The meeting of Ding'an Prefecture was arranged in the prefect's Yamen.
After the yamen servant saw the jade plaque on Li Changan's waist, he immediately respectfully led him into the gate, passed through the various yamen, and came to the deepest Mingjing yamen.
There are already many local officials in official attire gathered here.
Many of them had just gone to Dongyue County a few days ago and attended Li Changan's wedding banquet.
I saw the person coming turned out to be Li Changan.
The officials present were shocked.
Why is he here?
Zhongyongbo is a title, and deputy governor is also a position within the academy.
Without any official position, why should he come?
Although I was surprised.
But many officials still hugged Li Changan.
Although Li Changan's literary skills have been ruined and he is destined to be unable to go very far in the official career in the future, he has made meritorious service to the country and deserves this gift.
Li Changan returned the courtesy one by one, and then found a corner to sit down. He strictly followed Qin Zhanglou's words, say less and do less, just show off.
"Why is he here?"
"Who knows? Today's meeting is for the sake of the chaos in the Three Prefectures in the South."
"It's true that Li Chang'an is a talented poet and prose writer, but I heard that he is as talented as a man. How can he manage the world in his weak years?"
"Isn't this nonsense? Managing the chaos in the three southern provinces is not about writing articles and poems."
"I guess White Deer Academy put a lot of effort into it."
"Is this forcing Li Changan to be forced into the Southern Patrol Division?"
"When one more person comes in, don't you and I have to let in one less person? Why!?"
"Silence... He is kind to the country, and because of this, his innate talent has been abolished. It is only right that he should be given a quota."
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There were more than thirty officials from various local government offices present, all talking softly.
Li Changan didn't need to listen to know that he was talking about himself.
There is no way, who let himself be just a weak-headed young man with a hairless mouth?
Moreover, he has no official position and no experience in governing a party.
It would be strange to convince these officials.
Li Changan took this in stride.
It's just human nature.
The governor of the government office and a group of government officials walked in carefully holding the files and placed a thick stack in front of each official.
Li Changan nodded to the governor.
The governor was stunned for a moment, then clenched his fist and saluted Li Changan in return.
Among so many officials, Li Changan was the only one who greeted him.
Many officials came in one after another from behind.
Li Changan was sitting in the corner, and no one came to disturb him. Instead, he had time to look carefully at the files of the three southern mansions.
It didn't matter. Li Changan's brows instantly furrowed.
The floods in July last year turned the south into a land of water, and it was not resolved until mid-September.
However, the real big problem comes after the floods.
There are almost 300 million people in the three southern prefectures.
With so many people affected by the disaster, eating has become a huge problem.
Unfortunately, winter has already entered again at this time. If you want to get a harvest from farming, you have to wait at least until this autumn.
In the past few months, we have been relying on disaster relief food allocated from various places.
But it's just a drop in the bucket.
At this time, southern grain merchants took the opportunity to raise prices, and the price of rice and noodles increased five times.
The local people were already severely affected by the disaster and had little money in their hands. When the price of rice and noodles increased, they cried every day and complained that the land was not functioning properly.
The great famine that followed the flood broke out without any surprise.
The Great Hunger and Famine also triggered increasingly serious banditry.
As a result, the severely damaged houses have been unable to be repaired.
Throughout the harsh winter, hundreds of millions of people are still exposed to the biting cold wind and shivering.
It turned out that floods killed nearly 100,000 people, which was shocking enough.
However, following the floods and the chaos in the Three Prefectures, more than 1.3 million people have now fallen from hunger and cold.
The imperial court sent imperial envoys twice to solve the problem, but there was no other way except to eliminate the banditry and allocate more money and food for disaster relief.
More and more people are dying.
Nowadays, the luck of the three provinces in the south has dropped to freezing point.
If the situation continues to develop like this, the luck of the three mansions may completely collapse.
The national destiny of the Jin Dynasty will basically be shaken.
"If it weren't for this file, I wouldn't even know about the rebellion in the Three Prefectures in the South." Li Changan kept flipping through the files.
"The court's news blockade is really... in place!"
One after another, it is simply shocking.
And they all pile up together, forming a stubborn disease that goes deep into the bone marrow.
Simply distributing disaster relief money and grain will not solve the problem at all.
"It's only when things have reached this point that I thought of brainstorming and became really anxious..." Li Changan laughed angrily,
"Are those guys in the imperial court just eating shit?"
"I'm afraid they wouldn't care so much if it hadn't shaken the foundation of the country's destiny."
Not long after, several more officials walked in.
He is the prefect, the co-prefect, and the head of the Ding'an Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Revenue.
"In front of you are the files of the Three Prefectures in the South." The magistrate had a big belly and a mustache. Looking at his appearance, a word flashed in Li Changan's mind, catfish.
The prefect twirled his beard and said to the fifty or so officials present,
"This matter is of great importance. All of you, my lords, are the pillars of our Ding'an Mansion. Today, I have summoned you here to brainstorm ideas and finally submit them to the capital."
"Please tell Mr. Zhao about the specific matters in detail."
After the prefect finished speaking, Zhao Xing, the head of the Ding'an Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Revenue, walked to the front and saluted everyone with clasped fists.
"The situation is urgent. I believe all of you will know something about it when you see the file."
"Zhao can only say that the situation is more serious than what is shown in the file."
"This matter is related to the destiny of the country, and there is no room for failure. Once it fails, it will be doomed."
"But as long as we can successfully resolve the chaos in the three southern mansions, be promoted to a higher position, and be listed in a monument of merit, it won't be a problem."
As soon as these words came out, Li Changan could clearly feel that the breathing of all the officials here became heavier.
Zhao Xing waved his sleeves, and a piece of text appeared clearly in the void.
"The court has already made arrangements."
"This time we are patrolling the southern part of the town, we will have the town and fusi ministers on the cabinet, and we have preset a total of thirteen people."
"Six of them are the Sixth Division Zuo Shilang..."
More than fifty officials present took a deep breath.
Liu Bu Zuo Shi Lang!?
In the past, the imperial envoys and censors, including the lieutenant, the lieutenant, and the outer lieutenant, were already top-notch, but this time, all the left ministers of the six departments were brought in.
This is the top boss after the six ministers.
Simply unheard of!
"There are seven people left, choose from each government."
Zhao Xing had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions and said, "Thirteen people form the upper cabinet. They have the power to act arbitrarily. They are all governors of the town. During the southern tour, they will be ranked in the third rank."
Boom!
In the huge government office, there seemed to be a thunderous explosion, which made everyone's scalp numb and their whole bodies trembling uncontrollably.
The court is really cruel!
Be arbitrary and do things your own way! Rank up to the third grade!
If we were to go to the three southern mansions, wouldn't it mean that we were aloof and looking down on the common people?
Li Changan couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
This is really a big deal.
It’s unprecedented!
"The governor of Shangge established a middle cabinet to take charge of specific affairs. The middle cabinet has five left and right counselors. During the southern tour, the rank will be from the fourth grade to the fifth grade."
"Under it, there are various types of errands who travel with the company, including chiefs, divisional affairs, etc., with positions ranging from the sixth grade to the sixth grade. There is no limit to the number of personnel."
Zhao Xing's eyes swept over everyone's faces,
"Your Excellencies must also be able to see that if this matter cannot be accomplished, the imperial court will severely punish you, and the future of all participants will be ruined."
"But this time the imperial court has made great efforts and devoted all the power of the country to solve the chaos in the three southern prefectures."
"As long as it is done, it will be easy to achieve success in the future, and it will be listed in the monument of merit and virtue, and it will be protected by the national destiny for generations."
In the government office, the atmosphere became extremely lively.
The imperial court tried its best to resolve the chaos in the three southern provinces, so how could it possibly fail?
This is obviously a great opportunity to calm the situation!
No one dares to think about being the governor. After all, he is on an equal footing with the left minister of the Six Ministries. Who dares to sit there?
The left and right counselors must be the confidants of the governor. I am afraid it will be too late to go to the camp to meet him at this time.
But there is no limit on the number of directors and clerks, so there will be a lot of disputes.
As long as the adults above just say something, can't they be stuffed in?
This is what almost everyone is thinking.
Zhao Xing clasped his fists and said loudly, "You adults can discuss your own countermeasures. In the end, you only need to write down your opinions on how to govern on paper."
Facing everyone's boss, Zhao Xing once again solemnly reminded,
"Except for the six envoys who have set their quotas, all other members of the town and governor department are judged based on their views on governance."
"Even the remaining seven governors are like this."
"We are so close to our eyes. My lords, please don't hide your secrets."