Ming politicians

() The Central Plains attaches great importance to the Spring Festival. As soon as the twelfth lunar month enters, every household begins to prepare. It is essential to buy new year goods. It is just because of the turmoil in these years that the people have the time to celebrate the New Year.

The situation in Henan Province is very different this year. After taking office, Mr. Ren’s magistrate has focused on improving people’s livelihood. The people can eat enough to break the record. The biggest change is in taxes. In fact, the land tax of the imperial court is very low. Basically, it can bear it. The key is that many taxes have been levied, of all kinds, which are acceptable to the Farmers' Law, and are now all cancelled.

The officials in the prefectural and county yamen have also carried out a large-scale rectification. Unqualified officials and yamen servants have been cleared out, and some have even been directly locked in prisons. No official dares to directly bully the people, at least that is what the yamen requires.

The common people are very contented, although they say that their lives are average and far from the standard of prosperity and happiness, but they already feel that the magistrate is the best upright official. Thinking of this magistrate, who once provided disaster relief in Henan, he gave The biggest benefit of the common people, the common people of Henan Prefecture, feel that they are very lucky.

This also led to a slow increase in the population of Henan Province.

The policies of each place are different, that is, Ruzhou, Huaiqing, and Nanyang, which are close to Henan Prefecture, because of various problems, the common people are a little dissatisfied, and the courageous people simply moved to Henan Prefecture secretly. Fortunately, the yamen in various parts of Henan Province turned a blind eye and did not exclude outsiders.

Even the Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi Province and the nearby Xi'an Mansion in Shaanxi Province have people coming here.

What surprised the people the most was the Jinongcang in the prefectural and county yamen. At the beginning of its establishment, everyone thought that the Jinongcang was just a decoration.It is impossible for prefectures, prefectures and counties to really provide relief to farmers, but this is not the case in reality.

Before the autumn harvest, Jinongcang played a huge role. Officials from prefectural and county yamen went to villages and towns to learn more about the situation.For those farmers who really couldn't survive and had no food to eat, they decisively provided relief, and subsidies were given according to the family size and food consumption. Receive food.

the introduction of this policy.Shocked all farmers.

The Jinongcang began to distribute food, and almost overnight, the refugees in Henan Province disappeared completely.

No one wants to be a refugee, no one naturally wants to rebel, the government cares so much about the people, why do the people have any reason to rebel.Live in peace of mind, rely on your own ability to earn money and eat, it is really impossible to live, and there is Jinongcang, which guarantees that you will not starve to death. In this case, personal ability.It can be fully reflected.

Niu Er and others are even more famous in Henan Mansion than Su Tiancheng.

They are already very familiar with the planting techniques of sweet potatoes and corn, and through their own exploration, they have slowly found out some methods, which are conducive to increasing the yield of sweet potatoes and corn.

Niu Er's fame does not lie in these aspects, the main reason is that he learned how to make seeds, which was specially arranged by Su Tiancheng.The money was paid to let Niuer and others go to Fujian to learn the method of producing sweet potato seeds. As for the production of maize seeds, there are ready-made methods in the south to learn.

Farmers in Henan Province have never grown corn and sweet potatoes.I have always planted wheat, but I didn't pay attention to sweet potatoes and corn at the beginning, so that when Niu Er and others planted and promoted them, everyone ignored them.

Many of the families of the Jiangning camp soldiers planted corn and sweet potatoes, and they planted a large area. The farmers who had a good relationship with these families tried to plant some sweet potatoes and corn, but they were still worried. Some farmers even got up in the middle of the night to watch , afraid of what will happen.

Farmers were stunned by the harvest of sweet potatoes and maize during the autumn harvest.

Niu Er and others gave some sweet potatoes and corn to nearby farmers. After tasting them, they felt that this food was even more delicious than wheat. Save it and eat it until the Spring Festival.

Many farmers found the second class Niu and begged for some seeds, which must be planted next year.

The biggest sensation was in Shanzhou.

The Shanzhou Hongnong Guards were dispatched and followed to wipe out the rogues. The official land was temporarily taken back by the state government and leased to the common people for cultivation. This time the lease policy is different, strictly according to 20% of the cultivated land harvest, and 20% of the actual income According to the average harvest of cultivated land in Henan Province in the previous year, the state government took the lowest standard. If there was a disaster, the factor of the disaster should also be considered, and the land rent should be reduced or exempted. Under such circumstances, many farmers rushed to rent farmland.

The success of sweet potato and maize has made farmers understand that it is not just heavy wheat.

The output of sweet potato and maize is large, especially the sweet potato, and the leaves can be eaten and fed to pigs.

These are farmers in Henan Province, which they didn't dare to think about before. People don't have anything to eat, so they talk about feeding pigs.

Qu Qingze, the magistrate of Shanzhou, knows that some peasant households in Pingyang and Xi'an have secretly moved to Shanzhou. He welcomes such a situation. Lingbao County and Yanxiang County opened the door of convenience for these farmers to settle down.

The land is the root of the peasants, and the official land should be given to these peasant households. Shanzhou strictly follows this policy, so the number of migrants has increased significantly.

Hongnongwei was deployed, and there was no competition between soldiers and farmers for their interests. The soldiers of the Jiangning Camp even helped farmers do things during the busy farming season.

All these changes have absorbed the foreign population to the greatest extent.

The tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Officials from prefectures and counties all went to Luoyang to attend the meeting held by the government office.

This is Su Tiancheng's first initiative.

The magistrates, Tongzhi, magistrates, and officials of Shanzhou, and the magistrates, magistrates, and masters of all counties have all arrived in Luoyang. The < section needs to do some things.

This kind of meeting is similar to the economic work meeting hundreds of years later. Fortunately, there are not many officials today, including government officials, and less than 60 people attended the meeting.

The Yin Hotel has already made preparations, and the living arrangement is very good. According to the request of the prefect, this meeting is also the meaning of all the officials of the Henan Province to advance the group year.

Moreover, at this meeting, the government government will also reward the prefectures and counties that have done well. This reward will be directly implemented on the individual's head, and the government government will give out a lot of money.

The meeting was naturally chaired by Su Tiancheng, and the process was very tight.

The first is the report of the state and county. According to the requirements, the speaking time of the prefect and county magistrate should not exceed a quarter of an hour.

The situation reported by the prefectures and counties can be heard by everyone, and everyone can make comparisons with each other. The figures such as grain harvest and tax revenue are clear and cannot be falsified. Through such reports, the gap can be compared.

The situation in Shanzhou and Luoyang counties is the best.

Shanzhou has absorbed more than 2 migrants, and they have been properly settled.

Luoyang's business development is the fastest. In less than a year, the number of shops opened has reached [-]. The small Luoyang County has been unable to accommodate it. City, expanding the scale of Luoyang County, the current construction of the outer city has started for more than a month, and has already achieved obvious results.

Of course, it was the family members of the Jiangning Camp soldiers who supported the construction of the outer city. After a few months, a market town had formed around the Jiangning Camp garrison, and the start of construction was expected.

The people in Luoyang County benefited from such construction. During the slack season, they went to work on the construction site to earn income and subsidize their families.

Fortunately, the current report is still true. Henan Mansion is not big, and everyone knows about each other's situation, and no one will fake it. In addition, most of the county magistrates are people trusted by Su Tiancheng. Their purpose is to let the common people live a good life, to make Henan Prefecture stable and prosperous. With this purpose in mind, everyone mentioned some deficiencies in the process of reporting.

The point of view is concentrated, and the spearhead is still directed at the gentry and wealthy households, who have made too little contribution.

As the person in charge of Zhongxing Institute, Liu Zongzhou naturally attended the meeting.

Regarding holding such a meeting, Liu Zongzhou didn't understand at the first time. In his impression, the imperial court did not have such a system, and there was no such form of meeting. The prefectures and counties strictly followed the requirements of the imperial court and the province to do their best. It is enough to work as a professional, so this meeting also aroused his high interest.

The reports from the prefectures and counties shocked him first.

Although they didn't talk for a long time, they all talked about the main work achievements and shortcomings. In particular, they introduced the living conditions of the common people and the problems that need to be solved. This kind of meeting format can grasp a lot of situations.

Liu Zongzhou's handwriting was a little sour. Regarding the problems raised by the prefecture and county, he recorded in detail. In fact, he didn't need to do this matter himself, but he still had tasks.

Next, Zhang Pu’s speech on behalf of the government will put forward clear requirements for the work of all counties and counties in Henan Province in the coming year, and will also give answers to some urgent problems that need to be solved, and there will be half a day for discussion. During the discussion, brainstorm and come up with the best solution.

This is simply a meeting of heroes.

Liu Zongzhou sighed, I don’t know how Su Tiancheng came up with such an idea, it’s really wonderful, although the situation of each prefecture and county in Henan Province is somewhat different, but the overall development idea is still the same, summing up the experience of prefectures and counties, in such a Basically, it is a good way to clarify the focus of work in the coming year, which will get twice the result with half the effort.

If all government offices in various places in the Ming Dynasty could handle affairs in this way, I believe that the efficiency of handling affairs would definitely be improved a lot.To be continued. , You are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. . )