Chapter 385: Difficult to Achieve Greatness
"Uncle San, it's not advisable to go to Rong County for the time being!" Su Ying persuaded him.
"Why?" Su Laosan was puzzled.
"Rong County is going crazy right now. The sugar mill in Jinfengzhai was robbed, people were hacked, and they refused to compensate." Su Ying said.
"?" Su Laosan's eyes widened.
"Aren't all the counties fully cooperating with Jinfeng Village? Has the Rong County Magistrate gone insane? He's even defying orders from the state government!"
"That's crazy! The people of Rong County are barely making ends meet. Merchants passing through are being intercepted and forced to buy their own crudely made so-called brown sugar. If they refuse, they'll be thrown into jail and their assets confiscated."
County Magistrate Lin sighed.
"Is County Magistrate Yan getting senile?" Su Lao San cursed.
"County Magistrate Yan is not confused, but he is unable to do his job and has repeatedly begged to resign. This is the inspector transferred from Chang'an.
"I, Lord Wang, and Magistrate Hu went to him to seek justice for the injured Li people in Jinfeng Village, but we were unable to do anything," Su Ying complained.
"Inspector Censor? Who is he? He was exiled to this place and still doesn't know how to behave himself!" Dou Jing was curious. Did this guy get his head stuck in the door?
"Wang Duanfang of the Wang family in Qi County!" Wang Yannian said softly.
Dou Jing looked at Wang Yannian and asked, "Are there also rifts among you, the Wang family of Taiyuan?"
"Don't look at me, we are not the same king. The Jinyang Wang family would not do such a despicable thing!" Wang Yannian was very disdainful.
"Sir, you..." Su Ying's eyes lit up and she stared at Dou Jing.
He was a third-rank minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, and was also a relative of the emperor and a nobleman. Could Wang Duanfang dare to confront him?
"Aying, no!" Su Lao San hurriedly stopped her, "My Lord is busy with official duties and needs to return to the capital to report!"
The Minister of Agriculture was in charge of agriculture, sericulture, and farming. He could inquire about local agricultural affairs, but had no right to interfere in local government affairs and was responsible for his own duties.
Wang Duanfang was a former inspector and impeached Dou Jing, making a year's hard work in vain.
Besides, what could Dou Jing possibly do? As long as Wang Duanfang was still the county magistrate, even if there was a civil uprising in Rong County, no one else could do anything about it.
Could it be that Wang Duanfang was killed? Now that we are in a peaceful and prosperous era, unlike the wars of the past few years, killing a local official would go unpunished.
The people in Wuzhou who could suppress Wang Duanfang were the governor and the chief secretary. Governor Lu Zhaoshi went to Beijing to meet the emperor.
Wuzhou was originally a lower-level prefecture, remote and poor, and the position of Chief Secretary had been vacant for a long time, with no one taking the position.
Sima is a military officer and cannot control the county magistrate.
Wang Yannian, the recorder and military officer, was only responsible for assessment according to his duties and had no power to restrict others. Moreover, Wang Duanfang did not take Wang Yannian, who was of the eighth rank, seriously.
"It's okay, it will only delay one day. I'll go meet him tomorrow!" Dou Jing said after a moment of hesitation.
He had no right to interfere in local government affairs, but if local officials did nothing and refused to cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture in vigorously promoting agriculture, sericulture, and farming, he would not have to serve as a county magistrate.
In ancient times when the labor force was scarce, agriculture and farming always came first among all local government affairs.
Without a grain harvest, not to mention collecting tax grain, local security cannot be maintained.
She couldn't just sit there and watch the farmland go barren. Dou Jing wanted to see how arrogant Wang Duanfang was.
After some discussion, it was decided that Dou Jing, Su Laosan, and the recorder Wang Yannian would go to Rong County together the next day.
"Zhen'er!" After a long separation, Su Laosan hugged his wife tightly.
"Husband!" Wei snuggled in her husband's arms, as loving as they did on their wedding day.
A short separation is better than a new marriage. Su Laosan misses her day and night, and finally he has her in his arms.
After the two of them had been entangled for a long time, Wei thought of her daughter and asked, "Husband, did you receive the letter I sent you?"
Wei was conflicted and undecided about her daughter's marriage. She wrote a letter to her husband, but received no reply.
"I just received it a few days ago. I didn't reply because I was not far from home." Su Laosan hugged his wife.
"What do you think of the Hu family, my husband?" Wei looked at her husband.
Conflicted and reluctant to let her daughter marry far away, Mrs. Hu recently ordered the local lady to grant Hu Erlang special exemption from examination and admission to the Imperial College.
After this change, Wei felt that Hu Erlang was not impossible.
If he enters the Imperial Academy, his future and career will not be bad. Although he has no foundation, he is a perfect match for A-Lu.
Ah Lu is really not suitable for a wealthy family.
"Have you asked A-Lu?" asked Su Lao San.
"Not yet, I'm waiting for your reply!" Wei replied.
Su Laosan was silent.
"Husband?" Wei called out, "Do you also feel that this is inappropriate?"
"Looking at Wuzhou, the Hu family is indeed a good choice. If the daughter of the Hu family marries Quan Yan, I think it will be a good thing, and A Lu can be left in Lingnan..." Su Lao San shook his head.
"A-Lu is too honest. I'm worried about her marrying far away, so I'd rather keep her close to me."
"Why?" Wei was puzzled. The Hu family was no longer the same as before. They were the only family favored in Wuzhou, and their two sons were studying in Chang'an.
I was already shaken, so why didn't I even think about listening to my husband?
"When you make a decision, there will be more or less this and that, which will make you unable to make up your mind and make you hesitate. Then the best way is to give up." Su Laosan patted his wife.
"There's no rush. If sister-in-law asks, just say that A-Lu is still young and she'll understand."
"But Ah Lu is already thirteen..." Wei was worried that the good husband had been picked up by someone else.
"Zhen'er, the marriage that is destined for you will not go away, and if it is not destined for you, you will not get it even if you try hard.
Ah Ying isn't here yet. When we return to Chang'an next year, there should be plenty of suitable-age men in the Duling Wei and Du families. "Su Lao San said with a smile.
The family settled in Chang'an, and Su Laosan preferred to find a husband for A'lu from the Wei or Du families.
Close to home, the Wei and Du families were prominent families in Chang'an, and their sons and daughters would not be sent far away from home when they entered officialdom, and most of them would be appointed to positions in the Jingji and Guannei provinces.
"Yeah!" Wei was relieved, because her husband had already made plans.
"Husband, Jiuniang and Ah He are dead, do you know?"
"I know!" Su Laosan sighed for a long time.
Qin Jiuniang and her daughter were so noisy and annoying, but it was really sad that they died so suddenly.
"Over in Xingyang, Jiu Niang's parents had a big fight. Shi Yan and Chen Yan were tricked, and the Su family was almost dragged into it!
Fortunately, Zhao Yan was not confused and resolved a farce. Otherwise, we would not know where to exile now! "Wei was very helpless when talking about the second house.
"It's okay. Just as a tree grows taller and branches out, so too do people grow older and separate. I'll talk to my mother and my brother about it someday. Let's find a good time to separate!"
Su Laosan thought for a while and said.
"After the family split, the one who will have the hardest time is probably my second sister-in-law! Shi Yan and Chen Yan will probably blame my second sister-in-law for the deaths of Jiu Niang and Ah He.
"At eighteen or nineteen, about to reach adulthood, facing marriage, and with Grandpa Qin living at home, nothing she does will end well! It's so hard for her stepmother!"
The reason why Su Lao San wanted to split the family business was not because he disliked his second brother, but because the third brother was currently at the peak of his career and was attracting too much attention.
A big tree attracts the wind. To prevent accidents and prevent problems before they happen, split it up.
The first and third rooms are thriving, but the second room...
The two nephews are narrow-minded and short-sighted, making it difficult for them to achieve great things. If they don't stop before it is too late, they will probably suffer endless disasters and have a bumpy future.
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