In February, the ground temperature in Guangdong warmed up rapidly, and Shenxi began to grow corn and sweet potatoes on a small scale. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The small garden in the backyard of the post house is still used as one of the experimental fields, and at the same time, a few vegetable fields were found at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, near the city wall, to the north of the west school field in the north of the city.

This vegetable field is part of the West School Field, near the ridge there is a sweet spring flowing down from Yuexiu Mountain, plus there is a nearby latrine to provide fertilizer, which was previously taken care of by the military households who managed the school field, planting some seasonal vegetables for the army's own use, and now the Dusi Yamen has contributed it to Shenxi to plant new crops.

Shen Xi didn't dare to put the experimental field outside the city, if it was destroyed, then his hard work would be in vain, so in the face of the kindness of the Dusi Yamen, he did not refuse, and directly adopted the doctrine of taking it.

Shenxi plans to harvest twice in a year, so that thousands of acres of land can be promoted around Guangzhou Prefecture in the coming year, and it can be promoted to Fujian, Guangdong and Guizhou provinces within three to five years.

Shen Xi is full of confidence, these two crops not only have high yields, but also have cold and drought tolerance, as long as they are carefully cared for, the yield must be gratifying.

Before the expedition, Shen Xi, the governor of the three provinces, became a farmer, and the time to carry the hoe every day was much more than the time to take the pen, whether it was sunny or windy or rainy, he was wearing a hat and a coat, in and out of the backyard of the post house, and others were amazed when they saw it, the farmer of the third grade, the first number one of the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Xi didn't feel anything wrong, for him, seventeen or eighteen years old was the time when his body was shaped, and it was good to exercise more. He is useless as a scholar, and it is good to occasionally experience the life of a peasant, and the main strength work is still done by others, he is only responsible for some light work, and the daily management of the field such as loosening the soil and weeding after planting is the responsibility of the military household in the school field.

Shen Xi carefully cultivated sweet potatoes and corn, and officials in Guangzhou were secretly arguing...... They invited experienced farmers to give them sweet potatoes as a gift, cut them into small pieces and plant them in the field, and they sprouted in about ten days, gradually growing, and then according to the method that Shen Xi said, the stems and leaves were transplanted, and in about a month, a piece of sweet potato has been derived from a small half of the vegetable field.

This made the officials overjoyed, and it could be seen that Shenxi gave them a highly reproductive crop, but they had not yet seen the ripe fruit, and they did not know what the yield would be, but some local officials began to use the sweet potato seedlings they cultivated to promote them on a small scale in Guangzhou Prefecture, and the total planting area was much larger than that of Shenxi's experimental fields.

This depends on the rapid reproduction of sweet potato vines, as long as they survive, they can change from one to two, two to four, and spread at a geometric speed.

Some officials began to ask Shen Xi for credit when they planted a little fruit, and Shen Xi would also give praise as appropriate. According to the current speed of promotion, it may be that in the second crop of this year, sweet potatoes will spread to the entire Guangzhou Prefecture.

The planting of corn needs to be done step by step, and Shen Xi will not want quality for the sake of quantity, and will work intensively to avoid reducing corn yield or failing to harvest.

In addition to growing corn and sweet potatoes, Shen Xi writes novels and reads official documents every day.

There are a lot of official documents between the three provinces and Jingshi and Nanjing, and there will be a transcript here from the Governor Yamen...... Most of these official documents were not specific to the governor's yamen, but to local administration.

Shen Xi will never forget it, and he will not forget it after reading the official document.

In the past few years, there has been a famine or a bumper harvest in the local government, and then the people's husband, Ding servants, etc., we must know it in our hearts, according to the local government and the imperial court, and then find someone to go to the local government to investigate the details, to see how many cats, the court can be confused, but the governor can't rub the sand in his eyes, if you want to be an official under my rule, you must honestly talk about the rules, otherwise don't say that I will directly impeach your mistakes, so that you can't pass the three-year assessment!

Before Zhang Juzheng proposed the "examination method" for officials, the magistrates of the Ming Dynasty were "big plans" once every three years, which is commonly known as "external inspection".

The state and county shall inspect once a month and report to the government.

The government inspection is reported once a year and reported to the political envoy department.

Every three years, the governor and the inspector shall make a register and report to the Ministry of Officials according to the inspection and inspection of the affairs of the officials, so as to be the evidence of the inspection of foreign officials.

There are eight types of faults: one is greedy, two are cool, three are impetuous, four are not enough, five are old, six are sick, seven are reckless, and eight are not careful.

The culpability is also from high to low, including filling the army, serving the people, demoting, and giving office.

Foreign officials enter the Hajj once every three years, and the results of their external inspections will be announced accordingly, and the yamen responsible for coordinating the external inspections are the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Shen Xi, as the governor of the three provinces, is the same as the political envoy Yamen, the yamen who has direct jurisdiction over the local officials' external inspection, Shen Xi can determine the gains and losses of these people's local politics, so even if the local officials were subservient to the political envoy Si Yamen and wanted to be the enemy of the governor, they never dared to tear their faces, because they were afraid that Shen Xi would do something in their performance appraisal.

Fighting with Shen Xi, a big official who is a "guanguan", is purely asking for trouble for himself, if it weren't for Shen Xi's lack of greed, just Shen Xi, a superintendent, would get dozens or even hundreds of times more filial piety than his Yulu every year.

Now that Shen Xi not only does not accept gifts, but also sends "credit" abroad, the magistrate can't help but wonder in his heart, whether it is better to be "embarrassed" with Shen Xi, or continue to work against him, and finally make a dismal ending.

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On February 24, there were still more than ten days before Gu Yu, and Shen Xi had already planted all the sweet potatoes and corn sown in the spring of that year.

After all, the expedition will be set out in early March, and the environment in the south is relatively hot and humid, so sowing seeds early is also to facilitate the harvest in a year.

Corn is harvested twice a year, divided into spring corn and autumn corn; Sweet potatoes are more absolute, a year can be divided into spring potatoes, summer potatoes and autumn potatoes, a year can be sown three stubble, the yield per mu is very high, two or three a year, the people take it as the most suitable ration.

On this day, the sun was shining and the weather was a little hot, Shen Xi finished tidying up the two pieces of land in the backyard of the post house, and was about to go home, when he collided with Ma Qi's family, who came to teach Shen Yun and Shen Yi'er.

Ma Qi came to class for more than ten days, and came in men's clothes every day, so that the people who supervised the yamen did not know that she was actually a daughter.

She held the lesson plan in her hand, and when she saw Shen Xi, she hurriedly saluted, but she didn't say hello, and looked at Shen Xi with a puzzled look, because Shen Xi didn't have the style of a third-grade master in front of her.

At this time, Shen Xi was wearing a wide robe, but the placket was open, with a huge hat on his head, a hoe on his shoulder, and a pair of cloth shoes stained with mud on his feet.

Shen Xi waved his hand, signaling that Ma Qi didn't need to be polite, and was about to go into the back hall to clean up and go home, but Ma Qi followed him into the house.

"Is there something wrong?"

Shen Xi turned his head to look at the Ma Qi clan with a respectful expression.

Ma Qi said: "Lord Shen, the concubine doesn't know why you have to bow down to everything, I heard that the scholar abides by the etiquette law, so it stands to reason that there should be such rude behavior!" ”

"Is it rude?"

Shen Xi looked down at his outfit and felt good, the post house has now completely become a governor's yamen, and there will be no past officials to disturb him on weekdays, even if someone comes to visit, he will not wear this out, even his own wife and concubine did not think that he was so rude, but the female gentleman who was hired made a statement.

Ma Qi was silent, frowning, as if to say, whether it is rude or not, Lord Shen should be clear.

Shen Xi said: "This official is a farmer, and he has been doing farm work with his mother since he was a child. If Mr. Qi is fine, please go home early, lest you ...... If you are gossiped about by others, it will be even more rude when the time comes! ”

Ma Qi's righteous resignation was stern: "Lord Shen, as an official of the imperial court, should take the etiquette and law first, if you ignore the law, even the grass people can correct it." Lord Shen, please respect yourself! After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Shen Xi felt that the Ma Qi clan was simply unreasonable...... Shouldn't I wear an official uniform when I go to the ground, and follow the trend to pay attention to etiquette?

Shen Xi tidied up his clothes and didn't bother to freshen up, anyway, when he returned home, his wife and concubine served him to change his clothes and freshen up, so he didn't bother in the backyard of the post house.

After going back, Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er inadvertently mentioned the matter. Xie Yun'er asked: "Didn't say it before, this Mrs. Ma may have a purpose behind it, so she went to the Governor's Yamen for the West Seat?" It's been some time, and her younger siblings are very serious, has the father-in-law found out what is behind her? ”

Shen Xi said that he was looking for someone to investigate, but in fact, he asked Hui Niang to spy secretly, during this time he was busy farming, and he went to Hui Niang's side less, even if he occasionally went to the point once or twice, he didn't have the heart to ask about Ma Qi's affairs.

Moreover, Hui Niang and Li Jin have been busy laying out Guangxi business recently, and they don't have much leisure.

"Don't mention it!" Shen Xi Road.

Xie Yun'er said with a little concern: "It's better to ask, if a woman comes to the governor of the yamen with a purpose, it will always make people uneasy. ”

Shen Xi smiled and asked, "Are you not confident in your husband?" ”

Xie Yun'er was stunned, and then understood what Shen Xi was talking about, and she couldn't help but gently push Shen Xi: "Xianggong, tell you seriously." The concubine is afraid that if she has something to do, she will take risks and be detrimental to the princess! ”

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