"Quickly estimate the value of the things you brought home and return them. If you don't have anything, exchange it for money."
At the relay stations along the way, the relay captain shouted to the soldiers.
They had received news that Owner Li of Bashui Manor was looking for the official who had made a mistake. He wanted to have some fun.
If it was someone else, they would curse them, but not Li Dongzhu.
Li Dongzhu helped them earn more money. The Imperial Court gave them a portion of money, and they earned more from selling newspapers.
Moreover, it included the money for sending letters and hosting others. They could also get a portion of the money.
Commoners didn't need to pay to sleep in a shared bed.
Merchants wanted to stay in a single room, so they had to pay extra. There was also the cost of horse feed.
Li Dongzhu not only couldn't curse, but he also had to give blessings.
According to the relay station brothers, in the future, when the relay stations accepted advertisements, the relay captain would take 10% of the advertising fees, and the others would split the other 10%.
At the same time, they would help the commoners sell things and get health management fees.
Wasn't this an increase in income? If they were still greedy, they wouldn't be able to forgive themselves even if they were beheaded.
The nearby relay stations didn't have enough time to make up for it, so they just took out money and put it in their accounts.
Many of them didn't have accounts, so they had to quickly make accounts.
After a while, when the team arrived, they didn't stop. It wasn't time to rest, so they just left.
"Li Dongzhu definitely knows that we made up for it. Rumor has it that Li Dongzhu can calculate."
The relay captain watched the team leave and said to the others.
Everyone nodded in agreement. They understood Li Dongzhu.
"Aren't we sending people to investigate?" Guo Ziyi still sat beside the carriage and swung his legs.
"Sometimes, when news is released, it's better not to investigate.
Once they investigate and don't find anything wrong, they will be relieved when we leave.
Then, things will happen. If we don't investigate, they will be worried and afraid that we will investigate. "
Li Yi was very good at this. He used to be like this when he was managing his employees.
He couldn't always keep an eye on one person. If he investigated too much, they would sell milk tea.
"What about the officials in the counties ahead?" Guo Ziyi knew that they would reach Weinan County if they continued forward.
"They stay outside the county at night and don't summon the county officials. They'll probably find a way to prove that there's nothing wrong with them once they hear the news."
Li Yi wasn't worried about Weinan County. It was a county under the capital's government. In the past, the first batch of students were there as registrars and county officers.
Now that the second batch of students had become officials, the students would keep a close eye on them. What they really needed to investigate was Huazhou's Zheng County.
"When we reach Huazhou tomorrow, ask the Huazhou Provincial Governor. Tell him that if he says there's no problem and we find out that there's a problem, we'll punish him."
Li Yi pointed to the front.
Under normal circumstances, if there was a problem with the local officials, they would not directly deal with the state officials.
He would let the state government officials investigate first and then see the results.
This gave them time to play games with each other. Usually, the deputy would be dealt with.
For example, when the Prime Minister went out on a trip, there were people who were wronged. They knelt on the road and stopped people to cry out their grievances.
The Prime Minister would not receive them directly. It was better to deal with them locally first. Governing the region depended on the local officials.
The problem of a commoner was perhaps just a county official who was unlucky to be pointed out.
The other officials did not complain. The Prefectural Government had given the order, and the county officials had to consider what to do.
As long as the commoners were dealt with, there would be no problem.
Li Yi knew that this was the rule of the officialdom. It was the same no matter what era an official was in.
He didn't care. He was powerful, so why should he follow the rules?
I have to investigate and deal with it immediately. The Tang dynasty lacked many things, but it didn't lack officials.
Didn't you see that there were so many officials waiting to be assigned in Chang 'an?
In places far away, many officials would rather continue to wait than to be appointed.
Huazhou was close to the capital's government. There was also the mountain where Li Yi raised the surrendered families, including Tongzhou.
"Can you find out the problem?" Guo Ziyi thought about Huazhou and shook his head.
Huazhou was the place where the entire state capital was taken over. At that time, Li Yi had personally helped to deal with it and solved the specific problems of many counties.
How long had it been since then? If there were any more problems, he would lose his head.
"If I want to find out the problem, I guarantee there's a problem. For example, if there's no corruption, then I'll ask about the data. How many orphans and widows are there in which county, and how many children should be enrolled in school.
Also, the yield of the main crops this year, the situation of the entire county, the cattle in the commoners' homes, and so on. "
Li Yi was very confident. It was easy to find the problem.
Guo Ziyi shook his head again. "You're making things difficult for me."
"You can ask Zhang Jiuling. He can tell you the specific situation in Guangzhou that he's in charge of. The data will not be wrong."
Li Yi retorted. It depends on who is there.
"What if it's you?" Guo Ziyi thought about Zhang Jiuling and nodded.
"Me? If I'm the county magistrate, I'll ask the provincial governor to come to the county every few days. Oh, Zheng County is where the state capital of Huazhou is located.
I can also ask the officials of the imperial court to come to the county. Why should I ask people to investigate? We can ask them to come here and get benefits.
For example, there's a project that benefits the people. The imperial court doesn't need to pay for it, and my county doesn't need to pay for it.
When the project is done well, the people will benefit, and the imperial court will gain prestige. We need the imperial court officials to come and show their faces.
The imperial court officials will definitely be willing to come and take a look. They can get some achievements and then go back with gifts. "
Li Yi had many ideas. The officials who were not capable were afraid of the higher officials. The capable ones would ask the higher officials to come down.
He began to tell Guo Ziyi that it was not easy to be an official, especially a good one.
He needed to protect the interests of all parties and make everyone satisfied through coordination.
When he lowered his head to work, he had to look up at the road. Otherwise, he would not be promoted.
Therefore, he had to find a way to solve the people's problems and get the higher officials' achievements.
Guo Ziyi was dumbfounded. He thought for a while and asked, "You are so capable. Isn't the higher officials worried that you will take his position?"
"Give him achievements. He will be promoted first, and you will be promoted. When you are promoted to a certain level, the higher officials will not be promoted. You must immediately change your position.
Ask the higher officials to help and transfer you to another position. Then, you can continue to look for higher officials in this position.
In the Tang dynasty, the easiest way is to get to know His Majesty.
You can talk to His Majesty and you can submit a letter. Then, everything will be easy. "
Li Yi was very patient, although what he said was of no help to Guo Ziyi.
"Oh, I understand!" Guo Ziyi gave Li Yi a thumbs up to show his admiration.
He was convinced. He was convinced.
He finally understood that Li Yi's position was higher. He did not even need to submit a letter.
Li Yi talked about the matters between officials and officials, ministers and monarchs.
Li Yi himself did not choose any path. Ordinary people could not hope to follow the path he chose.
They could not learn it at all. Now that he thought about it, this path was especially difficult.
He had to continuously bring out good things that benefited the country and the people without asking for anything in return.
When he was making money, he brought the people along to make money and helped the imperial court solve big problems.
Little by little, this special relationship was created.
Li Yi did not know what to say when he was evaluated as an outlier in the military examination.
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