Chapter 295: Ruling the Country with Officials? Establishment of education

Now hearing about Sichuan Civil Affairs University, Fei Mi originally expected to work at the grassroots level for an extra year and a half, but he really couldn't withstand the persuasion of his family, and after three rounds of exams, he became the first batch of students.

After months of preparation, following the opening of the sixth phase of the Wubei School, Sichuan Civil Affairs University officially opened.

Such a happy event was originally gratifying, but another gossip circulated in Sichuan, that is, Yang Xuan was ready to change the current structure of official and god co-governance and implement the rule of officials in the future.

At first, he didn't think so, but when he heard Wu Yanghu talk about it that day, Yang Xuan broke out in a cold sweat, and after some pondering, he decided to fight back.

After the death of the governor of the four provinces, Lu Daqi, and the murder of Yang Zhan, the commander of the Sichuan Xingdu, in order to accept his power, Lu Daqi's main chief of staff, Chen Jichang, and Yang Zhan's adviser, Wu Yanghu, were successively included in the account and appointed as senators to help deal with government affairs.

Compared with Chen Jichang's detachment, Wu Yanghu was grateful for his affection for Yang Zhan, the commander of the Sichuan Xingdu, and took refuge wholeheartedly, and now he has become Yang Xuan's main staff to deal with relevant government affairs.

There were rumors outside, Wu Yanghu seemed quite anxious, and he stayed just after the discussion this morning, and advised: "Master Hou, there are rumors outside that they are going to change the ancestral system and implement the rule of officials, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Putting down the book in his hand, Yang Xuan stood up, looked at the other party and said, "Mr. Wu, most of us scholars advocate the co-governance of the imperial court and the local officials and gentry.

Despite this, you should also understand that the imperial court, ministers, officials, and gentry are often subject to the yamen and gentry, so that the place that appears in the local area is actually a co-governance structure of officials and gentry. ”

Wu Yanghu nodded and said: "During the Great Yuan Dynasty, the local government was governed by officials, and most of the main court officials were promoted by local officials, corruption was rampant, and the people were not able to make a living.

This time the establishment of the Sichuan Civil Affairs School, some rumors did not say that Hou Ye was ready to change the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty and implement the rule of officials. ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "What is there to explain?" Now the officials are doing evil, rampaging in the township, harming the localities, and some are considered by the common people to be the head of the five beetles, and the team of the officials needs to be reformed. ”

The senator next to him, Chen Ji, shook his head and said, "Master Hou, I am happy to be happy for the public." But Hou Ye needs to know that everything has a law, and the officials are harmful, and the ancient sages are not unaware, but why let it go, it is not a way out of the way.

Hou Ye, the Yuan Dynasty ruled the country with officials, and since Emperor Taizu Gao was in power, he has implemented the imperial examination and comprehensively suppressed the local officials, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Yang Xuan looked quite surprised, and hurriedly asked about the Yuan Dynasty's rule of officials, and everyone talked about it, and the implementation of ruling the country with officials was easy to form various parties, and the party was the same and the same was different.

The practice of governing the country by officials, officials without supervision, easy to embezzle and take bribes, and run rampant and illegal.

At first, I didn't think about it, and then I remembered the society in my previous life, which can be said to be the rule of officials, and I was surprised in my heart.

In ancient times, the local government implemented the structure of co-governance of officials and gentry, which was different from officials in other places, who were mostly well-read, had a lot of moral articles, and needed a good reputation for their personal future, and paid much attention to their own feathers.

However, the political status of the officials was very low, and in some years, the children of the families of the officials could not participate in the imperial examination, and they became a lowly profession in society.

But it is this kind of cheap industry in the eyes of scholars and doctors, and in the eyes of the common people, it is a monopoly party, life and death, and it is no different from the emperor of the soil.

After thinking about it, Yang Xuan had an idea in his heart, and on this day, taking the opportunity of the opening of Sichuan Civil Affairs College, Yang Xuan came to the college to talk to more than 200 scholars.

The Yuan Dynasty ruled the country with officials, and the small officials dominated one side in the local area, doing evil, bribing the public, and it was really a great hardship for the people.

In the Ming Dynasty, the local government implemented the co-governance of the gentry, and the officials from other places came to the place to suppress the local gentry with the help of the power of the local officials, and it was also quite hateful.

A few years ago, the local people felt the danger of petty officials, and there were calls in the society to kill the five beetles, which was everyone's rebellion against this kind of officials relying on the local governance of the Xu official group.

In order to purge the rule of officials, it was decided to transform the local government groups, break the hereditary structure of officials, recruit talents from the people, and purge the rule of officials.

In the past few years, there have been many attempts, and in the past, the local yamen was three classes and six rooms, of which the three classes were mostly selected from the local people and loyal people in the army, and the six rooms were also selected from the local people with better conduct and knowledge.

Confucius said, "If you don't teach, you will be punished and the evil will not be overcome; If you teach but do not punish, then the traitors will not be punished." In order to reform the officials, it is necessary to educate the scribes.

In the past, when I was in Shunqing Mansion, I first selected some old, weak and disabled people from the army to fill the third class, but these people had no education, and they were no different from ordinary officials in the local area.

After that, if local people and retired military personnel want to be enriched into the third shift, they need to go through three months of work training, so that they can be proficient in handling all kinds of government affairs in the localities.

In the same way, Yang Xuan also hopes that through the study of the University of Civil Affairs, everyone can be familiar with the way of being an official, and change the old way of being a disaster for the local government in the past.

Don't talk about everyone, even Yang Xuan himself is quite worried about governing the country with officials, not to mention anything else, all kinds of phenomena in his previous life are outrageous.

Yang Xuan promised that in the future, he would not change the phenomenon of co-governance between officials and gentry.

Assemblies were formed at the local level to supervise all officials and officials.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, because of the lessons learned for a long time, everyone was quite afraid of governing the country with officials.

Yang Xuan just finished speaking, originally thought that everyone would agree with his point of view, but who expected that a Shen Gongzi would be killed in the thank you, which caused Yang Xuan to explain for a long time, and finally there was not much dispute.

On this day, the hand lamp dragged the tired body into the back hall, and what was surprising was that the back hall was not only renovated, but also a rough look, there were hundreds of people.

The county lord Zhu Eyan came out with a smile on her face, looked at the man with a straight face, and said with a smile: "Zixiu, why do you have a straight face?"

This time it's on the CD), you don't know how many treasures I've found, huh? Many of them were used in the palace in the past, and the maids in the palace often sent them over every once in a while.

Also, look at the decorations in the house, and the servants are dressed up, that is as rustic as when you were in Shunqing Mansion, and now you want to be the real governor of the yamen?

In the past, those people said that cheap concubines were counterfeits, and now so many people have proved that I am the lord of Shu Wangfu, and today the third uncle (King Fushun) proves everything. ”

While looking for talents, Yang Xuan is more aware of the importance of talent training, the world pursues equality, in fact, the basis of equality lies in educational equality.

As external forces gradually withdrew from Sichuan, and the situation in Sichuan became calmer, Yang Xuan began to implement public school education in Sichuan.

Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, the investment in education is very huge, which invisibly poses a huge pressure on the finances.

Now in troubled times, the foreign war would have stretched the finances of Sichuan Province, which had just stabilized, not to mention that tens of thousands of silver needed to be invested in public schools.

Confucius ran a private school, with 3,000 disciples and 72 masters, teaching and educating people to train future generations to pursue together with the ancient magi.

At this day's meeting, Qian Bangxin wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he couldn't hold it back, and said: "Master Hou, ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, the establishment of a school, so that school-age children can read and hyphenate, it is really beneficial in the world, and the merit is in the future."

I think the ancient sages may have foreseen the convenience of establishing a school, but why only establish a national school, a college, a state school, and a county school, instead of establishing a public school like Hou Ye, to replace private schools?

In fact, because of the huge cost of building an office, it is still difficult to support it in the peaceful years, not to mention the time when the world is in turmoil? ”

Everyone lowered their heads, and they could see that everyone was deeply touched, Yang Xuan felt a burst of anger, ten years of trees and a hundred years of cultivating people to build a major event of education for the benefit of the country and the people, how could anyone oppose this kind of thing?

Yang Xuan stood up and walked back and forth, stopped for a long time, glanced at everyone present, and said with confidence: "It's right to make money according to the inspection, the cost of building a school is huge, and the ancient sages may have seen the benefits, but why not implement it?" It's really because of a lack of financial resources. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Qian Bangqi arched his hand and said: "Hou Ye is really a sage and gentleman, and it is really the luck of my volunteers and the Ming Dynasty to be able to judge the situation and listen to the advice."

Master Hou, the establishment of public schools can be postponed, and we can save money and grain to overcome the eastward crusade, so as to join the Yangtze River with Jin Shenghuan, Li Chengdong and other departments, so that the great cause of the Northern Expedition can be accomplished. ”

Yang Xuan waved his hand, shook his head and said, "According to the inspector, it costs a lot of money to build a school, but it is not because the government has no money and food to support it

The school funds are really because too much money and food is caused by corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

At that time, the imperial court levied and issued Liao salaries for the recovery of Liaodong, and pacified the Liukou to collect and suppress salaries and practice salaries. Why did the imperial court be aggressive with the common people, under the pretext of recovering Liaodong and pacifying the Liukou who had no money and food?

Since I took office, the burden on the local people has been sharply reduced, and in the past, 2 or 3 buckets of rice per mu of fertile land were given, but now it is only 6 liters?

The burden on the people and the sharp increase in local money and food are actually caused by corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

In the past, one tael was handed over to the state treasury, and ten taels were scavenged from the people.

Corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the beetles of the people.

It is true that the cost of running education is huge, but as long as we overcome systemic corruption and give the people a prosperous future, why worry about running public schools. ”

The smile on Qian Bangqi's face was stunned, and he couldn't close it for a long time, and he wanted to refute it, but seeing that the other party was full of confidence, he didn't dare to come out, so he had to sit on the side.

As everyone expected, if you want to establish public schools in all townships in the province, you need at least 500,000 taels of silver every year, and if you add other expenses, the annual cost can reach 780,000 taels.

Although the major drawbacks have been eliminated in recent years, and taxes have increased greatly in various places, it is still a bit unbelievable to everyone to spend so much money and food to subsidize education every year.

The entire lobby fell silent for a while, and Yang Xuan also calmed down and thought carefully, and after summarizing the pros and cons of public education in his previous life, he quickly paid attention to it.

Isn't everyone worried about money? Now that I have a lot of power, there are too many places to make money.

Since the Ming and Song dynasties, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples have spread all over the country, just like the countryside where the author lives, there are many temples in a township in modern times (in ancient times, a market area is several times that of the current township, and there are several temples in each market), many temples and Taoist temples have become a local hegemon, and there is no need to pay taxes.

Since this is the case, then the monasteries and Taoist temples should be abolished, and in the name of establishing schools, the various privileges of temples and Taoist temples should be abolished, and new types of schools should be established in various places.

In the past, temples and Taoist temples were majestic, with thousands of acres of fertile land, which not only occupied a large number of high-quality assets of the society (fertile land), but also raised a lot of wealth from the society like modern charities, not to mention paying any taxes.

Now the Taoist temple is changed to a civilian school, which is to transfer the social wealth occupied by the temple and Taoist temple in the past to the public school, plus social donations and financial subsidies, so as to complete the social reconstruction.

After thinking about this problem, Yang Xuan was full of confidence and responsibility, and was determined to take advantage of the psychology of all the people who are inferior to the poor only to study, and determined to use the dream of lower-class scholars to change their poor economic and social status to complete social reconstruction.

In the Ming Dynasty, private school teachers had a medium income, but they relied on local wealthy families, and their jobs were extremely unstable, while the new-style schools were mainly run by the government, and the local students who were literate and hyphenated were hired not only to avoid the pain of traveling, but also to have a more secure job.

After the general policy was formulated, all that remained was to propagate this trend of thought, that is, to find places to run schools throughout the province, raise funds for running schools, and establish a large number of public schools in the localities by means of government-run, public-private partnership, or completely private government, so as to complete social reconstruction.