At the end of May, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the grain in the fields began to wither, and the farmers turned over and over again, but the soil was still dry, and there was no hope in sight.

Anxiety, restlessness, and panic began to spread gradually across the land of Guanzhong.

"Dig a foot or so deep to see the wet soil, and it is not enough to rely on ploughing the ground to keep the water content of the farmland!" Huazhou Thorn Shi Chai Shao was bowing in the field at the moment, holding a hoe, digging down little by little.

If the land is dry like this, sooner or later the land will crack, and at that time, the river will basically be cut off, and the fields will be lost.

Faced with such a situation, many officials can only be helpless.

If it doesn't rain, what can they do?

Chai Shao glanced at Jing Bo who was stunned beside him, as early as five days ago, Jing Bo had already come to Huazhou.

As early as the eighth day, Chai Shao had already received Li Yuanji's secret order and the article that was broadcast in the examination.

In this regard, Chai Shao can only say that he has suffering.

Who has made himself a colt? Even if his wife Princess Pingyang is no longer there, he is still a concubine, and in this matter, he must unconditionally support the royal family.

No matter who the emperor is, his position cannot be changed.

Therefore, it is unfortunate for Jingbo because he will be put to the most severe test.

At the same time, he is also lucky, because Chai Shao will not set problems for him in some aspects, his ideas can be put into practice, here, he does not have to worry about those intrigues.

"I have read your article and it is very good, but the current situation is far more complicated than your article, what do you think? Speak up and let everyone discuss! Chai Shao interrupted Jing Bo's stunned gaze and asked directly.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Jingbo didn't expect that he would be sent to Huazhou at all.

He was sent to Huazhou, Shangguanyi was sent to Luozhou, Xu Jing was sent to Zhengzhou, and only three of the more than 100 shortlisted candidates were sent to the state capital, and the rest were all counties.

Huazhou has jurisdiction over Zheng County, Huayin, Xiatai three counties, west of Weinan, east to Tongguan, is an important pass in the east of Chang'an, the stability here basically means the stability of the Guanzhong region.

And Huazhou, Luozhou, Zhengzhou, as long as these three places are chaotic, basically the entire Guanzhong and the Central Plains will be completely chaotic.

It is precisely because he is aware of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders that Jingbo has never dared to speak indiscriminately, and every time he has an idea, he must think twice before he can speak.

"The water level of the Wei River has dropped sharply, and there is even a possibility of breaking the flow, and Huazhou is located in the lower reaches of the Wei River, so it is not advantageous to grab water." Jing Bo shook his head, basically denying the way of grabbing water.

There are so many places upstream, and all parts of the country must be competing for water first, and when they come downstream, they still want to have water? Even if there is, the price paid is far less than the gain.

This year's drought is far worse than last year's, and the imperial court has become more demanding of them.

In addition to ensuring that the people in various places do not panic and do not have large-scale migration, it is also necessary to ensure that the people in various places can survive as much as possible.

What economy at this time? Whatever is built, all go to the back row.

Population is political achievement, and if there are few people who die in a disaster year, that is the best political achievement.

"Regulation!" determined the main line of thought, Jingbo gritted his teeth ruthlessly.

"Regulation? What kind of control law? Chai Shao asked with interest, control, when will the government no longer control, if there is no control, I am afraid that the world will be chaotic a long time ago.

"Comprehensive control, with the village as a unit, each household must hand over the grain unconditionally, no matter how much, no grain is allowed to be left in the house, the whole village supervises each other, prohibits the people from leaving the village, and the government sends officials to inspect, at the same time, the government assures the people that in this disaster year, the government will do its best to ensure that every citizen has something to eat. In addition to this, it is necessary to organize some middle-aged men, catch locusts, and find anything to eat in the wild.

In addition, it is necessary to prepare some vacant land in advance to prevent the influx of displaced people from surrounding counties into Huazhou, and if it really happens, they will be placed in the reserved vacant land to prevent disturbing the local order in Huazhou. "Respectfully said boldly and unreservedly.

There is no turning back from the bow, his method is a bit extreme, if it is done well, it can make them all ascend to heaven in one fell swoop, and if it is not good, it can also let them all go to hell.

"How can the people give up all their grain in peace?" Chai Shao is a little distrustful of this method, which is tantamount to putting all the pressure on the government.

"In troubled times, you need to use heavy rituals, once you find that a household has hidden food, in the next few days, the whole family's food will be halved!" Jing Bo is not worried about this problem, because there is basically no surplus food in the people's homes, and a family can be considered the middle class if they can have a stone of grain storage.

"The idea is new, but the feasibility is too poor!" Chai Shao shook his head, in the end, he is a young man, he is not in a deep life, and he does not know many things in this world so thoroughly, so that when making plans, there is always a suspicion of deviating from reality, and continued: "The landlord's food is enough for them to eat for a few years, or even longer, I don't know how many people have been looking forward to this day for many years, if they can selflessly dedicate, there will be no such thing as a disaster year." ”

The poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer.

The same is true both ancient and modern.

The landlords usually accumulate grain, and lend it to the people in the disaster year, but they do not return it after the expiration date, and there is nothing valuable at home, so they can only give the Yongye field to the landlord at the price of cabbage.

The consequence of this is that in a disaster year, there is almost no Yongye land in the hands of the people, and the land in the hands of the landlords can at least double, or even more.

However, in order to be able to collect wool for a long time, the landlords will not take away the arable land in the hands of the people at a particularly outrageous price.

Huang Shiren's type of landlord was only a minority in this era after all.

Most of the landlords have a very good relationship with the people in various places, and occasionally they often give food to the people, so the prestige of the landlords here is still very high.

If it is forcible to take it, it is not said that the landlords are unwilling, I am afraid that even the people will not be willing.

In this era, there are only three reasons for the emergence of displaced people, one is the war, the second is that the landlord's family has no food, and the third is that the people cannot afford to borrow food.

With the exception of these three, it is almost impossible to produce displaced people.

"Borrow! Borrow grain from the landlord! It's not that Jing Bo didn't think about this problem, he didn't say it directly, it's just that there are some things that he can't call the shots, since Chai Shao asked, he can only answer hard, as for whether to adopt it or not, Jing Bo has never taken Li Yuanji's sentence to heart when it is necessary.

"The government can make a written note to repay it in the coming year with taxes, and if necessary, even some interest."

"You're such a guy who doesn't know the price of firewood, rice, and salt!" Chai Shao glanced at him and said sarcastically quietly.

What for? What is this? Do you want to engage the proletariat?

Is it possible for the government to say that it would be good to move those landlords to sell grain to the people at a fair price, and now let the government pay for the grain of the landlords' families?

I don't know that Datang is short of money everywhere, if it is really implemented according to Jingbo's method, it will take at least three or five years for Huazhou to recover after a disaster year.

There is also a standard for the release of grain in the official warehouse, which does not mean that the warehouse will be unconditionally opened and released in the year of the disaster, so that the government will not have enough grain.

The landlords may even find someone to secretly burn down the official warehouse, which is simply blocking people's money.

"Didn't Qi Guo also adopt this method at the beginning?" Jingbo replied a little depressedly.

With a good approach, even if there is something to change, it won't be so useless, right?

In order to cope with this test, Jing Bo specially found someone to understand a lot of some policies of Qi at the beginning, which is also a plan made by summarizing the policies of Qi and integrating the specific situation of Huazhou.

"Qi is Qi, can Huazhou be compared to Qi?" Chai Shao rolled his eyes again, this thing is using His Majesty as a weather vane.

The problem is that the price of the grain I bought from the family was set, but the balance was paid......

It hasn't been given yet, and after Li Jing's attack on Qi, the family didn't dare to ask for the debt anymore, so they could only lick their wounds silently.

Your Majesty dares to repay the debt, do you dare to repay the debt? Aren't you afraid of chaos in Huazhou? Do you want Huazhou's reputation to be gone?

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Jing Bo's remarks in Huazhou appeared on Li Yuanji's desk.

Chai Shao sorted out Jingbo's remarks to make them look smoother, and each link was also annotated to make it easier for people to understand.

Other than these, Chai Shao did not add any personal suggestions and opinions.

Obviously, Chai Shao intends to do this with the basic policy of asking for more instructions on everything.

handed Chai Shao's report to Fang Xuanling, and the two of them did not have a solemn conversation, but Fang Xuanling still put himself in the right position.

After reading the full report, Fang Xuanling smiled helplessly and said: "The overall idea is quite good, and I know that I can refer to the successful experience of other places, but it would be better if he could stay at the grassroots level for a few years, it would be better than these." ”

Fang Xuanling pointed to several other reports on the desk, three of them had been told that the test was over early after two days of training, and they could go home.

Placing them in various counties is actually a palace test and an actual combat test carefully designed by Li Yuanji.

Knowing that these people lack some experience in life, the requirements at the beginning were not particularly high, and the ten documents on the desk were all suggested by the magistrate to end the test, but only three were really determined to end, and the remaining seven were all rejected by the magistrate because of their experience.

This test mainly looks at the overall situation, as well as adaptability, and it is not important to have experience in the world, which can be honed slowly.

"This idea is good, tell Chai Shao, let Jingbo go and talk to those landlords, at what price he can sell grain to the people, it depends on his personal ability."