In December of the first year of Baoyuan, Zhao Jun stayed in Tanzhou for four months, from the flood in August to the reconstruction of the disaster area in September, he spent three months, and stayed here.

Dispatch grain and grass materials, organize production and reconstruction, crack down on illegal acts, prevent human trafficking, and establish a sound system.

For people like Qin Sanniang and Zhou Wu, who had almost no labor at home, the government stepped forward to rent their original fields, and allocated a certain amount of newly cultivated land, which was also rented out to ensure their basic survival.

Although they are unable to cultivate the fields, they can barely make ends meet by growing vegetables at home, or finding ways to do odd jobs, and the government rents out the land they have every month.

To a certain extent, such a person is almost equivalent to the five guarantees of later generations, because there is no young and strong labor force in the family, there is really no farming support, so they enjoy the basic survival guarantee provided by the government.

Although in ancient times, it did not sound realistic to provide such benefits.

But in fact, with the developed economic situation of the Song Dynasty and the increase in productivity after the introduction of Champa rice, even in the case of serious problems of redundancy, it is really a barely achievable thing to explain that ensuring that everyone does not starve to death.

Because Cai Jing, one of the six thieves in the late Northern Song Dynasty, had already established a nationwide social charity and relief system when the imperial court's finances were already quite tight at that time.

In addition to setting up a nursing home for the "widowed, widowed and lonely", there is also an Anjifang for the treatment of the poor, and a public cemetery Drain Garden.

In addition, there are orphanages and adoption systems, called the Salesian Bureau and the Infant Bureau.

As long as the imperial court has such a welfare policy, as long as the local government implements it properly, as long as the grassroots governance can ensure that these benefits are distributed in the hands of these people, and the basic survival needs of the people may really be met.

But it is a pity that such a situation is almost impossible to achieve, even if the imperial court has such a policy, the implementation of the local government and grassroots governance will never reach the most ideal state, including Cai Jing's welfare system, which is basically rotten in the middle and late stages.

If it weren't for Zhao Jun staring at Changsha, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to be so perfect, but I don't know how long this kind of help can last for poor families like Qin Sanniang and Zhou Wu.

But the good news is that the officials on Jinghu South Road are quite reliable.

In addition to Chen Xiliang, who is extremely excellent in both ability and political performance, Wang Yao, the transfer envoy of Jinghu South Road, Li Suzhi, the director of the Criminal Prison Department, Wang Han, the governor of Tanzhou, and Liu Yuan, the transfer judge, are all reliable people.

Although his ability and political performance are slightly worse than Chen Xiliang, his character and morality are worthy of recognition, and his governance level cannot be said to be particularly excellent, but it is also at the middle and upper level.

Therefore, after Zhao Jun saw with his own eyes that the local government had properly resettled all the victims, he continued to embark on the road of inspection.

In the first year of Baoyuan, that is, at the end of 1038 AD, Zhao Jun went north to Jinghu North Road.

It was mid-December when he set off, and at the end of the morning on this day, the sky was not completely bright, Zhao Jun packed up his salute, and under the protection of many guards, he bid farewell to Wang Yao, Li Suzhi, Wang Han, Liu Yuan, Chen Xiliang and other officials, and set off for the dock.

He had wanted to go quietly without informing the magistrates. But Chen Xiliang thinks that no matter what, he still has to talk to Wang Yao and them, otherwise it is a bit unreasonable to say goodbye without saying goodbye.

Zhao Jun felt that it made sense, so he had a light meal with them last night, and instructed some opinions on the governance of Jinghu South Road, and the next morning, surrounded by everyone, he went all the way to the dock.

This time point is actually about seven o'clock in the morning, because it is winter, the sky is still gray, although there are already pedestrians on the street, but there are not many.

Suddenly, a large group of people came out of the county office, and some people stopped and watched curiously.

Someone quickly recognized that it was Zhao Jun and many senior officials of Jinghu South Road, and they discussed: "Where are you going to go to the Zhiyuan?" ”

"Maybe it's going to other towns and counties to inspect."

"But it doesn't usually be so early in the morning, and the prefect is tired during this time."

"Yes, I really feel sorry for Zhiyuan, I saw that when I first came to Tanzhou, I was full of spirit. But in recent times, the prefect seems to be several years older. ”

"Let's go, let's have a look."

There are probably some people who want to go to work soon, but still want to follow along.

At this time, Zhao Jun went out of Xicheng and slowly arrived near the dock.

His guard had been assembled, and two large transport ships hired from the local area, each capable of carrying hundreds of men, could easily fit the entire contingent of fourteen or five hundred men.

After going north to Jinghu North Road this time, I didn't plan to go to Nanyang, at most I went to Xiangyang along the Hanshui River to have a look, and then went to Sichuan against the current.

According to the route, after inspecting Sichuan in the first half of next year, he will continue to go north to Guanzhong in Shaanxi.

At that point in time, it was also a critical moment in the Song-Xia War, and Zhao Jun didn't plan to add to the chaos, but it was no problem to comfort the soldiers and do a little ideological or political work.

Along the way, Zhao Jun chatted with Wang Yao and others while looking at the river surface of the wharf.

With the restoration of governance, Tanzhou has gradually played its role as a transportation hub connecting Guangdong and Hubei, and dozens of merchant ships have appeared sporadically on the wharf.

Although it is not as magnificent as the hundreds of thousands of ships on the Changsha wharf during the later Republic of China period, it is a good thing to have a beginning.

After all, there were only six cities with a population of more than 200,000 in the Northern Song Dynasty, namely Bianjing, Jingzhaofu, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Tanzhou. Economically, Changsha's commercial tax ranks fourth in the country, second only to Hangzhou, Bianjing and Chuzhou along the Grand Canal.

As long as the economy can recover, Changsha will soon return to its original prosperity.

"Okay, that's all I have to say."

Zhao Jun stood on the wharf, and the soldiers next to him had begun to board the ship one after another, and he told everyone: "Governance and development are indispensable, and the Guangdong Road is now an important channel for overseas trade, but even if most merchant ships arrive in Guangdong, they will only continue to sail to Fujian and Hangzhou." ”

"This time I went south to Lingnan, and I also told the local officials, asking them to actively open up to the outside world, create a better business environment, attract more foreign businessmen, and it is best to form a fleet and personally send people to the West to have a look and have a look."

"As long as we can continue to expand the scale of foreign trade and open up more overseas markets, Guangdong will continue to absorb foreign gold, silver and copper coins, bringing countless wealth to the Great Song Dynasty."

"What Hunan has to do is to seize this outlet, if we can make the water transportation a little smoother, so that merchants from Guangdong can directly transport goods to the Yangtze River through water transportation, and then send them to Xiangyang through the Han River, and go directly to Bianliang by land, which is much closer than going to Jiangdong."

"At the same time, we should also actively develop the local handicraft manufacturing industry, and transport the goods from Hunan to Guangdong and sell them abroad. Going out and bringing in is my most basic requirement for Guangdong Road and Hunan Road, and I hope you can seriously realize it. ”

These days, Zhao Jun has also popularized some basic vocabulary knowledge, such as trade, market, and outlet. In fact, these words existed in ancient times, but the meaning is a little different from that of later generations, so they need to be explained.

Everyone nodded their heads.

And when Zhao Jun was talking, there were more and more people outside the city.

Because the more some people who came out looked at it, the more wrong it became.

In the past, Zhao Jun never brought troops to inspect the disaster-stricken townships and counties around Tanzhou, and at most he brought dozens of guards.

After all, an army of more than 1,000 people followed around, firstly, it was inconvenient, and secondly, it increased the burden on the locality.

Therefore, these troops usually stay in Changsha to help the affected people in Changsha clean up the mud, excavate the soil and build the embankment, and will not follow Zhao Jun at all.

But what's going on now?

Almost immediately, the people thought of a terrible thing - the prefect was leaving Tanzhou.

For a while, many people ran to the city, shouting everywhere.

"Something happened, the prefect is leaving."

"Hurry up, go to the dock and take a look, the prefect is leaving Changsha."

"What kind of tea are you drinking, now hurry to the docks."

Those people called out to their friends, and the whole city was in a stir at once.

Changsha County is not big, but the population is very dense, and very much, to the Song Huizong period, has surpassed Hangzhou second only to Bianliang.

At this time, when I heard the news of Zhao Jun's departure, the whole city seemed to come to life in an instant, and many people were still in bed, so they heard about it, and hurriedly put on their clothes and walked out of the house, and then ran wildly in the direction of the West City Gate.

The soldiers on Zhao Jun's side had almost boarded the boat, and they also told Wang Yao and the others, and turned around and got on the boat while talking, and prepared to leave.

At this time, I suddenly heard all kinds of chaotic sounds coming from the direction of the city gate in the distance.

When everyone looked over, they saw that many people were pouring at the gate of the city, and they shouted one after another: "Don't leave", "Stay", "Stay longer".

Stunned everyone.

And not only at the city gates, but also in the southern suburbs, there were still people running in, shouting in the hope that he would stay.

Zhao Jun had already arrived on the boat at this time, and he was a little surprised when he saw this scene.

He has actually encountered this kind of thing in other places, such as Huainan and other places, but it is much smaller than the current situation in terms of both the scene and the number of people.

After all, what he benefited in Huainan was the entire Huainan Road, and when he left, he was in Zhenzhou, and the people on the other side of Zhenzhou were not very deeply touched by what he had done, and it was impossible for the people from all over Huainan who had received his favor to come over.

But now he is giving grace in Tanzhou, and the people of Tanzhou are seeing what Zhao Jun is doing these days, so it is impossible not to come to see him off when he learns that Zhao Jun is leaving.

"Zhiyuan, do you want to sail?"

Jiang Dalang next to him asked.

Zhao Jun saw that the people had already flocked to the dock, and many people had already run to the dock, so he smiled bitterly: "If you leave directly and break the hearts of the people, stay here for a while and say goodbye to the people." ”

"Yes."

Jiang Dalang ordered not to start the boat first.

In a moment, the dock was already crowded with people, and hundreds of people on the shore stretched out their hands and waved at Zhao Jun.

Someone shouted loudly: "Governor, stay a few more days, the people of Tanzhou have not thanked the governor." ”

"Zhiyuan, you are the lifesaver of my whole family, and please accept my courtesy."

Someone knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Zhiyuan, please cherish this farewell."

Someone cried aloud.

"Zhiyuan!"

There are also people who simply don't know what to say, they only know how to call Zhao Jun's position.

More people raised their hands and shouted something.

All kinds of noisy sounds filled the surroundings, and the entire dock seemed to be drowned out by such sounds.

Zhao Jun could only stand at the bow of the boat and keep waving, shouting: "Go back, folks, go back." ”

No one left.

Some took off their hats in salute, some knelt on the ground and cried, and some desperately stood on tiptoe and patted the hull of the boat, trying to hold hands with him.

Seeing that more and more people were gathering towards the dock, Zhao Jun was afraid of a stampede, so he had to say: "Drive the boat, if you continue like this, there will be an accident." ”

The boats slowly started up, and the people became more fanatical and chanted.

As the big ship slowly sailed away from the port, the crowd was far away, because the news was too late, Qin Sanniang, who was late, dragged the eldest son, carried the younger son on her back, red eyes, and bowed slightly in the direction of Zhao Jun's departure.

Zhou Wu ran all over in sweat, and when he saw that he was a step too late, he cried at that time, muttering why he couldn't run faster, so that he could catch up with the prefect and leave.

It's not just them, it's a lot of people.

The subordinates of the county and state officials in the crowd recorded this scene.

Thousands of people sent each other off, the cries were like thunder, and the people took off their hats and saluted, and they burst into tears one by one.

And there are still people coming, and the people who came to see Zhao Jun lined up from the West City Gate to the South City Gate Street, and there was no end in sight.

Many people saw him on the boat looking at the dock below, and they all waved desperately, and many more people wept and wailed, hoping that the prefect would not leave them, and that the prefect would have a smooth journey.

Zhao Jun stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the scene that was getting farther and farther away, and couldn't help but sigh.

It turns out that this is not only a scene where the people of later generations supported the PLA, but also such a thing happened in ancient times.

But it seems that when you think about it, the people know best who is good to them.

Whoever loves the people the most, the people love him the most.

For example, when Fan Zhongyan governed the northwest, he treated the local people well, and when he left, not only the local Han people, but even the local ethnic minorities such as Qiang and Qi hoped that he would not leave.

When he died, the local Qiang people learned the news, and "hundreds of Qiang chieftains, crying like fathers, fasted for three days and left."

And Bao Zheng has only served as the prefect of Kaifeng for one or two years, why is he so famous?

It's not because he can do things for the people with all his heart.

Zhao Jun's good deeds can be said to be countless living people, and he went all out to inspect the disaster area and comfort the people, and the haggard visible to the naked eye was also seen by the people.

Therefore, it is only natural that he has won the support of the people of Tanzhou.

Even after he left.

There are many local people in Tanzhou who have set up shrines for him, and Fan Zhongyan in history has been treated in Sui and Qing Erzhou, which can be said to be the highest respect of the local people for an official.

(End of chapter)