When he wanted money, he had no money, and when he wanted people, he almost went crazy.
A large number of his subordinates were waiting for food.
Li Bai was so anxious that in just one night, his hair turned a lot whiter.
In desperation, Li Bai had no choice but to come to the Marshal's Mansion the next morning and ask to see Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang met him and asked him when he saw him: "County Magistrate Li, do you have a lot of time to come to my place early in the morning to work as a county government official?"
Li Bai bowed and said with an old face: "Commander, I really have no choice but to come here to ask for help today."
"Alchemy, alchemy."
Zhao Ziliang was stunned and said quickly: "Wait, wait, a local official wants to ask me for alms, are you kidding me?
Our army is fighting the rebels, and we need your local officials to support us with money and food.
It would be better for you to come to me for alms instead."
Li Bai said pitifully: "But the treasury in Luoyang County is empty.
The rats have starved to death.
There are several baskets.
The county government really can't open the pot.
The government officials, policemen and clerks don't have uniforms or weapons, and they don't even have to go to court to try the case."
The equipment cannot be used for work.”
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "I can support you with ten knives as weapons for catching criminals.
As for the others, I don't have them either.
So don't expect to beg for help from me.
I will beg for help from you."
Li Bai begged: "Commander, please don't.
I'll borrow it.
If I don't take it for free, I'll just borrow five hundred guan and pay it back in two months, okay?"
"Borrow it for two months and pay it off" "Yes, it's a loan, and it will be paid back in two months."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, then you write an IOU."
Li Bai was so happy that he quickly wrote an IOU on the table next to him and handed it to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang took the IOU and looked at it.
He immediately called the accountant and handed over the IOU.
He asked the accountant to spend 500 yuan and lend it to Li Bai.
The white-collar man happily returned to the county government office with five hundred copper coins.
After having money, the county government was finally able to operate normally.
Li Bai also began to review the backlog of case files.
Old cases were uncovered one after another.
Detectives and government officials were sent out one by one to find the perpetrators and defendants in each case, and they continued to be busy.
After several days, either the victim or the defendant could not be found, and not a single case was completed.
Li Bai was quite distressed.
He had been sitting in court for several days, but not a single case had been solved.
The officials in the county government were too idle, and they all gathered together to chat and spank.
There was no clue about the old case, so Li Bai turned his attention to the recent case.
He called Chen Fang and Jia Quan and asked: "I have been sitting in court for several days, why haven't I seen any people coming to the county government to beat drums and complain about their grievances?"
of" Chen Fang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, we don't know why this is happening.
Maybe the people don't know that Your Majesty has already started to sit in the hall.
It's better to find someone to go to the streets and beat gongs and drums to inform the people and let them know."
If you have any grievances, come to the county government office and beat drums to express your grievances.”
Li Bai nodded and said: "Very good, go ahead and do it."
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Chen Fang immediately asked someone to beat gongs and drums on the street.
The people soon knew that the new county magistrate had taken office.
This trick worked well.
Soon people came to the county government office to play drums and complain about their grievances.
Li Bai was overjoyed and cheered up to start the trial. .
"Third point of bitterness, what grievances do you have?"
Li Bai slapped the crowd and shouted.
This feeling is really refreshing.
How can so many people want to be officials even if their heads are broken?
Zhang San shouted: "Your Majesty, Mr.
Li Si stole my pig and I asked him to argue that I wanted to take the pig back.
Not only did Li Si not allow it, he also beat me.
I begged Mr.
County Majesty to make the decision for the people."
Li Bai took another photo of Jing Tang: "Li Si, what do you have to say?"
Li Si shouted: "It's unfair, Sir, that pig belongs to my family.
Zhang San ran to my house and insisted that the pig was his, and tried to snatch the pig away.
The villain beat him and he came to my house to steal things. , is a bandit act, can't the villain beat him?"
Li Bai felt a headache, and the "Peng" gavel sounded again, "Whose family does that pig belong to?"
"My family" "It's from my family"
Li Bai pointed at Zhang San and said, "What evidence do you have that the pig belongs to your family?"
Zhang San said: "Sir, pigs are raised by villains.
Don't villains recognize this?
There is a piece of black hair on the chest and abdomen of this pig."
Li Si shouted: "You came to my house to rob a pig and saw what the pig looked like.
You should be able to tell, sir.
This cannot be used as proof that the pig belongs to his family."
When Li Bai heard this, he felt that it made sense.
After thinking about it, he felt that he could not tell whose family the pig belonged to just based on the words of the two of them.
He had to find a witness to do so, so he ordered: "Someone, bring the neighbors of Zhang San and Li Si."
Find them all, I want to question them one by one."
"Yes, my lord" Several neighbors were quickly called over, and they all said that Zhang San and Li Si's families both raised pigs, but no one had seen the appearance, size, or other characteristics of the pigs.
This case can no longer be resolved, so Li Bai can only withdraw from the court and wait for another day to hear the case.
Before the people who were watching had left, they saw a school lieutenant and a few soldiers walking through the crowd and walking into the county government hall.
The school lieutenant clasped his fists at Li Bai and said, "County Magistrate Li, my commander-in-chief invites you."
Li Bai said: "I don't know what the commander wants from me."
"You will know when the county magistrate arrives."
"Okay, just wait a moment and I'll be here just to change my clothes."
When he arrived at the Marshal's Mansion, Li Bai met Zhao Ziliang and saluted and said, "I wonder what the Marshal wants to do with his subordinates?"
Zhao Ziliang slapped the table with a stern face and said angrily: "County Magistrate Li, you have been in office for so long, what have you been doing?
These days, more than 20 burglaries and street fights have occurred in Luoyang City, and a large number of refugees have poured in.
In the city, there is no food or clothing.
Whereabouts, people starve to death on the streets every day.
The city is full of stench and disorder.
There are hordes of beggars on the streets.
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There are a mountain of complaints coming to this commander to accuse you of your inaction.
Your county What does Ling do for food?"
Li Bai was stunned, and after a long time he came to his senses and asked: "Commander, is it not that serious?"
Zhao Ziliang slapped the table, pointed at Du Fu and said, "Du Zimei, take Magistrate Li around Luoyang City and let him see the living conditions of the people under his rule.
Come see me again after watching it."
"Yes, Marshal" Du Fu agreed, and then winked at Li Bai.
Li Bai bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and followed Du Fu.
Li Bai followed Du Fu around outside.
In the evening, he followed Du Fu back dejectedly.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "County Magistrate Li, have I framed you?"
At this time, Li Bai was like an eggplant beaten by frost, and he held his hands to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Commander, Li Bai's incompetence has caused the people in Luoyang County to suffer so much.
Marshal, please remove me as the county magistrate."
Zhao Ziliang slapped the table and sneered: "Ha, Li Bai, Li Bai, you put it lightly.
Do you think being an official is like entering a vegetable market?
You can come when you want and leave when you want.
What did you tell me earlier?
You said that you have been wanting to work for the court all your life, but no one appreciates your talent.
You hate that those in power are blind and have no discernment to recognize the pearl you are now.
I've given you a chance.
After a few days, you couldn't do it anymore, so you wanted to give up and leave.
Are there any people like you who do things like this?
Do you think the county magistrate is a small official and can't use your talents at all?
Or do you want to become the prime minister in one step?
You deserve to be given an emperor.
As the saying goes, if you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world?
You can't even be a small county magistrate, why do you want to be a prime minister?"
Li Bai was so reprimanded that he broke into a cold sweat.
He knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, saying: "It is a capital crime to be a low-ranking official.
It is a capital crime."
Zhao Ziliang continued: "I heard that you have been busy trying cases in the past few days, and you are still trying some trivial cases.
My uncle Li, you must also prioritize your work.
Luoyang City's top priority now is It is necessary to carry out a large number of refugees inside and outside the city Set it up and initially solve their problem of eating and sleeping, otherwise the public security order in Luoyang City will not improve at all.
No matter what you think of, Commander, you will handle this matter for me within ten days, otherwise I will I'll take you to jail to see you off."
Li Bai walked out of the Marshal's Mansion as if he were mourning for his heir, and said to Du Fu beside him: "Zimei, what do you think is wrong with me?
I used to be crazy about wanting to be an official, but now I can't live a good life after becoming an official.
Everything you do is very difficult.
Why do those corrupt officials do so well in their jobs, but when they come to me, I make a mess?
Am I not born to be an official?"
Du Fu was speechless for a while, so he could only comfort him: "Brother Li, no one is born to be an official.
As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning.
You have never been an official before and don't know how to be an official.
And it's not good for you to catch up with this situation."
At that time, the city of Luoyang is now in dire straits, and it is the time for you to show your talents.
As long as you survive this hurdle, you will be fine in the future."
After being comforted by Du Fu, Li Bai felt a little better, but when he thought about Zhao Ziliang assigning him the task of resettling refugees, he had a headache.
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There were thousands of refugees in and outside the city.
How to resettle so many refugees?
How to solve their problem of eating and sleeping?
This is really a big problem.
Thinking of this, Li Bai asked Du Fu for advice: "Zimei, the commander asked me to resettle the refugees first and gave him ten days.
What do you think I should do now to resettle the refugees as quickly as possible?"
Du Fu was different from Li Bai.
Du Fu started out as a small official and had been working for more than ten years.
He still had rich experience in grassroots work.
He thought for a while and said to Li Bai: "Brother Li, it is actually not difficult to solve this matter now."
In the surrounding towns and villages outside Luoyang City, many families have been destroyed due to the war.
At least half of the houses in a village are empty, and many fields have become ownerless.
You only need to send people to the city In the villages outside the city, we checked to see which houses had no owners and which fields had become ownerless land.
After the verification and registration were clear, the refugees were resettled into the houses without owners in the villages outside the city, and the ownerless land was given to them.
Farming, in this way, the refugees not only have a place to live, but also have fields to support their families, and the idle houses and fields can be used, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone."
Li Bai was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Zimei's words are enlightening.
I didn't want to do this at all."
Du Fu smiled and said: "Brother Li, you haven't entered the role yet.
You are now the magistrate of Luoyang County.
You have to work for the welfare of the people below.
If you think so, you will soon enter the role."
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