Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years Chapter 61: Sect family, wealthy Jia
In the reception hall of Juhe County Government.
Cui Heng sat on a chair, while Xu Fengan stood behind him, like a follower.
Liu Litao brought Qian Cang here and took a look at Xu Feng'an. He felt familiar, but he didn't remember where he saw him.
Afterwards, his attention was focused on Cui Heng.
The magistrate of Juhe County didn't seem to be about to stand up and salute.
However, Liu Litao, who is the sheriff, was not dissatisfied.
He randomly found a vacant seat and sat down, took the initiative to open up the conversation, and said with a smile full of admiration: "Magistrate Cui is young and promising, he has only taken office for a few days, and he has managed Juhe County in an orderly manner. Live in peace."
"It's all about fulfilling your duties." Cui Heng smiled, and instead of beating around the bush, he asked directly, "I don't know why Liu Taishou Yuzun is here."
"Ahem!" Liu Litao obviously didn't expect Cui Heng to speak so directly, he coughed a few times and said, "Since Cui County Magistrate has said so, then I won't keep it to myself.
"To tell you the truth, County Magistrate Cui, I had a cold a few days ago, and I have been feeling unwell. It is already difficult for me to handle the government affairs of the county. I can't hold on to the position of the county magistrate.
"At this time, I just heard that you, County Magistrate Cui, repelled the army of Yan thieves and restored people's livelihood in Juhe County, which had been impoverished for a long time. So I thought about it, and wanted to ask County Magistrate Cui if you want to serve as Lu The post of county prefect.”
As he spoke, he asked Qian Cang beside him to open the bag, and took out the three things inside.
"Haha, the prefect is really well prepared." Cui Heng laughed when he saw it, "Even the recommendation letter is ready."
The three things Liu Litao brought were Lu Jun's prefect seal, prefect uniform, and a letter of recommendation.
The first two are necessary for being a sheriff.
The letter of recommendation above is the procedure for transferring the position of prefect.
In fact, the procedure for transferring the post of prefect was originally not simple.
According to the official system of the Jin Dynasty, if the prefect wants to give up his position, he can appoint a non-kinship person to take over as the prefect by making a recommendation to the court.
After receiving the recommendation letter, the imperial court will send officials to inspect the recommended person.
After the imperial court received the inspection results, it called a group of ministers to discuss, and finally approved the approval. The appointment letter was issued back to the county, and the recommended person could actually take office.
However, this is a policy that can only be fully implemented in the era when the imperial court has strong dominance over the local area.
Since a hundred years ago, the national power of the Jin Dynasty has been deteriorating, and its control over the local area has become weaker and weaker. Gradually, it has developed to the point where it only needs to send the letter of recommendation from the above table to the imperial city, and the new prefect can take office.
This is because the investigation officials sent by the imperial court could not reach the local area at all, and would always be killed by bandits on the way for no reason. Later, the imperial court simply gave up this step.
Now that the world is in chaos, it is difficult for government orders to come out of Zhongzhou, and the states and counties are more free. Although the above recommendation letter still exists, it has been reduced to a face-saving project.
Even the step of sending it to the imperial city is omitted.
All you need to do is set up an altar, burn the letter of recommendation from the above table in the direction of the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, and make one more prostration to complete the recommendation.
The new sheriff can take office directly.
Void recommends belonging to yes.
Now Liu Litao has even prepared the letter of recommendation, that is to say, as long as he burns the letter of recommendation on the spot, and then bows in the direction of Zhongzhou, Cui Heng will become the legitimate prefect of Lu County.
Cui Heng originally planned to win the position of prefect of Lu County, but he didn't expect that the prefect of Lu County would come to his door on his own initiative, which surprised him a bit.
However, he did not directly agree, but shook his head, and said with a half-smile: "The prefect is really just feeling cold and unwell, unable to continue handling political affairs, so he can only give up his post?"
If it was before, he didn't care about the reason why Liu Litao gave up the position of prefect.
But after hearing Xu Fengan's words, he felt that it was necessary for this prefect Liu to tell the truth.
"This..." Liu Litao was at a loss for words.
At the same time, he looked suspiciously at Qian Cang beside him, as if asking, "Didn't you say that the county magistrate is bound to win the position of prefect? Why are you asking so many questions?"
Qian Cang also looked confused, why is this attitude different from what he showed before?
Did you make a mistake in "figuring out what you want"?
However, Liu Litao is a person with a keen mind after all.
After a short period of astonishment, he realized that Cui Heng should know something, so he turned his head and said to Qian Cang: "You go out first, I have something to tell Cui County Magistrate."
"Yes." Qian Cang quickly resigned and left in a hurry.
Now he deeply understands that as a little guy, he must have the self-consciousness of a little guy, and it's better not to get involved in too many things between big shots.
"It seems that the prefect really has something to say." Cui Heng smiled.
"Magistrate Cui made me laugh." Liu Litao smiled wryly, looked at Xu Feng'an behind Cui Heng, and stopped talking, "This is..."
"This is Xu Feng'an, the Supreme Elder of Yuhua Jiange." Cui Heng briefly introduced and said with a smile, "Just say what Liu Taishou has to say."
"Xu Feng'an! The interior view of Yuhua Jiange is superb, the number one master in Lu County, the White Jade Sword God, one of the nine swords in the world?!" Liu Litao couldn't help but exclaimed, and looked at Xu Feng'an with wide eyes in shock .
No wonder I feel familiar, it is him, I only saw him from afar at a conference three years ago.
This is a big man who can sit on an equal footing with Toyosu Muhei. I don't even have the chance to meet him on weekdays. How could he appear here?
And still standing behind the magistrate Cui in the attitude of a follower!
From this point of view, even if the rumors about calling the wind and rain are a bit distorted, this county magistrate Cui is probably a real fairy.
Far above the top of the rivers and lakes.
Regarding the news that Juhe county magistrate wiped out 50,000 troops in a blink of an eye, Liu Litao has been skeptical until now.
Not entirely sure.
After all, this kind of thing is too bizarre, it is completely challenging people's common sense.
If it wasn't for the fact that several sects were pressing too hard, and Fengzhou Mucao Quan was assassinated and died first, he would definitely make a decision after further detailed investigation and confirmation.
But now that he saw Xu Feng'an standing behind Cui Heng respectfully like an attendant, he believed the news about Cui Heng 70% or 80%.
To be able to make a big man standing at the top of the rivers and lakes so respectful is enough to be respected as a god-like figure.
After hearing the series of titles revealed by Liu Litao, Cui Heng also looked at Xu Feng'an in surprise. He didn't expect this old boy's title to be quite long.
"It's just a false name to make the magistrate laugh." Xu Feng'an said with some embarrassment.
Before Liu Litao came in, Cui Heng had already made an agreement with him not to reveal his identity, and just call him the county official.
"If Governor Liu has anything to say, you might as well just say it." Cui Heng looked at Liu Litao again.
"Yes, the county lord." Liu Litao subconsciously changed his address, organized his words, took a deep breath and said, "Since Elder Xu is here, you must have known about the century-old event, the county lord.
"Now that the century is approaching, these martial arts sects that are not at the top of the rivers and lakes have begun to covet the position of state shepherd, wanting to get a piece of it, and Master Fengzhou Mu Cao was probably killed because of this.
"Actually, before the position of Fengzhou Mu was vacant, the foreign deacons of the Taichong Sect, Tianjianmen, Hirakawa Hejia, Fashan Temple, and Qingyuguan all came to me and wanted to push me to the state Shepherd position.
"At first, I thought they were just boasting and talking big, but they didn't take it seriously, but after Mr. Cao was assassinated, I found that they probably really thought so.
"As long as I, an easy-to-handle person, can be pushed up to be a puppet, they can share the spoils without any scruples, and they don't need to worry about my thoughts at all..."
"Even if they want to share the spoils, don't you, Mr. Liu, also take the position of State Shepherd?" Cui Heng smiled and said, "This is the best of both worlds, why not do it?"
"Your majesty is just joking." Liu Litao said with a bitter face, "They are not the only ones who don't have the top sects in Fengzhou, and even the top forces may not give up fighting for the position of state shepherd.
"This is the cusp of the storm, and if you don't pay attention, you may die. Master Cao has learned from the past. I dare not not be afraid, so I thought, I should give up this prefect position to..."
At this point, he couldn't go on, and he didn't dare to say any more.
"Such a dangerous position, why not give it to me as a scapegoat?" Cui Heng put on a sneer, "Isn't it?"
"Don't dare! I absolutely don't dare to think that way!" Liu Litao rolled out of the chair in horror, and explained to Cui Heng in a panic on the ground, "I, I just think that you, Mr. He is a fairy-like figure with the ability to call wind and rain, so he is definitely not afraid of these sects, and he is not afraid of being assassinated. That's why I have this bad plan. If the county lord is unwilling, I will never bring up this matter again. Forgive sin!"
"How do those sect families plan to manipulate you? Do you want to use force directly?" Cui Heng did not say whether he would accept the position of prefect of Lu County, but asked another question~IndoMTL.com~It would be fine if he used force . "Liu Litao said bitterly, "You don't know the county lord, these big sects and big families are not only people in the martial arts world, but also rich and powerful, holding the lifeblood of a county or even several counties.
"For example, the Taichong faction, which has been established for hundreds of years, has been deeply involved in the grain business industry for hundreds of years. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, in order to stabilize the country, the Taichong faction was given part of the water transportation rights in Fengzhou.
"To this day, the Taichong faction's food operation in Fengzhou can be said to be turning their hands into clouds and hands into rain. It is possible to cut off the food in Lujun City with one order.
"There is also Tianjianmen, which is also a big faction that has been passed down for hundreds of years. If it makes his family unhappy, it will make the people have no charcoal to burn in winter, and it will definitely be a war disaster. Four.
"There is also the Sapphire School... the Pingchuan He family..."
Following Liu Litao's description, Cui Heng's complexion became more and more strange. With the economic lifeline of the Great Jin Dynasty, all the people's livelihoods were controlled by various big families early on.
It is outrageous that this kind of ghost country can last for two hundred years.
"One more thing, I'm going to tell the county magistrate to you." Liu Litao seemed to feel that he had said so much anyway, so he decided to go all out, "I probably can't hide from these sects and families that I left Lujun City.
"They will probably guess that I want to give up the position of prefect. In order to show the new prefect, these sects and families have probably started to restrict the people's livelihood in Lujun City.
"If you take over the position of prefect of Lu County, you will probably face the people who have been oppressed by these sects and families in a city, whose livelihood is difficult, and who will turn against Yingtian."
"Oh?" Cui Heng narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.
Is there such a good thing?