Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Qin Yunhe went home after leaving Chen Er's house. When he arrived at the door, he saw the door was open and voices were heard from inside.

"Aunt Qin, please let us meet Master Qin..."

"…It's okay if it doesn't work. We just want to congratulate Master Qin."

Mother Qin's voice came: "Ah Wen really went out early in the morning and hasn't come back yet."

Qin Yunhe felt a little embarrassed when listening to the conversation inside, but he had to go home after all, so he had to step into the house.

Several people in the family were still talking to Qin's mother. Qin's mother had already seen her son walk in from outside with an unnatural expression on her face, wondering why he came back so soon.

When those people saw Qin's mother's expression, they turned around and were immediately surprised when they saw Qin Yunhe.

"Master Qin is back, congratulations--"

As they spoke, several people began to bow and kowtow, with ingratiating smiles on their faces, even more so than when they passed the imperial examination.

Qin Yunhe quickly returned the greeting: "Thank you all, congratulations."

Zhuzi was about the same age as Qin Yunhe and was quite familiar with him. He asked first, "Master Qin, have you been appointed as an official?"

"Yes, I have been appointed as the Magistrate of Xu Ning Mansion."

Several people looked at each other in confusion, and it was obvious that they didn't know what a magistrate did. But since they were officials from Xu Ning's mansion, they must be high-ranking officials.

"The magistrate of the prefectural city, the lord of the prefectural city, Lord Qin is really amazing."

"Yeah yeah……"

Qin Yunhe also knew that most of the villagers had never heard of the Tuiguan, so he did not explain, but just said: "Everyone, don't stand in the yard, go upstairs and sit down."

"No, no," several people waved their hands repeatedly. Finally, Zhuzi mustered up the courage and said carefully, "Master Qin, we want to register the land under your name, is that okay?"

Before Qin Yunhe could speak, his mother said, "Didn't I tell you? I asked before, but I won't let you go now. The county magistrate said that we have to wait until the money for the river invasion is collected before we can allow the land to be sold and delivered."

Zhuzi and others pleaded again: "Sir Qin, can you help us ask the county magistrate to forgive our river invasion fee?"

Qin Yunhe was really embarrassed: "Everyone, I don't know the current master..."

"Even if we don't know each other, you are still a high-ranking official in the city. Please open your mouth and help us explain..."

Qin Yunhe didn't know how to explain to everyone that he, a prosecutor, was no higher than the county magistrate and had no authority over the county magistrate.

The county magistrate was willing to exempt the river trespassing fee for the river beach land registered under his name. He must have felt that when they would serve as officials in the same court in the future, it would be better to make good friends than to make enemies.

If he really wants to use this as an excuse to ask him to waive everyone's river-invasion fines, then he would be being ungrateful.

Several people immediately put on a pitiful look on their faces: "We don't want to farm the land anymore. We accepted the money for buying the land, but we really can't afford the money for the river invasion. We have only been farming for less than two years, and we haven't even earned back the money we paid for the land..."

"Yes, Lord Qin, please help us."

"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to help. Not to mention that I'm just a magistrate, even the prefect can't interfere too much in the affairs of the county."

Although he knew that most people would not believe it or understand it, Qin Yunhe still had to explain it.

Before we could calm down the people here, more villagers came in from outside the door.

Those villagers were obviously here to ask Qin Yunhe for help. When they saw that there were already several people inside, they knelt down without saying a word and shouted from behind: "Master Qin, please help us..."

"Help us..."

When the people in front saw the ones behind them kneeling down, they also knelt down and begged.

These people were the elders in the village who had watched him grow up, or their childhood playmates. Now that they were kneeling in front of him like this, Qin Yunhe felt mixed emotions.

"Everyone, hurry up. We are from the same village. How can I refuse to help you if I can?"

Qin Yunhe pulled the people in front of him closer and tried to comfort them. It took a lot of effort and he was sweating all over. Finally, he reluctantly agreed to help everyone think of a solution and finally persuaded everyone to leave.

"Ugh--"

Although Qin Yunhe knew that it was best not to get involved in this matter, they were all from the same village after all, and he would feel guilty if he didn't try at all.

Qin's mother didn't take it seriously.

"Don't worry about it. Even if they can't help, what can they do? If you hadn't become an official or hadn't returned home, they would still have to pay the money.

Besides, many people have already paid, can you still get the money back from the county magistrate?"

"Someone has already paid?" Qin Yunhe didn't expect this. He thought that these people came to ask for help, which meant they must have not paid yet and wanted to give it one last try.

"It's been several months, the deadline has long passed. But some people just can't afford it, so the county magistrate said he would give them another month out of sympathy for the people."

Let’s not talk about those who have paid, as for those who haven’t paid, I guess they really can’t afford the money.

Qin Yunhe was thinking about it.

Normally, when he returned home to visit his relatives, he should visit the county magistrate. Even if he didn't visit, the county magistrate would most likely send him an invitation.

Or find a chance to ask then?

Qin Yunhe just got home and didn't want to socialize. He thought that his home was in the village and others would not know the news too quickly, so he took a good rest first.

Once everyone knows he's back in a few days, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest.

Who would have thought that after we had finally seen off the villagers in the morning, Fan Zheng would arrive in the afternoon.

No matter what, Qin Yunhe should go to see Fan Zheng first when he comes back, instead of waiting for his uncle to come.

But who knew that he would get the news so soon and come first.

Qin Yunhe invited Fan Zheng into the house, and of course Fan Hong came with him.

"Brother, why are you here? I was thinking of taking a break and then going to your place in a couple of days to let you know I'm safe."

"It doesn't matter whether you go or I come. I heard that you were back, and I thought you must be exhausted after coming all the way here, so I brought Hong'er to see you."

"Now that you've returned, have you been given an official position?"

Qin Yunhe nodded and said, "Yes, he was appointed as the magistrate of Xu Ning Mansion."

Fan Zheng knew the magistrate: "The magistrate is good, he seeks justice for the people."

"Yes."

Now when he saw Qin Yunhe again, Fan Zheng's attitude was not only good, but he even felt a little embarrassed.

Qin Yunhe felt a little embarrassed and looked at Fan Hong next to him.

Fan Hong is only nine years old, but he has become much quieter after not seeing him for half a year.

Qin Yunhe saw Fan Hong sitting quietly beside him, so he joked, "Why is Hong'er so quiet when he sees his uncle? Are you thinking about your homework?"

Fan Hong smiled shyly and said, "I'm afraid to disturb my uncle and father. My uncle has been away from home for so long, is he doing well?"

"I'm fine. I brought some delicious food from the capital, and I also brought you some books. I'll ask my aunt to give them to you later."

"Thank you, uncle."

Fan Hong now had less and less words to say to Qin Yunhe, and Qin Yunhe also felt helpless.

Seeing that the two had almost finished talking, Fan Zheng spoke again: "Yunhe, brother came here today because I want to ask you for something."

"Brother, if you have any problem, just tell me. I will definitely help if I can. Why ask for help?"

Fan Zheng moved uncomfortably and said, "Your sister-in-law's brother also opened up a few acres of land on the riverbank. I bought it at a low price at that time, but who knew that I would have to pay for river trespassing now."

As soon as he heard the beginning, Qin Yunhe let out a long sigh.

Fan Zheng continued, "Can you talk to the county magistrate and ask him to be flexible? If you don't want to plant the land, then don't plant it. Don't ask us to pay any more money. How much grain can we get this year? We have to pay ten taels of money just for the river invasion..."

Qin Yunhe looked embarrassed: "Brother, it's not that I don't want to intervene, but I have no say in this matter."

Fan Zheng once again had a look of "as expected" and said, "It's okay. I don't think it's easy to deal with. You're not working in this county, so it's not easy to manage. It's okay. I'm just asking."