Chapter 25 The Difficulties of Small Powers
The house in front of me was outside the courtyard wall with thorns and stones mixed together, and several fruit trees in the corner of the wall. For a moment, I couldn't recognize it. There were three thatched houses inside. One was half-collapsed, and the two were still intact, but they looked extremely old.
In the yard, there was a man sitting, missing one hand and one foot, but he looked at himself contentedly.
A man stepped forward and shot the door.
The man raised his neck and whispered: "The door is not locked, just come in."
Zhou Na took the man into the yard and looked at the second brother Song in front of him. He looked at his body as if he was very tall, but he was lacking in hands and feet. Now he was a little hunched. There was no depressed spirit between his eyebrows and eyes, and he seemed very energetic.
Zhou Na stepped forward and said, "You are the second brother Song here."
Brother Song looked up and saw many people. The person who was talking in the middle should have some identity. He stood up and said, "Yes. I am not completely limbs and cannot salute me. Don't be surprised by the guests."
Zhou Na nodded: "No need to be polite. When the Jin army came last year, more than 20 of you guarded the ferry, so that the people had time to escape to the mountains. Everyone else was dead, and you were the only one left, I wonder if it was not right?"
Brother Song said, "Not bad. Everyone knows this matter nearby, it's not a secret matter."
Zhou Na nodded after hearing this: "A few days ago, the magistrate returned to the market in the hometown and heard people talk about you. It is really not easy for you to fight against the Jin Dynasty and protect the people. It seems that you are not fully limbs now and your life will inevitably be inconvenient, so I will do my job with you."
After hearing this, Brother Song was confused for a moment. He was stunned for a while before saying, "I don't know who the official is? What errands are for me?"
Zhou Na said: "I am an offender in the state and are in charge of some chores. This time I came here to be the errand of a meal with you under the order of the magistrate Jun. A new market has been set up in Zhaoluo Town, where many businesses sell things every five days. Such places are mixed with fish and dragons, and it must be extremely messy. You can do a patrol and take a few archers to suppress the place."
Brother Song looked at his missing hand and foot, and asked in confusion: "Official, how can I do this?"
Zhou Na said: "The magistrate said that you have killed the enemy in battle and have murderous aura on your body! This murderous aura is there, even if you sit still, who dares to tease you! Just have a few assistants for daily chores."
Looking at Zhou Na, Brother Song couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment. After the Jin soldiers left, the villagers really respected themselves. Not only did they often not charge their own money for buying things, but they also would sell their own face if they had any disputes in daily life. It is one thing to respect them. What the hell is it that they can suppress others if they say they have murderous aura? Where is this kind of thing in this world?
Of course, there is no murderous aura. Wang Xiaoli said this only because these people who rose up to resist the Jin people had a kind of backbone and could intimidate the hooligans and gangsters in the countryside. Just like Brother Song, who dared to go against him for dozens of miles around?
Zhou Na is an official. Not only Zhou Na, but most of the political affairs in Ruzhou are handled by officials. Except for some official positions such as county magistrates and chief supervisors, the names are held by generals, and most of the positions are directly handled by officials.
When there are officials, the officials are also officials. However, that does not mean that officials are useless, but very useful. Without officials, there is no way to talk about the local control of the court, and officials have no way to restrain the people's fishing and hunting.
During the Five Dynasties, military officials were in power. In local governments, officials were mostly in power to handle specific affairs. On the plus side, officials were determined to execute orders from superiors without considering consequences. They did not have to consider political ideals and wrote laws, and all superiors were respected. Such a society was not good. Apart from the absolute control of military generals over the local area, the people could live a miserable life.
In this extraordinary period, the officials of the court were actually unable to send them, and to some extent, they had returned to the appearance of the Five Dynasties. In the whole of Ruzhou, only Wang Xiaohunter was the real official. Wang Xiaohunter himself also led his troops to occupy prefectures and counties, and the court appointed him like this.
The most important thing for officials to govern the government is to be clear and clear. The more detailed the better. Don’t leave a blank space for officials to perform their own performance. The place where they play their own performance will cause great chaos. Nothing else, most of the places where officials make decisions serve their own interests. When officials govern the government, the orders should not be too detailed, so that officials can have room for performance.
Is there any difference between officials? Of course there are differences between officials, and there are big differences. Officials are wandering officials and local officials, not because they cannot use all foreigners, but because there are differences between officials.
Just like Zhou Na, the first thing he did when he received Wang Xiaoli's order was to find Song Erge. This was the person he had met before. It was because of him that the magistrate decided to raise all the people who had fought with the Jin people. As for counting the number of people, they would arrange them properly, and instead put them behind.
Seeing that Brother Song's second brother was unhappy, Zhou Na felt impatient and said, "You have an errand to eat and wear well, don't you want to?"
Brother Song hurriedly said, "The officials misunderstood. Why would the young man not want to do it? It was just that the matter was suddenly and I couldn't figure it out for a moment."
"Don't think it through! As long as you know, you can keep the Zhaoluo Town market safe and without any trouble, you will have a monthly salary."
Zhou Na said as he looked behind him, feeling quite impatient.
Brother Song said: "But what do you have to do every day? How much is the monthly salary?"
Zhou Na said: "The magistrate has decided that you inspectors have enough money for five stagnant and half a stone of rice a month. This money is a lot, and it seems that if you only have one person like this, you can save a lot every month."
Song Erge said: "Officials, my young family is not alone. I also have wives and children. But last year, the Jin people came, but they didn't leave for a while, and were captured by the Jin people. In a few years, they might be able to come back."
Zhou Na said: "How many people were kidnapped by the Jin soldiers last year? Have you ever seen one come back? Don't think about those things anymore, just do your best."
Seeing that Zhou Na was impatient, Song Er Ge said yes and did not dare to speak more.
Zhou Na said: "The Zhaoluo Town Market, except for you being a patrol inspector, you will find five people to come for your subordinates. These people will have three stagnant money a month, and the rest will be gone. The market opens on five days, and they don't have to do things every day, as this money is enough to support their families."
Brother Song said that it was. Three stagnant of money per month, roughly equivalent to one hundred stag a day, and he could indeed support his family. However, except for the days of the market, whether they can stay idle and work and earn money depends on the inspection. They can take care of their subordinates, but it may not be possible for others.
After giving instructions, Zhou Na didn't want to stay too long. He said goodbye to Brother Song and took his men down.
Looking at the backs of Zhou Na and others leaving, Song Erge couldn't help but shake his head. What a good person the magistrate is, but these subordinates are not reliable. I don't know why, why didn't the magistrate find some suitable people?
If the court would praise me as before, at most. It would be impossible to arrange positions to raise them. Even if one or two people have this opportunity, there are quite a few people in the whole province. How could it be possible?
Sighing softly, Brother Song sat down again and looked at the autumn wind rising outside the door.
Of course, Wang Xiaolie also hopes to have enough staff. If you ask yourself what you do, you will naturally have someone to do it well and don’t have to worry too much. But he started his career just as a small leader of the rebel army. Where did so many talents come from? The direction and the route are determined, and the most important thing is the cadres. But how difficult it is to train cadres! Especially when he first started, it was extremely difficult.
This is often the case. At the beginning, when I saw a person who knew the words, could write and calculate, and did things quickly, I thought this was an amazing talent. If there were a few around me, I felt that I could sweep the world and be invincible. When the cadres were trained and mature, there were such people everywhere around me. I also felt that it didn’t matter who I lacked, and that no one was so important.
In fact, there are only so many talents in the world. Those who are short of the early stage and those who are many in the later stages are not such talents. In large-scale training of cadres, of course, some of them are originally talents. But they cannot show it without the opportunity. But most of them are just ordinary people. As long as they have been trained to do most of the work, they are actually such people.
Many people cannot distinguish between different officials. They think that officials are the best officials, so officials should be promoted from officials. They cannot distinguish between different people and ordinary staff. Those who think that people can do things must be talents. In other words, what is the use of real talents? What they can do can be done by ordinary people.
Wang Xiaoli can distinguish it clearly. So now, there are actually no officials in Ruzhou, and the officials only do things. Of course, officials can also have officials, and talents never ask about their origins. However, officials who can do things may not be able to become officials. Taking officials as officials will cause political chaos.
But real talents are not easy to encounter. Nowadays, Wang Xiaolie can confirm that Niu Gao is a talent. Because he has been proven by history. People will misunderstand the history, but not the other people will not understand it clearly.
What is there? There is no way. Try to open a school and train a lot, and the only way to solve the problem is to be a staff member. Wang Xiaolie really lacks talents who can help you and can handle various difficult problems.
Chapter completed!