The local official system at the county level of the Song Dynasty basically inherited the Tang Dynasty. The county magistrate can also be called the magistrate, or the county magistrate. In fact, it should be the county magistrate. It is not a court official who serves as a court official, who knows a certain state and a certain army, but a real chief magistrate.

The slightly different thing between the Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty was that the Song Dynasty abolished the county magistrate for a long time, with only three officials, namely the county magistrate, the county magistrate and the chief clerk. After the Yuanfeng reorganization, the county magistrate was partially restored, but it was still in name but was only responsible for the internal affairs of the county yamen. Therefore, many small counties were held by the chief clerk, and the same was true for Jiayu County. Yang Ju served as the county magistrate and chief clerk.

In addition to the three county magistrate, county magistrate, county magistrate and chief clerk, Jiayu County also had twelve civil servants and thirty constables, Xuezheng, who was responsible for the teaching, and the managers of some official institutions, such as inns, docks, tax offices, warehouses, detention centers, nursing homes, Anjifang, etc., as well as the teaching and professors of county schools, teaching assistants in official primary schools, etc., which were directly under the jurisdiction of the county government.

Among them, the civil servants in the county government are divided into six commandments, military commanders, criminal commanders, labor commanders, ritual commanders, household commanders, and officials commanders, and are generally managed by the county magistrate.

However, the county magistrate has a lot of affairs and cannot do everything himself. He is unwilling to divide the power of the county magistrate. He usually sets up several aides, and the aides take charge of him. Therefore, the new county magistrate will usually bring one or two aides to take office.

Li Yanqing was no exception. This time he came to Jiayu County to take office and brought two aides, Mo Jun and Liu Fang. Among them, Mo Jun was rich in experience. In Tangyin County, he was the most capable aide of the county magistrate Jiang Dadao. He once took charge of the power of Tangyin County. Li Yanqing gave Mo Jun three rituals, households and officials, while Liu Fang was in charge of the three rituals, punishments and labor.

In this way, Li Yanqing took charge of the entire Jiayu County through the decentralization of Zhang Hu and Mo Jun and others. He came to Jiayu County not to be a hand-off manager. He wanted to hone his ability to govern the local area through the position of county magistrate. This was both his qualifications and his opportunity.

On the first day of Jiayu's appointment, Li Yanqing spent the situation, business distribution and power division. In the evening, Li Yanqing returned to the back house of the county government office and met Hu Qing'er as soon as he entered the door. Hu Qing'er quickly took a step back and lowered his head.

"Qing'er, what's wrong with you? You don't seem to be in a good mood?" Li Yanqing asked.

"No!" Hu Qing'er shook her head quickly, "Brother, I'm fine."

"Then why did you become very silent?"

"I was not silent. I was talking and laughing with Yunniang and Sister Sisi."

Li Yanqing looked at her in confusion and asked again: "How is your flying stone practice?"

"I've already got it done. There is no problem with hitting a vase one foot high from thirty steps, but the fineness is not enough, and the strength does not seem to be enough."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Flying stones are mainly about hitting people in the face. It is not necessary to be too meticulous. As long as you can get nine out of ten stones, that's fine. Then, you practice shooting a mobile target, and then ride on a horse and hit a mobile target. You can basically get out of the master after three months of hard practice. As for strength, if you ride on a horse and fly on a flying stone, your strength will be much greater, so there is no need to worry about this."

"But... three months are too short!"

"It's not short, you have a foundation. In addition, I personally teach you, three months is enough. I also try to use the evening to exercise your eyesight."

Hu Qing'er nodded silently, "Brother, I understand."

Li Yanqing smiled again and said, "If you have something to do, go!"

Hu Qing'er shook her head hurriedly, "My mother asked me to call you for dinner. Since my elder brother is back, I don't have to go out."

Li Yanqing was hungry and walked quickly to the mansion. Hu Qing'er followed behind and said, "Brother, don't have to go around from outside in the future. We found that there was a small door on the west courtyard that could directly lead to the county government."

Li Yanqing stopped and thought for a while and said, "This is not necessary. It is not far away if you go around it. Moreover, the small door will be a loophole, so you can lock it in the future."

"What if there is something urgent?"

"If there is an urgent matter, will I not build a sub-ladder and climb over the wall?"

Hu Qing'er laughed out loud, "Brother is kidding, no county magistrate can climb over the wall."

"You will see from now on that, throughout history, I have been the first county magistrate to overturn the wall."

The two talked and laughed, and soon came to the atrium, where the canteen was set up, and Cao Yun and Guo Sisi were already waiting for him.

As soon as Li Yanqing entered the room, he saw the table full of wine and food, and couldn't help but smile and said, "So rich, has the cook found it?"

Cao Yun covered his mouth and smiled and said, "How could it be so fast? This was bought directly from the Anfeng Restaurant in the county."

"It turned out to be bought, and I thought you made it yourself."

Sisi raised her eyebrows and smiled and said, "If your husband doesn't dislike you, Yunniang and I will not be able to make two side dishes for it."

Hu Qing'er next to him smiled and said, "I can make braised carp. Once, after I served it on the table, I found that the fish was still alive."

Everyone laughed together, Li Yanqing pulled a chair and sat down, Cao Yun poured him a glass of wine, "My husband tasted the best wine in Jiayu County. Uncle Shan went to buy it specially. It is said that it would take three months to book. The hotel shopkeeper heard that the new county magistrate wanted to buy it, so he specially sold a jar for us."

Li Yanqing suddenly became interested. He tasted it a little, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but raise his glass and drank it all, and blurted out: "It's indeed a good wine, mellow and sweet, and it's actually sake. I didn't expect that there would be such good wine in the small county town. It's really rare."

When Cao Yun heard his praise, he was happy and hurriedly said, "How about trying the dishes? Sisi said the dishes here are very cheap, which is only less than half of the prices of the food in Beijing."

"Well! The taste is pretty good, it's fine, so let's eat it together."

Everyone was not polite, and they started to eat together.

"Madam, how is the maid doing?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"Uncle Shan went to look for it in the afternoon. The two cooks have found it. They specially brought it to me in the afternoon. They are a pair of sisters. They look very clean and decent, and they are quite strong. After saying that, each person has five jin of money per month, including food and accommodation, and will come here early tomorrow. The maid will bring some to choose from for us tomorrow. Other servants, grooms, coachmen, etc. will also come together tomorrow. It is estimated that they can find them all within two or three days."

Li Yanqing nodded, "The salary of the servant here seems to be a little lower than that of Tangyin County, and only three or four guan a month is worth three or four guan a month, but it doesn't matter if my wife is willing to give five guan a month."

Cao Yun smiled and said, "Sister Sisi taught me a way to give four guan of money to their family and leave all the money to themselves, so that you will have both ways."

"Don't ask me about this kind of thing, you can discuss it."

Li Yanqing drank the wine in the glass and stood up and smiled, "I'm full, go visit the house, you can eat slowly."

He left the cafeteria and walked towards the inner house. More than a hundred large boxes in the inner hall were piled like hills and there was no time to disassemble them. However, daily necessities such as curtains and bedding have been arranged, which are new items I just bought today.

The entire inner house consists of four small courtyards, and there is also a pond. The pond is surrounded by flowers, trees and big trees, and a three-meter-high rockery with more than a dozen towering trees planted on it. A small path winds towards the top of the mountain, and there is a small attic on the top of the mountain. The entire layout is quite similar to that of the Yunqi Bridge residence.

Li Yanqing came to his study. His study was located in a small courtyard on the west side, and it was also the smallest courtyard in the house. There were only three small houses. When he was allocated, the three girls discussed dividing the courtyard. The three of them each occupied a yard. They all needed their own bedrooms, living rooms, storage rooms and maids' rooms. Therefore, this small courtyard with only three rooms unanimously decided to serve as a study room and a bedroom for his husband.

In addition, there is an outside study room in the atrium. In this way, Li Yanqing actually has four rooms, which is not a loss.

A large locust tree was planted in the yard, which almost covered the entire yard. There was also a very old wintersweet in the corner. There were stone tables and benches under the locust tree, which were quite quiet and elegant.

The three houses are distributed in the shape of ‘l’. The living room is in the entrance, where you can wash your face, comb your hair, and change your clothes. There is a bedroom on the left and a study on the right. The bedroom has been cleaned up and the bedding and pillows have been laid for him. I guess he will spend the night here tonight.

Li Yanqing looked roughly, then exited the dormitory and walked towards the study on the other side. The study had not been arranged yet, and there was an empty large table and a wide chair. Li Yanqing patted the chairs. He unexpectedly found that the set of tables and chairs were made of good rosewood, and the former Magistrate Wang did not take them away.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and realized that this set of rosewood furniture must have been not purchased by the former county magistrate. There are hidden rules in the officialdom. If the former county magistrate takes everything away, it will make the later successors laugh at it. If it spreads out, it will affect reputation. Fame is virtue, and it will affect official career. Officials will grasp this measure.

Next to it is a large bookcase and a gadget, which are also made of rosewood. It is a complete set of furniture, but it is empty inside.
Chapter completed!