Youyan, Jixian
Although it is already early spring in March, as a borderland in the North, there is still a cold wind blowing at noon in Jixian County, and the weather is still very cold... ···
But even so, the county magistrate Cheng Hanfei, the county magistrate Yang Yuxuan, the chief secretary Meng Lingsheng and other dozens of officials from Jixian County, large and small, accompanied by hundreds of guards, respectfully stood at the city gate, were able to allow these officials to act like this Yes, he is naturally a bigger official than them!
Jixian County Magistrate Cheng Hanfei hesitated for a while, but still asked for instructions from the tall and majestic fifth-rank official in front of him:
"Sir Song, I think we should go to Changting to greet the commander-in-chief. Besides, it's a bit shabby to welcome the commander in chief right now."
Song Haibo, the deputy director of the Attendance Department, who was called "Master Song", was a little annoyed when he heard this. He glanced at Cheng Hanfei and then ordered:
"Just do what the commander-in-chief orders. Don't make your own opinions. The commander-in-chief's purpose for this southern tour is to be light and simple. He doesn't want to cause too much burden to your place. That's good now. You don't want to be here. It’s superfluous!”
"I understand, I understand, I understand. The commander-in-chief's love for the people is really touching. People all say that the commander-in-chief was a sage at that time. We all in Jixian County are grateful for the commander-in-chief's kindness!"
After hearing Cheng Hanfei's series of mandarin clichés, Song Haibo waved his hand and said;
"You can wait until the commander arrives to say these words of yours! The commander's team will be here soon!"
"yes!"
Under the eager gazes of everyone, a caravan finally appeared on the road after burning incense. Everyone who was preparing to greet them in front of the city gate was shocked... ·····
As the county magistrate, Cheng Hanfei also took several deep breaths to suppress the excitement and nervousness in his heart. He knew that the commander's visit to Jixian this time was not only an opportunity for him to rise to glory and wealth, but it could also be an opportunity to fall into poverty. Crisis in the abyss!
Whether Cheng Hanfei will be prosperous and wealthy or fall into the abyss depends on his performance in front of the commander. If he performs well and leaves a deep impression on the commander, then he will definitely have good fortune in the future, but if he gives the commander If you leave a bad impression, you will be in serious trouble. Being dismissed from your post on the spot may be considered a good outcome!
Just when Cheng Hanfei was nervous and excited, the motorcade slowly stopped at the gate of the city. Seeing this, Cheng Hanfei, the county magistrate, immediately led everyone forward and knelt down to greet him:
"Thirty-nine officials from Jixian County, including Cheng Hanfei, the magistrate of Jixian County, Yang Yuxuan, the county magistrate, Meng Lingsheng, the chief secretary, came to see the commander-in-chief!"
As everyone greeted Ye Mingsheng, he walked out of the carriage. Due to the continuous rush, Ye Mingsheng looked a little tired at this time, but he still said with a smile:
"Thank you for your hard work! Everyone, please get up!"
"yes!"
After simply going through a few more procedures, Ye Mingsheng led his convoy into Jixian County. Although at Ye Mingsheng's request, Cheng Hanfei did not organize people to welcome Ye Mingsheng, but after hearing the news of Ye Mingsheng's arrival, many people People still came to the roads spontaneously to see what the rumored Marshal Ye was like...
Looking at the welcoming people on both sides of the road, Ye Mingsheng initially thought that Cheng Hanfei did not listen to his orders and insisted on organizing the people to welcome his arrival!
But listening to the mixed voices of the people in the crowd, as well as the scattered cheers and shouts, Ye Mingsheng was sure that these people came spontaneously!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also opened the curtains of the carriage and greeted the people on both sides of the road with a smile. Ye Mingsheng's move immediately pushed the atmosphere to the highest point. The scattered cheers on both sides of the road immediately became deafening. !
Seeing this, Ye Ming was so excited that he wanted to give a speech. Seeing this, Ye Kui hurriedly dissuaded him and said:
"Commander, there are many people here, so be careful of people with evil intentions!"
After hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of giving a speech with a slight frown.
Since Ye Mingsheng confirmed his plan to tour the south, it immediately aroused considerable repercussions and attention both inside and outside the court. Some local officials wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the commander-in-chief's southern tour to perform well and let the commander-in-chief see their own power. Talent and ability, but there are also some local officials who want to wipe their butts clean and prevent the commander from discovering their illegal activities.
Compared with the polarization of local officials' attitudes, the public generally welcomes Ye Mingsheng's southern tour. Although Ye Mingsheng has punished many unscrupulous traders who tried to hoard and monopolize the market, in general, Ye Mingsheng has always been vigorous. Supporting the development of industry and commerce and rectifying officialdom also reduce the hidden costs of many businesses...
Therefore, many business people have a positive and optimistic attitude towards Ye Mingsheng's southern tour, and they also look forward to Ye Mingsheng releasing more policies that are conducive to the development of industry and commerce.
Judging from the attitudes of the officialdom and the people, most people still tend to be on the good side of Ye Mingsheng's southern tour, but there are also demons and monsters who regard this southern tour as a plan to avenge Ye Mingsheng from the Fengwu Army and subvert the Yijing court. Chance!
These monsters are mainly the Supervision Department, Thousand Tiger Guards, and the remnants of the vassal towns that were annihilated by Ye Mingsheng. This group of people had disappeared under the encirclement and suppression of the Coordination Office, but the news of Ye Mingsheng's southern tour seemed to give them A shot of cardiotonic gave them hope of revenge!
The Unified Coordination Office had previously cracked down on two gangs that tried to assassinate Ye Mingsheng during the southern tour. One of the two gangs was related to the Supervision Department, and the other was related to Jing Chusun Chenggong. Although the two gangs had been cracked, according to the Unified Coordination Office, According to the news, there are still several gangs who want to assassinate Ye Mingsheng, trying to use Ye Mingsheng's head to avenge their master!
Because of this matter, Wang Xuecheng from the Coordination Office also suggested to Ye Mingsheng to postpone the date of the southern tour, waiting for the Coordination Office to wipe out all these people before starting the southern tour!
However, Ye Mingsheng not only did not adopt Wang Xuecheng's suggestion, but also gave Wang Xuecheng a good scolding...
Ye Mingsheng didn't know how Wang Xuecheng came up with this suggestion. The date of the southern tour had already been announced to the world. If he postponed the date of the southern tour because of those monsters, wouldn't it be a sign to the world that he, Ye, was afraid of these bugs? ?
When the master of these bed bugs was around, he regarded them as nothing, leading the Fengwu army to sweep across all directions and unify the Zhou Dynasty. Now that their master has become cold, these bed bugs have become homeless dogs, and they still want to scare themselves. ?
After scolding Wang Xuecheng so much, Ye Mingsheng also gave him a death order. The Coordination Office and the internal security and other departments must work together to ensure the safety of this southern tour. If something goes wrong, Wang Xuecheng will Come and see me!
In this regard, Wang Xuecheng also issued a military order to Ye Mingsheng, ensuring that no problems would arise during the southern tour and all possible threats would be nipped in the cradle!
Although all departments are working together to ensure the safety of this southern tour, Ye Kui, the commander of the guard battalion next to Ye Mingsheng, does not dare to relax at all. He must be the last line of defense for Ye Mingsheng's safety!
Song Haibo, who was in charge of Ye Mingsheng's outpost, had already arranged Ye Mingsheng's residence. The original plan was for Ye Mingsheng to live in the post house in Jixian County.
However, after Song Haibo took people to inspect the post house on the spot, he found that the conditions of the post house were very poor, so he immediately gave up this option... ·····
After all, although Ye Mingsheng's purpose for this southern tour was to travel lightly and as little as possible to burden the people, this did not mean that Ye Mingsheng was going to sleep in the Datong Shop of the Inn.
After some screening, Song Haibo rented the residence of a wealthy businessman surnamed Hou in the city of Ji County, taking into account the living conditions, Ye Mingsheng's personal habits and safety. Pay the rent!
When the wealthy businessman surnamed Hou learned that Ye Mingsheng was going to live in his house, he was very happy and immediately cooperated to move his family to another house under his name, freeing up the house for Ye Mingsheng!
But after I learned that I had to press
After paying thirty taels of silver a day for his rent, he immediately refused firmly and said that it was an honor for the Hou family for a great hero like Marshal Ye to live in their house. If he collected the rent That means he is worse than a beast!
Song Haibo put the banknote in his hand but he didn't accept it. It wasn't until Song Haibo later said that if he didn't charge the rent, he wouldn't live in their house that the wealthy businessman surnamed Hou reluctantly accepted the rent of ninety taels. , and then immediately donated the ninety taels of silver.
No matter how the wealthy businessman surnamed Hou dealt with the rent issue, Ye Mingsheng was quite satisfied with the situation of the house after arriving at the Hou family's house. He felt that the house chosen by Song Haibo was good... ·········
Because the plan was only to stay in Jixian for a while, Ye Mingsheng's original plan was to seize the time and immediately listen to Cheng Hanfei's work report after arriving in Jixian, inspect the spring plowing situation in Jixian, and the development of the textile industry, and listen to the farmers and textile workers in Jixian idea.
Unfortunately, although Ye Mingsheng planned well, after having lunch at Hou's house and taking a hot bath, Ye Mingsheng became a little lazy. Since the southern tour, Ye Mingsheng has not been busy these days. It was said that he was sleeping in the open air, but he also suffered a lot and didn't get a good rest, so he slept in the Hou family's big bed until night!
Ye Mingsheng woke up and had a midnight snack, then called Cheng Hanfei over and asked him to reward him for his work.
Although he was a little surprised that Ye Mingsheng called him over so late, Cheng Hanfei had already prepared for Ye Mingsheng's entrance examination.
"Commander, there are 139,000 households in Ji County, and there are about 5,000 acres of cultivated land, including 500 acres of paddy fields and 4,500 acres of dry land. The spring plowing work has come to an end, and there are no problems. As long as If there is no natural disaster, autumn will definitely be a good harvest year!"
Hearing this, Ye Mingsheng frowned slightly. Although he had not officially inspected the spring plowing situation in Ji County, when he came to Jixian County today, he passed some farmland outside the city. Judging from the performance of the farmland crops, the spring plowing situation in Jixian County It's really good...
Seeing that Ye Mingsheng didn't speak, Cheng Hanfei continued to introduce to Ye Mingsheng.
"Commander, under the leadership of our Jixian County government, our Zhangji Company in Jixian County and the Second Manufacturing Bureau reached a cooperation two and a half years ago to introduce textile technology from the Second Manufacturing Bureau to establish a textile factory!"
At present, the textile factory of Zhangji Company employs more than 300 workers and can produce tens of thousands of pieces of cloth every year. These cloths are sold to Liaoyang, Guanzhong and other places, and can pay thousands of taels of tax to the government every year! "
"In addition, the Zhangji Textile Factory has also promoted some related industries in Jixian County, improving the living standards of many people in Jixian County."
Speaking of this, Cheng Hanfei's eyes showed a hint of pride, as if the Zhangji firm's surname was not Zhang but Cheng!
Although the surname of Zhangji Company is Zhang rather than Cheng, and it is not Cheng Hanfei's property, there is a reason why Cheng Hanfei is proud of Zhangji Company. After all, this is a local industry in Jixian County that he single-handedly supports as the county magistrate!
At that time, because of this incident, some people questioned Cheng Hanfei's collusion with the government and merchants of Zhang Ji's Company by accepting money from Zhang Ji's Company, but in the end, Cheng Hanfei's innocence was cleared after an investigation by the Public Security Bureau... ··········
Against the background of Ye Mingsheng's encouragement of industrial and commercial development, Cheng Hanfei's deeds of supporting the development of Zhang Ji's business, driving local economic development, and improving people's living standards were also commended by Chief Secretary Youyan!
In fact, one of the reasons why Ye Mingsheng came to Jixian for inspection this time was to visit the famous Zhangji Textile Factory in Youyan area.
"Cheng Hanfei, you have indeed done a good job in helping the development of Zhangji Textile Factory. Zhangji Textile Factory has indeed increased people's income. But I heard that the workers in Zhangji Textile Factory have to work at 9:00 every morning and only work at 0:00 in the evening. After work, you have to work six hours a day, and you are not allowed to take a day off for thirty days in a month!"
"And even so, these textile workers work very hard every month, but their income is only three cents of silver, right?"
Facing Ye Mingsheng
Cheng Hanfei was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer Ye Mingsheng's question. Seeing that he was speechless, Ye Mingsheng also ordered in a deep voice:
"You should think about this question carefully tonight, and come with me to visit Zhangji Textile Factory tomorrow, and give me the answer then!"
Cheng Hanfei's heart sank when he heard this, but he still nodded and said when facing Ye Mingsheng's eyes;
"Yes! I humbly obey my orders!"
"Okay! It's late at night. Magistrate Cheng, you should go back and have a rest early..."
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