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    As soon as Jia Lian said the word "Fifth Prince", all the officials knew it.  Jia Lian didn't know anything about Fujian and Zhejiang, but he just made a false shot on purpose.

    The momentum of all the officials instantly dropped, and the heads of all the officials in the hall were lowered.

    The magistrate of Ningbo Prefecture is named Zhou, and his sister is Princess Zhou in the palace.  He is the uncle of the fifth prince.

    Jia Lian looked at the fat Wenzhou Mansion again: "I wonder whose uncle this is?"

    Wenzhou Mansion wiped cold sweat: "My surname is Mu, and my sister is the eldest lady of the Prince Consort's Mansion in Kyoto."

    Jia Lian asked: "Who are you, Chen Rongquan?"

    The fat official said: "Reporting to your lord, Chen Rongquan is my younger brother-in-law."

    Jia Lian smiled: "No wonder my nephew dared to beat my wife to death, but it turned out to be my nephew, Uncle Xiao."

    Jia Lian suddenly threw a handful of sticks on the hall, and wrote: "Chat Li Weimin of Taizhou Prefecture, Zhou Shizhao of Ningbo Prefecture, and Mu Huairen of Wenzhou Prefecture. As a parent official, at this time of natural and man-made disasters, the shortage of supplies, and the people are faced with no food.  , embezzled money to provide food for disaster relief, embezzled the company's warehouses, resold them at high prices for profit, disregarded the lives and deaths of the people, and committed a heinous crime. He was dismissed from the post of magistrate, his family property was confiscated, he was beaten eighty times, and was thrown into prison. Three days later, he was escorted to Beijing."

    In troubled times, heavy codes are used. Although the war is over, Jia Lian still needs to kill chickens to scare monkeys and establish his power. He originally planned to sentence three people to be executed as prison princes.  However, Wang Ziteng and the two masters persuaded Jia Lian that if he wanted to make a career in the sea, he needed to leave three points of leeway in his actions.

    Although Jia Lian can sentence three people to be beheaded, officials above the prefecture and the governor do not have the right to make decisions, and will eventually have to report to the Ministry of Punishment for approval.

    If Jia Lian beheads people first and then reports them, he will offend these people.  It would also make the emperor feel uncomfortable.  After all, although these people were greedy for food, they did not starve to death on a large scale because of the operation of Prince Vine.  It would be better to escort the person directly to Beijing and have him judged directly by the Ministry of Punishment.  Let these prefects make it difficult for whomever they choose in the first place.

    Jia Lian believed this: I am not afraid of myself, but what about my children and grandchildren?

    Three days later, the three prefects were escorted to Beijing. People lined the streets to watch. They were almost buried alive by the random vegetables, leaves and smelly garbage.

    But it was said that Jia Lian punished three people and once again summoned the officials from the two provinces who came to see him. Jia Lian forcibly issued an order to cultivate dry fields for two seasons.  Later, Jia Lian led nineteen prefects to visit Yunwu Mountain where Taizhou meets Lishui, and asked the mountain people here to explain the cultivation of sweet potatoes to a group of second-ranked Jinshi.

    Of course, Jia Lian did not want these prefects to farm the land themselves.  However, Jia Lian needed these prefects to go back and urge every state and county under their rule to plant sweet potatoes, and he had to let the prefects understand the benefits of growing sweet potatoes.

    Three days ago, Jia Lian had sent Jia Yun and Du Ruoxin back to her parents' home to contact her mother's village. Du Ruoxin's stepfather, the leader of the Yunwu Mountain people, promised to teach sweet potato farming skills and also promised to lend the excess sweet potatoes in the village to  Jia Lian.  However, the leader had conditions. He wanted Jia Lian to agree to let his uncle Jia Yun stay by his side to teach his thirteen-year-old son, Du Ruoxin's half-brother.

    These mountain people call themselves the Yao people and speak Chinese. Their appearance and customs are not much different from those of the Han people, but their clothing is different from the Han people.  Furthermore, their children rarely read.

    The leader¡¯s son¡¯s name is Zhong Shi.  Nickname stone.  I had studied Chinese characters and Chinese culture with Mr. Du for several years, and I was familiar with the Three-Character Classic and the surnames of hundreds of families.  I have also memorized some medical books and can recognize herbal medicine.  This was why Mr. Du was living here and didn't know if he could return to his hometown, so he wanted to cultivate stones to give Du Ruoxin an arm to rely on.

    Later, when Mr. Du came to Beijing, Zhong Dashan was reluctant to let go of his son and was also afraid that his son would be bullied if he went to Kyoto, so he did not let his son go to Kyoto with him.  But Mr. Du has not broken off contact with Zhong Shitou in recent years.  Therefore, the Zhong family also knew about the relationship between Jia Lian and Jia Yun.  They understood better that Jia's family had become a very important official, so they helped the Du family to avenge their grievances.  Therefore, when Jia Lian came to Haijiang last year, the Zhong family was very friendly to Jia Lian, a Han Chinese.  Willing to cooperate with Jia Lian to resettle those Han people.

    Now that those Han people have returned to their homes, the wasteland they reclaimed has become the wealth of Zhongjiazhai, so they also trust Jia Lian very much.

    It is precisely because of this trust that Zhong Dashan wanted to let his son learn from Jia Yun, a young man he regarded as very wise.

    Afterwards, Zhong Dashan sent three old farmers who were best at farming in the village to give a group of second-ranked Jinshi scholars a live introduction to the planting of sweet potatoes and their yield.  When the old farmers said that planting sweet potatoes on barren hills could yield 800 jin per mu, on shady slopes cultivated land 1,500 jins, and on sunny slopes 2,000 jins per mu, more than a hundred of the top two Jinshi scholars exclaimed in surprise.

    "Two thousand catties? What's the weight?"Wouldn¡¯t fertile farmland be able to increase production?  "

    "Sure enough, there will no longer be hungry people in Fujian and Zhejiang!"

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    At lunch time, the mountain people invited Jia Lian and other 120 officials to eat sweet potatoes.  Most of the sweet potatoes here are about the size of an adult's fist and have a faint sweet taste. You can feel full after eating one or two.

    Many officials secretly calculated that based on the yield per mu, one mu of land could support a family of three, and a family of ten would still have a surplus of three acres of land.  Because sweet potatoes are harvested in the autumn, one crop of wheat can be harvested next spring. A thin wheat field can yield two shi, and a fertile field can yield three or four shi.

    There are no hungry people under the rule, this is a political achievement!

    The climate on Yunwu Mountain is lower than that at the bottom of the mountain. Therefore, the sowing period on the mountain is half a month earlier than at the foot of the mountain. This is convenient for people from the counties below to come to observe and learn.

    Jia Lian negotiated good terms with Zhong Dashan and led more than a hundred officials back to the Yamen.

    He said: "You already know the benefits of planting sweet potatoes. The governor has decided to comprehensively promote the planting of sweet potatoes in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. Now, the governor wants to hear your opinions. How are you going to promote the planting of sweet potatoes?"

    These officials were flexible enough and quickly came up with many solutions

    "I will go back immediately to urge the county chiefs from various states to go to the villages and towns. Each village and town must elect at least three old farmers, and let the three old farmers of each county and the county magistrate personally lead them to Yunwu Mountain Village to learn the scriptures. The cost of carriage and horse, the government office  contract."

    ¡­"I second the proposal!"

    ¡­"I think we can invite representatives of the mountain people to visit the villages and towns in various prefectures and counties to follow the sweet potato planting until the sweet potatoes are harvested. During this period, the government can provide compensation."

    Jia Lian smiled and said: "I have an idea. Although these mountain people have not been officially included in the management of the county, they are proficient in Chinese. After this incident, I think it is not impossible for them to be educated and returned to Liuzhou. Of course, you have to be willing to return to the countryside.  , However, I think we can start from the exchange of cultural customs."

    "For example, this time, the leader of Yunwu Village asked us to teach his son to learn Chinese culture. Did this give us an inspiration? We took this time we planted sweet potatoes as an opportunity. We communicated with each other, and they sent  People taught us the skills of growing sweet potatoes, weaving homespun cloth, growing herbs, processing yams, and refining plasters. We sent people to teach them Han Chinese culture. Over time, when the time is right, we will incorporate them into the management of our prefectures and counties. Everyone  Do colleagues think it¡¯s okay?¡±

    Someone asked: "But who should be sent there?"

    Jia Lian smiled and said: "Don't there be county schools in each state and county? Are you willing to go to Yunwu Mountain to teach students on a voluntary basis and get double meals? If there are vacancies in the yamen from now on, they will have priority in joining the job. Do you colleagues think so?"

    The governor-general is the Tu emperor of Fujian and Zhejiang. If the Tu emperor speaks, whoever dares to say something bad will be unanimously agreed upon.

    At this time, an official suggested: "Originally, when the new governor takes office, all the officials under his administration should come to worship, but the state capital cannot be left unattended. Therefore, only half of the officials from each prefecture, Yazhou and County came, and it is unknown whether the remaining half of the officials  When is the best day to come and see Mr. Du Xian?"

    Jia Lian waved his hand: "Now is the busy time of spring plowing, so there is no need for them to come here to pay homage. Well, but the governor should meet these parent officials and listen to their opinions. Let's do this. Next time, let the officials who stay behind  Just bring the old farmers from various villages and towns to observe and learn from the teachings, and just stop by the Governor¡¯s Yamen.¡±

    All the officials responded in unison.

    Jia Lian said again: "Okay, now let's talk about the vacancies in various states and counties" Jia Lian looked at the roster in his hand: "In addition to the vacancies in the three prefectures of Taizhou, Ningbo, and Wenzhou, there are also vacancies in thirteen prefectures and counties. Each prefecture can have vacancies."  Do you have any recommendations for suitable candidates?¡±

    In fact, Jia Lian has a list of candidates proposed by Wang Ziteng based on various connections. However, Jia Lian also wants to see the reactions of the officials. The officials promoted by Jia Lian will definitely become his confidants in the future.

    If you are not careful for a moment and promote someone who is incompetent or has weird thoughts, you will not only damage your own reputation, but also your own feet.

    Although Jia Lian inquired, these local officials obviously knew the rules of officialdom. Each of them only recommended candidates for magistrates under their own jurisdiction. They seemed not to know at all about the vacancies in the three prefectures.

    Jia Lian was very satisfied with the result. Then, according to the list given by Wang Ziteng, he reported to the court and recommended Chen Tingshun, the magistrate of Shuntai County, who was born in poverty, as the magistrate. He was a second-ranked Jinshi ten years ago and was in the same year as Jia Lian.

    The prefectures of Ningbo and Taizhou also promoted two magistrates who had excellent performance evaluations for three consecutive years.  Of course, these two people are all members of Wang Ziteng's party.

    Wang Ziteng provided a total of eight people's information for Jia Lian to choose from.

    Jia Lian should be careful when recommending someone. He must have good character, talent, learning and ability before he can recommend someone.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?Personal information is available for Jia Lian to choose.

    Jia Lian should be careful when recommending someone. He must have good character, talent, learning and ability before he can recommend someone.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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