Chapter 832: The truth about Fanchengs lack of food
Both of them were smiling bitterly in their hearts. Fortunately, they were both fatherless and single, and had no one to threaten.
Qi Bao'er could tell at a glance that the prefect's words would shock her, but she didn't expect that his first words would be so powerful.
"Prince Xian, Fancheng has never saved a grain of grain since Magistrate Liu took office.
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According to Fu Xuejun: Fancheng, oh, not just Fancheng, but the other three cities in Kezhou except Kecheng. After Liu Bing, the prefect of Kecheng, took office, there was not a single grain of grain in the granary.
In the first year, Liu Bing borrowed grain reserves from three other cities on the grounds that he needed grain to build rivers.
There is indeed a big river outside Kecheng, and it is true that the river has not been repaired for many years. Although there has never been a flood, no one can say anything inappropriate about it. It is the duty of an official to make a living for the people.
After the grain was borrowed, Liu Bing did go to build the river; Fu Xuejun and the other two prefects sent people to check. After all, what they lent was not a little bit of grain, but everything. They were naturally worried that the grain would be lost.
No reply.
The formation was quite large, and there were seven to eight hundred men working on the river, if not a thousand. No wonder Kecheng's own grain reserves were not enough.
Let me give an explanation here: because the imperial court allowed each locality to retain 30% of the taxed grain as grain storage, each locality did some maintenance or strengthening itself, such as building river embankments, and repairing
For the city's fortifications, the food provided to the servants every day was allocated first from the grain storage.
Someone may ask, if the grain reserves are used up, if something happens later and we need grain urgently, it will be similar to the need to provide relief to the people after a disaster. Wouldn't it be a waste?
Don’t you still have the old grain that you saved last year?
The imperial court allowed each locality to retain 30% of tax revenue. In fact, this tax revenue was another form of money given to each locality by the imperial court;
It’s just in case, but it doesn’t happen every year;
Therefore, every year, the 30% of the taxed grain saved by various localities can be used to sell the old grain after the new grain comes in the next year. The silver obtained can be used to do many things that can benefit people's livelihood.
But just like the construction of embankments in Kecheng, there are many places for grain storage in various places. Therefore, experienced officials will not sell the old grain as soon as the new grain comes.
If there is any big move, we have already made plans in the first year, but we still have to be prepared just in case.
As for whether the 30% of the grain stored in each place will breed borers, the original intention of this system is good, but whether the original intention of the system will be followed when implemented depends on each person.
That's why there are so many people in the Sixth Department, and even if there are many people, they are still very busy.
I've gone too far, come back.
The year Liu Bing took office, Kecheng's grain reserves had already been emptied by his predecessor. It was because his predecessor had committed corruption and vacated his seat that he became the new prefect.
It is precisely for this reason that when Kecheng needed food to build embankments, the prefects of the other three cities lent a helping hand.
The next year, Kecheng collected a new grain tax, but still borrowed grain from the other three cities.
The reason is that there is insufficient food storage and the river embankment has not been completed.
Although the three prefects felt somewhat resentful of borrowing too much grain, the construction of Kecheng along the entire river also benefited the other three cities.
….The person’s actions are so big, I can barely understand them.
Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Bing is from the Liu family of Da Sima's family. He heard that he could be promoted to the prefect of Kecheng because Da Sima took action, and the magistrate also sided with Liu Bing.
In response to the saying that "the first level of officialdom kills people", what a Zhizhou says is for self-interest, which can affect whether they have hope for promotion in the future; for the people, it can affect the people of the entire city in the coming year and even the future.
The years have been good and bad.
Therefore, no matter what you think in your heart, you have to borrow food from Kecheng.
In the third year, that is, last autumn, Liu Bing didn't even give a reason. They were still collecting new grain taxes, and Kecheng had already sent someone to 'borrow' grain.
Fu Xuejun was unwilling in his heart, but...
This year is the imperial examination year. There are nearly a thousand candidates in Fancheng who have to go to Beijing to take the exam. Whether the candidates can go to Beijing for reference must be stamped by the state capital.
Fu Xuejun sent the "admittance tickets" of all the candidates to the magistrate's office two months before the new grain came in last year, but the new grain had arrived, and the state capital had not yet stamped it.
Fu Xuejun always urged him. After all, this was related to the future of the students, and it was also a major event for Yu Fancheng.
However, the state capital always used various reasons to shirk the responsibility, without explicitly stating it. They only pointed out several times that they could help each other between the cities.
Upon closer inspection, the other two cities were in the same situation.
We are all foxes for thousands of years, what else can we not understand?!
No matter how unwilling the three magistrates were, they still had to watch the food being taken away by the people of Kecheng.
Fu Xuejun took a sip several times, making a 'dong-dong' sound. After a few times, a big black bump appeared on his forehead.
"Prince Xian, I am guilty. I thought that there would be no urgent need for grain reserves in Fan City for the time being. I thought I was protecting a group of people. I was short-sighted and harmed the people of Fancheng. I beg you, Prince Xian, to forgive me."
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Qi Baoer raised his hands to support him, so that he could no longer compete with his head or the ground to see who was stronger.
She was quite speechless. She found that officials seemed to like the trick of asking for forgiveness. Regardless of whether they were sincere or trying to make a fool of themselves, they always seemed to be unable to show their sincerity without tearing their heads open.
"Who is your Zhizhou?"
She knew who the governor of Kecheng was. Where was this governor who seemed to be helping Liu Bing all the time?
Maybe it was because the head was a little dizzy, but Fu Xuejun was completely confused by this question. He instinctively turned his head to look at Master Chen who looked worried next to him.
Didn't I mention Mr. Zhizhou's name just now?
Master Chen's eyes were red, but it was obvious that the tacit understanding between the two had reached the point where they could read each other's minds. He understood Fu Xuejun's meaning at a glance and shook his head gently.
Um???
Qi Baoer's eyes suddenly shone brightly, as if he had discovered some big secret.
Oh my god, no wonder these two are still single in their early forties!!!
By the way, who is the top and who is the bottom of these two?ъiquegetvt
Well···
She seemed to have thought of something strange.
"Prince Hui Xian, Lord Zhizhou's surname is Ye Yongfei, and he was born in Yangzhaohou Mansion in Kyoto." Fu Xuejun was very considerate and reported Ye Yongfei's origin.
Chen Yi, who was standing behind, flashed his eyes slightly: Oh, it turns out he is the eldest son of the eldest son who is the only one who is up to date in the Yang Zhaohou Mansion.
Guessing that Prince Xian was unaware of this person's true life experience, Chen stepped forward and whispered to Qi Bao'er.
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Meng Meng reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this
