I, Sun Shan, and the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1210 Sun Shan Goes to Chenzhou Prefecture

Sun Shan locked himself in a small dark room to reflect and came out after a quarter of an hour.

Do nothing now, and do something later.

At least he is not a corrupt official, he does not exploit the people, and he does not cause trouble for the people.

It is a good thing that Yuanlu County has such a mediocre and incompetent official like him.

After only a quarter of an hour of reflection, Steward Wang had packed his luggage and Sun Shan was ready to report to Chenzhou Prefecture.

Sun Shan told Master Zhang, "Keep an eye on the government office while I'm away. If anything serious happens, don't worry about it. Save yourself and wait until I come back."

It seems that nothing serious will happen, but I still want to give some careful advice.

Master Zhang accepted the order: "Yes, Master. I will pay attention to it."

Sun Shan summoned the third in command of the county government and said, "Master Wu, I have to report to Chenzhou Prefecture. County Magistrate Wang is repairing the road in Aojiawan. You are the only one left in the government. I will leave the government to you."

Wu Zhubo accepted the order: "Yes, sir, I will wait for you to come back at the government office."

The top leader is leaving, the second-in-command is also gone, and the third-in-command Wu Zhubo is finally living the life of a boss.

Don’t even mention that feeling, it’s just so cool!

As the saying goes, when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king!

Wu Zhubo was so happy!

Thanks to Lord Sun who liked to order County Magistrate Wang to do work, he was able to work in the yamen with peace of mind, happiness and leisure.

No need to be exposed to the wind and rain, no need to turn into a charcoal man, Wu Zhubo is so comfortable and relaxed.

Now Sun Shan is about to leave, although it will be a short time, but he will be happy.

Finally, no one above can control him, so it would be nice to let him be the king of the yamen for a few days.

Wu Zhubo smiled and respectfully saw Sun Shan off. Before he left, he sincerely said, "Sir, don't be in a hurry to come back. Go slowly. I'm here at the yamen. Don't worry."

Sun Shan thought that Wu Zhubo cared about him and was worried that he would get tired if he walked too fast, so he asked him to walk slowly.

I was so touched that I couldn't help but said, "Okay, Wu Zhubo, I'll be back soon. Thank you for your hard work."

After saying this, he looked at Wu Zhubo reluctantly.

Yes, he has more conscience than County Magistrate Wang.

Sun Shan led a group of guards and slowly drove out of the city gate.

Because there was a lot of grain taxes, luggage, etc., it immediately attracted the onlookers from Yuanlu.

Many people recognized Sun Shan’s first personal bodyguard, Sun Dali.

A little fat boy bravely asked: "Uncle Dali, where are you going?"

He took a lot of things with him, could he have run away?

He looked at the huge horse in front of him, which was once Wang Xiaosi's horse and now belongs to Lord Sun.

I heard from outsiders that Wang Xiaosi wanted to marry Mr. Sun to thank him for saving his life, but unfortunately he was a man, so he gave him his favorite BMW.

Sun Dali took a look and found that it was the brother of the fat scholar. He said with a smile: "Accompany our master to Chenzhou Prefecture. By the way, what are you doing out so early in the morning? Why don't you go to school?"

When the fat scholar's brother heard about going to school, he remembered that he was skipping classes.

He left immediately, leaving behind a message: Uncle Dali, I'm going back to school.

Although it is said to be going back, it is actually running in the opposite direction. If there is a scholar in the family, there is no need for him to work hard, and life is still about having fun.

When the bystander heard that Lord Sun was going to Chenzhou Prefecture, he whispered, "Why is Lord Sun going to Chenzhou Prefecture? And he brought so many things with him. Is he going to give gifts to get a job and leave Yuanlu?"

Crowd Eater B nodded confidently and said, "I think that's definitely the case. Look at those carts and carts of stuff, they must be good stuff. Hey, Lord Sun must want to go to Chenzhou Prefecture to be an official. There's no way he can get a job in Yuanlu."

Luckily, there was an educated and gossipy old man next to them, who rolled his eyes at the two ignorant women and children and said, "What do you mean by running for office? What do you mean by giving gifts? Lord Sun is paying taxes to Chenzhou Prefecture."

He stared at the two middle-aged women with a look of contempt, as if they were long-haired but short-sighted.

Ding, a bystander, said with a smile: "You can run away just like that? It's not easy to get a scholar to come to our poor place to be an official. The higher-ups will definitely not let Mr. Sun run away. What if Mr. Sun runs away and there are no more scholars coming?"

Sun Shan is recognized as the person with the highest academic qualifications in Yuanlu County. Especially the county school must hope that Sun Shan will stay in office so that the literary style of Yuanlu can become more prosperous.

Crowd Eater Wu pretended to be kind and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If Lord Sun hears you, he will give you a good beating. Although Lord Sun is a mediocre person, at least he doesn't harm the people, nor is he a corrupt official. I like Lord Sun very much."

The people actually have very low expectations of officials. As long as they don't do any harm, they are good officials.

Lord Sun has been here for so long, and their lives are still going on as usual.

No change is good news.

The people are not fools, they naturally understand the value of "unchanging".

The crowd of onlookers pointed fingers at Sun Shan's team, because the people of Yuanlu's biggest hobby is eating onions.

Not to mention Sun Shan, a seventh-rank official, even if the emperor came, he would still be a spectator.

Many of the emperor's palace secrets were also circulating among the people, and everyone enjoyed gossiping about them.

Sun Shan had no idea that the spectators were eating melons while walking on the road to Chenzhou Prefecture at this moment.

When I arrived at Chenzhou Prefecture again, I found that the road under my feet had not changed much.

Sun Shan couldn't help but reflect for a quarter of an hour. Comparing himself with Lord Wei, he found that he was far inferior.

Well, it seems that being an official is also very difficult. Conception is one thing, and practice is another.

Ultimately, it’s all because of poverty.

If you have money, let alone building roads, you can even build a city from scratch.

Hey, Sun Shan looked at the cart after cart of tax grain and tax silver.

The taxes that had just been collected were turned in immediately, and what was left was just enough to pay the officials' salaries. As for the remaining bit, it was not enough to deal with a disaster.

It’s not the fault of Yuanlu County being poor.

Not only do the higher authorities not provide subsidies, they also have to hand them over. There is no such thing as transfer payments in this era.

A skilled cook cannot cook without rice; no matter how capable Sun Shan is, he can’t do anything special.

What's more, Sun Shan found that he was unable to do anything.

It would be fine if his academic performance was not outstanding, but I didn’t expect that he would not be outstanding even when he became an official.

Sun Shan discovered that he was less talented than he had thought.

He sighed several times and continued to do what he was supposed to do. The most important thing was to escort the tax grain.

Sun Shan said to the yamen runners, "Watch the grain carefully. Don't lose it or let it get wet. We have to hand it over to Chenzhou Prefecture. If anything goes wrong, we won't be in good shape."

This time, not only the Sun family guards came with them, but also the janitors from the courier office.

The ambassador of the delivery office quickly agreed: "Yes, sir, we will definitely take good care of it, please rest assured."

Sun Shan didn't want to say more, but since there was a problem, the only way to avoid being held accountable was to pay the difference privately.

He didn't want to be the scapegoat, so he had to remind his superiors to keep an eye on the tax grain and not to make any mistakes.