Yunxi also reported on this day Lao Zhu's tentative candidates for promotion to the Municipal Shipping Bureau of Shanghu County, and reported that he wanted to change Shanghu County to the jurisdiction of Yingtian Prefecture.
Lao Zhu thought for a while and finally agreed. Then he ordered Zhang Yanfang to return to Beijing and issued an edict to change Shanghu County to the direct jurisdiction of Yingtian Prefecture.
In early March, Zhang Yanfang rushed to the capital. He didn't know why he was asked to come to the capital. Logically speaking, he shouldn't come back before the last year of his second term?
Fortunately, Yang Ren knew about this, so he informed the officials in advance and asked them to tell Zhang Yanfang to come to the Wenhua Hall when they saw him.
On the day Zhang Yanfang arrived in the capital, he went directly to the Ministry of Civil Affairs after resting for a night at the inn. The left assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was Lian Zining, and directly informed Zhang Yanfang: "His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun wants to see you."
Zhang Yanfang then felt quite baffled and came to the Wenhua Hall.
Yunxi was correcting memorials that day when he heard from the eunuch guarding the gate that a civil servant named Zhang Yanfang had arrived and immediately sent an order to let him in.
Yang Ren said: "Zhang Yanfang has arrived in the capital today? From Leping to here, including the time when the imperial edict is delivered to Leping, this is the fastest journey."
Yunxi listened to Yang Ren's words and did some calculations. It was indeed very fast. Basically, the edict had just arrived in Leping, and then he set off on the same day or the next day. Is there nothing to hand over in Leping?
At this time, Zhang Yanfang walked in, and he knew who Yunxi was by the color of his clothes. He immediately saluted and said, "Zhang Yanfang, the magistrate of Leping County, has met His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun."
Yunxi put down his pen and said: "Zhang Qing is free of ceremony and goes home."
However, Zhang Yanfang still finished the salute and then stood up straight.
Yunxi rubbed Zhang Yanfang up and down. He looked about the same age as Yang Ren, both in their thirties, but he looked sallow and thin, which seemed to be caused by a long-term lack of adequate nutrition. This was also the case when Yang Ren first came, but now he is much better.
Already.
Yunxi also heard from Yang Ren that Zhang Yanfang's family has a large population and both his parents are still alive. In his lifetime, besides himself, he has three brothers, two sisters, and five relatives, all of whom are farming in the countryside.
He asked him to support him. As for himself, he still had three children to raise, and he also had to teach them to read.
It's good for such a person to be able to barely eat enough. He has no conditions to provide any nutrition. Some thoughts flashed in Yunxi's mind, but it had nothing to do with the matter in front of him. He put aside his thoughts and said to Zhang Yanfang: "Zhang Qing today
We arrived in the capital and set off on the same day the imperial edict was delivered to Leping. Why, there are no political affairs to be handed over in Leping? Although Leping is a small county, it has a population of 200,000 to 300,000."
Zhang Yanfang said with an unchanging expression: "Your Highness, now is not the time of the Spring and Autumn Period, nor is it the time of the county examination. Although Leping cannot be said to be on the road, pick up leftovers, or close the house at night, every family is stable and there are no bandits; the local officials are also
Everything is settled on the same day and there are no outstanding cases, so we can leave on the same day.”
In the Ming Dynasty, local officials were mainly responsible for four things: money, food, education, criminal names, and public security. Taxation and county examinations were money, food, and education, and stability and lawsuits were criminal names and public security. What Zhang Yanfang meant was that he had done everything that a county official should do.
There is no need to continue to stay locally for handover, and you can leave for Beijing immediately.
Yunxi's eyes flickered: Is Zhang Yanfang explaining or demonstrating his merit? Yunxi wanted to see some clues from his face, but he couldn't see anything. Yunxi thought for a moment, looked at the hourglass next to him, and knew that it was noon.
, so he said: "Zhang Qing, it's already noon, let's have lunch first and then talk."
Zhang Yanfang said: "My lord, I have eaten this morning and I am not hungry now."
Yunxi knew that he was from the north and was not used to eating three times a day, but this was an excuse for him to waste time. How could he not eat? He said: "Now that you have arrived in the capital, you must do as the Romans do."
Yang Ren also persuaded him, and Zhang Yanfang agreed to eat.
Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief. If he was that kind of rigid person, although he could be trusted, but he was not suitable for being promoted to the post of Municipal Shipping Secretary, then he would have to be arranged to be the county magistrate somewhere else. Fortunately, he was not.
Lunch at noon was very rich. It should be said that the food in the East Palace was very good every day. There were four dishes and one soup every day, two meat and two vegetarian dishes. Yunxi had no shortage of meat in his whole life, so he was not too proud of such a meal. But for
For officials, except for a few big landowners, they can only eat meat during the holidays, so Yunxi ordered the dishes to be served in different ways every day. This is how Yang Ren turned from a sallow complexion to a rosy one.
Today’s meat dishes are braised pork and stir-fried pork with cucumber. Zhang Yanfang was a little cautious at first, but when he was attracted by the aroma of the braised pork and saw that other people were not so strict with Yunxi, he started to eat the meat.
, and ate all the portion given to him.
Yun He ordered another plate to be served to him. In the end, Zhang Yanfang ate three stacks of braised pork, two pancakes, and all other dishes.
When he finished eating, he hurriedly thought of something, stood up and said, "Your Highness, I'm so rude. Please punish me."
Yunxi smiled and said: "This is the first time you have met Gu, so I don't blame him." Yunxi didn't like the kind of people who are always on guard, so he didn't blame him.
Seeing that the person he was waiting for had not come yet, Yunxi returned to Wenyuan Pavilion of Wenhua Palace on the pretext of taking a nap. Yunxi did not disturb Xiyao and returned to the dormitory alone, waiting for news.
It was almost noon when the person he was waiting for finally arrived. Wang Xi walked in and said, "Your Highness, someone from the Jinyi Guards is here."
Yunxi was lying on the bed with half-closed eyes. He opened his eyes after hearing this. He was the person waiting for Jin Yiwei. Although Yang Ren recommended Zhang Yanfang and Yunxi could interview by himself, he was still worried. After reporting to Lao Zhu
Let Jinyiwei go check on Zhang Yanfang. Because he needed to send an order to Leping, he estimated that he would be able to arrive today, so Zhang Yanfang had been stalling for time since he came, and now he has arrived.
When the visitor from Jin Yiwei saw Yun Xi coming, he saluted and said, "I, Jin Yiwei Zhenfu Yang, have met your highness before."
Yunxi agreed, tied the things in his hands, took them apart and looked at them. Yang Ben stepped back.
Yunxi carefully read his resume, and there was nothing wrong with it except that there were too many people in the family. Leping was indeed managed well. Fortunately, there were not many people in the family, and his hometown was inland.
After Yunxi finished reading, he returned to Dongnuan Pavilion. The subordinate officials of the East Palace had also woken up. Although Yunxi did not arrange a place for lunch break in Dongnuan Pavilion, the backrests of the chairs prepared for them were all movable, so they could put them down and lie on their sides.
Rest. Carpenters at this time can do this, it is not a troublesome job.
Yunxi sat down in his seat and asked Zhang Yanfang to sit down again, so that the interview could begin.
