The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 125

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Time flies, and three days are coming in a blink of an eye.

Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Xu Guan, the imperial censor of Nanzhili, and Mr. Xu, the elder, came to Yuyao.

However, Mr. Xu did not live in the procuratorate temporarily prepared by Wu County Magistrate, but went straight to Wang's house.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, Mr. Xu's main job is to control the flood in Susong. Although he also has the title of Nanzhili patrol censor, it is an extra temporary title added by the emperor so that he will not be restrained by local officials. .

In addition, it is said that the censor of Nanzhili could not inspect Yuyao, and the county magistrate Wu prepared the procuratorate for Xu Guan to prepare for his occupancy.

Mr. Xu may have been scruples about rumors, so he directly lived in Wang's house.

Since it's not on business, then Mr. Xu's choice is naturally understandable.

However, this approach has a different meaning in the eyes of outsiders.The one who worried most was Yuyao County Magistrate Wu Youfu.

Although it is said that Mr. Xu is also the censor of the Southern Zhili patrol and does not care about Yuyao's affairs, but if there are really troublesome people, or rush to Mr. Xu's residence to complain, it is not Wu Youfu's responsibility. started.

Since Wu Youfu took office, although he can't be said to have worked hard for governance, he has not had a dead body and a vegetarian meal to dawdle. Not to mention the credit, at least the hard work.Seeing that the three-year term of office was approaching, he could have patted his ass and left, but it was really sad that he caught up with such a thing.

County Magistrate Wu thought something was wrong, Mr. Xu was known to be upright, otherwise he would not have been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by His Majesty, and traveled all the way from the capital to Songjiang and Suzhou to control the floods.

Just when the flood was under control, Mr. Xu went south by boat and came to Yuyao.If there is no major matter, how could Mr. Xu leave the prefecture suddenly with his personality?
Yuyao is neither a prefectural city nor an important town, so there is absolutely no reason for Mr. Xu to exceed his authority to inspect the place.

make a sightseeing tour?This is even more impossible.

In the midst of distress, Zou Shi, an aide he hired, went to County Magistrate Wu and asked, "Why is the county magistrate so sad?"

Only then did Wu County Magistrate remember that there was a senior scholar by his side, and quickly said: "Does this need to be said? Mr. Xu came to Yuyao, but he refused to be stationed in the Procuratorate. The county is worried that Mr. Xu is here for this county. Since the county took office, it has been conscientious in promoting culture and education, emphasizing agriculture and mulberry. I don't know where the crime has offended the villain, and it has attracted the visit of the inspector and censor. What's the trouble, what's the trouble!"

Zou Shixin said, I just asked a question, your old man said it like beans in a bamboo tube, you dare to complain.

"Don't worry about the county lord. In my opinion, Mr. Xu may not be here for the county lord."

Hearing this, County Magistrate Wu's sad expression faded a little, and he said suddenly: "Speak in detail."

Wrinkle pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "Does the county lord know what the position of Mr. Xu is in the court?"

"Of course it's the left servant of the Ministry of Industry."

County Magistrate Wu eats imperial food, so he naturally remembers the official positions of these elders clearly, otherwise if he can't even recognize the top of the mountain, he won't be able to find anyone even if he wants to take refuge in the future.

He was wondering why Zou Shi would ask such a question, Zou Shi smiled and said: "That's right. The county lord only remembered that Mr. Xu was the inspector of Nanzhili, but he forgot that his main job was a worker. Minister Zuo, the county lord, do you still remember the memorial that I wrote for the county lord a year ago?"

Magistrate Wu nodded.

Although Yuyao is also a land of fish and rice, its waterways are not crisscrossed.Except for the Yaojiang River passing through the city, there is no other water system nearby.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is very smooth along the way from Beijing to Suzhou to Hangzhou.

But if you want to go to Hangzhou or Beijing by water from Yuyao, most of them will go to Shaoxing by land first, and then take a boat from Shaoxing to Hangzhou.

Although Yuyao is not far from Shaoxing, it will take a whole day.If there is a delay on the road, it is not impossible to spend the night in the countryside.

This day's time does not seem to be long, but it is annoying enough if it is in a hurry.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Zou Shi, the county magistrate Wu wrote a memorial to ask the court to dig a waterway between Shaoxing and Yuyao Yaojiang to connect the Grand Canal.

People in Wu County are so soft-spoken, and the memorandum is submitted to the capital, and it is like a stone cow going into the sea without a word.

The county magistrate Wu had no hope for this matter at first, but he never thought that Zou Shi would bring it up again, and he seemed to have a clue.

Mr. Xu Guan, Mr. Xu's identity in dealing with floods in the south of the Yangtze River is the patrol censor of Nanzhili, and has nothing to do with these counties in eastern Zhejiang.But at the same time Mr. Xu is also the dignified left servant of the Ministry of Industry.Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Industry does not have as much power to speak as the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials, but it should not be underestimated.

Let's say that the construction of the palace and the excavation of the canal are all under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry.As the left servant, Xu Guan naturally holds power and has a lot of power to speak.

Mr. Xu suddenly pressed Yu Yao. Could it be that he got His Majesty's approval for his memorial last year, and he is about to start digging the river?

If this is really done, Yuyao and Shaoxing will be integrated as a whole, and there will be no need to travel by land, which will save a lot of manpower and material resources.

Compared with this credit, the prosperity of culture and education, and the emphasis on agriculture and mulberry are all insignificant.

If this credit is confirmed, it is possible for Wu county magistrate to be promoted to a magistrate.

The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he said to Zou Shi: "But Mr. Xu refused to enter the procuratorate. This county can't even get in touch with him, so what should we do?"

Zou Shi said with a smile on his face: "Don't be anxious, the county lord, I'll see, Mr. Xu is trying to avoid suspicion."

"avoid arousing suspicion?"

County Magistrate Wu was taken aback for a moment, obviously not yet able to react.

"Think about it, Mr. Xu, if Mr. Xu came here to excavate the river, how could he be admitted to the Procuratorate? If he was caught by the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, wouldn't Mr. Xu's reputation be damaged. "

Take people's money and relieve people's worries.Since Zou Shi is an aide hired by County Magistrate Wu, he naturally wants to relieve Magistrate Wu's worries wholeheartedly.

"Mr. Xu came to Yuyao as a minister of the Ministry of Industry, so the procuratorate is absolutely not allowed to live in it. If you live in the official house of the county government, it is considered to be in compliance with the regulations, but then the reputation among scholars will be bad. influential."

Ming officials often held several positions, and different positions represented different identities, and the choices made by different identities were naturally different.

Although Zou Shi was only from a Juren background and did not hang out in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, his psychological research on these officials has reached perfection.

Mr. Xu is honest and upright, and the more he is like this, the more he values ​​his reputation.From Zou Shi's point of view, it is perfectly normal for Xu Guanyin to come to Yuyao but not meet County Magistrate Wu right away, and County Magistrate Wu has absolutely no need to worry about it.

(End of this chapter)