"There is no need to evade, it just so happens that I will talk to a few generals later, and you can also share your own views and opinions here about the three problems and solutions you just mentioned." Lu Chen said.

"Yes, sir." Xiao Wang replied, excited in his heart, and secretly said that the opportunity had come, he joined the army just to get ahead one day, but this premise is that his superiors must appreciate him, and now by chance, Lu Chen met him in the bazaar, and he showed that he valued his opinion very much, which was exactly what he dreamed of in his heart.

So Lu Chen asked him to stay, although he seemed very unruly as a low-level soldier, but he didn't even excuse himself, he hurriedly responded, and at the same time stood up from the chair, hung his head to the side, and waited for Zhao Chuan and the others to arrive.

General Zhao, General Wang, and General Zhang in the housekeeper's mouth are the three corps commanders of the border city defenders, including Zhao Chuan of the First Corps, Wang Yan of the Second Corps, and Zhang Shicheng of the Third Corps. These three people each have 10,000 defenders under their hands.

Soon, Zhao Chuan and the others came to the county hall under the leadership of the housekeeper. In addition to the three corps commanders, the generals of the border army who came this time also had three corps adjutant generals, that is, the chief and deputy positions of each corps came, and in addition, there were several important officials from the border cities and counties.

In the empire at that time, no matter which of the nine major vassal states was, the names of its officials at the top and bottom may be different, but their general systems were the same, and they were all divided according to the official system of the empire.

In the Tianlong Empire, it is said that the emperor's grain is not lower than the county seat, and the county seat here is not to say that the official grain is not allocated to the county, but that in the formal official system, the officials in the county are already the limit, and further down, there will be no more.

To put it simply, that is, the position of a county official, is the lowest level of 'civil servants' in the country, it is not like Lu Chen's previous world, where there are civil servants everywhere, and they have even flooded into the countryside.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to such a system. The advantage is that the country's regular official system is distinct, there is a division between the top and bottom, and there are not so many messy names, so that people can see at a glance which county or place has a problem, and can directly find the person in charge of that place to be accountable, and there are not so many officials, and there is not so much blame-shifting, and it is more convenient for the state to manage.

And the disadvantage is that the power of local officials is too concentrated, to put it simply, the power of local officials is too large, of course, this is definitely a good thing rather than a bad thing for Lu Chen now.

Take the border city and county as an example, the only person who can really be called the official of the imperial court is Lu Chen, a county guard of the seventh grade, if something happens here, the court will not care about anything else, but will only be held accountable to Lu Chen, the county guard, and the officials who guard the county must be appointed by the state to serve.

Further down, there is the county lord and the county government boss, although these two are also within the regular establishment of the country, but they have no grade, and their appointment is also decided by Lu Chen, the county guard. Therefore, Lu Chen's power is also very great, in this county, he can appoint and dismiss all officials.

The border city is a place of war, so its nature is more special, and its official system is also different from other counties, because it also needs the appointment of some military generals.

Therefore, the officials who can come to the county government to see Lu Chen this time are also in the regular establishment of the state, that is, regular civil servants, of course, none of them have a grade.

After everyone entered the lobby, they saluted to see Lu Chen, and after a period of red tape in the officialdom, Lu Chen waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down, and then asked the maid in the house to serve tea to everyone.

After the teacups in everyone's hands were filled with tea, Lu Chen opened his mouth and said: "Today, I summoned you to the county government to discuss the matter, mainly to give you a face-to-face, which can be regarded as the official appointment of the official." Secondly, I also want to hear what you think about the border city in the future. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, then looked at a middle-aged official sitting below him, and said, "Lord Li." ”

"The lower official is here." Seeing Lu Chen pointing at his head by name, the official hurriedly got up and saluted.

The name of the named official was Li Cheng, and he was appointed by the former county keeper. The position of county guard is equivalent to giving a hand to the county guard, belonging to the assistant of the county guard, there are many things to manage, and there are his shadows in the county's military and political finances, which is an extremely tiring position, and similarly, this position also needs extremely shrewd people to be competent.

"Lord Li, the military assets and armaments that the official asked for from the county yesterday, as well as the gold and silver from the Liu Mansion, must have all entered the treasury, to sum up, the life of the soldiers in my border city, whether the county has the ability to improve it." Lu Chen asked straight to the point.

Although Li Cheng is only a county magistrate, he has been wandering in officialdom for many years, how smart he is, how can he not hear Lu Chen's meaning, listen to this meaning, my lord wants to increase the salary of the border army. He pondered a little and returned: "My lord, although the county treasury is indeed much more sufficient than before, if the military salary is raised, I am afraid it will still be difficult to support it." ”

Seeing that he began to talk to the official, Lu Chen suddenly felt impatient and said: "You just have to tell this official, if you double the monthly military salary of the soldiers, with the current treasury silver, the maximum month can be paid." ”

When Li Cheng heard this, he was taken aback and doubled? Adults can't be crazy, right? You must know that the monthly salary of the border army is now two taels of silver, and if it is doubled, isn't it four taels of silver? This is just the salary of ordinary soldiers, plus those captains, centurions, thousand-commanders or something, he doesn't dare to think about it anymore, this small county town, and there is no financial income, how can he afford such a heavy military salary.

He was dumbfounded and said, "This ...... This...... My lord, if the salaries of the soldiers are doubled, I am afraid that ...... I'm afraid that with the current treasury silver, the county won't be able to support it for even three months......"

"Three months ......" Lu Chen touched his chin and muttered softly: "And the materials allocated by the county can only be received once every six months at most." ”

"Yes...... Yes, my lord. Li Cheng heard his muttering and hurriedly grinned.

"That's good!" Lu Chen thought for a moment and nodded. Li Cheng thought that Lu Chen had given up the previous rhetoric of raising the military salary, he just sighed in his heart, but Lu Chen suddenly stood up and said to him: "Lord Li, you will take the three corps commanders to the treasury to receive the salary, this time the distribution of military salaries will not only make up for the arrears owed to the soldiers in our county in the past, but also from now on, the monthly salaries of the soldiers from top to bottom will be doubled!" ”

His words were categorical, but when they were heard in Li Cheng's ears, they made the latter's head buzz, and he was immediately dumbfounded......