Lin Yanchao just wanted to go back to his hometown in a low profile, but ********** and ********** were coming to greet each other, which was enough to stir up the magistrate of a county. It was a big deal for a county magistrate to travel, let alone the prefect. The prefect must have followed a large group of people behind the prefect's ceremonial guard. I don't know who went out of the city.

The prefecture and the county inspected the local area, local gentry, and people with fame and fortune were all going out to welcome them, prepare for local tribute and welcome banquets at least. Therefore, when the prefect's official title sign appeared in Hongtang Town, the entire Hongtang Town was in sensation. The gentry didn't know what happened. In the past, they had to inform the place in advance, but they made a sudden attack.

Didn’t this catch them off guard?

The gentry were on the road in a hurry, ready to greet him, but unexpectedly, the magistrate and the magistrate had no intention of staying. They just comforted the gentry who were welcoming, and even left without even getting off the sedan chair.

The gentry and scholars looked at the prefect and the magistrate Yangchen, who was leaving, looked confused and could only follow the footsteps of the prefect and the magistrate, and arrived in Hongshan Village.

At this moment, Hongshan Village was very lively. The yamen runners, officials and chiefs followed each other and surrounded by more than a dozen sedan chairs in front of Hongshan Village.

Magistrate Lu of Houguan County got off the sedan chair and came to a blue-covered soft sedan chair to lift the curtain. The Fuzhou magistrate Li Yinglan slowly got off the sedan chair. Hearing the noise of gongs and drums on all sides, Li Yinglan frowned. The Changsui, who was beside the magistrate, immediately said, "Hurry, hurry, stop the gongs and drums."

The officials who were in the big gong and big drum immediately stopped, and Magistrate Lu said with a compliment: "Futai, Hongshan Village has arrived."

Li Yinglan nodded slightly with a reserved look on her face.

The moment Li Yinglan fell from the sedan chair, the old village chief brought more than a dozen old people from the village and scholars to meet him, and bowed in panic and said, "I am not here and I cannot welcome you from here, so please forgive me."

Li Yinglan said with a smile on her face: "Where is my father-in-law, it is because I am disturbing me. I am not eligible for gifts, no gifts."

As soon as Li Yinglan said this, the gentry in Hongtang County was confused. He was polite. Li Yinglan's official voice is not bad among the people. What is the good official voice? It's just because he didn't shave three feet into the ground like the previous prefects.

As long as the local officials who make money during their tenure are considered good officials, they are the prefect and the fourth-rank official, and they are so polite to a commoner.

The old village chief was moved and couldn't speak. It seemed that the rumors outside were wrong. The people-friendly officials of our Ming Dynasty were still very amiable and approachable. After the old village chief Fang finished speaking, Lin Yanchao had already arrived in changing clothes and bowed to Li Yinglan as soon as he saw him.

But Li Yinglan quickly walked one step: "I happened to go to Hongtang Town to watch the wind today. I heard that the top scholar was here, so I came along the way to take a look."

Li Yinglan looks so coincidental, and I just happened to pass by.

But everyone knew it well that Li Yinglan would not come to Hongtang Town once a year after his tenure as prefect Li Yinglan. As soon as Lin Yanchao returned home, he passed by. Who would believe it when he said it? But who would not reveal it at this moment? All the officials below Li Yinglan all said, yes, we were just passing by, just passing by, and laughing at the same time, and the atmosphere of meeting was very good.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Then the official Xie Mansion is willing to admire the glory of the countryside."

Then Lin Yanchao saluted to Magistrate Lu next to the prefect.

At this time, Li Yinglan looked at the villagers beside Lin Yanchao and smiled and said, "These are all relatives of Lin Zhongyun. Please recommend them to me."

Lin Yanchao immediately introduced the old village chief and villagers to Li Yinglan one by one.

The people of the grass-roots were all at a loss when they greeted each other.

However, Li Yinglan is also very friendly to the people. As the prefect, he is both a governor and a close official, and has the responsibility to directly address the people. Now Li Yinglan asks the old village chief and villagers like family-oriented, will he get a bumper harvest this year? Is the local taxes heavy? Can life continue?

When the old village chief saw Li Yinglan so kind, he thought to himself that others said that the prefect is so arrogant. I don’t think so, either. It’s all the people below who are spreading it to you.

The old village chief also forgot about his position for a while, and said with great sincerity that although the land tax is heavy, it can be accepted. However, the cost of fire consumption during the yamen during the daily expropriation period is a little heavier.

After hearing the old village chief’s words, the officials below were all worried. Fire consumption is a bad rule in the officialdom. Isn’t it slap us in the face when you ask the prefect? ​​On weekdays, no one dares to mention it. Even if you dare to mention it, those officials who are like wolves and tigers will slap you with a slap.

But at this moment everyone was laughing, saying that the question was asked very well, very representative, and agreed with the vital interests of the people.

Li Yinglan also knew the matter of fire consumption. This was related to the money bags of officials. The taxes of the court could be short, but the private pockets of officials could only be more or less. So Li Yinglan said that the matter of fire consumption was a common practice of the government and was indispensable, but in the third office of Lijia, it could be reduced by one as appropriate.

The old village chief also mentioned this casually, but unexpectedly, Li Yinglan reduced the third office of the Liberian League with just one sentence. The villagers were very happy when they heard this and called the wise mansion together.

Li Yinglan nodded and said, "Heaven sees oneself, the people see themselves, the people listen, and we should take the people's heart as the heart of heaven as the heart of heaven."

This statement was very reasonable and touching, so the officials expressed their respect for the words of the palace, and the people gained real benefits. They shouted Li Qingtian's name, and everyone was very happy. As for Lin Yanchao, he never said a word, but just smiled beside him.

In this peaceful atmosphere, several naughty children in Hongshan Village who were not watching also slipped out and saw the sedan chair, and they played hide-and-seek under the sedan chair.

The sedan chairmen and officials next to the sedan chair did not dare to scold them, but just smiled and persuaded them to leave.

Later, the people of the village invited Li Yinglan and other officials to sit at the old village chief's house. The reason was that the old village chief's house was the largest in the village and the only one that could be seen.

But even if it is the largest, it cannot tolerate too many people. Except for Li Yinglan and Lin Yanchao, most of the people are there. The villagers brought all the chairs, stools and other items at home, but it was not enough for these people to sit.

In the room, Li Yinglan and Lin Yanchao sat together to drink tea. Lin Yanchao knew that Li Yinglan was coming to show his kindness to him. However, since Lin Yanchao knew that Li Yinglan had become the prefect, he had a good reputation among the people, so he was not rejected.

After the two of them exchanged greetings, Li Yinglan asked Lin Yanchao: "I wonder if I'm safe?"

There are many teachers Lin Yanchao, but there is only one person worth Li Yinglan’s question, that is, Grand Secretary Shen Shixing.

Lin Yanchao replied: "Everything is fine in Beijing, my teacher."

Li Yinglan smiled and said, "Brother Rumo and I are both Jinshi in the 41st year of Jiajing, and they are in the same year. Speaking of which, you and I are not outsiders." (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!