In front of the reception pavilion, when the dusty teenage governor lifted the curtains of the carriage, a face of naive smile, appeared in front of the Jingnan County officials, gentry who came to meet, Jingnan County native big brother, snakes in the heart of the great contempt:
This governor is not very old, it is estimated that the hair has not grown it, tall, naive look, especially when smiling up looks more naive, and read with the reading of the stupid like, it seems to be a person stupid reading more, good moncler jackets outlet good rubbing. If you are interested in listening to the good, if you are not interested, then join hands to send him out! If not, then send him to see his predecessors to go! Anyway, there are more than one or two of them.
They are all born and raised in Jingnan, the relationship is intertwined, each other harbouring favouritism, has long been entangled into a community of interest, for them, they are their own family, this new county magistrate is an outsider, family members join forces to deal with the outsiders, how normal ah, sibling rivalry, outside the insult, they know this way.
“Hehe, Zhu Xianzun ah, the officials have been looking forward to your arrival, this is not a get the official letter from the capital city, know that the county governor arrived today, our Jingnan’s village gentry, students have volunteered to come to meet the arrival of the county governor.”
Zhang Changru, the county minister of Jingnan County, was the first to greet the young magistrate with a smile on his hand just after he stepped off the carriage, his face full of enthusiasm, and that enthusiasm was hotter than the blazing sun in the sky.
“Greetings, Prefectural Honour.”
The other officials, students, merchants, gentry and elders present followed Zhang County Minister, and greeted the new governor, a crowd of people stood behind Zhang County Minister in a fan shape, like the stars arching over the moon, vaguely with Zhang County Minister as the leader.
“I’ve disturbed you all, how bad is this, the weather is still so hot, and I’ve tired you all to wait for a long time, Ping An is deeply ashamed.”
The teenage governor took in the performance of the crowd and had a good idea in his mind, he smiled nervously on his face and arched his hand towards County Minister Zhang and the officials and gentry present.
This dusty young magistrate was Zhu Pingan, who reported to the Taizhou government office only yesterday, and rushed to Jingnan County today to take up his appointment.
To be honest, Zhu Pingan does not like to take over this kind of cumbersome rehearsal, more willing to go to the following countryside around to understand the local conditions and then light car into the county government office, but there is no way, the feudal era is the most concerned about the law of the land and etiquette, the etiquette of the officialdom of the title of the extremely elaborate, a little inattention to “lose the decorum”, a slight penalty for the salary of the record, the heavier demoted to lose the official.
Newly appointed magistrate to the office, row of Yamen, receive the seal and so on have established programme ritual ceremony, their appointment Jingnan magistrate, shall first to Jingnan County belongs to the Taizhou government Yamen reported to the Taizhou government Yamen in their own reported to the office, to the Jingnan County Yamen Oracle posted a red notice to notify their own to the office, there is no in-depth following the countryside of the time. After receiving the notice, Jingnan County Yamen will prepare for the appointment of a variety of visits and worship rituals, in the appointment of this day, the county government officials will be with the local luxury merchants, the village gentry elderly, etc., in advance of the city to receive the official pavilion through to receive the new county magistrate into the city, and then it is the row of yamen, receive the seal and other processes, these are established etiquette programme.
He is a newcomer to the city, and he is also the body of the guilty, when he has not yet established a firm foothold, he still has to be careful and follow the rules and regulations. If it is because of the etiquette of small things, was interested in people to the Taizhou government office reported to an inauguration disorders, will give birth to an inexplicable storm.
Ming’s dark, far and near, now I do not know how many pairs of eyes are staring at themselves, waiting for their own mistakes.
So it’s better to honestly follow the established process to the office.
“County honourable words. Oh, it’s really that everyone is looking forward to county honourable, like looking forward to their parents, as soon as they heard that county honourable arrived today, everyone’s enthusiasm is so high that my officials can’t stop them.”County Minister Zhang Changru shook his head with a smile.
“Yes, all of us have long been looking forward to County Honour’s arrival.”Everyone else chimed in, all equally enthusiastic.
“Hehe, I have yet to be introduced to your county honours, my humble servant Zhang Changru, as the position of County Chancellor of this county.”County Chancellor Zhang Changru made a self-introduction to Zhu Pingan.
The county chancellor was equivalent to the deputy governor of the county, an auxiliary officer of the governor, a veritable second-in-command, a positive eighth-grade official appointed by the imperial court, whose main duty was to take charge of the county’s paperwork and records, warehouses, grain and horses, and levying of taxes, etc., under the leadership of the governor.
“Magistrate, this one is the county’s chief bookkeeper, surnamed Yao Wenyuan.”After Zhang Changru, the county minister, introduced himself, he pointed to a svelte middle-aged official beside him and introduced him to Zhu Pingan.
The chief bookkeeper ranked as the ninth grade, was the governor’s second officer, roughly equivalent to the modern post of the secretary of the governor, counted as the third in command of the county, and his main duty was to manage the county’s household registration, paperwork processing and other things.
“My humble servant Yao Wenyuan has met the county governor, with the arrival of the county governor, Wenyuan has a backbone in his heart.”After being introduced by the county minister Zhang Changru, the chief official Yao Wenyuan stepped forward to Zhu Pingan and arched his hand to meet with him.
“Master Book Yao is overstating the case, Ping An is ashamed, Ping An is new here and inexperienced, in the future he will have to look up to all of you more.”Zhu Pingan smiled slightly and said politely.
“Prefect, this one is the county’s canonical historian, surnamed Li Da.”After the county minister Zhang Changru introduced the chief bookkeeper, he immediately pointed to a middle-aged official with a beard and a big waist and introduced him to Zhu Pingan.
The chief historian was the county magistrate’s miscellaneous official, unranked, and was mainly in charge of arrests, inspections of prison inmates, and law and order, equivalent to the current director of the county’s public security bureau. Though the grade of the historian is not popular, but it is also an official of the court who was selected by the Ministry of Civil Service.
“My humble servant Li Da has met the county honourable.”Li Da, the canonical historian, urned his voice and went forward to meet with Zhu Pingan, standing in front of Zhu Pingan, half a head taller than Zhu Pingan, but he also did not bow, so he lowered his head and squinted at Zhu Pingan.
Liu Dazhou and the others saw him being rude to Zhu Pingan and were immediately filled with displeasure, Liu Mu reached out in time and tugged on Liu Dazhou’s sleeve, signalling with his eyes that they should not act rashly, lest they cause trouble for Zhu Pingan.
“Li Dian Shi is truly majestic.”Zhu Pingan narrowed his eyes and glanced at Li Da, the smile still on his face.
“Hehe, the county dignitary is really lifting him up, he is just a rough man.”
The county minister Zhang Changru shook his head with a smile, and then introduced Zhu Pingan to the others behind him, first introducing the six rooms of the county office (officials, households, rituals, military, criminal, and labour) of the magistrates, which were all considered to be members of the county office’s team. Then he introduced the students, merchants and gentry.
All of them enthusiastically came forward to greet Zhu Ping An one by one, and Zhu Ping An smiled back, a harmonious scene.
In the distance, the people watching from the root of the city wall watched from afar, their eyes getting dimmer and dimmer, shaking their heads and sighing.
This county magistrate is too young, no hair on the mouth, not firm ah, and looks naive, not smart, at a glance is not a smart and capable, how can be in charge of the complex Jingnan ah, this must be down to the gold-plated official family’s son of a fool right.
Also, you see him, with those usual high above the fish and meat of the people of the county officials and gentry laughing and joking, it seems to be a hill of raccoons, collusion, stinking …… hey, another dog official!
Hey!
We Jingnan people really life is bitter ah.
Really envious of others Chun’an County ah, look at others Hai Rui County, that is Bao Qingtian in the world ah, and then look at us this new county ……
