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

"The carriage..."

Shen Zheng stood on the steps, tilted her head and said to Yu Shizhang: "That carriage looks very familiar to me, like..."

"It's Zhengqing's car." Yu Shizhang said.

Shen Zheng cried out "Ouch!" and quickly ran down the stairs with her robe picked up. The county residents saw her running towards them with her arms outstretched and thought she wanted to hug them warmly, so they hurried to greet her.

"Sir, please go slower! Hold me, hold me! I am a girl, please hold me as you like!"

"Sir! Although I am a man, I have a newly weaned girl at home! Please wait a moment, I will bring the girl to you to enjoy your blessing!"

"No..." Shen Zheng had just said half of her words when she was embraced by a tall lady.

"No... You-you Fang Kai." Shen Zheng struggled for a while, and her aunt lowered her head and asked, "What did you say, sir? Did it hurt you?"

She rubbed Shen Zheng's shoulders and said distressedly, "You have lost weight, it must be because Lao Lai didn't take good care of you. How about this, I will come to the county government to cook for you? I will cook for you alone. Just tell me what you want to eat every day. I am a good cook!"

"No, no, no! Fang Kai——" Shen Zheng twisted and turned in this aunt's arms, and finally put her head out.

She put her hand between the two of them, pulled them apart and said, "Aunt, thank you for your kindness, but can you please let me go first? The prefect is here!"

Yu Shizhang on the stage looked at her aggrieved expression and laughed until he was out of breath.

He panted and asked Liang Fu and others: "Did you see it? Shen Zheng is like a little white sheep among wolves. How pitiful!"

Liang Fu smiled, but still disagreed: "That woman's behavior is really offensive to Lord Shen."

"Otherwise, you're just being pedantic." Yu Shizhang disagreed even more and asked him, "You've been in the capital for many years, have the common people ever brought you a bite of food?"

This question from the depths of his soul made Liang Fu pause, his face stiffened: "Not before."

"Not before." Yu Shizhang laughed and said, "You only enjoy this kind of treatment after coming to Tongan County, right? I am the same."

Liang Fu nodded slowly. Yu Shizhang stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the crowd below and said, "It is the same for me. Students who admire me will copy my handwriting and try every means to collect my calligraphy. Some students even pass the imperial examinations and become officials because of me."

Liang Fu turned and looked at him when he heard that.

Unexpectedly, Yu Shizhang's face was not filled with pride like before.

"But in their eyes, Benber is not a person."

Liang Fu didn't quite understand what he meant, and frowned slightly, "What do you mean...?"

Yu Shizhang looked around and said slowly, "I can be a piece of calligraphy, a policy paper, a national policy, a hero who saved the people from disaster, the high and mighty Earl of Yongning. But I cannot be a person, a person with seven emotions and six desires, a person who would feel cold without clothes, a person who would feel hungry without food... a person."

Liang Fu understood a little, but...

"But Lord, isn't that what all of us officials should do? The people respect us, fear us, and trust us. Isn't that enough?"

"How can it be enough?" Yu Shizhang watched the crowd make way for Shen Zheng and said slowly, "Officials don't have to be high and mighty. This is what I learned from Shen Zheng."

He then asked Liang Fu: "Do you think ordinary people respect Shen Zheng?"

"Respect." Liang Fu gave the answer quickly.

"Then in what aspects do they usually 'offend' and 'transgress'?" Yu Shizhang asked again.

Liang Fu opened his mouth, but no answer came out.

"Do you understand?" Yu Shizhang smiled softly.

"At certain times, they treat Shen Zheng as if she were the sky, as if she were a goddess who was high above them, and obey her every word and show great respect to her. But at other times, they treat Shen Zheng as if she were their own child and relative. When Shen Zheng is hungry, they will take out food that they themselves are reluctant to eat and have to watch her eat it. As soon as Shen Zheng arrives at the clinic, they will rush over, fearing that she will be unwell, and they care about her more than their own health."

Yu Shizhang recalled the scene in the clinic that day and asked Liang Fu, "Do you know what the people call this?"

"what is it call?"

"They say they respect her." Yu Shizhang pointed at the enthusiastic people at the bottom of the stairs, "They respect her, but they love her more. What you call 'offense' is nothing more than a sincere concern that she is thin, hungry, or cold."

"From the heart, how can there be any offense?"

Liang Fu stood there in a daze, looking at the aunt who had just hugged Shen Zheng tightly.

She seemed to know that she had done something wrong just now. She stood there like a child who had made a mistake, her eyes following Shen Zheng in the crowd.

She raised her hand several times, but then put it down again.

"Do you understand?" Yu Shizhang's eyes fell on the same place as his. "If someone among the people treated you so sincerely, worried when you were worried and happy when you were happy. Would you still feel offended?"

"Your humble servant..." Liang Fu choked up for no apparent reason, "Your humble servant won't, but it seems that your humble servant is... a little envious of Lord Shen."

How can one not be envied by being loved by so many people?

"Then you should work hard in Tongan County." Yu Shizhang still did not forget to brainwash him at this time, "As long as you make a name for yourself in Tongan County, Shen Zheng's current treatment will be your future treatment."

Liang Fu looked at the tall lady and couldn't help shivering.

"Or... that's not necessary. It's enough for them to care about me. There's no need for them to... uh, hug me."

"What?!" Yu Shizhang frowned and looked at him, "You are quite old, but you also have beautiful ideas."

Liang Fu's face turned red with embarrassment.

But his way of being an official has indeed undergone a new change today.

——A change in which he is both an official and a human being. A change in which he takes off his official uniform and becomes flesh and blood like the common people.

......

Shen Zheng arrived in front of the carriage surrounded by the people.

I have to say that the residents of her county were quite sensible. The moment they knew she was busy, they spontaneously made way for her. Although the way was not wide, it was enough for her to walk.

As soon as Yu Zhengqing stepped down from the carriage, he saw Shen Zheng with her mouth grinning from ear to ear.

He couldn't help but laugh too, and asked her, "Are you so happy that the county government office has been repaired?"

Shen Zheng raised his head to look at him and said sincerely, "I am glad that you can come."

Yu Zhengqing snorted softly from his nose, "Are you happy that I can come? But you didn't even say that you took the initiative to invite me here."

"I just wanted to hang a plaque. I'm afraid you'd be tired if I asked you to run all the way."

"Slippery tongue." Yu Zhengqing stepped out of the carriage. Zhuang Zhiyun poked his head out from behind the curtain and said with a smile, "It's a great day, why do you criticize Zheng'er as soon as you come? It really spoils the fun."