Chapter 44: Xu Lao's Seven Questions (2)

Xu Lao thought for a while, nodded, and said, "If according to what you said, regardless of background, does that mean that women can also enter the ranks?" ”

Jiang Jun nodded, Xu Lao smiled, and then said, "Do you know what this represents?" ”

Jiang Jun smiled and said: "Old Xu, I know what you mean, I also said just now, our Rongdan City is too poor, there is no way, there are few people, and some things must be done by women, for example, in the future, I will open an embroidery workshop, set up an embroidery department, and set up a Lu workshop, merge into the education department, and set up female officials to manage." Sir, break and stand! ”

This surprised everyone present.

In fact, the official of Qi State also manages brothels and barrages, but these are relatively large places, but most of them are managed by people from the royal family of Qi, and they don't care about small places at all.

Xu Lao secretly admired his courage in his heart, and said: "There are people from other places who you are looking for, and there may even be people with great power, how can you ensure that they will not be bad in secret?" And how can you be sure that you can control them? ”

"Rongdan City is weak, and there is no place to make it bad. Second, if I can't even govern the officials in this city, then I should be the lord of the city. Besides, I'm not alone! After finishing speaking, Jiang Jun looked at the officials below, then at Wei Zhongxian and those who were guarding the Xianwei and Dongchang, and then turned his face around and smiled.

Everyone understood and discussed, expressing their agreement with what Jiang Jun said. Xu Lao continued: "Well, yes, courageous. The fourth problem is that a few years ago, someone bought fragrant rice at a large price, and the quantity was very large, and the other three cities of Baoling Mansion were all purchased in large quantities. Later, farmers in Rongdan City began to grow fragrant rice, which reduced the yield of other crops. However, it was clear that someone had said that they wanted to buy fragrant rice from Rongdan City, but they didn't, which made the farmers complain. It's just that the fragrant rice in our Rongdan City grows very well, and the yield is also extremely high, which makes the fragrant rice pile up and cannot be sold. Some people buy at low prices, but most farmers still don't sell, and they are still waiting for the day when the price rises. It's just that there has been no news to this day, but the price of this fragrant rice is getting lower and lower, how do you deal with this matter? ”

Jiang Jun thought for a while and said, "What is the original price of this fragrant rice?" What is the current price? What is the price of those people's high and low income? ”

"In the past, the normal price was forty wen a catty, and the Chinese New Year's Eve was about thirty wen. In the past, the price of those people who bought at a high price was 80 wen a catty, and after the fragrant rice was unsalable, the current price of rice merchants is 10 wen a catty, and the amount of fragrant rice stored is very large, but if this problem is not solved, these fragrant rice will rot. ”

"Since the amount of fragrant rice is huge, then we will start to buy it at the price of 30 wen in a good year, and we can receive the grain depot and the military depot. In this way, we will not suffer too much, and the farmers will not have to sell fragrant rice cheaply, and they can also have an income, which is the best of both worlds. If there is another year of famine or other years of frequent disasters, it will be sold at a fair price. Generally speaking, it is necessary to stabilize the price of rice and maintain the stability of the entire grain market. ”

"Is it a flat law?" Xu Lao muttered for a while, then thought about it, thought it was good, nodded his head, and then said: "It is inconvenient for us to meddle in the affairs of the army, and you have also done military reform, so I won't talk about it." It's just that in these four counties, not all counties are at the mercy of the city lord. From the time you became the lord of the city, to now, you know the clues. So the fifth question, these people, how do you govern? How do you tell the difference between a loyal and a traitor? ”

"Well, although it is impossible for every one of them to be happy, but after all, I am the city lord and my Daqi officials, and they are only subordinates of our Rongdan City Lord. I don't care about the past, but the meeting we have today is for the officials in the city, so let them come tomorrow to report on their work, regardless of face or interior, they should come. ”

"And how are you going to let them come? Is it a message? Or do you want to find someone to invite? ”

"Find someone to please! I want to see what kind of people they are. It's best to come, if you don't, then we have to do business. Wei Zhongxian, you take the four of you to ride fast horses, go to the four counties, and invite the county commanders, county officials, county lieutenants, and the main books of the four counties, one county, I only need these four to come. ”

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian nodded, and said to the four people next to him: "Sun Lizhi, Dai Mingguo, Ying Yiqian, Lian Jianshu, the four of you go!" ”

When the four of them heard this, they were about to take the order and leave, when Xu Lisheng, who was on the side, suddenly spoke.

"Slow down! Lisheng has something to say. ”

When the four of them heard this, they stopped and looked at Xu Lisheng, and Jiang Jun was also looking at him.

"Oh? Is there anything I don't know about this? ”

Xu Lisheng saw Jiang Jun asking, so he stepped back from his chair, walked to the hall, and bowed to Jiang Jun: "These four counties are not good, they are very ambitious, and many people don't dare to mess around when the old city lord is there. Now that the city lord is newly mourned, I am afraid that they will take advantage of this matter to control the city lord, especially the county and county order Huayan in the east, the old city lord has never had any respect for the city lord when he was there, and he seems to have been very close to the Doumi Sect recently. When the old city lord was alive, it was strictly forbidden for the Doumi Sect to enter Rongdan City, and it was also strictly forbidden for officials to have anything to do with the Doumi Sect. ”

When Jiang Jun heard this, his face turned cold.

"Are you saying that this man has a disobedient heart?"

"I don't dare to assert this, it's just that although this person is extremely ambitious, he is ambitious and talented, but there is someone behind him to give him advice, and it is likely that he will have the support of the Doumi Sect, so he must be guarded against. In addition, Huang Ke, the county magistrate of Anping County, is also a person like Huayan, but this man is scheming and clever in his words, and he has to guard against it. The other two county magistrates are not simple roles, so please pay attention to the city lord. ”

Jiang Jun thought for a while, and said to the four people: "Be careful when you go, if you find something wrong, come back immediately, don't stay, it's okay not to enter the city, life is the most important." ”

After the four of them got the order, they also went out directly. Sure enough, he is a person from Dongchang, who does not procrastinate and acts resolutely. Great goodness!

Jiang Jun looked at Xu Lisheng, and then at Ke Huai, and there was still a position at the bottom of the left and right sides of this hall, and there were many thoughts in his heart.

The ancestors' evaluation of people should be good, although the two of them are first-class ministers, but they are young, have unlimited futures, and are literary and martial, and they are the objects that Jiang Jun is ready to vigorously cultivate. It's just that Xu Lisheng is a pavilion chief, and he is a petty official, and he may be able to be promoted this time. And Ke Huai is just a jailer, and I'm afraid it doesn't look like a word when he sits on it. If you sit on it, will other people have opinions? This Jiang Jun didn't dare to guarantee it, but these two Jiang Jun must be.

So, Jiang Jun said to Xu Lisheng and Ke Huai: "There are still two seats under this hall, you two can sit down!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked!