Dress to be a celebrity

Lu Yushi came out from Hanzhong, and he was more passionate than when he just left Beijing, only thinking about God bless Dazheng, and there are sages from time to time.Take a boat all the way eastward along the Han River, to the Xi'an mansion, and summon a group of officials from the mansion.

Mr. Du, the magistrate of Xi'an, was also newly appointed during the Chinese New Year. He has only been here for a few months, and he has not had time to make any earth-shattering achievements.However, he didn't plan to push any new policies - he used to be a coordinator in Huguang, a wealthy place, but even a land of fish and rice couldn't compare to the comfort and ease that Xi'an gave him.

The people here don't need him to persuade Nongsang, they know how to buy pesticides, buy fertilizers, and cultivate intensively according to the farming calendar of Hanyang Prefecture next door.There are also merchants who rent wheat threshing machines. When the harvest is harvested, several families rent a threshing machine, wheat threshing machine, and blower. The wealthy family buys one and uses it, and the grains will be removed in a day or two. Let it dry before the rain, so you are not afraid of insects and mildew.

Although it is not easy to grow thirteen ears of Jiahe like Song Zhifu, those well-served fields can also produce more than three stones of rice and one or two stones of wheat.

When it came time to collect the grain tax, there was no need for him to press the invoices. The grain officials could pay more than [-]% of the tax when they went to the countryside.After he took office, he did not issue a few warrants to urge the grain tax, and he completed the first important task of being an official while sitting down.

Moreover, local rich households run industry, run industry, and do business. The tax on land and factory buildings is a large amount of income. In addition to the industrial and commercial tax of [-] in [-], the money withheld in their houses is no less than that of the southern provinces. !

The only pity is that the more local women go out to do things, the more they don't remarry after losing their husbands, and the more self-supporting female households.

Women's households have fewer taxes and services, and their families will inevitably lose some miscellaneous taxes and services; fortunately, most of these female households have inherited the property of their husband's family, and they have to pay industrial and commercial taxes for business and industry; those who have no property mostly go out to weave with others Cloth, work, do not have to leave their children to marry, and the local government will be less burdened with orphans, the old and the weak.

Even some troubles are troubles under happiness. Compared with sending out warrants and going to the countryside to collect taxes, the feeling of being able to cope with the boss is much stronger.

Prefect Du smiled all over his face, and introduced his achievements in the past six months to the governor with a radiant face.

Governor Lu asked about the supply of military rations, and he also fully agreed: "Hanzhong Prefecture can supply it, and Xi'an Prefecture can also supply it! Don't worry, my lord, Chang'an is also the hometown of emperors in the past dynasties, and the most prosperous and affluent place in the northwest. What can't afford it?" ?”

Even if the prince at the border is not easy to serve, isn't there a prince in Hanzhong next to them?

Zhou Wang couldn't climb up to him, and Feng Xian didn't dare to get close to him, but there was a magistrate Song Taizun who was married to the prince. He heard that he had a very good temper and could speak well in front of the prince.If the Honorable Song Mansion is in the middle and persuades His Royal Highness King Zhou to protect him, no matter how critical His Royal Highness King Qi is, he will still listen to his elder brother and forgive him a little bit.

Prefect Du was very thoughtful, and gathered all his energy to accompany the governor around the warehouse, invited celebrities and talented people in the city to accompany him to the banquet, and showed the governor the smooth and harmonious government of Xi'an government, hoping to get a good review in the year-end assessment.

On the one hand entertaining the boss, on the other hand, he paid the money in the government office account to welcome the guests and the boss, and ordered the master to make some gifts and send them to the left neighbor Hanzhong Mansion.

Prefect Du is flexible in mind, and others are not inferior.They are all to support the army of the Northwest, and to serve a highness and many relatives. If there is nothing to do, they will do everything well. If something happens, they will always find a noble person to ask for——

The king of Zhou and the magistrate of Song are naturally the first choice.

Since the governor left, the Hanzhong government office has successively collected a Shaanxi atlas: Xi'an, Fengxiang, Gongchang, Lintao...

Governor Lu inspected all the way, and Song Shi collected letters from all over the place. The letters were full of flowers and flowers, and the contents were similar.They all begged him for the sake of being an official in the same province, to say a few words to them in front of the King of Zhou, and let the King of Zhou know that they are dedicated to supplying the military supplies in the Northwest.

In addition to the letter, there are also gifts attached, some are from confidants and masters, and some are from brothers and nephews. In addition to the benefits for him, there are also gifts for filial piety to King Zhou and gifts for Huan Ling.

If it was just a gift for him alone, please ask the Hanzhong government to transport some food and grass to help them supply their military supplies. He is also a person who is proficient in the unspoken rules of officialdom, so he will accept it if he can't say it.Everyone is an official in the same province, and they are all in the supply army, contributing to the unification of the country, what can't they help?

But these people wanted to give gifts to King Zhou and Huan Ling, so he had to think about it.

In particular, Huan Ling's job is to catch corruption as a Fengxian official. If he accepts the gift from the officials below, how can he stand upright and be a censor?

Over the years, he has seen his younger brother report (report) internally without avoiding his relatives, and externally (report) without avoiding hatred, so he has won the awe of the ministers of the court and the trust of the Holy One, and has become a well-known iron-framed constitution in the country today.He couldn't bear to let Huan Ling be accused of accepting bribes for the sake of his colleagues in the province.

Not only is Huan Ling not allowed to accept it, even he himself is not allowed to accept it.

It's an unspoken rule in the workplace, and it doesn't matter.Now that people give gifts, they recognize his identity as Huan Qianxian's family, so if he accepts it, it is considered Huan Ling's bribery, right?

Tsk, after getting married, not only bribery is counted as common property, but crime is also a loss. He also has to set himself the benchmark of the family members of a constitutional official.

Master Song's heart surged with a sense of righteousness, he straightened his waist, threw off his sleeves, pushed away the letters on the table, and wrote a line of ink characters hidden in the lines: "To get the book of the master, you have to peep into the chest of the king." My brother Yu is very touched by the ambition of repaying the country. However, you and I are officials in the same province, and we have always had a deep friendship, and you can see the affection in the letter before you, so why bother to send a generous gift?"

As an official close to the people, he is still unwilling to accept generous gifts, let alone Lord Qian Xian and the king of Zhou who is in charge of military affairs abroad!

There is no need to mention gifts. Their provinces are either responsible for the supply of military rations or the responsibility of transshipment of military rations. Let's start from this point and study how to supply rations.

He thought that canned meat, canned fruit, and compressed biscuits were all excellent military rations.These foods have been certified by His Royal Highness King Zhou, Mr. Yang, who is supervising the army outside the customs, approves, and Governor Lu tastes them. The first batch of products has been brought to the army with Mr. Yang's luggage.

Now he has a full set of technology in his hands. If colleagues are interested, he can send technicians to bring products and machines to various provinces for demonstration, and even guide the construction and production of factories.

These foods are indeed fresh and delicious, and the common people can also eat them.Even if the army triumphs in the future and there is no need for military rations, the food workshops can be converted to civilian use and will not become a burden on the government.

Mr. Song finished his contribution to the anti-corruption work and military supply, he let out a long sigh from his chest, put down his pen in satisfaction, and ordered someone to bring a letter and a gift back the same way.

The sender sent a post to ask for an interview, but he only asked the clerk in the mansion to entertain him, and replied gently: "Our lord's letter has already been written in a convenient way, you can just take the gift of the letter back, and you will definitely not teach me." You are punished."

Those who gave gifts did not dare to find the imperial censor, let alone climb the threshold of the prince's mansion, so they had to return home with a cart full of gifts in aggrieved manner.

Huan Ling knew about this once or twice in this way, and when he returned home at night, he advised him: "Leave these people's letters to me. I am a censor, and it is natural to refuse people to give gifts. You and them Assuming the civil administration of a province together, in the future there will be riverworks, transshipment, criminal names and other things that the two governments will jointly manage. If they fail to win His Royal Highness Zhou Wang, I will blame you..."

This little Huan, at a young age, thinks a lot.

Song Taizun clicked his tongue twice, pushed him down on the seat, and raised his hand to rub away the slightly wrinkled lines between his brows.Thin calluses formed on the belly of the finger due to many years of writing, and it was drawn down from the eyebrows along the bridge of the nose, which made people feel nervous.Huan Ling's speaking speed couldn't help slowing down, and the speed at which the finger slid down was also a little slower. It fell from the tip of his nose and pressed gently between his lips, blocking the words he hadn't spoken.

His lips were half-opened, as long as he opened them a little more, he could put his fingertips in his mouth, and then Song Shi would obediently put himself under his lips, allowing him to taste...

Mr. Huan sighed lightly, rubbed his rough fingertips and said, "You naturally have an idea, don't let me ask about this matter, I just don't ask."

Song Shi put one hand on his face, spread his thumb and middle finger, pinched his somewhat thin cheeks, raised his eyebrows and said: "I won't let you ask, I just want to report to Lord Qindu Censor In the past, someone from the prefect of a certain place sent people to write letters and present gifts to Your Excellency and His Royal Highness King Zhou. Fortunately, Song knew that Your Excellency, as a constitutional minister, valued the most honor, so he stopped these people halfway and never allowed them to order Dirty Lord's innocence."

Huan Ling's innocence has been confessed to him a long time ago, and this character of not bowing down for fame, wealth and honor is also his, so he has to guard it carefully, but don't let others get involved.

Song Shi admired Huan Ling's amazed yet joyful, docile and lovely expression, stroked his cheek, and said with a smile: "I am contributing to the construction of a clean government in Dazheng, and it is the responsibility of my local officials. You don't have to be too grateful to me, Lord Qianxian."

Looking at his flamboyant expression, Huan Ling felt full of liking, and wished he could pull it down and rub it, but he was afraid that rubbing his face would prevent him from smiling so complacently.He endured and endured, only turned his face and rubbed Song Shi's hand, and replied: "I know, our current officials are all loyal to the country, and if I want to be a clean and honest official, I naturally can't." Live up to your expectations."

If anyone comes to give gifts or deliver letters, it's up to Shi Guan'er to reject them.

Anyway, they are a husband and wife, and when those people saw the letter, they wouldn't think that Song Shi deliberately made things difficult for them and refused to send the letter, they would just think it was Huan Ling's decision.

He complied with Song Shi's thoughts so happily and obediently, and Master Song's heart of being the master of the family was satisfied. On the other hand, he introspected that he shouldn't worry him, so he wrote in the letter the plan to teach the various governments to make military rations and support them to build factories. said.

Although he did not build a ladder for them and teach them to get close to King Zhou, it also gave the various governments the task of transporting food and building a pillar industry in the future, which can be regarded as satisfying their letters.

Hearing what he said, Huan Ling thought of the fact that all the prefectures had built economic parks, workshops, and industries, and couldn't help but sigh: "The official at the time is a minister of the country. How to make more places rich and the people happy."

He was originally from a later generation, so his eyes were naturally lofty, and he was not limited to a small Hanzhong...even not limited to this dynasty. He must have his own considerations for helping the outer government in this way.

He already loved Song Shi, who took the world as his own responsibility, and refused to teach him to be selfish, and only praised him for doing well.

Song Shi was used to being praised by him, and now he is not very humble in front of him. He just raised the corners of his lips and smiled, and said in an official tone: "Although this is to cultivate competitors, it will affect the development of some grain processing industries in Hanzhong. Momentum, but how can there be a patent in the world that others can't figure out?"

With the ingenuity of the people of our Great Heavenly Dynasty, people can imitate things soon after they are sold, and sooner or later the imitation will be the same, and they still have to compete with what they make.Instead of waiting for others to imitate, it is better for him to send out these machines and production processes now, in exchange for the friendship of his colleagues, and to ensure sufficient food and grass supply in the army.

Although the grain processing industry may suffer some setbacks, this loss may be able to make up for it by selling equipment.In the future, all the prefectures will develop grain processing industries, and they can also rely on selling machines to regenerate blood and upgrade labor-intensive industries into technology-intensive industries.

The more he thought about it, the more absorbed he was, until he felt a warm feeling in his palm, then he came back to his senses and realized that Huan Ling was biting his palm, grinding his teeth lightly.

He seemed to have been pinching Huan Ling's face for a while.

Song Shi withdrew his hand awkwardly, pressed his soft cheek to make up for it, and after a while, he turned his face and kissed him heavily on the cheek: "I don't blame my father for saying that you are prosperous...that you and I are compatible, and we are together." It must be helpful. When I bought economic papers, I had a headache and didn’t understand anything. Now that I’ve been with you for a long time, I’ve learned how to adjust the industrial structure without a teacher!”