Chief Minister Nie Zishi, who had just taken office not long ago, sat upright with a gloomy face.
On the left and right sides of the hall, there were a group of green-robed officials, some old and some middle-aged.
At this moment, each of these officials looked like they were mourning for their heirs, with mournful faces on their faces, as if they had suffered some bad luck.
There were even tears in the eyes of some officials, as if they would burst into tears as long as Nie Zizhi dared not agree.
Nie Zizhi was also helpless towards these newly transferred magistrates and magistrates.
Nowadays, the Beiping Prefecture is extremely short of officials. If he drives away all the magistrates and magistrates who have finally been recruited from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, then he, the chief envoy of the Beiping Prefecture, will be derelict in his duties.
Otherwise, in the past, Nie Zizhi would have started to curse!
"As people-friendly officials promoted from the imperial court, you are in charge of the government, but now you are so virtuous. Don't you feel that you have failed His Majesty's holy grace?"
"Nie Fantai, His Majesty's great kindness has promoted Xiaguan and others to the Beiping Mansion to take charge of the administration. Xiaguan and others are very grateful.
However, His Highness King Yan actually wants us and other states and counties to cultivate 10,000 hectares of fields within two years! We and other states and counties only have a few households, isn't this nonsense?"
"Fantai, you have been in Beiping Prefecture for so many years, and you know the situation of Beiping Prefecture very well. You commented that when King Zhongshan guarded Beiping Prefecture, he used the efforts of hundreds of thousands of people in Beiping Prefecture, and it took more than ten years to cultivate 10,000 people in Beiping Prefecture.
Here come the fertile fields.
Now, we are asked to cultivate 10,000 hectares of fields in various states and counties where there are only tens of thousands of people. Isn’t this an attempt to embarrass the officials and others?”
"When the time comes, I'm afraid not only King Yan and all the superior officials will punish us, but also if it causes the dissatisfaction of tens of thousands of people in the states and counties below, how can we survive?"
"What the official and others are most worried about is that if we can't open up the land in two years, according to the murderous tempers shown by His Majesty and the King of Yan in the Guo Huan case, how many percent of the lives of these magistrates and magistrates like us can survive?
Chance?"
"Nie Fantai, you also know the reason why Xiaguan and others were promoted to Beiping Mansion. Although Xiaguan and others have no mentors or elders in the court.
However, Xiaguan and others are also dignified Ming Dynasty imperial examination scholars. If Nie Fantai is like this to His Highness Prince Yan, then Xiaguan and others will really not dare to stay in Beiping Mansion!"
"Please also ask Nie Fantai to be considerate of Xiaguan and others. Xiaguan and others are also people with families. The young and old in the family need to be supported by Xiaoguan and others. You must not throw them away because of these ridiculous things.
life!"
"Yes, Nie Fantai, if King Yan and all the superior officials still insist on letting Xiaguan and other states and counties reclaim 10,000 hectares of land, for the sake of their family and their lives, the only option for them is to resign.
…”
The more the prefects and county magistrates talked, the more sad and angry their expressions became.
Originally, because of the Guo Huan case a few days ago, they were dissatisfied with the emperor and the court's wanton involvement of innocent officials and did not dare to make any promotions.
However, the officials and other superior officials continued to persecute them, so they came to Beiping Prefecture with dissatisfaction and served as magistrates of various states and counties under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture.
Who would have thought that they would hear such ridiculous things before their buttocks were still hot!
King Yan requires the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture to cultivate 10,000 hectares of fields within two years, otherwise, will they be punished?
What they couldn't bear the most was that all the officials from the Chief Envoy to the Beiping Prefecture followed the same nonsense as King Yan. Didn't they sincerely want their lives?
If the Chief Envoy of Beiping Prefecture did not give them an explanation, they would really dare to resign from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
However, given the current situation of a large-scale shortage of officials across the country, how dare the Chief Envoy of Peking allow them, the magistrates and magistrates who have finally come here, to resign and leave because of this trivial matter?
I'm afraid that as soon as their resignations are submitted to the officials, a document of reprimand will come down to cause trouble for Nie Fantai!
Nie Zishi can naturally think of this!
"A bunch of careless bastards!"
He cursed bitterly in his heart, but he still couldn't provoke these magistrates and magistrates too much.
But Nie Zizhi was not willing to bear such an extremely frustrating thing alone.
"This matter is a government order proposed by His Highness King Yan, and Beiping Mansion is also a fiefdom of His Highness King Yan. Even though I am the chief envoy of Peiping, I cannot go against His Highness King Yan's wishes just because of your wishes!
"
Nie Zizhi sighed with a sad look on his face, "If you really don't want to, I will hand over a greeting card to His Highness King Yan. It just so happens that you have just arrived in Beiping Mansion and have not yet paid homage to King Yan. You will follow tomorrow."
I go to pay homage to His Highness King Yan!
I wonder what you think?"
"Old fox!"
All the magistrates and magistrates cursed secretly in their hearts, but with a trace of gratitude on their faces, they all bowed their hands in salute.
"Xiaguan and others thank Nie Fantai for your understanding!"
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Yanwang Palace.
Zhu Di finally calmed down under the comfort of Zhu Fu and Monk Dao Yan.
Unexpectedly, a somewhat familiar official from the Chief Envoy of the Peking Prefecture came in respectfully with a greeting card in hand.
In my heart, an unknown fire rose again!
"I'm going to be the Chief Envoy of Peiping, Xing Zongzhi, to pay homage to His Highness King Yan!" Zongzhi cautiously bowed his hands to Zhu Di and saluted.
"Why did you come to see me?" Zhu Di said with a gloomy face.
Zongzhi quickly put on a smile and raised his hand in greeting.
"Your Highness, King Yan, is here to deliver greetings to His Highness. Several magistrates who have been supplemented by the Imperial Court for Beiping Prefecture have arrived in Beiping Prefecture.
According to the rules, they need to come to visit His Highness King Yan.
Therefore, the feudal lord sent his subordinates to ask for an audience with His Highness, and he wants to bring the magistrates and magistrates to come to see His Highness King Yan tomorrow!"
As he said that, he secretly glanced at Zhu Di's expression and said, "I wonder what His Highness means?"
"Oh? If this king has something important to do tomorrow, how will Nie Fantai handle himself?" Zhu Di sneered.
"This..." Zongzhi's face froze, a little at a loss.
"snort!"
Zhu Di snorted coldly, "It just so happens that I will take a good look tomorrow to see how talented these eleven magistrates and magistrates I have granted to the country are!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Zong Zhi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and quickly saluted Zhu Di with his hands raised.
After Zong Zhi left, Zhu Di couldn't help but look angry.
"Damn Nie Zishi, who said that this guy is honest and upright, he actually wants to bring those magistrates and magistrates to force King Miyamoto, it's really gut-wrenching!"
"Your Highness, do you want me to secretly give those bastard magistrates and magistrates something good tonight so that they won't be able to get up tomorrow?"
On the side, Li Wang, Zhu Liang and other generals could not help but look angrily.
Zhu Di was angry again and glared at Li Wang and Zhu Liang, "You guys have some bad ideas. How can I, the majestic King of Yan, be afraid of a few petty officials in my own kingdom?"
Zhu Liang, Li Wang and other generals immediately started laughing.