Li Ji's long history has also risen step by step from below, and he can be regarded as talented and ambitious, and being able to achieve the position of long history shows his ability.

In fact, in the past few years since taking over as Governor of Liang, Li Ji has been able to stabilize this stall.

However, it is only stable.

Seeing Chu Xian asking him for his opinion, Li Ji seemed to have a stomach full of bitter water pouring out, you must know that in the eyes of others on weekdays, his long history seems to be very beautiful, but in fact, this long history is quite difficult to do.

"Lord Thorn Shi, as the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, the internal affairs of this state, large and small affairs, all have to spend money, which one is less money, and it can't be played, but our Liangzhou Mansion is the most lacking in money. Li Ji began to pour bitter water at this time.

Chu Xian nodded and listened.

In a state's official level system, the holy dynasty has a division of labor, and the assassination history is the highest, in charge of internal affairs, official evaluation and promotion, and defense, so it can be said that the conditions are the highest person in charge.

But there is only one history of assassination, and it needs help, so Changshi and Sima were born.

One is in charge of internal affairs and the other is in charge of defense.

The assassin is in charge of two aspects, and at the same time has a more powerful power, that is, the assessment of officials, and in fact, this matter is not the final word of the assassin alone.

On the one hand, half of the power is in the Wenxuan Division under the Ministry of Officials, so the Wenxuan Division has almost the same official evaluation power as the Assassin Shilang.

However, there is only one of the Wenxuan Shilang, and he will not patrol around for a long time, so it is still the Assassin who holds this power, and it is because of this that the Assassin can be called the highest official in a state, and at any time, the power of personnel appointment is the most important.

Here Li Ji is still telling, telling all the difficulties he encountered, these Chu Xian are also clear, and he understands it in his heart, but he still patiently comforts and praises Li Ji's merits.

"Lord Assassin Shi, just now Xia Guan was just complaining, but if you want to solve this problem, Xia Guan thinks that you have to deal with it with four words. Li Ji said at this time.

Chu Xian asked, "Which four words?" ”

"Open source and reduce expenditure!" Li Ji said word by word.

Chu Xian nodded, this is fundamental, but how to open source and how to reduce expenditure is the most difficult.

"Lord Thorn Shi, the money of the state government generally lies in taxes, because the state government officials are not allowed to intervene in business and cannot do business, so taxes are our state capitals and even local city governments. The main income of the county government, but although Liangzhou is an important place of commerce and trade, it stands to reason that even if it is to collect tolls and tariffs, it can also make a lot of money, but the problem is that because of the trouble of the demon clan before, many caravans are discouraged, this tax not only does not dare to collect more, but also has to make profits, since the lower officials took over, they have been reducing taxes, this is the above requirements, we have to comply, in fact, it is not enough, this tax reduction is even more stretched, so we can only count on the allocation of the household department every year, to deal with the embarrassing situation of no money available, to be honest, every year to go to the household department to ask for money, whether it is the lower official or the previous assassin Shi Guo, it is unbearable to look back, shame。 ”

Speaking of the sore spots, Li Ji's face was full of grief and indignation, it is conceivable that he was the governor of Liangzhou, went to Jingzhou to move around, begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, and he could also ask for funding from the household department, and if he could ask for a little more, it would be better for officials at all levels in Liangzhou.

Chu Xian nodded.

This is indeed the case, the governance of the Holy Dynasty is divided by states, and in fact, the officials of each state and the land are all solved by the state capitals themselves.

In addition to the tax silver that must be handed over to the holy pilgrimage every year, there is also a limit, and if it is exceeded, the rest is for the state capitals to dispose of it themselves.

But Liangzhou reduced taxes, and the annual tax and silver paid in the fixed amount could not be made up, and he had to ask the household department for money, of course, he could only whisper.

Li Ji was talking, Chu Xian was listening, and after speaking, Chu Xian also roughly understood the current situation.

It's a very tricky mess indeed.

Chu Xian took office before, and he dealt with normal affairs every day, but he didn't feel these troubles, but now when he officially took office, these troublesome things came to the door one by one.

"The most important thing at the moment is to go to the household department to ask for money first, otherwise you won't be able to pay a little money next month. Li Ji said the most urgent thing at this time.

Chu Xian asked how much he needed.

"Liangzhou is divided into 16 cities, a total of more than 200 counties, officials at all levels, from the state capital, city government to the county government, there must be more than 2,000 officials who have entered the product, to issue silver, at least 100,000 taels of silver, this is still half the distribution, even if it is issued, it is not last month, but half a year ago, so it can not be delayed any longer. ”

After Li Ji finished speaking, Chu Xian only felt that his head was big.

100,000 taels of silver, distributed to 2,000 officials, is indeed not much, but for a while, where to find these 100,000 taels of silver?

Speaking of which, this money is not much, of course Chu Xian himself does not have it, but when he was in Jingzhou, any of those rich children could get the 100,000 taels.

Now, he will be stumped by 100,000 taels of assassination.

And even if you get together 100,000 taels, it's just the beginning, you can't keep putting it together, and the fundamental problem has to be solved.

At this time, Li Ji threw another bombshell.

"Lord Assassin Shi, there is one more thing, the imperial history of the inspection below has been ascertained, just in the past half a year, more than a dozen corruption cases have been found in various parts of Liangzhou, and the lower officials believe that this has a lot to do with the halving of the silver, and the officials below are full of complaints about this. ”

When Chu Xian heard this, he was not surprised.

According to the current situation in Liangzhou, it is expected that the officials below are corrupt, but it is not normal, but fortunately, it seems that Li Ji has already controlled the situation.

"Corrupt officials, no matter what reason they have, are not forgiven, the officials of the Holy Dynasty are not a lot of money, the so-called halving, is only relative to the officials of other states and places, compared with the common people, the officials' silver is not less, even if it is a nine grades, there are fifteen taels of silver every month, if it is eight grades, there must be fifty taels per month, seven grades of one hundred taels, seven grades and more than seven grades, the silver is higher, how many taels can ordinary people have a year? Chu Xian said with a gloomy face at this time.

Li Ji also nodded.

In order to prevent corruption, the standard of sealing silver for officials is quite high, even if it is halved and postponed, it will not be impossible to open the pot at home, at least it is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

However, Chu Xian also knows that this also illustrates a problem from the side, the current state capital, silver, has become a top priority and a problem that must be solved.

"Lord Thorn Shi, I have listed some items here, some taxes have to be raised, and some unnecessary expenses have to be reduced, this is the method of opening up sources and reducing expenditures. Li Ji handed over a list at this time.

Chu Xian swept it roughly and said, "I'll take a look at this, if there is no problem, I will submit it to the household department for consideration." ”

Li Ji knew that this process had to be followed, so he nodded: "In addition, if Lord Assassin Shi has time, he can also go to the city and county to which the state capital belongs and inspect it, this is also a common practice." ”

Chu Xian knew what Li Ji meant.

As the highest official of the state capital, of course, there must be some movements, of course, to let all places know, so the best way is to go to various places to inspect, so it is beneficial, one to get to know officials at all levels in various places, and to understand the situation in various places, which is also a homework that must be done as a history of assassination.

In fact, Chu Xian also had this plan for a long time.

But before going to the state to inspect the land, you have to ask the household department for money first, otherwise, the state capital will really not be able to open the pot.

After Li Ji left, Chu Xian was also thinking about how to deal with it, and at the same time looked at what Li Ji had written.

I have to say that Li Ji is still capable, this price and tax draft is not bad, and the reduction of some unnecessary funds is also very accurate.

But Chu Xian can still see that even if this is a nod from the household department and a solution to a momentary emergency, it is not a fundamental solution, and it is not a symptomatic solution.

Chu Xian returned home, still thinking about this problem.

This kind of thing is even more difficult than fighting with others, and it is more difficult than solving major cases, to be honest, although Chu Xian does not have so much silver, it is not difficult for him to get more than 100,000 taels of silver.

The easiest way, a letter, sent to Qin Laohu and Run Liangchen in Jingzhou, with this Chu Xian's face, it is no problem to ask these children of the official family in Jingzhou to get a hundred thousand taels.

But this is not a solution to the problem at all, even if you can cope with it once, what about the future?

The key point is to solve the problem of taxation and finance here in Liangzhou, there are many places to spend money and few places to collect cash, this is the status quo.

It was estimated that Chu Xian was worried, and Li Ziyun also asked.

In the past two days, Li Ziyun is arranging for someone to go to Jingzhou to pick up the Chu Huang clan and them, after all, Chu Xian has officially taken over the Liangzhou Assassin History, and he will not move the place again for at least one or two years in the next year.

For officials of the Holy Dynasty, the eighth to ninth grades are assessed once a year, and the sixth to seventh grades are assessed every three years.

Of course, as long as they are not particularly bad, they will not be evaluated.

Chu Xian didn't hide it from Li Ziyun, and after telling the matter, Li Ziyun thought about it and said, "You can't go to the household department to ask for money." ”

Chu Xian was curious, so he asked why, Li Ziyun said: "In the past few years, Liangzhou has asked the household department for money every year, and it is impossible for the immortal officials in the first auxiliary cabinet not to know about this matter, after all, the reality is that the previous assassin Guo did not satisfy the first auxiliary pavilion in this matter, perhaps, this is also the reason why he should be dismissed, let you take over, at least one percent, it is the first auxiliary pavilion to see if you can reverse the situation, if the previous case was a small test, then the current situation is a big test." ”