back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 707 Prosperity
This new policy that benefits all people does not need the promotion of "Dashun Minbao" at all. It has already spread all over the country by word of mouth.This kind of dissemination is faster than the transmission of "Dashun Minbao" through post roads, which can be called a miracle.

It's just that many people are suspicious and can't believe it.But there are also some people who can't survive, determined to fight for the future.That's right, the Han people's local plot is heavy, but it doesn't mean that they don't have the spirit of brave pioneering.As long as the people who can't survive in the countryside, they have to leave their hometowns in order to make a living.In official history, those who crossed the Guandong and went to Nanyang are all immigrants of this type.Including the three major population integrations, this is the case.

It's just that Dashun's economic situation is improving now, and the land acquisition is not very serious.Especially along the Yellow River, some gentry don't want to go back to their hometowns. After all, the Yellow River is too restless, and they don't know when it will burst again.With money and silver, they crossed the Yellow River and started to develop in the south.The poor farmers, with the help of the local prefecture and county government, reclaimed the land again, using the same new policy, but it took five years of farming to get the title deed, and it was limited to the local household registration people.

Starve the timid to death, and starve the bold to death.Some people firmly believed that the imperial court would not deceive people, and the first group traveled across mountains and rivers and came to Jinghu South Road.Most of the county magistrates who accepted them were Jinshi from Enke High School two years ago. They were promoted to county magistrates by Xu Chongguang.Most of this group of county magistrates are young and energetic, and they haven't been contaminated with too much officialdom for the time being, and they are fairly upright.It's just that these counties are small counties with less than a thousand households. They are called counties, but they are not even as good as some big villages.

The custom of county magistrates in the Dashun Dynasty: "If there are more than a thousand households in the county, there will still be three members: the order, the lieutenant, and the head book; if the number of households is less than one thousand, there will be one order and one lieutenant each, and the county magistrate will also be the head book; if the number is less than four hundred , Stop setting up the master book and county lieutenant, and use the master book to also serve as county magistrate; if it is less than 20, stop setting up the master book and concurrently serve as county lieutenant. Counties with more than [-] households will add a county magistrate, and the county magistrate is second to the county magistrate They are above the master book and the county lieutenant." Because of this, Xu Chongguang gave them a promise that if the county reaches [-] households, they can go to the court, and the county will be promoted to the state; if it reaches [-] households, the state will be promoted to the prefecture.In fact, Dashun's government, state, army, and prison are all called together.Generally speaking, government offices are set up in places that are politically, economically, and military important; military areas are set up in military areas with heavy military presence; and prisons are set up in industrial areas such as salt cooking and iron smelting areas.The status of the prefecture is slightly higher than that of the state. Therefore, the slightly larger states are often promoted to prefectures and prefectures.

Because of this policy, Xu Chongguang was slandered by many political opponents, saying that it "violated the law of the ancestors".But Lu Chengqi strongly supported it, and said clearly: "If the population reaches the level and the economy reaches the level, why can't it be the state capital?"

After being promoted to the state capital, their official positions were also promoted.You know, the county magistrate of Dashun is from the eighth rank, the county magistrate is from the seventh rank, and the magistrate is a senior official of the fourth rank. Who can resist this temptation?It's no wonder that the courtiers criticized one after another, the speed of promotion is really too fast, how can this convince others?

Of course, this magistrate is not easy to be.First of all, your county is affected by its geographical location. Whether it can accommodate 20 households is a problem, let alone [-] or [-] households.Xu Chongguang just drew a big cake in vain, hoping to stimulate the enthusiasm of officials.They didn't dare to cheat, and the Supervision Department was watching from the sidelines!
Besides, Dashun's magistrate is not so easy to be, usually courtiers concurrently serve.For example, Fan Zhongyan, he himself has been an official for decades, but his highest job is to know Yanzhou at the fourth rank, and he has also been promoted to be a direct bachelor of Tulongge (from the third rank), a political advisor (the second rank), and a deputy envoy of the privy secretary (the second rank). However, when he was demoted, he was once cut off as a direct bachelor of Tulongge, and he was still the governor of the state.For another example, when Bao Zheng (deceased) was the magistrate of Kaifeng, his title was "Longtuge Bachelor of Officials, Quan Zhi Kaifeng Mansion", among which the official rank was the sixth-rank Longtuge Bachelor. It is an honorary title, which means a very high status. Finally, Quan knew that the Kaifeng government affairs were dispatched, which was the specific work he was in charge of at that time.

Officials in Dashun are divided into three categories: official, post, and dispatch. The grade is mainly determined by the former official. The post is generally an honorary title, and the final dispatch is the real exercise of power.So whether you have the title of magistrate or not, this magistrate is just an official, it does not mean that you are a fourth-rank official, because magistrates are usually part-time courtiers of the fourth rank, and you are just a chance meeting.Even if you are promoted to the magistrate, whether your rank is high or low, there is no promotion.It's just that when the officials recognize their resumes in the future, they will have a brighter face.

The twists and turns are only known to the old fritters who have been immersed in the officialdom for many years. How can these small county magistrates who have just been in office for more than a year know?All of them screamed at the temptation of this promotion, and all of them worked hard to implement the New Deal vigorously.This is also Xu Chongguang's ability. He knows that the opening of the New Deal will inevitably affect the vested interests of some people.But he "colluded" with the little emperor at the top, and joined forces with future officials of the imperial court at the bottom. Even if his political enemies wanted to criticize him, they couldn't find a good point of focus.

One month passed, and when the northern people heard that their relatives and friends who had gone to the south of the Yangtze River had really "obtained" the land, and even built adobe houses with the help of the county government, they were skeptical.They didn't know until before the Spring Festival that the court had not lied this time.Otherwise, why some big landlords in the north couldn't help but start selling their land cheaply?
Some people without land looked at all this with cold eyes, and mocked in their mouths: "I told you to release money and take away people's land. Now it's all right, and it's your own fault!"

And some landlords with better vision sold some of the cultivated land and built some of them into workshops to start producing commodities.For a time, porcelain, folding fans, paper making, pottery making, lacquerware, brocade, woodware, salt making, iron smelting, vehicle building, wine making, bronze wares, tea making, printing, mining and metallurgy, silk weaving, mills, oil mills, machine workshops (the latest Wooden machines, such as spinning wheels, turning carts, etc.), sauce workshops, cotton plucking workshops, sugar workshops... like mushrooms after a spring rain, they "grow" up suddenly and are very prosperous.

The market of Dashun is limited, so they resell it overseas.Because Dashun also released the "Commercial Law" not long ago, which regulated the market to a certain extent and guaranteed the quality.Therefore, Zhongyuan's products are sold overseas and are sought after by various countries.Because of the reconnection of the Silk Road and the existence of the artifact of the sea route, the name of Dashun appeared in the West again.Of course, this is another story.

In just two months, earth-shaking changes took place in Dashun, and the people applauded and praised the court.However, some people with bad intentions are still intentionally or unintentionally slandering the New Deal, thinking that it is "indecent" and "only for profit".It is an indisputable fact that the quality of life of the people has improved and the national treasury has been filled.In the face of hard facts, these absurd voices seem extremely powerless.

It just so happened that Dashun led some ideological reforms through Lu Chengqi at this time. Many enlightened Confucian scholars began to accept commercialization, and transformed themselves into Confucian businessmen. For the compliment, I sent a plaque of "Letter and Dolphin" to the past, it is really a glorious lintel!

With this plaque, it is a gold-lettered signboard, which many merchants cannot ask for.And this is also a supervisory role. If there is something illegal, the court will take back the plaque.Therefore, after correct guidance, Dashun's commercial development has just embarked on the right path...

(End of this chapter)