An hour later, at the inn in the north of the city, Huang Shouzheng and the magistrate of Xinzheng, who came in a hurry, finally met the new Yuzhou magistrate, Wei Chen.
Huang Shouzheng bowed and said: "I will go to Yuzhou to judge Huang Shouzheng and pay my respects to Lord Zhizhou."
The magistrate of Xinzheng County also bowed and said: "Chen Jun, magistrate of Xinzheng County, pays homage to the magistrate of the state."
Wei Chen quickly helped Huang Shouzheng and Chen Jun up, and said with a smile: "Don't be polite, please get up quickly."
Wei Chen was not surprised at all when Chen Jun appeared here.
After the imperial examination, all the former members of the Jingxi Society scattered around. Needless to say, Wei Chen, Sheng Changbai and Wang Yaochen passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy. Weng Dingfan, Tao Dazhi, Tang Henian and other second-class Jinshi went to Liubu to observe politics.
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The above are all those who stayed in Beijing, and the ones who have the most left are actually Chen Jun and others who were among the top three Jinshi, who were sent to various provincial yamen to observe politics.
For example, Chen Jun was assigned to the Henan Governor's Yamen. He happened to be appointed as the magistrate of Xinzheng County and returned home. Ding You, Chen Jun found someone to fill the gap and became the seventh-grade magistrate of Xinzheng County, better than Wei Chen.
Arrive at the border of Yuzhou one month earlier.
Before taking office in Yuzhou, Wei Chen had been in contact with Chen Jun through letters and learned a lot about the situation in Yuzhou from Chen Jun, which was a great benefit.
At this moment, old friends reunited. Wei Chen's face was full of joy. He took Chen Jun's hand and asked with concern: "Brother Chen, how are you doing lately?"
Seeing the surprised look from Huang Shouzheng on the side, Chen Jun felt extra proud, and said with a shy smile: "I have just taken office not long ago, and I don't know many places very well. I am still taking the time to familiarize myself with the county's government affairs, so as not to be in trouble."
I’m so busy during the autumn harvest.”
"Just take your time, who hasn't come here like this?" Wei Chen smiled and patted Chen Jun on the shoulder, and then said seriously: "There are more than 3,600 households in Xinzheng, with more than 10,000 households, Wei Mou
I’ll leave everything to Brother Chen.”
Chen Jun's face straightened when he heard this, and he bowed his hands respectfully and said: "Serving as an official will benefit the whole country. This is what Mr. Yi Xuelin said. I will not forget it for a moment when I am an official. I should do my best to govern Xinzheng!"
Seeing this, Wei Chen nodded with satisfaction.
Yuzhou governs two counties, Xinzheng and Mi County, and the city is located in Xinzheng County. Now Chen Jun, the magistrate of Xinzheng County, is his close confidant. I think he can gain a foothold in Yuzhou faster.
Huang Shouzheng on the side saw that Chen Jun and Wei Chen were so close, and his attitude towards Chen Jun became more and more friendly.
The three of them exchanged some pleasantries, and Huang Shouzheng reminded him softly: "Master Zhizhou, the local celebrities and gentry are still waiting for you at the gate of the city."
Wei Chen smiled and nodded, letting Huang Shouzheng and Chen Jun go out first, and then called Yuan An to change his clothes.
At the entrance of the inn, a team of forty or fifty people was already waiting here, surrounded by a large official sedan.
This team is composed of minor officials and handymen from the Yuzhou Prefecture Government. They hold title plaques, copper sticks, suonas and other ceremonial guards. Most of them are clean old goods. Only three pairs of high-leg title plaques were newly made according to Huang Shouzheng's special instructions.
Object.
This high-legged title plate is equivalent to a public business card shown by parents in a place. They should write their own identity and glorious history as much as possible.
I saw that the first pair said "Yuzhou Zhizhou", the second pair said "Chaoyi Dafu", and the third pair said "Liuyuan Jidi".
The welcoming team was waiting outside the inn. Although no one dared to make a loud noise, there were quite a few whispering.
Everyone knows that although the new magistrate was demoted to Yuzhou, he is a well-known disciple of the emperor, the first six-ranked scholar in thousands of years. Naturally everyone is curious about a person who can get the unique title of Scorpion Baba.
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After waiting for a short time, the door of the inn opened. Wei Chen was wearing a black gauze hat with two wings, a brand-new blue silk tunic collar, a silver forged flower belt around his waist, and a white pheasant patch embroidered on his chest. He was the official of the Great Friday.
Public service.
Several subordinate chiefs immediately stopped talking, scrambled to kneel down at the foot of the steps, and shouted: "I respectfully invite you to get on the sedan chair!"
Seeing this, Wei Chen couldn't help but shuddered slightly, turned around and said to Gu Tingye and other staff behind him: "Today we know why the Zhengyin officer in charge of the government is prone to arrogance, I should take this as a warning!"<
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Surrounded by everyone, Wei Chen got on the official sedan, and then the gongs and drums were blaring, firecrackers were blasting, and the group set off from the post station with music and music.
All the way to the gate of Yuzhou City, we were greeted three times by local senior representatives, and then we entered the city from the east gate and headed west to the state government office.
This is called Purple Qi coming from the east.
After walking for a while, Yuan An outside whispered: "Sir, the state government has arrived."
Wei Chen opened the sedan curtain and took a look, and saw a screen wall for posting announcements. Behind the screen wall was the square in front of the state government office. The layout was similar to that of the Jiangning government office, except that the scale was much smaller and not as majestic. The official sedan passed the Yaqian Square all the way, entered through the sixth gate, went around the Xiao wall, entered the courtyard, and entered the second gate.
At this point, Wei Chen just got off the sedan chair and paid homage to the stone stone inscribed with sixteen characters: "Your salary is your salary, the people are rich and the people are anointed. The people are easy to abuse, but the gods are hard to bully."
Afterwards, under the guidance of Huang Shouzheng, Wei Chen entered the government office lobby and accepted the worship of his subordinates.
In addition to Huang Shouzheng, the general magistrate of Yuzhou, and Chen Jun, the magistrate of Xinzheng County, there are also Sun Zhuo, the magistrate of Mizhou County, the county magistrates of two counties, Dian Shi, and the six houses and one cadre of the third class of the state government.
All the heads of Yuzhou, big and small, are gathered here, but there is only one Yuzhou regiment commander Zhao Zongquan missing.
Huang Shouzheng was a loyal man, and he was afraid that the newly arrived Zhizhou would hate Zhao Zongquan, so he explained on his behalf: "Zhao Tuanlian went to the countryside for inspection. He has not returned to the city for several days. He did not know that Lord Zhizhou was coming, so he could not come back in time.
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After hearing Huang Shouzheng's words, all the officials looked at the newly arrived Lord Zhizhou, trying to discern some clues from his young face.
However, what they did not expect was that Wei Chen did not show even a trace of dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, he said with a smile: "I have been ordered to shepherd and guard the country. I should promote good morals, encourage farmers and mulberry trees, clear prison cases, and pay taxes and servitude.
In this scorching summer, Zhao Tuanlian went to the countryside personally to inspect the countryside, but he was ahead of me. I admired Zhao Tuanlian very much, and when he returned to the city, he would visit him personally to ask for advice on how to manage the place.
The way is."
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Wei Chen's words came from the bottom of his heart, and his tone was very sincere, but to the ears of the officials, they sounded like he was being angry at Zhao Zongquan.
On the first day he took office, he was disrespected by his subordinates. Everyone felt that Wei Zhizhou would definitely hold a grudge, but he just didn't want to show off on the spot out of dignity.
Only Chen Jun knew Wei Chen well and knew that what Wei Chen said was not a lie. He sincerely wanted to ask Zhao Zongquan for advice.
However, Chen Jun didn't quite understand why Wei Chen was so interested in an idle clan member with no real power?