Chapter 145 Restructuring

Chen Cheng helped Xu Chao up and said with a smile: "Qing is in Lingzhou, and Lingzhou is governed." It is also a blessing for the people of Liangzhou to govern Liangzhou today, but Qing will be more tired in the future. ”

Xu Chao raised his head and said: "Ministers are not afraid of tiredness!" ”

He looked at Chen Cheng and felt that although Chen Yuanjun's face seemed to be a little more vicious, he was more kind to others.

When the candidate on the side heard this, his heart was itching, and he said secretly: I'm not afraid of tiredness!

Chen Cheng said a few more words to Xu Chao, and then turned his head and said to the candidate: "County Magistrate Xu has been promoted to the head of the household department, I intend to appoint you as the county commander of Lingzhou, I wonder if the county lieutenant is willing to take over?" ”

The candidate immediately said in a loud voice: "Yes, a hundred willing!" ”

In his excitement, his voice was so high that everyone turned their heads to him. But the candidate didn't feel anything bad, but raised his brain higher. Although the county lieutenant said that he could compete with the county magistrate, only when he became the county magistrate, would he be the real Baili Hou!

Unless he is stupid, he will not be willing to take over! Moreover, he is one of the biggest heroes in Lingzhou, the local situation is clear, who wants to give him a soft nail to touch, there is no door!

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "This time to fight with the Huns, Lingzhou is out of people and food, it can be said that without the support of the people of Lingzhou, it is absolutely impossible to repel the Huns, let alone chase the north and kill the slave chieftains." Come, I will first salute the Hou County Order, and wish Lingzhou can go to a higher level under the governance of Qing. ”

Hou Xuan raised his glass smokingly, and before he could drink it, he was already drunk.

Chen Cheng walked to Yan Zhong's side again and said to him: "I have discovered several open-pit coal mines in Helan Mountain, and I am going to let Lu Fang organize people to mine them, and the income will be 40% for the government, 20% for Lu Fang, 20% for the officials of the headquarters, and the remaining 20%, Bo Daoqi has no intention?" ”

Yan Zhong put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "The prince is very loving, then I will be disrespectful." However, the prince has always hated those who sit back and enjoy their success, what can you say about the benefits of this success? ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Naturally, it is still necessary to give people and money according to the proportion. ”

Yan Zhong raised his wine glass and laughed, "I knew it was going on!" ”

Most of the people in the hall were either local officials or powerful people in the county, and most of them had contributed to the previous war. After a few more drinks, everyone loosened their trouser belts, ripped off their clothes, and began to wander. Chen Cheng laughed and changed the cup with everyone until late at night.

Three days later, Chen Cheng issued a notice in Lian County, officially promulgating the official position system of "three provinces and six ministries". Among them, the "three provinces" refer to Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province, and Menxia Province, and appointed Changshi Yanzhong as the Zhongshu Order, and concurrently received the Shangshu Order, and appointed Zhao Yun as the Commander of the Menxia Province.

The "six departments" refer to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. In the name of Liangzhou Mu, Chen Cheng appointed Yan Zhong as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials; Xu Chao was appointed as the secretary of the household department and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry; Yang Qiu was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the secretary of the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites were temporarily vacant, and Chen Cheng was temporarily replaced.

After another ten days, after the autumn harvest, Lian County began to select tooth soldiers. A total of 2,000 people were selected who were bold and strong, or who could read and hyphenate and were vigorous. Among them, there were 1,000 infantry, known as the "trapped camp", with Li Kan as the commander. There were 1,000 cavalrymen, known as the "Flying Bear Hussar", led by Liang Xing. He also appointed Zhao Yun as the Zhonglang general, commanding the "trapped camp", "flying bear hussar" and "teaching camp".

In this day and age, cronyism is the norm. Blood, in-laws, fellow villagers, classmates, colleagues, colleagues and other relationships are the best bonds to maintain the relationship.

If possible, he would also like to get the "civil service examination" out of it, or the "imperial examination" system. But it's easy to pull the egg if the step is too big, just move half a step forward now, too radical will often attract a strong counterattack.

At this time, all the princes of Liangzhou either came in person or sent envoys, and they all came to Lian County, and none of them were left behind. Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu came in person, Ma Teng, Zhang Heng, and Cheng Yin all sent envoys, and even Song Jian and Han Sui also sent envoys.

The candidate became the county magistrate, and before he was proud for two days, he was approached by Xu Chao. The two are close friends, and Xu Chao is the predecessor of the candidate, so the candidate welcomed him to the lobby of the county government.

"Aren't you the new head of the household department?" Hou Xuan said with a smile: "If you don't handle government affairs in Lian County, why do you have time to come to me?" ”

Xu Chao didn't smile, and after sitting down in his seat, he looked at the candidate with a serious expression. The latter touched his cheek and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

"Lingzhou's taxes this year, it's time to pay them, right?"

Hou Xuan was stunned and said, "The 10,000 stone grain has already been transported to the granary near the wharf!" ”

Xu Chao said expressionlessly: "Lingzhou will hand over 10,000 stone of grain this year?" Are you blind to me? ”

It took a long time for the candidate to understand what Xu Chao meant, and after he understood, he was so angry that he slapped the case and said angrily: "The original tax amount of 10,000 stones, but you set it for us!" And now you're going to regret it again? ”

"This time, that time!" Xu Chao said coldly: "At that time, I was the magistrate of Lingzhou, so Lingzhou only had to hand over 10,000 stones. Now that I'm the head of the household, 10,000 stone is not enough! ”

Hou Xuan shouted, "The surname is Xu, are you crazy?" ”

Xu Chao didn't flinch, "Even if I'm crazy, Lingzhou will have to pay another 40,000 stone of grain!" ”

"You ..........", Hou Xuan and Xu Chao looked at each other for a while, and seeing each other's expressions firm, they couldn't help but sigh, sat back in their seats, and said helplessly: "You said that as long as we are united, the lord will have nothing to do with us." ”

"Yes, that's what I said, but I'm not with you now!"

"I don't understand, if you pay back taxes, your Xu family will also have to give food, why do you bother?"

Xu Chao said lightly: "That's my Xu family's business, so I don't have to worry about Hou County's order." ”

".........", after a while, the candidate said hatefully: "Count you ruthless, this county will hand over the remaining 40,000 stone of grain." ”

Xu Chao didn't give up and asked, "When?" ”

"Xu Shangshu, you have to let us take a breath of relief, right?"

"When?"

“........ Within 10 days! Hou Xuan said angrily: "I will personally send it to Lian County within ten days, this is finally done, right?" ”

Xu Chao suddenly made a 180-degree turn in his attitude, which almost blinded the local heroes in Lingzhou, and immediately caused a sound of ridicule and ridicule. But then, the news came that the Xu family had obtained nearly 100,000 acres of land near Lian County and Linrong. Although some fields need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to reclaim and operate in order to have a harvest, it is 100,000 acres of land after all!

The voice of ridicule and ridicule immediately turned into a voice of envy and admiration, and Xu Chao's reputation instantly rose to a new level. In fact, we Han people are also very sincere, and the mentality of meritorious work is extremely strong!

"Haha, Xu Shangshu is such a wonderful person!" Cheng Yi raised his glass and said to Chen Cheng: "Come, let's have a drink for Xu Shangshu." ”

"Actually, that's not my intention, whether you believe it or not, I didn't tell Xu Shangshu to do that." Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "I've drunk a lot today, Cheng Taishou, don't drink too much, otherwise you will hurt your body." ”

Cheng Yi laughed, shook his wine glass, and said, "Envoy, Yang Qiu followed you through the desert to Linrong on an expedition and made great achievements, so you appointed him as the secretary of the military department, which I am convinced." But my contribution to Cheng Yi is not small, why don't you see any reward for me from the envoy? ”

On the side, Yang Qiu laughed proudly, he picked up the wine glass, poured a big sip, disregarded the wine and wet his beard and clothes, and laughed: "A few days ago, the lord asked you to come to Lian County, and you can choose the official position, you didn't come by yourself, who is to blame now?" ”

Cheng Yi drank all the contents of the bottle, and said regretfully: "Who would have thought that the envoy would actually take the two counties.... No, it should be said that the soldiers and horses of the three counties are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War? Brother Yang, now you are developed, the three counties add up to 100,000 soldiers, right? ”

Yang Qiu stroked his beard and said proudly: "There are only 100,000 soldiers and horses in dozens of counties in three counties, what is it?" You can pull out sixty or seventy thousand people in Wuwei County, right? ”

"It's different, it's different," Cheng Yi shook his head and said, "Those people who are pulled out of the ground can also guard the city, and it is useless to fight." Besides, the king has come up with a lot of new equipment, and it will be useless to rely on a large number of people in future wars. ”

He said to Chen Cheng: "Envoy, defeat the Huns, General Yang.... If Yang Shangshu is the first worker, then how can I Cheng Yi be ranked second, if Yang Shangshu stops, can I let Cheng Yi do it? ”

Yang Qiu suddenly became anxious, slapped the wine bottle on the table in front of him, and said angrily: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Cheng Yi said with a smile: "It's not interesting, the notice says that the heads of the three provinces and six departments are all changed every five years, if one day Brother Yang is unwilling to do it, or when the time comes, I will take over your shift." ”

"Hmph, I didn't say that I couldn't be re-elected."

The two had a lot of old grievances before, and they were about to quarrel, Chen Cheng hurriedly played a round and said, "If Cheng Taishou really wants to come over to help, the remaining official positions in Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province are still up to you." ”

In any case, Cheng Yi was the first person to recommend him as the pastor of Liangzhou, and when he led his troops to attack Linrong, he withstood the attack of the Huns with inferior troops, and he could not be lazy.

Cheng Yi smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't have any other skills besides fighting, what kind of officials, etiquette and the like, it really doesn't suit my appetite, I still lead the troops outside, and I will take Wuwei for the envoy." ”

Chen Cheng said: "Let's drink here today, wait for two days, after discussing with the envoys of other princes in Liangzhou, I will prepare a wine banquet for the two of you to have a good drink." ”

Cheng Yi relied on the wine and said loudly: "How can a cup work?" At least one jar is enough! ”

After Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi each boarded the car and left with their own soldiers, Zhao Yun walked up from under the hall and said, "Lord, the two thousand tooth soldiers have been placed in the walled city in the north. ”

Chen Cheng put away the smile on his face and asked, "The autumn harvest has just ended, have there been any movements from the Xianbei people in Helan Shanxi?" ”

Zhao Yun said: "I heard that Du Wei Lu said that some tribes are gathering, and they may come to invade in the near future. ”

In this major change in the control system, Lu Fang was promoted to the captain of the Northland because of his past military exploits, and commanded all the soldiers and horses of the Northland County. According to the practice of the Han family, the central officer position of Gongwei Shenjing has always been one or two ranks higher. In the Northern Army, there were many captains, but the number of troops was only a few hundred or thousand. But if it is placed in the outer states and counties, the commander of the subject country is the highest military governor of a county, as long as the number of weapons and equipment and strong men is enough, it is not uncommon for him to have 100,000 people. Of course, there are generally not so many soldiers and horses, and even if they can pull them out, they can't afford to raise them.

"I am still relieved that Lu Fang will lead the troops, but the Hu people are too mobile, before the snow, you must also be prepared, if there is any mistake, you must be able to go up at any time."

"What about the training of the tooth soldiers? Do you stop first, or do you train in batches? ”

"Well, let's stop first, let the tooth soldiers learn literacy and learn some simple calculations first, and at the same time figure out the meaning of various drums and flags, and put the rest of the training on hold first, and then resume after the autumn defense is over."

"No!"