Master Jin and Master Long took out the almanac, calculated auspicious day, and determined the auspicious time as the time for formal office. Master Jin wrote a ticket card and sent two guards to the county yamen.

The general meaning of the ticket sign is to notify them of the specific date of Yang Magistrate's reservation to arrive in Qingxi County, and tell them not to stay away from home (of course the other party should understand this inversely), and to repair and clean the yamen. The clerks in the sixth room should prepare their respective work report materials, and then check and listen to the reports one by one.

Yang Qiuchi changed into a blue official robe. He was a seventh-rank. The patches on the front and back of the official robe were embroidered with robes. He wore a black hat and shook his two small wings. It was very interesting. Yang Qiuchi and his inner servants all changed into the sedan chair prepared by Master Long in Kunming. The Jinyi Guard carried the sedan chair, and the large group of people entered the city. Before entering the city, the two masters had already explained the relevant etiquette and procedures to Yang Qiuchi.

When entering the city, you have to enter from the east gate. This is called Ziqi coming from the east. The city gate at the east gate of Qingxi County has been decorated with lights. Because Qingxi County is relatively small, there is no county magistrate, and only two assistant officials, Zhubo and Dianshi. However, Dianshi had died some time ago, and the new ones had not been appointed. Now there is only one Zhubo left. He led the six-room clerk, three yamen runners and all the gentry students in the city. They knelt down at the gate of the city to greet each other. Yang Qiuchi asked them to stand up in the sedan chair. After everyone thanked each other, they stood up and stood up to the side of the road.

Yang Qiuchi changed to the county yamen official sedan chair, and Qin Zhihui and other female family members changed to the large sedan chair in the yamen under the green cloth curtains and the middle sedan chair.

After the transfer, the yamen foreman sent a message to get the sedan chair. For a moment, the gongs and drums were loud and gongs were ringing, and the drummers and beat the beats, and the soap members arranged a full guard of ceremonies and followed the official sedan chairs in a mighty manner.

The sedan chair of Qin Zhihui and his wife, Xia Ping, was sent directly into the inner yamen of the county government by Xia Ping. According to the rules, Yang Qiuchi cannot enter the yamen directly tonight. He must first go to the Chenghuang Temple to burn incense and fast to stay in the temple. Sleeping alone in the slaughter room of the Chenghuang Temple.

However, Yang Qiuchi didn't care about this, and now he has arrived at his one-acre and three-point land. Of course, he has the final say and is concerned about Qin Zhihui and the others. So after worshiping the City God Temple, he directly got up the sedan chair and returned to the yamen.

When he arrived at the yamen, he got out of the sedan chair and saw that Yang Qiuchi was stunned. The entire yamen was a dilapidated temple. It was farther away from the old man in Guangde County.

One of the pair of stone lions in front of the yamen was gone half of their faces. Two of the six doors were broken and crooked, and the paint had been peeled off.

When I entered the yard, there were pits on the ground. Half of the tiles on the top of the screen wall were covered with mottled words on the screen wall.

Turning over the screen wall and coming to the patio, the lobby was facing the lobby, and only the two sides of the fence were left on both sides of the platform were still left. The others might have been stolen as firewood.

There was still a placard on the platform in front of the lobby to offer grievances to the people, but there were only three legs left on the bracket below, and the one left was tied with a branch.

When I entered the lobby, I looked up and saw that the roof was bright, and it turned out that there were several holes broken.

Yang Qiuchi didn't get angry, and he knew the so-called "officials don't build yamen". But this was a bit bad. Look at the pillars in the lobby, which were crooked and if they didn't build them, the lobby might collapse.

When he left the lobby, he turned to the left and looked at it, and he was even more shocked. A large area of ​​houses on the left had turned into ashes, and ruins were lying across there, no one cared about it.

The yamen was broken, but if Yang Qiuchi's procedure for taking office was to continue, he was following a large group of officials and yamen runners, waiting to kowtow to him.

Yang Qiuchibu entered the lobby. Under the singing guidance of the official scholars on the side, he first knelt three times and kowtowed to the north, bowed to the throne, and thanked the holy grace. Then he bowed four heads to the official seal placed on the tyrannical seal rack of the court.

After worshiping, Yang Qiuchi then stepped onto the warm pavilion and sat on the middle seat. He felt that his butt was hard. He looked down and saw that the chair had no cushion, but just a hardwood Grand Master chair. It was cool this summer, but it was just spring now and I had to wear a cotton jacket.

I don’t care about my butt anymore, I’ll go to the hall!

The sauli beat three times to the hall, and the yard was covered with soaps. The people shouted in unison and waved the water and fire sticks together. Master Jin had already told me in advance that this was a name called "Paiya", which was to drive away all evil spirits.

The master handed the Maocai with both hands, Yang Qiuchi took it, and began to draw Mao to name it.

The first thing I saw was to lead the six-room clerk and three yamen runners to the city gate to welcome the lord of the earth, named Situ Lei, who was a shriveled old man and the only assistant official in Qingxi County.

After all the six-room clerks and yamen runners were ordered, Yang Qiuchi would accept congratulations from the officials in the yamen.

The Lord Bo Situ Lei stepped forward and kowtowed. Yang Qiuchi stood up and bowed to the court according to Master Jin's instructions. The other six clerks came up one by one to kowtow. Yang Qiuchi just nodded, and the other three yamen runners could only kowtow collectively in the courtyard under the platform.

Then, Yang Qiuchi ordered to leave the house, and then worshiped various messy gods in the yamen, including land gods, house gods, door gods, gods, and gods in the yamen.

After worshiping the gods, Master Long had already arranged a banquet in the second hall of the yamen, and used the wine and meat that Yang Qiuchi had previously sacrificed to the city god to entertain his colleagues at the yamen.

Attend the banquet were the head of Bo Situ Lei and the officials of the sixth yamen officials, including the officials of the yamen, households, military, and punishment workers. This table of banquets is a meeting procedure, and they cannot be eaten. After three rounds of wine, the assistant manager dismissed.

At this point, the welcome process was basically completed, and Yang Qiuchi returned to the inner yard.

When I entered the living room of the inner yamen, I saw Song Yuner, Qin Zhihui and the others talking lively in the living room.

Seeing Yang Qiuchi come in, the girls gathered around him, Song Yuner said first, "Brother, your yamen is too broken. The roof of our room has skylights. What should we do if it rains?"

When Song Yuner spoke, Qin Zhihui and the others started talking.

"Yes, the bed in my room squeaks gently," said Qin Zhihui.

"There are still mice in my room!" Song Qing said.

"Yes, that toilet is so dirty." Yuechan said.

"The back garden is full of weeds!" Bai Sumei said.

"The kitchen iron pot is rusted," said Hong Ling.

"There are cockroaches on the bowl rack!" Hui'er said.

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Yang Qiuchi's head was too big. At this time, Xia Ping ran in and reported: "Mr. Yang, there are several large dog holes in the inner yamen wall, and everyone can climb in and out. The wall with the ground is almost collapsed. What should I do?"

Yang Qiuchi's head was even bigger, and the yamen was really too broken. He quickly ordered Master Long to call him in.

After Master Long came in, Yang Qiuchi asked him to arrange for the yamen to repair it immediately, and replace the old and broken ones, and then demolish and renovate the ones that were about to fall to the ground. All the furniture in the inner yamen was replaced with new ones, and all rooms were repainted and renovated. The facilities required for safety and vigilance were handled according to the opinions of Nangong Xiong and Xia Ping.

Master Long followed Yang Qiuchi along the way, and of course he knew his temper. The so-called "officials do not repair the yamen" is different for other officials. Yang Qiuchi is different. First, money is not a problem, and second, safety is the first. I immediately took the order and began to reorganize the yamen.

Master Long was responsible for repairing the county yard, and Nangong Xiong also began to arrange the yamen's guards according to the situation of the county yard. He selected five of the most powerful martial arts masters from the forty guards of the inner yard and the Jinyi Guards. Nangong Xiong himself formed Yang Qiuchi's personal body guards. As long as Yang Qiuchi left the inner yard, he would stay away. The other guards were guarding the yamen in various places, and the guards arranged the yamen were strictly guarded and kept the water leaking.

Of course, if Yang Qiuchi wants to leave the yamen, there will be only ten guards left in the yamen, and the remaining thirty will follow Yang Qiuchi to protect him casually. Yang Qiuchi has three teams of yamen runners, so this bodyguard team is still very spectacular.

The escorts' food and accommodation are still the same as in Wuchang. All male guards eat and live outside the inner house of the yamen. Without permission, they are absolutely prohibited from entering the inner house. Unlike Wuchang, Yang Qiuchi asked Xia Ping to bring twenty female guards into the inner house, and distributed them in various places in the inner house to guard the situation, focusing on the safety of the three young grandmothers.

The two masters arranged to live in the wing room outside the inner yamen gate, so that Yang Qiuchi could be summoned at any time.

The original magistrate had moved to the temporary residence of the county town. After lunch, Yang Qiuchi took Master Jin to visit.

The magistrate's surname is Jiang. An old man who is about 60 years old is already a little dizzy and his teeth are almost falling off. Yang Qiuchi now understands why the yamen is so broken, because even if he breaks it, he can't see clearly the eyes of the magistrate Jiang. Besides, he is about to retire. Why is he doing this yamen? It's better to save some money to retire and return to his hometown to warm his feet.

After a greeting, Magistrate Jiang briefly introduced the situation in Qingxi County and said some high-sounding official words. The Han Miao mixed living in Qingxi County is simple, with beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery. These are true. Yang Qiuchi felt along the way, but the people are too miserable.

After being guided by Master Jin in advance, Yang Qiuchi, as a junior, asked for advice again and again, and gave a meeting gift, Magistrate Jiang was fascinated by his old eyes, sighed, and said, "Sir Yang, you will know in the future that Qingxi County is not only hard-working, but also has a lot of trouble. The most troublesome thing is that the Miao people do not accept education."
Chapter completed!