Helian Wei Wei thought for a while and had the same opinion that they should shift upward.
Even though it was great staying in Fuping County, there were more important things waiting for her to do in the Capital…
It had been five days since Baili Jia Jue and Helian Wei Wei left the imperial palace.
During these five days, the stewards in the Helian family had publicly and secretly divided the financial resources that were originally belonged to the Helian Clan among themselves.
Some did it with extreme vigilance.
While the others just started planning it glaringly, that they would discuss about voting Helian Wei Wei out in a few days time.
They genuinely thought that Helian Wei Wei would not obtain any chance to achieve the rank of an official. Little did they know that the name of ‘Upright Official Wei’ had traveled throughout the nearby provincial capital that was right across the hillside from the Capital.
Since there were a lot of things to be passed down before leaving, Helian Wei Wei summoned the two from the few county magistrates who were left after the anti-corruption activity, and told them that she was leaving.
The two county magistrates thought they were finally in peace as there was a great official in Fuping County, but who would have thought that they would receive such news?
“Is it because those people have too much power so it affects Lord Wei’s official career?” one of the county magistrates asked worriedly.
Helian Wei Wei smiled and shook her head. “Rather than being affected, I will say that I’m promoted to a higher position. I’m getting promoted to the court.”
“So fast?” The county magistrates found that unbelievable, how many days has it been since Lord Wei came to Fuping county? He’s getting promoted again? This is so illogical, isn’t it? No matter how great he is, he will need someone to report it to the people in higher ranks!
Seeing that she was unable to fool them anymore, she said without any hesitation, “I’ve used my family to pull some strings.”
The county magistrates were once again shocked to hear that, they had always thought that Lord Wei had no background.
After all, the previous Magistrate Liao must have investigated everything about Lord Wei, hence Liao should not have missed it if Lord Wei really has a background.
Besides, judging from the performance of those imperial officials from the provincial capital, they did not worry about anything and was obviously trying to remove Lord Wei from his position.
Everything clearly points out that Lord Wei does not have any background.
But now, Lord Wei had told them personally, “I’ve used my family to pull some strings.”
What kind of a family connection will allow him to be promoted from the position of a small county magistrate to the highest position? Regardless of the fact that it only took six days for it to happen, even Magistrate Liao who has a lot of connections in the Capital is unable to find out the true identity of Lord Wei…
Lord Wei must be lying to them as he doesn’t want them to worry about him.
The county magistrates exchanged glances with each other. Then, they looked at Helian Wei Wei with a hint of hesitation in their eyes. “Lord Wei, you can let us know if you have any difficulty.”
Helian Wei Wei knew that they had gotten the wrong idea the moment she heard what they mentioned.
However, this had nonetheless saved her effort from continuing to explain herself.
She nodded smilingly and told both the county magistrates about the subsequent method to develop the nearby county along with their county.
The two county magistrates listened seriously, as if they were taking in precious experiences.
Ever since the water pump was invented, the people were totally impressed when they talked about Helian Wei Wei, not to mention the things she was delivering to them right now. Of course, they would value what she had taught them.
Helian Wei Wei left without leaving a word to anyone.
Governor Chen had left a day earlier before them because he needed to cart the officials off to prison to be tried…