Chapter 642 With the Holy Ancestor, you don't have to worry about money
Yongping Prefecture is responsible for both the pilot work of distributing land to households and the pilot work of cleaning up the official team. Shuan Zhu, the prefect of Yongping, has an arduous job, but these two tasks actually have something in common.
What's the commonality?
Both of these tasks require a capable team of cadres to execute them.
In this way, it involves the issue of talent training.
For a long time, Jia Liu didn't pay much attention to the construction of talent team.
The main reason is that he has been active in the military or working in the scenic area management committee. He has no chance to intervene at the bottom, especially in civil affairs.
Talent in the military and talent in the local area are obviously not the same thing.
Chairman Li was aware of the help of the talent team in the cause of joint advancement, so he made drastic changes in Sichuan to reorganize the provincial official team, causing nearly 80% of the officials in Sichuan Province to join the joint advancement association, thus ensuring the strong support of the joint advancement association in Sichuan.
Keep control.
However, the limitations of the times have also caused Chairman Li to focus his work only on officials at the county level and above, and still use the past system for rural governance.
This leads to a problem, that is, rural people, who make up the majority of the population, are actually not active in the construction work of Sichuan Province, or in the eyes of the people, government affairs have nothing to do with them.
To put it bluntly, the countryside is still a backwater.
It is said that the ducks are prophets when the water in the Spring River is warm. For the common people, they may not know that the water in the Spring River is warm.
Information channels are restricted, vision and knowledge are limited, everything is still the same as in the past, they do whatever the government says.
As long as they can still eat to survive, most people will not take the initiative to change their current living conditions.
Even for those who dare to eat crabs, the people will laugh at them, saying that this person is a second-rate, a prodigal, or does not learn well.
This status quo has been going on since the concept of a country existed.
The inability to effectively mobilize the countryside means that Sichuan's current development may be faster than in the past, but in the end it will be just a large province in the traditional concept. It is incredible that taxes have been doubled several times, and the annual treasury is 4 to 5 million taels. Compared with Zhili,
Zhejiang and Shandong are similar.
No matter how much, it is unrealistic.
If it were not for the need to distribute banner fields to households, Jia Liu, the governor of Zhili, might not have thought of carrying out reforms in the vast rural areas and establishing a capable team of grassroots talents.
The redistribution of millions of acres of land involves hundreds of thousands of Han tenant farmers in Yongping Prefecture. Without a capable grassroots team, how can this matter be implemented quickly and effectively?
If we want to implement a new reform policy in Zhili, we must also mobilize the rural system and tap into the huge energy contained in the countryside.
If farmers, who make up the majority of the population, cannot digest the fruits of industrialization, then Jia Liu's New Deal will definitely fail.
Therefore, a capable grassroots team that is loyal to him can not only help Jia Liu complete his direct leadership of the farmers, but also provide unlimited manpower and a broad market for his New Deal. It can also provide Zhili with larger tax funds.
, finally the people carried Master Jia Jia into the Forbidden City in a sedan chair.
With the support of the people, Jia Liu would not be able to do anything wrong with this emperor.
Everything, seemingly unrelated, is actually complementary to each other.
Naturally, this work of cultivating rural talents related to the New Deal reform should be launched on a pilot basis immediately and be fully promoted by taking advantage of the Governor's initiative to allocate land for the landless Han people.
"It is said that state power does not extend to counties, but only to clans, and clans are autonomous. Autonomy depends on ethics, and ethics creates gentry."
In order to make Shuan Zhu understand the importance of cultivating talents and establishing a team of grassroots cadres, Jia Liu first had to let him know the rules of the operation of the administrative system of past dynasties.
Jia Liu asked: "State power is imperial power. Since ancient times, imperial power has basically ruled down to the county level. There are almost no officials with official salaries below the county level. So I ask you, since the imperial power does not go to the countryside, how do the farmers in the countryside and even in the deep mountains and old forests pay grain
, pay taxes, how does the government catch up with the errands?"
Shuan Zhu said: "Don't you rely on the villagers to protect you, and you still have three classes and six rooms?"
Township Baojia was a system of the Ming Dynasty, and the Chengming system was continued in the Qing Dynasty. That is, for rural areas, county-level officials relied on the Baojiang and Li elders to manage farmers.
Whether it is checking household registration, paying taxes and servitude, or maintaining local security, you need to rely on these chiefs.
If "three classes and six rooms" are the large and small bureau units in the county, Baojia Li Lao is the village and town organization below.
Regarding the issue of "three classes and six rooms", Jia Liu once discussed the possibility of restructuring with Lao Yang, the governor of Zhili.
Currently, due to funding constraints, it cannot be promoted, but the reform of this administrative system must be put on the agenda in the future.
In the Ming Dynasty, Baojia and Xiangyue were elected by the local government, but not by the people, but by the local gentry and landlords.
In other words, the chiefs of protection in the Ming Dynasty were actually the spokespersons of the squires, and only those who were in the interests of the squires could assume this role.
The Qing Dynasty reformed this, that is, the chief of protection was no longer elected locally, but was directly appointed and replaced by state and county officials.
It seems that the imperial power's rule in rural areas has been strengthened, but in fact, the medicine is not changed.
Because the state and county officials don't know who can be the chief of Baojia.
Therefore, the list of candidates submitted to the master's desk was drawn up by the local squire.
Local gentry are precisely the biggest obstacle to government governance at the grassroots level.
Many times, the gentlemen must discuss matters with the gentry, rather than thinking that an administrative order can achieve the goal.
If the squires don't agree, the master will have to replace him.
Because the lords can be replaced at any time, but the squires are passed down from generation to generation, forming a deep-rooted and intricate network of interests in the land.
Attacking the gentry is not a good thing for officials.
Although Jia Liu was the governor-general of Zhili, he could not be an enemy of the gentry in the whole province.
After all, squires have been the most important part of the ruling system since ancient times, even the most basic part.
Fortunately, the biggest advantage of piloting various tasks in Yongping Prefecture is that there is actually no gentry power in this place.
Because all the land in Yongping Prefecture belongs to the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria, so of course there are no Han landlords and gentry.
Even if there is one, he is still the spokesperson of the banner people.
It is the group of contractors who serve as supervisors or contractors in Qizhuang. This group of people is also the main component of the chief of Baojia in Yongping Prefecture.
It might be more accurate to describe them as coated squires.
And these squires from a wealthy background were simply unable to compete with Jia Liu.
He is not afraid of Lao Man, let alone a bunch of packers.
In response to this favorable situation, Jia Liu instructed Shuan Zhu, the new prefect of Yongping, to bypass these clad and armored chiefs and re-appoint a new grassroots management team.
They were mainly appointed from landless Han tenants. It was best to be literate, but illiterate was also acceptable. There was no age limit. There was only one condition, that is, the person must be supported by his neighbors in the same village, not recognized by the gentry.
Jia Liu asked Shuan Zhu: "Do you still remember the soldier selection system I established at Dagu Water Camp?"
Shuan Zhu was also smart and immediately understood what the young master meant: "Let the landless Han people elect the armor commander just like the Shuiying soldiers?"
"Yes, let the people nominate themselves, but instead of calling him the chief of security, he should be called a committee member."
Jia Liu means village committee members, township committee members, and larger market towns town committee members.
These committee members report directly to the county magistrate.
If some local market towns with convenient transportation are large, county-level assistant officials can be directly stationed in the town to serve as committee members.
No matter what level the committee members are, they must have corresponding office space.
The village is simple, with a thatched hut or the committee member's own home.
Township and town committee members can provide some funds to build a bungalow or something to use as an office. These offices are directly under the county chief official and can be equipped with one or two secretarial offices, men, Kuaishou, Minzhuang, etc., but they should not exceed 20 people.
Where the second official concurrently serves as the town committee member, there will be additional assistants, catchers, bearers, horsemen, etc., no more than 40 people.
To put it bluntly, Jia Liu wants to establish a three-level management system in Yongping on a pilot basis: village, township (town), and county.
This was actually the practice in the Jiangnan area during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because the Jiangnan area had a developed economy and prosperous commerce, some towns had a population larger than a county in other places, with as many as 200,000 to 300,000 people. This naturally required the government to send special personnel to
"Mingguan" is stationed in the town for governance.
For example, the county magistrate is stationed, the chief minister is stationed, the magistrate is stationed, and the highest-ranking ones even have five-level colleagues stationed in the town.
In essence, the Zuoer official stationed in the town is equivalent to the town mayor entering the county to take charge of the affairs.
No matter which dynasty or generation, the government system is mostly similar, but the terms are different.
At the same time, Jia Liu asked Shuan Zhu to open a Yongping Prefecture grassroots cadre school in Yongping Prefecture, and in the name of the prefecture, he would publish a list in each county to recruit people with more than 1,000 literate students, aged 16 or above and under 40 years old.
No matter where you are from, whether you are poor or lowly, whether you are a bannerman or not.
These "cadres" take half a year as one semester, and mainly teach knowledge related to civil affairs. After completing their studies, they will be assigned to the village committee as an apprentice. The assessment period will be half a year or one year, and they will be promoted to the committee of the next higher level or the county government office.
Worked in the Sixth Class Office.
These quick-service "cadres" are not officials, but officials, who are people used to enrich grassroots administration.
As for whether he will join the official position from a clerk in the future, it depends on how far Master Jia Jia can go.
When the officials from these crash cadre schools fully control the government operation system of a county, a government or even a province, Jia Liuzhen will be able to issue an order and mobilize the entire province.
The importance of talent cultivation is evident.
Of course, Jia Liu is giving a general idea, and the specific implementation depends on Shuan Zhu, the prefect.
He has confidence in Shuan Zhu and recognizes his abilities. If Shuan Zhu can really do these arduous tasks in Yongping Mansion and sum up a set of feasible experience models for promotion throughout the province, he will definitely be qualified to sleep with him in the future.
Imperial Tomb.
"Gui Tu and others, I've disappeared. You can report the relevant case files to Lao Yang later. Deputy Director Ding will contact you about Yongping's affairs. If you need anything, just report it according to the procedure."
Jia Liu looked at Shuan Zhu expectantly.
Upon hearing that the young master was leaving, Shuan Zhu quickly asked the young master if he was going back to Baoding.
Jia Liu said he planned to return to Baoding in October.
"Then where is the young master going?"
"I sent a letter to Pian Jingling to say that some parts of Emperor Shengzu's mausoleum have been completely penetrated by water and collapsed. The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works will send people to repair it. As the minister in charge of Dongling, I have to go and see it in person before I can rest assured.
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Jia Liu patted Shuan Zhu on the shoulder encouragingly, "Do it well, let it go, do it boldly, don't worry about money, there is the Holy Ancestor here."