Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and it was his first time to recommend an official. If the emperor gave Jia Lian the face of the governor, he would definitely give a quick reply and allow it to be played.

Jia Lian reported the actual situation of the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang to the imperial court while making the recommendation, and reminded the emperor that in the twelfth lunar month of last year, Prince Teng and the chief envoy of the nine provinces, who were inspected by the nine provinces, had written secret documents to the late emperor and reported to the Fujian and Zhejiang regions. Famine and desertion, request the imperial court to adjust food to relieve the victims.

For some reason, the imperial court kept the secret book and did not approve it.

In addition to these, Jia Lian also has a secret report. In this secret report, Jia Lian reported in detail his handling of the current disaster situation in Fujian and Zhejiang. In addition, in the next three years, he plans to promote the two seasons of floods and droughts in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces: There are two crops of rice in paddy fields, and spring wheat and summer sweet potatoes in dry fields.

Finally, Jia Lian petitioned to lease the barren slopes and wasteland belonging to the government in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces to tenants without land to cultivate them and plant drought-tolerant crops such as sweet potatoes and corn. Disaster relief.

Jia Lian imagined the future. One year later, there will be no more hungry people in Fujian and Zhejiang; two years later, Fujian and Zhejiang will become the second "Land of Abundance".

Jia Lian's memorial took advantage of the governor's yamen's prerogative, and sent it to the imperial palace in an expedited [-] miles.

The emperor's reply was very fast. Seven days later, the emperor not only approved Jia Lian's recommendation, but also wrote three words "good" on the memorial, and then wrote: "Aiqing's move is really successful. Aiqing is the hero of my Great Moon Dynasty." !"

Finally, the emperor also wrote in the memorial to promote the planting of sweet potatoes: "Ai Qing thinks that sweet potatoes can be grown in Gansu and Henan provinces?"

Jia Lian once again made a secret report, saying that sweet potatoes are resistant to drought, and should be able to be planted in Gansu and Henan.However, Fujian and Zhejiang are only in the promotion stage at the moment, and they are still figuring out how to plant sweet potatoes. The planting technology is not yet proficient, and seeds are also a problem. Only after the harvest in autumn can we have spare energy to help other provinces.

Jia Lian assured the emperor that once the trial planting in Fujian and Zhejiang was successful, he would welcome people from Gansu and Henan to observe and study, and would provide them with planting technical assistance free of charge, and would also give sweet potato seeds as gifts.In short, Jia Lian assured the emperor that he would donate to the imperial court free of charge for any measures that can enrich the country and strengthen the people!

The emperor was very satisfied with Jia Lian's reply, and at the same time he sent the original Qin Quan to Haijiang with the imperial edict.

Qin Quan came to proclaim the decree, and the emperor bestowed on Jia Lian's eldest son, Ge Er, the title of Captain Yunqi.In other words, the 11-year-old elder brother Jia Wei will receive a salary every year from now on.Although it is only 85 taels, it is equivalent to the fifth grade.

As a county magistrate, Jia Yun was busy talking about only 50 taels of salary a year. However, Jia Yun had ice and charcoal respect, and three festivals and two lives. These were the bulk of officials' income.

Of course, Jia Lian gave Jia Yun [-] silver when he took office, and told him: "Three festivals and two lifespans have become customary money, and you have to collect it. If you don't accept it, others will think that you are all kinds of people. Get along with each other. However, after the event, you have to look for opportunities to return gifts, so that you can enforce the law impartially and not be hijacked by others. This does not mean that you are not humane, and you are convenient with others within the scope of not violating the laws of the country. It is convenient for yourself, the water is clear and there are no fish, remember!"

In the first ten days of April, all prefectures and counties flocked to the Yunwu Mountain Village to learn the techniques of planting sweet potatoes from the mountain people. In the second ten days of April, the whole sea area was put into intensive spring plowing.

Not only did Jia Lian send more than 100 spies to every prefecture and county to make unannounced visits to collect planting information in each county, he also changed his regular clothes, pretending to be a blue-robed scholar, and took two little schoolboys, Kite and Fengshou, to go deep into the prefectures and counties for unannounced visits.

Among them, Shuntai County where Jia Yun is located is Jia Lian's first destination.

The reason why Jia Lian put Jia Yun in Shuntai County was firstly because the land was fertile and rich in products, and secondly, Du Peiwen, the mansion here, was the nephew of Du Dashi, a general under Wang Ziteng.Du Peiwen will definitely be promoted in the future. As long as Jia Yun does well, the post of Wenzhou prefect will be Jia Yun's in the future.And because of Wang Ziteng's relationship with Jia's mansion, Du Peiwen will definitely recommend Jia Yun to replace him before leaving.

Although it is a little bit reluctant to be a magistrate, Jia Yun did not land, but was delayed by the chaos of war.Furthermore, he has Mr. Du to speak well for him in front of the emperor, and Jia Lian, the governor, recommends him. The emperor will not save Jia Lian's face.

The future development depends on Jia Yun herself.

Speaking of it, it was because of Jia Yun's bad luck, and because he himself was unwilling to bear it, and he missed the chance of getting two Jinshi in his life.

Jia Lian didn't go directly to the Shuntai County Government Office, but went to Qinxiang Teahouse, the largest teahouse in the county.

Generally speaking, teahouses are the best way to inquire about news.

The three of Jia Lian's master and servant picked up a seat by the window, ordered a pot of green tea and a few plates of dim sum, and slowly sipped tea while looking at the street scene.At the beginning of the period, there were very few people in the teahouse. After the morning, the teahouse gradually became lively.Jia Lian also pricked up his ears.

After filtering out a lot of nonsense, Jia Lian finally captured what he wanted to hear.And there is a table of scholars talking.

Looking at Jia Lian, it seems that they are all young masters from rich families.

One said: "I heard that the new county magistrate is very close to the people. He visited the families of those who had returned from the escape one by one. He not only sent people to repair their houses for them, but also distributed the barren mountains and river beaches of the county government to these families for cultivation. It is said that the first He doesn’t charge a dime of tax every year, and after the second year, he only needs to hand over [-]% of the harvest to the warehouse, which seems to be an upright official.”

One said: "This is just the beginning, it's hard to say. The new official took office three fires, let's see how he burns next."

One said: "Historically, newly appointed magistrates would visit the famous gentry in the county, but this magistrate did the opposite. The gentry did not go to the welcome banquet, but went to visit the three elders in the county first. Going to work hard."

The few scholars had already finished their snacks while they were talking, and dispersed.

Jia Lian wandered upstairs again, and soon found a private room, in which there were several middle-aged scholars.One of them clasped his fists and said, "Team Wan, is there any hope for the little brother's entrustment?"

The man surnamed Wan was dressed in soap clothes, so he should be the leader of the yamen servants.

Bantou Wan waved his hand: "I don't think this is a problem."

The scholar said: "I heard that the new county magistrate brought his own scribes and clerks. Once the emperor and courtiers, since the clerks and clerks have all been changed, how can the scribes not be changed?"

Bantou Wan said: "Do you know that Gao Sheng of Du Zhi County didn't take those two away, I guess there might be some nonsense in the alternation of the old and the new." The scholar asked, "Spoofing? How?"

Bantou Wan said with a smile: "Brother Zhang may not know that the Qin family and the Wang family have been the pawns for generations, and all the files of the county government are in their hands. Ti Xie will never give up this mouthful of food."

... "So, what the new official wants to say about taking the county government into his own hands is a little mysterious?"... "It's not just mysterious, it's not good, whether he can secure his position as the county magistrate is still a matter of debate?"

... "Brother Wan, can you tell me in detail?"

... "Hey, forget it, the trouble comes from the mouth, I have written down your matter, but I will remind you whenever there is a chance, but don't have too much hope, there is one thing that may It's suitable for you, the magistrate is discussing who to send to Yunwu Mountain for the past few days, and I heard that there are two meals for the grannies and grannies, and after returning from the expiration of January, there may be a chance to stay in the yamen as a clerk .”

The scholar suddenly changed his face: "No, no, no, Anxie Mountain people are not civilized, I heard that they are very tough, and those women are immoral when they see them, they will grab whoever they like, I dare not go. Thank you, Brother Wan, for your kindness."

The scholar hurried away.

Wanban took the first few dishes of dim sum out of the teahouse, and walked towards the outside of the city.

Jia Lian gestured to Yaozi Fengshou, and followed him downstairs.Falling far behind her, I saw this man surnamed Wan stop at the door of a small courtyard at the end of the street. After looking around, he didn't knock on the door, but twitched the big knife at his waist and knocked on the upstairs window.

Immediately, the window sash upstairs was raised, and a pink figure loomed out.

Afterwards, the window sash was lowered, and the surname Wan also turned and went to the backyard.

Jia Lian leaned against the tree and opened his ears.

Sure enough, the woman in the pink shirt is the best friend of this team.The two met and chatted.The monkey surnamed Wan was in a hurry, but the woman was a little unhappy: "Brother Wan, how soon are you going to propose marriage to my elder brother? In the past few days, my brother and sister-in-law have been persecuting me every day to let me go to the Qin family to be a child. Yes, but the Qin family said they were willing to give my family a dowry gift of 100 taels of silver. They also said, "If I have a son left after entering the house, they will make me the second wife. My brother and sister-in-law have already agreed. Go to my door again."

The enthusiasm of the surnamed Wan suddenly cooled down, and he sighed: "You know that I only have 15 taels of salary a year, and I am assigned to the fast class. I have some hard-earned money. Your brother asked for 50 taels of dowry, so you sold me. I can't even get it out."

When Jia Lian heard this, he knew that this man was a righteous person. If he had some crooked thoughts, as a fast catcher, how could he get hundreds of silver a year.

After the two pushed and exchanged cups for a while, the sound of eighteen bans sounded in the room.

The woman blamed: "It's day and night, let's wait for night..."

At dusk, Jia Lian dressed up as a big man with cheeks and flew out of the Yuelai Inn through the window.

Jia Lian went to lurk behind the tree outside the widow's courtyard. After a while, he saw the man surnamed Wan coming here with a food box.

When Jia Lian waited for the two of them to drink, he knocked on the window sash and said, "Boss Wan, please move forward and talk!"