Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 293 New prefect, new atmosphere (I wish everyone a Happy New Year 2022!!)

The Dharma altars in the Meishan lineage are like a community, each Dharma altar is independent and connected with each other.Different factions enshrine different altars.

In the Dharma altar, they make offerings to their ancestors, senior mages, and rampant soldiers.This rampant soldier is also a sinister soldier.

Such a system is of course different from the Chenghuang system.This Meishan lineage is also the strongest line of practice besides a few orthodox Taoist sects.

The main reason is that although the Meishan lineage is dressed as a Taoist, their beliefs and actions are not Taoist style.Taoists need to collect incense and then worship the gods and ancestors.

The Meishan lineage does not seek longevity, does not follow the way of gods, and does not need incense.They are the ancestors, ancestors and rampant soldiers who directly offer blood food to the dharma altar.

In the next few days, Taoist Qingtong and Zhang Wei gradually became acquainted.

Taoist Qingtong is good at Fushui, and his Fushui is called Meishanshuishu. Although it is similar to Taoists' Fushui, it is actually two different things.

After the Lantern Festival, Zhang Wei will also return to Tianmen County to perform his duties.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Zhang Wei went to pick up Chen Zhirui. Mr. Chen Gong didn't get sick. In fact, he was out of sight.This is the conflict between the old father-in-law and son-in-law!This is probably not something that can be solved with a few big drinks.

After picking up Chen Zhirui, everyone boarded the fox cart and started heading to Tianmen County.

Accompanied by Taoist Qingtong and a group of puppies.Taoist Qingtong wanted to visit Tianmen County, Zhang Wei naturally welcomed it.

After seven or eight days on the road, Zhang Wei and the others returned to Tianmen County.How many people went there, and even more people came back.Some merchants from Jinhua Prefecture also came to have a look.

They didn't come to do business, and without the permission of the government's merchants, they couldn't take this business route.They came to see the textile machinery here.

Under the strong promotion of Zhang Wei, the craftsmen in Tianmen County updated the textile machines very quickly.This is mainly caused by the generous support of the workshop owner.

Cotton production in Tianmen County has soared, and the current machine inventory is simply too busy, so the workshop owner needs more manpower, better and more efficient machinery!

Driven by capital, craftsmen have exhausted their minds and developed many machines. Although some machines seem nonsensical, this has greatly promoted the development of textile machines.

Cotton spinning machines can be used on silk spinning machines with some improvement. These businessmen from Jinhua Prefecture came to import equipment.

The low-level development is business interoperability, while the high-level development is technical interoperability.Commercial intercommunication is just a money trick, while technical interoperability is the development and progress of social technology.

This is what Zhang Wei wanted to see and worked hard to bring about.Technology is the first development force!
The merchants in Jinhua were naturally greeted, and Zhang Wei brought the paparazzi to the farm and began to distribute dogs.

The soft little hometown dog can always arouse a little nostalgia, but it can always relieve a little nostalgia.The Zhang family here is holding these little milk dogs, the joy on their faces is overflowing.

These puppies will not only be their helpers, but also their family members in the future, and they will be their partners to relieve their homesickness.

At the same time, Zhang Wei also passed on the Meishan dog training technique to everyone.And set out the conditions for exchanging dog god pills.

Things that are given away for free are always not cherished by people, but things that have to be exchanged for a price will be cherished.Zhang Wei is with the Zhang family, and they have their own exchange list.

Exchanges for various elixir, exchanges for various exercises, and exchanges for various resources are numerous.And this kind of exchange is based on their cultivation, labor and merit.

Attending work with Huang Dou or others is a meritorious achievement.Merit can be exchanged for these.There is also labor and cultivation base growth, these are rewarding achievements.

In a group, the most important thing is the sense of belonging, and then the sense of honor.The sense of belonging is innate, because they are born in the Zhang family, they are people with the same name and surname, and they are related by blood.

The sense of honor requires rewards and distinctions.If the same job, no matter how good or bad it is, everyone gets the same thing, then this job must be a pool of stagnant water.The big pot of rice is unbearable.

When doing work, rewarding good work is the embodiment of honor.But you can't punish the bad, because it's exploiting the bad to reward the good, and it will tear the team apart.

If you do well, you will get extra rewards. This is the right way to do it.

The last is the logo, a good logo is the embodiment of cohesion.Why do religions, groups need a title and a logo.

It is because this is the performance of cohesion.Having such a thing will greatly improve the cohesion of a team.

Now the members of the Zhang family all use the image of soybeans as a symbol, which is the cohesion.When you see this sign, you see the organization!
All of these were proposed by Zhang Wei and arranged by Chen Zhirui.That's why Chen Zhirui has such great admiration for Zhang Wei.

Because of these things, they all succeeded!
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Beijing.

At the home of Dali Temple Qing Wang Chuan, a person came to visit at this time.

"Master Wang, this 'Sea of ​​Fog and Clouds' is carved out of the finest Mount Tai stone. It has been handed by the master and consecrated by the gods. It is a rare treasure."

A rich middle-aged man spoke respectfully to Wang Chuan in front of him.

Wang Chuan looked at the stone carving carved from the stone in front of him. This stone carving was similar to a small Taishan Mountain. On the mountainside, there was a faint cloud and mist floating out of the stone, forming a faint cloud belt, which was really magical.

Wang Chuan likes strange stones very much, and of course he was overjoyed when he saw this stone.He closed his eyes and said, "I understand your lord's affairs, but what I don't understand is that there are so many states and counties in the world, why did he consider Suzhou Prefecture?"

Under Wang Chuanjiongjiong's gaze, the man lowered his head slightly and said, "This is not only the meaning of my lord, but also the meaning of respecting God."

Hearing this, Wang Chuan stopped talking, and then said: "I will make arrangements."

The wealthy businessman quickly saluted, and then left Wang Chuan's residence.

Two days later, the former prefect of Suzhou was impeached by the Overwatch Council for embezzling and breaking the law. Because of the solid evidence, he was quickly removed from office.

A new magistrate candidate will soon be on the agenda.

Suzhou is a poor frontier state capital, and not many people are interested in such a state capital. Soon, a man named Guo Chun became the top candidate for the prefect of Suzhou through competition.

Cao Bin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, looked at this person's resume and felt a little uncertain.Naturally, there is nothing wrong with this person's resume.

I have served as a Tongzhi in Taizhou Prefecture for ten years, there is no big mistake, and there are no bright spots.But that's how it is in the officialdom. It doesn't matter if you don't make a big mistake. As long as you have enough qualifications, you should still be promoted.

And this time his promotion was vaguely pushed by someone.

In the court, there are two factions, one is the reformist faction headed by Di Li, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.One side is the conservative faction headed by Dali Temple Minister Wang Chuan.

Although several elders are neutral on the surface, they actually have their own ideas.Cao Bin supported the reformists.

If it was a normal promotion, the seal of Cao Bin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, would have been printed.But there was a faint shadow of Wang Chuan in this matter, so he was a little puzzled.

There is no need for Wang Chuan to even fight for a prefect of Suzhou, right?

Ever since, Cao Bin suppressed the appointment.

But at this time, someone impeached the prefect of Changbai Prefecture for his extreme behavior, arousing public anger!This prefect of Changbai is a reformer.

The reform will definitely violate the interests of some people. The so-called incitement of popular uprisings, these "people" are the targets of the reform, and their interests will be touched, which will definitely arouse their resistance.

At this time, support from the top is needed.

Not long after, Cao Bin printed Guo Chun's letter of appointment.The impeachment of the prefect of Changbai soon came to nothing.

On the second day of February, the new Suzhou prefect Guo Chun took office in a low-key manner.

On the same day, a secret letter was also sent to Chen Zhirui through the underworld.

She took a look at the secret letter, then handed it to Zhang Wei and said, "This is a secret letter from my uncle. Our immediate boss has changed."

Zhang Wei took the secret letter, and then said: "Swapping as soon as possible, isn't this kind of thing normal?"

Chen Zhirui frowned and said: "Old Feng has actually done a good job, and it's not right to say that he is corrupt."

This old Feng is Feng Mao, the former prefect of Suzhou.This is a cadre. Suzhou has always been very poor. The counties under its jurisdiction are all known for their small population and large land.

These days, a lot of land does not mean wealth, because there is no such thing as a real estate economy, and the government's income actually depends on commercial taxes and land taxes.In the past, this shabby place didn't shit. If he wanted to collect business tax, there was no caravan to collect it for him.

And the land tax is even more nonsense. With such a small population, how much land tax can they receive?
The economic activity of Suzhou Prefecture is animal husbandry, but animal husbandry is also very difficult to collect taxes.The main reason is that if the cattle and sheep cannot be sold, they cannot be exchanged for money, and if it is not a large-scale cattle and sheep transaction, those private and scattered transactions will not be taxed.

When there is no money, the prefect of Suzhou is a bitter haha, he can't do anything at all.

Then Zhang Wei came.

Then the cotton was planted!

Then caravans from all over the world came towards Tianmen County!This time, the Suzhou government is relentless in collecting taxes!This year's tax for merchants alone is comparable to the sum of all taxes for ten years!

Poor old Feng also made a new official uniform with Tianmen cotton cloth (gifted by Zhang Wei) this year, replacing the original official uniform that he had worn for ten years.

When you have money, some places distribute money, eat and drink, and make things vigorously.And Lao Feng is not such a person, he is afraid of poverty.He used the money to start building water conservancy projects and planned to grow cotton on a large scale.

In today's terms, it is to rely on industrial advantages to develop the surrounding economy and stimulate the productivity of the surrounding labor force.

Suzhou is not close to the Tianshan Mountains, and there is no snow water irrigation from the Tianshan Mountains, but as long as wells are dug and culverts are built, a large number of fields suitable for growing cotton can be transformed.

And in this process, corvee must be conscripted, and corvee in this world has to be paid, which requires a lot of money.In the past, Suzhou government had no money, and everything went wrong.

Now the Suzhou government has become rich in one year and has a large financial surplus, so Lao Feng has to do a lot.

But everyone also knows that such a large-scale water conservancy project, such a large-scale infrastructure facility, will inevitably lead to corruption.Lao Feng is not greedy and does not take money, but his subordinates and officials are also afraid of poverty.

In this process, it is inevitable to get more and more.As the top leader, it is absolutely unrealistic to say that he has no responsibility.

This is how Lao Feng was kicked out.

On the third day of February, Lao Feng packed his bags and prepared to go to Beijing for interrogation.Zhang Wei also brought Chen Zhirui.

It was a February day, cold and windy.The people of Suzhou City spontaneously came to the city gate to bid farewell to their master silently.

Their hearts are very complicated at this time, they are poor, and everyone is poor together.When they were poorest, they could see the old man wearing patched clothes and going to the market with his old wife to buy vegetables.Because they are so poor that they have no money to hire servants.

The imperial court's salaries to their officials are good, but a lot of Lao Feng's money has been subsidized by the government.

It's not news that Lao Feng took his wife to buy vegetables together.

But rich, we have never been rich together.When Fucheng was rich, tax collectors ate and slept at the city gate, because there were too many merchants passing by, and they had to work overtime to collect taxes.

This big box of silver money was sent into the government office like this, and this was also seen by the people.

The government office has money, and Lao Feng has also started to spend money.He began to organize corvees to build water conservancy.The construction of water conservancy is very incomprehensible to the people of Suzhou Prefecture.

It's like a poor man who suddenly becomes rich. Instead of improving his life, he reproduces and reinvests. Of course, this kind of behavior is incomprehensible.

If you have money, you should buy new clothes, eat wine and meat, and be on high until midnight every day, enjoying everything you didn't enjoy before.

How can Lao Feng waste money like this!Repairing water conservancy can not see the immediate benefits of half a dime!It is the most thankless thing.

His actions caused dissatisfaction among a large number of people in Suzhou Prefecture, thinking that he was just messing around, wouldn't it be better to just send them money to buy clothes and eat meat?
But after the rise of corvee, everyone's scolding has become less.Because of the large amount of corvee, those who went to work also got wages.

Using these wages to buy new clothes, eat wine and meat, although it has also met expectations, but there is always some discomfort in my heart. After all, it is very hard to repair water conservancy.

This behavior of repairing water conservancy also aroused the dissatisfaction of the big households in Suzhou Prefecture.

Why are they dissatisfied?These big households are not stupid. If you think about it carefully, you will know that this water conservancy will inevitably produce a lot of fertile land.

There are more fields, but the number of people in Suzhou Prefecture will not increase immediately.This is equivalent to land depreciation!According to Lao Feng's personality, when the water conservancy project is completed, he will definitely encourage land reclamation.

Then, no one planted the land of the big families, and a large number of people went to reclaim wasteland, because after reclaiming wasteland, they would have their own land.When the land increases, the land will inevitably depreciate!
Plus the success story of Tianmen County next door.The hearts of these big households suddenly became cool.People are sitting at home, and their property has shrunk by more than half out of thin air. Isn't this heart cold?
Land depreciates, and no one farms for themselves.The big family hated Lao Feng to death!Naturally arouse 'popular indignation'.

During this year, Lao Feng will not only organize the construction of water conservancy, but also fight wits and courage with these big households, and arrange farmers to go to Tianmen County to learn how to grow cotton.

This year was the busiest and most tiring time for Lao Feng.But it's also when he's happiest.

Hard work can't knock him down, and he doesn't feel tired at all. Fighting with others is a lot of fun.For the bright future of Suzhou Prefecture!
But it was the imperial court who had ignored Suzhou Mansion for decades who finally defeated Lao Feng.

When Suzhou Mansion was poor, the imperial court did not control him.It would be nice if there were no civil strife or violence in this kind of place.

But when the Suzhou government got rich and began to make drastic changes, the imperial court removed his official title and sent an airborne magistrate who didn't understand anything!
This is what chills him.Ten years, he has worked hard for ten years, and now he sees an opportunity and is about to rise, so he was recalled to the capital, still charged with 'corruption and perverting the law'.

Hard work, tiredness, and a big family did not defeat him, but this piece of paper made him lose his head overnight.

He was angry in his heart, angry at him for being unfair, but more helpless and worried.Will his successor continue to do what he set out to do?

If we don't continue, Suzhou Prefecture will still be as poor as before.

The soldiers escorting him were waiting for him at the gate of the city. He took his wife and the only parcel, and turned his head to meet the thousands of people who sent him.

These thousands of people were actually looked down by a white-haired old man.They didn't dare to look at him because they all felt ashamed.

This kind of guilt is very complicated, and they felt a burst of joy when they suddenly heard that Mr. Feng lost his official position and questioned him.

"Okay! Good catch! Let you corrupt the law!"

In fact, they knew that it was impossible for Mr. Feng to be corrupt and pervert the law.But when he has money, he doesn't share it with everyone, and insists on doing water conservancy projects, so he doesn't take everyone into his heart!Such an official, no matter!
Then, when the soldiers in the capital went to the county government to arrest him in person.Everyone here panicked again.

They were just venting, how could they really arrest Mr. Feng?The idiot Wang next door will take bribes and pervert the law, but Lao Feng really can't!

If Lao Feng is really arrested, what about the water conservancy project?What about their corvee?What about the wages for daily corvee service?He promised that in the future, everyone will have fields and everyone will earn money, what should we do?
This time, these shortsighted people really panicked.But at this time there is no other way.When Lao Feng needed their support, they didn't stand up.

Now that Lao Feng really left, they regretted it!
Feng Mao looked at these silent people, he knew many of them.Suzhou city is not big, but his memory is really good.

He moved his mouth, and finally said: "It's too cold, you should go back, if it freezes, it's not worth it!"

This sentence really broke the defenses of the surrounding people.

"Master Feng, we were wrong! Don't leave!"

"Master Feng, you can't go!"

"Stop your lord, don't let him go!"

Finally, the people of Suzhou broke out.But what is the use of the current outbreak?

Feng Mao waved his hands to them and said, "Okay, everyone go back. We will meet again if we are destined."

The soldiers guarded the people and escorted Feng Mao to leave the city gate.The city gate cried together, these are tears of regret, tears of disappointment, tears of despair.

　I wish everyone 2022, the better the better, the smoother the better, the more happy the better!
　　Wish me a new year without salty fish, continuous inspiration, good health, and be the best of myself!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)