How many people do things because of people, but how many things can only be done by people.

No matter how well a system or policy is designed in a temple, it also needs to be implemented by the following people.

The people of Boling were fortunate to meet a good official to carry it out with their hearts.

The people of Shiyi are also fortunate because they have a chief official who dares to resist pressure and seek truth from facts.

But not everyone is so happy.

At this time, in the front hall of Yecheng, Zhang Chong was reading and sorting out the documents sent by the magistrates of various counties in Hebei.

In the system of the Taishan Army, the position of the commander of each army is very important, and he can directly consult Zhang Chong in terms of power and responsibility.

Because of the pacification of Hebei and the effective governance of the locality, Zhang Chong transferred a large number of military officials and Changshi to the local government to suppress Haoqiang and pacify the four people.

And in this process, the secret power of each long history is still retained to supervise the locality.

In these documents of the history of the county magistrates, Zhang Chong has a general understanding of the current situation of dividing fields.

In some counties, the prefectural governor has acted excessively in order to fulfill the policy of the government council regarding land.

Originally, the policy said that this time the land was only divided for the Haoqiang, and the homesteaders who owned the land were not divided.

And how to distinguish between Haoqiang and yeoman farmers?

It depends on whether you have a subordinate or a tenant.

But now, these county chiefs have chosen a more radical way of dividing the land, that is, all the land is divided. This is certainly contrary to the spirit of the policy of the Cabinet Hall.

But the long history of the county in question also explains the situation.

They said that the reason for this situation is all due to changes in adapting to the specific situation.

Why?

It turned out that when the article was just out of the political hall and delegated to various ministries, those powerful families from all over Hebei knew the news.

These people have been running Hebei for several generations, and their networks are dense, and no one knows who they will know, and what position these people are in the current Taishan Army.

And when these well-informed families knew about it, they immediately took advantage of the loopholes in the policy and tried to escape this division.

Doesn't your policy say that yeoman farmers don't divide the land, then I can also be a yeoman farmer.

They took advantage of the gap period between the policy and the localities, and constantly distributed the land and property within the clan to the names of the people of various ethnic groups. Through the method of self-reliance, the land was transferred directly to the people below.

And these tribesmen do not accept servants, and are self-cultivated farmers by standard.

So when these county magistrates began to receive the decree on the division of land and prepared to implement it, they encountered a very embarrassing situation.

That is, looking at the whole county, homesteaders have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, breaking through the soil, and there is not a single hero.

What can these county magistrates do in this situation?

Of course, they can also directly report to the above, saying that the situation in the territory is relatively special, and there is no strong force to fight.

But these people who can be sent to the local government to support the government, no matter what their ability is, but one of them is counted as one of them, and they have come to the present with the Taishan army, and they are loyal and obedient.

Not to mention, as the "Several Issues on the Division of Fields in Each County" compiled by the follow-up Political Affairs Hall was distributed to them, they all studied the "Theory of Dividing Fields" attached to it.

This article, written by the chief disciple of the Political Affairs Hall, has been regarded by them as an absolutely correct consciousness.

Since one of the main purposes of the division of land is to mobilize the leaders of the Li Society and the Gui through land distribution, and to determine the basic structure of the Taishan Army.

Then the field will be divided no matter what.

But they couldn't identify which yeoman farmers were the original heroes, so they simply expropriated all the land and divided it.

When Zhang Chong saw this, the anger in his heart disappeared.

If only four or five years ago, when Zhang Chong had just come here. If he had seen the yang and yin disobeying below, he would have done these county officials a long time ago.

But as he gained more and more experience in handling government affairs, Zhang Chong also understood a little.

Do you think those county officials who are going to use radical measures are deliberately trying to work against the political affairs hall? No, the actual result is that they grasp the principles and essence of the policy, and then adapt it to the actual situation.

Although this contingency seems to be contrary to the letter of the policy itself in terms of results.

But that's what the real job really is. It is impossible for any predetermined policy to be applied exactly, no more, no less. All executors have to use their own experience and wisdom to judge the reality of emotions and thus make contingencies.

And as far as Zhang Chong's intentions are concerned, at least for now, he has no objection to the radical changes of the chief officials below.

In Zhang Chong's view, the means are different in different periods.

At present, that is, in the early stage of the cause, in order to mobilize and win over the poor and needy on a wider scale, it is necessary to make drastic changes in the style of work, and even to use violence to mobilize.

And when the external situation is stabilized, it needs to be eased to a certain extent.

And this order cannot be reversed. Just like for the powerful and powerful, there can be no peaceful unity, there must be struggle and unity, and it is first struggle and then unity.

This is a means of summarizing the actual situation.

This is how Zhang Chong dialectically looks at radical and moderate means of execution.

Moderation means unity, order, construction, radicalism means struggle, vitality, destruction. Both of these methods must be used by the Taishan army, and they must be tough.

Only through resolute struggle can we arouse the enthusiasm of the vast number of leaders for struggle. Only then will they have the courage and confidence to fight with the Taishan army.

This experience was realized by Zhang Chong when he was dormant in Mount Tai.

But when necessary, this excesses need to turn to moderation and the struggle to unity. This experience was practiced by Zhang Chong when he was running Laiwu.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chong did not intend to deal with these people, nor did he intend to praise them by name, otherwise he would make other chief officials misjudge the situation.

At this point, Zhang Chong wrote the motto to himself: "The heart of the people is in danger, the heart of the Tao is only subtle, but the essence is the only one, and it is allowed to be persistent." "There is a deeper understanding.

In the final analysis, Zhang Chong himself has never paid attention to politics, he also rides a horse to watch the road, and there are still many things to learn.

But for now, he's doing well.

But soon, after seeing the next secret letter, Zhang Chong became suspicious of the idea just now.

This is the above table of Bohai, Zhangwu County's Lingjiao transferred to Bohai Taishou Li Wu. Li Wu couldn't make a decision, so he transferred this table to Yecheng together.

Jiao Yong, this person, Zhang Chong, knew that he was a field official who grew up in the Heji area. The style is close to the people, loves the people, and does things in person, and has been rated as special and superior for two consecutive years.

That's why Zhang Wu, who was specially selected to the Bohai Sea, as a county commander.

Zhangwu is a big city in the Bohai Sea, and it is a heavy salt-producing land, and there are very few fields that can be cultivated. Therefore, the contradiction between man and land in the Zhangwu area is particularly large.

Jiao Yong talked about such a situation in the above table he gave to Bohai Taishou. That is, the people below are more extreme than Jiaoyong.

Because there are many people and little land in the Zhangwu area, even if the land in the county is divided equally among everyone, these people still can't support themselves.

Originally, the reason why Zhang Wu was able to raise so many households was that the powerful people sold salt to the Zhongshan area, and then exchanged it for food.

And now, the powerful still control this salt trading route. Therefore, Jiao Yong decided to let these heroes only hand over the land, but they could continue to do business.

But Jiao Yong obviously underestimated the anger of the stove slaves.

After they saw that the former lord's family had fallen, they began to slaughter these powerful children and their families. And what about the division of the fields in the various places? It doesn't block either, and even supports it.

Jiao Yong simply thought that this was a vendetta between individuals at first, but soon after he learned about it specifically, he knew that this was not the case at all.

The officials who presided over the division of fields in Zhangwu County were generally from the Heji region.

Perhaps because of the lessons of the year, these field officials generally preferred to kill rather than let go. In the previous field divisions, these field officials found that as long as they acted against Haoqiang, even if they were killed, they would not be punished in any way. On the contrary, if there is the slightest sympathy for Haoqiang, it may affect their future.

Under such feedback, the mentality of these grassroots field officials is as follows:

"If you dare to kill Haoqiang, you are a good official!" "If you are ruthless enough, you are a good official!"

And so it became. Flexible problem-solving is no longer necessary, no matter what, just kill.

And compared to going to a specific problem and analyzing it specifically, killing is undoubtedly the easiest thing to do. As a result, these field officials also have inertia in their thinking.

Zhangwu County Ling Jiaoyong said in the table without worry:

"Ego is to stop killing, and the wanton killing that appears now will break the hearts of our Taishan soldiers. Simin asked, the murderer is like a hemp, Kou Bandit, Wang Shiye? ”

It was not this sentence that touched Zhang Chong, because the murderer always kills him, and when those powerful enslave the stove slaves, they should know that there is this day.

What Zhang Chong cared about was that this large-scale massacre turned out to be from the bottom up, not controlled by the Taishan army.

Zhang Chong had told a group of officials before that it was okay to kill, but it was necessary to punish the canon.

Killing with a vendetta in the township will inevitably lead to endless killings, revenge for injustice, and blood feuds for several generations. This was not conducive to the integration of the Taishan army into the township.

So, Zhang Chong put his suggestion next to the top table of Li Wu, the guard of Bohai County, and ordered him to follow the order.

Just processing these two secret pieces, an hour and a half has passed. The chef outside the corridor had already handed in the prepared meal.

A stack of flax cakes, a plate of mutton. It's all Zhang Chong's favorite food.

In order to approve this batch of secret music as soon as possible, Zhang Chong directly bit the cake and continued to read.

But when he saw the music below, Zhang Chong's mouth stopped chewing the cake.

At this time, he was furious.

Because if the above two problems are still the gap between policy theory and practice, and the game between the upper and lower levels, they are both acceptable deviations. The content of the report that Zhang Chong read below made him completely intolerable.

This partial secret performance is not from a specific chief official in Hebei, but an inspection sent by Zhang Chong.

He specially ordered the Imperial History Ling Fan Chang to dispatch capable Imperial Historians to form an inspection team with the internal guards of the Flying Army to inspect the implementation of the division of fields in various places.

Fan Chang summarized the report of the inspection team in writing and gave it to Zhang Chong.

This article mainly talks about one problem, that is, the problem of corruption in the process of dividing land at the grassroots level.

Here's the situation.

Because this division of fields is mainly aimed at the big heroes and big families in Hebei. These people don't just have land, they have accumulated a mountain of wealth.

Naturally, the question arises of how to divide the fields.

Generally speaking, the methods adopted by the chief officials in each region vary according to the situation, but they are generally as follows.

One is according to identity. That is, who planted the land in the first place, and whose tenants and disciples it was, then the land will be distributed to whomever it is shared.

There is also an equal distribution according to the household registration. Unified brackets, unified subdivisions. This is also the most commonly used distribution method.

After that, it is divided according to the specific situation. For example, if you have a lot of labor, then divide more. If there is less labor or good conditions, there will be fewer points.

And then it's according to the special personnel. For example, if there is a field protection team in the family, it will be divided first, and the field will be divided. And the activists who emerged in the struggle to divide the fields also divided the fields first, and also divided the fields well.

But these are all fields, so it's better to divide them. Some things, such as livestock and farm tools, can only be divided.

It is precisely because there are too many exceptions that it has become an opportunity for corruption at the grassroots level.

Because the scope of this field division operation was too wide, the original field division officials were not enough, so in the process of breaking the strong and strong, it was inevitable to absorb a lot of local people.

The specific method is like this: Often, after the old field officials arrive in the locality, they will first inspect the township and find one or two bitter and bitter people who have a deep hatred to avenge their grievances.

When the local powerful land is defeated, the task of dividing the land will be given to this person. And this person will find a group of people he knows well to do this.

And who are they generally looking for? Or it's blood, a brother and uncle in the clan. Or it's geography, that is, neighbors and acquaintances. It's not karma, for example, they are all drummers.

You just say that in such a situation, can you not fill your pockets and eat more and occupy more?

Isn't the policy to give the field protection team the first points? Then let the family go to be a field protector and be named. I don't want to do this, so there's a way.

The policy also said that the positive that emerged in the struggle should also divide the land well, and divide it more. So who is active or is it that these people are talking about?

And isn't it a lottery to divide the livestock? That's simpler, straightforward.

Therefore, through various means, the fertile fields and livestock in the original land have successively fallen into the hands of these local field dividers.

For this situation, did the superior Taishan military officials deal with it?

Yes, but the solution is nothing more than to make them show more selflessness.

But this embarrassed these local villagers, because they didn't want good? Obviously, I took the lead in breaking Haoqiang, but in the end, I was not as good as the one who waited, relied on, and wanted?

Is this fair?

Of course, there are also some township officials who value the opportunity given by the Taishan Army and are willing to let others divide first.

As a result, it withdrew from the later division of fields and materials.

But after a few points in a row, he didn't have his share. And those Qiantou saw that these township officials didn't have anything, and they didn't take the initiative to mention it at all.

At this time, it is these township officials who don't mumble themselves, and they will be muttered by their families when they go back.

What kind of official you are doing, you are not as good as the idle person in the society.

As a result, more and more township officials took the initiative to quit their posts and wanted to be the head of the Qian.

But if this continues, no one wants to do this position anymore, and the Taishan soldiers above have acquiesced to the fact that the grassroots township officials eat more and occupy more.

It seems that at this point, things have to return to an embarrassing situation.

That is the official word two mouths, if you want to let the lower mouth eat, you have to feed the upper mouth first.

But Zhang Chong didn't believe in this evil.

He quickly figured it out, and then he called six of his disciples to discuss.

Soon, a copy of the "Instructions for Several Problems in the Process of Dividing the Fields" drafted by Zhang Chong was sent out of the front hall.

This document, which represents Zhang Chong's will, will soon reach the desks of the county guards.

And this time, Zhang Chong not only has to divide the land, but also clean up the bad elements who have mixed into the team.

(End of chapter)