Zhuo Zhidong was beaten, sucking the cold air, and walked back one by one, but he didn't forget to bow to Xu Ping. When he returned to his seat, his butt bloomed, but he could no longer sit down.

Xu Ping sighed and said, "Tan Hu, Zhuo Zhidong has injuries. Anyway, his affairs have been finished. You can take him down and find Junli Cheng to see the injuries."

Tan Hu Yingnuo went to Zhuo Zhidong and helped him out of the official hall.

Zhuo Zhidong didn't forget to look back at Xu Ping, confused and didn't know what kind of etiquette he should do.

Tan Hu and Zhuo Zhidong left the house. Xu Ping flipped through the booklet and asked, "Why has the magistrate of Simingzhou not arrived? There is no report beforehand."

A young man with white face in his twenties stood up and saluted, "I am Huang Chuanping, the eldest son of the governor of Siming Prefecture. My father has been infected with an acute illness recently and cannot get out of bed and walk around. The younger surrogate father came."

Xu Ping looked at Huang Chuanping and said after a while: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are not controlled by human power. If you can come on behalf of your father, you will not lose the court etiquette. But why report in advance?"

Huang Chuanping remembered Zhuo Zhidong's appearance just now, tightened his butt and said, "I came in a hurry. When I arrived in Qianlong, I just paid the food and grass, and I forgot it for a moment."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "You are filial to come. It is understandable that young people are not careful in their work. If I beat you, I will seem mean. But the imperial court code must not be careless. Although the corporal punishment is exempted, I will not punish you slightly. How can I warn others? Let's do this, fine 50 kilograms of copper and pay it within one month!"

Huang Chuanping lowered his head and said, "Thank you Shangguan for grace, and you must hand over it all within one month!"

"Sit down."

Xu Ping casually ordered and ignored him. Gold and silver are forbidden objects. Although copper is also forbidden, the people still allow copper ware to exist, so the court's fine is generally copper. The monarchy is basically more than four kilograms, and fifty kilograms of copper is more than ten kilograms, and lead and tin are mixed in the copper coins.

After dealing with Simingzhou affairs and having no other matters, Xu put down the booklet and asked casually about the customs and customs of each prefecture and county.

All the local officials breathed a sigh of relief, and the scene suddenly became much warmer.

After noon, Tan Hu directed people to set up a banquet in the yard and entertained everyone. Everyone came from afar and paid the food and money. No matter how much the meal was, it was really unreasonable.

In a corner of the yard, Zhuo Dong was lying on a stool, his butt was raised high, his pants were removed to his legs, and a military doctor slowly applied medicine to the wound.

After a long time, the medicine finally came out. Lord Zhuo Dong breathed out, touched the wound, sucked the air and raised his pants, sighed: "Why am I so miserable? I just handed the rice for a while and got hit this board!"

The military doctor packed up his things and said, "This is to give you a memory. In the future, you must do what you ordered to the tutors on time, otherwise you will suffer."

Zhuodong Lord shook his head: "I was negligent about not handing over the rice, so I couldn't blame Shangguan. I just got twenty boards for the sake of eighty rice, but it was a bit worthless."

"You still don't think it's worth it? The medicine I just gave you was much more valuable than your eighty kilograms of rice! This deal is really a loss to the Tijusi!"

After hearing the military doctor's words, Zhuo Dongzhu said strangely: "How could Shangguan do this loss-making business? Just to make my butt blossom? Then it would be better to punish me for dozens of kilograms of rice!"

The military doctor shook his head: "You are a fool, the military envoy is not clear. Chu Gong packs turtles, and the gifts are heavy. He is not beaten for those dozens of kilograms of rice, but because you violated the laws of the tutoring officer!"

Lord Zhuodong was confused: "What is Chu Gong Bao Mao?"

"This is what it means during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Duke Huan of Qi dominated the world and wanted to attack Chu--"

"What is Duke Huan of Qi? When is the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?"

The military doctor was stunned by Lord Zhuo Dong's question and didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, he sighed deeply: "Forget it, why do you have to ask so much? You just need to remember that Shangguan beat you because you didn't take the Tiju Se seriously. From now on, you must take the things that Tiju Se in mind!"

"Why don't I take the tecum seriously? I need eighty kilograms of rice, and I carry it from my home. You don't know, we are all mountains, and it's hard to walk on the rice. I pity me, but I still didn't hold on!"

Speaking of this, Lord Zhuodong couldn't help but shed two lines of sad tears. After finally walking halfway, why didn't he grit his teeth and carry it to the end? This board was so unfair.

Seeing that the master Zhuodong was entangled, Wu Nai shook his head: "Anyway, you just need to remember that if you don't discount the things you ordered by the Tijuan Department, you will never suffer any loss."

When the wine and food came up, Xu Ping raised his glass to celebrate the wine and drank for three rounds. Then he felt inconvenient and turned back to the back office to rest. He had a moderate amount of alcohol, so he would not have any benefits to drink more in such occasions.

When all the local officials saw Xu Ping leave, they all went to the stones that were pressing on their hearts and let go and just eat and drink. Only the little yanei from Shangsizhou sat aside and was desolate, and no one came to comfort him.

When Cao Keming mentioned Xidong, he had also recruited local officials once. Although he had also taken the slaughter and killed someone who refused to attend the rally, he was generally harmonious than this time. Cao Keming was very generous and was from a military general, so he could talk with these people. When he was drunk, Cao Keming even gave his robe and steel knives to the local officials who were having a banquet. Everyone was grateful to him.

Compared with the two, local officials respect Cao Keming more than fear him, and most of them are afraid of Xu Ping. This is the difference between people, and they cannot be forced.

Xu Ping sat in the back yamen drinking tea while reading the book and hand-written the situation under the rule of various local officials. These people finally gathered once, so they naturally could not come for nothing. They all asked to report to the dedicated personnel about their rule, such as household registration, territory, wealth, etc., and most of the editions of the Tijuan Department came in the same way.

In the evening, Xu Ping returned to the bar and said a few words of scenes, and everyone left.

The sunset fell on the top of the mountain, red, and the whole world became warm.

Everyone dispersed, and Xu Ping stretched towards the sunset. Although he didn't do anything on that day, he felt very tired, but fortunately there was no accident in the end.

There was no arrangement in the next two days. The local officials could freely move around, visit relatives and friends, etc. These people were not far away, at most two or three hundred miles away, but due to inconvenient transportation, they could not meet each other for a few years. They took this opportunity to strengthen their relationship.

Of course, there are still taboos, such as privately talking and connecting with each other, and once the escort department is discovered, it will be included in the blacklist, and it will be doubled. The barbarians have this awareness and Xu Ping does not know, but he has ordered his soldiers to strengthen patrols in the village, and be careful when encountering such things. Don’t disturb them, just write down the names and places and report them.

Three days later, the tutoring department inspected the troops brought by the army, and the party ended after that.

Although it was cold before it started, it was already winter in the season and it was dark early.

The sun sets, Xu Ping had dinner and sat alone in the backya garden to read books. Although he was a Jinshi, Xu Ping himself knew that he still lacked real talent and real academic qualifications. He reads books without saying what he learned from the books, and at least he reads too much and will not make jokes when he talks to others.

Tan Hu stood quietly not far away, hiding in the dark shadow. Xu Ping didn't like that there was always someone wandering in front of him, so he developed this habit and became the person in Xu Ping's shadow.

A soldier hurriedly walked in from outside. Tan Hu hurriedly came up and asked in a low voice: "What's so panicked? Be more steady in front of the official!"

The soldier said, "A man came out of the yamen to meet the official, but he didn't say who he was. How could we let him go? Finally, he took out the box and said that the official would naturally attract him when he saw the things inside."

While talking, he handed over a small wooden box.

Tan Hu took it and saw the seal posted on it, holding it in his hand heavy.

After weighing it in his hand, Tan Hu said, "Okay, I will hand it over to the official, you go out and wait."

After sending the guards away, Tan Hu came to Xu Ping, handed over the box and said, "Official, a stranger came outside and gave the guards a box. He said that the official would meet him when he saw the things inside."

Xu Ping looked at the box strangely, but went to pick it up with his hands.

But Tan Hu took it back and said, "The person who came is unknown, I don't know what it is inside, or it's better to open it from the small one, just look at the official."

Xu Ping nodded and asked Tan Hu to open it up. Xu Ping himself did not believe in those conspiracies and tricks. This was related to his growth environment in his previous life. He worked with data of one, one, two, and two. He was naturally not interested in those little thoughts and could not be changed all at once in this life.

Tan Hu put the wooden box on the stone table, carefully went to the seal, looked at Xu Ping, and used his body to block the lid before opening the lid.

Nothing happened, Tan Hu made way out, and Xu Ping saw that there was a square copper seal inside.

Tan Hu took out the copper seal, and saw that it was nothing strange, and handed it to Xu Ping and said, "What's the weird thing about this man? What's the purpose of putting a copper seal in the box?"

Xu Ping took the bronze seal and looked carefully.

As an official appointed by the court, Xu Ping was naturally very familiar with the official seal. He recognized that it was an official seal and sent it to local officials under Yongzhou. It has been a few years since he was aware of it.

After looking carefully, Xu Ping said to Tan Hu: "This is the official seal of the governor of Qiyuan Prefecture. It should have been cast and sent by Emperor Taizong. This is nothing shameful. Why are you doing so mysteriously?"

Tan Hu thought for a while and said, "Did the official have forgotten that Qiyuan Prefecture has now fallen into the hands of Guangyuan Prefecture. Is there any hidden secret from the former governor? "

Xu Ping didn't say anything, just thought secretly.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng, Jiaozhi attacked Qiyuanzhou. After breaking through, he robbed it and could not stay for a long time. In the end, he retreated and became a robber.

After Jiaozhi withdrew from Qiyuan Prefecture, it became a vacuum zone. Nong Cunfu, who was occupied by Guangyuan Prefecture, took advantage of the opportunity to enter and occupied it. Nong Cunfu first asked the Song Dynasty for land acquisition, saying that it was compared with the old rules of Qiyuan Prefecture.

Qiyuan Prefecture surrendered to the Song Dynasty early, but its location was really awkward. It was between Jiaozhi and Guangyuan Prefecture, and both were to compete for it. But the power of the Song Dynasty could not extend much, so it could only watch Qiyuan Prefecture be annexed by other forces.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that Qiyuanzhou is biased towards the Song Dynasty, and only in this way can it maintain its independent status.
Chapter completed!