On February 28, on the last day, Yuan Rui and his party arrived outside the south gate of Qiyang.

Yuan Rui saw a large group of people waiting outside the south gate from a long distance, and he changed into his official uniform early on the boat, so he sat on the carriage without hurry, and got off the carriage almost ten zhang away.

Everyone outside the south gate also quickly came forward at this time, and the first person was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a medium stature, a long face, wearing an official uniform of the eighth grade, and a smile on his face.

There are a few people around him who are also wearing official uniforms, with different grades, except for an official who is slightly younger in military costume, and the others look about the same age.

"The county lord, the post is silent, now he is the county of the county, and he leads the county's fathers and villagers to greet the adults."

"Lord Hu, don't dare to be, don't dare to be, how dare this county be such a big gift."

Yuan Rui also made a full gesture, and hurriedly took two steps in a row, this is what Yue Laozi and the county lord have told many times, the officials are okay, as long as the people are there, they can't be too arrogant.

"Fathers and villagers, don't dare to be, this county has just come, and I am really ashamed to work all the fathers and villagers!"

Yuan Rui saluted the hundreds of people in front of him again, and he finally understood why many officials wanted to put on a show, and what else could they do if they didn't do so.

If you are not close to the people, if one day, someone from above will ask casually, it will be a big deal.

The county Cheng Hu Buyu then introduced a few people around him to Yuan Rui, although Yuan Rui already knew about it, but it was the first time he had seen the real person.

Liu Tian, the main bookkeeper standing on the left, was in his forties, although he was thin, his face was full of red, and his eyes flashed with a cunning light.

Next to him is the county lieutenant Zhu Jiaqi, from the ninth grade, he looks like he is about thirty years old, with a strong figure, and his face is full of indifference, but he can't talk about arrogance.

On the right is the inspection of Qi Feng, is the ninth product, he rushed back to Qiyang a day in advance, on the edge of Qi Feng is the county teaching Ma dialect, an old scholar who is nearly sixty years old, dressed in a green shirt, looks like a teacher, excited and trembling with both hands.

After the visit, surrounded by everyone, Yuan Rui entered Qiyang.

Yuan Rui, who had been tossing for a day, saw off the last guest, and finally couldn't help it, and collapsed on the study couch exhausted.

This is the first day, almost half of his life, even the simplest occasion at the city gate can not cope with himself, or completely pretended to be according to the gourd painting scoop, what is this official going to do!

It seems that you have to find an assistant to come over quickly, whether it is in the capital or elsewhere, as long as you can help yourself do a good job as an official.

After thinking for a while and softening a little, Yuan Rui sat up, picked up the pen and ink on the desk, and began to write the letter.

Write about Xiaohe first, don't bother with it, just briefly talk about her experience and what she saw on the road, and tell her to pay attention to her body.

The county lord's letter took a little trouble, talked about the difficulties a little more, and also talked about his own thoughts, so that she could help herself think about it.

Then I sent a letter to the second son, Hu Honghai, and Scholar Meng, nothing special, just a simple letter, saying something, and reassuring them.

After dinner, Yuan Rui was reading in the study, and Qi Feng was dressed in black and sneaked into the house.

"Childe, toss for a day, aren't you tired, you're still reading!"

"Why aren't you tired, it's annoying!" Yuan Rui didn't have a good face, Qi Feng was no one else, and he couldn't pretend.

"People are happy to be officials, look at you, on the first day of taking office, you have become like this, what will you do in the future!"

Qi Feng also looked helpless, this young master is this temperament, there is no way.

"Qi Feng, you said that being an official is really so good, so many people cry every day to be an official, why can't I feel good!"

"Childe, that is, you have such a big heart, isn't it good to be an official, you see hundreds of people surrounding you today, for fear that you won't see it, and rush to give you gifts." Qi Feng pointed to the few bags of things that had still fallen in the room.

"Alas, I can't help it, you look at these people, you can't say anything, just drop your things and leave, if there's anything inside, I'm afraid I can't say it clearly, what if something happens in the future!" Yuan Rui smiled bitterly, he would not do corruption and bribery.

"Childe, you are wrong, don't worry, no matter who sends something in the future, you will accept it, and you don't have to return it."

"Well, no, how can you ignore it, what if these people set a trap!"

"Childe, before I came, the county lord told me, other things may have an impact, the only thing is that this gift is fine! She said, the saint has already spoken, you Yuan Rui is not a person who desperately climbs up, and he will not care about the life and death of the people, and step on their corpses to be an official. It's not a person who is desperate to make money, if you want to make money, it's everywhere, not the kind of person who loots the people. Therefore, being an official is a title for you, and no gold or silver can impress you at all! ”

The saint really said this, but it was really not the original words, Qi Feng just knew a rough idea.

The saint knows two things, and it is impossible to let Yuan Rui do anything to slap the horse, cater to the peak, and ignore the life and death of the people.

Of course, it is nonsense to say that Yuan Rui is extorting and looting from the people, and it is nonsense to bend the law for bribes, mistakes will happen, and mistakes are inevitable, it is a matter of personal ability, at most he is not suitable for being an official, but it has nothing to do with Yuan Rui's personal character.

Therefore, the saint also gave a reassurance, if someone impeached Yuan Rui in the future and used such a crime, the saint would definitely arrest this person first.

"The county lord told me that if any local officials and gentry give gifts, they will accept them, and it doesn't matter whether they are used on the people or handed over to the county treasury. Even if someone holds this handle in the future, you don't have to worry, naturally there is a saint to speak! ”

"Qi Feng, although the county official is not big, the responsibility is too heavy, hundreds of thousands of people!"

Yuan Rui was a little relieved, but he still beat the drum in his heart for managing the entire county.

"Look at that Hu Xiancheng, I don't know how to hate me in my heart, but on the surface, he is still respectful to me. Look at the main book again, if you don't know where to dig a hole for me, although that Zhu family Qi Zhengyan hasn't seen it a few times, so he won't stab him in the back. ”

Yuan Rui still has his own understanding of people, and his head hurts when he thinks about it in the future.

"It's not that you haven't seen it, when you enter the county office, he is like a master, looking at the people who are busy helping me on the side, but the meaning revealed in the words is that I am young, I am an official for the first time, I don't understand anything, and I need him to help on the side."

"I don't blame these old guys for playing music, I am indeed young, and I have never been an official, and no one around me can remind me, I really don't know what this official is going to do."

"Childe, why did I come tonight, just for this matter, in fact, the county lord also mentioned it, I still want to find you a master!"

"What, you said that the county lord told you about this!" Yuan Rui almost didn't react.

"Part of the reason I've been back for so long is because of this, and now I have eyebrows!"

"Yes, I really can't think of it, I can't think of it, the county lord is more thoughtful than I thought, I just remembered that the county lord has arranged it!"

Qi Feng told the truth at this time, as early as before the festival, Hengzhou received Qi Feng's letter and began to make some preparations, including planning a position for Qi Feng.

When Qi Feng came back, he secretly told his family what the county lord meant, and he wanted to find a better assistant for Yuan Rui in Hengzhou to help Yuan Rui govern the people in the county, and the family immediately began to investigate.

Pick and choose, I really found a few more suitable candidates on this one-third of an acre, Qi Feng came tonight, just to introduce these people to Yuan Rui, let him take a good look, and finally pick someone out.

Yuan Rui was happy all of a sudden, this is a real send-off in the snow, he has helped himself a lot!

With a few simple pieces of information, Yuan Rui began to exercise his first right after becoming an official and find himself an assistant.

The next day, Yuan Rui first respected heaven and earth in the official office, then worshiped the saint, took over the big seal from the county officer, and officially began to be the county governor of Qiyang.

Yuan Rui really hasn't really been a magistrate, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't have a little cognition, and many novels in later generations are not in vain.

For the current situation, he thought very clearly, since he didn't understand anything, and he didn't know how to deal with many things, he might as well let it go, and he couldn't be in a hurry, otherwise, he might fall into someone else's pit at any time.

Of course, you can't hide now, you can't hide, and in this position, you can only bite the bullet.

But you can't hide, you can take a break for a while, find a suitable excuse, and it's right to wait and see.

Therefore, Yuan Rui directly picked a pick, and explained to the county clerk and the chief bookkeeper that he would not stay in the county for a long time, and he had to go to the countryside to understand the situation first.

During this time, there was something to be done by the two of them, but they really couldn't decide, so they dragged it out and waited for themselves to come back.

Yuan Rui only brought Ah Niu this time, and the steward was left by him, this steward knows a little about political affairs, and he is also one of the backhands specially arranged by the county lord for himself, so he can just take a look at the situation.

Ah Niu has already entered the county government office as a secretary, which is also Yuan Rui's arrangement, and he will still give this kid a background in the future.

Yuan Rui prepared in the county for two days, also took a short rest, and then took a few guards and followed a scribe who was familiar with the place arranged by the county to start a tour of the Qiyang countryside.