[Comprehensive] Code of conduct for famous ministers

Before Zhao Sheng arrived, Yan Xiubai was worrying about money. Chen Sheng County was so poor that he couldn’t even pay the salaries of the subordinates. On the first day he took office, he wrote a note and asked for money from his superiors, but Far water can't save near fire, he is in urgent need of manpower, where will manpower come from?Naturally, money is required.

I didn't hear Zhao Sheng say that the only master in the county government quit working because he didn't have money to work for free.

Although Yan Xiubai reached out to ask for money from above, he also knew that the money could not come down so easily. He might have to go through all the wrangling, delay, and evasion in the officialdom. He didn't give up all his hopes. Put it on the boss's dedication to duty.

He would like to take it himself, but the problem is that he is also a poor man now.

He was not poor in the past. Although the disciples of the Changge Sect did not spend a lot of money like the Hidden Sword Villa, the disciples of the Changge Sect were not short of money. Who gave them a master who was very good at making money and doing business? !

Moreover, to be honest, in the eyes of Changge's disciples, the group of golden little yellow chickens in Tibetan Sword Villa are the standard local tyrants.

Yan Xiubai grew up in Changgemen and was deeply influenced by it. Although he didn't show it on the surface, he did have the kind of integrity that treats money like dung in his bones. It is also for this reason that he came to this world After that, I really didn't have any business in money.

Basically, you spend all your salary when you get your salary. When you have money, you spend it lavishly.

In fact, his life was quite depraved.

Yan Xiubai didn't think there was anything bad about the previous days, and of course, he didn't think so now, until Lin Shiyin knew about his plight, and gave him all the jewelry, gold and silver that he brought from Li Yuan.

Qingjun's face turned red all of a sudden, Yan Xiubai jumped up as if his butt was scalded by fire, he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, no, how can I use your money! Originally, you were responsible for all the expenses of the family. I’m ashamed, now even if you have to pay this money, wouldn’t it make me feel ashamed to death, what a gentleman does and what he doesn’t, Miss Lin quickly take it back, otherwise my conscience will be at ease..."

Yan Xiubai was so irritated that he even showed his chatty nature.

But all his words were blocked by Lin Shiyin's sentence "This is not for you, it is for the people of Chensheng County".

Yan Xiubai suddenly felt that Lin Shiyin, who was a commoner and had a tough attitude, was much more pleasing to the eye than the beautiful and melancholy lady in Li Yuan. He wanted to draw a picture for her...

It was at this time that Zhao Sheng came in. He first saluted Yan Xiubai, and then looked at Lin Shiyin, not sure what to call her for a while.

Everyone in the county government knew that when the county magistrate took office, he brought two people with him, but one child was not his biological son. After all, one was named Yan and the other was Ji, and the woman was not his wife. The attitude towards the two is not like that of a servant.

It is very easy to address Ji Tang, and they are always called young master. After all, even if the surname is not Yan, he is also from Yan Xiubai's family, but it is troublesome to address Lin Shiyin. A couple who are neither husband and wife nor brother and sister live under the same roof, especially for For the Ming Dynasty, a place where the defense between men and women was particularly strict, with the current relationship between Yan Xiubai and Lin Shiyin, one will be criticized if they don't get it right.

This is also the biggest reason why Lin Shiyin has been wearing men's clothes and has not changed back to women's clothes.

But this is definitely not a long-term solution.

Yan Xiubai changed his mind, and said directly: "This is my biological sister, but my family's situation is a bit special, I take my father's surname, and Shiyin takes my mother's surname."

Lin Shiyin was very surprised, but she was smart enough not to show it on her face. After thinking about it for a while, she understood the real reason why the other party would tell this lie.

She doesn't object, sometimes a lie can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Suddenly, Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, and called out "Miss Lin."

Lin Shiyin blessed Fushen and left soon. She has to go back to supervise Ji Tang's homework.

There was a teacher as strict as Yan Xiubai who couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes. He had lost a lot of weight these days.

When the people left, Zhao Sheng quickly explained his purpose of coming, "I have already sent someone to notify the people that your lord wants to meet, and they will gather in Qijiawan. It depends on the day your lord has time."

"Qijiawan? Where is that?" Yan Xiubai was a little puzzled, "Why didn't you come directly to the county?"

Zhao Sheng, who has always been straightforward, was rarely embarrassed. He hesitated for a long time before he uttered a vague sentence, "The goal of coming to the county is too big. Those people are not regular troops and have no establishment... ..”

Yan Xiubai immediately understood that the imperial court was very strict in controlling the military system. Although Zhao Sheng was paid by the emperor as a fast catcher, he was a petty official without rank. 100-man militia.

The situation in Chen Sheng County is special. Although he did this to benefit the people, he took a great risk. If he met someone who was reasonable, he would praise him for his dedication to his duty. I'm afraid that the sentence of raising private soldiers will be pinned on him for his ulterior motives.

No wonder he was so cautious.

Yan Xiubai sighed, fortunately he is a reasonable boss.

After praising him without hesitation, and dispelling the anxiety in his heart, Yan Xiubai discussed the time with him, and then handed him the notice that had been written long ago.

"This is a recruitment notice. You posted it at the gate of the county government office. Only ten people are recruited. The requirements must be those who have achieved fame, at least they must be a scholar and understand some financial matters. You are a local. You should know most of them, check them carefully, the most important thing is to have a clean family background and a good character."

Zhao Sheng took the ink-stained notice, he didn't leave immediately, but hesitated for a while.

He is not a scheming person, the expression is written on his face, Yan Xiubai can see it naturally, he patted the other person's shoulder with a smile, and said: "Don't worry, there is still some money, tell them, two or two a month For the salary of silver coins, the person I choose can advance half of the first day of work."

One person is two taels, ten people is 20 taels of silver, Zhao Sheng has been in charge of the county government for more than half a year, and he knows the money situation best, let alone 20 taels, even if the whole yamen scrapes together ten taels of silver, it may not be able to get it out. For a while, he didn't know where the money came from, and he became excited when he saw Yan Xiubai's expression.

Yan Xiubai smiled calmly, "Don't thank me, my lord, I am also a poor man, if you want to thank, please thank Shiyin."

Zhao Sheng was surprised, and after the surprise, he was in awe.

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Lin Shiyin felt a little strange, Zhao Sheng was no stranger to her, he was Yan Xiubai's most trusted assistant, and she would often come to the backyard to discuss matters with him.

She doesn't meet him many times, she just nods every time as a greeting, she doesn't even say a few words, but in the past few days, for some reason, maybe she has become sensitive, she always feels the way the other party looks at her Different from usual, with respect?

Such doubts swirled in her mind and then dissipated. She is not a person who gets to the bottom of things. Some things she doesn't understand and she doesn't think about them. Compared with this, she cares more about another thing.

Yan Xiubai had told her about his trip to Qijiawan the night before that it was an inspection. According to Yan Xiubai, as a magistrate, he should not only learn about the customs of this place on paper, but also in person. Go see it and feel it.

What he said made sense, but Lin Shiyin always felt that this was an excuse for him to sneak out for a stroll, after all, the three of them had never seriously gone out to see this place in the past month since they came here.

With this thought, she couldn't sit still. The most important thing was Ji Tang. Since he was tuned and taught by Yan Xiubai, a child who was originally cute and naughty and playful, was forced to be framed in the study.

Reading and practicing calligraphy and martial arts have already taken up most of his time every day, but in addition to these, he also spends half an hour learning piano and painting, and another half hour playing chess before going to bed. It doesn't seem like a joke.

But in this way, Ji Tang really worked hard, Yan Xiubai had high demands, and it was not enough if he could not meet the requirements set by him, Lin Shiyin felt really distressed watching it.

Ji Tang is considered a good student, he is smart and conscientious, and has a strong temper, but no matter how strong he is, he is still just a child, and it is inevitable that there will be times when he can't sit still.

Of course, this coquetry only dared to face Lin Shiyin, not Yan Xiubai. It was fine on weekdays, but Yan Xiubai was definitely a strict teacher in homework.

Lin Shiyin's heart was soft, and she didn't want a child to become a bookworm, so she suggested to Yan Xiubai to let them go out for a walk. After all, they have been here for more than a month, and it's not good to stay in this yard all day.

Yan Xiubai thought about it, and readily agreed.

Qijiawan is not far from Chensheng County. It takes two hours to walk and an hour to ride in a carriage. Because it is near the sea, the people in Qijiawan live by fishing, and because it is near the sea, Every time pirates and pirates attacked, Qijiawan was the first to suffer. Slowly, there were only more than 30 scattered households in the whole village.

Maybe it was the first time I saw the sea, and Ji Tang jumped up and down just hearing the sound of the waves crashing far away, and kept looking out of the car with his little head.

Seeing this, Yan Xiubai laughed slowly. He asked people to stop the car, put Lin Shiyin and Ji Tang down, then called another yamen servant to follow, said "I'll pick you up later" before leaving.

Ji Tang cheered, turned and ran, Lin Shiyin shook her head helplessly.

Zhao Sheng looked like a tall and thick guy, but he was actually careful, which can be seen from the fact that he hid the meeting place so closely.

The carriage did not stop at Qijiawan, but turned several turns. Yan Xiubai, who was sitting in the carriage, had no sense of direction, so he stopped.

It was a small grove, growing well and lush, and the sound of the waves could be heard in the distance.

Dozens of people stood neatly in the forest, without a uniform uniform, wearing short jackets of various colors, which really hurt the eyes at first glance.

No one spoke, and the grove was quiet, only a pair of eyes looked at Yan Xiubai with curiosity or awe.

Zhao Sheng handed the roster to Yan Xiubai, and said: "Everyone, including me, a total of 86 people are all here, sir."

Yan Xiubai closed the roster and carefully looked around these people. As he guessed, this does not look like a well-trained army. In fact, they are really not, just a group of militiamen, but Not as bad as he imagined.

At least they still have the most basic discipline. It seems that Zhao Shenghua has really put a lot of thought into it, but he lacks some formal training and weapons!

Let's not mention the specific source of the weapon. First of all, it requires money. Thinking of this, Yan Xiubai has a headache.

He really didn't expect that he would have a day when he would get into the eyes of money!

"My surname is Yan, and I am the newly appointed magistrate of Chen Sheng County." Yan Xiubai coughed lightly, and made an opening remark with his self-introduction, "I heard Zhao Butou talk about you, and you are all my good sons in Chen Sheng County , stood up when my family and country were in danger, resisted the Japanese and expelled the bandits, and had extraordinary courage. With you people, Chen Sheng is safe. So I came to see you today just to ask a question, you can be enrolled in the military and continue to protect me Chen Sheng County?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was extremely surprised, even Zhao Sheng was no exception, they stared at him with wide eyes.

Yan Xiubai smiled slightly, and continued: "Zhao Butou led you to work hard before, whether you want to join the army or not, you can get a reward money, and those who join the army can get a tael of silver as a military salary."

If it was just a surprise, then the yellow and white thing that was directly promised now has everyone tempted. Whoever does not love money, and if he joins the military, he is not an ordinary citizen, and his status is half high. More importantly, There is a military member in the family, and even the tax can be reduced by [-]%. With so many benefits, it is strange not to agree.

Yan Xiubai nodded in satisfaction. Although it hurts a bit, for him who is new here, money can buy people's hearts better.

Yan Xiubai has no airs, and he will not separate himself from them. It is easy to arouse the favor of others. After all, they are all simple rural men. It is quite easy to recover, but true respect and recognition need time.

During lunch, Yan Xiubai didn't go back to find Lin Shiyin and the others, but ate with these guys. Eating, drinking, and fighting are the best ways to increase affection among men. Although the last one is not there yet, the first two are still quite easy of.

Yan Xiubai didn't know anything about military affairs, and all his knowledge about it was limited to reading a few books and talking about military affairs on paper. He just recorded some training methods that he thought were useful, and then handed them over to Zhao Sheng.

Today's affairs generally went smoothly, but when Yan Xiubai ordered them to report to the county government tomorrow, and then waved his hand to announce the dissolution, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

He looked up suddenly, and saw countless birds soaring into the sky, thick smoke billowing, mixed with bright flames, full of ominousness.

The sound of sea impact was carried by the wind, vaguely accompanied by the sound of brutal fighting.

This scene was not only seen by him, but also by others. Someone gasped and said in horror: "Then, isn't that the direction of Qijiawan?"

"Mother—" someone screamed, let go of his feet and rushed forward.

In an instant flashed a menacing spirit in his dark eyes, Yan Xiubai had changed from his amiable and lazy attitude just now, his whole body was like a sword about to be unsheathed, he just told Zhao Sheng, "Take these people and come as soon as possible—— "Before he finished speaking, a person beside him seemed to be frightened, and he staggered and fell on him.

murderous look!

Yan Xiubai's movements were faster than his brain. He grabbed and twisted the hand that was originally intended to help the person, and with a click, he had already removed the other person's arm.

The gleaming dagger lost control and fell to the ground.

This scene seemed extremely dangerous, and Zhao Sheng's back was covered with cold sweat in an instant, and the tall and thick man trembled uncontrollably.

Yan Xiubai tapped the man's acupoints and threw the man to the ground, "Two people will watch over him, absolutely don't let him die, the others should hurry to Qijiawan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was already a foot away.

Zhao Sheng trembled again, and he roared: "Why are you still standing there! Do as your lord ordered! Others follow me!!"

Looking forward with sharp tiger eyes, Yan Xiubai's figure was completely out of sight. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead nervously while running.

He never expected that the county magistrate, who looked like a gentleman and scholar, turned out to be a master of martial arts. This new magistrate was definitely not a simple person.

Of course, for him, this is not the most important thing now. The most important thing is that the county magistrate was assassinated, and the murderer was one of the militiamen he formed and personally introduced to him.

If one fails, he may be charged with the crime of "cooperating with an assassin to assassinate a court official".

He can only pray now, hoping that the adults can see his innocence for the sake of his help these days.

It was the only thing he could hope for.

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Lin Shiyin didn't even see clearly how this disaster came about.

Like Ji Tang, it was the first time for her to see the sea, and she was shocked by the turbulent scene. Only in front of the vast and boundless miracle did she truly realize how small she is.

Lin Shiyin and Ji Tang, one beautiful and the other cute, accompanied by an official, looked different from ordinary people, and the villagers looked at them curiously and in awe.

Fortunately, Lin Shiyin is easy-going, and Ji Tang is mischievous in line with his age. He quickly warmed up with others. They also learned how to weave fishing nets and had a meal at other people's homes.

And the robbers came after lunch.

When the surrounding area was burning, thick smoke was billowing, Lin Shiyin coughed and searched for Ji Tang's trace.

She regretted it very, very much. She should have let him stay by her side just now and not let him leave. If something happened to him, she would never forgive herself!

"Miss Lin, it's too dangerous here, let's leave first, let's go to the adult meeting and cough cough cough—" This is the anxious persuasion voice of the yamen servant in charge of taking care of them.

Lin Shiyin didn't listen, but said without turning her head: "You go first, I'm looking for Tangtang!" If she couldn't find the child, how could she leave!

There were cries and shouts everywhere, and the small mountain village, which was still peaceful just now, fell into hell in an instant.

Lin Shiyin had never seen such a tragic scene since she was a child. To be honest, if she hadn't been supported by the idea of ​​finding Ji Tang, she would have turned around and ran away.

The young lady who was pampered in her boudoir was hit by an unprecedented shock.

Suddenly, she was pulled back severely by someone, avoiding a corpse that fell in front of her.

Although the face of the corpse had been burned, Lin Shiyin still recognized the other person's identity from her clothes. It was the aunt who warmly entertained her and Ji Yan just now. The food she cooked was delicious, especially It was the vinegared fish, and Ji Tang ate it very happily. She was still thinking about asking the old lady for advice.

But such a hospitable person has now turned into a corpse...

Lin Shiyin felt that her vision was blurry, and when she touched it with her hand, it was covered with tears.

The yamen servant held his waist knife vigilantly, not daring to take a step away from Lin Shiyin, he almost trembled and said: "How is this possible?! Those gangsters in the wolf village can't kill them in broad daylight even if they eat the guts of a leopard. A village! This is no different from rebellion, how dare the wolf head have such courage!!"

It was useless to say these things at this time, Lin Shiyin gritted her teeth and stepped over the corpse on the ground. She had a knife in her hand at some point, an ordinary throwing knife that was only the length of a palm.

When the ferocious robber came over with a big knife covered in blood, Lin Shiyin was obviously terrified. The tears in her eyes were not even dry, but her eyes were very calm, unprecedentedly calm.

She still clearly remembers what her cousin told her with a smile, "Keep your eyes steady, your mind calm, and your hands steady. When you hold the flying knife in your palm, you don't need to aim, let alone hesitate. Wherever your eyes look, your knife will be right." Where."

Her eyes kept looking at the man's throat, a little blood flowed down, and her throwing knife was already there.

The yamen servant was still holding up the saber in his hand stupidly, and then his eyes widened as he watched the enemy slowly fall down, making a knocking sound.

He opened his mouth and opened his mouth again, he wanted to say something but he couldn't even make his voice out. He watched Miss Lin who needed his protection rushing forward and disappeared in the blink of an eye...

Lin Shiyin had already seen him, the familiar blue gown was sewn by her.

The harsh training these days is not ineffective. Ji Tang was trying his best to resist, but in the end, in order to protect another child, someone slapped him on the back of the head. Lin Shiyin saw with his own eyes that the man held the child under his armpit, and then walked not far away ship......

Lin Shiyin was about to rush over immediately, but was held down by a white and clean hand.

A familiar voice rang in her ears, and she only saw a slender figure from her back.

"Stay, I'll go!"

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