Chapter 848 The first mansion of Jingdong in Zizijuan? Rotten quagmire!

  Ping'er guarded the garden gate at the corner gate for a long time, but she didn't see Feng Ziying coming out, so she went straight to the garden to look for someone.

   It was only when I found the Xiaoxiang Pavilion all the time, and asked the snow geese who were playing outside the door calmly, that I realized that Feng Ziying had not come to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, which made Ping'er very puzzled.

  Feng Ziying entered the garden instead of going to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, where else could she go? Could it be the Jin Building? Thinking of that day when he and Siqi happened to see Feng Ziying kissing the second girl, Ping'er felt restless for no reason.

  This Uncle Feng is really unscrupulous, he dares to act so boldly in the Grand View Garden, and he is the second girl who has always been honest and honest, which is beyond Ping'er's expectations.

  However, if the second girl really entered Feng's residence, it would be a good thing, at least in Ping'er's mind, it would be much better than marrying that grandson Shaozu.

  Walking all the way to Zhuijin Tower, Ping'er and Siqi didn't see him, so he went straight in and asked, only to find out that he didn't see Uncle Feng.

   This made Ping'er very curious. Besides Miss Er and Miss Lin, there were only Miss Yun, Miss Third, Miss Fourth and Miss Bao left.

  Grandma Zhu's place is impossible, Miss Four's place is also very unlikely, Miss Yun, Miss San and Miss Bao are all possible, but I can't find them one by one.

   Just when Ping'er was full of doubts, Feng Ziying had already made a detour from the east.

  Back home, Wu Yaoqing was already waiting in the Fuzhong study.

"Returning to my lord, the basic situation of Yongping Mansion is basically small. After this period of time, I have understood it, and I have a rough outline." Wu Yaoqing had been ordered to Yongping more than a month ago. The merchants' exploration activities in Yongping began to collect information from all parties.

  Compared to the richness of these prefectures in the south, Yongping is much worse in terms of population and economic development. Yongping Prefecture governs five counties, one state and three guards, and Jizhen is also located in Yongping Prefecture.

Yongping Mansion can also be regarded as a border area. In addition to the five counties and one prefecture, Funingwei, Shanhaiwei and Kaiping Zhongtunwei belong to the Weisuo of Ji Town. The area is actually not small, but because it is close to the border The wall is often harassed by the left-wing tribes of Mongolia, and its economy is relatively poor.

  Like the three guard towns, Kaiping Zhongtunwei is a complete reclamation guard, while Funingwei and Shanhaiwei are mainly frontier troops with some guards.

  The three Weitun branches occupy the entire north and west, while the five counties and one state of Yongping Prefecture are mainly in the east, south and central.

  Because the relationship between the military and the local government has always been bad, the conflicts between the two sides have continued, and they often file complaints, making Yongping Mansion a place that officials in the Beizhi area have always been unwilling to come to. Therefore, Feng Ziying's coming here surprised many people.

  In the eyes of these people, even if Feng Ziying wants to "take the blame and transfer it to the outside world", he can go to the big mansions in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if he wants to stay in the Beizhi area, wouldn't it be good for Baoding and Hejian? How could you choose Yongping Mansion, which no one wants to go to?

  Of course, some well-informed people can probably guess some reasons.

For example, Yongping Mansion is the closest to the capital city, and it is the most convenient to go back to the capital; another example is Zhu Zhiren, the current magistrate of Yongping Mansion, who is old and frail, often bedridden with illnesses, and has a generous personality, which makes it easy for the master and deputy to get along with each other; The north and west of Yongping Mansion are under the control of Jizhen Weizhen, which is under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Jiliao. Feng Ziying's appointment as Tongzhi will help ease the relationship between the army and the local government.

As a result, Wu Yaoqing submitted a thick stack of papers. Feng Ziying took a quick look at it. He didn't read much about the environment, geography, population, and economy. Will he have time in the future? Slowly learn about it. What he cares about is the current existence of Yongping Mansion. problems and causes and potential risks.

   "Yaoqing, I won't read much else. Tell me about the current situation in Yongping Mansion?" Feng Ziying put down the paper and asked directly.

"It's not very good. The north and west are the land of three guards. The population is not large. Most of them are military households and their families. A rough estimate is about 20,000 to 30,000 households, between 70,000 and 80,000 people, five counties and one prefecture, all in In the eastern part of the south-central region, the population distribution of the counties is uneven. Lulong is the largest county, which is the upper county. The other counties and prefectures are all middle and lower counties. But the prefectures and counties are difficult to govern, but the Weizhen army doesn't ask at all, and even colludes,..."

   "There is still collusion? Are you sure?" Wu Yaoqing's words surprised Feng Ziying.

   It is reasonable to say that the relationship between the army and the land is not harmonious, and the army has let the banditry go unchecked. In Yulin and Datong, these frontier areas more or less have such situations.

If the local officials and the army have a close relationship, then the army can naturally assist in the suppression, but if the relationship is not good, then I'm sorry, even if the bandits are right under their noses, these frontier soldiers will just ignore them and just sit back and watch, but they must When it comes to colluding with bandits, that's a bit of an exaggeration.

"It should be so. This is the case in Kaiping Zhongtunwei and Funingwei. This is what some of our people in Yongping Mansion reported back. The former Funing county magistrate was attacked and killed by bandits. died, leading to the dismissal of the county magistrate,..."

  Wu Yaoqing's words surprised Feng Ziying again. Even the magistrate of a county was killed by bandits, and the county magistrate was dismissed, which is enough to show how unstable the law and order in Yongping is.

   "Then you now know that the public security situation in Yongping Prefecture is not good, and where is the worst place?" Feng Ziying asked again.

   "Funing, Leting, and Qian'an are not good, but Luanzhou and Changli are slightly better." Wu Yaoqing replied truthfully: "In a word, the situation in the border area with the Weisuo is not very good."

  Feng Ziying immediately understood that this meant that the rampant bandits in these three counties were more or less related to the Weizhen Army.

   "Well, I see, how about the tax collection of the five counties and one state?" Feng Ziying was also particularly concerned about this point.

Officials in prefectures and counties are evaluated according to priority, with the first priority being public security and taxation, followed by litigation and enlightenment. In a word, if the public security in this place is good, and the land taxes, miscellaneous taxes and labor can be collected and supervised in place, then basically the official seal of this place The official assessment can be regarded as an excellent one. Of course, litigation is also very important. If there are frequent lawsuits in your place, it means that the public is not educated well, and it will also be affected to a certain extent.

  According to the practice inherited from the previous Ming Dynasty, each prefecture and county will determine the difficulty and time of being an official in this place according to the four categories of rush, annoyance, fatigue, and difficulty. Later, a border word was added.

Chong, Fan, Tired, Difficult, Bian, Chong refers to being located in a traffic hub; Fan refers to numerous official duties, which generally refers to a large population and a large amount of tax collection; Tired means that it is difficult to collect taxes and have many arrears; Difficult means that Refers to unruly folk customs, easy to produce refugees, and poor social security; border refers to border areas with high risks of rebellion and war.

If five items occupy four or more, it is called "most lacking", while three are called "necessary lack", two are called "middle lack", and one is called "simply lacking". ", and the importance of this status directly determines the number of years and priority of official promotion.

Generally speaking, officials in places like "Zhong Que" and "Jian Que" are required to serve three exams before they have the chance to be promoted. Each exam is three years, which means that the latter two types of officials are normally You need to work in a position for nine years to get a promotion, and if you are "needed", you will have a chance to get a promotion if you are excellent in both exams.

For the "most lacking" positions, you only need to complete one test and pass the test as excellent to have a chance to be promoted, but this kind of situation of getting promoted immediately after one test is also rare. You have to complete two exams before you can be promoted. Of course, there are cases where you have passed the first exam, but you have not passed the second exam but you are promoted.

  The assessments of prefectures and counties are all conducted in this way, and the situation of Yongping Prefecture belongs to the "most lacking" without exception.

  Chong, Yongping is known as the No. 1 prefecture in the east of Beijing. It is the throat of the capital and the inland leading to Liaodong, and it is also the only way for the Liaoxi Corridor to inland. It naturally conforms to the characteristics of "Chong".

In terms of complexity, Yongping Prefecture is not counted, the population is not large, the tax is not heavy, but the labor is not light, so it cannot account for the "complexity", but in fact, because Yongping Prefecture is located on both sides of the north and west. In Weizhen, once there is a war, there will be a lot of labor.

  Tired, Yongping Prefecture deserves it. Due to social security and the impression of floods and droughts, it is difficult to collect taxes, and it has accumulated a lot of debts over the years.

  Difficult, this is also defined for Yongping Mansion, which borders Liaodong, the folk customs are tough, and the people are brave and aggressive, and because of the lack of water conservancy facilities, frequent floods and droughts, it is easy to produce refugees, there are many bandits, and the social security is very poor.

   Needless to say, Bian is directly facing the threat of the Chahar tribe on the left wing of Mongolia in the northwest. Although it has slowed down in the past two years, it still faces the threat of these Mongols who sneak in at any time.

  Because of this, Yongping Mansion can be regarded as the "most lacking" place. Although the conditions for coming here are difficult and dangerous, if you can open up the situation and get high praise from your superiors, the possibility of promotion is also very high.

"Returning to my lord, the tax collection situation seems to be not very good. The water conservancy facilities in Yongping Mansion have been in disrepair for many years. The Hulu River and Dingliu River in Laoting often flood. The Luan River above flooded for three years and flooded. In Qian'an County, even the Lulong City Wall has been washed down a lot, so at least in the past three years, all counties have repeatedly defaulted on their debts. If my lord goes, I'm afraid this matter will have to fall on my lord."

Feng Ziying's scalp felt numb for a while. She chose Yongping before because she felt that Zhu Zhiren was old and frail and in poor health, so it might be difficult for her to do things. But she didn't expect the situation here to be so bad. , This is simply a muddy quagmire.

  (end of this chapter)