I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 212 Mr. Pei asks advice!
"Actually, whether it's the Green Crop Law, the Recruitment Law, or the Fangtian Average Tax Law, there are two reasons for his failure.

For one thing, there are too many opponents and hindrances.

Second, the country asks too much from the people. "

As soon as Guo Yi's words fell, Mr. Pei couldn't wait to ask: "What are opponents and hinderers?"

Not only him, but several others also looked at Guo Yi and listened curiously.

"Let's talk about the opponents first. Let's take the Fangtian Average Tax Law as an example. The imperial court ordered the whole country to clear the land, verify the land owners, and classify the land into five grades according to the quality of the soil as the basis for land tax collection.

To put it bluntly, it is called the Fangtian Average Tax Law; to put it bluntly, it is to overthrow the local tyrants and gentry and divide the land!

Is this possible?Are there poor people hoarding land?Aren't all the people hoarding land from those aristocratic families?

Aren't they all those court officials?In this way, they are naturally opponents! "

About this point, Pei Xianggong is naturally clear: "Then how to solve it?"

"Use the party struggle to clear out the opponents! You don't need to kill him, just exile yourself and confiscate your property! The reason why Fan Xianggong failed in the first place was because he was too merciful!
If the heads of those who don't be killed are endless, and if dozens of people are not exiled, how can it be regarded as a party struggle?

He was prime minister for the second time at that time, and as soon as he came to power, he should liquidate dissidents and exile all opponents to him! "

"A joke! Dozens of them are exiled. How will the vacant positions be filled? How does the court work? How do the people manage it?"

Facing Pei Xidao's questioning and reprimand, Guo Yi couldn't help laughing: "Pei Xianggong, an official, is actually not as important as you think!

Just like the sunrise and sunset, the people work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and they have long formed a habit.As long as there is no catastrophe, it is the same whether there is an official or not!
Even if there is a vacancy of three to five months, there will be other officials who will form a deterrent, and society will not be chaotic. "

Pei Xidao was silent for a long time after hearing the words. After thinking about it, everyone had to admit that Guo Yi was right.

Officials are more often just a deterrent, deter Xiaoxiao, deter those lawbreakers.

"Then, what about the people who are holding back?"

"Subsidiary officials! In our Great Zhou Dynasty, it is better to say that officials rule the world than scholar-bureaucrats! According to the law, local officials outside the central government are elected every three years, which is the so-called three-year change.

After three years, I'm afraid they still can't recognize all the subordinates in the government office, right?Going to fuck off!

As for those subordinate officials, they will spend their entire lives in the government office!What's more, there is a saying that the son inherits the father's business.

Officials have been here for three years, and they can't even recognize their own subordinates. How can they govern the local area?
As long as these subordinates are willing, they can unite and empty the officials!
As for the implementation of the new law, they are the biggest hindrances! "

"Because they have no hope of promotion?" Regarding this point, Mr. Pei is still clear.

"Yes! Since there is no hope of promotion, we have to make money! Just like the young crop law, they force farmers to borrow money, and raise the interest at will, so as to make money.

There is also the law of exemption from service, which changed the original household to take turns to serve the official service, and changed it to be borne by the government, and the households who did not want to perform the official service paid a certain amount of money according to the level of wealth or poverty.

Even the ranks of rich and poor are set by subordinate officials at will, and many of them are false reports.

This is pure nonsense, those poor people are almost unable to afford food, where can they pay their exemption money?
There is also the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, which has a good intention, but many officials force the people to build water conservancy projects in order to gain political achievements. "

Subordinates are a big problem.

Just like the temporary workers in government offices at all levels...

If there is something to do, the temporary worker will do it, and if there is a problem, the temporary worker will bear it.

But you can't do without them, one is cheap, not to mention the low wages, and there is no five social insurance and one housing fund.

Second, without them, who do you blame?

The same is true for the subordinate officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Not to mention the cheap wages, all the work is still done by them.

This time, not only Pei Xidao, but also King Chu and Xue Qingzhi frowned.

After a long while, Pei Xidao muttered to himself: "Could it be possible that these subordinates should be promoted?"

"Why not?"

"Why not?"

Guo Yi and Xue Qingzhi responded in unison. After speaking, the two couldn't help but look at each other.

"You speak first!" Guo Yi was very modest.

Xue Qingzhi nodded and said: "There are really too many officials in our Great Zhou Dynasty, but many of them take money and do nothing. As far as this old man is concerned, there is actually no need to support them.

It's better to free up some positions for these subordinates, so that they have the idea of ​​promotion, and they can be more disciplined! "

"That's right! Every three or two years, we'll find a group that will be wiped out, and leave it to those who really do things. It's too much of a burden on the people to support so many useless officials."

When father became a high-ranking official, his son, his relatives, and retainers would be able to gain shade and be an official without the imperial examination.

Simply ridiculous.

One person is a high-ranking official, and 20 people are promoted...

They are all on empty pay, and they are all drinking the blood of the common people.

"Yes! Erlang is right!" Xue Qingzhi also nodded in agreement: "There are too many people who receive salaries and too few people who do things. And these salaries are all imposed on the poor people."

When Mr. Pei heard the words, he neither nodded nor shook his head, but turned his head to look at Guo Yi, and continued to ask: "The country asks too much from the people, why?"

"One is that the imperial court spent too much, gave it to Beiliao to Xixia, and raised too many useless officials. If there was a disaster in some place, they had to be recruited to support the Xiang army.

The second is that government agencies at all levels make too little money, and there is no way to get rich, and they all rely on the support of the people. "

Pei Xianggong frowned again. He understood the first point, but the second point: "What do government agencies make too little money?"

"As a government, you have to find a way to lead the people to make money. It's like the Green Crop Law. In February and May every year, when the green crops are not harvested, the government will give farmers loans and grain loans, and take two or three cents of the interest every six months, with two or three cents in summer and autumn respectively. tax return.

If there are other ways to make money other than farming, the young crop method will naturally not be used.

Just like Jinghu North Road and Jinghu South Road, or the hemp silk of Kuizhou Road.The salt fields in Liuzhi River, the straw mats made of reeds in Zhangjiawan, and the pond fish farming techniques in Laohanzhuang are all adapted to local conditions and each has its own characteristics.

As a government, you have to find out the local characteristics, and then lead the people to make a fortune, instead of using the young crop method, and lending money to the people to live, is simply absurd.

To put it bluntly, you have to let the common people have income other than land.Instead of relying on the sky to eat!
Just like Kuizhou Road, when a drought hits, everything is over! "

His Royal Highness the King of Chu has the best experience of this, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "Just like when Erlang first found carbon and wax oil on the mountain? Not to mention Jianniu, the whole village is building new houses.

Those matchmakers who said they were close didn't break the threshold.

Until later, after Erlang came to assist Gu, he built the Liuzhihe Salt Field, a papermaking workshop, and a hydraulic loom workshop.

Erlang really has a far-reaching plan! "

(End of this chapter)