My life skills in Daming Liver

The old friend Fang Wanghai was going to see was Hai Rui, the current county magistrate of Chun'an.

Although Chun'an County is not on the way back to Fujian, it is also on the branch of the Zhejiang River System. Fang Wanghai has to take a detour, and of course the people accompanying him will not stop him.

However, Fang Wanghai is also easygoing, ordering everyone not to publicize his status as the servant of the household department.

On the way, Su Ze said to Fang Wanghai:

"Uncle Shi, no matter what Hu Zongxian said, the big seal on this bond must be stamped by the Chaoguan Office, and only the anti-Japanese coupons stamped with the stamp of the Chaoguan Office can be tax deducted."

Fang Wanghai immediately understood what Su Ze meant, which was to hold the right to issue coupons in the hands of the Chaoguan Office.

Su Ze said again: "If you can't get money from the governor's office in the first year, the Chaoguan Office can issue the coupons by itself."

Li Zhi immediately said: "Wonderful! Ru Lin is prepared with one heart and two hands, so I won't be afraid of Hu Ruzhen's repudiation!"

While talking, the group of people entered Chun'an County like this.

Chun'an County is a county in the west of Zhejiang Province. Because it is not close to the sea, it is considered to be a place that has suffered relatively few Japanese invasions.

However, there are fewer Japanese riots, which does not mean that the life of the local people will be easier.

When Hai Rui arrived in Chun'an County, Chun'an had just encountered a flood. Hai Rui led people up to the dam himself, and then blocked the dam that was about to burst.

Because the flood flooded a lot of fields, Hai Rui led the people to rush to plant food, which at least ensured the planting of summer grain.

Immediately afterwards, Hai Rui cut off all the outstanding cases in Chun'an County over the years, because he handled things fairly and gained the reputation of "Master Qingtian".

During this period, Hai Rui's mother and wife were also taken to Chun'an County. Hai Rui's father died early, and he and his mother depended on each other since childhood.

When he was teaching in Nanping, Hai Rui left his wife to serve his mother in his hometown, and the couple finally reunited after three years.

When he arrived in Chun'an County, he heard people praising Hai Rui Qingtian along the way, which surprised Li Zhi very much.

It's not that he has never seen a good official, Fang Wanghai in front of him is considered a good official.

But compared to Hai Rui, Fang Wanghai did not receive such support from the people during his tenure.

Su Ze looked at Chun'an County and sighed softly. For the common people, a county magistrate who can perform his duties is quite rare.

A fair and honest person like Hai Rui is a blessing that has been cultivated in several lifetimes.

In fact, for most people in Ming Dynasty, as long as they can eat enough to survive, that is their greatest pursuit.

As the most tolerant nation in the whole world, these simple requirements are often not easy to meet.

In fact, the geographical environment of Chun'an County is not very good. Compared with the flat Jiangnan, Zhejiang has many hills and mountains, and the soil is mostly red soil and loess.

This kind of soil is actually not fertile enough. The climate in Zhejiang is hotter than that in Jiangnan, and the rainfall is more abundant, but the yield per mu is lower than that in Jiangnan.

But at this time, Chun'an County is looking stable. The summer grain collection in September has been collected, and the winter wheat has been planted.

Sitting on the boat and looking at the well-cared-for fields on both sides of the river, Fang Wanghai has worked as a magistrate and knows how difficult it is to have such stability in this world.

"Hai Gangfeng really has the talent to help the world and the people!" Fang Wanghai praised.

Having also been a local official, Fang Wanghai can best understand the difficulties of being an official.

If you are an ordinary official, being an official is the easiest thing in the world.

As long as the tasks are assigned, the subordinate staff are required to do them, and finally enough food is handed over to complete the evaluation of the court, and the official duties are handled a little bit, the performance of the government will basically not be too bad.

Not to mention that now all the officials will bring their master or something, and even the daily affairs can be handed over to the master. To be an official, you only need to do what you like every day.

But being an official is also a first-class difficult task. To be a good official, you must be able to handle domestic lawsuits fairly, and you must not wrong the good people or let the bad people go.

Because Zhejiang wants to fight against the Japanese, the additional anti-Japanese money and salary are levied. To complete these tasks, they also need to leave some surplus food for the people. Officials have to find a way to make the big households in the county pay food obediently.

This is not something that can be done just by talking about it. We must know that the food for the small people is easy to harvest, but it is difficult for the big households to collect food.

In addition, a county magistrate still has various miscellaneous matters, such as the sacrifices in various counties, the management of academics and government officials in a county, and the officials who welcome and send them. It is not easy to do all these well.

Seeing such a stable scenery in Chun'an County, Fang Wanghai knew that Hai Rui was a very capable official.

Su Ze also looked around with emotion. From Jiangnan to Zhejiang, Su Ze didn't feel the prosperity of the land of fish and rice. Instead, he saw the farmers with disheveled faces, the strong men who were driven to stretch their muscles, and the tired and careful postmen.

There are still no Japanese riots along the way, and it is hard to imagine what the places where Japanese riots broke out are like.

The people in Chun'an County are different. Farmers take care of their fields carefully, which is a look of hope for the future.

Su Ze sighed, and finally understood why the ancient people had such a strong "Qingtian" complex, and even modern society has an obsessive worship of "Qingtian".

In an agricultural society where stability is most needed, a "Master Qingtian" can really make people think about it for a long time.

After stopping at the boat post, Fang Wanghai and Li Zhi Su Ze rode their horses and headed towards Chun'an County after changing into casual clothes.

Not long after entering the city, I saw a group of yamen servants holding notices, pasting them on the city wall, and then began to read out the notices.

The notices issued by the county government to the people are all written in vernacular, the content is simple and easy to understand, and even compiled into jingles for easy dissemination.

The clerk who read the announcement said in the local dialect: "Today, the liars who sneaked into our county have been arrested and imprisoned by the county magistrate Hai. The big family immediately went to the county government to get back the money they were cheated of!"

Fang Wanghai frowned and said, "Is there anyone in Zhejiang who dares to cheat in the name of Hu Zongxian's family?"

Su Ze smiled slightly.

Li Zhi said: "This Hai Gangfeng is really an interesting person, even if he is a liar, he dares to catch him?"

Hai Rui is only the county magistrate of Chun'an, he has a magistrate above him, and the magistrate also has the chief envoy of Zhejiang.

Hu Zongxian was the governor of Zhejiang, the governor of Nanzhili and the military affairs of Zhejiang, and his powers were still on the chief envoy.

Don't look at Hu Zongxian's amiability when drinking with Fang Wanghai before, in fact, he is a military and political official in Zhejiang, and his rank is very high.

Even if it was bluffing and deceiving, it was under the banner of Hu Zongxian, Hai Rui dared to arrest him.

Fang Wanghai did not stay at the gate of the city, but went directly to the county government.

After the county office delivered the invitation, Hai Rui, who was wearing coarse clothes, came out from the side door and welcomed Fang Wanghai into the county office.

"Teacher." Su Ze saluted Hai Rui respectfully.

Hai Rui was also very happy to see Su Ze, a proud student. He quickly helped Su Ze up and greeted Fang Wanghai.

"Brother Gang Feng, this is my brother-in-law Li Zhi, who is serving as a sacrificial wine at the Nanjing Imperial Academy."

Fang Wanghai pulled Hai Rui and said, "I'm going back this time because of my daughter's marriage. I remembered that I should give Brother Gangfeng a drink, so I came here to bother you!"

Fang Wanghai was talking about the marriage between Su Ze and Fang Ruolan back then, and it was Hai Rui who was a matchmaker. Hai Rui quickly smiled and led the three of them into the back house.

The back house of the county office was in a mess. Su Ze also saw a few dilapidated spinning wheels, as well as piles of straw and branches. These should be hoarded firewood for the winter.

Li Zhi had only seen such a scene when he was a child. At that time, his family was in decline and he was brought up by Mrs. Li.

But ever since his sister got married, Fang Wanghai's official career went smoothly, and he was admitted to Juren again, the family has never been in such a mess.

After a while, a hale and hearty old man came out of the house, and Hai Rui quickly introduced, "This is my mother."

Because Fang Wanghai travels in a micro-service, Hai Rui did not introduce his position, but only said that he was an old friend, and pointed to Su Ze and said:

"This is the disciple my son accepted in Nanping, Fujian Jieyuan Suze."

Haimu was very enthusiastic, she hurried to clean up the spinning wheel, and said apologetically, "This is for the old lady to weave. It's too messy here, and I made all the distinguished guests laugh."

Immediately afterwards, a woman also came out from the back house, needless to say, this was Hai Rui's wife.

Su Ze paid respects to his teacher's wife with the etiquette of a teacher. Hai Rui's wife was a little skeptical, and was ordered by Hai Rui to cook.

Li Zhi was shocked by the fact that there was no servant in such a huge county government house, and that Haimu and Haiwife had to weave by themselves.

Li Zhi is also a juren, and he can be regarded as half a man in the officialdom.

The county magistrate is known as Bailihou, although the rank is really not high, but the power is quite large.

Fang Wanghai was already a good official, but he was never as poor as Hai Rui.

Li Zhi recalled what Fang Wanghai said before, when Hai Rui was a county school teacher, he farmed by himself, and used his salary to support poor scholars like Su Ze. .

Fang Wanghai was also emotional, he didn't expect Hai Rui to live in such poverty.

After a while, Hai's wife served the meal. Because there were guests at home, there were vegetables and meat. After all, Hai Rui was the county magistrate, so his income could still afford meat.

It's just that the Hai family only has their own dirty wine, Fang Wanghai is not picky, he pours the wine himself.

Hai Rui was also very happy to see old friends and proud students.

After drinking for a while, Fang Wanghai said: "Brother Gangfeng, I heard that you caught a liar who pretended to be Hu Zongxian's family?"

Hai Rui smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a liar. They are indeed Governor Hu's family."

Li Zhi put down his chopsticks in surprise.

Hai Rui said: "That guy is Governor Hu's nephew, and he used Governor Hu's name to swindle and deceive people in various places in Zhejiang, extorting money from the people for the anti-Japanese regiment training."

"After he entered Chun'an County, he extorted hundreds of taels of silver in several townships. After I found out about the situation, I took him and his servants."

Fang Wanghai asked, "What are you going to do?"

Hai Rui said, "It's simple, just send them to Governor Hu for punishment."

Hai Rui seemed to say something insignificant, but Su Ze felt hearty and clever when he heard it.

Sure enough, this was Hai Rui's character.

Li Zhi patted his chopsticks and said:

"Wonderful! Haizhi County said they were liars and sent them to Governor Hu. Governor Hu felt wronged, so he had to admit it!"

Hai Rui lowered his head and said, "Compared to the tax on banknotes, these are nothing more than tricks."

Hai Rui sighed: "For the sake of fighting against the Japanese, the burden on the shoulders of the people of Chun'an is too heavy! Anti-Japanese money, salary, and now I heard that they have to go to various places to practice, and the common people can't bear it anymore."

Hai Rui said depressedly: "After I took office, I asked the big households to apportion the past debts, and took the lead in inspecting the commercial tax, but it was still not enough. If this continues, Zhejiang will be in chaos before the war against the Japanese is over."

Fang Wanghai also lowered his head, what Hai Rui said was similar to what he saw in Suzhou.

Now the entire southeastern region is in financial trouble because of the anti-corruption.

Hai Rui looked at Su Ze and said, "Ru Lin, I heard you said that from the Chinese barbarians in Quzhou Academy, but now that the Ming Dynasty is like this, it's good to be able to defend itself, so don't talk about expansion."

Su Ze knew that Hai Rui was conservative, he was not as flexible as Fang Wanghai, and even less flexible than Hu Zongxian.

What he pays attention to as an official is the words "safeguarding the environment and the people".

In order to protect his own people, Hai Rui could offend his boss's boss's boss.

Hai Rui continued: "However, among young people in Zhejiang, Ru Lin is already very famous."

"You're going back to get married, and you haven't prepared any good gifts for your teacher."

Hai Rui stood up again, and took out a plate of silk from the back room.

"This red silk was woven by your teacher's mother. It is a gift from me for your wedding."

Su Ze was a little moved by holding the red silk. Ever since he became a disciple of Hai Rui, Hai Rui has taught him all his studies. This red silk is a lot of money to Hai Rui.

But this kind of heart will naturally be accepted: "Thank you teacher and teacher's wife, Ze will never forget it!"

Hai Rui said happily, "I also want to ask Ru Lin for help."

"Teacher, just say it."

Hai Rui said, "Is there any seed for the sweet potatoes and potatoes you planted in Fujian back then? Chun'an County also has many mountains and hills, but there are many people in Zhejiang and few fields. I wonder if we can promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes and potatoes."

It turned out to be this matter, Su Ze nodded and said: "This is easy. When I return to Nanping, I will send it to the teacher. I will also write down the breeding method and send it to the teacher."

Hai Rui was overjoyed and said, "That would be the best. On behalf of the people of Chun'an, I would like to thank Ru Lin. If the cultivation of this plant can be promoted, countless people will be able to live."

Seeing how poor Hai Rui's family was, Fang Wanghai was unwilling to stay longer, so he found an excuse to return to the boat the next day and continue southward to Fujian.

In October, the group finally returned to Nanping County.