Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 324 Xia Guo University
All the merchants of the Xin'an Business Alliance looked at each other with different expressions.There are those who are uneasy, those who are apprehensive, and some who show a look of disagreement.In fact, the Yu family and Gao Jingzong were the first to contact the four major families of the Xin'an Business League. However, in the process of communication, it was the Chen family who spared no effort to help. matter person.After Gao Jingzong's reorganization, Chen Ying joined the army as a Sihu, but one could tell with a discerning eye that Chen Ying was already one of Xia's nine ministers, and if not, he might become the second of Wen Xinhou.

It would be strange for Yu Xie to say that his heart is not sour.Before everyone could answer, Yu Xie, the representative of the Yu family, said solemnly: "My lord, please tell me how much food you need, and the grass-roots will do your best."

Now the Xin'an Business League is inseparable from Gao Jingzong's industry, one is prosperous and the other is damaged. Even if he wants to stay out of the matter, Gao Jingzong will fall, whether it is the Yan Kingdom in the Northern Dynasty, or the Jin Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. If it is not copied, it will become a strange thing, and it is even more difficult to say whether the head of the whole family can be kept.

The county magistrate of Pojia and the prefect of Miemen are not joking.If it is a noble family, they still have old students and old officials who can manage up and down to cover one or two.However, some businessmen complained secretly, they didn't want to go through this muddy water, even if they hoped that Gao Jingzong would gain power, they didn't want to get into trouble, not to mention donating money for no reason, who wouldn't feel bad?

Gao Jingzong smiled and said to Yu Xie: "You think it's bad, I didn't ask you for money when I called you here. If you want to say that the treasury can still support it for a while, even if the war is tight in the future, you will never pay donations. , those who are willing to serve the king are all voluntary, and will use the loan to record the principal and interest. Even during the war, we will act in accordance with the law. This king can guarantee this..."

All the merchants felt relieved, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's words are serious."

Gao Jingzong didn't want to adopt this method of forcing donations, but it was easy to backfire.In later generations of countries, the habit of issuing treasury bonds was used to raise donations. In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the people or wealthy families to raise donations, the treasury bonds will have a certain interest rate.Gao Jingzong introduced this loan interest issue to everyone.

In this era, there is no such thing as low-interest loans at all. It can be said that usury is one of the important means for the rich and powerful to make money.Gao Jingzong gave an interest rate of [-]% per annum, which would not be considered low in future generations.But in this day and age it is so low that it can be ignored.Usually the annual interest rate is [-]-[-]%. If you borrow [-] from others, you will have to pay back [-] after one year. As for [-],

Some people think that if Gao Jingzong pays interest to raise military funds, he can buy some. Although the interest is too low, he still has a good relationship with Gao Jingzong.In the past few months, it depends on the situation and sees whether Gao Jingzong can hold on.Otherwise, they can only sell their properties as soon as possible and take refuge in the Southern Jin Dynasty.No matter how you say it, the day when Suicheng is broken, I'm afraid everyone will have a hard time.

But the current workshop is inconvenient to relocate, or has direct cooperation with Gao Jingzong, so they are thinking that they must do their best to help Gao Jingzong fight against the Northern Dynasty no matter what, otherwise, they will really lose their money.

Gao Jingzong said with a smile: "I invite you all to come, and I want to invite you to contribute to the local governance."

Everyone couldn't understand what it meant, Yu Xie was the leader of all the people with financial resources and prestige, so he immediately said: "The prince has a mission, and the grassroots will do their best."

Gao Jingzong said with a smile: "This king is thinking about setting up the post of Nayan, and plans to bestow it on the princes."

All the businessmen were stunned, did they sell their officials for money under different names?But this is not like Gao Jingzong's style.

Gao Jingzong explained to everyone: "This Nayan is neither an official position nor a title. It is just a title bestowed on folk virtuous people to commend their virtues, but it is not just a title. Ennayan is a It is to bear the power and responsibility of maintaining the peace of the people and preventing illegal punishment. Those who accept the words can patrol prisons and other detention institutions and accept complaints from detainees. The Secretary may even appeal to the Secretary of the Governor's Mansion."

This Nayan is equivalent to a justice of the peace in Hong Kong in later generations, and it is only a title of folk honor.Of course, Gao Jingzong used the title of Nayan mainly to supervise local officials and avoid corruption.Any political system is excellent at the beginning of its establishment, and the starting point is also for the country and the people. However, as time goes by, under the influence of subtle influences, officials at all levels will deteriorate one after another.The role of these businessmen is indeed the full role of the self-media in later generations, to expose the dark parts of society and maintain relative fairness.

Of course, at this time, Gao Jingzong did not rule out the fact that businessmen and local officials were colluding, deceiving their superiors, taking bribes, and oppressing the people.However, although Nayan gave businessmen an honorary title without salary, once they broke the law, they could also be dealt with publicly.

Gao Jingzong said: "This King Nayan decided to promulgate 27 in the first batch, that is, one for each prefecture's history department and one for each county. In the future, we will increase or decrease based on everyone's performance."

Throughout the ages, places that are likely to arouse public anger mainly include prisons and detention rooms. Businessmen are more concerned about accepting words. Can they directly go to Gao Jingzong's secretarial court to break the bullet chin yamen habit?For them, this is an incredible honor.This is not the same thing as spending money to donate to an official. No matter how much money you donate, what is the result of the donation?That's just a false name. In the eyes of others, you are still a businessman, and no one will really take your official position seriously.

This acceptance speech is very different. He is not an official, but he has the right to speak about the yamen. Influential officials came to extort money.

Gao Jingzong looked around the crowd, and said again: "Of course, everyone knows the current situation of this king. You have accepted the words. If the current situation changes in the future, I will harm you. If you refuse to accept it, this king will never force you to accept it." .”

Yu Xie immediately said: "My lord, the grassroots and other humble people are loved by the lord, and there is only fear in my heart, fearing that I will lose the high hope of the lord, but the grassroots must work hard to maintain the peace in the village and the harmony among the people. How dare you say a word?"

The rest of the people also expressed their gratitude to Dade, chattering in humility.

The establishment of Nayan, the supervision of officials by the people, and the supervision of local officials by the guidance of public opinion are only the first items of Gao Jingzong's official reform.Gao Jingzong awarded the 27 Nayan positions to [-] Xinanmeng, [-] gentry from various prefectures and counties, and the remaining [-] places to Confucianism, monks, Taoists, workers, scholars, doctors, soldiers, farmers, and scholars. Waiting for nine occupations, each occupation recommends one person.

At the same time when Gao Jingzong set up Nayan to supervise local officials, Gao Jingzong focused on the reform of "learning". Gao Jingzong made a desperation decision at the time. What famous talents came out, but Gao Jingzong changed the rectification and reform of the Immortal Academy to Xiaguo University.The newly established Xia State University is under the direct jurisdiction of the Rites Department, and the educated people among the Xia State's millions of soldiers and civilians act as professors to teach school-age teenagers.Of course, during the war, Gao Jingzong did not engage in coeducation, but specially recruited men.

(End of this chapter)