In order to avoid disturbing the people with too many people, Lin Yanchao asked most of the officials in the county government of Yucheng County to return to the city first. He was accompanied by Huang Xiancheng, Gu Zhubo, Xu Dianshi and several officials, as well as his entourage to Gaojiaji.

The owner of the saddled horse and gave Lin Yanchao courtesy, which can be seen that he is determined to win the county order of Yucheng County.

The county lord Bo is the ninth grade, and the county Cheng is the eighth grade, although the Gu master Bo is lower than the official position of Huang County Cheng, but Huang County Cheng is a Xiucai background, if it is not for Pan Jitao's sponsorship, he will not be an official. And Gu Zhubo is a serious person.

Officials who were born in the Ming Dynasty, even if they were appointed to the county, most of them went to the county of Ren Guo County (the county was located in the provincial capital, the capital city, and the state city).

Attached to the county of Guo County, it is equivalent to the first county, and the county of the same prefecture is headed by the first county magistrate. For example, now Lu Qianjian, the county governor of Shangqiu, is a jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli. Therefore, officials who were born in Jinshi rarely go to non-affiliated counties such as Yucheng County to serve as magistrates.

In the Ming officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, who was promoted by Kejia, the officials who were born in the people crushed the officials who were born as officials, so the opportunity for Huang Xiancheng and Gu Zhubo to serve as the magistrate of the county is not small with Huang Xiancheng, who is higher than his official position.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao's attitude at this time was very important, and Gu Zhubo couldn't help but stammer with him.

The owner Bo introduced to Lin Yanchao: "This Gao family has a total of more than 120 households, and the lower officials were here last year, following the example of Jiangnan to establish a community warehouse. ”

Lin Yanchao heard about the community warehouse, and couldn't help but show a serious look, this community warehouse system was created by Zhu Xi, the people raised their own grain, lent grain to the people in the spring, and the people returned the grain in the autumn, plus 20% interest, the nature of which is exactly the same as the green seedling law that Lin Yanchao will implement in Guide Mansion.

However, Shecang is a civil autonomy, and it is run by judges of the Seedlings, and the biggest advantage of the Seedlings Law is that they are all acquaintances in the township, which prevents the exploitation of officials from it and malicious apportionment.

In the aftermath of the disaster, although the people borrowed the grain from the community warehouse, although they demanded interest, it was much better than the relief grain mixed with sand and bark distributed by the government, so the people would rather borrow the rice and grain from the community warehouse than eat the free disaster relief grain from the government.

Lin Yanchao heard that Gu Zhubo was implementing a community warehouse in this county, and he couldn't help but think highly of him, and later heard that his community warehouse was to collect grain and rice from large private households, and when the government came forward to guarantee it and distribute it to the people, he couldn't help but show it. Handled by the government, this is still no different from the Qingmiao Law, which does not echo Zhu Xi's original intention of founding Shecang.

Although Lin Yanchao thought so in his heart, he still praised on his face: "The owner is thin, and he is still very prescient. ”

Hearing Lin Yanchao's praise, the owner Bo was overjoyed, but he saw Xu Dianshi on the side showing a sarcastic look.

Soon arrived at Gaojiaji, and it was nearly dusk.

Seeing a group of people coming, the crows on a few dead trees outside the Gao family set suddenly croaked, and then the dogs in the set ran out of the market door and barked at the people.

Gaojiaji is surrounded by a layer of loess rammed earth fence on all sides, and smoke comes out of the earthen wall, a picture of the pastoral scenery of a farmhouse.

When the group arrived at the gate of the set, the chief of the set, the township covenant, and the figure were already waiting for a long time at the Shenming Pavilion at the mouth of the set.

The imperial courts of all dynasties advocated the politics of 'imperial power is not lower than the county', and the townships below the county level are generally clan autonomy. The Shenming Pavilion is the chief, the township covenant and the common people to dissect disputes and trivial matters, and assist in the punishment of punishment. Sometimes the law has to be taught here, such as the laws and regulations in the Daming law, so although most of the people are illiterate, it does not mean that they are legally illiterate, and most of them can understand the laws of the imperial court, which is the result of long-term law popularization in the township.

However, the laws of the imperial court still have to be combined with the local people's feelings, and in order to restrain the people, each place will have its own set of township covenants.

The township covenant is also an agreement that the local villagers abide by. After the township covenant was formulated, the government and the people elected a covenant chief, as well as a deputy and a covenant principal, etc., to maintain the local township covenant, and manage the affairs of the social warehouse, social studies, and armor protection.

The people who came to greet Lin Yanchao were the head of the Gao family, the head of the family, the head of the Tuzheng (managing the fish scale book), and the teacher of the social school.

The identity of these people is between the common people and the officials, not only they govern the local government on behalf of the imperial court, are responsible for urging the department, the husband serves, but also convey the public opinion to the government on behalf of the common people.

Huang Xiancheng, Gu Zhubo and other officials generally do not deal with these villagers, only Xu Dianshi came forward. Although the canon is an official of the imperial court and is selected by the ministry, he has no grade, not even from the ninth grade, and belongs to an official who does not enter the stream.

There is a sentence to describe the classic history, the glory of a life, two pieces of bamboo board dragging, thirty silver collars, four townships to protect the pass, five mouths, hexagonal documents, seven grades of the hall officials can be relied on, the eight-character yamen can be opened, and the nine products can be borrowed, and they are very happy.

Lin Yanchao and other officials went to the countryside, Huang Xiancheng, and the owner Bo could still speak in front of him, but Xu Dianshi didn't even have the qualifications to interject except for laughing on the side. But the classic history is in the eyes of the common people, but it is a more powerful character than the county order, and everyone is afraid of it.

Because the canonical history is in charge of the county arrest, criminal, similar to the director of the county public security bureau. If there is any case in the county, he will deal with it in the local area, and he has the power to kill the people, so everyone is afraid of it.

On weekdays, Xu Dianshi went to the countryside to put on a full shelf for the common people, but today Lin Yanchao was present, he put away the original set, and said to the chief with a pleasant face: "Today, the lord of the house went to the countryside to watch the wind, the lord has always loved the people like a son as an official, and when you ask for a while, what do you say." ”

The squires glanced at each other, in their townships, they don't talk about the county on weekdays, even if they don't even see the history of the canon, but it is the first time that the officials in the government go to the countryside.

Li Chang said: "I don't know that the old man in the house has gone to the countryside, and the grass people have lost their welcome, so please forgive me." ”

The lieutenant chief was separated from Lin Yanchao by several layers, and he couldn't control it. Lin Yanchao didn't need to put up any stakes with them, but said very close to the people: "This official passed by to inspect the river work, and heard that there is an official in the county, and his maternal uncle is from the Gao family, so he wants to go to the countryside to have a look." ”

"As for loving the people like a son, I don't dare to be, in the past, there was a corrupt official who boasted that he loved the people like a son, and enforced the law like a mountain, and then there was a show to make up for it behind him, loving the people like a son, and the gold and silver were all my sons; Law enforcement is like a mountain, and Qianshan is backed by a mountain. ”

Listening to Lin Yanchao's words, all the squires laughed, and felt that Lin Yanchao was very close to the people, even Huang Xiancheng and Gu Zhu Bo were also Waner. However, Xu Dianshi was very worried, and hurriedly explained: "There is no meaning in being humble. ”

Everyone exchanged a few words of greeting, and then arrived at the set.

Walking on the potholed road, Lin Yanchao saw that the market was full of dilapidated low houses, full of garbage, chicken and duck droppings.

The common people are all with vegetables, thin and dry, standing and looking at the people who pass by.

Although Lin Yanchao had been prepared for local poverty, he still did not expect that poverty would reach this point, although the people in his hometown were poor, they had enough food and clothing, and even in disaster years, they rarely starved to death.

Everyone rested in the house of the chief, which was the best house in the market, but it was only a two-hall house, and a large house was barely built with bricks and tiles, and the others were only adobe houses.

The female dependents all took refuge in the back room, this place is not big, there are still chickens and ducks in the yard, and the county officials and Lin Yanchao's attaché are standing full as soon as they arrive.

Lin Yanchao and Huang Xiancheng, Gu Zhu Bo, and Xu Dianshi were invited into the big house.

Lin Yanchao sat in the right position, Huang Xiancheng and Gu Zhubo sat on the side, Xu Dianshi was polite and sat down, as for the squire, only the chief sat down, and the rest of the people were standing with worried faces.

After sitting down, Lin Yanchao saw the stove fire in the kitchen outside the window, and took two more looks.

The chief always observed the words, and immediately said: "The poor township is adjacent, and it has just suffered a disaster, so there is nothing to entertain the lord in the house, so I found several families in the market to make some white noodles and cook them tonight." ”

Lin Yanchao was stunned, and then asked: "When there is no disaster, how often can the people in the collection eat white noodles?" ”

"In the past, when there were no disasters, I could always eat once or twice a year, but this year it is difficult......

Halfway through speaking, he saw that the owner coughed and stopped talking about it for a while.

Lin Yanchao looked at Gu Zhubo, and Gu Zhubo explained: "It's easy for the master of the house to go to the countryside, so don't talk about these bad things." ”

"It's okay, if you turn a blind eye, it's a dereliction of duty," Lin Yanchao asked again, "The collection is so poor, this is about to start a river work, how much civilian service can be produced in the collection, and whether to delay the agricultural time?" ”

Lin Yanchao asked, and the villagers suddenly had a feeling of asking in their hearts.

Regardless of Huang Xiancheng, Xu Dianshi frequently looked at it, and poured beans into a long bamboo tube at the age and said: "Delay, how can you not delay, Xinghe workers are mostly in February and March, but this is the time when agriculture is busy, we gather along the river, and the annual river work is the heaviest." There are many apportionments in the government, such as river picking, dredging, grass shoots, and willow services. ”

"Even if you are enlisted, most of the men in the collection will go, and the women and children will be left, how much farm work can they do? If the river service is repeated this year, it will not be completed in the autumn field, and half of the people will starve to death. ”

"Yes, I borrowed the social warehouse last year, and this year I even pointed to the harvest in the field with interest."

The villagers burst into tears.

Gu Zhubo and the others had ugly faces, and said dissatisfiedly: "If the river embankment breaks and floods the farmland, you will not only be busy for a year, but you will also lose your life." ”

"Yes, if the court asks for guilt, we will also be held accountable."

The chief didn't say anything, and the chief on the side said: "That's what I said, but we can't set up our Gao family, the river is the heaviest, if this river embankment is broken, it will be flooded more than just one of us, and these ten miles and eight towns can't run away, why is it that we have the most civil service in the set every time." ”

The villagers are all helping, and when it comes to matters related to their interests, they are all very realistic, and they are not like they are afraid of officials.

An official, who said before that his uncle's family was in Gaojiaji, said loudly: "Third uncle, you are right, but who told us to be close to the river, if the other sets come to the Yellow River, how much effort will be spent on the journey of this person." ”

"Let's ask the master, if our Gao family gathers people, will the other sets give us some grain and rice subsidies or something."

Lin Yanchao could see clearly from the side, there were all black-faced and white-faced people in the official government, and the officials and ordinary people were also fighting wits and courage.