The election of the next officials was not smooth, Liu Cunqi's Zhao Rong needed to guard Dongguan, Dongguan has an extremely important position in the overall situation, everyone knows this, so they would rather temporarily wronged Zhao Rong than recommend him.

For the sake of the interests of the two families, Mi Zhu, who has excellent ability, must be nailed to Xuzhou, and as long as he is willing, he can be a powerful person in the Xuzhou Thorn History Mansion at any time, and with his relationship with Liu Cun, he will not care about the official position of a county.

Huo Jian, who is hard-working, is unwilling to be an official, and is only willing to hang a false position in Liu Cun's Taishou Mansion to record the history of Peng, so as to facilitate his management of the rapidly developing major workshops and city building.

In addition to being responsible for the county's farmland and water conservancy policies and horse farms, he also served as the head of the "Langya Industrial and Commercial College", and the position of the mountain chief is what he values the most, for a long time, he has accompanied Liu Cun many times to inspect various places, and has been greatly influenced by Liu Cun, and he is also deeply indignant at the discrimination suffered by agriculture and industry, and deplores the current situation of talent shortage in all walks of life, so he made a will, and this life will definitely cultivate talents from all walks of life, Passing on your knowledge and experience.

Liu Ye just became the Langya Order, and was reluctant to leave the increasingly famous Langya Academy, Liu Cun could only let him continue to stay in the Langya Ling position, today's Langya system is clear, the politics are harmonious, and the agriculture and industry have embarked on the track of rapid development.

Mi Zhu proposed that Liu Cun go to the monarch Liu Xi to dig up a few talents, but Liu Cun thought twice and gave up, the monarch is not having a good time now, and the remaining cities and four counties are in the process of reorganizing government affairs, Liu Cun not only can not dig his corner, but try his best to help him.

There are too few talents in his hands, and Liu Cun has no choice but to temporarily put aside the promotion of the positions of Changshi, Gongcao History, Wuguan Peng, and Postal Supervisor, and the subordinate officials of the county government, such as the main record of the history of the county, the history of the affairs of the Peng, the chief of the proceedings, the subordinate supervisor of the thief Cao, the thief Cao of the door, the history of the subordinate council Cao, and so on, can only be slowly searched.

In the end, Liu Cun adopted Liu Ye's proposal and planned to go to Langya Academy to invite Zheng Xuan, Bing Yuan, Guoyuan, Guan Ning and others to go out of the mountain, and if they were unwilling to be officials, they would be asked to recommend suitable talents.

Early the next morning, the people who gathered in Zhushan left in droves, and the staff had heavy affairs in their hands, Wang Qi had just completed the recruitment of 5,000 recruits, and hurriedly took the young generals Xu Sheng and Cheng Ji back to preside over the training, Tian Mu led dozens of officers and soldiers to drive more than 200 Liaodong horses to the Xiaozhushan Horse Farm, Mi Zhu took Liu Cun's trust, and followed his two big ships back to the East China Sea in the north wind.

Liu Cun sent everyone away, immediately went to the wharf to inspect the officers and men of the navy, and issued a reward order: 1. The 500 officers and soldiers who returned from the voyage to Liaodong were rewarded with a one-time three-month military salary, and Li Mian, a military candidate who had commanded properly several times during the voyage and eliminated dangers, was promoted to the lieutenant of the navy; 2. The 2,000 officers and men stationed at the base who persist in training will be rewarded with a one-time two-month salary.

On the way to Langya Academy, Liu Ye was very puzzled by Liu Cun's military salary system, so he asked curiously: "Brother, why do you pay such a high military salary to the soldiers?" Although a very small number of counties and counties in the Han Dynasty have implemented the conscription system, they are all temporary measures implemented due to sudden situations such as counterinsurgency and crusade, and the soldiers' salaries are very low, and they are disbanded immediately after the fact. Now that Chengyang County has been replaced, my brother is the head of a county, and tens of thousands of soldiers can be conscripted with just one edict when using soldiers, so why support so many soldiers for a long time? ”

"What do you think of the combat effectiveness and military discipline of our Langya officers and soldiers?" Liu Cun asked rhetorically.

Liu Ye thought for a while: "Elite Division! ”

Liu Cun asked again: "What do you think of the burden on the people of Langya County?" ”

"It's very light, my brother has even reduced or exempted the oral calculation, the change of money, the car and horse tax, etc., and only collects the tax on the acres of land, salt and iron, and industrial and commercial tax, and the people are relieved and must wholeheartedly support it."

Liu Ye told the truth, he admired Liu Cun's governance concept more and more, after a year of hard development, Langya County has undergone earth-shaking changes, only half a year's industrial and commercial tax revenue, it is worth the total tax revenue of the county in the past five years, so Liu Ye has the capital to implement the policy of benefiting the people, but also to build a large number of buildings, improve Langya County's roads, cities, rivers and harbors.

Liu Cun slowly explained: "Brother Xian, this is one of the main reasons why I raise soldiers, only in this way can we really not disturb the people, in order to train a stable and strong army, as for the increase in military spending, it will be made up for from the continuous increase in acres of land and the continuous development of industry and commerce, although it can't be done now, and I need to keep paying money from my own pocket to support the army, but only give me five years to solve this problem, Brother Xian only needs to think carefully about the development process and current situation of Langya County, and you will understand my thoughts." ”

Liu Ye nodded thoughtfully, and let the horse keep moving forward, obviously in deep thought.

When he arrived in Xiahe City, Liu Cun was not in a hurry to go to Langya Academy, he asked Liu Ye to bring his meaning to Zheng Xuan and the others, so that they could have time to think about it, and it would be more appropriate for Liu Cun to visit Zheng Xuan's courtyard in the evening.

Liu Zheng, accompanied by more than ten guards, came to the gate of the county ya, asked the officials in front of the door, and then went to Langya Port, and soon found Guo Tang, who was planning the land for the wharf warehouse.

Guo Tang saw Liu Cun standing on the ridge not far away and smiling at him, his heart sank, and he immediately handed over the matter to the accompanying officials, and walked quickly to Liu Cun's side and saluted: "Why do you still have time to come to this place?" ”

Liu Cun smiled and said bluntly: "Brother Yanfang, there are two positions that need to rely on your great talent, one is the Dongwu County Commander, and the other is the Taishou Mansion Master who has not yet been established, you can choose it." ”

Guo Tang looked at Liu Cun blankly, his nose was sour, and before the tears fell, he took a big step back, raised his hands and slowly knelt down: "Guo Tang is driven by the lord!" ”

"Kick off! Who's with whom? ”

Liu Cun pulled up Guo Tang, who was holding tears in his eyes: "You are three years older than me, what are you crying about?" Just a county order can move you like this? All right! In the past two days, I will go to say hello to Ziyang, hand over the affairs at hand, and follow me south to Kaiyang to meet the monarch the morning after tomorrow, and then return to Tobu to take office together. ”

Guo Tang nodded heavily: "My subordinates remember, thank you!" ”

Liu Cun took a few steps and turned around again: "Yanfang, who else is in Hedong's hometown?" ”

Guo Tang hurriedly replied: "My parents and two younger siblings are in the suburbs of Anyi County, Hedong County, my hometown. ”

Liu Cun thought for a while: "If Ling Zun Lingtang gives up his homeland, he will send a team of sergeants to take the two elders and their younger siblings over, Hedong is the industrial and commercial important place of Luoyang, the imperial capital, and it has been famous in China for its rich salt and iron for hundreds of years, and it is also a place where soldiers must fight, I will say a few words: I am afraid that the world will be chaotic, whether it is Gyeonggi Sanfu, or Hedong and Hexi, it will become the focus of the expedition of people from all walks of life, while the world is still peaceful now, make a decision as soon as possible, don't worry that your Yulu can't afford to support a family." ”

After Liu Cun finished speaking, Guo Tang stared at Liu Cun's back as he got on the horse and went away, and two lines of hot tears finally slid down his tanned face.