Li Ling, who was standing in front of the government office, kept rubbing his temples with his hands. Even though he slept all night, his head was still painful because of a hangover. It seemed that it would be better to drink less wine in the future. It would not only cause a mistake, but also hurt his body.

Originally, he and Xu Cang agreed to leave early this morning to go home, but they fell asleep late because they were drunk and then invited by the people sent by the government office to come here, saying that the Chen Mansion had something to discuss. Naturally, Li Ling did not dare to refuse the officials' summons, so he could only come over with some doubts, and then waited outside for half an hour.

"Mr. Li, please come in and speak." It was not until several officials came out that an official came over to pass the message. Li Ling nodded at him and walked into the general office that was more than twice as big as the public housing in Weiliang. When he turned around, he saw an official in his forties with a thin face sitting upright on it, and his sharp eyes were fixed on him.

Chen Han, the Promoter of Hengzhou Prefecture, had a close relationship with Zhuang Hong before... These were some of the situations that Li Ling had considered before coming, which made him dare not be careless and immediately bent down and saluted: "Student Li Ling has met Lord Shen."

"Haha, Mr. Chen doesn't have to be too polite, just sit down and talk first." Chen Han closed his eyes and pointed to a chair next to him with a smile.

If it were before yesterday, Li Ling naturally did not dare to sit in front of this official, but now that he has the status of a scholar, it doesn't matter. So he sat next to him as he said nothing, but just waited for the other party to speak.

Chen Han looked him up and down, and then smiled and said, "I have heard of your name as Li Ling, but I don't want you to be so young. I heard that you have become a scholar when you are on the Academy Examination this time?"

"The students are ashamed of luck."

"Hey, you don't have to be so humble. The imperial examination has always been based on real talent and knowledge. If you can pass the scholarship at such a young age, it means that you have extraordinary talents. By the way, are you Guigen now?"

"I dare not, the student just reached nineteen."

"It turns out that I am young and promising. I think I am a scholar who passed the exam until I was 23 years old..." Chen Han said with emotion, but Li Ling's ears were completely rumored, and I don't know what he wanted to say.

After saying a lot of clichés casually, Chen Han slowly brought the topic to the main business: "...If you really want to be young and promising, the magistrate of Wei Liang and Wei in Jiangcheng County is even more of a leader. He can become the honor of a county at the age of twenties, which shows how much the court has expected him. However, sometimes it may not be entirely beneficial to be in a high position at a young age. Just take this jute donation as an example, he is a bit too radical."

Li Ling actually guessed that the other party was looking for him for this matter, but at this moment he was not busy responding and still listening quietly. Chen Han saw that he did not agree, frowned slightly, and then smiled again: "Young Master Li, you are not in his position, so you don't understand that this matter has caused many officials to be suspicious. The tax donation has always affected the whole body. Now your Jiangcheng County actually wants to overturn the tax system that has been implemented for many years. It is really a matter of passiveness and a higher-level yamen.

"Of course, this is also a little bit of my own shallow view, but I believe the prefect and even the governor are not happy to see what happened because of this. After all, it seems that it is just a small matter of several thousand taels of silver a year, but if you really want to divide it again, all aspects involved will be huge.

"So, let me say that this matter is better to give up as soon as possible. As long as you Jiangcheng County can suppress the matter, the prefect and the governor will be very happy. This is also a good thing for the prefecture of Wei."

The other party spoke lightly, but Li Ling lowered his head and frowned. Is he planning to be a lobbyist and go back to lobby for the county magistrate to change his mind?

Seeing that he still didn't say anything, Chen Han added: "Of course, we will not let you Jiangcheng County suffer a loss. We will compensate you from other aspects in the future. At least we can let Magistrate Wei give an explanation to the people." As he said, his tone changed slightly, with a little chilling voice: "If Magistrate Wei still refuses to put the overall situation first, then I think neither the magistrate nor the governor will be very happy, and it will inevitably have some impact on his career. So please Mr. Li, you can discuss it with Magistrate Wei after you go back, so don't let people down."

The other party used both soft and hard, but Li Ling felt irritated. He really wanted to ask Chen Han, "You said so lightly, have you ever thought about how much burden those thousands of taels of silver would be for the people of Jiangcheng County?" Also, even if there is any compensation in the future, can the mistakes that had been covered up for more than ten years? That is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which is the food and clothing of many poor families!

Even Li Ling didn't realize that the so-called compensation would be implemented, and that the government office could not make the decision on various policies and taxes? So it seems that the other party was just using an illusory benefit to force Jiangcheng County to take down this wrong big loss.

But he couldn't really say these words. After all, he had a low status. After all, he was in a sixth-rank government official. Maybe when someone got angry, he could really get a big crime, take away the fame that he had finally obtained, and ruin his future.

So Li Ling nodded after a silence and said, "What Lord Shen said is indeed reasonable, but the students are not from the officialdom after all, and they don't understand many principles very well. The only thing they can do is to convey these words to the county magistrate."

"As long as you have this kind of heart, I think that with the wisdom of Wei County, you can understand the principle that the overall situation is the priority."

The other party still used some overall situation to suppress him, which made Li Ling even more uncomfortable. He immediately said: "But there is one thing that students still have to say. That is because the case of the banker involved many relationships, the county master not only reported the relevant matters to the government office, but also submitted to the court and wrote a letter to the capital.

"You also know that before coming here to take office, the county master served as an official in the capital, and was highly appreciated by several adults in the court, so once there was something difficult to resolve, he would go to ask for advice..."

Chen Han, who was already a little relieved, felt his whole body shivered when he heard his words: "What did you say? Wei Liang had reported this to the court? When did that happen?"

"That's what happened before the students came to Fucheng to participate in the imperial examination. It's probably about a month." Li Ling pretended to be confused and said.

Chen Han was completely speechless. It has been a month since the past. I am afraid that many people in the court would have known about this before they could cover it up. As for warning Wei Liang through Li Ling, it would be meaningless to put pressure on him. The other party's background is deep enough and his backing is big enough. Not to mention the government office, even the governor may not be able to touch him.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Han still didn't know what to do. At this time, Li Ling, who had been waiting for a while without a reaction, was a little impatient. It was noon. He didn't eat when he woke up in the morning. Now he was so hungry that he was cooing, so he tentatively shouted: "Mr. Shen..."

Chen Han then came to his senses and looked at him with a strange look. Somehow, everything in his mind was thought that this person was actually manipulating. But he was immediately dispelled. How could this be possible? He was young and was just a citizen who had only gained fame and fame. Even if he had some tricks in the county government before, he would not dare to do such a bold thing.

There was no intention of continuing to ask questions, and he lost the mood to say more to Li Ling. Chen Han immediately waved his hand and said, "Since that's the case, then let Magistrate Wei take care of himself when you go back!"

"Yes, the student left." Li Ling laughed in his heart, but there was no shortage of etiquette. He still stood up and folded his fists, and then slowly walked out of the door. It was not until he left that Chen Han stood up from his seat, and walked hurriedly towards the magistrate's General not far away. This matter must be discussed with the magistrate. It seems that the donation of yute is no longer good.

Li Ling didn't have the heart to think about what kind of headaches will those officials come to face this matter in detail. If he was half an official before, then he should have temporarily left the status of an official. Now he is the most important thing for him is the imperial examination, plus the good business. As for the donation of jute, let these officials of all sizes have a headache by themselves and let them fight for their own shortcomings.

However, he believed that as the matter was exposed to the capital, the storm would inevitably become more and more exciting, and this was always a good thing for Jiangcheng County. After more than ten years of grievances, I have to give an explanation, right?

It was already afternoon when he returned to the inn, so naturally he couldn't leave today. Li Ling simply stayed here with Xu Cang for a day. It was not until this time that he learned some of the relevant results of this hospital examination-

This time, a total of 59 people were on the list and became the new scholars. Among them, seven of them won. In addition to the two of them, Fang Zigui also passed the scholar and got his long-cherished wish. Judging from the results, Jiangcheng County is quite good in Hengzhou Prefecture, but it has made great progress compared to before. You should know that in the past two years, there were only four or five candidates in the county who were able to become scholars, and even fewer were as scholars and Jinshi.

So this time everyone was very happy. Someone came forward to invite a few new scholars to gather together, and then agreed to go back to Jiangcheng the next day.

Li Ling naturally would not avoid such social engagements, because he knew very well that this friendship between fellow countrymen and the same year would be much more sincere than the future official communication. Maybe he entered the officialdom in the same year, and these same year would become his greatest help.

So Li Ling, who thought about drinking less in the morning, drank a lot of it in the evening. However, this time he did not oversleep the next day because there were other people who came to urge him.
Chapter completed!