Ming politicians

A total of more than 100 people attended the meeting. This scale is very unusual. In fact, there are only more than 20 officials above the fourth rank in Shaanxi. It can be seen that the prefecture and county magistrates have come to participate in the meeting, so the number is naturally quite large.

Although everyone was talking about it, Su Tiancheng was always calm.

It has been less than a month since many magistrates took office. It seems a little inappropriate to hold such a large meeting at this time. If it is not an urgent matter, there is no need for such a big fight.

Although Qu Qingze, Su Pingyang, Deng Hui and the others did not know the reason for the meeting, they firmly believed that there must be a reason for Su Tiancheng's insistence on holding this meeting. As for Zhu Shenxuan and Zhu Yousong, they are still in the stage of getting acquainted, they have just entered the officialdom, and they are in such a poor place, so naturally they have to enter the role as soon as possible.

The only objection was Chen Yutai.

Chen Yutai's understanding is still a cliché. Holding such a meeting is first of all against the ancestral system. I have never seen it. It is unheard of for any governor to hold such a meeting. Besides, it is also the season of farmers. Things are always busy, and for a barren land like Shaanxi, the season for farmers is particularly important.

Su Tiancheng was a little speechless towards Chen Yutai. No wonder Chen Yutai was always unpopular when he was in the capital. Without the influence of Qingliu, cognition is naturally stubborn, always thinking that one is right, and sticking to one's own cognition.

Su Tiancheng faintly felt that Chen Yutai had come to Shaanxi.It was his own decision-making mistake. Although Gongchang Mansion is not the key point of Shaanxi, the territory of Gongchang Mansion is very large. If the construction cannot be carried out according to the requirements of the governor's office, it will eventually be delayed.Another serious problem is that the rogues will take the opportunity to move to Gongchang Mansion. From the geographical point of view, Gongchang Mansion is close to Sichuan and Lintao Mansions, and the scope of rogue bandits' activities is still very large.

At this moment, Su Tiancheng even thought about adjusting Chen Yutai's position. Unfortunately, such an idea cannot be realized.The imperial decree has just been issued, and all the work has just been rolled out. At this time, it is unreasonable to adjust the personnel, and there is no suitable reason. Is it possible that all the disobedient officials will be adjusted.

The meeting time is only half a day.This was once again what no one expected.

When Pu Kaiqiang, Zuo Xiaohu and Tan Zongliang entered the governor's office, they were also confused.I don't know why this meeting was held, and I don't know how Su Tiancheng came up with such a form. There has never been such a thing before, but to arrange something, most of the governors go directly to various places. Over the years.Because of the plundering of the rogues, the governor basically never left the yamen, and the officials below were asked to come to the governor's yamen for anything.

Meetings are held in the lobby.

The chairs are all set up, above the backrests.Everyone's name is written, just sit in the seat according to the number.

The seats of Pu Kaiqiang, Zuo Xiaohu and Tan Zongliang were next to Su Tiancheng.

When Su Tiancheng entered the lobby, everyone was present.

Walking straight to the seat, Su Tiancheng didn't sit down, but spoke directly.

"Colleagues, this is the first meeting I have held after I took office in Shaanxi. Maybe you feel strange about this form, but I want to tell you that this form will be fixed in the future and will be held several times a year. The main purpose of such a meeting is not only to arrange government affairs, but also to supervise your work. From the next meeting, the prefects, prefects and counties of prefectures and counties must be prepared to report their work to everyone , including all the circumstances of your place."

Such an opening statement made everyone quiet. Thinking of reporting their work in front of everyone, some people sweated on their faces. , Didn't he slap himself in the face.

"The main reason for summoning you to the governor's office today is about arable land."

"I don't need to say much about the situation of cultivated land in Shaanxi Province. Everyone knows that there are two major problems at present. The first is that when winter wheat is planted, some farmers have no arable land to cultivate. The second is that a large amount of land is abandoned. , Most of the land is owned by wealthy gentry, there are many reasons why Weiwei has so much land left unoccupied, and we will not analyze it.”

"It's very interesting that there is such a situation. On the one hand, there is no arable land to cultivate, and on the other hand, there is a large amount of abandoned arable land. Unfortunately, the government is powerless and cannot move these lands."

"Everyone knows the importance of sowing winter wheat to farmers in Shaanxi. If winter wheat cannot be sown well this year, the common people will have no food to eat when the next spring begins, and the refugees will wander around. At that time, the government will not be so big. ability relief.”

"In the face of such a situation, as the governor of Shaanxi, of course I can't just sit idly by. After thinking for so long, I finally came up with a way to call you here and ask you to do what I say."

"It needs to be emphasized that this meeting is a task arranged by the governor's office. There is no room for bargaining. The governor's office is fully responsible for the consequences. As for if you can't complete the task, then take off your official hat , When ordinary people go, there is another point, I have already emphasized, this is a task, you don’t need to judge whether it is right or wrong, everything is in charge of the governor’s office.”

The hall became more and more quiet. The subordinates obeyed the superiors. Of course, everyone understood, but what they didn't know was whether the court agreed with the method Su Tiancheng was about to say.

"What you need to accomplish is, in the final analysis, one thing. All the idle cultivated land will be cultivated. After you go back, quickly count the idle cultivated land, and lease the land to farmers who lack land according to the population of the county. Even for farmers who have no land to cultivate, as for the seeds of winter wheat, the governor’s office has allocated silver taels, and the problem of seeds must be resolved. If anyone dares to greedy money and silver taels, the governor’s office’s Shangfang sword will fall on your head.”

"You may be exclaiming. Although the cultivated land is said to be idle, it still has owners. It is the land of wealthy gentry, because these wealthy gentry left the local area and went to other places temporarily, so they have no time to take care of the cultivated land. , if you farm at will, wouldn’t it cause big things? Return to the local area and properly dispose of the cultivated land. If the time is exceeded, the government will make unified arrangements."

"The gentry and rich households who return to the local area to arrange farmland have one more thing to do well, and that is to provide seeds for the tenants in accordance with the rules set by the government. They must let the tenants plant winter wheat. If this cannot be done, the government can Ask the crime directly, the government will not provide seeds for the cultivated land leased out by rich gentry and wealthy households."

"As for the rental fee, the governor's office will formulate a uniform standard. No matter who it is, it must follow this rule. If there are gentry and rich households who don't follow this regulation, the governor's office will also use Shang Fang's sword when questioning crimes."

"The task has been assigned, everyone should remember that in three days, the cultivated land must be implemented. Except for Hanzhong Prefecture, because of the special situation, it can be considered separately. The rest of the prefectures and counties must be done well."

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While Su Tiancheng was speaking, he had been paying attention to everyone's expressions.

Most of the officials were pale, and they might not have thought that Su Tiancheng would make such an arrangement.

Su Tiancheng didn't care about everyone's expressions, and arranged everything according to his own idea.

"Everyone, the task has been arranged, and the rest is up to you to implement it. The governor's yamen directly asked the prefects, and the prefect urged the prefects and counties to implement the tasks. As you all know, not long ago, Mr. Qu and I went to Xingping County , chopped off the heads of several yamen servants. Here, I might as well remind everyone that you are all parents and officials. You are the people's food and clothing parents. It’s not putting the cart before the horse.”

"So, the governor's yamen will never condone such acts of oppressing the common people. No matter what your status is, as long as you dare to violate, exploit the common people, or even arouse public anger, the governor will take your head .”

"Perhaps you will think that I am harsh, that ordinary people are unreasonable people, and you cannot be polite. Here, I will also be bossy. No matter how tricky the ordinary people are, you must follow the requirements of the governor's office. In troubled times, use heavy codes. I hope you Don't touch the limelight, or I'll be sorry."

This is tantamount to casting a curse on all the officials, tightly tying everyone up, and loosening the shackles on the contrary, it must be unbearable for many officials, not to mention that most of the people here are scholars. Has a natural advantage, never really takes the common people seriously.

It's a pity that Su Tiancheng has Shang Fang's sword in his hand, he doesn't need to ask for an order to kill officials below the fourth rank, just kill them, you have no place to complain about your grievances.

From this point of view, officials in prefectures, prefectures and counties must implement the requirements of the governor's yamen, and they must implement them if they are convinced, and there is no room for defense.

This kind of domineering, it can be said that the emperor has never done this before.Most of the people here are scholars, deeply influenced by Qingliu's thoughts, and after they understand it, they definitely want to talk. (To be continued..)