Chapter 195 Daily Office Life
Also, next year, schools will be opened throughout Lingnan. The goal is to have at least one school in every location. The letter also mentioned a minor difficulty: there aren't enough teachers, and Lu Chenyang needs to find more.
Lu Chenyang was very happy to see this, it was all good news.
As for the lack of teachers, Lu Chenyang didn't think it was a big deal. He was in power now, so it wouldn't be easy to recruit a few people.
Lu Chenyang immediately picked up his pen and wrote a notice, intending to recruit teachers from the entire Quzhou.
Lu Chenyang thought about it carefully. Although Lingnan was remote and far away from home, the conditions he offered were good! Lingnan was now stable, without war, and the people were prosperous and lived and worked in peace. It was such a good place. Why would he dislike it?
The more Lu Chenyang thought about it, the more he felt that Lingnan was truly wonderful. Any scholar should want to go there and become a respected scholar. Anyone who didn't want to was completely blind!
After Lu Chenyang finished writing the letter, he went to read the second one.
This is from Shu and was written by Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian wrote a long and eloquent article, even mentioning that the plum blossoms in the palace were blooming extraordinarily red this year. She also firmly believed that this was a good omen, because Lu Chenyang was in charge of Shu, and the heavens were happy.
Lu Chenyang couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and felt that what she said made a lot of sense.
Zhang Qian also wrote that Shu has received seeds for multiple seasons of rice this year, and the entire Shu region can plant them next year, so that the people will have enough to eat.
Zhang Qian also wrote that Shu would get better and better in the future, all because of you. She also took the opportunity to criticize her own father, saying that it was because of Lu Chenyang that the people who were harmed by the King of Nanyang were rescued.
Lu Chenyang laughed heartily and wrote her a letter in reply, which contained only a few short sentences: "Princess, please be careful of your behavior. You may be acting like a sycophant."
When Zhang Qian received this letter later, she was indignant and felt extremely wronged.
She defended herself: "I was just speaking the truth, not trying to flatter you."
This is a story for later.
Now Lu Chenyang continued to read the next letter, which was from Ningzhou and Anzhou.
Ningzhou was the place where Ji Ping wrote to report on Cui's affairs, and Anzhou was where Ding Zhengyang wrote to report on the situation of the refugees.
Lu Chenyang's experience told him that Ji Ping's letters were usually complaints. For example, if he had a conflict with Cui and accidentally hit someone, the adults would have to stand up for him. It was as if he had been bullied.
As for Anzhou...most people boasted about how much he loved the people like his own children, and then told him that everything was thriving now, and asked Lord Lu to send some more food.
To be honest, Lu Chenyang didn't really want to watch it.
However, the matter of the refugees was more important than Ji Ping's complaint, and he didn't want to know who Ji Ping had beaten.
So he still opened the letter sent by Ding Zhengyang.
Ding Zhengyang had indeed come to discuss the refugees. The food deliveries he had made had saved countless lives, and the houses the people were building were gradually being completed. They were sure they would get through this winter. When the weather warmed up next spring, there would be hope.
Ding Zhengyang praised without hesitation. All this was because of Lu Chenyang. Lu Chenyang had infinite merits and loved the people like his own children... So, I heard that there is a kind of rice seed in Yanquan County with a short planting cycle and can be planted many times. Can we give them some?
Lu Chenyang couldn't help laughing. He thought for a moment and wrote a reply.
He highly appreciated Ding Zhengyang's broad-mindedness. It was a blessing for the people to have an official like him. It was because of his proper arrangements that the people were settled so quickly. Lord Ding also made an indelible contribution.
After all, Ding Zhengyang praised him, so he should return the favor.
Only when we interact with each other can we become good friends.
As for multi-season rice, Lu Chenyang gave it to him very readily. He didn't care about things that could benefit the people.
Then Lu Chenyang picked up Ji Ping's letter again, looked at the not-so-beautiful handwriting on it, and sighed lightly.
The eldest son is so ambitious. Among several sons, there must be one who is not ambitious enough, right?
Keep calm, keep calm, Lu Chenyang repeated this to himself several times before opening the letter.
Lu Chenyang opened the letter with an extremely heavy heart. To be honest, he had never been so upset when he received a letter from Emperor Qianyuan.
Fortunately, Ji Ping had only come to wish him a Happy New Year and hadn't complained. Instead, he boasted inwardly. He wished him a Happy New Year and good luck in the new year. Then he praised himself, saying he was very good and obedient, and had never caused any trouble. When someone provoked him, he kept silent and endured it, adhering to the principle of "less trouble is more" and never scolded anyone. He was truly patient and tolerant.
Lu Chenyang nodded with deep satisfaction, and then listened to Ji Ping write again that the Cui family was not proactive in taking in refugees. In order to prevent the people from being displaced, he took in many people and let them join the army.
Now they have taken in more than 20,000 refugees, and their Lu family army has grown stronger. By the way, let me ask him if he is happy or surprised?
If Lu Chenyang was so happy and surprised, could he send more food? He was running low on food. Although he hadn't given Cui any of the food Lu Chenyang had sent to Ningzhou for disaster relief, and had directly snatched some away, it still wasn't enough. After all, serving in the army was different from settling refugees; they needed training and food.
Lu Chenyang murmured to himself, "It's quite reasonable and logical, and it's hard to refuse."
The youngest son really was a spendthrift, and he spent it wisely. Lu Chenyang rubbed his brows, having to shoulder the responsibility of supporting the family again.
Lu Chenyang wrote to comfort him, praising him for becoming calmer, more reserved, and more mature after being away for so long. He was truly pleased. But he never mentioned the matter of food and fodder.
Although Lu Chenyang knew that even if he didn't say it, he still had to work hard to collect food and grass for him. But, couldn't he just be willful for a while!
Lu Chenyang looked at a few more letters that were sent to him, all of which were New Year greetings from officials from all over the country.
Some people even gave him gifts.
As Lu Chenyang's power grew, he never lacked gifts. Even when he was at his poorest, he never accepted gifts from his subordinates.
Because Lu Chenyang was very poor, and his poverty was because he could not support the people, he never accepted valuables. Someone had once given him a jade Buddha statue. The jade was crystal clear, and Lu Chenyang liked it at first sight, but he still reluctantly refused it.
He also sent someone to tell them that the jade Buddha was beautiful, but it was not worth eating or drinking, and was not as practical as two large carts of grain.
Some people once secretly laughed at Lu Chenyang for being stupid because of studying too much. They wondered how many carts of grain this jade Buddha could buy.
Didn't Lu Chenyang know? Of course he knew, but he couldn't encourage this kind of atmosphere.
If he accepted the jade Buddha, some people would think he liked these luxurious things, and they would go to great lengths to cater to his tastes. But what if someone couldn't afford it? In the end, they would have to plunder the common people, and in the end, the common people would suffer.
So no matter who the gift is from or what the reason is, Lu Chenyang will not accept it.
Later everyone knew that instead of giving gifts to Lu Chenyang, it would be better to donate two carts of grain to please Lord Lu.
This is the effect Lu Chenyang wants.
This kind of atmosphere has been maintained very well, but I didn't expect that someone would give him a gift again?
When Lu Chenyang took them out and looked at them, they turned out to be a group of foals.
This was a county magistrate under his command. There was a horse merchant who admired Lu Chenyang very much and was acquainted with the county magistrate. Knowing that Lu Chenyang wanted to find horses, he offered horses to the county magistrate through the county magistrate as a favor.
This gift... Lu Chenyang couldn't refuse it at all.
The army is short of horses. Of course, Lu Chenyang will not accept them for free, but will buy them.
He wrote back happily.
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