Wanli 1592

Chapter 1313 Winning the Imperial Chief Assistant, Losing and Going Home

In July of the second year of Longwu, the keynote of the entire Guanzhong area was "controlling locusts".

Xu Guangqi, the commander-in-chief of locust control, has the power to command any township chief in the Guanzhong area. As long as it is for the control of locusts, everything must be compromised for the control of locusts. The tragedy of Yizi cannibalism.

For Xu Guangqi, this is a very difficult task. The locust plague has never been successful since ancient times but has intensified. If he is cured, he can become a saint. If he is not cured, he will be a sinner. , Maybe you will lose your life.

This is the multiple choice question given to him by Xiao Ruxun.

Cure the locust plague and become the next chief minister of the empire.

Or the locust plague cannot be cured, and they watch the locusts cover the sky and cover the sun, take the blame and resign, die in depression, and even kill themselves to thank the people of the country.

Anyway, the emperor put his posture in place, and the emperor will definitely not be responsible for the failure of controlling locusts. It is he who needs to be responsible.

And from Xu Guangqi's point of view, the emperor has given him a lot of help. Many things are prepared by the emperor, and he will give what he wants. The emperor did have reasons to be irresponsible.

Of course, it is necessary to admit that you have used people improperly.

Facing great opportunities and challenges, Xu Guangqi won the club... Bah!Win the first minister of the empire, lose and go home to the earth.

He doesn't want to lose, he still has a lot of things he wants to do, and he still has a lot of things he wants to practice. Only when he becomes the chief assistant of the empire can he realize his ideals and aspirations, and build Daqin even more. good.

Therefore, it is imperative to raise ducks to control locusts, which is also the keynote set by the emperor for this locust control.

The emperor didn't intend to find a solution to the endless locusts in the first year, but he thought that he could make up for it. Even if the locust eggs could not be completely removed, at least when it was still a gnat, he could use ducks Go eat those gnats.

In this way, the locust plague can be alleviated, farmers can make money selling ducks, and they can supplement meat for the army.

Guanzhong and Gansu are important places to garrison and train troops in the future. The number of troops will be very large. Xiao Ruxun will not only promote the breeding of ducks here, but also promote the breeding of pork pigs to supplement enough fat and meat for the army. They grow flesh and become big.

Just at this time, a township head in Fujian wrote a letter saying that a businessman provided a solution to the locust plague, hoping to get His Majesty's attention. Of course Xiao Ruxun paid attention to it, and immediately ordered this businessman named Chen Jinglun to come to Beijing to tell about his duck-raising cure. The law of locusts.

Chen Jinglun entered the capital with his son Chen Zhenlong, and described his method in detail.

In this way, Xiao Ruxun also has a general idea of ​​the locust control strategy in his mind. When he knows how to deal with the locust plague, he can also supplement the army with meat and let the farmers make money.

He rewarded the businessman named Chen Jinglun heavily, and asked him and his son if they would like to be officials. Chen Jinglun and Chen Zhenlong were so happy that they were dumbfounded for a while before they realized that they were willing to be officials.

Xiao Ruxun immediately appointed the father and son as the doctor of the newly established Disaster Response Strategy Department under the direct control of the cabinet.

The emperor gave an order, and the cabinet quickly approved the appointment of the emperor, and then immediately prepared enough ducks according to the effective experience provided by Chen Jinglun and his son, and prepared to send them to the locust-stricken area in Guanzhong and hand them over to Xu Guangqi for overall planning. It was late April.

In mid-June, Chen Jinglun and his son set off from Beijing with the first batch of [-] ducks to Xi'an.

Xiao Ruxun appointed the father and son to help Xu Guangqi to promote the strategy of raising ducks and controlling locusts in Guanzhong, and specifically asked them to go to every village and every household to communicate with each other. It is necessary to teach the people how to raise ducks Come eat gnats.

If they succeed, such valuable promotion experience will be extended to locust-infested areas all over the country. If one day locusts are extinct in China, the names of Chen Jinglun and Chen Zhenlong will be immortalized forever, leaving an extremely glorious part in the history books Pen.

Xiao Ruxun encouraged their father and son in this way, and the father and son cried on the spot, saying that even if they risked their lives, they would not want to repay His Majesty's kindness, and they would not want any small business at home, and told the family to close it. , in the future, I will devote myself to doing things for His Majesty the Emperor

Merchants directly become officials and still have real power. This has not happened for many years. It seems that they have never heard of it since Confucianism fully grasped the right to speak.

In the past, it was not that there were no merchants who were officials. Often when the court was in trouble, the court would take out a batch of official positions to auction. The sale of officials has been done in all dynasties, but the types of sales are all empty positions. There are only titles but no real power. Salary is not just bought to look good.

The imperial court also needs to make meals, but natural disasters and man-made disasters disturb the imperial court, and when there is no other way, they have to exchange their official positions for money, so as long as those with power think about it, they will never be short of money.

However, it has been a long time since a small businessman directly becomes a government official and still has real power to do practical things.

Chen Jinglun and Chen Zhenlong were also worried that this appointment would not be passed at all, because it was unthinkable for a businessman to be an official.

As a result, the emperor just said in the morning that the people from the Organization Department sent all the officials' credentials in the afternoon, and also explained to him the monthly salary and benefits.

Chen Jinglun and his son also stayed in a daze for a long time before realizing that the father and son had inadvertently crossed the seemingly insurmountable barrier from businessman to official.

They estimated that they would be famous, and of course, they did. The capital quickly spread the word that His Majesty the Emperor appointed two businessmen as officials, and let them take on quite important responsibilities.

When Chen Jinglun and his son set off with an army of [-] ducks, there were not a few people who were watching melons.

Holding a handful of fried melon seeds in their hands, they looked at these two special lucky ones who fell from the sky with curious eyes while nibbling. They suddenly crossed several ranks and became the lucky ones of officials.

Chen Jinglun and his son knew the mission on their shoulders, but His Majesty placed great expectations on them. His Majesty the Emperor himself said that it took a little trouble to appoint them as officials. They must not disappoint the Emperor, lest The emperor is also responsible for them.

From this point of view, Chen Jinglun and his son must be doing their best.

Along with the army escorting the ducks, there are also a group of young officials. They will be the right-hand assistants of Chen Jinglun and his son. system.

(End of this chapter)