'On the bright side, at least being a County Magistrate isn't a death sentence.'
After all, even if you worked yourself to death in this position, a quick promotion was out of the question.
Even if you gave it your all, it would take at least ten or twenty years to enter the Court and become a high-ranking official.
And that was especially true for someone like Lu Yuan, who had no desire to climb the ladder.
He could make a few mistakes here and there or just slack off occasionally.
Getting promoted that way would be a real pain.
By the time Lu Yuan actually managed to get promoted, Old Zhu would probably be long dead.
From Lu Yuan's perspective,
it was currently around the 15th year of Hongwu.
Empress Ma was already in very poor health.
She would likely pass away soon...
After all, in the history of the Ming Dynasty back on Earth, Empress Ma had died in the 15th year of Hongwu.
If the timelines matched up, that meant it would happen this year.
