Shen An, a history student, traveled through Zhenguan for three years and became the county magistrate of the poorest county in the Tang Dynasty.
On the first day after taking office, the county government office had a leak and three coppers were hit on the account. The whole county was so poor that even the rats moved away. The imperial court gave him a deadline of three months - if he could not pay 2,000 yuan in taxes, he was dismissed and exiled to Lingnan.
Then he activated a system: 100,000 yuan received every day, which could only be spent in the county and must be spent on the people.
Other county magistrates plundered the people's wealth and anointing, but he gave away money in tears. Building roads, building schools, building medical centers, recruiting refugees with high salaries... The magistrate of the neighboring county is still worried about tax revenue, but his county has already gathered merchants.
Until Li Shimin, who paid a private visit in private, stood at the gate of the city and looked at the market, which was busier than Chang'an——
"When did my world have such a paradise?"
Shen An wiped his sweat: Your Majesty, Rong Chen explains...