Li Ling could guess some of Wei Liang's concerns.

On the one hand, he must be worried about whether there will be any loopholes or troubles in the action proposed by Li Ling, which will cause chaos in the county government; on the other hand, he should be more concerned, that is, what should he do if this rule fails to be established? At that time, his county magistrate's prestige was ruined, and he was afraid that the result would be worse than now, which made him inevitably look forward to it and dare not make this decision easily.

Of course, Li Ling guessed that his thoughts did not mean that he could accept such a mentality. However, the one who decided was Wei Liang, the county magistrate. He could only offer advice and wait for the other party to make the final decision.

Originally, Li Ling thought Wei Liang would hesitate for a long time this time, and even waited until Cao Jin came back before he would give a conclusion. However, after only two days, the county magistrate called him again and said with a serious expression: "Li Ling, your rules can really restrain the county government and let them follow the orders of our officials?"

Li Ling looked at the other party in surprise. Why did he suddenly become anxious? But he still responded carefully: "I dare not speak all the words, but as long as the county magistrate supports, I am sure that I will still have it. After all, the rules set this time will be closely linked to everyone's salary, and no one can escape."

"Then give it a try? You haven't paid the pension yet?" After only a little thought, Magistrate Wei made up his mind decisively. He looked at Li Ling again, and after a while, he hurriedly bowed his hands, but the questions in his heart became increasingly intense.

Seeing Li Ling's doubts, Wei Liang did not treat him as an outsider. He only picked up a document from the desk and handed it over, with a serious expression: "Look at this, this was sent by someone sent by the government office early this morning."

Li Ling stepped forward to take the document, swept it quickly, and his eyebrows quickly became entangled. He finally knew why the county magistrate made a decision so quickly. It turned out that he was forced to the bottom line: "The government office actually ordered us to hand Zhuang Hong over to them for trial? How could there be such a rule? He committed something in my Jiangcheng County."

Wei Magistrate smiled bitterly: "But he was an official before. If the government office really bit this to death, and if I, a seventh-rank county magistrate, was not qualified to hear the case, I would be forced to let the county office hand over the person!" As he said that, he snorted in annoyance, "No wonder I sent someone to ask Zhuang Qiang before but couldn't find anyone. He obviously went to the city early in the morning. It's really outrageous!"

Li Ling's face also became a little gloomy, and he said with concern: "Sir, the government office has already sent a letter to ask for someone. Will it be too late to try this case now?"

"It's not too late. This is just the prosecutor of the government office. I can still withstand it. But I am also afraid that there will be more dreams at night. Once the prefect asks for someone, I will not give it to you. So the case must be tried as soon as possible, otherwise they will be taken away, and I am afraid that everything will be overthrown before. Do you understand what I mean?"

When Li Ling was stared at by the other party with serious eyes, he became more nervous. He knew that time was too late and it was urgent. In fact, compared to Wei Liang, Li Ling should be the one who was more anxious. After all, once Zhuang Hong is released from prison, the county magistrate can still protect himself, but he is dead.

Therefore, both public and private, Li Ling must do his best this time to help Wei Liang regain the power of the county government first, and then completely settle the case so that it is difficult for the government government to intervene again!

With the idea set, he took another step forward and solemnly bowed and said, "I understand, tomorrow... no, I will establish the new rules this afternoon, which will inevitably make them change their previous ideas!"

...

After half a month of busyness, the errands accumulated in the county government for the New Year were finally solved, and everyone was able to calm down. Especially after noon, almost everyone sat listlessly in their respective signing rooms, and there was a leisurely day, which was really a quiet picture.

But a sudden bang of gongs broke the leisurely scene, which made many people tremble. Some people ran out of the door with annoyance to check the situation. Then they saw Li Ling standing in the empty yard in front of the second hall, one of them was holding a gong in his hand and was beating hard.

"Zhao Han, you are still not stopping! How can the county government make such a mess?" Several old officials were irritated by the quarrel, and suddenly shouted loudly. Finally, even Wang He was drawn out and shouted loudly at Li Ling: "Li Dianli, what are you doing? The county government has its own rules, but you can't tolerate you doing it nonsense!"

Seeing that the person was almost out, Li Ling signaled Zhao Han to stop, and then bowed to everyone in front of him: "Please forgive me. I'm here to let everyone know about a big thing immediately, so that this is a bad move, which is a lot of disturbances."

"Hmph, it's just nonsense. If you have anything to inform me, you can ask people to pass on messages one by one. This is really a disgrace to be gentle!" Feng Ping also walked out with a dark face at this time, and his words were even more dissatisfied.

Wang Heze glanced at Li Ling thoughtfully and asked, "What do you want to say? Let's just say it bluntly."

"I had some exchanges with the county master a few days ago. In the opinion of the county master, the people and the people in our county government are still too casual on weekdays, especially during the period after the New Year, although many colleagues are working hard to get the job, but in the same way, many people are just stumble. This is not what the county government should have, and it is also a disrespect for those who have worked hard to get the job done."

Li Ling was not suppressed by the words of the two assistant officials, and just talked there, and his eyes kept sweeping back and forth from everyone in front of him: "In this regard, I made suggestions to the county master. Although it is not good that people who have been in the county government for many years will be removed because of these small problems, we can still use some reward and punishment methods to achieve the greatest extent of fairness!"

"What do you mean and what do you want to say?" Feng Ping said impatiently, and at the same time, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"It's very simple. From today on, the salaries of county clerks and servants will no longer remain unchanged, but will be paid according to your performance in that month. Take last month for example, Lin Qing of the household house, Zhang Ting of the punishment house, and Zhou Mi of the workshop..." He cited more than ten clerks in a row, and those who were called were uneasy, until he said, "You should be rewarded for your work diligently, so your salary this month will double!" At this point, he clapped his hands.

As soon as the applause fell, everyone saw Zhou Linyuan in the household holding a tray and walking up. The plate was filled with silver in ingots. Li Ling immediately reached out to take some, first came to Lin Qing, and handed the silver to him, then Zhang Ting and Zhou Mi...

Originally, the monthly salary of ordinary clerks in the county government was only seven or eight taels. Now the silver ingots given to them were enough, which is sixteen taels. Naturally, these clerks could not push out the money they received, and they thanked them with a smile on their faces at that time.

"This is what you deserve. I just distributed it on the order of Lord Jung-chan. If you want to thank Lord Jung-chan, you should thank Lord Jung-chan for his impartiality." Li Ling explained with a smile while sharing the money with them.

"Thank you, Lord Zun, for giving me the money." Lin Qing had already given advice and immediately shouted loudly. As his leader, others followed him one after another, and his emotions were really mobilized.

The other people who failed to get the silver reward were full of envy. Why wasn't it their turn to show their faces and get the benefits of being affordable? However, Wang He and Feng Ping were moved in their hearts. After exchanging glances with each other, they saw a hint of uneasiness in each other's eyes. I'm afraid that the county master's move is not that simple, and there should be some behind it!

Sure enough, just after Li Ling finished paying all the money, he smiled again: "You don't have to be too upset with the brothers who failed to get the reward today. I have already discussed with the county master. In the future, our county government will select ten diligent and willing brothers to get double salary every month. So everyone has the opportunity. As long as you work hard and obey the county master's orders, you will gain something."

As soon as he said this, everyone around him showed mixed emotions of greed, expectation, etc. It would be really hard for everyone to live on that little salary - after all, not everyone has the ability to get a gray income by relying on their status as a job in the county government - it would be better if they could get more money from the right path.

"Slowly, I will ask you something, this money is not taken out by the county master himself, but is paid out by the county garrison?" Feng Ping suddenly asked.

Li Ling smiled at him and nodded, "What the county magistrate said is that this reward is naturally paid by the county government. The county magistrate has always been honest, so where did this much money come from?"

"This is wrong. The money in the yamen treasury is useful. How can you use it at will? If there is a mistake, who dares to bear it?"

Feng Ping's words immediately worked, and the others looked suspicious, and the ten people who received the silver reward began to hesitate. If this is true, this silver would be very hot.

Li Ling laughed: "The county magistrate is really dedicated to this and admires the humble position. But you don't have to worry too much. The county magistrate and I have long thought of a solution to the situation, which can not only give rewards for those who perform well on weekdays, but also not allow the money in the county warehousing for no reason."

"Hmph, how is this possible? Can you still make money?"

"The silver can't be changed, but it can be deducted." Li Ling changed his face at this time and said loudly: "In view of the fact that the people in the county yamen have been in trouble in the past half month, many people have not done it well. The county master has decided to severely punish the relevant people. Zhang Yuan, Xie Kui, Zhao Feng, Wang Kuang, Liu An, the punishment room..." He reported the names of more than 30 people in one breath, "You are not good at doing it and neglecting your duties. You should have been dismissed from your post immediately and expelled from your county government. But in order to avoid being punished by the unsuccessful punishment, the county master planned to give you a chance to correct your mistakes first, and only deduct your monthly salary to observe the future."
Chapter completed!