In the next period of time, Su Tiancheng has no time to rest, although many officials are still celebrating the Spring Festival, and this year's Lantern Festival, the county government has already planned to celebrate the big celebration, and many preparations are Lu Tianming and Liu Zhongji are busy.

Seeing Lu Tianming's busy appearance, Su Tiancheng even had some doubts, whether Lu Tianming had adjusted, according to the officials who were said to be adjusted, would not do things so diligently, just wait for the holy decree.

The adjustment of officials in the Ming Dynasty is not so secret, and the news about the adjustment of officials in Jiangning County has already been rumored, for this reason, Sun Chengzong and others have specifically asked Su Tiancheng, they are mainly worried about whether the imperial court has adjusted the magistrate of Jiangning County, if Su Tiancheng suddenly changes and is transferred to the capital, many things will not be operated.

Su Tiancheng knows that he will not move for the time being, after all, there are still a lot of things in Jiangning County, which cannot be separated from him, such as the matter of the Zhongxing Society, which has just been established, and the internal operating mechanism has not been completely fixed, and there are more and more scholars and scholars who have joined the Society, including many gentry in Jiangning County, as well as some gentry in Shangyuan, have come in, and the influence of the Jiangning Society has also gone out, although it is the first month, although it is the Spring Festival, people come to visit every day.

Qin Sande's hint, Su Tiancheng firmly remembered, this was actually a reminder to him that a lot of things, thinking about doing it step by step, it is unlikely, there must be a breakthrough development, especially the expansion of the Jiangning camp, the raising of silver, must break the convention.

It is said that the Jiangning camp has exterminated Zijin Liang and Lao Huihui, to a large extent, it has dealt a blow to the arrogance of the rogue, but the rogue is still active. Moreover, it has also penetrated deep into the Huguang area, that is to say, in the past, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan were the main places of activity of the Liukou, and now, the Liukou have begun to develop outward. If nothing else, Liukou will go deep into Sichuan.

The seventh year of Chongzhen was a relatively tragic year, and a lot of big things happened, the most important of which was the rampant rogues and the invasion of the Houjin, coupled with the drought in the north, countless ordinary people had no food to eat. They joined the ranks of the Liukou one after another, causing things to happen all over the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court was exhausted.

The great test is coming soon.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Su Tiancheng specially found Lu Tianming.

Lu Tianming's family members are not in Jiangning County, so it is said that during the Spring Festival. Almost all of them are busy preparing for the Lantern Festival, this time the Lantern Festival. The county government specially allocated 10,000 taels of silver to prepare well, and many businessmen also gave out silver, thinking about celebrating it.

The three halls of the county government.

Seeing Lu Tianming, who was still sweating on his face, Su Tiancheng couldn't speak for a while.

Lu Tianming is indeed very good. If it weren't for personality problems, Su Tiancheng would have suggested that he stay in Jiangning County, and wait until he left to take over as the magistrate of Jiangning County, but unfortunately Lu Tianming's personality. There are many weak elements, and if they are in such a critical place as Jiangning County, they may not be able to withstand so much pressure.

"Lord Lu, it's been a hard time these days."

"My lord, the lower officials have almost prepared, this year's Lantern Festival, will definitely be able to attract many people to come, the lower officials have arranged some of the officials, to the counties under the jurisdiction of Ying Tianfu to publicize, the Lantern Festival is ready to start from the fourteenth day of the first month and continue to the twenty-fourth day of the first month."

"Well, so it can attract many people to Jiangning County, it is during the Spring Festival, these people come to Jiangning County, and they will inevitably spend a lot of silver, presumably those businessmen are very happy."

"Yes, Wan Chenggui organized a lot of businessmen and took out 20,000 taels of silver, saying that it was to make the momentum of the Lantern Festival bigger, and the lower officials thought it was okay."

"Lord Lu, specific things, tell Liu Dianshi to worry a lot, since it is the Spring Festival, you should take a little rest."

Lu Tianming looked at Su Tiancheng, smiled, and said a sentence unexpectedly.

"Your Excellency may have thought that Xia Guan was already leaving Jiangning County, why did he still work so hard."

Su Tiancheng nodded and did not speak, this matter does not need to be hidden.

"Xiaguan does know that Lu Dao is going to leave Jiangning County, if it is in the past, he went to the capital, entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and became the superintendent of the imperial history, which is a dream thing, but now, the lower official is a little reluctant to leave, the lower official knows that Lu Dao, this is the love of the adult, according to the qualifications of the lower official, to be able to serve as the magistrate in other counties, even if it is very good, don't think about it, to be able to enter the capital, the grace of the adult's knowledge, the lower official will remember it for the rest of his life."

"Lord Lu, don't say that, you earned all this yourself."

"Xiaguan doesn't see it like this, Xiaguan is in Jiangning County, six years before and after, in the past two years, Jiangning County has undergone tremendous changes, which is impossible for any county magistrate to do in the past, the adult's mind is far-reaching, and the subordinate can't speculate, but the subordinate believes in the facts, and the subordinate follows the adult and learns too many things."

"Master Lu said this, I'm not welcome, since you have been in Jiangning County for so long, then tell me, what problems still exist in Jiangning County, and what should you pay attention to in the future."

"Xiaguan has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has a lot of experience, and he feels that adults are simple and decisive in doing things, and the results of everything are very good.

"Threesome, there must be my teacher, Lord Lu said."

"In other aspects, the lower officials can't say it, there are two things, the lower officials are a little worried, the first is the matter of the gentry and rich households, the purpose of the adults, the lower officials can only be summarized in one sentence, that is, the officials and gentry pay the grain together, this is the slogan put forward by the Liukou, in fact, the lower officials are also in favor, the people are already poor, unable to pay food, if it is a rich official gentry, because of the favor of the court, do not pay food, do not bear taxes, the court is really difficult to maintain, but what the adults do, it is easy to make the officials in the court jealous, This must touch their interests, and the lower officials think that adults still have to worry about this matter. ”

"The second is the matter of the Jiangning battalion, the courage of the Jiangning battalion, the lower officials do not need to say, but the treatment of the Jiangning battalion is indeed eye-catching, far from it, just say that the two battalions, many sergeants, are discussed, they are not convinced, but there is no place to vent, the lower officials are worried, if there is any trouble, they will make trouble, the lower officials have heard the adults say, after the first month, the Jiangning battalion is ready to recruit 10,000 sergeants again, the news of the recruitment, has been spread, according to the understanding of the lower officials, many two battalions of sergeants, They are all gearing up, thinking about entering the Jiangning camp. ”

"If some sergeants from the two battalions really enter the Jiangning battalion, there will definitely be a lot of trouble, and there must be a lot of fluctuations in the imperial court, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of adults, impeaching Jiangning County, or even directly impeaching Lord Fan Jingwen, if such a situation occurs, it will inevitably have fluctuations in the Jiangning battalion."

"The lower officials have carefully calculated, the monthly salary of ordinary sergeants in the Jiangning battalion is five taels of silver, and 30,000 people are 150,000 taels of silver per month, plus the expenses of the officers, it is close to 170,000 taels of silver per month, and in a year, more than 2 million taels of silver are needed, plus the daily expenses of the Jiangning battalion, at least 2.5 million taels of silver are needed every year, which is a huge expense, and it is not easy to maintain."

"The lord controls the Jiangning camp, and the lower officials believe that they will be able to raise so much silver taels, but if it is controlled by others, it may not be able to do it, it is impossible to rely on the imperial court, if you do that, it may really cause a big thing."

"Xia Guan thinks that the adults still have to focus on the Jiangning Battalion, maintain the Jiangning Battalion, the rogue harassment, the Houjin invasion, the imperial court will not put such a strong force for a long time, the responsibility of the Jiangning Battalion is very heavy, after all, the energy of the adults is limited, it is impossible to cover everything, and it is difficult for others to really control the Jiangning Battalion."

After Lu Tianming finished speaking, Su Tiancheng stood up and bowed to Lu Tianming.

"Thank you Lord Lu for your heartfelt words, these things are exactly what I am worried about, don't have any twists and turns, otherwise the consequences will be very troublesome."

Lu Tianming also stood up and returned the salute.

"Adults don't need to be so polite, although the lower official said that he was going to leave Jiangning County, but he still kept in mind the affairs of Jiangning County, what the lower official admired the most was the establishment of the Zhongxing Society, and the lower officials finally understood, the role of the Zhongxing Society is too important, if it is according to the current trend, it will not take much time, the Zhongxing Society can unify the southern scholars, and at that time, many things for adults are much easier to do, after all, the gentry and rich families are impossible to do against the world's scholars."

Su Tiancheng was very surprised, he had always thought that Lu Tianming was doing things in a down-to-earth manner, he didn't notice the things around him, and he didn't analyze many things, he couldn't imagine that he was wrong, Lu Tianming had been paying attention to all the things in Jiangning County.

At this time, Su Tiancheng felt that he had made a mistake, and letting Lu Tianming go might be a mistake, but he couldn't delay Lu Tianming's future for the development of Jiangning County.

"Okay, Lord Lu can look at the Zhongxing Society like this, I am relieved, to tell the truth, Jiangning County this year's main two things, the first is the Jiangning Camp matter, the second is the Zhongxing Society's affairs, as long as these two things are done well, the next things, it will be much easier to do, I still have some regrets, if Lord Lu stays in Jiangning County, you and I continue to cooperate, we will definitely be able to make Jiangning County develop better." (To be continued.) )