Take the earth to enshrine the gods

Chapter 8

In the afternoon, Uncle Zhong took Qianyuan's warrant and went to the county government office. From now on, his identity is Qingqiu Palace Chief Shi, and Qianyuan's spokesperson outside.

When he came back, Uncle Zhong brought back two clerks and a lot of files.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can help you win a hundred battles.

To understand Yize County, we naturally start with the archives. Uncle Zhong had already organized these archives with his scribes and put them in order for Qianyuan to read.

Otherwise, Qianyuan would be caught blind.

The one on the top is the military information that Qianyuan cares most about.

When Qianyuan became a vassal, the fifth battalion of the fifth brigade of the second division of the Southern Army stationed at Yizeguan was officially separated from the establishment of the Southern Army and was placed under the direct jurisdiction of Qianyuan.

Correspondingly, the garrison duties at Yizeguan and the military expenditures of the fifth battalion will all be borne by Qian Yuan, which will be the largest expenditure in the territory's finances.

They are regular troops.

The imperial government's exemption of taxes in Yize County was not to enrich Qianyuan personally. If the governance was not done properly, Qianyuan would even have to pay out of his own pocket to fill the big hole in military expenditures.

In addition to the Fifth Battalion, the local troops stationed in Yize County were naturally under the jurisdiction of Qianyuan.

Dagan implements two sets of military systems: the regular army and the local garrison army. In addition to the imperial guards and city guards stationed in the capital of God, the regular army is the four major armies in the southeast, north, and west.

In contrast, the local army is much more complex.

According to the system, there is a brigade of garrison troops in the county town, with a county lieutenant to command the garrison of the whole county; The county garrison.

If it is full, the number of troops stationed in a county will be between [-] and [-], which is quite impressive.

Whether it is a regular army or a local army, except for a few civil servants, the minimum standard for soldiers to enlist is the early warriors, all warriors.

A warrior in the early stage of the samurai can fight three against ordinary people.

Only such an army can compete with the monster army. Ordinary people have no power to fight back against the monster soldiers, and they will die if they go there.

However, those fighting against the demon clan in recent years have been regular troops, and the local garrison troops have become increasingly depleted. And because half of the military expenses of the garrison troops are borne by the local government, in order to reduce expenditures, the army is seriously understaffed.

In some comfortable counties and counties in the central region, the troops stationed are not even half of the requirements.

Because Yize County is the front line of the border, the local garrison has the obligation to assist the garrison in defending the pass, but it barely reaches the full staff of 100 people.

In this way, Qian Yuan had an army of 600 people in name to defend against the invasion of the demon army from Qingqiu Kingdom.

But this is just an ideal state, and the actual situation is much worse than Qian Yuan imagined.

In March, the Fifth Battalion resisted the invasion of the Qingqiu Kingdom's monster army, and suffered heavy losses, reducing its staff by more than half.After the war, a number of soldiers were added one after another, and the establishment was barely restored to 400 people.

When the news of Qianyuan Jiufan came, the Southern Army Corps immediately dropped the pick, and no longer cared about the life and death of the Fifth Battalion, whether it was the supply of weapons and equipment or the replenishment of recruits, they all stopped.

During the three-month vacancy period before Qianyuan's arrival, the Yize county government didn't care about it, and the fifth battalion suddenly became a motherless child, and the situation was very miserable.

In addition to the army, other conditions in Yize County are also very bad. The four major towns under it have their own problems, and the county's finances are close to exhaustion.

However, Qianyuan couldn't do anything, and the other party charged all the bad debts on the construction of the vassal prince's mansion, which made him helpless and had no way to turn over the old debts.

"This is a mess at all." Qian Yuan smiled wryly and shook his head.

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The next morning, the government affairs hall of the feudal prince's mansion.

Qianyuan convened the main officials of the county government for the first discussion.

In addition to the three officials appointed by the imperial court, Zhang Huairen, the county magistrate, Li Feng, the county lieutenant, and Cao Wen, the chief bookkeeper, officials such as teaching instructions, training, classics, meritorious service, taxation ambassadors, and Hebosuo ambassadors were also in place one by one.

The most special is Gongcao, who specializes in affairs of the underworld and is a characteristic official position of Yu Yutian.

Because it was the first meeting, the main purpose was to recognize people, and the six-room pawn and the three-shift team leader were able to attend. Among them, the official house pawn followed the former county magistrate Zhao Cheng to work in the government office, and there was a temporary vacancy.

Xu Chu, who stood behind Qianyuan like an iron tower, also attracted people's attention.

County lieutenant Li Feng, less than [-] years old, is already in the middle stage of martial arts. In a small place like Yize County, he can be regarded as a martial arts genius, showing his sharpness and vigor.

The director, Cao Wen, a thin old man, sat there like a living Bodhisattva, not saying a word, harmless to humans and animals, trying not to speak if he could.

One old fox is enough for Qianyuan to have a headache, let alone two.

If you don't sit in this position, you don't know the pressure at all. It's like a company meeting in your previous life. No matter how boring and boring the meeting is, sitting under the stage and listening to it is a completely different feeling from sitting on the stage to host it.

Don't care how you complain in the audience, let you speak on stage, and you will admit it in a second.

Although the people sitting at the bottom are all petty officials, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are all great figures who need to be carefully served.

If it wasn't for Uncle Zhong sitting beside him, Qian Yuan would have been a little stage frightened.

Taking a deep breath, Qian Yuan said: "This king is new here, and the county government needs your help to deal with the affairs. In order to achieve a smooth transition, the county government's system and personnel will remain as usual, and no major adjustments will be made for the time being."

After hearing this, everyone's faces relaxed.

The dull atmosphere dissipated, fresh air came in from outside, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.

Everyone is worried that the prince will make a big adjustment of personnel, and the new official will take office three times.

"Your Highness is wise!"

"I will do my best to fulfill my errands, and live up to my lord's entrustment."

People carried people in flower sedan chairs, and Qianyuan released a signal of reconciliation. These officials are old fritters, so they naturally know how to reciprocate, so as to show their loyalty.

The atmosphere became more and more harmonious.

Zhang Huairen took a serious look at Qian Yuan, and gently buckled one of the red sandalwood beads in his hand, re-evaluating in his heart.

Qianyuan took the opportunity to say: "This time I am calling you all, firstly, to get to know each other, and secondly, there are three things to announce. The first one is to appoint Li Zhong as the master."

Li Zhong is Uncle Zhong. Hearing this, he stood up and greeted everyone with a smile.

The appointment of the master is a matter that Qian Yuan can judge in private. What Qian Yuan said is just to officially introduce Uncle Zhong, and everyone naturally has no objection.

Zhang Huairen even knew that his real opponent was this master.

"Second thing, there is a vacancy in the position of official and house official, and it needs to be filled. Do you have anyone to recommend?" Qian Yuan said leisurely. These things were discussed with Uncle Zhong last night.

The official house ranks first among the six houses. Although the official house official is only a small official, his real energy is huge. It is customary that the county magistrate appoints cronies to be in charge.

I don't know how many people are greedy for this position.

Hearing what the prince said, it seems that he is not planning to appoint cronies. Also, the prince has just arrived, except for Li Zhong, the master, the rest of the entourage is a few military officers and guards, where are the cronies.

Thinking about it this way, everyone here will start thinking.

Of course, greedy eyes are greedy, and the only ones who really have the right to recommend are Zhang Huairen, Li Feng, and Cao Wen. Cao Wen is timid, so he probably won't get involved.

In the end, it was only between Zhang Huairen and Li Feng.

Sure enough, Zhang Huairen, who was originally an old god, unconsciously straightened his fat body. Li Feng was more direct, looking directly at Zhang Huairen, sparks flew everywhere.

When Qian Yuan saw it, he was overjoyed. This is what he wanted.

The interests are touching.

Zhang Huairen, as the county magistrate, was in charge of the households and workshops in the six houses; Li Feng, as the county lieutenant, was in charge of the barracks and the punishment room.The two of them, one civil and one military, are both of the eighth rank, so it can be said that they are evenly matched.

Just because Zhang Huairen sat on the county magistrate for nine years, he overwhelmed Li Feng.

Whoever is in charge of the official room right now is not only gaining some power in the yamen, but also a great opportunity to overwhelm the other party in one fell swoop. How can we not be envious, how can we not be impatient.

The two families of Zhang and Li have been fighting for hundreds of years, aren't they just looking forward to this day? !
The fragile alliance then disintegrated.

Qian Yuan was also very distressed when he gave up the control of the official house. In order to separate the two, he also spent a lot of money.Otherwise, even though he has no cronies, if he casually supports a scribe in the official office, how can the other party not be loyal? !

"Your Majesty, I would like to recommend someone to you." Li Feng couldn't help but stand up first.

"who?"

"Li You, the storehouse official."

In addition to the six rooms set up by the six departments of the imperial court, the county government office also had four other rooms, collectively called ten rooms.

The remaining four rooms are the sending and receiving room responsible for registering and receiving documents, transcribing pleadings, etc.; the warehouse responsible for managing the inflow and outflow of county money, also known as the accounting room; the form and confession records that the county magistrate and the defendant should fill in during the trial The recruitment of houses for matters; and the storerooms responsible for managing the granaries.

The status is lower than that of Liufang.

Li You, Li Feng's cousin, the barn clerk, is greedy and has a bad reputation.

Before Qian Yuan could express his position, Zhang Huairen had already stood up, "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhang Shouye, the clerk of the official room. During the vacancy of the clerk of the official room, it was Zhang Shouye who acted as the agent of the official. This person is familiar with the official room. It's a perfect fit to take over."

Needless to say, this Zhang Shouye is naturally the Zhang family, Zhang Huairen's nephew, the influence of Zhang and Li's family in Yize County can be seen, no wonder others choose to be wise and safe.

Zhang Huairen knew that Li You had a problem, but he didn't point it out in person. He just recommended Zhang Shouye, implying that the latter was the right candidate. It seemed that he didn't want to completely tear himself apart with the Li family.

Sure enough, it was an old fox.

Qian Yuan wanted to add fuel to the fire, "Li You and Zhang Shouye, who do you think is more suitable?"

Now it's fun.

Some remained silent and did not say a word, such as the chief secretary Cao Wen; some supported Li You, and some supported Zhang Shouye.

Li Feng and Zhang Huairen, who were the instigators, did not say a word at this time.

Qian Yuan looked at it seriously, he just took this opportunity to get a glimpse of the county government structure, to see who was in Zhang Huairen's faction and who was closer to the Li family.

The more I looked, the more shocked.

Of the seventeen officials present, twelve expressed their opinions one by one.

Not only Qian Yuan, but Uncle Zhong had put away his folding fan at some point, with a serious expression on his face.

The aristocratic family's dominance of the local yamen is so serious that it has reached a shocking level. Emperor Qian, who is in the capital of God, including the princes, is unaware of this.

As everyone knows, the seeds of the crisis have long been planted.

(End of this chapter)