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Chapter 70 Magistrate of Fenyang
The matter was settled like this. When Li Tianxin finished suppressing the bandits and quelling the chaos, he would arrange for the girls to meet with the Iron Cavalry and hold a blind date meeting.

He left more than 100 taels of silver notes and gave them to a girl named Hongling, asking her to distribute them to everyone, [-] taels each, which was the living expenses Li Tianxin gave them.

In this era, the annual living expenses of ordinary people require about four to five taels of silver per person. A well-off family with a slightly more refined life needs about seven or eight taels of silver per person.

100 taels is enough for young girls to live the life of an ordinary rich girl in a short period of time, and even enough to live comfortably for a few years with a little money.

Li Tianxin told the girls that he would invite people to rebuild the village, and it would be called "Taibai Village" from now on.

Girls can choose to be named Li or Bai, and this will be their natal home in the future.

This move is of great significance, as it allows them to take root and no longer feel like people without a place of origin.

There is no doubt that the number of favorites has increased again.

Li Tianxin and Bai Feifei returned to Fenyang City with Ruyi Huancui, Yingchun, Pinellia ternata, Jianqiu and Ophiopogon japonicus.

The magistrate's Yamen and Zhu's Mansion are both in the north of the city. When passing by the Yamen, Li Tianxin said to Bai Feifei: "Feifei, take them back first. I'll go to the magistrate to talk about rebuilding Taibai Village."

"it is good."

The functional departments of the Ming Dynasty were set up, with six departments in the court, six departments in the Zhili state and provincial administrative offices, and six offices in the prefecture and county administrative offices.

The craftsmen in a county town are basically based in the six-room workshop. They can usually take some casual jobs, but once there is a big job in the yamen, they will be called up.

Therefore, as long as Li Tianxin found the magistrate, negotiated with him about the village construction matters and the price, and then handed the money to the magistrate, it was equivalent to outsourcing the project to the Yamen.

After the county magistrate took the money, he was equivalent to the big contractor of the project. He would summon craftsmen to complete the project.

As for how much the craftsmen earn, how much the government office earns, and how much the county magistrate earns after the project is completed, that is all their business and does not need to be concerned by Li Tianxin.

As long as the craftsmen can complete the project with quality and quantity, other things have nothing to do with Li Tianxin.

Bai Feifei took the six girls back to Zhu's Mansion, while Li Tianxin went to the county government office alone.

On both sides of the gate of the county government office, stood two government officials with straight waists and holding water and fire sticks. When they saw Li Tianxin approaching, their eyes immediately lit up.

The two of them took the initiative to take a few steps forward, saluted Li Tianxin and said, "My dear, my greetings to the Marquis."

The government officials in Fenyang County are particularly energetic, unlike some other places.

Li Tianxin has also seen government officials in other places. Most of them are not energetic. They are all drowsy and standing swaying while on duty.

Some government offices even have no one on duty, unless they hear someone beating a drum outside to report a crime, they will come out to take a look.

In fact, what a yamen's servants are like depends entirely on what the yamen's chief officer is like.

From the spirit of Fenyang's yamen servants, you can roughly tell what kind of person Fenyang magistrate is.

Li Tianxin stretched out his hand to support him and said, "You two don't have to be polite. I have something to do with Magistrate Tang. Please let me know."

The older yamen servant smiled and said: "Yes, please wait a moment in the hall, Mr. Hou, I will go and report it now."

"It's work."

The county magistrate of Fenyang is called Tang Xin. He is a former Jinshi. He has been in Fenyang for only two years and is under 30 years old. He is considered young and promising.

During the two years that Tang Xin was in Fenyang, his reputation has always been good. He is honest and rigorous, eliminates corruption and eliminates evil, loves the people like a son, has a breeze on his sleeves, and is deeply loved by the people.

These days, among grassroots officials, there are still some honest officials, but good officials are rare.

Because an honest official only needs to be non-corrupt, but a good official must not only be honest, but also have certain abilities, be willing to make decisions for the people, and be able to do practical things.

However, honest officials often cannot climb to high positions. Unless they have the trust of the emperor and become a lonely minister, basically no one in a high position can be called an honest official.

This was determined by the political environment of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a helpless phenomenon.After entering the lobby of the Yamen, the Yamen servant apologized and walked quickly to the back hall. Li Tianxin's eyes were attracted by a pair of couplets on the load-bearing pillars on both sides of the lobby.

The first couplet on the right is: As an official in Fenyang, spring is warm and autumn is solemn.

The lower line on the left is: If you receive half a penny at dusk, the earth will be destroyed and the sky will destroy you.

The four words "Mingjing hangs high" in the hall have become the best horizontal comment.

This couplet can be regarded as Tang Xin's statement to the people of Fenyang.

He will be as warm as spring towards good, and as cold as autumn towards evil.

If he accepts half a penny in bribes during his term of office, he will be punished by heaven and earth.

Li Tianxin nodded secretly, feeling very fond of this little magistrate.

Not long after, Tang Xin, who was wearing a green patchwork uniform, walked quickly out of the inner hall. He cupped his fists and saluted Li Tianxin and said, "Your Majesty, Tang Xin, I have met the Marquis."

Tang Xin is tall and has a standard northern build. He has an upright face with the Chinese character for Chinese characters and looks upright.

Li Tianxin smiled and said, "Tangzhi County doesn't need to be polite."

Tang Xin put down his hands and asked, "I wonder if Lord Marquis is here, what do you think?"

Li Tianxin said: "I don't dare to accept advice. I plan to rebuild an abandoned village outside the city, and I came here to discuss it with Tang Magistrate."

Tang Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turns out that this is what happened. He thought it was something big if this man suddenly came to the door.

After Tang Xin relaxed, a faint smile finally appeared on his face. He turned sideways, stretched out his hand and said, "Please, Lord Marquis, move to the back hall to serve tea."

"Please."

When they arrived at the living room in the back hall, the yamen servant quickly brought tea. After everyone took a symbolic sip, Tang Xin asked about the specific situation.

"Master Marquis, there are three deserted villages within a radius of thirty miles outside Fenyang City. Which one do you want to rebuild?"

Li Tianxin said: "The one about ten miles east of the southern suburbs."

Tang Xin said clearly: "This is Jianxi Village. I wonder what the Marquis plans to use it for after rebuilding the village?"

Li Tianxin said: "It is used to house a group of orphan girls who were rescued from the evil sect. They were gathered from all over the place by the demons of the evil sect when they were young and trained to become death warriors."

"I and a group of righteous knights, after many efforts, finally persuaded them to leave the evil sect and return to normal life."

"Just last night, we uprooted the evil sect and eliminated its leader. They are now homeless."

"That's why I plan to rebuild the deserted village as a place for them to live and settle down. At the same time, I will settle in Fenyang to prevent them from scattering around and causing any trouble."

"Tang Xin admires you deeply and has a chivalrous value of 82."

After listening to Li Tianxin's words, Tang Xin suddenly realized that it turned out that Li Tianxin led a group of martial arts people to walk on the street after the curfew last night in order to eradicate the leader of the evil sect.

Although the night watchmen did not dare to interfere with Li Tianxin's affairs, they still had to report the matter to Tang Xin.

The attitude of the local government towards Wulin matters is that the people will not complain to the officials and will not be held accountable.

As long as there is no trouble, the government usually chooses to turn a blind eye when these people in the martial arts community violate some prohibitions.

Therefore, although Tang Xin knew about this, he didn't care.

Only now did he know that Li Tianxin broke the ban to do chivalry, and he hoped that there would be more such chivalrous people in Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)