Chapter 409: Marriage is Hard to Change
"Grandma, I'm not the same person I was before, I don't know the sufferings of the world. I think I'm pretty good at it." Yun Ting smiled, "So I want to give it a try. I may not be good at it, but I can ask others for advice. At least I became an official not to make money, but because I really want to do something for the people."
"It's rare that you have such a heart. I've always said that your mother was kind since she was a child. She never beat or scolded the servants, and she wouldn't even step on an ant on the road. How could you have grown up crooked?"
The foundation is good, but it needs guidance.
So in this sense, the emperor's decision to let Xiao Yan teach his grandson was a good one.
"Grandmother, if I ask the Emperor for help, will he revoke his order?"
"Come on, I'll take you to see the emperor. Do you dare to speak in front of the emperor? If you don't dare——"
"I dare."
"Okay. Are you done eating? Let's go."
The Queen Mother took Yun Ting directly to see the Emperor.
The emperor came out to greet her and glared at Yun Ting again, subconsciously thinking that Yun Ting was dissatisfied with the arranged marriage and had gone to see the empress dowager again.
"Ting'er, talk to your uncle yourself. Right now, there's no emperor, no prince of Yun, just you and your nephew. Just say whatever you want."
The emperor frowned.
But after Yun Ting spoke, the emperor was obviously surprised.
"You mean, you want to be a county magistrate in a county near the capital?" The emperor asked meaningfully, stroking his beard.
"Yes. This way, I can understand all aspects of people's livelihood and do something down to earth, and I can come back to visit my grandmother and my great-grandmother in my spare time." Yun Ting said respectfully.
"What about the arranged marriage? What do you think?"
Yun Ting was so angry that he was about to explode.
I want to go east, but you force me to go west, and you want me to greet you with a smile?
OK, you succeeded.
"I was the one who messed around with the arranged marriage." Yun Ting drooped his head. "Xiao Yan also scolded me yesterday. He said I didn't discuss it with him. Zhuozhuo was still young. He wanted to keep her to marry into the Duke's Mansion and didn't want her to enter the Duke's Mansion because of her family background. She was being criticized by the people in the Duke's Mansion and suffered grievances. And--"
"And what?"
"Besides, Zhuozhuo is only focused on running her shop and has no intention of getting married. Fortunately, you didn't grant her a marriage, otherwise Zhuozhuo would not want to marry either."
The emperor nodded. "Xiao Yan's words make sense. Now, I grant you a marriage with the young lady from the Lu family. Are you willing?"
"Just, let's take a look. If he's too ugly or has a fierce temperament, I won't be very happy."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Young men love to be pretty, that's common. Don't worry, Grandmother has seen him, he's not ugly nor fierce."
"Well... okay. There's no one else to compare with anyway, so let's just make do with it." Yun Ting looked reluctant.
It looks very real.
"Your Majesty, the marriage is settled, but I really don't want to go to Yangzhou."
The Queen Mother also spoke up for Yun Ting.
The emperor looked a little hesitant.
The Queen Mother said, "I never ask about the affairs of the previous dynasty, but I will make an exception for Yun Ting. Please agree to his request for your sister's sake. I think Yongji County is very good. It is seventy or eighty miles away from the capital, so everything can be taken care of there."
The emperor shook his head, "Mother, I'm afraid Yongji County won't work."
"What do you mean? I've been there before and I thought it was nice."
"Yongji County, while nicely called 'the foot of the emperor', is actually 'a dark place under the lamp.'" Xiao Yan submitted a memorial years ago, alleging that the local tyrant at the docks was involved in smuggling and land seizure, and was deeply implicated in Yongji County."
"Isn't that perfect?" Yun Ting said, "We can take down the magistrate of Yongji County and let me take over. Your Majesty, Xiao Yan will take care of the canal docks in the capital, and I will take care of Yongji County."
"It's good that you have this intention. But the difficulties there are indeed great."
As an important transportation route, there was a constant flow of merchants, refugees, people from the underworld, and lower-level officials coming to Beijing for business, and public security was complicated.
The county magistrate was responsible for transporting some supplies to the capital, as well as resettling and managing some refugees from the capital. However, facing the entrenched powerful forces, the actual power of the county magistrate was very limited.
The county government is prosperous on the surface but in trouble inside. The actual operation of the county government is controlled by clerks with many years of experience. They are familiar with loopholes in laws and regulations, local unwritten rules, and personal networks, and have formed a community of interests. In their eyes, the new county magistrate is a "fat sheep" or a "puppet."
The emperor listed them one by one, and the empress dowager was a little shaken.
This is the only grandson she cares about so much. Nothing can happen to him. He just needs to be safe and sound.
But Yun Ting said, if it were easy, what would he do?
"Your Majesty, if I, your nephew and the empress dowager's grandson, someone with direct access to the heavens, can't manage things properly, how can you expect others to defy the powerful and sacrifice themselves to manage things properly?"
"If you are really worried, you can send someone else to be the county magistrate, and I can go with you." Yun Ting even took a step back.
Seeing his firm attitude, the Queen Mother also spoke up for him.
"If it really doesn't work, go and come back. There's no need to make a big fuss about this. Let him test the waters."
"Let me think about it. Even if I send you, I'll have to arrange for two reliable people to accompany you. You're the only one your mother has left."
When Yun Ting heard the emperor say this, he quickly expressed his gratitude.
He knew that this matter was probably almost true.
Yun Ting felt relieved, but the marriage issue was not resolved, and he was still worried.
Xiao Yan is right, let’s take it one step at a time and see how it goes.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing." Yun Ting thought for a moment, "I want to ask you, the matchmaker, for someone else."
Love grants marriages to those who need them.
"Tell me about it."
Yun Ting then mentioned the Fifth Young Master and Jiang Yi.
He mentioned this in passing to prevent that idiot Jiang Quan from not being able to speak clearly and causing the emperor to misunderstand and cause more trouble.
Unfortunately, one of him is enough.
"These two people are indeed a good match."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "I was saying that Ting'er has a completely different personality now and knows how to help others."
The emperor said that he had taken note of this matter.
As expected, Taifu Lu was very dissatisfied with the arranged marriage and cried and made a fuss.
She really came to the emperor crying and making a fuss.
In short, he only has this one daughter, and she cannot marry Yun Ting, who is idle and has a bad reputation.
The emperor tried to appease the old minister and let him understand Yun Ting first.
Taifu Lu said that since Yun Ting is so good, my daughter is not worthy of him, and Your Majesty should find someone else.
The emperor naturally refused.
Tutor Lu said he wanted to resign and return home, but the emperor did not allow it.
Master Lu was depressed.
Yun Ting, however, approached him with a playful smile, calling him "Lord Taishan" in front of others. His frivolous and greasy behavior almost made Master Lu vomit blood in anger.
"The emperor only granted the marriage, but did not say when the wedding would take place. Since the marriage has not taken place yet, don't try to get close to me!" Tutor Lu turned away.
Yun Ting shrugged.
Just drag it on.
If you delay, there will be variables.
He composed himself and went back to see Erya.
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