Zhu Hong didn't know what gifts Shen Xi gave to those civil officials and generals, he only knew that Shen Xi had prepared for two days, and even if it wasn't gold, silver and jewelry, it should be a good thing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The civil officials who came to the banquet all felt that Shen Xi was slamming the door, and according to the weight, there would be no valuables in the wooden box, only the generals were very enthusiastic, because they all hoped to make contributions to Shen Xi.

The generals of the guards now respect Shen Xi, the governor of the three provinces, and they didn't wait to return to the mansion, and when they got out of the street where the governor's yamen was located, they opened their wooden box as soon as possible, and it was indeed not a valuable thing, only a letter.

The letter written by the Governor himself is naturally extraordinary.

The generals didn't dare to slack off, put the letter in their arms, went home and read it carefully, only to know that Shen Xi was ready to give them a "chance" to make contributions.

It's not so much a private message from the Governor as it is a strategy to calm the war.

In the letter, Shen Xi discussed in detail the origin, approximate number and location of the Japanese pirates, analyzed the personnel structure and the difficulties of pacification, described the plundering methods used by the Japanese pirates, and put forward specific strategies to pacify the Japanese and pirates.

At the end of the letter, Shen Xi indicated that whoever wrote the "Pingwu Policy" well would recruit whoever would join him in the eastward expedition to pacify the Japanese and make meritorious contributions, explaining that he would recommend it to the imperial court in the name of the governor of the three provinces, and ask His Majesty to appoint a virtuous person.

Because the world has been peaceful for a long time, nine out of ten Ming generals are hereditary, and they don't even have a chance to be promoted in their lives, let alone be appreciated by the emperor.

Now Shen Xi put a big cake that looked beautiful in front of them, told them the details of the widows, and if they had the ability to divide the cake by themselves and get the merits of the war, the governor would treat it as his own person and recommend it to the imperial court, if he didn't have the ability, he couldn't blame Shen Xi for not giving him a chance.

After the military general saw the letter, he was ready to go, as if the credit was within reach.

It's a pity that they can dance with knives and guns on weekdays, but they are not familiar with the art of war...... Without him, you can't use it!

But the credit is in front of him, knowing that he can't do it, he has to go up hard, this is an excellent opportunity to get close to the governor, and after the beginning of the spring, he will go to fight the bandits, and the main opponent is the wolf. If you can't choose yourself, but are selected by others, don't say that the credit is flying, just say that you can't hang up on this face, why is it inferior to others?

On the side of the military generals, Shen Xi ignited their enthusiasm for making contributions, and the situation on the civilian side's side was roughly similar.

Many civil officials opened the wooden box on the return carriage, and the first thing they saw was a strange-looking thing, so black that they almost thought it was a stone and threw it directly, and pinched the skin, and actually pinched out the water, and the weight was not as heavy as a stone.

Most people are stunned when they first come into contact with exotic crops...... What the hell is this, fresh odd-shaped ginseng? Or is it He Shou Wu? Later, it was discovered that there was a letter in the wooden box.

When the letter was opened, it began with some greetings from Shen Xi and a description of the past history of the officials who received the letter.

Roughly speaking, Your Excellency, this governor has been paying attention to you for a long time, after this governor Fu arrived at the place, encountered a lot of trouble, you did not make trouble for the official like those treacherous people, the official is grateful and ready to reuse, so he investigated some of your past experiences, and found that you died at the age of three, and your six-year-old mother was gone, and then through his own efforts, he was admitted to the Jinshi and released to Guangdong Province as an official, and the official was ready to focus on cultivating you, and recommend the court in the future, but unfortunately he was always unknown, and the official was distressed.

Seeing this, these officials inevitably thought in their hearts:

Do you Lord Shen want to use such an unreliable reason to sensationalize? You didn't even look at me with a straight eye, so you said that you wanted to promote and reuse, who are you fooling?

But in the end, I still have some expectations in my heart, and I can't help but continue to watch it, even if I feel awkward in my heart, I would rather believe that it is true.

The civil officials who went to the banquet this time were also of the seventh grade, that is, the magistrates of Panyu County and Nanhai County, and the officials from the fifth rank and the sixth rank of the Municipal Ship Promotion Division, and more officials from the Yamen of the Political Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Division.

After all, in addition to the subordinate officials of the two yamen themselves, there are also officials from the sub-patrol road, the sub-guard road, the military preparation road, the Xietang road, the water conservancy road, the tuntian road, the river channel management, and the salt law road, which are extremely complicated. Although the two yamen have never dealt with Shen Xi, it is always Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan who have confronted Shen Xi head-on, and the officials below are only responsible for running errands, and there is no head-on conflict with Shen Xi.

Read the letter next.

Shen Xi wrote in the letter that he was ordered to go to the local area to pacify the bandits, and the civil officials could not help much, but they could do their best to assist in the dispatch of money and grain......

For this article, according to the people of the Inspectorate Division, they can't help, but the Political Envoy Division, the prefect Yamen and the two prefects feel that it is not a big deal, even if they can't use the grain from the government treasury, they can mobilize the local gentry to donate, but if they want to say that this is a great achievement, they don't believe it.

Shen Xi also said in the letter that in addition to pacifying the bandits, he also had to do a major event entrusted by the emperor himself, which was related to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty and involved thousands of people. The imperial court introduced the crops of the Franc machine country, it is reported that two kinds of crops can be high-yielding, one acre of land can produce six or seven hundred catties of grain, but unfortunately the seeds are scarce, if the cultivation is good, the people of the Ming Dynasty have food to eat, the country is peaceful and peaceful, and the Ming Dynasty is strong at that time, and the foreign war is invincible......

Seeing this, most civil officials scoffed!

It's just nonsense, bragging to the end, why don't you say that the yield per mu is 10,000 catties? I have a lot of land in China, and the people of Franco are Fanbang, where do they come from high-yield crops?

However, some officials frowned, they have a wide range of doors, and they have heard some things before, such as Shen Xi planting two strange things in the backyard of the post house, listening to the people of the post house, only three or four months, the crop has matured, I heard that the yield is very amazing, less than two points of land, two or three hundred catties of grain will be produced, because the planting area will be expanded in the coming year, and even the commander Li Che is looking for good land for Shen Xi.

Shen Xi stated his purpose in the letter that he was going north to Pingkou in the coming year, coupled with the busy official duties on weekdays, a person's ability was limited, and he was afraid of delaying the emperor's errand, so he wanted to find someone to help cultivate this crop together, and if there was any result, he would mention the merits of these officials in the recital to the emperor, so that the court could reward it as appropriate, even if the court's reward could not come down, Shen Xi would also be grateful and rewarded in the future.

Shen Xi explained that the wooden box is the seed of one of the crops, the name is sweet potato, and when the weather is warmer, it can be cut into a small piece and planted in the soil, as long as it is well cared for, it can germinate in a few days, you can try it in a small area in the backyard first, and then plant more after spring, after germinating and growing into vines, and then plant the vines in batches, and you can plant a seedling into an acre of land within a year.

Shen Xi said that there was only so much he could say, and whoever had results would report to him and record the merits one by one.

The letter is not long, but the content of the letter makes the officials have different mentalities after reading it.

Most of the officials who went to the Governor's Yamen to attend the banquet wanted to tie up Shen Xi, the upstart of the imperial court, mainly because they knew that Shen Xi had made great contributions, and he had the aura of the Hanlin Attendant, the East Palace Lecturer and the Japanese Lecturer on his head, and he might be the six ministries or cabinet ministers after returning to the court in the future, and originally in their capacity, giving gifts to Shen Xi was the best way to get closer to each other, but Shen Xi did not accept gifts, and when he was distressed, Shen Xi took the initiative to show favor and give them an excellent opportunity to take refuge.

Plant sweet potatoes.

If they are planted well, Shen Xi will ask the court for a seal for them, and even if the court does not reward them, Shen Xi will remember the name. This "remember" mainly means to treat him as his own person, if Shen Xi really becomes a scholar of the six ministries or cabinet in the future, he will naturally be promoted and reused.

There was also a group of people who were extremely angry with Shen Xi, but they were forced by Shen Xi's power and had to attend.

Most of these people have a high official position, and they don't need Shen Xi to give them a promotion, and there may be backers behind them who don't need to take refuge, and after they saw Shen Xi's letter, they disdainfully threw it aside.

Want to use this little trick to deceive people? I don't want credit, I don't want to stand by you, what can you do to me?

But then I thought about it again, no, could this be a conspiracy?

Give everyone a letter and a sweet potato, let us go back to planting, it is natural to talk after planting, if you don't plant well, go back and report to the court, saying that I have deceived the monarch and ruined the precious sweet potato seeds, and I want to punish my crimes, then what should I do?

It's not this kind of thing, it's not if it's lost, it's just a human life!

Officials will consider the interests and disadvantages first, whether they want to get closer to Shen Xi or disdain him, as long as they are the people who attend Shen Xi's banquet, they all have a strict attitude towards growing sweet potatoes.

Shen Xi, as the governor of the three provinces personally appointed by the emperor, has a heavy responsibility, how can he dare to take it out easily and joke when planting sweet potatoes is the emperor's order? Treat it with caution no matter what!

When these civil officials returned home, the first thing they did was to put the sweet potatoes away, and if they were anxious, they invited experienced old farmers to plant sweet potatoes in the house on the same day, although it was the winter of the Xiaoice River period, but the temperature in Lingnan was rarely below the freezing point for a long time, and it was still possible to raise a few seedlings by covering straw, building a greenhouse or finding land near the hot springs to plant.

If you want to make meritorious contributions, you must be fast, if you wait for the spring like others to plant later, it may have been popularized on a large scale at that time, who is rare for you to plant seedlings?

The most feared thing in everything is people with hearts, especially those who are ambitious in the officialdom, and it is rare to encounter an opportunity to tie up with the boss, and they must spare no effort.

Shen Xi just gave those civil officials a sweet potato each, which is more effective than sending any gold, silver and jewelry! At this time, Shen Xi was extremely proud in his heart, those imperial historians who stared at me, if you have the ability, you will sue me for bribery, but you should tell me, this official gave them a sweet potato for each person, which kind of bribery is it?

Don't be afraid to laugh off people's big teeth when you say it!

But Shen Xi is really a "bribe", what he sent out was the credit for the large-scale cultivation and promotion of sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also an opportunity to leave a name in history.

Even if these people can't go down in history, Shen Xi can also win people's hearts through this matter, since the first governor has to work for three years, and now he still has a term of office of two and a half years, he can't let the people of the third division yamen lead the way, he wants to firmly pull the magistrate around him and use it for his own use.

Next, Shen Xi wants to arrange a series of civil and military measures in Guangdong Province, which needs the strong support of local officials, and at the moment he is just gathering the civil and military generals around Guangzhou Prefecture, and then he will also gather all the civil and military generals in Guangdong, Fujian and Guizhou to create a stable rear base!

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