Ming politicians

It has been almost two months since I came to Shaanxi. Su Tiancheng has been busy with high-rise buildings for a long time, and he hardly went down to check the situation at the grassroots level. This is also because of the special situation in Shaanxi and Su Tiancheng's identity has changed. After all, it is the governor, and what needs to be considered is the issue of direction. Try not to intervene in specific matters as much as possible. If you are so exhausted, the show will not be good. There are so many officials in prefectures and counties in Shaanxi, they always have to do things.

Adhering to this idea, Su Tiancheng decided to be the hands-off shopkeeper. Except when he started, he had to worry more. For the rest of the time, he focused on the big picture, such as what kind of policies to formulate and what basic requirements to put forward. The following What should the prefectures and counties do? As for matters involving the third department, Su Tiancheng is confident that they can coordinate well.

Pu Kaiqiang and the others, if they were smart, should have followed in silence. In the process, they wanted to get some cheap money, or they had some petty corruption. Su Tiancheng couldn't speak, let him go, and demanded that the officials be [-]% clean. This is not in line with human nature, and has no benefit at all. Who wants to be an official?But if Pu Kaiqiang and the others wanted to make trouble, or if they were bewitched by some adults in the court and became the vanguard of singing against the stage, Su Tiancheng would not be polite. He still knew the tricks of the officialdom of.

Today's Su Tiancheng encountered the most critical question, what kind of path should Shaanxi's reform take, should it pave the way for a thorough reform, or just start with the economy, the pros and cons of this are too obvious.

Su Tiancheng was not a great man, and he didn't want to be that kind of so-called particularly noble person. He traveled through hundreds of years and came to the Ming Dynasty. If he could do things, he tried to do as many things as possible.However, if it involves his own interests, or even puts himself in a dangerous situation, he still has to consider the decision. Thousands of years of history have shown that if reformers do not have strong support, the ending will be miserable.

Su Tiancheng in trouble.Decided to go down to have a look, of course, he can only visit the villages and towns near Xi'an Prefecture, it is impossible to travel very far, Shaanxi is not very peaceful yet.

The closest ones are Xingping County, Wugong County, Jingyang County, and Xianning County. In the direction of Xingping County, you can go to Fengxiang Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion. This route is also the route where rogues often move.The looting suffered was much more serious, so Su Tiancheng decided to go to Xingping County and Wugong County to have a look.

He has carefully considered the issue of how to travel. The governor's travel is a big event, and the prefectures, prefectures and county yamen must be well prepared, accompanied by a large group of officials such as prefects, co-prefects, and general judges.To each county, the county magistrate, county magistrate, Zhu Bo and other officials.People are welcome along the road, and all they see is the good side. This is similar to the situation hundreds of years later. No one wants to see the side that has not done well.

If it is a microservice private visit, the impact will be extraordinary.This is all due to the practice of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. Unless you have just taken office, you can understand the following situation along the way, and you are not allowed to do any private visits on weekdays.This approach also offended the officials below, making you the object of everyone's taboo and precaution.

Fortunately, the officials in Shaanxi have undergone a large number of adjustments. All the magistrates are considered Su Tiancheng's confidantes. Therefore, there is nothing to worry about when he goes down to check the situation this time. We all know that even if it is a private visit to Weibo, what problems are found have nothing to do with the newly appointed officials.

As for the thoughts of Pu Kaiqiang and others, Su Tiancheng will not think about it for the time being. After borrowing 350 million taels of silver this time, Su Tiancheng gave 5 taels of silver to each of the three yamen, which solved their big problem. Pu Kaiqiang and others were too happy , will never look for any trouble at this time.

Safety is still the first priority. Su Tiancheng went down to inspect the situation this time, and selected [-] soldiers from the Jiangning Battalion. Wang Dazhi is in charge of security matters. After these years of hard work, Wang Dazhi has a different understanding and knows how to make arrangements.

Su Tiancheng took Qu Qingze with him, after all Qu Qingze is the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture.

Both Xingping County and Wugong County are not very far from Xianyang. It takes only one day to reach Xingping County on a fast horse. Su Tiancheng and his party set off in a light car and arrived at Xingping County before it was dark.

Wang Dazhi had arranged a place to stay a long time ago. According to Su Tiancheng's request, the accommodation was arranged in the market town, and the group did not enter the county town for accommodation.

Early in the morning, Su Tiancheng and others wandered around the market town. However, during the wandering process, the faces of the people gradually became unsightly. The scene they saw could not be simply described as miserable.

This market town is only ten miles away from the county seat, so it should be very good.

The market town is not big, and it takes only a bag of cigarettes to walk on a bluestone road, but it was on this road that Su Tiancheng's heart slowly sank.

Su Tiancheng once again saw the human market that he had only seen many years ago.

There are several markets in the market town, there are those who buy and sell children, and those who buy and sell women. On the temporary small wooden platform, children and women are used as commodities. Straw ropes are inserted on their heads, and their hands are tied by ropes. All of them kneel on the wooden platform. , look at these women and children being put up for sale, with their hair matted, their bodies covered in dirt, and the bad smell coming from far away.

There were too many beggars to count. All the way, there were sitting or kneeling beggars all over the place. There were old people, children, and young people. They were unkempt and smelly.

Su Tiancheng's complexion changed slightly, and Qu Qingze's complexion was even paler. Although he had just taken office, it was intolerable for such a situation to occur in the place under his jurisdiction.

Entering a restaurant, Su Tiancheng and others sat down.

This is a very ordinary restaurant, it should not be considered a restaurant, the first floor is a place to eat, and the second floor has several guest rooms.

With so many customers coming at once, the shopkeeper of the restaurant was in a hurry. I don't know how many years I haven't seen such a situation. This is a big deal.

Wang Dazhi ordered some dishes and ordered three jugs of wine.

Soon, the shopkeeper who had arranged everything came to Su Tiancheng.

"Guest officer, the food will be served soon, please wait for a while."

"Shopkeeper, don't worry, sit down and talk."

Perhaps Su Tiancheng and the others had unusual temperaments, the shopkeeper carefully sat down opposite Su Tiancheng with a reserved smile.

"Shopkeeper, this is our first time here and we just walked around the market town. Why is there a market here and so many beggars?"

The shopkeeper sighed and shook his head.

"Guest officer, you don't know that such a situation is nothing at all. If the spring starts, it will be more lively here, and many people will come to the county town. They will choose women and children here. They will not have enough to eat and have no way to survive. What else can you do?"

"Oh, so in the county, is there such a situation?"

The shopkeeper looked at Su Tiancheng carefully, and was convinced that Su Tiancheng really didn't know the situation.

"Guest officer, it seems that you really don't know. In the county town, there is no such situation. The government is powerful. If someone did this in the county town, he would have been arrested as a bandit long ago. It is in this small town. , The officials of the county government also come to visit from time to time, if those traffickers who trade and don't give the officials money, they will also be arrested."

There was still no expression on Su Tiancheng's face.

"Shopkeeper, what you said is a bit wrong. Since the government does not allow people to market, it must be completely banned. This place is only about ten miles away from the county seat. Why is it allowed to exist here?"

A smile appeared on the shopkeeper's face.

"Guest officer, I think you are young. You are probably a scholar. You don't know the affairs of the government. It's nothing unusual. The officials love money. The people here are going to starve to death. If you can sell it to a rich family, You can always make a living. If there are people in the county town, the magistrate is not easy to explain. As for the market town, keep your eyes open, as long as you can get money, who is not happy? To tell you the truth, some people , the people from the government are behind it.”

Su Tiancheng nodded.

"I really don't know about these things, but since the people are poor, the government always has to find a way to solve it. Is it just watching the people freeze and starve to death, or is the human market rampant?"

This time, the shopkeeper couldn't help laughing out loud, but it was just a wry smile.

"Guest officer, you are really interesting. How can the government care about these things? If you don't treat these people as rogues, it's not bad to put them in jail..."

A woman with a full face came out, went straight to the shopkeeper's side, reached out and grabbed the shopkeeper's ear.

"Damn it, say so much, be careful that the government will arrest you and say you are a gangster..."

The shopkeeper's face was flushed, thinking about struggling but not daring to struggle.

Su Tiancheng smiled, took out a piece of silver from his body, and put it on the table.

"Miss Boss, we are foreigners, we happened to pass by here, chatted with the shopkeeper, and learned something about it."

When the woman saw the silver on the table, her eyes straightened, she let go of the shopkeeper's ears, and stepped forward to grab the silver.

"Guest officer, look at what you said, what you want to ask, we all say..."

Before Su Tiancheng could open his mouth, the woman began to chatter. Although the woman talked a lot, the woman's thinking was good. When she talked about many situations in the town, including some situations in the county, it turned out that these two people used to Opening a restaurant in the county town, because the business is not good, coupled with the exploitation by the government, it is really unsustainable, so I returned to the small town, continued to open the restaurant and inn, and managed to maintain it. Opening a restaurant in the small town cost a lot less, at least The money handed over to the government is less than half. (To be continued..)