Measuring fields, equalizing and exempting taxes.
It looks like just eight characters, nothing much.
Before governing a county, Geng Songfu also thought so.
But since taking office, he realized how difficult it was to achieve.
Not to mention this, even when he previously banned favoritism and bribery, he encountered tremendous resistance, and there were even strikes.
At this moment, he had become interested in this young man named Chen Mo.
Delving deeper, he discovered that this person had established a school in the village, offering free education to children and adults to learn literacy.
He also promoted arithmetic, and a multiplication song was sung by the children throughout the county, catchy and easy to remember.
By offering work for relief, he solved the refugee resettlement problem and provided food and shelter for the homeless.
