As the leader of the Songjiang Mansion, and he was airborne, Lin Shouju knew that even with the title of No. 1 Scholar, it would be difficult to convince the public. Lin Shouju did not have the three things to do to help the new official take office, nor did he have the promise of generous salary from the high-ranking official. Lin Shouju just wanted to go to school. What is good will be effective. I hope that through my hard work, I can lead all officials in Songjiang Prefecture to learn from each other and make Songjiang Prefecture a paradise for everyone and everyone for Songjiang Prefecture. Everyone does not do things with selfish motives, but thinks about the imperial court, the current emperor, and all the people of Songjiang Mansion.
To this end, Lin Shouju leads by example, making full use of his eight hours of working time every day to do as much as possible for the people. However, a person's power is limited. If you want to lead the people into a well-off life, it is difficult to rely on yourself alone. Songjiang is needed Together with all the officials in the government, Lin Shouju held meetings every day for this purpose, just so that the government order could be passed on and benefit the people.
Not having enough to eat is the first problem faced by Songjiang Prefecture, so Lin Shoju formulated a policy to open up wasteland after the new year, so that every common person has land that can be cultivated. In order to complete this task efficiently after the new year, even if it happened yesterday It was New Year's Eve, and Lin Shouju had a simple New Year's Eve dinner before starting to write "Songjiang Prefecture's Wasteland Reclamation Strategy."
Under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture, there were thirteen townships and fifty protections, during the Hongwu period. Taiping South Cang and Volunteer Warehouse were also built. The textile industry in Songjiang Prefecture is developed. Tao Zongyi recorded in "Records of Nancun Stopping Farming" that "the land there is barren and the people do not have enough food. They are engaged in arboriculture to support their livelihoods. Therefore, there are many tenants who grow mulberry trees and raise silkworms. Hongzhi Wang Hao, the author of "Shanghai County Chronicles", once proudly pointed out in his preface: "Song Yijuner, the annual endowment to the capital reaches 800,000, and the number of 160,000 in Shanghai is extraordinary. Paying attention to the richness of local products, the difference of sea and sea, kapok and silk damask, clothing and quilts all over the world can be said to be rich. "Songjiang Prefecture was particularly outstanding in the improvement of rice seeds. According to records, there were more than 50 varieties of rice available to farmers at that time. Improved varieties such as 60-day rice were planted in March and matured in May. White-stemmed, thin Rice is even more popular and has become an indispensable rice supply for the palaces of the Ming Dynasty. According to statistics, based on the number of cultivated fields during the Hongzhi period, the grain output of Songjiang Prefecture should be more than 9.4 million shi. And the yield per unit area is higher. Even based on the yield of four stones per mu, it is twenty times higher than that in the north. In addition to supplying and paying taxes, many of these large quantities of grain are provided to the market as commercial grain. Otherwise, Zhu Chongba would not Will choose to build a granary in Songjiang Prefecture?
With the textile industry as the backbone and the land's food industry also being very high, there are many reasons why the people are still hungry, but they do not include the fact that the people are not industrious. This is determined by the social system, and the hierarchy of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce is the biggest root cause. People who don’t have to pay taxes hold a lot of land, and all taxes fall on the heads of the people.
Another reason is that Songjiang Prefecture has developed commerce and has extremely high grain production, which has become the main source of fiscal revenue for the imperial court. The taxes paid by Songjiang Prefecture every day rank sixth among the thirteen provinces in the country, and the imperial court builds cities, recruits troops, and builds mausoleums. He likes to make Songjiang Mansion do hard labor, including temporarily imposing exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes when the court is in crisis. Of course, all taxes fall on the people in the end. Therefore, when the person involved said, "Farmers all over the world are working hard, and Su Songzhi The people work twice as hard as those in the world. The farmers in the world are already poor, but the farmers in Su Song are even more poor than those in the world."
The court's taxes had to be paid, and the people who owned the land were also a group that Lin Shouju did not dare to offend. Therefore, the only way to increase the land was to allow enough food to grow in the land, so that the people could have enough food to eat, although these may not be available in the near future. The land will be in the hands of those people again, but currently this is the only way to keep the people fed.
Opening up wasteland for farming has been a major event in all dynasties and generations. In the last samsara system, the Braided Dynasty even specially formulated a "License for Opening up Wasteland" in order to open up wasteland.
It is estimated that the people in power in the Manchu Qing Dynasty also considered the problem of soil erosion, so the "Wasteland Reclamation License" recorded in detail the conditions and procedures for wasteland reclamation. If you like a piece of wasteland, after confirming that it is ownerless land, you can apply for it. Apply to the local yamen. The local yamen will conduct a detailed investigation of your application. The investigation includes whether the applicant has the ability and experience to open up wasteland. If the land is opened up successfully, not only will the land opened up be free of taxes for a period of time, but there will also be rewards. , the rewards include material rewards, a hoe, a bag of improved seeds, etc. Of course, spiritual rewards are also necessary, such as small farming experts, rice kings, etc. This is similar to investment promotion, 20% off land, three years Tax exemption is similar.
Of course, if there are rewards, there will be punishments. Those who fail to open up wasteland will be punished accordingly. As for the method of punishment, it is also based on the temperament of the local parents and officials, which is very maneuverable.
The "Songjiang Prefecture Land Development Strategy" that Lin Shouju came up with in a few days has many similarities with the Qing Dynasty's "License for Land Development". However, Lin Shouju did not dare to reduce or reduce people's taxes casually. Everyone knows the temper of the Holy Emperor today. Taking people's money is like killing people. Parents, whoever dares to pay attention to taxes, Zhu Xiluo will definitely make him look good. According to the current situation, although the effect of tax reduction and exemption will be better, Lin Shouju does not have the courage, but some spiritual rewards for land reclamation can still be given, such as receiving Songjiang Prefecture welcomed him cordially, and they drank tea, listened to music, enjoyed the snow, and wrote a poem together.
In order to get the people of Songjiang Prefecture out of the sea of misery as soon as possible, Lin Shouju wasted no time in eating or sleeping. After holding a meeting with all the garrison soldiers in Songjiang Prefecture the day before yesterday, the people all over the country had a holiday, and Mr. Lin did not take a holiday either. He continued to write, and finally at the sound of the New Year's bell The land reclamation plan was completed before the bell was struck.
Lin Shouju was a top scholar, and it is difficult for people without professional education to understand it, and it is also difficult to understand the specific ideas of "Songjiang Prefecture's Wasteland Reclamation Strategy," so we will explain it in vernacular. Well, it is mainly because explaining it in classical Chinese is too nerve-wracking.
The specific person in charge of this land reclamation is naturally the prefect Lin Shouju, who is equivalent to the project team leader. According to the geographical scope, four groups are divided below, including Songjiang Prefecture, Fu Chengzhi Zhongtong Magistrate, each responsible for one group. The township chief and Baochang are members of the team. Of course, the people doing the work are the people of Songjiang Prefecture.
And in order to maximize land reclamation, Lin Shoju also formulated a competition for land reclamation. The one with the most land reclamation will be regarded as a model, and the Luo Yu Di newspaper will be disseminated throughout Songjiang Prefecture, and may be featured on Songjiang Prefecture TV station. It must be said that Lin Shouju was very thoughtful in terms of spiritual rewards.
As he got older, staying up late meant he could not live with his own life, but for the people of Songjiang Prefecture, Lin Shouju was willing to use his own body, just to get one more grain of rice in their bowls.
He rested very late. Today happened to be the New Year. Although there would be many people paying New Year greetings in the morning, Lin Shouju had no intention of getting up early and just wanted to rest more during his break.
Lin Shouju had only been in Songjiang Mansion for a few days, and he didn't know much about the unspoken rules of Songjiang Mansion's officialdom. Songjiang Mansion officials did not pay New Year's greetings very early. Sleeping in was a bad habit of every employee in the Ming Empire. Everyone who celebrated the New Year would Want to sleep a little longer. Therefore, the time everyone chooses to pay New Year greetings will be postponed. As long as it is before noon, the officials will not say anything.
At this time, Lin Shouju was sleeping soundly, with a smile on his lips. His dream must have been beautiful, and he might have seen the results of his land reclamation in his dream. The people of Songjiang Prefecture are all very fat. And because of his outstanding political achievements, he was promoted by the current emperor as an exception. However, just when Zhu Xiluo rewarded Lin Shoju to succeed Li Yutang as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and when Lin Shoju was about to receive the order to thank him, he heard a noise.
Then there was an urgent knock on the door.
It was so noisy that Lin Shouju had to wake up even if he didn't want to. He stood up with a look of displeasure on his face and yelled at the door, "Why are you in such a panic? I won't let you have a good rest during the Chinese New Year."
The elder woke up, and the yamen outside the door also stopped knocking on the door. The previous magistrate was imprisoned, and the magistrate's yamen was confiscated because it was luxuriously decorated by Xie Xiangrong. Finally, it was sold to the head of the Songjiang Prefecture private school. The current magistrate's yamen is also The place has been changed, but compared to the previous one, this prefect's Yamen is much shabby. If the Yamen keep banging on the door, they might break it.
"Sir, it's bad, someone broke into the office." The officer replied eagerly. ,
"Crush, break into the Yamen." The people of Songjiang Mansion were so brave, and they dared to break into the Yamen. Lin Shouju couldn't believe it, "Who broke into the Yamen? Did you get it wrong?"
"Sir, my little one has good eyesight. I went to Shuangwaiwai Bathhouse earlier, and I could tell at a glance that Mrs. Xu Ma, the proprietress, was here." The Yamen servant gave an example to prove his invincible eyesight.
Lin Shouju opened the door and looked at the government servant with disdain. Although he didn't know who Xu Ma was at Shuangwaiwai Bathhouse, his aunt Lin Shouju still knew something about it. After all, his wife had been here a few years ago.
"Where are the people who broke into the Yamen?"
"It should be in the front yard at this moment." The yamen officer pointed to the front yard.
"Summon the government officials and follow me to see that young man." Lin Shouju felt angry in his heart. Someone broke into the government office just after he took charge of the military administration of Songjiang Prefecture. It was a sensitive time like the Chinese New Year. Lin Shouju felt that this was an insult to his official. The provocation of power will become a stain on the political career. "In broad daylight, the world is clear, the government is in harmony with the people, and all wastes are prosperous. Breaking into the government office must be a capital crime."
The Magistrate's Yamen is the highest administrative Yamen in Songjiang Prefecture. Breaking into the Yamen is a very bad thing. It is not only related to Lin Shouju's face. Why is only your Yamen among so many prefectures and counties in the Ming Empire being broken into? This shows that you are unpopular. Could it be that the people who broke into the Yamen were sent by his enemies? Songjiang Prefecture was a fat vacancy, and many people were keeping an eye on it. In the end, he became the acting magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture. It was normal to be jealous of others. Officials who landed in the air were always more suspicious. It's not surprising that Lin Shoju thought this.
Just as he was about to take a step forward, Lin Shouju stopped again and said, "Wait a moment, I'm going to tidy up my appearance."
"Um, what are you doing, Lord Magistrate? You can see that you are a gangster and a girl. Do you need to dress up?" The Yamen servant complained in his heart, but did not dare to say it.
Lin Shouju entered the house, first put on his official uniform, then cleansed his face with warm water, and carefully trimmed his proud beard in front of the bronze mirror. Even Li Yutang was envious of his beautiful three-foot beard, which slipped out of his nostrils. Lin Shoju's nose hair was stuffed back into the hole, and Lin Shouju went out.
After all, he has not been a killer for many months. Although these people combined will not be his opponent, Leng Bingbing does not dare to be too harsh. Moreover, when the Japanese pirates attack, they are counting on these people to guard Songjiang Mansion. Leng Bingbing is just using He walked around with his own unique footsteps. Although it was a waste of time, Leng Bingbing didn't know which room the prefect slept in, and Leng Bingbing was also worried that he would break into the prefect's bedroom and see something he shouldn't see. , after all, adults are afraid of the cold, and they can't sleep without a warm bed.
Leng Bingbing can only create chaos and lure the prefect out, which is similar to Chu Liuxiang's stealing of treasures.
Leng Bingbing didn't want to hurt the government officials, but Zhan Wuzha's government officials always hurt themselves. Fortunately, the government officials were holding sticks instead of swords, otherwise the prefect's government officials would have seen blood during the New Year celebrations.
Calculating the time, the Japanese pirates should be coming soon. Leng Bingbing was a little anxious. Finally, just when Leng Bingbing was about to set fire to lure Lin Shouju out, he saw a group of government officials walking out surrounded by an official-looking man.
Leng Bingbing jumped up and came to Lin Shouju's side.
"Guard" Lin Shouju saw this and hurriedly backed away, "Who are you and why did you break into my government office?"
"Sir, the daughter of the people is the wife of Baihusuo Baihuo in Dongshi. I was ordered by my husband to come here to report that the Japanese pirates are attacking."
"Japanese, Japanese pirates are coming." Lin Shouju was stunned. The servant with quick eyesight and quick hands helped Master Lin and almost fell down. "Wang Baihu made no mistake"?
Lin Shouju was still lucky.
"Sir, how can a military and national matter be a piece of cake?" I don't understand why everyone is unwilling to believe this news. Leng Bingbing has no time to find the root base. "Please order the city gate to be closed as soon as possible."
"Yes, yes, yes, madam is right," Ning heard the mistake and refused to let it go. Lin Shoju knew how to make a decision. He took out the seal from his sleeve and said, "Madam, please come over."
Leng Bingbing took it and flew away from Songjiang Mansion Office.
"Sir, sir, the Japanese pirates are attacking, what should we do?" After hearing the news, all the government officials were very frightened.
"Yes, the Japanese pirates are attacking. I can't stay in the mansion." Lin Shoju managed to regain his composure. "Come here, inform all the officials of Songjiang Mansion to hold a meeting in front of the city gate."
