Trees yearn for calm, but the wind does not cease.
Xu Qing closed his doors to visitors, focusing solely on awaiting the day of his betrothal, as well as the settling of the dust from the upper echelon's struggles at the Court. During this period, he submitted a list of disgruntled clerks at the Government Office to Magistrate He and County Magistrate Zheng, requesting that the two officials use their power to dismiss them.
Moreover, through Yan Shan and Xie Quan, he selected members from the Recovery Society willing to participate in the land verification survey.
For this endeavor, Xie Quan even went so far as to lower his status by accepting a position at the Government Office to personally get involved.
With the leadership of this Scholar who ranked sixth in the provincial examinations, an unimaginable level of influence was generated.