When Liu Jing, Liu Pan and others arrived at the gate of the county government, they all dismounted their horses and walked in to show their respect.
At that time, Zhang Zhan and Zhang Zixiao were serving as Zuo Fengyi. He asked for leave and went home. When he saw the gate of the county temple, he immediately dismounted and walked. The chief secretary advised him: "The Ming Dynasty has a high position and a high moral standard. It is not appropriate to take it lightly."
Zhang Zhan said: "The Book of Rites says: 'When you go to the public gate, Shi and his horse will do the same.' Confucius behaved like this when facing the village party. When I return to the country of my parents, I should follow the etiquette. What does it mean to treat myself lightly?"
Zhang Zhan, as the governor of the two thousand-stone county, was very respectful in front of the county temple. Liu Jing and others were county officials. Today was the day of the Zhengdan court meeting. When he arrived outside the gate of the county government, he would never dare to ask for help. All county officials, none of them
Not so.
On the way to the main hall, Liu Jing and Liu Pan had to stop and chat with people almost every few steps. They were moving very slowly. In comparison, Liu Cheng and Liu Kang were much more leisurely.
After walking and stopping all the way, we finally came to the outside of the main hall. At this time, there were six to seven hundred county officials gathered here. Looking around, they all saw tall hats and large folds of praise, which was extremely spectacular.
In Huanjie, the Huan and Yi brothers were chatting with the officials around them. When they saw Liu Jing and Liu Pan arriving, they immediately stopped talking and greeted them.
The four of them exchanged auspicious words, and Huan Jie said to Liu Jing: "Zhongda, this is your first time attending the court meeting. Many of your colleagues are unfamiliar with you. Let me introduce you to him." After that, he introduced a man who was over three years old to him.
Xun, a man with black face and beard and sharp eyes, was none other than Wu Ju, the chief clerk. Huan Jie was the first to introduce him, and he also had the intention of making peace with the elders.
Liu Jing looked at Wu Ju quietly. He was indeed a hero who started out as a knight errant. He had the aura of the lake and the sea, and his image was closer to that of a warrior.
The chief accountant is the bookkeeper of the accounting committee. He records events in front of the king, fills in the gaps for the prefect, reads and teaches on his behalf, delivers important letters, and welcomes guests. In all of these, he can be said to be the confidant of the prefect and the steward of a county.
To be honest, Liu Jing was very doubtful whether Wu Juyi could be a good bookkeeper. However, he was relieved when he thought that Lu Bu had also been Ding Yuan's bookkeeper.
Wu Jupi clasped his fists with a smile on his face: "I have heard about the name of a single step for a long time, and I also have a deep understanding of the power of a single step."
Liu Jing replied calmly: "I am quite honored to be praised by the principal."
Looking at his calm face, Wu Ju felt a surge of anger in his heart, his eyes suddenly became fierce, and he said with hesitation: "My younger brother Wu Xian was killed by the rioters in the city.
Thank you for your blessing."
Liu Jing smiled coldly and said: "What does it have to do with me if I order my brother to go to the city and kill people, and arouse people's anger and be killed? What's more, the light is the end of the heavy, and the small is the source of the big. This is why the embankment collapses the ant holes, and the energy leaks out.
.The Wu family is a large family in Changsha, with many branches and leaves. Even if there are one or two unfilial sons, it is not surprising. If you protect the dead branches and leaves, don't you know that you are harming the entire tree."
"This kid is going too far!"
Wu Ju laughed angrily. Listening to the meaning behind his words, it seemed that if he didn't uprightly kill Wu Xian, he would be harming the whole Wu family?
Huan Jie saw that the two were tit for tat, and there was bound to be a conflict if they continued, so he quickly said: "Zhongda, this is the chief clerk..."
Liu Jing immediately ignored Wu Ju and met with the county officials introduced by Huan Jie one by one.
Wu Ju was furious and walked away.
Liu Pan looked disdainful and said: "He is indeed a martial artist, but he has such a narrow spirit."
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. All the officials looked left and right. Huan Jie sighed and advised: "Yuanlong, I am a minister of the same palace, why do you need to say such things."
Liu Pan disapproved and said: "When a man acts, there is no need to be secretive. How can it be said that Wu Ju abolished the official position for his own purposes?"
Huan Jie couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.
"Jun Zhang is here..."
After hearing the words, all the officials looked back. As the magistrate of Linxiang, Zhang Yi was supposed to be in charge of the county temple and accept congratulations from the county officials. However, he was not only the county magistrate, but also had another identity, Zhang Xian's son.
When a conflict arose, he simply stopped this year's congratulations to county officials.
Zhang Yi saw Huan Jie, Liu Pan and others coming straight from a distance.
"Zhang Jun..." Liu Jing followed Liu Pan, Huan Jie and others to pay homage to Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi has a good appearance and looks quite similar to Zhang Xian. After listening to Huan Jie's introduction, he looked Liu Jing up and down and said with a smile: "I have heard of you for a long time."
Liu Jing couldn't help but burst into laughter. Isn't this Wu Ju's opening remarks? Zhang Yi also wanted to give him a blow, right?
Facts have proved that he was overthinking. Zhang Yi only chatted with him in general for a while, without any malice or enthusiasm.
As the time for the court meeting approached, county officials arrived one after another. More than 800 people arrived. The court should have been led by Cao Cao Huanjie, but he voluntarily gave way to Zhang Yi, second in line, Wu Guan Yu and Liu Pan in third, and Wu Ju, the chief registrar.
Ranked fourth.
As the supervisor of the market, Liu Jing's status is extremely low even though he is a hundred-stone official. Not to mention compared with the meritorious officials, the five-level officials, the chief bookkeeper, the postal supervisor, etc., even compared with other Cao officials, he is still inferior.
Generally speaking, his shift is located behind the Zhucaobu, ranking about thirty or forty. However, Liu Jing is not an ordinary supervisor. He has a clear reputation and prestige, ranking first in Changsha. None of the Caobu dares to rank next to him.
In front of him were his close friends, Jin Cao and Huan Yi.
Seeing that all the Cao Cao had made concessions, and the leftist thief Cao Cao had achieved great results, the Central Supervisor Li Yong and others were unwilling to lag behind and gave in one after another. Liu Jing changed positions one after another, and finally ranked among the top ten.
Under the leadership of Zhang Yi, the officials entered the open main hall, which was particularly bright because of the braziers in the hall.
Amidst a burst of solemn drum music, Zhang Xian came out from behind and sat solemnly on the main seat.
All the officials bowed to the ground and then, starting from Zhang Yi, came forward to pay their respects in sequence.
When it was Liu Jing's turn, Zhang Xian said a few more words, which were nothing more than words of encouragement.
If more than 800 people came one by one, it would probably take two or three hours, and less than one-tenth of them would actually be qualified to pay their respects alone. Even so, it would take a long time.
After all the officials had finished paying their respects, Zhang Xian immediately returned to the back room to rest and wait for the banquet to begin.
When nothing happened, Liu Jing noticed that there were murals on the walls of the main hall, and immediately walked closer to take a look.
Ying Shao believed in "Han Guan Yi": "Zhuo's advance and retreat, the so-called not hiding faults, not emptying reputation, can really tell the truth of things."
Therefore, the walls of the main halls of counties and counties are usually painted with images of famous local figures. In fact, painting historical figures on the walls of palaces and official residences was an important way to set examples for the subjects in the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xuan and Emperor Ming all did this.
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The latest portrait of Changsha County is naturally that of the current governor Zhang Xian. After he took office, he put down the rebellion of the Wu people and the Su Dynasty, making Changsha a rare pure land in troubled times.
Further ahead is Sun Jian, the fierce tiger from the east of the Yangtze River. It was during his tenure in Changsha that he pacified the Quxing, Lingling, Guiyang Zhou Dynasty, and the Guo Shi rebellion. He accumulated military merits and was awarded the title of Marquis of Wucheng.