Peng Zhang remained unmoved and said, "Your Excellency is young and promising, but you should also understand the principle of sticking together for warmth."
Zhao Lin said disdainfully, "I don't need you to lecture me. Get lost!"
Peng Zhang turned around and walked away with a swagger.
"Sir, we also take our leave."
The officials under Peng Zhang all came over and spoke.
Zhao Lin said calmly, "Please do as you please."
Sudi frowned and asked, "Is this okay?"
The job of the experienced officials was to be responsible for documents, archives management and other matters. Once they left, the operation of the governor's office would be affected.
Zhao Lin said, "It doesn't matter. The world is so big, and there are so many talented people. It doesn't matter if they are indispensable. Besides..."
Zhao Lin smiled: "Zhiyi will be back from the capital soon, and she will bring back a surprise."
Su Diluo understood after a moment of thought: "The Yun brothers are coming?"
"More than that." Zhao Lin said, "In addition to the Yun brothers, there is also Qing'er's eldest brother, my father-in-law, and Master Li's disciples. We have more than enough people."
Sudi clapped his hands and said, "That's good."
Zhao Lin said, "You should also call some trustworthy people from your family. Since it's already like this, why not just use your own people?"
Sudi smiled and said, "Someone has come to my house a long time ago, but it is inconvenient to send him to the government office, so I have to use him myself."
"You, don't have to be so careful." Zhao Lin said with a smile.
"Sir, why did you dismiss Peng Zhang?"
Zhao Mo Liu Fang came over and although he bowed, his tone was rude.
Zhao Lin said calmly, "He resigned on his own initiative, so why is he saying I'm dismissed?"
Liu Fang said, "If you hadn't pushed him too hard, why would he resign? Please invite him back. Although Sir Peng's position is not high, he is in charge of the clerical affairs of the government office and he is indispensable."
Zhao Lin sneered: "Since when has a government office been unable to do without an experienced person?"
Liu Fang said, "If your Excellency has such an attitude, I will resign as well."
Zhao Lin said impatiently, "Who else do you have? Just resign together, so as not to bother me one by one."
Liu Fang said angrily, "Since you underestimate us, my Lord, let's see how this Governor's Office can function without us. Goodbye!"
Sudi said angrily, "A mere Zhaomo, responsible for proofreading and reviewing documents, anyone who can read can do this job. Yet, you dare to threaten the Governor? This is courting death. My Lord, I suggest that you arrest him immediately to serve as a warning to others."
Liu Fang said proudly, "Come and get it."
Zhao Lin waved his hand and said, "No need. Since you have already resigned, leave immediately."
Liu Fang snorted and turned away.
Immediately, all the officials and clerks in the governor's office, big and small, came to resign.
But in just one afternoon, the entire Jiujiang Provincial Governor's Office was deserted, with only the top three officials, Zhao Lin, Feng Siyuan and Su Di, and some other unrelated clerks and runners left.
The entire governor's office is empty!
"Humph! No one is here. I want to see how Zhao Lin acts!"
Feng Siyuan said to everyone proudly, "Even if he can recruit people, he won't be able to find the right ones in a short time. Besides, Zhao Lin just took office and caused everyone in the government to resign. Let's see how he explains it to the higher-ups."
"In Jiujiang Province, even if he is the governor, he has to be polite to us, otherwise he will be kicked out before he can stay for three years."
Everyone else started laughing.
"The Governor still has a solution."
"Zhao Lin is just a good horse rider. In terms of real talent and knowledge, he is still the governor."
"Let's see how he begs us to go back in a few days."
These people rushed to speak.
Feng Siyuan laughed and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I am now a provincial governor, not a provincial governor."
The commander-in-chief said, "We are just letting Zhao Lin play for a few days. The position of governor still belongs to the adults."
Peng Zhang smiled and said, "Your Excellency will surely surpass the Governor in the future."
The commander-in-chief reacted and said, "Yes, yes, yes, your Excellency will definitely be promoted to a prime minister in the future. What does a mere governor-general mean?"
Feng Siyuan burst into laughter, then stopped smiling and said, "That's not enough."
"What other methods does your Excellency have?"
Everyone looked at Feng Siyuan expectantly.
Feng Siyuan said, "We are short of manpower now, so this is the time to cause trouble."
Everyone suddenly understood.
"Yes, let the people below make a fuss. Isn't Zhao Lin good at handling affairs? Let's see how he handles it."
"Bandits, mountain bandits, water bandits, all come out, and there are also rebels. Didn't Zhao Lin make his career by suppressing rebellions and bandits? Let him continue to suppress rebellions and bandits."
"Report all the cases from various states and counties to him and let him handle them."
"Humph, Zhao Lin is so powerful, one person is definitely enough, and he doesn't need us."
"Usless people like us can only applaud and cheer for Lord Zhao..."
These people came up with ideas one after another.
He quickly came up with many vicious but unfounded ideas.
If there is a bandit problem in a county or prefecture, and the county government is unable to handle it, will you intervene?
If someone’s property is stolen or women and children go missing, will you do anything about it?
Some people are forced to death and public outrage is boiling. Do you do anything about it?
Jiujiang Province is so big that there are so many troubles at any time. How can you, Zhao Lin, handle it alone?
"Oh right, there's also the Qingzhou Army."
Someone thought of the Qingzhou Army and said, "Zhao Lin's arrogance has a lot to do with the troops he has. We need to find a way to separate him from the Qingzhou Army, or at the very least, alienate them."
"Um."
Feng Siyuan said, "The Qingzhou army's logistics and food supplies are entirely under the responsibility of Qingzhou Prefecture, and the Qingzhou prefect is Gao Junliang. He's very unhappy that Zhao Lin snatched away his position as Censor and forced him to return to become prefect. If we contact him, he'll definitely cooperate with us to encircle and suppress Zhao Lin."
Feng Siyuan would not say that within the past half month, he had already reached an agreement with Gao Junliang that as long as something happened at the Governor's Office, Qingzhou Prefecture would immediately cut off the Qingzhou Army's food supplies.
Let Zhao Lin worry about it.
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