66, free up the prefect position
In the spring of this year, Yun'an sowed Yumai from Fanbian. The leaves of this crop are wide and require a lot of water. Yun'an County happens to be water-deficient. There is Lanjiang River flowing through, and the river embankment has been built as solid before spring, without flooding, and the climate is suitable, so this autumn, Yun'an has a bumper harvest.
Originally, after Xiang'an County and Yunhe County merged, the grain paid was 40,000 shi, and the grain harvest last year was 50,000 shi, which was close to the standard of Shangxian. This fall, it directly reached 67,000 shi, which can be said to have become Shangxian.
The bumper harvest in Yun'an made Pan Zengyi feel very touched. There are now five counties under the jurisdiction of Jian'an Prefecture. Originally, Xiang'an and Yunhe paid the least grain, and the merger of the two counties paid the grain was the last in the entire Jian'an area. Now it has become the county in Jian'an, ranking second.
Li Dianli looked at his home's peak and occasionally looked melancholy. When Pan Zengyi's handwriting ended, he handed him a glass of water.
Li Dianli saw the three words "Sir" and the tea in his hand almost poured on Lord Pan's desk, his hands trembling, "Sir, are you going to resign?"
Li Dianli's words were like water falling into a boiling oil pan, and it exploded in an instant, and the officials of each room spoke one after another:
"Mr. Pan, why did you resign?"
"Yes, Lord Pan, is there something wrong with it? Is the county magistrate below doing something bad? Which county has caused a fuss?"
"Wu Dianli, what are the problems with these counties? Is it Yun'an County?"
Pan Zengyi waved his hand, and the others stopped after his action. He said, "If something happens in Yun'an County, it is a good thing. The amount of staple food planted in the mu has been reduced by part of last year, but the yield of a single acre of land has increased, directly reaching the county line."
Li Dianli was surprised when he thought about the food paid by Yun'an last year, "If it were to go to the county, it would have exceeded 60,000 shi? I remember it was 50,000 last year."
Pan Zengyi nodded, unable to hide his excitement, and even clenched his fist and waved it in the air: "Sixty-seven thousand stones!"
“Isn’t this a good thing?”
"Yes, Lord Pan just said it was a good thing. With this increase in production, County Magistrate Lin was promoted, and the seventh rank was promoted to the sixth rank. Lord Pan, since it is a good thing, why are you going to resign?"
Pan Zengyi: "In fact, his official position is still suppressed, and it should have been raised faster. The mosquito removal prescription he used to take, and the death toll in the entire Daqi dropped. This is a great achievement. When he went to Yun'an before, did the emperor remember that he gave the bounty? The bounty was given to the son of Lin County Magistrate Lin, and it can also be regarded as Lin He's merit. That thing is called Qianliyan. It used to be a top secret information, but now the spy stole things to a small country, and the barbarian and small country also has this Qianliyan."
The Great Qi is a big country. There are always barbarians and small countries that have brainwashed their people since childhood, allowing them to lurk in the Great Qi as spies. These spies will try to bribe the soldiers and civilians of the Great Qi. After being kept as a top secret for more than a year, other small countries have also had imitation of the Thousand Lily Eyes. Now the existence of the Thousand Lily Eyes is no longer a top secret news.
Thinking of this, Li Dianli couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Pan, I'm ashamed. I always thought that County Magistrate Lin had some luck. In the first year he became the county magistrate, he happened to break the dam without casualties. He also met the kind Zhou family, who lost all his money and sold all his industries and had to build the river dike. Then there was a good thing for the merger of the two counties and was promoted to the official position. From the seventh rank to the seventh rank."
Many people agreed with Li Dianli's words. Perhaps the Zhou family donated too much silver, and Lin He's other things did not look so eye-catching. Only those who saw so much silver were going to build the river bank, which was a silver that Jian'an Mansion could not bring.
Li Dianli continued: "Now, the position of County Magistrate Lin is still suppressed. However, sir, County Magistrate Lin's promotion has nothing to do with your retirement."
Pan Zengyi looked at Li Dianli and said, "In fact, the previous things alone were enough to make County Magistrate Lin go to Yunzhou Prefecture to be a fifth-rank civil servant. It was because Lord Luo suppressed Lin He's official route and planned to let him continue to take charge of Yun'an County, which led to the merger of Xiang'an County and Yun'an County. The merger of the two counties actually changed the county, achieved population growth and people were rich, so the most suitable person for Lin He now is the position of the prefect of Jian'an Prefecture. I think whether it is the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of Personnel, or even the Ministry of War, they want to see Lin He taking real power, and going to another place is not as good as Jian'an Prefecture."
"Actually, I am older and have not enough energy. Now that I have retired, I will raise flowers at home and educate my grandchildren, which is also great."
There are differences between officials of the same rank, both from the fourth rank. Chengxuan’s senatorial department is from the fourth rank, and the prefect of Jian’an Prefecture is also from the fourth rank. Although Pan Zengyi came to Yunzhou Prefecture and saw the senator, he should respect it. That is just selling the senator’s face. Only those who can truly control the power and money are better official positions.
Since Lin He can increase production in Yun'an County and give two long-lasting industries to Yun'an County, then if he reaches the position of Jian'an Prefect, can he benefit the entire Jian'an? Pan Zengyi will also retire one or two years in advance and simply make personal favors, which can be regarded as a good relationship with Lin He. In the future, he may still have some places to seek Lin He.
After hearing this, the officials present fell silent. If Lin He was the next prefect of Jian'an, it would be their peak, but... in three years, it was too fast.
Pan Zengyi smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I just wrote a letter of revenge first. After the handover, I have met Lin He several times. He is a pride and has a very peaceful temperament. If you know it when you work with him, he is a little serious and requires backups in everything and make everything clear. It is not like I sometimes turn a blind eye."
Pan Zengyi mentioned the following people. Li Dianli has some skills, but he likes to remember things in his mind and does not like to write them on his pen; Wu Dianli is a little greedy for small favors...
Lin He also understood the principle that if the water is clear, there would be no fish. He would leave a hole in the bottom, but it would be stricter than him in general.
Song Dianli couldn't help asking: "Mr. Pan, you're so sure that he will take over as the prefect of Jian'an Prefecture? After all, he was promoted to four levels in a row, and he still offended him at that time... In short, it should be very difficult." The words "Guixian Wang" were taken over by vaguely.
Pan Zengyi also knew that Lin He offended Concubine Wang, but he knew that Lin He had gone through the prince's path. Even the Minister of Rites Ou Qiang had a good impression of Lin He, let alone because of his clever eyes, the Minister of War would help him; because of the mosquito killing, and the current jade wheat yield almost twice the rice yield, the Minister of Revenue was originally a student of the old master of the Shen family, so he was afraid that Lin He would even admire him. In addition, he took the initiative to move out of his position, and Lin He would almost 99% of the time he was promoted to four levels in a row.
At this time, Pan Zengyi just smiled slightly and said to the dictionary officials implicitly, "You have a complicated daily life and finally took a turn to take a rest. I'm afraid there are few outings and flowers to appreciate. The chrysanthemums and osmanthus flowers in Yun'an are now a good time. If you have time, you can go to Yun'an to take a look."
Pan Zengyi went to Yun'an just to do business, because it happened to be the season when peach blossoms were blooming, so he was really impressed by the colorful peach blossoms. Later, after the pier in Yun'an was built, he took his granddaughter to enjoy the chrysanthemums.
The prosperous flowers and the bustling county towns, and the people are smiling. Pan Zengyi cannot forget that scene for a long time.
Another reason why Pan Zengyi is willing to retire now is because he has seen the changes in Yun'an with his own eyes. He was originally from Jian'an Mansion. He is already old and hopes that the entire Jian'an Mansion will have a better parental official, which will enable Jian'an Mansion to develop better.
Pan Zengyi's letter of confession soon came to Luo Ji. After Luo Ji and Pan Zengyi had a private talk, a note was sent to the Ministry of Revenue.
In the Ministry of Revenue, the fine silver frost was burning, Wei Song blushed, and the blue veins on his forehead burst out, "He is only in the seventh rank now, and he has been directly promoted to the fourth rank. Isn't this a nonsense?"
"Mr. Wei is not the seventh rank now, he should be from the sixth rank. I just told Guan Shangshu that the public grain paid by Yun'an County is 67,000 shi. According to the standards, he is from the sixth rank official." The person who spoke was Li Song, who was in charge of the Qing Lishu Department of Hujiang. Li Song likes to do things steadily. In the past, Wei Song was the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, but the two did not deal with each other. Now Wei Song is his top, and Li Song is still blunt.
Wei Song's forehead was already sweating, "Okay, even if he was from the sixth grade, he would never have reached the fourth grade. This is a four-level upgrade!"
Cai Xian, who was smiling next to him, said slowly, "Mr. Wei, don't get angry. Seeing your blushing face and thick neck, people think that Lin He has offended you."
Someone in the Ministry of Revenue Department laughed muffled, hurriedly covered his mouth, burying his head and not let Wei Song see it. Who in the Ministry of Revenue Department knows that Wei Song is the Concubine Wang? Lin He offended Wang Dequan back then, so Wei Song jumped up and down just to suppress Lin He.
Wei Song pretended not to hear the snickering and said loudly: "I am selfless. This year, it's just a good weather and Yun'an's production has increased, which is not enough to get Lin He to such a level."
Li Song refused to give in. Although he didn't know Lin He and had never seen him when he was in Kyoto before, just one thing was that Lin He was demoted from Hanlinyuan to the seventh rank county magistrate, and was the worst Yunhe County in Daqi. Lin He was able to keep his feet on the ground, so that he had heard of Yun'an County. He admired Lin He very much in his heart.
Li Song felt that in just two years, Lin He had achieved this. If he became a prefect, it would be better for the people to live a prosperous life: "I just said that the school in Yun'an has doubled in the past two years. In previous years, there were only a few people who went to Songlin Academy to study. This year, he could send more than a dozen people. Lin He had made contributions to education. In addition, the number of household registrations in Yun'an, the number of growth in the entire Daqi is the first. The most important thing is that many of these are young and strong, and there are also many newborn babies. The most important thing is that Lin He had made contributions to mosquito killing, but there were no praises at that time. This time, he was rewarded with all the merits. I thought Lin He could be the prefect of Jian'an!"
Li Song's words were loud and clear. Other people from the Qing officials were fearless about Lin He's promotion or not. However, when they saw Wei Song being defeated, they felt a little secretly happy.
Wei Song looked around for a while and felt cold. He could only say to Shangfeng: "Sir, this case cannot be opened. I think if Lin He wants to be promoted, he will be the sixth rank at most and be the magistrate of Jian'an Mansion!"
Chapter completed!