In the first month of the year, the yamen was still sealed. This is a rare opportunity for officials to have a leisure time in the year.

At this time, the motivated officials rushed to their superiors to visit and make friends, while the mediocre officials happened to be on the bed with their wives and children.

This January, in addition to some aspects, can basically be understood as the entire Ming Dynasty was in a state of an anarchy.

The same is true within the river castle in Yucheng County.

This river fort was built in a dangerous place on the Yellow River embankment, which is very important. The river yamen set up three shops and one fort here. One fort, three shops and dozens of serving fortresses, specializing in patrolling the river embankment, which is less than ten miles apart.

Last year, Lin Yanchao rectified the river affairs and arrested dozens of Fortress Shops. This Fortress did not do much bad things on weekdays, but was a little lazy and inactive, so he was lucky to escape.

Because it was cold outside, it was snowing again.

So the fortress manager was too lazy to go out to patrol the embankment, but instead called three shop managers and asked the husband who lived in the fort to cook a pot of mutton and eat wine with them.

Eating mutton in the middle of winter and drinking some wine is definitely a good thing.

Several shopkeepers were determined not to be empty-handed when they came to the door, and they were carrying pig's head and dog legs to add food.

Several people snuggled on the kang, and the warm kang fire was rising below. A pot of steaming mutton was above, but the outside was filled with biting cold wind and heavy snow.

While everyone was talking and laughing, they would not do anything even if they exchanged a seventh-rank official for them.

Just as I was drunk, a knock on the door came from outside the fort.

The president scolded: "When is this? Why are there anyone coming? The heavy snow didn't freeze my ears?"

The knock on the door was still ringing outside the door, neither too fast nor too slow.

The fortress shouted and immediately played a trick at a shopkeeper who was lying in the hay pile to squeeze lice and go to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, the cold wind immediately caught in the room. The fortress leader was about to scold him, but he glanced outside the door and immediately jumped off the kang.

"I don't know how many adults are coming, but I'm not welcome!"

The fort gate opened, and several officials came in, followed by a crowd of dark people. The officials stood with their hands down. The fortress leader recognized one of them as Gu Magistrate Gu in this county. Now, Gu Magistrate Gu, the parents of a county, were respectfully following an official wearing a fifth-rank civil servant robe.

The fifth-rank civil servant walked to the side of the kang, and everyone in the fort knelt all over the ground, and they didn't dare to show up. Several other officials followed along.

The fifth-rank official looked very young. He walked to the kang and smiled and said, "What a pot of mutton, it seems that life in the fort is good."

County Magistrate Gu's face was burning, and he immediately said to the fortress kneeling on the ground: "Have you patrolled the river embankment today?"

"patrol……"

"The straw hats and straw raincoats outside are all dry, so how dare you say you are patrolling?" Magistrate Gu opened his face.

"Yes... no patrol."

County Magistrate Gu sneered: "The Lingshen is coming. You will not inspect the river embankment and hide here to eat mutton? If there is any mistake in the river embankment, do you know if you will lose your head?"

Bao Chang said: "Reporting to the old parents, it was a villain who was negligent, but this province is not as good as Shanxi and Shaanxi. In the past, the county was not in a serious way, so the villain responded to it as a lucky person. He thought it was cold outside and could not bear to suffer his brothers. So he didn't have a patrol. The villain was guilty."

"I dare to argue!" County Magistrate Gu raised his face and said, "It was fine in the past, but now there are silted fields built in the Lu Dike. If the upstream is lingering, the river will flood the beach downstream. If the silted fields are washed away, how can I explain to the people?"

"If this county is repeatedly instructed, are you all talking about it?"

"I dare not! The villain asked the county to punish him." The fort chief trembled.

County Magistrate Gu said to the fifth-rank official: "Sima, how to deal with this dereliction of duty."

The castle leader was stunned and thought that this person was so big and so young. It turned out that he was the general of our mansion. This person dared to kill even the father-in-law from the palace. He was really a cruel and ruthless person. I was in his hands and there was no life left.

So the fortress cried bitterly, "Master Sima spares your life, please spare your life. The villain has eighty parents above and three-year-old boy below..."

But when the fifth-rank official said, "Punish twenty whips! Nothing is done!"

County Magistrate Gu said: "As a key member of the government, Sima came to inspect the embankment in the first month of the year, braved the heavy snow. This person was ashamed of his duty. If he did not punish him severely, how could he be worthy of Sima's running around?"

The fortress's heart suddenly hangs, and his wife's side also starts to cry.

Lin Yanchao said: "Look, this person is also an old river worker. He has worked hard for many years without any contribution to the river management. No matter how to rectify the official system, it is still up to these people to do their business. That's it!"

"Thank you, Master Sima, for your spare time!" The Fort Chief just thanked him.

Two men came here, pulled down the long clothes of the fort, picked up the horse whip and whipped it down on the spot.

The twenty horses beat the castle to a long time, and they were covered in blood and almost fainted.

Lin Yanchao said: "Not to mention that you are consuming the court's salary, even this ten-mile long dike is also related to the welfare of the people of a county. You must not be neglected. Lin here to ask you all."

After saying that, Lin Yanchao bowed to everyone with his fists.

When everyone saw that the castle leader was covered in blood, they all said fearfully: "The villain obeys the order."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said to Magistrate Gu: "Let's go to the next fort!"

After saying that, Lin Yanchao put on a straw hat and left the fort, but saw heavy snow falling outside and the cold wind whistling.

A scene of wind and snow all the way!

After Lin Yanchao left, several men came in with several sacks and said, "There are all pickled fruits and vegetables here. Master Sima gave you the title of Tongzhi. There are three cents of silver for each person to collect. Let's have a good New Year!"

After the public left, the fortress and shopkeepers heard that there was something to lead, and immediately rushed over to fight for it.

One man took out a piece of bacon from the sack and said, "It's really meat! This time I gave it to the people without greed."

"There is no shortage of three cents of silver."

"Yes, three cents are three cents. Since Lin Sima became the Tongzhi of Guanhe, the brothers have never had a shortage of work, food and silver. In the past, it would be great to be able to give a five-degree score."

"Yes, otherwise why would it be Lin Qingtian?"

"I would have like Lin Qingtian."

"fart!"

While everyone was talking, they were interrupted by the castle chief who had been beaten to death, "Where is the master of Qingtian in this world? Kill the father-in-law in the palace? Humph, it's not just to swallow the hundreds of hectares of silt fields."

"Give him enough food and food to do his job. Half of the nearly 1,000 hectares of silt fields along the river are his. Of course, he is nervous when the flood season comes. What a clean official, just be honest."

After hearing the swearing of the swearing, everyone dared not say anything again.

Everyone whispered: "Even if Lin Qingtian was greedy for hundreds of fields, he didn't see him letting the people along the river live a good life."

"If Lin Qingtian can do good things for the people, then what if he is greedy for the field?"

"That's right, this year, I saw Lin Qingtian visit our river bank three times. Not to mention anything else, it's the Chinese New Year and the heavy snow, so we grass-roots people are unwilling to go out, but he comes to inspect the river bank. Who can be like this as an official?"

"And you also see the newly built embankment last year, which is as strong as a small hill. I am not afraid of it if the Yellow River has flooded again this year."

"Well, officials have a few dishes and soups every day. We don't care. We ordinary people only look at how many dishes and soups there are on their tables."

The snow in Guide Mansion is still falling heavily.

Although officials had sedan chairs and carriages when they traveled, they still had to go to some areas of Lin Yanchao to leave by himself after getting on the river bank.

After a period of inspection, Lin Yanchao immediately took off his straw hat and straw raincoat as soon as he returned to the carriage, then picked up the hand stove, and then drank a pot of warm ginger soup.

In addition to studying, he can also practice health preservation skills. Reading and fitness are all about self-cultivation, which is also a skill for Lin Yanchao.

It is right to work for the court and serve the people, but you should also pay attention to your sense of responsibility and your own health.

I came out to patrol the river bank in the heavy snow. If I get infected with wind and cold, I will become sick with overwork and become famous in history. But this is not too sad, and I will not be able to enjoy the results of the revolution at all.

So Lin Yanchao is very sensible in his work.

After inspecting several more places, Gu Magistrate Gu invited Lin Yanchao to a village near the dike.

This farm was requisitioned, but everything was arranged in an orderly manner.

In the big room, before Lin Yanchao came, a charcoal stove was raised, a soft sheepskin blanket was laid on the ground, and wine was still warmed in the stove.

After entering the house, everyone dispelled the cold air on their bodies.

Lin Yanchao was very satisfied with the arrangements of County Magistrate Gu. He suddenly came to inspect the river embankment, and he arranged such a comfortable place for himself. It seemed that he had put in a lot of effort.

County Magistrate Gu said: "Sima came to our Yucheng County twice this year. Bei Zhi thought that the next time the adults were coming, he would have to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so he prepared this place in advance, and he didn't expect it to come in handy so soon."

Lin Yanchao nodded and smiled, "Magistrate Gu is very attentive."

County Magistrate Gu immediately said, "My Lord is so serious. If it weren't for the Lord's simple plan, I wouldn't know where the lower-ranking officials are today. Compared with the kindness of the Lord's kindness, the humble position is not enough to repay the consequences."

After hearing what Gu Magistrate Gu said, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but sigh that people in the officialdom are always so capable and able to do things and always think about Shangguan's life fastest promotion. But many people only see one side from the outside.

For people like Gu Mingyi, Lin Yanchao will not go along with them. For officials like Fu Zhiyuan, they will not go along with him.

So in the end, Lin Yanchao and Gu Magistrate became one of the best.

Why did Zhang Juzheng say that he valued the use of Xun officials and did not use the pure stream. Xun officials are of course easy to use, and loyal Xun officials are more useful.

Lin Yanchao finally felt Zhang Juzheng's mood at that time.

Lin Yanchao said: "Since you are here, let's handle official business here today!"

"Yes!" Gu Magistrate Gu saw that Lin Yanchao had reached a comfortable place and was still thinking about official business. After Ma Yu's case, Lin Yanchao's future was uncertain, and the future of others was uncertain, so he couldn't help but worry, or immediately asked someone to clear the situation.

Lin Yanchao is still working as an office, which is no different from usual. Such cultivation skills are far beyond ordinary people.

Such a person can be used as a role model for his career. Magistrate Gu thought to himself at this moment.
Chapter completed!