There were already quite a few officials waiting to meet with them. A special boat was vacated, and a waiting room was opened in a side hall. Since the cabin was not very big, a long eucalyptus was set up with refreshments and fruits on it, as well as piers. More than a dozen people were waiting.
The officials who received the meeting sat one by one and talked from time to time.
A county magistrate pointed to the compartment and said: "Look and listen, the main hall has been vacated to form an accounting room with hundreds of people to calculate and tally the accounts and figures of the granary."
The listeners were slightly attentive, and they heard the crackling sound of abacus next door, one after another.
Listening, I saw in the corridor, one after another, account books were carried in and delivered to the low tables inside, while officials and clerks were all lowering their heads and calculating.
"I don't know when our county's account books will be settled, and when they are settled, my grandson will be able to receive him."
"There are so many people, and many of them are old accountants with plenty of experience, and the speed is very fast. Last time in Xinwang County, it took less than an hour."
It was so busy that Su Ziji looked at it for a while, then turned and went to the inner hall.
The inner hall was smaller than the main hall. At a glance, he saw Wen Xunpeng, with a dozen people, still busy making plans in the inner hall.
"How are the statistics?"
"Lord, the outer office is doing the general calculations, and we are doing random checks and overall statistics. The tasks are not heavy and can be carried out simultaneously." Wen Xunpeng stood up, bowed his head, and answered.
Su Ziji's head, these people are all from the Prince's Mansion. Compared with the outside, the number of people is much smaller, but the speed is not slow at all, even faster.
Compare the two groups, and you will be able to see if the calculated numbers are correct.
These are detailed tasks, but they have to be done, otherwise they will be coaxed by the people below.
There was no one to meet yet, so Su Ziji went to his lounge, which was a small and elegantly decorated cabin with precious green gauze on the windows.
There was a low bookshelf against the wall, with inkstones, paper, pens and other items placed on the wooden eucalyptus. There was a low couch to rest on. Su Ziji took a sip of tea and just meditated.
My method is actually very simple, that is, meet with the county magistrate and then the prefect.
Meet and communicate one by one.
Don't look at it simply, you can see it from the account books, the words spoken, and basically the attitude of each county.
Some people handed over a lot of information, even sorted out the general ledger, and their attitude was very sincere.
For some people, the information is not that solid, and their attitudes are perfunctory and covert.
There are even more people who come empty-handed and want to show off their loyalty. However, they shout that if the grandson does not deal with Zhang Dai, not only will the county be destroyed, but the country will be destroyed.
These various colors can be considered an eye-opener.
Don't think that grandsons don't dare to deceive and take advantage of others. In fact, lying directly is very rare, but it is a common and effective method to focus on key points.
How to distinguish is also a basic skill for superiors.
"It's nothing more than a bayonet seeing red."
Su Ziji once watched a spy movie, a werewolf game, and turned it off after watching it for a few times. This was really of very low quality.
The real test of quality is actually very simple, that is killing people and killing people again.
For example, the Ming army and the Qing army sent spies and agents to each other. Now what should the Ming army do if they are suspicious of certain people? It is very simple, let the suspected people kill the Qing army's family members.
You go and execute the family members of such and such a Qing army official personally.
Or you could lead a company and massacre hundreds or even thousands of people from a certain township or village of the Qing army, leaving no women or children behind.
This kind of bayonet's redness is the test stone. Even if someone really does it for a great cause, he will be dead when he returns to the Qing army.
Suspects don’t have to be idle talk, suspects need to be used, and they have to be reused—it’s fine to use them exclusively as “butchers.”
He is loyal and will not resist doing this. It is indispensable for promotion and wealth.
Those who are disloyal will naturally face death on both sides.
The same goes for the officials who take refuge now. For many things, one can tell at a glance whether they are sincerely taking refuge, whether they are acting in a duplicitous way, or whether they have different ambitions.
"Dongdongdong!" Su Ziji took another sip of tea, and as he was thinking about tactics, there was movement at the window, so he got up and went to open the window. The window was small, so no one could get in, and only foxes could get in.
The little fox swooped in, grabbing the dictionary and chirping.
"Don't worry, you were going to keep an eye on that Magistrate Xu. Why did you get new information so quickly?" Su Ziji went over and motioned to the little fox to point.
The little fox chirped and pointed at the words in the dictionary with his paws. After flipping through less than twenty or thirty words, Su Ziji already roughly knew what was going on.
However, because the matter was complicated and there was a lot to say, the little fox hurriedly dug down again. For a while, all he saw was his claws and chirping.
When the little fox pointed out all the things he wanted to say one by one in a relatively concise manner, Su Ziji watched silently, feeling secretly awe-inspiring.
"As expected, they were passively attacked, and there were endless conspiracies and tricks... However, Chai Kejing, the prefect of Mingxing County, is not one of their people?"
Su Ziji's sleeves walked over calmly, and pulled out a piece of paper from the secret compartment of the bookshelf. This secret compartment was covered with magic, so ordinary people couldn't see it, but the only one who could see it, except himself, was whoever forced it to open it.
Everything will turn into ashes in an instant.
There is nothing else on this piece of paper, it is full of names.
Su Ziji put down the paper and drew a circle on a name with a pen. This time the circled name was Chai Kejing of Mingxing County.
Putting the brush down and looking sideways, I saw that only one-third of the names were circles, less than a quarter were crosses, and the rest of the names had no crosses or circles.
Su Ziji smiled and whispered: "It seems that there are still many decent people."
"No, it should be said that there are many normal people."
"I am a great grandson, and I am a famous person. Now that I am investigating, as long as I don't kill indiscriminately and don't care about everything, most people will naturally cooperate."
"Unless the emperor makes it clear that he wants to destroy me."
"So the general trend can be used, even this local trend is still the general trend."
Only then did Su Ziji understand the essence of power tactics, and the sound of footsteps came again. He didn't need to look at the person to know that it was Wen Xunpeng.
Wen Xunpeng just glanced at the table and knew what his grandson was doing, and asked in a low voice: "Master, is he already confident?"
"That's right." Su Ziji tapped the paper on the table full of names: "Looking at the attitude for the first time, the attitude is divided into close, neutral, and hostile."
"This is considered a preliminary screening, showing one's position with attitude."
"The second time, some people were let go and those who came closer to us can be used. If there are corrupt people among them, they can be punished and meritorious service. The key is to form an organization and momentum."
"One-third of the response will be a huge wave in an instant. Both neutral and hostile people will be under heavy pressure. At this time, we don't have to rush to do things. We will talk to them one by one in the second round and try to divide them as much as possible."
"This can be regarded as a second screening. Those who are close to each other use actions to express their positions, and those who are neutral and hostile use pressure to differentiate them."
"After the second screening, if you don't repent, you will be a die-hard element. They will collect the accusations one by one, hand them over to Zhang Dai, and let him kill people!"
"Zhang Dai, can you do what we want?" Wen Xunpeng was dazzled by what he heard. He was silent for a moment and asked.
"Mr. Wen, you still don't know Zhang Dai well." In fact, he didn't know the current situation well, but Su Ziji didn't say this, he just smiled and said, "Winter frost can be used for heaven and earth, and summer rain can also be used."
"Since Zhang Dai has taken this path, he has already established a character. Even if he knows that we are offering the sword with bad intentions, he has no choice but to accept it at this time."
"Now that this person has sealed his granary, he has no choice."
"Besides, if it's really not what we want, we'll do it ourselves. Am I still worried about blood splattering on my hands?"
"It's just that we have more important tasks - maintaining the system and government operations, and properly arranging the revenue from the granary are the key points. Compared with this, killing people is really not a big deal."
"My lord is right!"
After hearing this, Wen Xunpeng felt a little ashamed and admired, but also had a trace of inexplicable fear. He stood up and respectfully agreed.