In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 626 Demonstration and Winning Over

The chief clerk Li Tian was a native of Yin County. The Li family was a local noble family. Li Tian was also a hereditary official. He had served as a clerk, a county lieutenant, and then a chief clerk.

According to the official positions of the Yuan Dynasty, the Dianli was a low-ranking official, the county lieutenant was a ninth-rank official, and the chief clerk was an eighth-rank official. (Some small counties were ninth-rank officials.)

Originally, he was aiming for the position of eighth-rank county magistrate, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yurui would suddenly appear out of nowhere. Li Tian was the most dissatisfied.

Zhou Datong certainly knew Du Ming, but he would retire in more than a year, so of course he would not rush to the front.

I began by talking about the recent expenditures of the county, and then asked my colleagues if they had anything else to say.

Normally, as Zhou Datong is the county magistrate, after he finishes speaking, it should be the second-in-command Zhao Yurui who speaks.

Unexpectedly, before Zhao Yurui could say anything, Li Tian immediately slammed the table and stood up: "The court is in a difficult situation now, and all government offices are limiting their spending and flow. But when Lord Zhao came, he brought six yamen runners with him. If everyone was like this, wouldn't the yamen be overcrowded? There will be more people taking money than doing work?"

Zhou Datong immediately said in a fake tone: "Lord Zhao used to be a Jinyiwei, and just transferred to a local official. He doesn't understand the difficulties of the local areas."

It's so difficult for you, Zhao Yurui cursed in his heart, Yin County is the seat of Qingyuan Prefecture, it's very rich, how could you be short of this few dollars?

He had just arrived in Yin County at that time, and some people in the county government office disobeyed him and tried to provoke him. Of course, he could not tolerate this.

Zhao Yurui immediately asked Zhou Datong: "Excuse me, Lord Zhou, I have just been transferred from the Jinyiwei and there is something I don't understand."

"Who has higher authority in the county government, the county magistrate or the chief clerk?"

Li Tian was stunned when he heard this.

Zhou Datong looked embarrassed, and after a moment he said, "The county magistrate is of the eighth rank, and the chief clerk is of the eighth rank, so naturally the county magistrate has the higher rank."

"Now that Lord Zhou has finished speaking, shouldn't it be your turn to speak?"

Zhou Datong could only nod: "Yes, yes..."

Li Tian's face flushed red, he felt both ashamed and angry.

Before he could explode, Zhao Yurui beside him suddenly grabbed a book in front of them, turned around, swung his hand, and hit Li Tian in the face with a plop.

"Ah" Li Tian was caught off guard and covered his face and screamed.

"Fuck you." Zhao Yurui rushed over and started punching and kicking him.

"You have the right to speak here, you have the right to speak here? I haven't even opened my mouth yet, you bastard, what rank are you - fuck you -"

He kicked Li Tian in the head again and again, making Li Tian hold his head and scream, begging for mercy.

Everyone at the scene was stunned.

We are all civil servants of the Yuan Dynasty. No matter how big the hatred is, no one would beat others like Zhao Yurui.

I didn’t expect Zhao Yurui to be so cruel.

The county lieutenant Niu Feng was in charge of the barracks and the captain of the police, and he usually had contact with the local Jinyiwei. He was shocked at this moment, thinking that people who came from the Jinyiwei were really rude in their behavior.

Zhao Yurui suddenly lost his temper and beat Li Tian so hard that he screamed like a ghost. No one dared to stop the fight.

County magistrate Zhou Datong was also stunned, but he dared not say anything.

If any other county magistrate dared to do this, he would have ordered people to beat him with a stick, but Zhao Yurui was sent by Lord Yan himself and was also intended to take over his job. Zhou Datong was so angry that he was half dead, but he didn't dare to get angry.

After a round of beating and kicking, Zhao Yurui was exhausted and finally returned to his seat, sitting down panting.

Then he looked at everyone and said calmly, "I'm sorry, I thought we were in the Jinyiwei. This is how we do things in the Jinyiwei."

Everyone looked at each other.

Zhao Yurui continued, "I brought six people with me. According to the county government's rules, two of them will be paid, and I will be responsible for the rest."

In other words, two people received salaries from the county government, and he paid the rest himself.

Zhou Datong thought, if you had said no earlier, everything would have been fine. But now he certainly didn't dare to say anything, so he could only smooth things over: "That's great, it seems to be a misunderstanding."

Li Tian was screaming on the ground and didn't dare to say anything. He was crying and sniffling, feeling ashamed and angry.

The meeting ended hastily that day. Zhou Datong had originally wanted to gather everyone for a meal in the evening to welcome Zhao and Rui, but he canceled the plan upon seeing this.

After the meeting, Zhao Yurui returned to his office and waited quietly.

He has just established his authority, now it depends on whether the people below know how to behave.

The duties of the county magistrate included assisting the county magistrate in handling administrative affairs, including taxation, rivers, public security, household registration, patrols, etc. In some cases, the county magistrate may also serve as the river affairs county magistrate, specifically responsible for managing the river system. In addition, the county magistrate is also responsible for managing warehouses and prisons, showing his important role in local administration. Sometimes he can even act as the county magistrate, especially when the county magistrate is vacant.

So strictly speaking, he was equivalent to half a county magistrate in the county government, and was in charge of everything.

Especially in front of a retiring county magistrate like Zhou Datong, the county magistrate is particularly important.

Of course, if you encounter a strong county magistrate, he may also sideline the county magistrate.

But right now Zhao Yurui is acting very strong, so now it depends on whether the people below know how to behave.

Sure enough, less than three minutes after Zhao Yurui sat in the office, footsteps were heard outside.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Zhao Yurui sat upright and said loudly.

With a creak, the door was quickly pushed open, someone slipped into the room, and then quickly closed the door, as if afraid of being seen by others.

Then a somewhat wretched middle-aged man wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a flattering smile came in and bowed: "I am Zhao Xiaojiu from the Household Department, and I am honored to meet the County Magistrate."

After saying that, he took a few steps forward and stuffed an envelope on Zhao Yurui's desk.

Zhao Yurui was very proud of himself. You have good vision and are the first one to join me?

"It turns out to be Zhao Dianli, a cousin of ours." Zhao Yurui was not polite and picked up the envelope in front of him.

The envelope was not very thick. Zhao Yurui pinched it and estimated the amount in it, probably a few hundred yuan.

But these few hundred yuan are not a small amount of money in the Yuan Dynasty, which shows that Zhao Xiaojiu has invested a lot of money.

When Zhao Xiaojiu saw Zhao Yurui take the envelope directly, he was also stunned.

When officials interact with each other, who would look at money in public?

Is it true that the Jinyiwei's working style is different from ours?

He was shocked, but unexpectedly, after Zhao Yurui opened the envelope, he did not take out the money inside, but reached into the drawer.

Zhao Xiaojiu was stunned.

Zhao Yurui took out a handful of money, at least a thousand yuan, stuffed it directly into the envelope, and then threw it to Zhao Xiaojiu.

Zhao Xiaojiu caught it reflexively.

"Zhao Dianli is the first one to come, and he is from our family, so he will be considered our brother from now on."

"I will never treat anyone who follows me unfairly."

"Take this money. If there are any benefits in the future, you won't be short of money."

Zhao Xiaojiu was shocked at first, then ecstatic.

"Thank you, Lord Zhao. Thank you, Lord Zhao." At first, he was a little scared and daunted when he saw Zhao Yurui was so cruel. He didn't expect Zhao Yurui to be so easy to talk to.

I was really pleasantly surprised and felt that I had made the right bet.

(End of this chapter)