Chapter 21: County Magistrate Chen, should I accept the order?
Di Renjie frowned and thought deeply, but was not in a hurry to answer Wu Zetian.
Judging from the emperor's expression, the young man obviously had a deep heart and his future was limitless.
But how to reuse it needs to be considered. Should I suppress it and leave it to the crown prince as a strong minister in the future, or be promoted three levels to become the upstart of this dynasty.
Everything depends on the emperor's meaning.
At this point, he tentatively said: Your Majesty, according to your words, this magistrate Chen can be regarded as a capable minister of his generation.
Why not imitate Emperor Taizong and promote him to the position of governor of Youzhou for five consecutive levels?
"No!"
Wu Zetian refused without thinking. The Great Zhou clearly stipulated that states were divided into three grades, upper, middle and lower levels, and those with more than 40,000 households were large-capacity states, and the governor was the third rank.
Twenty thousand households are Zhongzhou, the rank of the governor is the fourth rank, and the remote small state is the fifth rank.
If Chen Yuan became the governor of Youzhou, he would look extremely glorious on the surface, but in fact he would sit at the crater.
Neither King Liang nor Li Tang would let him go.
So you must find a place that is not noticeable.
So where is this location...
"Have it!"
Wu Zetian's eyes lit up and he suddenly remembered a suitable position.
"Your Majesty, have you thought about it?" Di Renjie looked at the emperor carefully.
Wu Zetian nodded.
"After thinking about it, I still feel that it is appropriate to transfer Shenyuan to God. First of all, the counties in Luozhou are mostly poor, and a solid and capable minister is needed to be responsible for the governance.
Secondly, as royal relatives and princes and ministers moved to Shendu one after another, vicious cases in the local area rose sharply.
I need someone with outstanding abilities to be the chief minister of Luozhou.
And Chen Yuan is the most suitable candidate!”
When Di Renjie saw the emperor picking out this position, he was secretly surprised.
Although Luozhou Changshi is a fourth-ranked person, it is of great significance.
Because Luozhou Maids is nominally the highest official in Luoyang, some government regulations should be implemented by the Chief Secretary.
In other words, after Chen Yuan became the chief minister of Luozhou, his power was even greater than that of some ordinary governors.
However, there are also disadvantages. Luozhou Chief Shin was an official in Luoyang. Any royal relative, prince, minister, and minister were all higher than his official positions.
"The emperor is going to install his own people."
Di Renjie sighed inwardly and bowed to salute: Since Your Majesty has made up his mind, I will go back and prepare now and pass your decree to Qingyuan County soon.
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Qingyuan County, teahouse.
Since he woke up, Chen Yuan took Xiao Taohong to the teahouse for no reason, and heard that the storyteller adapted the plot.
"When it comes to Wang Xiaojie, who was covered with scars on his face, felt more and more guilty on his way back from the army.
"I regretted that I took a handful of gilded iron tools to deceive Lord Shen,
"So, under the persuasion of the soldiers, I personally came to Qingyuan government to apologize and said that the protective clothing that the army owed must be returned on time..."
"good!"
As soon as the storyteller finished speaking, Chen Yuan shouted happily, took out a copper plate from his pocket and was about to throw it onto the stage.
Thinking about it, I put it back in my pocket and threw a few peanuts from the teahouse.
Just as the storyteller was about to say another paragraph, Zhao Zhuan hurriedly ran in and wiped the rain from his face.
"County Master, the imperial court has issued an imperial edict. You can go back and take a look!"
"What! The imperial edict is here?"
Chen Yuan was startled and stood up from his seat and said tremblingly, "Come back and get the account book immediately, the court is here to pay back the money!
After saying that, he pushed everyone away and ran to the county government. The sky was full of eyes. Since Wang Xiaojie owed tens of thousands of pounds of money.
He couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well, and now he finally hoped to pay back the money.
When he walked out of the teahouse, Chen Yuan found that it was raining heavily outside. After a while, he wet his clothes.
However, it is worth it compared to tens of thousands of stagnant copper coins.
When Chen Yuan arrived at Qingyuan's official residence, he was shocked. Qianniuwei in flying bear suits and red clothes were everywhere.
The eunuch who was delivering the order saw Chen Yuan look embarrassed and frowned slightly, and he felt displeased.
I thought it was a beauty job when I came out of the palace, but I didn't expect it to be a mud-legged person.
This kind of person is not even qualified to take a look in Luoyang City.
"Are you the magistrate of Qingyuan Chen Yuan?" the eunuch asked disdainfully.
Chen Yuan nodded: It was the official, I wonder if my father-in-law brought the silver owed by the court?
"Um?"
The eunuch looked at Chen Yuan with his eyes squinted, thinking to himself what was going on with this guy, why did he ask himself for money as soon as he opened his mouth, could he be confused as an official?
The eunuch's face sank and opened the imperial edict with a snap.
"Mr. Shen, our family is here to follow the order, kneel down and accept the order?"
"etc."
Chen Yuan took out a soft futon and spread it on the ground: It's time to start.
The eunuch's cheek twitched and he said with a angrily suppressed his anger.
"In accordance with the will of heaven, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty issued an edict: Qingyuan magistrate Shen Yuan, since he took office, has been diligent in governing, cultivating people's livelihood, and deeply loved by the people.
Therefore, he was specially moved to Luozhou Chief Secretary and granted a house with 15 mu of land and 80 stakes of copper coins. On the day he received the imperial edict, he immediately took office and admired this!"
The eunuch closed the imperial edict and handed it to Chen Yuan, smiling and said: Lord Shen, should you accept the imperial edict?
"Let me go to Luoyang?"
Chen Yuan looked at the eunuch blankly, and for a moment he was a little unacceptable.
The little eunuch frowned even deeper. Others were promoted and wanted to hold the imperial edict to each other. Why did this little magistrate named Chen look reluctant?
He nodded patiently, "Please go to Luoyang with the family immediately, no delay!"
"No, sir, can't follow you!" Xiao Taohong blocked Shen Yuan, tears falling down.
She knew that the young master liked this place and was not willing to go to Luoyang.
"That's right, sir is the great benefactor of our Qingyuan County, no one can force him!" Captain Hu, who had been smiling in the past, immediately pulled out his waist knife to protect Chen Yuan.
Other county officials also occupied various passages with an angry look on their faces.
Chen Yuan's reign over the years was the most decent period for them, such minor officials, to live. They could not let Lord Shen leave both public and private.
Seeing these mud legs resisting the order, the eunuch's hands trembled.
"Rebellion, you unlucky people dare to resist the order. Come on, take these unlucky people down to the miscellaneous family!"
With a mantis, Qianniuwei pulled out the knife and took a step forward.
The county government officials took the initiative and took a step forward to confront Qianniuwei.
At the critical moment, the door was knocked open and several white-haired old men with crutches were helped in by the people.
"I see whoever dares to touch Lord Shen's hair!"
"Old guy, you're a fucking guy! For the miscellaneous family..." Before he finished speaking, the eunuch suddenly closed his mouth and took two steps back in horror.
"What are you going to do? The zodiac family is someone sent by the emperor."
"Aren't you afraid of losing your head?"
Thousands of Qingyuan people stood in the heavy rain, staring at the eunuch without saying a word.
Chapter completed!