Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

At the door of Shen Zheng's room, three people knelt facing each other in a triangle, and Xu Zhubu looked helpless.

He was just a small clerk, and the two county magistrates were kneeling to each other in front of him. If he just stood there in a daze, it would look terrible. If people from the other rooms came out, they would probably mistakenly think that the two magistrates were kneeling to him.

Yin Wencai didn't expect Shen Zheng to really kneel. He was stunned for a moment and stammered:

"You...are not...Shen, Lord Shen, you get up first!"

Shen Zheng didn't move, "You are older, you get up first."

Yin Wencai's face froze for a moment. In the officialdom, rank and ability are often valued. It is common for older, lower-ranking officials to kneel before younger, higher-ranking officials.

Although Lord Shen is now at the same level as him and is also the county magistrate, he knows that Lord Shen will rise to a high position in the future and this old man cannot compare to him.

What's more, he knelt before Lord Shen not because of his official rank, but because of what Lord Yu said to him before he returned to the county government office today.

It took him a while to digest what Lord Yu said. If he didn't come to visit Lord Shen tonight, he was afraid...

I was afraid that those words were just a dream he had because he was too tired from cutting rice.

Seeing that he was hesitating, Shen Zheng reached out and grabbed his arm, then pulled him up with all her strength. Seeing this, Xu Zhubu breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.

Shen Zheng looked at both sides and said, "Let's go to the study and talk."

After arriving at the study, Shen Zheng and Xu Zhubu sat down. Yin Wencai looked hesitant and stood still.

Shen Zheng sighed, walked forward and pressed him down on the chair, and said sternly: "Master Yin, I believe Master Yu has already told you about my plan, otherwise you wouldn't do this so late at night."

Upon hearing this, Yin Wencai stood up again, took a step back, and bowed, saying, "Yes, that's right. I am very excited and wanted to explain..."

When Shen Zheng saw him stand up again, her eyebrows were twisted into knots.

"Sir Yin, you really don't have to do this. You and I are both officials in the same court, and we are both county magistrates. You really don't have to treat me like this. Don't put yourself... too low."

Yin Wencai's pupils suddenly dilated and his eyes trembled.

Don't, put yourself too low.

He looked confused and recalled something someone said to him when he first entered the officialdom.

"Yin Wencai, you should have the attitude of asking for help. You straightened your back so much that I thought I was the one asking you for help today. Now that you have entered the officialdom, you should throw away your ridiculous integrity as a scholar. This is the officialdom, not the academy. You can't get anything done by straightening your back."

At that time, he was also doing it for the people and was naturally a bit proud. He was shocked when he heard this and was disgusted by this "official style". He turned around and left.

But the result?

It is just as that person said, people with stiff knees and stiff backs seem to be unable to accomplish anything in the officialdom.

Since then, although he was unwilling, he still "removed" his backbone.

"Master Jiang, how are you these days? Master Jiang is truly a role model for our generation. Our mansion is under your jurisdiction...Master Jiang, take care!"

"President Su, President Su, please take a look at the appropriation slip first. Are you busy? It's okay. I'll wait for you. I'll wait for you..."

Waited day after day.

But why is it that even though he let go of his integrity, he still achieved nothing?

Oh, because he had nothing.

What’s the point of having no backbone and no shame if you can’t produce anything?

So even though Yu Zhengqing had said so before, he was still nervous when he visited Shen Zheng late at night, and he knelt down before her as soon as they met.

Baiyun County is far away. Not only does he not know Lord Shen's temperament and preferences, he also has nothing to offer to please Lord Shen. All he has are these knees, and it doesn't hurt to use them a few more times.

But why was the person in front of him completely different from the officials he had met before?

Her words just now seemed to bring him back to the time when he first entered the officialdom, reminding him of his "integrity" and "will not lower his position" at that time.

But is the person in front of her really what she said?

He looked up at Shen Zheng, his eyes flashing with a light that Shen Zheng and Xu Zhubu could not understand.

Is it what he thinks?

Shen Zheng saw him looking at her with a complicated look and called out, "Master Yin?"

Yin Wencai was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses. He put on a strange smile and said, "If Lord Shen doesn't like it, Yin will not do this. I will listen to Lord Shen in everything."

Shen Zheng was a little confused when he heard this, and his brows, which had just relaxed, began to frown again.

She felt that Yin Wencai's smile in front of her was a little strange.

What do you mean she doesn't like it? How can this be a matter of like or not?

As a colleague, why not help each other within the scope of our ability, which is beneficial to the country and the people? Why did he say this?

Seeing this, Shen Zheng also took it seriously and stood up and said, "Master Yin, this is not a question of whether I like it or not, but you and I are both county officials, and it is inevitable that we care about the people, and Master Yu should also tell you my thoughts."

Shen Zheng was stunned for a moment when she said this, as if she had figured something out.

She asked, "Do you think I agreed to give you the rice seeds because I was afraid of offending Lord Yu and was forced to do so?"

Yin Wencai saw that part of his thoughts had been revealed, and his face froze for a moment, but after a moment he slowly replied: "Not entirely..."

After he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful. If Lord Shen was really under pressure from Lord Yu, then what he said would be equivalent to directly admitting his thoughts and belittling Lord Shen's character.

Yin Wencai twisted his thigh, angry at himself for not living up to his expectations.

In his opinion, officials, no matter how high or low their rank is, no matter how they bow and scrape in front of their superiors, are unwilling to admit that they are afraid of their superiors or are inferior to them when their superiors are not around.

He argued quietly: "Not really..."

Even though Shen Zheng claimed to have a gentle temperament, she was irritated by his squeezing toothpaste and asked angrily, "What's the matter?"

Yin Wencai was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat. He had come to express his gratitude, but he didn't expect to anger Lord Shen.

If Lord Shen gets angry and doesn't give him rice seeds, then the people of Baiyun County...

Thinking of this, his knees went weak and he made a move to kneel again.

"No kneeling!"

Shen Zheng's voice was so loud that even Xu Zhubu who was standing beside her was shocked.

He had never seen Shen Zheng so angry, so he hurried forward and pressed Yin Wencai down on the chair.

He didn't want to interrupt, but looking at Yin Wencai's appearance, he understood a little, so he persuaded: "Master Yin, whether you believe it or not, I have to say that Master Shen is different from other officials. You can open your heart and talk to her. You don't have to use those behaviors you used to survive in the officialdom on Master Shen."

Yin Wencai never expected that his thoughts could be seen through by the chief clerk in front of him, and he was terrified for a moment.

But...is what he said true? He didn't dare to believe it easily, because it concerned the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people in Baiyun County.