Chapter 637: How to Say to the Imperial Court?

One system after another came out of Qian Fenglin's mouth, setting off turbulent waves in Li Yanzhi's heart.

The system implemented by Dongfan Island is not only different from the Ming Dynasty, but also completely subverts the Ming Dynasty's system!

In the Ming Dynasty, there are too many privileged people, clans, royal relatives, nobles, and of course, the largest privileged class officials and gentry!

It is precisely because these huge privileged classes do not have to pay any taxes, and then use their privileges to frantically annex land in the name of contributions, and control all kinds of businesses, so that the taxes of Damingtian can only be pressed on the heads of powerless civilians. The officials and gentry are rich one by one, but the court is poor, resulting in the strange phenomenon of the people being rich and the country poor, and the Ming court can be said to be the poorest in all dynasties.

And now on Dongfan Island, even Qi Guogong's own property has to pay taxes, and there is no privileged class on Dongfan Island that is not exempt from paying taxes, that is, the privileges of the gentry officials have been abolished. Dongfan Island is just an overseas desert island, which was single-handedly defeated by Chen Yue, and the imperial court is really beyond the reach of the whip, and the imperial court is likely to give Dongfan Island as the fief of Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, and of course Chen Yue has the final say in the implementation of any system.

The implementation of the village system and the establishment of the village chief official position completely subverted the status quo of the Ming Dynasty's imperial power not going to the countryside.

If you talk about the ability to control the countryside, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the worst control of the past dynasties, the first level of power is the county, the power of the vast countryside is completely abandoned, let the squires and rich people control, that is, the so-called imperial power does not go to the countryside, but it also caused the people to only know the gentry and do not know the court, which also makes the mobilization ability of the court extremely poor!

And now there are two levels of village institutions on Dongfan Island, which is equivalent to taking back power from the gentry and directly controlling it from the imperial court to the common people. These two measures amounted to the complete deprivation of all the privileges of the gentry!

"Although Qi Guogong's move is beneficial to the country and the people, it also persecuted the gentry too much, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recruit talents!" Li Yanzhi said with difficulty.

"Dongfan Island is an overseas desert island, where are the gentry willing to come here, and the truly enlightened people will not care too much about this, because the prince has compensated from other places." Qian Fenglin waved his hand, not caring at all.

The implementation of the village system, one hundred households and one village, and one thousand households and one mile, naturally need a large number of village officials, and whether they are the head of the village or the head of the village, they can be promoted after accumulating merit, how to select so many officials? Naturally, ordinary people who are illiterate in big characters cannot be appointed, and a scholar who is proficient in writing is naturally the best candidate for the head of the village.

Maybe a person like Li Yanzhi can't look down on a petty official like Muramasa, but for many talented people who are hopeless in the imperial examination, they must be eager to become court officials through this way! Compared with the original hopeless career, what privileges are naturally no longer considered.

With complicated feelings, Li Yanzhi once again embarked on the sea journey to Dongfan Island, and this time he didn't need to work hard, Qian Fenglin sent a large number of people to help go to Zhoushan.

In fact, in the past few days in Zhoushan, Qian Fenglin has done a lot of work, his subordinates have registered and screened every family and every person, recorded everyone's name, hometown, age, family members and other information, and issued everyone a sign made of bamboo boards, with their own information written on it.

Then when the boat was boarded, the original order was also disrupted, and the ships were arranged uniformly according to the roster.

There are many ships in Zhoushan, and Chen Yue's subordinates now have more than 40 three-masted sea ships alone, not to mention the number of two-masted sloops, which also makes the boat ride no longer so crowded, and the food supplies used on the sea journey are all available, which also makes the people have no resistance to Zhoushan's arrangement.

With Qian Fenglin's move, and a large number of people sent by the Qi State Mansion to be responsible for management and coordination, Li Yanzhi's burden was suddenly unloaded, which also made him have the kung fu to stand on the bow of the boat, enjoy the beautiful sea view of Zhoushan, and even have the kung fu to go on a trip to Putuo Mountain.

After seven days of smooth sailing, the fleet arrived at Dongfan Island, where half of the people were laid down at a place called Beigang, and this half of the people would be incorporated into the newly established Beigang County thirty miles east along Beigang Creek.

The other half of the people continued south by boat, and after three days they reached the south of Dongfan, entered the Taijiang River, and disembarked at Heliao Port. Dayuan County was established in the south of Dongfan Island, and the county was governed in Heliao Street on the east bank of the Taijiang River, and the other half of the Shandong people would be incorporated into Dayuan County and mixed with the Ming people in the south of the original island.

The current Dongfan Island, set up a government and two counties, the government is Dongning Mansion, under the Beigang, Dayuan two counties, the prefect of Dongning Mansion is served by Qian Fenglin, and Gu Junen, who joined the army of the Qi State Mansion, is also the governor, and Gu Junen is temporarily responsible for the affairs of the entire island before Qian Fenglin is in charge of the entire island before the future of Dongfan.

Although Gu Junen joined Chen Yue's subordinates not long ago, many of the rules and regulations of Dongfan Island were discussed and formulated by him and Chen Yue, especially in many details, which only experienced people like Gu Junen can be familiar with, and Chen Yue himself only knows a rough idea.

After consideration, the post of Beigang magistrate was temporarily held by Chen Mo, and there would be a clerk from the Duke of Qi to assist him. Chen Mo himself is from Chen Yue's family, he is low-key and calm, and his performance is not outstanding, but Chen Yue knows that he is very diligent and studious, and he is doing very well when he is in the camp, although he has no great merit, he is very stable.

Of course, the most important thing is Chen Mo's loyalty, which is the reason why Chen Yue handed over Beigang to him. However, all the systems have been decided, and with the assistance of some scribes from the Qi State Mansion who are familiar with general affairs, Chen Yue believes that Chen Mo is capable of being the magistrate.

And the magistrate of the county is served by Li Yanzhi, a newcomer from Shandong, not that Chen Yue can't find a suitable candidate. This choice was made in order to stabilize the hearts and minds of immigrants in Shandong. Of course, Li Yanzhi himself has a reputation for being a person, and it is more than enough to be a magistrate, and if he hadn't fled from Shandong to escape the military disaster, he might not be willing to come to Dongfan, an overseas barren place, to serve as Li Yanzhi.

Moreover, Dayuan County is under the nose of Pingnan City, even if Li Yan goes wrong, the Duke of Qi will know in time.

The subordinate officials at all levels of the prefecture and county are first filled by the subordinate officials of the Qi State Mansion, and as for the large number of village chiefs, they are first filled by officers sent by the garrison army.

Although Dongfan is just a desert island with a radius of hundreds of miles, with a total population of less than 100,000, it has just been occupied, and the affairs are still extremely complicated.

Of course, Gu Junen and Li Yanzhi are busy with the resettlement of the people and the handling of general affairs, and Chen Yue does not need to spend too much energy. What really worries Chen Yue now is, how to tell the court about this matter?