In the early morning, Si Fan, the former magistrate with a black official robe, rode out of the county government, accompanied by his followers. After walking a few steps, Si Fan couldn't help but look back at the main entrance of the yamen. He felt a lot of emotion. Ten years of cold and six years of cold and heat were wasted in this broken place. He made up his mind: "This time he returned to Beijing, he vowed to be an official in Beijing. Can a real man admire Tianyan and give advice on the country? Can a real man have no power for a day?"

Thinking of the more than 5,000 taels of silver he took away in his bag, Si Fan smiled slightly, it should be enough, right?

After walking a few steps forward, he saw the county magistrate, chief clerk, Dian Shi and other officials set up a coloring shed on the side of the road and prepared a banquet to see him off. Si Fan smiled and said he would take care of each other and toast each other. After walking a few more steps, he met the clerk of the yamen to set up a table. After Si Fan was toasted, he was about to get on the horse when a yamen runs forward quickly and hugged his thighs tightly. Several others were rushing to take off Si’s parents’ boots and shouted in unison, "True feelings are revealed": "Please beg the master not to leave!" His acting skills are pure first-class!

This is called taking off the boots and leaving love, which is the custom of the people to retain honest officials. Of course, the current local officials, whether they are wise or foolish, will have to perform this when they leave office. It is considered a formalism! Si Fan was prepared for a long time, and they took off their boots without hesitation, then changed to the spare one and continued to walk towards the city gate...

Along the way, there were banquets in the colorful sheds, officials, scholars, local gentry... The scene was extremely lively, and it continued to the pier outside the city gate until it was about to get off the horse and board the boat. Several villagers suddenly flashed out, blocking horses and kowtowing, crying and unable to speak. The people around them squeezed and wailed, holding up the umbrellas of the people. Si Fan also wiping the corners of his eyes excitedly and bowed to the surroundings...

Until he entered the cabin, Si Fan asked the maid to change his clothes while saying, "The scene today is pretty good!"

Master Zhang, who was standing by, smiled and made fun of him: "Mr. Lu is very attentive."

Si Fan sneered: "He can't wait, right?"

"hehe."

...

On the dock, the county magistrate Lu Yu was also waving goodbye. It was not until the fleet left the dock that he suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and thought to himself: "This bastard has finally left. Fortunately, I was busy all these days and I personally paid 200 taels of silver to send the plague god away before the New Year!"

Local officials in the Ming Dynasty, such as prefects, county magistrates, etc., had great power and were basically dictatorial. Therefore, the people nicknamed the magistrates. In some ways, only prefecture officials were allowed to set fires and people were not allowed to light lamps. This is really not a joke in this era. Sometimes what they said was a king's law in the county.

Therefore, as the second-in-command county magistrate, his position is quite embarrassing. He does not have any power at all and can only do nothing every day. Only when the county magistrate leaves office and takes office, the county magistrate can act as the affairs of the yamen and become the master at once. In the past six months to one year, he has been addicted to Bailihou.

However, Lu Yu didn't know that the reason why Si Fan was in a hurry to leave was because there were refugees outside the city in recent days, fearing that they would cause trouble and affect the selection of officials of the Ministry of Personnel. Therefore, he threw the trouble to Lu Yu, and he was relaxed.

Otherwise, you could have waited for the New Year before leaving office. Now you go to the capital, and the new year seals are sealed by various yamen, and the Ministry of Personnel has to wait until after the New Year. Therefore, Lu Yu is taking the blame for Si Fan.

However, even though he knew that this was the blame, Lu Yu was still willing to be the scapegoat. It would be good to be a scapegoat for more than one month, and at least he could take over the power for one month. Therefore, as soon as he returned to the county government, Lu Yu was very motivated and first took charge of disaster relief affairs.

To be honest, the disaster was not very serious this time. It only affected several counties at the junction of the two prefectures of Laizhou Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture. Moreover, general disaster relief procedures have mature procedures. As long as Xiao Gui and Cao follow, they will be distributed by official warehouses, organize large households to provide porridge and disaster relief, strengthen city gate management, organize disaster victim resettlement, etc.

In just half a day, most of the matters were basically assigned. Lu Yu was also overjoyed. He had already seen the wealth. For example, the donation of grain from the official warehouse and wealthy families was easy to deal with. The management of the city gate was to control the entry of refugees into the city. That is to increase the city gate fee for the people in the disaster area to enter the city. Those with wealth could enter the city. As for the poor, they should get out of the city. Anyway, there were many varieties and they would not miss every corner that made money.

Gradually, we discussed the last item - resettlement of disaster victims. The general principle of resettlement of disaster victims is relatively unified, and the method of labor-for-relief will be adopted. It will also facilitate future household registration and people to strive for some political achievements in the future.

However, when using labor for relief, we always need to find a suitable project? So Lu Yu began to discuss with the six-bedroom clerk in the yamen.

"Master! It's the dry season now, and the river channel of the Wanghe River can be cleared. If possible, the households along the coast can collect 800 taels for you. As long as you guarantee the manpower, it can be completed before the Spring News."

"Master! The road to the wharf also needs to be renovated. The smaller ones can be collected from the merchants in the city, at least one thousand taels."

“…”

There is a disagreement here. Let’s explain it in modern terms! One represents the interests of the landlords and wants to clear the irrigation project; the other represents the interests of the merchants and wants to build roads and docks.

However, there are only so many people, so there must be some choice. So for a moment, the two sides became endless arguments.

Lu Yu was also hesitant. If he chose one party, he would definitely offend the other party. After all, he was just an agent, and he always lacked confidence.

But at this moment, Bao Huiye, a clerk in the household, suddenly stepped out of the list and saluted Lu Yu. The scene suddenly became quiet. Among the clerks here, Bao Huiye had the oldest qualifications and had the greatest energy in the county. Even county officials like Lu Yu were unwilling to offend them.

Bao Hui had raised her head and her voice was stable: "Master, you can actually have the best of both worlds and can do it together."

"Uh?" Lu Yu was stunned and asked hesitantly, "Do it together? It shouldn't be enough staff, right?"

"If it is not enough, you can recruit household servitude. The county has 63 miles (the village here refers to one hundred and ten households in one quay), and each quay is five troops. A total of 315 people are. Among them, 300 young and strong, and the other 15 households provide soup. With the refugees who use labor for relief, they can do it together on both sides, which is more than enough."

"But..." Lu Yu was a little hesitant. Because the one-whip law has been implemented for a few years, land tax, corvee labor and other miscellaneous levies have been merged into cash. If corvee labor is newly issued, I am afraid that the court will pursue it later.
Chapter completed!