The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 310 Receiving the Wind Banquet
"Never stick together?"

Li Tongzhi was taken aback for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

No matter how he was born as a top three Jinshi, his understanding is still good, and he naturally understands what the staff wants to express.

When the new prefect arrives, he can't be too enthusiastic or too indifferent.

Being too enthusiastic will be regarded as flattery, while being too indifferent will be regarded as discord with the new prefect.

The most correct attitude is, as Pei Yun said, inseparable.

After a short pause, Li Tongzhi continued, "I will follow what you said."

"The proprietor is wise."

Pei Yun gave another flattery, and said with a smile: "There is one more thing that the proprietor needs to pay attention to. The new magistrate must have his own people around him, and the proprietor must not offend these people."

Li Tongzhi was slightly displeased.

It's fine for him to show his kindness to Xie Shen, after all, the other party is the magistrate.But if Xie Shen's servant can rely on his power to show off, it will give Li Tongzhi a headache.

"Forget it, I just treat them with courtesy."

Li Tongzhi thought about it again, he would not lose a piece of meat if he lowered his posture, at most he would lose face.

Just lose some face in order to save some face in the long run.

"You have to get ready for the welcome banquet, don't let my Lu'an Mansion's reputation fall."

Although the strong earthquake has just passed, it is necessary to hold a reception banquet for the new magistrate.

"Don't worry, the proprietor, Mr. Pei will arrange it so that no one can make a mistake."

Pei Yun stroked his beard and smiled lightly.

God bless, in the next few days Lu'an Mansion did not die due to the epidemic.

Li Xiaoji, the magistrate of Lu'an Prefecture who directed the disaster relief and earthquake relief, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Lu'an mansion is already devastated, if the new magistrate sees such a miserable scene when he takes office, he really doesn't know what kind of outrage it will cause.

On April [-]th, the frame of the new prefect of Lu'an finally came to Fucheng.

Li Xiaoji led the officials of Lu'an Prefecture to greet him at the gate of the city.

The kind magistrate lifted the curtain of the carriage to greet his subordinates, and ordered the carriage to drive into the city after saying that he would not disturb the people.

Li Xiaoji was entrusted by Pei Yun before, so naturally he would not be overly attentive, and the arrangements for welcoming Xie Shen were all in accordance with the regulations and did not exceed the rules.

However, Xie Shen was welcomed into the government office like the stars, and he didn't immediately attend the reception banquet set by his colleagues and subordinates, but went to the back office and took a nap first.

The road from the capital to Lu'an Mansion is far away, and the land road is no better than the water road, the bumpy road is almost tortured to the point of collapse.

What Xie Shen felt the most along the way was that the traffic in the Ming Dynasty was really bad.This is still an official road, if it is an ordinary country road, it is unimaginable.

With the contrast, the importance of the Grand Canal is revealed.

No wonder Emperor Yang of Sui tried his best to build the Grand Canal, but the country died because of too much force.

It was dusk when Xie Shen woke up after taking a nap.

The exhaustion from the long journey has not completely disappeared, but at least he can concentrate on attending the welcome banquet.

This is the official reception banquet of Lu'an Mansion, so Xu Qianqian naturally cannot attend.Therefore, Xie Shen changed his official robe and went straight to the banquet, while Lu Zhongtian served as his servant and never left.

The reception banquet was in the government office, and before the banquet, Xie Shen took a glance and saw more than a dozen Lu'an government officials talking and laughing among themselves, they did not show any signs of sadness after the earthquake.

Xie Shen sneered in his heart, it seems that it is impossible to expect these officials to be the masters of the people, thank God if they don't search for the people's fat and anointing.

"Thank you, my lord, for coming."

A sharp-eyed person spotted Xie Shen and reminded Li Tongzhi.

Li Tongzhi took a deep breath, and immediately put on a professional smile. The speed of this face change was absolutely second to none.

"The government is respectful, and the lower officials are far away."

Li Tongzhi bowed his hands to Xie Shen as a courtesy, but his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

I still have some impression of Xie Shen, the fellow magistrate of Lu'an Mansion.

Compared with other officials, this man is quite a literati, and he is about forty years old, so he should be able to use it when he is capable.

Xie Shen waved his hand and said, "Li Tongzhi doesn't need to be too polite. I was ordered by the emperor to go to Lu'an to take up my post. I was quite tired after traveling all the way, so I just took a rest. I guess I didn't ask you to wait any longer?"

Li Tongzhi said with a smile, "Fu Zun was joking."

Xie Shen nodded and happily took the seat.The attendant Lu Zhongtian stood behind him, always ready to be dispatched.

The reception banquet has existed since ancient times, and the form has always been greater than the content.

The welcome banquet is based on an attitude, as for the dishes, no one will care.

Checking people at the wine table is a compulsory course for every civil servant, and Xie Shen is no exception.

For him, the first thing he needs to do when he first arrives in Lu'an is to recognize the faces of officials, big and small, so that he can control the situation and not be ignored.

After drinking for three rounds and eating five flavors, Xie Shen said quietly: "The earthquake in Tunliu has affected the entire Lu'an mansion. I came to Lu'an from the capital and saw many refugees fleeing the disaster. I was very worried. I couldn’t bear it. I came forward to ask and found out that there was a plague after the earthquake, and more people died than during the earthquake. They left their homes to escape.”

Having said this, Xie Shen paused, and glanced at all the Lu'an officials on the wine table.

The atmosphere was very embarrassing, the officials of Lu'an Mansion were all watching, no one dared to speak out.

Xie Shen had expected such a situation earlier, so he coughed and said, "Natural disasters and man-made disasters, which one does Li Tongzhi think is more terrifying?"

Li Xiao basically thought that Xie Shen's mention would be over, but who knew he called him by name and complained endlessly.

But he didn't dare to take it too seriously, so he could only bite the bullet and reply: "Naturally, man-made disasters are more terrifying."

Xie Shen said with satisfaction: "That's right. Natural disasters are like earthquakes. Although the earthquakes are terrifying, they are only temporary disasters. But if people's hearts die and cause man-made disasters, it will cause endless harm."

Li Xiaoji felt that there was something in Xie Shen's words, it would be awkward no matter how he listened to it, but he couldn't get into a fit, so he laughed and said: "Fu Zun is truly insightful, and hits the nail on the head."

"I am responsible for the emperor's mandate, so I naturally have to deal with the post-earthquake affairs. Now that Lu'an Mansion is full of ruins, I hope that all my colleagues will work together to help me. There may be natural disasters in Lu'an Mansion, but there must be no human disasters! "

The last sentence has different meanings to different people.

At least Lee Hyo Ki was uncomfortable.Could it be that Zhifu Xie thinks that Li Xiaoji is not good at doing things, and that this caused the plague?
Originally, Li Xiaoji thought that Xie Shen must have no political experience at such a young age, but he just gained some reputation by writing a letter outright, and he is not worthy of the name.

But now it seems that this son is not only well versed in the rules of officialdom, but also extremely brilliant in the use of power and political skills, no wonder he is valued by the emperor.

Li Xiaoji didn't dare to think of Xie Shen any more, he just hoped that the magistrate Xie would not trouble him.

(End of this chapter)