"Governor? Zhao Lin became governor? How is that possible, ha..."
Jiang Yichen laughed.
The others laughed too.
Zhao Lin is only 18 years old.
It was shocking enough that he became a prefect last year.
It's only been a year now, and he's going to be the governor again.
You must be kidding!
Unless the emperor is crazy!
Seeing they didn't believe him, Bai Shicheng said anxiously, "It's true! My grandfather said so. Today during the court session, he, Minister Fu, and Lord Li, the prefect of Shengjing, were all summoned by the emperor to discuss promoting Zhao Lin to the position of governor."
The laughter stopped abruptly.
Everyone looked at Bai Shicheng in disbelief.
He certainly wouldn't lie about his own grandfather.
In other words, it’s true!
Zhao Lin, 18 years old, became governor!
"How is this possible?"
Han Renjie screamed, "What did Zhao Lin do to deserve the emperor's appreciation and appointment as governor?"
Bai Shicheng spread his hands and said, "I don't know, but according to my grandfather, the Governor of Jiujiang did something that displeased the Emperor, so he was demoted to the position of Governor of Jiujiang, and Zhao Lin was replaced as Governor."
"this……"
Everyone looked confused.
A young man said, "Even if Feng Siyuan angered the emperor, it would have been better to replace him with someone else. Why did it have to be Zhao Lin? How old is he?"
Bai Shicheng said: "I just turned eighteen during the Chinese New Year, I don't know if I have turned eighteen yet."
Everyone was silent.
After a long while, another young man sighed, "An eighteen-year-old governor? This is a first in the history of our dynasty, right?"
"It's not just our dynasty. Throughout history, there has never been such a young provincial governor." A young man continued.
"Zhao Lin, your future is limitless." Someone sighed, "Last year he was prefect, this year he's a provincial governor, what will he be doing next year? Will he be promoted to prime minister?"
"If Zhao Lin becomes the prime minister, how will those old officials feel?"
"Let alone becoming a prime minister, even if I become a governor now, it would be enough to make many people unable to catch up in their entire lives."
"I really don't know what Zhao Lin did to deserve such great favor from His Majesty!"
These young masters were all puzzled.
They would never have thought that Emperor Chengping was angry that Feng Siyuan had divided his silver, so he replaced Zhao Lin in a rage.
Anyway, Zhao Lin is doing a good job as an official. He is willing to pay tribute to me when he gets benefits. He is capable and loyal. Why not let him take over?
As for other things, Emperor Chengping never thought about it at all.
If he had thought of it, the Daqi Dynasty would not be like this.
"Will the cabinet pass it?" someone suddenly asked.
Bai Shicheng said: "But your majesty has the right to change the governor."
Everyone nodded.
All under heaven belongs to the king, and all within the four seas are the king's subjects.
If Emperor Chengping is really determined to do something, what can the cabinet do?
It just benefits Zhao Lin.
Why can't it be myself?
"Alas, two years ago, Zhao Lin was still an orphan who was bullied by everyone. I never thought that in less than two years, he would become a powerful official in charge of a region. It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others."
A young man said.
His tone was full of envy.
The others nodded as well.
Can't stop sighing.
Even if these people have a good family background and rely on their family connections, they can at most become officials of the fourth or fifth rank in the future.
Or the kind that doesn't have much real power.
Perhaps only someone like Bai Shiyuan could truly control the military and political power of a province like Zhao Lin did.
But now Bai Shiyuan is just a Hanlin, and is only in charge of the part-time collection of flowers and stones. He is not as good as Zhao Lin.
"There is such a huge gap between the two top scorers. We can't say that Mr. Bai is bad, but that Zhao Lin is too terrifying." Someone sighed.
Bai Shicheng nodded silently.
Knowing that Zhao Lin became the prefect, the Bai family did not care. But today, Emperor Chengping promoted Zhao Lin to governor, and the Bai family from top to bottom began to take it seriously.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a rising star.
With the support of his father-in-law Fu Chengwang, his mentor Li Xingye, and Zhu Zhongyan in the inner court, Zhao Lin will definitely have no problem entering the central government in the future, let alone becoming a prime minister.
"It seems that Zhao Chenhan can't catch up." Someone suddenly said.
"Him? He has no right to pursue her, right?" Bai Shicheng sneered.
Bai Shicheng has always looked down on Zhao Chenhan.
How could this kind of guy be called one of the Seven Young Masters of the Capital together with his elder brother?
Bai Shicheng scoffed, "Ever since the imperial examinations began, Zhao Chenhan has been inferior to Zhao Lin. A while ago, he even tried to challenge Zhao Lin, but ended up getting us all into trouble. This kind of trash isn't even worthy of a seat at the table in our mansion. If the Marquis of Zhenbei's son hadn't gone missing, how could he have gotten the position?"
Han Renjie said with a serious face: "Brother Bai, please be careful with your words."
After all, Zhao Chenhan is Han Renjie's cousin, and the two families have joined forces because of Prince Yu's affairs, so they can't let outsiders laugh at them.
Bai Shicheng disagreed, but he didn't want to offend Han Renjie, so he changed the subject and said, "Zhao Lin saved us last time. Although his family gave him hard work compensation, they haven't thanked him yet. I plan to go to his house to thank him someday. Are you guys going to come with me?"
Everyone's heart moved.
Since Zhao Lin is such a newcomer, it is natural to build good relationships with him.
And this is an excellent excuse.
"Why wait until tomorrow?"
A young man immediately slammed his hand on the table and said, "I've wanted to thank him for a long time, but unfortunately I never had the chance."
"Yes, I want to go too."
"Let's go together."
These young masters all spoke up.
Their purpose was very clear, which was to take advantage of this opportunity to establish a good relationship with Zhao Lin.
It doesn't take much effort anyway.
If Zhao Lin really becomes a prime minister in the future, this would be a favor.
"In that case, let's not drink anymore. Let's all go back and prepare. We will set off together early tomorrow morning." Bai Shicheng said.
The crowd dispersed.
…
"This Zhao Lin is great!"
If there is news from the palace, the prince will definitely know it first.
Besides, it's not a secret.
"I never thought that my father would favor Zhao Lin so much and actually make him the governor. An eighteen-year-old governor is unprecedented." The prince said happily.
Zhao Lin is his man.
In this way, he controlled a province.
Although Jiujiang Province cannot compare with those wealthy provinces, Zhao Lin does not have enough manpower and his influence is not that great.
But it doesn’t matter, the prince has plenty of people.
"Immediately send a group of people to Jiujiang for Zhao Lin, and ask them to assist him in handling government affairs." said the prince.
"Zhao Lin may not agree." said the prince's aide.
"Don't agree? He is my man now, how dare he refuse?"
The prince sneered, "My silver isn't so easy to come by. Do you really think I'm spending a million taels of silver just to buy a piece of news that's hard to tell? That's a noose around his neck. As long as he accepts the silver, it's like a noose around his neck, and he can only let me lead him. If he dares to disobey, I'll kill him."
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