During the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xu was good at governing the people. He first served as an adjutant in Yunzhou. At that time, the river canal was silted, causing the paddy fields to be abandoned for decades without planting, and one after another, none of them could be dredged. When Zhang Xu first arrived, Taishou talked about this problem, but he was afraid that he would mobilize the people and lose his life and money. Zhang Xu went to inspect and said: "If there is a certain amount of manpower, this project can be completed in three days." ”
Taishou felt strange and thought he was talking big. Zhang Xu then found a way to summon all the people needed, each person brought tools, and assigned the task according to the number of measuring rulers, and everyone scrambled to complete it in three days. Taishou was very surprised and thought that there was divine help. Zhang Xu was later promoted to Bazhou Taishou, and when he saw a lot of people who were eating, he ordered a book to be set up in each mile, listing the names of each household, and each household reporting the number of men and women.
Then they were assigned to each family to plant a certain amount of corn, mulberry dates, a certain amount of textile gauze, and a certain number of chickens and pigs, and announced them. Zhang Xu went to the countryside to inspect when he had free time, and when he went to a house, he checked his household book, checked how well the task was completed, and punished those who planted less and fed less. So the people became diligent, and no one dared to be lazy. In less than two years, every family has a fixed industry, and their lives are getting richer and richer...