The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

After County Magistrate Zou and Prefect Liu praised each other, the next county magistrate took over to report.

However, the attitude towards County Magistrate A was not so good, because he had no political achievements in the past year.

No more houses were built, no more roads were constructed, no more students were enrolled, and even the population did not increase much.

Magistrate A couldn't find anything to praise himself, but he couldn't tell the truth either.

I have no choice but to think that "I am not embarrassed, but others are embarrassed", and I insist on saying that there are advantages even though they are not.

He lowered his head and said to the prefect Liu, "Your Excellency, our county has paid more grain this year than last year, and the people's granaries have more food. Thanks to your hard work, the people can eat more this year."

The truth is that this year the weather has been good, so the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

The fertile fields throughout Chenzhou Prefecture produced a few more buckets of rice, and the grain tax paid was slightly higher than last year.

Magistrate A said that the grain harvest in his county was good, and other counties also had good harvests.

This is not his credit at all, but God's credit.

As long as the county magistrate does not cause trouble, the people do not need him to guide them in farming.

The fields are the life of the farmers. Farmers are more nervous and more eager to farm well than the county magistrate.

County Magistrate Jia is really arrogant. Every county has a good harvest, but he singles it out as an achievement.

Tsk tsk, this is someone trying desperately to find results when they have no results at all.

Prefect Liu glanced at County Magistrate A and finally nodded. "That's right. The crops have increased significantly this year, significantly reducing the number of people starving to death due to food shortages. Good, that's fantastic."

County Magistrate A breathed a sigh of relief. What Prefect Liu said proved that he had passed the test this year.

Even if it is not rated as excellent, it will be rated as upper-middle.

Alas, their prefect has a good temper and is a kind person.

The most important thing is to implement the policy of "governing by doing nothing and getting by". As long as you are not as incompetent as County Magistrate Shen, you will not be criticized.

County Magistrate A looked at Prefect Liu with gratitude, then sat back in his chair boldly and with peace of mind.

I can finally have a good new year this year.

Then Magistrate B made his report.

County Magistrate B did have something to talk about, because this year he built an extra road in the county to make it easier for merchants to go to Chenzhou Prefecture to do business. Some people even formed teams to come to Chenzhou Prefecture to sell local specialties.

Haha, Magistrate Liu had asked them to go back and explore what unique products the county they governed had.

While ensuring the cultivation of grain fields, develop different specialties.

We didn’t find any special products, but we did build a road.

After two years, the road was finally repaired with the help of laborers.

I have been holding back my energy for the past year, and this year I can finally make this an important political achievement.

County Magistrate B said with a smile, "Sir, this year the road from our county to Chenzhou Prefecture has finally been repaired and opened to traffic. Many merchants and common people use this road to travel back and forth for business, and the people are all grateful to you. Everyone praises you for repairing the road."

"Ah, looking at this smooth and flat road, which is not only suitable for pedestrians but also for carriages, I am so happy. It is all thanks to your wise leadership that our county has a decent official road. Sir, I thank you on behalf of the people."

Even if the road construction was suggested and presided over by County Magistrate B, it was entirely the credit of County Magistrate B.

But if you flatter someone well, you will get promoted and make money.

No matter what is done by subordinates, the ultimate credit goes to the immediate superior.

Magistrate B was well aware of the code of conduct in official circles, so he tried his best to attribute the achievement to Magistrate Liu.

Even if you don't want to, you have to do it.

The people see that he, as their father's official, lives a happy life, but who can understand the pain in his heart?

County Magistrate B decided to wait until the meeting was over and return to his small courtyard in Chenzhou Prefecture to have a drink with his wife.

I can only share these troubles with my wife, as we are a couple with a shared destiny.

Prefect Liu was also happy that the road was repaired, which made trade between the two places more convenient.

He looked at County Magistrate B with satisfaction and praised him generously: "Not bad, not bad, well done. The road is finally repaired, and I feel relieved. It will be convenient for people to come to Chenzhou Prefecture to do business, work, and study. Good, very good."

When County Magistrate B heard the affirmation from Prefect Liu, the smile on his face became even brighter.

If I don’t get an excellent award in this selection, I will feel sorry for all my hard work.

Then County Magistrate C spoke, and one county magistrate after another spoke.

Everyone tried their best to find highlights of their political achievements in the "simplicity" style, so that Governor Liu would know that they were doing their work and not eating the court's food for nothing.

Afterwards, I went to County Magistrate Shen to discuss the year-end report.

Magistrate Shen stood timidly in front, whispering, "Your Excellency, Mayang County has the most barbarians, making it quite difficult to govern. But this year has been pretty good; there haven't been many fights or disturbances, and the different barbarians are getting along quite well."

In addition to the Miao people, there are also Han people, Yao people, native people, etc. in Mayang County.

Large mixed residence, small concentrated residence, and staggered residence.

Conflicts often arise over trivial matters, and it is common to see knives and guns, and they will start fighting at the slightest disagreement.

County Magistrate Shen thought he was extremely unlucky to be assigned to such a poor, miserable place with many Wuling barbarians as the county magistrate.

I don’t know why, but this year not only is the harvest good, but people are also much more peaceful.

Fights have been greatly reduced.

Could it be that because they are full and in a good mood, they are causing less trouble?

Under the administration of County Magistrate Shen, the county paid the least grain tax and commercial tax, and was ranked last in terms of education.

The houses and roads have not changed much.

As for the population, it may have increased, but people would not register it if they could.

I want to do a census, but if I hide in the mountains, there's no point in doing a census.

County Magistrate Shen was depressed. He had no shining points and no political achievements at all.

It was so painful to come to Chenzhou Prefecture for a meeting this time.

Until two days ago, I met the like-minded County Magistrate Sun, and had a great time reciting poems and composing couplets with him.

An inadvertent reference to the population of the people under jurisdiction.

Magistrate Sun, out of curiosity or just casually asking him, asked him whether the Miao people really could cast a curse.

How could County Magistrate Shen understand all this? She usually hid in the yamen, never leaving the main gate or the secondary gate, and was even more ladylike than a lady from a noble family.

I think I have nothing to talk about with those Wuling barbarians.

They are all uncivilized barbarians, what is there to know about them?

County Magistrate Shen was in a lot of trouble because of trivial matters.

Fortunately, many barbarians are not registered in the "household registration book" and are truly unregistered.

County Magistrate Shen was too lazy to care about the person who did not exist in the court. He would rather drink and write poetry.

Magistrate Sun disagreed, saying, "Whether Han or barbarians, they must ultimately live in harmony. I believe that under Magistrate Shen's jurisdiction, they will surely coexist peacefully."

After hearing these words, County Magistrate Shen had an idea.

We quickly called in the think tank and looked around, and found that there were fewer fights this year, and not many deaths.

The lawyer was overjoyed: "Master, congratulations! This year's public security is much better than last year. This is all thanks to you."