He stayed in the capital for another day, but the next morning, Han Gang rushed back as soon as the city gate was opened, and arrived in Baima County before nightfall.

Back in the county, Han Gang was not in a hurry to go to the backyard to see his wife and concubine, but pulled Wang Bei, Fang Xing and You Yu to ask about the situation in Baima County during this time.

There is no problem in Baima County, although Han Gang was not there during this time, the staff team he left behind handled the affairs of the Prefecture Boundary Mention Division in accordance with the established policy, and the subordinate officials of the county government also cooperated closely, plus the officials who were successively transferred to Baima to raise the point of the division, although the number of displaced people increased, but there was no big basket. Especially after Hou Yi took over the county affairs, many matters were handled very decently, which was appreciated by several staff.

Wang praised Hou Yi twice, and became worried: "Hou Xiancheng has done a good job, I don't know what he will do after Xinzhi County arrives?" ”

"Baima Zhixian will not remove people for the time being." Han Gang had already mentioned to Wang Anshi for this reason, and it happened that the position arrangement in Baima County was within the scope of the Tang Exclusion - that is, it was under the jurisdiction of the Political Affairs Hall, not the Eastern Court of the Inquisitor, "This will continue to be managed by Hou Yi for these two months, so as not to be distracted in this matter." ”

Wei Pingzhen came in from outside the hall at this time, "There is finally a response from Yucheng County, saying that the boundary has been drawn, and it is just waiting for the Tidian Division to arrange people to come over to build the camp of the homeless people." ”

Han Gang's face was slightly gloomy: "Why is there no reply from Yin Cheng now?" Weicheng County had already done it six days ago! ”

After he took over in Baima County, he stamped a big seal on the official document and sent it to Weicheng and Yucheng counties, so that they could carve out a position for the homeless camp in the official land. When Han Gang was still in Tokyo City, he received news that Weicheng County had a response, and he thought that Yucheng County would not dare to delay, but he didn't expect that there would be a reply until now.

Wei Pingzhen sighed: "There has been no news from Yucheng County before. Two days ago, he sent someone to urge, but Yan Shu, the magistrate of Yucheng County, also repeatedly delayed and kept complaining, but he refused to give a letter. ”

"Oh, really?" Han Gang smiled, "It's refreshing now!" ”

Fang Xing sneered: "Who told it to rain on the ninth day of April, it looks like there will be another rain today......

After a rain, Wang Anshi sat down again, and those who waited and watched the wind and the wind certainly knew how to choose.

"This generation of villains will only see the wind and rudder!" The king was indignant.

Han Gang smiled, he was in Beijing for a period of time, Han Gang read all the archives and pictures of more than 20 counties in Kaifeng Prefecture, although he only had a cursory look, but he finally had a point in his heart: "If you are making friends, you should look at the villain gentleman." But in this governance, we still have to look at the means of managing the people. Yan Shu's performance appraisal in the past two years has been above Wu Chun, the magistrate of Weicheng, and even if he doesn't pay taxes, the increase in the proportion of household registration in Yucheng County is higher than that of Weicheng. In the summer of last year, Wu Chun reported four hundred and three, while Yin Cheng had one hundred and thirty-six people. ”

"It's also possible to be fake." The king said unconvinced, "There are never many things that are in line with the wishes. I like to see He Qinghai Yan above, and there will be villains echoing below......"

The king retorted twice, and then suddenly stopped. With such a scolding, he is almost about to be scolded on his own head.

Fang Xing said with a smile: "In fact, there are also officials who deliberately exaggerate the disaster and let the imperial court send money and grain for relief. Their official reputation and reputation are often superior. ”

Indeed, there are such officials: they do not check the fields, do not check the hidden households, and when they encounter a small disaster, they immediately report the disaster to the imperial court, ask for tax exemption and exemption, and open a warehouse for relief, claiming that they regard the people as if they were hurt. Such people, of course, are good officials in the eyes of the people under their rule, and their reputation can also be spread among the scholars, and the chance of getting a recommendation is greater than that of an honest official.

"Actually, this is also a traitor!" Wei Pingzhen sighed.

You Alcohol shook his head: "One point of forgiveness for the people is one point." What's more, the disaster report will not be reported every year, and the road supervision department will also send people down to visit. ”

"'The husband is honest, the gentleman is the king, and the child is also conceived.'" Isn't it a sin to deceive a king? Fang Xing asked rhetorically: "If this is the case in all prefectures and counties in the world, how will the imperial court govern things?" ”

"Don't talk about these things, there's no margin in the." Han Gang clapped his hands and interrupted the dispute that was about to start, "As long as the two counties of Weicheng and Yucheng are willing to cooperate, I will also have Amitabha Buddha here, thank God." ”

As soon as Han Gang said this, several people present laughed. Who here doesn't know how powerful Han Gang is?

Yan Shu and Wu Chun should actually be glad for their cooperation, they really want to resist to the end, Han Gang's methods can make them regret it for the rest of their lives.

Yang Hui went to Ezhou; The families don't even dare to come out of Zhuangzi now; Five of the thirty-seven grain merchants had been hanged, and nineteen had been exiled to Yuanzhou; The current Zheng Xia is also going to manage the Far Evil Military State; Further back, Xiang Bao and Dou Shunqing were both cultivating in Beijing, and they were not sent to errands for several years. After Han Gang started, how many people could continue to live in peace?

After laughing for a while, he got down to business again.

Wang said: "The three new new camps, wells, ditches, aqueducts and other things have been completed, and lime has also been sprinkled. The 6,000 people who built these camp camps have taken the lead in taking up residence in the camp according to the instructions of the mention. ”

Fang Xing also said: "I have already agreed with the elders of the townships in Baima that they will wrap up the manure produced by the homeless people." ”

Although it is a little pickled, the sale of manure is indeed a big business at this time, and the power of the dung shops that master such a business in various states and counties can rank in the top ten of many guilds, and even the city gate tax paid by the dung trucks every day is also a major income in any city. Large families rely on the sale of this thing, and it is not without a small supplement to the family's income. And the Tidian Division will not let go of this business to fill the gap, and according to Han Gang's instructions, he will put the guild aside and directly connect with consumers. The displaced people live in the camp, and everything is on handout, and they will not stand up and say that they want to share the fertilizer.

Fang Xing smiled: "With hundreds of thousands of homeless people in hand, manure alone can make 100,000 yuan a year." ”

Han Gang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "How can all the displaced people stay in Gyeonggi?" They will all be gradually transferred to other places. Moreover, a section of the river from Luoyang to Daimyo may be renovated in the near future. Displaced people will come in handy. Two-thirds of them will leave Gyeonggi. ”

"The river defense wants to get 100,000 displaced people?!" You Yu asked in surprise, "Didn't you say before that you only need twenty or thirty thousand people to repair it?" ”

"Things have changed, and this year there will be a major renovation of the embankment. And in the autumn and winter, it will be a big battle. ”

This is the result of Han Gang's strategy of harnessing water and attacking sand. The best way to deal with displaced people is to give them jobs to support themselves and their families, and cash-for-work has always been the most common and effective means of resettlement of displaced people in this era.

Although it can be said that Han Gang only remembered the strategy of harassing water and attacking sand after hearing about Junchuan Loquat, in his prior planning, the renovation of the river defense was listed as a major item from the beginning.

The construction of construction is not only the task of Kaifeng, but also a major event in the entire Yellow River Basin. The Yellow River from Luoyang in Xijing to Damyo in Beijing twists and turns for thousands of miles, of which the section of Gyeonggi is only a small part. As long as the Son of Heaven can issue an edict to recruit the homeless people to build a construction service and send the homeless people out of the country, the pressure on his shoulders will be immediately reduced by half.

After Han Gang explained in detail, he said with a smile: "When the displaced people move to Xijing to build an embankment, it will be easier to mention the division here." ”

In any case, he never thought of picking up all of this burden from beginning to end.

Today, there is a drought in Hebei, a drought in Jingdong [Shandong, Huaibei], two Huai droughts, and two Zhejiang droughts, but there is no drought in western Beijing, and it is almost certain that there will be a bumper harvest. Two months ago, I still listened to the area of Bear's Ears Mountain and Fangcheng Mountain, because of the continuous spring rain and the snow on the mountain, which led to the outbreak of the peach blossom flood. The surging White River and the blocked Tang River almost broke the embankment, flooding Nanyang in Dengzhou and Miyang in Tangzhou.

Looking at Jingxi's good years, Han Gang has been thinking about how to share the burden with Jingxi. It would be better if the old party could divert attention by the way. If he puts all his energy on criticizing the strategy of controlling the river, Han Gang will be able to deal with the displaced people, and his ears will be a little clearer.

However, that's just a bonus, and it doesn't matter if you have it or not.

Han Gang is proficient in water conservancy, and no one here is surprised, and there are few officials today who are not accustomed to water conservancy. For river defense, Wang next to you and You Alcohol can say a word. Since Han Gang's governance is outstanding, his knowledge of water conservancy will of course only be higher.

Wei Pingzhen and the others quietly thought about the truth in Han Gang's strategy, and Fang Xing asked Han Gang tentatively: "Mention a strategy to attack the sand, I don't know if you can raise it?" ”

"What do you say?" Han Gang asked with a smile.

Fang Xing's face darkened, and he sighed, "It's a pity." ”

Han Gang didn't feel pity, he didn't expect him to be able to raise the river defense service. The weight of the Yellow River, like Mount Tai, is to sit on the promotion of the river defense service - from the scale of this repair of the river defense, it should be crowned with the prefix of 'Du Da Lift' - his status and qualifications are not high enough. Moreover, it is necessary to coordinate the states and counties along the way, mobilize materials and force labor from all roads, and must have the qualifications to be able to compete with the chief supervisor of the first road, or even a higher level, so as to ensure the smooth and unhindered work of the entire work.

Under Wang Anshi's subordinates, only Lu Huiqing is barely qualified, and Zhang Dian and Han Gang are far behind. You must know that in the early years of Lu Dao Xining, Zhao Ji had the idea of letting Sima Guang serve as the capital. Although it was vetoed by Lu Gongzhu, it can also be proved that only Sima Guang's first-class prestige or status is qualified for this position.

Of course, there is an alternative - that is, to appoint eunuchs.

But this is not Han Gang's business, his most important task now is only for now.