In order to ensure the smooth flow of food routes, the imperial court's actions to comfort Huaidong were not unpleasant. Official edicts stamped with the "Seal of the Secretary and the Ministry of Officials" were delivered by express delivery before the New Year, and major adjustments were made to Huaidong officials.
Liu Shidu succeeded Liu Tingzhou to inform the affairs of Huai'an Prefecture. Lin Fu led the Huaidong system and set up envoys to inform the affairs of Hailing Prefecture, led by Zheng Sipinzhengyi.
Agreed, after deducting the local expenses of the prefectures and counties, the sum of summer and autumn taxes and grain collection in the two prefectures and ten counties in Huaidong (except Chongzhou County), within 800,000 dan, will be allocated to the Huaidong Military Command Department to support the Huaidong Army.
The excess amount still needs to be paid to the County Secretary.
While further decentralizing power to Huaidong, the imperial court and Jiangning still regarded the Huaidong Army Chief as the main means to restrict Huaidong. Liu Tingzhou was promoted to the fourth rank Zhengyi Dafu, and the Huaidong Army Chief was promoted to the fourth rank Yamenmen
, parallel to the Huaidong system and the Department of Envoys, and under the jurisdiction of the Jianghuai Governor's Office.
Before the Chinese New Year, it snowed again in Huaidong.
"Yue Lengqiu is nothing more than that!" Lin Fu threw the official document on the desk and looked out the window at the wintersweet covered with a layer of snow. A group of sparrows flew from nowhere and perched on the plum branches...
This is a living yard behind Dongya. Lin Fu occasionally wants to stay here for peace and quiet, and hides here to handle official duties. Song Jia helps take care of this place, and sometimes he is too lazy to go back to the mountain, so he lives here.
There are some things that are unclear, but no one wants to explain them clearly.
Song Jia was wearing a light green jacket with white velvet piping, her breasts were swollen, and her skin was like the snow outside the window, showing a soft luster in the dark room.
She sorted out the official documents that Lin Fu had left behind. This was Yue Lengqiu's notification letter for transferring Meng Yishan's troops to Weiyang Mansion for rest.
Yue Lengqiu's intention was obvious, which was to guard against Huaidong's disobedience.
After deploying the Northern Zhejiang Army to march westward to prevent Changle bandits from crossing south, this was Yue Lengqiu's second deployment of troops from the Qianjiang defense line. After two deployments, Jiangdong County reduced its troops on the eastern front by about 20,000, putting pressure on the eastern front.
Big increase.
"Master Liu is here, wait in front!" Zuo Lan, the girl Song Jia brought from Jeju, came in to report.
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The Chinese New Year was coming in two days, and Liu Shidu knew that Lin Fu couldn't wait to take over the affairs of Hailing Mansion. On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, he and the magistrate Wu Meijiu led the six officials of the government and the county magistrates and county magistrates.
The Cheng, the county captain and other officials came to Chongzhou to take over the affairs with Lin Fu; anyway, he had to go to Huai'an to take up his post after the Chinese New Year.
Lin Fu walked towards the front office in the snow, and Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong, Li Shuyi, Wang Chengfu and others also rushed over.
Since Lin Fu took office as the envoy of Huaidong, he has traveled all over Huaidong non-stop. He has been an old acquaintance with Liu Shidu and Wu Mei for a long time. The six Cao Cao of the government and the county officials are no strangers to seeing him. They saw Lin Fu wearing a green suit.
He walked in and stood up together to greet him.
The six Cao Cao of the government and the county officials had different thoughts. Some were uneasy, while others were secretly lucky. Lin Fu used to be the military commander of Huaidong, and he liked to interfere in political affairs. The six Cao Cao of the government and the officials of the counties had different ideas.
Ignore----People who ignore things will become panicked at this time.
It's okay to offend other bosses, but to offend Lin Fu... it's not just a matter of wearing small shoes. There are a few clean-assed officials these days. If they are not careful, they will be killed. The Ma family in Shanyang County is a precedent.
Dong Wenbiao, the magistrate of Jianling County, is one of those people who secretly gets lucky.
Whether it was building and defending seawalls in Huaidong, reclaiming wasteland for camps, or recommending officials to prefectures and counties from the Huaidong Military Division, Dong Wenbiao cooperated in all matters, and even repeatedly laughed at Hu Dahai, the magistrate of Yandu County in neighboring counties - and laughed at him
Although Hu Dahai said that he was promoted to be the general magistrate of Huai'an Prefecture this time, maybe he was more worried than happy?
"It's the New Year, and everyone can't live in peace. I think there's a lot of resentment in my heart?" Lin Fu sat down and asked everyone with a smile on his face and a harmonious and approachable attitude.
"How dare you, how dare you, I wish you could come here to pay your New Year greetings, but I still can't find an excuse..." Wu Meijiu took the lead and said.
Among so many people, Wu Meijiu has been dealing with Lin Fu the longest.
When Lin Fu first went to Xisha Island to provide disaster relief, Wu Meijiu came to Chongzhou to coordinate the conflict between Lin Fu and the former magistrate of Chongzhou. Then Lin Fu officially settled in Chongzhou, and Wu Meijiu temporarily replaced the magistrate of Chongzhou for nearly a year. It was not easy.
After leaving here, he returned to Hailing Prefecture and continued to serve as a military commander and joined the army. Lin Fu was appointed as an envoy to Huaidong and restructured local military equipment. Wu Meijiu returned to Lin Fu's control.
This promotion to Tongpan was intended to limit the power of the prefect, but Wu Meijiu had no such intention at all. In Wu Meijiu's heart, as long as Lin Fu did not openly raise the flag of rebellion, he could do whatever he liked.
Lin Fu smiled slightly, asked everyone to take a seat, and asked Liu Shidu: "Master Liu, Master Liu of Liu Tingzhou is stationed in Huai'an. When will you leave for Huai'an to take up your post?"
"If we go to Huai'an after the Chinese New Year, Master Liu Tingzhou should have the patience to wait for a few more days..." Liu Shidu said.
Huai'an Prefecture is more important than Hailing Prefecture. Liu Shidu changed his knowledge of Huai'an Prefecture, which would be regarded as a small promotion.
However, Jiangning made adjustments to the Huaidong Prefecture. From then on, the Huai'an Prefecture not only had to be controlled by the Huaidong Chief Envoy in the military, but also politically controlled by the Huaidong Army Chief. Invisibly, half of the
level, which also made him secretly unhappy. Unhappiness was due to the fact that it was not easy to be a stable official these days.
"Well," Lin Fu nodded and said, "This time the imperial court adjusted the salary rationing of Huaidong. After deducting local expenses, the money and food of Huaidong and Huaidong will all be allocated to the military commander. Of course, 800,000 yuan was given
Any excess of the upper limit of stone tax and grain must be turned over to the county magistrate. Currently, the taxes actually paid by the two governments are only enough to exchange for 400,000 stone grain. There is still a lot of room left before the upper limit of 800,000 stone tax grain. Liu
What do you think, sir?"
The summer taxes and autumn grains levied by local governments have always been more local expenditures and less handed over to county officials. According to the tax regulations established during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Hailing and Huai'an had to pay 200,000 shi of grain to Beijing every year.
After the salt and silver were used to protect the grain, the grain was exchanged for silver, adding up to the amount of money, only 180,000 taels of silver were confiscated from the county magistrate.
During the Jiangning military meeting in July, the two governments raised a one-time tax of more than 240,000 taels of silver. This shows that the taxes paid by the two governments to the county magistrate were not heavy at all.
This time the imperial court reluctantly agreed to use all the taxes from the two Huaidong prefectures to Huaidong. In fact, the total amount of taxes was only 420,000 taels of silver. If the price of rice returned to a year ago, it would almost be enough to cover it.
The upper limit of eighty shi of tax grain. At this time, the price of rice had almost doubled to 420,000 taels of silver. If converted into tax grain, it was only half of the previous price, less than 400,000 shi of grain.
"After I take office, I will do my best to abolish the tax of bank and replace it with tax of grain..." Liu Shidu replied, "We must make the tax paid to the Military Command Department by Huai'an Prefecture reach the level of 400,000 shi of grain."
Liu Shidu is a senior official. Besides, the government of Huai'an government is nominally under the control of the military commander and under the control of Liu Tingzhou. If Liu Shidu can make such a statement, it is inconvenient for Lin Fu to pursue the details.
Liu Shidu sat for a while, then said goodbye and left, leaving Wu Meijiu, Dong Wenbiao and other local officials of Hailing Prefecture to stay. From now on, Hailing Prefecture will be one-third of an acre of land in Huaidong.
After Liu Shidu said goodbye and left, the smile on Lin Fu's face faded a bit, and the atmosphere in the hall became much stiffer.
Lin Fu and Wu Meijiu said: "The official office of the Zhizhi Envoy Office is in Chongzhou. I always have to focus on military affairs, and I can't go to Hailing to do official duties. Do you think this is good? Can everyone please accommodate me and move here?"
Come to Chongzhou to handle official duties? In the future, any official documents from various counties should be sent directly to Chongzhou."
"Of course, it's easy for us to move here when we are so busy traveling between places." Wu Meijiu said.
It was convenient for Wu Meijiu to say this, and it was also convenient for all the Cao officials. After all, they were all officials from Beijing who brought their children to their posts. In comparison, today's Chongzhou is much more prosperous than Hailing City, and everyone is willing to go to a prosperous place.
Be an official.
The real trouble is the number of officials, who are many times more than the number of officials...
Officials are almost all selected from local gentry and are the core representatives of local forces. There are nearly a hundred people in the Xushi under the Six Cao Cao of Hailing Prefecture. Their homes, roots, and family interests are almost all in Hailing City. They
I will never move to Chongzhou easily.
It was convenient for Wu Meijiu to agree, and there was no inconvenience for the Cao officials themselves. But when they thought about how to persuade their subordinates after returning, they felt as if their heads were as big as a bucket.
"In that case," Lin Fu seemed unable to see the embarrassment on other people's faces. When Wu Meijiu agreed, he said, "We will limit it to the fifth day of the new year. After the fifth day of the new year, who has not come to Chongzhou yet?
Reporters should treat him as if he is sick and resigning - I don't care if they are disrespectful to me or neglectful of me. If he doesn't show up in Chongzhou after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, then he should never show up again!"
"Of course, your Excellency is being tolerant enough by not pursuing their crime of disrespect. I don't think anyone would be so ignorant!" Wu Meijiu said, "I am reporting to Chongzhou today!"
Wu Meijiu had been the general magistrate for a long time, and he was the one with the most power to save Lin Fu. Wu Meijiu looked like he was obeying his words, and all the Cao Cao and the county officials below felt sad in their hearts. No one had taken the wrong medicine and stood up at this time.
Contrary to Lin Fu, the matter of actually moving the Fucheng administrative office to Chongzhou was decided in a few words.
No one would put their own head to test Lin Fu's knife for the sake of his subordinates.
Lin Fu wished that none of the subordinate officials from Hailing Prefecture would come, so that he could replace them all with people from here - Chongzhou has sufficient reserves of officials in the past two years, not to mention the Hailing Prefecture, but also the Huaihe Prefecture.
The yamen at all levels in the eleven counties of the two eastern prefectures all use the officials trained by Chongzhou in the past two years, which is more than enough.
"The situation is becoming increasingly severe, and it is necessary to further reorganize the Hailing Prefecture Army," Lin Fu said. "Master Wu has been appointed as a general judge to review lawlessness and has a heavy workload. He is no longer suitable to serve as the commander of the Prefecture Army. From now on,
Zhaowu Colonel Chen Kuili will take over as the commander of the Hailing Prefecture Army..."
Chen Kuili, who was born in Shanlinli and returned to Huaidong with Han Caizhi, stood up to greet everyone and show his familiarity to everyone.
Tongpan or Sikou joining the army were all officials sent by Beijing, but local military generals could be appointed by the local government and were nominally returned to the government. Sikou joined the army and controlled it, but obviously the Huaidong system made the envoys have greater control.
Wu Meijiu was mentally prepared for Lin Fu's appointment. Others were surprised, but there was no problem if they thought about it carefully.
Lin Fu was originally the military commander of the two Huaidong prefectures, and he also served as the prefect of Hailing. In fact, every matter in Hailing Prefecture was decided by him. Although Wu Meijiu served as the general magistrate, his greatest power was to monitor Lin Fu.
Whether there is any evil intention, other powers are almost completely ignored.
"After Chen Kuili took office, he immediately led the Hailing Prefecture Army and his family members to station in Jiangmen and conduct camp training in Jiangmen. The defense of Hailing City will be taken over by troops sent by the Huaidong Infantry Division," Lin Fu continued to announce his decision, ignoring the following.
The expressions of the officials changed and they said, "From now on, Hailing Prefecture's expenditure on local military equipment will be unified and accounted for by the Military Department, and allocated and allocated..." At this point, Lin Fu looked at Yuan Keli, who joined the army and joined the army, and said, "
Master Yuan, what do you think about this?"
Prefecture and county taxes are divided into two parts: local expenditure and remittance. The remittance is usually an official tax or an additional levy explicitly specified by the court. The local expenditure has many items, and each household often has to pay dozens of items.
These days there is no more real estate development than in later generations, and fewer people pay bribes. Local officials who want to make a fortune mainly rely on corruption.
Where does corruption come from? Mainly from local expenditures. In addition to summer taxes and autumn grain, a large part of various local miscellaneous donations and apportionments have been eroded by "local expenditures".
The Hailing Prefecture Army has a total of three battalions, with a total of 2,000 soldiers plus casualties. However, Hailing Prefecture’s expenses in this area include armor, ordnance, money, barracks, etc. The annual expenditure is 20,000 shi of grain, 3
Ten thousand taels of silver. Its payment standard is Huai, which is even higher than that of the main infantry camp of the Huaidong Army Division. You can naturally imagine what kind of tricks are hidden in it.
Yuan Keli, who joined the army as Sihu, was a big moth in Hailing Prefecture - it was said that "three years to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver", Liu Shidu's fortune mainly depended on the service of the officials below, and any money allocated by the Hucao Cao
To pay for it, Yuan Keli had to scratch his hands. If he could pay 90% of the money in one lump sum, it would be a huge honor in front of Yuan Keli.
The combat effectiveness of the Fu army is very limited, and it is impossible to change it in a short time. Moving the Fu army and their families to Jiangmen to garrison and conduct field training can also be used as a barrier outside Chongzhou.
Staring at Lin Fu, cold sweat broke out on Yuan Keli's forehead. Who would have thought that in just half a month, the imperial court would really give the position of Hailing prefect to the pigherder?
Yuan Keli was stunned, and Lin Fu squinted his eyes and continued: "I plan to recommend three officials to Hucao. One is responsible for Dingtian, one is responsible for taxes, and one is responsible for expenditure. Does Mr. Yuan have any opinions?"
"No... no... no opinion..." Yuan Keli stammered.
Lin Fu looked at Yuan Keli and continued: "Then Li Shuyi and others will ask Master Yuan to take care of him from now on..." He signaled Li Shuyi, who was standing in the hall, to stand up and recognize his face.
Li Shuyi is currently the magistrate of Chongzhou County, and is also the leader of the military affairs department. He is an upright and eighth-grade civil servant. There are very few officials in Hailing Prefecture and other counties who do not know him.
Lin Fu appointed Li Shuyi to lead people into Cao Cao to serve as Dingtian officials, responsible for Dingtian, taxes, expenditures, etc. His intention was obvious enough.
The local financial power is all in Hucao, which is mainly divided into three categories: land, taxes, and expenditures. Lin Fu wants to directly control Hailing Mansion, and it is impossible not to exclude Yuan Keli.
"According to Chongzhou's rules, starting from next summer's tax collection, all counties in Hailing Prefecture will be exempted from all small taxes and capitation assessments. After you return, you adults must immediately put up a list and publicize it widely," Lin Fu said, "
After the new year, the counties will verify the number of acres in Dingkou, determine the land acres, and re-rate it. They must start immediately! Farm households in all counties must report the actual number of acres in Dingkou to the government office before March in the spring, and the summer tax will be incorporated into the collection.
, no punishment will be imposed; after the third month of spring, anyone who deceives and is found out by verification will be fined five years of land tax in real terms; whoever deceives and obstructs verification, my lords, go back and repair the prison first..."
The killer weapon finally arrived, and Dong Wenbiao and other county officials looked at each other in shock.
Dong Wenbiao took courage and said: "What your Excellency has said is an urgent matter for the counties in Hailing Prefecture and cannot be delayed. However, the county is short of manpower, and the subordinate officials in the county are intertwined with the local government, so they may not be able to handle them..."
Many things go wrong because of subordinate officials. The county governs an area of a hundred miles, and there are usually only two or three officials dispatched by the court. Specific matters must be handled by subordinate officials in the local area. If the subordinate officials want to
Officials are often not aware of people who are causing mischief or violating the rules.
"It doesn't matter," Lin Fu said, "Chongzhou has some experience in these matters. Since the county has asked for help, in addition to the historians previously selected, ten more people will be recommended to each county to take charge of their tasks..."
Chongzhou built a large number of fortifications, and at most there were more than 100,000 people building and defending the sea dike. Not to mention the personnel organization, the supply of materials for dike construction required a large number of logistics personnel.
From the early days of Shanglinli and Xihehui, to the recognition of Huaidong by Chongzhou local forces, and the large-scale southward migration of maritime merchant forces, they all brought a large number of talents to Lin Fu. Especially the recognition of Huaidong by Chongzhou local forces,
The students from Chongzhou, represented by the robbery boy, joined in, bringing a large reserve of grassroots officials to Huaidong.
There are five counties in Hailing County. In addition to Chongzhou, there are four counties: Hailing, Xinghua, Gaocheng, and Jianling. If one county selects ten more people, it will only be forty people. At worst, this group of students from the Agricultural School will graduate early.