could also get a 20% discount.

Those who can serve in the first county in the world are not ordinary people, they are frequent visitors to Pingkangfang, and the Star Picking House used to be one of the best restaurants in Chang'an, although it is now in decline, but it is also synonymous with high-end places.

Hearing that Dugu Xinci is the owner of the Star Picking Building, he naturally praised it one after another. Wei Qing's chief secretary even said that he would hold a banquet in the restaurant tonight to welcome the Ming Mansion to take office.

"You don't know, the king of Liaoyang County forbade a certain to set foot in Pingkangfang, and every time he went, he begged again and again, and he needed to return to his house immediately after the director was finished" Dugu sighed.

"That's a pity, the Ming Mansion won't be able to appreciate the scenery of the north," Master Wei laughed.

"The scenery of the north can't fill the belly, and the dishes of this star building can satisfy the appetite of a certain stomach," Dugu Xinci also said with a smile.

"Then Xie Mingfu, I'll wait for a certain invitation tomorrow," Wei Qing said with a smile.

"Aren't you resting these days? The main book will be on duty tomorrow? Dugu Xin Ciqi said.

"There is no order for more than 10,000 years in the county, there is a lot of backlog of official business, the new Ming government is appointed, and it could have been relaxed for a few days, but there are a lot of urgent tasks, and you can be on duty in these few days" Jiang Lushi looked at it urgently, and he was dedicated to the public.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry for these three or five days, the New Year's Day, you have a good rest, a combination of work and rest, and then it's not too late to go on duty after bathing" Dugu Xinci hurriedly stopped, you don't wait for a bath, a certain still need to rest.

"I don't know if the Ming Mansion will know when this deficiency will be filled?" Si Gongwei Han Qu smiled bitterly, "There are only three of the six county lieutenants in office now, isn't it a matter of being in a certain position?" ”

"Yes, everything is complicated, and you need to have all the personnel," Jiang Lushi also said, and Wei Qing's chief secretary and several county lieutenants also nodded.

"The Ministry of Officials has sealed the new science and technology Jinshi Du Juan as the county governor, and now there is still a lack of a chief book, a record of three county lieutenants, it seems that a certain Wannian County is missing half of the wall?" Dugu Xinci pinched his fingers and counted them, which was also a headache.

"The street cleaner below, the white value, the fast catcher, the bad guys are short of personnel?" Wang Yong also complained bitterly.

"The history of the county prison is also lacking,"

"Ahem, everyone, eat the vegetables first, why don't you go to the ministry tomorrow and ask?" Dugu Xinci beckoned everyone to eat vegetables first, "Today, if you have a duty, you won't drink, and after you get off duty, you will go to the Star Picking Tower, each person will burn a knife, and go home to drink and rest."

Everyone called the Ming Mansion luxurious.

"It's unbearable for the New Year, the government comes to bother you, it's unbearable, just give you a New Year's greeting," Dugu smiled kindly.

After eating, a shrewd person brought tea.

Dugu Xinci didn't bother to change places, so she talked to a few people in this dirty and dim miscellaneous room.

"How are these street cleaners recruited?" Dugu Xinci asked.

"The street cleaner is responsible for patrolling the workshop after the street drum, and generally the martial marquis in each square is filled, and the white value recruits innocent children, catches fast hands, and bad people mainly recruit rangers to fill the position," Wang Yong introduced.

"Then recruit you" Dugu Xinci said irresponsibly, and everyone smiled bitterly.

"It's really empty in the county party now," Wei Qing smiled bitterly.

"The county party is empty?" Dugu is incomprehensible.

"Now there are still 900 yuan left in the county party, which is not enough for the duty of the first month," Jiang Helu said bluntly.

The county party is because the county government has a public fund, that is, the imperial court issues a certain principal to the county government, and the county government uses it to lend, and there is a special order to catch money, and the interest generated is used to pay the expenses of the county government.

In addition to the county order, the county officer, the main book, the record, the county lieutenant, as well as the teachings and doctors, as well as the county officials, there are also the county officials, the bad marshal, the envoys of Zhu Cao, the record, the assistant teacher and other foreign officials, these are issued by the household department, and the rest of the white value of the bad people jailers and the fast hand are paid by the county party.

The capital of the public party is also used for miscellaneous uses, ancestral sacrifices, banquets, public kitchens, food, pavilions, and miscellaneous use in the army.

Every year, Wannian County can go to the household department to withdraw 20,000 yuan as the principal, which is definitely not enough, so the money is ordered to be used to lend, and the interest generated is used to maintain the county government's expenses.

"What about the money?" Dugu Xinci asked depressedly.

"The previous chief bookkeeper, the secretary of the cang, and the money arrest envoy who governed the county party, and the Cangcao envoy were all imprisoned for corruption" Jiang Helu was also depressed.

"A pot is served?" Dugu Xinci blinked his eyes.

"The Ming Mansion needs to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible," Wei Qing sighed.

A certain county order, you are the main book? Dugu Xinci was speechless, thought about it and asked, "What does the household say?" Can the Criminal Department recover the corrupt money? ”

"The household department ignored it, and the criminal department is investigating" Jiang He recorded the return.

"Okay, how much money do you need to recruit people? Let's take it first, and tomorrow I will go to the Ministry of Officials to ask about the situation, and then go to the Ministry of Punishment to ask about the situation" Dugu Xinci wiped his face and sighed, what kind of stumbling thing is this?

Street officials and officials are paging each other, and the current ten miles are empty.

The white hemp edict moved down and sealed, and the new embankment did not become the old embankment.

(End of chapter)