The guards looked at each other with an innocent expression, and one of the guards hurriedly said, "Zhou Envoy, this is ...... This is none of the small people's business, these people, these are all invited by the newly appointed Li family, the head of the Civil Affairs Department, and the small ones are not easy to stop, so they can only let them be inside. Romance Starter"

Zhou Bo raised his eyebrows, and asked again in a sharp voice: "Li Xiaoyu, what is she inviting these people to do here? Don't you know that the land of the Gongfu is strict? Even if you are invited, you can't treat the Gongfu as a fireworks alley so unscrupulously!" His tone was very bad, the women who raised animals on behalf of him had already made him angry when they quarreled in the Gongfu a few days ago, and when he encountered this incident today, the anger in his heart seemed to have doubled, and it became stronger and stronger.

Seeing that Zhou Bo was angry, the guards hurriedly said: "Zhou Envoyjun, the lady of the Li family said that she wants to recruit a few subordinate officials to help take care of the affairs of the Civil Affairs Department, and these women are the people she invited to conduct the assessment. ”

Zhou Bo was stunned, and his face suddenly fell, he did promise Li Xiaoyu that he could let her choose her own subordinate officials. However, subordinate officials are also officials, and they are people who must have the ability to handle government affairs, how can they be a group of young ladies? He was very suspicious that Li Xiaoyu was treating the public mansion as a child's play, and he immediately became angry.

This anger has many meanings, partly because Li Xiaoyu messed up, and partly because he regretted that he used people inappropriately.

He didn't say anything more, and walked into the mansion in a huff.

In the courtyard in front of the main hall, there were seven or eight young girls standing. Although these girls have been dressed very plainly after the disaster of the war, everyone is very good-looking, and they are dressed very decently at this moment. After they saw Zhou Bo come in, they restrained their laughter a little, and Zhou Bo made a blessing.

"Who are you?" Zhou Bo didn't give these girls a good look, and asked directly.

Seeing the anger on Zhou Bo's face, these girls were a little overwhelmed, and looked at each other, but no one came to answer Zhou Bo's question.

Zhou Bo was even more angry. He raised his voice and asked, "What do you ask you? Who are you? What are you doing here? Don't you know that this is the government? ”

Zhou Bo's sudden anger frightened these girls a lot.

An older girl hesitated for a while. finally replied: "Zhou Envoy Jun is angry, the slave family and others are all friends of the Li family's lady, and today I was invited here by the Li family's lady, I heard that the Li family's lady is looking for a subordinate official who can help." ”

Zhou Bo's eyes immediately widened, and his face was shocked and angry.

The older girl saw it. With a pang in his heart, he hurriedly said again: "Originally, the slave family and others were reluctant to come out, but they couldn't bear the kindness of the Li family's lady, so they had to rely on it." ”

Zhou Bo snorted coldly and said, "Even if you are selected as a subordinate official, then you should know that this is a solemn matter, how can you be allowed to mess around like this?"

These girls all seemed a little aggrieved, they were unwilling to come. Now that it's here, the Li family lady has to interview one by one. So let them wait at the door. There is nothing to do when they wait, so they can only gather together to talk and laugh to pass the time. Now that they are being scolded by Zhou Bo like this, how can they bear this breath?

It's just that although they are very aggrieved, they don't dare to contradict anything, after all, Zhou Bo is the envoy of the Guanghua Army.

At this time, Li Xiaoyu heard Zhou Bo's roar in the yamen of the Department of Civil Affairs, and immediately ran out of the yamen. Behind her, there was another girl, naturally the one who was interviewing.

Li Xiaoyu came to the front yard. glanced at his sister, then at Zhou Bo, and hurriedly asked, "Zhou Yuanjun, what are you just doing." Why are you scolding them? They're all my friends?"

Since Zhou Bo came to the Guanghua Army, he has always been careful to manage the people's feelings, trying not to let the people feel that he is oppressive with officials. But he suddenly found that the more he was like this, the more he lost a kind of prestige in the hearts of the people. Throughout the ages, a bureaucrat has no prestige. How else can a ban be enforced?

"I still want to ask you, what are you doing with these girls here?" he said angrily, although he already knew the purpose of Li Xiaoyu inviting these girls, but this kind of question was to accentuate his tone.

"Zhou Yuanjun, didn't you promise? said that I could recruit subordinate officials to help with official affairs. Now that many of the official duties assigned to me by Zhou Yuanjun are too busy to be done by myself, I want to find a helper as soon as possible, so that I can complete Zhou Yuanjun's official duties as soon as possible and better. I'm in the process of selecting a subordinate officer. Li Xiaoyu said seriously.

In addition to hitting Zhou Bo with a stone when they met for the first time, she saw Zhou Bo's anger, and today is the first time she really saw Zhou Bo angry. Although she was a little scared, she felt that she had done nothing wrong, so she reluctantly put on an unafraid appearance.

"Yes, I said so, and I support you in doing so, and I have no objection to you doing it now. But don't you remember what I said, and you have to be accountable to the person you hire, and if his talent is not recognized, you have to bear the consequences. Look at whom, who are you looking for now?" Zhou Bo said fiercely in front of these girls.

When the girl heard this, she couldn't wait to leave here immediately, but for a while, she would be hindered by Zhou Bo's deterrence, and she didn't dare to leave without a sound. Some of them were cowardly girls who burst into tears.

Li Xiaoyu saw that these close friends of his were frightened, and he became angry in his heart, and shouted at Zhou Bo: "They are all my friends, what's the matter? Since Zhou Yuanjun said that I recruited subordinate officials myself, of course I know that I am responsible for subordinate officials, but now that you ask indiscriminately and accuse my friends like this, you are simply going back on your word!"

Zhou Bo sank his breath and said coldly: "I asked you to recruit subordinate officers to share the work for you. You're good, nepotism, they're your friends, but how many of them are capable? Even if they don't, how many of them know the rules? As soon as I came in, I heard them chattering and laughing, what do you think of this place?"

Zhou Bo sank his breath and said coldly: "I asked you to recruit subordinate officers to share the work for you. You're good, cronyism. They're your friends, but how many of them are capable, and even if they aren't, how many of them are well-behaved? As soon as I came in, I heard them chattering and laughing, and what did I think of this place?"

He paused. Without waiting for Li Xiaoyu to quibble, he said again: "If they want to apply for subordinate officials, they should have a reverent and solemn attitude. I asked them just now, and they didn't want to come in the first place, but you blindly asked them to come. Can people like them, who don't have the heart to be subordinate officials, have the heart to do things well in the future?"

Li Xiaoyu suddenly became anxious, and said angrily: "Who said they are incapable? Even if they are unwilling, it is just because of the obstruction of their family." At the beginning, my father didn't let me be an official, and it wasn't after Zhou Yuanjun's persuasion that he succeeded. ”

"Well, very well, since you say that they are capable, what are they capable of? And haven't you heard a saying? Are talented and unvirtuous people worse than untalented and unvirtuous? They don't know the rules at all, and treat this place as if it were a vegetable market. If the Civil Affairs Department is like this in the future, who will show the majesty of our official mansion?" Zhou Bo roared.

"You, you, you're just deliberately making things difficult for me. Li Xiaoyu didn't know how to answer for a while, she knew that Zhou Bo was angry because these sisters didn't follow the rules after coming to the mansion, and now it's useless to say anything. But she already had a strong heart, and when she saw Zhou Bo being so domineering, and she was scared to cry her sister, how could she stand this breath in her heart.

Zhou Bo is not a stupid person, he can see that Li Xiaoyu is going to play a child's temper again. Immediately said with a cold face: "Xiaoyu, you know your identity now, and you should also know my identity." When you promised me, you said that you would abide by the style of the government. If you behave childishly any more. I will be punished severely. ”

Li Xiaoyu's throat and eyes blocked a venting word, and he cried out angrily.

"If you bully people, if I don't take care of you, you will put up a fight. She said willfully while crying.

"Hmph, if you don't say it, it's not right? Okay, if you decide to resign today, I will approve you, but I will definitely hold you accountable for deceiving the envoys. "The most annoying thing about Zhou Bo is that Li Xiaoyu is playing tricks, this big girl always thinks things so simply, and she will never allow such a disregard for the overall situation and arbitrariness!

"You, you!" Li Xiaoyu was extremely angry when he heard this, and he really regretted how he fell for Zhou Bo. She really wants to beat Zhou Bo up now, but this kind of thing naturally can't be done.

"I'll give you a chance, I know you're not convinced right now. So, you ask these women to recruit your subordinate officials, what kind of idea do you have on the basis of this?" Zhou Bo didn't come to quarrel in the first place, his purpose was to make Li Xiaoyu understand that as an official, you must have the style of an official.

Li Xiaoyu was stunned, not knowing what Zhou Bo meant by asking himself.

She wiped her tears, cheered herself up, and said without saying a word: "They are all my friends, and they used to have a good relationship with me, and these sisters can read and write. The reason why I chose the subordinate officials from among them is precisely because we both know each other and have a tacit understanding, so it will be much easier to do things in the future. ”

Although Zhou Bo's face was still indifferent, he still nodded in agreement.

When Li Xiaoyu saw this, her momentum gradually recovered, and she continued: "What's more, you also said that Zhou Yuanjun at the beginning, let you choose someone you can trust. I have a girl's family, and I don't have any other male friends, so I can only choose from these close friends. I don't want to be in such a hurry to find help, it's just that I really don't understand a lot of things, and I need someone to help!"

After listening to Li Xiaoyu's words, Zhou Bo nodded again and said, "Your starting point is very good, and you are also very thoughtful. But you haven't thought of some details, that is, whether there is a suitable person among your friends, and if there is no suitable person, you still have to blindly find someone to help, aren't you afraid of helping more and more?"

He paused, then added, "Besides, you didn't even think about the feelings of these friends. They were reluctant to come, whether it was for family reasons or their own reasons, in such a situation, you should first do their careful work and let them decide whether to serve as this subordinate officer. But you didn't do anything, and you just invited people to review it, isn't it difficult for a strong man?"

Li Xiaoyu paused for a moment, and suddenly didn't know how to answer these words.

Zhou Bo sighed and said, "Look at these friends of yours, they are just casual because they are reluctant, and they don't take the majesty of the court in their eyes. That's it, what do you expect them to do you in the future? Nothing in the government can be as casual as playing at home, because our words and deeds are responsible to all the ordinary people of the Guanghua Army, do you understand?"

Li Xiaoyu had nothing to say at all, but because of her strong heart, she was reluctant to take the initiative to admit her mistakes. She just lowered her head and didn't say a word, just like that.

Zhou Bo slowed down his breath and said again: "Today I am thinking about your first offense, and I will not pursue you for the time being." You should also invite these women back, if you want to recruit subordinate officials, you must also have a plan. If you can't think of any plan, you can discuss it with Li Xuzhong. ”

Li Xiaoyu didn't say a word, walked slowly to the middle of those sisters, first apologized one by one, and then led them out of the mansion.

Zhou Bo sighed slightly, but he was still unhappy when he thought of the way those women were talking and laughing just now. Gradually, he turned his anger on Li Xuzhong, and Li Xuzhong couldn't take care of this matter well.

He walked to the lobby and planned to look for Li Xuzhong, but only then did he find that Li Xuzhong was not here at all.

Then, he had no choice but to run to the door of the government again and asked the guards, "Where is Li Xuzhong?"

The guard replied: "Li Xianggong was still in the yamen in the morning, and then Li Xiangzi came to visit, and I don't know what they said, so Li Xianggong took Li Xianggong away." ”

Zhou Bo was stunned for a moment and said, "Took it away?"

Another guard hurriedly added: "I want to hear Li Fuzi and Li Xianggong say something, it is about running an official school, Li Fuzi and Li Xianggong are still discussing these things while walking." ”

Zhou Bo then understood, it turned out that Li Fuzi was so keen on official learning, it seemed that he, an old man, was addicted to teaching, so he wished to start the official school as soon as possible. He sighed, since this is the case, it can only be done by Master Li.

Anyway, running education is not a bad thing, and improving the quality and civilization of the whole people is also of great help to the government.

In the evening, Zhou Bo felt that some things could not be put on hold.

After Li Xiaoyu sent those close friends away, he didn't return to the yamen, and he didn't know if he was really angry, so he decided that even if he was offended, he would not come back and continue to be an official.

Zhou Bo sighed, this matter can only be decided by Li Xiaoyu himself, he can't go and ask Li Xiaoyu to come back now. After all, it was Li Xiaoyu who did something wrong today, and if he went over and asked Li Xiaoyu to come back, it would make Li Xiaoyu feel that he was wrong.

He wasn't thinking about it now, but about the team that surveyed the iron mines. (To be continued.) )