The major change of the county government was carried out without controversy.

Su Pingyang served as the secretary of the household, Su Jun served as the secretary of the torture room, Ma Huabiao served as the secretary of the barnage, and Su Ertong served as the warden of the workshop. And the officials in the chamber and the ceremonial room were all replaced, and the former warden became the clerk.

As for the servants, it has dropped sharply from more than 1,000 to more than 200.

In the midst of the small turmoil that occurred in Jiangning County, the inspection department was unable to find out in time and made proper arrangements, and the inspection and deputy inspection were all impeached by the county government and automatically submitted their resignations.

The inspection department is temporarily inspected by Sun Yuankun, and Liu Shiliang and Luo Chang are acting as deputy inspectors, as for Xiong Zijian, there is no arrangement for the time being, Xiong Zijian's identity is somewhat special, and if it is arranged, it may have some impact.

The number of sergeants in the inspection department increased rapidly, and suddenly increased to 3,000 people.

This was originally a big thing, but it didn't cause much of a sensation, because in Yingtianfu, Ma Jiagan helped to speak, and spared no effort to emphasize that Jiangning County needed to strengthen the construction of public security, and the last time it encountered something, if it was not handled by the county government in time, it would have caused a big incident, and even affected the stability of Nanjing City.

Wang Daozhi won't say anything, the emperor's secret decree, he remembers it very clearly, and looks at what Su Tiancheng is going to do.

However, in half a month, Su Tiancheng straightened out the county government, and the biggest problem was in front of him, that is, the lack of silver.

The annual tax in Jiangning County is only 130,000 taels of silver, and these silvers also cover the salaries of the county officials, although it is not very much, and it is less than 10,000 taels of silver throughout the year, but the county government needs to spend, including the subsidies for the officials, the silver handed over to the Beijing camp, and the silver of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, which cannot be reduced.

After removing these expenses, there is not much silver left, and if it cannot be collected in full, it certainly cannot be paid, let alone do other things.

If you can't earn money, you won't be able to do anything.

In the morning hall of this day, the matter of silver was finally mentioned.

"My lord, there are still 30,000 taels of silver in the treasury, and there are still two months to go, and the field tax can be levied, and when the time comes, there may be more than 80,000 taels of silver in the treasury, and the Beijing camp and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division need to spend 15,000 taels of silver, and the expenses of the county government are removed, and the amount of silver that can be handed over is less than 50,000 taels."

Lu Tianming calculated these accounts very clearly.

"Well, the amount of silver that the county government can dispose of is too little, let's just say that the sergeants of the inspection department need at least 50,000 taels of silver every year, and there is no local expenditure, and there are only so many taxes collected every year, it seems that we have to think of other ways."

Lu Tianming looked at Su Tiancheng and was surprised, there were six officials in the morning hall, including the officials in the grain room, it must be inappropriate to say this, taxes are stipulated by the imperial court, how can they be changed at will.

He has already learned Su Tiancheng's wrist, this county magistrate, once he decides something, he must do it, don't cause any big things this time.

"Not only is there not enough silver, but the grain inventory is also seriously lacking, I went to the treasury to see, the grain stock in Jiangning County, less than 20,000 stones, a huge county, more than 600,000 people, the average to each person's head, each person only about three times of grain, can only last for two days, if this encounters a famine, something big will happen."

Su Tiancheng's tone was a little heavy, and most of the people lowered their heads, only Qu Qingze, who didn't have much expression on his face.

"Okay, that's all for today, Master Qu, Liu Dianqian and the Su Si of the household will stay, and the rest of you, go and go about your own business."

Everyone followed Su Tiancheng and came to the second hall.

As soon as he sat down, Su Tiancheng's expression became serious.

"Lord Qu, how are things going?"

"It will take some time, and it is estimated that in mid-June, it can be over."

Su Tiancheng nodded.

"Liu Dianshi, this matter, you must do it with your heart, you are still in office for half a month, there are some routines, you must be familiar with them, don't always look at things with the eyes of a reader, I am also a scholar, this acting government affairs, and reading is completely different, many things, you need to adapt to yourself, you follow Lord Qu, still more than half a month, at most a month, you have to operate independently."

Liu Zhongji blushed a little, in the past half a month, his brain is a little insufficient, this specific government affairs is too different from what is said in the book, almost all of them are trivial things, and they have to be dealt with calmly, fortunately, the team of government officials has been greatly reduced, and the quality is much higher, and the decree can be implemented quickly.

The only thing he felt uncomfortable with was the flexibility of Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze.

According to the education of the sage, there are some things that cannot be done, but Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze don't care about those at all, and they put forward their opinions several times, and the actual situation later shows that they are indeed pedantic, and they have to do it according to their own ideas, I am afraid that the result will be very bad.

Seeing a lot of things, and being on the front line again, his thoughts slowly changed, but this requires a process, looking at Su Tiancheng's appearance, this process can't be too long, at most a month.

"Commander Su, the silver in the house must be cleaned up comprehensively, in the treasury, it must be carefully inspected, the sergeant sent by the Inspection Department, you can dispatch it at any time, and discuss some expenses with Lord Lu, your character is cautious, but don't be too cautious, where the expenditure should be, you must put forward suggestions."

At that time, Su Tiancheng stood up.

If you want to say that this county is known, it is no wonder that every day is in the county office, there are too many things for your mother-in-law, and you have to find you for big and small things, so it will definitely not work, if you can't learn to delegate power, you can only consume time in the county government, half a month has passed, and his thinking has slowly become clear.

Each official is responsible for a piece, the most important thing is money and food, Lu Tianming and Su Pingyang are mainly responsible, where expenses need to be spent, direct expenses, unless it is a major expense, usually do not ask for instructions, the matter of criminal name, Qu Qingze and Liu Zhongji, including Su Jun, the official of the torture room, are jointly responsible, but Qu Qingze can't sink into specific things, there are many things, he needs to deal with Qu Qingze.

Only in this way will it be possible for him to withdraw from concrete things and consider major issues.

The most urgent thing is the matter of silver.

The big businessmen of Jiangning County have not come to visit for such a long time, including many gentry in the county, which is actually a challenge, and it is normal for such a situation to occur.

On the one hand, the officials of the county government serve the government, and on the other hand, they are also the doglegs of these big businessmen and gentry, and even act as the thugs of the gentry and businessmen.

It doesn't matter if you don't come to visit, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze have already discussed, and the next step is to target Shangjia.

Those rich merchants and gentry don't bleed, where did the county government get the silver?

Of course, there is something strange in this, the situation of Nanzhili is special, it is said that there are more than a dozen officials in the capital, and there are more than a dozen of them, these officials, and the gentry and big businessmen, have close ties, if you rashly do it, oppress these people, the effect will definitely not be good, when the time comes, Zhu Youzhen can't withstand the pressure, he, the county, will do the end, it can be said that he died before he got out of the school.

He wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

Qu Qingze is a veteran in this area, when the two discussed, their thoughts were the same, speaking of which, Qu Qingze was also born in an ordinary family, and he was not used to the gentry, so they hit it off.

Su Tiancheng's appetite was very big, and the big Qu Qingze was surprised, originally thought that the materials in his hand, plus some of the information mastered by Jin Yiwei, could be started quickly, but Su Tiancheng's requirements were completely different, so after careful consideration, Qu Qingze decided to continue to figure out the situation, this is a big action, and it must be guaranteed to be foolproof.

Poor Jiangning County's gentry, including those big businessmen, I don't know that the new magistrate of Ludao has already put them in the abacus.

During this time, there were a lot of scholars who came to visit, most of them were some lifters and the like, and the students couldn't get up to the grade, and they were embarrassed to communicate with Su Tiancheng.

Su Tiancheng is a little tired, these readers, I don't know what Lu Dao is for, they are all so pedantic, probably because they have read too much, there are some problems in their brains, they are the ones who open their mouths, they are all chewing words, it seems that if they don't do this, they can't reflect the level, and the people in the officialdom are all thieves and thieves, and when it comes to the actual situation, everyone has to make changes.

Of course, there is another thing that he is very concerned about, and that is the problem of the Donglin Party.

Liu Yunqing came to visit once, introduced the situation of Donglin students in Nanjing City, to Su Tiancheng's surprise, Nanzhili's Donglin Party, still has some power, it is no wonder that the previous Ying Tianfu Mansion Yin Liu Zongzhou, himself is a member of the Donglin Party, will not prevent the development of Donglin Academy, this term of the Mansion Yin Wang Daozhi, Donglin Academy, is also tolerant.

Curbing the expansion of Donglin Academy is also one of Su Tiancheng's main tasks.

On the one hand, they said that they wanted to reduce the burden on the peasants, and on the other hand, they emphasized that the interests of the big landlords were sacred and could not be infringed upon, but they did not take into account the interests of the state, and it seemed that the state always had a way.

There are quite a few people who agree with this suggestion.