Plane of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 194 Shen Yichen's Difficulties

Shen Yichen was wearing a green official uniform, with gauze wings on his head, and he already looked like an official, but Qin Guan could see fatigue in his expression.

When Shen Yichen saw Qin Guan, he bowed and saluted, saying that he had seen the magistrate.

Qin Guan grabbed him, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "You and I are friends from the same class, the same year, and the same hometown. These four relationships are all accounted for. They used to be brothers. How did you become a county magistrate for a month? So rusty."

"Could it be that you want to get rid of me." Qin Guan scolded with a smile.

Shen Yichen smiled wryly, "It's too late for me to hug your thigh, how can I separate the relationship, isn't this just to ask you for help?"

"Why, I'm not happy." Qin Guan asked.

Shen Yichen's face became a little bit more serious, and he said: "I used to think that being an official after passing the Jinshi examination was extremely beautiful, but after becoming an official, I discovered the difficulties of being an official, especially when the people below are fooling you. When everything is against you, it is even more difficult for you to start a career."

Qin nodded, "Tell me, what problems did you encounter?"

Hearing Qin Guan's words, Shen Yichen suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.

Shen Yichen began to talk about his experience of this month. After Qin Guan listened, he found that Shen Yichen's past month was as exciting as his own.

On that day, Shen Yichen brought a few servants to Lin'an County to take up his post. Yan Bo, the county magistrate of Lin'an County, led people out of the city to greet him, and the scale was very grand. Officials, local officials, wealthy merchants, country gentry and elders, etc., all went out of the city to meet Shen Yichen at the reception pavilion.

Although it was grand, Shen Yichen could find that these people were only polite to him, but they were all friendly and flattering to Yan Bo, the magistrate of the county.

Shen Yichen initially thought that Yan Bo had been an official here for seven or eight years and had known these people well, and that was why he was new here, but it was only later that he realized that the situation was much more serious than he had imagined.

After taking office, the first thing Shen Yichen did was to deal with the resettlement of the victims in this county. Lin'an suffered a severe disaster last year, and now there are as many as 3000 victims receiving assistance in the county. For a small border county, these people are under a lot of pressure. very huge.

Shen Yichen thought about it for a day, and put forward a few suggestions. Although there was nothing new, they were quite satisfactory. It was a move based on the experience of the predecessors. If done well, it would also relieve the current pressure.

But when he raised it, he was refuted by the county magistrate Yan Bo.

And in front of the master book, county lieutenant, and all the government officials, they overthrew them one by one.

"Your Excellency's idea of ​​using work as a substitute for relief has indeed been established in our dynasty, but Lin'an is not good. Lin'an was hit by a military disaster, and the tax money that was originally small was looted. Now the county government can't get a penny. If you don't have money, how can you work?" Relief."

"My lord's proposal to suspend taxation and exempt taxes is indeed possible, but have you ever thought about how our county will live next year?"

"As for the method of government lending that your lord said, hehe, with all due respect, how can I lend money if I don't have money?"

"Your Excellency finally mentioned the matter of collecting donations from rich gentry households. This is indeed a good way, but it has been used before. Before your Excellency came, I was in charge of Lin'an affairs, so I issued an order to collect donations. Those wealthy households also cooperated very well. , Donated food and money, otherwise, with the status quo of Lin’an’s empty granary and empty bank, how can it be maintained until now.”

Shen Yichen was immediately speechless.

Looking at the county magistrate Yan Bo who looked at him with a smile, Shen Yichen saw under his smiling face that he was indeed contemptuous and disdainful.

Shen Yichen said: "Yan County Prime Minister is familiar with the situation in Lin'an, so is there any good way?"

Yan Bo chuckled, spread his hands and said, "No."

"Before, the lower officials were struggling to support us. Now that the county magistrate is here, we naturally have to obey the orders of the county magistrate."

"How long can our food last?" Shen Yichen asked.

"About seven or eight days, so I have to ask the magistrate to make plans early."

Yan Bo, the chief secretary, the county lieutenant and several officials left the main hall, leaving Shen Yichen helpless, and they turned around and went to the restaurant.

A table of food and wine was served, and the master held a wine glass and said with a smile: "The county magistrate has left our magistrate speechless today, hehehe, when we left, magistrate Shen still frowned. .”

"Xinke Jinshi, who is still young, knows the difficulties of the place. I really think that after reading a few books, I can know the affairs of the world and govern the local people according to the methods in the books. What a joke." The county lieutenant said carelessly.

The county magistrate Yan Bo smiled lightly, took a sip from the wine glass, feeling very happy, what about the county magistrate, what about the county magistrate, the magistrate of Qu County in the past was not obediently being his mud-bodied county magistrate, he just wanted to persuade the newcomer The county magistrate, Lin'an County in the future, he still has the final say.

Yan Bo smiled lightly and said: "Hey, you can't say that. After all, the magistrate is a Jinshi handpicked by the emperor. He is a scholar with great education. My country of Zhao only produces a few dozen a year, so don't take it lightly."

"In the future, when we do things, we still have to cooperate with the county magistrate. Later, Master He will show the disaster relief method we discussed to the county magistrate. If it passes, we will naturally work together to solve this difficult matter."

When a few people heard it, they all laughed.

The next day, the master handed a document to Shen Yichen. After reading it, Shen Yichen's face became very ugly. He looked at the master and asked, "This is the method you came up with."

Master He replied: "My lord, the situation in our Lin'an County is here. If we want to get money for disaster relief, this is the only way."

There are many contents in the documents, but they can be summed up in a few words, buying and selling land, conferring honors and reducing or exempting commercial taxes.

Disasters are disasters for the people. Those big families have surplus money, and the people can’t eat enough. It’s a good time for them to buy up land. Now they can buy the land in the hands of the victims at a very low price, and then turn those self-cultivated farmers into tenants. , borrowing money, and from now on, these common people will repay the debts from generation to generation, becoming slaves of big families, and there will be no dregs eaten by them, and even future generations will be repaying the debts.

The imperial court of the Great Zhao State has strict regulations on the sale of farmers' land, especially ration fields, which are not allowed to be bought and sold at will. This is a life-saving thing.

Unless it is signed by the county magistrate, the official seal of the county magistrate will take effect.

What they wanted was Shen Yichen's signature.

If Shen Yichen signs and seals and is found out by the state government later, these land transactions must also take effect, but he, Shen Yichen, is likely to be held accountable.

This was already digging a hole for Shen Yichen and roasting it on the fire.

As for conferring fame, that is an extremely ridiculous request.

(End of this chapter)