The Great Xia Imperial Palace.
"Does Huangzhou want to make an exception and appoint Man Gu as a commandery governor?" The Great Xia Emperor looked at the memorial with an odd expression. When he first saw the name Man Gu, he had assumed it was someone else with the same name.
But on second thought, that couldn't be right. The only people with the surname Man were the Man Tribe, and in the past thousand years, Man Gu was the only one of them to become an official.
He looked again at the detailed biography that followed. Sure enough, it was Man Gu, Great Xia's top-ranked candidate in the imperial examinations.
The first three prefects had simply sent their nominations to the court, where the Minister of Personnel had processed and approved them. But Man Gu hadn't served long enough and lacked the credentials, so his appointment as prefect required the Great Xia Emperor's approval.
"Has Man Gu done such a good job that Huangzhou is making an exception for him?"
The Great Xia Emperor carefully read the section of the memorial detailing Man Gu's career, his expression growing increasingly strange.
"In just half a month, Man Gu has arrested every prefect in Zhongshan Commandery?"
"The old prefect was arrested, the prefect promoted from a lower post was arrested, and the prefect sent down from above to gain experience was arrested."
This wasn't Man Gu doing such a good job. It was that no one but Man Gu dared to be prefect anymore.
"Still, it's strange. Man Gu was doing just fine as a county magistrate before. Why have so many things happened all of a sudden?"
Then, in the detailed account of the arrests, the Great Xia Emperor saw the names "Constable Lu" and "Constable Meng" appear again and