After Zhu Ping'an got to know the officials and gentry of Jingnan County in the official pavilion briefly, he walked to the north gate of Wangyue Gate under the guidance of Zhang Changru, the lord Bao Wenyuan and others, and prepared to enter the county seat from the north gate and go to the Chenghuang Temple to worship.

When the magistrate arrives, he first worships the city god, this is the etiquette rule of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ping'an has done his homework, and he is very clear about this.

Chenghuang is one of the eight gods of Confucianism and Zhouguan, and is the god who guards the city in folk and Taoist beliefs, and in the Ming Dynasty, the status of Chenghuang was further improved. After the Hongwu Emperor unified the world, in the first month of the second year, the city god of the city god of the city was named the king, and the city god of Bian, Hao, Jiu, He, Chu and other states of the Hongwu Emperor was also named the prince of Zhengyipin, the city god of other prefectures was named the duke of Zhengerpin, the city god of the state city was named the marquis of Zhengsanpin, and the city god of the county town was named the earl of Zhengsipin.

Jingnan County Chenghuang is the fourth grade of the Ming Dynasty, and the official level is much higher than that of his own seven-grade county.

It is normal for the lower officials to worship the upper officials.

Feudal superstition or something, Zhu Ping'an ignored it, purely to worship the superior as a subordinate status.

"Meet the county magistrate."

When Zhu Ping'an passed by Wangyue Gate, the people around him knelt down and saluted, and looked at Zhu Ping'an with their spare eyes.

"Fathers and fellow villagers are exempt." Zhu Ping'an didn't have a fight, stopped and smiled and nodded back to the people who saluted around, asked them to get up without being polite, and stretched out his hand to help an old man up.

"The county lord, the grass people are from Dayao Village, the grass people are surnamed Yao County Zun lord, I have time to go to our Dayao Village to sit down" The old man who was helped up by Zhu Ping'an was very excited, and his voice trembled a little.

"It turned out to be Yao Lao, okay, when I settle down, I'll go to Da Yao Village to harass Yao Lao." Zhu Ping'an responded with a smile.

After Zhu Ping'an and his entourage walked into the city gate cave and walked away, the people watching the excitement under the city wall of Wangyue Gate instantly gathered to Yao Lao, and when they heard that Yao Lao was surrounded by a group, they couldn't wait to ask one by one.

"Elder Yao, what did Xiexian tell you?"

"It's Alas, what did you talk about with us in Xiexian?"

"Elder Yao, we see that you and the county lord are talking and laughing, what are you talking about?"

Looking at the people who heard him, Old Man Yao straightened his waist, coughed, glared at those beards who shouted Xiexian, and said with a full sense of anger, "What Xiexian, whether there is a system or not, that is the county magistrate, and the parents of the people of Jingnan County." ”

"Yes, yes, what you have taught you is that it is the county master. What did the county magistrate say to you? ”

People want to know what the new magistrate wants to say to Old Man Yao, so what will Old Yao say, they all say yes from the good.

"If you want to say what the county magistrate told me" Yao Lao glanced at everyone, he was very satisfied with everyone's curiosity, stroked his beard, and said with a shuffled brain, "After the county magistrate helped the old man up, the old man invited the magistrate to go to our Dayao Village to sit down." ”

"Huh? Yao Lao, you are really good, dare to invite the county master to go to the village, hehe, you really dare to say, the county master is so expensive, can you go to our dirty and broken village? [How many county magistrates have changed in Jingnan, and which county magistrate has ever been in the village?] Yao Lao, you are still an understanding person in Da Yao Village. ”

When people heard this, they couldn't help laughing, laughing at Yao Lao's whimsical nature, and he dared to invite the county magistrate to the village as a guest.

"If you don't say why the county magistrate didn't help me∫ tell you, after I invited the magistrate, the magistrate happily agreed, saying that he would go to Dayao Village to disturb me when he settled down, the magistrate is polite, what is not disturbing, the magistrate can come, that is condescending to appreciate the face, that is to look up to the old man" Yao Lao glanced at everyone, raised his head, shook his head behind his back and said.

"Really?! It won't be coaxing you, will it?! ”

When people heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned, they didn't believe what Yao Lao said.

"That's still fake!" Yao Lao blew his beard and glared at the questioning person, "The old man sees a lot of people, and the county master is a person who promises a lot of money at a glance." ”

People looked at Zhu Ping'an's distant back and were slightly stunned.

"This new county lord seems to be a little different from the previous ones, at least, quite approachable."

Someone said.

However, it was soon refuted.

"Approachable? Hehe, knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, just based on today's fate, it's too early to make this kind of conclusion, right? It's not that you don't know, some people just pretend, today is his first arrival, and he hasn't handed over yet, pretending to be close to the people, and when he takes over and stands firm, it must be another face. What's the use of being really approachable? Look at it, how young our new county is, and the hair hasn't grown yet, as the saying goes, there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm. If he is a noble son who comes down from a big official's family to gild, where will he care about the life and death of our people; If not, he is so young and looks naïve and unbright, how can he control Jingnan, which is complicated? Can he fight the five major evils of our Jingnan?! Hey, I'd rather have a county lord with no one in his eyes, flying and domineering, but energy."

Someone retorted, sighing.

"Hey, yes, how good is the name of our Jingnan County, I think it was the Han Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, and the general gave our county this name after pacifying the south." Jing' word, peaceful, calm, peaceful, named Jingnan County, meaning 'Jing in the south', to Zhao Jiaxiang. Our Jingnan County is a beautiful land, and the name is full of good wishes, but hey, we Jingnan did not receive good wishes, but was cursed, bleeding and tearing and suffering, especially the five major evils. One harms corrupt officials and evil officials, collusion between officials and bandits, collusion between officials and businessmen, collusion between officials and mines, and fish and meat of the people; Second, the rebellion of the Southern Barbarian Miao tribe caused the people to suffer; The three evils of the bandits, the four of the pirates, and the five of the pirates, all of which are calamities to our people, and all of them make our people shed blood, tears, and suffering. If these five major evils are not eliminated one day, we will not have a good day in Jingnan. However, our new magistrate is too young."

There was a merchant who roamed the streets and alleys, and when he mentioned the five major evils, it immediately resonated with the people.

Looking at the young and short back in the distance, people can't help but put a layer of dark clouds on their hearts.

This magistrate is too small, and his shoulders can't bear the expectations of the people of Jingnan

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Our common people in Jingnan are really miserable.