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Chapter 165 County Official
Today's counties in the Song Dynasty are first divided by location, Jing County, Ji County, Wang County, and Song County; then they are divided by population, Shang County, Zhong County, and Xia County.

There are six county lieutenants in Jing County, who are divided into six cao; there are two county lieutenants in Ji County and Shang County; and one person in Zhongxian County and below.

Yuhang County, where Li Yong was the chief bookkeeper, was Ji County, and now Qingfu County, where Li Xia was the county lieutenant, belongs to Xia County.

Although the master book is only one level higher than the county lieutenant, Ji County and Xia County are not the same.

First of all, there are very few officials in Xia County.

When the Song Dynasty founded the country, it was stipulated that more than a thousand households in the county should have county magistrates, master books, and county lieutenants.If the population is less than [-] households, the county magistrate is also the chief bookkeeper, or the chief bookkeeper is also the county lieutenant.

Over the past two hundred years, the population of the world has increased, but it is a common practice that there are not enough chief officials in the lower county.

Qingfu County used to have only county magistrates and county lieutenants.

With the Mongolian annexation of Dali, its strategic location became important.Two years ago, the imperial court added another master book named Fang Yankai.

Soon thereafter, the three-year term of the former county lieutenant expired, and he was transferred to another place. Fang Yankai, the master secretary, also took charge of the county lieutenant's affairs, which was handled very well, and the imperial court never appointed a new county lieutenant.

September [-], at noon.

"The owner of the house has a new county lieutenant."

"County lieutenant? Why didn't you receive the official letter in advance?"

"He was in a hurry to take office, so he came directly with an official letter. The county magistrate asked the master to meet him in the hall."

The speaker was a miscellaneous official named "Huang Shi". He was usually able to work and was willing to study. He was about to be transferred to the Recording Department.

Fang Yankai raised his head from the office and asked, "The one who came alone was sent by the State Department to send him off."

"The State Department sent Cao Liu, who was arrested, to send him to his post." Huang Shidao: "The villain has brought Cao Liu here."

"Call in." Fang Yankai said.

He was not in a hurry to meet in the hall.

After a while, Cao Liu entered the public room, first handed over two official documents to be sent, and then briefly introduced the name of the new county lieutenant.

"Li Xia and Li Feiyu." Fang Yankai murmured in a low voice and asked, "What do you think?"

"Young and handsome, the little people next to him don't know."

"How did Zhizhou order?"

"The magistrate said that the border counties are important, and the autumn defense is coming soon, so the landlord must take care of it."

Fang Yankai smiled, handed Cao Liu two more official documents, and took a private letter with him, saying, "It's not easy for you to run errands, so send the letter for me again, and go get another fifty dollars."

"Yes, thank you landlord."

Cao Liu agreed and followed Huang Shi to get the money.

Fang Yankai sat there, Nian Xu pondered for a while.

Just now, Cao Liu spoke strictly and never said a bad word about Li Xianwei. It can be seen that they got along well from Xuzhou to Qingfu County, and Li Xia had some tricks.

There are means but not liked by Zhizhou. From this, it can be inferred that Li Xia's backer and Shi Zhizhou have different political views.

Young and handsome, without any fame, he should be a running dog of the treacherous party...

After thinking about this, Fang Yankai got up and walked towards the lobby.

In the hall, Jiang Chun, the county magistrate, was sitting at the head, talking with people.

Fang Yankai looked at it, even though he was prepared, he was stunned for a moment.

This is too young!No wonder Shi Zhizhou specially sent someone to explain.

Wouldn't it be absurd to appoint such a young and inexperienced person as an official? !
"Zhengshu, Zhengshu." Jiang Chun called Fang Yankai's characters, looking very close, and asked with a smile: "Are you stunned?"

"Yes, such a young talent is rare in his life."

"Here, let me introduce you to the new county lieutenant, Li Xia and Li Feiyu. The emperor bestowed his name on this special appointment. He is extraordinary."

After Jiang Chun finished speaking, he introduced Fang Yankai to Li Xia.

"This is our homeowner's register in Qingfu County. He was a Jinshi in the year of Gengxu. In his early years, he was a screener in Yujie Yujie's mansion. He served as a county captain in Sui County. Don't think that the landlord's book is a literati. He also shot and killed Mongolian soldiers. You Before taking office, the county lieutenant's work was concurrently held by the owner of the house..."

"The landlord, please be polite." Li Xia said.

In terms of resume, he knew that he was far behind Fang Yankai.

It's no wonder that Zhizhou Shijun hated the court's inexplicable sending of a young man to interfere.What's the matter with sending a half-grown child here when an experienced master bookkeeper in his prime is doing well at the same time?
Fang Yankai smiled and said, "It's good that Li Xianwei is here, and I can relax a lot."

"I also ask the owner to give me more advice."

Jiang Chundao: "Hey, there is no need to be courteous, Captain Li. The three of us are both officials of Qingfu's parents. We each perform our duties and work together."

Li Xia said: "Xia is young and has little knowledge. If there are mistakes in the future, please don't blame the county magistrate and master."

Jiang Chun waved his hands and smiled, and said, "Everyone next to Captain Li is fine, but they are too polite. You have worked hard all the way, how about arranging a place first?"

Li Xia said: "Living is a small matter, Xia dare not slack off on official duties, why not hand over as soon as possible?"

Jiang Chun and Fang Yankai looked at each other and smiled silently.

"Alright, I'll send someone to lead your staff to clean up the residence, and you will hand over the official duties with the official letter. By the way, you came in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare... Tomorrow night, I will prepare wine and food to clean up the dust for you."

"Thank you magistrate."

Seeing Fang Yankai and Li Xia leave, Jiang Chun still sat, took a sip of tea slowly, and said something to himself.

"I didn't even bend my waist, thinking that I was the crown prince..."

~~
The residence arranged for Li Xia was where the former county captain once lived. It was not far from the county government office, crossed Shimen Street, and turned an alley called Shimen Lane.

Han Chengxu and others followed the miscellaneous official Martin Gui, and soon arrived in front of the house.

"It's here." Martin Guidao, "After Lu Xianwei was transferred, it has been vacant for two years. In the afternoon, the villain brought someone to clean it..."

Before the words were finished, the door of the house was pushed open, and two men walked out, one with one eye and one with a broken arm.

The shouts of many people can still be heard in the house.

Liu Jinsuo was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Didn't you say it has been vacant for two years?"

Martin Gui hurriedly asked the two of them, "Hey, Bao San, Jiang Fan...why do you live here?"

"Hey, you old horse, we just drank together yesterday, don't you know where we live?"

"Isn't this the residence of County Captain Lu?"

"Look at what you said, yamen yamen, of course the county lieutenant lives in the yamen, why would he live here? What's going on...Brother, don't go out, they want to rob the house."

With a sound of "bang", the two retreated to the courtyard and closed the door.

Martin Gui scratched his head, turned to Han Chengxu and said, "This is strange, County Captain Lu clearly lived here... Why don't you ask Mr. Han to wait a while, and the villain will go back and ask for clarification before coming back."

After he finished speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

Liu Jinsuo scratched his head, his face was full of bewilderment, and said, "What's going on?"

Han Qi'an said: "He won't come back again."

"what?"

Han Chengxu sighed, and said, "I was thinking about this before, Qingfu County is a lower county, and the county government house should only be enough for two chief officials to live in."

Han Qi'an said: "Qingfu County has no owner's book, and the house should be the county magistrate and county lieutenant's residence."

"Didn't you hear what he said? The former county lieutenant Lu has moved out, so the landlord has a way."

"Is it because Alang refused the county magistrate just now? Then what kind of attitude should we take to deal with these two chief officials?"

"Attitude?" Han Chengxu pondered, and said, "Is there any difference in attitude? Can the house owner still give up the house?"

~~
In the public room, Fang Yankai was holding tea, and said unhurriedly, "You know, what is the job of a county lieutenant?"

"Inspection, anti-smuggling, burglar arrest, and city defense." Li Xia said: "Control feathered archers, suppress rape and suppress violence."

"anything else?"

"Fan County does not have a master book, but the county lieutenant is also the master book, cashier of official property, and cancellation of books."

Fang Yankai froze for a moment while drinking tea, put down his teacup, and said slowly, "Does Feiyu know how many families there are in Qingfu County?"

"I don't know."

"Since the fourth year of Xianping, it has been stipulated that more than [-] households in Chuanxia counties should be registered as master registers." Fang Yankai said, "Last year, the number of hidden household registrations checked in the counties reached [-]."

Li Xia said: "Fortunately, I can perform my own duties with the owner of the house, and I don't have to do things I'm not good at."

Fang Yankai smiled and said, "Do you know what the third class in the county is?"

"Fast class, strong class, soap class."

Fang Yankai asked again: "What are the duties of the three classes?"

"Quick class, catch the police and handle cases; Strong class, law and order and suppress bandits; Zao class, guard and miscellaneous servants."

"It's shallow, it's shallow." Fang Yankai said, "Qingfu County is located in the border area, which is different from other places. How can I say that it is difficult to govern the county here... When I need to find a free time, I will tell you slowly."

"Yes, thank you, landlord." Li Xia said: "I don't know if we can let archers, minzhuang, catchers, menzi, Zaoli, grooms, bearers, fanmen, lampmen, storehousemen, warehousemen, etc. in the city today. Wait to meet me? Get familiar with it first."

Fang Yankai took another look at Li Xia.

"Li Xianwei knows who to control."

"Know a thing or two."

"But...it's too urgent, too urgent." Fang Yankai sighed: "If I say slow down, I will let you familiarize yourself with the layout of the county and understand the situation of each township, and I'm afraid you will misunderstand that I am reluctant to hand over power..."

He spoke earnestly, but Li Xia suddenly asked.

"Isn't the homeowner reluctant to hand over the rights?"

Fang Yankai was taken aback.

He squinted his eyes and looked at Li Xia, only to find that Li Xia was calm, as if he was joking.

"Feiyu is aggressive, good, good, the younger generation is formidable."

"I don't dare to do it. I am young and have little knowledge. I have many things to ask the landlord for advice."

"Since that's the case, I have Lao Feiyu to take on some more official duties." Fang Yankai said, "It's just that it's getting late today, why don't you get familiar with Zaoban first? I'll let someone take you to meet Zao slaves."

"Thank you, landlord." Li Xia was still very polite.

After he left, Fang Yankai closed his eyes, seemed to be quite tired, and murmured: "The disaster of the Ding party will affect the land of Shu..."

(End of this chapter)