After listening to Pan Wenchang's words, Jiang Long realized that before he arrived, several people heard a matter and refuted it.

The thing is absolutely true.

The people of northern Xinjiang are poor and do not have enough to eat on weekdays.

And when it comes to the most difficult time, even if it is not enough to save money, some families will lock the elderly in the house alone.

Starve to death!

The old man can't stand the hunger and cold, and will keep shouting hunger and cold.

Every time something like this happens, the neighbor's house hears such moans every night.

I panicked and couldn't sleep.

So things can't be hidden.

Even this treatment has become a custom in the homes of poor people.

Pan Wenchang is a scholar and literati, his hometown is in the south, although there is no Zhongjinshi, but he has also obtained a meritorious reputation, hearing such a thing, he is naturally angry and accuses those people of not having filial piety in their hearts, which is really intolerable, and proposes that the county government promulgate a list of documents to persuade the people to respect the elders in the family and prevent such things from happening again.

Zhou Xisheng was born in the north, although he was a county magistrate, and he had also won the examination of meritorious people, but because the imperial court was divided into the north and the south, and there were many rich students in the south and a high level of knowledge, and there were few poor scholars in the north and a low level of knowledge, so when it came to learning, he was far inferior to Pan Wenchang.

Born and raised in the north, he has a better understanding of why the north is such a situation.

It's just that they are too poor, and they really don't have food at home.

It is necessary to feed the main laborers of the family before they can work to earn money to support the family.

And the child represents the inheritance.

As long as there are children, the incense can be passed down from generation to generation.

In such a realistic situation and thinking, once the time comes to have no choice, you can only give up the elderly at home.

The old man is in his old age, and he has no ability to add income to his family, and he will not live for a few years.

It was abandoned, but it was just a few years ago.

The two disagreed, diametrically opposed, so they choked as they talked.

Cheng Ze, Xiao Fan, and He are all wise men, they are deeply educated, but they are not pedantic, and they have seen the world, in their early years, they traveled the world when they were students, and then they were put into Jingxian's account, and they have experienced swords and swords on the battlefield in this place in Northern Xinjiang.

Sleeping in a place strewn with corpses on the ground, there are countless lives under his hands.

It has long been mature, steady, with its own thoughts and a very deep city.

For such things, they are on Zhou Xi's side.

But you can't say it out of your mouth.

This is the default thing that everyone in the people of Northern Xinjiang has acquiesced to, and they can only do it like this, but they can't say it in the open.

"Master Jing, does what you said make sense?"

Pan Wenchang was sick with sour rot, and at this moment he looked extremely excited and stubborn, seeing that Jiang Long didn't answer, he had to ask for an answer.

Heaven, earth, king, family, teacher!

In the eyes of scholars and literati, this is the most correct ranking.

Pro, that is, parents and elders in the family.

There are no young children here, and according to Pan Wenchang's meaning, even if he and his wife starve to death, they can't treat the old people in the family badly.

"Ahem!" Jiang Long is also difficult to answer this question directly.

Pan Wenchang didn't see the embarrassment in Jiang Long's expression, and then said: "Please Lord Jing to post the list and teach the people!" ”

This is to change the current viewpoint of the people in northern Xinjiang.

Zhou Xi immediately retorted, "You must not post it, Northern Xinjiang is already poor, if you really do what Mr. Pan wants, I'm afraid that in a few years, there will be no one in Northern Xinjiang!" ”

Food and clothing are left to the elderly, and the main laborers in the family and the children are starving, so they give up if they can't do it.

This is clearly a vicious circle.

Zhou Xi is right, once it enters this vicious circle, the population of northern Xinjiang will inevitably be greatly reduced.

A few generations later, won't there be no one?

This is a very real and brutal question.

The elderly cannot give up, and the child naturally has the right to live.

Replaced by Jianglong...... He can only try his best to make money and not let himself fall into such an embarrassing field.

Otherwise, whether it is starving to death of elders or losing children, they will blame themselves for the rest of their lives.

If you can't support your relatives, instead of blaming yourself for a lifetime and living with a hard conscience, it's better to starve to death first.

Of course, Jiang Long can't say such a point of view.

Now he is also a county magistrate, and his words and deeds will affect many people.

When he says something, many people learn to imitate it and do it.

But not everyone has the ability and self-confidence, there will always be vulnerable groups, if you also learn from Jianglong, then Jianglong's sin will be great.

I have to say that in the face of filial piety and inheritance, it seems that inheritance should be preferred.

Inheritance is more realistic.

As long as the inheritance continues, there is hope, and humanity will not become extinct.

Filial piety, on the other hand, is more spiritual and civilized.

Without spirit and civilization, what is the difference between humans and mountain beasts?

It is also very important.

"Your Excellency......" Pan Wenchang was about to speak again.

Jiang Long couldn't be silent any longer, and interrupted with a light cough, "This question is not answered by the official, you can continue to discuss and argue, whether you can't argue or not!" But you can't quarrel, and you can't blush, which will not only lose your identity, but also ruin the relationship between colleagues. ”

At this time, Jiang Long had to play a trick.

Because he can't give an answer, show an attitude.

Sometimes that's it, a lot of things are being done, but it's the opposite of what they say.

The main reason for this is to ensure that the face is high-sounding!

It's one thing to say it, it's another thing to do it.

In addition to the ranking of heaven and earth, there is also the saying that the people are the first, the society is secondary, and the king is light.

But the reality is quite the opposite.

Jun is the most noble, the country is in hand, the king is in the world!

Seeing that Jiang Long didn't give a definite answer, Cheng Ze, why not there, and Xiao Fan glanced at each other, and they all smiled lightly.

Obviously, he was very satisfied with Jiang Long's reaction.

It's a dilemma, and it should be.

Jiang Long knew that he would definitely not be able to convince Pan Wenchang in his heart, and continued: "You just care about the answer, but the official pays more attention to the problem itself, what is the reason for this kind of incident among the people of Northern Xinjiang?"

There is a cause before there is an effect.

At the same time, find the cause to really solve the problem. ”

When Cheng Ze and the others heard this, they nodded approvingly.

Pan Wenchang, who was originally unconvinced and emotional, and Zhou Xi, who was bent on finding Pan Wenchang, also listened to the words.

"In fact, the reason is very simple, it is nothing more than that the people of northern Xinjiang are too poor!"

Jiang Long looked sincere, "There is food at home, who can starve to death the elders in the family?" Who is willing to give up their own children?

So making the people rich is the most important thing! ”

"So as soon as Lord Jing came, he dug the river to reclaim the wasteland, wanting to turn the surrounding area of Lingtong County into a big granary in northern Xinjiang, so that the people could have food?" Zhou Shi blurted out, and after speaking, he quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Jiang Long respectfully, and his words were sincere, "Lord Jing has a broad vision, great ambitions, and is bent on benefiting the people of Northern Xinjiang, and the officials admire it very much!" ”

Pan Wenchang also hurriedly stood up and saluted respectfully, and said, "The lower officials also respect Lord Jing!" Then he looked ashamed, "I have lived for decades in vain, and I was still selling old people by virtue of my age, and I called myself old in front of Lord Jing, which is really ashamed and shameful!" ”

Jiang Long smiled and asked the two of them to get up, "This official is just doing it, what you should be doing as an official of the imperial court."

If you want the people of Northern Xinjiang to be truly rich and have a full stomach every day, it is far from enough to rely on the ability of the official alone, and you also need everyone's full support! ”

Zhou Xi and Pan Wenchang hurriedly expressed their attitude, saying that they would absolutely obey Jiang Long's dispatch and assignment.

"If you want the people to be fed, in addition to reclaiming wasteland, you can also start with the type and yield of food." Cheng Ze smiled at this time and spoke, "When the county magistrate first arrived in Lingtong County to take office, he told me and the other two gentlemen to visit around to see if there were any grain crops that had a large yield and were suitable for planting in northern Xinjiang.

I and the two gentlemen were unfortunately disgraced and found two kinds. ”

When Xiao Fan heard this, he already understood Cheng Ze's intentions, and saying this was nothing more than putting a light on Jiang Long's face.

The interface said: "Yes, these two kinds of food crops are from the Western Regions, there was a caravan who wanted to sell them, I heard that the yield is very high, the yield per mu is as high as thousands of catties, but if the yield is high, the price is relatively low."

And our people are not used to eating, so they have not been able to promote it. ”

What the?

The yield per mu is thousands of catties?

Zhou Xi and Pan Wenchang were both taken aback when they heard this.

"The county magistrate called it potatoes and sweet potatoes, the general planting method, we have inquired clearly, these two kinds of food crops do not pick the land, drought resistance, very suitable for planting in northern Xinjiang, when the wasteland is reclaimed next year, we can try to plant." He Zai also said: "As long as there are no accidents, next autumn, we will be able to have a good harvest in Lingtong County." ”

"yes." Cheng Ze said again: "Since the county order is ready to plant these two kinds of food crops, we have already purchased a lot of storage from some merchants, and the total amount has been thousands of catties ......" The matter of secretly purchasing again is the decision of the three of them.

Jiang Long naturally didn't blame when he heard this.

When the wasteland is cleared, the demand for seeds will be very large.

Even if it is thousands of catties, it is far from enough.

It will take a lot of acquisitions.

Everyone kept talking, and they were all quite interested, but as they talked, Pan Wenchang took the topic crookedly.

Went around.

After that, he talked about what kind of woman should pay attention to the three obedience and four virtues, and should value chastity more than life.

There is a way that life and death are small, and failure is big.

Saying these is Pan Wenchang's forte, and he talks endlessly.

Zhou Xi wanted to choke a few words again, but Jiang Long diverted his words.

The people in the north are stronger, and because of poverty, the women of the family also have to go to the fields to cultivate the land to support the family.

The woman is also the main worker in the household.

Showing your head, even barefoot on the ground, is not a big deal.

In the south, the restrictions on women are significantly stricter.

Far less open than the north, it really belongs to the small family jasper.

Jiang Long naturally didn't want to restrain women, but he couldn't say anything about the equality of men and women, otherwise he would definitely attract scolding.

Some things can only be done slowly, according to the size of their own ability, imperceptibly to the people around them.