When it was far from the city of Izumo County, the march of the Ming Empire that was slowly marching all the way stopped, and at this moment, the people in the city saw it even more clearly, in addition to those captives who were strung with ropes, there were also two flagpoles erected high, and two people were tied to them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

One is Qi Kang, and the other is Qin Chao.

The two bandit leaders who once ran rampant in Izumo County like no man's land were now hanging on the flagpole, their heads bowed, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

A civil official dressed in the Ming Empire's four-grade cloud goose supplement clothes slowly rode out, behind him, two black-clothed guards guarded left and right, and the three of them walked to the city, the civil official looked at the closed city gate, and then looked up at Xiang Lian above the city, and said sharply: "By the will of the emperor of the Ming Empire, I have come to receive Izumo County City." ”

Xiang Lian sighed silently, staring at Qi Kang on the flagpole in the distance, Qin Chao glanced at him, he was a little worried that these two people would confide in him, he was not worried about his own safety, as long as the Ming Empire was not ready to turn against the Qi State, then he was naturally safe in terms of safety.

On the surface, there will be no problems between the two sides, but if the Ming Empire really gets the confession of Qi Kang and Qin Chao, in private, this will become evidence for the Ming people, but I am afraid that the Qi State will have to pay a certain price for this matter next. And as the host who messed up this matter, when he returned to China, would he still have good fruit to eat?

His career in the sea may end here. Being able to be a closed-door apartment in Chang'an or Luoyang is probably the best end for me.

"Mingle, open the city gate, all the officials, follow me out of the city to welcome the Ming officials." He clenched his fists and hung his head.

Empress Min Ruoxi of the Ming Dynasty did not appear in public, so he was naturally not stupid enough to admit that he knew that she was also in the team.

There was no Lile in the city that was ready to greet it, in Xiang Lian's thoughts, the current Izumo County should be in great chaos because Empress Daming died here, and the Ming officials who came here naturally didn't care about any Lile, but now, the people appeared neatly outside the city, if they didn't even prepare Lile, it would be the face of the Great Qi Kingdom.

The team temporarily brought in from the city naturally couldn't play any high-level ritual music. When the city gate was opened, and the ceremonial music team came out to line up on both sides of the city gate, and although they worked hard but really did not have any level of ceremonial music, they even turned to themselves, and their faces were a little hot.

In the distance, Yang Zhi, who was still stained with blood on his armor, snorted coldly and ordered: "Come on, beat the war drums, blow the horns, and sing the war song." ”

The sound of war drums sounded, and the long horn returned to Fan, and Xiang Lian was taken aback, thinking that the Ming army would not give up and would come to ask for an explanation, if it really wanted to fight, with a small number of troops in Izumo County now, it was really vulnerable. The high-spirited sound of war songs sounded in the next moment, accompanied by the sound of war drums and horns, completely suppressing the somewhat scattered sound of ritual music here.

"The Izumo County of the Great Qi Empire guards the Xianglian, and on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qi, I will hand over Izumo County to you." Xiang Lian walked out of the city gate and bowed to the embarrassed Ming official who was still riding on a horse outside the city.

"Xiaguan Geng's future." The official of the Ming Kingdom sat on the horse, arched his hand casually, and looked at Xiang Lian's eyes full of disdain, "Lord Xiang, let's stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go to the government to hand over, you should be this Izumo county guard, but you really don't deserve it, take a look, take a look." His hand was not pointed behind him, "The bandits are rampant, and they dare to attack the officials in groups, they are really impatient." But then again, bandits are rampant, which also shows that you are really incompetent as an official, and in our Daming, an official like you should have been imprisoned a long time ago. ”

Xiang Lian was so angry that he fell backwards, a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out, and there was no trace of official self-cultivation and decency. But looking at the two guards beside Geng Qiancheng staring at him, he could only suppress this breath, and said with a dry smile: "Lord Geng is right, the lower officials are indeed a little incompetent, so I have to go back to retire, Lord Geng will take office, and he will naturally return this Izumo County to a Lang Lang Qiankun, and the great rule of Izumo County is not far away." ”

Xiang Lian was originally an ironic remark, but Geng Qiancheng didn't seem to hear it, and said proudly with his head held high: "Lord Xiang's words, the lower officials listen to the ears, borrow the auspicious words of the adults, this official is here, naturally to let the people live and work happily, so that this Izumo County will be clear from now on, and the world will be peaceful." Please! A handful of horses rushed towards the city, the horse's tail swept wildly, almost swept the official hat on Xiang Lian's head, Xiang Lian's nose was crooked with anger, he flicked his sleeves, and wanted to leave like this.

Xiang Lian, who had been preparing to leave for a long time, naturally had already laid the burden skin, and the handover was very smooth, Xiang Lian had a difficult heart, a big seal, a bag of house keys, a shelving of the treasury key case, and a box of household registers and so on to lift the middle of the lobby, and with an arch of both hands, he took the officials of Qi and left, and only those local officials were left in the house, staring at the future of the new county guard Geng who was proud of the hall with big eyes.

Those Daqi officials have a place to go, but they have nowhere to go, and they have to make a living here, so naturally they can't be chic.

Yesterday, the people of Daqi were still in the blink of an eye, and the old hen turned into a duck, which became the people under the rule of the Ming Empire. Although this change has been mentally prepared for a long time, when it really comes, it still makes people feel a little caught off guard and a little at a loss.

With a snap, the shocked wood slapped heavily on the big case, and pulled back the souls of the officials under the hall who flew out of the sky, and everyone looked at the middle of the hall, the freshly baked county guard Geng Qiancheng was already sitting behind the big case, his face was no longer the smug smile he had before, his eyes were round, and he was looking at them solemnly.

"I've seen the Gunjo-sama!" Under the leadership of a few old officials who had seen the world, everyone knelt down at the foot of the hall and saluted Geng Qiancheng.

Geng Qiancheng nodded slightly, but he didn't call them up immediately, but looked at them coldly for a long time, and the officials who knelt down were worried in their hearts, what kind of character is this new county guard, and whether they can still be retained by these old Qi officials, no one has a score in their hearts.

"From today on, you are no longer officials of the Qi State, but my Ming officials." Geng Qiancheng looked at the dozens of officials kneeling in the hall and said slowly.

Officials, officials. Two different words appeared in the ears of these old fritters, and they immediately came to the difference, and they all looked up at Geng Qiancheng in amazement.

"You may not know much about my Ming official system." Geng Qiancheng said: "The entry of officials into the official and the management of officials are modeled after the officials, which is the charter personally formulated by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, so remember, you will also be officials in the future, as for the specific situation, you will slowly understand it in the future, I will not say more." ”

From officials to officials, for these officials, it is as far away as a fish jumping over the dragon gate, and it may not be possible for you to cross the threshold of officials if you are a lifelong official. It is not for nothing that there are officials to officials, but they can only be described as rare.

changed a master, but in one step, from the officials to the officials, the leaders of these officials, all of them were surprised and inexplicable, this is probably the new master's appeasement strategy, after all, the governance of the place, relying on them in the end, the iron-beaten officials and the officials, this is a practice for thousands of years.

"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" Dozens of officials bowed their heads heavily, this time willingly.

"Don't rejoice too soon!" Geng Qiancheng snorted, "Soon, you will understand what you have to bear and what you have to pay after you become officials." I can't guarantee that you people will be able to stay in this office and work with me in a while. ”

"The villain will definitely saddle the horse for the adult, and do everything in his heart." An old official in his early sixties with a wrinkled face said.

Geng Qiancheng looked at everyone with a smile: "You know what Izumo County was like before, and I know it too. I'm sure you guys have an inexplicable relationship with the bandits, and some of you are even entangled with the bandits of the past, am I right? ”

There was a dead silence in the hall suddenly, everyone's faces turned pale, just now this Lord Geng had just sent a big date, but in a blink of an eye, this stuffy stick knocked down, but it also hit everyone's eyes.

Someone who is a little famous in Izumo Prefecture, that one is not inextricably linked to bandits.

"But that's all in the past. From the beginning of today, I broke off with the bandits, and the past happened, and the official did not happen, it was the business of the Qi people, not my Ming Dynasty. But you can all hear clearly, who will dare to do those dirty things in the future, losing office and dismissal is a trivial matter, and if you lose your head, you won't be able to come back. Geng Qiancheng looked at everyone with a sneer: "There will be no more bandits in Izumo County under the rule of the Ming Empire. ”

The people trembled and did not dare to speak.

"Get up!" Geng Qiancheng waved his hand and said: "What should I do, still go back and do something honestly, wait for the summons at any time, these days, stay in the yamen, send a letter to my family, just say that you are fine, don't let them worry." ”

"Thank you for the kindness." The crowd climbed up and bowed in thanks.

"It's just human nature." Geng Qiancheng smiled, "If Izumo County wants to be stable for a long time, it still can't leave you, as long as you do things wholeheartedly and serve the public, the Ming Empire will not treat you badly, but who wants to think about some dirty things like before, that official's knife is also willing to stain blood." ”

Watching those officials come out one after another, Geng Qiancheng felt a little sad, what kind of guys are these! But this Izumo County City can't leave them for the time being, and when everything is settled, they finally have to think of some way to send these guys away one by one.