Suning County hasn’t been to Shangguan for a long time, and the last time it was the Tongzhi who came here the year before.

This time, when I heard that the magistrate came in person, the gentry in the city were all happy. I didn’t need someone to send a message to the yamen, so I made an appointment to come to the city gate to welcome him today.

Yan Liang did not dare to put off any official positions against these gentry, because there were many of these people who had fame and fortune, and a few of them were officials who had retired and returned to their hometowns. Among them, the biggest one who served as the head of the Ministry of Works was the head of the Ministry of Works.

Although he is a parent, he has a strong reputation.

This trend evaluation can also be called an official evaluation, which is evaluated by local gentry and is widely spread.

Officials are often afraid of the praises, because the officialdom is complicated and if there are any mistakes, they will lose their future.

Those with good reputations can reach the sky in one step.

For example, Yang Lian, the magistrate of Changshu County, was ranked first in the country in the Ministry of Personnel, and now he went to the court to become a member of the household registration department.

How did the Ministry of Personnel evaluate Yang Lian as the number one in the country?

Not a local reputation.

There are also many officials who rule any country, arbitrarily and ruling, and make many difficulties with the gentry. As a result, the reputation of the people is bad, so that they will lose their official positions at the least, and they will be imprisoned at the worst.

This reputation can be praised and killed.

In other words, those who are recognized by local gentry will have a bright future. Those who are denied by local gentry will have many bumps in official careers.

Yan Liangyi, a foreigner, served as an official in Suining, had no backing at home and no aid in the court. He was in office for seven years and could not move his nest for a long time. He naturally did not dare to criticize the praise and offend local gentry. Otherwise, he might only be in the position of a county magistrate for the rest of his life.

Therefore, Yan Liang was kind and kind to the gentry, and tried his best to be close to the people, talking and laughing with them.

Many gentry asked Yan Liang for a relationship, saying that the relatives in the family were very poor and only rely on land to survive. Now that the imperial court has acquired land, the general trend is coming, and he dare not refuse to follow it, but the county will decide whether the compensation is appropriate.

Yan Liang did not agree on this on the spot, but said that he would discuss it after finishing this period.

This is the trick to becoming an official.

The gentry knew that this county magistrate was not a dog official, but he was not so willing to be poor.

The land acquisition matter is not a single place, a unified planning, but is adjusted by the local area. This is much more convenient for moving places.

I sell personal favors, and as for how much this favor is worth, everyone will weigh it in their hearts.

After talking about land acquisition, someone mentioned that the magistrate wanted to meet the prodigy in the county, and asked Yan Liang which family was famous and the magistrate's ears made the entire Suning County look shining.

Yan Liang knew that these people were well-informed and said with a smile: "I want to hide it from you, my county also wants to know who I, Suning Prodigy, is, but I don't know."

"Oh, the county master doesn't know?"

The gentry were surprised and one person said, "Is it Pan Xuezhong?"

"Pan Xuezhong is already a scholar, and he has joined the Imperial College, and he is a hero. How can he still be a prodigy?" Another gentry believed that it was impossible to be the treasure of the Pan family, because from ancient times to the present, most of the scholars who could be called child prodigy were Confucian children who had not obtained fame. With fame and fortune, they were called talented people, not child prodigy.

Because I don’t know which child prodigy it was, the gentry naturally talked about Pan Xuezhong, the real talent of Suning, in their eyes.

"I heard from the Pan family that in this provincial examination, Pan Xuezhong is going to go back to his hometown to take the exam. It seems that after many years, I, Suning, will finally be elected as a juren."

Pan Xuezhong was the first person to be recorded by Yan County when he was in charge of the county examination, and the head of the case to propose learning points. Not only him, but also the prefect Chen also praised Pan Xuezhong. This time, Pan Xuezhong entered the Imperial College for study, which was the board that Yan Liang took and gave him the only place in Suning.

If Pan Xuezhong really won the provincial examination this time and became famous in the imperial examination, it would be a great good thing for Yan Liang. As the Ministry of Personnel’s assessment, money, grain and punishment are of course important, but education is even more important.

How many students in the Meng Dynasty go to school every year, how many scholars are admitted to the school, how many societies are in the county, money and grain investment are used in education, etc., are all details of the assessment.

Suining is a poor county, not as good as Jiangnan and Huguang. As long as there are students who can pass the imperial examination, it will be a political achievement. No matter how good the reputation is, you will have to be promoted if you don’t get promoted.

Yan Liang believed that with Pan Xuezhong's talent, he would definitely be able to go to high school in the provincial examination. When he was in a good mood, he would be relaxed to talk to the gentry.

After about half an hour, a crew member came to report that the convoy of prefects would arrive soon.

Yan Liang hurriedly asked the king master Bo to arrange the incense table and took a group of gentry out of the city gate, looking forward to it.

In addition to them, there were two or three hundred people who helped the elderly and young, waiting outside the city gate for the magistrate. However, they could all go to the Lizheng to collect money afterwards.

The main avenues inside and outside the city have been arranged to clean them. Some places have many vehicles and dust, so people are now sprinkling water there. It would be a shame if the convoy of the palace is coming all the way.

The magistrate of Cangzhou was named Chen and his name was Lun. He was from Datong, Shanxi. He was a second-class Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli. He served as the chief of the Ministry of Works and later as the magistrate of Cangzhou three years ago.

I heard that Chen Lunjing was responsible for someone, and that person was still a Daquan who was in charge of the inner court. If nothing unexpected happens, this time the prefect of Cangzhou was in full, Chen Lun is expected to serve as the third department. Later, he will join the yamen of the nine ministers of the dynasty of the dynasty, and he will serve as the governor in the future.

If you have an affair with the inner court, it would have been criticized in the past, but now it is not common. It is mainly because since Feng Bao, the inner court and the outer court have a harmonious relationship, and the well water will not interfere with the river.

Chen Lun was in charge of the inner court. In the eyes of Yan Liang and the gentry of Suning, it was a blessing, but he was not a traitor. If anyone else said that, Yan Liang himself was also because he gave Zhang Bing, the chief secretary of the Baochao in the palace, and told him not to conquer his land, but he was scolded by a young man from Lishu Village as a dog official?

"County Master, the magistrate has arrived!"

The king called out, and everyone followed him to see, and several carriages slowly drove along the official road. The road ahead was the prefect's ceremonial guard.

"Secretary Yan Liang welcomes Lord Chen!"

Before Chen Lun got off the car, Yan Liang had already led a group of gentry to come up. Not far away, the people began to beat drums and drums, which was very lively.

"Yan Liang, I'm not asking someone to tell you, I'm here to not alarm the people, why did you make this happen?" Chen Lun, the governor of Cangzhou, got off the carriage, said accusing, but had a smile on his face.

Yan Liang hurriedly said, "When the people heard that the adults were coming, they all rushed to greet them. The officials asked them to persuade them to go back and did not listen. It was not easy to dispel the people's kindness to the adults, so they followed them."

"You..."

Chen Lun smiled softly, bowed to greet the gentry, then walked to the people, without pretending to be an official, and started talking to several old men, asking about their well-being, and was a very good official.

Seeing that the time was almost over, Yan Liang respectfully invited Chen Lun to the city.

On the way, Chen Lun asked Yan Liang how the land acquisition was going. Yan Liang naturally said that everything was going well, and he did not dare to say that there were troublemakers in several villages causing trouble, let alone that he was arresting people.

When the car was about to arrive at the county government office, Chen Lun suddenly said to Yan Liang: "What is the origin of Wei Liangchen in your county? Why did the admiral and academic officials help him?"

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Chapter completed!