Chongzhen's five-year Spring Festival has arrived, this Spring Festival, Zheng Xunrui is in a hurry, because Chongzhen is in November in the fourth year, so the climate during the Spring Festival has become a little warmer, he brought maize and sweet potato seeds, must be planted, the family has received a letter, expanding the planting scale of maize and sweet potato seeds, Zheng Fugui said in the letter, Jiangning County has been harvesting maize and sweet potato for several years, and now the seed business is too good, the gentry who need seeds, Most of the familiar ones came directly to the family, and some found Sun Jinru and Zheng Lingli to help, saying that they must buy maize and sweet potato seeds, of course, there are also big businessmen who took a fancy to the business opportunity and proposed to jointly run the seed business, Zheng Fugui did not agree, after all, this is the technology owned by the Zheng family alone, and it is also the most profitable technology.

Zheng Xunrui is very pleased, everything at home is good, the only thing that has some headaches is Wen Manshan, Dongmei Lotus Leaf, Yu Yang Aizhen, and the four of them are a little lonely, probably because Zheng Xunrui is not around, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui still can't take them over.

Planting maize and sweet potatoes is very demanding, and it is impossible to rely on many farmers, and the seeds brought by Zheng Xunrui can be planted in an area of more than 5,000 acres.

The four people who stayed in Mizhi County because of serious injuries came back a long time ago, but fortunately, they did not leave any sequelae, and lost five nurses in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Zijin Liang King for his own use, which made Zheng Xunrui feel distressed for a long time.

From the eighth day of the first month, until the end of the first month, the three thousand and fifty sergeants of the Zheng family army, all went to the fields to plant maize and sweet potatoes, the cultivated land was soaked in heavy snow, there is no problem of pests and diseases, the only thing that is a little distressed is that there is not enough ploughing cattle, after all, there have been four consecutive years of famine, people have nothing to eat, it is impossible to have many ploughing cattle, there is no way, the southwest horse is used to plough the land.

The ownerless land that was confiscated by the government is countless, and the invasion of the rogues for several years in a row, most of the land deeds of the gentry and wealthy families have been destroyed, and some even the whole family has been beheaded by the rampaging rogues, and the drought has been severe for several years, and there is no harvest on the land, the population has plummeted, and some arable land has even begun to be barren.

Zheng Xunrui is not very anxious about the large amount of land recovered by the government, land is the lifeblood of farmers, as long as the situation improves, these lands can attract a large number of farmers to come and plant.

In nearly a month, Zheng Xunrui personally went to the field to demonstrate farming, this measure made those who surrendered to Zheng Jiajun extremely surprised, they didn't expect that the prefect would personally work hard, this kind of silent teaching, but also let them understand, what is called unity, what is called Zheng Jiajun's sense of belonging.

Zheng Jiajun's sergeants, almost all of them are good at farming, more than 5,000 acres of arable land, most of the half a month, all planted maize and sweet potatoes, the next is the spring watering, when the seedlings are unearthed, it is necessary to ensure that the water source is sufficient, fortunately, there is a large amount of snow water gathered in the pool, but there is no need to worry too much.

At the end of the first month, Yang Tingshu's urgent letter arrived.

After Zheng Xunrui read the letter, his face turned pale.

Ma Zhukui and Sun Qimeng came to the second hall and saw that Zheng Xunrui's expression was not right, so they didn't speak.

"Lord Ma, Lord Sun, someone in the court has impeached this official."

Ma Zhukui and Sun Qimeng were extremely surprised, to say that after the arrival of the prefect, the situation in various parts of Yan'an Mansion has improved significantly, the winter wheat has been planted, and the seedlings are about to emerge in the spring.

"My lord, who is impeaching in the imperial court?"

"In the case of the household department in Nanjing, Lord Chen Yaoyan, who is now transferred to the capital to serve as the household carving in the matter, impeached the official for using the food of the government without authorization, and did not report to the imperial court."

Ma Zhukui and Sun Qimeng were silent instantly.

The food of the government, according to the rules, is not allowed to be used, unless it is the will of the imperial court, when Hai Rui saw the famine of the people, he used the grain of the government treasury without authorization, and was almost accused of rebellion.

Therefore, Chen Yaoyan's impeachment is justified.

However, the prefectures and counties to which Yan'an Prefecture belongs, the accounts of the grain used by the government treasury to help the people are clear, and it is clear who is greedy for ink from it, including the person who handles it, etc., and the money and grain received by farmers digging ponds to collect snow water have signatures or handprints, and there will be no problems if the imperial court sends people to investigate.

The key is that the grain in the government treasury is not allowed to be used at will.

Zheng Xunrui's face showed a sneer, he came to Yan'an Mansion to do things, to avoid party disputes in the court, to avoid falling into the whirlpool, I can't imagine that someone still wants to plot against him, although this kind of plot is nothing, he can deal with it, but this also reminds him, don't always think about burying your head in things, when it's time to make a move, you still have to take action, especially for those who like to focus on personal interests.

After being quiet for a while, Ma Zhukui spoke.

"My lord, the lower officials feel that the situation in Yan'an Mansion is special, the continuous famine, the people have no way to live, open a warehouse to help the people, this is a good deed that must be done, otherwise the desperate people, either freeze and starve to death, or join the ranks of the Liukou, the court exterminated the Liukou, spent a lot of money, and used these money to relieve the people, I am afraid that the problem would have been fundamentally solved long ago, the adults in the court, do not know the actual situation of Yan'an Fu, always rigid and rigid, impeachment indiscriminately, Don't they know to come down and make rounds? ”

When Sun Qimeng was about to speak, Zheng Xunrui waved his hand.

"These officials know, but it's a pity that the two of you don't know the situation in the court, you don't do things in the court, I'm afraid that the adults in the court are clear and wise, don't think that the court is calm, some people for their own interests, regardless of the world, such people stay in the court, it is the emperor's greatest misfortune."

Ma Zhukui and Sun Qimeng's faces were a little pale, and they faintly thought that the prefect recommended Li Panlong, the prefect of Qingjian County, to be the magistrate of Qingjian County, but he did not get the permission of the imperial court, the reason was that Li Panlong was a local, and it was not in line with the rules to serve as the magistrate, but the officials did not send the magistrate for a long time, but only issued an edict appointing Li Panlong as the county magistrate of Qingjian County, presiding over all the affairs of the county government.

"Tell me how this official should deal with such an impeachment."

"Xia Guan thinks that the lord can completely report the situation of Yan'an Mansion to the imperial court, this matter of opening a warehouse to help the people, it is necessary to do, the situation at that time is urgent, if you wait for the holy decree of the imperial court, I am afraid that the people will have no way out."

"Master Ma, this official has not received an edict from the imperial court, but only knows about this matter in private, if it is written publicly, wouldn't it be a move to have three hundred taels of silver here."

Ma Zhukui and Sun Qimeng were stunned, they didn't think of this, but it was not okay not to deal with it, if they waited until the imperial edict or the emperor's decree came down, it would be too late.

The two thought about it for a while, but they couldn't think of any way.

"The official has a way, but fortunately Lord Ma ran a trip, the official will Yan'an Mansion many situations, write down in detail, focusing on how to help the people, this letter, please send Lord Ma to Xi'an, hand it over to the governor, and in front of the governor, explain the reason, if the governor needs to send someone to investigate, the official is waiting in the government."

After Ma Zhukui and Sun Qimeng left, Zheng Xunrui quickly began to write letters.

Shi Kefa was transferred to the capital, he already knew, presumably after Shi Kefa went to Yan'an Mansion to see it, he reported the situation to Wu Fu in detail, but Wu Fu didn't say anything, which shows that Wu Fu is very smart and knows what to say and what not to say for the time being.

encountered Chen Yaoyan's impeachment, Zheng Xunrui's own reply is not good, it is not enough, and it may also implicate Yang Tingshu, but it is different for Wu Fu to come forward, Wu Fu is the governor of Shaanxi, these things must be known, and the court will also inquire about the relevant situation, and at that time, Wu Fu's reply to the court will be crucial.

After the letter to Wu Fu was written, Zheng Xunrui did not rest, and then began to write letters to his mentor Xu Guangqi.

Yang Tingshu's letter, it takes a certain amount of time to come to Yan'an Mansion, which says that Chen Yaoyan has been impeached a long time ago, but so far the imperial court has not taken any action, indicating that impeachment has not played a great role, but Chen Yaoyan is in charge of impeachment, once not twice, twice not three times, without being reprimanded and hit, he will always be impeached, so he must take the initiative to attack, let the emperor reprimand Chen Yaoyan, let the cabinet alarm Chen Yaoyan, so as to stop Chen Yaoyan's impeachment, It is also able to make Yan'an Mansion stable.

If you want to say that you want to do it to Chen Yaoyan, Zheng Xunrui has not thought about it, but it is not yet time, his own strength has not yet grown, and his official position is average.

Behind Chen Yaoyan, it must be the Donglin Party, there is the shadow of Zhang Pu and others, but Zhang Pu does not have such great ability for the time being, it is impossible to make Chen Yaoyan obey, who is behind Chen Yaoyan, it still needs to be slowly observed, in the imperial court, the strength of the Donglin Party is already very strong, especially after Chen Yuting became the imperial history of the left capital, the Donglin Party secretly helped Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and fought against the Zhejiang Party represented by Wen Tiren, which has reached the point where it is difficult to clean up.