Although he may not remember other county magistrates, such as the prefect of Hedong Prefecture, he was impressed by Yang County. After all, the matter of Yang Taifu was so important that it was hard for him to forget it. Therefore, when Lord Yang came to visit him at the beginning of the year, he was not polite to him, but of course not too much. He just met him, drank tea, and that was it. He was probably very distant and official.
This time, it was the same. He didn't want to contact anyone who had a relationship with the Yang family, even if the emperor didn't pursue it. Besides, as a prefect, would he need Yang Shunlei?
County Magistrate Yang said, "Yunxiang County Magistrate Yang Shunlei, I am here to see the prefect."
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture said, "Please be seated, Sir Yang. I have received a letter from Sir Du, and have come to Yunxiang County to discuss the plan to join the imperial grain franchise. But I wonder if Sir Yang knows about the plan?"
County Magistrate Yang actually knew about this matter, and it was not something that needed to be hidden. Du Ke hoped that everyone would know it in detail, so that he would not have to explain it. Therefore, County Magistrate Yang did not need to hide the truth from the prefect of Hedong Prefecture, and said truthfully: "I know, Lord Du has already told me about this matter the other day, I will tell you now."
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture nodded and said: "Then I will trouble Lord Yang." County Magistrate
Yang said: "No trouble. The imperial grain franchise plan has three steps. The first step is to select families with good character in each prefecture; the second step is for each family with good character to bid for the imperial grain franchise. After the bid is successful, Lord Du will tell the production method of the imperial grain; the third step is to select agent families in each county to do business with the imperial grain."
Hedong Prefecture heard that these three steps were clear and easy to understand. Although I don't know what the potato flour and sweet potato flour in the imperial grain are, how can something recommended by the emperor be bad? Otherwise, where would the emperor save face? Besides, this is something that the whole country is doing, and everyone in the country knows about it. The emperor will not risk his reputation. Therefore, more than 90% of people think that this must be a good thing.
Unfortunately, the imperial messenger is Du Ke, so even if some people want to use the back door, they can't. Who is Du Ke? The emperor's number one confidant, he has no shortage of power. Who is Du Ke? The people of the Du family, a century-old family, have no shortage of money. So... lack of beauty? Although Du Ke is not good-looking, he has first-class means, and his backyard is even clean. Although he has concubines, the women in the backyard cannot control him. If someone dares to send him a woman today, he may report you at the morning court tomorrow.
Therefore, the emperor chose Du Ke, and his intention is very clear, and no one can try to make connections.
If someone else, or someone like Wei Hong, had come today, the situation would have been different.
When the emperor seized the throne, the Wei family and the Yang family were related by marriage. Although the second son of Wei and the eldest daughter of Yang had not yet married, they had been engaged, and the relationship of marriage was also determined. Therefore, everyone thought that the Wei family and the Yang family were on the same side. But how could they know that the lineage of Taifu Yang, which was at its peak of power, suddenly fell. No one knew the reason. They only knew that after the emperor ascended the throne, the Yang family was dealt with, but the Wei family was not guilty. The Wei family was in prison for a few days, and then they were released and found not guilty.
However, everyone knew that it was impossible. The Wei family must have betrayed the Yang family and surrendered to the emperor. Although there is no evidence, many people secretly dislike the Wei family. However, in front of the Wei family, everyone is naturally polite. There is no way. They are doing it for the emperor. Who dares to talk about this in front of the Wei family?
Yang Haiyan is from the Yang family. If she recognizes the Wei family as a godparent, wouldn’t she be stabbed in the back?
What Yang Haiyan can understand, the Wei family doesn’t understand? But the Wei family doesn’t care and still wants to recognize Yang Haiyan as a godparent. This shows the character of the Wei family.
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture thought about what Yang County Magistrate said, and then thought about which families in Hedong Prefecture could be selected as families with good conduct. For a while, the room was very quiet.
County Magistrate Yang looked at him, thinking that he would probably die of old age in Yunxiang County for the rest of his life, so he did the prefect of Hedong Prefecture a favor and reminded him: "Prefect, the royal grain franchisee of our Hedong Prefecture was designated by the emperor."
"Oh?" The prefect of Hedong Prefecture was surprised, he didn't even know there was such a big mountain in Hedong Prefecture. "Which family is it?"
County Magistrate Yang said, "It's the Qin family."
Qin family? The prefect of Hedong Prefecture thought about all the famous Qin families in Hedong Prefecture, but still couldn't think of which Qin family. Could it be...
Seeing the puzzled look on the face of Hedong Prefecture, County Magistrate Yang said, "It was General Qin Fang, the city defender of Yunxiang County. He was promoted to the fifth-rank Wude General in March this year, and then transferred to Yunxiang County. In May, he made great contributions, and the emperor conferred the title of the seventh-rank Yi Ren on General Qin's grandmother and mother. At the same time, Mrs. Qin also made great contributions, and the emperor conferred the title of the third-rank Xiangjun on Mrs. Qin." County Magistrate Yang knew that Qin Fang's great contribution was related to Beast Mountain, but he didn't know what the great contribution was. However, he did know Mrs. Qin's great contribution, the military camp fields and saltpeter ice making.
County Magistrate Yang had no interest in investigating the situation at Beast Mountain. Anyway, his Yang family had no interest in meritorious deeds. They just wanted to avoid mistakes and live a peaceful life in Yunxiang County.
"Sir, Qin Fang is still a student of Lord Du."
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture frowned, "So the Qin family got the status of franchisee because of Lord Du's relationship? If so, Lord Du's behavior will inevitably give people a handle?"
County Magistrate Yang said, "Of course not. Because the imperial grain in the imperial grain franchise plan was invented by the Qin family, the franchisee of Hedong Prefecture belongs to the Qin family. This is the emperor's intention."
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture understood as soon as he heard it. They invented potato flour and sweet potato flour, and it was right for the emperor to set the Qin family as the franchisee of Hedong Prefecture. The prefect of Hedong Prefecture was a little disappointed. He originally wanted to let his relatives compete for the quota,
but now it’s no use. County Magistrate Yang thought for a while and said, "Sir, although the franchisee of Hedong Prefecture has been determined, the agents in the counties have not been determined."
When the prefect of Hedong Prefecture heard it, he immediately understood: "Thank you Sir Yang for telling me. Sir Yang, what kind of person is General Qin?"
This... County Magistrate Yang thought: "The Qin family are all down-to-earth people and are not greedy for money.
After County Magistrate Yang's reminder, the prefect of Hedong Prefecture understood. Qin Fang's teacher is Du Ke. What are the rights of others in front of Du Ke? They have become franchisees of Hedong Prefecture, and money is indeed not a big deal. Down-to-earth people like down-to-earth things.
"Sir, Lord Du is here. "The voice of the servant came from the door.
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture and the magistrate of Yang County immediately stood up: "Let's go and greet them."
Du Ke came, and the six prefects of Renzhou came out to greet them.
"Your humble servant pays his respects to you, sir."
Du Ke looked at the six prefects and the magistrate of Yang County with his usual serious expression on his face: "No need to be polite, everyone, please stand up. Since you are all here, I will not waste time and will tell you what happened. "
People who know his character and those who don't know his character all know that he doesn't like small talk and likes to get straight to the point.
After a few people sat down, Du Ke talked about the imperial grain franchise plan: "... So, apart from Dongting Prefecture, the other five prefectures must return to me the list of potential franchisees. This list of potential franchisees must not be filled in with fake numbers. If I find out that someone is false, then it will be a disgrace to the emperor, and it is not a question of whether I will forgive or not. "
The six prefects said, "I understand."
The prefect of Jiujiang Prefecture said, "Lord Du, although this matter was organized by the emperor, the bidding depends on personal willingness, so can we take the potato flour and sweet potato flour back to show everyone, maybe after everyone sees it, more people will be willing."
Du Ke smiled slightly, "How can such a good thing happen if you don't take risks in business? Isn't this a pie in the sky? Potato flour and sweet potato flour are two kinds of royal food. As for what they are like, how to make them, and how to eat them, they are all matters after the bidding, and they will never be made public in advance. If the interested party has the courage, come to bid. If you don't have the courage, the court and the emperor will not force you."
This... The prefect of Jiujiang Prefecture said, "I know." So, what exactly are potato flour and sweet potato flour? How to operate it specifically?
If Du Ke didn't tell them, they had no other choice. So for those who were interested, the alliance was also a gamble. What if they lost money after investing all this money?
Logically speaking, the Emperor's Royal Grain Franchise Plan should not lose money, but... without seeing the real thing, everyone was unsure.
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture said, "Sir, the royal grain franchisee of Hedong Prefecture is General Qin's family. I have to discuss the matter of the county agent with General Qin. What do you think?"
Du Ke said, "You can discuss this with Qin Fang. I don't care about your affairs. But I just came out of the General's Mansion, and Qin Fang is not in the General's Mansion now." Du Ke stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go back first. If you have any questions, you can come to the General's Mansion to find me. If you have no questions, go back as soon as possible and count the interested parties."
"Yes."
After Du Ke left, County Magistrate Yang said to the prefect of Hedong Prefecture, "Sir, I will host you tonight. How about you talk to General Qin?"
The prefect of Hedong Prefecture nodded, "Then I'll trouble you." He wanted to get some information from Qin Fang. There was no hope for franchisees, but he didn't know if there was any hope for county agents.
The other five prefects were also thinking that Lord Du had stated that franchisees must be from families with good character. This could be said to be the first major event after the emperor ascended the throne. The prefects did not dare to act rashly, so the families with good character had to be carefully selected. Moreover, the franchisee of Hedong Prefecture was General Qin's family, which meant that officials appointed by the court were also allowed to join.
In this way, the prefects were thinking, could their own families join?
After Qin finished his duty, he came down from the Taoist temple at the foot of the mountain and met the people of Yang County Magistrate.
The yamen runner said: "General Qin, Lord Yang wants to see you. He said that the prefect of Hedong Prefecture has arrived today and he is the host. He invites you to have a talk with him."
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