Chapter 236: Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain
Ever since he came back from celebrating Lin Daiyu's birthday that day, Sun Shaozong had been extremely busy for more than ten days.
The first was my son’s full-month banquet, which took more than four days from preparation to the inventory and cleanup afterwards.
On the fifteenth day of February, the house was truly packed with guests, and the gifts filled half of the living room. The old housekeeper Wei was so excited that he burst into tears and said that he had not seen such a lively atmosphere at home for many years.
On February 18th, after three exams lasting nine days, this year's imperial examination finally came to an end.
Yu Qian and Sun Chengtao were fine, they just seemed a little listless, but their mentality was still calm - but Sun Chengye, after returning home, locked himself in the room, refused to eat or drink, and refused to open the door no matter who persuaded him.
Finally, Sun Shaozu got angry and kicked the door open, pulled him out, pinched his face and forced him to drink half a pound of liquor. At that moment, he became a hundred times more energetic!
He stumbled around in the yard and started beating the Drunken Eight Immortals, cursing and swearing at the heavens. Thousands of words came out of his mouth, and there was not a single dirty word in the whole article. It was truly astonishing.
Although Sun Shaozong didn't understand who Sun Chengye was scolding until the end, he regretted it deeply in his heart - if he had known this earlier, he would have added some wine to his wine jug when he was taking the exam. Wouldn't he have been able to finish the beautiful article long ago?
In the next few days, Sun Shaozong had to prepare for the "classmates' reunion", choosing a date, booking a restaurant, posting invitations, arranging seats...
First he was so busy that he was dizzy, and then he drank too much.
When he woke up at noon the next day, Sun Shaozong's only memory of the party was Xu Tai's expression with a face full of shame. He had been ready to resign and apologize, but who would have thought that Commandant Wang was so magnanimous and forgiving of the past and actually recommended him to work in the Ministry of War, which was truly a prime minister's mind.
In fact, it is common for officials to curry favor with the powerful. When the Sun family was in decline, didn't they go to the Rongguo Mansion to curry favor with them every now and then?
But the problem is that Xu Tai wrote a letter to denounce Wang Ziteng, and then he turned around and praised him to the sky. The change was really too fast, and it was no wonder that many of his peers found it difficult to accept.
Especially since he was famous for his fearlessness and bravery...
The book does not elaborate.
The next day, which was February 26th, Sun Shaozong had just finished checking in at the government office and was about to go to the Criminal Law Division to take up his post when he saw an official from the prefecture rushing out from the side and saying that Han Anbang wanted to ask him to come over and discuss something.
But Sun Shaozong followed the clerk all the way to Han Anbang's main courtyard, and saw that Han Anbang was not waiting in the house , but in the pavilion in the southwest corner of the courtyard, with a pot of tea.
"Greetings, Lord Prefect."
Sun Shaozong stepped forward and bowed, "I wonder why you summoned me, sir?"
This is a concrete manifestation of the change in status. When he was a Tongpan, Han Anbang did not use the word "consult" when he called him over; and after Sun Shaozong paid his respects, he could only ask his superior "what are your instructions" instead of "what's the matter".
"Sit down, sit down, sit down and talk."
Han Anbang pretended to stand up and make way for Sun Shaozong. When Sun Shaozong put his butt on the stone block opposite, he filled two cups of tea and said, "Actually, I asked Sun Zhizhong to come here this time because I have something to ask of you."
Entrust each other?
If it is a matter within the jurisdiction of the Criminal Law Department, these two words will definitely not be used.
Sun Shaozong immediately became alert, but his face remained calm as he asked, "I wonder what the prefect wants to ask of me, sir?"
"You should have read the latest court bulletin, right?"
Then Han Anbang said, "The official document for the merger of Hebei and Shuntian Prefecture into Zhili Province has been approved. The Governor's Office has some new regulations to announce to the lower levels. Secondly, they also want to take the opportunity to hold a ceremony to make some noise - so they hope that each prefecture can send people to participate."
"But now that spring ploughing is imminent, the prefects of various places dare not leave easily, and the Minister Jia is busy at the moment, so I want to send you to the Governor's Mansion, but I don't know what Sun Zhizhong thinks of it."
Tsk~
No wonder Wei Ruolan has been so well behaved recently, it turns out she was just waiting for a good opportunity to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
Sun Shaozong sneered in his heart, but remained expressionless on his face: "May I ask where the Governor's Office is located? If I want to go there, when should I leave, and how many days should I stay in the Governor's Office?"
Han Anbang answered them one by one: "The Governor's Office was changed from the original Governor's Office. Naturally, it is still near the Sancha River estuary in Tianjin. The date set in the provincial document is between the fifth and tenth day of next month."
"In my opinion, Sun Zhizhong can set off on the first day of next month and arrive in Jinmen two days in advance. Firstly, it will show that our government attaches great importance to us. Secondly, if we go earlier, we will not be accused of making trouble for others."
As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, "It's really hard to be an official of Jingzhao Yin!"
This is so pretentious.
Sun Shaozong was sour and pretended to count on his fingers. His brows gradually frowned and hesitantly said, "Isn't this appropriate? Your Excellency should know that my elder brother is getting married on March 18th. As his brother, I have to help him out..."
"Don't worry about that!"
Since Han Anbang came prepared, how could he not know about this?
Without even thinking twice, he patted his chest and promised, "Since Sun Zhizhong is going to work for our government, if your brother has any difficulties with his marriage, Jia Fucheng and I will definitely help him!"
As he spoke, he stood up and bowed, saying, "This matter concerns the closeness between our government and the governor's office. Sending someone else over is not important enough, and I am really worried about it, so I can only trouble Sun Zhizhong."
Hehe~
Sun Shaozong couldn't help but sneer in his heart. It seemed that he had to go on this mission.
I just don't know what tricks Wei Ruolan has prepared to poach my people after I leave.
Thinking of this, he sighed and said helplessly: "Since Your Excellency has said so much, I can't refuse any more. Please issue an official certificate and send it to my Criminal Law Department, so that I can have a legitimate reason for this trip."
"It's as it should be, it's as it should be!"
Han Anbang had prepared many means to force Sun Shaozong to agree to leave Beijing.
Unexpectedly, before he could perform his trick, Sun Shaozong had already agreed. He was naturally overjoyed, so he nodded hurriedly: "I will have someone deliver the official certificate in a while, and also transfer the official document sent by the Governor's Office to the Criminal Law Department."
After all, this Han Fuyin is still lacking in some experience. If it were the old fox Jia Yucun, he would never show such joy.
After a few words of idle chat, Sun Shaozong left the prefectural hall. The first thing that came to his mind was not what Wei Ruolan had done, but what Xue Pan had said at the beginning: "Second brother, if you have time, come and take a look at my marriage. If you don't have time, forget it."
He actually said this!
