The north wind blew across the treetops, making a whimpering sound, pounced on the window, making the window crackle. The red charcoal fire was roasted on the body, warm, and the cold wind outside the window could not affect the outside of the house at all.

Xu Ping sat not far from the charcoal fire, looking at the various official documents in his hand.

The nearly twenty prefectures of Jingxi Road were nearly twenty prefectures, and it took Xu Ping a long time to read the daily official documents. Of course, he could choose not to read it, and hand it over to trusted public officials under his subordinates, and give it to himself if it is particularly important. This is also the usual practice of various transshipment commanders. But now Xu Ping does not dare to do this, for fear that something unexpected will happen if something is not careful.

The first year, especially the first half of the year, is particularly important. Only by laying a solid foundation can you ensure the success of the reform you plan. You must be particularly alert and no mistakes can be made. Only by establishing a firm foundation can you ensure the implementation of subsequent policies.

Rearing on the back of the chair, Xu Ping rubbed his forehead.

These are all the five-class household classification standards set by Xu Ping. Each state chooses which implementations and which ones are not implemented in their states, and finally reports them. It has already agreed with Li Di, and Mengzhou naturally does not do as usual, and it will follow the previous one. In addition to Mengzhou, the one who opposes the most is Xiangzhou. Zhang Qi has been following the rules for a while, but recently his old ways have become shaky again.

Shortly after Xu Ping left the capital, Zhao Zhen refused to choose Cao Bin's granddaughter as the new queen. The so-called marriage and wise marriage, Zhao Zhen was seriously ill at this time, and had no choice in the choice of the queen. This Empress Cao was born into a general and was the family with the most marriages in the royal family. She was familiar with the classics and history, had a gentle temperament, was well-educated and polite, and had a moderate attitude. Although her appearance was not outstanding, the word "wise" overshadowed all other shortcomings. Empress Dowager Yang and the censor were very satisfied. As for Zhao Zhen, who valued the most, he was not satisfied, no one paid attention to it now. Anyway, he had already deposed a queen, and this one would be old no matter what.

After enthroning the new queen, a new relative was born. Cao Bin's descendants were rewarded, and Empress Cao's eldest brother Cao Qi suddenly became prominent. Cao Qi married Zhang Qi's daughter. Although she had not finished her marriage, she had already formed a marriage. These generals were intricate and had no idea where they could connect. They were the secret to maintain their prosperity.

With Empress Cao as a big backer, and Zhang Qi was not in the way of dealing with Xu Ping, he would not take his fortune seriously at this time. If you asked me to do this, I would ignore you.

These former prime ministers are really not enough to make trouble in the local area, and Xu Ping has no more ways to do it. If there is a prime minister in the court, he can take Zhang Qishen to other small places. Now, it is Zhang Qi who is taking advantage of Emperor Cao's east wind and is in full swing, so Xu Ping has to pinch his nose and endure it.

Everything will be waiting for the next winter. If the money and grain income of each state rises a lot, Xu Ping will deal with them together.

The last official document was written by Li Shen, introducing the current construction of the river section below the Sishui River. There were more than 3,000 Qinghexiang troops, plus the civil servants from the four states, and the excavation was smooth. It was expected that all of them would be dug by the end of November. The rest was to repair the embankment and dock and pave the roads. However, the weather was cold and the ground was freezing. Although the supply of materials was sufficient, the prisoners who quarryed on Guangwu Mountain still had a few troubles. Fortunately, the bomb was suppressed immediately and the scale was not large. Chen Yaozuo had sent additional personnel to the mountain and the measures became strict. If there were any troublemakers, they would be sent back to Jiagu Mountain and serve their sentences according to their original sentence. Now most of the quarrying work has passed, and once they are sent back, it will be in vain.

This year, there are no prisoners who do not cause trouble, just like no officials who do not corruption or abuse the law, it is common, and Xu Ping does not care about it. The world is so big that it is impossible for all officials to be diligent in official affairs and obey the law. As long as you pick out what you can and want to do, and punish them for the special bad things.

The rewards and punishments of subordinate officials should be clearly defined. First of all, rewards must be rewarded. Rewards are the first priority, and punishment is secondary. The more courageous and diligent you are, the more you should pay attention to the rewards of subordinates, and the more cautious you should punish them so as not to disperse people's hearts. Only when you are successful can you turn a little in the direction of paying attention to punishment, but you still cannot overweight the rewards.

After all, human nature is still aspiring. As long as they keep their path to progress, most people can still do things with peace of mind. Only when promotion has nothing to do with doing things, and doing good or bad things is the same, the officialdom will become a stagnant pool.

Putting down the official documents in his hand, Xu Ping breathed out and reached out to the charcoal basin to roast the fire.

Xiuxiu, who was sitting opposite, said, "Have you read the official documents? There is a family letter here, but you haven't read it yet."

Seeing that Xiuxiu's face was not good, she was afraid that there was no good news in the letter, so Xu Ping hurriedly took the letter.

After reading it, Xu Ping couldn't help but sigh.

When Lin Su Niang was in her life, she gave birth to another daughter. It doesn't matter. For Xu Ping, her son and daughter are the same, and she is still young, so she doesn't have to worry about these things. But Lin Su Niang accidentally got sick because of the coldness of giving birth. However, it's not serious. She just needs to rest, and she is afraid that she will not come to Luoyang until the spring of the next year.

Last time I went to Lingnan to become an official, I was separated from Lin Suniang for several years. If she could not follow her this time, I would be afraid that she would fall into her heart. I could only hope that her health would be better and that she would be able to reunite in Luoyang as soon as possible.

Putting down the letter, Xu Ping said to Xiuxiu: "There is nothing happening in the past or two days. Let Xu Chang go home to see Su Niang's body. We can also buy whatever needs it."

Xiuxiu nodded and said, "Madam has always been very healthy. Why did she get sick this time?"

"How can I explain this kind of thing clearly? You are a daughter, so you should understand it better than me."

Xiuxiu sighed, ignored Xu Ping, and held her cheeks alone to look at the lights. After a while, she said, "I have another second sister at home. I should make some clothes for her when I am free. The lady is in a bad health, and no one can do this."

Zhang Sanniang kept thinking about holding her grandson, but she had another granddaughter. The bride was sick again, afraid she would not have the heart to prepare the child's clothes. Others always had a layer of heart, so she had to trouble Xiuxiu.

The cold wind was howling outside the window, and it was late winter again without realizing it. Xu Ping shook his head, could he not have the reunion year this year?

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A full moon hangs in the western sky, like a large silver plate, pure white and flawless, emitting a holy light. The stars in the sky have disappeared, and the entire dark blue sky sets off this full moon, making it look huge and unparalleled.

Xu Ping stood at the head of the Tianjin Bridge, looking at the moon in the sky, and looking at the water of the Luo River under the bridge. Occasionally, a gust of wind blew, and a moon in the sky turned into countless moons in the water, flashing around.

There is only one moon in the sky, nothing else, but it is reflected in the water but it changes a lot. This is Tianjin Xiaoyue.

On the Luo River beach not far away, there are countless tents and piles of bonfires, silent. There are victims from Jingdong Road, and they are still dreaming. The winter is too cold and the construction must be started after the sun comes out. Otherwise, the injuries caused by the cold weather will be unbearable, and the construction period will have to be delayed.

Tan Hu sighed to his palm and said to Xu Ping: "Officialist, the weather has become cold. Look, some places along the Luo River are frozen."

"Yes, it's cold. When it's cold, everything is difficult to do, especially when doing things by the water."

Xu Ping held the railings on the bridge, looked at the tents where the workers were working, and answered Tan Hu endlessly.

Working by the river is not easy, and it is secondly. It is particularly difficult to ensure the logistics of the workers. They have to roast the fire at night, otherwise they will get sick from freezing, eat hot during the day, eat enough, or they will not have the energy to work. All of this tests the logistics support capabilities of Henan Prefecture and Transportation Department. Wang Yaochen and Zhong Shiheng were busy.

In order to keep the disaster victims warm, Xu Ping sold his cotton wool at home to Henan Mansion at a low price to make cotton coats. The wool is a short fiber attached to cotton seeds and cannot be used for spinning and weaving. Now it cannot be used for chemical purposes, so he has to make cotton coats and quilts. Of course, cotton wool is definitely not as thick as silk cotton, and it is thick and bulky, and its warmth performance is not as good as silk cotton. Rich people definitely don't use it. Poor people have no things, but they can't afford it, and they are in an embarrassing position that is neither up nor down. This thing is for ordinary well-off homes in cities or small landlords in the countryside, and the market should be slowly established.

It is easier to solve the problem. When the Yellow River canal transportation was still open in autumn, Xu Ping used all his methods to transport it along the Yellow River and Luo River to Luoyang City by boat, and temporarily placed it in Changping Warehouse, Henan Prefecture, and keep it separately. The meat and vegetables could not be solved. He could only buy pickles and use a large amount of rice and flour to resist.

The rice must be cooked before it can be eaten, and people have to cook fire when they rest. It is definitely not possible to use charcoal like before. Xu Ping used a lot of coal. There are many places around Luoyang that produce coal, so he had to divide another part of the people to mine coal.

Burning coal is afraid of poisoning. If dozens or hundreds of people are poisoned at a time, the river will not need to be repaired. Xu Ping asked Wang Yaochen and Zhong Shiheng to specially draw manpower and patrol continuously. All places where coal use are open. If the efficiency is low, don’t worry about it. First, ensure the safety of the personnel. If the lives are killed, it will cause trouble to the court.

Sometimes when Xu Ping was free, he thought about it carefully. Tens of thousands of people repaired a river channel. In winter, there were too many places to worry about, and he didn't dare to think of every aspect. He could not think about it. Henan Prefecture is not as good as Yongzhou, but it just needs to prevent heat. It is impossible to wait until the sun sets before working. The cold has nowhere to hide.
Chapter completed!