Fu Liqing and other female relatives naturally would not attend the banquet and went straight into the back house.

Zhao Lin sat at the main seat, Anquan sat at the guest of honor, and the rest of the people sat down according to their official positions.

Zhao Lin glanced around and said, "Sudi, come and sit down."

At present, Sudi only holds the title of Tongzhi and can only sit at the outermost part. When he heard Zhao Lin's words, he immediately stood up and came over.

Someone at the main table immediately gave up their seat.

Sudi didn't hesitate and sat down.

Zhao Lin said, "Su Di and I were both candidates for the imperial examination. I was the top scorer, and he was the third. This is a well-known fact. Logically, he should have joined the Hanlin Academy as an editor, but he saw how difficult it was for me to be an official, so he gave up the Hanlin Academy and followed me. He has been of great help to me. When I was in Qingzhou Prefecture, he was the co-magistrate of Qingzhou. Now that I have arrived at the provincial capital, I plan to make him the governor. What do you think, gentlemen?"

Swish!

Everyone's eyes turned to Gao Junliang.

Gao Junliang stood up and said, "Your Excellency is absolutely right. I also admire Your Excellency's loyalty and righteousness, and am willing to relinquish the post of Governor."

Zhao Lin nodded and said, "Master Gao is a man of great integrity. I remember that Master Gao was the prefect of Qingzhou before?"

Gao Junliang said: "Your Excellency has a good memory."

Zhao Lin said, "Now that I'm leaving, the position of Qingzhou prefect has become vacant. Why don't you invite Mr. Gao back? The people of Qingzhou will definitely welcome you."

All the officials were shocked.

Although the governor is only one rank lower than the prefect.

However, the governor is the person in charge of the finances of the entire province, while the prefect only manages a state. The gap between the two is too huge.

Even if Gao Junliang gave up the position of governor, he should not be allowed to go back and continue to serve as the prefect of Qingzhou.

I thought Gao Junliang and Zhao Lin had a good relationship and would definitely be successful in the future.

Now it seems that it is not only normal, but there are even some enemies, right?

Gao Junliang first showed anger, then changed his expression to a helpless one, saying: "It's all up to you, sir."

Feng Siyuan quickly said, "Who will be the governor and who will be the prefect? ​​This needs to be decided by the Ministry of Personnel. Isn't it a bit early for Lord Zhao to say this?"

Zhao Lin glanced at Feng Siyuan calmly and said, "The son of the Minister of Personnel is visiting here. Do you want to ask him to come and explain to you?"

Feng Siyuan was startled and quickly said, "No, no. I... I'm just reminding you, sir. I hope there's nothing wrong with it."

Zhao Lin even had connections with the Ministry of Personnel!

The officials looked at each other, all with expressions of shock.

This guy has really strong connections, he can reach the sky!

Feng Siyuan was not wronged.

Zhao Lin raised his glass and said, "I'll be working with you all from now on. Let me toast to you all. I hope we can part ways on good terms."

Well, we just met and you’re breaking up already.

What is this guy going to do?

The officials raised their glasses.

"Don't worry, sir. We will definitely help you cure Jiujiang."

"We'll do whatever the adults say."

"We must be the most loyal subordinates of the Lord."

These people shouted.

Zhao Lin downed a glass of wine and said with a smile, "Everyone, you're being serious. We are all His Majesty's subjects. Apart from our different duties, we are all equals. How can you be my subordinates?"

"Yes, yes, I was wrong. I will drink three cups as punishment."

An official quickly poured wine and drank three cups in a row, very quickly, as if he was afraid that Zhao Lin would stop him.

Zhao Lin laughed and said, "Are you here to cheat me out of some wine?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

But they didn't relax at all.

They also knew what Zhao Lin had done in Qingzhou.

Anyone who did not meet Zhao Lin's wishes was either whipped or demoted, and there were quite a few who were executed.

In their minds, Zhao Lin has become synonymous with a cruel official.

Now that Zhao Lin has become their boss, they are all very cautious, fearing that Zhao Lin will catch them.

After the meal, the officials dispersed. Su Di went to hand over the work to Gao Junliang, and Zhao Lin also went to hand over the work to Feng Siyuan.

Looking at this young man who had been smiling in front of him just over a year ago, Feng Siyuan was overwhelmed with mixed emotions, which eventually turned into a sigh: "Master Zhao, congratulations."

Zhao Lin said, "Master Feng, don't worry about it. I'm just staying here temporarily. This position will still be yours in the future."

Feng Siyuan doesn't think so.

Above the governor is the governor-general, or he can go to other places to serve as governor, or enter the central government.

No matter which one, it is not something Zhao Lin can do now.

It will take at least five to ten years.

In five to ten years, Feng Siyuan will retire.

Zhao Lin didn't care about Feng Siyuan's thoughts. According to Zhao Lin, based on what Feng Siyuan had done, it would not be an exaggeration to execute him.

But now is not the previous life. People like this in the previous life also lived well.

Zhao Lin said, "Hand it over."

Feng Siyuan did not delay and quickly handed over the affairs of the Governor's Office to Zhao Lin to seek safety.

"Eunuch An, how did I offend His Majesty? Please give me some advice."

Feng Siyuan stuffed a silver note over.

Security took a look.

Wow, what a great thing, a silver note worth one thousand taels.

This guy won't cry until he sees the coffin. He used to get rid of it with a hundred taels, but now he knows he's scared and wants a thousand taels.

As before, Anquan would definitely explain the situation to Feng Siyuan with a smile and in a friendly manner.

But now.

Only a thousand taels!

Anquan curled his lips.

According to Zhao Lin, Feng Siyuan earned more than him, at least several million taels.

Just give him one thousand taels?

Just sending away beggars!

Anquan said angrily: "Who do you think you are? How could you offend His Majesty?"

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