The next day was December 18th. Han Qi'an took people to Xuzhou, but Jiang Chun had returned from Xuzhou.
Jiang Chun took this trip and gained a deeper understanding of the situation in Xuzhou and Qingfu County next year.
Compared with Fang Yankai's hesitation, he looked calm and confident.
In terms of merit and hard work, he may be far inferior to Li Xia or Fang Yankai, but in terms of support and future, although he is not as good as Li Xia, he is far better than Fang Yankai.
Because Mou Zicai, his wife Mou's uncle, had just moved to the post of Minister of Rites this year, just after Pu Zezhi was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of Shu.
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"Don't worry Feiyu. This time when I went to Xuzhou, I didn't mention Zhang Yuanming's death. I only said that I supervised the construction of the 500 river patrols, that the money and food were donated by wealthy households, and that most of the villagers' bravery was due to the people's enthusiastic resistance.
Meng. No one will look into this matter in detail."
"Thank you, magistrate."
"Well, it's me who wants to thank Feiyu and give me the credit for Fenrun."
Jiang Chun looked at Li Xia, with a warm smile on his face, and said: "Zhizhou is very angry that you and Zhengshu did not obey the order. He has already impeached you, but he has also reported your merits truthfully. When the time comes, you will be rewarded."
No matter what the fault is...it must be that the merit outweighs the fault, haha."
"yes."
Li Xia responded casually and didn't care.
Jiang Chun observed his expression and asked, "What are Feiyu's plans?"
"I think the county magistrate is about to be promoted. Although I am not talented, I want to be in charge of the Qing Fu."
"confident?"
"Xianggong Ding has been appointed as the left prime minister."
Jiang Chun smiled while stroking his beard. He and Li Xia had a tacit understanding and said half-jokingly: "The imperial appointment will not be until March or April next year at the earliest. Before that, please Feiyu don't dislike me and stay in Qingfu."
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"I don't dare. There are still many things that I need to ask the county magistrate for advice on."
"By the way, are Feiyu used to living in the west wing? The location there is not very good, how about you move to the east wing?"
"No, that's fine for now."
"Okay, okay, it's really gratifying that you and I can live under the same roof..."
After meeting Li Xia, Jiang Chun naturally wanted to see Fang Yankai again. But he was drinking tea and didn't ask anyone to invite him for a long time.
Until Zhan Gang pushed the door open and came in and asked: "Dong Weng, don't you see the owner's book?"
"The world is changing so fast. I thought it would be Fang Zhengshu who would help me get a top-notch evaluation. Unexpectedly, Li Feiyu came and made great achievements and gave me a push." Jiang Chun said with emotion.
"Yeah, who would have thought of that."
"Of the three county magistrates in Qingfu, Fang Zhengshu usually holds the most power, but when it comes to judging merit and giving rewards, he is the most useless one."
Zhan Gang couldn't answer this question either.
Jiang Chun waved his hand and said, "Please come over, Zhengshu."
When Fang Yankai came in, Jiang Chun put on a gentle smile again.
"Don't worry, your merits must outweigh your faults. Zhizhou still appreciates you very much, saying that you must be coerced by Feiyu."
Fang Yankai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."
"But he still impeached you."
"this……"
"This is also for your own good, to let you know that on the battlefield, following orders is more important than meritorious service."
Fang Yankai remained silent.
Jiang Chun held the teacup, pondered, and finally said: "Zhengshu, you and I have been together for nearly two years. There is something I have wanted to say to you..."
"The county magistrate just said it doesn't matter."
"How to speak... You are better at political affairs than me, but I know more about officialdom than you."
"yes."
"Shi Zhizhou's impeachment is not painful for Feiyu; but for you, it is a matter of future."
Fang Yankai was stunned.
"If your merits are greater than your faults, you can be promoted; if your merits are greater than your faults, you can only get some rewards in the end... I will put this here now. If you don't believe it, wait until March or April to read it."
"I believe."
Jiang Chun sighed: "I have wanted to tell you this for a long time. Shi Zhizhou is a good official, an upright official, and he does business in a business-like manner. He cannot help you... Alas, I have said too much. I am just afraid that you will be disappointed. I am not saying that
Zhizhou made a mistake."
"Zhizhou did the right thing, I did not follow the order."
"If you really want to be promoted, please ask Feiyu to help you. Do you think that the credit for killing Wu Lianghetai belongs to Pu Shuai? Your vision is too low. Let me tell you, the credit belongs to Ding Xiang. Now Feiyu's words are worth it to you
Two years of hard work.”
"How could I not understand? But Ding Daquan is a traitor..."
"Yes." Jiang Chun murmured: "Think about it, when Ding Daquan was the chief secretary of Ningde County, he was also in the same situation as the official secretary is now, right?"
Fang Yankai was a little confused...Shi Zhizhou didn't do anything wrong, and he didn't do anything wrong either, but why did things become like this?
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A Taoist priest named "Yu Dechen" meditates in the post house.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and felt a little distressed.
Lai Qingfu came to kill Li Xia. On the first day he came, he saw people. Unfortunately, there were dozens of soldiers around... Later, Yu Dechen heard that those were the soldiers who killed Wu Liang Hetai.
After two days, Li Xia was not seen again.
I didn't even see ginger rice.
Those people seemed to have forgotten him, Yu Dechen, and left him in the inn and never came back again.
The plan of getting close to Li Xia and then killing him didn't seem to work, so Yu Deshen decided to sneak into the county government office at night to kill him.
During the day, you have to go out and visit places.
He picked up the sword and left the posthouse.
Qingfu Street was a little lively because the county government was recruiting laborers to build bridges and roads. It was said that they were building a stone bridge over the Fu River and building official roads leading to Xuzhou, Anning County, and Junlian County.
Since yesterday, some refugees from nearby states and counties have arrived...
Yu Deshen was crossing the long street when a woman wearing sackcloth and mourning ran by at the corner and almost bumped into him.
He ducked away and looked around, seeing that the woman was in her mid-twenties and looked a little flustered.
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Zhang Zhang ran across the street corner and almost bumped into a Taoist priest. When he turned around, he saw that the men behind him were already chasing him.
"Taoist Priest, can you help me?"
"How can I help you?"
Zhang Zhu said hurriedly: "Someone is chasing me from behind, I..."
"Follow me." The Taoist priest pulled Zhang Zhu and quickly ran into another alley. He pointed his hand and said, "Go that way."
Zhang Zhu ran away quickly and turned around to see the Taoist priest kicking away a pursuer.
"Stop bullying women..."
Zhang Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran towards the south of the city.
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Yan Yunyun just walked out of the door of the powder shop and suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Recently, there were many people wearing sackcloth and mourning in the city, but she saw Zhang Yuanming's daughter once and recognized her at a glance.
She quickly put it on.
Zhang Zhu turned into an alley and knocked on the door of a courtyard. A man opened the door, bowed respectfully, and welcomed Zhang Zhu in.
Yan Yunyun lay on the wall and watched, thinking in his heart that the people living here might be the old Zhang family.
Just then she turned around and wanted to report the news to the county government. She suddenly stopped and a confident smile appeared on her lips...
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Yu Dechen clapped his hands, no longer looked at the evil servants lying on the ground, and continued walking towards the county government office.
At the next street corner, I saw a group of people gathered around, not knowing what they were doing.
Yu Dechen was a Taoist priest, so he thought that he shouldn't be too curious, but he still couldn't help but go over and take a look, but there was a group of people buying salt.
"Eighty cents per pound."
"Really? A pound of official salt costs one hundred and forty-four cents. Are you talking about illegal salt? Let me tell you, our county is very good at detecting illegal salt. If you sell it for three pounds, you can behead someone."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" said the man selling salt, "This is official salt. If you don't buy it, go away. This is the only load today."
"I'd like to buy it, but I'm afraid that the official salt won't be sold, and I have medical problems. I'll go to the household."
Yu Dechen stood by and listened calmly, curious in his heart what "scientific examination" meant.
Soon I heard someone ask: "What is Kefu?"
"If the official salt cannot be sold every year, the county government will force us households to buy it."
"Then go away, I am the tenant, I will buy it."
"Stupid, if you can't sell more, you have to share it..."
"I've told you, this is official salt, and there will be no Kefu in the county in the future. Buy it or not, or go away."
Yu Dechen watched for a while and felt bored. He turned to leave, but saw a middle-aged scribe rushing over and almost bumped into him again.
Then, I heard the quarrel between the middle-aged scribe and the salt seller.
"You said this is official salt. Show me the salt!"
"You just want to see it? Who are you?"
"Who am I? If you don't take out the salt, don't blame me for taking you down..."