Corrupt County Magistrate (14)

I have always heard that a wife is more valuable than her husband and a mother is more valuable than her son. I have never heard of a man being more valuable than his son-in-law.

Mr. Wei has not been promoted for a long time. He has real abilities, but the most indispensable thing in the court is capable people. He does not know how to please his boss, and he does not know how to study. What achievements he has made are even more noble. He never thought about showing off his merits. He was able to sit in his previous position because the emperor felt that although he was occasionally inflexible, he was still a pure minister.

As for officials, the higher you go, the harder it is to get promoted. There are many people in the court like Mr. Wei who have not been promoted for a long time.

As a result, today, he was promoted based on his son-in-law's achievements.

At this moment, whether they have a good relationship with Mr. Wei, a bad relationship, or an average relationship, most of them are envious in their hearts.

The promotion is one thing, and the other thing is that His Majesty looks like this now. It is obvious that he has Lord Wei's son-in-law in his heart. Otherwise, how could he be so kind and cheerful to receive such a great honor.

Throughout the ages, no one could jump from the post of magistrate of Weeping Willow to the post of magistrate of Zhao.

Although they all have the same knowledge, their grades are very different.

This is equivalent to a primary school student jumping to university in one fell swoop. From a humble official, he truly became a person with full power in his hands.

Although everyone under Yuzhao is quite poor, the prefect of Anguo is from the third rank.

From the third rank, a position that many people could never reach in their lifetime, Ji Changze was only in his early twenties and was already sitting in such a position. It would be a lie to say that the emperor did not trust him.

Some people think that this is too much of a reward, but the emperor has already issued an edict. At this time, if you stand up and say, "Your Majesty, do you want to change the reward to a more suitable one?" Isn't that asking for death?

The imperial power of Anguo was supreme, and even the imperial censor only pointed the finger at the emperor when he was not very reliable. Although the person currently in office is not very powerful, he is definitely not a waste. In addition, Ji Changze is really good at managing Weeping Willow. He is capable, capable and has made great contributions. His old father-in-law is still standing next to him. He is opposed at this time. In the future, this man will get up and be the first to attack them.

Ever since, the matter was settled.

The emperor was not too surprised. He also had his own little calculation. The fertilizer was presented by Ji Changze. If nothing else happened, once the fertilizer was used throughout the country, the people would definitely be grateful.

If he gives less rewards, it will inevitably make people feel that they are not doing enough.

It's different if you give too much. If word gets out, people will definitely not say "Your Majesty, you are too lavish", but "Your Majesty saw chemical fertilizer because he thought that it can increase the harvest of food and save the people below from hunger. I was so happy that I awarded him a reward."

This is a story that can be passed down through the ages.

And he didn't just give the official position casually. He had read Ji Changze's "files" and knew what the other party's Yuanhua Pani had done in Weeping Willow. He was indeed a good official who was dedicated to the people. Order.

Feeling that his orders were very logical, the emperor began to arrange the promotion of fertilizers with satisfaction. He had no idea what kind of prosperity Ji Changze would repay him in the future because of his thoughtful trust.

No matter how noble Mr. Wei was, he was still happy to be promoted. He went home with his lips curled up, and refused Mrs. Wei's suggestion of holding a banquet to celebrate. He touched his beard with a little pride and said, "I just got promoted to the imperial envoy." "Doctor, I was promoted based on Nagasawa's merits, so I don't want to make it public."

"It is also our Wei family's destiny to rely on Nagasawa to get promoted. Everyone is envious of it. Master, look at which son-in-law in the capital can be as capable as our Nagasawa. Yuanhuapan made me stand out before, but now I also helped the master get promoted. I don’t know how many people hate Nagasawa for not being their son-in-law.”

Mrs. Wei felt quite proud and proud: "I also heard that the third prince's concubine made some mistakes, and she actually failed to reprimand the queen and got pregnant. It seems that she made a big mistake."

Mr. Wei's eyebrows widened after hearing this, and then he said softly: "Don't say this again. After all, it is the royal family's business, and it is not ours to comment on."

"I know, isn't this only said in front of the master?"

Mrs. Wei personally helped Mr. Wei get out of the government, and her tone was full of relief: "In other words, Nagasawa is a sensible person. That's why I didn't believe her words. Instead, I wrote a letter to tell you and me that if it were anyone else, what she had arranged With words like that, no man can have any grudges in his heart."

After Ji Changze and Wei Juncan decided to get married, the girl who deliberately set out to do this was afraid that she wouldn't step on Wei Juncan hard enough, so she actually whispered in their son-in-law's ears that the "accident" at that time was all their family's fault. Jun Can did this deliberately so that the third prince could see that he would marry into the royal family.

If Nagasawa hadn't believed in Jun Can and guessed that this "accident" was caused by this girl, he would have specially written a letter to tell them to be careful. After all, although she had not become the third prince's main concubine as she wished, she had also become a side concubine. , after all, she is a member of the royal family. If she wants to do something to the Wei family again, they'd better be on guard.

Master Wei and Mrs. Wei are not afraid.

Although this woman became the third prince's concubine, if the concubine murdered the family members of the court ministers, the royal family would be the first to dislike her if the incident came to light.

Not afraid, but also disgusting.

How important is the innocence of a daughter's family? As a woman herself, how could she not know.

Their Juncan always behaves gently and never offends others, but she resorted to such vicious methods. Fortunately, she met a gentleman like Nagasawa. What if it were someone else?

In fact, his wife is "deeply scheming and wants to seduce the prince." How can any man not care in his heart?

Now that she knows that she has failed, the Queen is not happy, even Lord Wei, who has always been generous and does not care about others, is very happy.

Mrs. Wei said: "I don't know what her expression will be like when she sees our Juncan become the prefect's wife, her husband is considerate and gentle to her, and the two of them play the piano in harmony. She wanted to harm us Juncan, but instead she succeeded." , You have found such a good son-in-law for our Wei family, and now you have been promoted because of Nagasawa, that is, she is in the palace, otherwise I have to find a chance to see her face. "

"That's right." She suddenly remembered something and asked Mr. Wei: "Now it's Nagasawa's own credit, and he shares it with the master. Will the Ji family do it?"

"It doesn't matter."

Master Wei thought earlier than Mrs. Wei: "Nagaze is an only son, and the Wei family is a merchant. Even if he wants to ask for grace for them, there is nothing he can do. I think that when the decree comes, he will Please give me the order."

When the decree arrived, Ji Changze began to ask for imperial orders without any surprise.

When he was in Chuiliu, he also stopped exchanging letters with the Ji family. At that time, he asked his parents and elders if they would like to come and live in Chuiliu, but his family refused.

On the one hand, everyone knew that Ji Changze would not stay here for long and would have to move to another place when the time came. On the other hand, it was also because he did not want to leave a familiar place.

They live a very good life now, and the Ji family also has an ancestral hall. Ji Changze and his family can only be regarded as branches. In the past, although they could speak well, they were definitely not a center. But when he passed the Jinshi examination and became an official , the Ji family ancestral hall gradually took their branch as the leader.

It was just a small clan, and if they could produce a Jinshi, it would be a big deal for them. They didn't care whether they were junior officials or not, and whether they could only be regarded as little shrimps in the court.

The relatives of the Ji family live in a familiar home, and are supported by the neighboring tribesmen. Even the official officials recognize them and know that there is an official in their family. They are not the kind of greedy ones, and now they are very satisfied.

After Ji Changze knew that they were not willing to run around, he thought so. At this time, Ji's parents were already middle-aged and elderly (although they were only in their early forties), and with the grandparents above, they were tired from traveling and traveling. Their bodies may not be able to hold on.

He could only write a letter saying that if he was recruited to the capital again, he probably wouldn't be transferred again. At that time, he would buy a big house and take all his elders to live there. Anyway, counting the days, in about three years He can be called to the capital.

It's like a promotion game.

Ji Changze first served as a small magistrate. When his superiors (the emperor) found out that he had done a good job as a magistrate and had some special contributions, he could be promoted to a magistrate.

When the prefect also made achievements, the emperor would naturally call him back to the capital.

After finishing writing, Ji Changze turned around and wrote this good news letter to his parents and relatives before taking office.

Of course, he was not polite. He wrote a report and approved a note, hoping to take his subordinates to the prefecture.

He had to take them with him. These subordinates were carefully trained and taught by him. Each one was full of skill points. As long as Ji Changze wanted to do something, they could start working immediately.

Simply put, he thinks it and they do it, and they do it pretty well.

How could Ji Changze throw away such a good subordinate?

After going to the state capital, he had to train and teach his new subordinates again. He had to watch them learn many things that his subordinates knew now.

Besides, Ji Changze, who is the only one in heaven and earth who is proficient in all kinds of martial arts, can't say that there are no good subordinates that they can't do, and leave them to others? How can it be.

He sighed to his subordinates who were called over for a small meeting: "After much thought, I still can't bear to leave you. I want to take you to the state capital with me. What about you?"

The subordinates, led by the three chief arrestees of the county magistrate, had mixed feelings.

Logically speaking, if they go to the state capital, they will definitely get promoted. This is a good thing and they should be happy.

But when he thought about how much his master could do things, he could make flowers out of a small weeping willow tree, and when he went to the state capital, he couldn't help but wonder.

The key is that it doesn't matter if he goes to heaven, he still has to go with them.

But I would be reluctant not to follow him. Although I have to do more work with Mr. Ji, the things I do are a little more complicated, and my hair falls out a little faster, the benefits are indeed full.

Nowadays, among them, none of them has their own fan team outside.

Mr. Ji likes to ask them to do things, but every time he is done with it, he never takes credit for it. Instead, he openly tells everyone: Who did this thing? Yes, who did that thing? And so on. There and that, a few of them did it together.

There has never been a shortage of money. Even since Mr. Ji took office, Ji Changze's fifty-eight confidants have never had to buy rice, oil or meat. They get red envelopes when they marry a wife, and they get red envelopes when a child is born. There are red envelopes for the full moon, and the child is in the county government kindergarten without anyone watching. Even if the child is sick or in pain, the county government will cover the medical expenses.

Last time, a policeman broke his leg when he went to catch a thief. It was the doctor Mr. Ji sent for.

When I was enjoying it before, I sighed every day about how good this place and that place were. When I thought about how I would not have this treatment after Mr. Ji left, I felt so uncomfortable.

It's like a few social animals who were used to living a life of easy work but low salary. Suddenly one day a new boss came in. The new boss paid for their bonuses and salary increases out of his own pocket, and provided them with benefits. From time to time, he would give them red envelopes and pat his chest. He promised that I would take care of your children's schooling in the future. As long as I am your boss, I will take care of you. Not only you, I will also help your wife find an easy and high-paying job. I can even help your children find a job after graduation, and I will give each of you a house.

Although everyone feels that the work is hard, they are happy after getting used to the hard work, and feel that such a small life is really comfortable.

Suddenly one day, the rich boss wanted to change jobs to another company.

He came to the office animals and said, "Follow me, the position there is higher than here, the salary is better than here, and it's also glorious to tell others about it. We are still superiors and subordinates there, and I will still protect you."

The office animals had two choices.

One, stay, but because the boss is too capable, there are a lot of things left here, and even if they stay, they will still be as hard as before, and they will not have the various compensation benefits given by the boss.

Two, follow the boss and continue to enjoy the happy life under the protection of the boss.

Is there any need to choose?

If you haven't felt how happy it is to be protected, some people may think that staying is not bad, but they have already experienced those benefits, the sense of accomplishment of signing their own names after doing things, and the full admiration of their family members...

They can't leave at all!

Wu County Cheng squinted his eyes and looked at Ji Changze in front of him with a face that said "I really can't bear to leave you", and felt that he had glimpsed the truth.

Lord Ji must have expected this day to come a long time ago, it's really sinister.

He snorted in his heart, thinking that this might be the third round of test from Lord Ji, so he was the first to step forward and salute: "I am willing to go to the prefecture with you."

Ji Changze immediately responded to him with a gentle smile, and helped him up very intimately: "Okay, Wu County Magistrate, don't worry, although you are going to the prefecture, what you do is not much different from what you are doing now. I believe in you, you will definitely do it well."

Same as now?

It seems acceptable, anyway, I am used to it.

Wu County Magistrate also smiled: "Thank you for your trust, I will do my best."

Seeing the two of them being so intimate, the others were anxious.

You are so cunning, Wu County Magistrate, you are so cunning, we are still hesitating here, you stand up so firmly and agree, do you want to show your goodness in front of the adults and suppress us?

They didn't care about thinking about it, and they all stepped forward.

"Sir, I can't bear to leave you either."

"Wherever you go, I will go."

"I am loyal to you, and I will follow you wherever you go."

Ji Changze laughed with satisfaction: "Okay, okay, with you here, I feel much more at ease."

The previous prefect did not make any mistakes. He had been petitioning for retirement. The emperor sent back two petitions to express that "you are a good minister and I can't bear to leave you." This was the third time. He just wanted to find a good position for Ji Changze. Seeing that the petition was in front of him, he simply approved it and let Ji Changze take over.

As for why the time was so coincidental, why Ji Changze didn't go to deliver fertilizer when the other lord hadn't submitted the third petition, but he, a small official, went to offer fertilizer when the other lord wanted to retire, only Ji Changze himself knew.

If he were to say it, he would probably say something like "coincidences are all man-made" with a clear conscience.

When a new official takes office, he has to fight wits and courage with the local dignitaries and the old-timers in the government. If he can win, he will be a new official who has made three fires. If he can't win, he will either be sidelined or regarded as mentally retarded.

Ji Changze is different.

When others take office, at most they bring a master, but when he takes office, he brings a bunch of subordinates who are loyal to him.

These subordinates are all experienced (trained by Ji Changze), versatile (trained by various strange tasks), and loyal (how can they not be loyal? They have seen with their own eyes what the fate of those who oppose Ji Lord is like). The Chui Liu group headed by Ji Changze landed and easily took the initiative.

At this moment, the subordinates are still in a very good mood. After all, in the new environment and new work, they finally don't have to give questions/write articles/eat chicken breasts endlessly.

Life is still very good.

Then, Ji Changze did something crazy.

He paid out of his own pocket and used cement to build a road between Chui Liu and the prefecture.

Chui Liu is poor, but it is not far from the prefecture in the center. In the past, you had to take a detour, but now Ji Changze directly built a road according to the shortest distance.

He said to his subordinates with great pride; "This way, it will be much more convenient for you to go back to Chui Liu to do business."

His words were full of the joy of "How can this official be so considerate".

Subordinates: "..."

So, although they have been promoted and become civil servants in the prefecture, they still have to do Chui Liu's work, right?

No, it should be said that now we have to do the work of the state government and the work of Chui Liu.

Seeing that the subordinates were looking at him with dead eyes, Ji Changze walked over one by one, patted their shoulders to boost morale: "Are you all very touched? This official has specially built a road for you."

An Guo is a good boss, who else but him.

The subordinates have dead eyes.

Ji Changze: "Although it is good to be steady, you are sometimes too steady. Come on, let's have a small meeting."

The subordinates continue to have dead eyes.

Ji Changze was excited when he saw them like this. He dragged a few people into the study with great interest and began to give an impassioned speech, no, feelings.

The general meaning is, do you think this official wants you to do Chui Liu's work to build the road? No, this official is now the prefect, in charge of the entire state government, do you still need a few subordinates?

I brought you to the prefecture because you don't trust others. I let you continue to work on the weeping willow because we were the ones who built it. We worked together to make it what it is now (Wu County Magistrate secretly glanced at Ji Changze and whispered in his heart: It was you who talked and we did it). If I leave it to others, even if I am assured, you can't be assured, right?

Moreover!

We have worked hard to lay the foundation and sow seeds, and now it is about to bear fruit. Are you happy to let others pick the fruit at this time?

This will definitely have no impact on me, and the weeping willow is also under my management, but what about you?

Let's not talk about anything else, just the academy. Now that you're gone, the academy will lose a few teachers who can go to class a few times a week. For you, it means not going to class, but for those students who are dedicated to learning in Chui Liu, without a teacher who is knowledgeable (Wu County Magistrate unconsciously stood up straight), excellent in mathematics (Liang Zhubu raised his chin slightly with a little expression of "I want to be proud but reserved"), and strong in martial arts (Wang Constable straightened his spine), how much less will they learn?

So, you say, Chui Liu, do you have to go?

The subordinates nodded slightly with a little pride.

Ji Changze continued to ask: The affairs of the prefecture are your duties, should you also do the affairs of the prefecture?

This time everyone nodded a little slower.

But one is the job, and the other is the peaches that you have worked hard to grow. It would be a pity to lose either one, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with grabbing both hands.

Wu County Magistrate could see that Ji Changze was trying to trick them again, but he was very happy to be tricked.

Yes, they worked so hard in Chui Liu before and laid so much foundation. They spent so much brain cells and lost so much hair to build the academy. When the big and small shopping streets were decided to be established, they didn't know how many plans they came up with before being selected by Lord Ji.

This is all hard work.

Now it's time to eat fruits, how can we miss them?

Moreover, he is so talented and full of literary talent, and he is also a gentle influence on students. Every day, he would be at his desk to make questions without Lord Ji telling him. After Lord Ji's advice, he would take exams every two or three days. Every time he went out to take physical education classes (named by Ji Changze), which didn't matter if he missed ten minutes, he would also be very considerate to use fruits to exchange ten minutes with Wang the captain to teach his own class so that students could lay a solid foundation.

He is so good, if he leaves, the students may not be very sad.

As a good teacher, for the sake of students, do more.

Wu County Magistrate was very pleased to recall his previous achievements and kept his mouth shut so as not to expose his boss.

The next day, the group returned to Chui Liu in a not-so-bumpy carriage.

The first academy he went to was the academy, and he looked at his students lovingly through the glass window.

Ah, they saw him.

When the class was over, Wu County Magistrate looked at the subject list, very good, the next class was physical education.

He walked in with light steps, announced that the teachers from the county government would still teach, and then with a little pride of "Ah, I am such a good teacher", he took out a stack of papers: "Everyone, don't go outside yet, come, I will hand out my new test papers first, do them for a while and then go to Mr. Wang's class."

Look, how much these students welcome him back, some even cried with joy.

Hey, he is such a good teacher.