After entering Datong City, Lu Zhen did not rush to the prefect's yamen directly, but first settled Chu Yunrong's second daughter into the pavilion, and let Lin Lie take care of it, and then accompanied by Li Xian and the others, he came to the Datong prefect's yamen to meet his immediate boss Shen Tianxing.

As for Hu Sui, who is actually closer to him, Lu Zhen naturally wants to pay a visit when he arrives, but after all, there is no direct communication between the two sides on official matters, so they can only stay later.

The pattern of this prefect's yamen is not much different from that of the county yamen, and it is also through the eight-character wall, and after entering the gate, it is the lobby, the second hall and other buildings, the only difference is that it occupies a larger area and looks more magnificent. In fact, almost all the yamen of the Ming Dynasty were printed in a mold, which was set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu who obviously had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and his desire to control could cover almost all aspects of the work and life of the government and the people across the country.

In addition to the pattern regulations, many yamen are similar, and the obsolescence of the buildings inside is also the same. Most of these yamen buildings were built when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and it has been almost a hundred years since now, but the officials have no intention of repairing them, so they naturally look old, and even a little dilapidated.

The reason for this is that there is an unspoken rule in the officialdom that officials do not repair their offices. Therefore, there are many reasons why there is such an unwritten rule, but the most important ones are two - the first is that the money for repairing the yamen will make people talk about the indiscriminate use of people's fat and people's ointment by officials. No matter how greedy you are secretly, you will keep a low profile in this regard, otherwise you will be giving someone a handle.

Second, it is because of the mobility of officials. The Ming magistrates served for as little as two or three years or as long as eight or nine years, and during this period they could be transferred elsewhere at any time. However, it will take a long time to repair the yamen, and if you just spend your efforts to repair the yamen, you will have to pat yourself on the ass and leave, isn't that a wedding dress for others?

Therefore, in line with the principle that more things are better than less things, there is such a rule in the Ming officialdom that officials do not repair their offices. Whether it is the affluent Jiangnan or the remote border, almost all the yamen look the same dilapidated.

However, although it looks dilapidated, the rules in the yamen are still strict, especially in border towns like Datong, where the guards are even stricter. Even the guards outside the prefect's yamen were not ordinary officials, but were replaced by energetic soldiers.

Standing in front of Lu Jin at this time were four military men with spears in their hands and standing as straight as javelins. It wasn't until Lu Zhen handed over the prepared official voucher that a few people relaxed and let him in, and as for Li Xian and the others in the back, they could only wait outside the door.

After explaining his intention at the gatehouse, Lu Jincai was led by a handyman to a side hall in the second hall to wait. Although he was ordered by the prefect to come here, the prefect was busy with official business on weekdays, so it was naturally impossible to see him immediately, so he had to report the name and the things to be done first, and then wait for the summons.

Entering the side hall, Lu Zhen saw that there were still a few green-robed officials waiting there to drink tea. Obviously, these people also came to the government office to ask to see the prefect. So he bowed to them, and then picked a chair and sat down.

A forty-year-old official next to him just wanted to ask Lu Jin's identity, when a scribe came over, who had come to ask Lu Jin for his name and official documents as usual. Lu Jin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed over the prepared name thorn. The man looked down, and there was a hint of discoloration on his face: "It turned out to be Lord Lu of Guangling County, who was disrespectful." ”

When the other people heard this name, they also moved slightly, and they looked at Lu Jin's eyes with a little more admiration. Now in terms of who is the most famous in the entire Shanxi, it should be the commander of Lu Jinlu County. In addition to the fact that he led people to block the attack of the Mongols, but also because the news that the imperial court was going to summon him to Beijing had also spread in the officialdom, everyone naturally looked at him differently.

In this regard, Lu Zhen just smiled modestly: "A little false name, not enough to worry about." As he spoke, he handed over the official document in his hand and stuffed a piece of broken silver without a trace.

The scribe took the documents and silver, and when he checked the weight, he found that it weighed four or five coins, and he was overjoyed, and his smile became more and more beautiful: "Lu County's order is a model for us and other officials, and the villain naturally respects it from the heart." And the prefect of my family has mentioned you several times, so I think you will be summoned soon. As he spoke, he bowed slightly, and withdrew.

When the other people saw this, they knew what Lu Zhen had done, and they glanced at the young county magistrate with some surprise, and they were amazed. They have been in officialdom for a long time, and they naturally know this kind of thing, but they can't imagine that a young man who doesn't seem to have much experience and has just made a contribution would know so much, which is really amazing.

They didn't know that Lu Zhen was a time-traveler who had hundreds of years of knowledge more than them, and he knew some of the Taos in the officialdom. As the so-called Hades is good at seeing little ghosts, these scribes look inconspicuous and have no power, but if you don't take care of it, I'm afraid that you, a subordinate official from outside, will have to suffer at their hands.

If nothing else, if a foreign official who asked to see the prefect did not have the help of these scribes to deliver the things in time, he would have to wait in this small hall for several days. And the prefect may not know about this, and then you will have to talk about suffering.

This is certainly a malaise of officialdom, but it is also a helpless move. Who told Emperor Taizu to set a low amount of silver for the officials, if they didn't get money from somewhere else, they would have to drink the northwest wind. Lu Zhen is not a person like Hai Rui who does not eat the fireworks of the world and is stubborn to the end, so he naturally knows how to be flexible and will do some harmless little things according to the situation.

After a little hesitation, the officials came over one after another to talk to Lu Jin. Lu Zhen didn't put on a show, and smiled and exchanged views with these adjutants who were actually inferior to his own county government master book, county officials, and even canonical histories, saying a good meeting, and then being modest.

In this way, time passed slowly, and half an hour passed. At this moment, the scribe walked in. As soon as everyone saw him, the topic they had just started stopped and looked at him with some anticipation, hoping that they could be called to see the prefect.

The scribe came to Lu Zhen with a smile: "Lu County Order, the prefect is invited." Although he was the last to arrive, there is no first-come-first-served rule in this kind of matter, and no one else can express dissatisfaction, who told him to give the most meaning? So, under the rather complicated gaze of a cadre, Lu Jinshi followed the scribe to the second hall outside the public house belonging to the Shen Governor's Mansion.

Soon after the other party went in to report, a stocky official in his forties, with big ears and a ruddy face, greeted him with a smile. Wearing a red official robe on his body and a cloud goose patch on his chest, it is exactly the outfit of a four-rank official. According to the regulations of the official uniform of Ming officials, officials of the fourth rank and above wore red official uniforms, and officials of the fifth rank and below wore blue and green official uniforms. As for the complement on the chest, it is even more varied, the civil official is a bird, the military attache is a beast, the level is different, the embroidery is also different, so some people say that the Ming civil and military officials are a group of "well-dressed beasts".

Lu Zhen didn't expect the prefect to come out, so he hurriedly took a few steps forward, bent down and bowed his hand to his subordinates, and said: "Guangling County ordered Lu Zhen to see Lord Yin. How can the subordinate official He De, even Lord Lao come out to greet him, he is really scared. ”

Seeing him behave like this, the smile on Shen Tianxing's face became a little thicker, this young man is indeed an official who knows things! In fact, he knew that this was a smart person from the fact that Lu Zhen could see him so quickly, and he naturally knew what the people below were doing, but he just didn't say it. After all, many things on weekdays still have to rely on those scribes, they take the opportunity to earn some extra money for themselves, as long as it is not too much, the prefect will naturally turn a blind eye.

"Lu County's order doesn't have to be polite, and come in and talk." After a little help, Shen Tianxing let Lu Zhen into his public room. After the two of them sat down, someone brought two cups of tea. Lu Jin didn't know that this treatment was already extremely high, and ordinary subordinate officials could only stand below to talk when they came to see the prefect, let alone have tea to drink.

After a little greeting, Shen Tianxing smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it's really a good thing that this official wants to meet you Lu Zhixian." I was supposed to see you after the year, but I didn't see you until half a year later. ”

What he said was the last time Lu Zhen should have come here to report on his work. Lu Jin hurriedly apologized and said: "I hope that Lord Yin of the Mansion should not be surprised, it is really that there were villains who wanted to put the lower official to death at that time, and the lower official did not dare to leave Guangling lightly, so this is ......."

"Hmph, the official also knew about this later, those thieves are really bold! Lu County Ling Laocheng, this move is not bad, and this official will not blame you. ”

"Thank you for your understanding of the official's difficulties." Lu Jinxi hurriedly thanked him.

Then the two got to the point, but it was Shen Tianxing who said, and Lu Zhen listened. The former only said that Lu Zhen would rest assured that he would go to Beijing, and he would definitely help take care of the errands in hand, and let him also tell the imperial court more about the financial difficulties in Shanxi now, so that the imperial court could give Datong more silver subsidies to Yunyun.

Lu Zhen naturally responded one by one. In fact, he didn't even know what he could do here, and this kind of thing was just a matter of coping with the promise.

So when Governor Shen asked him what difficulties he had, Lu Jincai asked tentatively: "Xiaguan really has something unclear, and I hope that Lord Yin can solve my doubts." That is, who is the hand of this paper order of the imperial court this time? With a little credit, the lower officials really didn't dare to think that the court would value it so much. ”

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