Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 883 Sun Kedi's Road to Governance
After arriving in Shuangliu County and completing the handover with the former magistrate, Sun Kedi and Zheng Yuandao immediately began to familiarize themselves with the relevant affairs of Shuangliu County, laying a solid foundation for the next work.

Shuangliu County is located in the fertile Chengdu Plain, adjacent to Chengdu Prefecture, and has a superior geographical location. The county has a population of more than 5. In terms of population and cultivated land area, it also belongs to Wang County. It is among the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Prefecture. It is a richer place.

Shuangliu County paid a total of 4000 taels of tax and silver to the imperial court last year, ranking among the top few in the entire Sichuan Chief Commissioner. No matter how you look at it, it can be said that serving as the county magistrate here is relatively worry-free, as long as there are no major mistakes, Just wait for promotion after five years.

Of course, this was the special treatment given by officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for the sake of Sun Chuanting's face, and it is also human nature in the officialdom.

After learning about the basic situation of Shuangliu County in detail, Sun Kedi summoned well-known local officials, gentry and gentry to meet at the county government office.

The gentry and officials attending the meeting naturally nodded their beards and expressed their intentions to unite with their grandparents in the future to make their hometown better and so on. Afterwards, Sun Kedi and other county officials attended the welcome banquet held by the gentry. Finally, the guests and hosts parted happily.

As for Sun Kedi's background, these well-informed country gentry have inquired clearly for a long time, knowing that the young magistrate's future will be very bright, so they also reached a consensus in private gatherings: as long as Sun Kedi does not do things wrong If it's too outrageous, then no matter what kind of regulations he proposes, everyone should try their best to cooperate.

In fact, not only the squires have such an idea, but even the officials who serve in the county government. , So a series of new rules and regulations that Sun Kedi launched later were successfully implemented.

The magistrate itself has absolute authority, coupled with such a strong background, and I heard that he has been struggling in the local government for several years, so he must be clear about many tricks in the yamen. Muzzle bump?

Since Shuangliu County is not far from Chengdu Prefecture, the branch of the Procuratorate stationed in Chengdu Prefecture did not assign a separate censor to the county. , It also allowed him to devote all his energy to government affairs.

In order to fully mobilize the work enthusiasm of the low-level officials, Sun Kedi broke the official practice and routine, put aside the six-room scribes, and specially convened more than 40 officials to give lectures, encouraging them to offer advice and suggestions on how to develop the county's economy, and clearly stated, In the future, he will not hesitate to reward those who have made meritorious deeds, and will give them titles in the annual evaluation of the Ministry of Officials to demonstrate their merits.

Five years of experience in immigration work has made Sun Kedi mature. He is very aware of the huge power of the low-level officials in the government. The official rank is in the body, but the role it plays is extremely important. As long as the people in this group feel that they have a head, and everyone can focus on handling government affairs, the implementation of government orders will become smoother.

The six-room scribes were well aware of the magistrate's obvious warning and divisive actions, and not long after the meeting ended, they each took time to patrol Sun Kedi's public house, and expressed their opinions in various forms and words. My loyalty means that I will unconditionally obey and cooperate with all instructions of my grandparents, and never dare to have other thoughts and so on.

These scribes are all ghost spirits.

Within a few days after the new county magistrate summoned the low-level officials for a lecture, they all heard some rumors that some experienced officials had already intended to replace them. How could this make them not panic?

If you don't show your loyalty quickly, you may be able to turn over the old account and be dismissed by the new parents. In the current situation, there is no other way to go except to do the job honestly and obediently.

In the more than a month since he took office, Sun Kedi used a few tricks to completely establish his authority in Shuangliu County, which also laid a good foundation for his impressive achievements during his tenure.

After settling the complex personnel relations in the yamen and reaching a certain tacit understanding with the gentry, Sun Kedi and Zheng Yuandao changed into casual clothes, and led the county magistrate, pawn Mao Qiheng, and their servants to ride separately. With a horse and a mule, he began to inspect the area under his jurisdiction, so as to grasp the first-hand information of the county. The daily affairs of the county government were fully entrusted to the county magistrate Yang Zheyuan.

Yang Zheyuan, who is over 13 years old, was born in Juren, and his ancestral home was Renshi in Huizhou Prefecture. After knowing the strong background of Xinzhi County, he naturally showed an attitude of absolute obedience in everything, which also made Sun Kedi very satisfied.

Sun Kedi and his team, under the guidance of Mao Qiheng who is familiar with the local conditions, spent nearly 30 days to complete the inspection of the main towns and villages in Shuangliu County. Enemy and Zheng Yuandao also made full use of their free time to talk with farmers to understand the real situation in the towns and villages they visited.

After a period of inspection and investigation, Sun Kedi, who returned to the county government, worked out the outline of the industrial and agricultural development plan for Shuangliu County for the next five years, that is, during his term of office, after repeated discussions with several secondary officials. , and made it public in the name of the government.

In this outline, Sun Kedi proposed that "organize farmers to open up wasteland and open up fields during the slack season, rotate the fields to rest and cultivate, and plant a large number of tung tree, camellia oleifera, interplanted Chuanbei, Chuanqiong, Achyranthes bidentata, and red peony in idle land on gentle slopes." "Waiting for Chinese herbal medicines" and other new administrative measures, and require all county government personnel except the third class of government officials to go down to rural villages in turn to guide and supervise the farmers in the jurisdiction to work according to the outline.

The series of new measures formulated by Sun Kedi are not exaggerated, but targeted long-term plans.

During the inspection, Sun Kedi found that since the implementation of the new policy of reducing burdens and rents by the imperial court, the burden on farmers in the county has been greatly reduced. Coupled with the vigorous promotion of new high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, the problem of food and clothing for each household has been quickly and completely solved. Basically, every granary has enough rations to feed a family for two years.

Every year after the new grain comes out, the farmers will keep enough rations and sell the old grain to the government or the local winery of Sihai Wine Industry at a price of three yuan per stone. After several years of accumulation, the family economic situation of the farmers has improved. Greatly improved.

Now that there is no need to worry about food and clothing, the next step is of course how to increase farmers' income.

　Thanks to Wang Xiaoxiaoyiran and SHAJIA for the reward.

　　
　
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