Let's not talk about the strange eyes of the Jinshi in the same year of the osmanthus banquet, let's just say that the day after the banquet, Fang Xin went to the ministry to report.

The empire had a total of 1,141 counties in 15 provinces, and Guming County in Anchang Province belonged to the southwest, 1,000 miles away from the current hometown, and it was the place where the Southern Barbarians (i.e., the natives) gathered.

Taizu raised troops to unify the world, ordered Anchang to submit, Anchang King refused, so the Chu army invaded Anchang, Yunnan King ** died, the imperial court established 36 counties in Anchang, on this basis, and built 5 counties, and then built Anchang Province, but even so, for a hundred years, the population is less than three percent of the interior, the area is very large, a county is quite a few counties in the interior, and there are jungles and plagues, it is indeed not an ideal place to appoint officials, but this is also a helpless thing.

According to the decree of the imperial court, once you receive the holy decree, you must report to the official department within three days.

When he arrived at the ministry, he registered and checked, and after checking that his identity was correct, he personally issued a "decree" by the secretary of the ministry.

This must be signed by the emperor, the prime minister, and the official book, and stamped with the jade seal, the prime minister's seal, and the holy decree of the main seal of the ministry.

And you also have to receive an "official disk", which proves your identity, has detailed information and even a description of your appearance.

Then you can receive official uniforms, seven-grade official uniforms, and two sets are issued by the imperial court every year, but you can also make them yourself.

After receiving the "decree", Fang Xin must leave the imperial capital within three days, and must rush to Anchang Province to report for duty within two months. Serious cases can even be dismissed on the spot.

In the same year, Jinshi can be active in the imperial capital for a period of time, walk the door, and get acquainted with people, but Fang Xin can only run away first. Therefore, when he left, only a few Jinshi came to see him off, and he didn't have the treatment that a good example should have, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly. I had to eat a farewell banquet, say goodbye one by one, and leave.

Of course, there are post stations along the official road. Officials who have taken office can get different treatment according to their ranks, and officials of the seventh rank can even get official horses, and according to the system, they can also bring two private samurai retinues, and they are responsible for all food, lodging, housing and transportation along the way. In order to let the new officials arrive at the office as quickly as possible.

Guming County actually belongs to the built county, the appointment procedure is not the same, first go to the provincial capital, meet the political envoy, check the identity, and in the "will" on the stamped Anchang Province political envoy seal, and then run to the county, in the county to meet the prefect, and stamped the prefect of the county to seal the land, so that the five seals are complete. Lin Lei can go to Guming County, of course, the prefect will feast Fang Xin first, the reason is very simple, that is, to introduce the local situation. At the same time, someone was sent to inform the county.

Information of Guming County. Also know, the area is very large. It is 5,000 square kilometers, which is already the area of two or even three counties in the interior, but there are only 4,000 households and a total population of about 20,000 people. The next day after the banquet, Fang Xin had to get up early and hurry, according to the imperial decree, the new officials greeted the miles according to their ranks-nine pins and one mile, eight pins and three miles, and seven pins and six miles.

Therefore, Fang Xin arrived at a post station outside Guming County, and the time was a moment, and sure enough, there was not much time, and nearly 100 people could be seen coming slowly on the official road in the distance.

"This is Lord Li, the new magistrate? Oh, forgive your sins, I'll meet Master Li! "It's a middle-aged official, looking at the clothes, it's a county official, this is a seventh-grade official, and there are two people behind it, that is, the main Bo and the county lieutenant, this is the eighth-grade official, and then behind, there are several nine-grade officials.

After saying this, these people knelt on the ground and bowed to the ground.

Fang Xin saw it, but it was okay, after all, this group of people, no one dared to have this kind of self-confidence and prestige to kill the new county commander, and the attitude could be regarded as respectful, otherwise, Fang Xin didn't care about life and death.

It is best to catch a person who despises his boss in public and even disobeys his braids, unless the person who is arrested has his hands and eyes to the sky, otherwise he can be degraded or expelled, after all, the rules of officialdom are to be maintained, and if you can't catch the braids, you can also kill them secretly, and some methods are to die silently.

Now this start, it's okay, but Fang Xin is a newcomer after all, so he doesn't know what these people are thinking in his heart, so he said: "Adults, please get up, this county is new to the county, and many things still need your assistance!" ”

"Of course, please get on the sedan chair and go back to the city!" The county said. At the moment, under the support of everyone, Fang Xin got on the sedan chair of four people, and this sedan chair specially went to the barrier, so that the people along the way could see the new county master, six miles, in fact, it is three thousand meters, and it is not too far.

Fang Xin went to the hall, and the county magistrate was respectfully presented, and then knelt down one by one and reported his name.

"Zheng Yongze, the county leader of Guming County, visited the county magistrate."

"Bo Qiaojieying, the lowly Guming County Lord, visited the county magistrate."

"Gu Qingbin, the county lieutenant of Guming County, visited the county magistrate."

"Cao Shaping, the secretary of Guming County, visited the county magistrate."

"Cao Geye, the lowly Sicang of Guming County, visited the county magistrate." "Humble Guming County Sitian Cao Xian Xiyi to meet the county magistrate."

In fact, there is no need to be so polite, after all, there is not much difference in grade, as long as you bow and salute, but for the first time, you must bow to show respect and humility.

Among the large counties, there will be six Cao, corresponding to the responsibilities of the six departments of the Central Committee, all of which are officials of the Nine Products, but in fact, the middle and lower counties, each according to their own needs, add or delete six Cao, so this county only has three Cao, "Hu, Cang, and Tian", which is also very normal.

After the ceremony, Zheng Yongze, the county leader, stopped talking, led by the lord Bo Qiao Jieying, and inspected the entire county office, which covers an area of about ten acres before and after, and is divided into front, middle and back.

In front of the people lived were miscellaneous servants, that is, the people who handled chores inside and outside the yamen, and there were many miscellaneous servants, and they visited them in a unified manner, and they found that there were about 200 people, and it is said that there were often 1,000 people in large counties.

And from the Jiupin inspection also came forward to meet, the inspection is actually the director of the public security bureau, managing the local public security, there are 30 tolerances under his command, and the nature of the county lieutenant is slightly different, he is a militia general, a county can generally build about 300 soldiers.

In addition, the magistrate also has an exclusive servant of about ten people, which is usually a guard of honor, and when he ascends to the court, he is the guard and law enforcement officer under the hall, and the quorum can be expanded to a maximum of 20 people, which is regarded as a force directly subordinate to the magistrate.

As for the Kuzi, the barnman, the doorman, the forbidden son, the cook, the sweeper, the drummer, the horseman, the water man, the slender man, etc., needless to say, Fang Xin read it, and really understood that it turned out that a county is equal to a country, which is called a sparrow Although it is small, the five organs are complete.

As for the middle courtyard, it is the office location of each Cao, and behind it, it is the inner courtyard of the county order's family.

Of course, the key areas should be introduced, the county order to ascend to the hall to hear the lawsuit and decide the case is the lobby, the corridor on the left and right sides of the lobby, the living is the officer, and now there are dozens of people, and in fact, the real office signing room, this is the county order to deal with official documents, not to be ordered, even the county and the main book are not admitted

Nearby, there are even temples of the gods and the gods of prison.

At the time of the dinner, the new county order naturally wanted to entertain the bureaucrats, so the county officials, the county lieutenant, the chief officer, the Cao officials, including the inspector Zhang Yang, the current team leader Liu Jueming, the county school teacher Zhang Qian all attended the banquet, as well as the county government department secretary Song Wenchen, among them, the head of the government service Liu Jueming and the county government department secretary Song Wenchen are the most worried.

The reason is very simple, the head of the government service and the scribe of the signing room are all officials who do not enter the stream, and the county order can be appointed and dismissed at will, but these two ministries are very important, one is in charge of the force of the county government, and the other is equivalent to the director of the mayor's secretariat, and they control the real power, and the county will generally appoint their own people.

After the banquet, Liu Jueming and Song Wenchen immediately rushed to the signing room to see Fang Xin, and as soon as they came in, they knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Humble to meet Lord Zhixian!" ”

Fang Xin played with the big seal of Zhixian County, put a sword on the case, and did not speak, and after a while, he said: "The predecessor Cai Zhixian died of illness?" ”

"Yes, Cai Zhixian was infected with the plague, so he died." Song Wenchen knocked and said.

"Well, if this county is also infected with the plague and dies, it will be two counties that have died of illness in a year, you say, what will the imperial court think?" Fang Xin said with a sudden sneer.

As soon as this sentence came out, the two of them suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Song Wenchen smiled reluctantly, and replied: "Adults are blessed with great lives, how can this be?" ”

"Do you know, then, that even if the county didn't bring its servants with it, why didn't it borrow some soldiers from the county? It's not much, and it shouldn't be a problem to borrow a team temporarily! Fang Xin put down the Great Seal of the County and held the sword.

At this time, even Song Wenchen didn't dare to reply, only kowtowed again and again.

"There is another question in this county, you two, but are you court officials?" "The villain has not yet entered the stream, how dare he be the official of the court?" Song Wenchen replied with a wry smile that the imperial court officials must at least be nine grades.

"Well, the county dismissed you and even killed you, isn't it a matter of words?" As he spoke, the long sword pulled out an inch, and a stream of green qi came out, Song Wenchen immediately fell to the ground, and Liu Jueming's body was also stiff, and he didn't even dare to move, in their feelings, this killing intent had almost become substantial.

Although Song Wenchen was lying on the ground, he still raised his head with difficulty, and said with a miserable smile: "The villain is just a lowly official, and the adult wants to be killed or killed, so it is naturally a matter of one sentence." ”

"Hmph, so, you are very lucky, this official did not bring a servant family, these two positions, for the time being, are still your land, how Cai Zhixian died, this county does not care, but it cares about your life, you must wait for the future, this county is familiar with it, and it will be exchanged." Fang Xin withdrew his sword, picked up the Great Seal of the County Governor and said.

"The humble position understands, and after the humble position, only the adult is the fate!" Both of them were wise men, and they bowed their heads together.