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Chapter 230 A new official took office (seeking a monthly ticket)

Master Jin and Master Long took out the imperial calendar, calculated an auspicious day, and determined the auspicious time as the official time to take office. Then Master Jin wrote a ticket and sent two guards to the county government office. .

The general meaning on the ticket is to inform them of the specific date that Yangzhi County is scheduled to arrive in Qingxi County, tell them not to welcome them from far away (of course the other party has to understand this the other way around), and repair and clean the yamen. Prepare their own work report materials, and then check and listen to the reports one by one.

Yang Qiuchi changed into a blue official robe, he is seventh grade, the patches on the front and back of the official robe are embroidered with 鸂鸂, he wears a black gauze hat, and shakes two small wings, which is very interesting.Yang Qiuchi and his family members all transferred to the sedan chairs prepared by Master Long in Kunming, and the guards of Jin Yiwei carried the sedan chairs, and the team entered the city.Before entering the city, the two masters had already explained the relevant etiquette and procedures to Yang Qiuchi.

To enter the city, you have to enter through the east gate, which is called Ziqi coming from the east.The city gate in the east of Qingxi County has been decorated with lights and festoons.Because Qingxi County is relatively small, there is no county magistrate, but only two assistant officials, the master book and the Dianshi. He led the six clerks, three classes of yamen servants, and all the gentry and students of the city. They knelt down and kowtowed to greet them at the gate of the city. Yang Qiuchi asked them to stand up in the sedan chair. .

Yang Qiuchi changed to the official sedan chair of the county yamen, and Qin Zhihui and other female family members changed to the large and medium sedan chairs in the yamen under the cover of the green cloth curtain.

After the transfer was completed, the foreman of the yamen sent a message to start the sedan chair. For a while, gongs and drums blared, gongs blared to clear the way, and drummers played and beat.

Xia Ping brought the large and medium sedan chairs of Qin Zhihui's female family members directly to the inner office of the county government office with twenty female guards. As usual, Yang Qiuchi was not allowed to enter the office directly tonight. He had to go to the Town God's Temple to burn incense first. Fasting and sleeping in the temple, sleeping alone in the slaughterhouse of the Town God's Temple.

However, Yang Qiuchi didn't care about this, now that he came to his one-acre three-point land, of course he had the final say, and he cared about Qin Zhihui and the others in his heart, so after offering sacrifices to the Town God's Temple, he got up in a sedan chair and went back to the yamen.

When he came to the Yamen and got off the sedan chair, Yang Qiuchi was dumbfounded.This yamen is a ruined temple, far worse than the Guangde county yamen.

One of the pair of stone lions in front of the yamen lost half of its face, two of the six doors were broken and crooked, and the paint had almost peeled off.

Entering the yard, the ground was full of potholes, half of the tiles on the top of the facing screen wall were missing, and the proclamation posted on the screen wall was soaked by rain and the handwriting was blurred.

Turn around the screen wall and come to the patio, facing the lobby. Only the severed ends on both sides of the railing on the platform are left, and the rest may be stolen and burned as firewood.

On the platform in front of the lobby, the hall for the common people to complain about their grievances is still there, but there are only three legs left on the lower bracket, and the remaining one is tied with a branch.

Entering the lobby, I looked up and saw that there were several holes in the bright roof.

Yang Qiuchi was furious, he also knew the so-called "officials don't repair government offices", but it's just too bad.Look at the pillars in the lobby, they are crumbling here and there. If they are not repaired, the lobby will probably collapse.

After leaving the lobby, he turned his head and looked to the left. He was even more shocked. A large area of ​​the house on the left had been reduced to ashes, and there were ruins and walls lying there.

The yamen is broken, but Yang Qiuchi's appointment process still has to continue.Behind him was a large group of officials and servants, waiting to kowtow to him.

Yang Qiuchi stepped into the lobby, and under the guidance of the official students, he first kowtowed to the north three times and kowtowed nine times, worshiped the public seat, and kowtowed for the grace of God.Then kowtow four heads to the official seal placed on the koan autocratic printing rack.

After worshiping, Yang Qiuchi stepped up to the Nuan Pavilion and sat on the public seat in the middle. He felt that his buttocks were hard. He looked down and saw that this chair had no cushion, it was just a hardwood grand master's chair. It's cool, but now it's just spring, and I have to wear a cotton jacket.

Don't care about your butt, get promoted!
Zaoli beat the three-way drum, and all the Zaoli and Minzhuang in the courtyard shouted in unison, waving water and fire sticks together.Master Jin has already explained beforehand that there is a well-known trick called "Putting Yamen", which is to drive away all evil spirits.

The master handed over the booklet with both hands, Yang Qiuchi took it, and began to draw names.

The first person to point to was the head book who led the six-room scribe and the third class of yamen servants to the gate of the city to greet him. His name was Situ Lei. He was a shriveled old man and the only second official in Qingxi County.

After ordering all the scribes and yamen servants of the six rooms in turn, Yang Qiuchi will accept the congratulations from the officials of the yamen.

The master clerk, Situ Lei, went forward to kowtow, and Yang Qiuchi stood up and bowed his hands to salute according to Master Jin's instructions; the other six scribes came up to kowtow one by one, Yang Qiuchi just nodded, and the other three classes of yamen servants could only stay in the moonlight from a distance. Kowtow collectively in the courtyard below the stage.

Then, Yang Qiuchi ordered to retreat, and then went to the courtyard of the yamen gate to worship the land master, house god, door god, kitchen god, etc. all kinds of gods.

After worshiping the gods, Master Long had already arranged a banquet in the second hall of the yamen, and brought the wine and meat that Yang Qiuchi sacrificed to the city god to entertain his colleagues in the yamen.

Participating in the banquet were Situ Lei, the chief bookkeeper, and the heads of the sixth house officials of the yamen, households, soldiers, criminal workers, and officials.This table of wine and banquet is just a meeting procedure, and it can't be eaten. After drinking for three rounds, the miscellaneous official said his goodbyes and withdrew.

At this point, the welcome procedure was basically completed, and Yang Qiuchi returned to the inner office.

Entering the living room of the inner yamen, I saw Song Yun'er, Qin Zhihui and a group of women talking lively in the living room.

Seeing Yang Qiuchi come in, the girls gathered around, Song Yuner said firstly: "Brother, your yamen is too broken, our room has roof tiles with skylights open, what should we do if it's going to rain?"

As soon as Song Yuner opened her mouth, Qin Zhihui and the others also started talking in a hurry:
"Yes, the bed in my room creaked when touched lightly." Qin Zhihui said.

"There are mice in my room~!" Song Qing said.

"That's right, that toilet is terribly dirty." Yuechan said.

"The back garden is full of weeds!" Bai Sumei said.

"The iron pan in the kitchen is rusted," Hong Ling said.

"There are cockroaches on the dish shelf!" Huier said
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Yang Qiuchi's head was getting bigger. At this time, Xia Ping ran in and reported: "Master Yang, there are several big dog holes in the walls of the inner yamen. People can climb in and out, and some walls are about to collapse. ,what to do?"

Yang Qiuchi's head is even bigger, this yamen is really too broken.He quickly ordered Master Long to be called in.

After Master Long came in, Yang Qiuchi ordered him to arrange and repair the yamen immediately, replace all the old and broken ones, and immediately dismantle and rebuild those that are about to collapse.All the furniture in the inner office has been replaced with new ones, and all the rooms have been repainted and rearranged.The facilities required for security and alert are handled according to the opinions of Nan Gongxiong and Xia Ping.

Master Long followed Yang Qiuchi's path, so of course he knew his temper. This so-called "officials do not repair government offices" is different from other officials. First, money is not a problem, and second, safety comes first.He immediately took orders to start arranging the renovation of the Yamen.

Master Long was in charge of repairing the county government office, and Nan Gongxiong also began to arrange the security of the county government office according to the situation of the county government office. He selected five of the highest martial arts from the forty big inner guards and Jin Yiwei guards, plus Nan Gongxiong himself, to form Yang Qiuchi Personal guards, as long as Yang Qiuchi leaves the inner office, he will never leave.The rest of the guards guarded the various parts of the yamen, and arranged the yamen to be tightly guarded, so that no water leaked.

Of course, if Yang Qiuchi wanted to leave the yamen to go out, there would only be ten guards left in the yamen, and the remaining thirty would follow Yang Qiuchi for protection. Yang Qiuchi also had three classes of yamen servants, so the bodyguard team was still quite spectacular.

The food and accommodation of the guards is still the same as in Wuchang. All the male guards live outside the inner house of the yamen. Without permission, it is absolutely forbidden to enter the inner house.Different from Wuchang, Yang Qiuchi asked Xia Ping to bring [-] female guards into the inner yamen, and distributed them to guard all over the inner yamen, focusing on the safety of the three young mistresses.

The two masters arranged to live in the wing room outside the gate of the inner yamen, so that Yang Qiuchi could call at any time.

The original county magistrate has moved to a temporary mansion in the county seat.After lunch, Yang Qiuchi took Master Jin to visit him.

The county magistrate, surnamed Jiang, was about 60 years old, his eyesight was blurry, and his teeth had almost fallen out.Yang Qiuchi now understands why the yamen is so broken, because no matter how broken it is, Jiang Zhixian's eyes can't see clearly.Besides, he is going to retire soon, what is the purpose of repairing this yamen, he might as well save some money and tell his old man to return to his hometown to take a concubine to warm his feet.

After exchanging pleasantries, Jiangzhi County briefly introduced the situation in Qingxi County. He spoke in high-sounding official dialect. Qingxi County is a mixed population of Han and Miao, with simple folk customs, beautiful mountains and clear waters, and beautiful scenery. These are true. I felt it all the way, that the common people are too poor.

After being instructed by Master Jin in advance, Yang Qiuchi repeatedly asked for advice as a junior, and after giving him a meeting gift, Jiang Zhixian was fascinated by his old eyes, sighed, and said: "Master Yang, you will know later, this Qingxi The county is not only poor, but also has many troubles, the most troublesome thing is that the Miao people don't obey their education."

"In the 28th year of Hongwu, there was a riot among the Miao people. They fought against the government and taxes. They were all killed, and as a last resort, the imperial court sent additional troops to encircle and suppress hundreds of Miao people, and the situation stabilized."

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