I would rather be a friend than accept recommendation as an official.

The magistrate of Liu County felt that Li Xiao was disdainful of being an official. After all, people at that time still valued the purity of officials, and looked down on the purity of officials. Some people even thought that once they entered the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the purity of the

"Since that's the case, I won't force you anymore, and I will use Saburo as my friend in the future. But I hope Saburo can help you more."

"Do your best."

Li Xiao and the magistrate Liu County took the initiative to make three rules. The general meaning was that although he was willing to be a friend of the magistrate Liu County, he did not follow the magistrate Liu County to the county government, nor would he live at the magistrate Liu County home. Li Xiao still stayed in Lanxi and was still free.

Secondly, Li Xiao gave advice to the magistrate Liu County, but he did not need to pay the salary, even if it was free consultation. Then, Li Xiao did not call him the magistrate Liu County, neither called him Dongwen nor called him Shangguan, but only made a contribution based on his seniority.

Liu Wen should do everything for this.

When he came to Lanxi, he didn't really ask Li Xiao to be his aide. Although he would be very happy if Li Xiao wanted to go, it didn't matter if he didn't come. As long as Li Xiao was willing to tell him how he had done in Lanxi, it would be enough.

The magistrate of Liu County sincerely asked each other, and Li Xiao did not hide it.

In the living room, the guest and the host sit opposite each other.

A pot of honeysuckle tea was soaked and another incense was lit.

Li Xiao also made it clear when the magistrate Liu County asked sincerely.

Li Xiaozhi talked about some of his experiences on how to resist drought and disaster relief, and also carefully pointed out the importance of the villagers' autonomous organization during drought resistance.

"Sanlang, please speak slowly, I copied it one by one with paper and pen."

The more he listened to the county magistrate, the more he felt that there was content. He thought that things might be simple, but after listening for a long time, he was deeply impressed.

"I can summarize it for the envoy and write a piece of paper." Li Xiao said with a smile, then took out paper and pen, and wrote it down concisely according to his own ideas.

While writing, Li Xiao explained and pointed out what is the key and what is the secondary.

County Magistrate Liu nodded and listened, occasionally pointing out his doubts and asking a few questions.

The few people who followed Liu County Magistrate were all sitting in the corridor outside the living room. Among them were friends from Liu County Magistrate, who were also knowledgeable. Although they were far away, they could hear it almost clearly.

At this time, sitting in the corridor listening, looking back at the hall from time to time, this was the first time they saw such a young mountain villager who could talk about these things one by one.

And the listening attitude of Liu County Magistrate is also rare.

for a long time.

Drink a pot of tea.

Li Xiao's hand was a little sore, and his throat was a bit dry, so he finally finished copying.

"What else can I do to you? If so, I will explain it in detail."

County Magistrate Liu closed his eyes and thought, stroked the whole pencil in his heart, then opened his eyes, smiled and took the pencil of the undried pencil from Li Xiao, and took it in his hand and read it carefully.

After watching, he waved his hand and called two friends from the corridor in.

"You should have heard it clearly just now. What do you think is not clear about Saburo's words? You can tell me and let Saburo explain it to you again."

The two friends of the Musi were old men who had followed Liu County Magistrate for many years. They were even old friends of the Liu family in Hedong. They had rich experience in common affairs and had always helped Liu County Magistrate a lot and were regarded as the right-hand man by Liu County Magistrate.

This is also the power of many officials from famous families today. These aristocratic families received strict education from childhood, learned literature and martial arts, and even started to get involved in some practical matters since childhood. After they became officials, the family would arrange several reliable elderly people in the family or guests from the family to serve as staff to assist him in taking office.

Compared with those later officials who came from poor families who turned a blind eye to the outside world, who only read the books of sages, and finally became officials on the list of titles, but who did not know anything when they arrived in the local area. In the Song and Ming dynasties, officials were also the most overwhelmed by officials.

Officials can undermine officials because many officials are only good at studying and do not know how to manage politics and affairs. They rely on their subordinates to do everything, so they naturally easily undermine officials. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was because officials did not understand and officials were likely to undermine officials. So the officials finally had to hire their subordinates and help themselves.

Two staff members, one of whom is mainly to help Liu County Magistrate manage Qiangu, and the other manages criminal name. They each have their own division of labor, but they are also very experienced people.

The questions they ask are more practical.

For example, if each township establishes a township dating hall, should the county government intervene? Is it just that the villagers are self-governing?

If the county government does not intervene, wouldn’t it be easy to lose control? How can we ensure that the township affairs hall develops in the direction the county government hopes to develop?

Of course, the magistrate of Liu County hopes that the township dating hall is obedient, and even if it is possible, he hopes that there is no need to build this township dating hall. However, Li Xiao just said that the biggest feature of an organization like the township dating hall is the self-governance of the villagers, which is an organization that villagers can voluntarily accept. Compared with the county-appointed and removed from the township Zhongli Zhengbao and others, the township dating hall has stronger binding force and stronger command ability.

It may sound a bit strange, but it is true.

Li Xiao understood the idea of ​​the county magistrate, so he proposed that the township dating hall could be established by the county, for example, the county selects a respected clan leader from the township to serve as the chairman of the township dating hall, and then a few county magistrates' own people can be sent from the county to the township dating hall as the supervisory representative, and is considered the special envoy of the county magistrate, responsible for contacting the county and township dating halls and supervising it.

"This person can be called a special commissioner or a senator. No matter what his name is, it is similar to the military supervisors sent by the imperial court."

It would be much clearer to say this. Liu nodded and said, "Since there are already members of the village party, then call them senators." It is obviously inappropriate to call them a special commissioner or a military supervisor.

"In addition, the county should directly lead the township contracts in each township, send officials to serve as the head of the group, and directly lead the township contracts in each township. These group leaders can accept the leadership of the township contract hall in their hometown, but at the same time they should directly obey the county government."

After all, the township contract group is an executive agency in the township contract hall. It has the ability to intervene when encountering water fights and fights. If the county government obtains command power, its influence on the township contract hall will greatly increase. At the same time, if you have such a grassroots township organization in the disaster year, it will greatly strengthen the county government's control over the countryside.

"On the other hand, water is important for drought prevention and disaster relief. Therefore, water sources such as rivers, streams, ponds, etc. in the county must be controlled well. The water must be distributed as early as possible, and it must be fair and allowed to be accepted by everyone. Otherwise, if there is unfairness, it will easily cause conflicts."

Distribute water sources in advance, such as Lanxi Township's distribution of Lanxi water. When building dams to resist drought, it is also necessary to stipulate diversion and flow must not be completely intercepted. There must even be a detailed agreement on the amount of diversion and interception.

With an agreement, there are standards for disposal. Once a village crosses this standard, it will not cause controversy when dealing with it.

"First set the standards, then let everyone pass them, and sign the convention. If the convention is made, if anyone violates it, then it will not be so easy to rebound after it is dealt with."

"One more, we have to make some decisions as soon as possible based on previous years' experience. For example, actively reduce production, give up some arable land, and make every effort to ensure the water use of part of the arable land."

"Of course, you still have to dig a well. If you need to build a water truck, you have to build a water truck. You have to do multiple measures and not be responsible for the rain. For some people who are not convinced and want to cause trouble, the county must also take action. If you need to take action, you should not let a few people quarrel about the rules."

In such a special period, order is even more needed.

Those who make trouble should be dealt with, and they should not be lenient. Those who should be caught will be caught. After being arrested, they will not be fined or punished. They will be punished directly and will be taken to fight drought and disaster relief, and let them dig wells and work as coolies for a while.

"In addition, the county should also take the initiative to introduce some policies, such as responding to the disaster situation to the superiors, asking the superiors to reduce taxes this year as appropriate, or transferring some food to provide relief to the people in advance, etc.."

Liu sighed.

He said to his two aides, "Although I am a scholar, I am not that kind of nerd. I have been an official for more than ten years and have experienced a lot of experience. But today I feel ashamed of hearing about Sanlang's drought resistance."

Both staff members also smiled and said, "We are ashamed of ourselves. With this statement, taking medicine according to the prescription, I dare to say that it will definitely greatly alleviate the increasingly serious problems in the townships."

"If we can really carry out the implementation seriously, then other townships can become the next Lanxi township. If the townships are like this, what else can we worry about in this county? Although natural disasters are terrible, sometimes what is even more terrible is the hearts of the people. If we work together, natural disasters are not terrible."

Liu Qing sighed and looked at Li Xiao and said, "Sanlang, when I look back, I will personally submit this document to the court. I hope the court can learn from it and promote it to help other drought areas to alleviate the disaster. Of course, I will add your name and will not greed for your contribution."

"I'm so kind to you, Xiao is just talking nonsense. It's better not to sign Xiao's name on this memorial."

"Could it be that Saburo doesn't believe me?"

"No." Li Xiao shook his head, "I have no other ideas, but I hope this Chen Fanglai can be useful and can help alleviate the disaster."

"Why is Saburo so negative? Don't you believe this strategy?"

"Things are done by people. No matter how good the strategy is, it is actually manipulated by people. People's hearts are the most complicated. Although people can often burst out with great potential in the face of disasters, the most important thing is to take advantage of the situation. It is not easy to have a few simple statements to have the situation in Lanxi Township."

Although Li Xiao had a lot to say to the Liu County Magistrate, he was actually not optimistic about the Liu County Magistrate's copying of Lanxi Township model in other townships, let alone promoting it to other areas.
Chapter completed!