Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1019

Now that everyone present is in this game, it is no longer enough to be a fool.

The magistrate of Funing County is the smallest, and the situation is still a little bit worse after all.

What he thought was that it would be best for a few more people to take the blame for this matter.

But among the few people who came, none of them wanted to take the blame, and none of them wanted to report to the higher authorities before the matter was over.

Especially reported to the emperor.

Isn't this a problem for the emperor?

Everyone felt that it was obvious that the emperor wanted to kill people and seize the land, and now the case was brought to the court before the case was settled, causing chaos, what should the emperor do?
Those who originally wanted to kill and seize the land, but after the court, there were rumors and gossip, and there must be voices of opposition when they argued at the court.

The emperor can't be like the hooligans in Tianjin Port after the canal was changed to sea transportation. He shouted at the neck and killed people, seized land, and manually suppressed mergers. What the hell!

Only after killing those who should be killed and robbing what should be robbed, and then making this case a typical case of moral corruption, can it be reported.

At that time, the emperor hypocritically said that the killing was too much, and then hello, hello, hello everyone.

People in the room now, everyone is wary of everyone else.

Everyone felt that they were outsiders, and the emperor didn't tell himself in advance.

They all thought that the emperor must have told Liu Yu in advance, so the Governor of Huanghuai thought that the emperor had not told Liao Hanhui?Did you tell the Governor of Huai'an?Is it really just the idea of ​​the magistrate of Funing that these people were "invited" here?

Does the Funing county magistrate mean what the Funing magistrate himself said?

This matter is not a matter of the six governments at all, and it is not a matter of following normal procedures.

If the normal procedures are not followed, then everyone present may be mentioned in advance by the emperor through the normal procedures of non-six government work procedures.

Moreover, the normal government work procedures of the six governments are themselves a rule "given" by the emperor.The emperor can break this rule at any time.Whether the emperor is willing to break this procedure is not the same as whether the emperor can break this procedure.

There is an essential difference between being able and not being able, being willing and not being willing.

If you don't follow the normal work process of the Six Governments, you will have too many direct communications with the emperor in private, and it's hard to guard against.

At this time, the magistrate of Funing County was the most difficult person to get in touch with the court struggle. All the people he met agreed that the matter should be dealt with strictly and quickly, and he had to ask some things clearly.

Not everyone can be the county magistrate of Funing. This county magistrate was transferred from other counties. There are a total of seven characters in the same level. the front.

But whether to be promoted depends on how the officials score in the three-year assessment.

How is the rating reflected?

To put it bluntly, as for the few birdmen in the county government, if they cut off all the squires, he would not be able to handle taxation, labor and other things.

The imperial court paid him that little salary. In theory, he could also form his own "shogunate", find some masters and the like, and participate in the management as "non-staff personnel".

But this is not to give so much money.

Besides, if there is so much money, wouldn't it be enough for the imperial court to support financial personnel directly?
The current taxation model itself is actually tacitly acquiescing to the local government: corruption, corruption, additional payment, apportionment, etc., you can handle it yourself.

After all, there are only so many taxes in the imperial court. Outside of the national tax, if you charge more, in theory, it is against the name of the imperial court’s benevolence and light taxation. When something happens or wants you to have an accident, you will be punished; You can't get things done, and you may not be able to do it, but if you don't have political achievements, you must not be promoted.

This is the headache for the county magistrate of Funing.

I said in my heart that if I were like Duke Xingguo and the governor of Huanghuai, with money and power in my hands, I could support my own staff, open a mansion without opening a mansion, and support dozens of masters, hundreds of accountants, three Five hundred teachers and the like, I don't need these country gentlemen.

You are planning to kill all these squires. After the death, the grassroots will collapse, and you will pat your ass and leave. What should I do?
The county magistrate of Funing thought that it would be easy for you to smash the old county and village system, but where will the new one come from?I, the county magistrate, is in charge of the whole place plus the Xindi area hundreds of miles east of Fangong Dike, just relying on our county government for financial support, and the squires are gone, what the hell?
But it really became the time when Tianbing was in trouble in northern Fujian at the end of the Ming Dynasty: Ling couldn't leave the gate of the county seat!

"Duke, Governor, Lord Fuyin... The lowest rank here is the smallest. If you have a word, you can only mention it."

"These people are unforgivable crimes, but after they are executed, the imperial court will start a second phase of the project in this huge Funing County in the future... This... This, this official really can't control it."

"I'm not afraid to say something that you adults will laugh at. The lower officials have really never cared about the places where there are no squires. Besides, the lower officials have the system of returning to the Qin Dynasty. They are compiled with lijia and filled with county officials, but the lower officials ask for money and people. nor."

"So, my lords, let me give you an idea. What should I do here in the future?"

That's a good question.

The good thing is that besides the county magistrate of Funing, almost no one here cares about what will happen to Funing County in the future.

But no matter how Liu Yu answered this question, he could figure out many hidden things from the answer.

So, everyone turned their eyes to Liu Yu almost in unison.

The Governor of Huai'an thought to himself, this Funing county magistrate is also very slippery, so there is really nothing he can do?No, he has a solution, and I have a solution, but it is difficult to say whether these solutions are the ones His Majesty wants.

Liu Yu didn't shy away from everyone's gaze, and said with a smile, "Indeed, what should Funing County do in the future after killing so many people at once? It really needs to be discussed."

"Nowadays, the imperial court has spent a lot of money to repair the Huaihe River, and the water damage has turned into water conservancy. And the canal has been abolished, and there is no longer a need for beams of water to flush the sand, and the previous rule of the Yellow River to protect the north and not the south is broken. In addition, the sea brine has receded in recent years. It's more than a hundred miles to the east."

"In just a few years, northern Jiangsu can be called a granary land, and land cultivation is no longer as difficult as it used to be. I am still optimistic about this place in northern Jiangsu."

"In "Yugong", Lianghuai is a top-notch place. The Yellow River is rich in mud. As long as the flood problem is solved, the fields in northern Jiangsu may not be worse than those in southern Jiangsu in the future."

This is a real change.

If the Huaihe River is not repaired and the canal is not abandoned, there will be no taxation in northern Jiangsu.

After deducting the salt tax, which cannot be controlled locally, the imperial court's requirements for northern Jiangsu are "don't cause civil uprisings, and provide relief when there is a disaster. It is best to only ask for relief once every three years, please don't ask for it every year."

According to the division of administrative divisions in later generations, Funing County currently manages Binhai County, Sheyang County, and Funing County.If the grain production is added up to count as a county, it is very high.

Except that the production of Yushu, Nong'an, and Gongzhuling in just three to five years is not enough for the grain needed by the Ming Dynasty for 200 years from the Yongle year to the Chongzhen year.

It's no problem to be ranked in the top five with Fuyu, Wuchang and the like.

But now...not to mention the major grain-producing counties, the average annual relief grain plus disaster relief funds can be ranked in the top five in Dashun.

Catch up with Hongze Lake, the Yellow River, and the sea tide to play and play, and basically compete with Shuyang, another Jiangsu grain-producing county in later generations, for the championship of Dashun's food relief, disaster relief funds, and the number of victims.

Why do you have to go to Nanyang first, and then build the Huaihe River after abolishing the canal?

In addition to the military security considerations of the imperial court, according to Liu Yu, if the Huaihe River is built and the canals are abolished before going to Nanyang, half of the people in northern Jiangsu will not "cheat" at the current labor price of Nanyang plantations. .

Subei, a place that was and will be a good place in the past, is now being tortured by the Yellow River, Huaihe River, water transport, and salt administration, and the countryside has been tortured into eighteen levels of purgatory.

Now that the dawn is dawning, and Liu Yu said this, everyone can understand the changes after a little thought.

Although Liu Yu's statement that the grain output in northern Jiangsu may not be worse than that in southern Jiangsu in the future is doubtful, it must be better than before.

And this almost directly reminded the county magistrate of Funing County: the imperial court chose you to come to Funing County at this juncture, not for your ability to rescue disasters, nor your ability to coordinate the construction of the Huaihe River, but for you to bring Funing to the county in the future. Do a good job.

As for how to do it, Liu Yu said again: "Now that the main trunk of the Huaihe River into the sea has been completed, whether it is reclamation or planting in the future, it will need to re-measure the land."

"Fortunately, the imperial court sent some surveying and mapping professionals to practice before, and I just let them measure the barren land. It can also be used to measure cultivated land in the future."

"If we want to reclaim the fields and live up to the imperial court's investment in building the Huaihe River, it is definitely not enough to rely on a Funing county government. After this incident, these students majoring in surveying and mapping will work here for another year. I am in Shangshu imperial court, please The imperial court sent some cadres to fill the villages and towns."

"Don't the ancient Confucians want to equalize the land and implement the school system to divide the fast education? We can also let them try here."

"Where does the money come from? I think the [-]-tax system in southern Jiangsu should also be implemented here. The national tax is sufficient, and the rest will be used by the local government to develop water conservancy and run schools."

"Since southern Jiangsu, Weihai, Jinghai and other places can be different from the world, they can try new policies. I don't think it's impossible for northern Jiangsu."

"In addition, these wastelands can also imitate the stories of Ezo and Taiwan to absorb capital and recruit people to reclaim wasteland."

"Nowadays, the imperial court is not short of money, nor is it short of scholars who can go to the grassroots level. Although they don't read serious books, it is still possible to be a small official. In my opinion, the issue of Funing Ling is not difficult."

After he said this, the rest of the people understood better, Mr. Xindao, you are really only here to deal with moral issues, and it really has nothing to do with land distribution.

He also thought, now that this person is still alive, the emperor has even prepared the blower, the suona team, the fat meat for the funeral banquet, and the paper money for the first seven, so what is there to discuss?Do it now.

It is said that the king let the minister die and the minister had to die, but the king didn't say that the squire died, but just gave some paper money, tinfoil, linen, etc., to die or not to die?
Funing county magistrate is mixed.

The good news is that if he does this, his political achievements as the county magistrate of Funing must rise.

What's worrying is that if I do this, I'm afraid I won't be able to remove the label of the only new party.

Although Wen Zhonggong has "On the Party", the sage also said that gentlemen are not party.

However, I am neither a gentleman nor a villain, but a pure bureaucrat.

I really have no ideals and beliefs, whether it is the rule of three generations, the prosperity of the king, the sharing of land by small farmers, the sharing of the world by scholars and bureaucrats, or the new industry and commerce, I don’t have any, and I don’t believe in all of them...how can I be labeled as a crony? up?

I don't even have ideals and beliefs, how can I be a friend?
Without a concept, there is no way to determine whether the means of governing the government as an official are in line with one's own ideals, and whether what one does is good or bad.

According to Mohism and Confucianism, the power of an official position is a tool to realize ideals, and whether the government is doing well should be reflected and judged based on whether it is closer to the ideal or further away.

However, I have no ideals at all, so being an official is for the sake of being an official. If you are a good official, don't you know if you are promoted or demoted?

A bureaucrat of my own standard basically means that whoever supports whoever is in the temple and whoever sits on the dragon chair calls the saints.But after all, the emperor doesn't really live forever. What if the wind changes in a few years?Is the Weixin party label on me good or bad?

(End of this chapter)