He smiled and said, "The prince should have also given a push, right?"
Liang Yulin chuckled and said, "Prince Jin's people suggested that you go directly to North City to serve as the prefect. Firstly, they wanted to test the emperor's attitude, and secondly, they wanted to attract hatred for you."
"Sure enough, many people objected, saying that your promotion speed was too exaggerated, and that going from the seventh rank to the fourth rank was not in accordance with etiquette and law."
He added: "So I pushed you and stood up and said that it would be a waste of your talent to keep you in a small Heyang County. Northern Xinjiang is in need of talents like you to run the business."
"If your official position is too low, it will limit your development and make it difficult to implement many policies."
"So I suggest that after the previous prefect is transferred, you be made the acting prefect. You will have all the authority of a prefect, but your official position will only be of the fifth rank."
"After you have done your job well and become a regular employee, you can be promoted to the fourth rank."
His eldest son was indeed smart and could guess it right away after hearing it.
At that time, he saw at a glance what the purpose of King Jin's men was.
They just wanted to push Xiao Hanzheng out to make the ministers in the court oppose it, and then take the opportunity to push their people to the position of prefect.
Then transfer Xiao Hanzheng to the position of Tongzhi to assist their prefect.
In this way, Prince Jin would not only be doing Xiao Hanzheng a favor, but would also be able to allow their people to take credit for Xiao Hanzheng's achievements.
Even if someone like Prince Jin wanted to win over Xiao Hanzheng and make important use of him, he would still be very cautious and would mostly try to use him.
Since Prince Jin wants to cause trouble, he will help them.
Xiao Hanzheng asked with a smile: "Did it work in the end?"
King Yi seldom expressed his opinions in court, and others would always guess what he said was the emperor's intention.
Liang Yulin smiled and said, "Of course it worked. The three great dukes all came out to support it, and the Fei family, which represents the Qingliu faction, also took the lead in supporting it."
"And this was proposed by King Jin's people. Even if they wanted to object, they couldn't slap themselves in the face in public."
"Most of the court officials agreed, so my brother passed it."
"The transfer order from the North City prefect will be issued soon. Once he is transferred after the New Year, you can take up the position."
Only by being the prefect can one restrain Prince Jin.
Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo want to do more for the people so that they can be free to act.
Prince Jin and his men dug a hole to bury themselves this time.
It was mainly a coincidence. In order to get married, he was very active in attending court during the days he stayed in the capital.
Just then, someone from King Jin brought up this matter, so he deliberately gave it a push.
If he hadn't gone to court, Prince Jin's people would have had a good chance of succeeding. After all, the emperor still had to balance the court, so it was not easy for him to bring this up himself.
The main thing is not to be too biased towards Xiao Hanzheng in public, so as to make Prince Jin feel even more wary.
But he didn't care. Anyway, Prince Jin definitely knew that he was pursuing Xiao Hanzheng's mother.
Isn't it right to strive for the maximum benefit for the eldest son? Xiao Hanzheng knew in his heart that King Yi had made a great contribution to this matter.
Of course, several dukedoms and the Fei family also helped, and he remembered all these favors.
He raised the teacup to King Yi and said, "I'll offer you a cup of tea instead of wine. Thank you!"
King Yi picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said with a gentle smile, "You're welcome, we're a family!"
Xiao Hanzheng: “…” King Yi really never misses any opportunity to stand out.
In the following days, King Yi traveled between Heyang County and the small town, spending most of his time in Heyang County.
He would go to the Xiao family for meals almost every day, and when Erlang came back from school, he would personally teach and train him.
When Erlang was taking a break, King Yi would take him and Xiao Xiaomei out to paint or ride horses.
On the one hand, it allowed him to satisfy his desire to be a father, and on the other hand, it also allowed Erlang and Xiao Xiaomei to experience the benefits of having a father.
King Yi was also very concerned about Xiao Hanzheng, but unfortunately his eldest son was too independent and smart, so he didn't have much room to display his talents.
After discovering that their plan was ruined by King Yi, he scolded King Yi several times.
Prince Jin really couldn't understand why his younger brother, who was so successful, would fall in love with a divorced woman, and even run around to show his affection to her all day long, and even blatantly sided with Xiao Hanzheng in the court.
If it were him, he would just take her in and pamper her, why would he waste the position of princess?
But he couldn't do anything about King Yi, so he could only change his original plan.
It was only the end of October when the first snow fell in Heyang County.
Thanks to the considerable profits of the canning workshop, Xiao Hanzheng not only led people to renovate the houses of poor households in the county, but also went to various villages to help with the renovations.
As a result, there have been no houses collapsed by the snow in Heyang County this year, and the people have not frozen to death yet.
Even while sitting by the iron stove, Shi Qingluo still felt cold.
I can't help but miss modern heating and air conditioning even more.
In such cold weather, there are still many poor people in northern Xinjiang who find it difficult to even wear warm clothes, let alone buy stoves and honeycomb coal for heating.
So Shi Qingluo remembered the kang he had experienced when he went to the north.
She only knew a general idea, and then she took out the "Time Travel Handbook" and flipped through it, and sure enough, there was a detailed process of building a kang.
So she copied it down and gave it to her husband.
"Once this kang is built, it will be very warm to sit on or lie on. After the snow melts, we will have people come to the county government to build a few."
She smiled and said: "After our trial is successful, we can promote it in Heyang County."
Xiao Hanzheng put the paper away, smiled and hugged her in his arms, "Okay, once this kang is ready, as long as every household in the village can use it, there shouldn't be anyone freezing to death in Heyang County this year."
He had previously checked the records over the years and found that many people froze to death in Heyang County every year, which made him very worried.
The cost of stoves and honeycomb coal is relatively high and not suitable for promotion.
Moreover, it is much colder here than in Nanxi County, and the heating effect of the honeycomb coal stove is limited.
This kang is still the best.
Before the weather turned cold, he had already sent yamen runners to notify every village and household, asking everyone to collect more firewood and dry wild vegetables for storage.
So if you want to build a kang, unless you are a very lazy person, the firewood you collect when the weather is warm should be enough.
When the sun comes out, we can ask everyone to collect more firewood for storage.
Shi Qingluo nodded, "I thought so too."
After the snow melted and the sky cleared up, Xiao Hanzheng asked a craftsman to come to his house to build a kang.
It also attracted a lot of onlookers.
When the kang was ready for use, Xi Rong and others came to experience it.
The woman followed Shi Qingluo to one room, and the man followed Xiao Hanzheng to another room.
After all, you have to take off your shoes when you go to bed, and men and women are not suitable to get together.
After Xi Rong got on the kang, she found it very warm and lay down immediately.
"Luoluo, you are really awesome. I am saved this winter in the northern border. Otherwise, I would be shivering in front of the iron stove every day."
Shi Qingluo also lay down and said with a smile: "Me too, after having a kang, I feel that living in the Northern Frontier is not that difficult anymore."
Her daily life before was basically inseparable from the iron stove, but she still felt cold.
Now that we have a kang, I can sit and write, or lie down and read without feeling cold.
(End of this chapter)
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