"The officials ordered the people south of the Yellow River to pick up relatives north of the Yellow River to come to celebrate the disaster year?" Liu Chong asked unfastly.

"That's right. The telegram has been sent. Many people have been saved now!" Director Lu said excitedly, "Secretary Liu, you said before that the official family will definitely not sit idly by and watch everyone suffer from disaster. You are from Hangzhou, but what news did you get before?"

"I just heard you say it." Liu Chong quickly explained. If you don't know what is secret, you lose your country, and if you don't know what is secret, you lose your body. It is naturally a good thing to master additional information. However, it is believed that you have mastered additional information, but there is no benefit.

After hearing what Liu Chong said, Director Lu asked quickly: "But he doesn't know what the specific constitution is."

"Director Lu, I, a small section chief, how could I know the decision of the official family? I will listen to you to tell me the exact orders of the official family. I said yesterday that the official family is a very compassionate person and will never sit idly by and watch the people suffer. As for how the official family orders, how can I know."

"Just..." Director Lu looked anxious, and he could see that he wanted to execute the order immediately.

"There is a phased information transmission. This is a meeting notice at a level. Now it should be notified to the prefecture. After the meeting is held by the prefecture, the prefecture government office will inform the county. At that time, you don't want to know the content, and you will also tell you to listen at the meeting. Why bother to worry about this day or half a day?"

While speaking, Liu Chong observed the director of the Dongying Taxation Bureau. Seeing that the director was completely dissatisfied with the institutional description, he probably just wanted to pick up people from north of the Yellow River immediately. Liu Chong felt that he wanted to tell the director of the Taxation Bureau that if the person who took over caused chaos south of the Yellow River, some people would be responsible. Dongying received an order from Zhao Guan’s family, but did not immediately announce it to the lower part. Everyone should evaluate the overall situation.

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

"Oh!" Director Lu sighed, "My ancestors are from Hebei. My mother's family is from Hebei. My father moved to Rizhao because of his business."

"Oh..." According to the information in the Intelligence Bureau, the Zhao Guan family had a great influence in Rizhao more than ten years ago. Liu Chong couldn't help but continue asking: "How long has Director Lu been to the Song Dynasty?"

"It's also seven or eight years." Director Lu replied.

Liu Chong has already made an overall evaluation of Director Lu's origin. If Director Lu had not lies, he was the people under the rule of the Song Dynasty when the Zhao Guan family counterattacked Rizhao. This man chose to join the Song army at that time, otherwise he would not have been able to become the director of the Taxation Bureau. However, the status obtained by Director Lu in the Song Dynasty did not allow his family's relatives to join the Song Dynasty. Now that he is suffering from disaster, Director Lu naturally hopes that his family's relatives can come to take refuge.

"Wait a few more days, there should be news. I heard from Director Lu just now that since Director Lu's family can do business, the family's relatives should be a big family. No matter how powerful the locust plague is, they will not be able to survive these few days." Liu Chong comforted her and thought in her mind that if she continued to inquire, Director Lu would continue to tell. Collecting and analyzing information is Liu Chong's profession, but there are limits to this kind of thing. It's okay to say a few words casually. It's really stable to dig the roots, so Director Lu can certainly refuse.

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

For the local government in Dongying, Liu Chong was an outsider. Liu Chong was very clear about this. No matter how Dongying’s disaster relief was done, it was impossible to blame Liu Chong. After talking with Director Lu, Liu Chong continued his job in collecting intelligence. Dongying was a planned trading point, which was an inaccurate judgment on the stability of the lives of the people north of the Yellow River. Liu Chong also hoped to know how much this instability could reach.

After walking around Dongying, I saw that the local people's clothes were very ordinary. Judging from the places where Liu Chong walked, it was a relatively low level. The level was only better than the rural areas in Henan. The county town had a population of only a few thousand, and there were not many fields outside, so industry and commerce could basically ignore it. Liu Chong's overall feeling was that the people in this area were completely engaged in agricultural production.

When I arrived at the office of the state-owned supply and marketing cooperative in the county, I saw a adobe house made of rammed earth from the north. After entering, I saw that the house with the thatch roof was dim. The president of the supply and marketing cooperative was a very simple Shandong man. He was slightly taller than Liu Chong and had to be 180.

After hearing Liu Chong's question, the president of the supply and marketing cooperative replied: "Secretary Liu, the clothes in our county are all cloth tickets given by the imperial court. Everyone gets cloth tickets and adds some food to exchange for cloth. If there is no cloth ticket, how can the people in the county wear such good cloth? The government is really a good person."

Liu Chong also felt that the Zhao Guan family could indeed be called a good person, and the Zhao Guan family was indeed extremely caring about their own people. However, with the current situation in Dongying, Liu Chong felt that it was a bit inappropriate to set up a trade point here. Dongying's economy is really bad. Not to mention that compared with big cities such as Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Qingyuanfu in Jiangnan, even if it is Jinan, it is nothing more than Jinan. In Liu Chong's view, the handicraft industry in Jiangnan is now extremely developed, and more than a quarter of the land in a city is made of various factories.

Not to mention the Jiangnan City, it is the Zaozhuang Steel Center where Liu Chong passed by. Various steel enterprises gathered and occupied more than half of Zaozhuang's area. The entire Shandong, Henan, and the steel products sold to Dayuan were produced in Zaozhuang. The large-scale gathering population and the bustling and bustling area are completely different from the areas where farming is in front of him.

Liu Chong felt that he did not really like such a high-speed city, but now he was not used to this slow rural life. When he left the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Chong felt that if he wanted to make Dongying a more attractive city, he had to make some changes here. However, Liu Chong felt that it was difficult to grasp how to change. After all, this is just an ordinary agricultural area.

When he returned to his residence, someone had already left a message asking Liu Chong to go to the county. Liu Chong felt that there was something urgent and went there without even eating. As a result, the county office was empty. He asked the people in the communication room and the officials went to have dinner. When they were back, he replied that everyone would go home to rest at noon. He had to do anything else in the afternoon.

Do it! Liu Chong was very upset. It is unlikely that such a lazy situation would occur in Hangzhou or even Jinan. Those responsible persons dare not be so leisurely no matter what. Judging from the news that the locust plague caused the victims to think of looting in the south to Lin'an, and the speed at which they sent back the latest news in Lin'an, Zhao Guan's family was not idle either. They were really busier and busier.

Liu Chong was annoyed and wanted to curse a few words to relieve his grievances. However, when he saw the communication room was looking at him, Liu Chong endured the impulse. His father Liu Jingwen finally ended up as an "unstable person" because of his own initiative. When he returned home a while ago, Liu Jingwen actually mentioned this matter on his own initiative. He also warned Liu Chong that the current official family is a hero and the future of the Song Dynasty is bright. Therefore, he hopes that Liu Chong can be strict with himself and never repeat Liu Jingwen's mistakes.

If you don’t want to repeat the same mistake, don’t give others excuses. Liu Chong 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 curse people as you wish. Now you can ride a horse and run for a few minutes to leave the county town. Within ten minutes, Liu Chong can curse the sky and the earth as he wishes, showing an unhappy expression. Who is this for?

Not long after going out, I felt hungry in my stomach. The dissatisfaction with the lazy cadres in the county immediately turned to the expectation of considering where to eat.

At around 2:00 p.m., Liu Chong arrived at the county government office. As soon as he asked about the county magistrate in the communication room, someone shouted behind him: "Secretary Liu, he came so early."

Turning his head, he saw that it was the county magistrate coming from behind. Liu Chong came deliberately, but he didn't expect that the county magistrate came later than Liu Chong. The two greeted him, and the county magistrate said, "I received a telegram today, and Jinan asked Chief Liu to rush back first."

"Okay. I'll get the telegram and leave." Liu Chong felt relaxed. He was really not used to staying in such a loose place.

The next day, Liu Chong returned with the cavalry squad early in the morning. Everyone wanted to go back to Jinan as early as possible, more than 300 miles, and they finished in two days. Before get off work in the afternoon, the crowd finally arrived at the unit. The director was about to go home, but when he saw these people coming back, he didn't go home. He immediately convened cadres from the intelligence department to listen to Liu Chong's report.

It will be until 8 o'clock in the evening, and the conversation will be completed. The director pushed open the lunch box at his desk, and everyone was eating and chatting. He asked, "If you come to Dongying, there will be tens of thousands of people? There are only 10,000 or 20,000 people in the area."

"They are all relatives. I asked, after returning to the north of the Yellow River, the Dongying, which was originally a large area of ​​flat land, was cut in half. The half we got was less than 30% of the original Dongying block. The relatives in this large piece were all in the north, and those people said that the relatives who were farther away were all in the north one or two hundred miles north."

"This is a problem." The director sighed after hearing this.

"Director, are you worried that they can't control so many people?" Liu Chong asked. He also had such concerns.

"According to what you said, there is less than 30% of the Dongying area. Can there be food for tens of thousands of people to eat on this land? If not, what should these people do if they cause trouble?" The director said his concerns.

Although Liu Chong felt that the director was actually thinking too much, the Intelligence Department was just managing the collection and organization of intelligence, and he would not have the right to issue orders to the civil affairs. However, this is also a feature of the Great Song army. The current army has gathered considerable talents, and everyone likes to think more when considering problems. And if you must be serious, the Intelligence Department is likely to be consulted. If you can't say a little bit or a little bit at that time, at least from the perspective of the army, you will feel embarrassed.

For example, the reason why Liu Chong did not decide to work in the army for a long time was entirely because he thought of the traitor-resistance committee. Although he did not expect to be promoted in the army, Liu Chong was very much looking forward to being promoted step by step, and even becoming a powerful talent appreciated by the Zhao official family. If Zhao official family asked, "What do you think xxxx should do?" Liu Chong did not dare to say, "This is not my business, I don't know."

"Looking through the way, the situation on the Yellow River may be like this. The Yellow River is coming from the mountain." Liu Chong introduced the situation he was considering.

"How to say it?" The director was a little surprised.

Liu Chong took the map and used his fingernails to mark the current route of the Yellow River. This time, the Yellow River returned north, and only from Huaxian to Shandong was considered a plain. After approaching Shandong, it was a route close to the mountains. The mountainous areas were naturally sparsely populated, and the plain areas were more populated. The Song Dynasty occupied the other side close to the mountainous areas. If it was a relative, the people in the Song Dynasty naturally had more relatives from the north.

"So that's it." The director nodded repeatedly. He wanted to say something else, but looked at the sky outside and said, "You go and rest today. I will send someone to wake you up early tomorrow morning. Let's go to the prefect together."

The next day, Liu Chong did wake up. Even the young man, Liu Chong felt sore all over his body, and he did make him miserable along the way. Seeing Liu Chong almost struggled to get up, the serviceman who came to call Liu Chong sighed: "Secretary Liu, you are exhausted. I heard that you ran more than 300 miles in two days?"

"No." Liu Chong felt his legs numb as if it was not his own, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I don't know what the cavalry squad thinks."

"I saw that they sent someone to get the documents today. It was like no one was fine." The servant replied.

"Ah?" Liu Chong was stunned. He thought that everyone was human and there should be no big gap. But think about it again, the cavalry relied on this to make a living. If they were all like Liu Chong, would this cavalry be reliable?

Fortunately, the young man walked down the ground for a while and felt his legs still sore, and he could finally move around. After eating the porridge brought by the servant, Liu Chong followed the servant to the yamen of the prefect of Jinan.

After arriving, he saw that the director had arrived. After waiting for a while, the secretary of the governor Li Jie came to take everyone in. The meeting was all soldiers, and everyone's communication was very touching. After talking about Liu Chong's basic judgment very simply, Li Jie understood as soon as he looked at the map.

"The intelligence department did a good job!" Li Jie praised the governor.

Liu Chong looked at the magistrate in his thirties and just smiled. He did not have much joy after being praised at this time, but he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. The magistrate in his thirties has a bright future. Such soldiers are those who followed the Zhao Guan family before the Zhao Guan family formed a small Fujian court, and they really followed the dragon ministers. Even if the other people's contributions are just like these people, the Zhao Guan family will believe in the loyalty of these people more.

If you reach your thirties, what level can you achieve? Can you become the director of the Intelligence Department? Or go further and return to the General Information Administration to serve? But no matter how you look at it, you probably won’t be able to achieve Li Jie’s level.

"If this is the case, can we effectively control the victims of our side?" Li Jie directly asked the director of the Intelligence Department.

The director seemed to be prepared, and he immediately replied: "If you look at it now, I can only prepare for the ban on weapons. In addition, those people are scattered in various villages, and I think they will cause trouble."

This is an easy to imagine. If there are more foreign populations in the village than local population, it would be strange if nothing happens. Moreover, those groups are all victims of disasters, and they may take risks very much.

Li Jie thought carefully for a moment. Then he looked at Liu Chong, obviously trying to see what Liu Chong had. Although Liu Chong had ideas and the urge to say it out, he resisted it. When he went home to visit relatives, his father Liu Jingwen did not only criticize himself. In addition to evaluating his ups and downs, Liu Jingwen also explained the ups and downs of the Liu family's predecessors to Liu Chong in detail. He also gave Liu Chong a training course on how to be an official, if he knew the bureaucratic system and personnel relationships.

According to Liu Jingwen, these courses are courses taught to them by the Jinshi teachers of the new Jinshi students after they were admitted to the Jinshi. Those who did not pass the Jinshi were not qualified to learn these courses, and they were all the life accumulations of officials. Although the Jinshi students are gone now, Liu Jingwen believes that the bureaucracy has not collapsed, and the blood and tears of these predecessors are still valuable.

In addition to telling Liu Chong a lot of the principles of being an official in a very systematic way. Liu Jingwen also gave his son Liu Chong advice based on his own observations. Now Liu Chong is a full-level cadre at the age of 20. As long as he moves up step by step, it is only a matter of time before he becomes an official, and there is no need to be eager for quick success or instant benefits at all.

Listen more, watch more, and be brave enough to do things when doing work. If it is not your own business, don’t interrupt. Young people are prone to impulsiveness. When others poke, they will jump out like a little snake that can’t stand it.

Liu Chong felt the impulse to show off and felt it was inappropriate, so he recalled his father's teachings. In the person in front of him, if Li Jie asked Liu Chong directly, Liu Chong should of course answer. However, Li Jie did not make a clear statement, and Liu Chong should follow the director of the Intelligence Department.

"You are only in your early twenties. With your ability, you will have countless opportunities just to do your job well. And it is not so easy to concentrate on doing your job well, even if you do your best, you may not be able to do it. To be honest, I was really disappointed when facing the situation in the Song Dynasty. I knew that Zhao Taiwei established the Fuzhou court, but I thought what I could do after I ran away. Hundreds of thousands of imperial guards in Lin'an could not stop the Mongolian soldiers. So I set me a decisive member, and I think the court did not wrong me. Whenever I was willing to go to Fuzhou, even if I just clicked Mao and left a name, the situation in our family would be completely different. So if you only do what you should do, God will never treat you badly..."

Liu Chong recalled his father's blood-crying words and recalled his work along the way. He thought he had done his best. He left the rest to God.

Seeing that Liu Chong was silent naturally, there was no intention of speaking. Li Jie did not ask Liu Chong. He turned around and continued to say to the director: "However, there is something about the bandits recently."

"Our trading point is fighting, and the army took over the defense line here. However, the latest situation in Dongying was brought back by Section Chief Liu." The director replied.

Li Jie looked at Liu Chong again, looked at his sitting position, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Secretary Liu doesn't seem to be sitting very comfortable."

Liu Chong smiled bitterly and said, "I received a telegram from the director and rushed to Jinan. I ran 300 miles in two days. I still felt nothing on the way, but now I realize that I am really not a person on the horse's back. I feel that both legs are not my own."

He heard what Liu Chong said was real, and he smiled and understood: "Haha. We are not Mongolians. Section Chief Liu, do you think this is the case in Dongying."

Liu Chong focused his observations. Hearing Liu Chong's evaluation that Dongying is an agricultural area, with basically no industry and commerce, so the entire society has little stable capacity, 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 director shook his head, "We only have a lot of people. Intelligence analysis does not rely solely on people, but on observation and thinking. Just like Chief Liu, who came to the local area, tried to go as much as possible and asked as much as possible. Instead of sending many people in the local area, they kept squatting."

"If it is opened rashly, wouldn't it make the local area mess?"

"I think if the magistrate is worried, then organize what he already knows and send a telegram to the official. Write out what we know and what we can do. Write out the parts we are worried about, and ask the official to give advice as appropriate. If the official makes a random command, there is no need to be afraid of something happening." The director suggested.

Li Jie never expected that he would receive such a suggestion. He asked in confusion: "Why?"

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

"This is natural!" Li Jie replied immediately. For those from the army, the Zhao Guan family is like a god of war. The army is firmly not allowed to engage in feudal superstitious work, and the custom of worshiping the military god Chiyou was completely defeated. If there was no such thing as breaking the feudal ecclesiastical sect, studying science, talking about science, and using science, the army would probably be worshiping the Zhao Guan family.

"Even we can judge that something is going to happen based on the current situation. Is the Zhao Guan family unaware that with our ability, it is very likely that something will happen if we continue to work hard?"

"Well." Li Jie was born as a soldier and knew that on a cruel battlefield, the price of face is often to pay for his life.

"So we will explain our choices to the Zhao official family. If the official family is willing to provide guidance, it is best. Even if the Zhao official family tells him "I know", if something happens, we don't have to worry about the official family being angry. What we are afraid of is the official family being angry?" the director explained.

Listening to the director's words, Liu Chong felt shocked. He found that he was definitely not as good as Li Jie, who became the governor in his thirties. He became the director of the Jinan Intelligence Department at the age of 40, and was much better than himself in terms of human nature and grasping people's hearts. If he couldn't hold it back, he said something nonsense. In the eyes of the director, he would definitely be as insightful as a person.

After hearing this, Li Jie couldn't make a decision. He asked, "Does the official think that we are shirking responsibility when we do this?"
Chapter completed!