By the way, since the land exchange with Jiangdong, Zhao Lei probably couldn't continue to be the magistrate of Xiaji County, and I don't know where the lord arranged for him later.
Zhang Xi quickly asked someone to check and got a reply soon.
Zhao Lei was in Nanjun, and his official position was still the county magistrate, but he was changed from the magistrate of Xiazhi County to the magistrate of Zhijiang County.
Zhang Xi was immediately overjoyed and had the idea of bringing Zhao Lei over to help him.
Of course, Zhang Xi did not want to promote Zhao Lei from a county magistrate to a county magistrate all at once. This was not appropriate.
On the one hand, such a rapid promotion will inevitably cause criticism from others.
On the other hand, although Zhao Lei is from Jingzhou, he is not from a noble family and is also a child of a poor family. If he suddenly reaches a high position, his officials at the Shishi level will not be convinced, and they will not be any better than the outsider Li Qiu. What a good encounter.
You must know that Li Qiu has been the county magistrate of Badong County after all, and has qualifications and work experience, but Zhao Lei's work experience so far is just that of a county magistrate.
Zhang Xi thought for a while and came up with a way to get the best of both worlds.
The next day, Zhang Xi issued an official document, elevating Deng Ai from the position of chief registrar of Nanjun County to acting county magistrate of Nanjun. At the same time, he transferred Zhijiang County Magistrate Zhao Lei to be the chief registrar of Nanjun County.
The position of chief registrar is the secretary of the county magistrate. This position does not need to pay attention to family background or seniority, as long as the magistrate can see it well, it is a bit like a private appointment.
So Zhao Lei was chosen by Zhang Xi to be the chief bookkeeper, and no one would make any irresponsible remarks about it.
As for Jun Cheng, he is indeed a high-ranking official in the county and Zhang Xi's deputy. For this position, one needs to pay attention to his influence.
Therefore, Zhang Xi asked Deng Ai to serve as acting county magistrate only temporarily. When Xu Shu's work is finished and one of the Xi family brothers is sent over, Deng Ai can step down and continue to be the chief registrar.
As a disciple of Zhang Xi, Deng Ai acts as an acting county magistrate. I believe the officials below can understand that this is a sincere person, so why not let him act as an agent? !
The middle and lower-level officials in Jingzhou are not so stubborn.
Li Qiu's biggest problem was not that he was incompetent, but that he was a foreigner. Deng Ai was both a disciple of Zhang Xi and a native of Jingzhou, and the officials below would not deny him this respect.
As long as what Deng Ai said works and the people below are willing to do it, then Nanjun's government affairs can be carried out smoothly, and Zhang Xi doesn't have to be so tired from working part-time.
As for whose idea Deng Ai said, it doesn't matter at all, and the people below don't care either.
So, Zhang Xi's idea is to let Deng Ai act as the acting county magistrate on the surface, and leave the private affairs to Zhao Lei. Deng Ai should just keep to himself, continue to study, and continue to work as the bookkeeper.
In the second half of the year, if one of the Xi brothers becomes the county magistrate, Deng Ai can retire and continue to be the chief clerk. As for Zhao Lei, Zhang Xi will let him train by his side for a few years to get the qualifications. , wait until the right time, and then promote.
In this way, you can not only cultivate the talents you have in your pocket, but also get through the gap period without a county magistrate, the best of both worlds.
Therefore, Zhang Xi issued a special transfer order to transfer Zhao Lei to Jiangling City.
The two hadn't seen each other for several years, and Zhang Xi even hosted a banquet for Zhao Lei.
But Zhao Leiba has to say that he has been the county magistrate for these years and he really can't blame others.
Zhao Lei was actually quite capable, but his background was a bit poor, and there was no one in the officialdom to help him.
But Zhao Lei originally had the capital, and he was relatively familiar with Zhang Xi. Now Zhang Xi was in a high position, and even though he was slightly squeezed in front of his lord, he could still be ranked among the top five.
Zhao Lei had never thought of currying favor with such a person. He didn't even exchange a letter of greeting on weekdays, but he had been wasting his time as county magistrate.
That is to say, Zhang Xi is really busy at the moment. He remembered that there is such a person, otherwise Zhao Lei would probably just be a minor official at the grassroots level in his life.
Now Zhang Xi has promoted Zhao Lei from Zhijiang County Magistrate to Chief Secretary. Logically speaking, this is his benefactor, but the first thing Zhao Lei did when he saw Zhang Xi was not to reminisce with Zhang Xi, but at the wine table. , bluntly advised Zhang Xi not to drink.
Jingzhou has had good harvests in the past few years, and people finally have some food in their homes, but who knows what the harvest will be like in the future? !
If a person in power does not think about frugality and drinks for fun, the people will inevitably follow suit. At that time, the people may sell their stored grain and wine to make money, which will lead to a bad trend. This is not what a person in power should do.
This kind of person is, at best, honest, but fortunately Zhang Xi knows what kind of temper he is.
Back in Xiaji, this man dared to open a warehouse to distribute food to the refugees at the risk of beheading.
Zhang Xi quickly canceled the banquet and confessed his mistake to Zhao Lei. He finally found someone who could help, but he couldn't make the person angry and run away.
Zhao Lei's abilities are certainly not comparable to those of Zhuge Liang and Zhang Zhao, but he has many years of experience in grassroots work. He has also worked with Zhang Xi, and they have a certain tacit understanding with each other. Xi is safe to use.
It doesn't matter if he has a little temper, as long as what he says is right, Zhang Xi still has some tolerance.
After that, Zhang Xi and Zhao Lei can have a good chat about their future affairs.
Zhao Lei was just honest, not unkind. Since Zhang Xi had canceled the banquet and admitted his mistake, he would not continue to hold on to him.
Zhao Lei also told Zhang Xi what happened after he and Zhang Xi broke up.
In fact, he just continues to be the county magistrate and handles the daily work of Xiaji County.
Here Zhao Lei also confessed to Zhang Xi, because when Zhang Xi got married, he invited Zhao Lei, but Zhao Lei couldn't leave, so he couldn't attend and only came as a gift.
Now that he saw him in person, of course Zhao Lei had to explain the situation to Zhang Xi.
Zhang Xi really didn't care about this. Since he talked about continuing to be the county magistrate, Zhang Xi casually asked about Zhao Lei's work as the county magistrate in Zhijiang, including some government affairs.
As soon as Zhang Xi talked about government affairs, Zhao Lei immediately had something to say.
"Chief Commander, I have something to say to the Sheriff!" Zhao Lei stood up, bowed his hands to Zhang Xi, and then began to say his advice.
After all, it’s still the locust plague.
In Zhijiang County, there are already some signs of migratory locusts. Zhao Lei discovered it immediately and planned to organize the people to cull the locusts.
But the people were quite frightened by this, thinking that how could mortals easily kill the messengers sent by God to punish them? !
Zhao Lei explained for a long time. From the village elders to the common people, they all believed that even if there was a locust plague, it was destiny. They did not dare to go to the fields to cull the locusts.
Zhao Lei had no choice but to find the county magistrate stationed in the county and hope that he would come forward to organize the people to cull the locusts.
As a result, the county magistrate gave him a meal directly and said that it was because of the emperor's misconduct and that only the emperor could accuse the emperor to avoid the disaster. Zhao Lei really wanted to give him two slaps.
The emperor can't even protect himself now. Are you telling me that he is immoral? !
What's wrong with him? !
Zhao Lei was originally worried about this matter, but he received an order from Zhang Xi to go to Jiangling City to be the chief clerk.
Zhao Lei originally wanted to refuse the transfer order and stay in Zhijiang County to continue to persuade the villagers to cull the locusts, but when he thought that nothing he said was of any use, he might as well go to Nanjuncheng and persuade Zhang Xi to order the culling, which would be more efficient. .
So Zhao Lei came.
Zhao Lei knew Zhang Xi well and knew that Zhang Xi was not the kind of person who would get lost in reading, so he hoped to persuade Zhang Xi to pay attention to the flying locusts.
Of course Zhang Xi attaches great importance to it and has been on guard against it since February until now.
It was almost May, and there was no report from any county historian that there was any sign of a locust plague. Zhang Xi thought it was just a misjudgment this time. In fact, there was no locust plague at all.
In the end, Zhao Lei said that there was, but Fu Shi ignored it.
Zhang Xi is so ready to kill people on the spot.
These bastards used to confront Li Qiu, but he endured it, took a step back, and transferred Li Qiu away.
These bastards are still messing around, right? !
Zhang Xi immediately took Zhao Lei to the study room and wrote down a written order, requiring county magistrates and governors to report on the locust plague. At the same time, he ordered that the governors stationed in Zhijiang County be imprisoned and escorted back to Jiangling City.
As for Zhijiang County, Zhang Xi immediately wrote to the county magistrate of Zhijiang County, asking him to temporarily act as the county magistrate, organize the people to cull the locusts, and allowed him to use the county's share of corvee labor.
If it's done well, he will be the new county magistrate. If it's not done well, he will come to keep company with this unlucky Shishi.
Then, just wait for the news.
About ten days later, the governor of Zhijiang County was escorted back to Jiangling City. Zhang Xi publicly announced his guilt and then directly executed him.
Strictly speaking, this person did not deserve to die for his crimes and was dismissed from office. But what Zhang Xi needs now is someone to stand up and give him an explanation. This person has just hit the muzzle of the gun.
The matter of migratory locusts has been mentioned on a regular basis since February. Zhang Xi arranged the governor of the county to the local area, originally to ask them to pay attention to the situation of migratory locusts at any time.
It turned out that the migratory locusts in Zhijiang County had already started to show signs. Not only did he not report it, but he also blocked Zhao Lei from reporting it. This was seeking death.
In addition to the previous incident involving Li Qiu, Zhang Xi had already given in. It was impossible for him to keep giving in to the Jingzhou family. They would only become more and more aggressive.
Therefore, Zhang Xicai had to reorganize the history, and the purpose was to shock the wealthy families in Jingzhou. If it went too far, Zhang Xi would not mind breaking up.
Don't forget, these are troubled times, and Liu Bei's group, which has soldiers and food, is not easy to mess with.
(End of chapter)
