A period of busy work has turned Zhang Xi's busy pig brain into a chicken brain. He feels that his brain is getting smaller and smaller and is not enough.
During this time, it was time to rectify the salt affairs and negotiate with the aristocratic families. Zhang Xi couldn't bear it anymore and wrote to Zhuge Liang to complain.
In other counties, there are a lot of subordinates, and many things can be left to their subordinates. Why do you have to deal with everything by yourself when you come here? !
Where is my Jun Cheng? Where's the Postal Supervisor? Where is the meritorious service? Where is the main book? !
You can't leave everything to me alone, right? !
Soon, Zhuge Liang wrote a letter back to Zhang Xi, expressing his condemnation and contempt for Zhang Xi.
To put it simply, it's just a sentence - I'm busy, don't bother me, and solve it myself.
Zhang Xi was stunned for a while after receiving the reply, and then his mind came to his senses.
The Han Dynasty implemented a dual monarchy. Officials at the level of county guards could recruit staff for themselves and serve as assistant officers of a county.
Of course, according to convention, the positions of county magistrate or chief historian must be appointed by superiors. It is impossible for a county governor to completely control the real power of a county. There must always be someone who can check and balance.
But these are troubled times. For the position of county magistrate or chief historian, as long as the eunuch reports it and Liu Bei of Chengdu agrees, it does not have to be appointed by Liu Bei himself.
That's what Zhang Fei, the Brazilian prefect next door, did.
This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang wrote back and complained - this is not his business, Zhang Xi is busy, it is Zhang Xi's own fault and has nothing to do with him.
Zhang Xi was speechless and began to wonder where to recruit people to serve as Badong County's assistant officers.
The simplest and most direct way is to win over local wealthy families and hand over some assistant officer positions to people from these families.
In these days, aristocratic families control the ownership and interpretation of knowledge, and the chances of talented people coming from poor families are very low, let alone ordinary people.
Talents who can manage states and counties are basically from aristocratic families. Occasionally, some people from poor families are inextricably linked to aristocratic families.
Some time ago, Zhang Xi was rectifying the grain and grass shortage and rectifying the salt affairs. Although the aristocratic families did not have too fierce confrontation, it is impossible to say that they were not dissatisfied at all.
And in this era, the consequences of completely offending a powerful family are not much better.
Therefore, Zhang Xi thought about it for a long time and finally decided to use some of the positions of prefecture and county officials to appease the wealthy families in Badong County.
It just depends on what position it is.
The position of Jun Cheng is the deputy of a prefect of a county. If the prefect is away on an expedition, then the Jun Cheng must take on the responsibilities of the prefect and also need to help the prefect handle some necessary official duties. Although it may seem important, in the end, a deputy is a deputy.
As long as Zhang Xi, the county governor, remains in Badong County, the county magistrate will be of little use. And if Zhang Xi leads the troops to leave Badong County to fight, the remaining county magistrate will have no military power and only the right to handle government affairs. There is no need to worry that Jun Cheng will plot evil while Zhang Xi is away.
Moreover, the position of county magistrate is considered to be a high-ranking official, with a high salary and social status. In the future, he will definitely be promoted to a county magistrate, with great potential for development. It is obviously perfect to use it to win over the hearts of aristocratic families.
As for the other staff?
The meritorious officials are in charge of human affairs, and this cannot be given to aristocratic families, otherwise the entire county will be filled with people from aristocratic families.
The chief clerk is in charge of documents. This can be given. Anyway, it is just secretarial work. The final decision-making has to be made by Zhang Xi himself.
The governor is in charge of military affairs supervision. This cannot be given to a noble family. The military power must be firmly grasped. The position of supervisor cannot be given to someone who is worried about it.
As for the lower-level officials at the level of "Pu", "Shi", and "Shu Zuo", they can be left to local aristocratic families. They are all local gangsters. It is difficult to implement this kind of grassroots work without them.
Zhang Xi is not unaware of the importance of grassroots officials, but in this era, it must be implemented through wealthy families. This is something that cannot be helped.
China's feudal dynasty for thousands of years has never been able to get rid of the constraints of local powerful people, not to mention that now is the late Han Dynasty, when local clan powerful powers are at their peak.
Zhang Xi also knew the disadvantages of doing this, but he had no choice. Emperors and generals in the past dynasties had never been able to completely change things. It was too difficult for him to do it alone.
You can only adapt to the way of doing things in this era. You must attack the aristocratic families and not let them exploit the people too much or deceive the government. At the same time, you must pay attention to making good friends with them. Once they do not cooperate with your work, no matter how good your government is, you will not be able to get rid of the prefect. Mansion.
So, Zhang Xi once again convened the representatives of the local wealthy families in Yuwei County, the county governor, and conveyed to them the matter of recruiting a county official.
The aristocratic families immediately expressed their active cooperation with smiles on their faces. They recommended outstanding members of the family to join the officialdom. At the same time, a stone was relieved in their hearts.
What Zhang Xi did some time ago really made the wealthy families fearful.
Zhang Xi's behavior, whether it was about the granary or the encirclement of the mountains to suppress the bandits and restore the salt service, gave the family the feeling that Zhang Xi didn't take the local family seriously at all, and was just a man who relied on military power to act recklessly. people.
The aristocratic families in Badong County are basically branches sent from Bajun or Chengdu. Their background and strength are not enough. Coupled with Zhang Xi's own status in the Liu Bei Group, it is impossible for the wealthy families in Badong County to pass through Chengdu. The aristocratic family slandered Zhang Xijin and asked Liu Bei to remove him.
Therefore, the aristocratic families in Badong County have also contacted each other privately, trying not to offend Zhang Xi, but they will not cooperate too much with Zhang Xi's decrees, as long as they ensure not to offend this "stunned" prefect.
But now, Zhang Xi's actions have made the wealthy families feel that this county governor is not incapable of communication.
If a local aristocratic family, especially a branch of an aristocratic family like Badong County, wants to develop and grow and eventually become equal to the original family, it is not enough to just annex land locally and accumulate wealth.
After all, there is only so much land, and Badong County is not too big. If you rely on annexing land to make a living, it will be just another vassal of the family.
Therefore, they also want to be officials. They can rely on the young talents in the clan to become officials and gain fame in one party. After several generations of accumulation, they can compete with their own families.
Therefore, compared to the families in Chengdu City or Ba County, these aristocratic families in Badong County are quite concerned about whether they can enter the officialdom.
Not to mention, this time Zhang Xi suddenly took out the high position of Jun Cheng, as well as a lot of middle-level managerial positions such as Shuzuo, Peng, Shi, and the county magistrates of five counties. Except for the unlucky Han The magistrate of Feng County lost his head, and the remaining four were still people related to local aristocratic families.
Nowadays, the aristocratic families in Badong County suddenly find Zhang Xi more pleasing to their eyes.
Those previous actions were probably the new county governor's way of killing chickens to scare the monkeys. They were normal and normal.
Right, this is the method that scholars in this era should have, there must be warnings, and there must be benefits. When everyone becomes familiar with it in the future, um, um, you can't say it, you can't say it.
As soon as Zhang Xi was released from the official position, the Badong County aristocratic families immediately changed their attitude. From the beginning of secretly connecting and defying Zhang Xi, they turned to finding ways to elevate their own children to high positions and become the chief officials of the county.
Although Zhang Xi's original intention was indeed to win over the hearts and minds of the local aristocratic families, Zhang Xi himself did not expect that he would invisibly destroy the temporary alliance between the aristocratic families.
Now Zhang Xi is mainly considering the talents of these people recommended by the aristocratic families.
Regarding the candidate for Jun Cheng, the competition was mainly between Li Qiu, recommended by the Li family, and Yang Tai, recommended by the Yang family.
The Li family is a common surname in Shu, and almost every county in Bashu has branches. In the novel, Ma Chao was persuaded to surrender. In the official history, Li Hui, the second governor of the surrender, was a member of the Li family in Bashu, and he was not the head of the original family in Chengdu. He is the head of the Jianning branch family.
And this Li Qiu is also the son of the head of the Li family in Badong County, and the Li family in Badong County is separated from the Li family in Jianning, and is related to Li Hui's family within three generations.
From this perspective, it can be said that the Li family is truly the first family in Shu.
Fortunately, Badong County was a new county established when Liu Zhang was in power. The Li family of Badong County entered Badong County not long ago, only more than ten years, at least in Badong County. The influence is still average.
As for Yang Tai, it was recommended by the Bajun Yang family.
The Yang family is also a large aristocratic family. Its influence in Bajun is second only to the Yan family and the Huang family. Moreover, the Yang family basically does not develop in Chengdu, but has always stayed in Bajun. At most, it has divided one branch to Qianwei County. To develop, basically not leaving the one-third of an acre of land near Bajun.
In other words, of these two candidates, one was actually a candidate recommended by a branch of a large family that had just entered Badong County, and the other was a candidate recommended by a local family.
To put it bluntly, it is the competition between the "powerful dragon" and the "local snake".
If it were a choice between two, Zhang Xi would have to offend one of them.
The Li family is very powerful. In Bashu, there are branch families from south to north. Zhang Xi doesn't know if these branch families are still united with the main family, but for the size of the Li family, Zhang Xi feels that if possible, try not to offend someone.
As for the local aristocratic families in Badong County, Zhang Xi didn't want to offend them too much. After all, Zhang Xi would need the support of the local aristocratic families for many things to come.
Therefore, Zhang Xi thought about it for a long time and finally appointed Li Qiu as the county magistrate, and Yang Tai as the chief secretary, each with one position, so that neither of them could be offended.
The county magistrate is the deputy, and the chief registrar is the secretary. Both positions are very close to the county governor, and their positions are also very important.
This should be no problem.
Anyway, Zhang Xi thinks there is no problem, but the Yang family and the Li family obviously don't think so.
Within a few days, Yang Tai recommended several "virtuous talents" to Zhang Xi - Qianwei Yang Xi and Bajun Cheng Qi.
Li Qiu was not polite and directly recommended his friends - Xinye Deng Liang and Jianning Zhang Yi.
Obviously, the local Yang family and the outside Li family took on the role in order to install their own people and increase their voice.
But after Zhang Xi saw the list, he suddenly felt that he was a rabbit in a nest.
(End of chapter)
