Fan Bohou was in a good mood today, because the arrival of the Liu Tingfeng army made him full of hope for the future of Xiyu Country, and at the same time, the students of the Royal Academy were almost intact, and there were no more casualties during this time.

Those publishers and students who had been arrested by the City Lord's Mansion took the lead, Gao Xiujie also released them in order not to cause a riot among the students.

During this period of time, Fan Bohou actually lived in fear every day, although there were teachers who suppressed the emotions of the students, but he was still worried that the suppressed emotions of the students would explode in an accidental event, and once a riot occurred, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It was not until this moment that Gao Xiujie had fled, and Liu Tingfeng's army had taken control of Linghai City, and his heart had truly become steady.

After Fan Bohou and Liu Tingfeng drank the first drink, people also began to be lively.

We are constantly communicating with each other while drinking, and we are slowly getting acquainted with each other.

When everyone became familiar, Liu Tingfeng spoke:

"Senior Fan, I came with an army, just a military general, it is easy to occupy a city and difficult to manage the city, I am a layman for how to manage a city, I want to invite you to serve as the city lord of Linghai City, I don't know what the predecessors think?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised, and the voice stopped immediately, and even Fan Bohou himself didn't react for a while.

After a long while, he asked uncertainly:

"General Liu, is this serious?"

Liu Tingfeng replied with a serious expression:

"Yes, a country can't be without a king, and a city can't be without an owner, especially in a city as big as Linghai City, there will be countless affairs to deal with every day, if there is no city lord to preside, it will soon be chaotic."

"We are new to Linghai City, and we are unfamiliar with everything in Linghai City, and it is impossible to straighten out the work at once, but Senior Fan is different, you have been in Linghai City for so many years, and you are extremely familiar with everything in Linghai City, if you are the city lord, it will naturally be much easier to get started."

"And the predecessors have served as the president of the Royal Academy for many years, and there are countless protégés, what kind of talents are needed, and it is easy to find, so it saves a lot of trouble for the imperial court, after all, the Xiyu country is still in a special period, and the war will last for a long time, which is the focus of the imperial court's work, and there is no time to take care of the management of the city."

"I also hope that my predecessors can be ordered to take on this important responsibility."

Fan Bohou said with some hesitation:

"If you want to talk about Linghai City, I am indeed very familiar with it, I have lived for hundreds of years, and I can tell what kind of buildings or shops are in every corner when I close my eyes."

"However, I have never been a city lord, I have been mixing in the academy all my life, if I am asked to start an academy or take over a new academy, I will not hesitate, after all, this is my old job, and I will be handy to do it, and I don't have to worry about what will happen at all."

"Running a city is not the same as managing an academy, I'm afraid I'll live up to the general's expectations!"

"Moreover, doesn't the lord of a city need to be appointed by the imperial court in person? In my opinion, the general should report the situation here to the imperial court, and then it is more appropriate for the imperial court to appoint an experienced person to serve as the city lord, this is the third largest city in the Xiyu country, and the position of the city lord cannot be easily appointed. ”

Liu Tingfeng shook his head and replied:

"Regarding this matter, before I set off with the army, the Heavenly King had an explanation, if I successfully control Linghai City, I can handle all the affairs here, and I don't have to report everything to the imperial court first, including the appointment of the city lord and all relevant personnel, I can appoint it first, and then report to the imperial court."

"The so-called matter is urgent, Wu Changkong's two million troops are already on the way over, I will lead the army to intercept it tomorrow, and Gao Xiujie who escaped, we can't let him get away with it, and then we have to go to catch up, plus the armies of Longxiao Kingdom and Beiyue Kingdom may re-enter at any time, we don't have time to manage the specific affairs of Linghai City."

"At this time, in Linghai City, except for Senior Fan, there is no more suitable choice for the city lord, although the predecessor has never managed a city, but, if the predecessor thinks about it, even a gentleman like Gao Xiujie can serve as the city lord, will the predecessor do worse than him?"

"Now in Linghai City, all positions are vacant, seniors can configure personnel completely according to their own ideas, only if they are properly appointed, so that the right people can be arranged in the right position, and the seniors are also very easy to manage."

Liu Tingfeng said that this was the point, and Fan Bohou was not good at refusing, so he had to stand up and salute respectfully:

"Thanks to General Liu's trust, Fan will definitely go all out to manage Linghai City better than during Gao Xiujie's period!"

Liu Tingfeng immediately stood up, picked up his wine glass and said:

"Okay, with Senior Fan sitting in Linghai City, I will have less worries and can devote all my energy to commanding the war."

"Come, come, come, let's all salute the city lord together, and I will also inform the court as soon as possible, so that the court can issue an official appointment letter as soon as possible."

Everyone else also got up and said—

"Congratulations to City Lord Fan, who has been promoted to the position of City Lord!"

"I wish the Fan City Lord to rise step by step and achieve great things!"

"I believe that Linghai City will be able to prosper even more under the management of City Lord Fan!"

"I hope that City Lord Fan will take care of it in the future!"

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Fan Bohou picked up his wine glass and said to everyone:

"Thank you, thank you, thank you General Liu for your trust, and thank you for your blessings, next, more people are needed to join the City Lord's Mansion, I hope you will cooperate more, and recommend more excellent talents for me to join!"

"Fan Mou did it first as a respect, everyone is free to do so!"

After speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, looking very bold.

Naturally, the others were not far behind, and everyone drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.

Next, the atmosphere of everyone's drinking became more enthusiastic, and Fan Bohou recommended many teachers and outstanding students to Liu Tingfeng on the spot, and appointed them to various positions.

Of course, Liu Tingfeng had no opinion, so he asked people to write it down on the spot, and then reported it to the imperial court together.

The wine was drunk until late at night, and Fang broke up in a state where he couldn't get enough of it.

Liu Tingfeng, Bai Xiaolong, and Bing Lan lived in the City Lord's Mansion, while the others dispersed one after another and went back to their own residences.

Fan Bohou has always disliked officialdom, so he has been hiding in the academy for a long time and quietly doing his studies.

However, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have any political ambitions, when Gao Xiujie was the city lord, he was very dissatisfied with Gao Xiujie's behavior, how can an official who has no people in his heart be a city lord?

In private, he also complained a lot, but he couldn't do anything, so he had to hide in the academy to do his studies, and he couldn't see it.

Now, Linghai City will be in charge of him, and he suddenly became high-spirited, he hopes to be a good official who loves the people, and can manage this city he knows and loves completely according to his own ideas.

When he returned home, his wife was still waiting for him in the study, and she had already prepared tea and sobering soup, which seemed very considerate.

When the old lady saw his blushing face, she smiled and said:

"Senior brother hasn't been in such a state for many years? I seem to have seen you again when you were a teenager, high-spirited and scolding. ”

Fan Bohou was a little embarrassed and said:

"Senior sister already knows? Didn't I show it too obviously, I didn't like the officialdom at all, but when I was appointed by General Liu, I didn't have any resistance in my heart, but I was just a little worried that I wouldn't be able to do it well. ”

The old lady first handed over a bowl of decanting soup, and then said softly:

"Let's drink a bowl of sobering soup to warm up our stomachs first, let's sit down and talk slowly, presumably my brother can't sleep now, so it's better to talk for a while and then rest."

Fan Bohou took the decanting soup and tried it, it was not hot or cold, and the temperature was just right, so he took a big sip, then put down the soup bowl, sat down and said:

"Thank you, junior sister, I think the biggest achievement in my life is not to be a scholar, nor to be a dean, but to choose my junior sister as a partner, junior sister is the person who understands me in the world, I can also have no scruples in front of my junior sister, any ideas can be shared with my junior sister, this feeling is so good!"

The old lady smiled gently and said:

"The two of them also said that the junior sister is not grateful, and marrying the senior brother is also the happiest thing in my life, if there is an afterlife, I still choose to marry the senior brother."

The two couldn't help but look at each other affectionately, Fan Bohou held the old lady's hand in the palm of his hand, and his face was as sweet as his first love, and he even forgot to talk about being the city lord.

After a long time, the old lady said softly:

"Senior brother doesn't hate officialdom, in fact, he just hates those people in the officialdom before."

"They are greedy, hypocritical, and have no love for the people, they will only squeeze the blood and sweat of the people to the maximum extent, and collect all kinds of taxes, but they are not used in the affairs of the state, and most of them flow into their private pockets."

"Senior brother doesn't like that kind of official, so he doesn't like officialdom, which just shows that senior brother still has a pure heart!"

Fan Bohou also sighed slightly and said:

"Alas, yes, watching them do nothing, but I can't do anything, because I can't get used to it, so I have been refusing the invitation of the imperial court, unwilling to enter the officialdom, and would rather stay in the academy for the rest of my life, guarding this small pure land."

"However, no matter how hard I try, I can't change the status quo, I used to think that I would do my best to cultivate some honest and talented people, let them enter the officialdom, and change the atmosphere of officialdom, but the reality is so cruel."

"Officialdom is like a big dye vat, and those who can adapt to it have become those corrupt officials, and those officials who want to maintain integrity have either been framed or marginalized and assigned to some irrelevant positions.

The old lady's left hand was held in the palm of Fan Bohou's hand, so she stretched out her right hand, gently patted the back of Fan Bohou's hand, and then said with relief:

"In the future, Linghai City will be ruled by Senior Brother, you can manage the city completely according to your own ideas, and establish a different officialdom in your mind."

After all, Fan Bohou is no longer young, but he replied thoughtfully:

"I'm actually a little worried, will this court also become the same as the previous court?"