Chapter 229: The Great Mean (Step, Add One Update)

It’s not easy to make things difficult for yourself. Zheng Lang said: “I have seen many places in Taipingzhou. Although Jiangnan is good, it may not be all wealthy families. Some families are very poor and they don’t shout. Why do you shout? Get up first, don’t cry. What did this official become on the first day of his term in office?”

Fortunately, I don’t care, otherwise it will be a big trouble.

"Here."

One by one, then choked and complained, there were many people, with sixty or seventy people. Zheng Lang said helplessly: "You choose three representatives and talk to the state yamen."

There is still something else. Wang Zhizhou wants to give it away. This is the etiquette in the officialdom. Some so-called "officials" in Taipingzhou need to know each other. These days, I have known some officials, very powerful second-in-commands, record officials, and join the army. This is Taipingzhou. If it is a larger state, there are judicial and managers join the army, as well as officials of the state, as well as officials of the court, the chief secretary of the Jiedu, the judge, and the observation envoy and the promotion officer. Because Taipingzhou is not big and has no establishment, some special states also have supervisors, responsible for the collection of alcohol taxes, mining management, shipbuilding, and warehouse cashier accounts, and are not permanent. These official officials have all known these official officials, but there are some minor officials below, that is, informal officials who are unauthorized and unpaid-free as the law of the Service. Most of these people do not know them. Although they have all kinds of bad disadvantages, they still cannot do without them if they want to manage the local area.

So let's get to know each other.

As for the affairs, I didn’t move first today, so I took it slowly.

If there is any matter to be handled, Zheng Lang felt at a close heart during the handover process. After all, he was Jiangnan and the country's confidant. There was no disaster for war. As long as there were no major disasters, there was actually not much. Even if there were some affairs, there was no hurry.

But I have to say something to these officials of all sizes.

Let them know their bottom line. Gone are the time when they were perfunctory tasks like Wang Zhizhou in the past. Everyone should work hard.

After entering the prefecture yamen, less than twenty officials of all sizes were saluted one after another, and there were all the yamen fronts. This is also necessary to know that there are more than three hundred yamen fronts in Taiping Prefecture, and more than sixty directly under the prefectures. As well as the wing soldiers, there are more than one hundred and eighty people, most of them are naval troops, and there are also some tranquil transport, tribute transport, water transport, Shaogongdu, shipbuilding military service, Buyi, prison city, Zhuangcheng, money-free supervision, iron carpenter camp, wine service camp, bamboo craft camp, Xiaoyong, etc. Most Taiping Prefectures are not set up. However, when there are large prefectures like Jiangning Prefecture, almost all of them are all.

More than a dozen soldiers, ten generals, and officials in charge of the bureau. They were not only responsible for small engineering work in Taipingzhou, but also sometimes assisted the government in handling emergency affairs or thieves. For example, several conflicts on the lake, Wang Zhizhou mobilized soldiers to respond.

Therefore, there are many people, nearly a hundred.

Wang Zhizhou introduced them one by one. After the introduction, all the officials and the Yaqian wanted to send him to the dock to say goodbye.

This is Wang Zhizhou. If Zheng Lang leaves and some political achievements can be achieved, local literati will have to write poems, essays and sing before they can let Zheng Lang go.

The three representatives chose them and walked in.

Zheng Lang listened to them.

In fact, I have known what I said for a long time, and I am a servant again.

There are four types of service methods: officials, yamen, yamen, yamen, yamen, and other service personnel, such as inheritance fu, manpower, handpower, scattered officials, tutors, driving, and buckets, scattered zi, scales, picking zi, warehouses, even sedans carrying sedans, ferry fountains at the ferry fountains, etc., all belong to service personnel.

It is of course good to be an official. It is necessary to control the affairs of prefectures and counties, and even a very small number of officials who can climb to formality.

After all, it is a minority, and among the nearly 800 servants in Taiping Prefecture, there are only a few dozen. However, the wealthy families are unwilling to bear the burden of other servants. For example, the Yaqian, who manages the property, must use the property as a guarantee. If any mistakes occur, they will immediately lose their bankruptcy. The same is true for the case. If there is a mistake, the superior shirks responsibility, and they will be beaten, dismissed, or even sentenced to punishment. Therefore, Yaqian is a very important position, and is held by the first-class household. After a long time, it gradually transferred to the second- and third-class small and medium-sized landlords.

The third category is that the archer Taipingzhou does not have it. These are mostly in the border prefectures and counties, but there are senior households, which are slightly better. However, there are also strong men who need skill in martial arts and practice regularly, but they do not have a little monthly salary. However, there is a lack of important labor at home, which destroys the family property.

The fourth category has a wider range, including scattered followers, archers, hand forces, strong men and even pick up and send tribute taxes from the court, paying goods thousands of miles away.

In the past, the big landlords moved to small and medium-sized landlords, and the small and medium-sized landlords moved to the wealthy people. The wealthy people moved to the poor people, and they were all unlucky. Ouyang Xiu later said that Gao Rong, the seventh-class household, had a total of 14-cent of Wenshang, and the fifth-class household, Han Si, the twenty-seventh-class household, Han Mi, and the eighth-class household, all of whom had been involved in the work. Think about it, Han Mi only had nine cents of money, and was 400 yuan at the price of rice. The comprehensive price may be six or seven hundred, seven or eight hundred yuan, including real estate, real estate, animal products, furniture, and trees, and the total assets are only nine cents of money. What is the poverty? Is it better to take a major labor force in the family?

But the officers have to pay the opportunity, and the only thing they say is who is shot is unlucky.

It's been like this over the years.

However, when Zheng Lang arrived, he suddenly became so high-profile and his back was so deep. It was unlikely that as before, the servants would return to the top three households. Once they were concentrated in the top three households, no one could stand it except a few real top families. For example, if you travel a boat, you might make hundreds of money. However, you spent several months on a trip, and there was no penny, and there were risks on the road. Could it be that you would deal with the servants and let your beautiful young lady do business? How could you live this life?

After saying that, the three of them burst into tears.

"Get up."

The three of them got up and cried again.

Zheng Lang walked a few steps and murmured: "A servant, you are exempt from service."

"Exemption," a middle-aged man heard the ear and said in surprise: "It's good to be exempted from service. We are willing to give money to the state and ask the state to hire people. We have something to do in our family, but there are many literati in the state, and some literati have no food and clothing. This is the way to learn from strengths and weaknesses. Doctor Zheng, this is a good idea."

"What did I say!" Zheng Lang said angrily.

As long as you understand a little history, who doesn’t know Wang Xiaosan’s Qingmiao Law, recruitment law, square field tax law, farmland water conservancy law, Baojia law, general military law, general military law, market change law, and exemption law. This recruitment law is a exemption law, which is established in response to the various disadvantages of the service law.

What is the final result?

"You go back first, I will think of a solution for you in the future. Also, I am a human being, not a star. If you want a better life, everyone will work hard together."

"Zheng Zhizhou, did you agree to us?"

"I just promise you to think of a way."

What is this answer?

The three of them left at a loss.

After seeing off the magistrate Wang, he said something to the officials, "The malnutritional words are mainly about knowing each other. No matter how well you say it now, it will not work."

Then go home.

He called out a few students and talked about the matter of the servant law.

It was mainly told to Sima Guang and Wang Anshi that the law of exemption from service was actually approved by Sima Guang, and it was proposed earlier than Wang Anshi. "I foolishly thought that all farmers should not make any reservations except for renting taxes. The yamen should recruit people to make up for them, and the yamen should make them better. If the yamen is not implemented, then they will be given the yamen in Song Shenzong. After seeing a memorial, the yamen in front of the capital thousands of miles away, the yamen was only escorted to the capital for seven cents. It doesn't matter. However, the officials still extorted and could not knock them out. Just seven cents. Is there any more knock? So after the stalemate, it was not in the capital for more than a year. What a high seven cents of gold!

Song Shenzong was furious and put the law of exemption on the agenda despite the controversy.

Wang Anshi was still very careful. He said that he wanted to achieve the same family as the same family, so he could only slow down his mind. For this reason, it took three years from pilot to discussion to improvement to promotion to the whole country.

It is good to be attentive, but if it continues to be implemented, it is all in a biased direction. Wang Anshi is better at making up for money than to make up for the people. It is secondary to his goal to make up for the empty treasury. Under this mentality, the officials below are even more chaotic and new drawbacks arise again. Not only this law, but other laws have also aroused opposition from conservative ministers.

For example, Sima Guang, his family was a top-level family, and first of all, violated his family's interests. Seeing Wang Anshi's reforms, he came specifically to the big households, landlords, and merchants, Sima Guang was unhappy. At this time, he forgot to praise Liu Bei's people-oriented words when he was practicing "Zizhi Tongjian". Perhaps in his eyes, this people-oriented one is not the common people, but the literati and officials. The common people are not humans, so after they came to power, all the new laws were defeated. After hearing this, Wang Anshi, who was old and sick in Jiangning, sighed. Even if other laws have disadvantages, why would even recruitment be abolished?

One was impatient in making money, the other was conservative, and he never repent until he died. The division of the Song Dynasty began.

"It's good to use money to serve," Sima Guang said.

"Doctor Zheng, this is a good idea. Although the court is not allowed to do this, the doctor can submit a memorial and use Taipingzhou to perform a pilot project to reduce the burden on the people," said Lu Gong.

"There is no need to submit the memorial. Once the memorial is reported, there will be controversy in the court. Your Majesty told the doctor that you can do it quietly on my behalf. If you see the results, you will have less controversy at that time." Wang Anshi said.

At least there is no dispute between the two.

Zheng Lang smiled and asked, "You just think of its benefits, but your difficulties. If you spend money on labor, the situations and incomes of each state are different, how do you convert them?"

"this……"

"I have said before that every decree is good, but it will be implemented differently. For a rich family, it is not burdened. For example, a middle-aged rich family, it takes several months to go to the capital to work, and the family's industries are completely abandoned, and the losses can reach hundreds or thousands of dollars. However, after the discount, if you only pay a few dozen dollars, you can calmly hire a poor person to serve on behalf of others. For dozens of dollars, you are enough for the poor to pay.

They paid. However, the implementation of the Service Law itself is to help the poor and suppress the wealth. What will happen after decades of implementation? How many people of the fourth and fifth grades are involved. If local officials pretend to be superior people to deal with service, to fulfill their political achievements or to make money, dozens of dollars are not surprising to the rich, but for the poor, it is enough to make them lose their entire family. Don’t say it is impossible, it is 100% possible, so what should I do?”

"Whoever starts this will eventually become a scapegoat?" Cui Xian asked suddenly.

"That is, there will inevitably be civil disturbances at that time. If money is used instead of service, it will only be the chores in front of the yamen, the chief of the elders, the archers and the servants, and those who are not willing to let go of the officials."

Can you let go? The officials are good, easy, and have real power. With real power, using their power and proper management will only expand their strength. This will not let go. After Wang Anshi's reform in history, he did not move, and there was too much controversy.

He also said: "When I implemented this policy, I mainly used first-class families, and after years of transformation, I was unknowingly affected. Starting with money instead of servitude, someone would have raised this hidden danger. Second-class families and wealthy families would inevitably be dissatisfied with money, and it would also be unfair to use money instead of servitude. Or if you use assets to collect money, are the first-class families willing to? Although it may not be much money for them, how many people think that there is too much money? What are the first-class families, bureaucrats, noble relatives, big bosses, big merchants, and descendants of meritorious people, these are all elites of the country. With the scheming of Lu Xianggong, once they are punished, they will have to step down in the end. Not to mention implementing this consequence. Have you ever thought about this?"

"If a great country is a man who cooks small food, why is it difficult to do this..." Wang Anshi sighed for a long time.

"I'm very happy to hear your words," Zheng Lang touched his head.

Cui Xian held her cheeks and said, "Officials, I have another way. If the officials want to do practical things, they will not be able to do practical things. But they can change contradictions. For example, if someone asks for officials, the officials can use some strategies to make them write letters over the level, jointly start a report, and send them directly to the court. With the status of the officials, the court will definitely regard it when seeing the Taipingzhou memorial. Let them raise it themselves and entrust officials to pilot it. If there is any dispute, it has nothing to do with the officials. It is proposed by local wealthy families, but it has achievements but it is the officials. Why not do it?"

In her eyes, there is only the difference between success and failure.

There are some benefits, but there are many consequences, so I try every means to keep the benefits and push the disadvantages to others...

Indeed, Zheng Lang cannot open this head. If a dispute arises, they will inevitably point the finger at Zheng Lang. But if the rich households raise it, will they point at the rich households?

He is also black-hearted and utilitarian, and has been following Cui Youjie for a long time. Cui Youjie is interested in cultivating him and is familiar with the officialdom, so he came up with this idea.

He also said: "Taipingzhou is not like the prefectures in Hebei and Hedong. There are few large families with backgrounds. Isn't this the reason why officials come? If the court approves it, it will be implemented and these three consequences will be expressed to make the court cautious. It will block the way for censors to advise. If they do not approve, the wealthy families cannot blame the officials."

"My teacher's wife, this is a good idea," said Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

"Let me think about it again," Zheng Lang did not agree immediately, and then looked at Cui Xian's beautiful thin lips, thinking to himself that some people say that women with thin lips are all scheming, but this is the case? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh.

But my mind was very calm. It was best not to get involved in this exemption method. It was as simple as Cui Xian said. Once you get involved, you can't think of peace in the future.

But first write a memorial and hand it to the capital.

After talking about the role of Kenwei and Lianwei, I focused on several points. The first point is that to ensure the safety of the people, the smallwei must be connected to the Dawei.

It is necessary to contact us. When the flood season comes, the flood can be more than ten meters higher than the dike. Don’t talk about the small dike. It is a large dike of tens of thousands of acres. Once the dike is broken, two or three hours, the entire dike will become a vast ocean. It is better to have a boat. You can escape on board, but your home will definitely be washed away by the flood. It is not safe. If you break the dike at night, you won’t be able to have a boat, especially those small dikes with hundreds of acres and thousands of acres, which will become a small lake in a few minutes, and people will inevitably die. If there is no boat, it will be even more tragic.

After Liancheng Dawei, more people will raise high positions to strengthen the dike. When the flood season comes, more people will patrol and inspect and prevent, and be alert at any time, and will break down, but it is better than several hundred or thousands of sporadic small dikes.

Secondly, lakes and private circles. Lakes and lakes can be planted for the people to nourish their household use, but they cannot be possessed and occupied. They will also use the deeds of the six tigers of the Zhang family as examples, and they cannot be blocked during the circles. Once the circles are enclosed, all lakes and lakes will be collected as state-owned for their unified planning.

Private circles are not standardized, so they cannot be allowed to circle. In the memorial, it is said that circles are imperative. The output of the land area is high and the country's population is increasing. Even if the court prevents it, each land area will inevitably appear one by one.

This is the general trend, but private circles of dikes are small and irregular, and they are dangerous. Moreover, they are not arranged in a unified manner, and they are invaded by waterways and water storage lakes. When the flood season comes, there is no place to leak waterways, which will destroy many dikes and there is no water to irrigate during the drought. The court must arrange and plan uniformly, leaving enough waterways to discharge floods and enough lakes to store water. This court is not a Beijing official, and most of the Beijing officials are northerners, and they may not understand, nor can they be county officials. When they reach the grassroots level, they have all kinds of people. Therefore, each circle of dikes is not only not for private circles, but also a magistrate must inspect them personally and repeatedly examine them before they can be encircled. Otherwise, the country in which the encircled dikes will not recognize any recognition, and the consequences will be borne by themselves.

This is not reform, it is water conservancy, and it is also a paper talk. But what Zheng Lang asked for was an edict. With the edict and the excuse of the law, Taipingzhou can be implemented in the development of the Great Development of Taipingzhou!

Otherwise you can't move.

This memorial, especially in Lianwei, is a landmark suggestion.

After reading it, Uncle Lu San sighed: "It turns out that there is a lofty heart."

How long has it been seen!

Cui Xian was so happy that she smiled when she heard Uncle Lu San’s praise, and scratched Zheng Lang’s legs under the table with her hands.

Officials are capable and have face.

But Zheng Lang was also afraid that in history, Wanchunwei was built by Zhang Yan, the transshipment commander of Jiangnan East Road, and judge Xie Jingwen with the assistance of Shen Kuo and Shen Pi brothers. It was of great merit. It was precisely because the small Wu Baizhangwei on the side was destroyed that some people in the court were jealous and spread rumors and caused trouble, saying that Wanchunwei was destroyed, and the court removed Zhang and Xie from their posts.
To be continued...