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In the Confucian Temple in the inner city of Liuqiu, a group of officials, officials such as Li Chao and Ke Shan, as well as wealthy businessmen and clans in the city, sat in the front row, and dozens of rows of chairs behind them were full. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe auditorium is large enough to accommodate 1,000 people, and it is packed.

The one who stood on it to preach the scriptures was none other than Fan Lubing, the commander of Penghu County.

Fan Lubing was a jinshi in the first year of Zhenguan, and he also studied history with Li Chao, and he was a hall official in Shangshu Province, so he is naturally quite familiar with the Analects that have been included in one of the thirteen classics of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty. Today, he stands on it and explains the opening of the Analects in person, in a loud voice.

Although he is talking about Confucian classics, his way of lecturing at this time is a very popular and understandable way, even if there are butchers, vegetable sellers, farmers, and even illiterate people sitting below, he can make people understand.

The scriptures of the saint, under his mouth, became easy to understand. He also conveyed the meaning of the saint's expression to everyone one by one. 、

"Walking on the ice is good." Li Chao praised softly, looking at the people around him who were listening to the lecture, although it was a task to come to listen to the lecture. Every weekend, the yamen and the village chiefs go door-to-door to inform the yamen and the village chiefs who come to attend the lectures.

In the beginning, there were indeed many people who were reluctant to come. Feeling that time is delayed, officials and teachers have weekends off, and they ordinary people have no weekends off.

But after listening to it a few times, it is true that most people are willing to come to the class. Li Chao was sure that they definitely didn't come for the little gifts they sent every time.

In fact, there are no gifts, usually a booklet of the scriptures, which is the scripture chapter of the current issue, and it will also come with a newspaper, and sometimes a few steamed buns will be given to everyone as lunch.

This kind of lecture is different from the usual literacy class, which mainly teaches literacy and arithmetic, while this lecture mainly explains the scriptures of the saints.

Ke Shan hadn't read before, but after learning a little, he could barely write his own name. Every time I accompanied Li Chao to listen to a lecture, I was really just a companion at first. But now, he could listen intently.

The scriptures of the saints can also be understood through the explanations of officials and teachers.

"Fan County's speech is really good, better than the others."

"Walking on the ice is a jinshi, and maybe he can become the prime minister in the future." Li Chao said with a smile.

Sunday lectures are usually held for one hour, and after the lectures, everyone is free to discuss and talk. After each lecture, there will also be fundraisers, but they are all free. The money raised is donated to the education foundation for school education.

Even after the sermon is over, there will be a council.

A council is a school district in which residents and businessmen elect representatives to serve as members. For some civil disputes, it is not necessary to go directly to the yamen to file a complaint, but to raise it in the parliament, and the parliamentarians will form a deliberative group to ask questions and collect evidence from both sides of the dispute, and finally make a ruling.

This kind of parliament is actually exercising the power of the patriarchal family in the past.

Localities have always paid attention to imperial power and did not go to the countryside, and the countryside mainly practiced autonomy. Local clans and prominent figures preside over justice, and some civil disputes are adjudicated by them.

Only in case of major cases, such as criminal cases, will they be reported to the county government.

In Liuqiu, the vast majority of them are new immigrants, and there are no big clans like the countryside in the past. Therefore, Li Chao launched this kind of school district council.

Divided into districts by school districts, such as the inner city of Liuqiu, there are nine schools, so there are nine school district councils. Outside the city, there is a school in each tunzhuang, so a tunzhuang is a school district.

The council of the school district is elected by the residents and merchants who have settled in the district, and is generally composed of thirteen councillors.

The parliamentarians do not have a salary, they belong to an organization of popular self-government, they are officially registered and subject to official supervision. In normal times, they are responsible for the self-government of the people, and they preside over hearings and adjudication of disputes after the lectures.

Of course, there are other responsibilities of the council, and the councillors have the right to supervise and advise on the development of the district. You can also make suggestions to the county government on some issues in the school district.

The school district council shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the district, township or town magistrate.

The council is similar to the village covenant hall in the Ming Dynasty, and there are also some rudiments of local councils in later generations.

When Li Chao first launched this council, he told the county magistrate Fan Lubing that the local people would be self-governing and help the county government better manage the locality. After all, in a county, even if there are more than 60 economic officials now, there are more than 100 temporary establishments. But there are more than 50,000 people in Penghu County, there are still so many businessmen coming and going, and even more than 100,000 Shanyi have to watch, not only to manage public security, but also to manage taxes, and judicial proceedings.

It is not easy for the yamen to manage the Hong Kong city well, and it is too difficult for them to manage even the countryside.

Although each township has a township office and a police station responsible for civil affairs and public security, there are only about a dozen people in the township office and police station, and it is impossible to manage a few thousand people in a township.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Chao proposed the establishment of a parliament to replace the clan autonomy in the countryside in the past, and finally got Fan Lubing's consent.

The county and township really can't manage it, and Liuqiu is an immigrant society, lacking the big clans in the countryside in the past, and the countryside is really beyond its reach.

However, at the beginning, Fan Lubing planned to appoint councilors in the township, but Li Chao felt that this method was not good, so it was better to be elected by the people themselves, and finally the township agreed to this form.

The council did not follow the township districts as such, but directly by school districts.

Nowadays, primary schools have been set up in various parts of Liuqiu, and these government primary schools are very evenly established, and each school is evenly distributed, and a school district is much smaller than a township, but there are at least a few hundred residents.

Fan Lubing proposed that there should also be a council at the township level above the school district, after all, there are too few people in the township office and the township office, and those officials can't manage so many things, especially some local disputes, if they don't care.

Li Chao asked Fan Lubing to take his time.

The meal should be eaten one bite at a time, although Li Chao threw out this council, and from the beginning, he did not intend to make it just a village-level autonomous organization. He plans to be big, but the bigger he is, the more he has to take his time.

In fact, the parliament does not have much power, and they do not come to adjudicate local disputes, let alone as long as the majority of people agree on the same opinion.

The adjudication of local disputes must also be in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty. For example, Zhenguan Law clearly has many rules for Tang marriage, so these regulations cannot be violated.

Datang stipulates that the good and the poor are not married, so when the local government adjudicates this kind of issue, this is the bottom line and cannot be violated.

For another example, the Tang Dynasty stipulates that widows are allowed to remarry, so the local government cannot stop them from remarrying. Other disputes, such as disputes over property, water and land, and even fights and brawls, must be in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

In each dispute, a two-thirds majority of the members of Parliament must approve the ruling, and nine of the thirteen members must pass it to be valid.

At the end of an hour's lecture, Fan Lubing couldn't help but feel a little dry in his throat.

Everyone applauded, and Fan Lubing stepped down with a smile.

At this time, someone pushed a few buckets of herbal tea, and also brought some steamed buns, biscuits and other snacks, everyone also got up, those who ate dim sum ate dim sum, those who drank tea drank tea, and some people went to wash their hands and change clothes.

Li Chao handed Fan Lubing a cup of tea, "That's a good story, it's worthy of having lectured to the prince." ”

Fan Lubing smiled, "Compared with the teacher, I'm far behind." The teacher often preaches for His Majesty. ”

The emperor and the crown prince would often ask scholars and important ministers to lecture on the scriptures for them, explaining the scriptures of the sages, and also combined with current affairs, the scriptures they preached were naturally different from those that were told to ordinary people today, and each had its own emphasis.

"You spoke very well, especially very suitable, and the people don't understand too many big truths, so they have to listen to your explanation in simple terms."

"I'm far worse than the last time the teacher gave a lecture in person, the last time the teacher gave a lecture, but more than 3,000 people came, and they were all crammed inside and out, and there were even many people who couldn't squeeze in."

Li Chao smiled, "They came to listen to my class mainly because of my reputation." ”

Fan Lubing said, "I'll talk more about it when I'm free in the future." ”

The lectures in each weekend and in each school are not fixed people. Officials, teachers, take turns to give lectures. The school where Li Chao is here is the best school in Liuqiu today, and it is also the only middle school, so there are a lot of people listening to classes here every week.

People with status and status basically come here to listen to lectures.

After a few visits, it has now become a new custom and tradition to listen to lectures on weekends on the island of Ryuqiu.

Drinking tea and chatting, some businessmen and officials will come to say hello from time to time.

After a break of half an hour, the district's legislators took their seats.

The Parliament is in session.

The county magistrate, Fan Lubing, also sat down with Li Chao along with other officials.

The first item on the agenda of today's parliament is the establishment of patrols in the district. They discussed whether to establish a patrol in their district, whether the residents of the district should take turns on duty or whether they should pay for each of them.

Although this school district is in the inner city, it is a new city for immigrants after all, and there is a large floating population, so security is still a problem. Even if the county government has officials, the people still feel that it is not enough.

After a period of discussion, it was finally decided to vote on several options, and everyone would vote together.

Fan Lubing, the county magistrate, lives in the county government but is also in this school district, so he also has one vote. When the presiding councilor shouted above and asked to raise his hand if he agreed to establish a patrol, Fan Lubing raised his hand with a sense of novelty.

The vast majority of residents raised their hands, from other school districts, as well as outsiders, who sat in the auditorium and did not have the right to vote.

Finally, more than 80 percent of residents said they should set up their own patrols.

Then a vote was then made on whether the residents themselves should be on duty or whether they should pay for it.

It was suggested that a new proposal should be made at the expense of each family and then hiring the inhabitants of the district to act as patrols, and the vote was retaken.

Again, more than seventy percent of people passed.

The moderator said that the issue of the patrol team has been passed, and the specific question of how much money each family pays and how many people to hire will go back and solicit everyone's opinions and vote next week.

Then there was the second topic, the mediation decision on the dispute between two residents on the street.

"It's quite efficient, and people are more accepting of the results." Fan Lubing said to Li Chao.

"That's natural, after all, they made their own decisions."