Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 666
Sighing slightly, Li Jing continued: "In the next few years, Daming's main task is to solve the food problem, that is to say, it will revolve around the Ministry of Land and the Ministry of Agriculture. You may be a little tired in these few years. You have Just ask for anything."

Zhang Ao thought for a while and said, "I need people. You know, for a long time, whether it is land survey or census, we have mainly relied on the assistance of local government and other departments, but now you have given me the power to supervise and investigate. This can't be done by the local government and other departments. In that case, they will investigate themselves and must cover each other. If I send someone to supervise and investigate, I don't have that many people, so I have to ask you for someone .”

Li Jing smiled bitterly: "This is really a problem. Now not only you want people from me, but almost all departments want people from me. Where can I get so many people for you?"

"Hehe, Marshal, I know you are in a difficult situation, as long as you agree to let the Ministry of Officials prepare the staff, I will find the talent myself." Zhang Ao laughed.

"Oh? Can you find usable people?" Li Jingqi said: "Where did you find so many people, tell me too."

"Hey, you don't know this, do you? I'm going to ask for someone directly from the Imperial College." Zhang Ao smiled.

Li Jing was startled when he heard the words: "Guozijian, those students have only been in contact with practical learning for two years, can they be of great use?"

Zhang Ao said with a smile: "I don't know if they can do other things well, but I know that many students can be useful when it comes to agriculture."

"How do you know?" Li Jingqi asked.

"Don't forget, I have dealt with Mr. Chang Geng a lot in the past two years. Mr. Chang Geng is the vice president of the Academy of Sciences. He not only conducts research in the Academy of Sciences, but also is often invited by Kong Jijiu to teach students in the Imperial College. The students in the Imperial College He knows everything about it." Zhang Ao said with a smile.

"So that's how it is." Li Jingwen suddenly understood.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing continued: "Now is the time when the country is employing people, and we can't be limited to the grand ceremony of talent. What's more, the students of the Imperial College can basically be called the elites of the Ming Dynasty, and they should be used according to their capacity. This matter I agree, you go back and get the statistics of the establishment, and I will ask Heng Chen to approve it for you.

But there is one thing I have told you in advance, don't sell me the official title, I know that when there are so many officials, someone will come to you to intercede and put people in your place, if you are partial, don't blame me for treating you You're welcome. "

"Absolutely not. No matter who comes to me, I will always refuse." Zhang Ao said hastily.

Li Jing sighed lightly and said, "Brother, the matter is not as simple as you think. You may not take it seriously, but someone has been staring at your department for a long time.

Let me tell you, the reason why I vigorously focus on agriculture is not only to prepare for famines and fight disasters, but also because I am planning to use troops abroad on a large scale. Many people know my idea.

So your department will be the center of gravity of the country in the past few years, that is to say, people who enter your department will be able to be promoted quickly, and many people know this.

I have been delaying in assigning manpower to you. One is that there is no one in hand, and the other is that I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to place manpower for you.Now that your department has relied on the local government and various government offices for two years, you must have a good idea of ​​who is available and who is not, so it is time to form your own team.

But it is inevitable that someone will come to you to intercede, and the people who can come to you are basically people you cannot afford to offend, such as Shen Zheng, Yang Liufeng, Zhou Hengchen, and maybe even the generals of the army.

Some of these people are your boss, some are your close friends, and some are your old brothers. Do you think you can reject them?

I can affirm that you can't refuse them, so if you want to prevent them from stuffing you, you can't take over the personnel authority. If you reject the personnel authority, they won't come to you. "

Zhang Ao pondered for a while when he heard the words, then smiled and said, "I understand. I will tell everyone when the statistics are out. The final candidate is determined by the commander. Whoever wants to arrange someone, let them find the commander."

Li Jing smiled lightly: "This time I will be a favor for you, and you will have to buy me a drink later."

"Hehe, I really want to invite the commander in chief to drink, but I'm afraid he doesn't have time." Zhang Ao said with a smile.

Li Jing sighed lightly: "It's not that I don't have time, it's that you don't have time. You have been the most tiring in the past two years. After you've been busy for a while, we brothers have a good meal."

"No matter how tired I am, I'm not as tired as a handsome man." Zhang Ao said with a smile.

Li Jing shook his head: "I stay in the yamen all day, how can I be so tired? Not only do you have to worry about it, but you also have to go to various places to inspect it. There is almost no free time."

Sighing lightly, Li Jing continued: "But since we have this position, we have to do something to prevent future generations from scolding us for being a vegetarian, so let's be tired when we are tired."

Zhang Aoying said: "What the commander-in-chief said is that, brother, I was born as a scholar. Many people look down on me and think that I took this position because of the relationship with the commander-in-chief. So I will redouble my efforts to let everyone see that the commander-in-chief does not care about me." There is no wrong person."

"You don't have to shy away from our relationship. Just let go and do it. I will take care of your family. Later, you tell Mrs. Sister-in-law and Xiaolan to let them walk around my house often, and don't stay at home all the time. And , the child that Xiao Lan gave birth to, the two wives like it very much, let her bring more children to play." Li Jing laughed.

Zhang Ao said with a smile: "Marshal, if you don't mention this, I'm embarrassed to say that Xiaolan was in the mansion when she gave birth to her child, and she was taken care of by the two wives. How much, and rewards every time I go, Xiaolan is too embarrassed to bring the child into the mansion, afraid that people will say that we are greedy for the reward from Madam."

"Joke! Who dares to say that! Let me not talk about the relationship between us, just talk about Xiaolan. Xiaolan came out of my house. I am her natal family. Who dares to talk too much when her natal family takes care of their children?" .” Li Jing said.

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "You don't care what other people think, just do what you want. Let me tell you, if they can work hard like you, I will treat them like this."

"The commander-in-chief saved my life, and helped me to become a high-ranking official, and now he takes care of my family like this. Brother, I really don't know how to repay the commander-in-chief." Zhang Ao said with emotion.

Li Jing waved his hand: "I saved you because of my friendship, and I supported you because you are down-to-earth and serious. Taking care of your family is to relieve your worries, not because of selfishness."

Zhang Ao shook his head: "No matter what, as a brother, even if you work for the commander-in-chief in this life, you can't repay the commander-in-chief's kindness."

"Hehe, I don't want you to be an ox or a horse, I want you to be my good brother, I want you to be a good official of Ming Dynasty." Li Jing laughed.

Immediately, Li Jing waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't say these things are useless, I know what's on your mind, just do your part."

"Yes! Then I'll go back to work." Zhang Ao hurriedly got up and said.

Li Jingjing nodded, Zhang Ao saluted, and hurried out of the study.

Just as Zhang Ao was going out, Su Heng happened to be at the front door. Seeing Zhang Ao's expression, he couldn't help being startled, and then he turned sideways to give way. When Zhang Ao went out, Su Heng walked quickly to Li Jing and put the official document on Li Jing's desk. Then he wondered: "The student just saw Mr. Zhang's eyes turned red, did something happen to Mr. Zhang?"

Li Jing couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, after a while, he sighed softly and said: "Brother Zhang is a man of temperament, he just said some old things, and he got a little emotional."

As he spoke, he picked up the official documents from the table and asked, "Where did they all come from?"

Su Heng pointed to the top official document and said, "This one is from Mr. Zhang from Luzon."

"Master Zhang? Is it Zhang Li?" Li Jing picked up the official document and read it carefully.

After reading it, Li Jing smiled and said: "Hehe, Lao Sun is very good at handling things. It's really embarrassing for Zhang Li to send me this official document."

"What did Master Zhang say?" Su Heng asked with a smile.

"After Zhang Li arrived in Luzon, Sun Meng handed over all the government affairs to him, including the money collected from the Spaniards, and handed it over to Zhang Li for disposal, and then Zhang Li asked Sun Boya to send a boat to transport the money. When I came back, the three of them went round and round for me." Li Jing said with a smile.

"The three adults are all sensible!" Su Heng laughed.

Li Jing smiled: "No matter whether they have other thoughts or not, at least they can get along with each other in face, so I can rest assured about Lu Song's affairs."

After pondering for a while, Li Jing continued: "You write back to Zhang Li, and say that Lu Song's affairs should be done according to the original goal, and let him cooperate well with the two Sun adults."

Su Heng felt a little strange when he heard the words, and wondered why Li Jing asked himself to write such a reply letter to Zhang Li.

Seeing Su Heng's expression was different, Li Jing smiled and said: "Zhang Li sent me an official document, which means that he can handle Luzon's affairs by himself, otherwise he would just write a private letter. Since this is the case, there is no need for us to ask more questions. What, if you ask too much, it will cause unnecessary trouble."

It was only when Su Heng heard this that he suddenly realized.

Then Li Jing took out a second official document, but it was from Chen Dahu.

According to the official document, this year's grain tax collection in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions has been smooth, but it may not reach the level of last year, and it is probably more than 40 shi less grain than last year.

However, after deducting the consumption in the army, the food cultivated by the army can probably have a surplus of about 200 million shi.The reason why the expected goal was not achieved was because locust plagues occurred in Shandong and Henan this year, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions were transporting money and food to the disaster areas, and military expenditures were tight. Therefore, only 5 soldiers were recruited to garrison the fields, and [-] people simply cannot grow so much land.

Judging from the current situation, the military salary for recruiting soldiers in the coming year is still a bit tight, so there is no plan to continue recruiting the Tuntian Army in the coming year, hoping to send a batch of cattle over.

After reading the official document, Li Jing sighed lightly, the world is really unpredictable!Originally, Chen Dahu's plan was good, but who would have thought that there would be a plague of locusts in Henan and Shandong. A plague of locusts suddenly tightened the money and food in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, so much so that it affected the recruitment of troops to garrison the fields.

(End of this chapter)