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Li Jingruo said: "I heard that the high judge is planning to do practical things. I wonder if the high judge has a good opinion?"

Liu Rukang looked down on Gao Zhanming, and when Li Jingruo asked Gao Zhanming, he just sneered.

Gao Zhanming saw it, and said: "I want to know how much Jiazhou Prefecture has left over, the current price of goods in Jiazhou Prefecture, and how many household registrations there are in total. I also want to know the harvest situation of several nearby states."

Without waiting for Liu Rukang's objection, Li Jingruo immediately said: "Prefect Liu, what the high judge asked is what I want to ask."

have to!These two guys are in collusion!

Liu Rukang shouted: "Come here!"

Jiacheng, who was waiting outside, opened the door and ran in.

Liu Rukang talked to Jia Cheng about the information that Gao Zhanming asked for just now, and Jia Cheng resigned, took back some government documents after a while, and said: "There are still a few documents that are not in the prefect's mansion, and I have to go to the counties for recruitment. "

Li Jingruo said: "I'm staying at Gao Pansi's mansion now, I'll take you to collect all the materials and send them to Gao Pansi's mansion."

The Cheng quickly claimed it was.

Liu Rukang said strangely, "What's the high opinion of the judge?"

Gao Zhanming was not in a hurry: "I have to read the materials and think about it based on the people's sentiments."

"Tch!" Liu Rukang rolled his eyes skyward.

Gao Zhanming paused, and said: "It's a pity that I'm just a judge, specializing in prison reading. Even if I really have great ideas, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything."

yo!Liu Rukang is curious.This dude is so courageous, he is claiming power from himself!He immediately said: "If you can cure the disaster, I don't need to ask the court for orders, I will directly promote you as a county magistrate!"

Gao Zhanming smiled slightly: "My lord, what is Jiazhou's top priority now?"

Liu Rukang said: "Of course it's food shortage relief!"

Gao Zhanming showed the official document in his hand: "The government still has a certain amount of funds, which can be used to purchase rice grain from merchants who store grain in the private sector and distribute it to the poor."

Liu Rukang scolded Gao Zhanming for his ignorance in his heart, and said, "If those merchants are willing to sell grain, I still have to write a letter to the court? A year ago, a catty of white flour was only nine Wen, but now it is called 150 Wen per catty. The government is full of gold and silver." It’s not enough! How can I charge it? I wish I could lead my troops to snatch it!”

Gao Zhanming made some calculations in his mind, and said: "I have a way, even without the assistance of the imperial court, maybe Jiazhou can last for a few more months."

Liu Rukang was shocked: "What can you do?!"

Gao Zhanming raised his eyebrows, and said again: "I'm just a judge..."

Liu Rukang was furious, and slapped the table three times in a row: "As long as you offer advice, I will use whatever works. If it is effective, I will give you a promotion after these few months! Promote you to the county magistrate!"

Li Jingruo added fuel and vinegar unhurriedly: "Isn't the prefect Liu not appreciative of the high judge? I heard that he made the high judge wait for nothing for a whole day a few days ago..."

Liu Rukang suddenly stood up: "As long as he can cure the disaster, I will kneel at the gate of his house for a day... no, kneel for three days! Make amends to him!"

Gao Zhanming smiled: "Then please send all the materials I need to my house, Lord Prefect."

Liu Rukang waved his hand: "I'll find someone to transfer it to you right now! But if you can't think of a plan to boast..."

Gao Zhanming said: "If my lord prefect really wants to use me again, then my lord must use the plan I offer, and you must use it regardless of the reason. If you use my plan, you still can't receive food, and you can't postpone the disaster. Pledge to donate 2 taels of silver to buy food for the people of Jiazhou! And I will ask myself to step down from office and stay away from Jiazhou!"

Li Jingruo was a little surprised, and looked Gao Zhanming up and down.

2 taels of silver!Liu Rukang's eyes widened, he thought about how much food 2 taels of silver could buy, and at the same time cursed Gao Zhanming as a prodigal. Where did the 2 taels of silver come from?Gao Zhanming, who was only eighteen years old, definitely didn't earn it himself!It must have been given by the Empress Dowager and An Guogong, and not by searching for the people's fat and anointing!This Gao Zhanming is really a playboy, and playboy to the extreme!Just to show off, 2 taels of silver with a flick of the hand!

Of course Liu Rukang didn't believe that Gao Zhanming could come up with any clever plan. So many officials in Jiazhou couldn't solve the disaster in Jiazhou, so even if Gao Zhanming had three heads and six arms and could call the wind and rain, he could wipe out the locusts?impossible!In order to get those unscrupulous merchants to spit out their grain, Liu Rukang threatened and lured them and even threw out knives to scare people, but he didn't get much grain. Can Gao Zhanming tell those merchants to spit out their grain?It's a joke in the world!

Liu Rukang slammed the table: "It's a deal! I keep what I say, but I don't believe you, so you sign a certificate for me. If you can't alleviate the disaster in Jiazhou before the spring of next year, 2 taels of silver will be sent to the government immediately." Come!"

In case Gao Zhanming really has some clever plan, it is of course a good thing.In case Gao Zhanming just boasted wildly, 2 taels of silver would also slow down Jiazhou for a while. For Liu Rukang, this deal is only a profit but not a loss, so of course he has to agree.

Li Jingruo said: "I can be a witness."

Liu Rukang stared at Li Jingruo suspiciously: "You two are in the same group. I don't believe what you say. If you have the guts, sign a military order!" Liu Rukang has a fiery temper. Even if the emperor is standing in front of him, he will always contradict him. Even if Li Jingruo was the governor of the third rank, he still didn't take it seriously.

Without further ado, Gao Zhanming got up and went to Liu Rukang's desk, dipped the wet inkstone in the ink, picked up the pen and wrote, and within a short while he wrote a certificate and handed it to Liu Rukang.

Liu Rukang looked at it, and said: "One is missing!" He took the pen, added what he said just now, as long as Gao Zhanming can complete this task, he will kneel down for three days to apologize to Gao Zhanming, and waved his hand heroically, "Lao Tzu You keep your word, it's not bad for you! Make a bet!"

Gao Zhanming took the red clay from Liu Rukang's table, and pressed his own fingerprint on the certificate, and Liu Rukang also pressed his own fingerprint on it.

"Okay!" Liu Rukang slapped the table and made a final decision, "I'm waiting for your clever plan!"

Gao Zhanming smiled resolutely, got up and said: "Then I will take my leave first."

Li Jingruo said: "It's almost the end of today, I'll go back first."

Liu Rukang hurriedly said: "Aren't you going back to the Governor's Mansion?"

Li Jingruo said: "I still want to visit the people, but the Governor's Mansion should be left vacant for now."

"As you like." Liu Rukang didn't care.As long as Li Jingruo is found, it's up to him whether he prefers to live in a brothel or to be tortured in person, anyway, these dudes have done a lot of ridiculous things!Li Jingruo is willing to degenerate, it's none of his business!

Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo bid farewell to Liu Rukang, and Jiacheng led them out.As soon as the door of the study was opened, the prefect's wife and a few servants were squatting at the door to eavesdrop. When they saw Li Jingruo, everyone saluted him.

Gao Zhanming bowed his hands to the prefect's wife: "Ma'am."

The prefect's wife laughed at the two of them, took out her handkerchief and made a bow, reluctantly said: "Master Gao, Mr. Li, come to the house to play the horse-sling again when you have time."

Li Jingruo laughed loudly: "Definitely."

As soon as Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo left, the prefect's wife rushed into the study.

Before the two had gone far, they heard Liu Rukang's wailing and the eunuch's wife scolding from behind.

"My old lady, you are the first to be strict! You dare to say that the new governor is the head of the face, let's see what a good job you have done!"

"Oh, ma'am, let go, let go quickly, your ears are screwed off..."

The prefect's Jia Cheng had a face full of embarrassment, and said with a dry smile, "Let's go quickly."

Li Jingruo and Gao Zhanming smiled at each other and left the prefect's mansion.

The next day, Gao Zhanming sent the first plan.He asked the government to stop releasing grain for free, and issued a decree that the people could catch locusts in exchange for grain, and one stone of locusts could be exchanged for a bucket of grain.

In order to control the locust plague, the Jiazhou government also organized the army and civilians to capture locusts. However, due to limited manpower and various reasons, it is difficult to mobilize the whole people, so the effectiveness of the extermination of locusts has always been limited.

Besides, the government releases food, because the food is limited, it is impossible for everyone to take care of it, and it can only help the poorest.However, whether you are poor or not needs to be determined by the government. In fact, it is not fair to do so.The poorest may not get relief, but the able-bodied families are lazy to work because they can get relief.Even so, the relief that the government can provide is pitifully small, but it is nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

Gao Zhanming's application order was handed over to the prefect's mansion, and Liu Rukang snorted after reading it: "It's a bit clever." With a big wave of his hand, he approved it.

On the second day after the decree was promulgated, the city was deserted by thousands of people. Blacksmiths stopped working and went down to catch locusts with hoes on their shoulders; carpenters stopped carving wood and went down to catch locusts with cages; Luo, put on hemp trousers and rolled up his sleeves, and danced a dance of catching locusts in the field.

Li Jingruo and Gao Zhanming went to the street, only to see that the previously lively street became deserted, even the horse hanging hall was deserted.

Li Jingruo smiled and praised: "Brother Gao really has a clever plan."

Gao Zhanming said, "Let's go to the suburbs to have a look."

The two left the city in a carriage, and when they reached the outskirts, Gao Zhanming lifted the curtain of the car and let out a "huh" in shock.The field was crowded with people, and it was a vast expanse of darkness, with almost no place for idlers to settle down. It was more spectacular than the black clouds of locusts he saw that day.The edge of the field is full of loads of locusts, looking around, it is really a grand harvest.

Not long after the decree was promulgated, the locusts piled up in the government office, and there was almost no place to put official documents.Gao Zhanming ordered that the locusts be transported to other prefectures and sold at a low price to poultry farmers. For a while, the chickens, ducks and poultry in the entire Shu area were raised so smooth that the fat chickens could not go up the trees, and the fat ducks could not get water.The food in Jiazhou that had not been eaten by locusts was also saved.

Liu Rukang called Gao Zhanming over again.

Liu Rukang showed Gao Zhanming the account book after the government promulgated the new decree: "Since I used your new decree, although the government has not given out food for free, the government's stored grain has been consumed faster than before. If it continues like this, Soon the government’s food reserves will be used up! I can only distribute locusts for the salaries of you officials!” He pointed at Gao Zhanming’s nose and said, “Your contribution is the greatest. I will give you a hundred stone locusts during the Chinese New Year next year. ,You're welcome!"

Gao Zhanming said: "Don't worry, it's okay to live extravagantly with your salary. Now that the locusts have been caught, there are not many left, and there is not much left in exchange. Li Dudu has already written to the court to request food for disaster relief. If you don't follow the way of your Zhao family, The booklet will definitely be delivered to the emperor. By the spring and summer of next year, the disaster relief funds from the government should arrive."

Liu Rukang slapped the table vigorously: "That's all you can do?! I admit that your strategy is somewhat useful. The locust plague is under control. This year's harvest should be better than last year's, but it's not much better. In spring, the common people are too hungry to go to the fields! By the summer, the common people would have starved to death!"

Gao Zhanming said: "The next official is planning to offer advice to the prefect. It is about the government collecting grain. If there is no grain, the government still has money? Don't merchants still have grain in their hands? Just harvesting grain!"

Liu Rukang laughed and said, "Take it? What do you take? 150 Wen a catty of white flour, even if you sell you, it's not enough!"

Gao Zhanming said: "150 renminbi is not expensive. Merchants have rice in their hands, but they are unwilling to sell it to the government because the price offered by the government is too low. Let me say that 180 renminbi a catty of grain is collected, and the list is posted. All merchants have to send food to Jiazhou.”

Liu Rukang jumped up from his chair in shock: "What?! 180 Wen a catty of white flour?! Are you crazy?! You get five and a half catties for one tael of silver, which is not enough for a family to eat for a few days. Your 2 taels of silver Take it out, it’s worth more than [-] catties! Do you know how many people there are in Jiazhou?!”

Whenever there is a famine, the government will issue stickers to lower the price of rice, prohibiting merchants from selling rice at a high price, and buying grain at a price lower than the market price as a disaster relief reserve. Of course, it will also give merchants certain benefits. .However, the temptation of this measure to merchants is limited after all, and the positions of subordinate officials in exchange have no real power at all, and most of them are just empty positions. Even if some merchants are willing to use food to elevate their status, it is not enough for a family to donate an official position. Enough is enough, but the benefits they can get from raising food prices are enough to make them rich. If they make enough money, where can they go for a better job?Even though the government expressly prohibits the private sale of grain at high prices, merchants refuse to sell it at a low price, and the common people need grain, so they can only trade in private. Price, the people complained.

Gao Zhanming said: "Master Taishou, you listen to me, just post the official document. I guarantee that you will receive the food."

"You god damn it!" Liu Rukang slapped the table and scolded, "You're crazy, I'm not crazy yet! Get the hell out of Jiazhou!"

Gao Zhanming was not in a hurry, wiped off the saliva sprayed on his face by Liu Rukang, and took out the military order that he and Liu Rukang drew that day from his arms: "Master Taishou, you draw the letter yourself, black and white, as long as it is a plan offered by a subordinate, you don't ask You have to use all the reasons. Now you regret it?" He pretended to shake his head regretfully, "I originally respected your lord for being a man of his word, but I didn't expect..."

Liu Rukang was dumbfounded.

Gao Zhanming said firmly: "My lord, you only need to post the official document, and the rest, the lower officials will have their own solutions."

Liu Rukang is incredible.Where did Gao Zhanming get his confidence? Could it be that he really planned to subsidize all his furniture?Even the dude of the Gao family is not such a prodigal!How much people's fat and people's anointing did the Gao family seize?Outrageous!

Liu Rukang's forehead was throbbing with veins, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, if you don't receive one hundred thousand shi of grain, you can bring your own dog's head to see my lord!"

Gao Zhanming smiled slightly, took the general order back into his arms, and smiled gracefully: "Then please post the official document as soon as possible. If it is too late, I am afraid that the government will run out of food. In addition to collecting food at a high price, please also ask the prefect to Lift the ban and allow private merchants to set prices and sell grain freely."