Dominate the Country

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The scorching sun roasted the earth. After the rainstorm, Lushan County quickly returned to the high temperature of midsummer. Chen Ming hid in the house with sweat all over his body, and the artificial fan could not relieve the heat at all. And the sad thing is that the Chen family was still a small family last winter, and it was impossible to think of storing ice. Lushan County is not like the capital, there is no ice storage here.

As for making ice with saltpeter, Chen Ming thought about it again and again, and gave up. This hole cannot be opened, otherwise the saltpeter stored at home will be wasted in the midsummer this year.

Gao has taken her precious daughter-in-law back to Tumenji. It is much cooler in the mountains than in the county. Chen Ming must stay in the county. This is an opportunity for him to show his face more in front of the county master. His current identity is just a white servant in the county government.

Chen Ming himself is really unwilling to stay in the county. Xiaonangou and Funiushan are his foundation. What is a small yamen runner in your county town? But how can he not obey his cheap father?

It rained a few days ago, and it was heavy rain and rainstorm. The weather was cool, so Chen Ming was fine. These days, the sun above his head was like a fire, and Chen Ming was annoyed and irritable. He just wanted to howl loudly, but it was a pity that this was the county government, not his home.

The county master had sealed the seal, which meant that the entire county government had stopped working, but the yamen runners still had to go to work. Chen Ming could not see his father several times a day, but many people in the county government knew Chen Ming's identity, so Chen Ming had nothing to do in the county government these days.

Poker had long been popular in Lushan County, and it was linked to gambling at a speed that made Chen Ming's eyes swam. At this moment, there was a group of people playing Piercing Sword in front of Chen Ming. Chen Ming didn't know whether these people were mostly playing cards or gambling. He also played a few games, but it seemed that he was cheated and lost two taels of silver in half an hour. And the amazing thing is that Chen Ming didn't see how the two people on the opposite side matched the secret code.

Chen Ming, who lost the money, deliberately showed a mixture of unconvinced and depressed, you cheated, etc., and then caused the yamen runners and white runners to laugh. He could feel that after that card game, he was obviously accepted by this group of old oils. Chen Ming also pretended to integrate into it. In the past few days, he also gave some small money from time to time and showed some small favors.

You know, Chen Ming now has 100 taels of silver before the month every month, and he can also transfer 500 taels of silver from the account office, which is a huge amount of money. If Chen Hui didn't have the Chen family behind him, he wouldn't be able to earn 600 taels of silver a year just by being an official. Therefore, for the yamen runners and white runners that Chen Ming is currently dealing with in the county government, a little bit of his fingertips would be enough to make these people happy.

Chen Ming endured the scorching heat of June for five days before the news of the newly appointed Lushan County Magistrate finally reached the county. The soon-to-be-appointed official is named Guo Luoluo, and his name is Chang Rui. He is a serious bannerman, born in the Bordered White Banner. He was appointed as a clerk in the Ministry of Rites at the age of 20, and he is thirty-one this year.

When he heard the three words "Guo Luoluo", the first person that flashed in Chen Ming's mind was Da Mi Mi. Guo Luoluo Qingchuan is a famous figure in China in the 21st century. Then Chen Ming's mind began to really consider this information.

Bannerman, bannerman? ? Why is this so worrying!

The impression of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty on Chen Ming was really bad. In Chen Ming's perception, they are greedy, arrogant, unreasonable, and extremely incompetent. Although Chen Ming is very clear in his mind that the Manchus were the main force in the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong period, and the Qing Dynasty of this era is not yet exhausted, and there are indeed several famous generals.

Unfortunately, Lushan is still too remote, and the Chen family's official power is too weak, so it is impossible to find out what kind of person Chang Rui is.

On June 19, the weather was still as hot as ever. A group of people in the county government were waiting honestly ten miles north of Lushan County, waiting for the arrival of the new county magistrate. In the crowd, Chen Ming glanced at Yue Wenhai, who was cool under the shade of the tree, and cursed him fiercely in his heart.

"This bastard is hiding away, but Grandpa is about to be roasted." Even Chen Ming's cheap father was not qualified to stay by Yue Wenhai's side at this time. The only people who could enjoy the cool under the big tree were Huang Zhubo and Li Dianshi from the county, as well as Yue Wenhai's long-time followers, and several wealthy families, gentry and other leading figures in the county.

Sweat beads as big as beans dripped down. Chen Ming had already drunk two whole pots of water. He had someone specially make sour plum soup. As long as conditions allowed, Chen Ming would not treat himself badly. Liu Wu, Chen Dawei and Huang Zicong drove a carriage far away. The carriage was filled with a bucket of sour plum soup. Although there was no ice, there were fresh fruits. As long as Chen Ming and Chen Hui wanted to drink water, they were served immediately, and even the yamen runners and constables around them enjoyed it.

But the fruits in the carriage were all warmed up, and Chang Rui still hadn't arrived.

Yesterday evening, a letter arrived at the Lushan County Office, saying that the new county magistrate Chang Rui had arrived at Yangzhuang Town in Baofeng County. Yangzhuang Town was less than 40 miles away from Lushan County, and the letter came from Yangzhuang Town on horseback to the Lushan County Office at noon, which means that Chang Rui could still travel a distance in the afternoon, and then the Lushan County Office would welcome him for ten miles. With this amount of time, Chang Rui should have arrived by now even if he crawled.

It was almost noon!

Yue Wenhai sat calmly, with a chair under his buttocks, tea, snacks and fruits at hand, so he would not be anxious about time. At present, Yue Wenhai is the grandson and Chang Rui is the uncle. Yue Wenhai must serve Chang Rui "sincerely" and let Chang Rui complete the procedures as soon as possible after arriving at the county government. He will also go to the next place to be his own county magistrate.

The officialdom is a very low-key place to praise the high. If Yue Wenhai is promoted and the next one is promoted to the sixth rank or some state official, he can still show some character in front of Chang Rui. Unfortunately, Yue Wenhai himself has no great ability and no one to support him. He has been in the seventh rank county magistrate for four consecutive terms. If such a person does not have a great opportunity, his life will be like this. If he can get a fifth rank and retire in old age, it is a "prosperous official career".

Chang Rui is a genuine bannerman. Although he is not a Jinshi, his future prospects are still not comparable to Yue Wenhai. Therefore, in terms of "public" and "private", Yue Wenhai is a grandson in front of Chang Rui.

These things are common sense in the officialdom. Recently, Huang Shao, the decoration of the county government, has been feeling a little angry. Why? Isn't it just that Yue Wenhai is going to leave, but Huang Shao still wants to stay in Lushan County.

Huang Shao has been in Lushan County for four years. From the first day he came to Lushan, he was suppressed by Yue Wenhai. He is not Li Dianshi. Li Dianshi has Li Zhoutong behind him, but Huang Shao has nothing. He is just a juren who was lucky enough to fill a vacancy with silver.

Huang Shao has been a wooden clay sculpture in Lushan County for four years. Speaking of it, he is also an eighth-rank official. The power in his hands is not comparable to Chen Ming's cheap father, even the old clerk in the household room cannot compare. How can Huang Shao not hate Yue Wenhai?