It was as if nothing had happened; a new day was no different from the last. The people of Yunzhou City didn't feel their lives were in chaos because of the deaths of two prefectural officials. Their lives were already in chaos; they had no time to care about others' affairs. A new Prefectural Magistrate, surnamed Zheng, Zheng Gongquan, soon arrived in Yunzhou Prefecture. The Prefectural Magistrate of Yunzhou City was a fourth-rank official, and the Prefectural Magistrate was a fourth-rank official. In other places, such a high-ranking official would naturally require appointment and dismissal by the imperial court. The Ministry of Personnel would need to petition the Emperor, who would then approve, and the Ministry of Personnel would assign officials according to regulations—a cumbe

