Chapter 609: What kind of Prefect spends his time farming and tilling the fields?【2】

Liangzhou, Hanyang Commandery, outside Jixian County.

Near a plot of farmland several *li* outside the city of Jixian.

As the weather turned warmer, the commoners had already begun their spring plowing in the second month.

Among the fields surrounding Jixian, one could see commoners busy at work everywhere.

Yet, in the last few days, a strange sight had appeared in these fields outside Jixian.

Over a hundred Liangzhou cavalrymen were stationed outside a patch of farmland.

And within the field, a robust figure dressed in coarse hemp clothing with his trouser legs rolled up was tilling the soil diligently, without pause, from morning until night.

And this person was someone whom no one in Jixian, or even the entire Hanyang Commandery, failed to recognize.

In all of Liangzhou, there was no one who did not know him.

This was the current Prefect of Hanyang Commandery, General Who Breaks the Qiang.

Duan Yu.

During the winter, Duan Yu had traveled to almost every township and pavilion in Hanyang Commandery.

And under Duan Yu's promotion, Hanyang Commandery had issued a new administrative decree.

The name of the decree was quite cute.

Even a bit childish.

It was called 【Hand in Hand】.

That's right, the name of this brand-new decree was indeed 【Hand in Hand】.

The specific content of the decree was that during the winter snow disasters, the officials in the townships and pavilions—the *Youzhi* and the Three Elders—must register and document the households of the disaster-stricken commoners.

They were to record every family in the township or pavilion that was in difficulty and needed help.

Then, the county level would resolve and report it, eventually consolidating it at the commandery level.

Hanyang Commandery would then uniformly distribute the money and grain to resolve the disaster relief issues.

If, within a township or pavilion, five or more people were found to have frozen or starved to death during the winter, the local minor officials of that township or pavilion would all be dismissed from office.

Under the forceful implementation of Duan Yu's decree.

Hanyang Commandery had been filled with warmth throughout the entire winter.

The commoners felt this most deeply.

And Duan Yu often took time to wander between the townships and pavilions to inspect them personally.

Without a doubt, the effect of this new policy, under Duan Yu's strong-handed approach and attitude, was well-implemented and resolved.

That winter, the number of commoners who froze to death in Hanyang Commandery was minimal.

The commoners all kept Duan Yu's kindness in their hearts.

The more bitter and cold the land, the more fierce the folk customs of the commoners, and the more simple-minded they were.

Whoever treated them well, they would repay with kindness many times over.

Therefore, Duan Yu's reputation in Hanyang Commandery now was, if one said it was at its zenith, it might even be an understatement.

In the past, commoners cursed officials.

It was because the officials did nothing.

But now, if anyone dared to curse Duan Yu, they would likely be driven out of the township or pavilion.

At this moment, the time was approaching noon. ===== CHAPTER 611 =====