The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

At its peak, Wei County had a population of about 700,000. After several years of war and chaos, by the end of last year, when the audition was made to count the capital, the reported population was only about 600,000. That is to say, in just a few years. , lost 100,000 people. Of course, not all of these 100,000 people died in the chaos, and many became refugees, but in any case, only from the labor force, Wei County is very hurt. The vitality is good, but for the time being, it has little impact on Xiaolian, because according to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, the county has a population of 200,000 who can be elected as one person each year, and a population of 700,000 can be elected as three people. , the population of 600,000 is still three people named Xiaolian.

With a population of 600,000 people and three filial and honest people, it seems that there is a lot of room for choice, but it is not.

First of all, not many of the 600,000 people have read the scriptures. The peasants, who account for the vast majority of the population, have at most attended a village school when they were young, and can read Braille. ", such an enlightenment reader, is completely ignorant of the first-class classics such as "Spring and Autumn".

It is not just a matter of recommendation, but also needs to pass an examination. If the filial piety that is promoted does not pass the test, not only will he be beaten back, but even the leader of the promotion may be implicated. Most of the peasants were excluded from Xiaolian's candidates in the first place.

Secondly, those scholars and scholars who have read the scriptures have a very bad reputation. They are filial and honest. They are both filial and honest. This is called filial piety. The Han ruled the world with filial piety. Even if someone asks for it again, it is impossible for him to recommend him to someone like Xun Zhen who is "aspiring to the world" and "cherishing feathers".

Thirdly, some scholars and cold scholars have good reputations, but they either die studying or are "inadequate in their studies". For such people, it is impossible for Xun Zhen to recommend them.

At a 20% discount, there are not many scholars and scholars who are qualified to be named Xiaolian. If you add Xunzhen's two criteria, there will be even fewer candidates. From April to May, For more than half a month, Xun Zhen only selected two people.

Entering May, it is already the summer harvest season.

Although Xiaolian has not had enough choices, she can only put it down for now. Xun Zhen has shifted the focus of her work to Xia Shou.

If last year's summer harvest was to "save lives", when the treasury was empty and the people had no food, they pointed to the grain harvested in summer to tide over the difficulties, then this year's summer harvest is more for "testing results and summarizing experience" ".

What is "testing results and summarizing experience"?

Xun Zhen had never been engaged in agriculture before, and didn't know much about it. In the future, after the world is in chaos, agriculture will obviously be the top priority. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, the system was slave aristocracy. Including war, everything revolved around the aristocracy. The big issue of the country is "only the sacrifice and the Rong". After the Warring States Period, with the collapse of slavery, the peasants turned to become the main body of the country, and the war also changed from a noble war to a national war. The big issue of the country is "Only farming and warfare", without a strong agricultural foundation, cannot support high-intensity warfare. Therefore, Xun Zhen has attached great importance to agriculture since Shanglu became the prefect of Wei County.

After more than a year of agricultural practice last year and this year, whether it is farmland or farmland, under the advice and brainstorming of Xun You, Shang Zheng, Wang Cong, Jiang Qin, Yuan Pan and others, Xun Zhen consciously has a certain experience. Now he feels that it is time to reap the fruits. He wants to turn this experience into a system. This system is not necessarily mature, and it is not necessarily used in Wei County, but as long as this system is in hand, then in the future You can take it out when you need it, and you can get twice the result with half the effort.

Because this matter is related to the future, he attaches great importance to it, personally takes the lead, and organizes his team to summarize and formulate.

There are two systems to be formulated, one is farmland and the other is farmland.

Compared with the cultivation and harvesting of farmland, Xun Zhen paid more attention to the farming.

The reason is very simple. Farming and wheat harvesting in various counties is a normal agricultural production. There are many officials in the county, county and temple who have experience in this area. It doesn’t matter if Xun Zhen doesn’t understand it. , there are a lot of people who can be competent for this work, but the farmland is different. The farmland is abnormal. Generally speaking, the farmland is used more in the border areas, but very little in the inner county. Staff members have almost no practical experience in this area, mainly in organizational management.

The farmland and local ploughing are all about planting and harvesting wheat. They look the same, but they are completely different in terms of organizational form. The wheat planting and wheat harvesting in each county is done by farmers in each county. The farmland is completed by an agricultural reclamation group similar to a military organization. Just imagine that thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged people gather in one place to farm. The risk factor is very high. There will be troubles, so there must be a reliable and feasible system in organizational management.

The farmland is an abnormal state, and compared to the farmland, the farmland is more related to the overall situation in the future, and Xun Zhen naturally pays more attention to it.

After working in the fields last year and half a year this year, and through the practical operation of Jiang Qin, Yuan Pan and others, Xun Zhen has already gained some experience in this field, some of which are not obtained from paper or fantasies, but from personal experience. to experience. Many things seem easy, but when you do them, you will realize that there is a lot of trouble. Even if you have the experience left by your predecessors, it will be difficult when you do it yourself. After all, those experiences from others are all The things that are big and the details need to be discovered by yourself, the things that work well for others but are not suitable for you need to be changed, and all the threads have to be explored by yourself.

In general, after more than a year of farming, Jiang Qin, Yuan Pan and others have come up with a set of semi-mature farming systems and methods. Xun Zhen is quite satisfied with this.

Because this year's performance in the field was much better than last year, Xun Zhen specially passed on the award to commend Jiang Qin, Yuan Pan and others.

Speaking of Jiang Qin, Yuan Pan and others, although Yuan Pan was a Taiping Christian, he was a farmer and had no objection to farming, but he enjoyed it. , but Jiang Qin is different.

Jiang Qin was originally a chivalrous man. When he was in Yingyin Xixiang, he was not happy to give birth. Now, after fighting with Xun Zhen for so many battles, he was transferred by Xun Zhen to take charge of the field work. It was good at first, but after a long time, He would inevitably feel sullen and don't want to do it. He proposed to Xun Zhen many times that he wanted Xun Zhen to give him another job, and he didn't want to do this farm, but Xun Zhen rejected it.

Xun Zhen told him: The matter of planting fields depends on the whole county, and the most important thing is that it depends on the food for thousands of righteous followers. If there is no one like you who I trust to be responsible for such important matters, I will never be able to do so. Don't worry, so if you can do it for a while, if you can do a good job in the field, I will give you a great credit, which is not inferior to the work of attacking cities and conquering land.

Jiang Qin had no choice but to continue working on the farm, dealing with the land all day, and he was also made to be ashamed all day.

The experience summarization and system formulation of farmland and farmland proceeded smoothly. During this period, county magistrates and county magistrates appointed by the imperial court came in droves. By mid-May, there were only two county magistrates and one county magistrate left. The county magistrate has not arrived yet.

Among the three people who did not arrive, one of them received news that they met a thief on the way and died on the road, but the other two had no news, maybe they died on the road, maybe they disappeared on the road On the way, or because of road blockage, he may have stopped somewhere, but the letter could not be delivered to Ye County to let Xun Zhen know.

Just as Chen Dao's order to "keep the Liangqi order", Xunzhen's order to the "watchmen" of Xuankang, Liu Bei and other counties is the same. On the grounds of public sentiment, they asked Xuankang, Liu Bei, and others not to return immediately, but to stay in the county, "assist and cooperate" with the county magistrates and county magistrates appointed by the court, and first help them familiarize themselves with political affairs.

The county magistrates and county magistrates sent by the imperial court came in droves. Only the magistrates of two counties did not arrive until summer and June. One of them received news that he had encountered a thief on the way and died on the road. The other is that there is no news yet. Maybe he died on the road, maybe he disappeared on the way, or because of the road block, he may have stopped somewhere, but the letter could not be delivered. Ye County, let Xun Zhen know.

Even so, no matter what, at least most of the absent county magistrates and county magistrates have come.

Because of their arrival, the magistrates and county magistrates appointed by Xun Zhen gave them the chance to take over. The chief commander's order is also, on the grounds that the newly arrived county magistrates and county magistrates are not familiar with local political affairs and people's conditions, they are told that these chief guards and chief guards do not have to come back immediately, but continue to stay in the local county. Cooperate with the county magistrates appointed by the court to help them familiarize themselves with political affairs.

Of course, these county magistrates and county magistrates appointed by the imperial court are not all talkative, and there are also those who are dissatisfied with Xunzhen's appointment as chief guards and magistrates still staying in the county and weakening their power, but even if they There are opinions, but there is nothing they can do.

On the one hand, it was because of Xun Zhen's ruthless tactics that since he took office in Wei County, he first expelled most of the county officials, then quelled the Yudu Rebellion, and then expelled Liang Qiling. Li Hu, the prefect of the county, was arrested and imprisoned by him, and eventually died in prison. Even Zhao Zhong's clan brother Zhao Ran was so frightened that he fled the county seat of Ye County. official.

Since the county officials were afraid of Xun Zhen, they naturally would not cooperate with the newly arrived official county magistrate.

On the other hand, he is not only ruthless, he is also a virtuous corporal. He will use all talents and virtues, even if he cannot be entrusted with heavy responsibilities due to limited official positions, he is also very respectful, so in the While making the county officials intimidated, he also has a very good reputation in the public opinion of Wei County.

Since he has a very good reputation in the Qingliu of Wei County, of course the Qingliu scholars in the counties will also favor him.

As for the farmers and merchants, Xunzhen has achieved great political achievements over the past year. He is engaged in agriculture, appeases the refugees, rebuilds schools, and attaches great importance to education. He has gained real benefits. The farmers and merchants also support him very much. .

Because of this, even if some of the county magistrates and county magistrates who had just arrived in Wei County and had no local foundation were dissatisfied with Xun Zhen's actions, they would have nothing to complain about.

Although most of the genuine county magistrates and county magistrates were silent and forced to accept the status quo, some of them were stunned. There was a lot of noise and he questioned Xun Zhen: "The two decrees live in the same county, and the officials and the people all worship the 'shouling'. Where is it placed?"

As a result, Xun Zhen gave him a sentence: It is now the time of summer harvest, and autumn planting is about to happen. This is the most important time of the year. Are you sure that this year's summer harvest and autumn planting will be done well? If there is, I will transfer the "Guardian" back immediately, but if you can't do it well, then I will punish you; if not, please go back. .

Although this person is stunned, he has also heard of Xun Zhen's behavior. Xun Zhen put on the big hats of summer harvest and autumn planting. The officials and local people did not cooperate with him. In case he didn't do a good job of harvesting in the summer and planting in the autumn, with his understanding of Xun Zhen's behavior in Wei County, Xun Zhen would really be able to deal with his crimes. Yes.

First of all, he was afraid of Xunzhen's punishment, and secondly, he heard Xunzhen give him a bottom line, that is, after Qiu Zhong, he would transfer the guard order back. Finally, he had hope, so he forbeared his resentment, said goodbye and returned to the county. went.

The reason why Xun Zhen said that he should wait for the autumn harvest to transfer the guard order back has his reasons.

His reasoning is the matter of slaughtering Zhao. Now it is May. After the autumn seeding, there are still more than two months. Judging from the current progress, after more than two months, then collect the Zhao family. The work of the people in the counties to prove the crime of illegal and disciplinary violations can probably be completed.

In short, Xun Zhen really didn't value the authority in the counties in the county. The reason why he did this was to collect evidence for Zhao Zhao's execution, and to make it easier for him to act.

Speaking of which, although according to the current situation, Zhao Zhong probably can't punish him again because of Li Hu, but how could Zhao Zhong be willing to suffer such a dumb loss? He would definitely hate him, and he would definitely find another chance to rectify Xun Zhen.

Therefore, Xun Zhen has a lot of hidden worries now. He can only get rid of this worry by racing against time and collecting all the evidence of Zhao Zhao's execution as soon as possible. It doesn't matter if he is punished, because he can immediately execute Zhao, and it is not too late to flee after the Zhao clan in Ye County.