Lu Yuan and others, with the blessing of motorcycles, arrived outside Dongchang City in a short time.

Lu Yuan still left his motorcycle at a family outside the city.

This time, Lu Yuan chose to lead everyone into Dongchang City on foot.

When a new official takes office, he does not first burn three fires.

Instead, look at the overall situation first.

When he served as the prefect of Dongchang, not only did he receive the holy decree, but also the officials of all sizes in Dongchang City also received the news.

Lu Yuan looked at the gate of Dongchang City, there were several guards standing, pestle with spears, checking the backpacks of pedestrians.

Lu Yuan looked at this scene and said to the people around him: "This Dongchang City is very strict, and even passers-by check it on weekdays. ”

The area where Lu Yuan is located is far away from the border, and it is difficult for bad actors to sneak into the city.

Therefore, in the nearby counties, the guards at the city gates are relatively loose.

In contrast, this Dongchang City is indeed much stricter.

"Young nephew, do you need me to enter first and find out the situation?" A cronie approached Lu Yuan and said.

Lu Yuan said: "No, for a while, we will all spread out, don't be conspicuous, and go in with our front and back feet." ”

All the cronies replied in unison: "Okay, young nephew! ”

"Remember to find a place to hide your sword first." Lu Yuan added.

After finishing speaking, all the cronies scattered in all directions, gathered not far from the nephew, and blended in with the few passers-by.

Su Liyan naturally grabbed Lu Yuan's arm, and with the other arm carrying the burden, he walked towards the gate of Dongchang City.

When Lu Yuan and his wife passed through the city gate.

A city gate guard pointed a spear at Su Liyan viciously and said, "Stop! Are you a half-demon? ”

Su Liyan's pointed ears can be found to be different from ordinary people at a glance.

Lu Yuan swiped the tip of the spear with one hand and said, "What's wrong with the half-demon clan?" Today's emperor and queen Ma all agree."

"Less verbose!" This guard naturally understood the decree issued by the imperial court, and immediately interrupted Lu Yuan's words.

"Open the baggage for a routine check!" The guard didn't give up.

Today's imperial court allows the half-demon clan to live openly with ordinary people.

There are always people who look at the half-demon clan with colored glasses, which is also the reason why the half-demon clan lives in dire straits.

Not all half-demon clans have great power to protect themselves.

Su Liyan's family are all demons, and they have more or less natural skills after returning to their ancestors.

Seeing this, Su Liyan did not resist, and obediently opened the corner of the burden and showed it to the guards.

The guard looked at the little pink clothes in the baggage in a daze, which was the crop top that Lu Yuan bought for Su Liyan in the provincial capital a few days ago.

The spear in the guard's right hand was reversed in his left hand, and he stretched out his right hand to carry the garment.

Lu Yuan was not used to this guard's problem, and directly strangled the opponent's right wrist.

Seeing this scene, the cronies around Lu Yuan tacitly blocked the sight of several other guards.

The guard was caught by Lu Yuan, and he was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

On weekdays, this guard is babbling, and the other guards are busy checking the backpacks of other passers-by, so they don't notice this guard.

"Official, I've opened this burden and shown it to you, just a few clothes, so don't shake it out." Lu Yuan said coldly.

His daughter-in-law is thin-skinned, and this crop top has never been worn for Lu Yuan to see.

At this time, Lu Yuan did not allow anyone to dare to humiliate his daughter-in-law in public.

"I—I suspect there's something forbidden in there," the guard muttered, still making excuses for himself.

Lu Yuan's right hand increased slightly, and he whispered: "Master Jun, don't make a noise, be careful that I break your wrist." ”

Lu Yuan's slight increase in strength had already made the guard's right finger unable to move the slightest, and the five fingers turned purple at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Don't look at this guard who is fierce and vicious on weekdays, he is a master who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard.

will only bully and bully the township, and be a prestige.

The guard saw that Lu Yuan was not a good person, so he softened, his attitude came one hundred and eighty degrees, and he flattered: "No problem, my lord has please!" ”

Under the city of Dongchang, there are still such people, which shows that the local officials are not necessarily any better.

Lu Yuan looked at this villainous style, it was really Zhen Ji's father who didn't speak-Zhen Ji's father was speechless!

Lu Yuan added: "You'd better keep quiet, otherwise I'll make you regret it." ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Yuan pushed away the opponent's hand, and the guard retreated a few steps before barely holding the ground with a spear and stabilizing his body.

Lu Yuan continued to lead his daughter-in-law to the city.

Lu Yuan walked on the streets of Dongchang City, and there were not many passers-by.

Many shops are still closed and have not opened, and it is a scene of depression.

The few passers-by bowed their heads and walked in a hurry.

The autumn breeze blows on the cheeks, making it even more desolate.

Su Liyan asked Lu Yuan puzzled: "Brother, isn't this Dongchang City a big city?" How could it be so depressed? It's not as prosperous as Taining City. ”

Lu Yuan responded: "No, I'll find someone to ask." ”

This Dongchang city can be divided into prefecture-level cities with modern hierarchies.

Lu Yuan grabbed a hurried passer-by and said, "Uncle, this Dongchang City was not like this, why is it like this now?" ”

This uncle, glanced at Lu Yuan and Su Liyan, and saw that the other party was young, so he let down his guard.

The uncle said: "Young man, you are from other places, these days, the prefect was chewed up by Xingzi, which is scary." Hey, don't talk about it, I'm going to buy some official salt, who is going out now if he's fine. ”

Lu Yuan looked at the back of the uncle who was gone, and scolded in his heart: "You old emperor, what kind of chore is this for us, how can there be a four-grade prefect who has been eaten by Xingzi." ”

I shouldn't have dug this green radish pit for Lu Yuan.

Whether there is a radish or an existing pit, Lu Yuan can't understand, and he always feels that there must be a demon when something goes wrong.

Lu Yuan had no choice but to take his daughter-in-law and children to the city.

The mansion of this imperial court is generally located in the center of the county, so it is not wrong to go inside.

Lu Yuan's cronies saw that there were few people on the street, so they naturally distanced themselves from Lu Yuan again.

Lu Yuan walked to the door of the mansion and saw that the door was wide open, and the two gatekeepers were listlessly leaning on the left and right pillars outside the mansion yamen.

didn't take Lu Yuan and Su Liyan in his eyes at all, and directly treated them as air.

Lu Yuan looked inside, and more than a dozen officials dressed in imperial court clothes sat in rows on both sides of the hall.

Looking at the costumes are all five, six, seven, and eight-grade officials, they should be fellow knowledge, general judges, magistrates, experience, governors and others.

These official positions are divided into left and right, such as the left and the right.

"Hey, these big and small officials are all together, but they are complete." Lu Yuan thought to himself.

Although when Lu Yuan was in Taining City, he ignored political affairs and lost them to his brother-in-law.

But this time when he took office as the prefect of Dongchang City, Lu Yuan still did some homework.

At the very least, you have to know how this government is run.

If you were a pure white, you wouldn't be killed by these old fritters.

In Lu Yuan's eyes, these official positions such as Tongzhi, Tongju, and Pusher are to put it bluntly, for the prefect.

After all, the prefect is under the jurisdiction of several states and counties, and it is impossible to keep busy with the power of one person.

The prefect is in charge of the decrees of a prefecture and is in charge of each subordinate county, and it is the responsibility of the prefect to make all government affairs such as the decrees of the imperial court, the governance of the people, the assessment of subordinate officials, and the collection of taxes.

Of course, there are also certain functions and powers, such as recommending or releasing subordinate officials, selecting and promoting Taoist officials, salt transportation envoys, etc.

If you don't have any real power in your hands, you will only arrange for your subordinates to work, who will take the prefect in your eyes.

It's like a certain leader, he can't say anything about your salary, and he still instructs you to do this and that every day, can you feel comfortable and obey this leader?

Change the leader and say to you: "Xiao Li, you go and do this and give you a 5,000 yuan raise." ”

Xiao Li replied in a hurry: "Okay, leader (Dad)!" ”

An official position like a political envoy makes Lu Yuan the magistrate of the county seat, which is simply a matter of one sentence.

The prefect also has some powers.

What Lu Yuan thought in his heart was to pick a few capable officials to work for him and liberate himself.

After all, this is a bit difficult for him who took the subway to work in his previous life, and it was really difficult for him to deal with official business.

Personnel management is still okay for Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan found a slightly cleaner place at the entrance of the mansion, dusted off the dust on the ground, and pulled his daughter-in-law to sit down.

Lu Yuan also took out two pieces of dough from the baggage, one for each person, and ate them one bite at a time.

From the perspective of others, this is a young couple, resting here.

Lu Yuan's cronies stood at the intersection of various streets in the distance, some of them crossed their chests and watched, and some of them kicked the stones under their feet in boredom.

The nephew and grandma were always in their sight.

The distance between Lu Yuan and Su Liyan was that with the hearing of the two of them, they could hear the voices of these officials in the lobby clearly.

Inside the lobby.

Wupin official Right Tongzhi coughed and said, "Colleagues, you must have also heard the rumor that the prefect of Taining City has been promoted to our boss prefect. ”

"A little magistrate can even ride on our heads." A middle-aged man, a right-handed pusher, took a sip.

This right-wing officer did not have a trace of restraint among the officials.

Su Liyan blinked, looked at Lu Yuan and said, "Brother~ What are they talking about you." ”

Lu Yuan nodded and responded: "It's such a coincidence, I'll chew me behind my back as soon as I come, don't rush in, let's listen to it first." ”

Zuo Tongzhi shouted: "Don't be rude." ”

Right Tongzhi continued to say: "Counting the distance from Taining City to here, there must be two days to come." ”

Zuo Tongju said: "This, this matter of taking up the prefect, can we say it?" ”

The right pusher rushed to speak and said, "What do you say, what do you have to do with me?" In my opinion, clean the streets, make the streets look better, and fool the new prefect. ”

The seventh-rank right pusher relied on the five-rank right to know that he was his own relative, and he was ruthless in scolding the sixth-grade left.

Lu Yuan felt that these people were talking badly, and if they didn't go in, these people would have to eat.

Lu Yuan raised his cheek, patted the dust, pulled up Su Liyan again, and said, "Okay, let's go in." ”

Su Liyan nodded.

Lu Yuan pulled Su Liyan and walked inside.

The guard at the door cheered up and blocked the way, "What are you doing?" ”

"Report to the officer!" Lu Yuan shook off.

The imperial court stipulated that all ordinary people who came to report to the official were not allowed to be stopped by the guards at the door.

Some ordinary people do not know about this regulation, and they only feel that the government is a sacred place, and they will not take the initiative to report to the officials here in case of trouble.

Moreover, Lu Yuan can be regarded as a county magistrate for a year, so he still understands this.

The guards at the door let Lu Yuan and Su Liyan in.

The officials in the lobby looked at the two young men who walked in from the door of the mansion.

The right pusher was in a hurry, stood up and shouted outside the door: "Where did you come from, go and go, don't you see that we are busy?" ”

Right Tongzhi glanced at it, and only felt that Lu Yuan and Su Liyan were not dressed as poor people, and they were sitting there steadily.

Zuo Tongzhi coughed and said slowly: "What's the matter, let the family finish talking." ”

"This" the right pusher wanted to say something, and took it back.

Lu Yuan didn't pay attention to the right-hand pusher, and just led his daughter-in-law inside.

Seeing the two people in front of him, the right official was extremely displeased.

Some officials sat in their chairs without lifting their cheeks.

Some officials stood up and looked at Lu Yuan and the others.

Lu Yuan walked among the crowd and said, "I, the new prefect of Dongchang!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, in their officialdom cognition.

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan both look to be in their early twenties.

No matter how poor the imperial court is, it will not send such a young man to be the prefect.

The right-hand pusher, who had no eyesight, wanted to push Lu Yuan aside, and said, "Where did you come from, the stinky boy, he is not very old, and the cowhide is not small." ”

Some people have heard that a year ago, the newly appointed magistrate of Taining City was not very old, but no one has really seen it.

Lu Yuan is not often in the Yali of Taining City County.

Lu Yuan kicked the back of the right pusher's wave cover.

The pusher was hit by this blow, and he couldn't stand at all, so he knelt down directly in front of Lu Yuan with an "oops".

Inside this hall, there is a group of civil officials.

In the face of Lu Yuan's tough methods, no one dared to step forward to stop him.

"Bold, dare to be so vulgar!" Many people condemned Lu Yuan one after another, playing with words.

There are also a few older people, and they also speak great truths.

Lu Yuan didn't understand!

Lu Yuan didn't care about these people who spoke up for the right push official, he had been observing outside the door for a long time just now, and the people who helped the right push official were all the same dog.

In Lu Yuan's opinion, the people above are not right, and the petty officials below are all very angry.

Lu Yuan, who was thinking of observing for a few days first, heard their chatter at the door of the government just now.

It is obviously divided into two factions, one is led by the right Tongzhi, and the number is superior; One faction is led by Zuo Tongzhi, and the mouth cannon can't beat others.

Lu Yuan really couldn't bear these people, so he broke in.

"Take it for me!" The kneeling right pusher gritted his back molars and struggled to get these words out.

The guards in the courtyard of the government and the guards at the gate all rushed up, holding swords or spears pointing at Lu Yuan and Su Liyan.

Lu Yuan looked at the right pusher who was still unconvinced on the ground and said, "You can't kick your, count you clean!" (End of chapter)