Li Di heard a little confused and asked Xu Ping: "Longtu, you want to open a river and build a road. Where do you come from? Now the people in each state are useful. Who will build the canals around Xijing? Henan Prefecture really can't draw people out!"

"Oh, my husband has been worried about it. The Transportation Commission did not want to use the manpower of Jingxi Road." Xu Ping smiled. "This year, Jingdong Road and Lianghuai River have been flooded and drought-ridden. Many of them have been recruited as soldiers, and many of them are under the Sansi. These victims are difficult to resettle, and the land of Jingxi Road is sparse, so they moved tens of thousands of people. In winter, rivers and roads are built. By the spring of the next year, some of the internal garrisons will be reclaimed for deserted fields, and the other will be in the field affairs under the Transportation Commission. If you want to talk about manpower, these are enough."

After hearing this, Sun Mian almost vomited blood. He tried his best to make the civil servants of the states around Henan Prefecture useful, in order to make no one work in the Transportation Office, and he had to read Xu Ping's joke. He thought that he had found someone long ago, and he had done everything he had done was wasted, and he also gave up the dominance of renovating the river channel in vain. If he had known that someone was there, why didn't Henan Prefecture preside over it? This time he gave up the dominance, and there would be endless troubles.

Li Di, Chen Yaozuo and others also found it strange and asked Xu Ping: "Even if there are people, where does the grain come from? The grain from Changping warehouses in each state will not be filled with tens of thousands of people. Not to mention that Changping warehouses is for disaster prevention year, and the grain inside cannot be moved easily. Xu Ping, you have to think clearly that there is no mistake in this matter!"

Xu Ping pointed to Wang Gongchen sitting on the guest seat and said, "Didn't this call Wang Tiju, who is in charge of the field affairs of the camp, come here? The field affairs of the camp have a bumper harvest this year, and there is food there. Whether it is to reclaim wasteland or to rely on the field affairs of the camp, they should use the land of Jingxi Road and borrow hundreds of thousands of stones of grain? Without the support of the camp, how could we take over tens of thousands of people at once?"

Several magistrates looked at Wang Gongchen and then looked at Liu Wen beside Wang Gongchen. Then they realized that Xu Ping had a purpose in asking these two people to come. If the local government does not support people and grain, Xu Ping could naturally borrow them from the Sansi. His deputy envoy of salt and iron this year was not in vain. Most of the local money and grain were all done in poverty. How could the arm be twisted over the Sansi's thigh?

Wang Zhi shook his head in his heart. Sun Mian was really a fool. Xu Ping came out as the deputy envoy of salt and iron to serve as the transferee. How could he compare with the general transferee who was promoted from the prefect? ​​Not to mention that the news from the capital that after Xu Ping's term, he would probably return to the third department to serve as the third department, and the people of the third department would have to curry favor with him. This time, he lost his wife and his army. A bad thing was spread. Not to mention Sun Mian, he would even be in trouble.

Xu Ping had to use some extraordinary means to gain time on Jingxi Road. The Dangxiang rebellion was imminent, and the war was about to go to, so there was no chance to reform calmly. Xu Ping was left with little time, so he had no patience to fight with local officials to play tricks. The idle fields between Kaifeng Prefecture and Jingdong Road were almost the same in one year. Although all the food was planted and the land was slowly cultivated, there was a framework, and Wang Gongchen was not very meaningful there. There were a lot of idle fields on Jingxi Road, so the focus of field camps in the future would be shifted here. Take advantage of this winter and we would do it together.

The system of famine relief in the Song Dynasty was the most perfect in all dynasties. Although there were constant disasters, there had never been a national turmoil due to natural disasters. At most, it was limited to a few states. The most important thing was of course the regular warehouse settlement and the disaster relief system that was equipped with it. It was really impossible. There was also the trick of recruiting disaster victims to join the army and moving to other places to make food.

This year, many prefecture troops in Jingdong Road and Lianghuai were affected. Zhang Cun, the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road, was promoted because of his effective disaster relief. Fan Zhongyan was also sent out to be a pacifier for several months, all for the disaster. The population was dense. In addition to disaster relief, he also recruited nearly 100,000 people to the Xiang army, and some of them were added to the camp and land affairs, and most of them were asked by Xu Ping. These Xiang army were not under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, but were under the Three Divisions. Xu Ping had this convenience. Besides, there were so many foodies, other places that were recommended to them, so who would take the initiative to ask for them?

There were grain for farming, money from Sansipu, and tens of thousands of manpower. Even if it was a war, Xu Ping could flatten Jingxi Road, not afraid of any small moves in the local area. What he had always worried about was that Li Ruogu, Henan Prefecture, was unwilling to give up the power of Luoyang City. Now that Henan Prefecture has delegated power, there will be no obstacles.

The magistrate here now realized that Xu Ping was holding not only power, but also sufficient money, grain and manpower. What he wanted to do was not something that could be blocked by the local government. The scene suddenly became much quieter.

Xu Ping saw everyone's expressions serious and said, "The matter of repairing the river is settled like this. The rivers below Sishui County will be recommended by Mr. Chen, and the manpower, money and grain of the four states of Meng, Zheng, Xu, and Ru will be used by him. Each state must be able to complete it. If there is any difficulty, report it to the Cao Office in time. I think of other ways. The rivers above Sishui County, including the Luo River and the Yi River, will be presided over by the Cao Office. The counties under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture must obey the instructions. If anyone has any trouble for no reason, I will participate in any of them. Deputy Envoy Yang will issue a notice tomorrow to inform the counties along the two rivers of Yi and Luo River, so that the county magistrates will know it."

Yang promised.

When Li Ruogu relaxed, Xu Ping went directly to manage the counties under his jurisdiction and bypassed Henan Prefecture. Henan Prefecture is the Beijing Prefecture, and the prefect is also in charge of the left-behind department. The transfer officer cannot manage the transportation, and the counties below must be honest and obedient. Xu Ping's purpose is not only to build dams and open rivers to transport them by boat, but also to use hydraulic power to develop various industries and make up for the things that cannot be done in the capital.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Xu Ping continued, "Today, there are two other things to talk about repairing the river."

"First, Yingtian, there are many idle fields on Jingxi Road, especially the four prefectures of Ru, Tang, Deng and Cai. There are few people and many land areas in the territory. In previous years, although the prefectures and counties also handled some entrepreneurship and field affairs intermittently, they were abandoned in one or two years. Today, I won't talk about the shortcomings of the past, and everything needs to be looked forward. Wang Tiju came because last year, most of the idle fields around Kaifeng Prefecture had been reclaimed. In the first year, the entrepreneurship and field affairs collected hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, which was not small, and this is the capital. This year, the yingtian affairs were mainly on Jingxi Road, and the four prefectures mentioned earlier were mainly mentioned, plus the Yellow River and Luo River.

The free land within fifty miles of the Bian River. The Transport Authority will have a dedicated person to cooperate with the land management. In principle, each prefecture and county will be assisted by the magistrate and the chief clerk. Of course, it is not good to do things. The prefectures and counties with land management will be harvested into three parts, one part will be returned to the land management, and the other part will be returned to the Transport Authority. Generally speaking, the land management will be 50% of the land management, the Transport Authority will be 30% of the land management, and the county will be 20%. How to divide the land management into states and counties will be discussed by the governors and county, and finally report to the Transport Authority. In the future, the grain department will go on inspection and these accounts will be checked. Don’t be careless.”

Zhao He frowned and said, "The place is 20% worth, isn't it too little? It's not as good as two taxes!"

"When will the two taxes belong to the prefectures and counties? Okay, let's discuss the specific proportions later. Today we will only talk about a general idea. There are still several days left for our discussion this time."

In principle, the two taxes are to be given to the province and have nothing to do with the prefectures and counties. Xu Ping gave 20% of the taxes to take care of the local area, so that the prefectures and counties have some financial power and are easy to do things. Don’t pay them to the local area at any time.

Wang Gongchen collected hundreds of thousands of stones of food a year. This number is too large, and it is inevitable that the local government will be moved. If the land camp under his control also has this efficiency and pay more, it will be much more convenient to do things in the future. Fortunately, the county level has basically no financial power, so he will definitely often extend his hand to the land camp in the future.

The counties are divided into grades, with more than one thousand households being Zhongxian, with each additional one thousand households being one more, and Wangxian is Wangxian. Five hundred households to one thousand households being Zhongxia County, and less than five hundred households being Xiaxian. Most counties in this era were not as large as the townships in Xu Ping’s previous life, similar to townships, and not a complete administrative level. In fact, except for the Lianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, at most, with one Kaifeng Prefecture, other places basically have no Wangxian according to their population. As the Henan Prefecture of Xijing, except for Luoyang and Henan counties with Guoguo, the others are just upper and middle, while Yong'an and Gong County with the least population have only a thousand household registrations.

Xu Ping gradually became accustomed to treating the counties of this era and the towns of his previous life.

Seeing that no one was talking again, Xu Ping said again: "Apart from Yingtian, the second one is the Sansi shop. Now there are several states and Sansi shops on Jingxi Road, so everyone should feel the convenience brought by them. Next, the Sansi shops will be opened to every state and every county, starting from the rule of everyone here. Judge Liu came to discuss this matter. The shop belongs to the Sansi shop, but when it is opened, there is no need for local help. I still say the same thing, it should be beneficial to do things, and the interest places of the Sansi shop must also be divided. However, it is impossible to be as high as the proportion of the camp and fields. We will discuss it later."

Xu Ping wanted to open the Sansi shops into the supply and marketing cooperative of this era, of course, it must be spread throughout the city and rural areas, and at least to the county level. The most important thing is that these shops not only sell goods, but also collect local specialties from various places, buying and selling, forming a large commercial network across the country. Without shops, local specialties from local prefectures and counties can only be tributed as tributes. The local area does not get benefits, and many good things are rotten in the place of origin. With the supply and marketing system, the local economy can be stimulated.

As for letting local profits share two purposes, one is to increase local enthusiasm, and the other is to supervise accounts. After all, relying solely on account checking cannot prevent all disadvantages.
Chapter completed!