The place where Xun Shifei was located was Xiping County.
Li Zhen has many special impressions about this place. I still remember the tragic scene in Lingpeng Village, which is still vivid in my mind.
Xiping County is also poor, but not as vicious as Jinchang County. People here are honest. Sure enough, the soil and water support the people.
The next day, Li Zhen conveyed it to Xiping County.
Zhang Haiyang strongly suggested that he want to follow Li Zhen, but he was rejected and allowed to stay in Jinchang County.
Everyone can see what Zhang Haiyang is thinking. He wants to be promoted.
This time Jinchang County did a good job, but the superiors seemed to be suppressing it, and there was never any praise. Zhang Haiyang was impatient and wanted to take a shortcut with Li Zhen.
But how could Li Zhen give him the chance to take shortcuts? He refused on the spot.
When they arrived at Xiping County, Xun Shifei and the princess of Xiping County came to greet Li Zhen. After meeting, they exchanged pleasantries for a while. And Li Zhen found that Xun Shifei was much tanned, and there was a look of exhaustion in his eyes that could not be erased.
I knew in my heart that Xun Shifei was really serious. He has dived in wholeheartedly, determined to lift Xizhou out of poverty.
During these days, Xun Shifei tried to arouse everyone's enthusiasm for work and the enthusiasm for cultivating grain fields. Many times I have to work in the fields myself.
The prime minister of the country rolled up his trousers and went to work in the fields. Officials did not dare to neglect him at all. Officials at all levels, regardless of what they thought, swarmed into the wasteland. When government officials go to work in the fields, the people below do not dare to neglect them. After a few times, Xiping County's enthusiasm for work was adjusted.
And Xun Shifei would not just stay in this place. He's just mainly stationed here.
He kept moving around, rolling up his trousers and working everywhere in various towns and villages in Xiping County.
Then he moved to other nearby counties and cities and continued to play this trick.
Xun Shifei wanted to use the pressure of his status to force out the enthusiasm for work of the people in Xizhou. Although it is suspected of being a show, I have to say that the show was beautifully done.
"Dean Li, long time no see."
"It's been a long time since I last saw Prime Minister Xun."
The two chatted for a while, and Li Zhen asked, "What's the situation in Xiping County now?"
"This is the situation. Everyone is very enthusiastic about cultivating grain fields. After all, hybrid rice has won the Kyushu Science and Technology Award. People generally trust hybrid rice."
Li Zhen asked again: "How is the feedback on the use of the plow machine?"
Xun Shifei looked embarrassed and laughed, "No one wants to use a plow."
Li Zhen frowned: "No one in the family can use it?"
"Well, there is no one in Xiping County."
There was a trace of dissatisfaction in Li Zhen's eyes: "Didn't Prime Minister Xun take the lead in using it?"
Xun Shifei was silent for a while: "If I want to work at the grassroots level, I have to dance with a hoe. If I have to use a machine to work in the fields and sit on it without moving, then when the people see how much I enjoy it, they will Don’t you think I’m putting on a show? So I’m useless.”
This is just one aspect. Another bigger aspect is actually the same reason. Xun Shifei also believes that only the land planted by humans has spirituality. After using the plow machine, it seems that I have lost my spirituality.
This time, Xun Shifei received a military order to lift poverty all over Xizhou. He just did it and maintained the status quo, which is credit. Any mistake is a big mistake.
He hopes that the grassroots in Xizhou can be elected emperor in the next term. So he didn't dare to try anything new, so he just maintained the status quo and was safe. No need to take risks.
This is the biggest factor.
have to.
Li Zhen knew that he didn't need to say anything anymore. Xun Shifei did not support or object.
Xizhou established the Agricultural Machinery Bureau to give itself face.
But whether the common people use it or not has nothing to do with the government.
The government did not dare to violate Li Zhen's wishes, and neither did Xun Shifei. Therefore, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau was established. In theory, the government also supports ordinary people in using agricultural machinery.
But that's just theory. In fact, government workers had to use agricultural machinery to do their work. However, due to Li Zhen's prestige, they only supported it superficially, but not in reality.
Therefore, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau of Xizhou is simply like a decoration. The government appears to support it, but in fact it does not. The people at the Agricultural Machinery Bureau were also helpless. In addition, ordinary people generally do not trust machine operations. The Agricultural Machinery Bureau cannot force ordinary people to use it in this environment, right
Li Zhen rubbed his temples with a headache. I sighed secretly in my heart that I still received too little education.
How come farming is related to metaphysics
Even Xun Shifei, the prime minister of the country, supported machine production on the surface, but actually did not support it.
Li Zhen is determined to help people get rid of poverty and increase productivity, but mountains and rivers are all obstacles.
Without talking too much nonsense to Xun Shifei or persuading him, Li Zhen took Jia Liping and others to their residence in Xiping County.
"There is generally no support. Then the Agricultural Machinery Bureau will become a decoration."
"Yes, Master Li. Jinchang County uses it so well, why is it not right in other places?"
"Come with me to visit and see what's going on. Metaphysics? This is too mysterious. How can farming be related to spirituality?"
"Everyone firmly believes that the day of hoeing is at noon. It is difficult to accept that something can be harvested without exerting much physical effort."
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With their hands behind their backs and a few guards, Li Zhen and Jia Liping went to visit the villages and towns below.
Xizhou's target this year is not only to get rid of poverty, but also to produce excess grain production. Therefore, the existing cultivated land is not enough. Every county is reclaiming wasteland, so we must grow more food. In fact, there is indeed too little cultivated land in Xizhou.
But now, as the planting season is approaching, Xizhou has changed drastically.
Li Zhen stood on the top of the field and looked around. There were lively scenes everywhere. People were sweating under the scorching sun and digging out wasteland piece by piece with hoes.
Among these people who are reclaiming farmland, there are not only mud-legged people, but also many, many brightly dressed people. A young man with leather shoes tied around his waist.
These people are all young and strong civil servants sent by the government, and some of them are a few in the army. But most of them are public servants.
These people are afraid that their leather shoes will be soiled while farming, so they can only take off their leather shoes and tie them around their waists. They would rather step barefoot in the dirt than have their leather shoes dirty.
Everyone naturally understands this behavior. So at first glance, it feels weird.
In the fields all over the mountains and plains, there are leather shoes dangling around the waist. Li Zhen couldn't help but show a funny look: "Why are they not afraid of getting their clothes and pants dirty? Why are they afraid of getting their shoes dirty?"
Jia Liping laughed and said, "You can wash your clothes and pants if they get dirty. Leather shoes are expensive. If you step on the ground randomly, it won't matter if they get dirty. They will feel uncomfortable if they get a few marks."
"Then if it were me, I would just take off my clothes and pants."
"That's not possible, Mr. Li, you don't understand their mentality. Those who can be sent to work are all grassroots civil servants, and some have just entered the system. The upright uniform is a symbol of their status. They are afraid of being misunderstood by others as farmers, so they wear those clothes when working. The effect is that people can tell at a glance that they are civil servants sent down, not farmers. "
Li Zhen frowned, but shook his head and smiled bitterly.
There is nothing you can do about it. You hate the poor and love the rich.
It is generally believed that farmers have a low status and civil servants have a high status. Therefore, when working, I would rather wear a uniform and bare feet than be more neat and change into farmer's clothes.
Jia Liping laughed again and said: "But the mentality of these people is about to be solved and improved. When the policy is announced next year, all civil servants must go to the grassroots level for training, they must go to help people get rid of poverty, they must go to the countryside to help people work, and lead people to get rich. In this way, we can let them take root among the masses and let them have a deep understanding of who they are and where they came from."
(End of chapter)