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Chapter 138 Seek Truth From Facts
"Your number is wrong. I have been to these two townships in the past few days. They are far away from Iron Mountain, and the terrain is low-lying. Even if they are rectified, they are just more polders. It is good to grow rice. How can they change to corn?" ? How could there be so many pre-approved seed loans?”

"Also, I have also checked the harvest of these three townships this year. At the end of August, the late rice was already being harvested elsewhere, but the local area was not yet fully ripe. I asked the old farmers and found out that there is insufficient irrigation and the land near Tieshan is relatively barren.

They only grow one season of late rice every year, and replace the early rice with soybeans. In previous years, it was mostly recorded as Shimoda in the fish scale book!Although this kind of land can grow potatoes, the growing season is not right!You can only plant other fast-growing vegetables or sweet potatoes for a season to transition! "

Shen Shuren carefully looked at the statistical data and albums submitted by Daye County officials and noble gentry. At first, it seemed that humans and animals were harmless, and he went through the motions, but soon his eyes narrowed.

He also changed his sloppy state during this period of time, and explained a lot of things that were wrong in detail.

During Shen Shuren's unannounced visits during this period, it is impossible to really clear up the land and divide the uses in detail. The workload is too huge, and it is necessary to organize a special inspection of the land, which may not be completed in a year.

So he can only observe qualitatively rather than quantitatively.Use your superficial slack to lure the active people below to get out of your way.

This kind of fake account, if the difference is not bad, but the details are slightly changed, Shen Shuren really can't see it.

But it is clear that the magistrate of Daye and the noble gentry have a big appetite. In addition, he misjudged Shen Shuren as an unrealistic dog official, and it almost involved the entire township. Fields that are not suitable for promoting new crops, or land whose growth cycle is too late to replant, are fraudulent. The apportionment of seed loans is easy to see.

If this kind of people were placed in the Northern Song Dynasty, they would obviously be the group of people who most actively supported Wang Anshi's forceful promotion of the Qingmiao Law, because they could not only help the court to reform the law, but also take the opportunity to get more oil and water.

Although Shen Shuren said these words, although his tone was not harsh, it also changed the color of Liu Minsheng, the county magistrate, and the Qin family, a noble gentry, so he could only admit his guilt:

"Master Daotai's lesson! Maybe I didn't check well before, I was in a hurry, and there were some mistakes and omissions..."

Only then did Shen Shuren's face turn cold: "Although Daye is a mining area, compared with other counties in Wuchang, it has more mountains and less farmland, but it still has more than one million mu of arable land! It involves [-] farmers! This is how you count the people who need loans to grow grain scale!

Now that Zhang Xianzhong is in the west, he will invade the hinterland of Huguang at any time. If the officials take this opportunity to exploit the people with interest, how many soldiers will be created for Zhang Xianzhong!
I think you are completely ignorant of current affairs!In the final analysis, Governor Fang and I love the people too much, and we are too active in expelling thieves!Let you live in peace and not know suffering!

Look at Henan. Before Li Zicheng fell into Luoyang, King Fu also amassed wealth. Asking him to spend some money to reward the army is like cutting his flesh!It's good now. I heard that Luoyang has been occupied for more than two months. Li Zicheng took a break to reorganize and reorganize, and after resuming his strength, he will continue to invade Kaifeng in the east—you probably don't care about the military situation in the north to suppress bandits?Then you guys guess, did you keep Kaifeng this time? "

Liu Zhixian, Qin's family, and several other chief officials from Daye County who were present at the scene were being scolded bloody by Shen Shuren's words, and they were in a state of anxiety. Some wonder, do not understand the logic of this topic switching.

But Liu Zhixian also knew that it must be politically correct to say that the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court could win the battle.So even if he thought that Kaifeng would be more or less auspicious this time, he could only say:
"Luoyang's defeat must have been caused by cunning and tricky people, soldiers and bandits who were not aware of it for a while, and greedy for money from thieves. Kaifeng has the governor of Henan Wang personally sitting in the town, and the soldiers will definitely be able to defend it..."

Shen Shuren patted the back of his head with a fan, snorted and smiled coldly: "In the end, you were right, Kaifeng will not be captured by intruders so easily, but the reason must be beyond your imagination——

It was the king of Zhou who was sitting in Kaifeng, and he finally figured it out. Wherever the thief Zhang Ni went, he would definitely kill all the vassals, officials, and wealthy households.This time when Li Zicheng was about to enter the city, the king of Zhou took out several tenths of his family property to reward the whole army and help the people in the battle!The governor of Henan and the officials below are also very generous!I think the battle of Kaifeng must be fought.

Mr. Yang Ge commanded us to fight hard and hard to keep one side safe. If there are still people who don't know what is good and what is wrong, they are counting on Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers to come to the city before they are willing to stop exploiting the people! "

These people were not charged with multiple crimes in the matter of distributing seeds and lending loans organized by the government. It was nothing more than a forced apportionment of overcharged interest, and after Shen Shuren found out that they were tricky, it was at most an attempt.

Therefore, it is impossible to directly remove the official position with excuses.

That's why Shen Shuren needed to describe the matter a little more seriously, in order to shock people's hearts, so that everyone would not be too rebellious against his relatively severe measures in the future.

Sure enough, after he farfetched the fallacy that "at this moment, searching and forcing people against the people is equivalent to collaborating with the enemy", he really made everyone silent.

Only then did Shen Shuren continue to push forward, and Tiekou announced bluntly: "Come here, call all the noble gentry in Daye County who have been grain chiefs of one township or more to come here, and I want to inspect it myself.

Magistrate Liu, I will send someone else to check this matter, you just let the county magistrate and Dianshi cooperate, you and Master Xiao don't need to bother!Soon these squires too! "

Today is Master Daotai's inspection, and there are naturally many people who support him, including the squires in Daye County who have been grain chiefs or above in a village.

It's just that most of them are not qualified to enter the inner courtyard and sit in the same room with Master Daotai.Only when Shen Shuren summoned him was he eligible to come in.

So at the moment, Shen Shuren was not polite to them, and asked his followers to distribute paper and pencils to these prominent gentry, and then asked them a few questions, asking them to give an overview of the field conditions in each township, which places were suitable for the promotion of new crops, and the original crops. The rhythm of crop harvest and sowing seasons should be written down without too much detail.

It is too time-consuming to ask one by one, and it is easy for people to adjust the cover-up based on the previous answers. It is most convenient to write down the direct surprise test.

Everyone didn't expect Master Daotai to suddenly change his previous extravagant and sloppy state, and come to such a disarming prestige to bypass Liu Zhixian and others, so they had to follow suit.

After a while, Shen Shuren looked over one by one very diligently, and found that some of them were indeed more realistic.

The one who performed the best even wrote some suggestions for persuading farmers based on the actual situation. He said sincerely: The climate in Wuchang Prefecture is warm and humid, and there are few mountains. Except for the surrounding area of ​​Tieshan in Daye County, most of the other townships are not suitable for planting. corn.

I also analyzed the growth cycle of corn, and thought that the time required for corn growth is a bit embarrassing. From the experience I heard in Huangzhou and other places in the past two years, corn generally takes four to five months to grow, which is comparable to late rice and more than one year longer than early rice. moon.

However, corn is planted earlier than late rice, and must be planted in April at the latest, so it does not fit the rice-growing areas in the south.If corn is planted, rice will not be grown sooner or later, and only fast-growing vegetables that can be harvested within two months of one season can only be planted after spring.Although the yield of corn is high, it replaces two crops of rice at once, but in the end, it does not earn much more yield.

In the north, however, wheat can be grown after the autumn harvest, and winter wheat grows over winter, occupying a shorter growing season in spring and summer.After the beginning of spring, it can be harvested as summer grain in March and April, and then planted with corn, so that early summer corn and winter wheat can be harvested twice a year.

The squire's final conclusion was to implore Shen Shuren to consider the actual situation the further he went to the southern water villages, and not to forcefully promote the planting of too much corn, but the mountainous land can continue to promote potatoes as a supplement.

After Shen Shuren read it, he didn't express his opinion immediately, and planned to scare the people around.

After all, these squires just came in, and they had no chance to collude with Liu Zhixian and others in the inner hall before, so they didn't know their attitude towards agricultural affairs.

Shen Shuren said: "Who wrote this answer sheet? Corn is more productive than rice and wheat, and my official promotion is also for the benefit of the country and the people! Some people are against multiple varieties of corn?"

Everyone fell silent and looked at each other, and finally a middle-aged man in his thirties and 40s stood up and replied: "The students don't dare to object to Master Daotai's good governance, they are just telling the truth.

Although corn is good, it does not match the seasons of other crops in the south. If it is to be promoted, it must be carefully calculated. Otherwise, even if there is an increase in production, it will not be as heavy as the people borrowing seeds and paying [-]% ​​more interest on the harvest out of thin air.

If, in order to pursue more interest, blindly granting more loans, how is it different from the former Lu Huiqing who distorted the original intention of Wang Anshi's Qingmiao Law? "

A bunch of country gentry and petty officials next to him couldn't help sweating because of this person, but they were more gloating, as if this guy didn't fit in with the crowd.

Some people saw that he was only reasonable and didn't report his family background, so they helped him report: "Master Daotai, don't be as knowledgeable as this nerd. The locals have always been out of place.”

Shen Shuren pretended to twitch his expression a few times, as if he was annoyed by being brushed off his face, and then he returned to normal and asked Song Mingde, "You are still a foreigner? How did you come to Wuchang Mansion in the first place?"

Song Mingde stated truthfully: "During the Tianqi period, Wuchang Prefecture expanded its production of Daye Iron Mountain, and the government spent a lot of money to find people who knew a little bit about geography, prospecting and digging wells.

Although I am a scholar, after becoming a scholar, I have no intention of studying the sage, and learn some miscellaneous knowledge from the elders of the clan.After coming to Daye, for more than ten years, relying on doing things for the government, he gradually saved his family business and worked as a grain chief in several villages. "

Shen Shuren nodded, and said unexpectedly: "You can face the official's fault and point out that the corn and the two seasons of the southern paddy field are not in line with the monthly order. It is realistic. Then the official will give you a chance. This year's corn in Daye County , Potato seed lending, and loan collection after the autumn harvest are all in the responsibility of your family.

Each township will report how much you have borrowed, you go to the statistics first, the official will let people stare at you, don't try to steal and play tricks!Otherwise, after the autumn harvest, the official will liquidate it, and don't even think about it next year. "

Shen Shuren would not be so stupid as to trust the other party completely just because the other party performed well in the interview for a while.There must be follow-up inspection and supervision.

Seeing this, some gentry and officials nearby also felt that it was quite unreasonable. Liu Minsheng, the county magistrate, even moved his lips a few times, but he didn't make a sound.

But his expression fell into Shen Shuren's eyes. Shen Shuren turned his head and asked kindly: "What? What do you think Liu Zhixian thinks?"

Liu Minsheng quickly waved his hand: "No opinion, no opinion! My lord has misunderstood!"

He said so, but he felt a little worried in his heart.Although Shen Shuren holds the titles of Daotai and Qiandu Censor, theoretically, he does not have that much power over the civil affairs of Wuchang and Hanyang, and it is impossible to appoint and replace people at will.

Now that he is so domineering, does Governor Fang have no objection?

Everyone decided to wait and see how other counties in Wuchang would react to Shen Shuren's arbitrariness.

Everyone understands the truth of shooting the top bird. If others don't make trouble, then they will bear it.

(End of this chapter)