Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 526
But today, Liu Erleng received the Wanmin Umbrella.

Just when Liu Erleng and Li Jing were showing each other's merits, a large number of people came from a distance. In addition to carrying bamboo baskets full of various foods, some of them also held a Wanmin umbrella.

Li Jing and Liu Er couldn't help being stunned when they saw the common people in front of them approaching with a giant umbrella.

In front of these simple ordinary people, no matter how Liu Erleng and Li Jing tried to evade, these ordinary people always insisted that they accept their heart.

Seeing that the kindness is hard to come by, Li Jing said with emotion: "Er Leng, since everyone insists on giving it away, then you can accept it. But if you accept this Wanmin Umbrella, you have to remember that you must treat these common people kindly. Protect the people under your rule like an umbrella."

Liu Erlen nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, "Don't worry, Commander, as long as Liu Erlen stays in Fujian for a day, he will definitely treat the people of Fujian as his own children."

Li Jing smiled: "Everyone heard it, if one day Liu Er Leng doesn't do what he said today, then you can go to Beijing to ask me to sue him, and I will deal with him then."

Liu Erlen smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Liu Erlen was also an ordinary citizen. Liu Erlen knew about the sufferings of ordinary people. Under Liu's rule, the common people would never suffer."

"The two adults care about the people, and they really deserve the Wanmin Umbrella we gave you." An old man laughed.

Li Jing looked at these simple people, sighed softly, turned his head to look at the officials and said: "Our people actually don't have high expectations. What Liu Erleng did was his duty, and the people are right. He is grateful to Dade.

It is a blessing for our officials to have such ordinary people under our rule.However, some of our officials feel that such ordinary people can be deceived by their kindness, so they use different methods to exploit them.Don't these officials touch their consciences when they do these things?How can you bear it?

I hope that when you leave office in the future, the common people will be willing to give you a Wanmin Umbrella instead of a Wanmin Umbrella for the sake of face. "

"I will follow your lord's instruction." A group of officials hurriedly said.

Li Jing waved his hand: "I'm tired of hearing these words, I want to see your actual actions. Guo Fengrong, Li Zhi."

"I'm here." Guo Fengrong and Li Zhi hurriedly said.

"As I said just now, the Civil Affairs Bureau will be established across the country in the future. I don't think you should wait here. While I'm here today, you two will handle this matter." Li Jing said.

Guo Fengrong and Li Zhi looked at each other, Guo Fengrong said: "Reporting to my lord, I don't know how to operate this Civil Affairs Bureau?"

Li Jing said: "It's very simple. To put it bluntly, the Civil Affairs Bureau is an institution that speaks for the common people. Its grassroots personnel are composed of ordinary people. Taking the village as the unit, each village selects several highly respected people as members of the Civil Affairs Bureau. If If something involves the interests of the common people, and the common people feel that it is unfair, people from the Civil Affairs Bureau can report it to the government. The order of complaints is township, county, and prefecture.

My request to local officials is that officials at all levels should deal with the affairs of the Civil Affairs Bureau as soon as possible.If governments at all levels disregard the interests of the people, the Civil Affairs Bureau will go to the government and provincial government to file a complaint in Beijing.

Let me tell you, don't think that the people in the Civil Affairs Bureau are ordinary people, so you can be fooled. I will send people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to visit unannounced every year. It's the end of the day.Such officials do not need to pass the exam, they can be dismissed directly. "

Guo Fengrong and other officials were relieved when they heard that the people in the Civil Affairs Bureau were composed of ordinary people. What can ordinary people do?In the end, don't you have to listen to the government's fiddling?
I don't want to use powerful methods in the back. The Civil Affairs Bureau can actually go to the government office, the provincial government office, and even go to Beijing to file a complaint, and then send the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate every year. After the investigation, the officials are directly dismissed.

That is more serious than many mistakes, even more serious than accepting bribes. After all, there are several levels of punishment for accepting bribes, and the ones with low amounts are only warnings and demerits.

Seeing the shocked faces of the officials, Li Jing said with a smile: "To be an official is to do things for the common people. If you don't do things for the common people, then what's the point of being an official? In order to urge officials to work hard for the common people.

In addition, the Ministry of Civil Affairs does not have to take the lead in everything. The parents of ordinary people have problems with each other, and disputes over fields and ridges still need to be resolved by individuals with the government.

So what does the Civil Affairs Bureau deal with?Everyone knows that the imperial court now stipulates that unless it is related to the common people's own affairs and requires the common people to perform hard labor, otherwise the common people need to be paid to work.

For example, building water conservancy, repairing roads, and building bridges are related to the vital interests of the people themselves, so the local people must work for free.There is also a problem involved here. The construction of these facilities requires materials, and some materials need to be purchased.Who will pay for this money?The government comes out.If the government distributes the expenses to the common people, then sorry, the Civil Affairs Bureau can sue the officials in charge on behalf of the common people.

Some officials will say that if the government pays for the purchase of materials, will there be a fee for these facilities after they are built?Here I tell you, no.

Where does the government's money come from?It is the common people who pay their taxes. Since the common people have already paid, why do they still have to charge?Moreover, these facilities are repaired by ordinary people, so why should they pay for them?If the government collects tolls, bridge tolls, and other fees, the Civil Affairs Bureau will sue them. "

"Then what if the common people refuse to work?" Guo Fengrong said.

"If you can't work for special reasons, then you will be exempted, such as the elderly and infirm." Li Jing smiled and said: "If such a person asks him to work, I guess you will have to worry about it."

Everyone laughed lightly when they heard this.

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "But if you are strong but refuse to work, then let him pay. Why do you directly benefit from these facilities but refuse to contribute? If you don't even pay the money, then arrest people Go to work. If people from the Civil Affairs Bureau sue the officials because of such things, it means that these people are troublemakers, and they will be removed from their posts."

"I have a question, my lord, please clarify." Li Zhi said suddenly.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Let's listen."

Li Zhi turned around and pointed to the direction behind him: "My lord, the road from Nan'an to Jinjiang has been in disrepair for a long time and is no longer usable. I plan to repair this road. According to what my lord said, the road construction is related to the interests of the local people." Benefits can be obtained by recruiting local people to work.

But there is a problem here, that is, the local people can enter the city through other roads, and they don’t need to take this road. That is to say, they may think that building this road has no interest in them, and they may not want to take this job. What should we do at this time?Can someone be taken by force? "

Hearing this, Li Jing pondered for a while, then nodded lightly: "Yes, if you can think of this, it shows that you still put your heart into it. This situation is really difficult. The common people think that they have other ways, so they will think that this Have no interest in them.

At this time, we can be flexible, and we don't have to stick to the rules and regulations.Let me teach you a way, you spend money to hire people to repair this road, and then charge to subsidize the cost of labor and materials.

Wait a minute, if all the workers are hired to build such a road, Jinjiang County alone may not have such financial resources, and even Nan'an County may not have the ability to do so.

You can only ask the government and the province for help, but the provincial government office is afraid that they are unwilling to pay you to build this road. If the provincial government office pays for it, all states and counties will ask the provincial government office for money to build roads in the future. Yamen is afraid that there is no place to cry. "

"What your lord said is true." Li Zhi said hastily.

Li Jing continued with a smile: "You reminded me of this question just now, that is, all the taxes collected by the local government cannot be turned over to the imperial court, and a part of the local government must be reserved for local construction.

In addition, the imperial court had to set up a road administration department to be responsible for building roads and bridges.Just like the water department.In the future, all official roads will be repaired by this department, so that there is no need to occupy the taxes of the local government.

Hmm... If the roads are to be repaired everywhere, the imperial court will not be able to spend so much money, so a toll collection department must be set up to collect tolls, so that the cost of hiring labor and materials can be covered.

I'll have to ponder this over and over again.How about this, you build this road first, and the cost will be paid by the provincial yamen. You are stunned, you go back and ask someone to calculate how much it will cost to build this road, and you first allocate the money to Jinjiang from the chief envoy's yamen. "

"Okay." Liu Er replied in a daze.

"Thank you, sir." Li Zhi said with a bow.

Li Jing pointed at Li Zhi with his fingers, and said with a straight face: "My ugly words are up front. According to what standard and how much did you spend to repair this road, you need to check and accept it afterwards. , I'm going to kill someone."

"Don't dare, dare not." Li Zhi said hurriedly.

Li Jing waved his hand, turned to the common people and said, "You must have heard what I said just now, the Civil Affairs Department is related to your vital interests, I hope you can maintain this department well, and don't let it be used by some people with ulterior motives.

In addition, sometimes the government has to consider the interests of the majority of people. I am afraid that it cannot cover everything, and some people will inevitably suffer losses. At this time, I hope you can consider the overall situation and don't worry too much. "

"Your Excellency is so considerate of the people, how dare we not know how to flatter you?" said an old man in the lead.

Li Jing smiled, arched his hands at everyone and said, "Since that's the case, everyone please go back. I'll let Mr. Liu accept the umbrella. Take what you brought back. It's not easy for everyone. This kind of heart Master Liu and I agree."

Hearing this, the old man hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "My lord, we will be blessed in the future if we have such a good official as your lord. Please accept this bit of filial piety."

Seeing the old man kneel down, all the people behind him fell to their knees in unison.

"My lord, accept it."

"Yes, this is a little filial piety from the little ones. Please be sure to accept it.

(End of this chapter)