With Wang Zhen leading the way, Guo An walked straight into the gate of Prince Yan's palace this time without any guards to stop him.
Seeing this, Guo An was relieved and followed Wang Zhen directly into the Yan Palace and came to the Cunxin Hall. The hall was already filled with officials.
Guo An and Wang Zhen respectfully saluted Zhu Di on the throne.
"I'm going to the magistrate of Wanping County, Guo An, to see His Highness King Yan!"
"Last general... I will go to the official Wanping County Dianshi Wang Zhen to see His Highness the King of Yan!"
"Get up!"
As Zhu Di's voice came from the throne, Guo An felt a little surprised. He actually heard a hint of joy from Zhu Laosi's mouth?
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
After Guo An stood up, he felt eyes looking towards him.
He subconsciously turned his head to look, and his eyes suddenly widened!
"puff……"
To his right, several unkempt and dark-skinned civil servants appeared, looking extremely miserable and miserable.
However, after seeing his face clearly, Guo An quickly suppressed his smile and asked with concern: "Zhai County Magistrate, Peng County Magistrate, what's wrong with you guys?"
The faces of Zhai Shanfang, Peng Shuilian and others couldn't help but darken. They had heard clearly just now that the magistrate of Wanping County in front of them laughed directly at them!
Moreover, they had been inspecting Wanping County for the past few days, and they did not believe that County Magistrate Guo did not know what they were going through.
"snort!"
Zhai Shanfang, Peng Shuilian and others had dark faces and refused to explain. Guo An just smiled bitterly and had no intention of asking further.
As the magistrate of Wanping County, he knows very well what these magistrates and prefects have been through these past few days.
However, Zhu Di from above gave up and cursed angrily at Zhai Shanfang, Peng Shuilian and others.
"A bunch of thieves, how can you show off to Guo An?"
Hearing this, Guo An was shocked. Zhu Laosi was not trying to harm him, and he quickly wanted to raise his head to stop him.
However, Zhu Di became more and more energetic as he scolded.
"You, a group of deposed officials, have been cultivating fields for more than two months. Not only have they wasted people and money, but they haven't even cultivated 500 hectares.
It's okay to be incompetent, but all of them are so damn evil-minded and like to get pink eye!
When you see people in Wanping County borrowing food, you want to interfere with it!
And everyone is full of grievances, questioning this and that?
The king sent the palace guards to take you and others to inspect the number of cultivated fields in various townships in Wanping County. You didn't even leave for half a day, and you started to do all sorts of things, and you complained endlessly!
It was only a two-day journey, but you and the other thieves were forced to walk away for five days?
Now that you have seen clearly, how can you still have the dignity to show off to the magistrate of Wanping County? "
“Damn it, these dog officers are really bad at doing anything, but they are good at cheating and performing tricks!
Look at you, with your fat heads, big ears, and big bellies. You are really a cunning and cunning official. I really want to report this to my father and have the Imperial Guards investigate you thoroughly! "
"Fuck..."
The more he talked, the more excited Zhu Di became.
The magistrates and magistrates below looked more and more frightened as they listened.
In less than a moment, the beads of sweat on the foreheads of every prefect and county magistrate began to roll down on their own.
"Your Highness, forgive me!"
"I know my mistake, please spare my life!"
"Please spare your life, Your Highness..."
Zhu Di was even more upset when he saw this group of magistrates and magistrates wailing.
"You all shut up, my king!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the prefects and county magistrates became quiet, but all of them still stared at Zhu Di with fear on their faces.
In contrast, Guo An, who had always dared to show off to him and even dared to drink with him, his image in Zhu Di's eyes hardened.
"Guo An, tell me how I should deal with these rogue officials?"
"ah?"
Hearing this, Guo An couldn't help but be surprised.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Majesty is just a small county magistrate. How dare you suggest how to deal with several colleagues?"
Guo An was right about the word "colleagues".
After more than two months, Guo An also understood almost all the officials of Ming Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, the magistrate was not the fixed superior of the county magistrate.
Generally, the magistrate of a state is from the fifth rank, but the magistrate of Zhili Prefecture will have a higher level, which is the fourth rank official.
However, most scattered states are subordinate to prefectures and are at the same county level.
Although Tongzhou, Jizhou, and Zhuozhou under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture still have a county, they all belong to Beiping Prefecture, are at the same county level, and are from the fifth level.
As for county magistrates, most of them are of the seventh grade.
However, Wanping County is a subordinate county, and its official rank is one level higher than that of ordinary county magistrates, being the sixth rank.
Therefore, in terms of official rank, Guo An is not much different from the group of prefects and county magistrates in front of him.
In addition, Guo An is now highly valued by King Zhu Di of Yan. Even if it is to show face to these magistrates, these magistrates only dare to be angry and dare not speak out. At most, they will make small moves behind the scenes and quietly retaliate!
But with King Yan's bodyguard Wang Zhen by Guo An's side, these officials have to think carefully if they want to take revenge!
At this time, seeing that the time was almost up, Nie Zishi, the chief envoy of Peking, was also afraid that Zhu Di would kill or drive away these ignorant magistrates, leaving the Peiping government without magistrates for a while, so he hurriedly stood up He came out and said with cupped hands.
"Your Highness, I once remembered that a few days ago at Xiaguan Chief Envoy Si Yamen, these prefects and magistrates promised to Your Highness that as long as Wanping County really cultivates two thousand hectares of land, they will be at your disposal!
Therefore, I feel that His Highness should severely punish this group of officials who do not know the bounds of justice. "
After hearing this, the expressions of all the prefects and county magistrates changed greatly.
Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he looked directly at Nie Zishi.
"I wonder if Nie Fantai has any clever ideas?"
"Your Highness, I feel that it is overkill to trouble the Jin Yiwei just because of these magistrates and magistrates."
As he said that, Nie Zushi turned his head and glanced at the magistrates and magistrates who were looking at him with wide eyes and pleading faces, and continued: "Since these magistrates and magistrates think that the people of one county cannot survive in more than two months. Within a month, two thousand hectares of land were cultivated.
But now that Wanping County has been reclaimed, His Highness might as well punish them to find a way to reclaim 2,000 hectares of land in two...three months without wasting money on the people.
If it cannot be completed, or it is a waste of money and people, and the people under the rule are complaining, His Highness can report to the emperor and hand over all these magistrates and magistrates to the Jin Yiwei! "
Hearing Jin Yiwei, all the magistrates and magistrates shuddered subconsciously.
Above, Zhu Di's eyes widened with joy on his face.
"Nie Fantai's plan is very clever!"
After praising Nie Zishi, Zhu Di looked directly at the earth-colored magistrates and magistrates, "You thief officials, are you willing to be punished?"
"Go back to Your Highness, I am willing to accept the punishment!"
"So, I will spare you for the time being and give you two years. If you can't figure out how to cultivate two thousand hectares of land in two months, I will definitely report to the Emperor. Hand you all over to Jin Yiwei!
Until then, don't blame me for being ruthless! "
"The official and others will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations!"
All the magistrates and magistrates bowed their hands in salute and looked relaxed at the same time.
On the side, Guo An looked at these magistrates and magistrates, and then at Nie Zishi, and shuddered subconsciously.
Sure enough, the more honest a person seems to be, the more vicious he is when he uses tricks to retaliate!
Then, the person who was retaliated would thank the person in turn!
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