The Ministry of Literature and the Archives.

After talking about Changshu, Lu Guangzu briefly mentioned Chongming and said, "As for Chongming County, there were originally more soldiers than civilians. After the Japanese invasion a few years ago, it became even more so. That's why it was called Iron Chongming."

Zhao Hao nodded and said Chongming is not bad.

"Then there's Tofu Wujiang, which is also a good place, but it's too close to the city, so you can't do anything. And it's located at the main road between the north and the south, so there are officials passing through all day, and the expenses are too high. It's better to save money in those quiet places, just like tofu is bland and tasteless."

"I just love eating tofu." Young Master Zhao chuckled.

"Haha, indeed, Wujiang is still quite popular. An official who is good at making friends can make friends all over the world if he becomes a county magistrate there." Lu Guangzu said as he glanced at Zhao Hao, thinking that it was a good place to use his ability to make money.

"What about the other three counties?" Zhao Hao seemed not to understand and continued to ask, "It seems that their reputation is not good."

"Kunshan suffers from floods every year. It is uniquely poor in the rich Suzhou Prefecture. Plus, there are many opera singers there, so it got this nickname." Lu Guangzu is a kind man and doesn't want to make up a story, so he jumps back to the main topic:

"Wuxian and Changshu are two counties that are adjacent to each other, and their county seats are both in Suzhou City, so they can be mentioned together. Not only are these two counties squeezed into one city, but there are also many people above them. There is the prefectural government, the grain supervision government, the Suzhou weaving office, and the governor of Yingtian is stationed here for most of the year... A dignified county magistrate would be a hundred-mile marquis in other places, but in Suzhou, he is just a maid with the keys - the head of the family but not the master. And there are so many ancestors to serve. Can you imagine how difficult life must be?"

"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded, thinking to himself that no wonder County Magistrate Zhang was able to secure his position as Shangyuan County Magistrate, it turned out that everyone disliked him.

"This is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Suzhou are all powerful and have strong backgrounds, and they cannot be easily provoked. The common people don't have any backgrounds, but they will file a complaint at any time. If they lose the lawsuit, they will gather together to cause trouble..."

"What if we win?"

"He came to complain again after a few days." Lu Guangzu sighed and said, "Mr. Zhao, now you know that it is a living hell for officials, right? You should change it."

"Thank you for your sincere advice." Young Master Zhao smiled apologetically and said, "But as the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will?"

"Oh, it seems like I've wasted my breath." Lu Guangzu was immediately helpless.

"Don't worry, Commander." Zhao Hao then smiled faintly and said, "As the saying goes, a sharp sword is forged from grinding, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. My father is willing to go through the most difficult training, and he will definitely make great progress."

To put it in a more popular way, it means "I don't care about the status, I will fight if I don't obey. I will beat them all, and my father will be the boss of Suzhou City!"

Lu Guangzu looked at Zhao Hao for a while, then suddenly patted his forehead and laughed, "What am I worrying about? Even the young elder is no match for your father and son. It's others who should wish for the best, how could it be your father?"

"You are kidding, Mr. Quan. My father and I are still confused." Zhao Hao naturally would not admit it to the boss, and said with a wronged look:

"My father was banished from the capital, and he was too busy behaving like a good man, so how could he provoke others?"

"Okay, let's go to Wu County!" Lu Guangzu thought to himself, since they are willing, I won't bother with anything. He nodded heavily and took out the file of the magistrate of Wu County from the row in Suzhou Prefecture.

Then he asked Zhao Hao, "Anyone else wants to be transferred? You're welcome."

"Really." Zhao Hao touched his nose and smiled gratefully: "I have two disciples, and I don't want to be an official in Beijing anymore."

"Please speak." Lu Guangzu nodded.

"One is called Hua Shuyang. His health is not very good and it is not suitable for him to live in the north for a long time. It would be better for him to go back to Jiangnan and find a quiet government office to recuperate for a few years." Zhao Hao said.

“There shouldn’t be too many government offices like this in Nanjing,” Lu Guangzu said with a smile.

The power to appoint officials in Nanjing also lies with the Beijing Ministry of Personnel, which only has the power of inspection.

"Then let's go to Nanjing Hanlin Academy." Zhao Hao also said with a smile.

"Simple." Lu Guangzu nodded. The Nanjing Hanlin Academy is only clean and not expensive. It seems that Mr. Zhao is really not short of money.

"There is also a man named Jin Xuezeng. He is a capable man who can kick and bite. How about letting him be the magistrate of Shanghai County?" Zhao Hao asked softly.

"Shanghai County Magistrate..." Lu Guangzu finally frowned.

One eighth of the country's taxes come from Suzhou and Songjiang.

Songjiang Prefecture only had jurisdiction over two counties, Huating and Shanghai. Its area was only one-third of Suzhou’s, and its population was less than half of Suzhou’s. However, its tax revenue reached half of Suzhou’s. This shows how important it was.

Now Zhao Hao wanted to let a young man take charge of half of Songjiang, which made Lu Guangzu unable to agree immediately.

"If it were somewhere else, I would definitely agree directly. But in Shanghai, I still have to consult the Ministry..." Lu Guangzu looked at Zhao Hao apologetically and said, "How about this, ask your disciple to come over and I will talk to him..."

"Is that so? That won't be a problem." Zhao Hao smiled sympathetically and said, "Then let him go to Chongming..."

"This, this..." Lu Guangzu was stunned. "From Shanghai to Chongming, the gap is too big, isn't it?"

"Big? They're about the same." Young Master Zhao shook his head and smiled, "Young men, it's good for you to go to a harder place and practice."

Lu Guangzu looked at Zhao Hao suspiciously for a long while before he slowly nodded and said, "Okay."

I thought that Mr. Zhao was really content with what he had and he wasn't picky about places at all...

"There are two more small matters," said the contented Mr. Zhao calmly, "One is that Li Zhi, a doctor of the Five Classics at the Imperial Academy, hopes to go to Wu County to be a teacher."

"..." Lu Guangzu smacked his lips and thought to himself, is Li Zhi having a seizure in his brain?

He still had some impression of Dr. Li. After all, in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, it was rare to be so unlucky.

Lu Guangzu knew that Li Zhi had been a teacher in Huixian County, Henan Province in the 31st year of Jiajing. In the 39th year, he was promoted to the eighth rank of Nanjing Imperial Academy Doctor. If it were not for the continuous mourning period, he would have made further progress.

Why would anyone want to return to the position he held fifteen years ago, from the eighth rank to a minor official? From the Imperial Academy to teaching in the county?

Did Master Zhao cast a curse on Li Zhuowu?

"The other one is Bei Peijia, the director of the Beijing Imperial Observatory, who wants to go to the Nanjing Imperial Observatory." Seeing that Lu Guangzu didn't say anything, Zhao Hao continued.

"Uh..." Lu Guangzu was completely dumbfounded.

He really couldn't understand it. People tend to go up and water flows down. Why did Mr. Zhao arrange his people to go down?

"No one has been interested in that place for too long, Mr. Zhao..." Aren't you harming others? !

Nanjing Imperial Observatory...If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about this damn place!

"I advised him the same way, but Bei Jianzheng insisted on being closer to me." Zhao Hao sighed and said, "This is the bad thing about my students. They are too attached to me."

Hearing a fifteen-year-old boy say such things, Lu Guangzu almost vomited.

However, the face of the three big bosses is enough for Zhao Hao to mobilize a group of people.

Besides, they were all gifts of low quality, so Lu Guangzu naturally did not refuse such a great gift.

It would be better to let these idiots leave Beijing as soon as possible...

Lu Quancao completed all the procedures for Zhao Hao that day and sent him away like a plague god.

Oh, I don’t know if I will get infected if I stay together for an afternoon?

Oh, by the way, Zhao Hao also took the opportunity to help his elderly parents, County Magistrate Zhang, and extended his term of office for another three years.

ps. Chapter 2, please give me monthly votes and recommendation votes~~ I haven't checked the rest yet, please post it slowly~~~