Chapter 172: Township Rules and People's Covenant

In just three days, Liu Yunzhang wrote the recital, he felt that he was happy to write this recital, when he wrote the "Book of Direct Advice", the mood was very heavy, but this time it was completely different, so his literary style was also fully brought into play, and the recital involved the people's livelihood, the army and the construction of the government, etc., covering a wide range.

Li Rupei obviously attached great importance to Liu Yunzhang's recitals, and after reading the recitals, he immediately invited Liu Yunzhang.

"Liu Gong's recital is detailed and comprehensive, covering everything in Shannan West Road, and he almost can't put forward any opinions."

"The prince praised, the subordinates really admired the prince, the subordinates went to Bazhou, Pengzhou and Liangzhou to see many places, and felt quite deeply, the prince attaches great importance to agricultural production, people-oriented, and implemented a series of measures, the local government is the implementation of the out-and-out implementation, the people in the three places are rich and stable, and the gentry and rich households can also understand, which is not simple."

"Liu Gong exaggerated, I know that there are still many problems below, but these things need to be taken slowly, in the final analysis, it is still a lack of talents, for example, Liu Gong is a bachelor of Hanlin, rich in knowledge, with experience in governing the local government and acting government, but that is through the imperial examination, excellent knowledge and appropriate sharpening, it has become a talent that everyone admires, but this imperial examination is controlled by the imperial court, and the talents are concentrated in the capital, and it is difficult to get real talents in Shannan West Road, these days, a certain has been worrying about these things, In a local county, there are only four county commanders, county officials, county lieutenants, and chiefs, and there are less than ten people who join three or two adjutants, and it is difficult to rely on these people to govern a county. ”

"Many officials look down on the position of county commander, and they despise these understandings, you must know that in a county, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs, and everything has to be worried, all military and political affairs, money and food, prisons, etc., can handle these things well, and they will be able to accumulate rich experience, and they will be able to handle big things in the future."

"I think that the county order is the most important official in the prefecture and county, the county order is in direct contact with the people, representing the image of the government, and the prefecture does not necessarily have direct contact with the people, in the eyes of the people, there is a taste of being high, but the county order is related to their lives, if the county order is corrupt and bends the law, the harm caused is huge, if the county order is not capable of doing anything, and living a chaotic life, the damage to the government is also great."

"Speaking of which, a certain suggestion also came out, Liu Gong's recital, appropriately added the requirements for the county order, including many adjutant officials of the county order, it needs to be particularly emphasized, the requirements for them must be strict, a certain opinion, the official to serve as the county commander at the local level, it takes at least five years, really make achievements, must be promoted......"

Liu Yunzhang listened very carefully, and as soon as Li Rupei finished speaking, he spoke.

"My subordinates can't imagine that the prince knows so much about the affairs of a county, and his subordinates have read a lot of historical records, I don't know how many years, the emperor doesn't care about the county order at all, and he pays attention to the officials in the court, and he is an official above the fourth grade, but even if the emperor attaches importance to the county order, he has not known it so well."

"Although the sparrow is small, this description is too appropriate, like a stroke of genius, the subordinates keep it in mind, and the subordinates must follow the will of the prince to enrich the content of the folds."

Li Rupei smiled and shook his head.

"Wait, Liu Gong may have noticed that a huge county only relies on less than ten officials to govern, even if they are immortals, they can't be busy, they can only grasp the key points and deal with major matters, and the rest of the many small things, including the collection of money and grain, must rely on the elders, Li Zheng, Jiashou and others below, otherwise these county orders will be difficult to carry out."

Liu Yunzhang looked at Li Rupei, a little strange, everyone knows these things, and there is no need to emphasize.

"Speaking of which, I thought of the township rules and regulations, in fact, the people who govern a place, the role of the government, far less than the township rules and regulations, the township rules and regulations are very important, many places, even the county order must abide by the local township rules and regulations, which seems to be very good, but over the years, the disadvantages have slowly appeared, in some places the binding force of the township rules and regulations is much stronger than the binding force of the government, many of the elders are gentry and wealthy households, they can rely on the township rules and regulations, openly confront the government, Forcing the government to change its decision is not a good sign. ”

Hearing Li Rupei say this, Liu Yunzhang was completely silent, he found that the prince had a very clear grasp of the following situation, and the subtleties were clear, at this time, his best thing to do was to listen to what the prince said.

It should be said that the township rules and regulations formulated at the beginning are in line with the actual situation and are practicable, but with the passage of time, a lot of township rules and regulations have been added to some bad content, for example, there is a provision that the gentry and wealthy households in the villages and towns must be supported by the local people and must be protected by the government, as long as they do not commit heinous crimes, they can be pardoned. This is too much, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the people, not to mention that they are rich gentry, even if they commit a crime, they must be punished, so they think that the township rules and regulations need to be revised, and they need to be revised uniformly. ”

"The idea is that the township rules and regulations in various places are basically the same, and there should be no special regulations, and special places can have appropriate special regulations, for example, places where ethnic minorities gather, they need to follow some special customs of each ethnic group, and there are no exceptions for the rest."

"The government must increase the management of the elderly, Li Zheng, Jiashou and others, on the one hand, it needs to respect them, every year the government comes forward, sets up banquets and entertainment, and gives some rewards, on the other hand, it must also be strictly governed, they are people who are respected by the people, so they need to set an example and become a model for the people."

"The particularly prominent elders, Li Zheng and Jiashou can also enter the official team through the recommendation of the government, these people are familiar with the following things, enter the official team, and can play a role to the maximum extent and manage local affairs."

"I have always believed that the imperial examination is not the only way out, think about the army, many generals, few of them are born through the imperial examination, everyone knows that Jinshi has outstanding knowledge, but can not command battles, many talents need to be sharpened, and they need to have rich experience."

"Revise the unified township rules and people's covenant, these words can be written in, as the official documents of the government, all localities must comply with and implement them in the future, and they must not be violated.

"About business matters, Liu Gong already knows some, I remember that the imperial court has strict regulations on the people to do business, this is probably because of the rampant salt dealers in the past few years, I think there is no need to panic, the following people do business, can be appropriately relaxed, this is at least a way to live, busy farming, do small business, subsidize the family, is also a very good choice."

Ten days later, the prefects, assassins and county orders from all over the country were all concentrated in Liangzhou, and each county selected an elder, a Lizheng, and a head of the first county, and also came to Liangzhou.

"The revision of the township rules and civil covenant also needs to be completed within ten days, Liu Gong can convene people from all walks of life to discuss the revision, a certain opinion, ten days later, officials at all levels and the elderly, Li Zheng, and the first head came to Liangzhou to discuss together, make it clear, and make the Yamen in the form of official documents, issued to all places, and everyone will comply with them in the future, and shall not be violated."

After Li Rupei's task was issued, Liu Yunzhang was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, he had no time to eat, and he only had two hours of rest every day.

All these measures are like a heart booster, which makes Liu Yunzhang even more desperate.

Ten days later, the prefect, the assassin history, and the county order of Shannan West Province, as well as an elder, a lizheng, and a head of each county gathered in Liangzhou, and hundreds of people attended the largest meeting in the history of Shannan West Province in the official post.

This form of meeting made many people curious, but after the actual meeting, they realized that this meeting was too important, and the first thing to learn was Liu Yunzhang's twists and turns, which put forward specific requirements for military, agriculture, government affairs, and many other aspects, and comprehensively supplemented the original policy.

The most shocking thing is the revision of the township rules and people's covenant, the relevant amendments, the discussion is very intense, those who participated in the meeting of the elders, Li Zheng and Jiashou, put forward a lot of suggestions, for the government to select officials from among them, very welcome, as for the many clauses restricting them, also raised a lot of objections, but Liu Yunzhang on behalf of the festival envoy Yamen, one by one, made an explanation, so that everyone understands that the prince is determined to implement the revised township rules and regulations.

The meeting lasted for three days, and on the last day of the discussion, some businessmen also participated and put forward their opinions.

After the revised township rules and regulations were agreed, Li Rupei finally appeared.

Li Rupei showed up and did not say anything else, announcing that Liu Yunzhang was the deputy envoy of Shannan West Road, who was in charge of all people's livelihood matters on behalf of the Jiedu Envoy, and Ma Haoxuan, the commander of the royal palace, was in charge of the trade affairs of Shannan West Road on behalf of the Jiedu Envoy.

Li Rupei's statements made it clearer to everyone that the words spoken by Liu Yunzhang and Ma Haoxuan represented the meaning of the prince himself.