The blacksmith who doesn't know a lot of big characters can also be a master, and it is not only the group of craftsmen who are shocked, but also in Chongzhou County and Hailing Mansion, but also to throw a hill into the lake like a splashing tide, and become a strange talk between wine shops and teahouses, pavilions and shops, and people are vying to be the first to pass on the strange talk.

"It's really nonsense, a reckless man can also be an official, where are those scholars who have studied hard for ten years?"

The official ship stopped at the water post wharf, and the tea shop was on the shore.

Liu Tingzhou, the prefect of Huai'an, Liang Wenzhan of Shanyang Zhixian, Hu Dahai of Yandu Zhixian County, and Xiao Kuian, the commander of the Huai'an Prefecture Army, sat in the cabin and listened to the tea guests in the tea shop talking loudly about the official affairs of the blacksmith in Chongzhou.

Hu Dahai of Yanzhi County couldn't help it first, and complained with a lot of complaints.

Chongzhou's excerpt for repairing the seawall has been approved.

Cao Yiqu intercepted the tax and silver of the West Qin County to repair the source canal, and the imperial court had no choice but to agree; Lin Jian raised his own grain money to repair the sea embankment in Huaidong, and what excuse did the imperial court have for not allowing it?

The imperial court issued a special decree to cooperate with the two prefectures of Huai'an and Hailing, as well as the two Huai salt and iron envoys.

With this edict, Lin Jian officially summoned the chief officials of the three counties of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng, as well as Sheyang, Dafeng Salt Farm, and Hecheng Grassland Division to Chongzhou to discuss matters.

Xiao Kuian, who was the commander of the Huai'an Army, went to Chongzhou to meet Lin Lian.

Liu Tingzhou is not an inactive official, he knows in his heart that defending the seawall will be beneficial to the Huaidong region.

In fact, when Liu Tingzhou was the governor of Yandu County, he wrote a letter suggesting that the sea pond should be built between Yandu and Sheyang Salt Farm.

The construction of a large pond embankment to defend the sea in the east of Yandu County alone will raise 400,000 taels of silver, which is far from being affordable by Yandu County.

Liu Tingzhou wanted the imperial court to allocate silver from salt and iron, so he crossed the two levels of the county government and went directly to the imperial court.

Lianghuai Yanli is the lifeblood of the imperial court, and it is conceivable what the results of Liu Tingzhou's unruly writing can be.

When Lin Jian first served as the envoy of Huaidong, he had to raise his own grain money to build a sea defense embankment on the periphery of Yandu, Jianling, Gaocheng, and Hecheng, which caused a great shock in Yanjing and Jiangning.

In the later stage of the Huaisi War, Liu Tingzhou opposed Lin Tie everywhere, and also insisted in the face of major rights and wrongs. Building and defending the seawall is of great benefit to Huaidong, but Liu Tingzhou supports Lin Tie in this matter.

Liu Tingzhou had a serious investigation of the construction of the sea pond in the east of Yandu, even if Lin Jian did not summon him over this time, he didn't care, and deliberately ran over with Hu Dahai of Yandu Zhixian County to put a hot face on his cold ass.

Liang Wenzhan of Shanyang Zhixian County has other things to go to Chongzhou to talk to Lin Bin, mainly to take this opportunity to get close and close to the people of Chongzhou.

When he took a boat south from Huai'an and entered the territory of Gaocheng, he heard the whole city talking about Lin Lian's promotion of blacksmiths to be officials in Chongzhou. The losers and pawns are discussed as a strange story, and they are more envious and greedy; In Liu Tingzhou, Hu Dahai, Liang Wenzhan, Xiao Kuian, and others, it sounds like a different taste.

Hu Dahai is usually cautious, and when he heard these ridiculous things, he couldn't help but complain in front of Liu Tingzhou and Liang Wenzhan. If you want to study it carefully, Hu Dahai can be regarded as a slander against his boss.

Liang Wenzhan sneered in his belly holding the tea cup, and said secretly: Lin Lian reprimanded Chen Xiyan as a swineherd in Jiangning, how many people have been able to "mess around" to such a status and power in just three years? Liang Wenzhan thought so in his heart, and his face was silent.

In the later stage of the Huaisi War, Liang Wenzhan was willing to drive the forest to the front, clean up the Ma family for the forest, and make great contributions to the full penetration of the Huaidong Army into Shanyang County.

No one is stupid, the relationship between Liang Wenzhan and Liu Tingzhou is completely ruined, and he also isolates other officials in Huai'an Mansion.

In the Huaisi War, Liang Wenzhan was also a meritorious person.

Before the war, Liang Wenzhan was the county of Huai'an, Huai'an County was the first county of Huai'an Prefecture, and the official of Huai'an County was determined to be from the sixth grade, which was one level higher than the chief officials of other counties. After the war, Liang Wenzhan officially served as the magistrate of Shanyang, and he was the duty of the seventh grade, not rising but descending.

After Zhang Yubo went out of Xuzhou, Huai'an did not have Liang Wenzhan's turn to be judged.

Everyone else watched the show coldly, and they all said that this was the end of Liang Wenzhan taking refuge in Lin Lian, offending Yue Lengqiu and Liu Tingzhou.

Liang Wenzhan was a man with his ass and did things in a low-key manner during this time, as if he had been hit, but he knew it very well in his heart.

In just over half a year, Zhang Yubo joined the army from the Jiangning Mansion Sikou to Xuzhou, and was promoted to four levels in a row, but being in the same city as Chen Hansan is a blessing or a curse, and it is really difficult to predict.

Lin Jian once persuaded Zhang Yuberto to say goodbye to his illness, Zhang Yubo thought about it again and again, or accepted Yue Lengqiu's proposal to serve in Xuzhou, he also hoped to make a difference, but the family stayed in Jiangning, and went to Xuzhou alone to take up the post, and he did not plan for the worst.

Look at how many prefects, political officials, senators, ambassadors, supervisors, and admirals have died in the past two years. Troubled times are coming, and lives cannot be guaranteed, so how can a promotion be considered a good thing?

If he hadn't figured this out, how could Liang Wenzhan run to the forest at night in Huai'an?

After the war, Liang Wenzhan had no chance to fight for Huai'antong. First, he felt ashamed of Liu Tingzhou in his heart and didn't want to be in opposition to Liu Tingzhou in Huai'an. Moreover, he expected that he would isolate the officials of Huai'an, and be caught between the officials of Huai'an Mansion to serve as a general judge, and it would be difficult to have a chance to show his strength, and it was far better to do anything than to be in charge of Shanyang alone.

Liang Wenzhan knew in his heart that Lin Tie was self-reliant based on Huaidong, and the status of Shanyang County was much more important than that of Huai'an City.

Liang Wenzhan is seeking the status of the Huaidong Army, and is no longer an official position granted by the imperial court, how can he give up the post of Shanyang Governor and fight for the general judgment of Huai'an Mansion, which has no substantive significance?

If you want to talk about your background, which of the Huaidong Army people is higher than the forest bound? Lin Lian was able to lead the Huaidong Army to make this undertaking and break out of this world, which was caused by the "nonsense" in the eyes of the scholars.

Lin Lian's promotion of blacksmiths as officials in Chongzhou is precisely his consistent style, and Liang Wenzhan will not be surprised: there is no available talent among blacksmiths?

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Lin Lian's move was a bit too public, almost pushing the Huaidong Army to the point of being incompatible with the scholars, which was not a good strategy.

Liang Wenzhan has a different understanding.

Chongzhou repairs the seawall has the meaning of hibernation, compared with the extravagant, Cao, Liang and other forces, the Huaidong forces do not have too deep roots after all, and during this period, there is no luxury to expect how many celebrities will come to Huaidong.

At this time, the promotion of blacksmiths to be officials sounds very harsh to Shizi Qingliu, but how many talented people in the world who have no way out because of their backgrounds will hear about this and will go to Chongzhou to try their luck?

This is a thousand dollars to buy horse bones.

After three or five years, Shizi Qingliu can also look at the matter of blacksmiths as officials. And once Huaidong has laid a solid foundation, has the strength to compete in the world, and is a truly far-sighted scholar Qingliu, will he still care about those false names when choosing the master and attaching it?

Xiao Kuian'an came from a humble background, relied on his military exploits to achieve such a position, and worked very hard, and now he is the commander of the Huai'an Mansion Army, and his real power is equivalent to that of the Zhengqipin Mansion Kou to join the army, but he has always been looked down upon by his colleagues and civil officials.

Hearing Hu Dahai's complaints, Xiao Kui'an was quite dissatisfied.

Liu Tingzhou has the grace of knowing him, and he also feels Liu Tingzhou's loyalty to the imperial court, and knows that Liu Tingzhou has always had an opinion on Lin Bin. Xiao Kuian did not say anything to argue with Hu Dahai, so as not to cause Liu Tingzhou's displeasure.

Liu Tingzhou was noncommittal about Lin Tie's promotion of a blacksmith as an official in Chongzhou.

This is the staff officer appointed by Lin Tie for the Huaidong Establishment Embassy, and it is Lin Tie's prerogative. Even if it provokes the evil eyes of the world's scholars, it can limit Lin Bin's ambition even more, and it is a good thing for the imperial court. In Liu Tingzhou's view, if Lin Lian can be loyal to the imperial court, he is a rare capable minister for more than 200 years.

Lin Jian wanted to repair and defend the seawall like this, and Liu Tingzhou couldn't see through whether he was loyal or traitorous for a while, but he didn't bother with the details of blacksmiths being officials.

Liu Tingzhou sighed slightly, and asked Sui Hu to go out of the cabin and order the ship to start, and strive to enter Chongzhou before dark.

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Liu Tingzhou came to Chongzhou by himself, and he didn't inform Chongzhou in advance, so he didn't expect Chongzhou to send any leading figures to the county border to greet him, and it was expected that Chongzhou would not make a big move for the arrival of Hu Dahai, Liang Wenzhan, and Xiao Kuian, after all, there were salt and iron envoys and officials from Hailing Mansion to receive and accompany them.

The official ship entered the Yunyan River from the Beiguan River, which was regarded as entering the territory of Chongzhou.

There were several sentry scouts on the shore, and they asked each other from the other side: "But the boat sent from Huai'an and taken by Lord Liang of Shanyang Zhixian County?" ”

The bow of the ship responded loudly to the shore: "Exactly, Liu Fuzun, the prefect of Huai'an, is also on the ship......"

The horsemen did not say anything, nor did they send any men on board to inspect them, but they hurried back with their horses in their arms.

It is also normal to enter the country to inquire, and Liu Tingzhou didn't care when he sat in the cabin.

After walking for about half an hour, he heard the loud sound of carriages and horses in front of him, and Liu Tingzhou was also puzzled and asked people to open the porthole and look out, but saw a group of cavalry with two or three hundred people, coming from the east along the river bank. The galloping horses in front of them carried the flag of honor, and the horses along the coast shouted loudly: "Huaidong system makes it ...... to welcome the prefect of Huai'an."

Lin Jian personally came to the county border to greet him, but Liu Tingzhou didn't feel any glory, and glanced sideways at Liang Wenzhan.

Liu Tingzhou came over and didn't inform Chongzhou, unless someone in Huai'an deliberately reported the news, otherwise Lin Jian would not know that he would come to Chongzhou. Even if he came to Chongzhou, Lin Jian would probably not come to greet him in person. Lin Jian came to greet Liang Wenzhan, but he only knew in advance that he was on the boat, so he temporarily changed his mouth.

Besides, someone came to explore the way before, and the question was whether Liang Wenzhan was on the ship.

Liu Tingzhou will not be unclear about the strangeness in this.

Even if Lin Lian didn't come to greet him, Liu Tingzhou didn't complain. Lin Lian's official rank is above him, and there is no reason for his boss to come to the county border to greet his subordinates. To his surprise, Lin Jian deigned to welcome Liang Wenzhan.

If it is said that Lin Jian raised the blacksmith in Chongzhou, he has a flamboyant and domineering posture, but he was able to come to Jiuhua in person to welcome Liang Wenzhan, which reflects his elegance as a corporal of courtesy.

Liang Wenzhan secretly attached himself to the Huaidong Army, gave up the Huai'an Mansion and did not do it, and Lin Tie did not give in to him.

Liu Tingzhou sighed in his heart: A character like Lin Lian will not be a capable official who governs the world, but will be a hero in troubled times.

For Lin Lian to raise the blacksmith as an official matter, Hu Dahai was full of resentment all the way, and at this time, Liang Wenzhan felt sour in his heart.

Liang Wenzhan boasts of his self-cultivation and self-cultivation, and it is inevitable that he will be excited at this time. It's just that he has nowhere to express his excited feelings, after all, Lin Lian knew that Liu Tingzhou was on the boat, so he could only temporarily change his words and say that he was coming to welcome Liu Tingzhou, he could only hold back this excited mood, and followed Liu Tingzhou out of the cabin to meet the people in Chongzhou.