Chapter 2072 Giving Gifts

"I see!"

Song Yan nodded and told Uncle Gen to move on and report to the government office.

The magistrate of Liangzhou Prefecture is called Su Bingsheng, who was born as a top three Jinshi. He is pedantic in character, abides by etiquette to the point of abnormality, and is also quite honest in his official career. In today's Weiguo officialdom, he is like a green lotus.

It was precisely because of this that he was incompatible with the officialdom, offended people many times, and was thrown into the borderland of Liangzhou.

Of course, Song Yan obtained all the information about Su Bingsheng from Cai Zixiao.

Because Liangzhou is located on the border, it is often harassed by barbarians. Therefore, there is also a town of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou Prefecture. The military attache who leads the soldiers and horses of this town is called Xu Xing. His official position is the fifth rank, which is the same as the rank of the prefect. Quite, but subject to the control of the prefect.

Because the ancestors of the Wei Kingdom usurped the country as prime ministers, in the officialdom of the Wei Kingdom, the status of civilian officials was more noble than that of military attachés.

In order to limit the power of the prime minister, after the founding of Weiguo, the official position of the prime minister was revoked and changed to a cabinet. There were three cabinet ministers who jointly exercised the powers of the prime minister.

In this way, it would be difficult to usurp the country like the ancestors of the Wei Kingdom. After all, the three ministers in the cabinet are not of the same mind.

soon.

The carriage arrived at the government office.

Looking up, the whole government office looked quite dilapidated. After submitting the official documents, the officials guarding the government office were shocked when they found out that Song Yan was the newly appointed magistrate. Lead the way, after all, Song Yan will also be half the owner of this government office in the future.

The soldiers and horses in that town are not in the city, but more than 20 miles away. After all, the soldiers are a group of rough guys. If the military town is built in the city, soldiers will definitely harass the civilians.

Therefore, Song Yan had the highest official position besides Su Bingsheng, so how could the government officials dare to offend him.

After taking Song Yan to the back hall, the yamen servant went to report to the prefect Su Bingsheng.

About a quarter of an hour passed.

A middle-aged man with a strange appearance and a thin body wearing Confucian robes stepped in, followed by a middle-aged man behind him.

"Xiagguan Song Yan has met your Excellency!"

Song Yan stood up to greet him.

"Ziyu, there's no need to be polite, please get up quickly!"

Su Bingwen greeted him enthusiastically and personally helped Song Yan up.

After some greetings, the two parties took their seats, and Su Bingwen also introduced the middle-aged man behind him to him, who was his master Xiang Tiansheng.

The other party was also quite polite to Song Yan.

"Ziyu, how is your teacher Cai Zixiao doing now?" Su Bingwen asked.

Song Yan responded with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, sir. The teacher is very good. The teacher said that when you get to Liangzhou, you must listen to your teachings!"

"With Cai Zixiao teaching you, why do you need my teaching! However, we can exchange knowledge with each other!" As he spoke, Su Bingwen took out a book of written articles and asked him to taste it.

"Nima!"

Song Yan was a little speechless, but the other person was his boss after all, so he had to give him face, so he took the article and started reading it.

As the saying goes, seeing an article is like seeing a person. Su Bingwen's article is extremely neatly written, with a thin and powerful font, but the argument of the article is lackluster, exuding a pedantic and stubborn air. At the same time, there are various criticisms of Weiguo's officialdom. criticism.

If you use words from another world to describe him, he is an old angry young man.

So after reading the article, Song Yan avoided the important and criticized the corruption in Weiguo's officialdom. Su Bingwen was extremely excited and directly introduced Song Yan as a confidant.

It also aroused Su Bingwen to talk enthusiastically, and he refused to stop talking for an entire hour.

In desperation, Song Yan had no choice but to interrupt him and said: "Mr. Su, I am bringing my family with me when I take office this time. Now that it is getting late, I will allow you to settle down with your family. How about I come to visit you again?"

Hearing this, Su Bingwen could not help but have a look of regret on his face, but he did not stop Song Yan and said: "Ziyu, go quickly, don't keep your family waiting. By the way, if Ziyu needs help, please just ask, I'm here." There are still some thin noodles in Liangzhou City!"

After saying goodbye to Su Bingwen, Song Yan took a carriage out of the government office and planned to find an inn to stay. After all, it was late today and he would have to wait until tomorrow if he wanted to buy a house.

However, just as he left the government office, he was intercepted by a group of people.

"The villain Liu Wen pays his respects to Lord Zhizhou!"

"Who are you?"

Song Yan stepped out of the carriage and stared at him and asked, but his eyes fell on several people behind him. Although these people were dressed as ordinary people, they all had traces of being soldiers. If he was not mistaken, this Liu Wen Most of them were sent by the guarding general Xu Xing.

"The villain is a staff member of the guarding general. The general knows that the gentleman has just taken office and should not have a mansion yet, so he specially ordered the villain to deliver a mansion!"

While talking, Liu Wen handed over a wooden box, which contained the house deed and keys.

Song Yan did not reach out to pick it up, nor did he speak, but looked at Liu Wen.

The other party showed a smile: "Sir, this house is located in the east of the city and covers an area of ​​dozens of acres. It has a complete set of maids and everything is new. You can go directly!"

"Your general is very well informed. I have only been in Fucheng for more than an hour, and your general already knew about it!"

Hear the words.

Liu Wen showed a hint of pride: "In Liangzhou City, nothing my general wants to know has escaped his notice!"

"Go ahead, go back and tell your general that I appreciate his kindness and treat him to a drink another day!" As soon as he finished speaking, Song Yan stepped into the carriage again.

Seeing this, Liu Wen's face looked a little ugly, and he thought to himself: "This guy is really ungrateful. He even dares to refuse the goodwill of the General!"

"Uncle, it just so happens that we don't have a place to live. The general gave you a house, why didn't you take it?" Xiao Yu'er said in confusion on the carriage.

"You are too young to understand!" Song Yan smiled and did not explain, because even if he explained, Xiao Yu'er might not understand. Su Bingwen was the kind of extremely honest person, and he could not tolerate sand in his eyes.

Otherwise, he would not be squeezed out to Liangzhou.

As a guard general, Xu Xing commanded 5,000 troops, so he would definitely embezzle military pay, and he was a corrupt official.

He gave the house to Song Yan, partly to test him, and partly to win over him.

Once he gets the gift of the house, it will definitely spread to Su Bingwen's ears soon. With Su Bingwen's character, he will definitely be very dissatisfied with Song Yan, and even write a book to the court to include him.

Of course, Song Yan has Cai Zixiao's teacher here, so Su Bingwen may not be able to defeat him, but it can have a considerable impact on him, and the relationship between him and Su Bingwen will definitely be like fire and water.

The other party is the magistrate, and he is the magistrate. They are naturally overpowering him. If it really comes to that point, he can only rely on Xu Xing.

This was also the reason why the other party gave gifts outside the Yamen, deliberately to show Su Bingwen.