Fortunate Young Gentleman

"How many good sisters do you have? Why do all of them marry tears..."

Tang Ning was writing and humming a song. Zhao Man watched for a while. At a certain moment, she suddenly looked at him and asked, "Were you just calling me stupid in a roundabout way?"

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I didn't."

Zhao Man frowned, "Swear!"

"I'm not."

There are many advantages to being alone in the duty room. You can take off your shoes and sleep. Although the door of the duty room is open, no one will come in all day long except Princess Yingying.

Of course, being alone for a long time is still a bit boring and lonely. Zhao Man's chattering beside him is a bit annoying, but it still helps to relieve boredom.

After reading the latest content, Zhao Man propped up her chin with one hand, looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Are you going to take a day off tomorrow?"

Tang Ning nodded.

Zhao Man asked curiously, "What do you usually do during your day off?"

"When the weather is good, I go out for a picnic. When the weather is bad, I play cards at home."

"Going out for a picnic..." Zhao Man's face showed an interested look. After thinking for a while, she asked again, "What is playing cards?"

"It's just a game."

Tang Ning didn't plan to explain it to her in detail. For someone who is extremely bored on weekdays, playing cards is a very tempting game. Su Mei is like this. After playing a few times, she is no longer satisfied with just playing cards. The location of the game has also changed from the table to the bed.

He came to the Hanlin Academy to work, not to play cards. Who knows if this is Princess Yingying's trap, wanting to fish for law enforcement and let the emperor beat him.

"Game..." Zhao Man blinked and said, "Then play with me."

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "The Hanlin Academy is not a place for playing. If His Majesty knows, he will beat me."

Zhao Man hurriedly said, "No, if you don't tell me and I don't tell you, no one will know."

"No."

"Oh, just play with me... I'll go close the door so they can't see it."

After staying in the duty room for a long time, the two Hanlin editors walked out of the duty room, stood in the corridor, and took a few deep breaths of fresh air.

Squeak.

The door of another duty room opposite them closed.

The Hanlin Academy is an official office, not someone's private territory. The door of the duty room is not allowed to be closed when going to the office.

One person was stunned and asked, "Was it the princess who closed the door just now?"

The other person's face changed: "I didn't see anything just now."

The two looked at each other, dared not stand outside the door, and quickly slipped back to their duty room.

Before leaving the court, Tang Ning still hadn't finished the new volume he had to write today. He naturally didn't bring mahjong with him when he came to the Hanlin Academy, but Zhao Man didn't let him go just because he didn't have mahjong. She sat next to him and chatted with him until the court was over.

After these days of contact, he found that although she was a little annoying and had some princess syndrome, she was not annoying.

Tang Ning was not as confrontational with her as before.

Zhao Man jumped into Changning Palace. A female official came forward and asked, "Did your highness go to the Hanlin Academy again?"

"Yes, my father is so busy, I will help my father to see if they are lazy." Zhao Man smiled and said, "You don't know, those guys in the Hanlin Academy like to be lazy the most!"

The female official looked at her, was speechless for a moment, and could only retreat.

A young maid quietly came up and said, "Princess, are you going to trouble Tang Hanlin again?"

"Why should I trouble him?" Zhao Man smiled and said, "This man is really interesting. I have never heard of many of the things he said. It's a pity that my father doesn't let me leave the palace. Next time, let him bring it to the palace..."

...

The county magistrate is the head of a county. If it is in a remote prefecture or county, the county magistrate can still compete with the county magistrate by joining forces with the gentry officials in the county. But in a place like Ping'an County, if the county magistrate is tougher, the county magistrate will not get any benefits.

However, doing so is not without disadvantages. If the county government is not united, many things will encounter unexpected obstacles. Since he was defeated in the confrontation with his father-in-law, County Magistrate Zhao completely let go of the affairs in his hands, saying that he was sick at home and did not see outsiders.

The purpose of setting up a county magistrate in the county government is to help the county magistrate share the government affairs. In a county government like Ping'an County, there are countless trivial things every day. If the county magistrate is the only one, he will be exhausted.

While County Magistrate Zhao was at home claiming to be ill, the Ministry of Justice issued an official document, ordering Ping'an County Office to close several old cases from last year as soon as possible.

In the past, the pursuit of thieves and other matters were supervised by the County Magistrate Office and the County Lieutenant Office. County Magistrate Zhao and County Lieutenant Zheng were in the same boat, but after being deprived of power, they simply stopped caring about it. A large number of case files were piled up together, and without their assistance, it was impossible to start.

The two of them had a good plan. Although the Ministry of Justice could not interfere in the internal affairs of the County Magistrate Office, it could put pressure on the County Magistrate Office through these backlogged cases. In the annual performance evaluation of the county magistrate, the public security situation is also a very important part. If the evaluation fails for three consecutive years, the county magistrate will be punished lightly or demoted.

The official document from the Ministry of Justice came at a very good time. County Magistrate Zhao was just a county magistrate, and he could not influence the Ministry of Justice. Tang Ning originally thought that those people had already stopped, but he did not expect that they just used a more tactful and roundabout way to prevent anyone from finding any handle on them.

Just like the confrontation between my father-in-law and County Magistrate Zhao, in the officialdom, although hidden arrows can hurt people, this kind of open and aboveboard method is more helpless.

Tang Family

The head of the Ministry of Justice stood in the hall, bowed respectfully, and said, "Sir, we have done everything according to your instructions."

Tang Qi nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Chief Xu."

Chief Xu hurriedly said, "No, no."

Tang Qi raised his hand and made a gesture, and a servant came up with a tray and said, "This is a small gift, please accept it, Chief Xu."

Chief Xu looked up and did not refuse. He took it carefully and said, "Thank you, Lord Tang."

After Chief Xu left, a figure walked out of the back hall and asked, "Second Uncle, for this trivial matter, we have gone through so many twists and turns, and even used the power of the Ministry of Justice, which may not have much effect. Is it worth it?"

"A thousand-mile dam collapses because of an ant hole, so how can things be done in one go?" Tang Qi looked at him and asked, "Do you know why the Tang family lost last time?"

Tang Jing looked out the window and said "Because we underestimated him, if we had made up our minds to get rid of him after he came to Beijing, we wouldn't have ended up like this."

"That's right." Tang Qi nodded and said, "It's a pity that we understood this truth too late. Many of the methods we could use before are no longer usable. There are many eyes outside staring at our Tang family. Your cousin is far more powerful than anyone can imagine."

Tang Jing narrowed his eyes and said, "No matter how powerful he is, can he overthrow the entire Tang family, overthrow Concubine Hui, and overthrow Prince Duan with his own strength?"

Tang Qi patted his shoulder and said, "Half a year ago, your father and I thought the same thing. The price was that the Tang family lost an arm and its century-old reputation was ruined. You will inherit the Tang family in the future. You must not make the same mistakes we made."

Tang Jing was stunned and bowed, saying, "Nephew, please teach me."

Tianranju.

Tang Ning came out of Su Mei's backyard and walked towards the door when Su Mei's soft voice came from behind.

"Are you leaving now?"

Tang Ning turned around and said, "I have something urgent to do. I'll...sleep next time."

Su Mei looked at him and asked, "What's the urgent matter?"

Tang Ning briefly mentioned the backlog of cases to her.

"So it's these cases..." Su Mei smiled, took a few steps forward, stretched out her hand to lift his chin, and said, "Call me sister, sister will help you."

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