lcionline Chapter 134 You are the only one who can be the prefect
Chapter 134 You are the only one who can be the prefect
Since ancient times, it has been basically impossible for ordinary people to study.
Therefore, most people can only write their own names throughout their lives, and women cannot even recognize their own names.
Now not only children can go to school for free, but adults can also get free training. Isn’t this a bigger thing than anything else?
If you can read, you won’t be bullied anymore!
If you can read and write, you may be able to do business or even become an official in the future!
In order to set a good example, Jiang Sining simply announced that she would serve as the first county magistrate of Gaochuan County.
In the future, as long as women have the ability, they can also become county magistrates like her, or even higher officials.
On the day Jiang Sining took office, almost all the people in Gaochuan County came to the market town. More than 100,000 people gathered in the empty wasteland outside Gaochuan Market, vying to witness the moment of her taking office.
Being watched by so many people, Jiang Sining felt a little embarrassed.
But for the sake of reform, she had no choice but to go ahead.
Standing on a platform more than ten meters high, Jiang Sining swore to the sky that he would lead all the people of Gaochuan County to achieve common prosperity.
Whether they are rich or not, the common people do not have any hope for it now, but the land has been distributed to every household, and this is a real thing.
For a moment, cheers like thunder and sea echoed throughout the world, and the scene was no less spectacular than that of an emperor ascending the throne.
Seeing that Jiang Sining was so loved by the people, Si Chenan was full of admiration.
If he were to be the county magistrate, he would really care about the people, but he would definitely not be able to do it so thoroughly.
"Today, the county magistrate has another announcement to make." Jiang Sining said at the top of his voice, "I still need some yamen runners. Select 30 people from each village. Everyone go to the village to sign up."
Although the landlords had been defeated, we still had to prevent them from rebounding, so local armed forces had to be established.
This is equivalent to China's police station, or the armed police.
Of course, these people must be selected from the poorest families to prevent them from being bribed by the landlords.
After the yamen runners arrived and the weather gradually warmed up, Jiang Sining asked his subordinate officials to go to each village and urge the villagers to reclaim the land so that they could plant crops soon.
The villagers were naturally willing, and every household went out to start digging the ground, and the scene was bustling everywhere.
After more than twenty days, the reform in Gaochuan County was initially completed, and the results seemed to be very good.
Si Chenan immediately returned to Yizhou Prefecture and began to promote this model throughout Yizhou.
With a strong popular base, land reform went very smoothly in every county, so by the end of February, the reform of the entire Yizhou Prefecture was basically completed.
The common people were allocated their own land, but at the same time they also faced a huge problem.
Due to last year's floods and cold winter, almost all the wheat in the land was destroyed. It is too early to plant rice now, and no one knows what to plant.
But Jiang Sining had already made plans.
Wheat definitely cannot be grown this season, but sweet potatoes and potatoes can be grown.
In Nanyang, Xia Shan had collected a large number of sweet potato and potato seeds. Jiang Sining took out these seeds, first gathered the village heads together to learn how to plant them, and then went back to teach the villagers.
This method was implemented in all counties of Yizhou Prefecture. Within a few days, the entire Yizhou Prefecture, under the leadership of the village chiefs, began to plant potatoes on dry land and cultivate sweet potato seedlings.
As for the paddy fields, we still need to wait for a while, as we still need to plant rice this year.
The entire Yizhou Prefecture was busy. Although there were occasionally some dissatisfied landlords who secretly caused trouble in various places, it was generally peaceful.
After everyone planted the potatoes, the people had some free time again, so Jiang Sining began to purchase a large number of bamboo products and expand the production scale of bricks, porcelain and cement.
It is not just the brick kilns in Liuyun Village, but the entire Yizhou Prefecture that are being acquired.
As long as the quality is good, we will take as much as you want, and the price is absolutely fair.
These handicraft products, through her spatial transfer, can instantly reach various parts of Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Porcelain has always been a best-seller since ancient times, but this time, bricks and cement received higher-level treatment and were sold out almost as soon as they were taken out.
Qingyu is now almost reaching Europe, and the local nobles he met still live in stone castles.
But when they saw that the combination of red bricks and cement could create walls that were stronger, warmer, and faster than stone, they all invited Qingyu to visit their territories.
Qingyu also took the opportunity to make a lot of money and supplies, and even bought a piece of land and established a temporary stronghold.
With a foothold, Qingyu's reputation became even higher. Nobles from far and near came to do business with him, and even the local king sent a messenger to invite him to visit the palace.
This was also beyond Jiang Sining's expectations. She knew very well that those European nobles had no good intentions, so she immediately reminded Qingyu to be careful.
He was also given a lot of gunpowder products to use just in case.
However, Qingyu has a full thousand regular troops, more than three thousand war horses and sophisticated weapons, as well as an impregnable castle, so there is no need to worry too much.
The gradually warming temperature forced Jiang Sining to focus more on Yizhou Prefecture.
According to the timeline of the original novel, the plague will come when the weather gets warmer.
After arranging her household affairs, she rushed to Yizhou Prefecture as quickly as possible, summoned all the doctors, and conducted centralized training on how to prevent and control the plague.
These doctors are all a little confused because there is no plague at all right now. Besides, even if there is, it is impossible to achieve nationwide epidemic prevention because there are simply not so many medicines.
But when they saw the mountains of herbs in the Yizhou government office, they were all speechless.
Half a month later, the first case of plague appeared in the northern part of Yizhou. Jiang Sining immediately launched nationwide epidemic prevention measures and sent doctors and herbal medicines to every village in Yizhou Prefecture.
Those who are infected with the disease will be immediately isolated and treated by doctors.
Those who are not infected with the disease must not relax. In addition to taking medicine on time every day, Jiang Sining also asked the village to organize villagers to strictly disinfect every household with lime and focus on personal hygiene.
Everyone must wash their hands before eating, change clothes and take a bath frequently, etc. If conditions are not met, the village will build a public bathroom and disinfect it at any time.
With such strict protective measures, the plague could not spread in Yizhou Prefecture at all and was eliminated as soon as it showed any signs.
At the same time, large armies were stationed at various checkpoints leading into Yizhou to strictly guard them to prevent outsiders from bringing the epidemic into Yizhou Prefecture.
According to the oral accounts of people who fled from other places, the epidemic in other parts of Daxia had become very serious, and people were infected and dying everywhere.
Although he couldn't bear it, Si Chenan also knew that it was already very difficult for Jiang Sining to control the epidemic in Yizhou Prefecture, and they were powerless to do anything else now.
May God bless the people of Daxia and allow them to suffer less and survive as much as possible.
As long as we get through this, a rich and happy life will be waiting for us.
Seeing that the epidemic that once terrified everyone had passed without causing much impact, all the people in Yizhou Prefecture almost regarded Jiang Sining as a fairy.
Many people collectively wrote a petition, hoping that Jiang Sining could serve as the prefect of Yizhou Prefecture and lead the people of Yizhou.
Looking at the mountain of letters in front of him, Jiang Sining's face twitched.
She has only been the county magistrate for more than a month, how come she has to start working as a prefect?
This was not her original plan.
Well, she felt too tired.
If I don’t do it, I’m afraid the people will feel uneasy.
"Madam, the people's wishes cannot be violated," Si Chenan advised, "Madam, only if you serve as the prefect, the people of Yizhou can work together and become our solid rear. In the future, I can also march north without any worries!"
Now that things have come to this, what else can Jiang Sining say?
It's the same to be a county magistrate or a prefect, so just do it.
So in the world of the original novel, the first female prefect, Jiang Sining, officially took office!