Master Wuse took the task assigned by Zhao Ran and fluttered his wings towards Taihua Mountain. 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. With Master Wuse's
Due to his lazy temper, Zhao Ran estimated that it would take at least three to five days for him to come back.
He went 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, but 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. It was just that when he talked occasionally, he felt that he was not from Sichuan Province. As for where he was, because he spoke standard Mandarin, he really didn't know.
Zhao Ran rolled his eyes and thought, why do you have to say this? He wanted to issue a talisman to ask Dongfang Jing, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so he left it at that. Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the future, and it will not be too late to ask again when we meet.
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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
He was promoted to the head of the party. 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 them for their unrest in governing the county, which led to the assassination of the Xizhenwu Palace Supervisor.
Sin. 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?
He himself also prepared a resignation letter and entrusted a friend in the Chief Secretary's Yamen to help find out. Once the information was confirmed, he would immediately return to his hometown. Officials who took the initiative to submit their resignations generally would not be held accountable.
I am ready to end my official career and go back 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 guilt, 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 incident progressed exactly like this. Long'an Mansion issued a reprimand, severely scolded him, and then fined him six months' salary to end the matter.
This turn of events puzzled him, so he asked someone to bring a heavy gift and go to Chengdu to visit the counselor. The counselor accepted the gift but never revealed the details.
In this way, Magistrate Kong continued to serve as magistrate in Guyang County for another two years.
At the end of last year, County Magistrate Kong’s term 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. Logically speaking, Magistrate Kong should be promoted, or transferred to a more prosperous position.
He went to the 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.
Magistrate Kong did not have a strong background in the government, so he was not very clear about the reason. However, after two years of thinking, he vaguely felt that this must be related to the Qingmiao money matter. He also asked someone to invite Zhao
However, I heard that Zhao Ran took over the task of Taoism and went to serve in front of the Baima Mountain Army. Today I heard that Zhao Ran was coming, so I hurriedly came out and welcomed him into the study in the back hall.
It has been almost three years since I last saw him, and 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: "The old county gentleman is always kind? 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 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.
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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 difficulty." The relationship between sharing hardships is often stronger than sharing wealth, so Kong doesn't care about the size of the gift.
The county magistrate thanked him, briefly browsed the gift list to show his respect, and then directly brought 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 to the Nanjing Civil Service Department at the end of last year, Mr. Jiang from the Examination Department said that because the war in western Sichuan was still ongoing, 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?"
"It's not that... let's put it this way, after Zhang Jianyuan was assassinated three years ago, both Zhao Daochang and Song Jianyuan left Wujiyuan. At that time, I was ready to resign, but then there was no movement, which made me
I was able to complete my term as county magistrate. Thanks to Daozhang Zhao's vigorous reclamation 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. This is against common sense. No.
Do you 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 the most important treasure of Wujiyuan - the Tang Dynasty fax of Du Guangting's original "The Encounter with the Immortals", but also sent it out from home.
I took out a piece of Qibao Usnea root and got a commendation order from Huayun Pavilion, so that the whole Wuji Academy would not be unlucky together.
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 against the monks of the Zisun Temple not to interfere in the jungles of the ten directions was quite strict, even for himself, not to mention Magistrate Kong. Therefore, Zhao Ran shook his head: "It shouldn't be Hua
The meaning of Yun Pavilion."
"Then...does the Taoist priest have any acquaintances in the Chief Envoy Department?"
It turned out that Zhao Ran did have an acquaintance who was not an acquaintance in the Chief Envoy Department—Zhou 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 came here today, what do you mean?"
"It's like this. There are now more than 8,000 Dingkou in Junshan. 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, and repairing it is also an important political achievement. Kong County Zunzi will not get in the way. But judging from his many years of official career, the difficulty of this matter is really extraordinary.
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"The Taoist Master is still the same as before, busy working for the people of the county. I absolutely agree with 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. How will we get there in time? County Lord, I mean, money is not a problem. We, the Junshan Temple, raise our own money and manpower."
"The county admires the way the Taoist minister spares his life and money for the sake of 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 do our best to help you!"
ps: Today, the collection of Taoist laws reached 20,000. I am so excited for the first time. I am so moved. Thank you to all the fellow Taoists who have always supported me. I hope you can go to the Qidian app to vote for recommendations. Even if you don’t have a recommendation vote, add it to your collection.