Luoyang.

Xiao milled into Beijing.

Luo Cheng was still very polite to Xiao Miao, and specially held a grand banquet in the palace to entertain Xiao Mi, and asked Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Yi Nan and other cadres to accompany him.

When Xiao Mo saw Li Mi, Wang Shichong and others, he was stunned for a long time.

"How is Duke Wei doing in Luoyang?"

Li Mi, who once dominated the Central Plains and was the leader of the Central Plains Alliance, sat next to Wang Shichong, his past rival, at this time, and the two could still talk and laugh, and when they heard Xiao Mo ask, they smiled, "Okay, of course it's good, the world is stable, I am a rich idler in Luoyang." It is really good to be invited by saints to feast in the palace. ”

Xiao Mo heard the helplessness in Li Mi's words, and thought that in the future, he might be like Li Mi, his life may be worry-free, but there is no freedom at all, and he will become the decoration of Luo Cheng, the son of Qin in the future.

Above the banquet.

Sure enough, the emperor asked Xiao to recite poetry.

Xiao Mo was resentful in his heart, but in the end he could only get up and make a poem.

"Okay, a good poem." Luo Cheng slapped his face and exclaimed, "Since Qing has entered the court, he will stay, and there is no need to return to Jiangling." ”

Luo Cheng immediately announced that he would remove the Yamen of the Hunan Provincial Jiedu Envoy, and at the same time change the title of Xiao Mo to the Marquis of Shun, together with the Marquis Li Mi, the Marquis of Disobedience, the Marquis Dou Jiande, and the Marquis Wang Shichong, all of whom were marquises.

He was also given a Luoyang mansion, dozens of slaves, although it was not a hereditary title, but it was a good arrangement.

Xiao Liang's small court was abolished, and his life was saved.

The officials of the small court of the Southern Liang Dynasty who entered Beijing with Xiao Milling were assessed by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, and some of them were indeed talented and of good character, and they were also hired according to their talents, awarded official positions, and arranged to serve in various places. And there are some people with average talents, or very poor conduct, who are either expelled from the people's nationality or demoted.

In this regard, although many people are dissatisfied, in front of the imperial court, they are not even qualified to bargain.

As for the princes and marquis titles that Xiao Mill rewarded in the past, they are all invalid, it would be good to be able to give the amount of talent, and you still want to keep the title?

It's easy to be knighted, and you can earn it by your ability.

The weather is getting cooler.

Although the summer harvest in most places in the Central Plains is out of harvest, and there is no water to cultivate in the autumn sowing, there is food relief from the imperial court, but there are no displaced people.

The people affected by the disaster are still at home, no longer farming or ploughing, but the government is busy repairing water conservancy facilities, digging ditches, building canals, and building reservoirs, taking advantage of the drought to clean up rivers, dig silt, build roads, build bridges, and build cities.

Everyone is in full swing, and every day of work, although tired, they may receive food.

Even if most of these grains are relief grains with a fishy smell, it would be good to have such grains in this disaster year. When I got home, I saw that there was more food in the grain tank at home, and my heart was stable.

The locusts in various places have also been almost caught.

No matter how many locusts there are, they can't compare to the capture of the whole people, and various methods of exterminating locusts and catching locusts emerge in an endless stream, and the government vigorously summarizes and promotes, resulting in the result that the locusts can't keep up with the speed of catching, let alone form the kind of overwhelming swarm of flying locusts.

Of course, there are also places where there are no locust plagues, such as the northern region of Hebei, as well as Liaodong, Liaoxi, Andong, and Lingnan outside the Guanguan, where there are no locust plagues, and even the drought is not serious, and many places have achieved bumper harvests in the summer harvest.

Such as the land of Lingnan, the promotion of three seasons of Linyi rice seeds, so that the grain output has increased greatly, although the taste of these grains is poor, but the victory is in the high yield, the imperial court mobilized ships, a steady stream of sea to Guangling Port, Qingdao, Penglai and other ports, and then transported inland.

Mixed with dried locusts, these poor-tasting Linyi rice are milled together with the shell, and finally the disaster relief grain is shipped to various places.

"It's raining."

Henan, Yanshi.

Ma Zhou, the county magistrate, and Li Gang, the county magistrate, both raised their heads to greet the rain particles falling from the sky.

The heavy rain particles like beans fell down, and they carried the dryness of the air.

smashed on the face, and even a little painful, the rain particles were so urgent.

But Ma Zhou and Li Gang had no one to dodge, they raised their heads like fools and kept welcoming the rain.

"It's finally raining."

Everywhere were people shouting that it was raining.

After fighting against the disaster for several months, Li Gang was much darker and haggard, and he didn't look like a Confucian at all, but looked like a swarthy old peasant.

At this time, Li Gang smiled like a child.

"It's finally raining."

Ma Zhou teased beside him, "It seems that God has finally approved Your Majesty." ”

Li Gang smiled.

The rain was steep and heavy.

Soon it became a raging storm.

"The county man hurried into the house to take refuge, it was easy to get sick in this autumn rain." Ma Zhou pulled Li Gang and hid under the porch.

"The rain has fallen, and the plague has passed." Li Gang wiped the rainwater on his face.

"There is still a lot of grain in several granaries in the county, and there is even a lot of relief locust food in the relief granary of the Inner Service Province over there, and it has finally survived."

Li Gang said, "It's not too late now, when the rain is enough, we have to quickly organize the people to sow seeds, see what they still come and plant, plant whatever they can, and always harvest more after the autumn, even if they plant some radish, it's good." ”

"It's nature." Ma Zhou nodded, although the imperial court prepared in time this time, it did consume a lot of stored grain.

The loss is that so many locusts are caught, mixed with miscellaneous grains for relief food, otherwise, the deficit consumes more food.

Li Gang looked at Ma Zhou.

"The old man has worked with you during this time, and I think you are indeed a rare person, and I don't say that the arrogance of the champion is the kind of arrogance, the most rare thing is your willingness to do practical things, what the court needs most is a young man like you, talented, willing to endure hardships, willing to take responsibility and have the courage to look at things."

Ma Zhou forked his hands, "Mr. is even rarer." ”

"I just didn't come down sooner, hey." Li Gang sighed. "The old man believes that your performance will definitely be seen by the saint, or it won't be long before the saint will give you a heavy position, and within twenty years, you will enter the political hall as the prime minister!"

"I borrow Mr. Ji's words, I hope that one day when he enters the political hall, Ma Zhou wants to be the prime minister, but it is not the power and majesty of the prime minister, but the higher he stands, the farther he can see, and he can do more practical things."

Li Gang patted Ma Zhou on the shoulder, "Young man, continue to work hard, as long as you can always maintain the current mentality, then you will inevitably soar into the sky, what you are most afraid of is that after encountering a heavy setback, you will forget your original intention, and you are even more afraid that one day you will go astray." ”

The words just fell.

A group of people entered the county office.

The eunuch who was drenched like a chicken in soup stepped forward to announce the decree.

The emperor decreed that Ma Zhou was appointed as the county commander of Hengshan County, Hunan Province, Hengshan County was the lower county, the county guard was from the fourth grade, and the county was the fifth grade.

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