Li Yanzhi calculated the day when Zheng Qingyun arrived in the city. After the letter arrived at Xu Jie, one day, two days, three days...

Nothing has happened yet!

Four days, five days, six days...

Still so!

Is there an accident? It shouldn't be. If something happens, things will develop in a direction that is unfavorable to you. Second, there will be no movement like now!

Li Yan was very informed, and the letter was written by Xu Jie, but the accident had not happened. If there was any accident, it was Xu Jie's mind churning!

Holding the list given to him by Li Yanzhi, while admiring the child's methods of enlightenment, he also felt that the pieces of paper in his hand were heavy and heavy!

It is impossible to uproot Yanping's mine thieves by relying on this "data" (actually not the original) alone. However, a child has already done this step, and it is really unreasonable if he doesn't show any more.

But what should I do?

Xu Jie looked north, where there was a road to return to the court. Last year, he was driven here from this road, but he vowed to go wherever he came from! But there was a problem involved in this - for a fierce man like Xu Jie, this problem was not methodological, but principle! He knew what to do, but that would violate his principles!

Do you want something that is not perfect in the real world? Or do you want that perfect but unrealized ideal? Only by returning to reality can he return to the court and get the power to help him realize his ambitions! But that must be at the cost of giving up some ideals and some principles!

"That's it..."

Xu Jie decided.

Then his administrative style suddenly changed!

The people in the judicial system of Yanping Prefecture first felt the spring breeze from their superiors! The hard and smelly Promoter Master actually changed his nature! It was not the superficial change in the face of the King of Hell to the Bodhisattva's face, but the understanding of the various "difficulties" of subordinates in their daily actions is everywhere.

The biggest difficulty for civil servants in the Ming Dynasty was: although the people always scolded them for taking more money and doing less, they always felt that they had too many responsibilities, the tasks they had to complete were too heavy, and the salary was too small! Therefore, they hoped to make their work easier, and they tried every means to open source and make profits - in fact, they were just for life. In addition, they also hoped that such difficulties could be understood by others - it doesn't matter whether the people understood or not, but it's best that the boss could understand them. If the boss could understand them and give them some convenience to make them live an easy and rich life, then they would also find ways to help their boss live a relaxed and rich life. As for whether the people could also live a relaxed and rich life in such an official environment, I'm sorry, that was not what they considered.

It was not that Xu Jie did not understand their difficulties before, but he was unwilling to understand such difficulties. But now, he decided to understand, because if he didn't do this, he would not be able to control the officialdom and if he did not do this, he would not be able to realize his ambition. As for whether he would be corrupted before he reached the point of realizing his ambition, it depends on God!

Li Yanzhi was waiting for news from Xu Jie at home. This period of time really tempered his patience! But the result he waited for was a bit beyond his expectations!

Xu Jie didn't make any moves in the judicial process. The reason why he made news came to Youxi was because he wanted to celebrate his birthday for his old mother who was far away in Songjiang (which belongs to now Shanghai)!

When will Xu Jie's mother's birthday be? No one knows Yanping Mansion. I heard that it is not the 70th birthday or the 80th birthday, but Xu Principal started to do it with great fanfare. Who among the old men in the officialdom understands such an obvious "hint"?

"Haha! What kind of honest and cruel officials are still the same in the end!"

The so-called "beginning" may not necessarily end well. There are many people in the officialdom who changed from angry young people to corrupt people. Therefore, Xu Jie's transformation made this, and no one in Yanping's mansion was surprised. After receiving the news, Yu Santian's face was as if he was smiling. He quickly prepared the gift! On the contrary, Yu Sumei was a little worried, but she was just worried about something? She couldn't say it.

Even Yu Santian was preparing to go, who would be behind in the officialdom? From the prefect of Yanping to the officials of various counties, everyone prepared a generous gift!

The prefect is better than Xu Jie, why should he come to wipe his subordinates' shoes? Because Xu Jie is "delegated" and has a strong background, who knows how much resources he has in the top! Today, he will be promoted to the six ministries, the Censorate, or a local official tomorrow. In short, the chance of recalling the capital is very high, so the prefect also came to join in the fun of this colleague - the prefect is still like this, and other officials can imagine it.

For a time, the government office was crowded with people, which was even more lively than when the government examination was conducted!

Xu Jie actually refused everyone, accepted all the gifts, and invited all the congratulatory people into the door. Even some of the backgrounds that were not very clean, Yu Santian was able to attend!

Li Yanzhi also came. Unlike Yu Santian and others, he was arranged in a small corner near the door, which seemed very aggrieved. However, he was not nervous. He sat in that corner, staring at the gate, and listening to the door officials sing their names. The more he listened, the more he felt that the treat must have some more details, because he found that the people on the list he gave to Xu Jie were probably here today!

"This is a Hongmen Banquet? Master Xu wants to close the door and beat the dog?"

But that's not right. This is the officialdom, not the battlefield, nor is it Xu Jie tricked people, ordered the door to close, and then the swords and axes on both sides could be arranged to cut all the corrupt ore into meat sauce! The Promoter did not have this power, so he would not be able to do this!

The guests were already here, but the host had not appeared yet. The scene was lively, but there was not even any wine or food!

Some people initially felt something was wrong!

At this time, the butler of the Promoter came out to invite people. Those who were invited were all officials of each county, the village head, the prefect and the magistrate of each county were already in the back hall. The last person invited was Li Yanzhi! As for those who were particularly dark backgrounds, such as Yu Santian of Youxi, Wang Guangyi of Yong'an, Shunchang One-Eyed Fox, Jianning Chen Jiu, etc., they were left outside and secretly complained that something was wrong.

Li Yanzhi followed the housekeeper to the back hall and saw that it was full of people. The prefect was with Xu Jieci, and the other officials of all sizes sat or stood in turn, and no one spoke. The atmosphere in the whole audience was very tense!

After Li Yanzhi also came in, the host Xu Jie spoke: "I'm here today. First, I'm here to celebrate my mother's birthday in Huating! Second, I'm here to give you a gift to everyone here, third, I'm here to discuss with you the so-called "Silver Gang" thing that just appeared in Yanping!"

When everyone heard the word "Silver Gang", their hearts were stuttering, but when Xu Jie clapped his hands, a servant brought a plate with envelopes on it, with the words "Someone opened with their own personal information" on it! When the servant brought it to someone, the man picked out the envelope with his name. In the lobby, there were only two people who did not receive the "gift", one was the prefect and the other was Li Yanzhi!

Officials at all levels opened the envelope anxiously, but there was only a note in the envelope. When these people saw it, their faces changed drastically! Some were trembling, some were embarrassed, and some were almost about to take risks!

What was written on the note? Li Yanzhi didn't know, but he guessed that it might just be a number - that is, the filial piety money collected by these officials! These numbers were exactly what Li Yanzhi gave to Xu Jie!

What Xu Jie knew at this moment was actually just this number, but who would know the details of officials at all levels! Li Yanzhi seemed to see Xu Jie hanging a knife over the heads of officials at all levels, and the knife had not fallen yet - but the knife was the most scary moment when it was about to fall and not fallen!

The back hall was silent, no one spoke, and even the prefect didn't speak!

"Have the prefect joined forces with the promotion officer?"

Everyone conveyed their eyes to each other in silence, but no one could find the answer and countermeasures from each other's eyes!

Li Yanzhi's face was very quiet, but he smiled in his heart. He knew that Xu Jie had already taken control of the overall situation!

But how will the teacher finish the exam next?

Li Yanzhi really wants to see it.

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So, I'm back to Guangzhou...

I am afraid that the year of Ji Chou will be very busy when I start working. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!