People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 247 Show off your power

During the inspection, Xu Chen walked through the streets, entered and exited shops and houses. If he met schoolchildren on the road, he would take them to test on some math problems. If he saw an elderly person, he would hold their hands and ask about their well-being. If he saw female workers in the factory, he would ask about the production situation.

Along the way, he didn't find any problems. In Xu Chen's eyes, the people's livelihood at the grassroots level can best reflect the situation of government administration.

In fact, his inspections and visits included not only such random inspections, but also many secret inspections.

Overt inspections put pressure on government officials at all levels, while secret visits are to find out the truest situation. These actions will indeed make the officials below sweat profusely.

For example, Lu Ping, who was inspecting with Xu Chen at this time, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were no problems along the way, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Lu Ping was not only the governor of Guangyang, but also the magistrate of Ji County. If anything went wrong in the capital, he would undoubtedly be the primary person responsible.

Accompanying the leader is like accompanying a tiger. Although there are more opportunities to show your abilities when you are with the leader, the pressure is also much greater. Every time Xu Chen inspects, Lu Ping becomes frightened. Although he has always performed his duties conscientiously, he is afraid that the people below him will misbehave.

This pressure forced Lu Ping to tighten his control over the officials below him.

Many times, he also had the same sigh as Wang Dang that governing the people's livelihood is not easy. In comparison, going to the battlefield and wielding a knife to kill people is actually much simpler and more refreshing.

Of course, this kind of inspection is not just passively accepting Xu Chen's scrutiny. Lu Ping will also seize the opportunity to show what he has done.

After walking a short distance, the group saw a building in the middle of the street. Thick smoke could be seen coming out of the chimney of the building, and something must be burning inside. Lu Ping also walked over and explained briefly.

"Master, according to the grassroots health system proposed by Mr. Zhang Zhongjing, we have already started some related construction. This is the first batch of bathhouses we built. There are already dozens of such bathhouses in the county, which is not enough at present, but we will continue to add more in the future and promote them to the towns and villages below."

After Lu Ping finished speaking, when Xu Chen nodded, he pointed to another place, where there was another different kind of building: "Master, look here, this is a public toilet built by the government. There are more than a hundred of them in the county."

As Lu Ping spoke, Xu Chen nodded. These things were up there, and he might just take a look at the proposals and make some comments. Only by really going to the grassroots level could he see the money and grain he allocated turned into tangible results.

Part of Xuanxia's huge investment in people's livelihood is used to build these.

Although if this money is not used, it can be used to build an army, continue to expand the army and enhance its strength, and help Xuan Xia expand its strength rapidly, but it is more likely that an epidemic will destroy Xuan Xia as a whole, and the losses brought about will far outweigh the slight benefits of expanding the army.

Xuanxia's health policy was, of course, not just about bathhouses and toilets. It also included the policy of boiling water and hot food, which was constantly promoted for the people, as well as the rat catching and insect extermination, which was highly valued from the county to the village.

Correspondingly, a group of quick-trained barefoot doctors taught by Zhang Zhongjing himself were also sent down to the grassroots level to provide the people with basic medical and protective knowledge.

Zhang Zhongjing even delved into medicinal prescriptions, and together with the alchemist Gan Shi, he developed a number of elixirs for treating and suppressing common diseases. These elixirs were continuously optimized and standardized by the two, and could eventually be mass-produced to a certain extent.

Zhang Zhongjing was a professional match and had thought of almost every possible method. For him, this was like a match made in heaven.

Even if he had developed this health system in the past, the Han Dynasty would not have been able to implement it. Only Xuanxia, ​​a new place, could allow him to display his talents.

The benefits brought by health investment are the most silent, and it is intuitively a thankless job. Ji County has achieved the current results in this regard, and other livelihood construction will only get better and not worse. As for what other counties have done, Xu Chen can't go to inspect them one by one, so he can only rely on Xuanxia's own official performance evaluation and supervision system to spur officials.

"Well done, but these things are not finished once they are built. You have to think carefully about how to use them for a long time. Don't waste them."

"Don't worry, Master. Many bathhouses are actually profitable and can operate for a long time."

If you want this health system to work, it is not enough to just build some facilities. How to operate it effectively in the future is the top priority. But it is obvious that Lu Ping already had ideas about this.

As Xu Chen explained the follow-up matters, Lu Ping responded one by one. As the two walked forward, they discussed various matters in Ji County.

The further he went along the way, the more at ease Xu Chen felt. Today, Xuanxia is becoming more and more like a serious country.

And with the strength of a single country, facing those princes outside who are actually owners of large estates, Xu Chen does not think there is any possibility that Xuan Xia will lose.

Especially in the current chaotic times when the princes are about to fight each other, it is difficult for them to form a joint force to threaten me, which gives me the conditions to defeat them one by one.

This ended today's inspection. Xu Chen waved goodbye to the people along the way. Soon after returning to the office, he received a piece of intelligence about the Chang'an court from Tian Shitou.

After taking the letter from Tian Shitou and reading the related reports about Dong Zhuo being assassinated, Wang Yun and Lu Bu being defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si, and the Chang'an court being held hostage by Li Jue and Guo Si, Xu Chen just shook his head and put the letter on the desk and ignored it.

The whole thing that happened in the Chang'an court has to be said to be very funny, but when you think about the fact that this was one of the most chaotic periods in Chinese history, everything makes sense.

"Although Chang'an is the imperial court of the Han Dynasty, it is no longer important. Whatever happens there will not affect the pace of Xuan Xia."

Xu Chen smiled, and after a moment of hesitation, he said to Tian Shitou, "I am planning a martial arts performance. How is the preparation going? Have the two distinguished guests accepted the invitation to come and watch?"

Tian Shitou replied: "Master, the rulers of Goguryeo and Buyeo have both agreed to this matter. I have received a letter saying that they have already led their troops and will arrive in more than a month."

Xu Chen nodded and said, "Tell the troops that they need to train well in the near future. The guests have come from afar, so they must enjoy themselves."

Tian Shitou immediately responded and then turned and left.

At the same time, the diplomatic envoys from Buyeo and Goguryeo had already met outside the Great Wall. Although the two rulers did not get along well, they could not avoid meeting each other.

After just a few pleasantries, Buyeo King Wei Qiu Tai asked, "Why did Xu Chen ask us to go and watch the martial arts performance?"

Goguryeo King Bogu curled his lips in disapproval: "Why else? It's just a show of force."

(End of this chapter)