Chapter 411: Everyone Is Promoted

The next day, the Qin brothers were going back to their base, and Qin's mother went to see Qin Heng off.

She mentioned Hou Shuang and Hou Ya brother and sister. They didn't come to her birthday yesterday, but they sent a gift and asked the guard of the military camp to bring it in.

Qin's mother said, "After all, the Hou brothers and sisters are relatives of Xiaojia Xiaohan's maternal family, and they are quite polite people. Now that they are in trouble in Liaodong County, they still have to help when it's time to lend a hand."

Qin Heng nodded, "Mom, I know about this."

On this day, Liu Heshan and Chen Ping were invited to Houcheng by Lu Desheng.

The two of them came hand in hand, both guessing Lu Desheng's purpose in finding them.

Lu Desheng met the two people in person.

As soon as they met, the two of them bowed and said, "I have met the governor."

"Please get up quickly. There is no need to be so polite between us." Lu Desheng personally helped the two of them up.

"Congratulations to Mr. Lu on your promotion."

Lu Desheng asked the two of them to sit down and said straight to the point, "Did you know that something happened to Lu Yiliang, the governor of Liaoxi County?"

"I know." The two of them didn't know what his intention was in bringing this up.

"After I am promoted to governor of Pingzhou, the positions of governors of Liaodong and Liaoxi counties will be vacant."

Hearing this, their hearts suddenly pounded.

"I always remember that when negotiating with Xianbei, you two took such a big risk with me. Therefore, now that I have the opportunity, I plan to promote you two to the position of county guards."

Liu Heshan, Chen Ping: ...very confused.

After the reaction came to their senses, the two of them were in disbelief. No, the position of county governor was not a piece of cabbage, but he, Lu Desheng, could give it to them if he said it? They knew that the governor did not have the power to appoint or remove the county governor.

"Master Lu, are you kidding?"

Lu Desheng was speechless, "Do you think I called you all the way here just to play a joke on you?"

The two smiled awkwardly, "That can't be done."

The two said again, "But, is this difficult to do?"

"It all depends on people." Lu Desheng said to the two of them, "If you have connections in the court, you can also use your strength secretly."

Liu Heshan and Chen Ping both smiled bitterly. If they had connections with the DPRK, how could they not even be able to transfer out of Liaodong County?

Lu Desheng understood and looked at them with disgust, "Forget it, I don't count on you anymore, just go back and wait."

Before leaving, Lu Desheng remembered something and said to Liu Heshan, "Your cousin Jiang Changyun is a talent. Don't treat him badly later."

When Liu Heshan heard this, his expression became very strange. His cousin, a talent?

Chen Ping also remembered Jiang Changyun at this moment. He was a ruthless character. He thought that when he gave Shi Tao Badou, he drugged himself in order to clear away the suspicion. Now that Mr. Lu mentioned him again, what did he do again?

On the way back, the two of them felt more and more uncomfortable the more they thought about it.

In the negotiation with Xianbei, they had no credit but hard work. Afterwards, they submitted a statement to the court and wanted to change their official position to a safer place. They did not ask for a promotion or anything, but this request was rejected.

Now as soon as Mr. Lu is promoted, he starts to recruit them...

Some people cannot compare, and some things cannot be thought deeply about.

Chen Ping sighed and said, "Old Liu, let's not think about being transferred out of Pingzhou."

Liu Heshan nodded, "Well, from now on, let's just follow Mr. Lu with our heads up."

Since they think Pingzhou is dangerous, they try to make it less dangerous!

Liaoxi County

As soon as the case was concluded, Lin Ran ordered that the Shi family and those involved like Lu Yiliang be escorted back to Chang'an.

However, he led his men to take the first step and bring the proceeds from the ransacked home back to Chang'an for restoration, while some of his subordinates escorted the prisoners back.

Lin Ran stepped out and made a big move.

Shi Tao, the governor of Pingzhou, was deposed, and many people were involved. The news that two governors were vacated in Pingzhou had already spread vaguely in Chang'an before Lin Ran returned to Chang'an.

Especially now that it's the end of the year, there are many ministers waiting to return to Chang'an to report on their duties. No, for officials who are qualified to further serve as county governors, news spreads more intensively near their mansions.

The officials who heard the news were all in danger.

At the thought of the possibility of being sent to Pingzhou, these Hou Que's ministers all flinched, shaking their heads like rattles in their hearts. First of all, Pingzhou is located in the most remote place in the northeast of Dali, which is almost like a barren land. Secondly, if they go, they will succumb to Lu Desheng.

When they thought of this, they felt suffocated. Forget it, they couldn't fall into Lu Desheng's hands even if they were beaten to death, and Pingzhou was not a good place to go.

So these officials began to move around frequently. They quickly found positions that suited them and took up their posts quickly.

As soon as Lin Ran returned to Chang'an, Wang Dong ordered the navy to retreat. Then he left a sum of money to the remaining forces in Chang'an and rode his donkey slowly back to Pingzhou. He liked his current life so much. His younger brothers were so reluctant to part with him that they waved goodbye until he was sent to the east city gate.

At this time, Song Mo considered that two county governor positions were vacant in Pingzhou, and intended to send two ministers to Pingzhou.

But he looked around and found that there were not many suitable people. Especially when his eyes fell on two of the ministers, they both trembled and said they couldn't afford to be sick after going back to the court.

Seeing this, Song Mo looked very unhappy.

Zhang Xian advised from the side, "Your Majesty, it's really difficult in Pingzhou. It's understandable that the ministers don't want to go."

Song Mo thought, since no one of the lower-ranking ministers was willing to go, then he would promote the lower-ranking ones to the rank of county governor and send them out.

In his report to the emperor two days later, Lin Ran briefly mentioned that Liu Heshan, the county magistrate of Wuliu County, provided some evidence in the case of Shi Tao, which expanded the results of the battle.

Liu Heshan? Song Mo felt that the name sounded familiar.

Liang An, the eunuch manager beside him, immediately reminded him that Liu Heshan and another county magistrate Chen Ping had also made contributions in the negotiations between Liaodong County and the Xianbei royal court at the beginning of the year, but the rewards given to the two were not generous at that time.

Song Mo asked the Shangshu to check the two people. Sure enough, there were two people in the Shangshu's office requesting to be transferred out of Liaodong County.

Song Mo remembered that because the two had just made contributions, the Shangshu came to ask him for instructions at that time, but he was in a bad mood at that time and rejected it.

These two people wanted to be transferred out of Liaodong County, and they must have been incompatible with Lu Desheng. If he promoted the two, it would be the same as sending two officials from the court. Moreover, the two had made contributions in the previous negotiations with the Xianbei royal court. If they were promoted to the position of county governor, the ministers in the court would have nothing to say.

And if he promoted them from the position of county magistrate to the position of county governor, the two would definitely be grateful to him as the emperor.