Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 209 Combination Boxing

It is very difficult to betray one's position. Not everyone is Zhang Ting'en or Sun Huazhen. It has to be said that whenever this nation encounters serious problems, there will always be some people who stand up and try to hold up the sky with one hand and turn the tide. Both fell.

These people only ask about right and wrong, not about personal gain or loss. They only want to benefit the country.

Things done by this type of people are destined to harm vested interests to a certain extent.

Limited by historical understanding, what this type of people do often does not touch the root of the problem, and their purpose is limited to improvement. Don't underestimate the effect of this type of improvement. The improvements in the middle and late Tang Dynasty extended the life of the Tang Dynasty for another hundred years.

This type of people often have a bad ending because the world does not thank them.

Therefore, as an ordinary person, you must sit upright with your buttocks straight.

In ancient times, if people wanted to be happy, they had to work hard. Don’t even think about things that can make you happy for a few hours just by moving your hands.

The cabinet meeting quickly reached a compromise, but the cabinet ministers could not compromise because Emperor Chenghui wanted to restore Taizu's ancestral system and restart postal supervision. Later, according to unknown insiders, the first assistant, Kong Zhao, knelt down and begged the emperor to restart postal supervision.

Although the postal supervisor in the Zhou Dynasty was not like that in the Han Dynasty, he only had the right to know and report, and it was still a hidden position. In other words, the postal inspections conducted by Taizu were pro-military and private soldiers and were not within the imperial system.

If you still don't understand, the salary of a seventh-grade official is one hundred and twenty taels of silver per year, not counting lumi.

Not every president is named Allende.

Even though I tried desperately to patch it up, it still didn't help. The hole was still opened.

Bribery can only be a temporary solution.

That's it, he's still an upright official.

This is different between the East and the West. When a piece of bread costs half a million marks, Westerners ask God to give them an art student. After the anti-squid consciousness method came out, the ghost of art students was once again floating in the sky of the Western world.

When he met an emperor who became willful after getting rich, whether he should resume postal supervision or not was really a matter of his words.

If a court wants long-term peace and stability, it must protect the interests of the bottom class of society.

Back to the subject, the final content of the metaphor is as follows. Yunyang is a special case. If this policy is to be restarted in the future, the emperor's order and the cabinet documents will be indispensable. Seeing that the emperor was about to resume postal supervision, the gentry could not care about it for the time being.

How did you come up with such a thing as gagging others? I would rather do nothing than be stupid enough to do this.

The three cabinet ministers unexpectedly united and used various means to pull the strings. One of the most frequently used words is that local officials should not have too much power. The three cabinet ministers all insisted on this attitude and did not say why they insisted. This is intriguing. They all work from the grassroots level. Do you know what a county magistrate or a prefect will be like once he stops being a human being? It is precisely because of knowing that I try my best to stop it. The uncomfortable thing is that as a member of the group, I cannot expose my own past.

If you're unlucky, you elected this bureaucrat. If anything goes wrong, he will take no responsibility and walk away.

So, the idea of ​​"Yanglianyin" was praised by later people as high salary to support "honesty". Their salary is already higher than yours, and their life is better than yours. You, a bastard, are just applauding? Are you stupid? Do you expect a bureaucrat to stop exploiting you after getting more salary? Have you woken up?

Liu Cixin's motto: Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is.

Daughters raised by such a big family really get along well with each other before their political leanings are revealed.

That is to say, the Taishang Emperor was a failure. In order to stabilize the imperial power, others would continue to cut down on the policies left by Taizu with just a few words of PUA. And use the money from the treasury to bribe officials and dignitaries. Little did they know, the appetite of these people had no end.

This class has the largest base. When people are drying firewood all over the place, Zhang Jiao, Huang Chao, and Li Zicheng will be accidentally killed.

After the cabinet meeting adjourned, the three cabinet ministers looked in despair, which made Emperor Chenghui feel happy.

Yuanchun entered the palace to establish a relationship with the concubine, stayed with the concubine for a period of time, and passed it to the queen.

After three years of clearing the magistrate's office, he received one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver. The county magistrate gave me a discount. I have to have ten thousand taels, right?
What is the concept of ten thousand taels? Ordinary people in the capital, a well-off family of five, cannot afford more than two taels per month.

Recently, Emperor Chenghui has developed a habit of going to Yuanchun when he is in a good mood, and even more often when he is in a bad mood.

As Yuanchun's status has risen, many people in the palace have recently come closer, and at the same time, people from the concubine's side have also left frequently.

With a backer outside the palace and money in his hands, Yuanchun, who had no need to take risks, put himself in a straight position.

Every time he saw Emperor Chenghui, he would take the initiative to mention who he had met with the concubine recently and what they had said.

Emperor Chenghui listened silently every time and did not interrupt this arrogant behavior.

The clever Yuanchun had already seen clearly that the greatest favor in front of Emperor Chenghui was that you had to be valuable.

What is the value of Jia Yuanchun? If she itself has value, then there is only one body left.

From the first time she was "favored", Yuan Chun had already understood that Jia Lian represented the Jia family's position, and she had to correct her stance. As for the concubine, what else can I do as a woman?
To influence Jia Lian and even the entire Jia family through oneself seemed to Yuanchun to be too absurd and impossible.

In this case, then do your job well and let the emperor come and return with pleasure.

Moreover, Yuanchun's attitude towards Queen Zhou was getting closer and closer, and he would go for a walk and chat with Queen Zhou when nothing happened.

Emperor Chenghui, who said nothing, was very satisfied with Yuan Chun and also very satisfied with Jia Lian.

Although this guy likes to make trouble and cause trouble, he always scratches Emperor Chenghui's itch every time. I have been unhappy with this group of gentry for a long time, especially the group of gentry in Liangjiang who owe money to their uncle.

Thinking of Jia Lian's previous suggestion to make a fuss about commercial tax, Emperor Chenghui planned to conduct a commercial tax trial and levy export taxes on three products: tea, porcelain, and silk.

This is a creature like the emperor. Others encourage exports, but he is better off. On the other hand, the more you export, the more taxes I will have to raise. When the policy comes out, we will wait and see whether the businessmen in Liangjiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi will cause trouble.

Of course, I'm just thinking about it now, not doing it concretely.

Yunyang's government system has actually collapsed. It's easier for officials to handle it, but it's the officials who are more difficult.

A grassroots government mainly relies on officials to do its work. Imagine that there are less than five people in a county with formal establishment.

Zhu Yuanzhang went to extremes and instituted an extreme household registration system.

In other words, if your father is a pig butcher, there is a high probability that you will also kill pigs. You are from a military household. If you cannot stand up in the imperial examination, you will be a military household for the rest of your life. The worst thing is that those with humble jobs can only work in one industry for the rest of their lives.

This hereditary origin policy is extremely harmful to the entire country. The only benefit is cost savings.

It can only be said that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born as a small farmer, + productivity + the old system of the Yuan Dynasty, gave birth to a suture monster.

The Zhou Dynasty basically inherited the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty. You read that right, that’s what it is.
The petty officials of Yunyang Mansion are running around as fast as they can. They really can't find anyone to do something they want to do.

Jia Lian initiated the work-for-relief program, starting with building bridges and paving roads. Soldiers with a higher degree of organization took over the role of officials. At the same time, the list was announced to the outside world, and I temporarily assumed the power of Yunyang Magistrate to recruit people to do work. Once hired, there would be XX benefits. Requirements: local, male, familiar with the situation, literate.

It's really miserable, because literacy can only be placed at the end.

The literacy rate of the Zhou Dynasty is quite touching. The literacy rate of Yunyang Mansion made me cry when I saw it.

After wandering around Yunyang for more than ten days, I found two scholars to help me copy. It's not that I don't want to run, it's that I didn't run. During the civil uprising, the two of them hid in their homes and shivered, but they did not escape being arrested by the thieves.

They followed him to Nanyang Mansion and thought they were talents, so they were taken away by the bandit leader. After returning to Yunyang, the two brothers ran away while they were familiar with the terrain. The Beijing camp is here, and this is not the local gang of bastards who only do harm to the people and don't know how to fight!
Regarding the matter of ownerless land, Jia Lian decided to take action first and then talk about it. It doesn’t matter who owns the land, as long as no one takes care of it, it is ownerless land. Those Yunyang gentry who fled never thought that Jia Lian could be so wicked.

After taking some statistics, Jia Lian was very satisfied. Sixty percent of the land in Yunyang Prefecture was ownerless!

Shangyu came down soon. After Jia Lian got it, he took the initiative to ask for it. I started doing the work first. When the court sent people down, the day lily was cold. Zhang Ting'en specially called Jia Lian to Xiangyang and talked all night.

Worried, really worried. After all, this is the first time. In the past, official land was leased to outsiders, and the people were so exploited that they did not dare to cultivate official land. Now it is about turning other people's land into official land. It would be terrible if no one monitors it.

The two discussed it over and over again, and finally decided that the consequences would not be seen for a while. For now, this move would be beneficial to the plan of suppressing thieves, so they ignored it for now.

Considering that taxes would still have to be paid after three years, Jia Lian set the rent of the official land at 30%. I originally wanted to order a 15% one, but I didn't expect that two new scholars begged me not to do it. The reason is very simple. If you make people hate you, others will think you are stupid.

Jia Lian also felt that if he took too big steps, he would hurt his balls, so he reluctantly accepted the suggestion.

In terms of military affairs, Yue Qi encircled all directions and set up a net. In terms of local governance, Jia Lian used work relief to stabilize people's hearts, and then launched a new land policy. The effect can be said to be very good. First of all, as long as he goes down the mountain and surrenders, he will forget the past. Secondly, adult men can rent 30 acres of official land with a rent of 30%. They are rent-free for one year and tax-free for three years. Seeds and agricultural tools are provided when renting land.

The common people had never seen this before, and few believed it on the spot, but they couldn't resist the foolishness and boldness of some people, so they really gave it a try. There was no way out anyway, and you wouldn't lose anything if you gave it a try.

In order to win the trust of the people, we must engage in marketing!

The first wave of people who came to rent land not only rented the land, but also received agricultural tools and seeds, and brought back a piece of news. The first 100 people who rented land in each county can enjoy a 10% refund for each acre of land. The rent is calculated based on the yield of two hundred catties per mu, and will be paid now. You see, the food has been brought back.

The local people went crazy and rushed to the county and government offices to go through the land rental procedures. Jia Lian, who had been prepared for a long time, still found it difficult to cope with such huge enthusiasm. Doesn’t it mean that there are no people in the local area? So many people suddenly appeared. Where do they usually hide?

High-intensity work must be treated accordingly. Jia Lian provided overtime pay, which was outrageous for the times.

As the news spread to the outside world, people who fled to other places returned one after another. Wouldn't it be stupid not to leave quickly if there was a benefit?

People's joys and sorrows are not connected with each other. After the gentry who fled to other places heard the news, many of them were in a dark state. Several of them were in poor health and left on the spot. There were also funerals at home.

The fleeing gentry returned one after another and saw that their old houses were in a state of disrepair. It was a trivial matter that they could no longer live in them unless they were tidied up. The key was that the land at home was gone. Taking the land deeds they took away, the gentry went to the government to ask for an explanation.

The government has long agreed on the same message. I'm sorry, but the yellow records have been burned. The land deeds in your hands don't match. Please take them back.

There were many people rolling around on the ground and causing mischief on the spot. The actual situation was not that exaggerated. Jia Lian still left 30% of the land for the gentry according to a certain proportion. It was not because of Jia Lian's conscience that the war brought huge disasters to the local population. Not so many people come to rent land. So, after the gentry made a fuss, Jia Lian appeared and pretended to express sympathy.

Facing the gentry, Jia Lian spoke with emotion: "Dear elders, the court system is like this, and the official is the one who enforces it. Let me go and ask for instructions. According to the land deeds you have produced, how about the government recognizing part of it?"

As the saying goes, hit a stick and give candy to your fingernails.

The gentry who were already in despair suddenly saw the hope of saving part of their property, so they naturally calmed down for the time being. If you go to make trouble on your own, how can you be as relaxed as if you go out to the government?
Jia Lian took advantage of the situation and said that the government is currently short of manpower and needs a certain number of civil servants. Those who are willing can sign up. Requirements: good-looking handwriting and academic qualifications are preferred. At the same time, he also said that the government is currently short of manpower. For some local positions, Jia Lian can recommend those who have the reputation of being elected, and they can directly take up the posts regardless of age.

After a series of combined punches, the divisions and divisions collapsed, and the gentry's commotion unexpectedly did not cause any trouble. It was not that these people were subdued, but there were really few people who responded, so naturally they couldn't make a fuss.

The common people will definitely not make trouble, and neither will those who have the reputation of raising people, because the counties of Yunyang Prefecture are short of officials. The imperial court must deal with officials who abandon their places and run away, and the lightest case is dismissal.

(End of this chapter)