Chapter 823

When the first ship of the manufacturing Bureau flew on the surface of the Xijiang River, creating waves on the water surface and attracting thousands of people, there was another major event quietly taking place in Qiyun County, but it was not published in the newspaper under the guidance of Yan Liqiang, so in addition to the local people and officials of Qiyun County, Not many people outside know and pay attention to it. Even Yan Liqiang himself deliberately dealt with it coldly. For the time being, he doesn't want to cause too many disturbances. If Fang Beidou is used, he just does it without saying it. Even for the local people and officials in Qiyun County, those who knew it just felt fresh and fun. They thought it was a whimsical move and attempt of the supervisor, and didn't think too deeply.

But for Yan Liqiang, he paid more attention to that matter than the ships of the manufacturing Bureau, because for him, compared with the trial voyage of the first ship, it really proved to be an epoch-making and far-reaching event. Even the trial voyage of the first ship made so much noise to some extent, It was also Yan Liqiang's deliberate arrangement to attract the attention of public opinion and people, which could make the matter go smoothly.

Not many people pay attention to it, but there are still people who come all the way to Qiyun County, not why the ship, just to see how it is going. The people who come all the way to Qiyun county to see how it is going are the people like flowers and snow.

Like fengqinghe, Hua Ruxue and his party arrived in Qiyun County as early as July 10, but they didn't come to Pingxi City, but went to jia'an County under Qiyun county.

Jia'an county is one of the 14 counties subordinate to Qiyun county. This county ranks in the middle and lower of the 14 counties in Qiyun county. It has a small population, a underdeveloped economy and no special output. Like many ordinary counties in the Han Empire, it is not very attractive. When Yan Liqiang opened the government to build teeth and set up the Qi Yun governor's office, Wang Jianbei took away the chief officials of Jiaan county and five other counties, a total of six counties, and left them vacant.

Over the past two years, Yan Liqiang has successively appointed County heads in two of the six counties, but the county heads in four counties have been vacant. It's also fun to say. Although the county magistrate of these four counties has been vacant, all these four counties have been running smoothly in the past two years. Taxes can be collected as usual, and daily lawsuit disputes can also be handled by the criminal arrest yamen of each county. The grass-roots officials such as the head of the pavilion and the head of the township subordinate to the four counties can also perform their duties normally, and Yan Liqiang doesn't speak, The county magistrate of these four counties has never been appointed, and the people in these four counties are getting used to it, as are the people in jia'an county.

But after Yan Liqiang came back from the imperial capital this time, everything slowly changed. In May, a document covered with the official seal of governor Qi Yun's protector was sent to jia'an county and posted in the notice of the government of jia'an County, making the whole jia'an County lively.

According to the official document of the governor's office, the governor knew that there was no county magistrate in jia'an County for a long time, but in this case, everything in jia'an county was still normal, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The governor was very happy. The governor said, "it must be meritorious for the township sages to rule without official ability". Therefore, the people of all villages, townships and towns in jia'an county should select 100 representatives of the township sages and report them to the list, Then go to the governor's residence to give a banquet and reward.

The same documents were also sent to the other three counties, which made the three counties lively at once. Because they only recommended the township sages, each county asked the people in the county to recommend the township sages according to Yan Liqiang's meaning.

In May, 400 local sages elected from these four counties went to the governor's residence to receive a banquet given by the governor. Each local sages also received a silver medal during the banquet and returned to the village, which was exciting.

That is, in June, after Yan Liqiang's great victory at baishiguan and beheaded 50000 Shatu seven elite, the second official document with the seal of the governor's office came.

The general meaning of the official document is that the supervisor has noticed that there is no county magistrate in jia'an County for a long time. Naturally, there can't be no chief magistrate in a county for a long time. It's just that the supervisor didn't find a suitable candidate for a while, so he came up with a way to select the county magistrate. All the men who have registered permanent residence in jia'an County, are over 20 years old and have passed the year of weak crown, No matter the officials or the squires and the common people, as long as they are elected by two local sages in the county, they can sign up to participate in the selection of Jiaan county magistrate. How does this selection come from? It is not designated by the governor's office. The governor's office only confirms the qualification. Finally, the local sages elected by the local people in Jiaan county will vote for the selection of Jiaan county magistrate.

When such documents and orders came down, the whole jia'an county and the other three counties that did not have a county magistrate suddenly became boiling. Originally, people thought that the township sage was just an honorary title. How could they think that the guardian actually let the township sage vote for such a major event as appointing and selecting a county magistrate? The value of the township sage was suddenly highlighted.

It has never happened in the Han Empire or even in the whole silver continent to let the villagers select the county magistrate. However, since the official documents of the governor's office have been distributed, it is not a joke, so in the end, although many people are still watching the matter with a lively mood, take Jiaan County as an example. After making sure that the official documents of the governor's office have been correctly distributed, Some people took the initiative to stand up and want to eat the crab. Anyway, the position of the head of the county is not an ordinary temptation for many people. On weekdays, those people don't have a chance at all, but now that the supervisor wants to be creative and select officials, it's natural to fight with a try mentality to see what's going on.

Throughout jia'an County, most people are treating this matter with a lively and curious attitude, but some people jumped out on their own initiative. Finally, there are three people who are willing to sign up for this unprecedented selection of county magistrate. One is Shao Yuanjie, the chief judge of the criminal arrest Yamen in jia'an County, the second is Wang Shuan, the famous squire in jia'an County, and the third is, It was su Youlun, the curator of jia'an County National Art Museum. These three people were all famous people in jia'an county. Wang Shuo and Su Youlun were also elected as Township sages and participated in the banquet of the governor's residence. As soon as their names were reported, the governor's residence immediately approved and approved the qualifications of the three people to participate in the selection of county magistrate. This time, the selection of county magistrate of jia'an county was carried out among the three people, The time for jia'an county to elect township leaders is July 11 On the afternoon of July 11, when the excitement on the riverside had subsided, the excitement in the jia'an County martial arts museum had just begun. Just after lunch, many people in the jia'an County spontaneously gathered around the county Martial Arts Museum and crowded it, Just waiting for the results of this new selection of Jiaan county magistrate... It was Shi Changfeng who presided over the selection of Jiaan county magistrate. Originally, the selection of Jiaan county magistrate should be arranged in the county yamen, but the county yamen was too small to arrange the site, and it was inconvenient for more than 100 people to rush in at once, so Shi Changfeng finally decided, The county magistrate selection was arranged in the National Art Museum of jia'an county. This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.