Qi Hongxin thought carefully and stared, only to see Su Ziji bowing to the sky: "I couldn't think about it hard. One day, between the early hours of the morning, suddenly an idea flashed, and I came up with this idea, or it was God's will.
Sir, take care of the disaster."
"God's will?" Qi Hongxin opened his mouth wide. He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He hesitated in his heart, but in a blink of an eye, he thought that there was no other possibility except this.
Sure enough, even an official like Qi Hongxin looked better after hearing this. He chuckled and said in a rare soft tone: "Master Su, there is no need to be modest. All of this is God's will, and we rely on Master Su to do things."
Only with the right skills can such a result be achieved, don't worry, I will definitely report a memorial when I get back and ask for your credit, Mr. Su."
He was talking with his mouth, but he was worried in his heart.
After thousands of years of grandeur, there were countless deficits and holes. Not to mention the previous dynasty, in the eleventh year of his life, the emperor sent the Minister of Household Affairs to check the grain storehouse. The latter found shocking fraud, but before he could report it, a fire burned the barn and the grain.
The deficit has never been traced.
This is the fire dragon burning the warehouse. Of course, this method was not only concealed by the minister of household affairs, but also the emperor knew it. Therefore, the person involved was demoted to three levels in a row, but it was better than finding out, beheading and confiscating the property.
If this method had been known earlier, many corrupt officials could have escaped disaster by this method.
Is the young man in front of me a blessing or a curse to the court when he comes up with this method?
But I heard Su Ziji cough lightly: "Actually, this method is difficult to popularize."
"Oh, how do you say this?" Qi Hongxin was very tired. With the money, he felt his whole body relaxed and he was leaning on the chair. At this time, he moved slightly and straightened his waist.
Su Ziji stared at the bank, then withdrew his gaze in a blink of an eye: "Actually, for this method to work, first of all, the gentry must be rich, and secondly, it must be one word - public!"
"Mr.?" Qi Hongxin's eyes flashed.
"Indeed, the key point of the method of lowering officials is that the world is bustling, everyone is here for profit, and the world is bustling, everyone is for profit. One hundred taels of silver can be exchanged for ten or twenty times the mining rights. This is a huge profit."
"The capital is small but the profit is huge, so not only the gentry from my own province, but also people from the three nearby provinces came."
Hearing these words, Qi Hongxin nodded repeatedly.
"As for the lottery, the biggest fear is that there is fraud in the dark. I have spent a lot of effort to make them believe that there is no fraud."
Qi Hongxin thought of the various methods just now and couldn't help but nod.
"But good laws will be distorted if there are selfish motives."
"If the government uses this method again, I'm afraid someone will raise it to 300 taels or 500 taels per lot. In this way, the benefits will be big but the benefits will be small, and fewer people will participate."
"Or maybe the thirty-seven mines drawn by lots were all decided by default, and those gentry were just foils, which is also very possible."
"In this case, after only a few times, this method will stink."
"Being a man must be public-spirited. Think about the government. The government must be public-minded and think about the world. If you are bent on selfishness, even if you are public, you are not impartial. I am afraid that it will become a method of extortion and extortion in the future - a way for corrupt officials to escape responsibility, and the gentry have no choice but to
Draw lots.”
"This is the sin of the lower official."
This is true. Based on Qi Hongxin’s experience, officials will definitely do this in the future. He couldn’t help sighing. After a long time, he nodded and said: "What you said is very true. I am afraid that if it becomes like this in the future, I will report it to the court in detail."
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"However, after the current difficulty has been overcome, I will go back first, and you will finish the work here..."
Because the matter was over, Qi Hongxin was busy with something and couldn't stay here for long. He quickly walked out of the hall with Su Ziji. As soon as he went out, he saw the master's hat was crooked and he was running away with an ugly face.
Come.
"Sir, something bad has happened, a locust plague has broken out!"
With this sentence, the icy water in the cold winter went directly under the hood of his pocket, causing Qi Hongxin, who was originally somewhat happy, to freeze on the spot.
The next moment he grabbed the arm of the master who came to look for him, and asked urgently: "The locust plague broke out? How is it possible? The whole government has been ordered to cull the locusts and eliminate the eggs, how can it happen again!"
And it’s not just an explosion, but a sudden explosion?
It can make the master who works with Qi Hongxin, who is used to big scenes, lose his composure. This is definitely not an ordinary outbreak. It must be very serious once it breaks out!
"Sir, let's go and take a look first!" Seeing Qi Hongxin's eyes were red, Su Ziji hurriedly reminded him, fearing that this man would collapse again due to shock and anger.
Qi Hongxin quickly suppressed the shock and anger, tried to calm down, and nodded: "You are right!"
"Come here, prepare a horse for me, call the Yamen servant immediately, and follow me away!"
"Also, inform the county captain that I will mobilize all my officers this time to maintain the peace of the whole government. Anyone who takes the opportunity to rob will be shot without mercy."
Several minor officials hurriedly agreed, calling for manpower and preparing horses. Qi Hongxin sternly ordered: "The bank must be watched closely. Anyone who takes the opportunity to take a tael of silver will have his head killed."
"Inform all the yamen in the government to mobilize and have the responsibility of patrolling!"
"yes!"
Qi Hongxin stopped talking and got on his horse. Although Su Ziji did not have a horse to ride, he also asked people to prepare a cart. Although the ox cart moved slower, it did not prevent him from seeing locusts flying in the sky when he arrived.
Although he had been mentally prepared for this, Su Ziji's face immediately became serious when he saw this scene.
"Locust plague."
This is a plague of locusts. The sky is full of gray and black, covering the sky and the earth. At a glance, the locusts are swooping down with a buzzing sound. The farmland as far as the eye can see is lush and green, and is about to be harvested.
, now it rushes, and within a moment, it turns red and yellow.
Not to mention the green surface, even a small part of the roots exposed on the ground was not spared. A swarm of locusts passed by, leaving only bare soil. It seemed that the entire earth was trembling in the locust swarm.
Su Ziji's expression was solemn. It was already a disaster and it was too late to save it. The crops in this crop could only wait to be replanted.
Qi Hongxin gritted his teeth. Seeing the people around him looking at them in panic, he suddenly became furious: "What are you still doing? Why don't you start a fire and kill the locusts? Go quickly!"
He immediately called in county soldiers, government officials, and even officials on duty and off duty. All officials and people worked together to kill the locusts flying everywhere.
But Su Ziji stood still, frowning slightly, staring at the locusts flying above his head and in front of his eyes. With quick hands and eyes, he reached out and grabbed one, held it between his fingers, and looked at it carefully.
"That's not right." He whispered, "This situation is not right."
This sudden outbreak of locust plague is by no means caused by a sudden increase in locusts, nor is it caused by hungry cross-border locusts flying in naturally from elsewhere. Although many of them look like they are flying in from elsewhere, according to the growth period of locusts, they can cause such a severe disaster.
Locust plague, locusts that are so hungry and not selective about food should not be this big.
Such a large scale is not normal, nor are locusts of this size.
"Sir, this locust... is too small." Cen Rubai, who came with him and was frowning just now, came closer now and said in surprise.