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Lu Haosheng stayed up all night, planning to summon all the officials the next day, and how to light the three fires for the new officials to take office. Of course, he wanted to make the officials in Beishan feel afraid of him, but he also wanted to make these people willing to obey his orders. If you want to take root in Beishan, the first step is naturally to subdue these officials, and then subdue the gentry, and wait until the officials and gentry are under your control, and then further buy the hearts of the people. ,.,

It's just that this is of course a difficult thing, Lu Haosheng stayed up all night.

Early the next morning, Lu Haosheng got up early, changed into the governor's mansion that had been prepared in Xiguan, and tidied it up in front of the bronze mirror. He saw that he was majestic in the bronze mirror, with a bit of confidence, called After meeting Qiu Ruxue and others, fortunately there was a carriage in the post house, so under the protection of Qiu Ruxue and others, they took the carriage and rushed to Xinzhou Zhizhou Mansion before dawn.

Originally, Lu Haosheng was worried that some officials would be late, and he could take this opportunity to punish in public to establish his dignity, but when he arrived at the gate of Zhizhou Mansion, he saw many carriages outside the gate, and when he entered the yard, he only saw There were dense crowds of people, most of whom were dressed in official uniforms, at least five or sixty people. Seeing this scene, Lu Haosheng felt a little at ease. Anyway, he, the governor, still has a certain deterrent effect. Still concentrate.

Coughing twice on purpose, everyone saw Lu Haosheng. Under the dawn, Lu Haosheng was wearing a governor's robe. All the officials looked at each other, and someone cupped their hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen the Governor."

All of a sudden, dozens of people bowed their hands and saluted Lu Haosheng, but Lu Haosheng already smiled and said with a smile: "Morning, everyone, I am new here, and I hope you can help me a lot."

He had a gentle voice, but he wanted to make a good impression on these officials.

At this time, Sun Yun, the magistrate of Xinzhou, had come forward and cupped his hands and said, "Report to the governor, all the officials of the Six Divisions and other departments have arrived, please be promoted!"

Lu Haosheng coughed, stroked his long beard, nodded slightly, entered the main hall, and took the main seat. Then all the officials entered the hall one after another and stood on both sides. Under the order of His Royal Highness King Qi, he came to Beishan to take up his post. The traitor Xiao Huanzhang had been wiped out. Beishan wanted to restore order. It was already spring plowing and production had to be resumed. There were many things, so the governor did not talk nonsense. Matters need your help...!"

Before he finished speaking, an official said: "Your Excellency, please report to Zheng Hang, the head of the Department of Industry and Industry."

"Oh?" Lu Haosheng raised his hand and said, "Master Zheng, please speak!"

"My lord, the construction of the two bridges in Guhan County, Ganzhou has been completed." Chief Zheng said solemnly, "It's just that the payment for this project has not yet been paid. There is 400 taels of wages, which have not been paid so far. The stone merchants and the bridge builders have been urging the Ministry of Industry for money for the past few days. Fortunately, the governor has arrived, and I beg the governor to transfer the money quickly, and the 700 taels cannot be delayed any longer."

Lu Haosheng was stunned for a moment, and another official came out and said: "My lord, Diao Nan, the secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs, please tell me, the soldiers' salaries have not been allocated for two months. The delay, adding up and down, is a debt of 7 to [-] taels of silver, and there are already turmoil in the barracks, if the military salary is not allocated, I am afraid that the barracks will change."

"My lord, our salary has been owed for more than two months." Another person came out and said: "Everyone has seniors and juniors, and the salary has not been paid. The old and the young are starving. I implore you to be sympathetic to the humble ranks, and pay the owed salaries as soon as possible."

Lu Haosheng frowned. Before his butt was hot, a group of officials had already come out to urge the money. After a few people came out, others also came out one after another. Each had its own expenses and difficulties. In short, , now everyone is short of money, and many factors have been in arrears for a long time, and they cannot continue to be in arrears, otherwise it will cause a huge disaster. Before Lu Haosheng said about the money, these officials have already argued and argued Where should the money go first.

At this time, Lu Haosheng seemed to owe a lot of debts, and he was facing countless creditors to collect the debts.

When Lu Haosheng first entered the hall, everyone stood neatly on the left and right, with a bit of dignity, but now the hall was in chaos, the officials were arguing with each other, and their voices were getting louder.

Seeing this, Sun Yun shouted loudly: "Shut up, what's the matter, the governor is here, who dares to make noise?"

His yelling did have some effect. All the officials calmed down, but they did not return to their positions and stood still. They all looked at Lu Haosheng. Sun Yun had already folded his hands and said to Lu Haosheng: "Mr. It’s all unavoidable, so please don’t be offended by the governor. According to the officials, other money is fine, but the military salary and the salaries of the officials can’t be in arrears now. The military salary is related to the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in Beishan. It's not easy if there is no trouble, but if the military salary can't be allocated, the subordinate officials really have no way to guarantee that they can still be safe and sound... As for everyone's salaries, the subordinate officials dare to say that the officials present are all A good official who is honest and upright relies on his monthly salary to support his family, and works from morning to night to work for the court. If the salary is not allocated, everyone will not be able to support the young and old in the family, so they will not be able to do business with peace of mind, so...!"

Lu Haosheng frowned and said, "How much salary do you owe?"

"Actually, not many." Sun Yun hurriedly said: "There are only more than 3000 officials from top to bottom who are registered in the Beishan Three Roads, big and small, and their salaries are less than 8. [-] taels of silver, plus two months of military pay... Diao Nan, can you figure out how much is the difference in military pay?"

"Oh, speaking back to your lord, with 7 taels of silver, you can almost make up all the military pay you owe."

"Well, that's 15 taels of silver." Sun Yun said with a smile: "My lord, the 15 taels of silver can be used to relieve urgent needs...!"

Lu Haosheng gasped.

To him, 15 taels of silver is no longer an astronomical figure. He only has a few dozen taels of silver in his hands. The most important thing is that he has no financial source behind him. It is impossible.

"Beishan Bank, don't you have any silver deposits?" Lu Haosheng asked with a sullen face.

Sun Yun smiled wryly and said: "We can owe anything, but not the military pay. Before the governor arrives, we are ants on the hot pot. We are extremely anxious and have no leader. Those officers and soldiers in the military camp will turn their faces if they say they turn their backs. If there is silver in the bank, We have already sent money from the bank to the military camp to appease them, even if we don’t eat or drink, we dare not owe the military salary.”

"Your Excellency, all the accounts of the Household Department have been burned, and many people have disappeared without a trace, and even the bank does not have a penny." One person came out and said: "The villain is just a small book of the Household Department. Officials, these days, there are already soldiers who are wandering around the yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who obviously want to ask for military pay, and the little ones are so frightened that they dare not even enter the yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

At this time, the officials began to whisper again, and they were about to make noise again.

Sun Yun coughed and said loudly: "Don't talk anymore. Since the Governor is here, everything will be fine. His Royal Highness Qi Wang sent the Governor to take up his post, naturally to help us solve these problems...!" Looking at Lu Haosheng said cautiously: "My lord governor, when the prince sent you here, he always knew the situation in Beishan, so he sent you to take charge of the overall situation, and it was necessary to allocate some money. The 15 taels of silver, my lord can allocate it today. If the money is allocated, the situation will be stable. For other places, let's consider carefully. If we really can't delay, we will allocate it first. If we can delay it for a while, we will slow it down. To spend money, the governor should also leave a sum of money in his hand just in case."

Lu Haosheng said indifferently: "You mean to ask Ben Du to allocate 15 taels of silver right now?"

"Officials are just suggestions." Sun Yun said.

Lu Haosheng sneered and said, "Sun Yun, can you see the silver on this governor's body?"

Sun Yun hurriedly said: "Could it be that they are still on the road? If this is the case, everyone will hold out for another two days, and the officials will send people to the barracks to tell them that the money will arrive soon, and let them stay safe...!"

Lu Haosheng shook his head and said, "You're wrong, the governor didn't bring any money with me here, and there won't be any money."

"The governor is joking." Sun Yun said with a smile: "Everyone has been looking forward to your coming day and night, just waiting for the money to stabilize Beishan. How can you have no money?"

"Is the governor joking?" Lu Haosheng said coldly, "It is true that the governor did not bring any money."

All the officials showed weird looks, all eyes were on Lu Haosheng, some people showed suspicion, and more people's expressions had become indifferent.

Lu Haosheng got up slowly, and said in a deep voice: "You are all officials of the imperial court, and you should also know that it is a difficult time for the imperial court to fight from south to north. Overcome the difficulties together. The governor knows that everyone is short of money and many places are very difficult, but the governor believes that as long as everyone bites their teeth, they will always be able to survive. Since the governor is here, he will find a way to solve these things, even if If you really have no money, the governor will share with everyone...!" He had already clenched his fists, looking impassioned.

"Your Excellency, I dare to say something, some words are so light that you can survive with just gritting your teeth? You mean to let us all grit our teeth and starve to death?" A voice from the crowd immediately said: "Yes, everyone They are all loyal to the imperial court and doing business for the imperial court day and night, but as the saying goes, the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, we are loyal to the imperial court, so is the imperial court going to let us starve to death?"