Chapter XI Appointment of Officials
Everyone didn't build yƬ for a while. Wan Shuhui saw that this question was almost discussed, so she asked: "I also have a question, if these people become residents, but their parents are old and cannot afford to buy land and houses, can they become residents?" If these old people don't have them, if the children give birth, there will be no one to take care of them, and these people will not be able to come out to work. However, if we take them in, the burden on our city will be even greater, because the elderly will definitely see more doctors than the younger ones and contribute much less to the city. We may lose money. ā
Chen Wenhui said: "There is no need to discuss this issue. I think we can afford to make the money. I didn't build this city to make a fortune with it, in fact, I was already so rich that I couldn't spend it in my lifetime. If we abandon these old people for the sake of money, then we are too impersonal. In my opinion, a person can bring a pair of elderly people to join the household registration, and they must be immediate family members. If the person's father has a lot of concubines, then there is no need to bring them, because in this way, the father who has concubines has the ability to apply for household registration. Don't need us to give benefits. ā
Everyone nodded hurriedly.
Next, everyone asked a few more questions. Chen Wenhui discussed with everyone one by one, and then made a decision. Later, Chen Wenhui also told everyone about the decision to hold a meeting between the four cities once a month. The first meeting has been held in Puning City, and the next one will be held in Tongren City a month later, when the time comes, if Chen Wenhui is free, he will go by himself, and if he is not free, he will send Wan Shuhui over. Everyone agreed.
Next, Chen Wenhui said: "If the name is not right, it is not good, since we have discussed these policies and regulations now, we will send someone to announce it tomorrow." Before that, the first thing I have to do is to clarify my official position. ā
Everyone was busy listening. Because this city is Chen Wenhui's. Therefore, the appointment of officials is naturally decided by Chen Wenhui. The previous positions of deputy city lord and general were all temporarily assigned, and there was no formal appointment.
Now Chen Wenhui officially said: "Because this city is mine." I am a minister of the imperial court. My salary, as well as your official position, are all up to me. However, the court will not give us money. Because we didn't pay taxes to the imperial court either. But. Our official position is recognized by the imperial court. For example. In our Qingchun City, he is a third-grade official, and after returning to Dachu, he is still a third-grade official. When you see the third-grade official of Da Chu, you can say that you don't need to bow down to your peers. The same glorious ancestors. ā
As soon as he said this, everyone rejoiced. Especially Qiu Bi, who were originally born as slaves. If only he could have an official position now, wouldn't he have said? Are you going to become an official? Where in this world is there a reason for slaves and maids to be officials?
Chen Wenhui continued: "The city lord is naturally me. I'm a product. The deputy city lord is Wan Shuhui, and she is the third product. In addition, there is the great general Jian Da, who is the third product. In addition to these two, there is the Financial Secretary. The official position is five products, and he manages the expenses of the city, including the payment of taxes. disbursements, etc. This position is now my appointment to Qiu Bilai. There are two deputy directors, one is Green Shoot. One is Baguio. They are all positions of the sixth product. One of them manages the taxes and the other manages the appropriations. ā
Qiu Bi and the three of them were busy opening their mouths.
Chen Wenhui waved her hand, stopped Qiu Bi's words, and said, "I know, Qiu Bi is young, and she is still a slave. However, since I have decided to entrust her with a heavy responsibility, I will no longer let her be my servant. ā
After speaking, he took out a stack of paper from his sleeve and said, "These are Qiu Bi, Lu Ya, the deed of sale of the four of you, and now they will be returned to you, you can pay me ten taels of silver, just hand it over to the jade belt." You are free. I have already served you well as an official in Dachu. ā
Qiu Bi and a few people suddenly didn't know what to say.
Chen Wenhui said: "As for the issue of young age. Our Qingchun City is not like Da Chu, we really lack talents, so I think Qiu Bi and a few of them can serve as talents. In addition, I have already discussed with the people of the Hei family, the disciples of the Hei family can only be hired by us to help the Hei family's urban construction, but there are many people in those Hei families who are not capable of becoming disciples of the Hei family, and there are also many talents there. What you can do and how big an official you are depends on the results of the exam. ā
Chen Wenhui saw Wan Shuhui's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, so he said: "Not only these children of the Hei family on Yizhou Island, but also the people of the four major families can come to Qingchun City on Luzon Island to take the exam, even the people in our city can also come to the exam, regardless of identity, even if it is a prisoner of war, as long as he has the ability and can be admitted, he will give them the corresponding position, as a slave, he can redeem himself to his master, and as a prisoner of war, he can redeem himself from the government Ghana." Neither the government nor the lords were allowed to make things difficult. By the way, if those Japanese slaves can be admitted, they will be treated the same. We Qingchun City only talk about ability, regardless of identity. ā
Wan Shuhui was overjoyed when she heard this.
Chen Wenhui continued: "In addition to Qiubi's financial secretary, I will also set up an education and medicine department here to manage education and medicine, that is, the school hospital, and be responsible for managing the registration of the population, the management of residents, the examination of qualifications, the identification, the review and other things. This position was first set up as a director, Zheng Wupin, and handed over to Cui Qiao to serve. The deputy position should be recruited to see if it can be selected. You can also recommend your manpower and relatives to take the exam. ā
Chen Wenhui looked at Cui Qiao, and then said: "In addition to these two divisions, there is also an engineering division. This division is to manage the construction of the city, including the construction of houses, the construction of city walls, and the construction of roads, and the construction of the outer city, the construction of the urn city, and the construction of roads outside the city. In addition to these projects, there is also the management of the examinations of the craftsmen. I plan to let Chen An, the chief steward of the porcelain craftsman, take the position of Zhengwupin. I appointed two deputies, one was Gui Yuxia, the chief steward of Xiuniang, and the other was Wu Cheng. Among them, Wu Cheng is responsible for managing the construction, and Gui Yuxia is responsible for the craftsmen. The position of the sixth product. ā
Everyone was silent, and their faces were full of joy.
Chen Wenhui said: "In addition to these three divisions, there is also a Ministry of Justice, and the main position is Zheng Sanpin. There are a number of officials set up in it, and there is no one for the time being, and the general Jian Da is concurrently serving as it. This Ministry of Justice specializes in arresting criminals, fighting lawsuits for the people, and dealing with all kinds of unexpected matters, which is equivalent to the capital of Dachu. ā
Now everyone understands.
Chen Wenhui said: "These are all personnel and official appointments in the initial period. We don't care how other cities appoint us, our official positions and yamen are set up like this, of course, in the future, we attend the city lords' gatherings every month, and we see that there are good ones in other cities, and we can also learn from them and improve them. Now let's do this for now, everyone will do their own duties, and after a while, they will each go to the jade belt to receive their own seals. I would also like to speak to each of the people I have appointed individually. I want you to think about how to do your job well. I don't need you to show loyalty, I don't need you to postpone or be humble, what I need is for you to quickly take up your responsibilities and not waste time. ā
As soon as they said this, everyone was stern, they had been with Chen Wenhui for a long time, and they all understood that Chen Wenhui was the most practical person, and he didn't like those false texts, but he would be rewarded for his merits.
Chen Wenhui saw that everyone took it seriously, and said happily in his heart: "Our official position is like this, although our officials' salaries are issued by Qingchun City himself, but you can rest assured, it is precisely because of this that I can give you officials a higher salary than the officials of Dachu." ā
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.
Chen Wenhui said: "Now that the appointments have been made. What we have to do now is three things, the first is to write more laws and regulations and go to the city to post them, and also, the people of the Department of Education and Medicine should pay attention, our Qingchun City will be built into a legal society, and this mission is your primary responsibility. The second thing is to put up a list, and in three months, that is, after the New Year, we will hold a recruitment exam in the city to recruit talents for these positions for us. The third thing is about the construction of houses, which is the most important thing, and the New Year is coming soon, and four-fifths of our people are still sleeping in the open and living in tents. Now I hope that the project can be accelerated, and that luxury houses and shops should not be built now, we do not expect this to make money, we must first build those temporary houses for the poor. It is necessary to ensure that the poor people live in it first, then the prisoners of war, and finally the shops, mansions, and public facilities. By the way, have all our artisan families bought houses? Have you lived in them all? ā
Wan Shuhui hurriedly replied: "I have bought a house." The first and second installments were mostly bought by artisan families. Not only did they buy a house, but they also bought furniture, decorated it, and now they are all moving in. Our third phase of the house will be built in about three or four days. This batch is all temporary rooms. Although it is a temporary house, it is not simple at all, but the area is a little smaller, most of them are three houses or two houses with a small kitchen, and there is no yard. The whole row of such houses is a public toilet, and although our public construction is not carried out yet, most of the sewers in the city have been repaired. The reason why our project progress has been slow is that most of our energy has been put into repairing the sewers. The disciples of the Hei family told us that at this rate, the sewer project would be completed in about three months. That way we can free up our hands to build houses. It's much faster. (To be continued)