In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month.
Nothing major happened in the eleventh month. The commoners were all busy.
The greenhouses increased the price of the imperial government's cloth. Fresh vegetables were delivered to the East and West every day.
It was impossible to sell them at such a high price like last year. Normally, the price was maintained at four to five times the normal harvest season.
Vegetables with slightly worse quality were sold at four times the normal price. Vegetables with good quality were sold at five times the normal price. There were also specially selected vegetables that were sold at eight times the normal price.
The Li Family Zhuangzi's vegetables were not sold. They were all handled internally, including gifts.
Li Longji was rich. The gold mine and salt mines provided him with a large amount of money. He looked energetic all day.
Li Yi also had nothing to do. He only lectured. He lectured to 220 students.
After the New Year, 220 students went to the village to find work. They replaced the students who did not pass the imperial examinations and became village officials.
Bi Goo directed the Ministry of Revenue to investigate who was evading taxes. Yao Chong and the others were collecting evidence. They were preparing to take down the six provincial governors in one go.
Song Jing was the busiest. He had just received the position of Minister of Personnel and Minister of Justice.
Li Longji saw that he had too little power and gave him this position.
Once something happened, Li Yi's words were the most effective. Who wouldn't feel sad to be the Prime Minister?
Cui Riyong was sent to Henan Prefecture. He cooperated with Zhang Shuo to deal with the land clearing and road construction.
Song Jing proposed that although the college entrance examination was deep, those who were not talented should not be promoted.
It was not based on seniority. Whoever wanted to be promoted needed to be talented.
This conflicted with Bi Goo's suggestion to limit the promotion of exiled officials. Bi Goo said that exiled officials should not be promoted casually. They had to work for a certain period of time.
Song Jing was in charge of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel, so he was in a difficult position.
He found out what kind of official was good. The Li Family Zhuangzi had 42 students. 41 of them were officials in the various counties. The remaining one was in charge of collecting and handling the overall affairs.
They were all talented people. But … should he really promote all of them? They were branded with the Li Family Zhuangzi's brand.
In addition, the students who went to the village also learned some skills.
What he didn't know in the past, after learning and adapting to his identity as a village official, he helped to coordinate and come up with ideas.
These students were not bad, but they were not officials who had passed the imperial examinations. Should he promote them?
In addition, the officials in the twenty-two counties of the capital were not bad.
Even though they were afraid, the officials of Lantian County would still report to the county every once in a while. Seeing how the officials looked like they had nothing to live for but did not dare to die, one could imagine how the officials felt.
The performance of Chang 'an County and Wannian County was particularly outstanding. These two counties were in charge of the entire city of Chang' an, right under the Emperor's nose.
Li Longji tried his best to give them benefits by offering them a high salary.
The bailiffs took the initiative to work overtime all day long. Those who wanted to do bad things had all gone to work in a proper business to earn money.
Song Jing realized that there were too many people he could use, and the space was limited. He took the information and looked at it personally, one by one.
Su Yi helped him with some small matters, such as evaluating which official was better.
"The Emperor gave more money and things, and the officials are indeed grateful." Su Yi flipped through the evaluation records and sighed sincerely.
"They are not working hard because of the things given. They are afraid that if they don't work hard enough, they will be punished." Song Jing had his own understanding of this.
The officials who lived outside the city had new houses, coal, and money. They worked hard in order to continue to have such treatment.
The officials who lived in the city were afraid of being squeezed out and worked hard as well.
If they took the money and continued to be greedy and take bribes, they would die.
"If it really doesn't work, send them out and find a place near the capital."
Su Yi suggested. If the officials worked hard and handled things well, it was time for them to be promoted.
Send them further away, like exile, and find a state capital nearby.
For example, a county captain was sent to a county deputy or a registrar, or directly promoted to a county magistrate.
The registrar, county deputy, and county magistrate were sent to the state capital to join the army.
"The hardest to arrange are the students who did not pass the imperial examinations. Let me ask the Emperor."
Song Jing had the hardest time for a large group of students. If he didn't arrange them, others were already doing very well.
There were no positions for those who passed the imperial examinations.
Although he said that he would not accept those who were not talented in the imperial examinations, he had dug a hole for himself.
"There are still 220 students from the Li Family Zhuangzi who are preparing to replace the current students after the New Year. It will be more troublesome then."
Su Yi was distressed for Song Jing. 220 students were now officials, and all of them were first in the imperial examinations.
They were directly at the ninth rank. When they had experience in the local areas, they would be promoted. The salary was a small matter, but the position was a big matter.
Song Jing didn't want to mention the people who came out of the Li Family Zhuangzi. There were many of them, and they were learning from Li Yi.
If he asked them to write books, they would definitely not do it. They wanted to be officials with real power.
… …
Li Yi was not worried at all about the things that Song Jing was worried about.
He continued to give a lecture to the 220 students today. He connected the speakers and set up a water screen.
He used the equipment in the hospital to make a slide show of the resting villagers, the Winged Knights, Hao Lingquan's team, Yang Huanjin, Huang Xianrong, and the rest.
Of course, Zhang Xiao from the Zhang Family Village and Wang Xing from the Imperial Plantation also came.
"It is actually very simple to be a village official in the village. How many people are there in a village? He went from house to house to house, asking questions and memorizing them.
What do they have? What do they need? Just these two points. Solve them well, and the people will have a good life.
What do they have, including labor, skills, and family background? There are five people in a family, three children and two adults, and they only have 500 yuan in savings.
At this time, it is not realistic to want to build a two-mu greenhouse.
Planting cucumbers, eggplants, cowpeas, cabbage, and rape. It is not easy to manage too many varieties. They only have 500 yuan. Who can invest more money? "
Li Yi went straight to the point and gave an example.
Everyone sat upright and thought together. What should they do? Two adults and three children, and they only have 500 yuan. They want to plant a greenhouse.
"If I am a village official, I will look at the local situation. I will take the initiative to look for the rich people who do not have land. I will help the people.
Plant one mu of land and let the rich people invest money to build a greenhouse. I will use the people's land. I will provide the technology, and my technology will be given to the people for free.
I will teach you the specific planting methods for the greenhouse. You will also know how to plant different vegetables. I will teach you more in the future.
Let's discuss how to distribute the money earned. Even if the people only get 20% of the profits, next year, you can get more investment. You can invest the money you earned.
Don't expect the people to become rich within a year. Unless you can provide technology that others do not have. "
Li Yi continued to talk about how to deal with the situation.
"Dongzhu." A student raised his hand.
"Please speak." Li Yi looked at him.
"There is only one person in the village, and she is a widow. What should we do?" The student asked.
"Hahahaha … …" Everyone laughed.
"Then you will be in trouble. You need to organize more widows. You cannot interact with them alone. This is a matter of principle.
Don't tell me that you all went to the village to create trouble. Protect your position and don't give any political opponents a chance. "
Li Yi did not laugh. Instead, he was very serious.
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