While Yun Li was frantically making money, Yun Zheng and Tuo Huan had already arrived in Jingyang Prefecture.
There was no choice, Ji Ran sent someone to deliver the letter to Dingbei.
Something big happened in Fuzhou.
It was impossible for him to follow Ye Zi and the others and come here slowly.
The day after Tuohuan arrived in Dingbei, they set off at full speed.
It is estimated that it will take Ye Zi and her companions half a month to reach the palace in Sifang County.
Although they had a new carriage, Yun Zheng was still extremely careful, fearing that Ye Zi would feel uncomfortable on the road.
For this reason, Yun Zheng specially let Miaoyin stay with Ye Zi and the others.
"Your subordinate Ji Ran, I pay my respects to the prince."
Upon learning that Yun Zheng had arrived with his men, Ji Ran hurriedly brought people out to greet them.
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"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Everyone followed suit and saluted.
"No need to be polite!"
Yun Zheng waved his hand gently, "Let's talk inside the mansion!"
"yes!"
Ji Ran accepted the order and raised his hand to invite him, "Your Majesty, please!"
Yun Zheng brought Tuo Huan and strode into the governor's mansion.
After arriving at the governor's mansion and sitting down, Yun Zheng immediately asked, "How many people have resigned?"
Ji Ran answered cautiously: "Your Highness, there are four officials of the fifth rank and above, and eleven officials below the fifth rank..."
Depend on!
These bird people!
I haven't even given them a heads-up yet, but they're giving me one first?
The governor of Fuzhou is a fourth-rank official!
Four officials of the fifth rank and above submitted their resignations!
This was definitely a premeditated resignation!
These bastards!
Either he has something to hide and is afraid of being found out, or he is being bewitched by someone.
Maybe it’s the third brother who is behind this!
"Show me their resignation letters!"
Yun Zheng frowned and made up his mind that this time he would give these bastards a good lesson!
"yes!"
Ji Ran waved his hand and others immediately presented their resignation letters.
Yun Zheng took out a resignation letter at random and looked at it.
This guy has a good reason.
I have an eighty-year-old mother at home who needs care, so I have to go back to fulfill my filial duties.
Taking another copy is another reason.
Claim to be sick!
Take another one, the reason is begging for bones.
Yun Zheng took several resignation letters and looked through them. The reasons given by these people for resigning were varied.
Anyway, I have made up some plausible excuses.
There was even a birdman who said that he passed by his deceased wife's grave the day before and felt so guilty towards her that he wanted to build a hut next to her grave to accompany her.
Seeing all these various reasons, Yun Zheng almost laughed out of anger.
These bastards are really good at making up stories!
Why don't they say they're going to quit their jobs and go travel in space?
Yun Zheng thought for a moment, and immediately issued an order: "Order those who resigned to come to Jingyang Prefecture as soon as possible. Those who fail to come within seven days will be punished for contempt of this king!"
Ji Ran opened his mouth slightly and smiled bitterly: "My Lord, if that's the case, I'm afraid..."
"Nothing to be afraid of!"
Yun Zheng interrupted Ji Ran, "They have worked diligently for the court for so many years. Now they want to resign. I must meet them on behalf of the court!"
A bunch of stupid birds!
Resign?
It’s not that easy!
It is difficult to be an official, and it is also difficult to resign!
If they dare to leave without the approval of the imperial court, that would be considered desertion!
Want to threaten me with resignation?
Do you really think you were scared?
Seeing Yun Zheng's firm attitude, Ji Ran didn't know what to say anymore. He could only order his men to hurry and notify those officials who had submitted their resignations.
In fact, Ji Ran didn’t quite understand what was going on in these officials’ minds.
This man is the King of Jingbei, who commands a large number of troops and even the crown prince of the time has to avoid him!
They thought that they could intimidate the prince by resigning from their posts, which was really naive.
Do they really think that this prince doesn't dare to kill an official appointed by the imperial court?
After Ji Ran finished explaining, Yun Zheng asked again, "I took your position as the governor of Fuzhou, why didn't you resign?"
Faced with Yun Zheng's sudden question, Ji Ran couldn't help but be stunned.
What? Does Yun Zheng hope that he will resign as well so that he can replace all the officials in Fuzhou with his cronies?
Coming back to his senses, Ji Ran stood up and said, "If the prince requires me to resign, I will hand in my resignation now."
“No, no!”
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "I don't mean that. I'm just curious."
Are you curious?
Ji Ran naturally didn't believe Yun Zheng's words.
Since Yun Zheng is asking this question, there must be a deeper meaning behind it.
Ji Ran thought for a moment, then turned to ask Yun Zheng: "Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth or a lie?"
“I want to hear it all!”
Yun Zheng smiled.
Ji Ran raised his eyes and looked at Yun Zheng. "The lie is that I am an official appointed by the court. No matter how the court arranges, I should do my duty as a minister! When I serve a place, I will benefit the people there."
"What about the truth?"
Yun Zheng asked with interest.
Ji Ran hesitated for a moment and said, "The truth is, the territory occupied by the prince is much larger than Fuzhou! The governor of Fuzhou is only a fourth-rank official. If I can be valued by your highness, my status and power will probably be far higher than that of the governor of Fuzhou."
"Well, that's good! I like your truth!"
Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction, then pointed at Tuo Huan beside him and asked Ji Ran: "Do you know who this is?"
Ji Ran shook his head gently: "I don't know, but judging from his appearance, he should not be from the inner city."
"He is definitely not from the inner city."
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "This is the former Prime Minister of Guifang, Tuohuan!"
Prime Minister of Guifang!
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, Ji Ran's heart suddenly jumped.
This is such a big shot!
The Prime Minister of Guifang was brought to Yun Zheng’s side?
Moreover, he was very respectful around Yun Zheng and did not dare to overstep the mark in the slightest.
This prince obviously came prepared!
After a brief moment of distraction, Ji Ran quickly bowed to Tuo Huan: "Greetings... Sir!"
"You are too polite, Master Ji."
Tuo Huan laughed and said, "I have no official position now, so I am not worthy of Master Ji's courtesy."
"You are joking, sir." Ji Ran said politely, "Since you are the Prime Minister of Guifang, your ability is beyond words. Even if you have no official position, you deserve this gift!"
"Okay, stop being polite."
Yun Zheng stopped the two of them and looked at Ji Ran meaningfully, "I'm telling you the truth. Before you came, I was ready for you to hand in your resignation! I brought Tuo Huan with me to let him take over from you!"
Is that so?
Ji Ran smiled bitterly.
If Tuohuan was really the Prime Minister of Guifang, he would be more than qualified to take over his position.
How bad can the talent of a person who can become prime minister be?
"I will follow your Majesty's orders."
Ji Ran bowed.
What if I don't obey?
What can I do in front of this powerful prince?
"Don't worry, what I lack are talented and virtuous people!"
Yun Zheng gave Ji Ran some reassurance, "As you said, today's Shuobei is much bigger than just Fuzhou! As long as you have talent and virtue, I will definitely use you!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Ji Ran didn't know whether Yun Zheng was just talking nonsense or not, so he could only choose to believe it for the time being.
“That’s enough!”
Yun Zheng stood up and said, "I'm going to take a walk in the military camp. You can talk to Tuo Huan about Fuzhou's government affairs first!"
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