The reform measures taken by the cabinet in the northern provinces have made those honest and honest officials who have been industrious and honest like a rain after a long drought, and after being promoted, they have immediately become strong supporters of the cabinet's reform plan, and they have been very attentive to the implementation of the local water conservancy and the promotion of the armor protection system.

In the past, these honest and diligent officials, because they did not wantonly collect and scrape, and then went to bribe high-ranking officials, and some even held the position of county commander for more than ten years.

The officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty was like this, if you don't know how to tie up with the officials, and you are honest and diligent, the officials really can't do anything about them, but it is basically impossible for them to be promoted.

Therefore, many honest and diligent officials are at the grassroots level, and they are stuck there and can't go up, so they can only manage their own one-third of an acre of land, and there is nothing else to do, and many things can only be hung up without their own business.

This time, while the cabinet promoted a large number of honest and diligent officials at the grassroots level, these grassroots officials who were promoted also received a pension for honesty.

Not only has he been promoted, but his income has also increased.

In addition, the cabinet's reform measures are also the right medicine, and these grassroots officials have rich experience in grassroots administration and also agree with the cabinet's measures. Naturally, they also understand that the purpose of the Cabinet's promotion of them is to enable them to implement these reform measures. Since we have enjoyed the benefits, we have common interests, and it is also a measure to do practical things for the people, and it is naturally extremely attentive to the implementation.

In order to ensure that the reform could be carried out smoothly, Shen Yu soon proposed that Zhu Youxiao send several governors out to preside over and supervise the implementation of water conservancy repair and armor protection in various provinces.

"It's a good idea to send a governor, but who to send?" Zhu You asked Shen Yun. Shen Yu replied: "The minister thinks that Li Jingbai can take on this role in the matter given by the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Why?" Zhu Youxiao asked, he really didn't have any impression of Li Jingbai, so he naturally had to ask clearly.

"Before Li Jingbai was qualified to give the matter, he served as the magistrate of Xiajin County. In office quite a lot of achievements, persuasion of cultivation and reading, still education, water conservancy, the adjustment of prosperity, the people of Xia Jin feel the favor of Li Zhi County, once built a shrine for it. This person's background is also relatively clean and can be appointed. Shen Yu replied.

Zhu Youxiao thought about it carefully, and then agreed: "Then this Li Jingbai!" Let him be governor of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Henan. In addition to repairing water conservancy and carrying out armor protection, it is also necessary to provide timely relief to the people affected by the disaster, and make overall plans to encircle and suppress the thieves. ”

The appointment of Li Jingbai as the governor of the three provinces was not a threat to Zhu Youxiao in advance. Such a civilian as governor of the three provinces was obviously unlikely to threaten the imperial power.

The governors of Gansu, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces are obviously mostly mixed and waiting to die. In that case, it would be a good idea to simply appoint a governor of the three provinces. It can also be regarded as an escort for the grassroots officials who have been promoted this time, so that they will have a place to appeal once they have a conflict with those officials who are waiting for death in the process of administration.

These three provinces are also areas where the problem is more severe. In particular, Shaanxi, followed by Henan, is an area with many disasters.

Shaanxi, mainly the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, has extremely poor disaster resistance, and there are still many border troops in Yansui Town in northern Shaanxi, which are easy to turn into powder kegs.

In Henan, there are many disasters in the Yellow River, and locust plagues are also frequent. It's just that because it's located in the hinterland, when it was affected, it was a group of peasants, unlike the border army who would loot, so it was generally not easy to make trouble, but the people at the bottom were obviously not having a good time.

The situation in Shanxi is much better, and the people of Shanxi are more aware of storing grain and preparing for famine, and they are usually reluctant to eat a few more bites, and hide a large amount of them in the cellar, so that their ability to resist disasters is relatively strong.

It is still very useful to send a reliable governor to focus on sorting out the problems of Shaanxi, Henan, and Gansu in the past, which is still very useful for stabilizing the north.

With this in mind, Li Jingbai was soon appointed governor of the three provinces.

In the middle of one of the things, he jumped to the governor of the three provinces and became the highest official of the three provinces, and this phenomenon is probably only at this time when the court under Zhu Youxiao's control will appear.

Before Li Jingbai took office, Zhu Youxiao summoned him again with some anxiety and had an in-depth discussion with Li Jingbai about the issue of An Min. What made Zhu Youxiao very pleased was that Li Jingbai's grassroots administrative experience was still very rich, and he said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the law of reassuring the people can be divided into the inside and the outside, and the expression lies in relief and suppression of bandits, in order to avoid local turmoil caused by the victims, and in order to avoid bandits from disrupting production. The inside lies in living in peace, and if the people want to live in peace, it is nothing more than water conservancy and taxation. If the water conservancy can be smoothed, there will be a harvest in both drought and flood, and the government will no longer have to expropriate and expropriate the people, and the people can live in peace. ”

"What about happiness?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Uh...... Well, this one! It's just that the rent is too heavy. Li Jingbai said euphemistically, in fact, he was saying that the gap between the rich and the poor is too big, the rich are endless, and the poor have no place to stand. In many cases, ordinary people cannot produce with peace of mind, because their production activities cannot be exchanged for the necessary social resources.

"I know, Aiqing is going to the governor's three provinces, I will send a thousand Beijing battalions to listen to your call, and the thieves in northern Shaanxi should be the key to clear up." Zhu Youxiao said to Li Jingbai with satisfaction, obviously this Li Jingbai is still relatively reliable.

"Your Majesty." Li Jingbai thanked him, and he was still full of expectations for this appointment. For an official like him, running a party in an orderly manner will give him a great sense of accomplishment, and this sense of accomplishment is more attractive than real money, which is a matter of values.

The officials of this era basically believe in that set, karma! Accumulate virtue and self-cultivation! But some people are willing to do it, and some people are not.

In the past, there was Wang Yangming's "Biography", and in the late Ming Dynasty, there was Yuan Lifan's "Four Trainings", which are all very awesome works. "Biography" is a relatively high-end work, while "The Four Teachings of Liaofan" is a book that teaches people to work hard and transform their destiny. In general, we are all in the pursuit of creating an extraordinary life with an ordinary fate. In this pursuit, self-cultivation is a must.

In addition to the reforms in the northern provinces, it is clear that the reforms in the northern provinces have not yet officially begun. However, from the beginning of the first month, Beizhili entered a new construction**.

This construction project is to build roads, and it is a large-scale road repair activity.

The main road to be repaired is a gravel road, and the materials used are basically taken from the nearest material, and things such as slag can be used to build the road.

The gravel road is enough for heavy carriages, the cost of laying stone slabs is too high, and the cement road does not seem to be very reliable.

Therefore, the road built this time is first covered with a layer of triple soil, and then paved with sand and gravel. Sanhe soil is not made from glutinous rice as legend goes, but is the result of repeated compaction. If you want to use glutinous rice in Sanhetu, the cost is simply frighteningly high.

The road repair project of tens of millions of yuan immediately drove the economy of the entire Beizhili again, created a large number of jobs, and the living standards of ordinary people in Beizhili have been significantly improved.

As for the reform of Beizhili, Zhu Youxiao also quickly started. (To be continued.) )