Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

As soon as the word "fifth prince" came out of Jia Lian's mouth, all the officials knew it.It's not that Jia Lian didn't know anything about Fujian and Zhejiang, it was just a feint on purpose.

All the officials lost their momentum in an instant, and the heads of all the officials in the hall were lowered.

The prefect of Ningbo Prefecture is surnamed Zhou, and his sister is the concubine Zhou in the palace.He is the fifth prince's uncle.

Jia Lian looked at the fat Wenzhou Mansion again: "Whose uncle is this?"

Wenzhou Mansion was wiping off a cold sweat: "The surname of the official is Mu, and my sister is the eldest wife of the Prince Consort Mansion in Kyoto."

Jia Lian asked, "Who is Chen Rongquan to you?"

The fat official said: "My lord, Chen Rongquan is my brother-in-law."

Jia Lian smiled at the top: "No wonder my nephew dared to beat his wife to death, but it turned out to be my nephew, Uncle Xiao."

Jia Lian suddenly threw all the sticks on the hall, and drew a pen to judge: "Li Weimin from Chatai Prefecture, Zhou Shizhao from Ningbo Prefecture, and Mu Huairen from Wenzhou Prefecture, as parents and officials of one party, are facing natural disasters and man-made disasters, when people are unable to pick up food, and the people are facing a time when they can't cook. He was greedy for food for disaster relief, embezzled community warehouses, sold them at high prices for profit, and disregarded the lives of the people. His crimes were extremely heinous, and he was dismissed from the post of magistrate, his family property was confiscated, he was beaten at eighty levels, and he was sent to a prison. Three days later, he was escorted to Beijing."

Heavy codes are used in troubled times. Although the war is over now, Jia Lian still needs to kill chickens to show his prestige. He originally planned to sentence three people to beheaded.However, Wang Ziteng and the two masters persuaded Jia Lian that if he wanted to make a career in Haijiang, he still needed to leave three points in his actions.

Although Jia Lian could sentence three people to behead the prison marquis, officials above the magistrate and the governor have no right to collude, and eventually they have to report to the Ministry of Punishment for approval.

If Jia Lian beheads first and then plays, beheading people, he will offend these people instead.It will also make the emperor feel uncomfortable.After all, although these people were greedy for food, they did not starve to death in a large area because of the operation of the prince vine.It is better to escort the person directly to Beijing, and directly judge by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Whoever these magistrates followed in the first place, let them make it difficult.

Jia Lian took it for granted: I am not afraid, but what about my children and grandchildren?

Three days later, the three magistrates were escorted into Beijing, and the common people stood side by side to watch. The messy vegetables, leaves and stinky garbage almost buried the three of them alive.

However, Jia Lian punished the three people, summoned officials from the two provinces who came to visit, and Jia Lian forcibly issued an order to cultivate the dry land for two seasons.Later, Jia Lian led [-] prefects to Yunwu Mountain, where Taizhou and Lishui meet, and asked the mountain people here to explain the cultivation of sweet potatoes to a group of two-ranked Jinshi.

Of course, Jia Lian didn't want these magistrates to cultivate the land themselves.However, Jia Lian needed these prefects to go back and urge every prefecture and county under his rule to plant sweet potatoes, so he had to let the prefects understand the benefits of planting sweet potatoes.

Three days ago, Jia Lian had sent Jia Yun and Du Ruoxin back to her mother's village to contact her mother's village. Du Ruoxin's stepfather, the leader of the Yunwu Mountain people, promised to teach him how to cultivate sweet potatoes, and also agreed to lend the surplus sweet potatoes in the village to others. Jia Lian.However, the leader has a condition. He wants Jia Lian to agree to let his uncle Jia Yun keep his 13-year-old youngest son, Du Ruoxin's half-brother, by his side to teach him.

These mountain people call themselves the Yao nationality and are proficient in Chinese. Their appearance and customs are not much different from the Han people, except that their clothes are different from the Han people.Furthermore, their children rarely read books.

The headman's son was named Zhong Shi.nickname stone.I used to follow Mr. Du to recognize Chinese characters for several years, learn Chinese culture, and I am familiar with the three-character scriptures and hundreds of surnames.He has also memorized some medical books and knows how to recognize herbs.This is also when Mr. Du came here in exile. He didn't know if he could return to his hometown, so he wanted to cultivate stones to be Du Ruoxin's arm.

Later, when Mr. Du went to Beijing, Zhong Dashan was reluctant to let his son go, and he was afraid that his son would be bullied when he went to the capital, so he didn't let his son go to the capital with him.But Mr. Du hasn't cut off contact with Zhong Shishi in recent years.Therefore, the Zhong family also knew about the relationship between Jia Lian and Jia Yun.They understood better that Jia's family had become a big official, and that's why they helped the Du family to avenge their grievances.Therefore, when Jia Lian came to Haijiang last year, the Zhong family was very friendly to Jia Lian, a Han Chinese.Willing to cooperate with Jia Lian to resettle those Han people.

Now those Han people have all returned to their hometowns, and the wasteland they reclaimed at the beginning has become the wealth of Zhongjiazhai, so they also trust Jia Lian very much.

Because of this trust, Zhong Dashan wanted his son to learn from Jia Yun, a very wise young man in his eyes.

Afterwards, Zhong Dashan dispatched three old farmers who were most skilled in farming in the village to give a group of two-ranked Jinshi, and told about the planting of sweet potatoes and the yield of sweet potatoes on the spot.When the old farmers said that by planting sweet potatoes, the yield per mu of barren hills could reach 100 catties, that of cultivated land on shady slopes could reach [-] catties per mu, and that of cultivated land on sunny slopes could yield [-] catties per mu, more than [-] scholars from the two ranks exclaimed in unison.

"Two thousand catties? Wouldn't it be possible to increase the yield of good flat land?"

"As expected, there will be no more hungry people in Fujian and Zhejiang!"

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At lunch time, the mountain people greeted Jia Lian and other 120 officials, big and small, to eat sweet potatoes.The sweet potatoes here are mostly the size of an adult's fist, with a light sweet taste, and one or two pieces can fill your stomach.

Many officials calculated secretly, only based on the calculation of the yield per mu, one mu of land can feed a family of three, and a family of ten has a surplus of three mu of land.Because sweet potatoes are harvested in autumn, next spring we can also harvest a season of wheat. We can harvest two stones in thin fields of wheat, and three or four stones in fertile fields.

No hungry people under the rule, this is a political achievement!

The climate on Yunwu Mountain is lower than that at the bottom of the mountain. Therefore, the sowing period on the mountain is half a month earlier than that at the bottom of the mountain.

After negotiating terms with Zhong Dashan, Jia Lian led more than 100 officials back to the Yamen.

He said: "I already know the benefits of planting sweet potatoes. The governor has decided to promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. Now, the governor wants to hear your opinions. How do you plan to promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes?"

These officials were flexible enough to quickly come up with many solutions.

... "I will go back immediately and urge the governors of all states and counties to go to the villages and towns. Each village and town must nominate at least three old farmers, and let the three elders and county magistrates of each county lead them to Yunwu Village to learn scriptures. contract."

... "My official seconded the proposal!"

... "This official thinks that representatives of the mountain people can be invited to visit the villages and towns in various prefectures, counties, and towns to follow the planting of sweet potatoes until the sweet potatoes are harvested. During this period, the government can give compensation."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "I have an idea. Although these mountain people have not been formally included in the management of the prefecture, they are proficient in Chinese. After this incident, I think it is not impossible for them to be educated and returned. Of course, they must be willing twice. , but I think we can start to subtly influence the exchange of cultural customs first.”

"For example, this time, the head of the Yunwu Village asked us to teach his son to learn Chinese culture. Did this give us an inspiration? Let's plant sweet potatoes this time as an opportunity. We communicated with each other, and they sent People taught us the skills of planting sweet potatoes, weaving earthen cloth, planting herbs, cooking yams, and refining plasters. We sent people to teach them the culture of the Han Dynasty. Over time, when the time is right, we will bring them into our state and county management, everyone. Do colleagues think it is possible?"

Someone asked: "But who is the right person to send?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Aren't there county schools in every prefecture and county? You are willing to go to Yunwu Mountain to teach students for free, and you will get double meals. If there are vacancies in the yamen in the future, they will have the priority to join the job. Do you think so?"

The governor is the local emperor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Whoever dares to say something wrong when the local emperor speaks, everyone below agrees.

At this time, an official pointed out: "Originally, when the new governor took office, all the officials under the rule should come to worship, but the state capital cannot be left alone. Therefore, only half of the officials from the prefectures, prefectures and counties came, and the remaining half were unknown. When is the best time to come to see Lord Du Xian?”

Jia Lian waved his hand: "Now it's the time when the spring plowing is busy, and there is no need for them to come and pay homage, um, but the governor should meet these parents and officials and listen to their opinions. Let's let those officials who stayed behind next time Lead the old farmers from various villages and towns to observe and learn from the scriptures, and just come to the governor's office by the way."

All the officials agreed.

Jia Lian said again: "Okay, now let's talk about the vacancies in various states and counties..." Jia Lian looked at the roster in his hand: "In addition to the three prefectures in Taizhou, Ningbo, and Wenzhou, there are also thirteen prefectures and counties that are vacant. Do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

In fact, Jia Lian had a list in his hand, which was proposed by Wang Ziteng based on various relationships. However, Jia Lian also wanted to see the reactions of the officials. The officials selected by Jia Lian himself would definitely become his confidantes in the future.

If you don't notice for a while and promote someone who is incompetent or has a weird mind, you will not only smash your own brand, but also your own foot.

Although Jia Lian asked, these local officials obviously knew the rules of the officialdom, and each of them only recommended candidates for magistrates under their own jurisdiction. They seemed to have no idea of ​​the vacancies in the three prefectures.

Jia Lian was very satisfied with the result, and then reported to the court according to the excerpts on the list given by Wang Ziteng, recommending Chen Tingshun, the magistrate of Shuntai County from a poor background, as the magistrate.

The prefects of Ningbo and Taizhou also promoted two magistrates who had excellent performance in three consecutive years.Of course, both of them belonged to Wang Ziteng's party.

Wang Ziteng provided information on eight people in total for Jia Lian to choose from.

Jia Lian's recommendation is one point, he must have good character, talent, learning and ability before he can recommend it.