Two days later, Li Zhen led his army to leave Lingui County and began to lead his army back to Guangdong.
Yang Banhou's first division stayed in Guangxi. Since the governor of Guangxi had not yet taken office, Yang Banhou had to be both father and mother, responsible for training the army and handling political affairs.
In late August, Li Zhen led his army into Wuzhou Prefecture.
Outside the city gate, the prefect of Wuzhou and the magistrate of Cangwu County stood at the gate to greet them. According to the official positions, the prefect of Wuzhou was an official of the fourth rank, and the county magistrate was an official of the seventh rank. The official ranks of the two people determined the official positions of both parties, and also determined their identities. The difference is that the magistrate is the subordinate of the prefect and should stand behind the prefect, but the magistrate of Cangwu County stands side by side with the prefect.
In fact, the prefect was still slightly outnumbered by the county magistrate.
In fact, this is caused by the difference in status between county magistrate and prefect.
The magistrate of Cangwu County is Ye Chengzhong, who is a close confidant of Li Zhen. However, the magistrate of Wuzhou is just an official with no background. In addition, his ability to handle political affairs is weak and he does not dare to compete with Ye Chengzhong. The magistrate of Wuzhou wants to stand on his side. He was behind Ye Chengzhong, but Ye Chengzhong insisted that they stand side by side, so he and Ye Chengzhong stood side by side.
The magistrate of Wuzhou said: "Ye Magistrate, there is a vacancy for the governor of Guangdong, who do you think Mr. Li will send to serve?"
"I don't know either." Ye Chengzhong shook his head gently.
Regarding Li Zhen's arrangement, Ye Chengzhong had no intention of guessing and couldn't guess it.
His current task is to develop Cangwu County and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. This is Ye Chengzhong's current thinking. During the short period of Ye Chengzhong's tenure, he dealt with the backlog of cases left by the previous magistrate of Cangwu County and added Vigorous encouragement of farmers and businesses helped Cangwu County recover quickly, and the atmosphere of the entire county was completely renewed.
Ye Chengzhong took action frequently, and the people also got to know this young but daring magistrate.
"Here we come, people are here."
Suddenly, a loud roar came from the crowd.
Ye Chengzhong looked around, excitement suddenly appeared in his eyes, because Li Zhen's deal was coming. Ye Chengzhong became the magistrate of Cangwu County in May, and now it is August in the blink of an eye. Three months have passed in the blink of an eye. After months, Ye Chengzhong has already achieved results. Now facing Li Zhen, he can raise his head and say loudly that he will live up to Li Zhen's high expectations.
Soon, Li Zhen arrived with his army.
Ye Chengzhong greeted him and said respectfully, "I've met the commander-in-chief."
Li Zhen patted Ye Chengzhong on the shoulder, looked at him carefully, and said with a smile: "Good boy, it's only been two or three months. Not only have you grown darker, but you have also grown stronger." At this time, Ye Chengzhong said. There has indeed been a big change, the whole person has become darker and more energetic, the eyes are restrained, more practical, and the body is stronger and stronger.
Li Zhen was very satisfied with this.
If Ye Chengzhong is still the same as before, Li Zhen may still question what Ye Chengzhong did during his tenure. Now he looks like he has really made a difference.
"Wang Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Wuzhou, met Mr. Li."
The magistrate of Wuzhou paid homage to him with a respectful expression.
Li Zhen nodded slightly, then ordered the army to station outside the city, and led a few soldiers into the city. Entering the city, Li Zhen did not go to Wang Zhiyuan's prefectural government office, but to Ye Chengzhong's county government office.
In the hall, the guests took their seats.
Li Zhen said: "Xiaoye, tell me about your situation and what you have done."
Ye Chengzhong nodded and said loudly: "There are more than ten villages and towns in Cangwu County. I used this time to visit all the villages and towns, find out all the problems, and then prescribe the right medicine, striving to make the people have something to rely on when they are old, and something for young people." But three months is too short, and we can only solve the problem on the surface. If we want to treat the symptoms and root causes, there is still a long way to go."
Li Zhen nodded repeatedly, affirming Ye Chengzhong's actions.
A person in power must understand the truth.
If the following situation cannot be understood clearly, failure is certain. In Li Zhen's view, policies must be linked to reality. If the order is taken for granted, the people will still be harmed. Li Zhen said with a smile on his face: "It can be done. Well, you should have this spirit. As the saying goes, if you are an official and do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and plant sweet potatoes. As a parent, you must understand the situation of the people."
Ye Chengzhong nodded, agreeing with Li Zhen's words.
Li Zhen came to Wuzhou Prefecture for a purpose. He wanted to immediately announce the arrangements for Ye Chengzhong, but after hearing Ye Chengzhong's words, he did not immediately announce the order. Instead, he left the county government office with Ye Chengzhong and the Wuzhou prefect and went to The reason for the visit outside the city was not that Li Zhen didn't believe Ye Chengzhong, but that Li Zhen wanted to see how in-depth Ye Chengzhong's visit was and whether he could make people remember Ye Chengzhong.
The group of people changed into casual clothes and were inconspicuous.
However, after leaving the city, it was quickly confirmed that Ye Chengzhong had indeed gone deep into the place.
"Master Ye, you are here. Oh, I have saved some eggs at home. You can take them back and cook them. You are still a young man, so you should pay attention to your health."
"Master Xiaoye is here, Master Xiaoye is here."
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, I'm here to introduce the girl to Mr. Xiaoye. Mr. Xiaoye is such a good person, but he doesn't have a family yet. It's time to get a wife."
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Along the way, countless people greeted Ye Chengzhong.
Li Zhen looked at Ye Chengzhong with a smile, unabashed admiration in his eyes, and said, "Xiaoye, it seems that you are very popular in Cangwu County."
Ye Chengzhong said solemnly: "The people are simple and honest. I just did some trivial things, but the people were so grateful. I feel deeply ashamed."
Li Zhen said: "I hope you can still say this confidently in the future."
Li Zhen had no intention of staying and returned with his people.
A glimpse of the past is enough to reveal Ye Chengzhong's political achievements in Cangwu County. After returning to the county government, Li Zhen's eyes fell on the magistrate of Wuzhou Prefecture and said: "I am going to transfer you to Honglu Temple in Nanjing. What do you think?" How about next."
When the magistrate of Wuzhou heard this, his eyes widened with excitement.
This, this is to allow him to become an official in the court.
For the magistrate of Wuzhou, it is better to become an official in the court, because there are countless high-ranking officials in the court. If he can curry favor with one or two, everything will go smoothly next. Perhaps, some officials want to serve as officials outside. He wanted to make political achievements, but the prefect of Wuzhou obviously had different ideas. He was better at running a business than running a place.
The magistrate of Wuzhou nodded in agreement, and Li Zhen continued: "Xiaoye, you have been the magistrate of Cangwu County for three months, which is enough for you to accumulate some experience. Now is an extraordinary period. I appointed you as the magistrate of Wuzhou. I hope you can continue Get down and build up Wuzhou Prefecture, you know?"
"Sir, Xiaoye understands."
Ye Chengzhong nodded solemnly, with a solemn look in his eyes.
As a county magistrate, he has already felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. Now that he is a magistrate, the burden will be even heavier, so he does not look happy, but looks solemn.
Li Zhen arranged things, rested for another day in Wuzhou Mansion, and then set off for Guangdong.
