Shen Yichen was wearing a green official uniform and gauze wings on his head. He already looked somewhat like an official, but Qin Guan saw fatigue in his expression.

When Shen Yichen saw Qin Guan, he bowed and saluted, saying that he had met the prefect.

Qin Guan grabbed him and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "You and I are classmates and friends from the same hometown. All four relationships are taken into account. We used to treat each other like brothers. How come I have become a county magistrate for a month? So unfamiliar."

"Could it be that you want to distance yourself from me?" Qin Guan scolded with a smile.

Shen Yichen smiled bitterly, "I haven't had time to hug your thigh, so how can I separate the relationship? Isn't this just asking you for help?"

"Why, it's not as expected." Qin Guan asked.

Shen Yichen's face became a little heavier and he said: "I used to think that being a Jinshi and becoming an official would be extremely glorious. But after becoming an official, I discovered the difficulties of being an official, especially when the people below are fooling you, and you are doing it in disguise. , even when they are against you at every turn, it is even more difficult for you to make a career."

Qin Guandian nodded, "Tell me what problems you encountered."

Hearing Qin Guan's words, Shen Yichen suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.

Shen Yichen began to talk about his experience this month. After Qin Guan listened, he found that Shen Yichen's experience this month was no less exciting than his own.

On that day, Shen Yichen took several servants to Lin'an County to take office. Lin'an County Prime Minister Yanbo led people out of the city to greet him. , students, local officials, wealthy businessmen, gentry and elders all went out of the city to meet Shen Yichen at the official reception pavilion.

Although it was grand, Shen Yichen could find that these people were only a little polite to him, but they were all friendly and flattering to the county prime minister Yan Bo.

Shen Yichen initially thought that Yan Bo had been an official here for seven or eight years and was familiar with these people, and that he was like this because he was new here. However, it was only later that he discovered that the situation was much more serious than he had imagined.

After taking office, the first thing Shen Yichen did was to deal with the resettlement of the victims in the county. Lin'an suffered a serious disaster last year, and now there are as many as 3,000 victims receiving assistance in the county. For a small border county, these people are... The pressure is very great.

Shen Yichen thought about it for a day and put forward a few suggestions. Although there was nothing new, they were quite satisfactory. They were based on previous experience. If done well, they could relieve the current pressure.

But when he brought it up, he was refuted by the county magistrate Yan Bo.

Moreover, they were overthrown one by one in front of the chief registrar, the county captain, and all the government officials.

"The work-relief proposal proposed by your Excellency has indeed been established in our government, but Lin'an cannot do it. Lin'an was hit by the military disaster, and the originally small tax money was looted. Now the county government can't give out a penny. How can we use work without money?" Relief."

"The suspension of taxes and exemptions proposed by your Excellency is indeed possible, but have you ever thought about how our county will fare next year?"

"As for the government's method of lending money that your Excellency mentioned, hehe, with all due respect, how can you lend money if you don't have money?"

"Your Excellency finally mentioned the matter of collecting donations from the rich squires. This is indeed a good method, but it has been used before. Before your Excellency came, I took charge of Lin'an affairs and gave the order to raise donations. The rich squires also cooperated very well. , donated food and money, otherwise how could we maintain the current situation with the empty granary and empty bank in Lin'an."

Shen Yichen was immediately speechless.

Looking at the county magistrate Yan Bo who was looking at him with a smile, Shen Yichen saw that under his smiling face, he saw contempt and disdain.

Shen Yichen said: "Yan County Cheng is familiar with the situation in Lin'an. Is there any good method?"

Yan Bo chuckled, spread his hands and said, "No."

"Before, the lower officials were struggling to support us. Now that Magistrate Shen is here, we naturally have to obey the orders of the magistrate."

"How long can our food last?" Shen Yichen asked.

"It will take about seven or eight days, so I have to ask the county magistrate to make plans in advance."

Yan Bo, the chief registrar, the county captain and several officials left the main hall, leaving Shen Yichen at a loss. They turned around and went to the restaurant.

After a table of wine and food was served, the chief clerk held up the wine glass and said with a smile: "The county magistrate left our magistrate speechless today. Hahaha, when we left, Magistrate Shen's brows were still frowning. .”

"A new Jinshi, a young scholar, doesn't know the difficulties of the place. I really think that after reading a few books, I can understand the affairs of the world and govern the local people according to the methods in the book. It's really a joke." The county captain said carelessly.

The county magistrate Yan Bo smiled faintly, picked up the wine glass and took a sip. He felt very happy. So what about the county magistrate? What about the county magistrate? In the past, the magistrate of Qu County was not just his muddy magistrate, he just wanted to convince the new comer. The county magistrate will have the final say in Lin'an County from now on.

Yan Bo smiled faintly and said: "Hey, you can't say that. After all, the county magistrate is a Jinshi appointed by the emperor. He is a scholar with a university education. Our country of Zhao only produces dozens of them a year. We should not be scornful."

"In the future, we must cooperate with the county magistrate when doing things. Later, Chief Secretary He will show the disaster relief method we discussed to the county magistrate. If it is passed, we will naturally work together to handle this difficult matter."

When several people heard this, they all laughed.

The next day, the chief clerk handed a document to Shen Yichen. After reading it, Shen Yichen's face became very ugly. He looked at the chief clerk and asked, "This is the method you came up with."

Master He replied: "Sir, the situation in Lin'an County is here. If you want to get disaster relief funds, this is the only way."

There is a lot of content in the document, but it can be summarized in a few sentences, including buying and selling land, granting titles, and reducing or exempting business taxes.

The disaster is caused by the common people. Those big families have extra wealth and the common people don't have enough to eat. It's a good time for them to buy land on a large scale. Now they can buy the land from the victims at a very low price, and then turn the homesteaders into tenants. , when making loans, from then on, these people will pay off their debts from generation to generation, becoming slaves of the big families, and no scraps will be left after being eaten by them, and even future generations will have to pay off their debts.

The imperial court of the Great Zhao Kingdom had strict regulations on the sale and purchase of farmers' land, especially grain fields, which were not allowed to be bought and sold at will. This was a life-saving thing.

It can only be valid if it is signed by the county magistrate and stamped with the official seal of the county magistrate.

What they want is Shen Yichen's signature.

If Shen Yichen's signature and seal are found out by the state government in the future, these land sales must also take effect, but he, Shen Yichen, is likely to be held accountable.

This is already digging a hole for Shen Yichen and setting it on the fire.
Chapter completed!