Chapter 10: Grain is a problem (1) ()

Suzhou, Changshu.

The county magistrate who had been in office for two years was Guan Xieguang, and his courtesy name was Youren. He was from Wanping County, Zhili. He was 47 years old this year. He was a Juren and became the magistrate of Changshu. After taking office, he was very busy with business every day. The old man had no time to recite poems and write the right thing he liked most.

In recent days, two things that have made him have not been solved: the first is that since the beginning of spring, the weather has been drought and rainy for a long time. The waterways in Suzhou have been crisscrossing, and have never been a province with water shortage. This year, the situation is special. Every morning, when you wake up and open the window, you will always have a clear sun hanging above your head, and the air is anxious. Rarely, one or two clouds float over you, which is completely useless except to provide people with a little shade.

The digging of the canal ended last winter. A year-long dredging that has been common in the past years was reimbursed by the Suzhou Prefecture Fencing Office. Who knew that by the beginning of spring this year, the boat would be inconvenient due to rainfall? If I had known this was the case, why would I spend money to ask the civilians to repair the river to "broad surface and deep bottom" and "long deep middle streams" and "the two sides of the straits would not collapse?"

This is a natural disaster and manpower cannot be remedied. On the other hand, it is related to people: the Cao rice is accused of being Dui and the Cao Gang's main gang, and it has been difficult to discuss it for a long time.

If the matter of receiving Dui cannot be completed on time, not only will his black hat not be kept, but his direct superiors will also be implicated. The current Jiangsu Governor Fu Shengxun was just received yesterday and repeatedly urged him in the letter, asking: "...Gui County will handle the task of receiving Dui immediately, otherwise, the delay of "Tianyu Zhenggong" will be strictly sent!"

The so-called receiving and receiving money is a simple explanation: every year when the rice matures, the prefecture and county governments start to open warehouses and grain. After the grain households pay, the canal ship is launched and the ship is accepted and loaded, which is called "Sual Dui". On the one hand, the grain is collected and the ship is received, and the current flow is endless. Sometimes I get busy, and even loading the ship overnight occurs. This was a very smooth thing, but the sharp guys on the canal ship cannot play tricks and will not get any benefits.

The Cao Gang naturally did not do this. So their first trick was to look at beige. Since when the canal ship passed Huaian, the governor of the canal transport had to collect grain points. When he arrived at Tongzhou to enter the warehouse, the assistant minister of the warehouse had to check the quality of the rice. If there was any inconsistency, the canal ship was responsible for it. Therefore, when they received the dump, they should check the beige, which was originally the branch. However, the quality of beige was based on the visual inspection and there was no standard, so you could be picky. Looking at each warehouse at one warehouse, it was either too complicated or not dry enough to allow the dump.

In general, if the warehouse is opened ten days, all the rice warehouses will be filled. If you do not ship it on the ship at this time, the later grain households will have no warehouse to store rice and will inevitably stop levy. The grain households have to wait. It doesn’t matter if they are a day or two. The people are just complaining. After a long time, they will lose their jobs when they are abandoned, and they will have to pay mercy. Naturally, they must make noise. This is called rioting, which is a very serious matter. Local officials will often be punished extremely severely. If they encounter a corrupt official who is three feet tall, this rioting may cause civil unrest and may even cause death.

Therefore, the county master had to send Qiangu to the commander of the beige flag minister to talk to the beige flag ministers. If they couldn't finish the talk, the members of the transportation supervision were afraid of missing the deadline and urged them to set off. The gang members would not ask whether they were full or not, and they just drove the ship by themselves. At this time, the prefectures and counties would be in trouble. They had to try to transport the grain and make up for it all the way, which was called "Sui Gang Gong Dui".

This time, the long-term delay was caused by the fact that the price of Jinding was not enough. The price of Jianding was too high, and the private expenses (that is, the personal benefits to Jianding) were 2 cents and 3 cents. In previous years, it was 1 cents and 7 cents. This did not include the benefits to the Caogang. It was called Tonggang public expenses. It was a layer of difficulties and set up checkpoints everywhere. Guan Xieguang was anxious and angry, and he was willing to not talk about Jinding. At most, he hired a ship to catch up and make up for it. However, if that happened, even if he had formed a huge "liangzi" with the Caogang, it would be a problem whether a ship of grain and rice could reach Huaian smoothly, let alone a smooth arrival in Tongzhou.

He also knew why the Cao Bang insisted on receiving the private expenses this time and refused to let go: a note from Governor Lu of Liangjiang on changing the ills of salt grain was highly commended in front of the new king. Recently, he set out to Beijing to meet the new king. I think there will be another answer.

The person who heard the audience said: Starting from the second year of Xianfeng at the latest, the canal transport in Jiangnan will gradually implement maritime transport policies. At that time, these canals will not be able to maintain food and clothing, so it is no wonder that they try hard to bite the green mountains at this time and do not relax.

Guan Xieguang was sitting in the troubled city, and when he was thinking left and right, there was a servant in the second hall to repay him: "Tang Weng (Da Zhang is also considered a formal birth, so he is called Tang Weng), Mr. Hua is back."

"Ah!" Guan Xieguang jumped up: "Please, please!"

Mr. Hua's name is Hua Jiuzhen, from Shaoxing, with his courtesy name Chunyuan. He served as Master Qiangu next to Guan Xieguang. The aide to the county magistrate was called Master. When he came to the governor, he was called an aide. He was divided into two categories: one was responsible for money, which was the so-called tax collection (grain), and the other was the name of criminal.

Master Qian Gu’s ability is not about his abacus, but about being able to understand the situation and being good at dealing with several types of people. The first is the book office, which has passed down from generation to generation. Each person has a booklet. Which family has a lot of land? How much should the grain be paid? They are all recorded in this booklet, which is a secret to not passing it on. The second is the special people in the county. The grain they hold has special names. The rice, juren, scholar, and supervisor of gentlemen who have served as officials are the rice rice. These two types of rice cannot be collected more, so they should be as much as they should, otherwise there will be trouble. Another type of grain is called sue rice, which is specialized in making lawsuits, and you should be careful. In short, the group of people who are bully and not easy to deal with must be perfunctory, insufficient weight, and poor beige, and you must also receive it without any mistakes. You can even buy the grain bunch - the certificate of food payment, and buy the word "quiet".

Of course, some of these people suffer losses. Various exploitation and expenses, plus the benefits of the county magistrate, all come from the good people. This is called floating harvest. In the most cruel place, if you receive more than half of the positive amount, you should take one stone of rice, at least one stone of five dou.

Guan Xieguang was finally a few years older and couldn't bear to exploit it like this. Therefore, under his rule, even if there were occasional suspension of the slaughter, the people could tolerate it and avoid any trouble in the canal. However, this time it was delayed for too long, and he was not able to speak. He only hoped that Hua Jiuzhen and the Cao Gang's main gang would bring back good news after returning from the return of the jin.

God does not follow others' wishes, Hua Jiuzhen walked into the second flower hall with an ugly face: "Master, the student is back."

"How is it?" It was obvious from the other party's face that something was wrong, Guan Xieguang still held a glimmer of hope: "Is the other party unwilling to agree?"

"Chunyuan has a disgrace to the mission. It has failed to sort out the matter with the Caogang leader..." Hua Jiuzhen sighed, looking very distressed. He said: "In fact, it may not be difficult to achieve private expenses. The drought this year has been established. Even if the other party agrees to start the journey, it may delay the main course this year."

"What should I do? If this is the case, isn't there any way?"

"If the canal ship really cannot move, then the students have a plan."

"Oh? Let's hear it?"
Chapter completed!