Lin Haoran sat on the big chair in the public hall, calmly looking at the dark people in the hall, but his heart was turbulent. He officially became the prefect of Leizhou Mansion, took charge of the land of a prefecture, and became a soil emperor.

The subordinate officials of the hall bowed down one by one and paid homage to the new official.

The general judgment of the Leizhou Prefecture, the magistrates, the academic administration, and the magistrates of the five counties are all present. It is worth mentioning that the Tongzhi of Leizhou Mansion happened to have his father's funeral and had returned to his hometown to keep his filial piety.

This is also a political feature of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how big or small the official is, once the parents die, they must leave their current official positions and honestly return to their hometowns to guard filial piety for three years, commonly known as "Ding Wei".

Of course, if some courtiers received special care from the emperor, they would not dismiss this official from his official position and order him to continue to stay in office, but the elements were subordinate, commonly known as "seizing affection".

In addition, there is also the fact that the official's mourning period has not expired, and the imperial court can also give permission to terminate the "Ding Wei" and let him return to office.

Like Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department of the current dynasty, he went home two years ago because of his father's funeral, but this year there was the Yang Shun incident, and Xu Yan, the secretary of the military department, was implicated and dismissed, and the imperial court recalled him in advance to serve as the secretary of the military department.

But in either case, the emperor's approval is required, even if it is the first assistant of the current dynasty.

A small acquaintance in Leizhou Mansion naturally couldn't get Emperor Jiajing's "affection", so this acquaintance could only pack up honestly and go back to his hometown Yuyao to keep filial piety.

"When this official first arrived, he was not familiar with the situation in Leizhou Mansion, and he would only understand government affairs for the time being, and I hope you can perform your duties, just like before!"

After everyone saw the ceremony, Lin Haoran said lightly to the officials in the hall.

The officials under the hall repeatedly said that although Lin Haoran was indeed young, he was born in Wenkui and had a resume of the scenery of the Hanlin Academy, which was something that these small officials could compete with.

Since the Leizhou Mansion does not have the same knowledge for the time being, the highest official position is only the six-rank general judgment, but the general judgment is a subordinate official of the prefect, and he does not even have his own office, so it is naturally impossible to compete with Lin Haoran.

It can only be said that Lin Haoran's capital is too abundant, and these subordinates can only nod their heads and say yes.

A banquet has been set up in the flower hall, and everyone is surrounded by Lin Haoran to dine first.

When Lin Haoran was at the wine table, he also showed enthusiasm and boldness, and observed the five magistrates at the same time.

found that the other four magistrates were all greedy for cups, and they drank red-faced, but Tang Buyuan, the magistrate of Haikang County, was almost untouched, and couldn't help but look up at him.

As far as he knew, Tang Buyuan was a third-class jinshi in Jiajing's 33rd year, and he was also the only jinshi officer among the five magistrates. A year ago, he was transferred to Haikang County as the magistrate, and during this period, the officialdom was quite good, and he also did some practical things for the people.

Now looking at this official in his early forties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he is indeed the image of a good official. However, there was a scar on the brim of the hat on his forehead, which destroyed a lot of his Confucianism.

Finding Lin Haoran's gaze on his forehead, Tang Buyuan was stunned at first, and then smiled: "When I came to take up my post, I met a group of bandits, and I left them for those bandits. ”

As soon as the words fell, the drunk Suixi Zhixian slapped the table, and immediately scolded: "The thieves deserve to die!" When I took office, I also met a gang of people who were stripped of their clothes, and I almost came to work bare-bottomed! ”

This past is no secret, everyone smiled, and they all paid attention to Lin Haoran's reaction.

Lin Haoran could blame this straightforward magistrate, and shouted at everyone to continue drinking. It's just that this banquet can't really be drunk, and everyone began to control it, and then they dispersed.

"Brother!"

walked out of the flower hall, but saw that the tiger girl was already standing in the courtyard waiting for him, her face was red. There was a betel nut stuffed in his mouth, chewing with relish, and his teeth looked bright red.

"Tiger girl, why do you like to eat this kind of thing?" Lin Haoran watched the white teeth turn bright red, so he frowned and said.

"Brother, this betel nut is so interesting, you will know it if you try it!" Hu Niu was like a salesman, handing him half a piece of betel nut and a stacked leaf seriously.

Lin Haoran looked up and saw that Ali and Wu Daoxing were also eating, and took the betel nut with suspicion, the skin was green and the flesh was yellow, and there were small seeds in the flesh, but it was not clear what kind of leaves were stacked.

"Brother, put the leaves in your mouth together, and chew hard, like me!" The tiger girl chewed the betel nut vigorously and instructed very seriously.

Lin Haoran hesitated for a moment, and then put the betel nut and leaves into his mouth.

Facing the tiger girl's hopeful gaze, she chewed a few times, and her brows furrowed slightly. There was no sweet or fragrant smell at all, and when I was about to vomit it, I found that my chest was hot, my forehead began to sweat, and my head also felt dizzy.

"Yes! It's funny, I didn't find this thing last time I came, I don't know if it's not cooked yet! The tiger girl looked at Lin Haoran's response, and raised her face very proudly.

Lin Haoran found that this thing was actually not delicious, but chewing it had a stimulant-like effect, which would make the body heat up, sweat on the forehead, and the whole person looked excited.

When he was in Denbaigang last year, he actually noticed this commodity.

This betel nut is a local specialty of Leizhou and Qiongzhou, which is not only loved by the locals, but also sold to the outside world. It's just that now the main market is not in Jiangsu, Zhejiang or Guangzhou, and most of the betel nuts are sold to Jiaozhi.

It's just that now if you want to use betel nut to open the European market, I'm afraid it's very difficult, and it doesn't seem to have any trouble.

"Alright, let's visit our new home first!" Lin Haoran didn't praise it, and took the tiger girl's little hand.

"Okay!" The tiger girl looked very happy, and walked towards the lobby together.

Ali, Wu Daoxing and the others all seemed very interested, and followed their brothers and sisters in, also wanting to witness the face of this mansion.

Behind the screen in the lobby is the Yin Gong Gate, from which you enter a small courtyard, and in front of it is the second hall, which is similar in specification to the lobby, which is a place to deal with general civil cases.

A group of people entered through the door behind the second hall, and it was the third hall. Compared with the lobby, Santang is relatively small in size and is a place to deal with some private cases.

The courtyard of Santang is much larger, and it already belongs to the inner residence of the prefect, so ordinary people cannot enter it at will.

The west side of the three halls is the study room, and the east side is the signing room. Compared with the prefect's office, the government decree is issued from this room, which is the core of the prefect's office.

Behind the three halls is the four halls, also known as the upper room, the place is very large, and the prefect and his family live here. And the courtyard at the back is twice as large as the backyard of the Wu Mansion.