The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 309 It's enough to be inseparable
Shanxi Chief Envoy, Lu'an Mansion.

Inside the government office, Li Xiaoji, the prefect of Lu'an, frowned.

The strong earthquake in early March instantly turned Lu'an Mansion into a Shura hell.Numerous houses were damaged, and countless people were disabled.

Even the Lu'an government office has been greatly damaged, and the lobby and the second hall need to be repaired.

If it was just these things, it would be fine, but the plague broke out immediately after the earthquake.

This is probably because the dead people were not buried in time and the corpses rotted.

If you are not in charge, you don't know how expensive Chai Migui is. Li Tongzhi, as the magistrate's adjutant, has always been a backup, but he will not rely on Li Tongzhi's hands for anything that the prefect can do.

Li Tongzhi is well versed in the rules of officialdom, and he doesn't bother to fight for a leisurely day.

Unexpectedly, just one month before the Lu'an earthquake, Magistrate Qiu was suddenly reassigned by the Ministry of Officials. Although it was a flat transfer, various rumors spread, and there was even a saying that the court thought that Magistrate Qiu was mediocre and incompetent and replaced him.

Li Tongzhi is a daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law for many years, and can finally handle government affairs.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the official of Zhengyin Hall resigned, and the adjutant was alternated.If the imperial court no longer selects candidates for the prefect, Li Tongzhi is likely to replace him as the new prefect of Lu'an.

Even though the prefect and the same prefect are not much different in rank, the status is very different.

If you become a magistrate, you can wear scarlet robes, and you can be regarded as one of the high-ranking officials.

Although this senior official is no different from an ant in the eyes of a real big character.

But unforeseen circumstances, an earthquake completely shattered Li Tongzhi's dream of promotion.The court has made a decision and will send a new magistrate to Lu'an.

Before that, Li Tongzhi will continue to serve as prefect concurrently.

The entire Lu'an Mansion was lifeless, and the people had no place to sleep, so they all ran to the front of the mansion and cried.

They were all disaster victims, and they couldn't be beaten or scolded. Li Tongzhi could only allow them to build shacks in the open space of the city by themselves, so as to survive this cold spring day.

Wait until the weather gets warmer and the disease is under control before letting them rebuild their houses.

"Proprietor, Chief Chen found four more women and children who died of the disease during his routine inspection. It is not an option to go on like this."

It was Li Tongzhi's personal staff Pei Yun who spoke.

As the help that Li Tongzhi relied on most, Li Tongzhi was very annoyed that he could not give a solution at this moment.

"It's not a solution, it's not a solution. You know that you are making noise here. Is this official giving you 20 taels of silver a month to tell you to complain here?"

"The proprietor calm down."

Seeing that Li Tongzhi shook his official prestige, Pei Yun immediately answered: "It's not that there is no solution."

"Oh?"

Li Tongzhi immediately became interested, and took a step forward and asked, "Tell me and listen."

Pei Yun didn't dare to make a gesture, and said with a smile: "Didn't the court appoint a new magistrate? The proprietor only needs to wait for the new magistrate to take office, and naturally he can relax."

Hearing this, Li Tongzhi could not help but take a deep breath.

What kind of solution is this?Isn't it just pushing it clean?
But at the moment, this can be regarded as an unavoidable solution.

The magistrate is the chief official, and the magistrate will naturally take care of it. As a fellow magistrate, he only needs to come to the government office every day to dawdle.

But thinking about it this way, it's too easy for this staff to make money, right?

Li Tongzhi began to feel sorry for his money.

"The new magistrate came from the Imperial Academy, and he is still playing tricks, expecting him to restore people's livelihood? Hmph, what can he do?"

Li Tongzhi was born as a Jinshi, so he was naturally very envious of the imperial court ministers.

The envy turned into jealousy after a long time, and Li Tongzhi was like a jealous wife who hated those academic officials and the good-looking people who stayed in the temples of the capital.

Why can they use their mouths, and then skyrocket to become a hot figure.

Why should I have to be a cow and a horse in the local area, and there is no hope of promotion.

Therefore, when he heard that Hanlin Xiuzhuan Xie Shen was appointed by His Majesty as the new magistrate, his first reaction was ecstasy.

What about Hanlin compilation?What about the champion?Although it seems to be a high-ranking product, it actually left Qingliu's "gathering place" and put it somewhere else, and its future was bleak for a while.

"This Hanlin compilation is not ordinary."

There was something in Pei Yun's words, which made Li Tongzhi frown.

"It's just a 17-year-old doll, and he hasn't even grown hair. What's so special about him?"

"The proprietor doesn't know that Mr. Xie not only defeated Yang Peng, the eunuch of Dongchang, but also scolded Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning. If such a person has no one behind his back to point him out, the city government's tactics will be extremely terrifying."

Although Pei Yun is not in the bureaucratic system, he is very concerned about the affairs of the court.

In his opinion, Xie Shen's age can defeat Yang Peng, and stepping on Zhang Heling definitely proves that this person is not an ordinary person.

"It's just a trick, nothing to brag about."

Li Tongzhi was a little unhappy.

In his opinion, Xie Shen, the magistrate, was taken away from him, and this is his enemy.

Li Tongzhi is [-] years old, so he is not too old or too young.

Missing this excellent opportunity to replace the magistrate, it will be very difficult to further wear the scarlet robe.

It can only be said that Xie Shen's sudden birth made his dreams come true.

"My lord, why don't you serve this son wholeheartedly?"

As soon as Pei Yun finished speaking, Li Tongzhi's eyes widened.

"What did you say, you told me to serve this brat?"

Pei Yun's tone didn't change at all, and he said calmly: "This son must have a great future, and it is not impossible to become an official of the Six Departments in the future. If the proprietor makes friends with him at this time, the proprietor may not have a chance to become a great success in the future." promotion."

Hiss, it turned out to be like this.

Li Tongzhi thought about it carefully, and it was true.

This Xie Shen is too young.Serving as a fourth-rank prefect at the age of 17 is absolutely unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty.

But Xie Shen is not afraid of what people say, because he is the champion and has a high starting point.In addition, it has a good reputation in the court, and no one will say anything even if it soars all the way.

And if it is replaced by a second-class Jinshi or a third-class Jinshi, it will be very different.

Alas, Li Tongzhi sighed and had to accept his fate.

"You said that this new magistrate really has a chance to be in charge of the Six Departments in the future?"

Li Tongzhi is quite a bit like a dead horse as a living horse doctor.Anyway, according to the normal process, it is difficult for him to continue to be promoted, so it is better to pin his hopes on this new magistrate.

If the new prefect he served was Shu Tan, the new prefect might really support him a little bit in the future.

"Don't worry, the proprietor, Pei will never look away, otherwise he wouldn't have served the proprietor in the first place."

Pei Yun slapped Li Tongzhi very comfortably.

"Well, in your opinion, how should I make friends with this new magistrate?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't stick together."

Pei Yun stroked his short beard and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)