rebirth first official

Gao Zhanming's strategy not only alleviated the locust plague and famine in Jiazhou, but also the Jiazhou government had no silver and rice, and even the salaries of officials, but because of his strategy, the court got a lot of rice without spending money. Moreover, because of the reduction in food prices, the common people have the ability to buy it by themselves, and the government does not need to release a lot of food for disaster relief. The remaining food and silver are even available for the distribution of salaries.

After the food was distributed that day, Gao Zhanming took Yinhe into the city to inspect the conditions of the people.

He just went out, passed by a house, and was about to pass by, when an old woman rushed out of the house: "Master Gao, slow down, walk slowly!"

Gao Zhanming stopped in doubt.The old woman went back to the house again, and came out again after a while, holding a piece of cured pork leg and stuffing it into Gao Zhanming's hand: "Master Gao, Chinese New Year is almost here, you take this to eat during Chinese New Year!"

Gao Zhanming was stunned, and hurriedly refused: "Thank you, you can keep it for yourself."

"Master Gao, you must accept it! This is the last pig in my family. I planned to sell it, but my wife is pregnant and is about to give birth. We have to eat, so we killed the pig. I thought it would be sure this year. I can’t survive the winter, and if my daughter-in-law doesn’t have enough milk, I can’t support the grandson I’m looking forward to. Thanks to Mr. Gao, the child is born now, and my daughter-in-law has enough milk. My whole family is grateful to Mr. Gao, yes Master Gao saved the lives of our whole family! The rest of the pork leg, Master Gao has to accept whatever he says, it is for my little grandson to accumulate virtue!"

Originally, it was not easy for an official to accept things from ordinary people, but after all, it was the old woman's wish. Gao Zhanming refused to accept it, so she pestered Gao Zhanming not to let him go. Gao Zhanming had no choice but to laugh and said: "OK , thank you very much." Then he handed the pork leg to Yinhe.

Before taking two steps, another old man rushed over, holding a jar of wine and handing it to Gao Zhanming: "Master Gao, this is plum blossom wine made by my daughter-in-law, Mr. Gao, take it home and taste it."

Gao Zhanming also picked it up and thanked him repeatedly.

Before they had time to lift their feet, several common people rushed up and stuffed Gao Zhanming and Yinhe with chicken, duck and fish meat: "Master Gao, this is mine." "Master Gao, you must try my family's food." Chicken!" "Master Gao just caught this fish this morning..." "Master Gao..."

Gao Zhanming took things from one family, and if he didn't take anything else, it would appear that he favored one person over another.Those villagers were very enthusiastic, and Gao Zhanming blocked him if he refused to accept him. Not long after, Yinhe's body was covered with all kinds of things sent by the people, a pig leg was hung on each shoulder, and a A chicken with a bag of tea in its mouth.He couldn't speak, so he could only look at Gao Zhanming pitifully, but another villager rushed up and piled another bag of hot peppers on the thing he was holding in his arms.This is great, his line of sight is blocked by others, and Gao Zhanming can't see his eyes at all.

Gao Zhanming was also full of things in his hands, he didn't dare to go any further, he hurriedly pushed Yinhe out of the crowd, and rushed back to the mansion to hide.

Li Jingruo was reading in the yard, when he saw Gao Zhanming and Yinhe coming back with big bags, he couldn't help but wondered, "Didn't you just go out?"

Gao Zhanming handed the things in his hand to the servants, wiped off his sweat: "I can't get out."

Li Jingruo laughed loudly: "Gao Qingtian, you are really a parent officer."

Gao Zhanming stepped forward and flipped through the book in Li Jingruo's hand, it turned out to be a strategy for governing the army.He couldn't help wondering: "What are you doing looking at this?"

Li Jingruo smiled without saying a word, and pulled Gao Zhanming to sit beside him.

A maid passing by in the yard saw the picture of Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo sitting side by side, so she couldn't help but stop and take a few more glances.Li Jingruo and Gao Zhanming are both beautiful men that are rare to see, and they are different from the white face and red lips of the Jiazhou man. They are the sons of nobles from the north, and they have the tall and handsome men from the north. Similarly, Gao Zhanming is a kind of introverted handsomeness, while Li Jingruo is unrestrained and handsome, and they are both wunderkinds, how can people not admire them.

She was bought into the mansion by Gao Zhanming to serve her at the beginning, since she met the two masters, her heart has also sprouted.It doesn't matter which one it is, as long as she can be accepted as a roommate, it is a blessing she has cultivated all her life.pity……

She pursed her lips, let out a regretful sigh, shook her head and left.It's a pity that both of these guys have broken sleeves, and they are broken together!

After all the servants had left, Gao Zhanming moved closer to Li Jingruo, squinting his eyes to size him up.

Li Jingruo generously let him look at him: "Is it good-looking?"

Gao Zhanming said: "I'm looking at the words on the face of the governor."

Li Jingruo touched his face and raised his eyebrows: "Oh? What word?"

Gao Zhanming pointed to his right cheek: "There is a word written here." Then he pointed to his left cheek, "There is a heart written here."

Li Jingruo laughed loudly: "Jun Liang really has an exquisite heart."

Gao Zhanming didn't expect him to admit it so openly, he was still a little surprised after all.Li Jingruo is also 23 this year, and has just received an official position, which is too late for the royal family's children.Many children surnamed Li were granted titles at the age of sixteen or seventeen, took a high-ranking vacant position, and enjoyed the glory and wealth.However, Li Jingruo traveled all over the country at a young age. Others thought he loved traveling in the mountains and rivers, but after Gao Zhanming got along with him for a long time, he realized that Li Jingruo's mind was not on the mountains and rivers at all—he was interested in the customs and customs of the whole country. He is well aware of the local people's conditions, and the official positions he rejected earlier were all vain positions without real power. Isn't this a letter from the imperial court that he will be the governor, and he will immediately take up the post!I'm afraid that this guy has great ambitions and has accumulated a lot of knowledge. What he shows now is just a corner of the landscape.And his future plan, is to occupy the land as king or...

Li Jingruo closed his eyes comfortably.It is noon now, the winter in Jiazhou is not as cold as in the north, the sun is warm at noon, it is very leisurely.

Gao Zhanming joked, "I don't know what the governor's next ambition is to do?"

Li Jingruo closed his eyes and said leisurely, "Find someone."

Gao Zhanming asked in surprise, "Who?"

"Warm the bed for me." Li Jingruo paused, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, "Or I'll warm his bed."

Gao Zhanming was stunned, his heart beat faster for some reason, and said: "Oh? With the lord Dudu's flair, are you afraid that you won't find it? I'm afraid that people all over the country are rushing to marry their daughter to the lord Dudu."

Li Jingruo smiled and said, "Why don't judge Gao tell me about a marriage?"

Gao Zhanming said, "What kind do you like?"

Li Jingruo said: "What does Master Gao think?"

Gao Zhanming thought about it for a while, but found himself in a difficult situation.What kind of woman is worthy of Li Jingruo?Family background, talent, learning, and appearance are all indispensable. He thought of all the princesses in the palace, but he still couldn't think of one.

Li Jingruo opened his eyes, and looked at Gao Zhanming's pensive side face with great interest: "Gao Judge also thinks that there is no one like me who...is worthy of him?"

The corner of Gao Zhanming's mouth twitched: "With the narcissism of the governor, no one really deserves it."

Li Jingruo laughed loudly: "How does Mr. Gao think of yourself?"

Gao Zhanming said calmly: "No one is worthy of the commander's joke."

Li Jingruo smiled and said nothing.

Gao Zhanming got up and said, "I'm going to see what I'm having for dinner tonight."

Li Jingruo said: "Go."

As soon as Gao Zhanming left, Li Jingruo opened the military book again, and thoughtfully said: "I have already used the strategy of turning against the enemy. Go to the house and pull the ladder? Secretly hide the warehouse? Play hard to get? Which one is better?"

Gao Zhanming hid at home for two days because he was afraid of the enthusiasm of the villagers.Two days later in the morning, Li Jingruo found him and said, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, let's go out and buy some New Year's goods."

Gao Zhanming waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I don't dare to go, as soon as I go out, people will block me, and I can't even escape."

Li Jingruo said: "Isn't that just right?"

Gao Zhanming asked curiously, "Just what?"

Li Jingruo said: "I only said to buy new year's goods, did you say that you need to spend money to buy them?"

Gao Zhanming laughed: "You can't be so petty, can you?"

Li Jingruo smiled and said, "I'm a small tool? I'm making the best use of everything. Have you ever heard of the allusion to throwing a cart full of fruits? I'll change into decent clothes and go out, and you will push the cart behind me to follow. If you can accept it These melons and fruits are also shaded by my demeanor."

Gao Zhanming cupped his hands: "Your Excellency is indeed a clever plan, I admire you."

The two were chatting and laughing when Yinhe ran in in a panic: "Master, it's not good, it's not good!"

Gao Zhanming wondered, "What are you doing in such a panic? Did you run out of water?"

Yinhe shook his head again and again: "The mansion is full of people! The mansion is surrounded!"

Gao Zhanming suddenly stood up and walked out: "What's going on?"

Yinhe and Li Jingruo followed him out.Yinhe said: "I don't even know, there are people kneeling outside!"

Gao Zhanming was surprised: "Kneel? What big case happened?" Could it be that there was an unjust case, and the common people knelt down to beg the government?

Yinhe shook his head again and again.

Gao Zhanming led the people to the gate of the mansion, only to see a few guards firmly blocking the gate, there was a lot of noise outside, and he didn't know what happened.

Gao Zhanming said, "Open the door."

The guards let the gate open, Yinhe said it was right, there was indeed a mass of people kneeling outside.

As soon as Gao Zhanming came out, everyone shouted: "Gao Qingtian!"Gao Zhanming didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What's going on?"

Li Jingruo kicked him from behind, and pointed to a big white-faced man in the crowd.Before Gao Zhanming could take a closer look, he was surrounded by crowds rushing forward.

The common people stuffed the things in their hands into Gao Zhanming's hands one after another, including chicken, duck, fish, cloth clothes and a complete set of horse tags.

"Master Gao, thanks to you, otherwise we wouldn't be able to survive this year!"

"Master Gao, if it weren't for you, my Bao'er's life would be gone!"

"Master Gao..."

"Master Gao..."

And that bold woman jumped up and hugged Gao Zhanming and kissed him forcefully.

Li Jingruo watched from the sidelines, and was about to tease Gao Zhanming, when suddenly an old woman jumped up and hugged Li Jingruo fiercely: "Master Li! Thanks to you for saving the head of my family, the kindness of saving my life will never be forgotten, and the women are willing to do their best for you!"

This old woman was actually the one who stole the chicken in the chicken-stealing lawsuit. Originally, Li Jingruo's two words forced her to tell the truth. The head of the family treated her illness, and after two months, her old head of the family had already recovered and went to the ground!

She hugged Li Jingruo without letting go, and kissed Li Jingruo madly: "Master Li, have you married yet? There is a young daughter in a peasant woman's family, and I would like to be your concubine!"

Gao Zhanming managed to get away from the crowd, and when he saw Li Jingruo's distressed appearance, he burst out laughing.

With great difficulty, Li Jingruo pulled the old woman off his body, pointed at a guard who was in the crowd, and said, "Quickly, quickly pull Master Liu in, and close the door."

Master Liu?Which Master Liu? !Gao Zhanming was startled, stood on tiptoe to look around, and sure enough saw a familiar face kneeling in the crowd.And the reason why he didn't recognize people at a glance was because...

Gao Zhanming hurriedly said loudly to the crowd: "Thank you for your kindness! I appreciate it! Everyone, go back quickly. I still have a case to deal with. If you stop here, it will affect the official business."

After hearing this, everyone hurriedly stuffed the things in their hands on the servants of Gao Zhanming's family. Some of the servants who stood farther away became impatient and threw their things in. Fortunately, Gao Zhanming avoided it quickly and was almost slapped in the face. .

The guards of the mansion squeezed into the crowd, dragged out Liu Rukang who was dizzy, brought him into the mansion, and closed the gate.

The hustle and bustle outside finally subsided, Gao Zhanming heaved a sigh of relief, and laughed at Li Jingruo who kept wiping the saliva on his face: "I didn't expect Brother Li to have today! Look, the bed warmers are all here. Yes, brother Li really wants to come true!"

Li Jingruo gave him a cool look, then suddenly hugged him and rubbed against him face to face.Gao Zhanming was caught off guard, and his strength was not as strong as Li Jingruo's, so he was restrained by him for a moment and couldn't move. Li Jingruo rubbed the unwiped saliva on Gao Zhanming's face.

Gao Zhanming pushed Li Jingruo away, unable to laugh anymore, but Li Jingruo let out a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face again: "The old woman is so old, her little daughter is probably enough to be my aunt, I can't stand it." From now on, if Mr. Gao likes it, then give it to Mr. Gao."

Everyone pretended not to see the scene just now.Look at the strength of the ears and temples!Even face to face, in broad daylight, you can't be so arrogant!

Only Liu Rukang stared at him and let out a dissatisfied click: "Ge Laozi, weathering, weathering!" From the angle he was standing just now, Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo had already kissed.

Gao Zhanming almost forgot about him at first, then he finally turned his attention to him, looked him up and down: "Master Taishou, this is..."

Liu Rukang snorted: "I'm a good man, I keep what I say, and if I say I will kneel down to you to apologize, I will never blame you!"

Gao Zhanming said calmly, "I know."

Li Jingruo added tacitly from the side: "He is asking why you are dressed like this."

That Liu Rukang was originally a man with a black face, big eyes and short stature. Today, he didn't know what evil he had fallen into. His face was covered with powder. His big face was covered in white, with black circles around his eyes and lip liner. It's fine that he wasn't wearing an official uniform, but he was actually wearing a long coarse linen jacket that didn't fit well, and the hem of the clothes was so long that it dragged to the ground, which looked indescribably weird.

Liu Rukang showed a shy expression, lowered his head and hummed, "It's not Lao Tzu's idea that I did it!"

Liu Rukang looked down on Gao Zhanming that day and issued a military order with him. If Gao Zhanming could not effectively alleviate the disaster in Jiazhou, he would donate 2 taels of silver and get out of Jiazhou; He had to kneel down for three days to atone for his negligence that day.

Although Liu Rukang has a bad temper, he does what he says, even if he can't get rid of his face, he will definitely do what he does.However, kneeling a judge as a magistrate would have to kneel for three days. No matter what, the etiquette would be unbearable, and if he lost the majesty of the magistrate, it would be difficult to restore the hearts of the people in the future.So the prefect's wife came up with this trick, using her own makeup to paint Liu Rukang until he was neither human nor ghost, and then sent him out.

Gao Zhanming asked, "Why were there so many people just now?"

Liu Rukang rolled his eyes: "How do I know, just after I knelt outside the door for a while, someone knelt with me, and the more I knelt, the more they all called your name outside. I was still wondering."

The common people didn't recognize that the one kneeling at the door was the prefect of Jiazhou Mansion, and they thought it was someone who came to thank Gao Zhanming. They couldn't vent their joy and gratitude, so they all rushed over with courtesy. Finally, Liu Rukang, the "culprit" "It was drowned by the crowd and disappeared.

Gao Zhanming laughed: "Sure enough, it's a good thing that the prefect recruited."

Li Jingruo glanced at the mountains of presents sent by the common people: "The new year's goods are all here."

Liu Rukang stiffened his neck and said, "Anyway, I will do what I promised you, and you are welcome!" Then he knelt down for Gao Zhanming in the yard.

Gao Zhanming was also in a bit of trouble now.He didn't really want Liu Rukang to kneel down to him. Although Liu Rukang's temper is not too bad to hold grudges, he is a prefect after all. Fortunately, he came here in disguise, and was messed up by enthusiastic people. Otherwise, he would really be noticed. It's not just as simple as breaking the etiquette system.

Gao Zhanming said: "Master Taishou, get up quickly."

Liu Rukang knelt stubbornly and refused to get up: "You are welcome, I have this temper, even if it is not you today, I will still kneel."

Gao Zhanming shook his head and said, "Master Taishou, I won't say anything else, so why don't you think about it for me?"

"What?" Liu Rukang looked at him inexplicably.

Gao Zhanming said: "You knelt down to me in public, and the common people saw it. I won't say what they said about you behind the scenes, but what would they say about me? The reason I signed the military order with you that day was not to show off my temper, but to As a judge, my powers are really limited, so I used the aggressive method against you and made an agreement with you, asking you to authorize me so that I can use my fists. An official should think for the people and seek for the people. Li, this is a matter of duty, but if you make things big, people who don't know will think that I, Gao Junliang, are trying to get angry with the prefect, and all the things I have worked so hard have become my own selfish desires. If there is a small People make a fuss about this and refer to me in the court, saying that I used my family background to suppress people in Jiazhou and forced the third-rank officials of the court to kneel to me. Wouldn’t it be my crime? Or is the prefect happy to see this?”

Liu Rukang said angrily: "Don't provoke me, you know that I am not this kind of person." He still stood up.

Gao Zhanming hurriedly coaxed: "Yes, yes, it is the lower official who said something wrong."

Liu Rukang looked awkward, winked, and the powder on his face fell off: "But I signed a military order with you, and I can't rely on you..."

Gao Zhanming sighed, and said: "I understand. The prefect is a gentleman, and a gentleman is quick to whip the whip. How about this, I will send the prefect back to the mansion. From now on, the prefect will fulfill his promise in his own mansion, and promise to my place." The direction is towards me. And it doesn’t have to be three days in a row. It doesn’t matter if the prefect’s body is damaged, and who is responsible for delaying the official affairs of Jiazhou Mansion? One hour a day, one month, the prefect will practice it own promise."

Liu Rukang stared: "If you can't see it, aren't you afraid that I will rely on you?"

Gao Zhanming said: "The lower officials believe in the prefect's character, does the prefect want to blame him?"

Liu Rukang frowned and relaxed, and said: "Okay, you are a good man, I will do as you say!"

Only then did Gao Zhanming heave a sigh of relief.Hearing from the guard that the common people outside had dispersed, he went out with Li Jingruo and took Liu Rukang back to the prefect's mansion in a carriage.

When Gao Zhanming was about to say goodbye when he arrived outside the prefect's mansion, Liu Rukang called him back: "Wait, come with me into the mansion, my wife has something to ask for you."

"Huh?" Gao Zhanming wondered, "What do you want from me?"

Liu Rukang looked blank: "I don't know either. Madam said that I must bring you back when I return home. She has important matters to discuss with you."

Gao Zhanming glanced at Li Jingruo, Li Jingruo shrugged: "Could it be to find you a warm bed?"

Gao Zhanming said helplessly, "Brother Li, don't make fun of me."

Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo followed Liu Rukang into the prefect's mansion.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, the wife of the prefect greeted her when she heard the announcement. When she saw her husband, she couldn't help being surprised: "Why did you come back so soon?" She knew Liu Rukang's arrogant temper. Unable to stop it, she dressed up Liu Rukang before he went out, at least to save some face.

Liu Rukang said what Gao Zhanming said, and the prefect's wife immediately smiled, and took Gao Zhanming's hand and said, "You are such a good boy." He let go of Gao Zhanming's hand, turned around and grabbed Liu Rukang's ear again, "You This embarrassing thing..."

Liu Rukang's face was red, and he hurriedly said: "Ma'am, ma'am!"

The prefect's wife let go of her hand with a look of disgust, and said, "Go wash and change your clothes."

Feeling relieved, Liu Rukang quickly escaped from his wife's clutches and went to the back of the yard.But he didn't leave immediately, he didn't know what Madam was planning to discuss with Gao Zhanming, so he hid behind the pillar and eavesdropped.

The prefect's wife took Gao Zhanming's hand again, looked him up and down carefully, and kept admiring while looking at him: "A handsome talent, indeed a handsome talent."

An ominous premonition gradually rose in Gao Zhanming's heart. He glanced at Li Jingruo, and saw that Li Jingruo was also looking unhappy, but Li Jingruo changed into a spring-like smile in an instant: "Madam only cares about praising Brother Junliang, but you are leaving me alone." It's on the side."

The prefect's wife looked away at Li Jingruo, with a regretful expression on her face: "It's good for you, too, it's a pity that my family doesn't have many daughters anymore."

"Huh?!" Gao Zhanming was shocked.

The magistrate's wife asked Gao Zhanming with a smile: "Has the judge Gao settled in the capital?"

Gao Zhanming opened his mouth wide, not knowing whether to say yes or no.

The prefect's wife said: "If the main house is still available, the eldest girl in my family is a lovely girl, good-looking and well-bred, and I will not feel wronged if I promise you..."

Gao Zhanming didn't know how to refuse, when he heard a splash, he saw Liu Rukang fall out from behind the pillar.He immediately got up, and rushed forward with a panicked expression: "No, ma'am, absolutely no! High judge judge him—he is a broken sleeve!"