Shandong Dengzhou Mansion, Lu Family, Hospitality Flower Hall

The Lu family is really not a family in Dengzhou, and it is only two generations since he came to Dengzhou, counting the third generation of the largest just replaced baby teeth, and the total number of people with the surname Lu is not more than a dozen, and there is no achievement in the imperial examination, not to mention lifting people, there is no one Xiucai, and the children are all in business, so they are more than a rich man.

Although they are only merchants, no one in Dengzhou Mansion dares to look down on them, one is backed by the Songjiang Lu family, and furthermore, the head of the family, Lu Qi, will be a man, and the government is refreshing, and somehow he also hooked up a few guards, and took over some of the sea to make a living, and the wealth is rolling, and he has faintly become the head of Dengzhou businessmen.

Especially in recent years, I heard that they have climbed into a wealthy family in Beijing, and their business is getting bigger and bigger, not to mention, they can actually do the business of building sea ships, and even the local government will not dare to underestimate him.

Shen Li, the nephew of the Lu family, Shen Zhuangyuan, became the political envoy of Shandong to participate in politics, and the Dengzhou Mansion became more and more polite to the Lu family. (Shen Li's mother is the daughter of the Lu family, although she is not the branch of Master Lu Qi, and she has not produced five suits)

Now, Shen Rui, Shen Chuanyu, who has always been good friends with the Lu family, was released to the prefect of Dengzhou Prefecture, and Dengzhou immediately offered the Lu family.

There is a way that the county officials are not as good as the current management, and at this time, in the hospitality hall of the Lu family, the rich squires of Penglai County, who are attached to Guo, are here, and they all grinned at the seventh lord of Lu and tried to show their smiles and show their goodwill.

There is only one topic today - Lord Shen took office, everyone is overjoyed, and they want to pay tribute to one or two, but they don't know what is appropriate and how much is appropriate......

The bonus and dark shares of each shop are the old rules, and they must be given, everyone has them, and they are available everywhere, which means that they will not sell anything good in front of the new prefect. It's still necessary to rely on some special gifts to make a good impression on the prefect.

It is said that "if you don't repair in your previous life, you will know the county and attach Guo", in fact, the businessmen in the county attached to Guofu City are also average, and if you want to be prosperous in Fufu City, you have to serve two layers of "mother-in-law" - Zhixian and Prefect, which layer cannot be offended.

No, they all came to Master Lu Qi to explore the wind and learn from it.

Old Master Lu Qi is over half a hundred years old, his beard and hair are all white, but he is in good spirits, his sturdy body and bronzed skin can no longer see the appearance of many Jiangnan people, just a mouth, which inevitably brings out a bit of rural accent.

He was originally the branch of the Lu family branch in Songjiang, but the Lu family was too thin compared to other big clans in Songjiang, so the children were still quite grouped.

The ancestor of the Lu family, Shangde Henggong, was a businessman who saved thousands of family fortunes and began to study, so he was a descendant of Shinong and industrialist, and the father of Lu Qi was a businessman who helped his brother run the family industry.

Master Lu Qi doesn't like to read since his enlightenment, but he often sneaks into the shop, and he can't memorize the three-character scripture, and the prices of all kinds of goods in the shop are very ripe, and the handwriting is crooked, but the abacus is playing fast, so that his father is very happy, and he cultivates him to do business.

After a coincidence, Master Lu Qi ran a boat on the Cao River with his fellow villagers, and when he arrived in Shandong, he met some friends with wild roads, and found a way to make a fortune, so he simply didn't leave, stayed in Shandong to have children, and the business became bigger and bigger.

Master Lu Qi had a good relationship with the clan, and after settling in Shandong, he also knew that it was not easy to be without the protection of the family, so he contacted the Songjiang clan to trade in partnership.

The Songjiang Lu family was not short-sighted, and happily joined the shares.

Especially in the business of the sea trade, Songjiang has been repeatedly disturbed, and the control of the sea is very strict, and the imperial court also attaches great importance to it, and the raw silk, cotton cloth and other sought-after goods of the Songjiang Lu family are quietly transported to Shandong, and they are sold by Lu Qi to seek high profits.

Over the years, the relationship between the Shandong Lu family and the Songjiang Lu family has always been extremely close.

Master Lu Qi smiled, touched his gray beard, and said in a not so authentic Shandong dialect: "Old age, how do you know the hearts of young people, and it is the Yanai in Beijing, the prince of Chuan, what good haven't you seen......"

Everyone scolded the old fox in their hearts, and they had to say: "Isn't that what you said, I don't know what to pay respect to this poor and remote place, so I came to ask your old man to give me a palm and a trick." ”

Master Lu Qi was verbally modest again, and Fang Yi pointed to Lu Sanlang, who was sitting beside him who had been smiling and pretending to be a puppet, and said, "Sanqi'er, you say!" You have some friendship with Lord Xiao Shen, and you can tell your uncles and brothers about Lord Xiao Shen's preferences. ”

Everyone knows that this old thing is showing off that the family has a good friendship with the new prefect, but everyone also knows that this Lu Saburo is also a well-known figure in the Lu family in Songjiang, and he has run through the capital many times, and the line between the Lu family in Shandong and Beijing is the one he pulled.

It's only been a few days since the news of the new prefect took office, and this one has caught up from Songjiang quickly, what else can he do for it?!

Therefore, no one wants to miss this opportunity now, and they all listen with a smile on their faces.

Lu Sanlang bowed his hands to courtesy, his tone was polite, and his Nanyin official language sounded particularly pleasant, but what he said was: "Songjiang Mansion also suffered a disaster last year, all of you seniors know it, right?" ”

They are all old goblins rolling in the business field, and they know the elegance when they hear the strings.

Last year, there was a famine in Susong, and the big families headed by the Shen family and the Lu family actively cooperated with the imperial court and bought, sold grain at a reasonable price, and took the lead in organizing wealthy families to donate cloth, clothes and quilts to the government office, which was uniformly distributed to various counties to help the victims survive the winter and so on.

Although Dengzhou did not report the disaster, it was not unaffected, but it was not as serious as Jinan Mansion, and there were still some people fleeing there.

When the new prefect takes office, the first priority is still disaster relief, and the new prefect is a native of Songjiang, so how can he not use Songjiang's trick.

Lu Sanlang's words, that is, to call everyone up, wanted to curry favor with the new prefect, so he helped the new prefect to do a good job of pacifying the victims.

Everyone looked at each other, and the two elders coughed, sighing: "In the past two years, there have been natural disasters everywhere, and God has not perfected people, so what can I do." I'm not also miserable in Shandong. ”

Ran changed his words, and said: "I am not as good as Susong in Shandong." Susong is a good place for grain and cloth, Shandong...... Alas, this famine is really useless......"

Shandong is indeed not as rich as Su Song, and the disaster situation is more serious, so how can they easily give up the idea of storing grain in their hands not to hoard goods and save their lives.

How much can I give as a gift to a prefect? At the end of the thousand, eight hundred taels, food is priceless in such a year. Who wouldn't settle the score!

No one has an eye before and after, who knows how many years the famine can be, and who knows how many years this prefect can stay - Dengzhou has changed five prefects in the past seven or eight years!

How did Lu Saburo not know the minds of these people. In Songjiang Mansion, not all the wealthy families of the big clans obediently cooperate with the government and buy, who does not know the value of food! It was still the Shen family and the Lu family who took the lead, Shen Lian and Lu Sanlang went door to door to make peace, and the previous Zhang family's He family was raided and scared the Songjiang family, which made the purchase and purchase smooth.

Lu Sanlang didn't talk about the grain, but said with a light smile: "With the emperor's grace, Songjiang has survived this famine year, and the kid is also fortunate to find a six-grade official position for the ancestor and the ancestor." ”

Sure enough, someone's eyes became different.

At that time, the prefect of Songjiang Mansion handed it over, and won a good appreciation from the emperor, and I heard that many people got the plaque of "Jishan Home" given by the emperor, and there were not a few ancestors who were awarded six or seven officials.

However, there are still people who say in a weird manner: "Congratulations, congratulations, it is a glorious lintel." But I'm not so blessed. ”

Another humanitarian: "The Lu family's scholarly home, such icing on the cake is really a beautiful thing." But my family's ancestors have been digging in the soil for generations, and people from all over the country know that they insist on asking for this blessing, which can not be brought, and it also makes the villagers laugh. ”

Although Shandong also pays attention to the family, the marriage match is a good match, but it is much worse than Su Song, especially in Dengzhou, there are few families who can be called official eunuchs, and donating an official position to the ancestor is just a better face, and it is all false.

These rich families in Dengzhou are all masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, unless there are real interests in front of them, they will let them take action, and it is useless to take some false names.

Lu Sanlang quietly changed the topic and said: "Now that the northern sea frontier is peaceful, Shandong has been calm for decades, which is really a great blessing for Shandong." ”

Sea trade! All of a sudden, the room was full of spirits, this is the rabbit! It's a big fat bunny!

Everyone is watching the Lu family's wealth swelled because of the sea trade, how many people are jealous of this way of making money, and they want to replace it with bad tricks, but since the first year of Zhengde, the shipyard in Dengzhou and the sea route to Liaodong are tightly held in the hands of the Lu family.

Now that the Lu family has put forward this sentence, it is obvious that they have the meaning of letting go, how can it not be exciting!

At this time, one or two of them didn't go around the bend with a shelf, tore open the skin, and asked bluntly: "I don't know how Lord Shen wants to run Haijiang?" ”

"Is the shipyard going to be expanded?"

"The time to sail to Liaodong is always limited, and if these many ships are not used, they will not be wasted."

"Exactly! Shipping is still convenient, and it is ...... to suggest that Lord Shen open a few more routes."

Lu Sanlang listened to everyone gossiping to themselves, and finally showed a bright smile.

He waited for everyone's voices to come to an end, and Fang said slowly: "At the beginning, it was Lord Shen who advocated the opening of the sea route, and this is why there is a shipyard in Dengzhou. ”

Everyone only knew that the Lu family had left the Beijing-China relationship, but they didn't know that it was still related to the new prefect, and they couldn't help but be happy.

"Lord Shen originally said that the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, which one can be separated from the businessmen. Thanks to the merchants, they sold the grain, fruits and vegetables, and silk and cotton cloth that the people planted, so that the people had silver in their hands and could feed their families......

As soon as Lu Sanlang's voice fell, everyone echoed Lord Shen's wisdom.

Shinong businessman, in the eyes of scholars, businessmen are the lowest, and now it is a great luck to meet an official who can afford to look down on businessmen.

Lu Sanlang glanced around at the happy crowd around him, and said with a smile: "All of you seniors know the way of goods and colonies better than boys, and of course it is a first-class good thing if the trade route is opened, but if there is no goods, hey, what can you sell?" ”

He gradually smiled, "Now that the people's food and clothing are still a problem, where do they come from to farm and weave?" Ladies and gentlemen, when you have a boat and a road, do you want to sell the grain and cloth in your warehouse, or do you want to sell some ready-made goods—do you want to do the human trafficking? ”

For a while, a needle drop could be heard in the room.

What to sell? Can you wait for the people of Dengzhou to plant and weave it out?!

Of course, it is sold from other places and then sold overseas, so as to obtain several times more profits than dozens of times.

Is your Lu family selling local homespun cloth? It's not the same as the Songjiang cotton cloth is sold from Songjiang!

But no one dared to say this.

Now the sea route is only in the hands of the Lu family, and there are no written rules for sea trade.

Now, the prefect's words may be the rules of maritime trade.

If the prefect says that such and such goods from other places cannot be put on the ship, then the things that Baba transported will be all in vain, so just wait for the goods to rot in the warehouse.

This kind of thing is not uncommon on the canal with established rules, and it is a matter of a word from the officials and masters at the location of various checkpoints to let you pass.

Everyone was silent, making eye contact with each other, although the chief of the clan and the head of the family sitting here were probably the heads of the family, but now that food is expensive and sea routes are rare, it is not possible to make a decision in a while.

Master Lu Qi accepted it when he saw it, and he didn't force it too much, and said with a smile that it was not boring to sit here and talk dryly, and a banquet had been set up at home, so it was better to chat while eating.

Everyone originally wanted to hear more news from the Lu family, but now they wanted to discuss maritime trade with each other, so they all complained about it and stayed for a feast.

During the banquet, the cups were changed, and it seemed that the guests and hosts were happy, but they were just pregnant with ghosts.

After the banquet was over, the old man Lu Qi, who had left the table on the grounds of being too old to drink, sat in the study with a pot of soju and four dishes on the small table, and his old man held a small wine cup, "Ziyu", "Ziyu" and "Ziyu" slowly sipped.

Seeing Lu Sanlang come in to salute, he smiled and said to the long entourage on the side: "Add a pair of chopsticks." ”

Lu Sanlang hurriedly smiled and waved his hand: "Uncle Seventh is so interested, my nephew really can't drink it." He took the teacup in Changsui's hand and raised it to salute.

The servants retreated, the two of them touched a cup, and Master Lu Qi sighed: "Sanqi'er, this place is not as good as Songjiang, nor is it comparable to Jinan Mansion, and there are many rich people, so they can't see the long term, so they have to work slowly." Don't be in a hurry. ”

Lu Sanlang shook his head and said: "During the banquet, I only heard a few words, they said that Lord Shen has such a background, but he came down to boil some qualifications, Shandong is not a good place, he left when there was a vacancy elsewhere, and now he dragged it out, it will be summer and autumn, and he will not stare at it when he thinks about leaving in the New Year." ”

When Master Lu Qi heard this, his eyes widened, he snorted, took a glass of wine, and said, "What are these words!" A bunch of idiots. ”

Lu Sanlang sighed: "But there is also a way, 'how can the new official take office, there are also three fires, and these three fires can burn me', and the Tao is 'since he is here to save qualifications, how can he not make some political achievements!'" 'Yunyun'

Old Master Lu Qi pulled the side dishes fiercely with the tips of his chopsticks, and said, "If it weren't for Lord Shen's plate being too big this time, our family wouldn't be able to take it, where would we let this group of things mix." I still wanted to see which one was sensible and worth pulling, but one or two of them were elm heads, which were not usable, and they were not usable......"

“…… Let's see, in the past two days, if there is a quick response to come to you. Lu Sanlang took a sip of the teacup, and the tea was slightly cool, bringing out some bitterness.

He sighed in his heart, he originally wanted to give Lord Shen a front stop, and arranged the matter of buying and buying as early as possible, and when the time came, Lord Shen responded to each other's faces, but this group of people just didn't get in the oil and salt, and they all wanted to take advantage easily.

Where is that good?! I don't want to think about it, there is really such a good thing, Jingzhong has already reached out, where can it be their turn!

"Count the days, sixteen will be back soon." Lu Saburo said softly.

Because Master Lu Qi and Songjiang's family are close, the heirs also wrote their birthdays and sent them back to Songjiang's family to sort and name according to the clan. Lu Liulang is actually the eldest son of Lu Qi's grandson.

After attending Shen Rui's wedding last year, Lu Twenty-seven Lang went to Shanxi with Zhao Hongpei, and Lu Sixteen Lang went to Liaodong.

After Shen Rui got the letter to come to Shandong, he sent someone to deliver the news to Liaodong to find Lu Liulang and ask him to buy some extra things. As a result, Lu Sixteen postponed his return trip and purchased what he needed in various parts of Liaodong according to Shen Rui's instructions.

At the same time that Shandong received the news that Shen Rui was going to be released to Dengzhou, he also learned that Lu Liulang bought a letter for Shen Rui to postpone his return home.

Now, Lu Saburo only hopes that what Lu Shishilang brought back can quickly turn the current situation around.

After the discussion on this day, only a few small and medium-sized families came to visit the Lu family again, expressing their willingness to cooperate and buy for the Lu family.

Dengzhou's original families with some fame and some officialdom backgrounds took a wait-and-see attitude, causing some wavering wealthy families to also stand on their side.

Lu Liulang, but after Shen Ruidu arrived in Dengzhou, he still did not return, and the Lu family couldn't help but worry.

*

Shen Rui came out of Jinan Mansion and had to pass through Qingzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion. His trip itself was very low-key, so naturally he didn't want to alarm the place.

Rongjie, the prefect of Qingzhou Mansion, is Jiao Fang's subordinate, and seeing that Shen Rui'an is quiet, he can't help but be happy not to know about this transit.

Li Zhen, the governor of Laizhou Prefecture, made people pay attention to Shen Rui's itinerary early, and when he arrived in Ye County, someone reported to him, so he invited Shen Rui in a post.

The reason why Li Zang is like this, in addition to the proximity of Laizhou and Dengzhou, the two governments always need to take care of each other, and because Laizhou Mansion also has a long coastline, it is rumored that Shen Rui brought the news of opening the sea, which is also good news for Laizhou.

In addition, there is another point, Li Zhen once served as the magistrate of Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture. and Shen Li, who are from Songjiang Mansion, and Shen Rui have a pulse of incense.

Li Zhen is the thirteenth class of Chenghua Tongjinshi, by the teaching for the county, diligent government and love the people, the official reputation is very good, in Shanghai County magistrate because of Ding worry to go to work, the local people also set up a shrine for him to worship. After his recovery, he was promoted to Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, released to Qingzhou Tongzhi, and later promoted to the prefect of Laizhou.

Because Li Zhen had the experience of serving in Nanzhili, when the regime was iterated in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, someone under Xie Qian's sect had wooed him, and at that time he happened to be the prefect at the end of his three-year term, and his performance was up and down, and he could be promoted. It's a pity that he never likes to drill camps, hates forming factions, and then politely refuses.

So, he stayed in the position of the prefect of Laizhou for eight years and never moved. This is quite rare in Shandong provinces.

Of course, it is not known whether Xu escaped Liu Jin's liquidation afterwards because he did not join the Xie Party.

However, in the end, there is such a gap with Xie Dang, so after Shen Li came to Shandong, Li Zhen has always had a close relationship with him.

Shen Li also mentioned this when he talked to Shen Rui about the situation in Shandong, and his evaluation of him was quite high, "capable and pragmatic," Shen Li said at that time, "but he is old and quite stubborn." ”

Of course, Shen Rui wanted to save face when he received the post, so he specially went to visit Li Qian when he passed by the capital of Laizhou.

The mansion of the prefect of Laizhou Mansion is very elegant, there are no precious rocks, flowers and trees, but it is unique, and the furnishings are simple and not shabby.

Although Li Zhen has a reputation for being honest and loving the people, he is not a person like Hai Rui in the end.

He invited Shen Rui to this banquet, although it was mainly light, but also followed the rules of Shandong Shangsi, four dishes of side dishes, four dishes of wine, four dishes of stir-fried, four dishes of oilfruits, and four dishes of hand-peeled dried fruits, two dishes of pasta, two dishes of rice, quite hearty.

Li Qian is close to the sixtieth year, his face is clear, and his deep nasolabial folds look very serious, but in fact, he is quite kind when he talks.

He bluntly said that he had read the agricultural books published by Shen Ruiqing's Seal Bookstore, and had also heard part of Shen Rui's disaster relief notes through the same year, so he was specially invited to see it.

Shen Rui originally thought that Li Zhen would talk about sea trade, but he never thought that what he was talking about was farming.

Fortunately, Shen Rui chatted with the two masters about Shandong along the way, and asked about cultivation because of the famine.

There are many hills in the central and eastern parts of Shandong, but in the middle, Qingzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion have part of the land as plains, and the land resources are much better. The cultivated land area of Laizhou is only half of that of Qingzhou, but the amount of grain levied per hectare is almost the same as that of Qingzhou, which shows that the land is relatively fertile.

Dengzhou is much worse, hills account for the vast majority, and the cultivated land area is the least among the Shandong prefectures, only more than 50,000 hectares at this time, which is 15,000 hectares less than Zhilai Prefecture, and only more than one-third of the cultivated land area of Qingzhou.

The cultivation techniques in most of the agricultural books in Shen Ruina's Qingzhen Bookstore, theoretically speaking, have little room to display in the hilly and thin fields of Dengzhou, but they are more suitable for Laizhou.

Since Li Zhen is an old-fashioned and pragmatic person, he naturally wants to find life from the soil.

Shen Rui originally wanted to promote farming technology, but seeing that Li Zang was interested and Laizhou had conditions, he naturally would not hide it, and he also hoped that Laizhou would be ripe, so that it could also reduce the pressure on food in Dengzhou, so he carefully told everything he knew.

The more Li Zhen listened, the more he was happy, the more he talked, the more speculative he became, and he learned from his friends in Beijing that Shen Rui was acting in the Yudao Submission Affair, and he had a good impression of him, and now he is almost a New Year's Eve talk.

Shen Rui also nodded secretly while chatting, this Li Governor is indeed an official who does practical things, and it is no wonder that he can be loved by the people when he is the magistrate of Shanghai County, and spontaneously build a shrine for him. Being able to be adjacent to such a prefect will allow for win-win cooperation in many things in the future.

In this conversation, Shen Rui also benefited a lot, Li Zang was born as a grassroots official, and has many years of experience in the prefect, and his administrative experience is not comparable to several masters, he regards Shen Rui as a nephew and teaches earnestly, so that Shen Rui also has a lot of tricks for being a magistrate.

When Shen Rui said goodbye to Laizhou Mansion, Li Zheng personally sent him off, and made an appointment to exchange letters with each other to discuss the governance of the place.

*

Out of Ye County into Zhaoyuan County is the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture.

The new prefect came, and the counties of Dengzhou were naturally enthusiastic.

The magistrate of Zhaoyuan County sent people to wait for the new prefect on the Denglai junction post road early, and Shen Rui and his entourage had just set foot on the boundary of Dengzhou, and Zhaoyuan Zhixian County took the county cheng, the main book, the teachings and a cadre of squires and elders to the post station to greet them.

probably thinks that Shen Rui is a young upstart who should be lively and good-looking, so the scene is quite big, and there is almost no clear water splashing the loess on the street.

This is a welcome, if it is a farewell, it will be guaranteed to sacrifice the people's umbrella and the drama of the beloved boots. With such formalism, this sycophant is also firmly slapped on the horse's legs.

Shen Rui's face sank, and he said coldly to Master Chen: "I didn't want to learn Zhang Zhen's set of questions, but it seems that there are too many people in this world who can't figure out their brains. ”

Master Chen said with a smile: "The owner doesn't have to be angry, it's also human nature to go to the peak." The proprietor doesn't like their retreat, so they just dial one or two. You don't have to be as harsh as the imperial history. ”

Younger than the master in his thirties, younger than all the masters, getting along with Shen Rui's peers, these days I have also figured out Shen Rui's temper, knowing that he is easy-going, so he leaned over and said with a smile: "Although Zhaoyuan is also more mountainous and less land, but the acres are still good, the owner should not ask him to farm, see how he will answer." ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but smile, and pretended to be serious: "Thank you Mr. Xiao for teaching me." ”

Master Xiao laughed twice and said, "The student will also go to beat the side drum and ask the friends over there." ”

Because this place is on the border of Denglai, there are often merchants passing by, and the post station is not small, and this group of people can still accommodate it, but there are not so many exquisite chairs. The postman took great pains to gather some decent stools for the lords to sit on.

Shen Ruida had a calm face when he saw them, Zhao Yuanzhi County did not know why, so he naturally waited carefully, and waited until he arrived in the post hall according to the rank, Zhao Yuanzhi County just wanted to say two words, but Shen Rui spoke first.

"You have come here to have good news to tell you."

Zhao Yuanzhi County almost didn't slip off his chair. Where did the good news come from!!

Seeing that the eldest man's face was stiff, he hurriedly came out of the round, and shamelessly continued to pat the horse and said: "The adult is here, it is the best news......

Shen Rui glanced at him lightly, and said, "You are well-informed, and you also want to know that Jingzhong sent two Imperial Shi Hu and Zhang to Shandong. These two have never been to Dengzhou, but the government is fortunate to meet two adults in Jinan Mansion, and Lord Zhang has said that he will come to Dengzhou soon......"

Everyone also knows that the imperial history of the capital has come down, it is to check the granary disaster relief or something, although Dengzhou is remote, but there are many guards and military tuns, and because of the need to transport materials to Liaodong, the materials from all over Dengzhou are gathered in Dengzhou, and there are many warehouses in Penglai County, which is attached to Guo, and it is necessary to check according to the imperial history.

Therefore, they responded one after another, saying that they knew about it, and that they were ready to welcome Lord Goshi.

Shen Rui's face eased a little or two, nodded, and said: "Since you know, this government will rest assured, I want you to come here to take stock of the situation everywhere, then I will write the document, and write down the spring ploughing situation, water conservancy situation, people's livelihood situation, whether there are disaster victims and other things in Zhaoyuan now, bother the county to bring it to the government, then the government will also let the counties report it, and the government and the county governors will discuss the major matters of governing the people, and I will not listen to your personal report today." ”

Zhao Yuanzhi County really couldn't sit still, everyone was also bitter, they wanted to show their faces, if they could have dinner with the prefect, then they would have to brag when they went back, how did they know that this little Shen prefect actually came up and sent a task, and he had to write down many situations! It is impossible for the county magistrate to write it by himself, so they have to report it layer by layer.

Zhaoyuan Zhixian actually doesn't know much about the locality, because Dengzhou is mountainous, transportation is inconvenient, there are not many post roads, and the post road leading to Dengzhou is only the only one that passes through Zhaoyuan, whether it is a businessman or a material, it has to pass from here.

Zhao Yuanzhi County sits in the county office every day, and there is filial piety silver flowing into his pocket from the post road, how can he still seriously care about the suffering of the people, naturally he is happy to throw it to the next person and the master, if there is no epidemic, no homeless people, no people change, then everything will be fine.

He originally thought that he would make a face for the new prefect and send some more silver in private, so that he could still live a peaceful life. After he took office, he did the same to the previous two prefects. I don't want this young prefect to play cards according to the routine.

Zhao Yuanzhi County had the heart to get up and say a few words, but when he saw the little prefect nodding at everyone, he left, and two middle-aged staff dressed people came out to greet everyone, he gritted his teeth ruthlessly, forced out a smile, and helped send everyone away.

Turning around, he took two rich people to Shen Rui's side to give gifts.

Shen Rui didn't see it at all, and the gift was confiscated, Master Chen came forward to receive him, and said with a smile that Lord Shen has always paid attention to people's livelihood. Don't say much, stop at the point.

And after receiving the big red envelope from Master Yuanzhi County, Master Xiao said with a smile that Lord Shen is here to do a career, with Lord Shen's net worth background, is there still any silver for your ideas? Lord Shen doesn't rub sand in his eyes, obeys the instructions of the government and does things well, which is a good thing. If you can only fool things, then you can't complain about the hardness of adults.

The master wiped his cold sweat and went.

So Zhao Yuanzhi County also hurriedly mobilized all his subordinates and began to write reports.

Shen Rui and his entourage took a short rest and set off.

The joke of recruiting Yuanzhi County and the request of the new prefect spread lightning to all the states and counties of Dengzhou.

The move was as far as Huang County, and the county magistrate of Huang County listened to the rumors early and learned a lesson, so he would not make the mistake of recruiting Yuan County, and he did not engage in such a big battle when he came to meet Shen Rui.

Moreover, although there is not much arable land in Huang County, there are coal mines on the seashore and gold mines in the south, and the magistrate of Huang County has informed them one by one.

Shen Rui was also satisfied with such a work attitude, and the two had a good conversation.

When the news spreads, state and county officials know what to do.

In late March, Shen Rui and his entourage arrived at the terminal station, Dengzhou Fucheng.

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Dengzhou was first established in the early years of Tang Wude, and it was an important gateway for exchanges between China and North Korea and China and Japan during the Tang and Song dynasties.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Dengzhou was under the jurisdiction of Laizhou Prefecture, Hongwu was promoted to the government in nine years, and it was still placed in Penglai County, and Lingzhou was a county of seven, which was Ninghai Prefecture, Penglai County, Huang County, Fushan County, Qixia County, Zhaoyuan County, Laiyang County, and Wendeng County.

Dengzhou is located in the north of Penglai County, at the mouth of the Heishui River. Hongwu ten years in the original Yuan Dynasty city site to expand the construction of a new city, lead the Heishui River as a moat, the existing city gate four, the big water gate three, the small water gate one. The swordfish water village in the north of the city is also a water city built during the same period.

In the past, when Nanjing was the national capital, Dengzhou was the place where North Korea had to pay tribute, but since the capital moved north, North Korea began to directly enter Beijing through the Liaodong Mountain Pass to pay tribute, and the tribute route of Dengzhou was completely abandoned.

This is the first period of decline in Dengzhou, but because the military needs of Liaodong are probably transported from Dengzhou to Liaodong, Dengzhou hoards a large number of materials, and is still a northern shipping hub.

It's just that this good situation didn't last long, because of the high risk of shipping, since Hongzhi, fewer ships were issued, and Dengzhou gradually declined.

It wasn't until the Lu family opened up the joint in Beijing and restarted the Dengzhou shipping that the Dengzhou capital city was revitalized again.

Shen Rui entered the city from the west gate of Fucheng Ying'en Gate, and Fang Xuan took Penglai County to welcome him at the city gate.

Fang Xuan is a smart person, and he clearly knows how he got promoted this time, so although his official position is higher than Shen Rui, he is much older than Shen Rui, and he is an old-timer in the officialdom, but he is very kind and enthusiastic to Shen Rui.

Shen Rui is naturally a person, and he is also polite and enthusiastic to Fang Xuan.

Not long after entering the city, it was the government office, the two prefects greeted each other in the front hall, and they met the subordinate officials of the government and the officials of Penglai County attached to Guo one by one, and Master Chen took Shen Rui's staff team to hand over some specific affairs with Fang Xuan's staff team.

After that, the government held a banquet in Yunhe Tower, the largest restaurant in Dengzhou City.

Originally, there were supposed to be two banquets, Fang Xuan picked up the wind for Shen Rui, and Shen Rui asked Fang Xuan to go back again.

But because Zhang Yu scolded Shandong officials for being extravagant and unsympathetic to the people in Jinan Mansion, and Shen Rui gave Zhaoyuan no face in Zhaoyuan County, and Fang Xuan rushed to take office, this banquet became one, and the overall situation was not extravagant.

Of course, no matter how simple it is, the government of this government, Dengzhou Wei, Penglai County, and even wealthy families like the Lu family are all present.

The owner of Yunhelou, the Han family of Penglai Wang clan is also in the banquet, and it is very interesting, this day Yunhelou does not accept foreign guests, it is not a private building is better than a private building, and it is sold to the government office, and it is not said that it does not accept the words of filial piety to the adults, but it receives very little, but symbolically collects a little silver taels.

Although the dishes are not expensive but extraordinarily fine, they are not luxurious and unconventional, and they seem to be thrifty.

At the table, we don't talk about official business, only about the wind and snow.

Fang Xuan was dismissed, but in the secret room of the mansion, he talked to Shen Rui about all kinds of Dengzhou in detail, and sold a favor to Shen Rui.

The next day, Shen Rui took office, and Fang Xuan didn't stay long, so he rushed to Henan.

At this time, two decrees arrived in Dengzhou Mansion, and they arrived a few days later than Shen Rui.

One was for Shen Rui, and when the emperor learned about Shen Rui's attack, he was very angry and ordered Jinan Mansion and Dezhou Wei to investigate the matter. He also appeased Shen Rui, and in addition to giving two pieces of silver and silk cloth according to the custom, he actually gave a short sword.

The little emperor said in a serious way that this was for Shen Rui's self-defense.

But Shen Rui knew in his heart that this was probably the little emperor's playfulness and making a miniature version of Shang Fang's sword, so he couldn't help crying and laughing.

The emperor didn't say that if he didn't give the sword the power to kill the ministers on behalf of the Son of Heaven, Shen Rui naturally couldn't use it as Shang Fang's sword.

But there is such a thing, everyone saw it when they received the decree, and they saw the little father-in-law who came to deliver the decree, Jinyiwei and Shen Rui were very familiar with each other, and it was also a shock to know that Shen Rui was still in the emperor's heart.

Another decree was given to Pan Jiayu of Qianhu, saying that he had meritorious service in guarding the imperial court officials and annihilating all bandits and thieves, and was promoted to command.

Pan Jiayu was overjoyed after receiving the order.

His best plan before was just to rely on the head of the bandits to accumulate some credit, promote him to a commanding officer, and not be angry with Niu Qianhu and other villains in Ande County.

After being taken into prison by the commander of the Texas Left Guard, this idea was shattered.

Although Shen Rui told him that he had written back to Beijing after rescuing him, he always felt that it was just a comfort, and he couldn't help but be grateful if Shen Rui really found such a good future for him.

Not only was he promoted, but he also stayed away from that group of villains, and what is even more rare is that he can really train a team and show his ambitions!

"Lord Shen...... "Pan Jiayu is a tough guy, he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word when he was tortured, but his eyes were a little wet at this time, but he didn't know what to say." Great Grace ......"

Shen Rui took over the conversation with a smile, patted him, and said, "Brother Pan is now on my thief ship." ”

Rao is Pan Jiayu was moved, and he couldn't help laughing, and then he put on a straight face and said seriously: "Since the adults rescued me, I have been on the adult ship." I will never forget the great kindness of the adults, and I will never forget what I have sent my lords. ”

Shen Rui said: "Brother Pan is my own person, so I said it directly, does Brother Pan know why the emperor wants to put you in the position of Dengzhou, and allows you to train sailors?" ”

Pan Jiayu was about to speak, Shen Rui waved his hand and said: "Don't say anything about the scene of Long Live the Holy Grace, I might as well tell you the truth, you think you have also heard all kinds of rumors about the opening of the sea, and putting you here is the emperor's attention to the opening of the sea!" ”

"You have the ability to lead a good sailor, I know, your sailor is not only to prepare for the war, but also to escort the opening of the sea. There are not only Japanese robbers on the sea, and the huge profits of maritime trade after the opening of the sea will attract countless maritime strongmen to covet them. We can't fight unprepared. ”

"I wrote to Nanjing as early as when I left Beijing, and borrowed some capable ......people who knew water warfare from my teacher, Lord Wang Shouren, the squire of the Nanjing Military Department," Shen Rui said At this time, seeing that Pan Jiayu's eyes lit up, he couldn't help but smile, and continued, "There is a shipyard in Dengzhou, and I will arrange someone to take you to see it in the next few days." On the soldier's side, Dengzhou Wei will not embarrass you, I also wrote back to the military capital governor's office in the future, you have a list of henchmen in Dezhou Zuowei, and I will try my best to help you fight to come over. ”

Pan Jiayu was even more shocked when he heard this, saluted seriously, and said: "If the adults are driven in the future, Pan will never give up!" ”

Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "Brother Pan is serious!" You and I both have ambitions, and we all hope to be able to display them in Dengzhou! They are all their own people, and Brother Pan is now a fourth-grade official, so don't talk about being an adult. ”

Pan Jiayu arched his hand and said: "I am a few years older, so I will call Brother Shen Xian unceremoniously." ”

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Pan Jiayu's promotion to the commander of the Dengzhou Guard caused a lot of shock in the Dengzhou Mansion. Without it, everyone believes that this is a signal to open the sea.

So there are more people who have landed at the door of the house recently.

However, the Lu family, who was in a hurry to gather everyone to cooperate and buy grain, was silent at this time.

Master Lu Qi opened the door to welcome guests, but it was a smiling Maitreya, not to say a word about it, and not to mention a word about buying.

Lu Sanlang also stopped entertaining guests, and he, together with Lu Qi's two sons-in-law, Liu Guangnan, Chu Zheng, and several nephews of the Lu family's distant relatives, took the steward of Xiao Shen's prefect to go around Manfu City and even Manpenglai County.

I heard that Chu Zheng, a native of Fushan County, also took a master from the government to the Dengning Salt Farm in Fushan.

This time it even raised the appetite of a lot of people.

Sea trade, salt introduction, which one is not a huge profit!

Mo said that the wealthy families in Penglai County, the capital of Dengzhou, craned their necks and looked, and even the people around Huangxian, Qixia, and Fushan also wanted to come here.

Some people quietly prepared the grain and grain, and waited for the official family to mention and buy it and fully cooperated, so as to take advantage of the huge dividends of sea trade and salt.

There are also people who have the courage to give gifts to the government office.

Unexpectedly, the little Shen prefect who had confiscated no gifts in Zhaoyuan County and Huang County now does not refuse the gifts.

Everyone feels more and more that there is a door for this matter, and receiving gifts is not to open the door of convenience, and at this time, the gift-giver has broken through the threshold of the government.

It's just that the prefect's gold face is not good, regardless of whether it is real money or antiques, it is all accepted by Master Chen, the chief staff of the prefect of Xiao Shen.

This person didn't put the score of the people in Beijing, he was quite polite, but his tone was too strict, his words were not leaky, and he didn't think about the slightest news.

The more this happened, the more suspicious everyone became.

The patriarchs of several families said that this was a suspicious formation and wanted to capture the old people, and they looked at each other with disdain, cheering each other up, but everyone muttered in their hearts.

Of course, there are also people who secretly write down those who give gifts, and want to pinch the new prefect with a handle in his hand, if the new prefect is arrogant and uncooperative in the future, hehe, this evidence is handed to the front of the patrol according to the imperial history, and he can't run away from the guilt of being greedy for accepting bribes.

In this chaos, all the county governors arrived in Dengzhou City.

The new prefect himself will summon the states and counties to hold a meeting when he takes office, but this time a few people came slower - deliberately slowing down the pace so that the report documents came out.

When Zhaoyuan County came out before, the governors of the prefecture and the county knew that they were killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, and no one would fight against the newcomers, especially this one with a prominent background.

Therefore, those who are not on the road near the side will do their homework and come again, and the far ones such as Wendeng and Laiyang, and the county magistrate are already on the road, so they can't turn back, so they slowed down and hurried to let the servants go back and send the report over.

In the end, there were people who arrived early and late, but Shen Rui, who arrived first, did not meet alone, so he only received the report until everyone arrived, and then ordered a meeting in the main hall of the government office.

After the prefect of the prefecture and county entered the city, he heard all kinds of rumors, and this meeting was looking forward to the prefect talking about opening the sea, or salt introduction.

No, what Shen Rui proposed was a matter of farming.

The first decree of the prefect of Xiao Shen was to promote the "Zhuzi Shecang" in various townships and counties.

This is a kind of private agricultural loan warehousing to make up for the lack of official reserve warehouses. Because it was created by Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was named "Zhuzi", which also had a great impact on later generations.

Agricultural loans can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty at the earliest, and there are relevant descriptions in Zhou Lili. Since then, the imperial courts of successive dynasties have provided low-interest loans to poor peasants or disaster victims such as grain, cattle, seeds, and other means of subsistence and production, so as to ensure their survival and promote the relatively stable and sustainable development of agricultural production.

The most famous Qingmiao method of Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty is also a kind of agricultural loan - "loan money first, and the official who is ripe for the valley to repay is called Qingmiao money".

The Ming Dynasty naturally also had agricultural loans, and Hongwu set up a reserve warehouse in the third year, and later set up the "Regulations for Borrowing Rice", and there were supervision mechanisms such as supervision and examination completion, all of which ensured the smooth operation of agricultural loans.

When Taizu Chengzu Zhiren Temple Xuan Temple, the preparation warehouse was still running smoothly.

However, there are gradually many drawbacks, on the one hand, the lawsuits and officials are slacking off and greedy for ink, and on the other hand, natural disasters and other reasons have led to the inability of poor peasants to repay their loans, and the warehouses are becoming increasingly empty.

Just like today, the warehouse is so empty that disaster relief is no longer about using the national treasury, but about the need to use the little emperor's internal funds.

The community warehouse of private agricultural loans has not been developed in recent years, but as early as the orthodox years of the Ying Temple, the local community warehouse was added.

And in the Chenghua period in Shandong, also prevailed in the "Zhuzi She Cang" - the compilation of the upper, middle and lower third-class households, in the harvest year, the households according to the grade out of a number of rice grain, stored in the warehouse, when encountering a famine year, the first grain in the lower households, and then the middle and upper, in order to save themselves.

In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, which is the closest to the present, there was also a supervision of the imperial history and asked for the "Zhuzi Society Cang Law".

Shen Rui's move was not decided to promote it immediately as soon as he patted his head and came up with it, but he also asked the little emperor to play and got a clear approval, and after coming to Shandong, he repeatedly discussed it with Shen Li, Li Zhen, Fang Xuan, and Master Yu.

"The Beijing patrol came to Lucha according to the imperial history, and you are diligent in your administration, and you have checked yourself in the state capitals, and the government has read your documents, which are very detailed, and you can see the intentions." Shen Rui said seriously, as if he was not instructed to write a self-examination report, "According to your documents, it is best to practice the Zhuzi Shecang Method at this time." ”

As he spoke, he asked people to send the transcribed implementation plan to the prefectures and counties.

Basically, in accordance with the former law, the Dingkou was verified, the household level was confirmed, and the minimum amount of millet donation was ordered for peasant households at all levels, and the amount of corn was confirmed. Every year in the spring ploughing, the seed rations of the people are borrowed, and the autumn harvest is recovered. In the event of a famine, it will be used for disaster relief, first to the lower and middle households, and then to the upper households, and the lower and middle households will be distributed free of charge, and the upper households will be repaid at low interest.

This trip is purely a private self-help warehouse, or 100 households, or 2 or 300 households for a society, the person who is highly respected is the president, the person who is fair is the society, and the person who understands arithmetic is the deputy.

The government is only responsible for the registration of the register, and has the department to conduct audits, and does not intervene in the operation of the social warehouse.

The official reserve warehouse and the righteous warehouse are still operating as usual. Whether the people join the society or borrow money from the government is at their own will.

Although everyone lowered their heads after reading it, their eyes were rolling, looking at each other, and making eye contact.

When Shen Rui saw it, he smiled and said: "Since this government has called you to discuss matters, it naturally wants you to speak freely, so it is better to check and fill in the gaps for this law." ”

The magistrate of Qixia County looked left and right, and was the first to speak.

The mountainous land in Heqixia County accounts for 30 percent, the hills account for 50 percent, and the cultivated land is less than 20 percent, which is actually the land with the least grain production. In the past two years of drought in Shandong, Qixia has a river, and the mountains are not easy to irrigate, so they have really been affected.

Qixia Zhixian said very bluntly: "My lord, Qixia was affected by the disaster, and the poor households really had no food to join the society, and the rich families were afraid that they would not take food to join the society." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone else echoed.

Shen Rui nodded and said: "This is natural, since it is a famine year, there must always be starting grain." The imperial court has a precedent for buying and buying, and it has been implemented in Susong and other places in the south last year, and the effect is quite good. ”

Everyone's hearts said, and sure enough, it came.

Su Song Shen was in the limelight last year, since he heard that Shen Rui was coming to Dengzhou, all states and counties have also considered this matter, and there is not only one Penglai County that has the Lu family to take the lead in exploring the bottom. It's just that the wealthy everywhere also have a general cold reaction.

"The imperial court did not hesitate to give the crown a lifetime of glory, and set up a place in the book. Tim more than 300 stones, awarded from the nine grades of uniform, every 300 stones to a level, to the sixth grade, glory in the township. I don't have to take care of things. Shen Rui said.

This is also promoted by Songjiang, and everyone knows it.

Qixia Zhixian smiled bitterly again: "The lower officials are only afraid, and the foolish people are more important." ”

Shen Rui smiled faintly: "Then it depends on how you guide the people." ”

He said and waved his hand, and behind him, Master Jiang handed out another piece of paper for everyone, to be exact, a list with people's names and amounts densely written on it.

Shen Rui said that this is donated by the wealthy households in Penglai County, and they do not ask for crowns, so the government decided to choose a site to build a "Jishan Hall", set up a monument of merit, and carved the donations of these good people.

Others were stunned for a moment, and they all said in their hearts that under the nose of the prefect, these rich people didn't dare to cheat and play tricks, so they all obediently donated. I can't help but envy Penglai County, this can be regarded as the completion of the task, right?!

Only Penglai Zhixian couldn't help but smile wryly when he looked at the list - he knew some people too well, how could it be a donation!

Nine out of ten of these people came to give gifts to Lord Shen, but Lord Shen accepted it on his face, and when he looked back at what they donated, he made this merit monument again.

The name is engraved, and no one will debunk it by themselves, saying that I am not a donation, but a bribe.

The name is engraved, and the name of this good man is sealed, as hard as stone! If the government goes again and buys grain, this group of people, unless they really have a thick skin like a stone tablet, can stand up and not take out the grain.

Everyone smacked their tongues because there was really a lot of silver on the list, and Wendeng Zhixian sighed: "Right now, there is nowhere to buy grain and rice with only silver." ”

Wendeng County is in the easternmost part of Shandong, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there are many mountains and hills in its own territory, less than a quarter of the plains, and it is not convenient to transport it from the outside world.

Shen Rui was not annoyed, and said: "Exactly, the past two years have not been good, the local grain is limited, and most of the warehouses are used for disaster relief, except for the loss." ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, he said again: "This matter has also been thought of countermeasures, and it has also been discussed with Lord Li, the prefect of Laizhou, to buy part of the grain from the Laizhou warehouse, buy part of it locally, and buy a part from the military tun of the guard. In addition, the government also asked the emperor to move a part of the Liaodong warehouse, convert it into silver, and make up for it within the year. ”

Everyone couldn't help but be dumbfounded, this lord is really capable, there has always been only a military camp to invade wasteland and people's fields, he can actually hit the head of the guard!

Liaodong Salary Warehouse is the military supply that was transported from all over the country to prepare to lose Liaodong, in previous years, due to the lack of shipping ships, excessive hoarding, many of them were moldy and damaged, and the imperial court also allowed the local emergency use, and made up for it afterwards. But in the past two years, the sea has been shipped, and the military salary of Liaodong has been transported on time......

Shen Rui didn't seem to notice everyone's faces, and continued: "In this money, another part of it will be taken out to buy farming cattle and farm tools, and it will also be loaned to farmers at low interest. ”

Ninghai Zhizhou couldn't help but interject: "...... My lord...... Food may be desirable. This ploughing ox ...... It's really impossible for the lower officials to wait......"

Everyone immediately responded, only Penglai Zhixian was silent, he had already thought of the fleet that the Lu family had just returned from Liaodong......

Sure enough, Shen Rui smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Penglai Lu family has already purchased a large number of livestock from Liaodong. Ploughing cattle are not in the minority. ”

The crowd looked at each other and could no longer speak.

Shen Rui looked around and said slowly: "This mansion is in Beijing, and some agricultural books have been published and printed by order, and some of them are very useful. He arched his hand in the direction of the capital and said: "The Son of Heaven loves the people, and specially ordered the Xia Emperor to try to make all kinds of farm tools on the village, and also test the cultivation method taught in the agricultural book. This time the government came to Dengzhou, but also with the emperor's ardent expectations, these drawings of the emperor ordered the government to be built and given to the people, in order to benefit their tools. ”

There was a hoist below.

Shen Rui gestured to Master Jiang, and Master Jiang stood up and told everyone about the number of cattle and sheep and horses brought by the Lu family. Those who set up Zhuzi Community warehouses in each county can give priority to cultivating cattle and lambs, selecting seeds, and enjoying additional subsidies from the government's reserve warehouse. The sooner you set up a social warehouse, the more subsidies you will make.

Because Dengzhou is mountainous, it is cheaper to raise sheep, not more than the grassland to raise hundreds of heads, raise three or five heads, catch up with the mountains to eat grass, and do not have to worry about forage.

Unlike Ma Zheng, who was criticized at this time, Shen Rui rented cattle and sheep at low interest this time, and did not require the number of breeds, on the contrary, if he took good care of the cattle and sheep to give birth, the cubs belonged to the borrower himself, so that the interest on renting cattle and sheep was nothing.

"Zhu Zishecang, this is a case. Farm tools and agricultural books have to be distributed to the township, which is another matter. Shen Rui said, "There is another matter, the government wants to make a list, find experienced old farmers who are good at farming in the countryside, form a team, and go to various counties to preach and teach the people to farm." Those who teach well and achieve certain results in the autumn harvest of the teaching area will be awarded the title of 'expert', and will be assigned to the government and receive a certain amount of silver every year. In addition, it also recruits people who are literate, diligent, know how to farm, and are good at dealing with villagers, assist these experts in giving lectures, and award them the title of 'teaching assistants'. ”

It is a common practice in many places to find old farmers to teach farming in the countryside, after all, farming is also an important performance test, and it is also very beneficial to everyone.

The new prefect has some strange names and pays silver, but in the end, the silver is paid by the government, not the states and counties, and they don't do everyone's business, so everyone is happy to have to take the silver and only take the political achievements, so they call the prefect wise.

Shen Rui saw that the sad color on everyone's faces faded, so he smiled and said: "I Dengzhou is more mountainous and less plain, and the cultivation is much worse than that of several prefectures, so you have to pay more attention to farming. Whether it is Zhuzi Shecang, or the promotion of agricultural books, farm tools, and farming methods, it will also build water conservancy and reclaim wasteland in the future, all of which are meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future! We are willing to encourage you to build a bumper harvest and prosperous Dengzhou! ”

Everyone got up and bowed in unison and replied: "We must do our best to live up to the emperor's high expectations and the prefect's trust!" ”

Shen Rui got up and bowed his hand, and invited everyone to return to their seats, before he said: "The imperial court has been checking the warehouses in various places for a while, and the imperial history will come to Dengzhou in the near future." The government plans to establish a system, and every month in the future, all prefectures and counties should form a document to report the progress of farming, water conservancy, and other official affairs within their jurisdictions, and write down the achievements and difficulties encountered without having to go into length, and it would be better if they had experience.

"Every quarter, each state and county should check the storage situation of the official warehouse, the reserve warehouse, the Yicang and the social warehouse within the jurisdiction, and also form a document, without having to talk at length, everything speaks with numbers. In duplicate, one was sent to Fucheng and one was kept for future reference.

And the sorrow returned to the faces of the people.

Shen Ruiquan didn't see it, and continued: "This government doesn't like to read the magnificent articles, so you don't have to write so troublesomely, just explain the situation briefly." In this way, a pattern is formed after two months, and it is easy to sort it out after that. When the time comes, regardless of whether the political envoy sent someone to investigate, or the arrival of the Beijing Patrol according to the imperial history, it will be well documented, and there will be no panic. ”

He looked at everyone and showed a gentle smile: "After this government has seen all the reports and documents you have sent this time, I will go down to the states and counties to take a walk and see my Dengzhou scenery on the spot." ”

(End of chapter)