The head of the household fled as if escaping, preparing to move the county magistrate out.
He thought to himself that the imperial court now has too many rules, and it also stipulates that local government offices cannot act recklessly towards the people.
Various judicial measures also require approval at each level, and local magistrates cannot abuse their power. Therefore, under such strict political control, these local officials dare not easily lose their temper with the people.
Because if we're not careful, it might lead people to report us elsewhere.
Once a report is filed, the higher authorities will be pressured by the imperial court to conduct a thorough investigation of these local officials.
They might even write these things down and report them to the imperial court, which might then send officials to investigate.
Under such circumstances, local officials are relatively more constrained and dare not do anything to the people.
That's why the officials in the county government of Nanxian have such a good attitude. But having the attitude without doing anything is obviously not enough, so they can only resort to delaying tactics.
Try not to do anything unless you make a mistake.
It must be said that this was a way of being an official throughout history.
So the person in charge of that household went to the county magistrate, hoping to hand over this difficult matter to him for resolution.
Meanwhile, in the main hall, the county magistrate was drinking tea. After hearing the homeowner finish recounting the matter, he angrily placed his teacup on the table and began to complain:
"These people only know how to make things difficult for us local officials. We used to be county magistrates, how did we really become public servants who serve the people?"
They're always rushing and urging us on everything. Do we owe them anything? Besides, it's not like we deliberately withheld the grain seeds. The seeds haven't arrived yet, and all the procedures haven't been completed. How can you blame us for that?
Yes, our processing speed is a bit slow, but this microphone was processed according to procedure, wasn't it? We're human too, we need rest, don't we?
The person in charge of the household listened to the magistrate's complaints with a forced smile, but he knew exactly what was going on in his mind.
Every place has its own unique circumstances, and these circumstances vary greatly.
However, other counties have basically solved this problem, but Nanxian County is still dragging its feet, and there are even quite a few obstacles in the process.
So far, the county is only thinking about how to deal with the people, and is not in a hurry to speed up the process of getting the grain seeds to the market as soon as possible.
So the person in charge of this household knows the whole story perfectly well.
He understood that it was just that the officials in the county government were lazy. In fact, the imperial court stipulated that every place must distribute seeds to the people, and the reason was very simple.
Previously, Zhu Yunwen had Ma Sanbao bring sweet potato and potato seeds from overseas, along with corn, peppers, and many fruits and vegetables.
These abundant seeds have always been cultivated and extensively cultivated by the imperial court.
Furthermore, to prevent local people from failing to cultivate the seeds properly, the imperial court stipulated that these seeds must be cultivated by the Ministry of Revenue and then distributed to various regions.
Then, people in various places knocked on doors and gradually distributed these seeds to the local people for free.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, grain seeds were almost all free, with only a very small number of fruit seeds not being free.
Therefore, the people of the Ming Dynasty would go to the government office at the turn of each season to collect the corresponding grain and vegetable seeds for planting.
This way, the seeds are less likely to have problems, and even if problems do occur, the responsible party can be identified.
To avoid the situation from the past, where seeds were sold privately and then tampered with, resulting in people not being able to grow good crops.
They can't even grow any food at all.
This is a good policy that benefits the country and its people, greatly reducing the burden on ordinary people.
At the same time, it can also ensure that the grain seeds planted by the people are in the best condition and have the best harvest.
Moreover, the entire process was quite complicated for the Ministry of Revenue of the imperial court, as they were responsible for cultivating the seeds.
The local authorities are responsible for handling the procedures and ensuring that these seeds are applied for.
Based on their population size and cultivated area, the required number of seeds was determined and reported to the imperial court. Then, these seeds were transported back to their localities for distribution.
Such a simple procedure would be nothing in other local government offices; it could be easily handled by the household protection office.
However, when this matter was assigned to Nancheng County, it took the entire government office nearly one or two months to resolve, and it still hadn't been fully implemented.
These seeds are almost out of season. If we delay planting them any longer, the yield will be significantly reduced.
However, the county government of Nanxian County has been slow to provide free seeds. The reason for this is not with the imperial court, since other places have already received them, so it must lie with the Nanxian County government itself.
Their officials were slow and reluctant to get things done, so even reporting to the imperial court how many seeds were needed took a long time.
Now the Ministry of Revenue has sown the seeds, and they have sent people to receive them, distribute them, maintain and preserve them, and so on.
These processes have been dragging on, which is why we haven't been able to get the seeds ready for planting yet.
Of course, only the person in charge of the household registration office and a few other officials knew this, but even if they knew, they were unwilling to order the seeds to be processed quickly and distributed as soon as possible.
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