Chapter 8 Growing Vegetables
At this time, Li Xi cheered up and looked at Pei Jun quietly, and responded lightly: "I didn't know that Master Pei actually cared so much for his subordinates, if you have anything to say, please say it directly." ”
Knowing that Pei Jun would definitely throw out a difficult problem to make it difficult for him at this time, but firstly, his side had just won a big victory, and the other party had already retreated, so it was really not good to provoke him again, and secondly, Li Xi had a new appointment, he knew that even if the trouble did not come at this time, sooner or later Pei Jun would find it for himself, so his heart was tight, and he thought that since he was going to come sooner or later, it would be better to just do it now, regardless of his big trouble, just take advantage of the chaos.
When his words fell, he saw Pei Jun sneering and said, "Strong! It is often said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and this master book is also called an adult. With the ability of the master bookkeeper, this matter of collection and release is just a joke, and the adult will not refuse! ”
As soon as he said this, before Li Xi could react, Zheng Shuang felt a sigh in his heart.
The so-called "collection and release" is actually an internal statement, because the territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, such a large territory, almost every year there will be places affected by disasters, how to give relief, always let local officials play on the spot, so although there has been no explicit regulations in the court, but the people who are officials know that in the imperial court, the severity of the disaster is divided into five grades.
The first class, the catastrophe, unless it reaches the state of complete harvest of thousands of miles of red land, it cannot be called a catastrophe. In this case, the imperial court should allocate grain money to the local government for disaster relief, and the local government should spare no effort to help all the people free of charge. Because once this happens, if you don't provide disaster relief free of charge, the common people will starve to death, and before they starve to death, they will rebel, which is a major event that is very likely to shake the foundation of the entire country's rule.
Of course, such a serious disaster has only been encountered twice since the founding of the Tang Dynasty in the past hundred years.
The second category, the catastrophe, which is much less affected than the severe disaster, mostly refers to the fact that several nearby states have been affected together, and the people have lost their harvest and have been displaced. In this case, because the affected area is small and the surrounding prefectures and prefectures are not affected, they actually have the ability to slowly absorb the disaster, so it will not easily lead to civil unrest. But even so, such disasters are also fatal, so the imperial court and local governments still have to give money and food for free to provide disaster relief.
But when it comes to the third level, and the fourth and fifth levels, it's not free.
The third class, the common disaster, in this case, the local disaster is indeed affected, but the scope of the disaster is limited, and the second is that the disaster area is not completely extinct, so although the local tax will be reduced or exempted according to the disaster situation, so that the local government can slowly restore productivity, and at the same time will allocate some grain money down, and the local government must also make every effort to come up with inventory for disaster relief, but at this time the problem comes, because it is not thousands of miles away, or everywhere is completely out of production, these money and grain are in hand to provide disaster relief, how to help? The disaster situation in each village is different, how should this food payment be distributed?
If the disaster is serious and completely out of production, the government should naturally distribute relief completely free of charge to help the people survive the disaster, but those who have not completely lost their production, and even those who have not been affected much at all, will reach out and hate the relief.
To put it bluntly, there is a lot of power here, and the so-called fat difference refers to this, in which the measurement is completely in the words of the principal, and if you want to profit from it, it is naturally simple.
But with power comes great risks. Once you do something unfair, the common people will complain, and if your prestige is not big enough to suppress the lower ranks, then maybe someone will run to the government to sue you.
In fact, it is almost impossible to be completely fair and unmistakable in this kind of thing, especially for a new official like Li Xi, who is not very familiar with the situation in the county, it is impossible not to make mistakes. Therefore, as long as there are people to sue below, it is almost a quasi-lawsuit. If you take into account that Pei Jun has served in Jinyuan for many years, and he has been very tightly controlled up and down, as long as he stares at Li Xi hard, it will be even more impossible to find a mistake!
When the time comes to find Li Xi's mistake, Pei Jun only needs to exert his influence, and he will run to the Assassin Shi Yamen to complain with a few miles, but I am afraid that even Lord Assassin Shi Zhou will not be able to stop him!
Although this kind of thing, as long as it is not greedy for ink, it will not affect Li Xi's position, but at least it will leave a mediocre evaluation for the upper and lower levels, and the harm of this evaluation is very large, and it is very likely that you will not want to rise for the rest of your life.
After thinking about these things in the blink of an eye, Zheng Shuang couldn't help but gasp, thinking that this Pei Jun was too poisonous.
If you are in charge of this matter, then no matter whether the following officials are Pei Jun's people or Jiang An's people, it is always difficult to disobey the orders of their own county magistrates, and when the time comes, they can completely arrange it in a big way, and they would rather watch them be greedy, this matter is enough to walk over smoothly, and I can't say that I can take the opportunity to attract some people over, and even if something goes wrong, I can only ask the person in charge, and I can't find any responsibility for myself.
And if they have to find responsibility, although they are the chief officials and are in charge, but he Pei Jun and Jiang An are also assistants, and the responsibility is not small, so they must not dare to find any trouble in this matter.
But if Li Xi is replaced, he will become the manager, and when the time comes, Pei Jun and Jiang An can put him in the air and deliberately find some mistakes to press him...... This is a basin of dirty water that can't be hidden!
The assistant becomes the manager, and the difference between one word and the responsibilities is very different.
Thinking about this, although Zhang Shuang had the heart to protect him, he thought that after all, he had great power here, and he stopped it by himself, but it might not be good, so he could only turn his head to look at Li Xi at the moment, and while others were not paying attention, he hurriedly lost his eyes and signaled him to resign, this kind of power should not be busy.
But when Li Xi saw his eyes, he just smiled.
He understood Pei Jun's thoughts very well, and he almost made it clear - don't you want to seize power, okay, I'll give it all to you, but you can't just want power, you want power, then you should also be mentally prepared for the risks here, let's go on together.
But at this time, Li Xi didn't have the slightest fear of retreating, and even, he wished that Pei Jun would take the initiative to press this matter on his head, and when he heard this, he just thought about it for a while, and when he stood up, Lang Ran responded: "Thank you for the love of Lord Cheng County, I am willing to take on this matter!" ”
Hearing him say this, several people at the scene were collectively stunned.
Pei Jun pondered over and over, but just looked at Li Xi dumbfounded, thinking that he wouldn't be so stupid, right?
At this time, when he came back to his senses, Zheng Shuang coughed, and said cautiously: "Lord Li, it's better for you to think about this matter again, you just took office, it seems that such a detailed matter, you can't do it without some experience......"
Li Xi smiled and thanked him, but after sitting back, he looked full of confidence, and refused to take back what he said just now, but actually put on the appearance that I had made up my mind about this matter, which immediately made several people look at each other.
Immediately, Pei Jun remembered something, and immediately thought that he understood Li Xi's confidence, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart, thinking, expect Li Yifeng to help you plan? It's a pity, this kind of thing, even if you ask a fairy to help you, it's impossible not to make a mistake, not to mention that this county is targeting you this time!
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I heard that Li Xi came home after leaving his job, Li Yifeng was about to come over to see him, but he heard that Li Xi had been called away by someone from the yamen, Li Yifeng suddenly pondered in his heart, and waited until the sky was dark Li Xi came back, he still waited in the small cross courtyard and did not leave, as soon as he heard that Li Xi was back, he hurried over to see him.
He asked about today's deliberations, Li Xi calmly told what happened in the second hall just now, at first Li Yifeng nodded frequently, and when he heard that Li Xi and Zheng Shuang joined forces to suppress Pei Jun, and there was even a begonia poem, he couldn't help but applaud. It's just that when Li Xi said that he would take the errand without hesitation, he couldn't help but jump his eyebrows, and his face was slightly hesitant.
After a while, he said slowly: "My lord, I'm afraid that I fell for that Pei Jun's old man's plan!" ”
The weather is getting hotter, Li Xi came back and hurried to speak, drank a cup of tea at this time, and immediately felt that there were beads of sweat on his body, and he didn't see Li Yifeng at the moment, so he took off his official uniform and changed into a light homely clothes. Mr. said, what kind of strategy did I fall for Pei Jun? ”
When Li Yifeng heard this, he looked up at Li Xi, and when he saw his disapproving look, he couldn't help but sigh and shook his head, and said: "Pei Jun knows that you are a new official and wants to quickly burn his three fires, so he took advantage of your anxious strength to push this errand on your head, alas, this matter is not easy to do!" ”
Li Xi had a playful expression on his face, and asked him again: "What's a bad way?" ”
Li Yifeng continued to shake his head, thought about it, and simply gave Li Xi a detailed analysis.
"First, people are not familiar. To do this errand well, the most important thing is, of course, impartiality and selflessness, which you have, you don't want to make mistakes, but just if you don't make mistakes, you have to ensure that the people below follow you, now that you are a new official, you have never done any position before, and the local townships and people, are very unfamiliar, although Jin Yuan is small, but there are more than 100,000 Dingkou, you can't go to inspect one by one, so it gives those who are in the right people a chance to take advantage of, plus if there is Pei Jun in the middle...... Things are not good! ”
"Second, hey, forget it, this second article is not familiar with the general affairs, there is old decay, but you can also help the adults one or two, it is not too big a problem to think about, it is difficult to be unfamiliar with that one."
Li Xi smiled when he heard this, and said: "I don't think so, if I just send food to do relief, this matter, no matter what I do, it is impossible to have no loopholes, and it is impossible not to ask Pei Jun's old man to catch my illness!" But why should I go the way they envisioned? Everyone is distributing food for disaster relief, so can we change our thinking? We don't give out food, at least not in vain, but in turn help those people who have been affected by the disaster, think of a way to get money, let them earn their own money, and earn money to buy our food to eat, okay? ”
"Uh......"
Li Yifeng made him a little stunned, hesitated for a long time, and then eased his train of thought a little, and immediately asked in wonder: "Let them make money?" Buy food from the government? Well, that's a good idea. Do you mean cash-for-work? But right now, let's Jinyuan, not to mention our Jinyuan, even the entire Shuzhou, there is no big project, this ......"
"It's not a work-for-...... relief," Li Xi waved his hand, "The people affected by the disaster are all ordinary people, what is their old business?" It's farming, so we have to ask about the benefits of the land, so my idea is, grow vegetables! ”
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"Growing vegetables?"
When Liu Rong heard this, he couldn't help but reach out and touch Li Xi's brows and asked, "You don't have a fever, do you?" ”
Li Xi smiled and shook his hand away, "I'm fine, why when it comes to growing vegetables, you all look like you've seen a ghost, as for being so surprised, why can't you grow vegetables?" ”
"I've calculated, even if there is only one or two percent of the harvest after being flooded, I will definitely be reluctant to pull out the rice and follow me to grow vegetables, so I will keep my eyes on the 500,000 acres of land that is completely out of production, and after I went back last night, I have already sent the old man Li Yifeng to be responsible for running around to buy seeds for me, 500,000 mu, all planting vegetables!"
Speaking of this, Li Xi was interested, and the surname Suo put his thoughts and plates, "It's only April now, and there are still two months before the early rice harvest, and then replanting rice is definitely not possible, early rice can be harvested, it will inevitably affect late rice, it is not cost-effective, but two months of time to plant vegetables, but it is very suitable, as long as the seeds are in place, then there is no problem, and when the time comes, let the people hand over vegetables to offset the grain, you say, isn't this good?" ”
Liu Rong looked at Li Xi with a foolish expression, up and down, up and down, and finally couldn't help it, and asked him: "500,000 mu, grow vegetables, and use it to offset the grain...... I don't ask anything else, just a little bit about you, who do you sell these vegetables to? ”
Li Xi smiled, stretched out his hand to the east, and said, "Chengdu!" ”
"Chengdu?"
Li Xi nodded, "I've checked, Chengdu has 170,000 registered households, and a population of more than one million, not counting suburban counties, there are more than 400,000 people living in Chengdu alone, these people are all out of agriculture, even if they eat a grain and a vegetable leaf, they have to buy it with money, how big is this market?" ”
Ever since he heard him say the word Chengdu, Liu Rong felt as if he understood something in a trance, but he always felt that his heart was not clear enough, so he listened to Li Xi very carefully, hearing this, he seemed to have understood what Li Xi meant, but he still couldn't help but interject, trying to find a reason to refute, and said: "There are 400,000 people in Chengdu who are not producing, but many of them have land in the countryside, and they are all supplied with vegetables and vegetables on time every day by the tenant farmers at home......."
"That's right, but how many people can really have land in the countryside and just hide in the city to enjoy happiness?"
Li Xi's question made Liu Rong stammer, this is true, rich landlords must be a minority, Liu Rong naturally understands this truth in his heart, but at the moment, when he heard that Li Xi came up with such a strange idea, Rao is as smart as him, and he can't help but be a little unable to keep up for a while, so he always tries to find some loopholes in this idea.
It's just that at this time, Li Xi's words were like a series of cannons, and he didn't even have time to find loopholes, so he listened to Li Xi continue: "In Chengdu Mansion, there are 400,000 people living in it, to put it mildly, those rich families with money and land, plus the slaves who eat with them at home, that is, 100,000 people. The rest, there are still 300,000 people! ”
"How do these 300,000 people solve the problem of eating and eating? Rice, flour, grain and oil, they all go to the rice shop to buy, but the vegetables and vegetables, but there is no fixed place to sell, only some people not far from the city of Chengdu grow a little vegetables, take the basket, go to the city to exchange for some money to buy salt, but this supply, far from enough, so, I want to open a big supermarket in Chengdu, uh...... It's a supermarket! Specializing in selling vegetables! ”
Liu Rong listened a little big, and when Li Xi finished speaking with great interest, he picked up the tea bowl, and drank two sips without caring about the heat and cold, and he wrung his eyebrows there and pondered hard, for a while, he raised his head in Li Xi's expectant eyes, stared at Li Xi with straight eyes, and asked, "So, you think I'm more suitable to help you with this, right?" ”
Li Xi laughed when he heard this, couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, and said, "Those who know me, my son is also a brother!" ”
Liu Rong shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this, but thinking about it again, this idea was so novel that he couldn't help but want to follow Li Xi's train of thought, plus he didn't want to continue to work in the county school for a long time, so when he saw Li Xi take the initiative to come to the door to find himself to go out to do things, and let himself do such an interesting thing that no one had ever done before, or even thought of, he was really interested.
At that moment, he touched his chin and thought hard for a long time, frowned and said to himself, "Our old man, I'm afraid he won't nod, if it's really like this, including you, including me, are we too nonsense and too out of line?" This idea is novel, but everything that is novel is unpredictable! ”
Li Xi waved his hand, with a look of interest, and said: "Old man, I'll go to him later, anyway, I have to take the opportunity to reach out for something for our county, and I will inevitably be scolded, so let's take the surname together!" ”
Liu Rong couldn't help laughing when he heard this, raised his head to look at Li Xi, but suddenly felt that the Li Xi in front of him seemed to be a real living Li Xi - optimistic, cheerful, fearless, and wonderful things happened one after another!
The one a few days ago, although he was roughly the same, always felt like he had covered himself with a veil, as if he was close and far away, and seemed to have been deliberately hiding something.
lowered his head and carefully scrutinized Li Xi's idea, the strange thing was that the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Li Xi's idea was not as reasonable, once it was done, it might be a very interesting thing.
Moreover, he doesn't need Li Xi to say that he can understand that once this thing is done, it will be a big windfall!
After pondering for a moment, he raised his head and nodded at Li Xi, and solemnly took over this errand.
Li Xi smiled with satisfaction when he saw this, and then he sat down next to Liu Rong, his face was slightly sneaky, and asked: "I said uncle, it's still early for the old man to come back, you see, can you show the way, I want to go to ......"
Liu Rong is such a smart person, just looking at Li Xi's expression, he can guess what he means, and before he finished speaking, he quickly waved his hand, "Don't even think about it, your daughter's boudoir is heavy, how can you go in casually!" ”
"Hey, can you give some face?"
"For this kind of dish, our family needs three components."
"Uh...... Isn't it, you betrayed your sister like that? That's your own sister! ”
"What's wrong with my sister? Don't you know, she hasn't married yet, she thinks about this and that in the family all day long, look at that meaning, she can't wait to move our family to do the dowry, this girl, angry...... My dad said, when I see you, I have to take a big bite, and the loss inside will be made up for outside! ”
"Uh, Wan'er is really a Gu family, good daughter-in-law, good daughter-in-law, that ...... The old rules, two percent, can't be more! ”
"Sancheng! It can't be less, an eldest lady in our family, can't you get a three-part of it? ”
After thinking for a long time, looking at Liu Rong as if the old god was there, Li Xi gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and said fiercely: "Two into five!" ”
Liu Rong smiled, got up and said, "Deal!" ”
"Shhh, come with me quietly, don't let my aunt catch ......"
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