Early the next morning, Chen Qing came to the official office and immediately ordered people to invite Jiang Yanxian, Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao.
Not long after, Jiang Yanxian and three others hurried over, bowed and saluted, and said: "See you, the Xuanfu Envoy!"
Chen Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "You three have worked hard these past six months, please sit down!"
After everyone exchanged greetings, Chen Qing said: "Lingzhou Prefecture has been established, and Xiazhou Prefecture was established immediately. Lingzhou Prefecture has Zhang Sima in charge, and it can already operate normally. The key is that Xiazhou Prefecture is not normal yet. Currently, it is implemented
Military control.
I have decided to appoint Lu Wei as the magistrate of Xiazhou, and then I need to select a group of officials to take up the post in Xiazhou."
With that said, Chen Qing took out a job roster and handed it to Jiang Yanxian, "This roster will be handed over to the Department of Personnel Affairs for consideration of candidates."
Jiang Yan first took the job list and read it over, "The job list will be arranged as soon as possible."
"The Department of Transportation, the Department of Sentencing and the Department of Supervision, these three directly affiliated agencies must also be put into operation as soon as possible."
Jiang Yanxian frowned slightly, "There are quite a lot of officials needed, why not select them from Shaanxi Road and Xihe Road first!"
Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "Aren't there a lot of young officials waiting for vacancies in the imperial court? We can also give them a chance to send a group of young officials to make up for our shortcomings."
Jiang Yan shook his head first and said, "I'll report it to the Xuanfu envoy. I don't agree with this."
"Tell me why!"
"The reason is also very simple. The imperial court has agreed to our imperial examination. We also need to take the imperial examination to select scholars and arrange positions. We also have imperial studies, and outstanding imperial students also need to be arranged. Now we have to fill up the remaining positions. What will we do next year?
In addition, we can't think too well of the imperial court. Even if they deploy officials, they will never be excellent officials. Instead, they will be problem officials or officials with bad records. It will be a headache for us whether we want them or not. I still recommend humble posts.
Cultivate it yourself.”
Zhou Kuan also said beside him: "I am reporting to the Xuanfu Envoy, even though I am humble enough to say something, I would like to say something."
"Please tell me the order!"
"I went to Shangluo on a business trip two months ago and discovered that a county official is really a genius. He not only knows the situation in Shangluo County well, but also knows the inventory of various materials in Shangluo County warehouses and their distribution.
The documents are not bad, the ideas are very clear, and the account books are very smooth. This person is called Wang Jing. I have transferred him to the branch office as the chief accountant. The meaning of the humble position is that many civil servants are actually very talented, but they may not be academically qualified.
It’s a little short, so there’s no chance of getting ahead.”
Chen Qing thought it was right. They did have talents available. There was no need to consider the imperial court. He nodded and said: "You are right. We have many talented people here. There is no need to invite outside monks to chant sutras."
After a pause, Chen Qing asked Zhou Kuan again: "Has Zhou Shuling received the inventory of property that I sent back with the Eagle Letter before?"
"I received it. It's a large quantity. It took us two days to sort it out. It seems that we have gained a lot from this attack on Xixia."
"It is indeed very rich. The wealth obtained from the Xixia dignitaries alone required 3,000 camels to transport it, and the gold contained in it alone exceeded 500,000 taels. What I am concerned about now is the total expenditure of this war to destroy Xia
How many of them can we make up for?"
"We discussed this issue two days ago. The original budget was 9.4 million guan, but the actual expenditure was probably 13 million guan, with an overrun of 3.6 million guan."
Chen Qing frowned, "Why did you overspend so much?"
"The main reason is that there are too many people killed in battle, and the pension money far exceeds the estimated one million guan. The actual amount is 3.9 million guan. This alone is an overrun of nearly 3 million guan. However, there are also savings. We estimate that the military rations will be 500,000 guan."
, but only 300,000 shi were actually transported.”
"What about income?" Chen Qing asked anxiously.
Zhou Kuan leaned over and smiled and said: "Don't worry, Envoy Xuanfu. Please listen slowly. Judging from the inventory sent by Envoy Xuanfu and the preliminary inventory on site, this war does not include food supplies, copper coins and other treasures.
The income from gold and silver alone amounts to 30 million yuan."
Chen Qing patted his forehead. This number was beyond his expectation. "Are there so many?"
Zhou Kuan smiled slightly, "It's the property of the thousands of camels that the Xuanfu envoy mentioned, the property of the Xixia dignitaries. We counted it yesterday at the fourth watch of the night. There were 3.8 million taels of silver and 500,000 taels of gold.
, which is 24 million strings.
In addition to the 1.2 million taels of silver in the Xixia treasury, according to one to five, it is 6 million guans. Isn't this 30 million guans? I don't count the military supplies. There are still several million guans in copper coins.
There are also grains, cloth, silk, sheepskin, medicinal materials, copper ingots, pig iron, cattle, sheep, and camels, which are simply countless. The Xuanfu envoys understood that war is the most profitable business, and Xixia's century-old accumulation has been harvested."
"How come there are so many?"
Chen Qing still didn't understand, "Xixia is now at its lowest point in national power!"
Jiang Yanxian smiled and said: "Wealth will not disappear out of thin air. Xixia's national power has declined, but wealth has flowed from the imperial treasury into the private treasury of powerful people. For example, Brother Richard's brother-in-law Black-headed Ahu has all the dilapidated weapons damaged in the Xixia Civil War in his hands. He
He re-made it and sold it to the court. He made three million yuan from this item alone. There were also 20,000 camels used by the Xixia court to transport supplies. They were bought from Xia Jinfeng, the Minister of Rites, and went to Xia Jinfeng.
How much gold and silver? Can the national power not decline? But the total wealth is not small, Xuanfu understands, right?"
Chen Qing sighed softly, "I understand, war is indeed a huge profit. In this war to destroy Xia, our total income is at least 50 million yuan, not including population and land. If the imperial court knows, I'm afraid they will really want to
Vomiting blood."
The three of them looked at each other and said in unison: "Of course I won't let the court know."
The three of them discussed the material transportation arrangements again. Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao had something to do and left in a hurry.
Chen Qing and Jiang Yanxian were the only two people left in the room. Jiang Yanxian said to Chen Qing: "There is another important thing. This time Zhang Xiao went to Lingzhou, so the military affairs department will have to arrange for someone to take over. In addition, I suggest that the humble position
The number of people in the House of Representatives has been increased to five, so that there will be a majority when voting."
Chen Qing took a few steps with his hands behind his back. He had been thinking about this issue along the way. He needed to have both sufficient qualifications and corresponding abilities. He already had a five-person plan in mind.
"I want Guan Shigu to take over Zhang Xiao's military affairs. What does Chang Shi think?"
Guan Shigu was once the commander of the Jingyuan Army. Regardless of his seniority, he was sufficient. His biggest stain was that he had surrendered to the puppet Qi. It might be difficult for him to be recognized by the imperial court, but it was not a problem for Chen Qing. Jiang Yanxian and Zhang Xiao
They were all officials of the Puppet Qi Dynasty. The most important thing is that Guan Shigu's family members are all in Jingzhao. The eldest son Guan Xiaolin was appointed by Chen Qing as the magistrate of Qishan County. The second son Guan Xiaowen was appointed as the herdsman of Yuanzhou Qun, who was responsible for raising sheep. The largest
The third son of Yang Guan, Guan Xiaowu, has already joined the army and is now Niu Gao's subordinate, leading all the cavalrymen.
Jiang Yanxian was very familiar with Guan Shigu, and he said happily: "Lao Guan should agree. We drank together a few days ago, and I persuaded him to become an official. He said that he was afraid that he was not capable enough and would delay the important affairs of the Xuanfu Envoy. His tone has changed.
Already."
"That's good, I'll talk to him later!"
Chen Qing added: "Then I consider Zhang Miao to continue to be in charge of supervision and intelligence. There are too many things on your side and the pressure is too great. I consider spinning off the Civil Affairs Department separately and dividing it into two departments, the Government Affairs Department and the Civil Affairs Department.
Zhou is in charge of the Department of Civil Affairs, and you will continue to be in charge of the Department of Government Affairs."
Jiang Yan nodded first, "I can't bear it. This is the best, but who can be better than Lao Zhou in terms of financial expenditure?"
"I want to use Zhao Kai!"
Jiang Yanxian suddenly understood and said with a smile: "Zhao Kai is currently the transfer envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He has outstanding abilities and is recognized by everyone. He fully supports this humble position!"
Historically, Zhao Kai died three years later, but his death was mainly due to Zhang Jun's resignation as prime minister. Zhao Kai was Zhang Jun's man. He was implicated and suppressed, and soon died of depression. If he could get the opportunity to display his talents, he would never
Died so early.
In this way, with the addition of Guan Shigu, Zhao Kai, Jiang Yanxian, Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao, a new five-person group of the Internal Affairs Hall was formed.