The main duties of the county lieutenant were to hunt down thieves and maintain local law and order, somewhat similar to the police chief of later generations. This week, De'an has an upright temperament, and he has always been oppressed by Zhang Chucai, and he saw that Zhang Chucai was still addicted to wine, and he didn't talk to him, so he took care of himself and led his men to fight the disaster.

There were also people who went to inspect the river embankment, and finally there was a decent one, Chen Yaozuo's face was slightly softened.

"Then tell me about the river disaster." Chen Yaozuo said.

"The river disaster is mainly caused by the breach of the Yellow River in the west of Yizhou, which is also the most serious disaster, a large area of fields have been flooded, and the villages have been covered...... Manpower is really limited, so the process has been delayed a bit......" Zhou Dean was no longer as nervous as he was just now, he replied cautiously, and after speaking, he carefully peeked at Chen Yaozuo's reaction.

Chen Yaozuo was a little displeased: "That's all? How is the embankment being repaired? ”

Zhou Dean hurriedly said: "The flood is too big, some have nowhere to start, they can only be filled in this little bit, and some sections of the river embankment have just been repaired, but they have been washed away by the flood again, and so on, and the process has been delayed." The lower officials are ignorant, there is really no good way, they have been doing this for two days, and the river embankment has only been repaired for more than a mile......" Zhou De'an had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, bowing his head and preparing to meet Chen Yaozuo's scolding.

Sure enough, Chen Yaozuo's brows furrowed after hearing this, and he looked at Zhou Dean and said, "Well, okay, you did a good job, now the position of Yizhou County Commander will be temporarily replaced by you, don't kneel, get up." ”

Yes? Promoted me to be a county magistrate? Zhou Dean was a little stunned at this time, not only was he not dismissed from the official and asked, but he was also promoted to a level and became a county order, which was really unexpected.

"Don't think that I don't know what you've done in the past few days, this official will give you another chance to make up for your mistakes, if you don't do it well, hum! The two of them are the end! Chen Yaozuo turned his face and shouted coldly.

Chen Yaozuo is worthy of being a veteran of officialdom, and he dealt with the county order and the county magistrate because the two of them, as the biggest local governors, did not act and must be severely punished. Although other people are not doing well, but now the situation in Yizhou is a mess, it is the time to employ people, it is not appropriate to do large-scale cleaning, although these officialdom old oilmen are hateful, but after all, they are familiar with the situation in Yizhou, and they still need their efforts to control the river, and he understands the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish. Besides, after today's killing of chickens and monkeys, all the officials have also learned a great lesson, and they will definitely not dare to neglect their duties when they go back, and they will definitely play with their lives, which is the result that Chen Yaozuo finally wants.

Everyone was finally relieved as if they had been amnestied, and they were busy saying that they would do their best, spare no effort, and go all out.

"My lord, the flood in Yizhou is urgent, one more moment of delay, one more casualty, as the saying goes, more people have great strength, although you have transferred the forbidden army from Zhending Mansion, but according to the personal practice of the lower officials in the past few days, even if you add the box army in Yizhou, there is still a shortage of manpower." Zhou Dean is an honest man, and he feels that since Chen Yaozuo has been promoted to his official, he should fulfill his duties with due diligence.

"You can recruit people, there are many young and strong people in Yizhou." A small official hurriedly took the opportunity to say that when he saw that Zhou Dean had actually been promoted, his brain began to live.

"It's requisitioned, but who wants to go, it's a thankless task, and if you don't get it right, your life is in danger, and if you can't supply food, the people can't eat enough, who still has the strength to work." Zhou Dean had a bitter face.

"If you don't want to go, you don't want to go? If it really doesn't work, forcibly recruit and let the soldiers arrest it, this is a matter of Yizhou City. The little official made another move.

Do your best to make some bad ideas, and the idea of catching strong men is also called an idea? Thinking about it with his toes, Li Ce secretly scolded, he saw that several other people felt the same way, as if he agreed with the bad idea of this little official, so he had to quickly stop it: "I was afraid that the desperate people would provoke a civil uprising after the catastrophe, and if you came up with such a bad idea, didn't you force them to go to Liangshan?" Wouldn't it be even more chaotic then? ”

"Forced to Liangshan?" Someone asked.

Oh, forgot, this is not yet the era of Liangshan heroes.

"This ...... It means that the government forces the people to rebel. Li Ce scratched his head and said.

The little official was so embarrassed that he blushed with shame when Li Ce said this, he saw that although Li Ce was not like an official, he was following Chen Yaozuo, and it seemed that the relationship was quite close, so he didn't dare to offend, so he had to bow his head and retreat.

"The army is not manpowered, and the people can't be recruited, so what do you say?" Another official spoke, and he felt that Li Ce was a hairy boy who would only make random comments, and he would play tricks, and he had no real material in his stomach.

"Who said that Minfu can't be used? Is this a requisition? We need to mobilize their enthusiasm and let them voluntarily take the initiative to work, so that we can be efficient. Li Ce smiled slightly, he saw that several people were angry with him, but Chen Yaozuo didn't dare to show it here.

"Unless you pay them, only fools are willing to take the initiative." The official sneered.

"Hey, you're right, I'm just going to pay them!" Li Ce smiled brightly.

"Yizhou is poor, and now there is a flood, and this year's taxes can't be collected, so how can there be spare money to pay wages." Another official complained.

Chen Yaozuo waved his hand to stop everyone from continuing to besiege Li Ce, and said, "You mean to attract the people through tax reduction, forced labor, and other means?" This is also a method, and it is not without precedent before. ”

"Your Excellency is wise." Li Ce smiled and gave a top hat, and deliberately glanced at the rest of the people with disdain.

In later generations, it was common to work and pay money, but in this feudal era it was different, and these officials naturally thought that it was natural for them to give orders to let the people do things, and there was no need to negotiate, let alone pay wages.

"Adults don't know, and we know this kind of method, but it's just ...... The people here in Yizhou are fierce, and the people are extremely tricky, if they just give them such a promise, I am afraid that the people will not buy it. The previous official added with a bitter face.

"Hmph, haven't the people been deceived by you again and again, so they don't want to trust the government anymore?" Zhou Dean snorted coldly.

"Hey, Zhou De'an, how do you talk? What does it mean to be deceived by us, and how have we deceived the people? Naturally, everyone refused to admit it honestly.

"Hmph, I'm embarrassed to say, the year before last, the people dug a ditch and promised to reduce the rent, and last year's drought borrowed the people's grain and promised to double it, which one did you do?" Zhou Dean pointed out indignantly and mercilessly.

"Then the people were supposed to serve in conscription." Several people are still arguing.

"Is there such a frequent conscription? How many times a year? ”

The two sides argued, and the lobby was noisy like a bazaar.

"Alright, stop arguing! The flood is urgent, human life is more than the sky, what is it to spend a few dollars, you quickly go to arrange the matter of conscription, and all the interception of Yizhou's annual taxes will be taken out as the wages of the levy. Chen Yaozuo said, when is it, and he is still arguing for a little broken silver!