Lu Haosheng stayed up all night, thinking about how to gather all the officials the next day, how to burn the three fires of the new officials, although to make the officials in Beishan fear themselves, but also to make these people willing to obey their 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 their control, and then further buy the hearts of the people.

It's just that this is of course a difficult thing, and 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 sorted out the bronze mirror, and saw that he was also majestic in the bronze mirror, with a little confidence, called Qiu Ruxue and others, fortunately, there was really a carriage in the post house, so under the escort of Qiu Ruxue and others, he took a carriage and rushed to the Xinzhou Governor's Mansion before dawn.

Originally, Lu Haosheng was worried that there would be officials who would be late, and he could take the opportunity to punish him in public to establish his majesty, but when he arrived at the gate of the governor's mansion, he saw that many carriages were outside the door, and when he entered the courtyard, he only saw dense figures, most of them were dressed in official uniforms, not to mention fifty or sixty people.

Coughing deliberately, everyone saw Lu Haosheng, under the dawn, Lu Haosheng was dressed in the governor's robe, the officials looked at each other, and someone arched his hand and said: "The lower officials have seen the governor." ”

For a while, dozens of people bowed their hands and saluted Lu Haosheng, but Lu Haosheng was already smiling, and said with a smile: "Everyone, this governor has just arrived, and I hope you will help me a lot." ”

His voice was gentle, but in his heart he wanted to make a good impression on these officials.

At this time, seeing that Sun Yun, the governor of Xinzhou, had already stepped forward and arched his hand: "Report to the Governor, the officials of the six divisions, the yamen and the officials of the various departments have arrived, please ascend to the hall!" ”

Lu Haosheng coughed, stroked his long beard, nodded slightly, entered the main hall, and went to the main seat, all the officials entered the hall one after another, standing on both sides, Lu Haosheng glanced at it, and then said with a smile: "This governor was ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Qi to come to Beishan to take up his post, the rebel Xiao Huanzhang has been exterminated, Beishan wants to restore order, it is already spring ploughing, and it is also necessary to resume production, and there are many things, so this governor will not talk nonsense." Beishan's big and small affairs, you still need your help ......! ”

Before he could finish speaking, an official had already said: "Your Excellency, Zheng Hang, the director of the Ministry of Officials and Works, has something to report." ”

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

"Lord Qiqi, the two bridges in Guhan County, Ganzhou have been completed." Director Zheng arched his hand and said: "It's just that the money for this project has not been paid, and the two bridges still have 1,400 taels of stone silver, and there are 700 taels of wages, which have not been paid at present, and the stone merchant and the foreman of the bridge have been urging the Ministry of Industry to ask for silver these days, and this silver, the Ministry of Household Affairs has not allocated it, and now the Department of Household Affairs has not allocated a penny of silver, fortunately, the Governor has arrived, and the lower officials implore the Governor to quickly allocate the silver, these two thousand taels of silver, can not be delayed any longer." ”

Lu Haosheng was stunned for a moment, and another official came out and said: "Lord Governor, Diao Nan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officers and Soldiers, Lord Qiqi, the soldiers' salaries have not been allocated for two months, no matter what, they can't be delayed, the top and bottom add up, that is owed sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver, and there has already begun to be a commotion in the barracks, if the military salaries are not allocated, the lower officials are only afraid that the barracks will change." ”

"Lord Qiqi, our money has been owed for more than two months." Another person came out and said: "Everyone is old and young, and the money has not been paid, and the old and young in the family are starving. ”

Lu Haosheng frowned, his buttocks have not yet been hot, a group of officials have already come out to urge the silver, after a few people came out, others have also come out, each has its own expenses, each has its own difficulties, all in all, now everyone is short of silver, and many factors are in arrears for a long time, can not continue to be in arrears, otherwise it will cause a huge disaster, Lu Haosheng has not said anything about the silver, these officials themselves have already argued, arguing about where the silver should be allocated first.

At this time, Lu Haosheng seemed to be in debt, and he was facing countless creditors to collect debts.

When Lu Haosheng first entered the hall, everyone was standing neatly on the left and right, and there was still a bit of majesty, but at this moment, there was already chaos in the hall, and the officials were arguing with each other, and their voices were louder than the other.

Seeing this, Sun Yun shouted loudly: "Shut up, what kind of system is it, the governor is here, who dares to make a noise?" ”

His roar also had some effect, all the officials calmed down, but they didn't return to their positions to stand, they all looked at Lu Haosheng, Sun Yun had already bowed his hand to Lu Haosheng and said: "Lord Governor, although everyone is excited, they are all forced to do so, and please don't be surprised." According to the opinion of the lower officials, other silver is fine, but the military salaries and the salaries of the officials really cannot be in arrears now. The military salary is related to tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in Beishan, and it is not easy for them to make trouble now, but if this military salary cannot be allocated, there is really no way for the lower officials to ensure that they can still be safe and stable...... As for everyone's salary, the officials have the courage to say that the officials present are all honest and honest officials, relying on their monthly salaries to support their families, getting up early and greedy for the court to run errands, if this money is not allocated, everyone will not even be able to support the old and young in the family, and they will not be able to run errands with peace of mind, so ......! “

Lu Haosheng frowned and said, "How much salary is owed?" ”

"Not much, actually." Sun Yun hurriedly said: "The large and small officials registered in the three provinces of Beishan have to pay salaries, from top to bottom, there are only more than 3,000 people, and the two months' salaries actually add up to less than 80,000 taels of silver, plus two months' military salaries...... Diao Nan, you can count it over there, how much is the difference in military salary? ”

"Oh, if you go back to your lordship, you have 70,000 taels of silver, which will almost be able to make up for all the military salaries you owe."

"Well, that's 150,000 taels of silver." Sun Yun said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Governor, the 150,000 taels of silver can be set aside to solve the urgent ......!" ”

Lu Haosheng gasped.

150,000 taels of silver is no longer an astronomical amount for him, and now he only has a few dozen taels of silver in his hand, and the most important thing is that he has no financial resources behind him, so it is impossible for him to allocate 150,000 taels of silver.

"Beishan Silver Treasury, isn't there a little silver?" Lu Haosheng asked with a calm face.

Sun Yun smiled bitterly: "You can owe anything, you can't owe military salaries, before the arrival of the governor, we were ants on a hot pot, anxious, the dragons had no leader, those officers and soldiers in the military camp, but if there was silver in the treasury, we would have allocated silver from the treasury to the barracks to appease them, that is, we didn't eat or drink, and we didn't dare to owe military salaries." ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, all the accounts of the Household Department have been burned, and many people have disappeared without a trace, and there is not a penny of copper coins in the treasury." One person came out and said: "The villain is just a small scribe in the Household Division, these days, there are already soldiers going around in the Household Division's yamen, which is obviously to ask for military salaries, and the small one is so scared that he doesn't even dare to enter the household department's yamen." ”

At this time, the officials began to talk to each other again, and the posture was about to be noisy again.

Sun Yun coughed and said loudly: "Don't speak, since the governor is here, everything will be fine." His Royal Highness the King of Qi sent the Governor to take up his post, naturally to help us solve these problems...... Looking at Lu Haosheng, he said cautiously: "Your Excellency the Governor, the prince sent you here, and he always knows the situation in Beishan, so he sent you to sit in charge of the overall situation, and he must also allocate some silver to come, this 150,000 taels of silver, the adults can allocate it today, and the silver will be set down, and the situation will be stable. The Governor shall also leave a sum of silver in his possession just in case. ”

Lu Haosheng said lightly: "You mean to let the governor allocate 150,000 taels of silver now?" ”

"Xiaguan is just built yì." Sun Yun said.

Lu Haosheng smiled coldly and said, "Sun Yun, can you see that Bendu has silver on him?" ”

Sun Yun hurriedly said: "Isn't it still on the road?" If this is the case, everyone will hold on for two more days, and the lower officials will send someone to the barracks to tell them that the money will arrive soon, so that they can rest ...... a little restless! ”

Lu Haosheng shook his head and said: "You are wrong, the governor is here, he didn't bring any silver, and there will be no silver to dial over." ”

"Your Excellency the Governor laughed." Sun Yun said with a smile: "Everyone is looking forward to you coming day and night, just waiting for the silver to be able to stabilize Beishan, how can adults not have silver." ”

"Ben Governor is joking?" Lu Haosheng said coldly: "This governor really didn't bring any silver. ”

All the officials showed strange looks, all eyes were focused on Lu Haosheng, some showed suspicion, and more people 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 the imperial court is fighting in the south and the north, and now is a difficult time, and it is at this time that everyone needs to unite sincerely and work together to tide over the difficulties." The Governor knew that everyone was short of money and that many places were in difficulty, but he believed that as long as everyone gritted their teeth, they would always be able to get through. Now that the Governor is here, he will find a way to solve these things, and even if there is really no money, the Governor will share the hardships with everyone......! He had clenched his fists and looked impassioned.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the lower officials have the courage to say a word, some words are said lightly, and you can get through by gritting your teeth? You mean to let us all grit our teeth and starve to death? A voice in the crowd immediately said: "Yes, everyone is loyal to the imperial court, and they run errands for the imperial court day and night, but as the saying goes, the emperor is not hungry soldiers, we are loyal to the imperial court, does the imperial court want us to starve to death?" ”