In the state capital, Chu Xian looked at the political documents handed over by the Changshi Mansion, and frowned.

Changshi is in charge of the internal affairs of a state, and every once in a while, he has to sort out the internal affairs of the cities and counties in the prefecture, summarize them, and report them to Chu Xian, the assassin history.

Chu Xian has not been in Liangzhou for a long time, and most of the time before was dealing with the case of Prince De's disappearance, so in terms of internal affairs, he only paid a little attention to it.

But after getting the official appointment from Jingzhou, of course, he had to focus on the government affairs of Liangzhou.

At this moment, when Chu Xian saw the internal affairs book in his hand, he finally couldn't help it, and asked someone to call Li Ji, the long history.

After waiting for a while, Liang Governor Shi Li Ji came.

"Li Changshi, sit!" Chu Xian commanded, Li Ji nodded and sat down: "I don't know what Lord Thorn Shi commands?"

For Chu Xian, Li Ji, the long history, is very jealous, and if he can sit in the position of the long history, he has more or less some connections in Jingzhou, so he naturally knows the background of Chu Xian.

So although Li Ji is much older than Chu Xian in terms of age, he doesn't dare to be disrespectful.

Li Ji had a feeling that in a few years, Chu Xian was likely to be promoted, and when the time came, he might have to rely on the support of this Shangguan.

"Li Changshi, I read your internal affairs book, and the items listed above are very detailed, but there are a few things I want to ask you for advice in person. Chu Xian said very politely, but Li Ji didn't dare to hold the shelf, and hurriedly said: "Lord Assassin Shi, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Li Ji will answer all questions." ”

Chu Xian nodded: "I look at the state government's account, there is no money, and I looked at the past internal affairs books, in the past few years, the maintenance of the state government has mostly relied on asking the household department for money, what's going on?"

When Li Ji heard this, he sighed at the moment: "This matter, the lower officials are also embarrassed, Lord Assassin Shi stayed in Liangzhou in his early years, he should know about the rebellion of the demon clan, right?"

Chu Xian nodded.

He experienced it firsthand, and he played a huge role in it, of course, he knew.

Li Ji continued: "Before the rebellion of the demon clan, Liangzhou's finances were surplus every year, although it could not be compared with other states, but it was not the worst among all the states of the Holy Dynasty, but after that war, including the resettlement of refugees, for the purpose of settling the fallen soldiers, according to the law of the Holy Dynasty, from the line of death, folding and washing away thirty pieces of goods, and making a spirit and delivering it back to the house. The deputy of the team and above will each give two pieces of silk, and the guards will give one piece of silk, fill the clothes, and still give the coffin, so that the delivery will be returned home. In this way, it has to be tens of millions of taels, the silver of the entire Liangzhou Mansion was empty, in addition, it also owed a lot of money to the various banks, although the official household silver, not counting the interest rate, but also have to pay back, so over the years, our state capital can be said to be poor jingling, even the silver of the lower officials, and even the silver of officials at all levels, are halved, and sometimes, they have to be in arrears for a month or two before they can be issued. ”

At this moment, Li Ji is complaining.

Chu Xian's head was big when he listened.

He had just come to office, and he hadn't paid attention to the matter of Feng Yin, but it seemed that the situation was even more serious than he knew.

Anywhere, running out of money is a terrible thing.

What's more, it is the state capital, and this year it asks for money from the Ministry of the Holy Pilgrimage, and I am afraid that it will be disgraceful.

Chu Xian asked again: "Li Changshi, you are in charge of internal affairs, what can you do?"

Li Ji smiled bitterly at this moment, shook his head and said: "There is no way, our Liangzhou is a remote place, and it is difficult to travel by land, but fortunately, the people are diligent and hardworking, and under cultivation, they can barely be self-sufficient, and the cities and governments of various places and our state capitals are okay, there are merchants from neighboring countries, and the tolls and taxes and fees for entering the customs can also be filled, but it is far from enough, as for the county, it is ......."

Chu Xian motioned to the other party needless to say.

Chu Xian knows the situation of the county best, after all, he has been a county official in Dinghai County, Liangzhou, and has been in charge of a place, so he naturally knows the local situation very well.

It can be said that the official treasury is poor, and the people have no money in their hands.

The problem is that it was still self-sufficient before, but after experiencing the trouble of the demon clan, the entire Liangzhou has not recovered for several years.

Although it is possible to reach out to the household department every year to ask for money, and there is a military department on the military government side that has specially allocated money, after all, it is a major border defense matter, even if you lose money again, you have to get it.

But as a state assassin, Chu Xian understands very well that if he can't solve this problem, then the road to promotion in the future will be completely blocked.

Just thinking about it, you know that the history of a state assassin, like a beggar, has to go to Jingzhou every year to ask for money, does this still have face? The most important thing is that the above will think that you are incompetent.

Suddenly, Chu Xian felt that his last assassin Guo Son-in-law, although he was dismissed and transferred, strictly speaking, Guo Son-in-law was still eager to do so.

Because if you continue to stay in Liangzhou, you are pensioning, and it is impossible to be promoted in the future, because there is no political performance.

If you want to defend against the invasion of the demon clan, that is the duty, what should be done, to prevent it, there is no merit and no fault, but if you can't prevent it, that is the biggest mistake.

The more Chu Xian thought about it, the more he felt as if he had been cheated by someone.

If you think about it carefully, this person who pits himself seems to be the master of Zhongshu.

Of course, it can't be said to be a pitfall, it can only be said to be a test for the Chinese book, or rather, a kind of trust.

Chu Xian was helpless, the Lord of the Secret Dao Zhongshu also trusted himself too much, and threw himself to this Liangzhou, although it is a history of assassination, and the scenery is incomparable, but if it is a history of assassination that can no longer be promoted, I am afraid that no one will want to do it.

Where is this as comfortable as being a criminal secretary in Jingzhou, in Liangzhou, all kinds of troubles give you stimulation every day, and the pension is not very peaceful.

For a moment, Chu Xian was speechless, and Li Ji, the chief historian next to him, also smiled bitterly.

He can best understand Chu Xian's situation, and when he was promoted to Changshi, he was also very happy, because he was promoted to a higher level, and he was also a governor's history, so he could be regarded as the second-in-command of the state capital, so it should be infinite.

But after coming to Liangzhou for a few years, Li Ji completely understood that this place is definitely not a suitable place for officials, the burden of defense is heavy, and he has to take care of the people's livelihood, and he has to do internal affairs.

Thinking of this, Li Ji reminded: "Lord Thorn Shi, this, it's almost a new year, we have to settle the relationship as soon as possible, and how much we can want, it's really unpredictable, if the approved silver is not enough, then we will have to tighten our belts and live in a year." ”

When Chu Xian heard this, he glanced at Li Ji, he really wanted to reprimand, you are still a governor of the state, from the five ranks, a little backbone, okay?

But Chu Xian didn't say this.

First, he has to save face, and second, he doesn't dare to say such a big thing, in case he can't handle this matter himself, it will be a proper slap in the face, because when the time comes, the people who tighten their belts and live their lives also include him, the assassin himself, and strictly speaking, as the highest official in Liangzhou, if he loses face, he will also bear the brunt.

At this moment, Chu Xian's expression was solemn, and he secretly said that this matter has to be solved, to say that it is a problem of face, and to say that it is related to the road to promotion in the future.

The most important thing is that Chu Xian can see that Master Zhongshu got himself to Liangzhou, firstly, to investigate the case of Prince De, and secondly, to see if he can reverse the current embarrassing status quo in Liangzhou.

There's a long way to go.

Can Chu Xian pick a child?

Definitely not.

So no matter how troublesome it is, you have to think of a way to solve it, if this matter is not solved, it is the end of Chu Xian's career.

Of course, this matter only involves his long history of assassination and Li Ji's long history, the history of assassination dominates the overall situation, internal affairs are one, there is no need to ask about the long history, this is the one in charge, but it has little to do with the military government Sima's side, people are in charge of defense, as long as Liangzhou has nothing to do, it is meritorious, and meritorious service can be promoted.

The more he thought about it, the more Chu Xian felt that the thorn seat under his ass was a little difficult to sit on.

And now even if you give Chu Xian an idea, you don't have time.

Now there is no money in the state government's account, so I have to go to the household department to ask for money these days, and if there is no money, the income of officials at all levels will not be able to be paid next month.

This is a priority.

And Chu Xian only now knew that it turned out that in the past few years, the officials in the entire Liangzhou have halved the amount of silver, not only halved, but also delayed the distribution.

This is no joke.

Chu Xian understands very well that for some officials, the silver may not be so important, even if it is halved, even if it is delayed, there is no problem.

But for some low-level officials, the silver is very important, to say a bad word, the low-level officials' silver, that is to support the family, not to mention the halving and delayed distribution, what kind of life the officials below live, just thinking about it can be imagined.

In this way, if it is the kind of official with integrity, he may be able to endure it, but if he is in a bad mood, he may do something because of this.

For example, corruption and bribery.

This is a big thing, don't look at the matter of Fengyin, it seems to be inconspicuous, but it is a huge hidden danger, which may directly lead to the corruption of the officials below, this kind of thing does not break out, but it is good, once it breaks out, then if someone takes this kind of thing to make a fuss, even if he wants to retire in Liangzhou, he can't do it.

Therefore, Chu Xian felt that where he was sitting in the position of assassin Shi, it was like sitting on a knife.

"Li Changshi, we have to deal with this matter well. Chu Xian also knows that it is useless for him to be anxious now, it is already this kind of stall, of course, it is not to blame the previous assassin Guo Son-in-law, the other party should be upright, but his ability is slightly weak, and it should not be a big problem to govern other states, but in a place like Liangzhou, Guo Son-in-law's ability is slightly insufficient.

Since it was useless to be anxious, Chu Xian simply calmed down and discussed countermeasures with Li Ji, his deputy Changshi, because this kind of thing has nothing to do with him, but also has a great relationship with Li Ji.