Gu Yanzhi was sitting in his own official office in the yamen, holding a teacup and gently flicking the tea surface with the tea lid, while using the corner of his eye to observe Jiang Fan, who was sitting in the lower position.
Tieniu stood quietly behind Jiang Fan, playing the role of bodyguard perfectly.
A ninth-level expert, looking at the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, and even the entire world, is an absolute master.
It is certainly enough to ensure Jiang Fan's safety within Heyang City.
As long as no strong master wants to take action against Jiang Fan...
In fact, about a stick of incense has passed since Jiang Fan came in.
But Gu Yanzhi has not taken the initiative to say even a word to Jiang Fan.
He knew that Jiang Fan was here to report on his work, and all the procedures and procedures had actually been completed.
As long as he encourages Jiang Fan a few more words, all the etiquette things will be considered completed.
Then Jiang Fan, the youngest city captain in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, could take office.
According to normal procedures, no matter how dissatisfied Gu Yan is, he must always maintain a minimum of peace on the surface.
But when he thought about the reason why Jiang Fan could serve as the city captain, especially because Prince Wu's palace suddenly exerted force in this, and his attitude was so tough that he, the defender of the city, had no room to interfere, Gu Yan's heart was filled with excitement.
, it is difficult to calm down.
After serving as an official for twenty years, that was definitely the most embarrassing and shameless moment for him.
Prince Wu's Mansion almost ripped off his entire face. They were extremely arrogant and unreasonable. After slapping him twice, he did not dare to have any intention of resisting.
Because he is a minister, but the other party is a relative of the emperor.
When the reason is so simple that it can be called crude, it often means that there is no way to change things and there is no way around it.
Gu Yanzhi knew that this was Prince Wu's palace taking the opportunity to show its strength, using this method to tell him that no matter how trusted the emperor was, the ministers were still just ministers.
No matter how suspicious the emperor is, the royal relatives are still the royal relatives.
He understood the truth, but still couldn't convince himself to accept it willingly, so he decided to give Jiang Fan a blow.
But from the current point of view, the effect of this show of force is not good.
In other words...very bad.
Even though he was left hanging for a whole stick of incense, he never saw any anxious emotions flowing out of Jiang Fan's face.
This young man seemed to have a composure that was totally out of proportion to his age, which gave Gu Yan even the illusion that he could just sit there without saying a word until the end of time.
Very powerful...
It's definitely not as simple as being a poet with unparalleled talent as widely rumored outside!
Silently making an evaluation in his mind, Gu Yanzhi put down the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile: "I am very happy that Lieutenant Jiang Cheng has taken up his new post today. Our Heyang City is the largest city in the North, and the previous City Lieutenant
I am old and have been ill for a long time, so the responsibility of public security has always been on my shoulders."
"But I am busy with government affairs, and it is really difficult to spare time on weekdays to take care of public security. As a result, the public security in Heyang has deteriorated day by day. This is my responsibility. Fortunately, His Majesty is wise and appointed Jiangcheng in time.
Lieutenant is here to assist me, and I will leave the security of Heyang to Lieutenant Jiangcheng."
What he said was reasonable and appropriate.
Coupled with the gentle tone, people can't find any fault, at least on the surface.
And he expressed the underlying meaning very clearly.
First, even if Prince Wu’s Mansion personally comes forward to give you the official you want, you are still my subordinate, so you are here to ‘assist’ me! The primary and secondary relationship must be clarified! You must position yourself correctly.
Second, the public security in Heyang is not good. Since you are a city captain, you must shoulder this responsibility and improve the public security in Heyang. If you cannot do this, I will punish you.
The art of officialdom is often reflected in speaking.
If you don't explain the truth clearly, those who can understand it may be able to have a bright future, but those who can't understand it will often die miserably.
However, Jiang Fan is the kind of person who can't understand.
It is indeed too difficult for a recent college graduate to understand the art of speaking in official circles.
So Jiang Fan was just awakened from his daze by Gu Yan, but he didn't even hear what Gu Yan really wanted to say.
That's right, the reason why Jiang Fan could calmly face Gu Yan's deliberate neglect just now was entirely because his mind was not in the official office.
After entering the official office, as Gu Yan remained silent, Jiang Fan stopped thinking about it and pondered the issue of Shen Meng in his mind.
I was thinking about what kind of opportunity I should find to explain everything clearly to Shen Meng.
As for Gu Yanzhi... in Jiang Fan's eyes, he was no better than an NPC.
If he could be received by a mayor in his own world, Jiang Fan might really be so nervous that he couldn't handle himself.
But in this other world, it is really difficult to make Jiang Fan feel awe for these so-called big figures in this other world...
He hasn't had time to develop a concrete concept yet.
Therefore, after being awakened by Gu Yan's words, Jiang Fan just pretended to bow and said: "What the city guard taught you is that this boy is young and energetic, and it is his first time as an official. There will definitely be many mistakes in the future. I hope you will do something wrong."
When the time comes, Lord City Guards, can you please stop worrying about it."
Jiang Fan didn't say anything in his reply. He didn't mean anything else. He had never been an official before, and he had seen very few of them.
Therefore, there is no such thing as copying a tiger from a tiger and imitating a cat from a tiger, and he does not understand any of the unspoken rules that should exist in officialdom.
In this case, it is always necessary to get vaccinated in advance.
What's more, it is definitely impossible for him and Gu Yan to live in peace, so there is no need to say such hypocritical words.
Fundamentally speaking, Jiang Fan still has some scholarly spirit, and in some cases, he prefers to be straightforward.
But when Gu Yan heard these words, he was horrified!
What's the meaning?!
Direct provocation in person?
I have made it so clear. Even if you want to maintain a superficial relationship, you must at least give in first, right?
After all, I am the superior officer?!
Gu Yan didn't expect that Jiang Fan didn't understand.
In Gu Yanzhi's view, how could a young man with unparalleled poetic talent and terrifying calmness be pushed to this position by Prince Wu's palace and not know anything about officialdom?
Not to mention that the previous attempt to acquire the Lin family's land temporarily failed because of Jiang Fan's appearance!
Although today is the first time to see Jiang Fan in person, in fact Jiang Fan already has a quite concrete image in Gu Yanzhi's mind!
This young man...is really amazing! Extraordinary!
Gu Yanzhi thought so in his heart, but on the surface he gave Jiang Fan a gentle encouraging smile.