In March, the weather warmed up, and the fields outside Jiangling City were busy with spring plowing. The damage and impact of the war could no longer be seen.
Of course, the impact of the war is still real, and it is very profound. Take the busy farmers in the wilderness as an example. In the past, most of them were slave tenants who belonged to the rich and powerful families in the city. Now,
Most of them are registered households in the county government.
Jiangling City has a population of more than 300,000, and it cannot be completed in a short time to complete household registration and land transfer. However, the farming season is in full swing and there is no room for delay. In order not to delay the following spring plowing, the first round of household registration will be carried out.
The land grant targets are still mainly multi-family households.
Households with large numbers of households are under great pressure to survive and have a relatively sufficient labor force. Their willingness to participate in labor production is also more urgent, so they have been given priority. As soon as the household registration was completed, these households immediately started the spring plowing work in full swing.
As for some single households or those who were unable to establish households, although they did not participate in this round of household registration and land granting, they were not ignored either.
They were organized into a rural community in units of three hundred men. The government provided public land and farm tools, cattle, grain seeds and other means of production to participate in production. Seventy percent of the harvest produced went to the government and another third to the people. Afterwards, the government collected
It will be reduced year by year, until finally, it will only bear the normal rent adjustment like that of ordinary households, and there will be no other additional taxes.
Although this arrangement is still a bit burdensome overall, it can be said to be very generous compared to the previous situation of the people in Nanliang.
Because these singles and single families are difficult to start normal farming production immediately even if they are granted land, and their ability to resist risks is very fragile. If the government carries out special supervision, the administrative costs will become very high.
, but if there is no supervision, at least 30% of registered households will often be lost after one season of farming.
This is the experience gained by Li Tai during his several years in power. The proportion of data may vary from person to person and from place to place, but similar problems exist objectively. In order to ensure the normal production and life of households, both
To control the cost of government governance, it is a more appropriate arrangement to adopt the form of cooperatives in these newly occupied areas.
Compared with ordinary military and civilian villages, this kind of rural community organization is also more moderate. In particular, it clearly clarifies the concept of private ownership shares of participating workers. Although it is not large for the time being, it has a trend of increasing year by year. For the people
Labor enthusiasm can also have a good motivating and mobilizing effect.
There are large areas of fertile farmland around Gangneung, such as the land exposed after the decline of lakes and swamps. It itself has nutrients accumulated over the years. It does not even need to be left fallow. No matter what crops are planted, you can get a good harvest every season.
Before the Western Wei Dynasty captured Jiangling, a considerable part of the land around Jiangling had been classified as official property by Liang Emperor Xiao Yi, or directly owned by the inner garden. Even some of the local wealthy properties in Jiangling were often occupied. As for those who were built
When Kang came to Jiangling, the land owned by the people was even less.
This also prevents Li Tai from expropriating land from those big landowners, and can distribute the wealth and resources more calmly. The people can actually obtain benefits from his rule, which is better than any trickery.
A more convincing way to consolidate rule.
Since the war in Xiangzhou has not yet been decided, Li Tai still needs to sit in Jiangling and personally manage the personnel operations and implementation of government orders of the entire Jiangling General Administration. Of course, the affairs of the country cannot be left behind.
"Your Majesty, this is the royal decree drafted by everyone in the palace. Please review and correct it."
Wang Bao, the penmaster, and several palace officials came to the hall and respectfully presented a document.
Li Tai took the document and browsed it briefly, and couldn't help but frowned. It was not that the article was not well drafted, but that it was too good. It cited classics and classics, and the diction was elegant and brilliant. And because of this, it was more like
A literary work is not like a normal administrative document.
"Nowadays, when the government is new, there is a lot of unfamiliarity between personnel, the standards of government orders are not clear, and the steps of the regulations are unclear... That's all. Let me point out a few key points, and you can expand and add them later."
Li Tai put this overly gorgeous article aside for the time being, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Now is a time when everything is changing, and everything is waiting for improvement. It is especially important to have a clear sense of priority when doing things. Don't miss the big by twisting the small.
!As taught by the king's command, encourage farmers to encourage farming and weaving, encourage learning to promote education, and encourage officials to reward talents. Only these three are the most important and are the basis of everything. There is no room for slack! If these three can be cured,
The remaining troubles can be cured!"
For example, Su Chuo's "Six Edicts" set the overall tone of governance for the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties. Now the original Jingzhou General Manager's Office has been upgraded to Shannan Road Daxingtai. It no longer only manages the military and administration of one government, but is responsible for the entire Shannan Road.
Of course, governance and management also require a basic operating program to guide and standardize the decision-making and implementation of government orders.
Today's Li Tai's identity is different from the past. In the past, he could formulate entrance examination methods and trick his colleagues to gain progress in order to rise to the top. But now he has become the leader of a force. If he rolls up his sleeves and does this kind of thing again, the majesty of the boss will be lost.
How to express it? How to channel the grievances of the masses? You have to raise your own voice to collect training fees. If you raise so many tigers and wolves, can they only lick but not bark?
This edict issued to the inside of Xingtai is to tell the civil and military subordinates what they focus on. If you want to make progress, you have to focus on these points. Don’t worry about four or six.
, I don’t know what you are busy with!
The three points raised by Li Tai are more straightforward. To encourage farmers is to work hard to promote the development of productive forces; to encourage students to educate is to do a good job in ideological construction; to encourage officials is to actively consolidate the organizational structure and expand the ruling class.
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Productivity is everything. This is true for small households, and it is also true for a force and a political power. If productivity cannot develop in a healthy and orderly manner, no matter how large a force is, it will suffer from nothing and fall apart. If the ideology cannot be done well, the people will not be united, and the team will fail.
It will be difficult to lead, and there will be serious internal friction. If the ruling class cannot expand in an orderly manner and engages in small circles for everything, it will naturally inevitably become separated from the masses and eventually become a monomaniac and a thieves.
With the guidance of these three programs, the content of the following work will naturally be standardized. For example, the ongoing household registration and land transfer in Jiangling and the establishment of rural cooperatives, etc., fall into the category of encouraging farmers. As for encouraging students,
, then we need to wait for productivity and order to be further restored before we can organize and establish school buildings and enrollment systems among counties on a large scale.
In terms of recruiting officials, Li Tai plans to organize a talent selection examination for the entire Daxingtai area of Shannan Province in the middle of this year. The counties and counties will recommend a certain number of talents to Xiangyang based on their respective registered populations to conduct a unified examination.
Selection.
When many people talk about the imperial examination, they often focus on opening up paths for talents to rise, but from the perspective of rulers, the diversity of talent acquisition is also conducive to consolidating their rule.
There is no universal talent selection system, the powerful clans compete with each other, and the clan system of kings and horses sharing the world is undoubtedly not conducive to the expansion of imperial power and the stability of the regime. Not to mention the hardships of the emperors of the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, the Gao family was born and raised in the town.
The Emperor of Soldiers would not be able to bear it if he was surrounded by soldiers.
The new prefix Li Tai has just been established, and of course it is eager for talents to join in an endless stream. Through the method of state and county recommendation, it can not only enrich the talent pool, but also observe and review the obedience of local forces to Xingtai's rule.
How, and how to encourage these local powerful factions to leave the countryside and release local resources, can be said to have hundreds of benefits and no harm.
The imperial examination, or the early imperial examination system, has never been a method of class struggle, but a manifestation of the expansion of central power. In the past, powerful people in your places had strong soldiers and horses, and they could become officials if they were famous. But now, don't worry about what kind of bastards you are from a famous family.
At least take the entrance exam and let people see what you are like.
The cultural and educational level in the Southern Dynasties was higher than that in the Northern Dynasties. Of course, it was not because southerners loved learning more, but because of social development. The commerce in the Southern Dynasties was more developed. A city as big as Jiankang was completely destroyed after Hou Jing made trouble for a while.
The city is short of food, and even basic survival and strategic materials such as food must be obtained through market transactions.
Living in such an environment, being illiterate and unable to count means losing the possibility of independent life. Of course, the trend of hiding in the house in the Southern Dynasty was more serious than that in the Northern Dynasty, and it is true that most people have no personal freedom.
The Slave Trilogy.
A good cultural and educational foundation is also one of the reasons why Li Tai dared to try to implement the imperial examination system. Even if the powerful local families were too lazy to respond, they could still recruit some talents from poor backgrounds. When the ruling team expanded, I would still have thousands of options.
Way to deal with you!
With the guidance of these three kings' teachings, the wisdom of the masses was also stimulated, and various targeted suggestions were piled on Li Tai's desk for him to choose and adopt.
Even if many of them are old-fashioned, there are also some eye-catching ideas, especially the perspective based on the local people's livelihood environment in Nanliang is very valuable, and it is also quite enlightening for Li Tai. Even if he has great governance
Jing Xiang's ambition is also to find out where the real problems of the people are, and to adjust and change some policy details on a regional basis in order to prescribe the right medicine.
Just as he was wandering in the ocean of wisdom of the masses and choosing truly beneficial strategies, the war in Xiangzhou also took a new turn. The news of Wang Lin's surrender was sent back to Jiangling by Liang Shiyan, who came with this news.
Also present were Wang Lin’s envoys.
Wang Lin's envoys mainly consisted of two people, one was his eldest name Pei Zheng, the other was the military general Han Shao, and the others were the soldiers accompanying them to protect them.
When he came to the outside of Jiangling City and saw the city and the people who were coming in and out, which looked very familiar at first glance but looked slightly different upon closer inspection, Pei Zheng couldn't help but burst into tears. He sighed and said: "What a great city, what fools can't defend it?"
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Han Shao, a native of Huainan, has been moving around since he joined Wang Lin's army. He doesn't have much affection for Jiangling or the original court in the city. But he also looked worried at the moment, looking at the city gate.
The crowd at the previous place was in a daze, and a figure that had just flashed through his mind but seemed to have no chance of appearing here kept flashing in his mind.
The group did not stay outside the city for long and were soon introduced into the city, but their arrival still attracted the attention of some people outside the city.
"The man who just entered the city seems to be Pei Zheng, the Marquis of Yiling. I, Wang Lin, are outside. Why did he enter the city?"
In front of the city gate, a local from Jiangling looked at Pei Zheng and his entourage who were being led into the city by the armored soldiers, and said in confusion.
An insider said after hearing this: "Wang Lin's army has been trapped in Xiangzhou for a long time. His teachers are exhausted and unable to do anything. They are even besieged by the army of King Taiyuan, so he sent an envoy to surrender. Marquis Pei thought he was his envoy."
After hearing this, everyone around them had mixed emotions. On the one hand, they were happy that Wang Lin surrendered and Jiangling could be saved from military disasters. On the other hand, they were a little sad. Wang Lin was the leading general in the country.
Even he was unable to defeat the Wei army. It seemed that Liang Zuo would really have difficulty surviving.
Soon Han Xie, a doctor from Xingtai, led a group of people to the city gate and entered the city. Jiangling Shiliu, who was still talking and sighing just now, hurriedly closed his mouth. They had been Liang people for a long time, so they could not help but lament the decline of the Liang Dynasty.
But it doesn't mean that he is dissatisfied with his current life, and of course he won't advertise Nanliang as a lonely old man to cause trouble for himself.
Since the King of Taiyuan was still in charge of Jiangling, the newly appointed Xingtai Lang officials like Han Xie also had to come to Jiangling to take orders and assist in the decision-making and implementation of various government orders.
Whether it was the previous Jingzhou Military Mansion or the current Tai Mansion, the daily work of these subordinate officials has always been busy and fulfilling, so one of the criteria for selecting the Tai Mansion Lang Officer this time is to be young, strong, and flexible.
I am afraid that my old age and weak strength are not enough for such a busy job.
After Han Xie entered the office from outside, he went back to the Zhitang, which was reserved for the officials. He first reported his orders to Pei Hong, the left prime minister of the Zhitang, and then returned to his seat and sat down.
"If there is an apostle from Xiangzhou who wants to surrender, he needs to send Ichiro from the government to guide him to the church. Who can do it?"
An official from outside the hall hurriedly walked in and shouted to the officials in the hall.
At this time, most of the officials in the hall were busy writing at their desks. Only Han Xie, who had just sat down, was looking around for some leisure, so Pei Hong's eyes naturally fell on him.
After seeing this, Han Xie did not explain that he had just returned home. He didn't even have time to take a sip of hot tea. He stood up directly with his hands on the table. He took the Zhu batch of approval from Zuo Cheng before entering and hurried out of the hall.
At this time, Pei Zheng and Han Shao had been led outside the front hall of the mansion. The palace was renovated from the original Liang Emperor's palace, and the front hall was the waiting pavilion where the Liang Dynasty ministers waited for the emperor's summons. Pei
After Zheng stepped in and looked at the familiar building, his mind couldn't help but have more thoughts.
"If the Liang family officials were so diligent back then, would the state affairs be..."
Pei Zheng looked at the people who were going in and out of the palace, and couldn't help but sigh. Although he felt a little sour and sad emotionally, he had to admit that the general manager's palace now looked more beautiful than the original Nanliang court.
Vibrant.
Han Shao didn't have as much sadness as Pei Zheng. He just felt a little embarrassed and a little envious when he saw the well-armed soldiers inside and outside the governor's house.
Generals of Han Shao's level were not eligible to enter the imperial palace when Emperor Liang was in power. Now they couldn't help but look at the hall with curiosity. After they were introduced into the hall, no one came to ask questions. They were bored.
Then Han Shao walked to the throwing pot behind the screen on one side, grabbed a few arrows and started playing with them.
"May I ask whether I am the envoy from Xiangzhou?"
Han Shao was feeling annoyed that the spout of the tossing pot was too small and he always missed when he suddenly heard a familiar sound in his ears. His body froze immediately, but after briefly recalling it, he still felt that the sound was still different from what he remembered.
But he also put the remaining two arrows in his hand back to the throwing pot, then turned around and prepared to go out of the screen and go with Pei Zheng to visit the King of Taiyuan of Wei State.
After receiving a nod from Pei Zheng, Han Xie bowed slightly and said, "A certain Han Xie, now Xingtai Lang, has been ordered to..."
boom!
Before Han Xie finished speaking, he heard a loud noise coming from the side, and the bamboo screen suddenly broke apart, and the fragments fell straight in his direction. Although he was a Langguan, he also had a sword, and after hearing the sound, he subconsciously
With the knife in his hand, he yelled loudly: "What kind of madman dares to... ah, ah... are you a human or a ghost! Is this real or a dream?"
When Han Shao heard the familiar name, he couldn't wait even after walking a few feet.
He punched the screen that blocked his view, and immediately a young man with a taller figure and a more mature appearance appeared in his field of vision. For a moment, the blood in his body seemed to solidify, and his hands and feet lost the strength to move. His whole body seemed to be trapped in
In the nightmare, only tears could not stop rolling down from my eyes.