Xu Tongju frowned and said: "If you put it in the simplest words, it is that there is a shortage of money and food now, and there are at least 30,000 victims in two counties and one government who need to be resettled. ”

After hearing this, Qin Guan asked in surprise, "Isn't it more than 10,000 people?" ”

Xu Tong said: "Those are completely homeless displaced people, and there are more people who really need help, and if these people are not resettled, there will still be trouble." ”

"Governor Huang was taken away by questioning, my ability is limited, I can only try to maintain it, and now that the prefect is here, these things still need you to decide."

If according to the normal procedures, Qin Guan should be handed over to the previous governor, check the money and grain official treasury, check the prisoners, explain major things, etc., but because the Liao State committed a border last year, the work of the Huang Governor was unfavorable, and there were major mistakes, he was held accountable by the emperor, and he had already entered Beijing to prepare to be punished, and Qin Guan's handover could only be sentenced by Xu Tong.

Then the two chatted for a long time, so that Qin Guan had a general understanding of the current situation in Xiongzhou, and it can be said that there are many problems that Qin Guan needs to solve now.

In the evening, Qin Guan went to the restaurant for a banquet, this time there were more people, although Xiongzhou is a border state, but there are still many officials and gentry, Qin Guan saw thirty or forty people.

The reception was carried out in a harmonious atmosphere, Qin Guan expressed his outlook for the future development of Xiongzhou, the gentry expressed their warm welcome and heartfelt support for Qin Guan to come to Xiongzhou to govern, and finally the two sides toasted together, saying that they would make due contributions to the future development of Xiongzhou.

Finally, the reception ended in a warm atmosphere.

When I got up the next morning, Xiongzhou City hung a sign and posted a red list to tell the people of Xiongzhou that the new prefect had taken office.

At this point, Qin Guan was officially appointed as the prefect of Xiongzhou.

The first thing Qin Guan did was to go to the place where the victims were resettled with Xu Tongjuan, and Qin Guan felt shocked, in order to prevent riots, the refugees were specially assigned to a place for resettlement, just in a wide open space under the city wall in the east of the city, there were many military commanders around, just to prevent them from causing trouble.

Without the necessary facilities, these people had to make a nest out of cattail grass and lie on it like livestock.

Qin looked at the place where the porridge was placed, there were not a few grains of rice in a large pot, and it was as thin as clear soup and little water.

The victims were hungry one by one, and Xu Tong said that the official warehouse in Xiongzhou had been opened, but there were many people, and only two taels of grain could be guaranteed every day, and the bottom line was not to starve to death, so there was not much food in the granary in Xiongzhou, and it could last for half a month at most.

Then the two went to the granary of the Xiongzhou government, and the huge granary only piled up a small amount of grain in the corner.

Xu Qingdao: "The 100,000 catties of grain transported by the prefect yesterday are estimated to last about ten more days. ”

At the third stop, Qin Guan went to the silver treasury, which was the place where the state capital stored the tax revenue of the government government, and Qin looked at the empty warehouse where he could run mice, and the corner of his eyes twitched.

At the fourth stop, I went to the prison cell and looked through the prison cells.

Qin Guan turned around, frowned and returned to the prefect's yamen, sighing in his heart, what a mess, a super mess.

After the two sat down, Qin Guan asked Xu Qingdao: "Xu Tongju, how to deal with those displaced people, first tell me your opinion." ”

Qin Guan felt that everything else could wait, and the issue of displaced people was the top priority.

Xu Qingdao: "For refugees and displaced people, our traditional practice in Dazhao is that the government pays for the construction of roads and canals and recruits van troops."

Qin nodded: "This method is feasible. ”

Xu Qing spread his hands, "But my lord, Xiongzhou has no money." ”

"Xiongzhou is located on the border, there are only more than 50,000 households in the whole state, more than 300,000 people, and the annual tax revenue is only about 10,000 yuan.

"Last year, the Liao State committed a border, and the tax revenue at the end of the year was not collected, and you have also seen the situation of the official treasury, there is not a penny, not only that, all the officials in the state have not paid their salaries for three months, so we still owe thousands of dollars."

Qin Guan said calmly: "How much money do you think it will take to completely settle them." ”

Xu Qingdao said: "At least 50,000 guan." ”

Is it more than 50,000 guan, for the Xiongzhou Yamen, this is an astronomical amount.

Don't think that the Great Zhao State is very rich, the economy of the Great Zhao State is indeed very prosperous, but the country really has no money, because there are more places to spend money, otherwise the emperor will not be so important to Zeng Yu, because Zeng Yu's greatest ability can get money for the imperial court.

The Xiongzhou Yamen will never be able to come up with 50,000 yuan, and even Hexi Province will not be able to come up with so much money.

As for the relief of the imperial court, don't think about it, he will only let the local government solve it by itself, and now that Qin Guan has been put in Xiongzhou, don't even think about asking the imperial court for money, because Zeng Yu will definitely not approve it.

Is it more than 50,000 guan, for Qin Guan, it is really not much.

In his space, there are now hundreds of thousands of gold, silver and copper coins.

Just take out two pearl necklaces, a fake night pearl, and a few glass products can be worth 50,000 yuan.

But Qin Guan couldn't just take out the money.

Spending your own money to do public affairs is definitely not the way to be an official.

Xu Qing saw that Qin Guan didn't speak, thinking that he was worried, so he said: "My lord, I have been thinking about these issues these days, and I have some thoughts in my heart. ”

"Oh, tell me about it." Qin Guan Dao.

Xu Qingdao: "First, find the governor's yamen and the political secretary's yamen, and continue to ask for disaster relief food, if you can ask for some, you can reduce some of our burden." Second, the county magistrates of the two counties should be called in and let them be responsible for bringing back the displaced people in their districts to achieve the effect of diversion, and third, if the state government can raise some money, it can buy more grain to solve the current predicament. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Tongju sighed and said: "My lord, these methods are actually just a palliative rather than a cure, if you want to completely solve these displaced people, you should let them return to their hometowns, distribute food and supplies to them, survive this winter, and stay until next year, they will be completely stable." ”

Qin looked at the dark-skinned Xu Tongju, and through the contact in the past two days, he found that this deputy had a somewhat old-fashioned personality, but he knew the situation of the state capital well, and he could answer the data asked by Qin Guan casually, and it seemed that he was also a capable official.

Qin Guan's fingers tapped on the table, and then said, "Let me think about it, we will discuss it tomorrow." ”

Xu Qing was a little disappointed, thinking to himself, maybe this newcomer couldn't come up with any good countermeasures, so he didn't say anything more and left.

After Xu Qing left, Qin Guan called the officials and ordered them to move the boundary edition, locked him in the room and watched it for a long time, and called a few classics to ask about the situation, and finally Qin Guan had a plan in his heart.

Knocking on a few maps on the table, Qin Guan smiled and said to himself: "The problem that can be solved with money is not a problem." ”