The first day of the conference was divided into two phases, with state and county reports in the morning and discussions in the afternoon.

In this Ming Dynasty, where the idea of official standards is particularly strong, such a seminar is the easiest to hold a celebration party, and everyone bragged about Su Tiancheng's ability at the meeting, praised the changes that took place in Henan Mansion, and deviated from the topic while talking, and eventually caused a personality cult.

Su Tiancheng doesn't need such a cult of personality, what he needs is real work achievements, and he needs to really solve problems and truly unify everyone's understanding through such meetings.

Therefore, after the report ended, Su Tiancheng made a speech and put forward three requirements for the discussion in the afternoon.

First, it is not allowed to talk about the achievements of the government and the government, because the achievements are not for the officials themselves, but for the common people to say, which is the real achievement, and it is not necessary to boast about it, and it will also cause jokes. Second, when speaking, first of all, he pointed out the shortcomings of the government, or what problems need to be solved by the government, or how the future work of the government should be improved. Third, put forward suggestions in a real way, which is the most important thing, what kind of good insights do individuals have, whether right or wrong, can be said, everyone to discuss together, what measures should be taken, and effectively improve the work.

Su Tiancheng's speech aroused everyone's thinking, everyone thought, in the afternoon discussion speech, praise the credit of the government, to be honest, Su Tiancheng does have something extraordinary, less than a year, Henan Mansion has such a big change, the people of the state and county have settled down, basically have food, such an achievement, ordinary people can not do.

Of course, everyone also knows Su Tiancheng's temper. Since this has been said, we must pay attention to our speech in the afternoon, and we must not be able to say good things about the government or praise it, so we must think about it seriously. Practical suggestions have been made.

If you want to be a good official, it is not so easy, and there are many problems to think about.

You can't drink alcohol at noon.

After eating, Su Tiancheng, Zhang Pu, and Liu Zong gathered in the wing room.

"Lord Liu, Lord Zhang, we have discussed before that the key work of the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture next year is mainly in three aspects. Agriculture, commerce, and the Jiangning camp, of which agriculture and commerce involve all prefectures and counties, and the construction of the Jiangning camp involves some prefectures and counties. Mr. Zhang's manuscript is estimated to have to be revised. ”

Zhang Pu looked at Liu Zongzhou. Liu Zongzhou was also welcome.

"Master Su, according to my opinion, the key issues for next year, as well as the construction of the Zhongxing Society, must also be brought in, Henan Prefecture and Jiangning County. I can't compare, there are fewer readers here, just the support of Fuzhou County, the influence is not very large, and the progress of development is much slower. ”

Su Tiancheng nodded slightly. Whether or not to include the development of the Zhongxing Society in the key work, he actually carefully considered, the situation in Henan Province and Jiangning County is very different, the common people here, first of all, to achieve food and clothing, as for the academic theoretical things, including the task of unifying the understanding of the gentry and wealthy households, for the time being, it is not at the forefront, from the situation of today's meeting, the gentry and rich households have become an important force hindering the development of Henan Province.

The situation has changed, the focus of work, naturally to change, the construction of the Zhongxing Society, it seems very important, to put it mildly, no less than agriculture and commerce.

Exerting the strength of positive energy and suppressing negative thoughts is the most basic thing, and it cannot be ignored at any time.

Zhang Pu spoke.

"Xiaguan thinks that what Lord Liu said is very reasonable, the state and county's speeches have been reflected, the understanding of the gentry and rich households is still to protect their own interests, and they never thought of helping the government, which is very different from Jiangning County, but there are also worries about it, Henan Mansion has just stabilized, if the gentry and rich families want to make trouble, I am afraid it will take a lot of energy."

The Jiangning battalion may have to participate in the war to exterminate the Liukou, this is the consensus formed by everyone, since the Hongnongwei adjustment, everyone knows that this day will come soon, if the Jiangning battalion participates in the extermination of the Liukou, the gentry and wealthy households in Henan Province, after their own interests are violated, take advantage of this time to make trouble, it is really a troublesome thing.

"Mr. Zhang's concern is reasonable, but the development and growth of the Zhongxing Society, this matter must be done, and the progress must be accelerated, can not unify the understanding of the gentry and wealthy households, the development of Henan Province, it is impossible to achieve great results, my consideration, at present, our focus is to rely on the businessmen of Henan Province, enhance the strength of the Yamen of Fuzhou County, after the beginning of the year, the government promulgated a policy, requiring the gentry and wealthy households to also make their own contributions in terms of taxation."

"In my opinion, after this meeting, they began to increase the household capacity of the Yamen in Fuzhou County, and set up a separate tax house, which was directly responsible for the collection of taxes, and their main responsibility was to be responsible for collecting taxes from the gentry and wealthy households."

"Fuzhou County should strengthen the investment in the Inspection Department, and the main responsibility of the Jiangning Battalion is not to maintain local security, which is the responsibility of the Inspection Department."

"As for the matter of the officials and servants of Fuzhou County, this time we can discuss it, the situation is different in various places, we must allow a gap in the top of the salary, and where the government is doing well, the salary is naturally higher, this is no way, for example, in Luoyang County, the income of officials is definitely higher than that of other places."

"Fuzhou and counties must begin to streamline personnel, and they must not increase the burden on the people because of the increase in officials, and the governors and counties must be responsible for such a situation."

Su Tiancheng's opinions were quickly endorsed by Liu Zongzhou and Zhang Pu.

At this point, there is an unavoidable circumstance that must be mentioned.

"King Fu, I'm going to go there, there are some things, I have to explain the bottom line, the gentry and rich households in Henan Mansion are all looking at King Fu, if King Fu receives special preferential treatment, not to mention these gentry and rich households, will they have any opinions, at least they can think of a way to apply for the asylum of King Fu."

Zhang Pu's face changed.

"My lord, it's better to be cautious in this matter, the identity of King Fu is different, let's just say that the matter of levying taxes, if it involves King Fu, the government can find a way."

Liu Zongzhou nodded, feeling that what Zhang Pu said was reasonable, after all, he was a relative of the emperor, so it was better not to touch it.

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"No, I have to go, there's nothing remarkable, King Fu's fief is in Luoyang, Henan Mansion has developed, King Fu can also get a lot of benefits, if everyone is embarrassed, King Fu must also be disgraced, if King Fu feels that he should enjoy the discount, then I will go directly to the emperor and implore the emperor to adjust King Fu's fief."

Hearing Su Tiancheng say this, Liu Zongzhou followed and spoke.

"When Lord Su went to King Fu's mansion, I followed, this is the task of the Zhongxing Society, although there is no vassal king in Jiangning County, but there are still a lot of family members of the court officials, they don't have anything special in Jiangning County, the same to pay taxes, the same to abide by the law, this is the idea of the Zhongxing Society, the theory that must be implemented, to the Fuwang Mansion, just emphasize these views, if King Fu can support, the work of the Zhongxing Society, it will be much better."

When Zhang Pu was also about to speak, Su Tiancheng waved his hand.

"Master Zhang, you don't need to go."

Big things, the basic discussion is pretty much over.

Su Tiancheng looked at the two of them, and finally said what he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Lord Liu, Lord Zhang, I have thought about it, and after the beginning of the year, I am ready to dredge the Yellow River."

At this moment, Liu Zongzhou and Zhang Pu both stood up.

Dredging the Yellow River, that is a matter considered by the imperial court, the key is that the cost is too large, Henan Mansion may be unbearable, besides, dredging the Yellow River, requires a lot of labor, even if it is the government to levy labor, the manpower is not necessarily enough, not to mention Henan Mansion, that is, the entire Henan Province to do this, may not be able to take it down.

The external environment is not very good, the Liukou in Shaanxi, slowly growing, after the beginning of the year, the main concern of the imperial court, or the elimination of the Liukou, the dredging of the Yellow River, not necessarily to the heart.

Liu Zongzhou is much older after all.

"Lord Su, dredging the Yellow River is a good thing, but whether Henan Mansion can bear it, it is not clear, that is, dredging the Yellow River in Henan Mansion is estimated to require more than 500,000 taels of silver."

"I have carefully considered the matter of dredging the Yellow River, and it must be done, as for the method adopted, no forced labor, the common people participate in the project of dredging the Yellow River, the government will pay money, and 10,000 migrant workers will be recruited, and each person will be paid three taels of silver per month, and strive to dredge the Yellow River in Henan Province in two months, and no disasters will occur."

"My lord, in this way, at least one million taels of silver is needed, and the government can't come up with so much silver."

"Hehe, the matter of silver, isn't there a blessed king in Henan Mansion, isn't there so many gentry and rich households, please support them, and the government will take out a part of it, won't there be silver."

It was Liu Zongzhou who raised the question.

"Master Su, this is not a small amount, if you find King Fu and the rich gentry to raise money, it will be too difficult, after all, these silver are not what they have to take out."

Su Tiancheng's face became a little cold.

"Lord Liu, I know that Lu Dao, you are reminding me, don't go against King Fu, this matter, I have already thought about it, doesn't the Zhongxing Society emphasize a point of view, take it from the people, use it for the people, the Yellow River burst, the disaster caused in Mengjin County, is still in front of you, in the past two years, there has been no disaster, can you forget the matter of dredging the Yellow River, the gentry and rich households in Henan Province, do you get less benefits from the people, if they are not willing to contribute, always thinking about themselves, may not have a good life in the future." (To be continued......)