Is there no candidate?

Apparently impossible.

Chu Xian knew that this was Li Ji's specialty, such as officials at the level of the government order and the chief secretary, which was naturally very important, after all, these two official positions were not low, six ranks, seven ranks, in charge of one city and many counties, I don't know how many people stared at this position.

Li Ji is not without a candidate, but the other party wants to hand over this right to choose people to himself.

Chu Xian thought about it carefully, he didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but then he thought about it, he did have a few candidates, but he didn't know what the other party's situation was now.

After thinking about it, Chu Xian said: "Wacheng Mansion Commander and Chief Scrivener, these two seats are vacant first, I have two candidates, according to my understanding of them, there are two of them, one of them can serve as the government commander, and the other person can be qualified as the chief scrivener, and these two people have a lot of connections with me, Li Changshi, you can arrange for someone to contact them, check their current situation, if they do well, they can be promoted." ”

Although this was an inquiry and discussion, Li Jike didn't think so.

What he thought was that since Lord Thorn Shi had put it up like this, then the government decree and the main book of Wacheng must be these two people.

Yushi Li Ji asked: "Lord Assassin Shi, who are these two candidates?"

Chu Xian said: "I used to be under my subordinates in Dinghai County, one was Jiang Yuan, and the other was Xia Bozhong. ”

......

Dinghai County.

In the county government, Xia Bozhong's face was a little ugly, but he still had to stand respectfully, because the new county lord Zhou, who had not been in office for a long time, was training him.

Not only was it a reprimand, but also in front of other officials, and the tone was quite heavy.

"Xia Bozhong, look at you, the chief bookkeeper of a county town, he can't even do this thing well, the official asks you to do things, you have always been procrastinating, when the morning is not dawn, the official remembers to give you instructions, let you sort out the tax accounts of the county in the past five years, and now it has not been handed over to the official, what are your intentions?"

Zhou Qiangren frowned, opened his mouth and scolded angrily, and his voice was very loud.

Xia Bozhong wanted to say, what you want, don't say half a day, even if it doesn't take three days, it may not be able to be sorted out in three days, isn't this a pretext to play?

But Zhou Qiangren is the new Dinghai County Cheng and his superior, he doesn't dare and can't contradict it, so he can only bow his head and listen to the training honestly.

The other officials in the county government also have different thoughts, but no one dares to speak up, they are not smart, they think that Xia Bozhong just didn't do a good job, and they are smart, knowing that Lord Cheng of the county is deliberately embarrassing Xia Bozhong and letting him wear small shoes.

"Master Xia is too pitiful, Zhou Xiancheng has been here for more than half a year, it is a daily embarrassment for Lord Xia, hey, I still miss the past, if only Lord Jiang Yuan was not sick. A small official whispered, and a person next to him hurriedly whispered: "You don't want to die?" be careful to let Lord Zhou hear, but you are right, when Lord Jiang Yuan was in the past, he cooperated with Master Xia quite tacitly, and the county has been thriving in recent years, which is also the credit of these two adults, but now, Lord Zhou is clearly coming to pick peaches. ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, Lord Zhou has been here for half a year, and sometimes his prestige among the people in the county is not as good as that of Master Xia, which naturally makes Lord Zhou angry, and several officials brought by Lord Zhou have already squeezed out the previous officials, Master Xia is the second-in-command of the county government, and it is estimated that Lord Zhou has long planned to change his mind to his own people. ”

"Hey, forget it, don't say it, it's not good if it makes people hear it, it's just a pity Lord Xia, I heard that half a year ago, Lord Jiang Yuan was about to report to the Zhenxi City Mansion, and wanted to recommend Master Xia to take over his class, but I didn't expect Lord Jiang Yuan to have an emergency, and he fell ill before he had time to explain, so he ......"

At this time, several officials from Zhou Qiangren's family came over at this moment, and these officials immediately shut up and didn't dare to discuss it anymore.

"Master Xia, how do you say that you have also been the main book in Dinghai County for so many years, it stands to reason that you shouldn't say that, but you don't have a long memory, you don't grow up, go back now, early tomorrow morning, sort out the things that the official wants, if you still can't do it well, then the official can only go to the city government and ask for a replacement. After Zhou Qiangren finished speaking, he waved his hand and sent Xia Bozhong away.

The latter is also angry.

But there was no way, Lord Jiang Yuan suddenly became seriously ill and bedridden, he could have taken over as the county leader, but the above directly delegated a Zhou Qiangren.

Xia Bozhong has been an official for so many years, and he also has some connections, and he inquired about it, Zhou Qiangren has a backer, and this backer, who is now in Zhenxi City, is the chief scrivener from Liupin.

In this way, how did he win over Zhou Qiangren?

Half a year ago, the county Cheng's seat was robbed by the other party, Xia Bozhong did not complain, thinking about it, he continued to be his chief bookkeeper and did things for the people of Dinghai County.

But who would have thought that the other party wouldn't even let him do it.

Obviously, if the file can't be handed over tomorrow, the other party will use this as an excuse to go to the city government to ask for a replacement, and the city government chief secretary is Zhou Qiangren's backer, and they colluded, and they will definitely use this excuse to take themselves down.

When the time comes, this official will be done.

Thinking of the sadness, Xia Bozhong also shook his head again and again.

sighed and returned home, Xia Bozhong's wife was waiting for him at the door as usual, Xia Bozhong's wife was married a few years ago, she was from another county, and her father and Xia Bozhong's father Xia Song were old friends, so this family affair was married.

Xia is also a hard-working woman, although she is also the wife of an official family, but she does not play tricks.

Seeing Xia Bozhong come back, Xia estimated that Xia Bozhong was troubled, so he asked what was wrong.

The mess in the county government, Xia Bozhong didn't want to say more, but Xia was obviously a smart woman, she knew that in the past six months, since that Zhou Xiancheng came, she often reprimanded Xia Bozhong for some reason, and it is estimated that it is the same today.

"Lord Zhou is making things difficult for you again?" Xia asked, helping Xia Bozhong take off his boots, and the latter sat on the chair, without saying a word, just closing his eyes and recuperating.

These days, he is indeed too tired.

Xia Shi said again at this time: "If you don't say it, I also know, not only that Lord Zhou likes to bully people, his wife, his concubines, are also a virtue, and when they meet me, they are all bad words, but I don't bother to pay attention to them." ”

"Just ignore it. Xia Bozhong said.

Xia shook his head: "But it's not a big deal to always be so tolerant, as the so-called people are good at being bullied, horses are good at being ridden, we blindly tolerate it, in exchange for not people's understanding, but further bullying, this day, I can't live anymore." ”

Xia Bozhong smiled bitterly: "What else can we do?"

Xia came over at this time, although she was not very beautiful, she also had a charm, and at this moment she whispered: "Why don't you go to find Master Jiang Yuan, I heard that his health has improved slightly." ”

When Xia Bozhong heard this, he hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, Lord Jiang Yuan is very old, and he is seriously ill, he should recuperate quietly, how can I bother him because of my affairs? What's more, Lord Jiang Yuan can't do anything, he is no longer a county prince, Zhou Qiangren's side, with the support of the lord of Zhenxi City Mansion, we can't fight them." ”

"Then endure it all the time and be bullied by them all the time?" Xia's eyes were a little red, obviously because his husband was not worth it.

Xia Bozhong said: "Zhou Qiangren is targeting me like this, doesn't he just want me to give up the position of the master book, it's a big deal, I'll let him be." ”

"No, I can't. Xia hurriedly said: "How difficult it is to be a Shangguan, how can you give up lightly? ”

Speaking of this, Xia suddenly whispered: "I heard someone say it today, saying that before, that is, the previous county lord of Lord Jiang Yuan, was the example of the people in the world, Chu Xian, Lord Chu?"

Xia Bozhong's face changed, and he immediately said, "Who did you listen to?"

Xia Shi looked aggrieved: "I'm from another county, so I don't know, but if you ask the people of Dinghai County, who doesn't know, how can this be hidden from me." And I heard that you were also discovered and promoted by this Lord Chu, although Lord Chu has left Dinghai County for many years, but it may not be forgotten about you, Husband, the most important thing is that I heard that Lord Chu is now the assassin of our Liangzhou, and the great official of the feudal territory, it is better for us to go to Shacheng and ask Lord Chu to ......"

"Shut up!" Xia Bozhong immediately reprimanded: "Don't mention this again." ”

Xia Shi was startled, and there were tears in his eyes at the moment, because Xia Bozhong has always been gentle, how could he have been so fierce to her.

Xia Bozhong also knew that his reaction was a little big, so he sighed and said; Madam, this thing can't be done, what you said is right, your husband and I were indeed favored and promoted by Lord Chu a few years ago, that is, Lord Jiang Yuan, and Lord Chu pulled out of the mountain again, back then, it was really nostalgic, Lord Chu is the hero of the world, young age, he is majestic, if there was no Lord Chu in Dinghai County, the city would have been destroyed a long time ago, so, Lord Chu has great kindness to the people of Dinghai County, and to me Xia Bozhong, that is also a great favor, I have never repaid the favor, how can I bother and disturb Lord Chu because of these little things?"

"But ......" Xia wanted to say something, Xia Bozhong was already waving his hand: "Madam, don't say it again, I have made up my mind, although I don't give up the officialdom and want to do more things for the people, but if the situation forces it, then this official, don't do it." ”

Xia knew that it was useless to say anything.

Coming out of the room, she thought about it and knew that her husband's official position would definitely be unsafe if she continued like this, so she gritted her teeth and begged her father-in-law.

Xia Song.

Xia Song listened carefully to what happened, and actually said: "Bo Zhong is right, if you go to Lord Chu because of these trivial things, it will make Lord Chu embarrassed, and it will also seem that we are incompetent, so we can't do it." ”

Xia didn't expect his father-in-law to have this idea.

She couldn't do anything, and after she came out, she had an idea and thought of a compromise.

That is to let people spread the news, saying that Xia Bozhong and the current Liangzhou Thorn Shi Chu Xian Chu are old acquaintances.

That's all there is to it.

"Zhou Qiangren, you have a city lord and scrivener as a backer, but my husband is still an old acquaintance of Lord Shi, I don't believe it, when you hear this, you will have the courage to bully my husband. Xia muttered to himself.

So the next day, the news had already spread.

As the Cheng of Dinghai County, Zhou Qiangren has many eyes and ears, so he also got this rumor for the first time.

At the moment, Zhou Qiangren didn't dare to slack off, gathered his cronies, and spies in the study, and said that was this matter.