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I Served as a Magistrate for Three Years and Astonished the Empress

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Lin Zhao hid his identity and served as the magistrate of Qing'an County for three years. He never sought credit or curried favor, quietly tackling floods, purging corrupt officials, and promoting agriculture—turning a county plagued by starvation into the "Wealthiest County Under Heaven". When Empress Li Zhaoning went incognito to investigate corruption, posing as a tea merchant and staying in his yamen, she discovered this "dull magistrate" had hidden the jade pendant that saved her years ago—he was actually the "Marquis of Zhenguo" appointed by the late emperor! When the empress presented the imperial edict to summon him back to the capital, Lin Zhao smiled and pointed to the villagers giving him blessing tokens outside the yard: "You once said you wanted 'everyone in the world to have food to eat'—here, I've turned that words into reality." Just then, thousands of commoners flooded in holding signs that read "Magistrate Lin, don't leave!" Looking at the light in his eyes, the empress finally understood: this man had carved the meaning of "being an official" into people's hearts over three years, shattering her perception of "heroes".

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