Zhuo Zhitong was beaten, gritted his teeth and inhaled the cool air, and walked back limpingly, not forgetting to salute Xu Parallel. When I got back to my seat, my ass blossomed, but I couldn't sit down anymore.

Xu Ping sighed and said, "Tan Hu, Zhuo Zhitong has an injury on his body, anyway, his matter has already been said, you take him down, and look for the army to see the injury." ”

Tan Hu promised, went to Zhuo Zhitong, and carried him out of the official hall.

Zhuo Zhitong didn't forget to look back at Xu Ping, confused and didn't know what kind of etiquette he should do.

Tan Hu and Zhuo Zhitong went out, Xu Ping flipped through the booklet, and asked, "Why hasn't Siming Prefecture arrived?" There was no report beforehand. ”

A white-faced young man in his twenties stood up and saluted: "In Xia Huang Chuanping, he is the eldest son of the governor of Siming Prefecture. My father had recently been ill and couldn't get out of bed and walk around, so my younger father came. ”

Xu Ping looked at Huang Chuanping, and said after a while: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, it is beyond the power of manpower, you can come on behalf of your father, and you will not lose the court's courtesy." However, why report it beforehand? ”

Huang Chuanping remembered Zhuo Zhitong's appearance just now, his buttocks tightened, and he hurriedly said: "I came in a hurry, and when I arrived in Qianlong, I only cared about handing over the grain and grass, and I forgot about it for a while." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "It's also filial piety for you to come, it's understandable that young people are not thoughtful, if I beat you, it will seem that I am mean." But the court code must not be sloppy, although corporal punishment is exempted, but you will not be punished lightly, how to warn others? In this way, a fine of fifty pounds of copper will be fined, and it will be paid within a month! ”

Huang Chuanping bowed his head and said: "Thank you for the grace of Shangguan, Xiaguan will definitely hand it over within a month!" ”

"Sit down."

Xu Ping casually commanded and ignored him. Gold and silver are forbidden, and although copper is also forbidden, the people still allow the existence of bronze objects, so the court fines are generally copper. The money has always been more than four catties, and there are more than ten catties of copper in fifty catties, and the copper coins are also mixed with lead and tin.

After dealing with the affairs of Siming Prefecture, there was no other matter, Xu put down the booklet and casually asked about the customs and customs of various states and counties.

All the local officials breathed a sigh of relief, and the scene was much warmer.

After noon, Tan Hu commanded people to set up a feast in the courtyard to entertain everyone. Everyone came from afar, and they paid for food, no matter how much the meal was really unreasonable.

In a corner of the courtyard, Lord Zhuo was lying on a stool, his buttocks cocked high, his pants down to his legs, and a military doctor slowly smeared medicine on the wound.

After a long time, the medicine was finally good, and Lord Zhuo Yu let out a sigh, touched the wound, took a breath and lifted his pants, and sighed: "Why am I so miserable?" It's just that the rice was handed over a while late, and it was beaten by this board! ”

The military doctor said while packing up his things: "This is to give you a long memory, and in the future, you must do everything on time for the things ordered by the lifting division, otherwise your ass will suffer." ”

Lord Zhuo shook his head: "The rice was not handed over, it was my own negligence, but I can't complain about Shangguan." Just for eighty paddies, I suffered twenty boards, but it was not worth it. ”

"You still don't think it's worth it? The medicine I gave you just now is worth more than your eighty catties of rice! This deal is really a loss for the promotion division! ”

Listening to the words of the military doctor, Zhuo Yu said curiously: "How could Shangguan do this loss-making business? Just to spank my ass and bloom? Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to fine me a few dozen catties of rice! ”

The military doctor shook his head: "You are a fool, the military envoy didn't say it clearly, Chu Gong Bao Mao, things are light and courteous." I beat you not for those dozens of catties of rice, but because you violated the decree of the lifting division! ”

Lord Zhuo was puzzled: "What is Chugong Baomao?" ”

"This is talking about the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, when the Duke of Qi Huan dominated the world and wanted to destroy Chu-"

"What is Qi Huan Gong? When is the Eastern Zhou Dynasty? ”

The military doctor was dumbfounded by Lord Zhuo's question, and he didn't say anything for a long time, and finally sighed deeply: "That's it, why do you ask so much." You just have to remember that Shangguan beat you because you didn't take the promotion division seriously. From now on, you must take the things that the lifting department tells you to heart! ”

"Why don't I take the lifting division seriously? I asked for eighty pounds of rice, and I carried it from home. You don't know how difficult it is to carry rice on our backs because we are all mountains. Poor I still didn't hold on! ”

Speaking of this, Lord Zhuo couldn't help but shed two lines of sad tears. I've finally walked halfway, why don't I grit my teeth and go back to the end? This board is really wronged.

Seeing that Lord Zhuo was entangled, the military doctor shook his head impatiently: "Anyway, as long as you remember, you don't discount the things ordered by the promotion division, and you will never suffer a loss." ”

When the wine and food came up, Xu Ping raised his glass and toasted the wine, accompanied him to drink three rounds, and then turned back to the back office to rest. He drank a mediocre amount, and it was no good to drink more on such occasions.

When all the local officials saw Xu Ping leaving, they all went to the stone that pressed on their hearts, and let go of eating and drinking. Only Xiao Yanei in Shangsizhou sat on the side and was desolate and desolate, and no one came to comfort him.

When Cao Keming raised Xitong that year, he also recruited a local official, although he also moved the killing ring at that time and beheaded a person who refused to participate in the assembly, but on the whole it was still more harmonious than this time. Cao Keming is a big drinker, and he is a military general, so he can talk about it with these people. When he drank to the drunkenness, Cao Keming even gave his robe and the steel knife he wore to the local officials who drank and feasted, and everyone was grateful to him.

Compared with the two, the local officials respect Cao Keming more than they fear, and they are more afraid of Xu Ping. It's the difference between people, and you can't force anything.

Xu Ping sat in the back office and drank tea, while reading the hand-copied situation of the various local officials. These people finally recruited once, naturally they can't come in vain, and they all require to report to the special personnel on the situation under their rule, such as household registration, territory, wealth, etc., and most of the editions of the promotion department also come in this way.

In the evening, Xu Ping returned to the wine field, said a few words, and everyone dispersed.

The sun set on the top of the mountain, and the whole world became warm.

Everyone dispersed, and Xu Ping stretched out in the sunset. Although I didn't do anything that day, I felt very tired, but fortunately there were no accidents in the end.

In the next two days, there was no arrangement for the lifting division, and the local officials could move freely, visit relatives and friends, or something. These people are not far away, at most only two or three hundred miles away, but due to the inconvenience of transportation, they have not seen each other for several years, so they take this opportunity to strengthen their relationship.

Of course, there are still taboos, such as private secret talks, collusion with each other, and once they are found by the promotion department, they will be blacklisted, and they will be doubled to guard against. Whether the barbarians have this consciousness Xu Ping didn't know, but he had already ordered his soldiers to strengthen patrols in the village, and pay careful attention to this kind of thing. Don't bother them, just write down the names and places and report them.

Three days later, the Lifting Division inspected the soldiers and horses brought, and the gathering was dissolved.

Although it was cold before it started, it was already winter, and it got dark early.

The sun set, Xu Ping had dinner, and sat alone in the back garden reading a book. Although he was born as a jinshi, Xu Ping himself knew that there was still a lack of real talent and learning, so he read books when he had nothing to do, not to mention what he learned from books, at least he read a lot and would not make jokes when talking to people.

Tan Hu stood quietly not far away, hiding in the dark shadows. Xu Ping didn't like that there were always people dangling in front of him, so he developed this habit and became the person in Xu Ping's shadow.

A soldier hurriedly walked in from outside, Tan Hu hurriedly greeted him, and asked in a low voice, "What's so panicked?" Be calm in front of the officials! ”

The soldier said: "There is a person from outside the yamen who wants to see the official, and he doesn't say who he is, how can we let him go?" In the end, he took out the box and said that the officials would naturally meet it when they saw the contents of it. ”

As he spoke, he handed over a small wooden box.

Tan Hu took it, saw that there was a seal on it, and held it heavily in his hand.

Checking it in his hand, Tan Hu said: "Okay, I'll hand it over to the official, you go out and wait." ”

After sending away the guards, Tan Hu came to Xu Ping, handed over the box and said, "Official, a stranger came from outside, and gave the guard this box, saying that the official would naturally meet him when he saw the things inside." ”

Xu Ping looked at the box strangely, but his hand went to pick it up.

Tan Hu took it back, and said: "The identity of the person who came is unknown, I don't know what is inside, or if I open it by the small one, the official just looks at it." ”

Xu Ping nodded and asked Tan Hu to open it. Xu Ping himself doesn't believe much in those conspiracies, this is related to his growth environment in his previous life, and his work is all about dealing with data that is one and two is two, and he is naturally not interested in those careful thoughts, and he can't change it all at once in this life.

Tan Hu put the wooden box on the stone table, carefully removed the seal, looked at Xu Ping, and opened the lid with his own body.

Nothing happened, Tan Hu got out of the way, and Xu Ping saw that there was a copper seal in the boxy.

Tan Hu took out the copper seal, looked at it and saw that there was nothing strange, and handed it to Xu Pingdao: "What is this person doing weird?" What do you do with a copper seal in a box? ”

Xu Ping took the copper seal and looked at it carefully.

As an official of the imperial court, Xu Ping is naturally very familiar with the official seal, and he recognizes that this is an official seal, and it is issued to the local officials under Yongzhou, and it has been some years.

After looking at it carefully, Xu Ping said to Tan Hu: "This is the official seal of the governor of Qiyuan Prefecture, and it should have been cast and sent by the Taizong Dynasty." There's nothing unsightly about this, why are people so mysterious and secretive? ”

Tan Hu thought for a while before saying: "The officials have forgotten, now that Qiyuan Prefecture has fallen into the hands of Guangyuan Prefecture, the person who came is not the descendant of the previous Zhizhou, what is the unspeakable secret?" ”

Xu Ping didn't say anything, just thought secretly.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng, Jiaozhi attacked Qiyuan Prefecture, and after breaking through, he looted it, and he couldn't stay for a long time, so he finally retreated, which can be regarded as a bandit.

After Jiaozhi withdrew from Qiyuan Prefecture, it became a vacuum, and Nong Cunfu, who occupied Guangyuan Prefecture, took advantage of the situation and occupied it. Nong Cunfu was the first to ask the Song Dynasty for land, which was to compare the old practice of Qiyuan Prefecture.

Qiyuan Prefecture surrendered to the Song Dynasty early, but the position there was really awkward, and it was between Jiaozhi and Guangyuan Prefecture, both of which had to be contested. But the power of the Song Dynasty could not extend anywhere, and they could only watch Qiyuan Prefecture be annexed by other forces.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that Qiyuan Prefecture is biased towards the Great Song Dynasty, and only in this way can it maintain its independent status.

Now that someone has brought the official seal of Qiyuan Prefecture, this matter is a bit interesting.