Chapter 1235 What I heard (Reward for the book friend "Si Qinglanyu" plus 2)
Xiang Chao couldn't quite understand the atmosphere among these scholars, so he put Xiang Mingxue on the chair and ran away.
Although Yin Huo's eyes kept glancing towards Xiang Mingxue, he remained reserved. To avoid embarrassing him, he specifically asked Bai Shan and the others, "Have you decided on a name for your horse?"
Bai Erlang immediately perked up and said, "My horse is green. How about calling it Qingzhui?"
Bai Shan said without thinking: "Vulgar!"
Yin Huo, who was about to speak, paused before saying, "Your Majesty has a horse named Qingzhui."
Everyone: ...
Bai Shan coughed lightly and said, "You didn't hear anything just now, right?"
Everyone nodded in agreement. It was okay as long as they didn't tell anyone about it.
Bai Jilang scratched his head and asked, "What's the name?"
His eyes couldn't help but glance at Bai Shan, and he felt that matters like naming should be asked to Bai Shan, who was the most educated.
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "I think all three of our horses are good. How about choosing a corresponding name from the Eight Steeds of King Mu of Zhou?"
Xiang Mingxue, who had just taken a sip of tea, choked and couldn't help coughing violently.
Yin Huo also suppressed a smile and said, "That's not good. King Mu of Zhou's eight steeds can travel thousands of miles a day."
Manbao thought it was great and said, "This is also our beautiful hope. Who says they can't become horses that can run a thousand or ten thousand miles when they grow up?"
Bai Erlang also thought it was a good idea. "Then should I name my horse Yulun or Luer?"
"Let's call him Green Ear," Manbao said, "I just saw that the fur behind his ears is a little yellow."
Bai Erlang: "Okay, let's call it Green Ear. From now on, it will be called Green Ear."
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Then my horse will be called Daoli."
Manbao: "Mine is called Chiji."
The three of them clapped their hands happily, deciding on their names.
The other three were stunned when they saw how quickly they decided on the name of the horse.
Manbao asked Bai Erlang to go to the kitchen to get food, and they all ate lunch together in the study while talking.
After Liu Huan calmed down, he finally remembered what Bai Shan had asked him to find out. He said, "My eldest brother asked for help. Because Jiannan Road has taken away a lot of officials, they are very short of people. They are now planting winter wheat there, and they also said that they need to repair water conservancy projects before spring, so the Ministry of Personnel needs to transfer officials there."
He said, "In addition to officials being transferred from other places, there are also those sent from outside the capital. The Fu Liang you mentioned used to be an official in Jiannan Road. The Ministry of Personnel has reviewed his evaluations, and they've been rated good for several years. Although he hasn't made any outstanding achievements, he hasn't made any major mistakes either. He was even promoted by Lord Wei. That's why the Ministry of Personnel wants to transfer him to Jiannan Road. Jianzhou has already promoted someone else."
So after Jianzhou promoted the new Sima to the position of Chief Clerk just two months after the new Sima took office, the newly appointed Sima was promoted to Chief Clerk again.
For a time, it became Jianzhou's most auspicious position.
Manbao immediately asked, "Do you know what position you have reserved?"
Liu Huan shook his head. "My eldest brother doesn't know about this. It probably hasn't been decided yet. He's the secretary, and all the documents in the Ministry of Personnel have to be copied by him. If it's been decided, my eldest brother will know about it."
Bai Erlang thought for a moment and then asked, "Could it be the Huayang County Magistrate? Didn't they say that County Magistrate Tang was going back to the capital?"
"Impossible," Bai Shan said, "County Magistrate Fu doesn't have enough experience."
"He doesn't have enough experience," Bai Erlang said. "Hasn't he already been promoted to Chief Secretary? For someone to be promoted from a Chief Secretary to a county magistrate is actually a step down in rank."
Bai Shan said: "The qualifications I'm talking about are not qualifications for being an official."
He said, "Yizhou needs a county magistrate with a strong family background to control it. Moreover, if Lord Fu goes to Yizhou City, I'm afraid it will do him more harm than good. He won't be able to handle the officialdom in Yizhou."
Manbao also nodded, "Besides, there are still so many refugees there who have not been settled."
She said, "The court has ordered Magistrate Tang to return to the capital. He certainly won't have time to make arrangements for all the refugees, so he will probably only make arrangements for the most important ones. So if he goes, he will have a lot to do."
Bai Shan said, "Yizhou City is not only home to aristocratic families, officials, gentry, but also the wealthy. With so many powerful forces inside, County Magistrate Tang was forced to take food from them. Now they are all piled up in the county government office. Do you think Lord Fu can hold the city?"
"Right now, the people in Yizhou City are probably the ones who most want someone like Lord Fu, who has no roots and only believes in the doctrine of the mean, to take over Yizhou City," Bai Shan said. "If someone like him were to go, he would either be suppressed to the point of being unable to move forward, or be gnawed away until nothing is left."
Yin Huo nodded slightly. "My father also said that the candidate for Huayang County Magistrate will probably have to be chosen from Xie Hengliang and Liu Yizhong."
Liu Huan choked, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "Who?"
Yin Huo glanced at him and said, "Your brother and Xie Hengliang."
Liu Huan was stunned. "My brother...that's impossible. He's doing well in the Ministry of Personnel. Why would he go to Yizhou?"
Bai Shan said, "Don't be so ungrateful. Where is the Magistrate of Huayang County? Yizhou is the land of abundance. Besides the capital, Yongzhou, Jinzhou, and Taiyuan, Yizhou is the most prosperous."
So we can imagine how much the late emperor loved this youngest son. Needless to say, the capital city, Yongzhou was the secondary capital, Jinzhou was the place where the royal family rose to power, and Taiyuan was a fortress where heavy troops were stationed. None of them could be made into fiefdoms.
Then Yizhou, which was located along the way, was given to the King of Yizhou.
Liu Huan finally came to his senses. After all, he was a student who swept the Imperial College's gossips, so he quickly dug up the old rumors in his mind. "I remember now. Legend has it that when Senior Tang wanted to become the magistrate of Huayang County, he not only asked his father, Old Tang, for help, but also his wife's family, the Wang family, and Senior Yang's Yang family all helped out. That's why he was elected the magistrate of Shang County in the first place."
Yin Huo was stunned while sipping his tea and asked, "Is that so? Why did I hear from my sisters that Senior Yang wanted to be the magistrate of Huayang County, but Senior Tang snatched the position away from him, and the two of them even had a fight over it?"
Manbao and the other two: ...
They thought about it for a moment and shook their heads together, saying, "Yin Huo, I think what your sisters heard must be a rumor. But what Liu Huan heard might be true."
Bai Shan said, "I don't think County Magistrate Yang wants to be the magistrate of Huayang County."
Man Bao said, "It would be great to be the magistrate of our Luojiang County. Although our county is poor, our people are honest and simple."
Although Bai Shan and Bai Erlang thought there was nothing wrong with what she said, they still didn't dare to nod.
Bai Shan thought seriously about what County Magistrate Yang had done after taking office, and said with a light cough: "County Magistrate Yang is rich, so I think he might prefer to go to poor counties."
Everyone: ...
Liu Huan scratched his head. "Is Senior Yang very rich?"
At this moment, Bai Shan, Man Bao and Bai Erlang nodded vigorously in unison, saying, "Very rich!"
Yin Huo hesitated and said, "I haven't heard much about this, but Lord Yang has only one legitimate son, Senior Yang. A family like ours shouldn't be short of money, right?"
So several people started discussing how rich Yang Heshu was.
Xiang Mingxue listened for a while and noticed they had already started talking about how popular Yang Heshu was in the capital. He also heard stories of noble ladies fighting over positions just to get a glimpse of Yang Heshu during festivals, especially during the outings on February 2nd and the Double Ninth Festival in September. He couldn't help but cough and said, "Aren't you discussing where Master Fu will be assigned to?"
"Oh, yes," Manbao came back to his senses, "We were discussing this."
But when Yang Heshu turned to Mr. Fu, everyone lost interest in talking. They looked at each other and said together, "Let's have some tea and some snacks."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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