After three years of enfeoffment, the waste prince shocked the court boss

"As an official, you should not only look at the grade, but also the platform." Lu Dao said as he walked.

"You see, the censor in the court is a fifth-rank official, but he can go directly to Tianting, and the third-rank official who is released outside should also give him face."

"Looking at my state knowledge, from a fifth-rank official position to being in charge of a state, is it already more successful than most officials?"

"Of course, my lord is very comparable to today." Sun Shenxi clasped his hands.

"Then do you know that Cao Youde, the county magistrate of Lingnan Prefecture, and I were on the list in the same year, and held the same position in the same year."

Lu Daoji recalled.

"Is the magistrate Cao of Lingnan Prefecture? The students have heard of him a little bit. It seems that he has been the county magistrate in Lingnan for five years." Sun Shenxi said.

"That's right, I elected officials together with him back then, and he was assigned to be the magistrate of Lingnan Prefecture, managing a county.

But I stayed in the capital and worked as an editor at the Imperial Academy, playing with pen and ink.

It is also an official position of the seventh rank. It seems that he governs the people and realizes his ambitions more easily, but what?

These five years have passed, and he has long been forgotten by the court. It is still difficult to get ahead in this life because he is still in charge of his county.

And now I am the governor of the state, and I am in charge of a state, so it may not be impossible to go further in the future. "

Lu Dao said with emotion while talking.

"So, do you understand this? The platform is more important than anything else."

Lu Daoji did not forget to mention Sun Shenxi again.

"Students are taught. Thank you for your teaching."

"Time is fate, Cao Youde should regret it at this time." Lu Daoji sighed.

"However, the mansion newspaper sent by the imperial court said that the Lingnan mansion has already exempted the agricultural tax, which is really amazing."

When mentioning Lingnan Mansion, Sun Shenxi suddenly remembered the imperial palace newspaper he read a few days ago, and said.

"Oh, what was said in the mansion newspaper is unbelievable. Who is King An? He's just a dandy prince.

It is estimated that he deceived the imperial court, or that His Majesty loves his son deeply, and wants to restore King An's image.

Besides, the land in the four prefectures of Lingnan Prefecture does not receive tax at all, so it is not wrong to say that it is exempt from agricultural tax. "

Lu Daoji had an expression that I had already seen through everything.

"Your Excellency is wise." Sun Shenxi bowed down.

The two continued to walk forward, but were attracted by a group of people gathered in the field not far ahead.

"Old man, what are those people doing together?"

Lu Daoji grabbed an old farmer passing by and asked.

"Hey, the two gentlemen don't know yet, the official in front is the official from Lingnan Mansion, who is here to promote the policy of attracting talents."

The old farmer explained.

"Officials from Lingnan Prefecture? Talent introduction policy?"

Lu Daoji was confused by the old farmer's words.

"Then what are the officials from Lingnan Prefecture doing in Xingzhou?"

Lu Daoji said inexplicably.

"Go and have a look."

The two walked quickly towards the crowd.

When I got to the front, I saw that there was already a big circle of people on the third floor and the third floor.

The two managed to squeeze into the innermost place.

This was because the two were wearing Confucian shirts and robes, and the common people were in awe of literati, so they were allowed to take advantage of the loopholes.

I saw a few men in official uniforms standing in the crowd.

The fat white man in the middle wearing the seventh-rank county magistrate's robe always seemed familiar to Lu Daoji.

"Fellow folks, my official is Cao Youde, magistrate of Lingnan Prefecture."

Hearing the fat white man speak, Lu Daoji recognized that this person was the Cao Youde mentioned just now.

"He's not just waiting to die in his own territory, what is he doing in Xingzhou?"

Lu Dao thought about it for a while, but he didn't recognize him, and he will see what he wants to do before making plans.

"This time I came here mainly to recruit talents under the order of His Highness King An." Cao Youde continued.

"Recruitment?"

Lu Daoji looked at the three floors around him, except himself and Sun Shenxi, who looked like scholars, and the others were mud legs.

Where is the talent?What taxi?

"Cao Youde won't lose his mind, will he? Come to this rural area to recruit talents."

Lu Daoji whispered to Sun Shenxi.

"Anyone who knows how to farm and raise seedlings, raise livestock, blacksmith and carpentry, weaves and build houses can all come to settle in our Lingnan Mansion."

Cao Youde preached loudly.

"Cultivating seedlings, raising livestock, blacksmithing and carpentry, weaving and building houses? Aren't these all jobs that ordinary people can do? What kind of job is this?"

Both Lu Daoji and Sun Shenxi were puzzled by Monk Zhang Er.

The onlookers were all rural people, and it was the first time that someone called him a talent. Cao Youde's words made everyone feel that they were valued, and they had a good impression of Cao Youde.

"My lord, our spring plowing is coming soon, why bother to go to your place without leaving home and business." Someone asked.

"Yes, I heard that Lingnan is worse than our Xingzhou. The prefectural city has only 5 people, and there are mountains everywhere." Another person echoed.

"Although you have to rent the old man's field here, at least you won't starve to death." An old farmer whispered.

"How can Lingnan Prefecture be compared with Xingzhou under the old man's rule?"

When Lu Daoji heard someone say that Lingnan is not as good as Xingzhou, his face turned pale.

In the past few years, Lu Daoji has indeed managed Xingzhou well, but it is only compared to the other states in Guangyang Prefecture.

There are not many fields in Xingzhou, and in addition to the land mergers in recent years, it is difficult for many farmers to make a living on their own a few acres of land, and they have to become tenants of aristocratic families.

Almost all the people present were renting land for farming, and the landlord would take [-]% of an acre of land.

The people at the bottom just need to be able to live, and they will feel happy if they don’t starve to death in a disaster year, and they dare not ask for more.

"Everyone's worries are not unreasonable, but my Lingnan Mansion is not what it used to be. His Highness Wang An brought three high-yielding crops to my Lingnan three years ago, which can yield more than a thousand catties per mu.

At present, which of the farmers around my Lingnan Prefecture does not store more than [-] catties of grain!

Everyone has gone to my Lingnan, and my Lingnan will naturally settle down for you, and will not let you suffer from hunger and cold. "Cao Youde said sonorously and forcefully.

As soon as these words came out, the people onlookers all exclaimed.

"What, every household is hoarding tens of thousands of catties of grain! Is it true?"

"It may be true. A few days ago, I heard from a passing merchant that the imperial court had indeed obtained three kinds of divine seeds, which can yield thousands of catties per mu, and they can be planted in the mountains even if they don't choose the land.

It is said that which vassal king donated it, and the court is vigorously promoting it. Could it be the King An that this big man said? "

A well-informed common people said.

When everyone heard this, they were amazed that there are such high-yield crops in this world.

If this is the case, and planting one mu of land in Lingnan is worth the harvest of ten mu of land planted by oneself, wouldn't it mean that every household in Lingnan Prefecture is already very rich.

That's right, in the eyes of the common people, if there is surplus food in the family, it can be called rich.

At this time, everyone looked at Cao Youde again with serious eyes.

Chapter 34

Lu Daoji was also shocked when he heard the words.

He had also heard about the seeds of three high-yield crops.

However, it has only been a little over three months since King An offered the seeds, and he still hasn't seen the real thing.

It will be at least three years before the three crops are popularized in Dagan.

"If what Cao Youde said is true, this Lingnan cannot be underestimated now."

Sun Shenxi said to Lu Daoji.

"Well, with such high-yield crops, this Lingnan is probably far better than before."

Lu Dao said a few words, but he still didn't think so in his heart.

Even though there is no shortage of food in Lingnan now, how can the development of a place rely solely on agriculture.

There are so many hardships in Lingnan. This sentence is not just a simple talk, but a real poverty and backwardness.

"Presumably the local people are just barely able to eat enough." Lu Daoji thought.

"My lord, if I follow my lord to Lingnan, might I get the high-yield seeds?"

Some people asked the most concerned question in everyone's mind.

"That's natural.

You will not only get the grain seeds distributed by the government for free, but also get three acres of mountain fields, and all the fields you opened up will belong to you.

My Lingnan Prefecture does not collect agricultural tax, you just need to sell the excess grain to the official warehouse at the market price after the harvest.

Moreover, before this season's grain is mature, the government will provide you with the most basic living guarantees to ensure that everyone will not go hungry. "

Cao Youde introduced.

The people onlookers immediately started talking about it, and some people were already moved and wanted to go to Lingnan Mansion to have a look.

In this Xingzhou, facing the loess and back to the sky, there is no idle day. As a result, after harvesting the grain, he has to pay rent to the landlord and pay taxes to the government, and he can't afford much grain throughout the year.

The common people have to do some odd jobs to make ends meet by raising silkworms and weaving cloth.

Not to mention the high-yield crop seeds, if Lingnan is exempt from agricultural tax, wouldn't this be done for yourself!

This alone is absolutely attractive to the people.

Seeing that everyone onlookers were a little moved, Lu Daoji secretly said "Oops".

If all the people in Xingzhou were tricked by Cao Youde to go to Lingnan, who would plant the land in Xingzhou?Who will pay for the food?Where are the civilian husbands drawn every year?

Then he, the magistrate of Xingzhou, has become a bare-bones man, and this official might as well not do it.

In assessing the performance of officials, in addition to taxation, education, etc., they also look at the population.

If there is a large loss of population under the rule, wouldn't he just give himself a lower grade during the assessment by the Ministry of Officials?

No matter how many excuses I make, I can't cover up the negative impact of the outflow of people.

May I ask, apart from the fact that the people cannot survive under your rule, what other reason is there for the people to flee in large numbers?

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Lu Daoji's forehead.

"Okay, you Cao Youde, you want to cut off the foundation of this official, and you want to take the salary from the bottom of the pot and put this official to death!"

At this moment, Lu Daoji looked at Cao Youde's chubby face again, feeling disgusted for a while.

Originally, he entered the court as an official in the same year, so why rush to meet each other!

"Hmph, Cao Youde, you still recognize me!" Lu Daoji simply stopped holding back and stood up and said loudly.

"Huh? Who are you?"

Cao Youde said in confusion.

"Okay, you, Cao Youde, are so noble and forgetful! I am Lu Daoji, the magistrate of Xingzhou, a Jinshi in the seventh year of Longjing, and I still don't pay my respects when I see my official!"

Seeing that Cao Youde pretended not to know him, Lu Dao became very angry.

Since you, Cao Youde, don't think about the love of the same year, you simply put on an official air.

According to rank, you, Cao Youde, are only a county magistrate of seventh rank, and you must greet me, a magistrate of fifth rank, when you see me.

However, in the words, he still pointed out that he was a Jinshi of Longjing for seven years, and hoped that the other party would recognize him along the steps.