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It's finally harvest season.

Jiangning County began to be busy, the county government exempted the field endowment, most of the people feel that the government may not care about the autumn harvest, that is, the chief and the head of the Jia, it is estimated that they are also busy, who has nothing at home, but this is not the case, the officials of the county government are ready to go to the countryside again to guide the farmers to carry out the work of the autumn harvest.

The weather in July is changeable, often accompanied by violent storms and rains, so on the surface, the autumn harvest looks simple, in fact, it is not simple, the rice, sweet potato and maize in the field have long been ripe, and we must rush to take it back, otherwise we will see the continuous heavy rain, and there will be a major loss.

The main purpose of the county government to exempt the peasants from the land endowment is to enable the peasants to have food to eat and to improve the current embarrassing life; the peasants in Jiangning County account for more than 70 percent of the total number of people in the county, and if the peasants are not able to get rich and increase their purchasing power, it is still an empty word, and the prosperity of Jiangning County cannot be maintained for a long time.

Su Tiancheng convened the officials of the county government, including the officials and wardens of the sixth room, and held a special meeting, focusing on the arrangement of the autumn harvest, he was a little strange that Lu Tianming did not adjust for the time being, this time the holy decree was not involved, it is said that Sun Chuanting has served as the head of the military department, and Lu Tianming should also be adjusted, as for the county governor of Jiangning County, he did not put forward specific suggestions, some things, his hand is too long, there are problems.

Lu Tianming is mainly responsible for arranging, in fact, this does not need to be particularly emphasized, everyone knows what to do.

After the discussion and arrangement, Lu Tianming, Qu Qingze, Liu Zhongji, Su Pingyang and others stayed.

Yoo Joong Ki spoke first.

"My lord, the matter of the autumn harvest. All of them have been arranged, and the lower officer has another suggestion, whether the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion can properly participate in the autumn harvest. ”

Everyone nodded their heads and agreed with this arrangement.

"Hmm. It is okay to arrange it this way, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, except for the more than 3,000 people recruited later, the rest can participate in the middle of the autumn harvest and help the family to do things, which is also right, I also have another idea, most of the sergeants in the Jiangning battalion. In fact, most of them come out of the farmers' families, and they are familiar with the things in the fields, so they can make appropriate arrangements to help the farmers harvest grain, especially the 20,000 hectares of official land, which requires a lot of labor. You can directly discuss with Master Sun and list the specific operation methods. ”

Su Pingyang then spoke. What he said was crucial and at stake.

"My lord, the county government purchases grain, and the subordinates feel that they should still be cautious. In this autumn harvest season, grain prices are generally falling, and the county government will purchase grain according to the price of grain on weekdays, will it touch the interests of many businessmen? ”

Su Tiancheng nodded. It seems that Su Pingyang thinks about the problem, some brains, not as simple as he thinks, this matter of purchasing grain, he has also thought about it many times, this problem is very complicated, scarce is expensive, whether it is grain, or other commodities, when there is a shortage, the price is higher, but after a large number of it, the price will inevitably fall, this is the basic economic law, according to the purchase of grain, it should also be done in accordance with the economic law.

In doing so, it is still the peasants who suffer the losses, but the peasants seem to understand this truth, and they do not complain too much; besides, this year, the land tax has been exempted, and after the peasants have left their rations, they will inevitably be able to get more income by selling the surplus grain, and they will never speak if the price of grain has fallen.

But what Su Tiancheng thought of was even more far-reaching.

On the surface, the purchase of grain and the maintenance of the previous market price are to safeguard the interests of the peasants, but in fact this is a temptation, and Su Tiancheng is already thinking about it, and has begun to move the interests of the bureaucracy, and those large gentry who have hoarded a large amount of land will inevitably develop in the future.

It is not a trivial matter to take a lead in mobilizing the whole body, there are too many scholars in Nanzhili, there are too many people who are officials in the capital, they have always been desperate to protect their own interests, and a group has been formed, the most prominent of which is the Donglin Party and the Restoration Society. These so-called Qingliu do not care about the common people in their bones, the north has suffered such a big disaster, so that the displaced people are everywhere, and the rogues are wanton, but they never thought that let the gentry and rich households in the south help the victims in the north, let the south have a lot of wealth, and help the north a little, what is even more ridiculous is that the north has suffered a disaster, and there are still a lot of taxes.

In fact, what they care about is their own interests, so many gentry and wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan have not borne any taxes at all, and the annual income of silver is tens of millions, and they are rich enough to rival the country, but unfortunately these are their own, and the imperial court cannot move a single penny.

Even if the country is about to die, they still won't take out the silver, and those so-called clear streams have been transformed into a new dynasty to serve the new dynasty, and they still enjoy glory and wealth.

This situation must be changed, no matter how long it takes.

In addition, the county government should purchase as much grain as possible and make reserves, and the officials who went down to supervise the autumn harvest this time should also pay attention to see if there were farmers who suffered from disasters below, and statistics were made at the beginning of the year. It must be made clear that if there is a situation of starvation to death, the lieutenant chief and A will be the first to be punished, and the officials in charge of the autumn harvest in that place will be punished. ”

Everyone is a Ling, this is not a joke, no one is allowed to starve to death, it is estimated that no county government has dared to make such a guarantee, but the conditions in Jiangning County are very good, such a guarantee should still be done.

"My lord, Xia Guan has thought of something else."

"If Lord Qu thinks of something, just say it."

"The officials of the county government can ensure that the people of Jiangning County have enough food and clothing, at least not one person will starve to death, and if there are farmers in difficulty, they will be given appropriate relief, but if the farmers in other places are affected by the disaster and come to Jiangning County, how to deal with such a situation."

This is a very acute problem, that is, the development of the prefectures and counties in the south is very unbalanced, close to the south of Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion, Changzhou Mansion and other places, are well-known rich places, but close to the north of Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Anqing Mansion and other places, it is much worse, the peasants in these places are also very hard, busy for a year, may not be able to eat.

Of course, the situation in the south of Zhili as a whole is still stronger than that in the north, at least there has been no large-scale displacement, and the peasants are stable for the time being.

But the rise of Jiangning County, has caused fluctuations in Nanzhili, not to mention others, just to say that the number of farmers from other places who come to Jiangning County to do things, there are a lot of people, at the beginning, Su Tiancheng was given the green light, the county government does not ask, nor does it check the road guidance of foreign farmers, but because of the pressure on the population, the county government has to formulate a land policy, when the businessmen renovate the house, they must first take care of the local farmers, there are too many foreign farmers, and Jiangning County has no way to digest it.

Nowadays, the wealth of Jiangning County is already well known, not to mention others, look at the busyness of the city, look at the goods transported to Jiangning County every day, often piled up, not two days of effort, and all transported to Shangyuan County and Jiangning County, you can know that the consumption power here, how amazing.

Moreover, the vast majority of the peasants who worked under the city were foreign peasants, mostly tenants, who often brought their whole families with them, and the income they could get at the wharf was far greater than the income from being busy in the fields.

To put it bluntly, that is, Jiangning County has a bumper grain harvest, and it is impossible to prevent some farmers from other places from coming here to beg for a living.

Su Tiancheng groaned a little and asked Qu Qingze.

"Master Qu, how do you think such a problem should be handled?"

"My lord, the lower officials think that it is just the farmers of Nanzhili, the problem is not too big, they are in Jiangning County, they can find something to do temporarily, and in a short period of time, they will be able to get rid of the dilemma of having no food to eat, but if the displaced people from the north are also flocking here, Jiangning County will not be able to bear it, and no matter how much grain is purchased, it will not be able to solve the problem, so the lower official's suggestion, the Jiangning battalion should still strengthen the guards, and the displaced people from the north cannot be allowed to pour into Jiangning County."

As soon as Qu Qingze finished speaking, Lu Tianming also spoke.

"My lord, the lower officials feel that what Lord Qu said is reasonable, if the displaced people from the north pour into Jiangning County, the county government will not be able to bear it, no matter how much food there is, it will not help, the county government must prevent the displaced people from the north from entering Jiangning County, as for the farmers in the south of Zhili, I am afraid there is no way to refuse, the lower officials have already known the way, many Fuzhou counties have opened up road guides, and even encourage farmers to come to Jiangning County, their approach, the lower officials are somewhat criticized, why come to Jiangning County."

Su Pingyang also agrees with such an opinion.

Su Tiancheng nodded a little painfully, he really has no way to do such a problem, the key is that Jiangning County can't bear it, this is what the imperial court needs to do, Su Tiancheng just learned the truth, Zhu Youzhen is anxious again, many places in the north have suffered disasters, many farmers, there is no food, it is estimated that Zhu Youzhen is also thinking, these farmers, if they always want the court to help, it is not a matter if it goes on like this. (To be continued.) )