Yao Du took a deep breath, strengthened his courage, and praised him: "Forgive me for being blunt, my lord's sense of smell for some things is really not agile enough!" ”

Cui Geng sighed, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and said, "Go on......"

"Hmm, since Hu Zeyi's accident, the position of this county order has been vacant, how many days have passed? It's good for you, my lord, to ignore and not talk about it, and even the affairs in the county government are all left to Chen Xiancheng to decide. Yao Du stomped his foot in a hurry, with an angry look.

"What's this?" Cui Geng shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said with a smile, "The county magistrate has the responsibility of assisting the county magistrate in handling civil affairs on weekdays, and now that the new county magistrate has not arrived, Chen Xiancheng will act as the acting county magistrate, which is also a reasonable thing." Besides, didn't Lord Shen say it before leaving, and Chen Xiancheng will temporarily act on his behalf. As for ignoring the vacancy of the county order, hey, Yao Shicao, you have wronged your own official, and you look down on your own official...... Who is the new county commander and when will he be able to take office, is that something that I, a county lieutenant, can reconcile? It has its own officials to select and appoint, and it has its own Quanzhou government to send it to office! ”

"Your Excellency, you still don't understand what I mean."

Yao Du was so anxious that he stomped his foot again, and said: "The meaning of the humble position is that this time you can get rid of the mountain bandits and let Qingyuan County escape by luck, and you have made great contributions." Now, whether it is the businessmen and gentry in the city, or the county government up and down, they all admire and convince the adults very much. But now is the present, the future is the future, waiting for the new county commander to take office, I am afraid it will be a different situation. ”

Cui Geng frowned slightly, as if he understood Yao Du's meaning, nodded, and motioned for him to continue.

Yao Du continued: "Your Excellency does not compete with Chen County for the right to act, nor does she take advantage of the current desire of the people in the city to establish prestige, in case the upcoming county commander is also like Hu Zeyi, then how will your Excellency deal with yourself in the future? Do you want to be as passive as Hu Zeyi when he was in office, and be constrained by others everywhere? ”

"What does Yao Shicao mean to let the official take advantage of the situation to win the hearts of the people and grasp the right to speak in the county government and the county?" Cui Gengdao.

"Yes!" Yao Du nodded heavily and said, "Your Excellency is now in the limelight in the city, and in the matter of eliminating mountain bandits, the county government has great respect for your lordship. In addition, you are a native of Qingyuan. No matter how big the county commander is about to arrive, he is just an official who has settled in other places, and he is not familiar with the place. At that time, even if he is as difficult as Hu Zeyi, he will have to rely on adults for three points! ”

"That's what you say, it's really true."

Cui Geng gently knocked on the table with his hand and asked, "Then these days when I am going to raise my body at home, has Chen Xiancheng done this?" ”

Yao Du shook his head and said, "That's not true." ”

Cui Geng smiled: "Isn't that the end?" Chen Xiancheng didn't do this, why should I do it? ”

Yao Du's face changed, and he exclaimed, "My lord, why is this?" ”

Cui Gengdao: "Because Chen Ziang thinks the same as this official, the matter of exterminating the mountain bandits is already known all over the city, whether it is the businessmen and gentry or the common people, they have benefited from the two of us this time, so why do you need to deliberately do it?" As the so-called justice is in the hearts of the people, and grace is also in the hearts of the people! Yao Shicao, ordinary people sometimes have to see through more clearly than us. Chen Xiancheng didn't go to invite the gentry of businessmen, and he didn't go to the city to go around to establish prestige, but I frequently showed up to do this, doesn't it seem that the official is too petty? It's really down! ”

Speaking of this, Cui Geng's eyes gradually cleared, and he continued: "As for the matter of winning people's hearts in the county government, this official doesn't need to bother with it. Chen Xiancheng is not a person who is easy to seize power, and this official is not a greedy person. Each performs its own duties, each sweeps the snow in front of the door, in fact, we both know very well in our hearts that no one will play across the line! ”

For Chen Ziang, Cui Geng thinks that he has been doing it for a long time, and he still knows something about this person.

Chen Ziang is a talented person, but there is too little local administrative management experience, and compared with being an official, it can be seen that Chen Ziang prefers to be academic.

There were a few times when it was obviously his purview, but Chen Ziang was lazy and directly passed the buck to Cui Geng's head. Will such a person be a person who wields power?

Let's just say that Chen Ziang temporarily acted as the county magistrate during this time, Cui Geng could guess that Chen Ziang himself did not like it, and if it wasn't for the hard apportionment from above, Chen Ziang would have been able to pass the buck.

In Cui Geng's heart, he has long been labeled with Chen Ziang: he is a well-known talent, a principled Qing official, a pure scribe with excellent knowledge, but a good official who is irresponsible and does not love political affairs.

This kind of person is actually the most harmless officialdom colleague in Cui Geng's eyes.

After listening to Cui Geng's analysis, Yao Du thought about it carefully, and it was true that he had taken it for granted, but he still had concerns about the county order in the future, after all, Hu Zeyi's experience was not far away.

Immediately, he still persuaded: "Then the adult should also know in advance about the upcoming county commander, what kind of person is it, right?" If it is difficult to get along with Hu Zeyi, it is better to deal with it in advance. Didn't Lord Shen always look down on you? Why don't you go to Quanzhou City and ask Lord Shen about it? ”

"Why am I asking about those?"

Cui Gengbai glanced at Yao Du, who was about to break his heart, and said happily: "It's not that all the pastoral officials in the world are the same as Hu Zeyi. Besides, what if there is another Hu Zeyi? There is a way, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, with the name of my Cui's Distillery in Quanzhou now, and with the status of the county lieutenant in Qingyuan County today, do you think I am still worried about being bullied by an unscrupulous official from other places? You're underestimating your own officials! ”

Indeed, through the battle of wits and courage with Song Wen, Hu Zeyi and others some time ago, Cui Geng realized that he was no longer the little chick in the officialdom who had just entered the official career.

Yao Du still felt that Lieutenant Cui was a little too confident, after all, he was now the number one horse boy under Cui Geng, and the two of them were both prosperous and loss-oriented, and everyone in Qingyuan County knew about it. He couldn't live without Cui Geng's big tree that shaded and cooled him now, so he continued: "My lord, there is also a saying that it is not a raptor, but Jiang Li. ”

"Hey, you old Yao, you're so worried!"

Cui Geng glanced at him again, and said with a smile: "If the incoming county commander has just stepped into the boundary of Qingyuan Territory, and he dares to compare himself to a fierce dragon crossing the river, then he is either a little chick in the officialdom, or a child of an official eunuch who has no brains." If this is the case, why should the official be afraid? ”

"Uh......"

Yao Du choked again, well, he was persuaded by Lieutenant Cui again.

Tuk tuk tuk ~

After the knock on the door, Chen Ziang's voice sounded at the door of the county governor's office: "What are the county lieutenants Cui and Yao Shicao talking about?" Talking so speculatively? ”

Chen Ziang's sudden attack, Cui Geng was nothing, but Yao Du was taken aback.

No problem, who let this guy fan the wind behind people's backs. Don't talk about people during the day, don't talk about ghosts at night, after he finished talking about Chen Ziang behind his back, the main owner suddenly appeared, and he didn't blame him for being weak-hearted.

"Ha, it's okay, it's okay, I've just been here for a while, and I've just finished reporting the situation of Shicao and Cangcao to Lieutenant Cui. By the way, I also informed the county magistrate of the construction progress of the Mulan Creek Ferry. ”

Yao Du lied to cover up his panic, and then took advantage of the situation to get off the donkey and said, "Isn't it important for Chen Xiancheng to come to find the county lieutenant?" It is inconvenient to disturb the lowly position, so I will say goodbye, farewell. ”

After that, Yao Du said goodbye to Cui Geng and walked out of the county magistrate's office, and when he passed by Chen Ziang at the door, he didn't know whether the soles of his feet slipped or he tripped over the threshold.

"Poof......

Seeing this, Cui Geng couldn't help but laugh and was happy.

Chen Ziang was about to go up to help, but saw that Yao Du had quickly gotten up and left in a hurry.

Chen Ziang looked at the direction of Yao Du's panic in surprise, slowly entered the county lieutenant's room, and asked with a strange face: "What's wrong with this Yao Shicao?" Seeing this official is like seeing a ghost. Evil? ”

"Hahaha......"

Cui Geng couldn't help laughing, and said happily: "My heart is empty, haha, I didn't expect this wilted old Yao to have such a cute side, hahaha... By the way, I don't know why Chen Xiancheng is looking for Cui? ”

When Chen Ziang heard this, he immediately straightened up and said, "Yes, there is something." Let's go, follow me to the three forks outside Xiantan Village. ”

"Aang?"

Cui Geng asked strangely, "What are you doing there?" ”

Chen Ziang said: "I just received a message from Lord Song of Changshi, saying that you and I should go to see him at the three-way entrance. ”

"Song Changshi is here? Then why don't you enter Qingyuan City, what's going on in Xiantan Village? In case of a point difference, who is to blame for this government? Cui Geng's face was puzzled.

Chen Ziang also shook his head and said, "I don't know, the official is also wondering." That's it, don't guess here, won't you and I know when we go? Let's go, the official has already asked the groom to set up the carriage, hurry up, don't let Song Changshi wait too long. ”

This book originated from reading books