Yi Ying, who was already a quasi-official, felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him, and all his thoughts about not putting that idea on the table were completely extinguished.
He couldn't help but look at Du Heng with surprise and envy.
It should be known that one rank of official rank is enough to crush people to death, and if one is unlucky and draws nine ranks, there will be two ranks between Du Heng and eight ranks, and two ranks of mediocrity are enough to work for most of his life.
Du Heng became a magistrate of the seventh rank at a young age of less than thirty. Although it is not as honorable as the seventh rank of the official rank given by Jinshi, but the face-to-face examination was favored by the two chief examiners sent by the imperial court.
Several candidates couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. After all, young people are sober-minded and can make calculations, leaving aside the prospect of scientific research to find another way out.
It was also an accident that Du Heng raised his eyebrows, because he didn't want this official position to be negotiated in advance.
No one knows that the former is better than the latter when governing a county and being suppressed by the county magistrate, so he hastily handed over: "Everything is up to the adults to arrange." Immediately after the Jiaoyu presided over a few
lottery officials, Du Heng was summoned by Qi Kaisheng aside.
"The post of county magistrate under the Jintuan Mansion is only vacant, which is Qiuyang County."
Du Heng frowned when he heard this. In his hometown, he has heard a lot about Qiuyang County in the past two years.
The magistrate took out the relevant appointment documents and said, looking up at Du Heng with a solemn expression.
He put aside the documents first: "I think Qiuyang County is poor, and the people are not rich and don't want to be the county magistrate?" Du Heng hurriedly said: "Students dare not. Thanks to the love of the chief examiner for entrusting him with a heavy responsibility, the students are very
grateful , How dare to evade it.”
“Students dare not lie to the magistrate, the former residence of the students was in Qiuyang County, and the imperial court issued an order to circumvent the appointment of officials, and they were not allowed to serve in their original residence.”
Qi Kaisheng's eyebrows relaxed when he heard this: "Your household registration documents have records, and I have discussed this matter with the prince and Hanlin, so it doesn't matter. Although your old registration is in Qiuyang County, your new registration is in Luoxia County , and all the achievements in the scientific examination are obtained in the new household registration, and the family is also settled in Luoxia, so there is no hindrance. There was a related example in the time of the first emperor, so you don't have to worry about it." Du Heng listened to the magistrate
. Confiding in this way is also reassuring, since he has expressed his doubts and the chief examiner has made a decision, he doesn't have to bear the responsibility if something goes wrong.
"You can be regarded as the student I have seen come to this day. According to your talent, if you concentrate on scientific research for a few more years, you may not be able to show your prominence in Chunwei. But your decision to enter the official career as soon as possible is not a bad decision. In the future Since you are working under the government, you should be diligent and dedicated to your duty."
The magistrate and Du Heng individually asked a few words: "Qiuyang County has been plagued by disasters and epidemics in recent years, the county is poor, and the magistrate's inaction was dismissed in the general election. Now that you take over Qiuyang County, you should remember the lessons of your ancestors and do everything yourself to organize Qiuyang County. If you do your best, the government will definitely have to speak well to the court." "You are young, you are still young
. There is a future."
Du Heng didn't know what the situation in Qiuyang County was like, if it was a prosperous, prosperous and easy to manage place, how could he offer his official post to let Juzi be the head of a county.
If the situation is good, then it must be the place where the powerful people of the imperial court choose for their children. How can it be the turn of scholars from places with no power or power?
Before they came to apply for the election, in fact, all the candidates knew what they were doing, and they also did some psychological construction.
"Du Heng bears in mind your lord's instruction, and must be loyal to his duty, diligent and conscientious, so as to live up to the entrustment of the imperial court and your lord's appreciation."
Qi Kaisheng nodded, but he was quite happy with Du Heng, who is handsome and upright, and his writing is beautiful.
In view of some of my own hobbies, it is extremely pleasant.
It's just that he, Jiang, who has been in the officialdom for many years, has met a lot of superficial people. Although these people have good looks, they are mostly serving people with color, but their ability is not outstanding.
You can talk on the scene, but everything depends on the truth.
"My lord, the lottery is over."
Qi Kaisheng responded, and ordered: "Follow the regulations, distribute the documents to the localities, and post a notice to announce that the officials will be appointed together." There is no scientific examination for appointing officials in the localities
. After the palace examination, the emperor personally conferred the honor on the official. After the general election, there are many official positions, and local officials are rushing to their posts. Therefore, the place is in a relatively chaotic stage.
The state government needs to fill in officials as soon as possible, restore local order, and simplify matters such as appointing officials.
After the lottery, some people were happy and some were sad, but they had to receive documents and be awarded official positions. After all, they had stepped into the official career in an upright manner, and it was worthwhile to study all these years.
For this reason, they temporarily let go of their feelings of dissatisfaction with their positions and discord with their official positions, and they all had a happy face, congratulating each other.
Then the teaching sang the results of the lottery for each contest, and when one was announced, an official's relevant document token and official uniform were issued.
There are not many people, but it is fast.
However, many procedures are also complicated, no matter how simple they are, they must not violate the court etiquette, and they cannot be completed in one day. After all the matters are sorted out, it will be three days later.
After the conferment of officials was over, there was a time limit for going to the place of appointment, and everyone did not dare to delay in Fucheng, so they packed up their things and hurried back home before packing up and heading to the place of appointment.
Du Heng went straight back to the county with his horse and chariot.
Although he hadn't written a letter to go home to announce the good news first, but the same county examiner who had returned without success when the results of the interview were announced, has now arrived in the county quickly, and has brought back the news that Du Heng passed the interview.
"There were more than 20 candidates from the county, and there were only two candidates who passed the interview. Du Juzi is young and promising, and he passed the test smoothly, which is really enviable."
Qin Zhiyan heard that some candidates came back , rushed to ask the result without stopping.
Hearing the examiners and methods of the interview and many details about the interview by Huixian, Qin Zhiyan lamented the difficulty of the general election and was delighted that Du Heng had won the election.
After finishing his speech, he thought that Du Heng was the first to pass the exam and passed the election, and also thought that under the New Deal, he would not be able to pass the exam like himself, and he would not be able to be elected as an official. Sadness is inevitable. Unavoidably, he said sourly: "After all, it is Du Juzi, who is top-notch in scientific examinations, and
face-to-face examinations are not a problem."
It's really a pity to be a low-ranking local."
It's a pity that it's a lie, to blame Du Heng, who is young and capable, and Chun Wei, who has failed many times with them, can only put his hopes on the selection of officials Grabbing the position is true.
Qin Zhiyan naturally heard that someone was suspected of saying sour words, but he was delighted that Du Heng had passed the face-to-face exam, and these words undoubtedly came from his heart.
Du Heng's talent and learning are the material of the scientific examination, but this morning he cut off the road of the imperial examination and stepped into an official career. I don't know whether it is luck or misfortune.
It is indeed a very low starting point to be a teaching and teaching of the eighth rank in the locality. Although a first-class Jinshi only starts from the seventh rank, even if the official rank is the same, there are huge differences in positions.
One is the infancy of the emperor's rare development and ascension in the local sky, and the other is the imperial official who is the emperor's talent reserve.
He sighed slightly, and said that it was just fate playing tricks on people, perhaps this is what they, a family of petty officials and scholars without a strong background, can only achieve after a lot of struggle.
In any case, in their Qin family clan, there is finally a serious official, no matter how high or low, it's a good start.
Since this generation has two feet into the official career, future generations will have an easier time than the current generation.
In the past, his grandfather was just a farmer with mud legs and no food to eat. He worked hard all his life until his father's generation saved a lot of land and forests and became a rich farmer. Tong Sheng and a scholar, and the next Feng generation has two candidates.
Calculated, one generation is stronger than the previous generation. According to this process, the grandchildren may not be able to go higher.
Qin Zhiyan's heart has been replaced by joy: "Chunwei has a lot of talents, and Du Heng is a little bit better in the local area. It may not be able to get a good result in Chunwei. In the final analysis, we should first grasp the opportunity and grasp the opportunity. "
He said: "Opportunities have always been given to those with strength."
He was choked up, but he could only smile slightly: "What Master Qin said is very true."
Qin Zhiyan went back to Qin Xiaoman happily The good news is announced, although I don't know what official position I have won, but I can be an official anyway.
"Oh my god, I really got hit!"
Qin Xiaoman, who got the news, was taking a bath for the second treasure. Du's cub's bad habits were passed down from generation to generation, and he refused to get up even if he sat in the bathtub.
Tan Ce's hands and feet are strong, and when he gets wet, he looks like a cow rolling in a pool, and his whole body is covered in water stains.
He patted the boy's butt twice: "Your father came back to see and I decided to file a complaint with him."
Just as he was still annoyed, the good news came.
"What kind of official position is it? Where is the place?"
Qin Zhiyan asked three questions, which made the family members happy and expectant.
The whole family is happy.
Qin Zhifeng also congratulated Du Heng, knowing that in the future he will make achievements in another land, and he will continue scientific research to seek a future, which inspired him to work harder and study harder.
Before Du Heng arrived home, Qin Xiaoman's face was rosy with the good news, he had no choice but to pack up his things, it wasn't that he was in a hurry to leave, the house in the county was fine, who would like to go to a place where he didn't know well live.
But since Du Heng has been selected, he must go to the post, so he can't be asked to go to the post alone, and he and the child will be at home.
In fact, this is a relatively common phenomenon for officials to take office nowadays. There are not many people who go to the post alone, or bring a son and concubine with them, and the whole family goes to the post.
One is troublesome, and the other is that there is not such a large residence on the ground.
If the family business is rich, you can buy a house on any land for the family to live in, or you have a high official position and have a special official residence.
The imperial court also encouraged officials to bring their wives and children with them when they went to the post, so that they could work with more peace of mind.
It's just that the imperial court only encouraged verbally but did not take actual actions. Most of the people with weak families and low official positions had to go alone.
It doesn't matter whether it's leased or squeezed into a small official residence allocated by the court, the family always wants to be together, and they haven't been separated in these years, and they won't separate their families just because they are temporarily an official.
Besides, he didn't believe that Du Heng would be willing to let him go, even if he was willing, he would definitely be reluctant to part with Cheng Yi and Dan Ce.
In this way, if you are not an official in the local area, there is still a time limit for holding the post, and you will be punished for being late to the post, so you must not prepare in advance.
One should go to the clothes and utensils on the ground, as well as the manpower to take care of the old house, etc., things are very complicated.
While tidying up, he felt that it was really troublesome, and at the same time, he thought that one day he would still be an official husband, like a dream.
When Du Heng returned home, the house was in a hurry, he was surprised: "Isn't this the new year's cleaning?
" , happily ran over: "Daddy is back!"
Du Heng picked up the little soft cake, but he wanted to die.
Tan Ce was crawling on the matted open floor, when he saw Du Heng hugging Chengyi, it seemed like he didn't know Du Heng after not seeing Du Heng for a few days, he opened his mouth worriedly and shouted: "Yuyu, Yuyu... .."
as if he was afraid that the traffickers would steal his little brother away.
"This brat can speak, he was very fierce at first, he only knows how to spit."
Du Heng was surprised and surprised, he went to hug Tan Ce, the little boy was not at all unhappy because his father hugged his brother first, instead he kicked Du Heng twice after being hugged.
"Er Treasure's strength is too great. It's a pity not to pull cattle to farm in the future."
Du Heng joked, one in each hand, the two guys together are a bit heavy.
"Lord Du is really a loving father, and he even hugged the child himself."
Du Heng turned his head when he heard the sound, and couldn't help laughing when he saw the person leaning on the pillar with arms folded.
"Look, the news came back first."
Qin Xiaoman went over to pick up Tan Ce, and the two of them carried one into the house.
I haven't seen each other for many days, even if they walk side by side without talking, I feel very satisfied and happy.
But Qin Xiaoman is not a quiet temperament, so he asked Du Heng about his official position in a hurry.
Du Heng naturally agreed without reservation.
"The county magistrate!? It's the county magistrate!"
Qin Xiaoman was stunned when he heard the result. The family thought that the big deal was the eighth-rank teaching, not the eighth-rank teaching or the most humble official stream on the ninth rank. They didn't want to pay back Can get a county magistrate.
He has never been out of Luoxia County since he was a child, and the most important official he often sees is the magistrate. In the past, when he saw Qin Zhiyan nodding and bowing to the magistrate, he was afraid of being disrespectful. The magistrate's official power had already been sealed in his heart .
The smoke from the ancestral grave is choking, and the family is afraid that a county magistrate has just come out. If his second uncle knows the news, why not go to his father's grave with a bundle of incense and talk for a long time?
"Uncle Tang also said that the possibility of teaching and teaching is the greatest, and he didn't think about it. And he doesn't have to worry about where he lives. The county government has the residence of the county magistrate." Du Heng responded, and said: "There were few official positions in the time of the first emperor
. The vacancies are mostly the official positions you think of, and I never thought that there are magistrates to choose from."
Qin Xiaoman's eyes sparkled: "Then you must call your family to have a good meal before you go to the post. "
It's natural. I'll talk about it tomorrow. I'm covered in dust, so I'll take a shower first."
Qin Xiaoman looked at the unconcealed look in the corners of Du Heng's eyes, and felt distressed, but it was only when he saw the child at home that he cheered up. "Okay."
"Don't let daddy go!"
Seeing that Du Heng was about to let go, Chengyi, who was lying on his body, hugged Du Heng nervously.
"Daddy won't leave. Daddy is tired after coming back from Fucheng, let him go to rest."
Du Heng said helplessly, "Daddy is going to stink."
Cheng Yi buried it on Du Heng's neck and took a breath: "Daddy doesn't stink at all, Xiangxiang Yes."
Qin Xiaoman first ordered his servants to boil water for Du Heng to take a bath, saying that he was taking the two babies who were clinging to Du Heng to see the gifts brought back from Fucheng, so that he distracted the boys' attention and let Du Heng get off. body.
Then Qin Xiaoman ordered the boy to go out to announce the good news, and arranged for Du Heng's return.
As soon as the good news comes out, there will be people who come to congratulate him, and he will not make Du Heng tired of receiving guests today.
After dealing with these, he went to the kitchen to take a look. The hot water had been arranged to go to the clean room. Seeing that there was still more hot water in the water pot, he carried two buckets of water to clean the room.
Entering the room, I saw Du Heng, who had long black hair in front of the big bathtub behind the screen and closed his eyes in a dense mist.
Du Heng was wrapped in warm water, and the dust and fatigue all over his body seemed to flow away with the stretched pores.
These few days of rushing on the road, I haven't slept well at night, and I can take a nap in the carriage during the day, but I can't sleep well if I can't stretch out.
It's much more comfortable now.
He suddenly heard the sound of a bucket falling to the ground, he opened his eyes uncomfortably, and subconsciously wanted to dive into the water to cover his body. He was never used to being served by people when he took a bath.
Seeing that it was Qin Xiaoman who came in, he immediately relaxed again.
"Why did you carry the water in yourself? It's not too heavy."
Qin Xiaoman stood in front of the bathtub, reached out to test the water temperature, and added some hot water with a ladle: "I was born in a farmer. After all, the bones are softened, this is nothing."
Looking at the collarbone looming above the waterline, and the fair skin slightly reddened by the hot water, Qin Xiaoman suddenly understood what was said in the book A pool of spring scenery.
He rolled up his sleeves: "Come on, I'll take care of Mrs. Du to take a bath."
Hearing this, Du Heng immediately put his arms around himself, lowered his eyes a little pitifully: "I'm really tired after working on the road for a few days." Qin
Qin Xiaoman pressed the back of Du Heng's neck: "What do you think of me, I will rub your back."
He pinched Du Heng's earlobe, although it was beautiful, but he was not so cold: "I love you Not yet."
With a smile in his eyes, Du Heng tilted his head and rubbed against Qin Xiaoman, hanging his arm on the edge of the tub: "Come on."
Qin Xiaoman snorted and poured water on his smooth and red back , rubbed her fingertips, and took out the loofah net from the bath.
Just now Du Heng closed his eyes comfortably again, and the scratchy loofah net moved from his back to his waist again and again, the scratching did not hurt, but itched a bit.
The itching was on the skin and went down to the waist and abdomen like an electric shock.
He turned his body slightly, bent his legs, and closed his eyes without moving.
"There's nothing to rub, it's very clean."
Qin Xiaoman said, Du Heng always likes to be clean, and he thought he could rub his body when he was on his way, but he didn't expect it to be so tidy.
He put down the loofah net and lifted the bucket with his backhand, and poured the remaining water into it.
The water was rippling, Qin Xiaoman looked at the frown in the bathtub, he pursed his mouth, the man is really...
"Stop soaking for a while and get up, I'll make the bed for you, take a shower and sleep, sleep Wake up and have supper all day."
Hearing this, Du Heng quickly reached out and grabbed Qin Xiaoman.
He stood up suddenly, and pulled Qin Xiaoman into his arms.
"Aren't you..."
The water splashed everywhere, and Qin Xiaoman fell into the water with Du Heng.
It has been more than half an hour since the door of the clean room opened, Qin Xiaoman wiped his hair, and gave Du Heng a sidelong glance.
"I'll wipe it for you."
Du Heng sat down beside Qin Xiaoman, took another handkerchief and wiped Qin Xiaoman's wet hair.
Picking up his eyes and seeing the red mark on Qin Xiaoman's wrist, he felt slightly apologetic.
He stretched out his hand and rubbed the bruise on Qin Xiaoman's wrist with his fingertips. The bathtub was too small and hard, so he would inevitably bump into it.
"Aren't you going to rest?"
Qin Xiaoman looked at the person who was brushing his hair.
"I dried my hair for you, and you rested with me. I haven't slept with you for a long time, and you sleep better with me."
Although Qin Xiaoman didn't respond, he felt good in his heart.
The next day, both of them got up a bit late, and several relatives who had just had breakfast came over to congratulate them one after another.
It was not easy for Du Heng to get together once he went to his post. This time, all the people arrived. Firstly, it was to celebrate Du Heng's appointment as an official, and secondly, a reunion should also be practiced.
The eldest, second and third children of Qin Xiong's family all brought their own people, and all the descendants of Qin Zhiyan's family also came, but the people surnamed Qin made three or four tables, which was very lively.
"Knowing that you have taken office in Qiuyang County, I wrote a letter to my father-in-law early on, and I will cooperate wholeheartedly when the time comes, and you can just feel at ease." Du Heng was very grateful
. It's an easy task, and I'm most afraid that the people under the helpless people will be obedient, and they won't be able to carry out the work, so they can only be bullied by others.
Qin Zhifeng's father-in-law is the inspector of Qiuyang County, and the yamen who are in charge of the county government are like generals in charge of soldiers in the imperial court. The emperor needs troops to do things.
With Qin Zhifeng's relationship, he used to be more confident in employing people, and when he issues orders and has inspection support, things will be much easier to handle.
"Excuse me, my cousin is still thinking about my affairs when he is concentrating on scientific research."
Qin Zhifeng said: "Now I can't help you with anything, only these small things."
The members of Qin's family are Send things as thoughtfully as possible, just hope that Du Heng will settle down in Qiuyang County.
I offer my heart today, and in the future, if there is something in the family, I can talk about it, and a clan will help and protect like this.
The deadline for taking office is May 15th, and the court also stipulated the time according to the route of the post. Luoxia County is not far from Qiuyang County, and it can be reached in two days.
Du Heng and Qin Xiaoman packed up their belongings, and they expected to leave on the first day of the eighth day. They arrived a few days earlier, and went to clean up the county government and arrange the residence, so that they could take up their duties more comfortably.
On the morning of the eighth day of the eighth day, several carriages were harnessed in front of the house, ready to set off.