As soon as Lin Chong finished speaking, Uncle Zhang couldn't help but look slightly embarrassed.

Although Lin Chong said that it was not good, it was not false at all.

There were too many officials at all levels in the Great Song Dynasty, for example, in the Tang Dynasty, there were only thirty or forty scholars in each session, but the Great Song Dynasty was at least four or five hundred; In the Taizong (Zhao Guangyi) Dynasty, there was even a year when a total of 17,300 people were taken at one time!

You must know that all the officials in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty together were not so many, and the territory of the Song Dynasty was less than half of the territory of the Tang Dynasty!

In addition to the large number of officials, the official positions of the Great Song Dynasty are also numerous and bloated, stacked beds and frames, duplicated and unclear responsibilities.

Having learned the lessons of the Tang Dynasty's feudal divisions, the Great Song Dynasty paid special attention from the beginning to strengthen the weakening of the power of the restricted officials, while at the same time strengthening the supervision of officials, in order to firmly control the army and local officials (in the late Tang Dynasty, the civil officials would sometimes kill Jiedu to make themselves feudal towns) and strengthen the centralization of power.

For this reason, there is a system of multiple officials in one post.

For example, the administrative system of the Great Song Dynasty had a level called "road" above the county seat and the state capital, and the Tang Dynasty's treatment method was generally to directly govern by the governors or taishou of each state, and in some areas, an observer or jiedu envoy was appointed to govern a certain road (the road is equivalent to a road), so it later evolved into a feudal town.

In order to avoid the secession of feudal towns, the Great Song Dynasty set up four administrators at the level of Lu at the same time, that is, the Jinglu pacification envoy was in charge of military and political affairs; The transshipment envoy is in charge of the finances; administering justice by the procurator; Chang Ping is in charge of people's livelihood and city changes, river crossing, water conservancy and other matters.

That is to say, there are four officials in charge of each prefecture and prefect, and these four departments are not subordinate to each other, and sometimes even give completely opposite orders to the governors and counties.

For example, this time the Liangshan Army went out to take the Hebei Road and Hedong Road, and all localities had to supply grain and grass along the way, and dispatch civilian men to serve in the army.

For example, when Liang Shanjun passed through a certain state, the pacification envoy felt that it was enough to supply 100 truckloads of grain and grass, but the transfer envoy thought that 200 trucks were needed here, and Chang Ping's envoy said that this prefecture had just been affected by a disaster and that the grain stock was too small, so it was better to ask Liang Shanjun to take two more steps to the next state to receive 300 trucks of grain and grass. Who should I listen to?

Not only is this the case at the road level, but other official positions are also divided into three or four people to do one thing, so that mutual restraint and mutual supervision can perfectly disperse the problem of excessive power in a certain official position, and can also avoid officials from being corrupt and bending the law.

Emperor Taizong's idea is not bad. But who would have thought that things would go in the exact opposite direction?

There are many officials in one position, and three or four people are in charge of one thing, but in the end, they become indifferent to no one.

supervised each other, but in the end, three or four people were in the same stream and joined hands to bend the law for bribes.

The end result is that people are overwhelmed, administrative efficiency is extremely low, and corruption is rampant.

Correspondingly, Zhang Shuye found that whether Liang Shanjun was military or civil, all departments performed their own duties and had a clear division of labor; And the same kind of things are also concentrated together in the joint office, and the implementation of standardized work, the efficiency of doing things and running is simply outrageous!

It is said that this set of administrative systems was also discussed and formulated by Lin Junzhu, Lu Junshi, Wen Junshi, and military officers and civilian officials at all levels, and they also held monthly meetings to sum up lessons and lessons.

Up to now, sure enough, the Lord Lin has left the Liangshan Army for so long, but the entire Liangshan Army is still in good order and running in the slightest.

On the side of the imperial court, because of the fear that the Liangshan army would regret it, in order to coax the Liangshan army to the mountain battlefield earlier, the husband Xiang, the hidden minister, and Gao Taiwei sent many henchmen to supervise the implementation below.

Only then did he barely prepare the grain and grass required along the way, as well as the transport of people, as well as the defense of troops in various places (afraid that the Liangshan army would attack the city along the way), but the various places along the way were tossed and jumped, just waiting for the Liangshan army to pull out.

"Lord Lin, rest assured, the imperial court has also been prepared a long time ago, and it is guaranteed that there will be no shortage of your military salaries and rice grains all the way."

Compared with Zhang Shuye, although Chen Zongshan was also surprised that a group of "robbers and anti-thieves" could manage such a large number of people and sergeants in such an orderly manner, he didn't think much about it, he just hoped to complete this task as soon as possible.

In his opinion, in the opinion of his benefactor Cai Jing, as long as the 40,000 main forces of the Liangshan Army reach the territory of Western Xia, it is not a problem to defeat them individually and completely eliminate this group of rebels.

Otherwise, when they continue to grow and develop, it will be difficult to exterminate them!

Lin Chong smiled faintly and said, "Since this is the case, then there is no problem, tomorrow I will lead the army on time!" ”

Originally, Lin Chong planned to go to the Wanzicheng meeting hall with Uncle Zhang and Chen Zongshan to have a detailed conversation with Uncle Zhang and Chen Zongshan, deal with them, and then go to the official room to check all the official affairs on Liangshan in the past month.

But at this time, Lin Chong only wanted to go home early, and wanted to know as soon as possible what Zhang Zhenniang was looking for him, and at the same time, Xiao Biesheng was newly married, thinking of the two peerless beautiful wives who were like flowers and jade, Lin Chong couldn't wait for it to get dark.

Lin Chong bowed slightly to the two of them with an apologetic face, and said: "Originally, I wanted to discuss some details in the conference hall, but now that both parties are ready, Lin Chong also feels that it can be saved, so it is decided that the departure ceremony will be held tomorrow, and I will leave the teacher on time at the beginning of the day."

Lin Chong has not returned in October, his wife at home must miss it, and Lin Chong is also in a hurry to go home, so he won't accompany him much! Second brother, Wen Junshi, Zhu Junshi, you will accompany the two ministers on my behalf! ”

While speaking, Wei Chi Bin had already brought Lin Chong's Zhaoye Jade Lion Horse, and before the two of them could say anything, Lin Chong had already turned over on the horse, kicked the horse's belly lightly, and the Zhaoye Jade Lion went away.

Lu Jiang saw that the two were slightly embarrassed, and couldn't help but smile: "Don't blame the two fathers, the elder brother has a temperament, and there is something at the sister-in-law's house today, so I specially asked the little apprentice to wait at the dock ......"

Not to mention that Lu Jiang and the others continued to accompany Zhang Shuye and Chen Zongshan, but said that Lin Chong rode a fast horse, passed the triple gate all the way unimpeded, and soon came to the family residential area of Wanzi City.

When Lin Chong jumped off the horse, Xiao Jin'er heard the sound of the horse and immediately ran out, and when she saw that it was Lin Chong, she couldn't help but shout with joy.

"Lady, the official is back!"

At this time, Zhang Zhenniang was preparing to eat in the kitchen, and Hu Sanniang knew that Lin Chong was back today, and she was also happy that she was not on duty in the barracks, but returned home early, and followed Zhang Zhenniang to give her a hand.

"Husband! You okay? Didn't get hurt, did you? ”

"Xianggong! You're tanned! ”