Yang He got off the horse, and the officials there woke up and hurriedly came up.

The first old official in his sixties, with a gray beard, a blue official robe, a square white squid patch on his chest, a fifth-grade silver lozenges tied with a waistband, and a delicate jade-golded waistband.

It seems that this person is Su Chengxing, the magistrate of Pizhou.

He laughed and there were three officials beside him, two of them wearing the same blue official robes, white squid patches, and silver squid spring belts. It seems that one is Huang Sien, the co-minister of the Hebei Affairs Department of Huai'an, who is stationed in Zhapizhou, and the other is Qi Shangxian, the head of the Water Department of the Ministry of Works, who is stationed in Zhapizhou.

They are also fifth-rank officials, which is no different from Su Chengxing's dress.

Especially now that Su Cheng has been promoted to the first rank, and like the second rank, he is both a fifth rank official position.

The third person was more dazzling, but he was wearing a big red official robe, with a big square tiger and leopard patch on his chest, and a third-grade golden lozenges slinged waist belt around his waist. The waist tag was even more of a round ivory tooth card with a squid tiger plate and a cloud flower.

It seems that this person is Kong Chuanyou, the new commander of Pizhou Wei.

He was an official of the garrison and the highest military chief at the garrison level. He was in the third rank of the Ming Dynasty and wore a scarlet official robe that could only be worn by the first to fourth ranks.

Seeing that there were several officials, thousands of households, hundreds of households, etc., they were either wearing fifth-rank official uniforms or sixth-rank official uniforms. They were in large green robe colors, and the people following the magistrate were far from comparable.

The ranks of officials in the garrison station have always been high, and even the chief banner has a seventh rank. Yang He has worked hard to survive until now, but he is not as good as his hereditary one.

Of course, the officials of the garrison are not valuable now. High officials of the third rank are not as noble as those of the prefectures in the place. Seeing Confucius's appearance, they are also following Su Cheng's lead.

The officials came over with a smile, and saw that their official robes were the same, only civil servants embroidered birds and military officials embroidered beasts. This was also the origin of beasts in clothing. At this time, this word had no derogatory meaning, and there were countless people in the Ming Dynasty who wanted to become members of beasts in clothing.

Official Deng was guided with great sincerity, and Yang He also went up and bowed to the former governor Su Chengxing: "Yang He, the chief of the Pizhou Zhengzong, has seen the old parents in the state."

Su Chengxing laughed and said, "I hope Mr. Yang Lian will arrive early. If I have been waiting for the rain for a long time, I will finally wait for it."

He looked up and down at Yang He, and smiled: "It's indeed Jie Junyinghao."

He spoke in a deep voice and slowly, as if every word had been carefully considered.

His face was flushed, nearly sixty years old, but he was well maintained. His tone was clear. At first glance, he was the kind of old bureaucrat who was good at Tai Chi, had a lot of experience in officialdom, was scheming, calm and sophisticated.

He smiled and introduced it to Yang He, and in order it was Qi Shangxian, Huang Sien, Kong Chuanyou and others.

Qi Shangxian, the head of the Water Department of the Ministry of Works, stationed in Zhapizhou, was a middle-aged man with great authority. He was over 40 years old, with high eyebrows and high beards and meticulously trimmed. In his expression, there was also a hint of arrogance unique to the Beijing officials.

Facing Yang He's salute, he just nodded reservedly.

Although Yang He has gained benefits in several battles and has won the credit for "cooperating with the painting", the fourth-rank rank is expected, and this position may be moved one day.

But he was not grateful for this. Qi Shangxian believed that he deserved these contributions.

He is Shangguan, who will he give me the credit?

Besides, without his signature, can Yang He receive attention in several great victory?

Without his signature, can the good news be valued by Shi Governor Shi?

Yang He should be grateful to him in this regard.

He was able to come today because of Su Cheng's nature and the rumor that Mr. Shi valued Yang He was important.

Yang He and Hewu Mentor Huang Sien met with him, Huang Sien, who attracted much attention. In the first month of the year, Yang He had a conflict with his son Huang Chengxi and beat him up to his head. What will happen when we meet now? Lord Huang is cold, indifferent, or scolding him for turning against him?

Everyone was concerned about it, but seeing that Huang Sien was not unusual, he smiled and said, "Mr. Yang worked hard all the way. The people of Pizhou have long been looking forward to Mr. Yang."

After Yang He gave a gift, he returned the gift and was graceful.

Yang He was also a little impressed, and it goes without saying that this person is cunning and well-being.

Look at the mature and handsome man Huang Sien, who is over forty years old, is indifferent and elegant, and has a bit of majesty.

He has wisdom and depth in his eyes, and his words and deeds are as humble as gentlemen, with a sense of scholarship.

Compared to his son Huang Chengxi, the level is indeed much higher.

Yang He thought to himself: "Is this the legendary Confucian official?"

Seeing that there was a middle-aged scholar behind him, with fair skin, calm and generous appearance, and a staff member, he slightly attracted Yang He's attention.

When he introduced the Pizhou Guard Commander Kong Chuanyou, this person was kind. He took the initiative to salute and laughed: "I heard that Lord Yang is famous for a long time. When I saw him today, it turns out that he is even more famous when he meets him, hahahahahaha."

He was tall and fat, not like a soldier, but like a wealthy businessman landlord, but he was promoted to the position with his salary.

Pizhou Weituan has one commander, three thousand households and seven hundred households. Of course, this refers to real-powered officials such as seal officials and assistant clerks. For hundreds of years, the ward has many officials with salaries, with official titles but no real-power.

In the past, Kong Chuanyou took a salary official and was rejected by the former commander Han Lan.

After Han Lan's death, the guard must have a long history, so Kong Chuanyou took office.

In this regard, he should be grateful to Yang He.

In fact, he is quite close and looks very close.

In addition to these senior officials in the prefecture, Su Chengxing also introduced colleagues from the prefecture yamen to Yang He.

Tongzhi Zhang Kuixiang, from the sixth rank official position, was almost as old as Su Chengxing, and seemed not very responsible. But when Yang He saw it, he knew that this person was an old fox. However, he was a senior official and killed people. With the old fox Su Chengxing, he could only stay honestly until retirement.

The judge Song Zhiyuan, who was from the seventh rank, was also old, in his fifties, and was timid in front of Su Chengxing. No wonder he was highly valued.

Chen Tai'an, who is from the ninth rank, is in his forties, is a little deeper. His work in the state is very similar to that of the county lord.

The above three are the assistant officials of the Pizhou Yamen Office. They assist the magistrate in handling various official affairs. Each of them has their own exclusive office and their own houses in the Yamen Office.

Their power depends mainly on what affairs were allocated to them by the magistrate Su Chengxing. For example, Chen Tai'an, who used to be in charge of taxation, household registration, and police. Later, Su Chengxing deprived him of the police and handed over to Song Zhiyuan for his charge.

Chen Tai'an's power was reduced by a lot, while Song Zhiyuan's power was increased by a lot.

Apart from the four officials of Zhengyin and Assistant Er, the remaining few were miscellaneous officials, such as Zhang Xie, the ambassador of the Tax Bureau, who was from the ninth rank, Nan Chen, the ambassador of the Military Weapon Bureau, Deng Guan, the ambassador of the Transportation Office, who was the ninth rank, and the new inspector of Zhihekou Qiu Hong'an, the ninth rank.

They were all wearing green robes, with magpies slapped on their chests and backs.

Qiu Hongan is a seahorse tonic.

He was elected by the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War was in a state of moderation. He was not long after he arrived, and he looked cautious.

He secretly looked at Yang He, not knowing what he was thinking.

Nanchen looked complicated. He had contacted Yang He last year. At that time, Yang He was just a scholar and he was high above him. In a blink of an eye, Yang He was transferred to Zhoucheng and became a seventh-rank high-rank official. He was still a ninth-rank small official. If nothing unexpected happens, he will work at this level for the rest of his life.

Su Chengxing introduced his colleagues from the city of Yanghe. In addition, the court appointed only nine officials in the court of Yanghe. The rest of them were Confucianism, post stations, gunpowder bureaus, and river offices. They were all miscellaneous positions that were not in the mainstream and were not considered officials.

Finally, Su Chengxing introduced Yang He to thousands of households and hundreds of households. In addition to the official uniforms, these people did not look like officials or soldiers, but also looked like landlords, old financial and businessmen. They took it for granted that they were presented to the end.

Yang He shook his head secretly, and all the officers of the garrison were abolished.

In fact, although the Pizhou Guard has more than 1,300 flag troops, it is hard to say whether there is a real amount of 1,000 people. Their main task is to transport grain, which transports grain for 4864 stones, three dou, six liters and two rounds every year. There is also shipbuilding, which requires 13 shallow ships to be built every year.

Apart from transporting grain and building ships, the rest of them hope that they will not go.

If the Pizhou Banner Army can fight, there is no need to set up the General Manager.

Overall, Yang He was disappointed. Like the Suining officialdom, Pizhou City was also lifeless, just like this empire entering a decadent and twilight atmosphere.

...

After everyone met and greeted each other, Su Chengxing Yanzhoucheng colleagues had prepared a banquet at the "Yingchun Tower" to welcome Mr. Yang Lian.

He looked at Yang He's soldiers who were still standing in the street, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then laughed, Yan was worthy of being the good soldier of General Yang Lian, no wonder he could defeat the bandits.

He ordered the ambassador of the Transportation Office to continue to take the Yang Lian headquarters he brought to the military camp to settle down, and prepared the rewarded wine, meat, grain, rice, etc.

Su Zhizhou even told him: "Zitai, you must treat him well and not neglect the loyal and brave soldiers, do you know?"

Deng Guan nodded and said, "The lower official knows, the lower official knows."

Yang He also arranged: "Secretary, you can go to the military camp with Lord Deng, and Lao Chen will take a few people to stay."

Soon Yang He's iron-blooded army followed Deng Guan, leaving only the guard captain Chen Qiuao with five people, and Deng's army.

After the troops left, the pressure on the officials was relieved a lot, but Chen Qiuao led five iron armored guards to stay, which still brought heavy pressure to everyone.

They were all stubborn, especially the brothers Jiang Zhen and Jiang Qing. These two men looked fierce and looked like iron towers. Every step they took was extremely heavy. The clanging sound of armor leaves seemed to step on people's hearts step by step.

Many people subconsciously avoid them when they see them.

Judging from the storefront, Yang He was successful in keeping the two brothers by his side.

Soon everyone entered Yaqian Street, where there were already yamen runners clearing the ground. When they arrived in front of the "Yingchun Tower", some local celebrities from Pizhou City gathered. Su Chengxing briefly introduced them, and all of them came to pay their respects and handed over famous posts.

However, there are no students here. After all, they are in the state city, so the status of scholars is not enough.

Yang He responded, without any fear of favor and disgrace, and his expression was dull, which made the people who observed him secretly amazed. Speaking of living and revitalizing, Yang Xiucai was once rich and noble, but he was not confused. Is there anyone born to be an official in this world?

The overall atmosphere was relaxed, perhaps this was because Su Chengxing and others placed the reception banquet outside.

If they were in the prefecture, Su Chengxing and others would at most greet each other in the hall. With Yang He's current momentum, they would inevitably neglect them.

Special news came that he was highly valued by Governor Shi.

When he met outside the Yimen Gate or even outside the Yamen, he lost his politeness. After all, Yang He was only a seventh-rank official, or a scattered official.

Especially Qi Shangxian, Huang Sien, Kong Chuanyou and others could not be with him.

This is the case in the Ming Dynasty. The etiquette procedures are very complicated. Officials with different ranks are treated differently. If the etiquette system is a mess, they will be criticized.

It would be much better to put it outside, and the tributes were easy. Some local celebrities and celebrities in Pizhou City could also take the opportunity to meet new officials.

Soon everyone entered the "Yingchun Tower". I don't know what it has to do with the "Yingchun Tower" in Suining, but it is taller and larger, with three floors. And there is a little similarity, both of which are designated as the consumption location for public banquets in the yamen.

Everyone went up. There were two floors above here, and the first floor was the lobby. At this time, the third floor was filled with wine tables. There were five tables above, ten tables at the middle, and twenty-five tables below. As expected, the scale was much larger than that of the county town.
To be continued...