After hearing Ge Lin's words, Ge Dan was slightly stunned, and then said in surprise: "Is Feng Li actually the magistrate of Danyang County four years ago?"

Ge Lin nodded: "Feng Li stepped down last year and was promoted to Zhenjiang Tongzhi. Former Danyang County Magistrate He Pi, the former magistrate, took over last year. He submitted his resignation to the court because of sudden illness. County Magistrate He has only been in Danyang County for a year. Before, Feng Li was in Danyang County."

Nodding gently, Ge Dan outlined the whole story in his mind. Things were really not simple.

The cause of the whole incident was Danyang County, which was Feng Li. Feng Li asked the construction of the Jiuqu River Embankment as the beginning. The prefect Yan Libing went with the flow or was Yan Libing's idea. These are unknown, but one thing can be confirmed, that is, these two people promoted the renovation of the Zhenjiang Prefecture River Embankment four years ago, and now the Jiuqu River has broken.

Judging from Feng Li's reaction, there is a problem here, that is, the embankment of Jiuqu River is a tofu project, and there is a lot of corruption here.

Once the Jiuqu River is a tofu project broke out, Feng Li, who participated in the renovation of Jiuqu River four years ago, will be the first to be affected. If the clearance is done, Feng Li will be punished by himself. If the clearance is not done well, the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture will thoroughly investigate, and the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture River embankment case will break out, which will involve the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture officialdom, and may even continue to be involved in the upward connection. Maybe one catch will be a series of arrests.

In any case, Feng Li is doomed.

If you want to smooth this matter, you can only cover the past. Once you cover it up and rebuild the river embankment, the danger ahead will be gone. This is why Feng Li found Ge Dan.

After thinking through the whole thing, Ge Dan's face became ugly. Although Feng Li left this time, he would never give up. Even if his father was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. If someone was involved in this corruption case, there would be even bigger people who would take action. Then he would be polite and would be unable to explain it clearly, and things would become very troublesome.

If they bully them together, they know whether the court will send people to investigate, and whether there will be envoys targeting this matter and want to make a name for themselves.

Once the matter is exposed, you will be completely involved, and the impact of your career will be light. If you don’t do it well, you will lose your post and dismiss your post.

When Ge Lin saw Ge Dan thinking quietly, he didn't speak. He knew that Ge Dan needed to figure it out himself and Ge Dan made a decision. As an official, he could help with many things, but his own opinions must be his own, and he had to do it himself. Ge Dan pondered for a moment, sighed lightly, and then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Uncle Lin, I think I'm thinking a little too much, I'm very irritable, and my thoughts are not clear!" Ge Dan said with some emotion.

"How do you say this at the young master?" Ge Lin seemed not surprised that Ge Dan said such words, but just asked with a faint smile.

Ge Dan did not return to Ge Lin's words, but he knew his thoughts in his heart, and it scared him. The officialdom is really terrifying, it is really scary. He was a time traveler. He used to think that he would be a good official or a corrupt official. What is the purpose of being a good official? Of course, it is to do something for the people and the country, live up to his experience of traveling through time, and live up to his bloodline.

Being a corrupt official is of course for wealth and prosperity for the rest of your life, for money and power, but do you want to be a corrupt official? Ge Dan doesn't want to.

If you are for money and power, Ge Dan feels that with a brain, you can do better without being an official, and you can even build a big family. After all, there is no thousand-year-old dynasty, but there is a thousand-year-old family.

I have only been the county magistrate for a few days? But what are I considering? It is gains and losses, promotions, and unspoken rules in the officialdom. What I have not considered were the victims, the hungry victims. If Feng Li and his friends had not cut corners and were not their embezzlement of food and wages, how could there be this flood? How could there be the victims who are being bullied now?

But have you considered them? I didn’t. What I considered my career, gains and losses. I considered all aspects, but the people were not considered.

"Uncle Lin, do you think my father would be very angry if I lost this official?" Ge Dan looked at Ge Dan and asked in a calm tone.

Looking at Ge Dan, although Ge Dan's tone was very peaceful, Ge Lin could see that Ge Dan's attitude was very firm, and it was obvious that Ge Dan had made a decision. Ge Lin did not have the idea of ​​interfering with Ge Dan's decision, as long as Ge Dan made a decision. As for Ge Dan's question, Ge Lin naturally thought of the answer, so he smiled and said, "If it's gone, it's gone, it's just a magistrate."

"It is common for the Prime Minister to go down, let alone a mere magistrate? Besides, even if the young master is gone, as long as he has a reputation, he may still have benefits."

Looking at Ge Lin, Ge Dan sighed in his heart. Ge Linkai really saw through the Ming Dynasty officialdom. He had known what to do, but he didn't say it, waiting for himself to understand.

In Gelin's view, breaking things up, making a big deal, and then gaining reputation is the most suitable choice. It is the kingly way, and offending people is not important. The officialdom is not to treat guests and give gifts. How can you not offend people? The key is whether offending people is worth it. This time it is worth it, and it is not possible to be with people. Once you have a bad reputation, the loss will be great.

Fame is the most valuable!

If you lose your reputation, it doesn’t matter if you lose your official position. As long as you operate it properly, it is not easy to recover and you can get a better position. Anyway, Ge Dan has his own father to operate it, so it will not be a problem at all. Instead, it is difficult to deal with a bad reputation.

Ge Dan did not consider this level. This was because he did not have a deep understanding of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom and had no idea what it meant to win reputation in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom.

If it were a keen official who would have long since shrunk his reputation, this was a routine operation. It would be a trivial matter to offend officials in Zhenjiang for this and dismiss him from office for this. As long as he shrunk his reputation, it would not matter. Ge Lin was very pleased that Ge Dan could understand this. As for Ge Dan's loss of his official position, Ge Lin didn't care, he just wanted a county magistrate.

In fact, Ge Dan was not what Ge Lin thought at all. He did not understand. He just thought of the victims, the Ming Dynasty, and the end of the Ming Dynasty.

As a time traveler, Ge Dan felt ashamed. He didn't want to be so depressed. He didn't want to be this official, so he wanted to do something. At the same time, Ge Dan was also angry by Feng Li and the others. You group of corrupt officials did such a thing and asked me to take the blame. If I don't take it, I'm ready to overturn the table.
Chapter completed!