The four-person group in Chengdu was planning to enter Hanzhong, but at the same time in Jingzhou, Zhang Xi was worried.
Last winter was a mild one. It rained intermittently from December last year to January this year. It stopped raining at the end of January.
Then it didn’t rain even once throughout February.
Ma Liang was anxious at that time.
It will be spring plowing soon, and it will be a fatal thing if it doesn't rain.
Even though the land of Jingxiang guards the branches of the Yangtze River, there is no shortage of water resources, but whether it is planting corn or breeding rice seeds, a large amount of water is needed.
Therefore, Ma Liang hurriedly went to Zhang Xi to explain the situation, and then Zhang Xi ordered Li Qiu, the county magistrate of Nanjun, to start inspecting the counties with his subordinate officials. The main purpose was to check whether the water conservancy facilities could operate normally. Are preparations for spring plowing ready?
Then, something went wrong.
In the final analysis, it was Li Qiu's identity as a Yizhou native that held him back.
Li Qiu, the county magistrate, is from Yizhou, and the officials under him are all from Jingzhou. It is impossible to fight against each other, but these people can really do it by working as a foreigner in an overt and covert manner.
After Li Qiu discovered this phenomenon, he first reprimanded and rectified it internally, but it was still ineffective, forcing Li Qiu to plan to kill people to establish his authority.
It's okay to look down on yourself, but you can't delay spring plowing. If spring plowing is delayed, the harvest of the year will be affected. You can't take the survival of the people as a trivial matter.
But...it's no use.
None of these officials at the Shishi level are from aristocratic families. If you expect them to care how much they care about the lives and deaths of the people, you are really making a fool of yourself.
After Zhang Xi learned about this, he quickly called Li Qiu back, and then asked Deng Ai to take over Li Qiu's work and strengthen supervision.
There was no way to kill people. The members of this group of aristocratic families had their bones broken and their tendons broken. Although Zhang Xi also hated them, he could only vent his anger by deposing one or two leading officials and never use a knife.
Nowadays, Jingzhou is looking for stability, and when it comes to growth, it must be endured first.
Li Qiu was very aggrieved, and Zhang Xi could only comfort him, but then, Ma Liang brought another more troublesome thing.
Ma Liang is a very responsible person. He has been visiting various counties these days to inspect water conservancy facilities. Not only Nanjun, he also took the time to visit Wuling and Lingling, and then discovered a big problem.
Because it was a warm winter last year, most of the various insect eggs in the land were not frozen to death, especially in the two counties of Jingnan. This situation was quite obvious.
Ma Liang is worried that there will be an insect infestation in April and May.
This is so scary.
Once migratory locusts appear everywhere, the harvest of this year may be ruined. Not only the people will have no way to survive, but the government will also be in a state of distress.
Zhang Xi quickly ordered all the officials who were patrolling in various counties and counties to station themselves on the spot and not to rush back to Jiangling.
First, guide local people to plow in spring, and they must do their best to plow deeply to reduce the survival rate of locust eggs as much as possible.
Second, the governor personally took charge of the local area and organized people to cull locust larvae or eggs without affecting spring plowing.
These two are practical methods that can be used in this era.
As for whether this can prevent the occurrence of large-scale insect plagues. It may be able to reduce the intensity of locust plagues, but there is a high probability that locust plagues cannot be avoided.
At this time, locust eggs are basically in the soil. Even if they are plowed out, many people will not take them seriously.
Moreover, these are troubled times, and the credibility of the government is just that. Even if it is a more centralized government, the people will not listen to you or you. They always feel that they have their own way of survival.
Government? ! In addition to taxing the government, they know a lot! ! !
Therefore, the locust plague will still appear.
Therefore, Zhang Xi has made preparations for these ministers to stay in the place for a long time to deal with the locust plague.
For things like this kind of major disasters and epidemics, from ancient times to the present, no mobilization will be carried out until the situation is clear. Otherwise, the disaster and epidemic have not yet appeared, and people's hearts will be confused first, which will be even more unfavorable for prevention and control.
Therefore, Zhang Xi asked the ministers to station in various places under the banner of urging local spring plowing until April and May to see if there would really be a locust plague.
If not, of course it would be best, but if there is a locust plague, then Zhang Xi will really have a headache.
Some time-traveling seniors were not nervous at all when faced with the locust plague. They raised chickens, ducks, and geese. When the locust plague came, it was not a locust plague. It was simply a good opportunity to increase their reputation.
Zhang Xi also wants to learn, but I'm sorry, this is the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms.
There is a saying that locust control with chickens and ducks is a practical and feasible means of controlling locusts, and it can indeed effectively suppress locust plagues.
But just one thing - a few thousand chickens, ducks and geese are not enough. Without tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks, there is no way to suppress the so-called locust plague.
If the quantity is too small, by the time your chickens and ducks have finished eating the locusts, the locusts will have eaten up all the crops.
In any period of ancient China, if someone could produce tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of ducks at once, the emperor's first thought after seeing it was definitely not to applaud you and thank you for putting down the locust plague, but to think about it. Is it time for the family to be rebelled against, and then the nine clans to be implicated?
So damn rich.
Not to mention that these are troubled times and people don’t have enough to eat. Where can we raise chickens and ducks? !
Even the four major aristocratic families in Jingzhou combined may not be able to raise hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks.
Therefore, locust control these days can only rely on manpower.
When it comes to manpower, it is a troublesome thing.
Just say that year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty carefully selected Dong Zhongshu in order to centralize power, and tried to use Confucian theory to endorse his centralization.
The cheater Dong Zhongshu understood the thoughts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty very well, so he proposed the "Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Rules" to help Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty centralize power and endorse it. As a result, he was reused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. With the help of the platform of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism became the leader of this era. Show knowledge.
But Dong Zhongshu probably also felt that doing so was a bit too flattering. He was afraid that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would cheat people because he was so happy with his achievements, so he put forward the so-called theory of heaven and man's induction, believing that all disasters in the world were warnings from God, or that the emperor made mistakes. Something happened, so God punished him.
Who is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty? You can immediately hear the implication of this guy - this guy intends to restrict the imperial power.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately turned his back and threw the guy aside and sat down on the bench.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not fall for this trick, but he could not resist the temptation of his descendants. To this day, whenever there is a disaster, it must be that the emperor did something wrong. What the ministers think about is not disaster relief, but disaster relief. It is a memorial to the emperor, asking him to reflect, offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and ask God to take back punishment or warning.
Originally there were some minor disasters, and if dealt with in time, the impact would not be too great. However, due to the back and forth between the officials and the emperor, the minor disasters turned into major disasters.
What’s even more funny is that the common people are so accustomed to this kind of thing that they even think that if there is a locust plague, it must be because the emperor has done something wicked, or it is a crime from God, and they would rather kowtow in the fields and beg God to take it back. Punishment, and unwilling to go to the fields to cull locusts.
Therefore, the locust plague has become more and more severe in recent years. It is half a natural disaster and half a man-made disaster.
Even if Zhang Xi has made a series of disaster preparations, it will be in vain if the people do not cooperate.
Really, being an official in these days is not as boring as sitting in the government office drinking tea and then going to the backyard to tease your wife and concubines after get off work.
In addition, local officials were stationed in various places, leaving a large vacancy for middle-level officials at the county level who were already stretched thin. At this time, Zhang Xi and Deng Ai had to shoulder the workload of more than a dozen people. Every day I review documents until late and late.
By the way, there is also Li Qiu.
Li Qiu had been ostracized before, so he returned to Jiangling and complained a lot to Zhang Xi. Finally, he proposed to Zhang Xi that he should resign from his position as the county magistrate of Nanjun and hope to lead troops in the army.
This upright Yizhou man really didn't want to play intrigue games with a group of subordinates, so he felt that the military camp was more suitable for him.
People in the military are relatively straightforward.
As long as you can fight and make everyone eat on time, then most people will be very obedient.
If you can still lead everyone to win the battle, or if you can lead everyone back alive, everyone will admire you very much.
And if you can lead everyone to accept rewards and receive rewards of acres of land, money and food, then everyone will support you very much.
This is not as simple as talking to the children of aristocratic families and having to guess ten sentences for each sentence.
Also from Yizhou, the Sima of Zhangyi County was doing well in the military camp. Li Qiu also planned to find his own way out in the army.
Everyone has said so, what can Zhang Xi say.
Just as it happened, Xu Shu in Wuling County encountered a little trouble.
Last winter was not too cold, so the barbarians could still go out and move around. In addition, the food prepared for the winter was not enough, so the barbarians from the outskirts of Wuling County invaded the county town of Wuling County, burned, killed, and looted, and then retreated to the mountains.
Xu Shu thought that he had to come back with revenge. He happened to be short of generals and asked Zhang Xi if he had any suitable candidates to recommend. Zhang Xi recommended Li Qiu to Wuling County to lead the army.
As a result, Zhang Xi has even fewer manpower on hand.
After working overtime until late at night for several days, both the master and the apprentice could clearly feel that the circles under the eyes on the other's face were getting heavier and heavier.
This can't go on like this. Zhang Xi thought, he must find talents for himself.
On the one hand, it can be regarded as expanding one's own power, on the other hand, it is also to find some helpers so that one does not need such tiring work.
That's right. Zhang Xi carefully reviewed the ten years he traveled through time, and it seems that he really hasn't met any super awesome people.
After all, in this era, all the major forces have carved up all the decent talents, especially Cao Cao in the north. He is hoarding talents frantically and does not even use talents like Cui Zhouping.
If he were to come to Jingzhou, Zhang Xi would have to give him the position of the county magistrate of Nanjun. In a few years, when the time is right, he would be the local magistrate.
(End of chapter)
