The king passed down a new edict, ordering the governors of all counties in the country to advise farmers and mulberry and reward cultivation and weaving.

In the edict, it was written in the tone of Linghu Feng that "the widow cultivates the native fields", hoping that the county magistrates around the country can follow suit and set an example.

"Pro-cultivation of the homeland", this is an ancient ceremony.

The home field is the land cultivated by the Son of Heaven and the princes with the people's power. Since the Zhou Dynasty and below, the successive dynasties have carried out many rituals of the homeland, that is, before the spring ploughing every year, in the first month, the Son of Heaven and the princes demonstratively carry out the plow or plough back and forth on the homeland field several times, in order to show the importance of farming.

Linghu Yong's heir was young when he was on the throne, but he grew up later, and the power of the court was in the hands of Linghu Feng, so he didn't think about doing this. Linghu Feng said that the king was just in the first month, when he first ascended the throne, the situation was unstable, after more than a month of adjustments, appointments and dismissals and other personnel changes, now the court is much more stable, so, in order to show that he is different from Linghu Yong, is a Ming Jun who values agriculture and loves the people, he went to the field a few days ago.

There is a way: upward and downward effect.

The lord has done this, and of course the vassals can't be lazy.

On this day, the rain stopped, and early in the morning, Xin Er led the subordinates of the county government out of the city, came to his vocational field on the outskirts of the city, helped plough the ridges, and went back and forth to the field seven times in accordance with the regulations of the secretary in the field ceremony.

Xin Er didn't know how to do farm work, and it had just rained, and the fields were muddy, so he couldn't control the plough oxen at first, but thanks to the help of the officials, the oxen were barely obedient, but they still ploughed crookedly. Ten acres of land is not small, and after seven back and forth, he sweated and stepped on the mud of half of his pants.

Look at the fruits of your own labor, and make a mess of the land that has been turned over; Look at the servants who accompany them, although they don't have any dissatisfied expressions, what do they think in their hearts? But no one knows.

Xin Er said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, I'm purely causing trouble for them." ”

The imperial court stipulated that officials were not allowed to use civilian power in their fields, and could only use "civil and military officials and doctors" for cultivation, that is, they could only select people from the low-level officials of the official temple. In modern times, the status of the minor officials has been declining day by day, and has been similar to the servants, and those whose names are in the official register not only serve in the whole family, but also have the same military status as the generations, so they are also called "world officials". Officials and scholars are often called "officials", and they are all lowly statuses. Those who cultivate the fields for Xin Er are such officials. Although his name is a servant, he is actually a tenant.

As soon as he ploughed down, the officials at all levels of the county government, such as Gong Cao and the chief bookkeeper, who were his subordinate officials, went down to the fields one after another, and compared them with the regulations on "scholars" in the field ceremony, "nine pushes and nine returns".

Among them, such as Zhang Daojiang and other powerful people's children, all of them are rich and wealthy, in the middle of the eunuch court, living in Guanzhou County, up and down for four or five generations, and even seven or eight generations, all of them live the days of clothes to stretch out their hands, food to open their mouths, bells to eat, thousands of slaves and maids, but they never know what is farming; The level of plough cattle is not as good as Xiner. After the commotion of the "soldiers", Tanaka became more and more miserable.

Xin Er felt that he couldn't stand the officials. Zhang Daojiang and others mostly complained that Xin Er had nothing to do.

Huang Rong Mali, who finished his work first, came back to Xin Er's side, and saw him sometimes looking at the bustle of the field, frowning; From time to time, he looked at the scene of the work of the vain and Hu Nu in the distant fields, and was stunned, so he said in his heart: "Is the prince thinking about something?" After thinking about Xin Er's thoughts for a while, he coughed lightly, and said closely: "Ming Gong." ”

"Huh?"

"But are you wondering what this year's harvest will be? The spring rain is like oil, and with this spring rain as the foundation, the harvest will not be bad. ”

"Oh."

Huang Rongxin said: "It's not expecting the harvest. Shun Xin'er's gaze found that his gaze fell on the Hunu group in the distance most of the time, and he came to his senses, understood what Xin'er was thinking, and said, "Ming Gong is thinking about taking Hu Tunmu, right?" ”

"Huh?" Xin Er turned to Huang Rong, strange that he could guess correctly, and said, "Yes." ”

If you want to collect Hu Tun Mu, you first need to understand the internal situation of Lu Shuihu, and secondly, you need to use the administrative power of the county government, so although this matter has not been implemented, most of the upper officials in the county government have heard about it. Huang Rong is not a big official, but his position is to record history, and his relatives are not as good as the main book, and he is also a close minister of the county Taishou, and his status is as close as that of the low-level secretaries of later generations, and he also knows a little about this.

"Rong Si has a strategy, I don't know if it can be used or not."

"Do you have an idea? Let's hear it. ”

"Does Ming Gong know about spring pastures and winter pastures?"

"The winter pasture is the place where Hu Mu spends the winter; Spring pasture is the spring and summer grazing place of Hu Mu. ”

"Ming Gong really smells a lot." Huang Rong did his duty as a subordinate, and made a small ass here, and then said, "Winter pastures are mostly Hu Mu tribes and personal private families; Spring pastures are communal. Rongzhi's strategy is to think about whether he can make an article on the spring pasture, thinking that Ming Gong's "collection of Hutun herds" is the breakthrough and starting point? ”

"What do you do?"

"In winter, although Hu Yi can move into winter pastures, the winter is cold, the grass and trees are withered, and often after winter, the livestock is weak; At this time, it is necessary to have spring pastures with enough grass to feed and restore their livestock. ”

"Exactly."

"The number of spring pastures in the Heishui Basin, Jiankang and Jiuquan is limited, 60% is owned by the government, and only 40% is used by Lushui Hu for animal husbandry."

Xin Er nodded.

The large pastures in Longzhou belong to the imperial court.

The largest pasture should be the Hanyang Grass Beach in Zhangye County, which is located between the two mountains of Qilian and Yanzhi, with an area of 10 million mu, and has been an important horse breeding and animal husbandry land in the empire since the previous generation. Dingxi inherited the system of the previous generation and this dynasty, occupied the most fertile grassland on the big grassland, established a pasture, raised more than 100,000 horses, and countless cattle and sheep; It is an important source of imperial court finances and military horse supplies.

There is no grassland as large as Hanyang Dacaotan in Jiankang County, but there are also seven or eight large grasslands, a small number of which are on both sides of the Heishui River in the northeast of Lejun, and most of them are distributed under the Qilian Mountain in the south of Lejun.

The Heishui basin is basically occupied by Lu Shuihu, and most of the officials under the Qilian Mountain are owned.

"Nomadic Huyi like Lu Shuihu live on animal husbandry. Because of this, in order to compete for spring pastures, on the grasslands along the Heishui coast, the battles between the tribes and tribes of Lushui and Hu are endless every year, and it is common to hurt people, and it is not uncommon for Hu Mu to die for it. Fang Jin's mid-spring was the time when their competition for pasture was at its fiercest.

"Rong is stupid, and secretly thinks that Ming Gongru is at this time, sending people who know Hu Qing to provoke their various departments and all kinds of falls, and add fuel to the fire, so as to cause them to have large-scale fights, and then help their weak people to be accepted as minions; If the strong ones are not cut down immediately, won't they be able to slowly implement the strategy of collecting Hu Tun herds? ”

Although Huang Rong is a close official of Xin Er, Xin Er does not know him very well, and his daily relationship with him is limited to official affairs and has no personal relationship.

This is because, on the one hand, Huang Rong is not used by Xin Er, and he is naturally less close.

Most of the officials in the county government, such as Huang Rong and Cao Shiliang, are former officials. Although the Taishou has the power to get rid of the county officials, it is impossible for a county government and hundreds of officials to change one Taishou, so all of them will be replaced.

Normally, only when there is a shortage of government officials, or when the predecessor is not properly employed, and the successor is still in the opposition, will the successor be re-eliminated.

In addition to Zhang Daojiang as the main book, which is the first type of situation, the former master book was recommended by the former Taishou to go to the palace of the royal capital for further study, this position is unmanned, therefore, Xin Er listened to the recommendation of the officials in the house, and Zhang Daojiang, who opened up the local family, succeeded him.

- Speaking of Zhang Daojiang, this guy was personally eliminated by Xin Er, Xin Er is his "master", it stands to reason that Xin Er should be regarded as a "gentleman", the two are very close, but somehow, Xu is personality and preferences are completely different, he and Xin Er always do not deal with each other.

Second, Xin Er went to the county for more than a month, not only busy with removing officials to fill vacancies, familiar with county affairs, but also stepping up the practice of Hu cavalry, learning military affairs, the time arrangement is very full, and there is not much spare time, because there is no time to enhance feelings with subordinate officials.

's perception of Huang Rong is that he has always been conscientious in his duties, never mentioning official duties that have nothing to do with his own position, and he will do whatever Xin Er tells him to do, and that's it. Unexpectedly, when Xin Er racked his brains for "collecting Hu Tunmu", he suddenly made such a suggestion.

After Huang Rong finished speaking, he took two steps back and stood with his hands down.

Xin Er pin smacked his suggestion and thought in surprise: "This is a talent!" ”

The solution is good, but in Xin'er's opinion, it is just "good". Violence by deception is never the best policy.

Xin Er said in his heart: "And my strategy first, if it doesn't work, you might as well try this strategy." Wen Yan said, "Jun Ce is quite good, wait for me to consider it, and then make a plan." ”

The strategy was not adopted by Xin Er, Huang Rong did not look unhappy, and replied respectfully: "Yes." ”

"Jing Huan, is your family from Lechuan County?"

"The Rong family is in the capital of the Cousin family."

"Duxiang. Where are you from? ”

"The Rong family is originally from Weizhou."

Xin Er's gaze at Huang Rong was much kinder, and said: "It turns out that the Jun family is the same as me, and it is the ancestral home of Kanto. ”

Huang Rong is also a scholar.

Generally speaking, in Longzhou, all those whose families are in Qiao County and live in the "capital township" are all scholars.

The capital is the administrative unit that governs the townships in the county at the earliest, and later refers to the township near the city, which corresponds to the "hometown" far away from the county seat. Lejuan, Biaoshi and other counties were divided into overseas Chinese counties by Dingxi, but there were households in the county, and the capacity of the city and the townships was limited, so two methods were adopted to settle the displaced people, a small part of the displaced people were distributed to the townships, and the remaining majority set up "capital townships" near the city for special settlement.

The officials finished the work in batches, and asked Xin Er to return to the city.

The county government has no official business today, and Xin Er planned to go around the barracks, so he sent the officials to disperse and rode to the south of the city.

Before he was halfway there, Zhang Daojiang chased after him and said, "Song Gong is back." ”

"Song Gong" Mingpian, the county of the county, went out of the city before, and inspected the implementation of the royal decree of "giving filial piety and loyalty, widowhood, widowhood, loneliness, and rice people" in the counties. I have been gone for more than half a month, and now I am back.

Xin Er waited for him to wait for his eyes to penetrate, and after listening to Zhang Daojiang's report, he couldn't help but say: "It's back!" "There are only three counties in Jiankang, and the distance between them is more than 200 miles, no matter how you calculate it, this errand will not take one or twenty days.

Beat the horse and turned back, returned to the city, and when he arrived at the county capital, he saw Song Pian in the hall.

Zhang Daojiang called Song Pian "Gong", who was not very old, in his early thirties.

He greeted him at the door of the hall and said, "Prince, you have to give me a reward." ”

Xin Er held his forehead and wanted to turn around and leave.

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