Yiqiao Station, this is the most remote post from Suiyang City.

Zhao Junsheng looked at a dilapidated and overgrown post station, the courtyard was full of dead leaves, and a corrupt aura filled the period, his face was very unsightly, and he turned his head to look at Liu Guang, Cao Xianyun and Jia Gan and asked, "What about people?" ”

All three of them lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything.

"Liu Guang, you are in charge of the post guards, don't you often come down to supervise the post guards to practice these days? You said! Zhao Junsheng pointed the finger at Liu Guang again.

Liu Guang was silent for a moment, and arched his hand: "It's all gone!" ”

"How long have you been running?"

“······ Four, four months! ”

"Good, good, good!" Zhao Jun smiled angrily, raised his hand and pointed at the three Ling Shi angrily and said: "Deceive the superiors and subordinates, deduct the salaries of the post guards, eat empty salaries, withhold the funds allocated to each post, do nothing one by one, and eat vegetarian meals in the corpse position, this is the ability of you?" ”

"It's been four months since everyone ran away, why hasn't a new post master been appointed until now? Didn't send a post man to come? Liu Guang, you say? ”

Liu Guang broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead and vest, and said in a low voice: "Because ······ It was so remote and inhospitable that no one wanted to come, and those who were assigned would rather not do it than come here! ”

Zhao Junsheng walked up to Liu Guang with a cold face, pointed to his face and said, "This official now appoints you as the head of Yiqiao, and from now on, you will take over Yiqiaoyi!" According to the regulations, there are five people in the Euphashi Station, including the post chief, and the remaining four post guards are recruited by you in the nearby villages! ”

Liu Guang finally couldn't help it, showed an angry face, raised his hand to block Zhao Junsheng's fingers, and said angrily: "The surname is Zhao, you deceive people too much!" I'm fed up with it, I'll tell you now, I'm not doing it! Whoever loves to do it, do it! Then he walked over to the horse, turned over on his horse, and whipped the horse away.

The sound of horses' hooves faded away, and a few wisps of smoke and dust gradually dissipated.

Cao Xianyun, Jia Gan, and the remaining three scribes felt as if they had broken the five-flavor bottle.

Zhao Junsheng retracted his gaze with a calm face, his gaze swept over the five people in front of him, and said to one of the scribes: "Fan Kai, you ride a fast horse to run around the surrounding villages, recruit four post guards, double the salary, and promise to convert this month's salary into money and give them on the spot, see if anyone is willing to come and be a post officer!" ”

"Yes, join the army!" The scribe named Fan Kai agreed, and galloped away on horseback.

Zhao Junsheng beckoned the remaining four people again and said; "Come, let's clean up this place and remove the weeds around it!"

The postmaster and the guards had already taken everything they could take, and they searched through the dilapidated inn until they found two old brooms and a hoe that was almost rusty.

Some people were hoeing grass, some were cleaning yards and houses, Zhao Junsheng tied up a handful of branches to clean the cobwebs on the walls and door frames, and it took half an hour to finally clean up the inside and out of this Yiqiao Station.

Zhao Junsheng sent another scribe to ride a fast horse to buy some grain and vegetables, and buy some daily necessities and cooking utensils.

When all these things were bought, Fan Kai also returned to Yiqiaoyi with two young men and two middle-aged people.

"I joined the army, and my subordinates have recruited four post soldiers, all of whom are honest villagers from nearby villages!" Fan Kai reported to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng looked at it and saw that these four people were indeed honest people, and said, "Very good!" Have you told them about the rules and things to do? ”

"I told you all about it on the way here!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the new post guard and asked, "Which of you doesn't know how to ride a horse?" ”

A young man and a middle-aged man raised their hands: "Sir, we won't!" ”

"Okay, today's task for the two of you is to learn to ride a horse, and the rest of the people continue to clean up this place further, the walls of the houses are somewhat collapsed, some roofs are broken, and the rain will definitely leak, and the windows are also quite broken, and they can't block the wind and rain, in the next few days, if there is an official document to be sent, you will send the official document, and if there is no official document to send, repair the house in the post, and when you repair the house, it is estimated that there will be business travelers and officials who pass by to live here!" Alright, let's get to work! ”

"Yes, sir!" The new postmen got up on their own.

Zhao Junsheng called out to the entourage and asked, "You have also seen it, there must be someone to stay in this Yiqiao Post to be the post chief, who wants to stay?" Did anyone take the initiative to ask for help? ”

Cao Xianyun and Jia Gan will definitely not take the initiative to ask for help, they are already Ling Shi, only lower than Zhao Junsheng's official position.

Two of the scribes looked at each other, but neither said a word.

In the end, Fan Kai, who had just gone out to recruit people, took the initiative to stand up and bowed and said: "Join the army, my subordinates are willing to stay!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was quite pleased, and immediately said: "Okay, this official appoints you as the head of the Yiqiao Station, and the salary will be doubled on the original basis, as long as you can run this Yiqiao Station well, the official promises here that as long as there is a vacancy in the official position in the office, for people like you who take the initiative to take on heavy responsibilities and work hard, priority will be given to promotion and appointment!" ”

"Thank you for joining the army, your subordinates will definitely live up to the trust of joining the army!"

Zhao Junsheng and his entourage have been out for several days, and they have almost walked the entire post station in Liang County, and it is time to return to Suiyang City, he asked the accompanying scribe to leave some money for Fan Kai as a backup, and explained that he would go to the Fa Cao Office to participate in the deliberations three days later, and after the explanation, he took Cao Xianyun, Jia Gan and others to return to Suiyang City on horseback.

Zhao Junsheng thought that Liu Guang's uncle, Wu Zhen, would come to look for trouble, but he returned to Suiyang City for three days without the slightest movement.

"The nephew was forced to resign and leave, Wu Zhen, the county man, didn't react at all, he was really scheming and calm! It seems that I have to be careful, this kind of person either doesn't make a move, and when he does, it must be a storm that people can't guard against! On this day, Zhao Junsheng sat in the class room, touched his chin, and secretly pondered.

Pei Jin walked in cautiously and handed over his hand to report: "Join the army, all the post chiefs below have already arrived, and they are all waiting in the courtyard outside at the moment!" ”

Zhao Junsheng retracted his thoughts, got up and said, "Go and call them into the class room, let them find their own places to sit, and notify the officials of the department to attend the hearing!" ”

"Yes!" Pei Jin agreed, turned around and went out to arrange.

Zhao Junsheng packed up the official documents, bamboo slips, wooden slips, and the four treasures of the study room on the desk, and then walked out of the class room, and when he came to the large class room outside, all the fifty-one post chiefs had already arrived and sat down, and the officials of the office were also present.

He walked to a platform set up in front of him, looked at the people below and said: "This official and you have already known each other a few days ago, and the main purpose of calling you here today is to rectify the post system in this county and make it more effective!" ”

"First of all, let's talk about the decision of the official, after the inspection of the past few days, the official found that there are many posts in the county that are redundant, not on a road, but only a dozen miles apart, and some are even only a few miles apart, as long as they pass through a three-way intersection to arrive quickly, or take a small road can be quickly arrived. For such posts, the official's idea is to carry out the repeal, after preliminary estimates, about thirty percent of the need to remove, the retrenched post guards to supplement the lack of people, as for the abolition of which posts, the department will consider it, a few days will send an official letter, in accordance with the provisions of the handle! ”

This decision made many post masters uneasy, if their post was abolished, then where would they go?