"The official family ordered that the people south of the Yellow River can take their relatives north of the Yellow River to spend the disaster year?" Liu Pet's questioning speed was not fast.

"That's right. Already came the telegram. This has saved a lot of people! Director Lu said excitedly, "Section Chief Liu, you said before that the official family will definitely not sit idly by and watch everyone suffer. You're from Hangzhou, but what news did you get before? ”

"I just heard from you, too." Liu Pet hurriedly explained. The king loses his country if he is not secret, and the minister loses his body if he does not keep it secret. Having additional intelligence is naturally a good thing. However, it is believed that there is additional information, but there is no benefit.

Hearing Liu Chong say this, Director Lu hurriedly asked, "But I don't know what the specific charter is." ”

"Director Lu, how could I, a small section chief, know the decision of the official family. The exact orders of the official family are still at your disposal to me. As I said yesterday, the government is a very compassionate person who will not sit idly by and watch the people suffer. As for how the official family gave the order, how can I know. ”

"It's just ......" Director Lu looked anxious, and he could see that he wanted to carry out the order immediately.

"There is a phase in the transmission of intelligence. This is a first-level notice of meeting. Now it should be notified to the state capital, and after the state government yamen has a meeting, it will be notified to the county. At that time, you just don't want to know the content, and you will be told in the meeting. Why bother with this day and a half day. ”

Liu Pet was speaking while observing the director of the Dongying Taxation Bureau. Looking at the director's completely dismissive description of the system, he probably just wanted to pick up people from the north of the Yellow River immediately. Liu Chong felt that he wanted to tell the director of the tax bureau that if the people who took him over caused a disturbance south of the Yellow River, some people would be held responsible. Dongying received an order from Zhao Guan's family, and he didn't immediately announce it to his subordinates. Everyone needs to evaluate the whole.

"Director Lu, do you have any relatives north of the Yellow River?" Liu Pet asked.

"Alas!" Director Lu sighed, "My ancestors are from Hebei. My mother's family is also from Hebei, and my father moved to Rizhao because of business. ”

"Oh......" With the information in the hands of the Intelligence Bureau, the Zhao Guanjia had a great influence in Rizhao more than ten years ago. Liu Pet couldn't help but continue to ask: "How long has Director Lu defected to the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"There are also seven or eight years." Director Lu replied.

Liu Pet already has an overall evaluation of Director Lu's background. If Director Lu didn't tell a lie, he became a common man under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty when the Zhao Guanjia counterattacked Rizhao. At that time, he chose to defect to Song Jun, otherwise he would not be able to get the status of the director of the tax bureau. However, the status that Director Lu gained in the Great Song Dynasty did not allow his family's relatives to defect to the Great Song Dynasty. Now that the disaster has occurred, this Director Lu naturally hopes that his relatives can come to take refuge.

"Wait a few days, and there should be news. Listening to what Director Lu just said, since Director Lu's family can do business, the relatives of the family should be a big family. No matter how severe the locust plague is, it will not be able to survive these few days. Liu Pet comforted him, and wondered in his heart whether Director Lu would continue to tell if he continued to inquire. Collecting and analyzing intelligence is Liu Chong's specialty, but there are limits to such things, it's okay to say a few words casually, it's really stable, of course Director Lu can refuse.

"It's better to hurry." Director Lu sighed.

For the local government in Dongying, Liu Pet is an outsider. Liu Pet knows this very well, no matter how well Dongying's disaster relief is done, it is impossible to blame Liu Pet for it. After talking with Director Lu, Liu Pet continued his own work of collecting intelligence. Dongying is a planned trading point, which is an inaccurate judgment of the stability of the lives of the people north of the Yellow River, and Liu Chong also hopes to know the extent of this instability.

After walking around Dongying, I saw that the clothes of the local people were very ordinary. Judging from the places where Liu Pet has walked, it is a relatively low level. The level is only stronger than that of the rural areas of Henan. The population of the county town is only a few thousand, and there are not many fields outside, so industry and commerce can basically be ignored. As far as Liu Chong's overall feeling is concerned, the people in this area are completely engaged in agricultural production.

When I arrived at the office of the county's state-owned supply and marketing cooperative, I saw an adobe house made of rammed earth in the north. After entering, you can see that the light in the thatched-roof house is relatively dark. The president of the supply and marketing cooperatives is a very simple-looking Shandong man, who is slightly taller than Liu Pet, and has to be 180 up.

After listening to Liu Chong's question, the president of the supply and marketing cooperatives replied: "Section Chief Liu, the clothes in our county are all cloth tickets given by the imperial court. If there were no cloth tickets, where would the people in the county be able to wear such good cloth. The official family is really a good person. ”

Liu Chong also felt that the Zhao Guanjia could indeed be called a good person, and in terms of treating their own people, the Zhao Guanjia was indeed extremely caring. It's just that with the current situation in Dongying, Liu Pet feels that it is not appropriate to set up a trade point here. Dongying's economy is really poor, not to mention compared with Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Qingyuanfu and other big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, even with Jinan can not be compared. It is Jinan, and in Liu Chong's opinion, it is not enough. The big city in the south of the Yangtze River now has a very developed handicraft industry, and more than a quarter of the land in a city is made up of various factories.

Not to mention the big city in the south of the Yangtze River, it is the Zaozhuang Iron and Steel Center where Liu Pet passes, where various iron and steel enterprises gather, occupying more than half of the area of Zaozhuang. The entire Shandong and Henan, as well as the steel products sold to Dayuan, are all produced in Zaozhuang. The kind of large gathering of people, the kind of bustling, is completely different from the area in front of you.

Liu Chong feels that he doesn't really like such a high-speed city, but now he is even less accustomed to this kind of slow rural life. When he left the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu felt that if he wanted to make Dongying a more attractive city, he had to make some changes happen. But how to change, Liu Pet also feels that it is difficult to grasp. After all, this is just an ordinary agricultural area.

When I returned to my residence, someone had already left a message asking Liu Pet to go to the county. Liu Pet felt that there was something urgent, so he went without even eating. As a result, the prefectural office was empty, and the people in the communication room were asked, and the officials went to eat. When I asked them when they would be back, they replied that they would all go home and rest at noon. Any more errands will have to be done in the afternoon.

Dry! Liu Pet was very unhappy in his heart. In Hangzhou, or even Jinan, it is unlikely that such a lazy situation will occur. Those in charge would not dare to be so leisurely in any case. Judging from the news that the locust plague caused the victims to loot in the south reached Lin'an, and the speed at which Lin'an sent back the latest news, Zhao Guan's family was not idle. It's really getting busier and busier.

Liu Pet was annoyed in his heart, so he wanted to scold two sentences to relieve his grievances. However, as soon as he saw that the person in the communication room was looking at himself, Liu Pet endured this impulse. His father, Liu Jingwen, was because of his own assertions, and in the end, the dignified Jinshi ended up as an 'irresolute element'. When he went home a while ago, Liu Jingwen actually took the initiative to mention this matter. and warned Liu Chong that the current official family is an unborn hero, and the future of the Great Song Dynasty is bright. Therefore, I hope that Liu Pet can be strict with himself and never repeat Liu Jingwen's mistakes.

If you don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, then don't give excuses to others. Liu Pet smiled at the communication room, said 'goodbye', and left without saying a word. The world is so big, it's easy to find a place where you can scold people as much as you want. Now ride a horse, run for a few minutes, and you can get out of the county. Within ten minutes, Liu Pet can scold the sky and the earth as he wants. With an unhappy expression, who is this for?

Not long after I walked out, I felt a feeling of hunger in my stomach, and my dissatisfaction with the laziness of the cadres in the county immediately turned to the expectation of thinking about where to eat.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Pet arrived at the county yamen. As soon as I asked the county magistrate for the news in the communication room, I heard someone shouting behind me: "Section Chief Liu, come so early." ”

Turning his head, he saw that it was the county magistrate coming from behind. Liu Pet came late on purpose, but he didn't expect the county magistrate to come later than Liu Pet. The two greeted each other, and the county magistrate said: "I received a telegram today, and Jinan asked Section Chief Liu to rush back first." ”

"Good. I took the telegram and left. Liu Pet felt relaxed for a while, he was really not used to staying in such a loose place.

The next day, Liu Pet returned early in the morning with the cavalry squad. Everyone wants to go back to Jinan as soon as possible, more than 300 miles, and it will be completed in two days. Before getting off work in the afternoon, a group of people finally arrived at the unit. The commissioner was about to go home, and when he saw the gang coming back, he didn't go home anymore. Immediately convene the cadres of the intelligence department to listen to Liu Chong's report.

It will be open until 8 o'clock in the evening, and it will be considered the end of the question. The director pushed away the lunch box in front of his desk, and everyone chatted while eating, and he asked, "If you pick up the victims in Dongying, there must be tens of thousands?" There are only 10,000 or 20,000 people in ”

"They are all relatives. I asked, after the Yellow River returned to the north, Dongying, which was originally a large piece of flat land, was cut in half, and the half we got was less than 30% of the original Dongying block. The relatives in this large chunk of people are all in the north, and those people say that the relatives who are more distant are one or two hundred miles to the north. ”

"That's a problem." The Commissioner sighed after hearing this.

"Director, are you worried that they won't be able to manage so many people over there?" Liu Pet asked. He had that concern.

"According to what you said, there are less than 30% of them on the Dongying side. Is there food for the tens of thousands of extra people on this land? If not, what if these people make trouble. The Commissioner spoke of his concerns.

Although Liu Chong felt that the director was actually thinking too much, the intelligence department only managed the collection and sorting of intelligence, and did not have the power to give orders to the civil affairs. However, this is also a characteristic of the Great Song Dynasty army, and the current army has gathered quite a lot of talents, and everyone likes to think a little more when thinking about problems. And if it's true, there's a good chance that the intelligence department will be consulted. If you can't say one, two, three, at least from the military's point of view, you will feel ashamed.

For example, the reason why Liu Chong did not decide to stay in the army for a long time was entirely because he thought of the Anti-Traitor Committee. Although he didn't expect to be promoted in the army, Liu Chong was looking forward to being able to rise step by step, and even become a powerful talent appreciated by Zhao Guan's family. If Zhao Guanjia asked, "What do you think XXXX should do?" "Liu Pet didn't dare to say 'It's not my business, I don't know.'"

"Looking at the past along the way, the situation along the Yellow River may be like this. The Yellow River came from this side of the mountain. Liu Pet introduced the situation he considered.

"How?" The Commissioner was a little surprised.

Liu Pet took the map and used his fingernails to draw the current route of the Yellow River. This time, the Yellow River returned to the north, only from Huaxian County to Shandong is regarded as a plain, and after approaching Shandong, it is on the route close to the mountain range. The population in the mountainous areas is naturally sparse, and the population in the plains will be relatively large. The Great Song Dynasty occupied the side close to the mountainous area, and if it was a relative, it was natural that the people on the Great Song side had more relatives in the north.

"I see." The Commissioner nodded repeatedly. He was about to say something more, but after looking at the sky outside, he said, "You go and rest today, and tomorrow morning I will send someone to wake you up." Let's go to Zhizhou together. ”

The next day, Liu Pet did wake up. Even as a young man, Liu Pet felt sore all over, and he was indeed tormented miserably along the way. Seeing that Liu Pet was almost struggling to get up, the orderly who came to call Liu Pet sighed: "Section Chief Liu, you are tired." I heard that you ran more than 300 miles in two days? ”

"Not really." Liu Pet felt that his legs were numb as if it were not his own, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I don't know what happened to those in the cavalry squad." ”

"I saw that they sent someone to get the slip today. It's like nobody. The orderly replied.

"Huh?" Liu Pet was stunned. He thought that everyone was human, and there should not be much difference. But think about it again, the cavalry depends on this to eat, if they are like Liu Pet, can this cavalry be reliable!

Fortunately, it was a young man, and after slipping on the ground for a while, he felt that his legs were still sore, and he was finally able to move around. After eating the porridge brought by the orderly, Liu Pet followed the orderly to the yamen in Jinan Zhizhou.

After arriving, they saw that the director had arrived, and several people waited for a while, and Zhizhou Li Jie's secretary came to take everyone in. The participants were all soldiers, and the communication was very feeling. After talking about Liu Pet's basic judgment very simply, Li Jie understood it when he looked at the map.

"Well done intelligence!" Li Jie Zhizhou praised.

Liu Pet looked at the thirtie-year-old Zhizhou and just smiled. He didn't have much joy after being praised at this time, but couldn't help but feel a little jealous in his heart. Zhizhou, who is in his thirties, is really promising. Such soldiers are all those who followed the Zhao Guanjia before the formation of the small court in Fujian, and they are really ministers of the dragon. Even if there are other people's merits like these people, the Zhao Guanjia will also believe in the loyalty of these people more.

If you were in your thirties, what would you be able to do? Can you become the head of the Intelligence Division? Or go one step further and return to the General Intelligence Directorate? But no matter how you look at it, it probably can't be as good as Li Jie.

"If that's the case, can we effectively control the victims on our side?" Li Jie directly asked the director of the intelligence department.

The Commissioner seemed to be prepared, and he immediately replied, "If we look at it now, we can only prepare for the prohibition of weapons." In addition, those people are scattered in various villages, and I think I am afraid that they will cause trouble. ”

It's easy to imagine. It would be strange if there were more outsiders in the village than the local population. And those people are all disaster victims, and there is a great possibility that they will take risks.

Li Jie pondered carefully for a moment. Then he looked at Liu Pet, obviously wanting to see what Liu Pet had to say. Although Liu Pet has ideas, he also has the urge to say it. But he held back. When he went home to visit relatives, his father Liu Jingwen did not only make self-criticism. In addition to evaluating his own ups and downs, Liu Jingwen also carefully told Liu Pet about the ups and downs of the life of the predecessors of the Liu family. I also gave Liu Pet a training course on how to be an official, if you understand the bureaucratic system and personnel relations.

According to Liu Jingwen, these courses are all courses told to them by the Jinshi teachers of the new science and technology scholars after they were admitted to the Jinshi. Those who have not been admitted to the Jinshi are not qualified to study these courses, which are all the life accumulation of officials. Although Jinshike is no longer there, Liu Jingwen believes that the bureaucratic system has not collapsed, and the blood and tears of these predecessors are still valuable.

In addition to telling Liu Pet a lot of principles about being an official very systematically. Based on his own observations, Liu Jingwen also gave his son Liu Chong's advice. Now Liu Chong is a department-level cadre at the age of 20, as long as he goes up step by step, it is only a matter of time before he becomes an official, and there is no need to rush for quick success and quick profit.

Listen more, watch more, and have the courage to do your job. If it's not your own business, don't interject. Young people are easy to be impulsive, and when others poke and bombard, they jump out like a little snake that can't bear it.

Liu Pet felt the urge to show off and felt that it was inappropriate, so he recalled his father's teachings. Among the people in front of him, if Li Jie Zhizhou asked Liu Pet directly, Liu Pet should of course answer. But Li Jie Zhizhou did not make a clear statement, and Liu Chong should follow behind the director of the intelligence department.

"You're only in your early twenties, and with your abilities, there are countless opportunities just to do your job well. And where it is so easy to concentrate on doing one's own errand, even if you try your best, you may not be able to do it. To tell you the truth, in the face of the situation of the Great Song Dynasty back then, I was really discouraged. I knew that Zhao Taiwei had established the Fuzhou Imperial Court, but I thought what would happen after I ran away. The hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops on the Lin'an side can't stop the Mongolian soldiers. So I was given a stalwart element, I don't think the court has wronged me. Back then, I was willing to go to Fuzhou, even if it was just to order a name and leave a name, the situation of our family was completely different. So you just have to do what you have to do, and Providence will never treat you badly......"

Liu Pet recalled his father's blood-like words, recalled his work along the way, and thought that he had done his best. I'll leave the rest to providence.

Seeing that Liu Pet was naturally silent, he didn't have the slightest intention of speaking. Li Jie didn't open his mouth to ask Liu Chong, he turned his head and continued to say to the director: "But there is something about bandits recently. ”

"There's a war going on at the trading point on our side, and the army has taken over the line of defense on this side. However, the latest situation in Dongying was brought back by Section Chief Liu. The Commissioner replied.

Li Jie glanced at Liu Pet again, looked at his sitting posture, and couldn't help laughing: "Section Chief Liu doesn't seem to be sitting very comfortably. ”

Liu Pet smiled bitterly: "I received a telegram from the director and rushed to Jinan, and I ran 300 miles in two days. I didn't think much of it on the road, but now I know that I'm not a person on horseback. Both legs don't feel like they're their own. ”

Listening to what Liu Pet said, he smiled in understanding: "Haha." We're not Mongolians. Section Chief Liu, do you think that's the case in Dongying? ”

Liu Pet picked out the key points of his observations. Hearing Liu Chong's comment that Dongying is an agricultural area, and there is basically no industry and commerce, so the stability of the whole society is not large, Li Jie couldn't help but nod. Then Li Jie asked the director, "Can your intelligence department strengthen the intelligence collection of these people?" ”

The Commissioner shook his head, "There are only a few of us. Intelligence analysis does not rely solely on the number of people, but on observation. By thinking. Just like Section Chief Liu, when he goes to the place, he walks as much as he can, and asks as many questions as he can. Instead of how many people were sent on the ground, they have been squatting. ”

"If you open up rashly, won't it cause chaos in the local area?"

"I think if the governor is worried, he will sort out what he already knows and send a telegram to the official. Write down what we know and what we can do. Write out the parts you are worried about and ask the official to give suggestions as appropriate. If the official gives a word of instruction casually, there is no need to be afraid of accidents. The Commissioner suggested.

Li Jie never expected to receive such a suggestion, and he asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”

"Zhizhou, the official family is smarter than us. That's right. The Commissioner asked.

"It's nature!" Li Jie replied immediately. For people from the military, the Zhao official family is like a god of war. In the army, it was firmly forbidden to engage in feudal superstition, and the custom of worshipping the military god Chiyou was completely defeated. If there is no such way to break the feudal sect, learn science, talk about science, and use science, the army will probably worship the military god Zhao Guanjia now.

"Even we can tell that something is going to happen based on the current situation. Zhao Guanjia doesn't know that with our ability, is it very likely that something will happen if we continue to work hard? ”

"Hmm." Li Jie was born in the military and knew that in the cruel battlefield, the price of saving face is often to pay with his life.

"So let's make our choice clear to the Zhao family, if the official family is willing to guide one or two, it will be the best. It is the Zhao official family who said 'I know', it means that something happened, and we don't have to worry about the official family being angry. Aren't we afraid that the official family will be angry? The Commissioner explained.

Listening to the director's words, Liu Chong's heart was shocked. He found that he was definitely not as good as Li Jie, who became a governor in his thirties. At the age of 40, he became the director of the Jinan Intelligence Department, and he was much better than himself in terms of sophistication and grasp of people's hearts. If you don't hold back, you just talk nonsense. In the eyes of the commissioner, it must be a hole in the fire.

After listening to this, Li Jie was a little unable to make a decision, and he asked, "Will the official family think that we are shirking responsibility by doing this?" ”

"Officials never look down on people who are incompetent. As long as we do our best, the official family is very generous. "The Commissioner is very sure.