Chapter 4 Appointed as magistrate of Wanping County
Chapter 4 Taking office as magistrate of Wanping County
Author: tree on tree
Chapter 4 Taking office as magistrate of Wanping County
Zhu Di was already in a state of self-excitement. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Master Daoyan's advice was brilliant. "Although since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, my father has always paid attention to Beiping Prefecture, and has successively migrated farmers from Shanxi and other places to Beiping to cultivate fields."
Land, build city defenses and consolidate border defenses!
However, now Beiping Prefecture has more than 101,000 households and more than 450,000 people. Even the farmland has only been over 34,000 hectares over the years, which is far from enough.
I don’t want anything extravagant, as long as Guo An can cultivate more than 90,000 hectares of fertile land for my Beiping Mansion like Guo Taishi did when he governed Xixia...
No, even if more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land can be reclaimed, the food and salary pressure of the Ming Dynasty's northern army will be greatly reduced, and there will be no need to rely so much on those bastards in the south!
In this way, Guo An’s merits will be immeasurable!
As long as he does not take bribes and bend the law, I guarantee that he, Guo An, will have a worry-free life in the Beiping Mansion!"
Daoyan on the side twitched the corners of his mouth as he listened!
The King of Zhongshan has guarded Beiping for so many years, and with the help of hundreds of thousands of people and military households in Beiping, he was able to cultivate more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land. You actually asked a county magistrate who just took office to cultivate more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land for you.
?
Moreover, as a descendant of Guo Taishi, Guo An's biggest role is not to cultivate fertile land, but to cultivate the Tatars in the north!
However, as the new mage and counselor of King Yan, Dao Yan could not deny His Highness the King of Yan too much at this moment, and could only show a look of great agreement.
Suddenly, Zhu Di thought of something again, and his face changed drastically: "No, what if my father and eldest brother know about Guo An and rob me of him?"
Monk Daoyan: "..."
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Originally, before the Guo Huan case broke out, Zhu Di was the king of Yan and guarded Beiping Mansion.
However, some officials in the Peking Provincial Envoy Department and the Beiping Provincial Envoy Department did not pay too much attention to Zhu Di, the vassal king.
Zhu Di didn't dare to interfere too much!
And now, officials of all sizes, from top to bottom in the Beiping Mansion, have been killed.
Zhu Di, the vassal king, also had a legitimate reason to intervene in the management of government affairs in Beiping Mansion.
therefore.
The promotion of a county magistrate was a matter of Zhu Di's words!
The next day, Guo An had just finished ordering mao at the Wanping County Yamen, and was going to fish in his office according to his predecessor's memory!
It hasn't been long since I sat down.
An official from the Beiping Chengxuan Envoy Department came to him with the magistrate's clothes, official documents, and other items.
"Let the lower official be appointed magistrate of Wanping County?"
After listening to the words of the official from the Chief Envoy's Department, Guo An couldn't help but be surprised.
Similarly, the officials in the surrounding county offices were also full of surprise, and the way they looked at Guo An completely changed!
People were speculating in their minds, what is the profound background of this boss who used to be a transparent person in the county government?
At the tender age of twenty, as soon as he entered the officialdom, he became the eighth-ranked master of a county!
Not to mention, in less than a year, he was directly promoted to the sixth rank of Anping County Magistrate?
I'm afraid that even the heirs of the founding families in the capital cannot have such a fast career path, right?
"Congratulations to Guo Zhixian for becoming the top county. Since then, the livelihoods of more than 10,000 households and 70,000 people in Wanping County have all depended on one person in Guo Zhixian!"
The official from the Political Envoys Department thanked Guo An with a very sincere expression, and left without waiting for Guo An to refuse.
A confused Guo An was left behind, as well as a group of flattering Wanping County government officials.
"Congratulations to Lord Guo for your promotion to County Lord!"
"Congratulations to Mr. Guo County, you have a bright future..."
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At night, Guo An returned to his house in a daze.
Guo Erniu and the only five servants in the Guo Mansion were standing guard at the door, congratulating Guo An with beaming faces.
"Congratulations, young master, on your promotion!"
"Congratulations, young master, on your promotion..."
"Joy and rejoice together!"
Guo An subconsciously returned the gift, leaving Guo Erniu and all the servants stunned!
"Each person will be rewarded with a hundred coins!"
Guo An dropped these words and walked inside.
"Thank you, Master!"
Guo Erniu and the servants were immediately overjoyed.
Although one hundred coins is not much, for servants like them, it is a huge sum of money!
"Young master, you have become the sixth-grade magistrate of Wanping County. If you let the master know that you are not allowed to be appointed, how happy you will be. Why do you still seem to be in a bad mood?"
After the meal, Guo Erniu looked at Guo An, who was not very interested, and asked again with a puzzled look on his face.
"Is it good to be an official?"
Guo An sneered, "Do you know how many officials were killed in our Ming Dynasty in just this month, and how many of them were officials above the sixth rank?"
"Master, those officials who were killed are all corrupt officials and should be killed!" Guo Erniu said angrily.
"Do you know how many innocent officials who were not involved in corruption were implicated?" Guo An asked again.
"this……"
Guo Erniu opened his mouth. He didn't know a few Chinese characters and didn't know how to refute.
However, the thought I have received since I was a child is to repay kindness and only obey the master's family.
"Master, if it is so dangerous to be a county magistrate, I will follow you tomorrow to find Councilor Nie and ask him to help you resign from this position! Or, I will let you continue to be the chief secretary!"
"This is not something that Counselor Nie can get involved in!"
Guo An gave a helpless smile and ordered to Guo Erniu: "You are not allowed to reveal anything about this to the outside world. In addition, in the past few days, you can go and find out about the vacant official positions of the corrupt officials in Beiping Prefecture after they were killed.
Which officials were promoted and which officials were transferred from other places?"
"Yes, Master!"
Guo Erniu responded quickly.
Guo An nodded and continued to consider his current situation.
His county magistrate must have something to do with Zhu Laosi.
Otherwise, he would not believe that the officials of the imperial court would dare to let him be the 21-year-old official of the first county of the sixth grade?
Moreover, the official promotion document given to him today is only an official document from the Chief Envoy of Peking, not an official document from the Ministry of Personnel!
So, is he still just acting as the county magistrate?
But why did Zhu Laosi let him be the county magistrate?
In his memory, it seems that he has never met Zhu Laosi, and he has no relationship with Zhu Laosi in his family!
strangeness!
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After thinking about it all night, Guo An couldn't figure it out. Under Guo Erniu's urging, he went to Wanping County Yamen on time to order Mao!
Although he has become the county magistrate, he basically does not need to be so punctual.
However, when a new official took office, Zhu Laosi was still watching with unknown intentions, and he did not dare to relax at all!
Similarly, with the warning of the thousands of heads at Chaishikou, no official in the entire Peking Mansion dared to neglect his duties.
All officials are diligent and conscientious. Even the street patrol officers will put on a gentle smile when they see an old man who has fallen down on the road and rush forward to help him!
The entire Beiping Prefecture seems to have entered an unprecedented Datong society!
"Reporting to the county magistrate, this is the population and acres of land for all the people under my jurisdiction in Wanping County!"
"Reporting to the County Lord, June is coming soon, and these are the summer taxes that I, Wanping County, have to pay this half year!"
"Reporting to the County Lord, this is the case file that has appeared under the jurisdiction of Wanping County in the past few days..."
In the Wanping County Yamen, not even a quarter of an hour after Guo An sat down, all the three six-room clerks in the county government seemed to have agreed upon it. Each one was holding a thick book and writing in unison.
Stand in front of him and report to him the situation in Wanping County during this period.