Well, while the whole county was celebrating, Ruihai was busy with a serious expression.
I listened more and asked a few more questions, and I found out that this wasn't the first time a child had died.
Ruihai has no sons, but he has two daughters.
She had sons, but most of them died young and none of them lived past the age of five. On the contrary, her daughter was weak and sickly when she was young, but she grew up successfully.
I instinctively suspected that there was something fishy going on because I had also experienced this kind of situation where the whole world was my enemy.
Ruihai was the head of a county and had once passed the imperial examination, so he was well-known in the imperial court.
Born with the blessing of the Great Xia dragon energy, coupled with his own talent, it is quite difficult for ordinary people to hurt him.
For a county head like him, if he died of illness or overwork, it would be within the normal range.
If he died an unnatural death, it would certainly cause a shock in the court and everyone would be in danger.
This is an unwritten bottom line.
However, Ruihai's ability can only protect a county or a township, and can protect hundreds of thousands of people, but it cannot protect his own family.
I find the whole incident quite ironic and sad.
It is not easy to be a hero at any time.
Ruihai's two actions were reported to the emperor, shocking the government and the public. It was rumored that he had won the favor of the Prime Minister.
There were rumors that the higher-ups intended to send Ruihai to Yangzhou to take charge.
It first circulated among officials and later even spread to the people.
The people of Xingguo and Jianyi counties were cheering.
I was secretly happy for Ruihai.
But something went wrong after all.
When the various places in Jiangnan heard about Ruihai's actions, the administration was cleaned up. The capital was very pleased and sent inspectors to inspect.
Everyone knew that this was just a process, and the atmosphere in various parts of Jiangnan was indeed relieved.
After the inspector has gone through this process, it should be time for Ruihai to be promoted.
Then, something went wrong.
When Inspector Yan Qinmao traveled to various places, the county magistrates and prefects in each place gave him a grand reception.
The Inspector General was well-known and enjoyed a life of luxury.
The grand hospitality given in various places will also receive corresponding good reviews.
He was originally from Jianyi. Hearing that Jianyi was a place of clean and upright character, he decided to go on a tour.
It was just a formality, but the banquet ended in a bad mood.
Rui Hai doesn't even have many servants, and I personally have always hated extravagance.
It's just simple home-cooked meals, truly home-cooked meals.
Take a grass carp from the river, fry it in oil, add hot water, then add the prepared tofu, and cook it on the fire for half an hour. The soup is thick and white and tastes delicious. It is a common and favorite food of fishermen on the riverside.
I took another carp and steamed it. Before steaming the carp, the tendon had been removed from its body, so it no longer had that fishy smell.
I also ordered a dish of chopped pepper fish head from Fulai Inn. The bright red peppers were chopped in advance without any oil, and then a few handfuls of salt were added and sealed in a jar. After a few days, the chopped peppers were ready.
When you need to steam fish, take a bighead carp from the river, scientifically known as silver carp, take out the chopped pepper, and wash it with some clean water to remove the salt.
Then add appropriate amount of minced garlic and sauerkraut and stir-fry in the pan for a while, then spread it evenly on the fish head, place it on the steamer, and steam it for twenty minutes.
If you like spicy food, you can also add a few chopped pickled wild peppercorns.
There is also stir-fried pork, accompanied by some wild vegetables.
For ordinary families, this might be a banquet that is only held on festive occasions, but for Yu Ruihai, it is something he cherishes.
But for the inspection office, such plain food is simply unpalatable and can even be considered an insult.
According to the supervisory instructions, the inspection office is to inspect the Jiang and Huai areas.
As a result, after passing Jianyi, he left directly without inspecting Jiangzhou, but went to Huaizhou.
Not long after, the magistrate of another county in Jiangzhou was reported by the censor and dismissed from his post.
Afterwards I heard several people discuss that the other person was also famous for his incorruptibility.
Xue Cheng, the chief flag of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, did not say anything, but after hearing the news, he looked a little lonely.
After that person was dismissed from his post, there was no further news about Ruihai being transferred to Yangzhou.
There were rewards for Ruihai from above, including a hundred acres of land, a 20% salary increase, cloth, and silver, but there was nothing related to promotion.
Well, why do I know so clearly? Because Fulai Inn is run by my family.
I invented the chopped pepper fish head.
Ruihai's promotion plan was ruined.
He continued to stay in Xingguo County.
And I have a deep understanding of the differences in officialdom.
As an official, with my abilities and means, I'm afraid I can't beat those old foxes. They are too skilled.
I don't quite understand what happened in Ruihai. I've done some research and found that the censor had no connection with the Wang and Li families in Jianyi, so he wasn't deliberately making things difficult for them.
This is Yan Qinmao's nature. For many years, he has been treated well wherever he travels. As for whether he secretly accepts gifts, it is still unknown.
Well, another rumor in the Jianyi officialdom is that Ruihai once wrote a letter directly to Yan Qinmao, reprimanding him for his extravagant lifestyle and for accepting other people's money and property at will.
This led to the man avoiding Jiangzhou and inspecting Huaizhou instead.
Ruihai's stubbornness has been tested for a long time.
Yan Qinmao didn't want to try it again, otherwise Ruihai would submit another memorial, directly pointing out his various bribery and extravagant lifestyle. Although it would not be a serious blow to him, it would inevitably have some impact on him.
I personally tend to speculate that Yan Qinmao might have been secretly pushed here by many people.
Sometimes, making things difficult for people doesn’t need to be complicated; it can be done very simply.
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