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Chapter 642 With the Holy Ancestor, Don't Worry About Money
Yongping Prefecture has to undertake both the pilot work of subdividing land to households and the pilot work of cleaning up the bureaucracy. The work of Shuan Zhu, the prefect of Yongping, is not without difficulty, but these two tasks actually have something in common.

Where is the commonality?
It is these two tasks that require a capable cadre team to carry out.

In this way, it involves the issue of personnel training.

For a long time, Jia Liu has not paid much attention to the construction of the talent team.

The main reason is that he has been active in the army, or he is working in the management committee of the scenic spot, and the bottom, especially the civil affairs, has no chance to intervene.

The talents in the army and the local talents are obviously not the same thing.

President Li realized that the team of talents can help the Gongjin cause, so he drastically rectified the provincial official team in Sichuan, so that nearly [-]% of the officials in Sichuan Province joined the Gongjin Association, thus ensuring that the Gongjin Association will firmly hold Sichuan. Take control.

However, the limitations of the times also made Chairman Li only focus on officials above the county level, and still use the past system for rural governance.

This leads to a problem, that is, the rural people who account for the majority of the population are not active in the construction of Sichuan Province, or in the eyes of the people, the government's affairs have nothing to do with them.

To put it bluntly, the countryside is still a backwater.

It is said that the Spring River is a prophet of water heating. For the common people, they may not know that the water in the Spring River is warm.

Information channels are restricted, vision and knowledge are restricted, and everything is still the same as in the past. They do what the government says.

As long as they can still have a bite to eat and survive starvation, most people will not take the initiative to change their current living conditions.

Even for those who dare to eat crabs, the people will laugh at them, saying that this person is a bum, a prodigal, or doesn't learn well.

This status quo has continued since the concept of a country came into being.

Unable to effectively mobilize the countryside, it is doomed that Sichuan’s current development may be faster than in the past, but in the end it is just a big province in the traditional concept. , Shandong almost.

No amount of it is realistic.

If it weren't for the division of banner fields to households, Jia Liu, the governor of Zhili, might not have thought of reforming the vast rural areas and building a team of capable grassroots talents.

The redistribution of millions of acres of land involves hundreds of thousands of Han tenant farmers in Yongping Prefecture. Without a capable grassroots team, how could this matter be implemented quickly and effectively.

If you want to carry out reform and new policies in Zhili, you cannot do without mobilizing the rural system and tapping the huge energy contained in the countryside.

If the peasants, who accounted for the majority of the population, were unable to absorb the fruits of industrialization, then Jia Liu's New Deal must have failed.

Therefore, a capable grassroots team loyal to him can not only help Jia Liu to complete the direct leadership of the farmers, but also provide unlimited manpower and a broad market for his New Deal, and at the same time provide Zhili with a larger taxation fund In the end, the common people carried Master Jia Jia into the Forbidden City by carrying sedan chairs.

With the support of the people, this emperor, Jia Liu can't even think about it.

Everything, seemingly irrelevant, actually complements each other.

Naturally, the training of rural talents involved in the New Deal reform should also be put into trial operation immediately, and it will be promoted in an all-round way by taking advantage of the governor's encouragement to distribute land for the landless Han people.

"The so-called national power does not come down to the county, but only the clan under the county, and the clan is self-governing. Self-government depends on ethics, and ethics creates squires."

In order for Shuan Zhu to understand the importance of cultivating talents and building a team of grassroots cadres, Jia Liu first had to let him know the rules governing the operation of the administrative systems of the past dynasties.

Jia Liu asked: "The power of the country is the power of the emperor. Since ancient times, the rule of the imperial court has basically reached the county level. There are almost no officials receiving regular salaries below the county level. Then let me ask you, since the imperial power does not go to the countryside, how do farmers in the villages and even deep mountains and old forests pay their food? , pay taxes, how does the government catch up with the poor?"

Shuan Zhu said: "Isn't it relying on the protection of the village, and there are three classes and six houses?"

Township Baojia is the system of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Chengming system has been used, that is, for rural areas, the county-level government relies on the Baochang and the old man to manage the farmers.

Whether it is checking the household registration, paying taxes and taxes, or maintaining local law and order, you need to rely on these chief bailiffs.

If the "three shifts and six houses" are the large and small bureau units in the county, Baojia Lilao is the village and town organization below.

On the issue of "three classes and six houses", Jia Liu once discussed the possibility of restructuring with Lao Yang, Zhili Chief Political Officer.

Currently limited by funds, it cannot be promoted yet, but the reform of the administrative system must be put on the agenda in the future.

Baojia and Xiangyue were elected by the localities themselves in the Ming Dynasty, but not by the people, but by the local gentry and landlords.

In other words, the Baojia chiefs in the Ming Dynasty were actually the spokespersons of the squires, and only those who were in line with the interests of the squires could take on this role.

The Qing Dynasty carried out reforms on this, that is, the Baojia chief was no longer elected by the localities, but directly appointed and replaced by state and county officials.

It seems that the rule of the imperial power in the rural areas has been strengthened, but the actual change is not the medicine.

Because the county magistrate didn't know who could be the chief of Baojia.

Therefore, the list of candidates submitted to the master's desk was drawn up by the local gentry.

The local gentry is precisely the biggest obstacle to the government's governance of the grassroots.

In many cases, gentlemen have to discuss with the squires, instead of thinking that an administrative order can achieve their goals.

The squires refused to agree, and the master had to be replaced.

Because the gentlemen can be changed at any time, and the squires have been passed down from generation to generation, forming a deep-rooted and intricate network of interests on the land.

Cracking down on squires is not a good thing for officials.

Although Jia Liu is the governor of Zhili, it is impossible for him to be an enemy of the gentry in the whole province.

After all, the squire has been the most important part of the ruling system since ancient times, even the most basic one.

Fortunately, the biggest advantage of using Yongping Mansion to pilot various projects is that there is actually no squire power in this place.

Because all the land in Yongping Mansion belongs to Zhengbai Banner in Manchuria, so of course there are no Han landlords and gentry.

Even if there is, it is also the spokesperson of the bannerman.

It is the group of packers who work as supervisors or contractors in Qizhuang. This group of people is also the main part of the chief of Baojia in Yongping Prefecture.

It might be more accurate to describe them as coated squires.

And these squires who were born in coats could not compete with Jia Liu at all.

He is not afraid of Lao Man, let alone a bunch of coats.

In response to this favorable situation, Jia Liu instructed Shuan Zhu, the new prefect of Yongping, to bypass these wrapped Baojia chiefs and re-appoint a new grassroots management team.

They are mainly appointed from landless Han tenants. Literacy is the best, but illiterates are fine. There is no age limit. There is only one condition.

Jia Liu asked Shuan Zhu, "Do you still remember the soldier selection system I implemented in the Dagu Water Camp?"

Shuan Zhu was also smart, and immediately understood what the young master meant: "Let the landless Han people nominate the Chief of Baojia like the Shuiying soldiers?"

"That's right, let the people elect themselves, but instead of calling them Baojiachang, they are called committee members."

Jia Liu means that villages should have village committee members, townships should have township committee members, and larger market towns should have town committee members.

These committees report directly to the county magistrate.

In some places with convenient transportation, if the market town is large, the county-level assistant officer can be directly stationed in the town and serve as a committee member.

Regardless of the level of committee members, there must be corresponding office space.

The village is simple, a thatched hut, or the committee member's own home.

Township and town committees can give some funds to build a one-story house or something to use as an office. These offices are directly under the county magistrate, and can be equipped with one or two book offices, menzi, Kuaishou, Minzhuang, etc., but no more than 20 people.

Where Zuo Erguan also serves as a town committee member, there are no more than 40 other assistants, arresters, bearers, grooms, etc.

To put it bluntly, Jia Liu is going to establish a three-level management system of village, township (town), and county in Yongping on a pilot basis.

This is actually the practice of the Jiangnan area in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because the economy in the Jiangnan area is developed and the business is prosperous, some towns have a population larger than that of a county in other places, up to 300,000. Naturally, it is necessary for the government to send a special "order officer" "Government in the town.

For example, the county magistrate is stationed, the master is stationed, and the officials are stationed. The highest level even has five-rank Tongzhi stationed in the town.

In essence, the Zuo Er official stationed in the town is equivalent to the meaning of the mayor entering the county.

No matter which dynasty or generation, the government system is mostly similar, but the terms are different.

At the same time, Jia Liu asked Shuan Zhu to open a grass-roots cadre school in Yongping Prefecture, in the name of the prefecture, to publish a list in all counties to recruit children with more than 16 literacy, aged over 40 and under [-] years old.

Regardless of origin, regardless of poverty, regardless of whether they are bannermen or not.

These "cadres" take half a year as a semester, and mainly teach knowledge related to civil affairs. After completing their studies, they are assigned to the village committee as an intern. Served in the sixth room office of the class.

These instant "cadres" are not officials, but officials, that is, personnel used to enrich grassroots administration.

As for whether officials will become officials in the future, it depends on how far Mr. Jia Jia can go.

When the officials of these accelerated cadre schools fully control the government operating system of a county, a prefecture or even a province, then Jia Liuzhen will be able to make one order and the whole province will be mobilized.

The importance of personnel training can be seen.

Of course, Jia Liu is giving a general idea here, and the specific implementation depends on the magistrate Shuan Zhu.

He is at ease with Shuan Zhu and recognizes his ability. If Shuan Zhu can really do these arduous tasks well in Yongping Mansion and sum up a set of feasible experience models for promotion in the whole province, he will definitely be qualified to sleep with him in the future. imperial mausoleum.

"Gui Tu and the others, I'm gone. You will report to Lao Yang about Yongping's case later. Deputy Director Ding will contact you. If you need anything, just report it according to the procedure."

Jia Liu looked at Shuan Zhu expectantly.

As soon as he heard that the young master was leaving, Shuan Zhu hurriedly asked the young master if he was going back to Baoding.

Jia Liu said he planned to return to Baoding in October.

"Where is the young master going?"

"I went to Pirates to write a letter saying that the mausoleum of the Emperor Shengzu has been completely infiltrated and collapsed by stagnant water. The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry will send people to repair it. As the minister in charge of Dongling, I have to go and see it myself to be at ease. .”

Jia Liu patted Shuanzhu on the shoulder encouragingly, "Do it hard, let it go, do it boldly, don't worry about money, there is a holy grandfather."

(End of this chapter)