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Chapter 34: One City, Two Tigers

"Boyong, it's good if you come, it's good if you come!" Xu Ping held Wang Yaochen's shoulder in the small flower hall of the Transportation Office, said several times before he sat down together.

As the top scholar in the fifth year of Tiansheng, Wang Yaochen was originally above Xu Ping. However, when he was in office for one year, he returned to Beijing to report his duties and stayed in the museum hall, and his uncle Wang Chong offended the power of the eunuch, and his career was affected. In addition, he was mourning for his father and was delayed, so he was already far behind Xu Ping, and his official position was even lower than Han Qi. Being a magistrate of Henan Prefecture was not considered a high-ranking position, but a good stepping stone. Ren Man could become a magistrate of the big prefecture, and even joining the third department as a judge. Even better, he could enter the Censorate like Xie Jiang, the magistrate of Qian Weiyan. Xu Ping recommended him to Henan Prefecture, and Wang Yaochen was very grateful.

After saying a few gossips, asking about Wang Yaochen's recent situation in recent years, and expressing condolences for his father's death, the two of them came to the main business.

After the tea was invited, Xu Ping asked Wang Yaochen: "Have you ever met the Prefect Li? Did he say anything?"

Wang Yaochen shook his head: "It's all polite words and nothing else. He just said that from now on, all the affairs of Henan Prefecture will be entrusted to me. Unless the major affairs of the court are not required to report to him, you can take charge of it yourself. However, now the affairs of Henan Prefecture are handled by Sun Mian, the left-behind Sitong Magistrate, and I will go to see him in the next two days."

"This Sun Mian is really a little bit bigger. Li Ruogu is old and he is almost becoming a prefect and in charge of the left-behind department. I heard that he is greedy for money and lust, but he has never had any evidence. Besides, the left-behind department is not under my control, so it is difficult to participate in him. You should be careful in the future, so you should not be able to promote the Henan Prefectures in the end."

The Kaifeng Prefecture City is directly under the government office, and the suburbs outside the city belong to the Kaifeng Prefecture Department. Xu Ping’s words meant to remind Wang Yaochen that the power within his responsibilities must be controlled, and not in the end, it became the situation where Sun Mian was in charge of Xijing City, and Wang Yaochen could only manage the situation in each suburbs.

In the suburbs of Henan Prefecture, except for Luoyang City, it is either near the imperial tomb or the Baibo Shipping Commission. The rest are all surrounded by mountains. At that point, Wang Yaochen is meaningless to be the official.

Wang Yaochen nodded: "Before I left the capital, many colleagues also said that the magistrate of Henan Prefecture is not easy to be. Xie Xishen has a deep experience. When he was appointed as the magistrate, most of the officials of the magistrate were his literary friends, so the situation was in the past. I am afraid that it will not work now."

"Of course it's not possible. Although Bo Yong is the top scholar, he is far inferior to Xie Xishen's reputation in the literary world. Of course, officials such as Ouyang Xiu, Yin Shilu and others are both teachers and friends with him, and everything is harmonious. Now, if the prefect Li doesn't care about it, Sun Mian Tianxi's third-year Jinshi has been in the local area for many years, how could he be convinced?"

Wang Yaochen took a sip of tea, was silent for a while, and said to Xu Ping: "Why did Yunxing teach me?"

"We were in the same year, my brothers didn't need to say such polite words. To be honest, I would do a few major things when I was in charge of the transfer envoy of Jingxi Road. Now, the year of Henan Prefecture is only one-tenth of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the road is still below Xiangzhou. When I left, I hope that Henan Prefecture's annual entry is comparable to Kaifeng Prefecture, but it must be at least half. At that time, the financial resources of Jingxi Road can be the sum of the three roads of Nan Second Road in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The top priority is, but in the Xijing Luoyang City. Boyong is the chief judge. If he can accomplish this, his future will be limitless."

Wang Yaochen sighed: "I have been idle for two years and everything in the court is unfamiliar. When I returned to the capital, everyone said that Yunxing was the best financial manager in the world. Within a year, the treasury was full, and no one could do it. When I left the capital, I was still saying that you were leading troops to fight. When I came back, I became a financial manager again in a blink of an eye. I was a little dizzy. No matter what, I was in Henan Province, and Yunxing would do whatever he wanted, and he would never drag him down."

"It's not an order, but we want to do it together. Boyong should do the real thing. It doesn't matter if you are unfamiliar, it will be clear after a while. In the future, Deputy Envoy Yang Gaohui will be in Luoyang City most of the time. If you have any questions, just discuss it."

Yang Gao is a financial manager, humble, respects his superiors, and kind to his subordinates. If you talk about his shortcomings, he is a bit like to cling to the powerful and always wants to overtake. Then he is an only son, who is like a stingy person. When he gets the opportunity, he wants the minister to recommend his son to the museum or to try a way to become a Jinshi. This is nothing to Xu Ping. He is a powerful and noble person in the eyes of others and has a bright future. Yang Gao seems particularly obedient.

Wang Yaochen said: "I have recently taken office, and I don't know what the Caosi has to do with Henan Prefecture?"

"The first thing is to build the river. It's winter. It's time to build the river. There is no need for Henan Prefecture to send people to provide food. As long as you don't drag your back, you can do some convenience. Boyong, you don't know that you can't do the work of building the river before you come. I have someone here to send Zhe Shiheng, who is the Hermit, and now he is in charge of river repair. He has nothing else to do, just lead people to investigate the rivers outside the city of Xijing. It's not the case that he has to investigate the rivers inside and outside the city of Xijing. It's not the case that he has to go out. How can this be?"

Wang Yaochen shook his head: "Prime Minister Sun Tong relied on the Caosi that could not manage the remaining department, so this was too much."

"Isn't that true? If the left-behind officer was not a heavy person and the Caosi had no right to attack him, how could I tolerate him? Now I am a new official, so it is hard to manage things outside of my responsibilities, and Sun Mian is making trouble. If you don't come, I will not tolerate him for many days if he continues like this. Now that I have you, I will not interfere with the left-behind officer's affairs, just don't let him ride on your head. If necessary, just speak up when you need my help."

Wang Yaochen smiled bitterly: "It turns out that my magistrate must first compete with the magistrate of the left-behind department."

Xu Ping laughed: "That's true! Let's work together to let the left-behind magistrate honestly manage the inside of the northwest imperial city, and outside the imperial city, not what he should interfere!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Ping stood up and said, "I have prepared a greeting banquet for you in the Houya. Those present are the few people in the Transportation Commission, and Zhang Dayou from Sishui County. You are the same year and will arrive before dark."

"Yunxing has trouble."

While Wang Yao stood up, he walked out of the small flower hall with Xu Ping, and arrived at the rear yamen of the Transportation Commission.

Yang Gao and Zhong Shiheng, who had been waiting here, came to meet and talk about the ceremony, and sat down one after another.

Yang Gao is quite old. Although he is not from a Jinshi, he has been promoted step by step from the bottom and has achieved achievements in every term. No matter where he goes, such a person will not be underestimated.
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