said that Pan Jitao suddenly came to the mansion to inspect that day, and after Lin Yanchao learned the news, he was also a little unexpected. But Lin Yanchao was not unprepared, although the Jialu River had just been dredged and had not yet reached the time of acceptance by the imperial court, he had already taken precautions, and first instructed the officials below to try to look better in the section close to Kaifeng.

Although Lin Yanchao wanted to be a person like Pan Jitao, he would not come to find his own stubble.

But after he learned the news that Pan Jitao had come to the house, he immediately rushed to the road to greet him, but he didn't know that he was only halfway there, and Pan Jitao turned back and returned, which made Lin Yanchao pounce.

However, I heard afterwards that Pan Jitao did come to inspect the river workers, and I also heard that Pan Jitao was going to dig up his right-hand man Huang Yue, which made Lin Yanchao's sense of Pan Jitao really drop.

Huang Yue is his right-hand man in governing the river, and Pan Jitao actually didn't greet him first, and then poached his own officials, which was too unkind.

Although it is common for officialdom to be seconded, such an act of taking things without asking is simply not following the rules, and he does not take his dignified and four-grade prefect in his eyes.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao said a few words to Pan Jitao. Later, after learning that Pan Jitao did not find out anything wrong with the matter of the river work, Lin Yanchao also put the matter down, thinking about how to arrange Pan Jitao's bad words in front of Shen Shixing in the future.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao didn't know the praise that Pan Jitao gave to the Son of Heaven later.

The first month of the fourteenth year of Wanli.

The sun is rising, this is the New Year, for the people who have worked hard for a year, they should sleep lazily on the kang at home.

But for officials, it's a very busy time.

For officials, the top priority of the New Year is naturally not to accompany their families, and now they are all blocked in front of the Fuya Cross Street in the city of Defufu.

Officials of all sizes in the government came to congratulate them, and on the cross street of the government office, there was an endless stream of carriages and horses, and many officials and subordinates held food boxes in their hands, following behind the carriages and sedan chairs.

The three festivals and two birthdays are the gifts that should be congratulated in the officialdom.

In the officialdom of the Ming and Qing dynasties, bribery became a common practice, and in the first month, officials could openly accept gifts, and the imperial history also turned a blind eye and would not be impeached at this time.

As the prefect of a prefecture, Lin Yanchao is also indispensable to the officialdom's greetings.

In the early morning of the first lunar month, Lin Yanchao got up first, whether he was studying or being an official, he developed the habit of getting up early.

As soon as Lin Yanchao got up, he saw Lin Qianqian, who had changed into a new clothes, bring him a bowl of chicken noodles with eggs and walk into the house.

Lin Yanchao saw that Lin Qianqian had carefully groomed, dressed in a bright red placket with ornamentation, wearing a phoenix hairpin in his hair, and entered with a food table.

Lin Qianqian saw that Lin Yanchao had woken up, and said with a smile: "Is this dress good-looking?" ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "It's a bit like a court official's wife." ”

Lin Qianqian said with disgust: "What does it look like, that's it, okay." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Yes, madam." ”

Lin Qianqian immediately served the steaming egg noodles to the table.

This noodle egg is the custom of Fujian, although people are officials in other places, but Lin Yanchao still follows the habits of his hometown, which is also the advantage of taking office with his wife.

Lin Yanchao looked at a bowl of steaming chicken noodles, and listened to Lin Qianqian say, this noodles are grandfather, and the uncle specially told his family to bring them from his hometown in Fujian, as for the chicken, which was stewed last night, eggs are even more indispensable.

The food on Chinese New Year's Eve is very greasy, and it is also a very warm thing for Lin Yanchao to eat a bowl of delicious chicken noodles cooked by Lin Qianqian on the first day of the new year.

Lin Qianqian sat next to Lin Yanchao, watching him pick up the noodles one by one, and his eyes were so satisfied that they were crooked, like a crescent moon.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Lin Yanchao was warm, and praised Lin Qianqian's cooking skills for a word or two, and Lin Qianqian's face was happy.

At this time, the nurse came up with Xiao Yanchao in her arms to greet Lin Yanchao.

Xiao Yanchao already looked like a tiger, and said a few auspicious words, which amused Lin Yanchao, and Lin Qianqian laughed.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but ask Lin Qianqian: "You taught these words?" ”

Lin Qianqian said proudly: "Of course not, our son is self-taught." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, he was busy with official affairs on weekdays, and he didn't have much effort to teach his son. As for the idea of reading in advance, I don't have this idea.

For example, there were many prodigies among the officials of the dynasty, such as those who read thousand-character essays at the age of three and memorized the Analects at the age of five, Lin Yanchao didn't want to copy it on Xiao Yanchao at all.

And if Lin Yanchao hadn't been 'unforgettable' for himself, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to pass the Xiucai exam by now, let alone be the champion. As for whether 'never forget' will be passed from father to son, I don't know, so Lin Yanchao is also casual, just let Xiao Yanchao study when he is old, there is no need to compare with others.

However, Lin Yanchao suddenly remembered the eldest son of the emperor who was born on the same day as his son, and I am afraid that in two years, this matter of reading will also be raised.

seems to mean that the Son of Heaven said casually at the beginning, and asked Xiao Yanchao to study with the emperor's eldest son.

Then here's the problem!

If the Son of Heaven doesn't let the emperor's eldest son go out of the cabinet to study, then doesn't Xiao Yanchao also want to study?

Otherwise, it would be disobedience!

Your son can be illiterate, but I can't.

Then Lin Yanchao wore a brand-new cotton robe, and then picked up Xiao Yanchao, and the family of three came to the hall.

Everyone greeted Lin Yanchao and them to congratulate the New Year.

Lin Yanchao smiled and asked everyone to be polite, and then Lin Qianqian handed out the silver money wrapped in red paper one by one.

Everyone stepped forward to salute them one by one, and then left with a smile on their faces.

At this time, Lin Yanchao hugged Xiao Yanchao for a while, and Xiao Yanchao wanted to play restlessly. Lin Yanchao also left him alone, and Lin Qianqian instructed the nurse to take good care of him.

After the next person congratulated, Lin Yanchao and Chen Jichuan immediately left the inner house and came to the signing room.

As soon as Lin Yanchao lifted the cotton curtain, he heard the twenty people in the room say loudly: "Dong Weng (teacher) has a good New Year." ”

Lin Yanchao laughed and said, "You will also have a good New Year." ”

Lin Yanchao looked at Tao Wangling, Yuan Keli and other protégés, as well as Qiu Mingshan, Zuo Chuying and other staff members were waiting here.

Since he became the prefect, these people have been working hard with Lin Yanchao for a year.

Lin Yanchao said a few words each, and then handed out the red envelopes. Many of these protégés and staff members are from solid families, and they came to work under Lin Yanchao's curtain, not for money.

In the past, Lin Yanchao did not serve as the prefect, and when he was the official of the seal, he only meant the following.

But now that he is the official sealer, they have worked hard for themselves for a year as a staff member, and they can't be cold on their faces. It doesn't matter whether other people's families have money or not, they can't be wronged by doing things for themselves.

In this red envelope, everyone sealed five taels of silver, plus a year ago, everyone paid three months of curtain gold, and now everyone has more or less a dozen taels of silver.

Everyone had a good year.

After a year of history, Yuan Keli, Tao Wangling and other protégés have taken off a lot of books and become capable, chatting and laughing with Tongji.

Lin Yanchao chatted a few more words in the signing room, and then hurried to the public hall.

By this time the sun had risen.

The sun comes out and shines comfortably.

Lin Yanchao changed into official clothes, and when he came to the public hall, the officials of the sixth room of the government office, the officials of the third class, and the scribes and archers who were not in the establishment stood under the platform from the hall to the platform, and then stood from the platform to the outside of the instrument gate.

The front and back were full of people, who were originally busy congratulating each other, but after Lin Yanchao arrived, everyone calmed down.

The whole hall was silent.

Before this year, the Jialu River project was completed, and there was still a lot of money in the yamen's account, so Lin Yanchao asked the household to settle the salaries owed to the officials for several years at one time.

These are all old debts owed by the prefect since he took office, and Lin Yanchao swiped his pen and settled all the money together.

Let all the officials in the government have a fat year.

When Fu Zhiyuan was appointed as the prefect, he strictly restrained the officials below and prevented them from squeezing oil and water from the common people. And after Lin Yanchao became the prefect, it was another routine, using women as men, men as officials, and officials as donkeys.

Many officials who were originally fat and big-bellied, after going to the mountains and going to the countryside for more than half a year, ran the construction site, and lost weight on their stomachs, arms and thighs, and several pairs of official boots were worn out.

For the officials of the government, the prefects before and after are very uncomfortable and extremely difficult to serve.

But unlike Fu Zhiyuan, Lin Yanchao not only did not owe this year's officials, but also settled the previous years' debts, which made the officials of this government feel that although this lord sent people ruthlessly, he was still very generous in giving money.

The officials of the government first had six rooms, and then three shifts, and each of them congratulated Lin Yanchao in turn.

After receiving the congratulations, Lin Yanchao did not treat his subordinates badly, and left them to eat lunch in the yamen at the moment. Lin Yanchao instructed the kitchen to cook dozens of tables, and the table was eight dishes and two soups, both meat and vegetarian, which could be regarded as a good treat.

In addition to having wine and food to eat, each official was also asked to take a pound of white noodles home.

After the visit, the six-room secretary and the third-class catcher talked to Lin Yanchao in the back hall.

For the prefect, the six-room priest is equivalent to the emperor's for the six books. A priest is a clerk who has no merit, but he has great power.

After Lin Yanchao was appointed as the prefect, he dismissed several incompetent officials, such as the household secretary who changed two before and after.

Now several officials can be said to be Lin Yanchao's henchmen.

So this visit to them is very respectful.

Unlike the subordinates, they all had rituals for Lin Yanchao.

These officials have been by Lin Yanchao's side for a period of time, and they have long figured out what gifts Lin Yanchao will accept and what gifts he will not accept. They knew that it was generally not too expensive gifts, and Lin Yanchao would not return them.

Therefore, when Lin Yanchao saw the gifts they gave, he put a lot of thought into it, and he was quite satisfied. He couldn't refuse the offer of the people below, so he happily accepted it.

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