Chongzhen chat group

Chapter 868 Township Covenant (Third Change)

In fact, even in later generations, the situation that the little boy just mentioned still exists.But now that you know about this kind of thing, you must take it seriously!

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and suddenly regretted it a little. He came out this time, only bringing guards, at most an imperial doctor, and no one who was knowledgeable or consultable.If you go on tour next time, you should bring this item with you.

However, fortunately, there is a chat group.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen directly entered the chat group, and privately chatted with the chief assistant, Wen Tiren, and said, "I want to change the practice that the government does not go down to the county, what can Wen Qing do?"

When Wen Tiren saw this private chat suddenly, he couldn't help being taken aback. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "Your Majesty, the government can't handle it if it goes down to the county."

"Why can't you manage it?" Emperor Chongzhen asked again immediately.

Wen Tiren didn't know what happened to Emperor Chongzhen outside, so he tried to be conservative when answering: "Your Majesty, there are only so many officials in my Ming Dynasty, and within a county, there are only county magistrates and county lieutenants..."

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he immediately interrupted: "If you don't have enough officials, just add some more!"

"What about the salary? The court doesn't have that much money!"

"Not now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future!" Emperor Chongzhen replied without hesitation, "Otherwise, below the county level, it is the cornerstone of Ming Dynasty. If the cornerstone is not stable, how can the house be stable?"

After hearing this, Wen Tiren understood what Emperor Chongzhen meant, thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, in fact, most of the people below the county level are self-governing, and the government also intervenes, so I don't care about it at all!"

The problems that Emperor Chongzhen was aware of existed in China for thousands of years, except for the time when the population was small. Even since the Tang and Song Dynasties, some people have realized the problems.Therefore, as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Lu Dajun, Lu Dalin and other brothers formulated the "Lu Family Covenant" in the ninth year of Shenzong Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, the Lantian Covenant. system for the purpose.During the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi rewrote the township treaty.

After the Ming Dynasty, when Wang Shouren was the governor of Nangan Tingzhang and other places in the 12th year of Zhengde, he paid more attention. The moral conventions to abide by, which involve military training, political education, moral cultivation and so on.

During the Jiajing period, the ministry called on the world and held township pacts, which probably increased or damaged Wang Wencheng's teaching.If the "Lü Shi Township Covenant" is a rural organization voluntarily initiated by the people, then the "Nangan Township Covenant" promulgated by Wang Yangming in 1518 is a rural organization supervised by the government, which belongs to the tradition of government.

After Wen Tiren explained all these, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being very curious, so he asked some more questions.It was found that the "Nangan Xiangyu" made detailed regulations on the organizational structure, responsibility of the person in charge, activity methods, meeting procedures, etiquette system, etc. of the "Nangan Date".

Among the co-contractors, one is senior and virtuous as the coordinator, and there are two deputy coordinators under him, and four are upright and decisive as the coordinator, and four who are proficient and discerning are the coordinator. , The organization is very strict, each has its own powers.Anyone who agrees with the covenant has any dangers, doubts and difficulties, he must be punished by the covenant with the covenant.

I have to say that Wang Yangming is really powerful.This set of systems also involves implementing military training, reforming customs, and improving morality.Daming has a dynasty life of nearly 300 years, and Wang Yangming has contributed a lot.But it is a pity that this system did not carry out well. After 100 years, almost all aspects collapsed, allowing the Manchu Qing to easily seize the world.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a long time, and finally said what he wanted, including the matter of children's education, and asked Wen Tiren to figure out how to connect it with the township agreement.In addition, Yue Chang, who is similar to the post of township head or town head in later generations, can also be considered as a formal official position.

This is a major event, just like the reform of the etiquette system before, Zhou Xiang must be planned, anyway, Emperor Chongzhen is not in a hurry.

After discussing this matter, when Emperor Chongzhen withdrew from the chat group, he found that it was already dark, and he couldn't help being a little surprised: "Huh, it's getting dark so fast?"

"Hehe, master, more than half an hour has passed!" Concubine Tian Gui was still accompanying him, and said with a smile, "Thankfully, the weather is still cold and there are no mosquitoes, otherwise the master may not be able to sit for so long!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help laughing, stood up and said, "Go, let's eat!"

He walked through the side door with Concubine Tian, ​​and suddenly saw Chen Youming and his wife waiting there with a child in their arms. Sensible, I also ask the prime minister to be able to pull a boat in his belly, the adults don’t remember the villain’s faults, just..."

Emperor Chongzhen was speechless. He glanced at them who were terrified, then turned his head and looked around, and then he understood. What identity, as long as you remember, I am a guest who is not available in Nanxun Town, and you kindly borrowed it to prevent us from living in it. We should be grateful to you, and don’t care about the rest. Do you understand?"

Chen Youming originally only thought that this master was a rich man, maybe he might be a bit powerful.This is here in Nanxun Town, and there are many wealthy merchants coming and going, so it's not surprising.But after real contact, especially after arriving at home, he found that all the expenses of this master were taken care of by his subordinates himself, even the food was no exception.It can be said that apart from this house being theirs, everything else was handled by his subordinates.

More importantly, Liu Xingzuo's words made his daughter-in-law feel a little bit, and then looked at these subordinates, all of whom were closely guarding this master, and when those subordinates were all standing around, they felt that this master is definitely not What kind of wealthy businessman is likely to be a high-ranking court official.

With such an understanding, Chen Youming dragged his son back and asked, and he was a little terrified when he learned that his son was going to ask for someone from the old man and was going to call back. He didn't know what the old man would think. At the suggestion, they brought their children to plead guilty.

However, the attitude of Emperor Chongzhen made Chen Youming and his wife confused again.Would a senior court official be so easy to talk to?They could feel that the master spoke the truth, without any anger or malice.

In this way, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and stood up as they said.

"Tomorrow, come and walk around the town with me, or your eyes will be blackened, won't you?" Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile.

Chen Youming felt relaxed when he heard what he said, and quickly nodded in agreement.But what I didn't expect was that someone came to the door early the next morning, before he was worthy to go out.

　There is still a recommendation ticket of 823, adding one change, that is, 5 owed changes, and repaying this change, there are still 4 owed changes.

　　


(End of this chapter)