After the former pusher Zhu Zhan handed over, he found an excuse, saying that he was going to go to Changzhou, so he didn't stay longer and quit.

Shen Ao sighed, from now on, he, the county lieutenant, was officially in office; In fact, the establishment of the county government is also very simple, mainly divided into six rooms, and the six departments of the imperial court, are officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers.

The three main officials in this county government are the county commander, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant in turn, all of whom have their own main responsibilities, and the county magistrate is in charge of the officer's room and the workshop, and sits in the center. The county clerk is in charge of the ceremonial room and the household room, and the discipline and the money and food. As a county lieutenant, Shen Ao not only has to act in charge of the torture room, but also has to be in charge of the military room. Although the three of them have priorities, they also perform their own duties.

Therefore, the county government is divided into three classes, and the three classes refer to the three classes of soap, strong and fast. The soap class is the soap officer, in charge of the internal service, and the county order sits in the center. Zhuang Ban and Kuaiban are jointly responsible for arrest and guarding, Kuaiban is under the jurisdiction of the county, mainly to go to the countryside to urge food, Zhuang Ban is a common security officer on the ordinary street, and Shen Ao is in charge.

Shen Ao sorted out the relationship in the yamen, but he didn't think it was complicated, and after a while, the two priests and the heads of the torture room and the military room came to pay their respects.

Shen Ao is their top boss, and when he heard that his boss was in office, this rule was inevitable. Both the priest and the head are the leaders of Shen Ao's subordinates, these two priests are wearing black robes and long Confucian clothes and belts, and they are obviously scholars, so they see Shen Ao calling themselves students or juniors, these two people are not young, so calling Shen Ao like this makes Shen Ao a little unacceptable, but he also understands in his heart that this is the rule in the yamen, and what should be followed must be followed, and then he asked about the responsibilities of the two.

It turned out that one of the two detention divisions was called Song Dajiang, who was in charge of the case work in the torture room, which means that if someone wanted to file a lawsuit, the complaint would first be passed to Song Dajiang, and after Song Dajiang put forward his opinion, Shen Ao would look at it. Those who can undertake this work must be proficient in the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, after all, the chief officials of the imperial examination only know the Four Books and Five Classics, not to mention the thick laws of the Great Song Dynasty, even the format of the complaint is also half-understood.

Another secretary was tall and thin, named Chu Han, with a very elegant name, who was the secretary of the military room and was also in charge of the clerk, recording the number of soldiers in the Xiangxiang army, the monthly distribution of food and salary, and the status of conscription.

Shen Ao didn't put an official in front of them, since they called themselves students and juniors, they also called them gentlemen, and the two were flattered, I don't know if this new county lieutenant didn't understand the rules, or deliberately respected them.

The priest is considered a civil servant, as for the head of the capital, it is naturally a military position, one of the heads of the capital, Shen Ao has just known, it is the one who stopped him at the door, this person is called Liu Bin, and he is the head of the torture room. The other is the head of the military room, called Cao Xian.

Shen Ao said a few words to them, encouraging them to work well, and then said: "Let's disperse, let's be busy with official business first, if there is any personal matter, we will talk about it after the shift." ”

Song Dajiang said with a smile: "My lord, the students have scraped together some money, and I want to invite the adults to drink a glass of water and wine, and wash the dust for the adults. ”

Shen Ao smiled: "Okay, when the time comes, you come to call me, I will definitely arrive." ”

Seeing that Shen Ao was full of promises, Song Dajiang went happily, and as soon as he looked at him, it seemed that although this county lieutenant was young, he was not a vigorous person, but it was quite easy to get along with. What these officials are most afraid of is that they will meet a boss who is not good at talking, and they are finally relieved to see Shen Ao talking so easily.

Only the head named Liu Bin didn't leave, Shen Ao raised his eyes and said, "What, does Liu Dutou have anything to say?" ”

Liu Bin hurriedly said: "I just offended the county lieutenant, and my lord forgives me." ”

Unexpectedly, he officially apologized again, so Shen Ao waved his hand with a smile: "Didn't I say it?" It doesn't matter, I've forgotten about this matter, and there are many places that will depend on you in the future. ”

Liu Bin agreed, hesitated, and said, "My lord, the little one has something to say, and the reason why Master Zhu is busy settling with adults is because of ...... Because ......"

Shen Ao remembered that Liu Bin gave him a look, and he also felt that Zhu Zhan's reaction was a little abnormal, and a former county lieutenant saw that he was coming to take up his post as if he had been in a drought for a long time, which was a little strange. Then he said, "Say it." ”

With Shen Ao's encouragement, Liu Bin smiled bitterly: "Actually, Lord Zhu is in a hurry to settle with you because in a few days, those nonsense talents will be posted." ”

"Posts? What posts. ”

Liu Bin said: "Every year on October 13, it is the annual lantern festival in Xichun Bridge, according to legend, there is a name there, fell in love with a show, that show entered Beijing to catch the exam, but there is a rich family who wants to tarnish this name, that name should not be called every day, so he called the name of the lover, and planted into the river. For this reason, those talents simply gathered together with this name to commemorate this name, and when the talents got together, they inevitably had to chant books against each other, talk about the piano and play chess, and slowly, this rule was followed. ”

Liu Bin's mouth was a little dry, he paused, smacked his lips and continued: "It's just that later, Jing Guogong changed the law, especially the imperial examination system. It must be known that the literary style of Hangzhou is at its peak, but the literati are extremely contemptuous of doing scriptures and righteousness, and these talents are a little cynical when they get together, and they look down on the officials selected by the imperial examination......"

Liu Bin said, glanced at Shen Ao cautiously, and suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, this Lord Shen in front of him was also an official from the imperial examination, so he had to continue stubbornly: "Therefore, every time at this time, they come to the war letter, call the county lieutenants of Qiantang and Renhe counties to go to the meeting, and compete with them in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. ”

The more Shen Ao listened, the more confused he became: "Why don't you send a war letter to the county order and the county Cheng, but choose the county captain?"

Liu Bin smiled and said: "According to the rules, the county is the lord of a county, and these showmen will never dare to bully the county leader no matter how they behave nonsense." As for the county Cheng, he is in charge of the ceremonial room, and this ceremonial room is the place where the copywriters of the Xiucai students are stored, do the Xiucai dare to provoke him? If you accidentally lose one or two files, you don't know how many twists and turns it will take to reissue them. Only the county lieutenant is ...... cough cough ......" Liu Bin couldn't go on, the meaning was obvious.

When Shen Ao heard this, he suddenly felt wronged, these damn showmen should be pinching soft persimmons, is the county lieutenant so miserable?

Shen Aohu said with a grimace: "Even so, they are just some talents, what are they afraid of?" As far as I know, that Lord Zhu is also from a Jinshi, can't he even compare to Xiucai? ”

Liu Bin said: "Hangzhou's literary style is at its peak, even a three-foot child will also chant a few lines of poetry, although the talented students in Xichun Bridge are also down-and-out, but most of them are not bad, they have always regarded themselves very highly, and they have no intention of scientific research, saying that they can do scriptures and righteousness and what kind of erudition is it?" Therefore, he is dedicated to studying poetry and chess, proficient in various miscellaneous studies, don't say that Master Zhu is a Jinshi, but I am afraid that he is a Jinshi and the first, and he may not be able to compare with them when it comes to these miscellaneous studies. Over the years, the county lieutenants of the two counties have changed like a marquee, but most of them who were invited to go were disgraced. ”

Shen Ao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Can't you just go?" ”

Liu Bin said with a smile: "If you don't go, then you will be timid, those showmen are quite prestigious in Shilin, and when the time comes, they will publicize it, and those who don't know will think that adults are afraid of them!" ”

Shen Ao finally sorted out the ins and outs, most of these so-called talents are arrogant people, with superior family backgrounds, and they don't want to be officials, so they are addicted to poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, they despise people who write scriptures and righteous articles to seek official positions, and on the one hand, they have a kind of psychology that they can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, on the other hand, they think that poetry and poetry are real talents, and they are dissatisfied with Wang Anshi's reform.

The biggest characteristic of this kind of person is that he opposes authority, so he deliberately wants to provoke officials, most of them have backgrounds, but they are not afraid of a county lieutenant, so they are so presumptuous.

Shen Ao thought about it, and suddenly felt that he was very sad, the county lieutenant is also an official, it really makes sense.

Liu Bin continued: "My lord, it stands to reason that it is nothing for you to settle with Lord Zhu later, as long as you wait a few days, when those people take the war book and hand it to Lord Zhu, Lord Zhu will not be able to push it off." Hey, this Lord Zhu is about to turn gray for this matter, he was ridiculed and humiliated once last year, and this year he can't wait to go away immediately. At that time, Lord Zhu urged the adults to deliver, and the small ones gave the adults a look, but it was a pity that ......"

Liu Bin sighed, very sorry for Shen Ao, in his opinion, although Shen Ao is the champion, but if it comes to miscellaneous studies, where is the opponent of those talents and students who are immersed in the wind and moon, with the means of those people, it is natural to deliberately ridicule Shen Ao, the county lieutenant has just taken office, so he let some talents bully, and it is really not good.

Shen Ao pursed his lips and said, "I know about this matter, you remind me, you should go to work on official business first." ”

Shen Ao smiled, he already had a plan in his heart, who would give whom might not be the next step! A group of little kids, buddies clean them up one by one sooner or later.

Shen Ao stepped out of the signing room and returned to the yatang, where Yu Bichen had already written the official document and asked someone to send it out, and asked Shen Ao to sit down with a smile, and said to Shen Ao: "Your family, I have arranged it in the back office, you are new to the palace, if you need anything, but you can tell me." ”

Shen Ao thanked him, and Yu Bichen said with a smile: "You are the son-in-law of Tang Sacrifice Wine, where do I have a reason not to take care of it, I don't hide it, Tang Sacrifice Wine and I are old acquaintances, and we worked together back then, but he has entered the court, but I am still out on business...... Hey, don't talk about it. ”

Yu Bichen's face couldn't help but show a bit of a talent, and he paused for a moment and continued: "Shen Ao, there are not many rules in the yamen, but you can't completely ignore them, if you don't understand some things, come and ask me directly." Okay, you go to the back office to clean up first! ”