Chapter 1044: Stop 1, County School
A new official has three things to do when he takes office. If he wants to carry out his work smoothly in the future, he must first establish his authority. As for how to establish authority, there is generally a process as follows.
First, we will hold a grand welcoming ceremony to inform local officials and people that your new leader has arrived.
Then he took stock of the accounts, such as the tax books, the cash and grain in stock, and the outstanding bills, counted the government supplies, and the criminal cases.
Next, count the staff in the government office to see if there are any parasites who are eating the salary without doing any work.
After that, they will patrol the prisons to check if there are any people who have been wrongly accused, or any criminals who have committed serious crimes but are eligible for medical parole.
After that, he would go to the county school to inspect and test the local children to see how good their literary talent is and whether they can contribute to his political achievements in education.
Finally, he had to exchange business cards with the local gentry and have meetings with them to see which ones were worth winning over and which ones had to be suppressed.
Of course, none of these things can compare to posting a notice outside the government office, announcing: "This official has officially taken office!"
Led by County Magistrate Wang, the officials followed suit and submitted the account books to Sun Shan one by one.
County Magistrate Wang is probably in his early 40s and looks somewhat similar to Wang Jijun, with the same square face, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, looking mature and steady.
County Magistrate Wang was born a scholar. He took advantage of the shortage of people in the new dynasty to get a job as a county magistrate. He has been in the position for more than ten or twenty years and has become deeply rooted in Yuanlu County.
County Magistrate Wang was humble and did not look down on Sun Shan just because he was a handsome boy or a local tyrant.
Whether in terms of the welcoming ceremony, tone of voice, or etiquette and rules, County Magistrate Wang had at least eight out of ten points.
County Magistrate Wang handed the account books to Sun Shan and said, "Sir, these are the account books that the former magistrate gave to me before he left. Because the former magistrate was in a hurry to take up his new post, he could not wait for you to arrive to hand over the books in person. The former magistrate gave the account books to me and asked me to pass them on to you."
Sun Shan looked at the account book and found it was sealed with a seal on it, proving that County Magistrate Wang had not opened it and had not changed the accounts without permission.
This proves that County Magistrate Wang was just a tool and did not do anything with the account books.
Sun Shan looked calm, glanced at the account book, and nodded: "I understand. Thank you, Lord Wang."
Then the heads of the three shifts and six offices of the yamen handed over their account books one after another for Sun Shan to check.
Sun Shan nodded: "I understand."
Sun Shan did not look at the account book first, but asked a group of officials to accompany him to the county school to inspect it.
The teacher also came to the welcome ceremony. When he heard Sun Shan calling him to step out, he was stunned.
But he quickly reacted, took a step forward and responded, "Your Excellency, I am Teacher Deng."
He couldn't help but be surprised. Magistrate Sun actually knew his name?
And why is the first stop to inspect the county school?
There is no such rule.
However, there was no rule that the first stop could not be an inspection of the county school. Magistrate Sun wanted to go, and he couldn't stop him.
Sun Shan nodded, and gently made a gesture to help him up. He smiled charmingly and said, "Teacher Deng, thank you for taking us to the county school. I want to see the elegance of the students from Yuanlu."
Teacher Deng quickly said, "Yes, sir."
Because Yuanlu County was not large and the county school was not far from the government office, Sun Shan had no plans to ride a royal horse or a sedan chair.
I decided to walk to the county school and let the people of Yuanlu recognize my face.
So that scammers can't pretend to be you to commit fraud.
Sun Shan was not worried at all about an assassination attempt. As a newly appointed county magistrate, he was not worthy of being assassinated at all.
If you want to carry out an assassination, please go to the palace; that is more challenging.
Teacher Deng was a little annoyed because he was not prepared at all. He was afraid that the county students would not perform well or say something wrong when being questioned by the county magistrate.
He knew that the county magistrate would come to inspect the county school, but he didn't expect that the first stop would be the county school.
If we had known this earlier, we would have rehearsed it well so that the students could leave a good impression on the magistrate.
The funding for the county school is nominally allocated by the imperial court, but in reality it comes from the government. If you want to get more funding, you have to perform well and let the county magistrate see your potential.
Oh, it’s all my fault for not preparing earlier.
But it was too late to say anything, so Teacher Deng had no choice but to take Sun Shan to visit the county school.
County Magistrate Wang and his officials didn't know what Sun Shan was doing?
Instead of checking the accounts first, he went to the county school.
What is the purpose of doing this?
Could it be that because Magistrate Sun was a newly-minted Jinshi, a Jinshi in two lists, he attached great importance to education?
The first step is to check the county school?
This is not impossible. Among all the previous county magistrates, Magistrate Sun had the highest academic qualifications.
Yuanlu County in Daqian finally welcomed its first magistrate who was a Jinshi. Even if she was a Jinshi like my wife, she was still a Jinshi, which was better than Juren.
Although County Magistrate Wang and his officials were puzzled by Sun Shan's actions, they followed silently without saying a word.
Sun Shan walked out of the yamen and onto the street. On both sides were either Sun family guards or government officials escorting him.
Because the welcoming ceremony started early in the morning, it was noon after all the ceremonies were completed, and there was still some time before lunch.
This is the time when students study and shops on the street open.
The appearance of Sun Shan and his group immediately attracted the attention of the people on both sides. Everyone looked at the magistrate Sun who was surrounded in the middle with surprise.
Citizen A asked curiously, "Where is our county magistrate going? Look, County Magistrate Wang is here too. Where are they going?"
Citizen B also asked curiously, "Really? Didn't we welcome the new magistrate into the city? Why are you walking towards the exit of the city?"
Commoner C, who was once a diehard fan of Sun Shan, shook his head and said, "Didn't you see the teacher Deng in front? I think he is not leaving the city, but going to the county school."
When brain-dead fans are no longer brain-dead, they will become very smart.
Look, Citizen C guessed Sun Shan’s destination immediately.
When everyone looked around, they saw that the person leading the way was indeed Teacher Deng.
Don’t ask the people why they know Teacher Deng. There is no one in Yuanlu County that they don’t know.
Firstly, Yuanlu County is not big, and secondly, there are only a few powerful and famous people, so it is hard not to know them.
Commoner Ding agreed and said, "It seems that our father and mother official really went to the county school. Why did he go to the county school? Could it be that Teacher Deng asked the county magistrate to go there?"
The people don’t know what the new official is going to do when he takes office.
When they saw Sun Shan going to the county school, they thought it was Teacher Deng who invited him.
Commoner Wu nodded and said, "I think it was Instructor Deng who wanted the magistrate to see the intelligence of our Yuanlu boys so that the magistrate could feel proud of it. The smartest boys in Yuanlu are all in the county school."
The people followed Sun Shan to the county school while talking about the show.
Although they could only stand at the gate and couldn't see anything at all.
But it does not hinder the determination and perseverance to eat melons.