rebirth first official

Early the next morning, Gao Zhanming, Yinhe and Li Jingruo went to the prefect's mansion together.

In the Taishou's mansion, Liu Rukang was losing his temper, and the table was beating loudly all day long.

"Damn dude! Ge Laozi, you know how to cause me trouble!"

Jia Cheng of the prefect's mansion looked at the poor table sympathetically, thinking that the budget for buying tables in the mansion will increase again this year.However, his thoughts were only distracted by the table for a while, and soon he worried: "Master, if the new governor is really killed by the bandits, how can we explain to the court!"

Liu Rukang patted the table three more times: "I have enough troubles! The government's surplus food will be released in two months, and those sons of bitches in the imperial court don't help me with disaster relief, but even make trouble for me! Lead troops to kill him without leaving a piece of armor!"

Jia Cheng was taken aback, and hurried up to cover Liu Rukang's mouth: "Master, stop shouting, if people listen to it, it will be a crime of treason!"

Liu Rukang was so angry that his nose wasn't his nose and his eyes weren't his eyes. He opened his hand with a look of fearlessness: "The report of the disaster has been handed up three or five times, and the court didn't respond at all. What Gao family, What about the Zhao family, they don’t care about the life and death of the common people if they eat hot food and drink spicy food! What kind of new governor will be sent to Lao Tzu? If he is caught, I will tie him up and send him back to Xiangcheng! We in Jiazhou don't have any people to search for!"

Jiacheng said: "The government's surplus grain is really not enough, why don't we wait for a few months to buy rice grain from merchants and gentry in other states, and then release the grain for disaster relief..."

Liu Rukang said: "How do you collect it? It's not like you don't know the virtues of those bullshit merchants. When the disaster started last year, those damned guys collected all the food at a low price and waited for the country to make money." The official document of the government's grain collection has been released long ago, and the price of grain has been raised by them to twenty times that of the previous year! I charge twice the price, and now, one mouthful of rice soup is not enough for one person!"

Whenever there is a famine, it is often the time when unscrupulous traders get rich.When they discovered the signs of famine, they immediately began to stockpile grain in large quantities. When the people had no rice to eat, they also stockpiled enough grain for several warehouses.If they could spit out all the food, it would be enough for the common people to survive this period of time, but they made the price of food extremely high, and the common people sold their sons and daughters, which was often only enough for a few days of food rations.

Jiacheng sighed again and again: "Oh, misfortunes never come singly. Master, why don't you write a letter to the noble concubine, asking her to beg the emperor to give us more money for disaster relief..."

Liu Rukang slapped the table hard again, only to hear a bang, and the poor wooden table fell to the ground and died.He said: "Do you think I didn't write it? She told me to find a way to support myself, don't give papers to the court again, so as not to make me look useless and unable to keep the black hat. The people in the Gao family are all bastards. How much do you think the old Zhao family has?" A good one? They're all the same way!"

Just as he was talking, someone outside suddenly came to announce that Gao Zhanming had come again.

Liu Rukang waved his hands impatiently: "Leave him alone, I don't have time to serve him!"

Jia Cheng withdrew.

Not long after, Jia Cheng came back and reported to Liu Rukang: "Master, Gao Zhanming brought an extra person this time."

Liu Rukang said angrily, "Which bastard did you bring?"

Jiacheng said: "I haven't seen this servant before. He has a very familiar face and an accent. He is not from Jiazhou, but from the capital."

Liu Rukang frowned: "He came from the capital? Didn't he say that Gao only brought one servant?"

"It doesn't look like a servant, but a young master." Jiacheng leaned closer to Liu Rukang's ear and whispered, "I heard people say that the high judge has been sharing the same bed with that young master when he enters and rides with him when he leaves. The people below are spreading... saying that the man is Gao Sansi's... Mian Shou..." (Note: Mian Shou is a male favorite)

Liu Rukang almost spit out a mouthful of water: "What? Mian Shou?!"

In Shu, masculinity was very popular, and many officials and gentry kept young and beautiful servants as their faces.

Liu Rukang was furious and raised his hand, only to realize that the only table in the room just now had been smashed to pieces by him.He withdrew his hand resentfully: "Ge Laozi, I am very upset, how dare he make a face?! How dare he bring it to my house?! It's the opposite of heaven!"

If Liu Rukang and his family members knew that the "face head" brought by Gao Zhanming was Li Jingruo, the new governor whom they had been asking for all along, they would probably be so frightened that their eyes would drop.

Jia Cheng asked him, "Master, what should we do?"

Liu Rukang said: "I don't have time to control him, let him wait as long as he likes to wait! Don't serve him tea, he will die of thirst!"

It's a pity that Gao Zhanming won't die of thirst this time, he learned to be smart and brought his own water bladder.Not only the water bag, he also brought a lot of things to relieve boredom, which is very leisurely.

The three of them waited for a stick of incense, but they still couldn't wait for Liu Rukang to be summoned, so they spread out the horse tags they carried with them in the yard, and started playing cards contentedly.

A maid passed by the backyard and saw their battle, she couldn't help but look around curiously.

Li Jingruo waved to her with a smile: "Miss, can you move over here?"

Seeing Li Jingruo smiling like a spring breeze, the maid was startled and walked over unconsciously.

Li Jingruo stared at her face with a pair of coquettish eyes and turned around, pleasantly surprised: "Girl, you look so beautiful, are you the wife of this mansion? The eunuch is really lucky."

The maid's face couldn't help but flushed: "My lord, don't make fun of the slave, the slave is just a servant."

Li Jingruo was shocked: "Maidservant? Even the maidservant in the eunuch's mansion looks like this, it's really eye-opening."

Gao Zhanming almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly followed Li Jingruo's words and praised: "I thought that the maids in the palace were beautiful, but I didn't expect Jiazhou to be outstanding. I'm afraid that even the noble concubines in the palace would feel ashamed if they came here. Not as good."

Yinhe is a clumsy person when he sees a girl, he can't say such frivolous words, so he just bowed his head shyly and remained silent.In the eyes of others, it is a silent praise.

The maid bowed her head in shame, twisted her clothes and remained silent.

Li Jingruo said: "Girl, we are planning to play a few rounds of horse tags, but unfortunately one of the three is missing. I wonder if the girl has time to play two rounds with us."

The maidservant was serving the madam, and now that the madam has rested, she happened to have nothing to do.However, she knew that the master did not want to see the guests waiting here, so she hesitated.

Li Jingruo said: "Just play two rounds. If there is a girl to accompany us to relieve our fatigue, it is really a blessing from our three lives."

The maid couldn't resist the temptation of the horse tag, she thought that the master only ordered them not to be served tea and food, but he didn't say that he was not allowed to talk to them and play cards, so she sat down and said, "Just play two games."

Li Jingruo hurriedly said: "Okay. Let's start now."

Liu Rukang didn't know what was going on in the backyard, so he sent everyone out, scratched his head in the study and continued to write notes, asking the imperial court to allocate food and funds to alleviate the disaster in Jiazhou.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Rukang felt thirsty and called out loudly, "Come here!"

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement outside.

Liu Rukang shouted again: "Come here! Where are you?"

Still nobody cares outside.

Liu Rukang had no choice but to stand up and push the door open, only to see that there was no one outside.Jia Cheng rushed over in a hurry: "Master calling for someone?"

Liu Rukang asked inexplicably, "Where are all the servants dead?"

Jia Cheng wiped off his sweat, carefully observing Liu Rukang's expression: "They are all... all in the backyard."

"What?!" Liu Rukang was shocked: "In the backyard? What are you doing in the backyard?"

Jia Cheng's voice became even softer: "Look... look at the cards."

Liu Rukang stared wide-eyed: "What cards are you looking at?"

Jiacheng hummed a few words in the sound of a mosquito, and Liu Rukang said angrily, "Speak up!"

Jia Cheng straightened his back, with an expression of resignation to death, and said loudly: "Madam is playing horse hanging with those three visitors in the backyard, and all the servants in the yard have gone to watch!"

Liu Rukang's jaw almost fell to the ground: "Husband, madam?!"

Everyone in the prefect's mansion knows that although Master Liu Rukang has a violent temper, he is hard-spoken and soft-hearted. He always swears, but he loves others. Li was obeyed by his wife.As time passed, the slaves in the prefect's mansion were spoiled and spoiled. The prefect's wife was the biggest, and the prefect's master could only be the second.

Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo were playing horse hanging with the servants in the backyard. After two rounds of playing, the servants all went to watch.The prefect's wife couldn't find anyone to serve her, so she walked into the yard, her eyes lit up when she saw the horse tag, she repelled the servants and rolled up her sleeves to go into battle in person, and played with people in the backyard.

Liu Rukang stomped his feet anxiously, how could he dare to leave him alone, and hurried over with Jia Cheng.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw the onlookers packed like a bucket, and suddenly there was a burst of cheers, it seemed that someone had won the card.

Li Jingruo took out a pair of pearl earrings from his bosom and handed them to the magistrate's wife, with a perplexed look on his face: "Madam is really good at poker, and Madam wins all the games. I'm about to lose all the things I'm wearing."

The prefect's wife accepted the pearl earrings from Li Jingruo with a smile on her face, and compared them to her ears. Gao Zhanming praised: "Pearls match a beauty, they really are a perfect match."

The eunuch's wife laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, put the pendant in her pocket, and pushed the cards in her hand: "Go on!"

This time when they came to the prefect's mansion, they were much more prepared than before.If Li Jingruo is a good person, I don't know where he found out that the prefect Liu Rukang is notoriously fearful of internal affairs, and the prefect's wife is notoriously fond of playing horse hangers, so they specially brought a pair of horse hang tags and some jewelry. Come on, lose the card on purpose, and really coax the prefect's wife into a smile.

Liu Rukang stomped his feet anxiously: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

When the servants and servants saw the prefect coming, they quickly moved out of the way.

Liu Rukang walked into the crowd, and saw his wife had just touched a good hand of cards, her eyes were shining, and she said anxiously: "Madam!"

The prefect's wife said impatiently, "We'll talk about it after I finish playing this deck."

Liu Rukang was heartbroken: "Ma'am!"

Gao Zhanming pressed down the cards in his hand, and said calmly: "Madam, since the prefect has something to do with you, why don't you finish talking and play again later."

The prefect's wife put down the cards in her hand unhappily, and Liu Rukang quickly pulled his wife up and dragged her out of the crowd.

Liu Rukang said dissatisfiedly: "Madam, why did you fight with them?"

The prefect's wife gave him a blank look: "You said that baby is not good, but I think he is very good. He is not the dude you mentioned at all. I asked him when he was playing cards just now, what did he do in Jiazhou, and he said He is here to deal with practical matters, and wants to solve Jiazhou's current predicament, but it is a pity that he has not been able to see you. If you leave such a person alone, have you lost your composure?"

Liu Rukang stared: "Solve Jiazhou's predicament? Just rely on him?! Ma'am, you've been fooled by their rhetoric!"

The prefect's wife said: "I heard that what the boy said is very reasonable. He has only been in office for a few days, and he has found out the situation in Jiazhou. If he is a playboy, you just leave him in the yard. Angry? Still sticking your hot face to your cold ass? Do you think your ass is made of gold?"

Liu Rukang couldn't laugh or cry: "You have fallen into their trap!"

The prefect's wife said: "I don't care, I think they are good people, you are not allowed to leave them alone, and meet them quickly!"

Liu Rukang lost his temper: "I won't go! I won't talk to those bastards, and I won't give them face."

"Aha!" The prefect's wife was furious, and grabbed Liu Rukang's ear: "How much money is your face worth? Are you going?!"

Afraid of losing face in front of Gao Zhanming and others, Liu Rukang straightened up his back and shouted pretending to be majestic: "Let go, let go, what do you know, woman!"

The prefect's wife was even more angry, and twisted his ears hard: "Well, you dare to kill me! What did you say when you married me?! You said you were good to me all your life, and now you despise me?!"

The people around were not surprised by this scene, and couldn't help snickering.

Liu Rukang suffered so much that the burly man had to bend down to beg for mercy: "Ma'am, Ma'am, I was wrong, you let go, outsiders are watching."

The prefect's wife sneered: "Are you going?"

Liu Rukang had no choice but to respond repeatedly: "I'll go, I'll go right away."

Only then did the prefect's wife let go of her hand in satisfaction.

Liu Rukang glared at Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo who were watching the excitement over there, and said in a low voice, "Madam, you have really been fooled by them." Seeing that his wife was about to get angry again, he quickly pointed at Li Jingruo and said, "Then Gao Zhanming The judge dared to bring his face to the prefect's mansion, and you said he is not a dandy, you are simply defiant!"

"Face the head?!" The prefect's wife was shocked, and looked at Li Jingruo in disbelief, the admiration in her eyes turned into regret.

Hearing the first two words, Li Jingruo was startled, pointing at himself: "Me?"

Yinhe sprayed his saliva on the card table and almost fainted.Gao Zhanming shook his hand, and the horse tag in his hand fell to the ground.

Li Jingruo was only stunned for a moment, and couldn't straighten up with a smile: "Jun Liang, did you hear that they said I was your face, but they really flattered me."

The corner of Gao Zhanming's mouth twitched.

The prefect's wife looked at Li Jingruo in bewilderment, then at her master, and said doubtfully, "But he said that he came here for the first time, and he also got a job to be an official. Could it be that he lied to me?"

"An official?" Liu Rukang was startled, and finally walked towards Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo.

Li Jingruo got up, and clasped fists to Liu Rukang gracefully: "Prefect Liu."

Liu Rukang snorted, and said angrily: "Sure enough, you are really uneducated. When you see this prefect, why don't you worship me?"

Gao Zhanming took a look at Li Jingruo, got up and prepared to bow to Liu Rukang: "It is a great honor for the prefect to finally accept the bow from the official."

Just as Gao Zhanming leaned over, Li Jingruo supported him and said, "Today is not a serious occasion, it's just a meeting of friends, so there is no need to worship."

Gao Zhanming raised his eyebrows and stood still.

Liu Rukang was furious, and slapped the stone table hard. The stone table was no better than the wooden table. He immediately stopped his hands in pain, snorted, and then patted the stone table twice, making up three times: "You bastard!" ..." Regardless of whether Li Jingruo is Gao Zhanming's face-to-face or a new official, he is the biggest prefect in Jiazhou, unless he is the new governor.Can a face-to-face head be given to a judge?It's a joke in the world!

Li Jingruo said: "Prefect Liu, long time no see."

Liu Rukang was startled: "Have you seen me?" He looked Li Jingruo up and down, showing a confused expression, "You do look familiar, where have we met?"

Li Jingruo said with a leisurely smile: "Ten years ago, when Taishou Liu was visiting officials in the capital, I met you once. I was young at that time, only thirteen, and now my appearance has changed. Within reason."

Liu Rukang was startled: "Ten years ago? The capital? A 13-year-old child? I remember..." He frowned and thought about it for a moment, and was shocked, "What? Are you the eldest son of King Yong? You are the new governor?! "

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding discussions stopped instantly, and there was a sound of gasping for air.

Li Jingruo smiled and said nothing.

Liu Rukang was dubious: "Where's your official document?"

Li Jingruo calmly took out an official document from his pocket and handed it to Liu Rukang.

Liu Rukang took the official document, checked it again and again, and was sure it was true, and looked at Li Jingruo up and down, but he couldn't find a mistake, so he had to kneel down reluctantly: "My subordinate Liu Rukang, I have seen the governor."

The ladies and servants in the yard immediately knelt on the ground, and the servants who had played cards with Li Jingruo just now were even more terrified.But just now, Jia Cheng misrepresented that Li Jingruo was Gao Zhanming's face, his legs went limp in fright, and he fell to the ground directly.

It wasn't until Liu Rukang knelt on the ground for a while that Li Jingruo said unhurriedly: "Master Liu, I just said that this is not a serious occasion, but a meeting between friends, there is no need to perform this big ceremony, get up quickly."

Liu Rukang got up from the ground aggrieved.He thought that he had neglected Gao Zhanming the day before yesterday, so Gao Zhanming joined Li Jingruo to have fun with him, and was extremely annoyed.These two dudes, one is a child of the royal family and the other is a child of the Gao family, they are really the same!Not a single good thing!

Liu Rukang said angrily: "Where did Dudu Li go to a few days ago, I asked the next official to find it."

Li Jingruo asked him: "A few days ago, why did you refuse to summon the high judge?"

Liu Rukang rolled his eyes and said bluntly, "The lower official is sick."

Li Jingruo raised his eyebrows: "The governor was also ill a few days ago, thanks to the careful care of the high judge, I have recovered."

Liu Rukang snorted.He naturally didn't believe Li Jingruo's nonsense, but they both had nothing to refute.He scolded Li Jingruo in his heart.He originally wanted to give Gao Zhanming a disqualification, to kill Gao Zhanming's prestige, but Li Jingruo made such a fuss, but he was let down by the new governor, unable to step down in front of the whole government.

Li Jingruo said: "Since we met today, I don't know if Eunuch Liu has time. I would like to ask Eunuch Liu about Jiazhou's current situation. The new high-level judge has just taken office. Eunuch Liu should also give him some advice."

Liu Rukang reluctantly said: "You two, please follow me to the study."

Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo looked at each other and smiled, followed Liu Rukang to the study.

As soon as the three of them left, the prefect's wife looked at the remaining cards under the table, pointed to the three maidservants and said: "You guys play this game with me, I just got the cards, okay? It's wasted!"

So everyone sat down and started playing the horse tag again.

Liu Rukang led Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo into the study, and the three of them sat down. Gao Zhanming saw the unfinished notes on Liu Taishou's desk, and wondered, "Master Taishou, this is..."

Liu Rukang said bluntly: "You are just a judge, it has nothing to do with you, just take care of yourself."

Li Jingruo said: "I don't know what Liu Taishou intends to submit to the imperial court? Is it related to the locust plague in Jiazhou?"

Liu Rukang had no choice but to pick up the notebook and pass it to Li Jingruo to read, and Li Jingruo passed it to Gao Zhanming after reading it.

Liu Rukang truthfully reported the current tragic situation in Jiazhou in the excerpts, asked the imperial court for funding, and said that he asked the emperor to forgive him for repeating this matter.

Gao Zhanming was surprised after seeing it.He used to work in the Hanlin Academy, and the emperor could not finish all the papers from some places, so he would hand them over to the officials of the Imperial Academy for approval. He had read Jiazhou's letter, which downplayed the disaster in Jiazhou, and said that although there was a disaster , but with the control of Jiazhou government itself, it can also survive the disaster smoothly.But looking at Liu Taishou's memorial, he obviously wrote about this matter more than once.

Gao Zhanming asked Liu Rukang: "How many times has the prefect informed the court about the disaster in Jiazhou?"

Liu Rukang replied reluctantly: "From last year's disaster to now, it's already the fifth way! Ge Laozi, those guys don't even accept Laozi's request!"

Gao Zhanming and Liu Rukang were surprised when they spoke so vulgarly, but they didn't say anything.

Gao Zhanming said: "My lord, I just came from the capital. I used to work in the Imperial Academy and served the emperor. As far as I know, the emperor doesn't understand the disaster situation in Jiazhou at all."

Liu Rukang was startled: "I don't understand? How is it possible! Old...I hand out paperwork to the imperial court every two months. Is the emperor sleepy or illiterate?"

Hearing that he dared to speak rudely to the emperor, both Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo were silent, and Li Jingruo burst out laughing and shook his head.

Gao Zhanming said: "My lord, your notebook, maybe someone suppressed it or changed it?"

Liu Rukang was startled, frowned and thought for a moment, then flew into a rage, and patted the table that Jia Chengxin had changed for him three times: "Damn it, I know it! It must be my uncle Zhao Laowangba!" If The emperor couldn't see his papers, and the person who dared to suppress the papers presented by the local government was either from the Gao family or from the Zhao family.For the Gao family, Liu Rukang is the Zhao family's nephew and the power of the Zhao family. They must wish to make the matter bigger and better, and change Liu Rukang's black hat as soon as possible.But for the Zhao family, of course they didn't want problems in the territory under their own jurisdiction, so they suppressed the documents submitted by Jiazhou and let Liu Rukang govern Jiazhou himself.

Gao Zhanming didn't expect that he even scolded the Zhao family, he was quite surprised.Li Jingruo laughed loudly and said, "Prefect Liu still has the same temper as before, it hasn't changed at all."

Liu Rukang snorted disdainfully, as if he didn't care about his comments.

Gao Zhanming said: "My lord, I have been traveling in Jiazhou for the past few days, and I saw that the government has set up designated warehouses to release grain for disaster relief. As long as the poor households can receive the certificate from the government, they can receive the grain. I heard that this law has been implemented for a long time. I don't know how much food the government has left?"

Liu Rukang said: "You are just a judge, what do you care about so much!"

Li Jingruo said: "In my opinion, Gao Junliang's talent to be a judge is a bit of a shame. This governor also wants to know the current situation of Jiazhou Prefecture."

Almost out of breath, Liu Rukang twisted his nose.He understood that Li Jingruo and Gao Zhanming, the two dudes, were in the same gang, but the officials were overwhelmed, so he had no choice but to swallow his breath and said: "There is not much food left, let it last for another two months at most. If the imperial court doesn’t allocate funds, we won’t be able to survive this winter.”

Gao Zhanming asked Liu Rukang: "Then what does your lord plan to do?"

Liu Rukang stared: "What should I do? If I don't give me food, I will go to the capital!"

Li Jingruo said: "I heard that the high judge is planning to do practical things. I wonder if the high judge has a good opinion?"