Section 104 Grassroots Construction

However, there seem to be early signs of change in the Li family. Huang Yukun remembered that a few days ago, Li Xiaopeng didn't talk to him about how to deal with thieves. And in recent days, the Li family has always had a mysterious atmosphere, and he only now understands that the Li family is hooking up with thieves.

After a while, Li Xiaopeng came over and said that he was tired. Huang Yukun had the opportunity to inquire about the arrival of this thief.

Li Xiaopeng whispered to him that a few days ago, as soon as the news of the defeat of the official army in Chengmai came, there was chaos within the Li family. Because Li Xiaopeng and Huang Yukun colluded together, the elders in the family knew a little about the two secretly dealing with Australians. Now I heard the news of the defeat of the officers and troops. He strictly ordered that he should not be involved in this matter again.

Li Xiaopeng himself was also frightened, and immediately burned a copy of "Manhuazhai Notes" written in his hand, "Manhuazhai" is the name of Li Xiaopeng's study. This book was originally a note he secretly wrote about the arrival of the thief, governance, the establishment, legends and other wild information, and it also recorded the past when they first contacted to fight against the thief "Zhangtian". Li Xiaopeng originally planned to wait for the thief to escape and publish it, which could be regarded as satisfying his wish to write - so as not to be secretly called "dung boy" all the time.

Two days ago, the big leader of the thieves stationed in the county, named Xiong Buyou, suddenly brought someone to visit his house.

"What do you mean by him coming?" Li Xiaopeng was actually a little proud, and he sold a pass.

"What did the bear come from?"

"Brother Huang, you have to say this word again in the future," Li Xiaopeng said with a straight face, "If you take advantage of your tongue, I am afraid that there will be unforeseen disasters"

Huang Yukun didn't care about the change in attitude towards him, and hurriedly asked the thief what happened to the Li Mansion.

"You can't even imagine that the thieves would set up a 'county advisory bureau' in the middle of the city, and every village in the county would have to send someone to serve as a committee member. In the future, the members of the county advisory bureau have the right to intervene in all kinds of county affairs. There are four places in this county, and the Li family has one. ”

Not only is there a number of committee members, but Xiong Buyou clearly told him that the county office intends to let the Li family serve as the deacon of the "County Advisory Bureau" and take charge of the daily affairs of the overall situation.

Li Xiaopeng's grandfather, Li Sunqian, because he was a "dung bully", although he was rich but had a bad reputation, now he can be a deacon of the county advisory bureau, and his status is far stronger than in the past.

"I see," Huang Yukun nodded. It was a sudden, and a bit unexpected. What is the use of this "county advisory bureau"? In a daze, Li Xiaopeng said again: "This is somewhat similar to the Shenming Pavilion set up by Taizu of this dynasty in various counties. ”

"So that's where the county's fathers and gentlemen discuss together?"

Li Xiaopeng said: "Yes, that's what Australians say. He also said that this was a 'public opinion organization' or something. ”

"This 'county advisory bureau' is led by the county government?" Huang Yu had to point out the key point to him, and he whispered a warning, "This is a false position"

"Brother Huang" Li Xiaopeng said disapprenously, "This is just a place for county citizens to discuss matters, not an Australian yamen, at most half officials and half people, how can it be regarded as a hypocrisy?" ”

Huang Yukun was speechless, the affairs of the gentry and the big families at both ends of the rat are indeed not a big deal in the local area. Even if the imperial army really comes back one day, it will be nothing more than to extort a few money. This gang of gentlemen has been excluded from the overall situation of the county government for the past two years, and now that the Australians have suddenly opened a small opening, and the officers and men have suffered an unprecedented defeat, it is no wonder that they are as anxious as flies to pounce on them.

No matter how much I think about Huang Jiazhai, I'm afraid he won't be able to run, his father can't be a "commissioner", and most of this errand will fall on his head.

Huang Yukun's eyes suddenly lit up, originally he wanted to go deep into the inside of the thieves to find out their reality, but now he doesn't have a big opportunity? Thinking of this, he suddenly became excited, and he didn't even care about whether it was a hypocrisy or not. immediately pulled Li Xiaopeng to talk about the details.

Li Xiaopeng was very proud that his grandfather was about to become a deacon, in fact, he had already offered a lot of flattery to Xiong Buyou in the hall just now, saying that Xiong Buyou was "majestic and heroic", and praised Xiong Buyou as a slight talent in the world, and he had already forgotten all the words and deeds when he and Huang Yukun wanted to "crusade against the thief" more than half a month ago.

He explained the specific situation to Huang Yukun, saying that this county advisory bureau is based on villages, and as long as it is not a village under the commune under the jurisdiction of Australians themselves, all villages with more than 50 households must be publicly elected to participate in the county advisory bureau.

"What if there are less than fifty households?" Huang Yukun felt strange, this condition was a bit harsh. Although the villages in Lingao are generally relatively large because of the relationship between bandits, there are also many small villages with a few households or more than a dozen households.

Li Xiaopeng was not very interested in this issue, he said: "Little brother doesn't know. However, I heard that Australians are engaged in county immigration, and the villages are separated. Those who are willing to migrate to a designated place and merge into a large village can enjoy many preferential treatments......"

Then Huang Yukun asked Li Sigongzi about going to study in Fangcaodi, and Li Xiaopeng did not shy away from saying that this was the Li family's order to show the Australians.

"Giving up my brother is not the material for reading, it is better to send it to learn some practical learning, which will also be beneficial to our Li family in the future." He said it openly, but Huang Yukun knew that the mother and son of Li Sigongzi belonged to undesirable figures in the Li family - Li Sigongzi's mother was born as a maid, and she had long fallen out of favor, and now the servants in the house are more effective than them. This little kid is obviously a character sacrificed by the Li family.

"I don't know what the requirements are to go to Parkview Green to study in Australia?" Huang Yukun also had a similar idea, but he was not married and had no son, let alone a concubine. The eldest brother only has a son and a daughter, and he is young and ignorant, so he can't send him to Parkview Green to learn anything from Australia. He plans to send his companion Huang Ping to study. Huang Ping can barely be regarded as a distant relative of his family.

"There was no request. As long as you want to go. Li Xiaopeng said with great interest, "I just have to pay for tuition and food." It's also not expensive. In addition, it is a centralized residence on campus, and you can't go home except for holidays. ”

"It's as strict as a few famous academies on the mainland."

"Why not" Li Xiaopeng said casually, "I heard that they teach a lot of things, but it's useless." ”

In his opinion, the knowledge that cannot be taken for the exam is useless. But Huang Yukun doesn't think like that anymore. He thought that the thieves relied on these incomprehensible knowledge to defeat the officers and soldiers and occupy Lingao.

Xiong Buyou and Tang Tang, who had just been assigned to him and acted as a clerk in the county office, walked out of the gate of the Li Mansion together. Tang Tang was full of onlookers in the flower hall, and the people of the Li family, from the old lady to the most humble watchman, all secretly took a look, and behind the screen were crowded with groups of female dependents who came to see the "female Australian" - from the old lady and the wife, down to the old mother and maid.

Female Australians are not too rare in Lingao, but Tang Tang is still the first one who really comes to the door and faces each other in the county. No wonder the people of the Li family are so energetic. I don't think she's inexplicable.

The people of the Li family commented on the glasses on her nose, the curls she permed with tongs, and her figure. The unanimous opinion of the Li family is that this female Australian is too tall and too strong. Her perm is even more regarded as a natural curl.

"They looked at me like that...... Weird. Tang Tang complained, "Goosebumps are rising." ”

Xiong Buyou replied nonchalantly, "Curious." When a woman is the leader, everyone is a diorama. You see, as soon as Du Wen goes out, the natives on the street have to pay attention. ”

"How can I compare with Du Wen, people are now the vanguard of the regime in the countryside......"

"If you want to go, you can go." Xiong Buyou was not interested in this girl at all - he felt that the other party was a little squeamish, not to mention, the female elders basically cut their hair short, and the most beautiful people only kept their hair a little longer. Tang Tang still has waist-length hair, not to mention, and he has burned it with tongs. She never wore a training uniform or uniform in Bairen City, only the clothes she brought, and Xiong Buyou noticed that she continued to wear makeup, albeit simply as lipstick and eyebrow pencil.

Tang Tang didn't care: "I can't do it, it's too hard to go to the countryside." I can't stand going like her and Dong Weiwei for a few weeks at a time. Not to mention, it's inconvenient to take a bath. ”

Xiong Buyou laughed: "Then you still have to do civil affairs work?" To engage in civil affairs is to go to the countryside. No wonder Liu Muzhou had to let you take charge of the work of the county advisory bureau. The county is still a city. ”

"It's fine. I'm not so squeamish. Tang Tang didn't care about the irony in his words or didn't hear it at all, "Ma Dugong said that civil affairs work is our core work, and only by gaining the support of the people can we gain a foothold in this time and space and establish an industrialized society......

"You admire the Duke."

"It's alright." Tang Tang nodded, "I admire him very much, his writing is so good, and his thinking is so profound......" The girl's face flew red, "Don't you worship him?" ”

Xiong Buyou couldn't cry or laugh: "I want to worship him?" He's not handsome. ”

"But he has a good temperament, and a man's temperament ......," Tang Tang said shyly, "but fortunately he doesn't have a wife." ”

Xiong Buyou couldn't understand what was good about Ma Qianzhu's temperament. deliberately said: "He doesn't have a wife, but he will soon have a life secretary." ”

Tang Tang sighed: "This is a man's shortcoming...... Forget it, I'll put up with it. ”

Xiong Buyou was completely defeated, he simply stopped talking and smoked a cigarette by himself. Lingao County is a blue zone, and their guards are following five or six paces behind them. Even though it was dark and there was no one on the street, they were fairly safe.

"The work of the county advisory bureau that you are about to take charge of is quite important, because it is almost all large households. But there are few basic people. Xiong Buyou said in a low voice, "The gentry are the objects that need to be cooperated and restricted, and at this stage, we have to cooperate with them." In the long run, the big ones who are not willing to accept the new system we have arranged for them are all targets of extermination......"

Tang Tang asked: "Understanding, transforming, and eliminating, is that what it means?" ”

"Basically correct." Xiong Buyou praised her, this girl's understanding is not bad, "The problem we are facing is very complex, and it cannot be clearly explained in a few words." All in all, it's about finding collaborators who have a long-term interest in us and facilitating their transformation. ”

The large gentry are the strata of the rural grassroots that are independent and hold the administrative and economic power of the grassroots level. The traversal group wants to transform the social structure and economic environment of the villages, that is, to rely on them, but also to eliminate them. This is the consensus of the Senate.

The so-called eradication is not a simple elimination, but the use of social and economic means to promote their transformation. From simple tenant landlords to operational landlords, including those who are converted into industrial and commercial owners. This class has huge financial resources, and most of the wealth they can accumulate is also a certain amount of business ability, as long as it is properly guided, it can be transformed quite quickly. The patriarchs hoped that the local landlords would be transformed into the first generation of private capitalists, and that their buried wealth would be turned into real circulating funds.

"Yes, the Governor spoke to us at the meeting." As she spoke, she took out a small notebook:

“…… Our task at the present stage is to unite all those who can be united, to build up the political power at the most basic level as soon as possible, and to ensure that every village has cadres, police, and political power organs......"

"That's right, you're very careful in your meetings." Xiong Buyou praised casually, thinking that this girl is really interested, and it doesn't seem that she is an embroidered pillow-like character. Lao Xiong has always believed that it is not a big problem whether people have the ability or not, the key is whether they are willing to do one thing.

According to Jihua of the Civil Affairs Committee, taking advantage of the opportunity of the change of people's hearts after the victory in Chengmai, he infiltrated and accepted the county-level political power in other counties, and in Lingao, he comprehensively implemented the activities of the political power in the countryside and villages.

Now that they have perfected the basic political power of each village under the commune system, the next step is to build political power in other villages in the county. Du Wen and Dong Weiwei's political power in the 13 village areas has achieved results, and the village-level political power has been fully established.

On the question of how to build political power at the village level, the Government Council and the Senate have held several special discussions. Zuihou's village-level government is a reproduction of the model of the old plane, but with some changes to the situation of the current plane.

The Council of Governors roughly determined that the county would be the basic unit of the future crossing of the country, and that the county level would consist of three poles of power - the county, the commune, and the standard village.

Among them, the standard village is the most basic political institution. The commune, on the other hand, had direct leadership over the villages. Most of the administrative work was to be ordered and done through the Commune.

Basically, each village has a village head, and there is a village committee under the village head, which is composed of three standing committee members: the head of the production group, the head of the women's group, and the head of the militia. The four "village-level cadres" are not paid, but are subsidized. The candidates for these four "village-level cadres" are directly appointed by the higher-level departments, and they can be from their own village or from other villages.

The village cadres do not adopt the electoral system, the elders believe that it is meaningless to adopt the electoral system at this stage, and the peasants have little understanding of the new thing of elections, do not understand the power in their hands, and do not understand the meaning of public office. It is easy to steal power at the village level.

“…… Peasants are generally reluctant to come forward, which is a characteristic of rural democracy," Fang Jinghan, who has done a lot of social surveys and field research, expressed his views at the seminar, "This is not only a fear of responsibility or loss of interests, but also a fear of being ridiculed." ”

Judging from historical experience, the complete adoption of villagers' elections without any guidance will instead allow many so-called "capable people" who like to stand out to occupy the positions of village cadres, who are either able to speak well or are scoundrels in the village, relying on intimidation or inducement to force the villagers to elect them to public office. This was a common grassroots ill in the old time and space.

According to Du Wen's experience in the 13 village areas, it is most appropriate for the work team to take over the village administration, initially build the basic organization of the village, and then gradually select and train cadres from among the activists. It not only allows for an accurate examination of each individual's situation, but also provides a model for the establishment of grassroots organizations and administration, avoiding the assumptions of village cadres with low standards.

In addition to the village cadres, each village has a police officer. The police stationed in the village are not from the village, and are uniformly assigned by the county police department. Once the police are appointed, they will bring their families to settle down in the local area. The resident police officer is not under the command of the village committee, but is directly under the leadership of the police department at the next higher level. He is a real public official.

Each village also has a "village representative", officially known as a member of the county advisory board. Members are also appointed rather than elected. Its duty is to attend meetings of the county advisory board in the county every month. It directly reflects the situation in the village and the requirements of the villagers. He was likewise selected by the Task Force, not elected. Members of the County Advisory Board are not public officials and are not subject to office allowances.

According to the design of the People's Commissariat for Civil Affairs, the county advisory board is not a public opinion body in the true sense of the word, it is not a county council, but a platform for the rural elite to express their views and explain the situation in the countryside. Its members only enjoy certain social honors and do not enjoy actual political power. They have the right to express their views and opinions, provide various opinions and suggestions, and provide a channel for supervising village administration. But that's about it.

In this way, the vertical management of the three lines of village-level political power has been formed, and first of all, the mutual clamp has been carried out from the institutional point of view, so as to prevent the village chief from monopolizing power alone or in collusion with the village committee.

"Can't they collude with each other?" Doubts have been raised.

"Of course, you can, but under this system, it becomes expensive to monopolize village politics through collusion between all parties. So much so that the best income that can be obtained by mastering a village cannot compensate for the expenses required for this collusion. Ming Lang, director of the organization department in charge of the organization, said.