When Yunzhou Fushi Jintang came out of the government office, he couldn't help but stretch his body.
He finally understood now that being a powerful local official was not as easy as he thought before.
For most local officials, the lower the level, the less they dare to call the shots.
It's obviously a matter within their scope of authority, but they just don't dare to make a decision.
Asking for instructions one by one, even if it is just a trivial matter, he, the governor of the state, can be asked for instructions.
Not seeking merit but seeking no fault is a shackle that officials in this place cannot shake off.
This kind of not seeking merit but seeking no faults, over time, evolved into not seeking merit but seeking inaction.
Doing nothing means nothing is wrong. Is it really wrong to do nothing?
It was obviously a matter that the village official could take the initiative in, but he had to report it to the county government. By the time the county magistrate was free to see the matter, it might have been seven or eight days or even a month.
Every trivial matter in the county government must be written down and reported to the county government, and matters in the county government are reported to the state government.
Shi Jintang discovered that a lot of time was wasted in this way.
So he went out to discuss with Lin Ye. He wanted to gain power from Lin Ye.
When he went out and got in the car, he saw someone hurriedly entering the state government office. Shi Jintang ignored him. There were too many people who seemed to be in a hurry every day.
In fact, they just looked anxious, and they had nothing serious to do.
When he arrived at the gate of Lord Protector's Mansion, Shi Jintang tidied his clothes and felt that although it was not easy to talk about this matter today, he had to talk about it. He had to encourage himself.
Not long after, the soldier who came in to report came out and said that the Protector was waiting in the living room.
Shi Jintang strode through the door. When he arrived at the door of the living room, he saw Lin Ye standing in front of a huge map and observing it.
Shi Jintang knew that in the past few months, the Protector-General had been working on the Northern Xinjiang map.
At a glance, this map includes not only the entire territory of Dongbo, but also the thirteen northern Xinjiang prefectures in Dayu, and even a small part of Loufan.
Isn't it as simple as drawing a picture? It has been ten months since I came back and the Lord Protector has not finished this matter yet.
But only those who have participated in it can understand how laborious and laborious it is to draw a map, and how much manpower, material and financial resources are consumed.
"Lord Protector."
After entering the door, Shi Jintang leaned forward and saluted.
Lin Ye hummed: "It won't be a trivial matter for you to make a trip in person."
Shi Jintang said: "Master He is here to ask for power."
Lin Ye looked back at Shi Jintang: "What power do you want?"
Shi Jintang explained his thoughts and the common phenomenon in local government.
Of course Lin Ye knew these things.
"Some of the new officials are vigorous and resolute in their work, but many are timid."
Shi Jintang said: "The lower officials want more severe power from the Protector-General. Officials below the fifth rank, as long as they are matters within their domain and within their authority, they will not do anything until they are reported to the government for approval. This will happen once." Demerits were recorded, and he was suspended from office for one month for reflection twice, and dismissed and sent home three times.”
"Positive fifth grade?"
Lin Ye looked at Shi Jintang: "Master Shi, what grade are you in?"
Shi Jintang replied: "It's the third grade."
Lin Ye said: "You were complaining just now. Local officials don't seek merit but no fault, so they ask for instructions from above. You are the third-grade governor of the state, and Yunzhou governs the country. How do you deal with the officials below you? , but you came to ask me?"
He looked into Shi Jintang's eyes: "You came to ask me for instructions, isn't it something that is within the scope of your authority?" Shi Jintang stood solemnly: "What the Protector taught me is that subordinates should keep it in mind."
He looked serious, but he was actually happy. The meaning of Lord Protector's words was actually very clear.
"Stop being on the fifth level."
Lin Ye said: "For officials below the fourth rank, as long as it is not a matter of beheading, you can do whatever you want. For officials below the fifth rank, there is no need to come to me for instructions on beheading. You make the decision yourself."
Shi Jintang laughed: "With the words of Lord Protector, lower officials will have the confidence to do things."
Lin Ye said: "Let me say something that sounds like nonsense... The confidence you have in doing things lies in His Majesty's decree to appoint you as the governor of Yunzhou."
Just as he was talking, someone walked in quickly from outside, leaned towards Lin Ye and said, "There is news from Yumen Pass."
Yumen Pass is the largest and most important border town in the north of Yunzhou.
This was once the gateway to the Northern Territory of Dayu, so it was called Yumen Pass.
But now, the geographical location of Yumen Pass seems to be less important than before.
However, the troop deployment and material reserves in Yumen Pass, in accordance with Lin Ye's instructions, have not decreased but increased.
"Just say it."
Lin Ye gave an order.
"Xiao Yunqi, the gatekeeper at Yumen Pass, sent a message. Recently, the number of warriors entering the pass from Dongbo and Guzhu has been increasing day by day."
"Ask these people from Dongbo and Guzhu why they came, and they all gave the same answer."
The subordinates looked at Lin Ye and said: "Someone is making a big announcement outside the pass, saying that the Protector-General is going to hold a Jianghu Conference in Yunzhou. People from all over the pass can be recruited into the Cowardly Army as long as they are selected, and the best among them will be. Those who do so can be directly called into the Fearless Camp of the Cowardly Army."
Hearing this, Lin Ye's eyebrows raised.
As soon as he said this, people from Yunzhou Mansion also arrived.
The person Shi Jintang saw hurriedly into the state government office before was also here to report a message, and what he wanted to say was no different from the person who came to the Duhu Mansion to report a message.
"Report."
A soldier ran in quickly from outside, leaned over and said: "Master Protector, Guzhu Guard General Ning Haitang sent someone to ask to see Master Protector. He said that there is something important and he needs to meet and talk to Master Protector."
Lin Ye nodded: "Let him come in."
When the man came in, Lin Ye recognized him at a glance. This guy was the soldier who stopped him from chasing Ning Haitang in Northern Xinjiang that day.
It seems that this soldier has now been promoted and is wearing a school captain's uniform.
"Lord Protector."
The captain stepped forward and saluted, then took out a letter and handed it to Lin Ye: "This is a personal letter from the General to the Protector. The General said that I must hand it to the Protector in person."
Lin Ye nodded: "You go down and rest first...Pang Panghai, arrange food and accommodation for him, and take good care of him."
Then he said to the captain: "After I finish reading the general's letter, I need you to bring your reply."
The captain responded, then followed Pang Panghai down to rest.
Pang Panghai asked as he walked: "Is General Ning okay?"
The captain said: "It's good, it's just that after the general returned from northern Xinjiang, he was in a daze from time to time. He was not like this before."
Pang Panghai said: "After my guardian came back, he would occasionally be in a daze. Before... Hey, I used to be in a daze a lot, but when the guardian is in a daze, most of the time he is not in a daze. He must be thinking about something big. .”
The captain said: "My general is in a daze, and it doesn't look like she is thinking about anything important. She even laughs out loud occasionally."
Pang Dahai: "It wasn't like this before?"
The captain nodded: "No."
Pang Panghai: "Then your general misses women?"
The captain was stunned for a moment, then looked at Pang Panghai: "But my general is a bitch."
Pang Panghai was also stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead: "I guess, I forgot."
On the other side, Lin Ye opened Ning Haitang's letter and read it, then frowned slightly again.
Ning Haitang asked him in the letter why he wanted to hold a Jianghu conference. This was purely to teach others.
Once this kind of thing spreads to Geling, no one knows how many people will make a fuss about it.
Instead of recruiting new soldiers from Yunzhou, they recruited people from the Jianghu to join the Cowardly Army from Dongbo Guzhu and other places. When people with ulterior motives found out about this, they would naturally write a big book about it.
But Lin Ye didn't arrange this at all. Someone obviously wanted to dig a hole for Lin Ye.
Ning Haitang said that there has been a crazy rumor in Guzhu, saying that the Protector-General specially wanted to give the aspiring people in Dongbo and Guzhu a chance to get ahead, so he recruited troops from these two places on a large scale.
He also said that as long as he goes to Yunzhou City to participate in the Jianghu Conference and pays the travel expenses when he goes there, even if he is not called into the Cowardly Army, the travel expenses back will also be paid.
In several cities in Guzhu, there were even people directly publicizing this matter in front of the local government offices.
Ning Haitang sent someone to ask, and someone from the local government said that the person who came to publicize this matter was holding an official document issued by the Sanbei Protectorate.
At the end of the letter, Ning Haitang said... I know this must not be your fault, so you should be extremely careful.
The most important thing about this letter is the last six words. Although she only used these six words in one stroke, that was her original intention in writing this letter.
You should be very careful.
With Ning Haitang's intelligence and her vision, she could certainly see that there was a big problem with this matter.
Lin Ye put the letter away and let out a heavy breath.
Back at the house, he took up writing to write a reply to Ning Haitang. Several times he started writing, but he felt it was inappropriate. He knew what he was going to say, but it was always so awkward when he started writing.
Before I wrote a few words in the letter, Pang Panghai hurried over again, saying that someone was coming from the northwest border.
It was the newly transferred Northwest Frontier General Hong Wuding who sent him to check with the Protector whether to hold a Jianghu Conference.
Northeast, true north, northwest...
It had only been a few months since Lin Ye returned to Yunzhou. If this trap had been set up since he came back, God knows how many people would have been running around setting up this scam in the past few months.
That is not something that can be done by one or two people. Dongbo Guzhu plus Xijiang, even as far as the thirteen states in northern Xinjiang. It is roughly estimated that it will take a few months to cover such a large area, and there are not thousands of people. Neither can be done.
Thousands of people were casually called on to dig such a hole for Lin Ye. Obviously, it was not just the hole that could be seen.
This matter can now be spread back to Yunzhou from Dongbo Guzhu, and maybe it can also be spread directly from Guzhu Dongbo to Geling.
At night, Lin Ye received another letter from Caoshu City. It was urgently sent by Feng Xiu, the deputy general of the Qiemang Army.
Those who promoted the Jianghu Conference did not go to Caoshu City to promote it.
But this matter had already spread in Dongbo, so although no one came to Caoshu City, the news was also spread.
As soon as Feng Xiu learned about it, he immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly sent someone to report to the Governor.
If this really happened, Lord Protector must have sent someone directly to give him the order.
He didn't even know that, but the people all over Dongbo knew that something was wrong.
After another seven or eight days, more and more warriors from outside the customs have gathered in Yunzhou.
The border will not stop them because these people did not cross the border illegally and they have all the documents in their hands, so the border has no reason to stop them.
The more people there are, the more chaotic it will naturally be.
Once they heard that there was no Jianghu Conference, how could these people not make trouble?
