The City God's Temple in Jingnan County is not large in scale. A plaque with the name "City God's Temple" hangs on the main entrance of the main hall, and a peach wood couplet hangs on the left and right sides: "Be a good person with a good heart and a good body, so that your soul and dreams will be peaceful. Do some good deeds and God will know how to judge ghosts and gods."
Under the guidance of Zhang Xiancheng and others, Zhu Ping'an entered the City God's Temple from the corridor in the middle of the ceremonial gate of the City God's Temple.
After entering the main hall of the Chenghuang Temple, Zhu Pingan discovered that the deity enshrined in the Chenghuang Temple in Jingnan County was Wen Tianxiang, a famous patriotic and loyal minister in the Southern Song Dynasty. This was also a historical figure that Zhu Pingan had always admired.
Probably Wen Tianxiang once resisted the Yuan Dynasty on the land of Jingnan County, so Jingnan County enshrined him as the deity of the City God Temple.
In the hall, the three animal sacrifice rituals and various utensils have been arranged, waiting for you to worship the city god.
After everything was ready, Zhu Ping'an led Zhang County Cheng and others to kneel down and kowtow three times to the city god, burn incense and worship, and swore to the earth, "My subordinate Zhu Ping'an has been appointed as the magistrate of Jingnan County by the emperor's order. I swear to God,
But the gods are wise and upright, and guide the underworld, yin and yang inside and outside. If I have unprepared government affairs, I hope that God will bless me and make my government affairs prosperous, so as to bring peace to the common people. If I commit adultery and corruption, frame my subordinates, and abuse the people, God will do it.
I wish to send you a calamity. My subordinate, Zhu Ping'an, takes this oath to show my sincerity to the alliance and to do my best to fulfill my duties. God's judgment is clear and I am worthy of my coming. I dare to complain."
This is called an oath with the gods. It is the most important thing in worshiping the city god. You swear to be loyal to the gods and to your duties. With yin and yang as the inside and outside, you can realize the co-governance of humans and gods. Only in this way can you become a director of the government. The city god will meet and serve as the county magistrate.
Perform inspections and inspections, and carry out rewards and punishments.
After worshiping the city god, Zhu Ping'an, led by Zhang Xiancheng and others, went to the Jingnan County government office to pay homage and receive blessings.
Accepting an offer is a sign of taking office.
Zhu Ping'an only carried the official appointment document issued by the Ministry of Personnel and Yu. At this stage, with the official appointment document issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Yu could only accept the seal of Jingnan County Magistrate after his identity was verified.
Only in this way can he be considered as the magistrate of Jingnan County.
When they arrived at the county government office, Zhu Ping'an divided his troops into two groups and asked Liu Dadao to drive the carriage and carry Hua'er from the side door to the back house to pack up. He took Liu Mu and others with him, and followed Zhang Xiancheng and others from the main entrance of the county government office.
Enter the county government office.
"Meet the County Lord."
The three teams of county government officials had already lined up to wait. After Zhu Pingan and others entered the county government office, they knelt down to salute.
"Without courtesy, please get up."
Zhu Ping'an nodded to the government officials and made a gesture with his hands to signal the government officials to get up.
"Thank you, Lord County." All the government officials stood up in response.
"Your Majesty, please come here. The Yimen is over here. After passing the Yimen, you will find the lobby of the county government office. Our Jingnan County Government Office was built in the eighth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia. It has been more than two hundred years ago.
It has a long history. Later, it was renovated and expanded three times in the 12th year of Hongwu, the 20th year of Yongle, and the 6th year of Zhengde. It was also repaired many times by successive county magistrates, and it finally has what it looks like today: the office sits in the north and faces south, with civil servants on the left and military officers on the right.
Di, the prison is located in the south."
Zhang Xian Cheng led Zhu Pingan to continue walking. As he walked, he acted as a commentator and briefly introduced the history and layout of the county government to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Pingan nodded and observed as he walked. After arriving at Yimen, Zhang County Cheng Ting stepped forward and asked Zhu Pingan to enter Yimen first to show his respect as the head of the county. He followed Zhu Pingan and walked in.
As Zhang Xiancheng said, after passing the Yimen, the county government lobby came into Zhu Ping'an's sight.
The lobby seems to have been recently renovated and tidy. The layout and furnishings are similar to those of the old county government offices that Zhu Pingan visited in modern times. On the two pillars in front of the lobby, there are large-character couplets written in red and black paint, "There is no relatives when the law is followed, and the orders are followed."
There is no reason; reward only for doubts, but punishment for doubts only." There is a plaque hanging above the lobby, which reads "The mirror hangs high". Below the plaque is the Warm Pavilion. In the middle is a three-foot-long black lacquered case, and above it are the documents used for the trial.
Behind the four treasures of the study and the red and green headstamps, there is a white wall with a wooden frame in the middle. There is a white background inside the frame, and a huge picture of "Sea Tide Day" is painted on it.
The bright mirror hangs high above the head, and the sea water behind it faces the sun, which means that an official should be as bright as the sun and the moon and as clear as the sea water.
This was the main point of his future work. Zhu Pingan stepped forward to the Nuan Pavilion and stretched out his hand across the koan.
"Your Majesty, do you want to be honored now?" Zhang Changru, the county magistrate, stepped forward and asked softly.
"Of course." Zhu Pingan nodded.
"I'm tired of hearing this, you're a great master of Quan County." Zhang Changru, the county magistrate, looked at Lord Bao Wenyuan and reminded him.
"Please forgive me for the offence. It's due to procedures. I also ask the county magistrate to show you the three treasures."
The magistrate Da Yao, whose master Bao Wenyuan was far away but kept the seal, held the seal in both hands, bowed and said to Zhu Pingan.
The so-called three treasures are the valley, the official documents of the official department and the sword. These three are the certificates to verify the identity of the appointed magistrate.
"Yin paralysis is severe." Zhu Pingan nodded with a smile, turned his gaze to Liu Mu, and said softly, "Brother Mu, please give me the Three Treasures."
"Yes, young master." Liu Mu responded and respectfully handed the Three Treasures he carried with him to Zhu Ping'an.
"Please." Zhu Ping'an placed the three treasures on the public case and extended his hands to Yin Bo and others in a gesture of invitation.
Li Da, the Dianshi, was the first to come up to inspect it and looked over it several times. Then Zhang Xian Cheng, Yin Bo and others also came forward to inspect it one by one.
After checking and confirming that it was correct, Yinbo handed the magistrate's seal to Zhu Pingan. Zhu Pingan, under the witness of everyone, took off the seal, took out the magistrate's seal with both hands, and placed it on the public case.
"Meet the County Lord."
Zhang Xian Cheng and Yin Bo came forward with all the Jingnan County government officials, stood in the hall, bowed twice, and formally paid homage to Zhu Ping'an.
"Everyone, please rise. I have been transferred to Jingnan County by the emperor's order. I have a heavy responsibility to govern the people. However, I have just arrived in Ping'an. I am young and inexperienced. I will rely on you more in the future. I hope you will work hard with me.
, we work together to protect the common people of the south." Zhu Pingan stood up and bowed in response to the salute.
"The county magistrate is humble. We must obey Taiwan's edict carefully. From now on, the magistrate magistrate will take care of state affairs and protect the people of Nannan." Zhang Xiancheng led everyone in replying in unison.
Then, from bottom to top, government officials, Zaoli, officials, Jingsun, lobbyists, monks, Taoist officials, yin and yang students, medical officials, academic officials, etc. came forward to bow to Zhu Pingan twice. Zhu Pingan stood up.
Receive a gift.
He ascended the hall, organized the yamen, drew the posts, and sent the officers to the county town and the countryside to post notices to inform the people in the area that the new county magistrate had taken office.
After the incident, Zhu Ping'an attended the reception banquet prepared by Zhang Xiancheng and others as usual, and the guests and hosts were present at the banquet.
By night, Zhu Ping had just completed all the procedures for taking office, and he was almost exhausted.
"Uncle, is the handover going smoothly?"
Bao Zixin's servant girl Hua'er had already prepared foot washing water for Zhu Pingan and put it under his feet for Zhu Pingan to soak his feet. She massaged Zhu Pingan's shoulders from behind and asked in a low voice while massaging.
"Since it went well, why are you still frowning?" Hua'er asked in confusion.
"It's because it went so smoothly." Zhu Pingan squinted his eyes and said slowly.