Chapter 32 Two imperial envoys
The next morning, the entire county government learned that the imperial envoy was about to arrive. Xu Boyi summoned the clerks and yamen runners from all squads and rooms, made some careful arrangements, and the whole county mobilized them together, and began to prepare various gifts in a hurry.
For a moment, the wind swayed sharply. People originally thought that after Ye Xiaotian turned to Hu County, he joined forces with Hua Qingfeng to completely suppress Xu County Chief's arrogance. Since three heads were sacrificed on the post road, Xu Boyi did not have any movement. Who knew that he had secretly crossed Chen Cang and had played with such a trick. The imperial envoy was coming!
There are so many counties in the world, most of them have never been to the imperial envoy. Not to mention the small Hu County, even officials at the prefecture level have never been to come. Now they are going to welcome the angels at once. What a grand and glorious event.
The remarks from the Ministry of Rites were given to Xu Boyi, and Xu Boyi became the person in charge for his own sake. He wanted to hire people, who would dare not respond? He wanted to repair the official roads, renovate the official houses, and build a post office for the imperial envoy. The county's finance dared not allocate funds? For a time, Xu Boyi's financial power and human rights were captured, and he could compete with Hua Qingfeng, who had the upper hand. Moreover, Hua Qingfeng was guarding the post road, while Xu Boyi was in charge of the overall situation in the county, and the host and guest situation were vaguely changed.
Someone with some intentions noticed that Ye Dianshi went to the county government early in the morning and left immediately. Without asking, he must have gone to Hua Qingfeng to discuss countermeasures. This time, most people were not optimistic about him. Xu Boyi had the emperor's fate, so why would you fight him?
Ye Xiaotian was not panicked at all. Yes, Xu Boyi is very glorious now, and no one dares to stop him from seizing power. Any opposition or obstruction, when this matter has risen to the political considerations of the emperor and the court from a higher level, is a very serious mistake.
However, the ultimate key is that Xu Boyi can do this. Otherwise, he would have to vomit out more than he won today. Ye Xiaotian planned early and made careful arrangements to dig a pit that he could not jump out. The plan was about to be realized at this time. Ye Xiaotian was too happy to be too late, so how could he feel uneasy?
Ye Xiaotian was disturbed by Hua Qingfeng and Su Ya and his wife last night. After sending them away, he was no longer interested in being intimate with Donnie. He calmed down and repeatedly thought about how to make Hua Qingfeng recognize, agree, and participate in his plan. Hua Qingfeng lacked responsibility and was not easy to convince, so Ye Xiaotian carefully prepared several sets of plans.
Ye Xiaotian planned to pull Hua Qingfeng into the plan regardless of cheating. Unexpectedly, when Ye Xiaotian arrived at the inn, Hua Qingfeng invited him into the room and sat down, before Ye Xiaotian could speak, Hua Qingfeng had already spoken first.
Hua Qingfeng said: "Ye Dianshi, I thought about it carefully for a long time after I came back last night. Xu Boyi used the power of heaven this time, not to mention you and me. Even if the official wanted to stop him, he would block the chariot with his arms. If he wanted to make him fail, he could only start from the most essential point!"
Ye Xiaotian was slightly stunned. He swallowed the words to his mouth and looked at Hua Qingfeng and said, "What does County Master mean?"
Hua Qingfeng said: "What is the reason why the court valued him so much and cared about this matter? It is because it hopes to promote the people of the tribes in the county to change their surnames. This is not only to facilitate household registration management, but also to the court. This is the spread of the reputation of the four barbarians and education to all directions. For the emperor, this is the emperor's power, and the people are in harmony. With such a great reputation in hand, who dares to stop him? But what if this matter is strongly opposed by the people of the tribes?"
Hua Qingfeng showed a sly expression on his face and said with a smile: "As far as we know in this county, Ye Dianshi and Gaoli villages have a very close relationship. Gaoli villages are the leaders of the tribes of the county, and each tribe has always followed their leader."
Ye Xiaotian was secretly surprised. When did the county magistrate become so brave? If you want to make a fuss about this matter, it is not just a fight with Xu Boyi. It is against the power of the court and against the emperor’s will!
Xu Boyi was finished inciting the opposition of the people of all races, but the emperor originally believed it and sent the imperial envoy excitedly, but he went back in shame. At that time, the court and the emperor would lose all their faces. Once this matter is known, it would be the crime of beheading!
Although Ye Xiaotian was bold, he had planned to do this. What kind of emperor and the court were decent, he was just a big deal in his heart. He didn't have such a kind of unscrupulous nature. He could open a way across mountains and build bridges across water. He could defeat Qimu and kill Meng Qingwei? The way to send that pair of evil people back to the west is absolutely illegal.
Ye Xiaotian never had the awareness of worrying about the country, the people, and the world, but he was by no means a corrupt official bully who once he grasped the power, bully men and women, and was extremely corrupt. He only kept his true heart and did everything as long as it did not make his conscience uneasy. But he did not expect that the magistrate Hua, who has always been as timid as a mouse and followed the rules, would have such a plan.
"It seems that he also knows that once Xu Boyi succeeds, he will have no chance to turn over. This is a hurry and wants to jump over the wall!" Ye Xiaotian thought to himself, feeling quite happy. Since Hua Qingfeng took the initiative to speak, it saved him a lot of effort. If he had known this, why would he have to spend too much effort last night thinking about those many remarks.
When Hua Qingfeng saw Ye Xiaotian nodding and said yes, a smile appeared on his face. Hua Qingfeng at this time seemed to be vaguely different from the past, but who could have noticed it? Everyone has long been accustomed to his image as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle".
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"Wash this stalk stone with water again." Xu Boyi pointed to the stalk stone in front of the court and ordered a yamen runner. The yamen runner agreed and ran away with a basin.
Xu Boyi hurried forward and asked Li Yuncong while walking: "Have the drums at the door of the court changed?"
Li Yuncong said: "Don't worry, you have replaced them all, and the fence has been repainted."
At this time, the entire yamen was completely renewed, but under the instructions of Xu Boyi, everyone was climbing the house and climbing the wall, digging doors and stealing holes, and carrying out a very thorough cleaning.
These days, the entire yamen was circling around under Xu Boyi's command. The Everbright Cleanup was carried out four times. The imperial envoy was about to arrive tomorrow. Xu Boyi was even more unfamiliar at this time, for fear of a mistake.
At the entrance of the yamen, three ladders were erected on the lintel. Two yamen runners were dressed in short dresses and climbed on the high lintel. They wiped the signboard of the county yamen that was already visible with rags. The yamen runner in the middle climbed down the ladder, picked up the bucket to clean the rag.
Seeing this, Xu Boyi tucked his robe, climbed up along the ladder, reached out to touch the plaque, looked at the thin layer of ash on his hand, and was furious: "A group of bastards, if you don't look at you for a moment, you will want to do something perfunctory. Why is the back of the plaque so dirty? Take off the plaque and wipe it spotlessly."
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk. County Magistrate Xu is really hard. His legs are running thin these days, right?" A sarcastic voice suddenly came from below. Xu Boyi looked down and saw Ye Xiaotian standing in front of the steps, looking at him with a contempt and disdain.
Ye Xiaotian teased: "These days, Ye has seen you, Lord Xu, wandering around inside and outside. You have to wipe it repeatedly behind the plaque. Do you need to do this? Isn't it just that the imperial envoy is coming? The imperial envoy will climb up the ladder to check whether you are doing it behind the plaque?"
Xu Boyi climbed down the ladder. Seeing that Li Yuncong had already retreated awkwardly, he couldn't help but glared at him fiercely. He is such a futile thing. If you have my official decision for you, why are you afraid of him? In a few Japanese officials, this little history will be even more difficult.
Xu Boyi glanced at Ye Xiaotian with a condescending gaze and said proudly: "Ye Dianshi, the imperial envoy will naturally not climb onto the lintel to check whether the plaque is clean. But the emperor sent someone to come here, that is the glory of our Hu County. Xu serves the court and the emperor. He should do his best. Can the imperial envoy make a falsification if he can't see it or not see it?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Okay! After a while, County Magistrate Xu has been tying the emperor, it seems... it's a bit far away."
Xu Boyi also smiled, and a needle-like light flashed in his slightly narrowed eyes: "Is it far? I don't see far! Who would have thought that the imperial envoy would come to our county before? But if you send me a letter tomorrow, you will be like a saint's face. If you listen to the holy voice, how can you know that I cannot really meet the emperor?"
Ye Xiaotian said sarcastically: "Mr. Ye is really ambitious, and Ye admires it!"
Xu Boyi said coldly, "Ye Dianshi is responsible for the security of the county. Has the matter I told you, have you done it? The imperial envoy will arrive tomorrow. If something goes wrong there, I will not be able to protect you in front of the imperial envoy."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Don't worry, sir, I naturally dare not neglect the affairs of the subordinates, and I will never delay the business!"
"So good!" Xu Boyi smiled slightly and said indifferently: "This time, I will remember you for your merit in front of the imperial envoy!"
Ye Xiaotian said in surprise: "Take it seriously? Oh, the county magistrate really doesn't forget to support the backwards. Then the official will thank you here first."
"Hahaha……"
"Hey! Hey..."
The two of them smiled at the same time, their smiles were also treacherous, but they didn't know what they had to rely on.
On the official road of the post road, a team of officers and soldiers were escorting a guard of etiquette slowly, including Huang Yue, white throne, standing melon, lying melon, silver spear, long halberd, official throne, dragon and phoenix flag..., a complete set of imperial envoys' ceremonial guards, the followers of the warriors were dressed in brocade clothes and embroidered jackets, clean and neatly, each hanging his sword and wearing swords, heroic and heroic.
In the car, Lin Siyan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, held a chess piece and thought for a while, finally threw it into the chess box, shook his head and smiled, "Mr. Lin lost! Is it still the national uncle who is better!"
Li Xuancheng smiled slightly, stroked the chessboard casually, looked forward, and said, "Mr. Lin, it's time to go to Huxian tomorrow?"
Mr. Lin nodded and said, "Not bad! The uncle has worked hard all the way, and he will have a good rest when he arrives in Hu County."
Li Xuancheng shook his head and smiled, "Thank you so hard, this Guizhou place has a beautiful landscape and a continuous scenery along the way, which is very pleasing to the eye. Li likes it very much."
As Li Xuancheng said, he walked out, held the car railing, and looked into the distance. The mountains and rivers were beautiful and the sky was clear. A snow-white cloud was quietly suspended in the air and fell into his eyes. It vaguely turned into a beautiful face that could upside down all living beings. Li Xuancheng's heart couldn't help but feel aroused.
★★★The month is in the middle of the year, and the end of the year, heroes, sincerely ask for monthly tickets! ★★★.
(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!