Sister Han is good at farming

Chapter 182 Am I crazy or are these meritorious families crazy?

"Have you heard? General Shen's Sixth Young Master, the playboy Shen Liu, has been given an official title."

"Oh! This is all old news, how come you don't know? Isn't he just an inspector in a remote county town a hundred thousand miles away from here? He is just a lowly ninth-rank official from a remote area, what's there to say!"

"Your information is out of date! He is no longer a lowly ninth-rank official. According to the latest news, Shen Wanku has been promoted, and he has jumped directly from the ninth-rank patrol inspector to the fifth-rank Shang Dingyuan General. His promotion speed is the fastest except for that little general named Ruan Shiping!"

"What? Shen Wanku's promotion was so fast? He will be so proud when he comes back!"

"If the emperor hadn't ordered him to go to Jialing Pass immediately, his tail would have been up in the sky by now."

"Speaking of Shen Liu, we have to mention the five guys who were with him: Fu Yuanhao, Yuan Pingzhang, Wang Sibo, Zhang Qiuming, and Zhao Zhen."

"What happened to the other five?"

"What else can I do? I got promoted!"

"What rank have you been promoted to?"

"Let me tell you! That Fu Yuanhao was promoted to the prefect of Lulin Prefecture, a fourth-rank official; Yuan Pingzhang was promoted to the associate prefect of Lulin Prefecture, a fifth-rank official; Wang Sibo was promoted to the assistant judge of Lulin Prefecture, a sixth-rank official; Zhao Zhen was promoted to the prosecutor of Lulin Prefecture, a seventh-rank official; and Zhang Qiuming was promoted to the rank of Upper Cavalry General from the fifth-rank official."

"Hiss! It's only been a few years? They've all been promoted three or four levels in a row!"

"Don't you see a problem?"

"what is the problem?"

"They all stayed in a county town called Qingshui County under Lulin Prefecture."

"Now that you mention it, it's true! Even Zhou Zheng before him, his career started in Qingshui County."

"Is Qingshui County some kind of place of extraordinary talents and good fortune? It's specially designed to help officials' careers flourish?"

"The careers of those of us who are children of meritorious families and are neither high nor low in our families are prosperous!" someone exclaimed.

Everyone seemed to have been enlightened. They stopped drinking wine and tea, threw their money on the table, and hurried home.

Those dandy young men were thinking about this, and their elders were also thinking about this.

"That Qingshui County is a bit weird. No matter they are good or bad, the children sent there become decent people after they grow up. The sixth son of the Shen Huai family was such a jerk in the past that his eyes almost grew to the top of his head. How many years has he been training in Qingshui County? You didn't see the murderous aura in his body in the imperial study. I could feel it from a distance. He also knew how to advance and retreat when facing the emperor and others."

"Before, Shen Huai was most troubled by this son. He could hear his loud voice from a long distance away, and without exception, he used it to scold his useless sixth son. Who would have thought that now his sixth son is no worse than his other sons. Alas, this comparison is really infuriating!"

"What's so infuriating about this? I heard that many officials in Qingshui County have been promoted. Let's quickly make arrangements and get our useless children and grandchildren in."

"Dad is still foresighted!"

"We need to act quickly! If we can think of it, others can definitely think of it too."

"Yep!"

As a result, the capital city saw various meritorious families fighting over a small position in Qingshui County. Even low-ranking officials like the low-ranking Dianli and the deputy envoy of the tax department became popular.

"What? There are still people applying for the positions of yamen runners and patrol soldiers in Qingshui County? Am I crazy or are these meritorious families crazy?" The Minister of Personnel Shi Chengyi was so frightened that he pulled out several strands of his beard.

"Minister Shi, you don't know this! Everyone says that Qingshui County under Lulin Prefecture is a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery. Anyone who has gained experience there will have a smooth career!" explained the doctor named Wang from the Ministry of Personnel.

"What nonsense! Others may not know, but doesn't our Ministry of Personnel know it? The promotion of officials from all walks of life is strictly based on performance appraisal, and it's all about performance. Others can spread such absurd words, but we in the Ministry of Personnel must never spread them!" Shi Chengyi flicked his sleeves and criticized the man harshly.

"But this is the result! First, Lord Zhou Zheng, look! He will report to our Ministry of Personnel soon!" Doctor Wang was quite unconvinced.

Shi Chengyi stroked his beard and said, "Lord Zhou Zheng, his achievements are obvious to all! If the emperor hadn't wanted him to exercise more, he would not have just come to our Ministry of Personnel to accept the position of Left Vice Minister."

"The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is a second-rank official, just lower than you! You should know that seven years ago he was a seventh-rank county magistrate in a remote village! Looking at the entire Yunqing, who can be promoted faster than him?"

"But looking at the entire Yunqing, whose political achievements can compare with his?" Shi Chengyi asked.

"Master Shi, you're right. This Qingshui County is a little weird, and it seems to be particularly easy to achieve political achievements. Let's not talk about the two masters Shen Zhizui and Zhang Qiuming. They were promoted because they followed General Guide to behead the barbarian generals at Xiyu Pass, breaking the barbarians' courage and making them never dare to approach the border of our Yunqing country again.

You see, the achievements of Fu Yuanhao, Yuan Pingzhang, Wang Sibo and Zhao Zhen are all related to the high crop yields, timely tax collection, prosperous local economy and rapid population growth. "Another doctor explained.

Shi Chengyi pulled out the resumes of Fu Yuanhao and others and examined them carefully with squinting eyes.

"Is this Qingshui County the same as the town of resilience that the emperor praised before?" he asked as he looked around.

"Exactly! Not only is the red banquet popular throughout the country, but I heard that the Wen's roast duck, which is popular all over the country, also originated from Qingshui County. Every household in Qingshui County raises a certain number of ducks. In addition, the meat of the pigs and sheep raised by the locals is more delicious than that of other places."

"What's more important is their incredible production. They produce high yields in everything they plant, and their efficiency is also high. Especially last year, 25% of the young and strong men in the county were drafted into the army, and they actually produced 400,000 dan of tax grain in one month. This is a miracle no matter where you put it!"

Someone else came over and said.

Shi Chengyi wiped the sweat from his forehead frantically, "No wonder the eight foreign countries neighboring our Yunqing, namely Moliang, Qingrong, Manyi, Fangying, Fengshuo, Yuque, Dianming and Lexun, attacked us like a cat smelling blood. It turns out that they all want to snatch this precious land!"

"I think a capable person has appeared there. Do you remember that there was a fifth-rank Sinong doctor in Qingshui County? He was a real peasant, and I heard that he was a gambler before. Later he turned over a new leaf. Because he was good at farming, Zhou Zheng promoted him many times. The water conservancy project seems to have a lot to do with his family." Wang Langzhong couldn't help but say.

"After hearing what you said, I remembered the commotion that occurred before the wedding of Ruan Ji, a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, two years ago."