Chapter 431: The Poverty of a Provincial Governor (I)

As the work of returning farmland is gradually coming to an end, a large number of people have left the land, and Kuang Yihe has not slept well for several months, and even during the Chinese New Year, this heart is hanging.

Hundreds of thousands of people have changed from stable homesteaders to jobless households, or better known as jobless households, and in China's thousands of years of history, there is only one name for them like those who are out of production:

Refugee!

Displaced people, i.e., groups who do not have a stable source of livelihood and are wandering in search of a bite to eat, can be countless times more harmful than locust transit.

At the very least, locusts crossing the border only eat food, not people.

Fortunately, the reason for the large-scale out-of-production households in Chengdu this time was caused by the subjective policy of the imperial court, rather than being passively generated due to various objective factors as in previous dynasties, and there was no large number of land annexations that forced the people to become poor peasants with no land to rely on, followed by a natural disaster.

It made the people miserable, and they gathered and rebelled.

The influx of hundreds of thousands of people from the countryside into various county seats, prefectures, and even Chengdu, the most important city in the southwest, has not only brought hidden dangers related to public security, but also brought abundant labor and a large amount of hot money spent in vain.

This is an army of demolition households.

Therefore, Kuang Yi and his heart at this time have mixed joys and sorrows.

Kankan turned the New Year and entered the thirteenth year of Jianwen, and Zhou Weiwen said goodbye to Kuang Yihe.

"This time, the work of returning farmland in Sichuan has been fully implemented, and the compensation silver has also been distributed, and the responsibilities of the Supervision Department of Returning Farmland are over.

The Department of Supervision and Administration of Returning Farmland is a temporary organization dispatched by the central government to the local government, where there is a reason not to leave, Kuang Yihe is not good to stay, and it is impossible to expect Zhou Weiwen to help him deal with the resettlement problem behind these hundreds of thousands of jobless households, and in fact, Zhou Weiwen has not helped much in the past few months.

"In this case, then the official will not stay, Zhou Sicheng has a smooth journey, I wish Sicheng all the best in Nanjing, please."

Outside Chengdu, Kuang Yihe and other Sichuan officials bid farewell to the household team of dozens of people, and only turned around when the end of the line of sight was no longer visible.

"Domain."

Someone shouted, Kuang Yihe looked for the voice, it was Qian Anping, the prefect of Chengdu.

In Sichuan, because of the great influence of geographical factors, it is often difficult for Sichuan's political envoys to govern the work of the whole province, and most of them prefer to stay in Chengdu rather than running around the province.

After all, it took even longer to run a county in Sichuan than the emperor to run every province in the Ming Dynasty.

This has also led to the fact that many of Sichuan's Zuobu political envoys are unable to distinguish their powers and powers, and like to meddle in the work of a few subordinate prefectures, and Chengdu, as a provincial governor, can be said to bear the brunt.

In the follow-up resettlement and control work that led to hundreds of thousands of people out of production due to the return of farmland, Kuang Yihe was the commander-in-chief, and the provincial officials were even members, while the dignified Chengdu prefect was more like a small official who ran errands.

However, in this regard, Qian Anping is very open-minded.

The official residence is the prefect of Chengdu, and the court is a fourth-grade important member, after arriving in this position, where to be promoted, you can just bury your head and work hard.

Once promoted to the third rank, he will either be in charge of the provinces, or he will go straight to the central ministries as a deputy squire, no matter from which point of view, he cannot just rely on work to serve as a servant.

In this case, Kuang Yi and these provincial officials are worried about the big and small affairs in Chengdu, how happy he is as the prefect of Chengdu.

With this opportunity to be lazy, in addition to worrying less about snacks, I have more time to study "The Collection of Quotations of Emperor Jianwen" and "Jianwen Thought", and take a look at the "Di Bao" and "Qiushi Bao" and other major political trend publications, so as to understand and grasp the ideological spirit of the Central Committee in a timely manner, which is not a hundred times more important than work.

Shouting Kuang Yihe, Qian Anping opened his mouth to invite: "Sichuan has been busy for more than half a year, and it is rare to have a New Year's holiday. ”

I was busy for most of the year, and I even forgot the custom of holding a New Year's banquet every New Year.

Kuang Yihe thought that there was nothing important at hand, so he said with a smile: "That's it, this year's New Year's dinner will be organized by the official, but at the moment, we are busy in Sichuan, so don't make a big deal of it, pay attention to the pomp and circumstance."

It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just today, let's go back to the city now and rest in the official residence. ”

"Then it's going to bother the Zun Mansion."

There is wine to drink, and the big guys are very happy, especially to be able to go to Kuang Yihe's house, it is even more worth being happy.

"But there's one thing that the official has to declare in advance."

Kuang Yihe suddenly thought of something, and deliberately emphasized: "Come here, no one is allowed to buy a lot of things in large bags and small bags, so it is most welcome to come empty-handed." ”

This made the adjutants a little undecided.

Let's not talk about the reason for visiting the door empty-handed, just because you are the political envoy of Sichuan Zuobu, during the New Year's holidays, subordinate officials go around to visit and give gifts, isn't this a proper thing?

This is not considered bribery.

I haven't heard that the imperial court has imposed more restrictions in this regard.

Thinking about Kuang Yihe's comments in Sichuan officialdom over the years, I really haven't heard of rumors about accepting bribes during his tenure.

When the sun shifted, a group of Sichuan officials who hesitated gathered at Kuang Yihe's mansion, because they couldn't understand Kuang Yihe's official temperament, there were really not many people who dared to bring gifts, only a few, and they just bought some fruit or a more straining pastry gift box.

Such as porcelain, calligraphy and painting, there is no one, not to mention the golden zodiac ornaments that can be sold directly.

In this regard, Kwong Yihe was very happy and warmly entertained a group of colleagues.

"Sit down, sit down, please tea."

greeted warmly, the visit in the main hall was concise and clear, and the decoration was relatively simple, Kuang Yihe greeted one by one, and the few family members served tea.

Qian Anping picked up the tea bowl and didn't drink it, so his brows wrinkled unconsciously.

Just by sniffing lightly between his noses, without using his mouth, Qian Anping knew that what he was holding in his hand was not a good tea.

Sure enough, the tea passed through the tongue, not to mention the fragrance of the lips and teeth, the aftertaste was sweet, and even left three points of bitterness.

Putting down the tea bowl, Qian Anping looked around and found that many people were uncomfortable drinking noodles.

This expression also fell into the eyes of the head Kwong Yihe, who laughed at himself.

"You don't think this tea is good."

"What's the matter, there is such a good tea in the Fantai Mansion, and the lower officials have never tasted it, so I tasted it today and feasted on it."

After a noisy response with a clear conscience, Kuang Yihe didn't go to his heart, and said to himself.

"Since the return of farmland, the prices in our Chengdu city have risen day by day, day by day, fruits, tea, and cakes have increased several times to dozens of times, and you all know the situation in the official's family.

There are parents who need to be supported, and there are nine children, in addition to the eldest and second have already started a family, the remaining seven sons still need to be raised.

With such a tea, I have done my best, and I hope you will be able to do it. ”

Everyone looked at each other in horror.

Our political envoy is so virtuous and noble, and he is as honest as water?

A dignified provincial official, this day is too poor.