▁near ▁the ▁capital ▁Ch ang ' an . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁good ▁performance ▁at ▁Ga ol ing , ▁he ▁was ▁then ▁made ▁the ▁magistr ate ▁of ▁W ann ian ▁County ▁( <0xE8> <0x90> <0xAC> 年 ), ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁count ies ▁making ▁up ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Ch ang ' an . ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁success ively ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁deput y ▁mayor ▁of ▁Hen an ▁Municip ality ▁( 河 南 , ▁i . e ., ▁the ▁eastern ▁capital ▁Lu oy ang ), ▁the ▁governor ▁of ▁Wei ▁Command ery ▁( <0xE9> <0xAD> <0x8F> 郡 , ▁roughly ▁modern ▁Hand an , ▁Heb ei ), ▁a ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁imperial ▁gu ards , ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁palace ▁construction ▁( <0xE5> <0xB0> <0x87> 作 <0xE7> <0x9B> <0xA3> , ▁Ji ang zu o ▁J ian ), ▁and ▁eventually ▁the ▁mayor ▁of ▁J ing z ha o ▁Municip ality ▁( 京 <0xE5> <0x85> <0x86> , ▁i . e ., ▁Ch ang ' an ). ▁ ▁Where ver ▁he ▁went ▁he ▁served ▁well . ▁ ▁In ▁ 7 5 4 , ▁while ▁Li ▁X ian ▁was ▁serving ▁as ▁the ▁mayor ▁of ▁J ing z ha o , ▁the ▁region ▁suffered ▁some ▁ 6 0 ▁days ▁of ▁rain , ▁causing ▁much ▁flo oding . ▁ ▁The ▁powerful ▁ch an cell or ▁Yang ▁Gu oz h ong , ▁who ▁res ented ▁Li ▁X ian ▁for ▁not ▁fl atter ing ▁him , ▁took ▁this ▁opportunity ▁to ▁bl ame ▁Li ▁X ian ▁for ▁the ▁flo ods ▁( i . e ., ▁that