Poor family mother and son

Chapter 650

Xiao Sining felt that even if Xiaobao put his shoes back on, the smell of the smell just now would not dissipate, so he also took off his shoes, and even took off his socks to shake:

"Too many pleats, tight feet, your mother's kind of socks are better, but I can't help but wear them, and within two days, I was poked out by my toes!"

Xiao Bao was in a fit of anger when suddenly a strange smell hit his face, and he was about to jump in an instant. Xiao Sining lowered his eyelids and pretended not to see it, but his mouth accelerated:
"It's also thanks to your thoughtful thinking and sending our people to Voss first, otherwise your mother's brain will be cramped and she will help the people in the disaster area find a way out. It’s better to take advantage of it, but it’s not worth it!”

For nearly a year, Xiao Sining not only connected the entire southern waterway with boat gangs, but also combined the main land lines around each ferry with the lines of the Sanshun Escort.

Now that he has been able to know what's going on in each prefecture, he can know immediately, such as Youzhou Mansion and Jishun Mansion, as soon as the people's complaints appear, the boat gang will send a letter to him.

It's just that it's difficult for these news to enter Voss, and Xiaobao can't let Xiaobao know immediately.The two golden eagles followed Chu Qing and Xiao Bao respectively, and Xiao Sining couldn't tell him.

"It would be great if I got a few more golden eagles!" Xiao Sining said, "I can't get in touch with you even if I want to."

Xiaobao turned around and walked back: "Let's go, don't go to the academy, go to Youzhou to find your mother!"

Anyway, I have a boat at home, so I can set off as soon as I want, without delaying my time.

Xiao Sining grabbed him and said, "What's the rush! Your mother is fine!"

Xiao Bao was stunned for a moment when he heard "it's okay", and then he remembered that his mother had been back for three or four months, if something really happened, Xiao Sining wouldn't have said it until now.

Xiao Sining saw Xiaobao standing still, and pushed him into the carriage: "Let's go, let's talk on the road, don't ride a horse anymore, if you keep making trouble, your little arms and legs will almost become mosquito legs."

On the way, Xiao Sining told Xiao Bao the news he got.

What happened in Youzhou Prefecture was not different from what he said, but Xiao Sining was not an official after all, so what he thought was quite different from what the prefect of Youzhou Prefecture thought.

The magistrate of Youzhou Prefecture has been replaced. The original one was dismissed immediately and did nothing in the face of the disaster. Is he still staying for the New Year?
It's just that the new prefect Xue Hou Xue is a bit speculative in his work.

When the country of Voss sent envoys to ask for food aid, he took the opportunity to deliver a memorial to express that the Youzhou government also needed food.

Anyway, as long as the imperial court supports Voss, it will definitely have the will to allocate food, so it is not a big deal to give him a share. Everyone needs food, so why not give priority to their own country?

Xue Hou's plan for doing this is that this year's locust plague in Youzhou Prefecture will inevitably be full of insect eggs, and it is not easy to guarantee the summer harvest tomorrow. If you want more now and save it, if the summer harvest is really not good next year, it can be regarded as preventing the people from being in danger. Starved to death, if the harvest is good, then he has made achievements right after he took office and filled the granary.

However, the disaster situation in Youzhou Prefecture is lighter than that in Jishun Prefecture, and it is adjacent to Kyoto. Kyoto's support for it has been considered timely and powerful, and there are no more measures.

In this way, it was as if he had lost his abacus of wanting to save himself some money.

Then he got another message, stating that he suggested to the emperor that the victims of the disaster should go to work in Voss, and he began to think about it again.

It is said that it is a good thing to relocate some of the disaster victims, but he has only been in office for half a year, if the people run away enthusiastically, is it because he is incompetent as a magistrate?Can't the people live in peace?

Furthermore, the two countries are still negotiating, the policy of going to Voss has not yet been determined, how many people will go to, the relocation fee, and how to settle the resettlement fee are still unknown.

If the common people really go, they can’t pay for the money on the road out of their own pockets, right?There are all disaster victims, and they can't live anymore. How can there be money?

Let the government go out?He took over a mess, and he couldn't even plug the holes, so how could he hand over the foundation of the government office?
And after the new year, spring plowing must be considered. When people leave, who will plant the land?
It's not that all the people will leave, and there won't be many people going to Voss, but the problem is that when the hearts are scattered, the people have already become victims of disasters, and if they don't want to farm, then should he be the prefect?

With the mentality of waiting to see what the court wants, when the emperor issued a decree, the first batch of people in the disaster-stricken areas first went to work in Voss, and the expenses were paid in advance by local yamen, and finally settled with Bao Qingsheng. At this time, Xue Hou felt that he could not let go.

Settlement with Bao Qingsheng, isn't that the same as sending labor to Chu Qing?Doesn't it mean that he, the magistrate, can't afford to support the people and let Chu Qing take care of them?

In this way, it means that the Youzhou government has contributed to making money for Chu Qing?Is this still an act of state?Isn't this working for Chu Qing?
The key is that you clearly know that tens of thousands of people are needed at one time, and I, Xue Hou, also recognize it. How much can you ask for?Isn't it just a jade mine?How many people can be used?Why do I lose face?

However, he ignored the content about encouraging Daxuan merchants to set up shops in Voss, which was promulgated at the same time as this labor export decree, because in his opinion, no one would even think about it.

The reason is very simple, if the business is easy to do at Voss, wouldn't the merchants have gone there long ago?Isn't the businessman's nose sharper than the court's?

Big merchants have already monopolized the main goods transactions in Voss, and they send caravans there every year, but why don't they just open a store there?It must be out of oil and water.

Besides, in that barbaric place, there is no place to cry when someone is killed.

Xue Hou had never dealt with Chu Qing, or even met him. When Chu Qing attended the palace banquet, he was not qualified to go to Beijing to report on his work, so he didn't have any prejudice against Chu Qing.

All his considerations are based on his official reputation and achievements.

But it was different later. First, before the first lunar month, I heard that Chu Qing and the others had obtained the first batch of jade and had shipped it back to Daxuan.

Then before the summer harvest, Chu Qing also came back, and presented something called milk powder to the palace. He also said that this product was made from local materials, and more people should be sent to make milk powder. The emperor was very happy.

The first news had already made him hesitate, but the spring plowing was imminent. After all, he did not let go to encourage the people to go to Voss to make a living; when the second news came, he would seize the opportunity.

Jade is easy to pick over there, otherwise how could Chu Qing get so many stones in winter?The milk powder is also easy to make over there, otherwise how could Chu Qing dare to come back and report this matter to the emperor?
Xia Shou is only busy for a while, and when the work is over, the people can go to Voss. Those who can pick jade can go to pick jade, and those who can make milk powder can make milk powder.

And if the population on his side is small, he can just respond to the imperial decree and ask the emperor for preferential policies on the grounds that it will affect farming, such as reducing the tax this year.

Not only he thought so, but Jishun Mansion, which was the worst disaster area, also thought so.

Qin Gaojin, the former prefect of Jishun, failed to fight the disaster, leading to the failure of food production and public grievances; there was a "student wave" in the famous local academy, and the head of the academy was actually Qin Gaojin's cousin, which had a very bad influence. Jin was not as simple as being dismissed from office, the whole family was exiled, and he himself was directly hanged.

The new prefect Qin Kangnuo took over such a mess, and under his rule there is such a famous and troublesome Hongzhe Academy. The key is that he is also surnamed Qin, which is easy to remind people of the previous prefect Qin!
So this Qin Kangnuo had to be cautious.

For officials who follow Chu Qing's advice and effectively prevent and control the locust plague, Chu Qing is an auspicious person;
For those officials in Jishun Mansion and Youzhou Mansion, including those officials who were exchanged, Chu Qing was a disaster star. Regardless of whether he knew him or not, Qin Kangnuo was extremely unwilling to get involved with them.

But it would be different if there were advantages to take advantage of.

Therefore, these officials had different starting points, but their methods led to the same goal. After Chu Qing returned to the country, they all reported to the imperial court requesting the relocation of some people to Voss.

(End of this chapter)