Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 116: Saving the People First Save the Officials! (seeking subscription)

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The door opened a crack.

Fu Su stepped into Ji Heng's room.

He bowed to Ji Heng and said, "Mr. Ji, it's really presumptuous to bother you in the middle of the night."

Ji Heng asked, "What happened in the field today?"

Fusu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "In the morning, you asked me to wait for my brother to inquire about the situation, and you indeed learned some facts, but I really have no idea how to solve the problems in the village, so I took the liberty to go forward. Come to bother."

"Please forgive me, sir."

Ji Heng waved his hand and said casually, "Speak."

Fusu raised his forehead and said: "The reason why the women in the fields loosen the soil at this time is to prepare for the beginning of spring. At present, there are few men in the area. They are either conscripted to build the Great Wall in nearby counties or counties, or they are conscripted as soldiers. , only the old and the weak, women and children are left in the family, Daqin has relatively heavy oral gifts these years, farming cannot be delayed, and there is a shortage of men in the area, so it is impossible to finish farming with only the old and the young."

"So we can only loosen the soil in advance, and hope that during the spring plowing, the fields will be relatively loose so that the spring plowing can be completed."

"But this approach isn't really very useful."

"I can also clearly feel that this woman has a deep resentment towards the government, and it's probably not just one family who has this kind of resentment, but almost half of the pass. The master is resourceful, is there a way to relieve it?"

Fusu bowed to Ji Heng.

He was really scared.

In the past when he was in the palace, although he could hear a little bit, he didn't feel it strongly. It was only when he went to the field and asked about the situation that he deeply understood the critical situation.

This is in Guanzhong.

The hinterland of Great Qin.

Now even the people in Guanzhong are complaining so much, how can this not frighten him?
Ji Heng glanced at Fusu indifferently, shook his head bluntly, and said, "You think too highly of me, I'm just a 'raiser', how can I solve so many things."

"And the solution, the woman has already told you."

Fu Su was taken aback.

He looked at Ji Heng suspiciously, and asked, "Master didn't follow, why did you say that?"

Ji Heng sneered, and said lightly: "You just said it yourself. The biggest problem among the people is the lack of males. If you want to solve it, you can just send these males back. Isn't this a ready-made solution?"

Fusu smiled wryly, and said helplessly, "Sir, don't joke with me. If the imperial court could do it, it would have done it long ago. The gentleman also said before that there are many fortifications in the Daqin area, and there is a need for manpower. Extremely large, this method is simply not advisable right now."

Ji Heng said in a cold voice: "Since it is not possible to send people back, then as in the past, grant a reward."

"Let them feel that what their men do is beneficial to the family."

Fusu pondered for a moment, then asked doubtfully, "Sir, can you explain it carefully."

Ji Heng said indifferently: "The most straightforward thing is to distribute money."

"The reason why the local people are so complaining is that apart from their own men leaving their homes, another reason is that their men are serving corvee for free and cannot provide any help to the family."

"If the imperial court can provide a certain amount of money and food to relieve the pressure on the lives of the local people, even if they still have dissatisfaction in their hearts, they will not be so resentful."

heard.

Fusu smiled wryly.

How could he not know this method, but he really couldn't do it.

There are millions of corvee workers in the world, how can the imperial court have so much money and food rewards?

It's not because I don't want to, but because I can't do it.

Fu Su said: "Mister's method is really difficult to do."

Ji Heng said: "People don't want to let go, but also want people to serve for free, and sometimes the local people even have to send food and clothing by themselves, and the usual land rent is not rare, so why can't we accept the local people's resentment?"

"Don't you think your thoughts are too much?"

Help Su silently.

How could he not know this.

It's just that the current situation is like this, so what can he do?

Fusu bowed solemnly to Ji Heng, and said solemnly, "Please, sir, relieve Da Qin's difficulties."

Ji Heng shook his head and said: "You need to remember that a good woman can't cook without rice. When you have nothing, don't try to solve the problem with a few words. Words can't solve the problem."

"It's always the stuff that solves the problem."

"It's matter!"

"You should also understand that your going deep into the place this time is not to solve the problem, but to understand the problem and find the problem. Now you have found some problems, just write it down, and then go to it gradually when you have the conditions in the future. solve."

"Delusion is achieved overnight, that is fantasy."

"It's not realistic at all."

Fusu's face turned pale.

Ji Heng said: "The problems you see are actually too few."

"Local problems go far beyond the fields."

"There are also local officials."

"You have communicated with Shi Yue before, what do you think of this person?"

Fu Su pondered for a while, then slowly said: "This man is quite capable, he managed Yiting in an orderly manner, received people and things very kindly, and was more tactful than ordinary old soldiers."

Ji Heng nodded and said, "But he is just a pavilion chief."

Fusu's face darkened.

He knew what Ji Heng was showing.

With Shiyue's current ability, he should not be a pavilion chief, let alone a county official, at least he should be a county official, but he is nearly [-] years old and has worked in the Qin Pavilion for nearly ten years, but he has not made a single step. Unreasonable.

There is a big problem with the promotion of local officials.

Fu Su said in a deep voice, "There is a problem with the selection of officials in this county."

Ji Heng shook his head and said with a sneer, "Is it just this county? I think it's the whole Daqin."

"I don't know Shi Yue's ability to handle political affairs right now, but the Qin Pavilion is well organized and the people in the pavilion are very polite and respectful to him. This is enough to prove that Shi Yue is capable, at least he can convince the public."

"His talent may not be comparable to the courtiers' children, but judging from the past situation of Daqin, at the age of forty, he should have entered the county level at least, but now he is afraid that he will lose the position of pavilion chief."

"This proves that there is a big problem with Daqin's political system."

Fusu's expression darkened.

There was a look of seriousness in his eyes.

Ji Heng said: "Leaving aside the Guandong, the promotion of the people in Guanzhong mostly relied on military merit in the past. With the end of the large-scale war, the people at the bottom have no chance to obtain military merit. This also means that the people at the bottom have lost room for advancement."

"In the past."

"Daqin's official appointment system is very perfect."

"Every year, there is a special accounting committee to assess officials at all levels, and then "promote" and "abolish" officials. However, this official assessment system was used at the beginning of the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty to use "officials based on locality". After Ren Zi system', it is almost half abolished."

"Especially in Guanzhong!"

"Because there are many people in Qin who have made military achievements."

"The 'Renzi System' started again, so a large number of officials' children flooded the localities. There are people above these officials' children, and how many local high-ranking officials dare to offend?"

"In the end, the vegetarians accounted for the majority."

"The talented and capable fall down, the virtuous are coaxed, and the villain succeeds."

"This is the status quo at the bottom of Daqin."

"Right now, the head of Guizhou is complaining about Daqin. When the local officials completely lose confidence in the imperial court, Daqin will really be buried."

"It's not far from then."

"The problems at the bottom cannot be solved by saving the people, but also by saving the officials."

Fusu was short of breath.

He retorted: "There are indeed many problems in the local area, but this is not what the court wants."

"In the first month of the establishment of the world, the official imperial edict and the official obeisance edict were promulgated, and the imperial court began to integrate the official government. The most important three officials, nine ministers and twelve official offices of the imperial court absorbed a large number of officials, and one official office added nearly a hundred officials."

"It's just that when the preparations for the three gongs, nine qings and twelve government offices of the imperial court are completed, 36 prefects and more than [-] county magistrates have to be appointed. , There are no sheriffs in many new border counties, and the vacancy of county magistrates is as high as [-]%."

"It is precisely because of the extreme shortage of officials that the imperial court implemented 'appointing officials according to the location'."

"One is to screen out the old officials of the six countries, and select those who are able to do things without major flaws and let them go. The second is to order all counties and counties to recruit scholars who study abroad, and they will enter the counties and counties as officials, and then report to the imperial historian's office for approval."

"Even so, there is still a shortage of officials."

"In the end, His Majesty added another way to employ people."

"He is the son of a hero."

"This move is really an emergency, but also a helpless choice."

"Sir's criticism is unreasonable."

Ji Heng looked as usual, and said slowly: "Since it is an emergency, nine years have passed, has there been any change?"

Fusu's expression froze.

Ji Heng said again: "I remember that these officials were appointed as 'false' positions, and their political performance will be checked in the future, but has the imperial court seriously verified the political performance of these officials?"

"in addition."

"Did the imperial court really care about the low-level officials?"

"Today's Great Qin has completely abandoned the bottom, not only abandoned the officials at the head of Guizhou, but also the most basic officials. To a certain extent, Great Qin's political innovation has failed."

"Daqin intends to abolish the system of military merits and nobility over the years, but has not given any replacements. It just wants to appease the officials in the middle, trying to rely on these meritorious officials and meritorious officials to stabilize the world."

"But I said it long ago."

"The world has changed!"

"Da Qin lost not only the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of officials at the bottom. Right now, local officials, because of their past habits, still maintain a certain respect for Da Qin, but this kind of awe is destined to fade after one after another. .”

"Qin is a majority united by interests."

"Once Daqin abandons the majority due to the balance of interests, it is destined to be abandoned by the majority."

"This is Daqin's own choice."

Fusu's face turned pale.

Ji Heng continued: "Over the years, in the eyes of many people, they have such an understanding of Daqin, that there is more than enough innovation, not enough to keep the old, that the great government is successful, and that the people's livelihood has no foundation, but in my opinion, this understanding is wrong."

"Daqin wants to cover everything, but in reality nothing happens."

"And he still insists on doing it his own way."

Ji Heng's words are very serious.

It even made Fusu a little hard to accept.

(End of this chapter)