Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 580 Weihai
August Mid-Autumn Festival, Weihai, Shandong.

A boat sailed from Weihai Town Port to Liugong Island Wharf.

"It is said that during the Warring States period, this island was the residence of Liu Gong. Some people also said that after the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Liu family came to this island to avoid chaos. Now there is no way to verify it, but there is Liu Gong Temple and Liu Mother Temple on the island. There is also the Dragon Palace Temple.”

"Before, there were only two villages on the island, the east and the west, and the population was small. My emperor moved the capital to Dengzhou, stationed troops in Weihai, and built workshops and docks on this island, which made this place more and more prosperous."

A group of people got off the boat, looked at the newly expanded pier in Liugong Island, and felt the vitality.

After Zhu Yihai entered Denglai, he also abolished the guards in Shandong. The actual land guards were directly established as counties and towns. If there were no land guards, they were directly merged into counties and townships. For Weihai Town.

In the new system of the Shaotian Dynasty, it was stipulated that the seat of the prefecture and county seat was the city, and the towns, villages, and villages outside the city were established as towns with a population of [-] or more, and the rest were townships.

Weihai was officially evacuated and established as a town, with streets and villages under its jurisdiction.

Due to the excellent location of Weihai Port and the fact that the port is not frozen for most of the year, it has also become the station of the Navy, and it is very convenient to reach Incheon, North Korea from here.Today, Ming and North Korea trade by sea, and North Korea opens several ports such as Pyongyang, Uiju, and Incheon to Ming.

The number of merchant ships entering and leaving Weihai Port has also increased significantly.

On Liugong Island, there are also fortresses, naval battalions, naval schools, and teaching camps. There are many family members of the imperial camp officers and soldiers on Liugong Island. With the establishment of cannon factories and shipyards, This made this sea mountain and fairy mountain very lively.

Originally, there were only two small villages, but now they quickly surpassed [-] people.

The island, which is less than ten miles away from Weihai Port, is busy at the pier.

There was someone on the pier to greet him.

"Now Liugong Island is very prosperous." The mayor of Weihai Town accompanied several officials from Tokyo and said, Liu Jizu, the head of Liugong Island, answered, "Indeed, I grew up here. He lived on this island since then. During the Hongwu period, Weihaiwei was set up and became a military household. Later, due to harassment by Japanese pirates, the imperial court moved all the people on the island to the mainland. During the Jiajing period, the island was once occupied by Japanese pirates.

After the Japanese pirates were pacified, we returned to the island to farm. "

Liu Jizu is the chief security officer of Liugong Island.

In the past, in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power did not come down to the counties, and if the county was not governed, it was all governed by the gentry.

Zhu Yihai's Shaotian court now has townships under the county, and Baojia under the township.There are township offices and town offices in townships, and Baojia also has Baogong offices.

Townships have township chiefs, mayors, deputy chiefs and deputy mayors, one to three clerks, one to three township (town) Ding, Baogong all Baochang, deputy Baochang, Baoding one to three, each with a There is also a Chief Jia.

Implement the trinity of discipline, education and health, manage household registration, taxation, public security, etc.

It used to be that the villages were handed over to the gentry and the great clan for self-government, but Zhu Yihai felt that although this would save trouble, there were many problems, so he integrated them and strengthened management.

The township mayor is an exile, but has specific duties and tasks to assist the county in handling affairs.

In fact, in the past, although there were two or three officials in each county, there were not many officials, but in fact, there were thousands of subordinate officials in some large counties, but they were not formally established, but they still ate from the public, and the expenses were also added to the common people. Yes, but it's not listed in the official tax of the imperial court.

The imperial power does not go to the countryside, so the officials are all concentrated at the county level.

If there is a need, we should face it squarely. Instead of crowding in the county government, it is better to send it out reasonably.

A sound organization and clear responsibilities can certainly improve efficiency and facilitate the people.

Although Liu Jizu, the security chief, is not popular, he has three dragon silver salary a month, and there are quite a few specific things, ten households get one card, ten cards get one top, ten tops one security, normally one thousand households one security, However, it is actually flexible, and there is even a joint guarantee on top of the guarantee.

Liugong Island has developed rapidly. From the original two villages with more than a hundred households to now over ten thousand. Although many of them are under the management of the imperial army, a new village has been built. The original two villages Also the population increased.

In fact, Liu Jizu, the security chief, now manages not a thousand households, but almost the entire population of the demilitarized zone on Liu Gong Island, which is more than a few thousand households.

Not only did he have to manage thousands of Baoding, but he also had a team of hundreds of local braves, and even a security team of dozens of people, and a team of clerks in the security office with a dozen people.

From household registration management, to public security patrols, security training, even anti-theft and thieves, combating smuggling, etc., everything must be managed, even ordinary civil disputes and litigation must be managed, unless it is a criminal case or an important civil case, the general They are responsible for mediating civil disputes.

So don't look at it as a miscellaneous job, but it is also a ten-li hou.

One of the most important tasks of the security chiefs is to manage the cards of ten houses. Every ten houses have a card, and the place of residence, name, age, and industry of each household must be registered in detail on it.

Each card has to take turns to check and update the household registration status on the card at any time. In case of suspicious strangers, they must report at any time.In the evening, we have to be on duty to watch the night, to prevent fire and theft!
When the bosses are on duty, they have to be responsible for inspecting the situation of each house. If anyone is out or someone has relatives, they have to ask clearly.

In the era of war and turmoil, such a strict Baojia system can strictly guard against spies and thieves and attack bandits.And the young and strong men of each household are organized into Baoding, and then the strong men are selected from Baoding in rounds to be Xiangyong, and they train in their spare time.And transfer people in turn to act as security team members to carry out security tasks such as patrols.

It is indeed of great help to the security of the countryside.

Even this Baojia law provides good reserve soldiers for war.

So don't look at the lack of grades of the chief security officer, but for a big security like Liu Gongdao, they also have a security school, security team, rural security group, security office, etc., and they also need to help collect tax and grain during the tax collection season.

Today the mayor personally accompanied the people from Tokyo, and Liu Baochang did not dare to neglect.

Since the emperor moved his capital to Dengzhou, this Weihai has become the land of Gyeonggi. At the foot of the emperor, it is like Liugong Island. There are also many soldiers and horses stationed, as well as naval schools and naval training camps. There are not only garrisons and apprentices , There are also royal workshops and imperial workshops under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu Supervisor and the Ministry of Industry.

These are things he can't control, but after all, they are on the same island, and they often deal with each other, which requires strong communication skills, otherwise it will not be good to be a long-term security officer.

Shangguan, who accompanied the capital, went around the island, introduced the situation everywhere, even inspected the security team in Xiabaoli, and specially summoned the township group in Baoli.

"My official visit this time is to prepare for the Weihai Post Office. Weihai will prepare a post station here, as well as a post office. , express delivery shop, postal delivery shop, and the People’s Letters Bureau, etc.”

This green-robed official is from the newly established post office of the Ministry of War, and he is here to do preparatory inspections, site selection, recruitment, etc.

There are many things to do, so I'm here to make a stand.

"Your Excellency, if you need anything, just ask, and our Liu Gongbao will definitely cooperate with all our strength." Liu Jizu was very happy. Anyway, these Bao offices are cooperating with the higher-level yamen.

"Yantai is a big port, and it will be more prosperous and lively in the future, so there will be more water and land post offices, postal shops, etc., and more staff. The current plan is to recruit 300 people first."

Liu Jizu thought that the postmen recruited by the postman were still the same as before, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried. It is recognized that the postpost harms the people. Layers of skin sucking blood.

"Your Majesty is benevolent, reformed the post delivery system, and the treatment of post soldiers is also very good."

He briefly talked about the situation of the postmen. They need to be recruited from various villages and towns, and they should choose good children, aged between 30 and [-]. Of course, those who can ride horses and sail boats are more preferred.

After being selected, the treatment will be very good. First, after becoming a postman, he will be affiliated to the Ministry of War, which is equivalent to a quasi-soldier, and he will be paid on a monthly basis.

The basic salary of postmen is two taels, and there will be some increases for horsemen and boatmen.

"There are two taels of labor, food and silver in January?" Liu Jizu was very surprised. He used to be a military household in Weihaiwei, and he knew very well how much the local government servants, postmen and the like earn, and many low-level servants are limited to one person. For those who work in six taels of food and silver, one and a half taels a month.

Some scribes can only do one or two a month.

Therefore, if you work as an errand for the yamen, if you really rely on the little work and food money on the surface, you can't support yourself, let alone support your family, you have to find opportunities to make money.

In the past, the postmen in the Ming Dynasty were even worse. Being a postpost was exhausting, and they might have to pay for it.

"Does Erliang want to raise horses?" He asked.

"There is money for fodder for raising horses, and two liang is just working food silver."

Since the imperial court wants to rebuild the post office, it is impossible to be the same as before. Is it necessary to force out another Li Zicheng?

After that, postmen are paramilitary personnel, belonging to the Ministry of War, probably similar to Tunzhen soldiers, who are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, which is equivalent to an iron rice bowl.

Not only monthly pay, but also enjoy distribution of post clothes, shoes, etc.

Of course, the most important point is that the imperial court intends to requisition some fields around the place where the post and post are set up and set them up as post fields.The property rights of these post fields are owned by the imperial court and are specially leased to the postmen's family members.

The tenant rent is divided into four or six, and the tenants are six, and only the autumn grain is harvested.

As long as the postman is in office, he can enjoy the right to rent ten acres of land, and if he can't finish planting, he can sublet it.

The tenancy rights will not be taken away until the courier is old and resigns, or dies.

This is an extra guarantee for postmen.

Although in today's war-torn era, land prices have dropped.

However, land is still not something everyone can own. Even if the imperial court grants land to distribute, it still takes out official land to distribute, and private land must also be protected and cannot be seized at any time.

Therefore, the land is limited, and it must be given priority to soldiers and rewards to meritorious officials according to their contributions.Therefore, the vast majority of ordinary poor people have no chance to get the land.

As for the cultivation of the tenant land, it is subject to the landlord, and a stable and reliable original leasehold right is also very important.

Even before the Ming Dynasty, in a rich place like Jiangnan, there was a separation of field bone and field skin, that is, the landlord owned the land ownership, that is, the field bone, and the tenancy right was the field skin.The land is bought and sold, but the rent is not broken.

Even though many landlords own the land, they do not have the right to lease the land. The lease right is in the hands of the person who owns the land. One land has two owners. The person who owns the land can sublease or even resell the land. Because of the scarcity and preciousness of land.

For example, the imperial court now allocates a post field for the post station and rents it out to the postmen’s family for farming. This is indeed a very good welfare. In the future, when the situation is stable, this welfare will become more precious.

Before the imperial court established Tunzhen, it took the surrounding fields of Tunzhen to belong to Tunzhen, and then gave the Tunzu the right to rent some fields.

Two taels of silver a month is neither low nor high. After all, postmen are hard work, so renting a postfield can also increase their income and strengthen their security.

For the imperial court, renting out official land to the people is the same as renting it to anyone, but if it is first rented to those who serve the imperial court, this is equivalent to a benefit in disguise, which is beneficial but not costly.

"The postmen should choose the locals with clean net worth, three generations of no criminal record, three 30-year-old young and strong men, voluntary registration, physical examination screening, and anyone who meets the requirements can register and then be selected!"

The more Liu Jizu heard it, the more he felt that this was a good thing. Being selected as a postman was equivalent to becoming a soldier, and there was no danger. Although the treatment was not as good as being a soldier, it was not bad.

Moreover, the lord also said that the postmen belonged to the paramilitary personnel under the command of the Ministry of War. In the future, supplementary soldiers such as the imperial battalion, the capital battalion, and the line battalion would also be given priority in selection from the postmen and postmen.

"My lord, there is a kid in my family in his early twenties who can ride a horse and sail a boat. Do you think he can sign up?"

"As long as you meet the conditions, you can sign up."

(End of this chapter)