Fenghou

Chapter 445 Interview
Chen Qing had already remembered that this Zhu Sui should be the magistrate of Didao County who ran away. He had a good reputation in Didao County.

Zhang Xiao pointed to the first person again and said: "This Zhang Xuan was also promoted in the sixth year of Xuanhe, and he was a Jinshi in the same discipline as Zhu Sui. He was originally the county magistrate in the middle of Fangzhou. He has a good character. I consider letting him do the history of Jiedu Shuling. Jiedushi let's take a look together!"

There are generally two confidential secretaries of the Jiedushi, one is the Jiedu Zhang Secretary, who is responsible for recording and delivering orders, and the other is the Jiedu Shulingshi, who is in charge of the documents and albums.

Zhang Xiao considered these two people mainly because they both had experience as local officials and knew better about people's livelihood.

Chen Qing nodded happily, "Then invite them over, I'll take a look, and then please join the army to decide on the rest."

Zhu Sui is [-] years old this year, from Gongxian County. At the age of [-], he passed the Jinshi examination and was appointed as the chief secretary of Didao County. He was appreciated by Liu Ziyu and promoted him to the county magistrate. After being an official in the Song Dynasty, the Jin people killed him, and he endured the humiliation. He successively became the county magistrate of the Jin State and the Puppet Qi. When the Xixia people captured Didao County, he abandoned his official position and fled.

In his resume, there are records of Jin Guo and Puppet Qizhi County. He also knows that the imperial court will never use him again, but Chen Qing is a Jiedu envoy, and he may be able to use him as a staff officer. Hope came to Chengji County and was admitted.

In other words, Chen Qing didn't care about the disgraceful two years in his resume.

Zhu Sui was brought into Chen Qing's official room by a soldier. He bowed and saluted, "Jiedu envoy Zhu Sui, who is a lowly official!"

"Please sit down!"

"Thank you Jiedushi!"

Zhu Sui sat down, and Chen Qingxiao asked, "You used to be the magistrate of Didao County?"

"Exactly!"

"You should know Wu Hongwei!"

Zhu Sui was startled, and quickly said, "Of course I know him. He is the county magistrate, and I am the county magistrate. We have worked together for several years."

Chen Qing smiled again and said, "There is an empty section of the city wall in Didao County, do you still remember?"

"There is a section, in fact, it should be two sections of empty walls. It was dug out by beggars and used as a house. I wanted to fill it up, but Wuzhi County reminded me to keep it. Maybe it will be beneficial to attack the city in the future, and the humble job will be built. A wall hides it."

Chen Qing chuckled, "It was also thanks to your empty wall that I captured Didao County by surprise. Later, I sent someone to look for you and said you were missing."

Zhu Sui was happy and nervous at the same time, but he didn't expect that empty wall to really work.

He hastily said: "His job is from Gong County. He went back to his hometown to take care of his old father. He heard that the state school is recruiting professors, and he came to apply again."

"You have been in Didao County for many years, so you should know how to deal with the Qiang and Tubo people! I want to get their support, what should I do?"

"Jedushi wants to take Jishi Prefecture and Taozhou?"

Chen Qing praised secretly in his heart, this person really knew everything, "Exactly!"

Zhu Sui thought for a while and said: "Jishi Prefecture and Taozhou originally belonged to the Qingtang Dynasty of Tubo. After the disintegration of the Qingtang Dynasty, Jishi Prefecture and Taozhou were merged into Xihe Road. When they hated the Xixia people and fought for the Hexi Corridor, they forged a deep hatred.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty mainly appeased them and never levied taxes. Later, the imperial court moved many Han people to the Taoshui River Valley and the Hehuang Valley, but they did not compete with the Tubo and Qiang people. They have been getting along well for decades. I feel deeply in Didao. They and the Han people help each other. I think that as long as the Jiedushi inherits the appeasement measures of the Song Dynasty, they will definitely support the Jiedushi. "

Chen Qing said happily: "That's right. No wonder Lay Yi An recommended you to me. From now on, you will be the secretary of Jiedu."

Zhu Sui was ecstatic in his heart, but he was worried: "The humble post once served as the county magistrate of the Jin Kingdom and the Puppet Qi, I'm afraid the court will not allow it!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Most of the high-ranking officials under me have been officials of the puppet Qi. None of them were appointed by the court, and they did well even if they were different? You were appointed by me, and you do things for me, which has nothing to do with the court!"

Although Zhu Sui didn't understand Chen Qing's implication, at least he understood that the Jiedu Envoy didn't care about his disgraceful experience at all. A big stone fell in his heart, and he quickly bowed and said, "I am willing to serve the Jiedu Envoy." !"

"Go! Go to the courtyard next door and look for Zhang Xiao, who joined the army, and he will arrange for you to join the army!"

"Farewell from my humble position."

Zhu Sui withdrew slowly, but unexpectedly saw Zhang Xuan in the waiting area, he asked in surprise, "Why is Brother Xian Ya here?"

"I'm here to interview for the position of Shuling Shi. Where's Brother Zhu Xian?"

"I have been appointed as the secretary!"

"Ah! Congratulations."

At this time, a soldier came out and said, "Zhang Xuan, please come in!"

Zhu Sui bowed to him encouragingly, Zhang Xuan took a deep breath and walked into the official room.

"Humble Zhang Xuan, see Jiedushi!"

Chen Qing looked at Zhang Xuan. He was two years older than Zhu Sui, but with a baby face, he looked about his own age.

But looks don't matter, Zhang Xiao praised him because he was a clean and honest official, he would rather be a tenant farmer and farm the land for a living, and his youngest son died because he had no money for medical treatment, and he didn't want to be a fake official. .

But Chen Qing is quite interested in an experience in his resume, "Your resume says that you are from Jingzhao, but you were born and raised in Fushi County, Yanzhou. Zhao lived?"

"His father, Jing Zhaoren, is a professor of state studies in Yanzhou. He has taught in Yanzhou for [-] years. He has always been by his father's side. It is true that he has never been to Jingzhao."

"What do you think of the kerosene in Fushi County?"

"It is a very important strategic material, a weapon for defending the city, and the commander attaches great importance to it. He once stockpiled [-] barrels of kerosene in the Western Army and called on the court to pay attention to kerosene. Unfortunately, the court only paid attention to gunpowder and underestimated kerosene. It is really a pity. "

"Does your father still have connections in Fushi County?"

Zhang Xuan nodded with a smile and said, "My father has been teaching in Yanzhou for [-] years, how could he have no contacts?"

Zhang Xuan understood what Chen Qing meant, and he smiled again and said, "If Jiedushi wants to engage in kerosene, my father should have a way!"

The reason why Chen Qing cares so much about kerosene is because something happened to Han Dongtang who trafficked kerosene for him. He underestimated the control of kerosene by the puppet Qi army and hired people to steal kerosene, but was caught by the puppet Qi patrol army and was arrested on the spot. The killing caused Chen Qing to lose the source of fire oil.

Chen Qing wanted to build a new kerosene supply line, but he couldn't find a suitable person. Zhang Xuan's father had been a professor in Yanzhou State University for [-] years, which gave him an idea.

Chen Qing immediately appointed Zhang Xuan as Jiedu envoy Shu Lingshi, who was in charge of documents and albums.

To say that Zhang Xiao's work efficiency is indeed very high. He only interviewed two confidential secretaries in the morning, and established the entire secretarial system of the Jiedushi before noon, including Zhu Sui, the secretary in charge, and Zhang Xuan, the secretary. Several engaged.

The dozen or so thirty-five professors of state studies who were not recruited could not use such a high level. They were all civil servants recruited separately, mainly the children of rich gentry families in Qinzhou and Gongzhou.

The Song Dynasty was not as difficult to find scholars as the Tang Dynasty. There were quite a lot of scholars in the Song Dynasty. The slightly middle-class families would send their children to study, and Qinzhou was no exception. When recruiting government officials, applicants were picked one by one.

At noon, the entire enlisting room was extremely lively. Chen Qing asked his soldiers to pay Zhu Sui and Zhang Xuan thirty pennies to have a dinner together. Chen Qing originally wanted to take them there to make friends. But at this time, Wang Hao, the commander of the internal affairs battalion, came to ask for an interview, and Chen Qing gave up the idea of ​​having dinner together.

"Reporting to Dutong, Liu Juxian, the shopkeeper of Yi'an Teahouse, is a subordinate of the humble staff. There are six staff members, four of whom are subordinates of the humble staff. Xuechuan Restaurant also has a person, and the shopkeeper Liu specially recruited him. His name is Jiang Xiaowu, and he is a very shrewd and capable guy. According to our deployment, he has already obtained some useful information. For example, General Zheng deliberately leaked his words about the lack of food, and Jiang Zhizhou also said that financial resources cannot support the expansion of the army. and many more.

Next, I will consider fishing. I have two ideas. One way is to let General Zheng disclose some important information, but the other party must confirm it. At this time, they need a low-level official to be bribed by them. It is best to be an official from the Jiedu Mansion. , I do not know whether all agree? "

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "The idea is good, I agree, but what information do you want to disclose?"

"The humble job is to ask the capital to see what information is more important to Xixia, but it will not affect the overall situation?"

Chen Qing took two steps with his hands behind his back, and said with a slight smile: "The best way is to cause internal chaos in Xixia. Even if there is no chaos for the time being, we have to find a way to make the signs of internal chaos in Xixia come out, but the time is not yet ripe, the bait It’s not rich enough, so keep on baiting, and you have to be patient if you want to catch big fish.”

(End of this chapter)