Silver Overlord - Chapter 846

[Chapter 813]

When the first steamship of the Manufacturing Bureau was flying on the Xijiang River, making waves on the water, attracting thousands of people, there was actually a big event in Qiyun County, which was quietly happening. It’s just that the big event was not published in the newspaper under Yan Liqiang’s instruction, so apart from the local people and officials in Qiyun County, not many people outside knew and paid attention to it. Even Yan Liqiang himself deliberately took it coldly. , I don’t want to cause too many disturbances for the time being. If you use Fang Beidou’s words, it’s just doing and not talking.

And even for the local people and officials in Qiyun County, those who knew about it just felt it was new and fun. They felt that it was a whimsical move and attempt by the guardian, and did not think too deeply.

But to Yan Liqiang, he paid more attention to the incident than the ship in the manufacturing bureau ten times and a hundred times, because to him, compared to the trial of the first ship, the real proof of that incident can be called It is a groundbreaking and far-reaching impact. Even the reason why such a big commotion was caused by the trial of the first ship was to a certain extent, it was also deliberately arranged by Yan Liqiang to attract public opinion and public attention. went well.

Not many people paid attention to that incident, but there were still people who came all the way to Qiyun County, not because of the ship, just to see how the incident went on, and they came to Qiyun County all the way to see how the incident went on. The person is Hua Ruxue and his party.

Like Feng Qinghe and the others, Hua Ruxue and his party arrived in Qiyun County as early as July 10, but they did not come to Pingxi City, but went to Jia’an County below Qiyun County.

Jia’an County is one of the fourteen counties under Qiyun County. This county ranks in the middle of the fourteen counties in Qiyun County. The population is not large, the economy is not developed, and there is no special output. Like the many ordinary counties in the empire, they are not very eye-catching. When Yan Li forced the establishment of the mansion and established the Qiyun Governor’s Mansion, this Jia’an County and five other counties, a total of six counties, were the magistrates. Officials were all taken away by Wang Jianbei and left vacant.

Over the past two years, Yan Liqiang has successively appointed chief magistrates of two of the six counties, but there are still four counties that remain vacant.

It’s also fun to say, although the magistrates of these four counties have been vacant, but these four counties have been running smoothly for the past two years. Taxes and other things can be collected as usual, and there are normal lawsuits and disputes. There are also criminal arrests in each county. The yamen handled it on their behalf, and the grass-roots officials, such as the Ting Chang Jia Chang in the townships and towns under the four counties, could also perform their duties normally. People in Jia’an also got used to it, and so did the people in Jia’an County.

But just after Yan Liqiang came back from the imperial capital this time, everything slowly changed. In May, an official document with the official seal of the Governor Qi Yun was sent to Jia’an County, and it was posted on the official notice of the county seat of Jia’an County. Among them, the entire Jia’an County suddenly became lively.

The official document from the Governor’s Office stated that the Governor-General knew that Jia’an County had not had a magistrate for a long time, but under this circumstance, Jia’an County was still normal, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the Governor-General was very happy. The Governor-General said, “Government without the ability must be the merit of the townspeople.”

Therefore, the people of the villages, townships and towns in Jia’an County should nominate and select 100 representatives of the townsmen, register them, and then present a banquet in the governor’s house.

The same official document was also sent to the other three counties, which made the three counties lively at once. Because they only elected the sages, the counties also followed Yan Liqiang’s intention and asked the people in the county to elect the sages.

In May, 400 village sages elected from these four counties went to the Governor’s House to receive a banquet given by the supervisor. Each village sage was rewarded with a silver medal during the banquet.

That is, in June, just after Yan Liqiang was victorious at Baishiguan and beheaded the seven elites of 50,000 Shatu, the second official document with the seal of the governor came.

The general meaning of the official document is that the supervisor has noticed that there has been no county magistrate in Jia’an County for a long time. Naturally, a county cannot be without a county magistrate for a long time, but the supervisor has not found a suitable candidate for a while, so he Come up with a way to select county magistrates, all men whose household registration is in Jia’an County, who are over 20 years old, and have passed the age of weakness, whether officials or squires, as long as they are recommended by two county magistrates, they can sign up to participate in Jia’an County. The selection of the magistrate of Anxian County, and how did this selection come from? It is not appointed by the Governor’s Office. The Governor’s Office only confirms the qualifications. In the end, whoever can be the magistrate of Jia’an County will be elected by the people of Jia’an County. to vote.

With such official documents and orders, the entire Jia’an County and the other three counties that did not yet have a county magistrate immediately boiled over. At first, everyone thought that this town sage was just an honorary title. The selection of county magistrates is such a big event that the village sages come to vote, and the value of the village sages is immediately highlighted.

Let the local sages select magistrates, which has never happened in the Han Empire or even the entire Silver Continent, but since the official documents of the Governor’s Office have been published, it is naturally not a joke, so in the end, although there are still Many people are looking at this incident with the mood of watching the excitement, but in Jia’an County, after confirming that the official document of the Governor’s House was not wrong, some people still took the initiative to stand up and want to eat this crab, no matter what. How to say, the position of the head of this county is not a big temptation for many people, and those people have no chance at all on weekdays, but now since the superintendent wants to be ingenious in selecting officials, he can naturally give it a try. The mentality competes for a fight to see what is going on.

Throughout Jia’an County, most people are treating this matter with the mentality of watching the excitement and curiosity, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.

com However, some people jumped out on their own initiative, and finally there were three people who signed up to participate in this unprecedented selection of county magistrates. One of them was Shao Yuanjie, the chief judge of Jia’an County’s criminal arrest yamen, and the second was the famous squire king of Jia’an County. Dou, the third person is Su Youlun, the curator of Jia’an County Martial Arts Museum. These three people are all famous people in Jia’an County. Wang Dou and Su Youlun were also elected as town sages and participated in the supervision As soon as the names of the three people were reported for the government’s banquet, the Governor’s House immediately approved the qualifications of the three people to participate in the selection of county magistrates. The time for the election of the sages in Anxian County is July 11th.

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On the afternoon of July 11th, when the liveliness along the river had subsided, the liveliness in the Jia’an County Martial Arts Hall had just begun. Just after lunch, many people in the county seat of Jia’an County were all Spontaneously gathered around the National Martial Arts Hall in the county seat, crowding the area around the Martial Arts Hall, just to wait for the result of this unique selection of Jia’an County magistrates…

The person who presided over this selection of magistrates in Jia’an County was Shi Chang. Feng, originally the selection of county magistrates should be arranged within the county office, but the county office is too small, it is not convenient to arrange the venue, and it is not convenient for more than 100 people to pour in at once, so Shi Changfeng finally decided , so the selection of county magistrates was arranged in the martial arts hall in Jia’an County.