Because he was full of imagination about the new magistrate, the clerks from three classes and six rooms soon arrived at the lobby, and sat down in the gentle voice of the prefect and listened to the new magistrate having a meeting.

Ma Mingfeng looked at the expressions of the people and knew what they were thinking. However, he did not say it clearly, but said with a smile: "Everyone, I came here at the order of the emperor. Although it looks very glorious, I know that I am young and have insufficient experience, and I am not very familiar with the customs and culture of the people. Everything depends on you. As the saying goes, one fence and three stakes, one hero and three gangs, everyone is very fire-filled. Without your help, I am a lonely man and can't do anything. I hope that when I need it, I will definitely help you. I will thank you here for thanking you here."

Ma Mingfeng said here, stood up and bowed to the clerks.

The clerks were so panicked that they all stood up and said respectfully to Ma Mingfeng: "You are like this, kill us."

"Why should you be polite sir? Just give me some instructions."

"We are so touched that the master is so approachable and I am willing to work hard for him."

“……”

After Ma Mingfeng and others calmed down, they nodded and said, "I have heard your heartfelt words just now. I have to say that my heart is very touched. It is really a blessing for me to have a helper who knows the overall situation like you, and I want to ask you next. What should be the first thing that I have to do when I take office?"

At this time, a big belly clerk said, "Master, I dare to say, "Little Man is Zhuang's class Liu Dazhuang. The villain believes that the first thing the master does when he takes office should be to visit his superiors. The master should know that my Kaifeng Prefecture is the headquarters of the Henan Provincial Administrator's Office. Not to mention the commander and the Censor. Although these two people have high rank, they cannot control you. However, the governor, the governor, and the governor are different. They all have considerable power and can even decide the promotion and promotion of the master in one thought. The master needs to visit it well. If you can give some money, it would be better. In addition, there is also the King of Zhou. Although the King of Zhou doesn't care about it, this is his territory after all. If you can establish a good relationship, you should try to establish a good relationship. If you visit the King of Zhou, you don't have to give money. You just need to pay a visit..."

Ma Mingfeng nodded after hearing this, and then asked, "I wonder how much money it will cost to visit you guys?"

Liu Dazhuang smiled and said, "There is only one thousand taels of silver for the governor, and the 2 thousand taels of silver for the governor, and the 1,500 taels of silver for the governor, and the 1,500 taels of silver for the governor, and the 3,500 taels of silver for the total. With your status as a master, these silvers will only take two months to repay the capital."

Ma Mingfeng said calmly: "I have recorded this matter. Adults always visit, but they are not in a hurry. I don't know what big things to do?"

But a thin man came forward and said, "Master, the villain is Wang Jing, the headmaster of the fast-track team. The villain believes that visiting the masters is naturally the top priority, but we cannot be idle either. The biggest thing now is the chaotic people. The master does not know that due to the disaster, many unlucky people are connected and robbed big people everywhere, seriously threatening local public security. If this continues, it may cause riots. Therefore, the villain believes that we should send people to suppress the chaotic people as soon as possible, maintain local public security, and ensure the safety of those big people. Many of them are in the court, and there are many people in the court, and the energy is very high. If the master does not do this, they may complain to the superiors, and this will probably be difficult."

"Well, I have recorded this matter. Is there anything else?" Ma Mingfeng sneered. It was obvious that Wang Jing was the spokesperson of the big business. He was thinking about those big business in everything. He must have gained a lot of benefits from it, but he didn't care why the people robbed the big business?

Then some people said that the tax collection could not be raised and asked these troublemakers who did not pay the tax to be locked up; some people suggested that the funds for the construction of the canal were insufficient and the government needed to allocate funds; some people said that there were too many prisoners in prison and that they needed to allocate money to solve the problem of the prisoners' meals, etc., all of which were all based on the problem and were not related to the same trivial matter.

Only Gao Yong, the military officer of the Military Office, said something real: "Sir, the weapons and equipment are not enough now, and many weapons need to be updated. After the wheat harvest, the villain applied for grants many times, but it has not been in place yet. It is now autumn, but the soldiers are still wearing single clothes and winter clothes are even more unreserved. The commander has urged them several times..."

After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng nodded and said, "I have recorded this matter. I will definitely solve this problem in the shortest time. Now that the thieves are raging, I am still in Hubei this year, so I may be in Henan next year. So we must do our best to ensure the supply of arms, especially grain and cotton coats. However, our government has just taken office and does not understand many things, so it may take a few more days."

Gao Yong bowed to his seat, but he didn't understand what the new magistrate's attitude was? Is it really necessary to solve it or deliberately delay it? I was a little confused.

Then a few people talked about the problems they faced, but they were mostly trivial matters that were not painful. Ma Mingfeng refused to comment and ordered everyone to sit down. Finally, he said: "The problems mentioned by you have already recorded. But everything has a priority. Since our residence was ordered by the emperor to govern the people, personal problems are naturally insignificant. Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the most concerned issues of the people. What is the issue of the people most concerned about? Naturally, it is the issue of eating. The so-called food is the most important thing for the people.

Apart from lazy people who get nothing for free, most people take risks because they don’t have food to eat. How can they ensure that the people have food to eat? The most important thing is to ensure that the crops in the fields will not die. Now the two plagues of drought and locusts are in parallel. In fact, the drought is not serious. After all, the water system around Kaifeng is well developed, and we can dig wells and irrigate, and we can persist until the autumn harvest. So the most serious thing at present is the locust plague. Once the locust plague floods, the people will have no harvest. Therefore, we must mobilize the people to eliminate locusts and provide disaster relief!”

"Ah? Destroy, destroy locusts?" After hearing Ma Mingfeng's words, all the clerks present in the three classes and six rooms were stunned, because in traditional concepts, the occurrence of locust plague was caused by disorder in the world and the emperor's morality. They could not be eliminated by destroying locusts. Human efforts to destroy locusts will anger the heavens and cause the disaster to become more and more serious.
Chapter completed!