Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 467: Top priority is in progress

"Yang Xun?" Fang Ce's face flashed with confusion at first, as if he was wondering who this person was, but he immediately realized that this was Yang Qian's younger brother.

So Fang Ce laughed and said, "He is Yang Qian's younger brother, why did you mention the Yang family? It's so grand."

"Hey, why is it so grand? Go out and listen to what the respectable people in the city are saying. Yang family, Yang family, who doesn't say that? Now the Yang family has established a firm foothold in Jizhou Prefecture, and is no longer an ordinary official family."

"Hmm?" Fang Ce just didn't like to think about these things. Now that he thought about it carefully, he nodded and said, "That's true. Yang Qian is very popular now! The bigwigs in the court are arguing about his affairs every day.

On the one hand, he advocated that Yang Qian should take charge of both military and political affairs, so as to maintain the hard-won stability of Shuangqing Prefecture. On the other hand, he felt that Yang Qian should be transferred to other places to continue to play a role, and should not be wasted in Shuangqing Prefecture.

Humph, it’s all selfishness at work. Behind all this are basically the shadows of factions and families.”

"Ah? Will that be okay?"

"What could possibly happen? Yang Qian is now a rock in the eyes of His Majesty. How could he be allowed to leave so easily when the Shuangqing Mansion is under pressure? The court has been arguing all the time, and His Majesty's silence is of no avail. Instead, it has made Yang Qian's reputation grow.

Think about it, since the founding of the country, there has never been a strange thing where one person can manage the military and political affairs of a prefecture. There is no rule that the generals of the prefecture military office are subordinate to the prefecture master. Yang Qian not only took on this unprecedented task, but also did a good job. Just tell me what kind of ability this is.

Even if Yang Qian is arranged to leave Shuangqing Prefecture in the future, he will most likely be directly assigned to one of the six ministries, at least as a left assistant minister, and even more likely as a minister. Or His Majesty may appoint him to another position. But it will definitely not be bad.

Such a person, although his family is a little weak, is indeed worthy of being a descendant of an aristocratic family!"

Although Fang Ce was in the academy, he had seen too many aristocratic families rise and fall, even more if you count the ones in books. These aristocratic families all had one thing in common when they rose: a powerful family leader.

And Yang Qian is undoubtedly such a person.

"But isn't it inappropriate for you to accept other people's gifts like this?" Fang Ce sighed and then took the topic back. He felt that the two families were not at that level yet, so it was a bit unpleasant to accept gifts so naturally.

"Hmph! How pedantic! Yang Xun said that this thing may be valuable outside, but it is worth only a few copper coins at home. Family members don't need to care so much. What matters is that the thing is comfortable to use.

Besides, how can this little thing compare to the anti-aging pills that your precious daughter received? You didn't stop me then, but now you're so angry when I receive a box of perfume and powder? Humph! You are so hypocritical! "

Fang Ce was speechless for a moment. His self-proclaimed eloquence was always baffled by his wife at home. It was really strange.

He could only snort to express his dissatisfaction. Then he continued to ask: "Where is the letter? What did Yang Qian's mother write to you?"

"What else can I write? It's just asking when our Yuan'er will be married off! Here, take a look at it yourself, it's so urgent!"

Fang Ce quickly took the letter from his wife and unfolded it to read. The handwriting in the letter was not good, it could only be said to be barely readable. Needless to say, it must have been written by Xu Ying herself. It was already very good for an ordinary woman to be able to read and write. Fang Ce could also see the other party's sincerity.

After reading it through, Fang Ce's face was full of smiles.

As his wife said, Xu Ying was indeed a little anxious. How anxious was he? He was so anxious that he was already asking the Fang family what they wanted from the marriage. Generally speaking, it was only proper for the matchmaker to do these things. It was not polite for the two in-laws to ask this unless it was a marriage arranged by birth.

"Haha, Xu Ying is indeed anxious and has lost her sense of propriety. But it's clear how much she loves our daughter. This is a good thing!"

"Of course not! I don't think we need to have a matchmaker with the Yang family. Yuan'er even ate the anti-aging pill, which is considered a betrothal gift. Which family in the country has the nerve to give such a betrothal gift? Even the royal family doesn't have it, right? Besides, I met Xu Ying once, and he's a very honest and decent person, definitely not a mean person. Lao Fang, since the Yang family is so anxious, can we take the initiative? Let's settle the marriage together?"

Fang Ce nodded, and the couple discussed the matter in the room for half a day, until someone outside the door hurriedly called Fang Ce away.

When Fang Ce came back that afternoon, he immediately called his wife into the study.

"What's wrong, Lao Fang? Is there something?" Her husband would never let her into the study room normally, and he looked a little excited and irritated.

Fang Ce nodded and said, "Do you know why I was called in? The government office needed a ceremonial officer to preside over the ceremony. They thought their own ceremonial officer was not of high enough status, so they asked me to preside over it."

"Ah? Why are you, the president of a provincial academy, serving as a ceremonial officer? A government official shouldn't be so ungrateful, right?"

"It's not that the government doesn't know what's good for you, but it's really the right person for me to go."

"What's the big deal?"

"Yang Qian was conferred the title of first-class viscount, his mother Xu Ying was conferred the title of third-class earl, and his late father was posthumously conferred the title of third-class earl. In addition, he was granted a fiefdom of ten miles outside the imperial city!"

Bang!

Not caring about the teacup in his hand falling to the ground, he quickly asked: "Is this all true? Lao Fang, please don't scare me!"

"Why are you scaring me?"

"What did Yang Qian do? He actually received such a great favor from the emperor! First-class Viscount, third-class Earl, posthumously conferred Earl title!? Even the storybooks dare not write this! Old Fang, what we talked about this morning may not be appropriate, right?"

Fang Ce nodded with a look of bewilderment on his face and said, "Indeed, the rules and procedures we have in mind may not be applicable. Once Yang Qian receives the title, he will be a noble in the imperial court. Nobles have their own etiquette and laws to abide by, and the government will have people to help take care of everything. When the time comes, Yang Qian only needs to tell the government in advance. The imperial court will even allocate the corresponding financial resources."

"so good?"

"Good? What's good about that? I'm still bothered by this matter!" Fang Ce frowned deeply as he remembered something.

"What's wrong? This isn't a good thing?"

"It may not be a good thing for us. Generally speaking, after being conferred a title, a marriage is granted. Otherwise, do you think the emperor would sit back and watch a noble slowly become powerful? Moreover, Yang Qian is a noble with a fiefdom, which is rare in all dynasties."

"A marriage granted? How can this be possible? No, no, no! My Yuan'er won't stand this!"

"Humph, that's not something we can just say no to. No one else would be qualified to reject the royal family's kindness.

But Yang Qian is not an ordinary person. His ability in Shuangqing Prefecture is not comparable to that of ordinary immortal masters. If Your Majesty wants to rely on him, maybe he will ask for the marriage and then the matter will be waived."

"Then I'll go find Yuan'er. She has the talisman that Yang Qian left for her!"

(End of this chapter)