"I've seen the lord."

Su Liao met Chen Zhi in the main hall.

This subordinate, who has followed Chen Zhi since Luoyang, is obviously old compared to four years ago.

He also served as the secretary of the General's Mansion and joined the army, but he rarely bothered about the real recording duties, and the main control was the secret spy department.

In the past four years of development, the scale of the secret spy department has reached a higher level, and the corresponding is the expansion of manpower brought about by the expansion of scale, more manpower, better training efficiency, and more complete rules and regulations, which have shaped a more terrible and comprehensive regulatory system.

After the establishment of this system, more information came from all sides, and with the expansion of Chen Zhi's power, the main scope of the investigation expanded from a daijun to the entire Youzhou, and it also went deep into all aspects.

Such a large-scale investigation, the feedback of one incident after another, the amount of information cannot be said to be astronomical, it is also very huge, and although Su Liao has a lot of right-hand men, for the sake of his duties, he will still personally ask, get up early every day, sleep very little, as long as he keeps his eyes open, he is dealing with official business, and he rotates all day long, how can he not age in advance.

Every time he saw Su Liao, Chen Zhi would look at that tired face, and he would persuade him twice, and this time was no exception, but in the same way, his persuasion every time would not be effective.

Such a powerful and hard-working subordinate is not easy to meet, everything is done properly, and it can't be removed from his post in order to let him rest, besides, the shelf of the secret spy department is set up, but with the next expansion of Youzhou, a familiar person is needed to come out at the helm, so it is inseparable from Su Liao's work.

After Su Liao came over this time, Chen Zhi asked him to invite him, and after he met Lu Zhi and Sun Xiu a few days ago, he issued an order to let Su Liao come over to meet after dealing with the matter at hand.

Su Liao also just arrived in Jixian County today, almost in the order of Chen Zi's front and back feet, but he didn't rush over, but returned to Yamen first, sorted out and classified the harvest of this outing, and then made some work instructions, and then came to meet him, so he was a little later than Chen Zi.

"I asked you to ask how the arrangements and arrangements are going?"

Su Liao took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it over while saying: "With the help of the lecture, the spies of the Secret Spy Division have gone deeper into various places, and every town and township has our people, and in the next year, we will continue to send information and customs." ”

Chen Zhi asked Juzi to give lectures in various places, conduct regular assessments, compare the efficacy of his preaching, and ask them about their understanding of the local customs, which is a disguised arrangement of spies, and among the personnel who are assessed, there are members of the secret spy department.

Relying on this method, the tentacles of the entire force have invisibly penetrated into the lowest and most subtle groups of people to understand their demands and needs. This will provide important reference information, so that even if Chen Zhi sits in the general's mansion and does not leave the house, he will not be out of touch with the outside world.

"Very good," Chen Zhi nodded, and said without taboo, "This time I borrowed someone from the secret spy department to train a secretary, which can be regarded as borrowing chickens to lay eggs, and when the conditions are ripe, I will start to establish a new department." ”

Su Liao nodded to show that he understood, and did not show his chagrin because his authority and manpower would be scattered.

Chen Zhi continued: "There are many purposes for raising children to go to the countryside to preach, but the most important thing is to establish a foundation in every township and every district, so that the orders of the general's palace can be directly transmitted to various places, and at the same time, information can be obtained directly from everywhere. In the coming year, it is necessary to start improving the department, and the goal is to establish a set of public sentiment management system rooted in local townships, villages and towns, and connecting counties and counties. ”

When Su Liao heard this, he said: "If this move is successful, then Youzhou will be solid and truly integrated, and any order of the lord can be conveyed to all places, running through the top and bottom, and the entire Youzhou will be like an arm!" And at that time, even if the population of our Youzhou is not as good as that of Jizhou, the overall combat power is far more than that! ”

"If this goal is achieved, doubling the combat power is only one aspect," Chen Zhi nodded lightly, "But the more important point is that it can be better and more efficient, but it is really hard to say how much effect can be achieved......

If the grassroots organizations can spread to the bottom, the changes brought about by the entire force will be earth-shaking, but limited by the transportation and communication conditions of the times, it is difficult to estimate what can really be done at the moment.

"Compared with that, there is another purpose that is more convenient to achieve," Chen Zhi skipped the topic and said another thing, "that is, to lay a good foundation and facilitate the establishment of government schools in various places as soon as possible." When the preaching reaches a certain level, the people are accustomed to it, and the content of the lecture can be increased. ”

"My subordinates have something to say about this." Su Liao's cautious proposal was approved by Chen Zhi, and he followed: "Although ordinary people envy people who have achieved success, they are unwilling to let their children focus on reading and preaching knowledge. ”

"This is natural," Chen Zhi had already considered it, and nodded when he heard this, "What the people envy is not actually the erudition of the person who learns, but the treatment of the person who has learned something, because those who can study part-time are generally the children of the family, and the family enjoys many privileges among the people, and the people are envious, and they also desire privileges, or they are unwilling to be oppressed, so they are respected." ”

"In that case?" Su Liao showed doubts.

Chen Zhi said directly: "Preaching and reading is to find seedlings suitable for reading, everyone has their own strengths, some of the children of the common people may be suitable for learning, some may be suitable for craftsmen, and some can only rely on farming to make a living, how can they be forced?" Relying on preaching, find children who are suitable for studying, select them, and send them to local government schools, and the general's government will give a certain amount of subsidies to the families of the selected children......

"But in this way, it costs a lot!" Su Liao has an understanding of the situation in various parts of Youzhou, and knows that the current population base, even if it is only one out of ten children, it is not a small amount to have a subsidy with his family.

"Expedient measures, certainly not sustainable, the current Youzhou's goods can still be supported, the future Youzhou's financial income will grow, but in the future, the population will increase, it must not be followed," Chen Zhi said clearly, "At extraordinary times, when you do extraordinary things, you have to build a shelf as soon as possible!" ”