After sitting on the bench in Zhang Yichen's living room for a long time, he finally met the county magistrate Zhang Yichen who was late.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. I've discussed business with County Magistrate Du, and it took some time." Zhang Yichen came in and said. After not seeing him for a few days, he seemed to be a little haggard. The wrinkles between his eyebrows became deeper and his beard was not taken care of.

"The county magistrate's official business is important, and Luo Cheng has nothing to do."

"The tea is cold. How can these people serve? Come and serve tea and bring the good tea in my study." Zhang Yichen shouted unhappily.

Zhang Yichen looked at Luo Cheng, thinking that he could see anger and dissatisfaction on Luo Cheng's face, but he only saw calmness, which surprised him a little.

"Shicheng, it's okay to move outside the city. Is the new camp already built? I originally wanted to go and see it, but there are too many things recently. We have been in chaos together and involve too many. Although we have eliminated the rebels and bandits, there are many things to clean up after the disaster. As well as the county magistrate Cheng and the chief clerk Fei were summoned to the county town for accountability. Now the affairs in the yamen are on my head and I, and I am worried every day."

"Thank you for your hard work in the county magistrate."

After a few polite words, Zhang Yichen took the initiative, "I heard that there was some misunderstanding between you and County Magistrate Du?"

"It's not. If County Magistrate Du felt that he had offended him, I could go and apologize to him. But I believe that County Magistrate Du could not have only a little bit of a stomachache. Since the county Magistrate took office, he has whipped my brother, removed my posts, drove me out of the city, and now he has taken away my Yongye and vocational fields. It's really hard for me to understand."

"I distributed the 400 acres of Yongye and Judicial land to you at the beginning. County Magistrate Du said that it was not in line with the rules and insisted on taking it back. Although I persuaded him, I could only do this in the end. I was not thinking about this matter before."

When the tea came, Zhang Yichen personally gave Luo Cheng a tea.

"Shicheng, I know you have resentment in your heart, but County Magistrate Du also does his job impartially."

Luo Cheng was a little impatient and said politely to Zhang Yichen, so he simply said, "Eunuch, I, Luo Cheng, was promoted by you. Originally, I was just a rural man. I made an exception and promoted me as a constable. Later, I asked me to be the head of the police. I, Luo Cheng, have today step by step, and I am the one who is the one who loves you."

"It is because you have the ability to capture thieves and fight bandits, and you have the favor of the county magistrate, that is why you are today, and I don't help much."

"The envoy, the county magistrate is my teacher, but in Zhangqiu County, I am the envoy. When I led the township group to the city to clean up the three yamen, I was also under the order of the envoy. I asked myself that after taking over the three yamen, I had never done anything illegal. I obeyed the envoy's orders and acted as the envoy's orders."

"But now, when the County Magistrate Du came, he removed all of us and drove the county barracks out of the city. He did this and bullied me not only Luo Cheng, but also did not take you seriously. After all, the magistrate of Zhangqiu County is you, and Du Ruhui is just Zhangqiu County Magistrate. He is a newcomer, but he acted like this, which is too domineering."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yichen no longer hid it.

He sighed, "Shicheng, how come I don't know what you said, but I also have my helplessness."

"Envoy, even if Du Ruhui is from a famous family, Jingzhao Du, and even the grandson of the Minister of Works, this place is Zhangqiu County after all. In this county government, if you can't even maintain the honor of the county magistrate, then who will be the chief official in the future? How can you walk in the officialdom again in the future?"

"You can't even control an assistant. Will the superiors feel assured to let you take on a more important position in the future?"

Du Ruhui's various actions in Zhangqiu City were actually carried out with the support of Zhang Yichen, after all, Zhang Yichen was the county magistrate.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Yichen has a veto power in Zhangqiu's affairs.

Without his approval, what can Du Ruhui do? Even if he is the son of the Minister of Works, he cannot afford to go to Zhang Yichen in this place.

But Zhang Yichen was afraid of Du Ruhui's sharpness, or his reputation as the Du family in Jingzhao, so he compromised and gave in everywhere, which led to Du Ruhui's current one-man show.

"Eunuch, you finally drove away the county magistrate Cheng and chief clerk Fei who were in vain, and cleaned up the treacherous clerks before. Finally, you can make a difference and show your strength. Now you let County Magistrate Du control the county government. Are you willing?"

Are you willing?

Of course, Zhang Yichen was unwilling to give up. After all, he was only in his early thirties and was also a legitimate descendant of the great gentry. He was also arrogant and talented. He finally got rid of the constraints of the Zhangqiu Yamen, and as a result, Du Ruhui came to pick peaches.

Holding up the teacup, Zhang Yichen lost a smile on his face.

"Shicheng, has your cousin Qin Qiong contacted you recently?" Zhang Yichen asked suddenly.

"With correspondence, my cousin trained at Denglaishui Port."

"Oh, I intend to betroth my little girl to Qin Qiong. What do you think?" he asked again.

Luo Cheng was surprised, how could he ask him about such a thing?

"This is a good thing." After thinking about it, Luo Chengdao.

"I have invited a matchmaker to Licheng to propose marriage to Qin's mother, but Qin's mother said she should consider it. Shicheng, I am very optimistic about Qin Qiong, and I think he is talented and capable, and I want to recruit him as a son-in-law in the East Side. You have a good relationship with Shubao. I want you to mention this matter in your letter with Shubao, and I also want you to write to Zhang Junzhu of the County City, so that he can help protect a matchmaker."

"Can."

Luo Cheng did not refuse. He felt that Zhang Yichen suddenly turned to this topic at this time, as if he wanted to get close to each other's relationship. After he refused Zhang Yichen's marriage last time, the relationship between the two was indeed cracked.

Sure enough, after he agreed, Zhang Yichen had a smile on his face.

"Okay, if this marriage is done, then we will be relatives."

The atmosphere changes.

Zhang Yichen picked up the teacup and put it down, "What do you think I should do about County Magistrate Du?"

"The key is to be in power. You are the county magistrate, and you cannot let County Magistrate Du offend you. And the key point is that there are two rooms and three classes."

"But County Magistrate Du has cleared the two rooms and three squads and replaced the candidates, all of which are his."

Luo Cheng then said to Zhang Yichen, "This matter is not without a solution. Although County Magistrate Du brought some staff to follow, the two ranks of clerks in the county still chose the people from the county. County Magistrate Du didn't know much about these people, and some of them were still the same as the original clerks in the yamen and the village."

"As long as the county magistrate is willing to investigate, the problems of these people can be found, and then they can be replaced with legitimate reasons. Then, the person who was signed by the county magistrate is to take charge of the two houses and three yamen. Even though the county magistrate is a cross-river, he can't make any trouble."

He retreated again and again, but since Du Ruhui refused to give him any chance and insisted on forcing him away, Luo Cheng didn't want to be polite to him.
Chapter completed!