To ensure that a good thing can continue for a long time, it must be institutionalized and the system must be continuously improved in the process of development.
This was the first thing Wei Zhi taught the two of them when he lived in Pucun Villa.
Bai Shan thought about this for two days and said to Man Bao: "Yes, people's hearts are unpredictable. Even I can't trust my own heart, let alone others, so I should make good rules so that people can't
Misdemeanor."
Man Bao asked: "Is it the same as the law?"
"In terms of professional fields, this is definitely not possible at the moment, but we can formulate rules and make them legal in the future when the system is perfected."
Man Bao asked: "What rules are you and Mr. Wei going to make?"
"Master Wei wants to set up a new department in the Household Department to manage the management of job fields."
"Isn't it now managed by the Household Department of the Job Field?"
"That's different," Bai Shan said: "Today's business management is extensive. They are completely delegated to local county magistrates, who in turn hand it over to their subordinates, who force them to allocate tenants and collect tenant rents every year.
Layer by layer, it was transferred back to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs returned it to various officials. What Mr. Wei meant was that the newly established departments would no longer be assigned to local officials, but would be managed by them themselves, but the local officials to whom the job fields belonged
Has the responsibility of supervision.”
Man Bao: "Protecting the interests of tenant farmers?"
Bai Shan nodded, "This method has a lot of changes, costs a lot of money, and has a lot of connections. The Ministry of Revenue, as well as officials from the DPRK and the Central Government may not agree, so Mr. Wei asked me to use your job field as an example.
A report.”
In addition, this time there will be a voluntary principle first, that is, officials can choose whether to conduct the trusteeship in the previous way and only collect a fixed rent every year; or take over and manage it themselves; the third option is to choose their
A way.
Bai Shandao: "The scope is fixed in the capital officials. Due to the particularity of local job fields, local job fields are not included in this example for the time being."
Bai Shan paused and then whispered: "Actually, I had a serious talk with Mr. Wei last night, and he wanted to abolish the job-land system."
Man Bao was startled and asked, "Does Lord Wei want this, or does His Majesty want this?"
Bai Shan glanced at her approvingly and whispered: "Your Majesty wants the same."
This time, Bai Shan really came into contact with the high-level secrets and the game between the superiors. He said softly: "Don't look at the current peace and prosperity of the country. In fact, the imperial court loses a lot of job fields every year, and the Gyeonggi area is also losing fields, but there are still
It’s under control.”
After all, under the Emperor's feet, even those who are thoughtful must be wary.
"But in the local area, officials and local big families have repeatedly invaded and occupied official fields," said Bai Shandao: "Master Wei said that a large number of official fields were stolen and local officials' job fields were not protected, so they would occupy a large amount of wasteland to open up wasteland. This is
It’s equivalent to occupying private land.”
The land system of the Jin Dynasty was that Chengding could be allocated a hundred acres of land, including twenty acres of Yongye land and eighty acres of Koufen land.
Of course, due to the amount of land in various places, this system will be discounted, but the minimum five acres of Yongye land must be guaranteed because it is survival capital.
But Mr. Wei and others have calculated in private that if this rate continues, the equalization of land will soon be no longer guaranteed.
Therefore, Wei Zhi wanted to abolish job fields, directly increase officials' salaries, allocate funds from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and no longer allocate job fields.
The official land was returned to the imperial court and jointly managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the local government. No one was allowed to use the public land except for newcomers and the imperial court.
What Wei Zhi didn't tell them was that the emperor not only wanted to abolish the job fields, he also wanted to take back some of the occupied job fields.
There are many methods. The most direct one is to send people to collect the illegal and criminal records of those homes. If you just pick one, the home can be ransacked.
If you can encroach on your job field, where can your hands be clean?
But the emperor didn't want to use this method. He didn't like killing people or seeing blood, so he wanted to use money to redeem the land.
Redeem the occupied land.
Of course, it’s impossible to go by the market price. Don’t you know where these fields came from?
The emperor and Wei Zhi settled the matter privately, and he was willing to pay up to 60% of the market price.
Then they calculated the number of lost fields in the past two years. It was only for two years. After calculating the money that would be spent, the emperor almost had angina because there was no money left in the treasury, so the emperor could only put this matter aside for the time being.
He suppressed it and just quietly made plans with Wei Zhi.
This kind of thing can only be planned with Wei Zhi. He doesn't dare to talk to anyone else, including his brother-in-law, Zhao Guogong.
Because Zhao Guogong's hands are not so clean, and there are many things involved behind the scenes, apart from Wei Zhi, no one in the court will stand on the emperor's side.
Although he was the emperor, he didn't just do whatever he wanted. He repeatedly ordered not to allow the family to build another Wubao, but they demolished the observation tower, but still built houses one after another around the Wubao.
The same clan lived in the same place, with countless tenants and long-term workers, but they just changed their names.
The world has only been stable for thirty years, and the emperor does not have the courage to provoke those who will bring chaos to him. Therefore, the emperor also treats these aristocratic families, as well as the wealthy families, local squires, officials, etc. that these aristocratic families have pushed to the front.
Be as gentle as possible.
Even he taught the prince this way.
He told the prince these plans, and then taught him: "You must control your temper. When you become emperor in the future, you will not be as bad-tempered as you are now. You must know how to advance and retreat, and be patient."
He said: "When it's time to endure, we'll endure, and when it's time to advance, we'll advance."
The prince responded.
The emperor nodded with satisfaction.
Then the next day, the emperor was furious in the palace and urgently ordered Wei Zhi, who was in the courtyard of Pucun and was not thinking about Shu, to return to the capital.
The guard who came to look for someone came in the rain, and his face was still a little pale. He didn't bother to say hello to Zhou Man who was standing in the yard with a bunch of cherries, and rushed directly to Wei Zhi and said: "Master Wei,
Go into the palace quickly, your Majesty wants to kill the Hejian County Prince."
Wei Zhi was shocked. Prince Hejian was the Minister of Rites. Why would such a good emperor kill him?
Wei Zhi quickly returned to Beijing.
Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at each other and hurriedly told Lao Zhoutou and the others that they would follow the horse after they caught it. After hearing this, Mrs. Liu chased them out and said to them: "First ask what the matter is and then decide to take care of it."
No matter what, don’t get involved."
Then he said: "Go and ask Erlang."
Bai Shan thought it was reasonable, so he didn't chase Master Wei, but took Man Bao to Huangzhuang.
As a result, Bai Erlang and Princess Mingda were called back one step ahead.
The two looked at each other and then returned to Beijing.
After returning to the capital, they went directly to find Yin You.
When Yin You saw them in his county mansion, he said, "I know why you are here. Don't worry, Your Majesty will not really kill the King of Hejian County."