Changshou County Ya is holding a "feast".

Not long ago, Shen Li, the magistrate of Changshou County, who "shone brightly" in the case of smuggling salt, has been newly appointed, and he will be transferred to Jingzhou Dangzhou Tongzhi, which is under the jurisdiction of the Huguangbu Political Envoy Department.

There was only one table for the banquet, and there were ten people seated around it, six of whom were county officials and three local gentry.

Shen Li's "reception banquet" when he took office in Changshou County was much more magnificent than now.

The atmosphere during the banquet was depressing.

"Come, we congratulate Shenzhi County on its ascension."

But there is one who doesn't know each other, and he got up to toast to Shen Li, who is the initiator of the previous private salt case - Zhu Wanjian, the second eldest of the Zhu family.

Everyone around looked at Zhu Wanjian with strange eyes, it was really not suitable for today's wine table that this kind of "high promotion" argument was not suitable for today's wine table, because everyone knew that Shen Li was stumped by Huang Zhan, the political envoy of Huguang Zuo, and Shen Li was transferred to Huguang, Guangxi and southeast to be a state adjutant in the way of bright ascension and secret descent, not to mention any real power, and the dream of returning to Beijing to be a Beijing official became more and more unattainable.

From the county magistrate of Fuguo County, he was transferred to the remote state of Dangzhou Tongzhi......

The ghost place of Jingzhou is close to the Tusi jurisdiction in the southwest and west of Huguang...... Birds fly by and don't bother to.

"Second Master Zhu, this official didn't say that he didn't want to drink your wine, he just wanted to ask, didn't the Zhu family say anything about this matter?"

Shen Li was really aggrieved in his heart.

In his opinion, how can it be said that the Zhu family, which is deeply valued by the royal family, is also considered a "wealthy family", and has a certain influence in the court.

Not only did your Zhu family not help in the activities of the DPRK and China, but said a few words for me, and now you are still running to the banquet to say cool words?

Ascension?

Raise your mother's eggs!

Zhu Wanjian looked at the people around him with unkind expressions, shook his head, and put down his wine glass: "Shen Zhi County, no, I should call you Shen Tongzhi now, the most important thing for this official is to share the worries of the saint and the court, where there is a shortage of people, so as to live up to the emperor's grace." ”

The expressions of the people around him became more and more strange, and their eyes were similar to looking at monsters.

It's not enough to say cool words, this is to say black to white?

"Like my Zhu family, I can obviously stay in Beijing and live a stable life, but I settled in Anlu Prefecture, what is the picture? Isn't it just to do something practical for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty? But what do you say? ”

Reason?

What kind of bullshit logic is this, the Zhu family is still the family of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, it's so stupid.

Others scoffed, but Shen Li frowned, faintly hearing a different meaning from Zhu Wanjian's words.

Shen Li ignored this kind of cliché about where the difficulties are going, but he understood it, Zhu Wanjian was clearly telling him that if our Zhu family really has connections, we will be sent to Anlu by the imperial court?

Shen Li almost wanted to hold his head and hit him hard, thinking, "Why didn't I think of a middle joint...... Jinyi Wei Qianhu is a fart, he really has the ability, can he use my little county magistrate to run east and west? It's really lard! ”

It's a pity that Shen Ideal understands that it is too late for this layer, at this time he is deeply stuck in the mud, and there is no way to recover the decline, so he can only go to Jingzhou to reflect on it and strive not to make the same mistake again.

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Shen Li ended his term of office in Changshou Zhixian for less than two years, leaving a vacancy, and the imperial court did not send a new candidate for the time being.

This kind of local elected officials can often be done without going through the ministry, especially when it comes to vacancies in the position of the magistrate during the term of office, such as the sudden transfer or sudden death of the magistrate, Ding Wei and other emergencies, the political envoy of Hu Guangbu can be temporarily appointed, and it can be reported to the ministry for the record.

There is still more than a year left in this term of the position of the magistrate, which can be assigned by the political envoy Si Yamen, and it is not uncommon for a magistrate to be attached to Guo County, and finally transferred a person from Jingzhou Mansion who had been a county magistrate for two terms and is now idle at home, and came to serve as the magistrate of the county for more than a year.

Jingzhou Prefecture borders Anlu Prefecture, and when Shen Li stepped down, the acting magistrate who had been appointed had already embarked on his way to take up his post and would soon be able to reach Changshou County.

Originally, Shen Li could leave after completing the handover with Xinzhi County, but he was not in the mood, and left in a hurry with his staff on the night of the practice banquet.

Coincidentally, the day after Shen Li left Anlu, Xinzhi County took up his new position, and the local gentry formed a team to greet him.

No matter how long Xinzhi County works, and no matter what its ability is, at least in the next year or so, the longevity of the gentry and the people will rely on this Xinzhi County for dinner, so the reception banquet still has to be organized, and the number of gifts that should be exhausted will be exhausted, and the merchants in the city will also unite to give gifts, hoping that Xinzhi County will not be exploited too much.

Every time a new official takes office, the state city will be lively, just like a festival.

"Mother, that Shenzhi County...... It's just that the person who embarrassed us several times has been transferred, which is really happy! Zhu Hao gloated.

Outside, the sound of gongs and drums was endless, but the gentry and merchants formed a team to greet them at the gate of the city, hoping to make a good impression on Shinchi Prefecture.

Zhu Niang didn't say anything.

Aunt Li said: "It is said that Shenzhi County has been promoted to the state Tongzhi, and it is still in our lake and wide territory, will it affect our business?" ”

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Auntie, you don't understand this, the state he is serving in now is not a fart, he offended not us, but the biggest official in Huguang, Huang Fantai, if he is not directly dismissed, it is good." When you want to deal with us, I'm afraid you'll have to go in the Year of the Monkey. ”

Zhu Niang glanced at Zhu Hao: "It's not a good thing to offend the people in the official mansion, and in the future, Xinzhi County will learn a lesson, and maybe they will give us small shoes...... It's not a way to always count on Su Dongzhu, in order to snatch our salt drying method, he may not know what kind of crooked brains he will do. ”

Seeing that his mother had a sense of crisis, Zhu Hao was greatly relieved.

"Mother is right, we should find a stronger backer, I think...... Xingwangfu is very good, if you can get Xingwang's weapon......"

"Crackling ......"

Someone outside suddenly set off firecrackers, interrupting Zhu Hao's speech.

Zhu Hao took a look and saw firecrackers being set off in front of the shop on the opposite side of the street.

Aunt Li covered her ears and walked to the door, waited for the other party to finish setting off the firecrackers, and said disdainfully: "Today is not a festival day, what is the money string crazy about?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "You don't understand this aunt, Xinzhi County will pass by our door when he enters the city, you said that if Xinzhi County sees that he has set off firecrackers in front of his door, a place of red confetti, and thinks that he has spent a lot of money to welcome him, will he look at it differently?" ”

Aunt Li immediately understood the meaning and looked at Zhu Niang: "Sister, should we also buy a few firecrackers and come back to set them off?" ”

Zhu Niang looked at this kind of thing very lightly: "The house is auspicious, how can you casually celebrate the event?" What will outsiders think? Besides, we should try to avoid dealing with the government in the future......"

Obviously, Zhu Niang also knows that at present, she is almost a private salt trade, and she is afraid to avoid the government, where is there any reason to move forward with a bare face?

"Xiao Hao, I bought you a few books, you go back to the backyard first, if you can't, my mother will teach you in a while, it's noisy outside, don't come out!"

Zhu Hao stood by the door: "I want to see what the county magistrate of Xinzhi is like." ”

Zhu Niang glanced at her son: "You go to the backyard with Xiaoting to teach your sister to read and write, you don't look like a brother at all, how can you support the family business in the future?" ”

Zhu Hao touched his nose when he heard this.

Have you been acting badly lately? Now that the shop's business is stable, I'm afraid that the monthly income is something I didn't even dare to think about before, which is still called the appearance of no brother?

But to my sister...... I really don't care a little less.

"Then I'm going to teach my sister......"

After speaking, Zhu Hao took Zhu Ting's little hand and went to the inner courtyard.

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The event to welcome Shinchi Prefecture continues.

The local gentry almost poured out.

Xinzhi County's surname is Jing, he is not very old, he is in his thirties, and this time he came to take up his wife and children, and there were two carriages before and after, in addition to his family, there were only two coachmen and three or five long-term followers.

This is the acting magistrate of the county, who was born in the county, has taught in the Confucian Administration, and later served as the county governor in Huguang Huangzhou Mansion and Changsha Prefecture twice, and has been an official for no more than five years.

Obviously, Jingzhi County did not expect the people of Anlu to welcome him so grandly, and almost half of his body leaned out of the carriage, waving his hands frequently, waving to the gentry and people on both sides of the street.

When the group came to the door of Zhu Niang's rice shop, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Qian Chuanzi thought that the firecrackers he set off had an effect, and hurriedly greeted Xinzhi County, but Xinzhi County ignored him completely after getting off the carriage, and walked straight to Zhu Niang's rice shop opposite.

Seeing that Xinzhi County went straight to Zhu Niang's rice shop, this shop caused a lot of right and wrong in the past period, and people suddenly came to the spirit.

Zhu Niang was at ease behind the counter to settle the accounts, but when she heard Aunt Li say that Xinzhi County was coming to the shop, she was very puzzled.

When she walked to the door, Xinzhi County was only a few steps away from Pumen.

"This must be the widow of General Zhongyi, Mrs. Zhu San!"

Jingzhi County bowed to Zhu Niang, and Zhu Niang hurriedly returned the gift with ten thousand blessings.

Jingzhi County said: "The contemptible person is the name of Jiangling in Jingzhou Prefecture, the surname is Jing, the word Zhong Kuan, the loyal and filial piety of the general has been heard for a long time, and the third lady of Zhu is a husband and a child, guarding the family business, admiring the name, and being polite." ”

The onlookers thought that Xinzhi County and Zhu Niang were old acquaintances, but after hearing this, they realized that it was because Zhu Niang was "famous".

Zhu Hao heard that it was very lively outside, and couldn't help but trot all the way to the curtain behind the shop to see the excitement, just when he heard the scene in Jingzhi County, he laughed secretly in his heart, are you asking how your predecessor got his head down, and where did he intend to fall and get up?

You're a parent official, and you're very scheming!