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Chapter 362 Mr. Kong¡¯s doubts

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    Master Wuse took the task assigned by Zhao Ran and fluttered his wings towards Mount Taihua.  Taihua Mountain is within the territory of Dufu, located at the junction of Dufu and Long'an Prefecture, more than a hundred miles away from Junshan.  Based on Master Wuse's lazy temperament, Zhao Ran estimated that it would take at least three to five days for him to come back.

    Jin Jiu came back to find Jin Jiu and asked about Rong Niang. Jin Jiu said that Rong Niang left in October last year and that there was something at home that asked her to go back. He didn't tell her anything specific.

    Zhao Ran asked, where is Rong Niang¡¯s fairyland? Did she tell you?

    Jin Jiu shook his head and said that he didn¡¯t dare to ask, and Rong Niang didn¡¯t mention it either. But when he talked occasionally, he felt that he was not from Sichuan Province. As for where he was, he really didn¡¯t know because he spoke standard Mandarin.

    Zhao Ran rolled his eyes and thought, do you even need to say this?  He wanted to issue a talisman to ask Dongfang Jing, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so he gave up.  Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the future, so it won¡¯t be too late to ask again when we meet.

    Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Ran left Junshan Temple and rushed to Guyang County.

    The youth money reform crisis three years ago caused a tremor in the entire Wuji Academy's senior management. Song Zhiyuan, the supervisor, was transferred to Xuanyuan Guan, Zhao Zhiran was sent to Junshan to establish a temple, Dong Zhikun took over as the supervisor of Wuji Academy, and Chen Zhi was transferred to Zhike, Jiang Zhiheng  Promoted to the Lord.  In addition, Sandu was fined one year's salary.

    At that time, County Magistrate Kong thought he was doomed. He heard some rumors. It was said that the officials of Long'an Prefecture were preparing to serve as chief ministers and impeach him for their unrest in governing the county, which led to the assassination of the Xizhenwu Palace Supervisor.  crime.  Of course, he knows that this is just a superficial reason. What is the specific reason? They are all old men in the officialdom. Who doesn't know?

    And he himself had prepared a resignation letter and entrusted a good friend in the Chief Secretary¡¯s Yamen to help find out. Once the information was confirmed, he would immediately return to his hometown.  An official who voluntarily submits his resignation is generally not held accountable. He is ready to end his official career and return to be a wealthy country official.

    But things took a turn for the worse later. I heard that a counselor from the Chief Secretary suppressed his culpability, saying that the assassination of Zhang Jianyuan was related to the Buddhist monks. Although he was also responsible as the county magistrate, he only had to reprimand him.  That¡¯s it.

    Later, the development of the incident was indeed like this. Long'an Mansion sent a reprimand, scolded him severely, and then fined him six months' salary.

    This turn of events puzzled him, so he asked someone to bring a heavy gift to Chengdu to visit the counselor. The counselor accepted his gift, but never revealed the truth.

    In this way, Magistrate Kong continued to serve as magistrate in Guyang County for another two years.

    At the end of last year, the term of County Magistrate Kong ended. Because the county had newly opened 20,000 acres of fertile farmland and added more than 8,000 new households, the assessment was very good.  It stands to reason that County Magistrate Kong should be promoted or transferred to the more affluent Shang County as an official, but the official document issued by the Chief Secretary still asked him to continue acting in Guyang County, so he continued to work.

    County Magistrate Kong did not have a strong background in the government, so he was not very clear about the reasoning. However, after thinking about it for the past two years, he had a vague feeling that it must still be related to the youth money.  He also asked people to invite Zhao Ran, but he heard that Zhao Ran took over the Taoist mission and went to serve in front of the White Horse Mountain Army.  When I heard that Zhao Ran was coming today, I quickly came out and welcomed him into the study room in the back hall.

    It has been almost three years since I last saw him. There are two more wrinkles on Kong Xianzun¡¯s forehead, and the white hair on his temples is getting thicker.

    Zhao Ran handed over a list and said with a smile: "How is the old county gentleman always? A few days ago it was the old county gentleman's fiftieth birthday. I was not in the county and could not attend the birthday banquet. I was really scared. Today.  I came here to pay my respects to the old county gentleman and wish him a happy birthday."

    Zhao Ran originally only planned to prepare some small gifts, which totaled less than thirty taels. Later, after hearing Jin Jiu's words and knowing that Magistrate Kong had celebrated his 50th birthday a few days ago, he increased the gift list to fifty taels.  .

    However, County Magistrate Kong and he are "comrades-in-arms" who initiated the youth money reform together, and can almost be regarded as "comrades in distress." The relationship between sharing hardships is often stronger than sharing wealth, so they don't care about the size of the gifts.  Magistrate Kong thanked him, briefly browsed the gift list to show his respect, and then directly turned the topic to the question that had been bothering him for three years.

    "Daozhang Zhao, I have been in Guyang for nine years and have been evaluated for three times. Logically speaking, according to the imperial system, the maximum number of terms for a county magistrate is three terms. Regardless of whether the official evaluation is good or bad, whether he is promoted, dismissed or transferred, all  I can¡¯t continue working in Guyang. But when I was waiting for election at the Nanjing Civil Service Department at the end of last year, Jiang Langzhong from the Examination Department said that because of the ongoing war in western Sichuan, he wanted me to continue working in Guyang County"

    "What? Does the county magistrate want to move his seat? Or does he say he no longer wants to stay in Guyang?"

    "That's not the case let's put it this way, after Director Zhang was assassinated three years ago, Director Zhao and Director SongThey all left Wujiyuan, and I was ready to resign at that time, but later there was no movement, allowing me to complete my duties as county magistrate.  Thanks to Daochang Zhao's vigorous work in Junshan, I also got a good evaluation last year. According to the system, I should be promoted or transferred, but the official department asked me to continue doing it, which is against common sense.  I don¡¯t know what the chief thinks?  The Taoist priest is an immortal master who has entered the pavilion. I wonder if it has something to do with it?  "

    Zhao Ran still remembers the scenes of that year. In order to protect the top management of Wujiyuan, he and Song Zhiyuan not only gave away Wujiyuan's most important treasure - the Tang Dynasty fax master Du Guangting's original "The Encounter with Immortals", but also sent it out from home.  I took out a piece of Qibao Usnea root and exchanged it for a commendation order from Huayun Pavilion, so that the entire Wuji Academy would not suffer the same misfortune.

    Just last month, Elder Yan decisively rejected his idea of ??rising to a higher level.

    These experiences reminded him that the Taoist sect¡¯s edict on the Zisun Temple monks not to interfere in the Shifang Jungle was quite strict, even for himself, not to mention County Magistrate Kong.  Therefore, Zhao Ran shook his head: "It should not be what Huayun Pavilion meant."

    "Thendoes the Taoist priest have any acquaintances in the Chief Envoy's Department?"

    It turned out that Zhao Ran did have an acquaintance who was not an acquaintance in the Chief Envoy Department¡ªZhou Yumo¡¯s father, Zhou Di. But firstly, Zhou Di had been promoted to Governor of Western Sichuan, and secondly, Zhao Ran had never asked for this high-ranking official¡¯s access.  So after thinking for a while, he still shook his head.

    Seeing that Zhao Ran didn¡¯t know much about it himself, County Magistrate Kong had no choice but to give up.

    "Taoist Master is here today. What do you mean?"

    "That's it. Junshan now has more than 8,000 Dingkou. Many things are not self-sufficient and there is an urgent need to communicate with the county. Pindao wants to build a road between Junshan and the county to facilitate the passage of cars and horses and pedestrians. I don't know.  What does the county magistrate think?"

    Someone is willing to build roads and bridges, which is of course a good thing. Building them is also an important political achievement. Kong County respects himself and will not cause obstacles in the middle.  But judging from his many years of official career, this matter is really not that difficult.

    "The Taoist Master is still the same as before, busy working for the people of the county. I am absolutely in favor of building roads, but to be honest, every penny of the county's money and food must be sent to Baima Mountain.  If we want to build roads, I¡¯m afraid we can only wait until the fighting stops.¡±

    Zhao Ran said: "We have been fighting on the Baima Mountain side for seven years. We still don't know when it will be done or how we will get there in time. County Lord, I mean, money is not a problem. We, the Junshan Temple, raise our own silver and manpower."

    "The county admires the Taoist priest for his willingness to sacrifice his life and wealth for the people. In this case, if there is no owner's land in the county, Taoist priest Zhao can just use it. But for those acres of mountains and forests belonging to wealthy families, the Taoist priest needs to think of a way to do this.  If you need anything, just ask the Taoist priest and we will try our best to help you!"

    ps: Today, the collection of Taoist laws reached 20,000. I am so impotent as to be a small Taoist. For the first time, I am so moved.  Thanks to my Taoist friends who have always supported me.  I hope everyone can go to the Qidian app and cast a recommendation vote. Even if you don¡¯t have a recommendation vote, it¡¯s good to bookmark it and click on it.  The poor man looks down upon his head.

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