Facing Jiang Pei's loyalty, Shen Yichen only smiled meaningfully, and then pointed to the body of Meng Anwei, the county commander who had been killed with a cane, and said: "Find a coffin to restrain Meng Xianzun, and then park it in the county office." ”

"Don't you bury you?"

"If you don't bury it for the time being, Meng Xianzun can still exert some residual heat for the people of Yanggu."

Listening to Shen Yichen say this sentence lightly, Jiang Pei only felt creepy.

You must know that the ancients paid attention to the importance of a deceased, and Shen Yichen, as the head of the literati, read the books of sages and sages, and should follow the Confucian concept of benevolence and righteousness.

Meng Anwei is already dead, no matter what crimes he committed in his life, he has to be buried in peace, and now he estimates Shen Yichen's meaning, he still plans to use the dead to make a fuss?

I really didn't expect that this Yushi was so young, but his methods were so vicious, Jiang Pei's eyes were filled with a deep fear at this time, he and the others were deceived by Shen Yichen's appearance!

Full of panic and giving up his orders, Jiang Pei got up and beckoned a few errand officers, found a broken straw mat and wrapped Meng Anwei's body, and prepared to carry it back to the county government to be buried in a coffin.

Such a scene made the people of Hewan applaud one after another, but the officials of Yanggu County were sad that they were dead and sad, who would have thought that a county parent official would end up with a broken straw mat?

Shen Yichen watched the actions of the officers, and he didn't have any sense of happiness and revenge, let alone the ruthlessness that Jiang Pei thought, after all, this was the first time he really ordered to kill.

However, Shen Yichen also did not feel too much emotion, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Meng Anwei's behavior has been cut by a thousand knives. To be kind to this kind of person is to be cruel to the people of thousands of Yang Valley, it doesn't matter what others think of you, just ask for a clear conscience.

After dealing with the urgent needs of the victims, Shen Yichen did not stay in the river bay for a long time, and returned to Yanggu County with Jiang Pei and other officials, and he still had many things to do.

The first thing is naturally to audit the bank accounts of Yanggu County, which will determine the life and death of tens of thousands of people in Hewan.

At the same time, as the news of Yanggu County's large-scale disaster relief spread, Shen Yichen estimated that displaced people from other prefectures and counties in Shandong would also come to Yanggu County to pray for relief, and the number of victims would skyrocket.

In addition, if we want to build water conservancy and solve the flooding of the Yellow River once and for all, the number of people will play a decisive factor.

In ancient times, there were no modern large-scale engineering equipment, whether it was dredging rivers or building embankments for flood control, it had to rely on enough people to pile up, otherwise the completion date was far away.

Historically, Xu Youzhen requisitioned 60,000 people to control the floods of the Yellow River in Shandong, but even if the scale of mobilization was large, it was still far from enough. He could only be forced to abandon the excavation of the 12 Yue River, which had the largest amount of work, and divert the water of the Yellow River into the Fang Eucalyptus of the Great and Small Qing Rivers.

It is precisely because of the trade-off that a major hidden danger was left, only a few decades later, in the sixth year of the reign of Ming Xiaozong, Zhang Qiuzhen broke the embankment again and cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

In order to open up the lifeline of Caoyun as soon as possible, Ming Xiaozong requisitioned an astonishing 250,000 people to control the water, and it took three years to stabilize the situation.

According to the scale of the number of people who control floods in history, no matter how reasonably Shen Yichen plans to be sympathetic to the people, the number of conscripted migrant workers cannot be less than 100,000. If you want to improve the progress and efficiency of the project, even 200,000 people is not too many.

The amount of food, grass, and silver for hundreds of thousands of people can be described as astronomical, and Shen Yichen must think long-term and start preparing now.

Looking through the accounts of Yanggu County, Shen Yichen's brows tightened, the amount of silver deposited was much less than he estimated!

You must know that Yanggu County was placed in the county-level administrative unit of the Ming Dynasty, relying on the water transportation advantages of the Yellow River and the canal, it can already be regarded as a prosperous county, and the financial revenue should not be low.

Under normal circumstances, Yanggu County's annual income from field taxes and grain should be about 40,000 stones, which is 10,000 taels when converted into silver. In addition to the collection of grain taxes, there are also taxes such as silk silk, agricultural porcelain, flower velvet, salt banknotes, etc., and the miscellaneous things add up to 10,000 taels of silver.

About 60 percent of the 20,000 taels of tax silver must be handed over to the imperial court, and the county government has 40 percent of the deposit, which means that 8,000 taels can be saved every year. This is only the amount of agricultural tax for one year, not counting the water transport merchant tax levied by Yanggu County.

With the scale and foundation of Yanggu County, it is normal for all parties to save tens of thousands of taels in the county treasury plus the surplus over the years. Even if there is not much grain stored in recent years due to natural disasters, the silver deposit should not be less than 10,000 taels.

As a result, Shen Yichen looked at the accounts, and the number of silver deposits could reach a thousand taels, and the gap was too big!

"Straight lady thief, she's too greedy!"

Shen Yichen couldn't help but scold angrily, no wonder Yanggu County hardly had any disaster relief measures, and let the people under his rule wait for death.

Just a thousand taels of silver, you can save a fart!

"1,000 taels can be used to buy grain and 4,000 stones, and there are about 30,000 victims in the river bay, which can barely last for a month and a half."

Bian He looked at the county government accounts and quickly completed the calculation in his heart.

In the Ming Dynasty, one stone of grain was about 150 catties, 4,000 stone was 600,000 catties, and it was 20 catties distributed to each victim.

In the absence of oil and water supplementation, half a catty of rice a day is considered the minimum standard, and if it is lower, the possibility of labor will basically be lost.

Listening to Bian He's calculations, Shen Yichen shook his head and replied: "It can't last for a month and a half, there will be more and more victims in the future, and the soldiers from other prefectures and counties in Shandong will also be recruited, and they will soon fall into shortage." ”

"And it is impossible to use all this money to buy rice and grain, and the county officials still have to distribute it, otherwise the administrative system will be paralyzed."

Although Shen Yichen is very disgusted with the officials of Yanggu County in his heart, once such a thing as Yulu is deducted, it will cause more serious corruption problems, and even paralyze the entire operation system.

No matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order, and once there is no government to maintain order, there will soon be a large-scale outbreak of burning, killing and looting, and it will be even more difficult for the good people to survive.

"At the moment, we can only look at how much rice and grain are raised from the three families of Yanggu, as well as the efficiency of the officials of the Shandong Political Division."

Manpower is limited after all, not to mention that an airborne official like Shen Yichen wants to save the people in Shandong, and the only way to do so is to mobilize the power of the local government.

"Hey......"

Shen Yichen sighed and said no more, he had a hunch in his heart that the group of local snakes in Shandong Buzheng Division might not be so cooperative.

"Proprietor, disaster relief is not a day's work, you haven't eaten anything today, let's go eat some first."

Seeing that the sky outside the county government was already getting dark, Bian He opened his mouth to remind.

Shen Yichen has been off the boat and arrived at the post station since he got off the boat in the morning, and he has not entered a drop of water until now, and his body will not be able to hold it for a long time.

"Okay, let's go eat."

Shen Yichen nodded, he also understood the principle that the body is important, if he collapsed, no one inside and outside the court would take over the disaster relief.

Came to the wing room of the back hall of the county ya, which is also the residence of the county commander Meng Anwei, and the table in the hall is full of a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but it has been cold for a long time.

"Meng Xianzun is really extravagant, I am in the Jingshi Chengguo Mansion, and I haven't met this food standard."

Looking at the table full of delicacies, Shen Yichen couldn't help but sigh with emotion, the luxury of the county was not lower than that of the Duke of Daming.

"Yanggu County is the intersection of water transportation in the north and south, and it is relatively easy for all parties to obtain materials, so Mengxian Zun naturally has to do his best to prepare in order to curry favor with Shangguan."

After that, Bian He looked at the food on the table, turned his head to Canghuo and ordered: "It's already cool, take the food to the back kitchen and heat it." ”

"No need, just sit down and eat."

Shen Yichen was too lazy to bother, and beckoned Bian He to eat with Canghuo and the others.

"The proprietor, now when you go out of town, you should maintain the prestige of the imperial history, and you can't mess with the dignity and humility!"

In the past, Shen Yichen was a little more easy-going in Beijing, and Bian He and others didn't care too much. But now the situation is different, and the feudal officials must make the local officials feel afraid and obedient, and they must not mess with their status and inferiority.

"Shangguan's prestige is not maintained by this, and it will not be destroyed by this, sit down."

Shen Yichen smiled, what he wanted to be awe-inden was not on the surface, but on real merit and ability!

"Proprietor, I ......"

Bian He still wanted to prevaricate, but was immediately interrupted by Shen Yichen: "Sit down!" ”

"Yes."

Bian He reluctantly obeyed, and then went to the table to eat with the first miners of Canghuo.

It's just that before he has eaten a few bites of food, Jiang Pei, the county leader, walked into the back hall with an embarrassed face, and saluted Shen Yichen and said, "The lower official pays a visit to Youxian." ”

"Is there anything wrong with Jiang Xiancheng?"

Based on Shen Yichen's guess, now the officials of Yanggu County are afraid that they will regard themselves as "killing gods", and it is impossible to come to visit them without special circumstances.

"You Xian, the fish scale book of the three major families in Yanggu County has been reviewed, and the lower officials have also sent officials to come to the door to recover it, but it is just ......"

Jiang Pei was halfway through his words and did not continue.

"It's just that none of them are willing to pay back, right?"

"If you look at the fire, there is indeed no one who is willing to pay the grain tax."

In fact, this kind of result, whether it is Jiang Pei or Shen Yichen, has long known it.

But there are counts, and the picture of Shen Yichen's cane killing the Yanggu County Order is still vivid, and Jiang Peisheng is afraid that the other party will blame him for his incompetence.

"Which one is the most fiercely resistant to taxes?"

"Chengxi Fu's family."

"Is it the Fu family whose daughter was taken as a concubine by King Lu?"

"Yes."

After being confirmed, Shen Yichen Pingyu said: "The official knows, Jiang County is hard. ”

"This is a matter within the official duties, I don't know how you plan to deal with it?"

Seeing Shen Yichen so calm, Jiang Pei couldn't help but ask, the Fu family has connections in the palace, and the imperial history of the capital may also be impeached and returned to Beijing by a royal decree.

"What, is Jiang Xiancheng planning to go to ventilate and report the news?"

Shen Yichen showed a playful smile on his face, you must know that the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty was not lower than that of the county, and the local squires have always had close ties with the government. Even many officials are members of local clans, thus forming a close clan power.

Jiang Pei inquired like this, it was difficult for Shen Yichen not to suspect that he had ulterior motives, and it was time to warn him appropriately.

In the face of Shen Yichen's warning words, Jiang Pei immediately knelt down in fright and explained: "You Xian Mingjian, Xia Guan is not from this county, and he has nothing to do with the three families, and he was familiar with the county in the past. ”

"Really? It seems that Meng Xianzun has a lot of connections. ”

Originally, Shen Yichen just said it casually, but he didn't expect Jiang Pei to think that he knew something after hearing it in his ears.

So he hurriedly made a full statement: "Meng Xianzun is indeed very well-connected in Shandong, and today after hearing that He Xian was going to Hewan to inspect, he immediately sent two groups of people to inform the feudal platform and King Lu respectively, and the news will be received tomorrow at the latest!" ”

Jiang Pei's words were really a bit unexpected by Shen Yichen, he never thought that Meng Anwei still had this background.

The governor and King Lu can be said to be the two biggest gods in Shandong, and Meng Anwei can climb high in a mere Qipinzhi County?

"What does Fantai have to do with King Lu and Meng Xianzun?"

"The lower officials don't know, Meng Xianzun didn't say anything other than delivering letters."

"Did the feudal platform reply to King Lu?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Shen Yichen didn't care about anything to eat, and immediately said to Canghuotou: "Search Meng Xianzun's residence and see if you can find the correspondence." ”

Canghuo and the others also realized that things were not simple, and the group rushed directly into the wing room and began to search through the boxes and cabinets.

"Jiang Xiancheng, you have a lot of eyesight, and this credit has been recorded by the official."

"Xie Baixian!"

Jiang Pei thanked him excitedly, he could feel that Shen Yichen's words this time were different from those previous "painting cakes", and he was appreciating himself with a little sincerity.

At the same time, in Jiang Pei's heart, Shen Yichen is not just coerced to submit, but has a little more sense of identity.

Daming's readers, many of them have a kind of indignation in their bones, once you identify with their talents, the other party will give birth to a passion for the death of a confidant.

Now Jiang Pei gradually regards Shen Yichen as Bole.

It took about half an hour to turn through the inside and out, and the important correspondence letters were not turned out, but a lot of rare treasures were found in Meng Anwei's residence, as well as more than 10,000 taels of bills of exchange from the trading house.

To be honest, Shen Yichen really didn't expect to "raid the house" at first, after all, it was exaggerated enough to kill the official of the Qipin Imperial Court without trial. If he overstepped his authority and raided his family, if he was known by the imperial court, he would be impeached and scattered.

This time, without Wang Zhen in the way of the celebrant supervisor, Shen Yichen was not sure to what extent Zhu Qizhen trusted him.

In the event that an edict were to transfer him back to the capital, all his efforts would be in vain.

But now that he has found it, Shen Yichen will naturally not be polite, what he lacks most now is money and food, can he still hand over the prostitutes to other local officials for corruption?

"Wang Neng, tomorrow you will go to the canal to buy rice and grain with the silver money, and at the same time, these rare treasures will see if there are any merchants willing to buy them, and they can be cheaper for silver money or rice grain."

"In addition, you can negotiate with the returning shipholders to pay a part of the deposit to let them transport livestock from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huguang, and buy as much as they want!"

The previous purchase of rice and grain king can still understand, and the purchase of livestock is a little incomprehensible.

"Young Master Shen, you're not going to give meat back to the homeless, are you?"

"Not only for the displaced people, but also for the migrant workers in the future, where will there be no meat to repair the water conservancy?"

Shen Yichen has the nutritional knowledge of later generations, and without sufficient protein and fat supplementation by carbohydrates, he can't do heavy work at all.

In the face of conscription, why did the successive dynasties face the great enemy, and the family was ruined and the people were gone, just like building the Great Wall and the canal, I don't know how many people's bones were buried underneath.

In addition to the accident of the project itself, the death from illness and exhaustion that cannot keep up with nutrition is the main cause of mortality.

Shen Yichen didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, so he used the accumulated bones of tens of thousands of people to build a flood control embankment. If he can ensure the basic distribution of meat as much as possible, he will try his best to do it.

"Shen Gongzi, the little one understands!"

Wang Neng replied with mixed emotions, and then walked quickly towards the outside of the county office.

The longer I follow Shen Yichen, the more I admire the selflessness exuded from him, and it is a blessing for the people to have an official like this!