The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 847 The Governor's Yamen
On the third day of April, in Jing'an Fucheng, the spring rain came quietly.

Outside the governor's office, the stagnant water is like a mirror, reflecting the gloomy sky.

The next moment, the water mirror was crushed to pieces by a foot, and before it returned to a calm water surface, several feet stepped on it.

Four bearers in coir raincoats left the sedan chair outside the gate of the governor's office, and immediately a servant came to the sedan chair curtain with an umbrella.

The curtain was lifted, and an official in a scarlet robe and a black gauze hat came out from inside.

After getting off the sedan chair, the person looked around and found that there were more than a dozen sedan chairs parked outside the yamen.

"I'm afraid I'm late!" the official whispered.

Then he didn't dare to waste time, and hurriedly walked to the governor's yamen.

"Master, umbrella..."

Afraid of wasting time, this official still had the heart to take an umbrella, and entered the governor's yamen while being drenched in the rain.

In the governor's yamen, there were quite a few small officials coming and going. After briefly asking these people about the situation, the official rushed to the second hall.

When he arrived at the place, there were nearly forty chairs on the left and right in the hall, and it was already full of people.

In addition to the high-ranking officials of the second division of feudal lords, the chief officials of various prefectures and counties, and even the guarding eunuchs also came.

Entering the lobby, Hu Yuanjun seemed a little apprehensive, because there were not many vacancies in the room, obviously he was indeed late.

Everyone chatted in low voices first, and Hu Yuanjun was about to find a place to sit down quietly, but he heard someone say: "Huzhi County, pay attention to the time in the future!"

It was Hu Yuanjun's boss Zhang Zhifu who said this.

Hu Yuanjun hooked his waist and said extremely humbly: "I understand, I will pay more attention in the future!"

Zhang Zhifu frowned and said, "Find a seat at the back and sit down!"

"Yes Yes!"

Wiping the fine sweat from his brow, Hu Yuanjun finally went to the back row to find a place to sit down after paying respects to his familiar colleagues.

The Fat Magistrate sitting next to him asked casually, "What's the matter? It took so long to come!"

"It rained suddenly, so I had to go back and prepare rain gear, so I wasted time!"

Fat magistrate leaned over slightly, and said quietly: "It's a good thing the elder Ge hasn't come yet, otherwise you will suffer!"

"I've heard that Mr. Xie Ge came here this time to do something important, but he wanted to kill people first to build his prestige!"

Hearing this, Hu Yuanjun shuddered suddenly.

Looking at the empty main seat in the lobby ahead, Hu Yuanjun felt a burst of rejoicing, secretly thinking that the elder Ge hadn't arrived yet.

Only now did he understand why Zhang Zhifu got angry. It turned out that the situation was much more serious than he thought.

Don't look at Xie Xiaofang in the capital, submissive in front of the emperor, but he is famous in the south, so the officials are extremely afraid of him.

It's just because Xie Xiaofang handled a major case in the south in the past half a year, punishing nearly a hundred wealthy families and many officials.

It was true that the southern officials hated him, and it was true that they feared him.

After taking a few breaths, Hu Yuanjun asked again: "Why is Mr. Ge so late?"

"Two imperial envoys have come this time, and the other has not arrived yet!"

"Could it be the elder Chengge?" Hu Yuanjun asked again.

When Xie Xiaofang went to the south last year, his deputy was Cheng Wenguang, that's why Hu Yuanjun asked this question.

In fact, Cheng Wenguang is also well-known in the south, after all, he is in charge of "supervising work".

The fat magistrate immediately said: "It's not the old Chengge, but a new censor, I heard that he has a weird temper!"

While Hu Yuanjun was thinking, he asked again, "Old Zheng, where did you get so much news?"

Fat magistrate lowered his voice and said, "I, I arrived the day before yesterday, and I have been asking a lot in the past two days!"

Glancing forward twice, he went on to say: "I'm afraid it's not easy to do the errand that I'm going to arrange this time!"

Hu Yuanjun sighed and said, "Do your best!"

In the back hall on the other side, Xie Xiaofang's face was very ugly, because Hu Lizhen has not come back yet.

If it was an ordinary imperial censor, Xie Xiaofang would have already joined in.

It's just that Xie Xiaofang knew that Hu Lizhen was valued by the emperor, so he tolerated it like this.

Xie Xiaofang looked ugly, while Ding Yan, the governor of Jiangxi, was relatively indifferent.

As an old man from the Longyou Palace, Ding Yan knew a lot of inside information about the court, including Xie Xiaofang's mission to Jiangxi.

Although the local clans suffered blows, the gentry were still very powerful, and it was not an easy task to check the land.

This matter depends on local officials to implement it, but can these people really be trusted?

If things go wrong, Ding Yan dare not think about the consequences!

Regardless of whether officials and gentry were afraid of the emperor, these so-called "emperor's confidantes" were actually also afraid of the emperor.

"My lord, I'm back... I'm back!"

Hearing footsteps from outside, Xie Xiaofang glanced towards the door, and saw a small official appearing outside.

"Where is the man?" Ding Yan glared angrily.

I saw someone coming and said: "Reporting to my lord, I just came back and I am changing clothes!"

Huh... have to wait!
A few minutes later, footsteps were heard outside the house again.

"Elder Ge, I am ashamed of my lowly position. I missed the time. Please punish the elder!"

After entering the room, Hu Lizhen hurriedly confessed, only that he was indeed at fault.

"Speaking of discussing matters at noon today, you have been late for half an hour, what's the point?" Xie Xiaofang asked with a cold face.

"I'm guilty of a humble job, please punish me!" Hu Lizhen replied with her waist hooked.

"Punishment? You are not here to be punished for coming to Jiangxi to do business!"

Trying to suppress his anger, Xie Xiaofang asked: "Honestly... what have you found outside these days?"

Anyway, it's already late, so I'm not afraid to delay for a while.

"My lord, I have been away for a few days in a humble position, so I went..."

Hu Lizhen is a real person, when Xie Xiaofang asked about it, he told about what he saw and heard outside.

After talking for seven or eight minutes, Hu Lizhen finally introduced the general situation.

"The people in Jiangxi are all blessed by the emperor, and it is really useful to the people, so we can use the people..."

Before Hu Lizhen finished the last sentence, Xie Xiaofang interrupted: "You mean, if we want to succeed, we can rely on the help of the common people?"

"Exactly!" Hu Lizhen said seriously.

"Ridiculous!" Xie Xiaofang said coldly.

In the general concept of this era, the so-called common people are nothing but slaves, and they are not even considered human beings in the eyes of dignitaries.

Therefore, relying on ordinary people to make things happen is a joke in Xie Xiaofang's eyes, and it is the same in Ding Yan's heart.

"Forget it, it's time to discuss matters!" Xie Xiaofang got up directly.

Hu Lizhen wanted to explain something, but seeing Xie Xiaofang's attitude, he also gave up the idea of ​​continuing to argue.

Next, let's speak with facts!

"Let's go!"

Ding Yan also stood up, and then walked outside.

Ever since, the three of them left the room one after another and walked to the front lobby.

In the lobby, it was still "buzzing" and noisy.

Until the sound of footsteps came from behind the screen, the conversation in the lobby stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes turned to the screen.

The next moment, Xie Xiaofang, the second assistant to the cabinet, appeared, and all the officials at the scene stood up.

Under the leadership of the Chief of the Second Department of Fan and Standards, dozens of officials said in unison: "I have seen Mr. Ge!"

Walking to the back of the big case, Xie Xiaofang sat down directly.

Signaling everyone to sit down, Xie Xiaofang said in a deep voice, "Everyone, long time no see!"

"Elder Ge, the humble ranks are all thinking of you!"

"That's right, Mr. Ge, with you coming over to take charge, the lower ranks have the backbone!"

For a while, there were constant flattering voices in the lobby, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious.

"enough!"

Hearing these two words, everyone immediately received their supernatural powers, bowed and stood ready to listen to the training.

Seeing Xie Xiaofang stand up, he said in a deep voice: "The emperor's decree!"

(End of this chapter)