GBP Chapter 274 You're not acting like oxen and horses, but instead trying to show off your horses?
Chapter 274 You're not acting like oxen and horses, but instead trying to show off your horses?
Magistrate Yang would easily get nervous whenever he saw Chang Yuchun's dark face, even if that dark face was grinning.
After all, he was a victim who wasn't exactly the victim himself.
Compared to Chang Yuchun's dark face, his wife, Lan, appeared very kind. After Magistrate Yang paid his respects, Lan smiled and said, "Indeed, he is a handsome man."
Magistrate Yang hurriedly returned the greeting, bowing to Madam Lan and saying, "Thank you for your praise, Auntie."
This is Chang Yuchun's wife, and also the older sister of the fierce general Lan Yu. We can't afford to offend her. Can't you see that Chang Mao and Chang Sheng are as docile as quails right now, not daring to even breathe loudly?
After they had all gotten to know each other, Chang Yuchun directly instructed the steward who was standing to the side, "Alright, have someone bring out the wine and dishes."
But after all the food and wine were served, Magistrate Yang suddenly felt a strange pang of heartache.
Smoked chicken, braised chicken, air-dried chicken, smoked fish, cured meat, sausage... I recognize several of these dishes on the table. So you, Chang Heitan, are using my food to entertain me?
Chang Yuchun glanced at Magistrate Yang and asked, "Young man, do these things look familiar?"
Magistrate Yang tentatively said, "It seems... somewhat... familiar?"
Chang Yuchun nodded. “It’s right that it looks familiar. Just like when I was drinking Xiaolongtuan in Ningyang County, it also looked familiar to me. These things were all brought back from Ningyang County by my two wicked children.”
Seeing the bewildered look on Magistrate Yang's face, Chang Yuchun couldn't help but burst into laughter, and the frustration of having his ten small dragon balls stolen finally dissipated.
Magistrate Yang felt even more displeased.
Do you think I can't mess with you, Chang Hei Tan?
Do you still think I wouldn't dare to mess with you?
Before he could figure out how to deal with Chang Yuchun, Magistrate Yang suddenly thought of another problem.
According to the original history, Chang Yuchun, that black-haired man, should have died suddenly in the summer or autumn when he was returning to some river or some stream.
Now that this charcoal-headed fellow is alive and well, doesn't that mean he'll have many more opportunities to cause trouble for me in the future?
This could be fatal!
Just as Magistrate Yang was secretly worried, Chang Yuchun laughed and said, "Come, come, let's eat. After we finish eating, let these two bastards accompany you to the Performance Evaluation Office. Try to finish the performance evaluation tomorrow."
As Chang Yuchun finished speaking, Magistrate Yang's displeasure intensified.
According to the usual procedure, officials who need to report on their duties should first go to the Ministry of Personnel's Performance Evaluation Office to report, and then the Performance Evaluation Office would arrange the time for the report. When the day comes, the officials would then take a memorial similar to a performance report to the Performance Evaluation Office to report on their duties.
In other words, Magistrate Yang had to go to the Examination and Evaluation Office twice to complete a normal performance review process.
What Magistrate Yang was worried about was that after his first trip to the Examination and Merit Office, news of his arrival in the capital would leak out—don't let this official get caught before he even had a chance to be caught by Kong Xixue's family or some other officials!
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Others engage in political infighting, deceit, backstabbing, sabotage, mudslinging, and spreading incriminating materials.
The power struggle within Magistrate Yang's officialdom was such that dozens of officials gathered at the entrance of the Examination and Evaluation Office, neither blocking the gate nor obstructing the road, but simply staring intently at Magistrate Yang.
If it weren't for the mismatch in style between the official robes and hat, Magistrate Yang would have thought he had accidentally stumbled into a den of zombies and almost cried out for Uncle Jiu to save him.
Then, having calmed down, Magistrate Yang walked straight towards the gate of the Examination and Evaluation Office, still extremely displeased.
Magistrate Yang had already decided that if these officials made the slightest move, he would show them the infamous Black Dragon Eighteen Hands technique that would become fearsome centuries later.
Damn it, instead of working hard like beasts of burden, they come to the gate of the Ministry of Personnel's Examination and Evaluation Office to imitate others showing off their horses.
The key is that if you're going to show off your horse, at least do it properly. You should at least say something tough. What's the point of acting like a zombie at the drop of a hat?
Or are you planning to treat me like a horse in a zoo?
Diu Lei Lou Mou!
Once inside the gates of the Examination and Merit Office, Magistrate Yang, increasingly displeased, simply announced loudly, "This humble official, Yang, the magistrate of Ningyang County, has come to report on my duties."
As Magistrate Yang finished speaking, the entire Examination and Merit Office seemed to be paused. It wasn't until a while later that a senior official from the Examination and Merit Office stood up, cupped his hands in greeting to Magistrate Yang, and said, "Magistrate Yang, please come here to report on your duties."
The so-called performance review was actually similar to a conversation. Its main function was for Magistrate Yang to produce a performance review report, talk about his merits, and have the performance evaluation department record it. The performance review report records were then archived for future reference.
However, to the surprise of the Director of the Examination and Appointment Department, the performance report that Magistrate Yang presented was completely different from those presented by the other officials.
The other officials presented their performance reports: What I did last year, how many acres of wasteland I led the people to reclaim, what call of the court I responded to, and how grateful the people under my jurisdiction are for His Majesty the Emperor's great kindness.
Magistrate Yang presented his work report, which included the following figures: the number of people in Ningyang County in February of the first year of the Hongwu reign (1368), the number of people in October of the second year of the Hongwu reign (1368), the proportions of men, women, the elderly, and children, statistics on deaths and newborns; the number of mu of land reclaimed in the first year of the Hongwu reign (1368), the number of mu of land reclaimed in the second year of the Hongwu reign (1368), the harvest of various grains, and the average grain reserves per household and per capita.
Basically, all the data for the county is complete, with many details down to the community and neighborhood level. If you combine this with the household registration book and land register of Ningyang County, anyone who reads it can get a general understanding of the situation in Ningyang County.
The official in charge of performance evaluation wanted to cry.
Compared to the detailed performance report presented by Magistrate Yang, which presented a wealth of data, and then considering the mundane accounts presented by other officials, the Director of the Performance Evaluation Office couldn't help but feel a deep sadness.
His Majesty will definitely request to see the performance report produced by Yang Dianfeng, and will definitely use Yang Dianfeng's performance report as a template.
What if I get transferred to another department or even sent to a local area someday? Would I have to write a performance report like this again?
The more the Director of the Examination and Appointment Department thought about it, the more upset he became. So he started asking questions about the parts of Magistrate Yang's report that he didn't understand.
I'll have to write this sooner or later anyway, so learning it sooner will make things easier for me than for others.