Chapter 149: Northern Reform Measures
In the second year of Tianqi, he came to power and became the auxiliary of the cabinet. The cabinet began to continuously adjust personnel in northern provinces, and a large number of officials with grassroots administrative experience were promoted. At the same time, he began to promote the Baojia system in northern provinces, and rectify and reform the corvee service.
In the first month, the cabinet issued the "Correser Service Act", which stipulates that the recruitment of corvee service is limited to a hundred miles, and the work must not exceed twenty days at most. For corvee service that exceeds a hundred miles of distance, construction projects must be submitted to the court for approval to avoid the suffering of people traveling long distances.&1t;/p>
Corvey service usually requires people to travel long distances, so it means that although the agricultural taxes in the dynasty are not high, corvey service is relatively heavy, which is also the reason why so many people conceal their household registration.&1t;/p>
It is also stipulated that in principle, the people must go to the service, but if they really cannot get away, they can not pay the money, but the discount is increased to 20 cents a day. When local governments get the money, they must hire another employee to make up for the vacancies.&1t;/p>
The reason why the corvee service system collapsed is that the people can stop going after paying money, and in some places, they can stop going as long as they pay twenty or thirty cents. Some people do this, and other people will be unbalanced after seeing it. They can stop going after paying such a little money. Why don’t we pay some money?&1t;/p>
So what can the government do after getting the money? In the end, most of the money is embezzled. Without the official corvee service to organize the people to repair water conservancy, the water conservancy in northern provinces will naturally become worse and worse, and more abandoned land will be more and more.&1t;/p>
Now you have to go. If you don’t go, you can afford so much money, so you can naturally not go. The government can also afford to hire workers if you don’t.
The last one is to stipulate that people have work-related injuries and deaths during labor service. The government must also provide compensation. The required money and grain are withdrawn from land tax.&1t;/p>
The cabinet issued the "Correser's Service Act" to reform the current issues.&1t;/p>
The cabinet then reformed the official assessment standards and included water conservancy repair and Baojia promotion efforts in the main assessment projects. At this time, the essential problem in the north was that water conservancy was disrepair for a long time. Officials who could repair local water conservancy and promote Baojia to prevent bandits were useful talents.&1t;/p>
At the same time, the Beijing investigation was also reformed, from the original six-year investigation to three years. Every year in Si, Hai, Yin and Shen, the new Yin and Shen investigation was a small investigation, and the original Si and Hai investigation was a big investigation. The small investigation means that local officials have meritorious status. It is recorded first, and generally no transfer of positions is carried out to avoid the phenomenon of transferring officials too seriously and causing local administrative capriciousness. However, officials who have experienced it will be dismissed. In addition to the dismissal of mediocre officials, meritorious officials will also be promoted.&1t;/p>
The Ming Dynasty Jingchao is in the year of Si and Hai, which is more meaningful. Because Si and Hai conflicts, it is the year of Yima. If one of the four zodiac signs in a person's eight characters, then when it encounters the other one, it will conflict. Impulse means change.&1t;/p>
Yin and Shen are also the year of Yima, and are the "four immortals" with Si and Hai. This means that wood is born in Yin, fire is born in Si, metal is born in Shen, and water is born in Hai.&1t;/p>
Si and Hai conflict, Yin and Shen conflict, and the conflict moves.&1t;/p>
The rule in numerology is that when encountering conflicting years, some changes will usually occur, such as traveling far away, moving, and also including the rise and fall of the officialdom.&1t;/p>
In such a turbulent year, officials with bad luck will definitely be in trouble. But in the past, there was only "Si, Hai" Jingcha, and some officials did not have Si, Hai, and Jingcha had little motivation to impact them. However, the cabinet suddenly created a "Yin, Shen" Jingcha, which immediately made some officials complain and also made some officials very excited.&1t;/p>
These officials also know some numerology, so they naturally know the power of "Yin Shen" Jingcha. Some officials with poor luck naturally feel that they are finished. And those officials with good luck in the year of Yin Shen are naturally very happy. As long as they work hard to make some political achievements, there is a great possibility of promotion.&1t;/p>
The difference between small investigation and large investigation is more of a system established for the top leaders of local administration. China has been a "spread official system" since ancient times. This system has certain benefits, but it also has bad places. China in the 21st century also had a simplified official system. The bad things of the simplified official system are also common in the 21st century. For example, when this leader was in charge of the local area, he would put forward a big slogan and goal to achieve political achievements. As a result, less than a few years after the policy was implemented, the leader was transferred and another leader came up. As a result, the new leader denied the past policies as soon as he came to power and proposed another development strategy.&1t;/p>
As a result, after all the troubles, I created a lot of things that were starting to lose money, which was a waste of money.&1t;/p>
Although the new Beijing investigation system is once every three years, as long as the local leaders do a good job, they will generally be promoted after six years to avoid being too serious.&1t;/p>
Shen Qing's reform was strongly supported by Zhu Youxiao. On that day, Shen Qing submitted the list of changes of the first batch of official personnel to Zhu Youxiao.&1t;/p>
On the list, most of the ineffective ruling officials in northern provinces were removed from office, and were not removed from office, but were transferred to some irrelevant positions. At the same time, the officials promoted were almost all county magistrates with grassroots administrative experience.&1t;/p>
Such a list was placed in front of Zhu Youxiao. Seeing that Zhu Youxiao had changed a lot, he asked Jinyiwei and Dongchang to verify some of them respectively.&1t;/p>
Wei Zhongxian reported a few days later, "Emperor, I asked the East Factory to check it. There is no problem in Shen Fu's list."&1t;/p>
Wei Zhongxian and Shen Wei have a good relationship, so Zhu Youxiao naturally won’t believe the same words. Tian Ergeng’s report was slower by five or six days, and obviously he conducted a more in-depth investigation.&1t;/p>
"After your Majesty, I sent someone to investigate, the local officials who were transferred to the office basically did nothing. The grassroots county magistrates promoted by Shen Fu were mostly quite famous in the local area and praised by local people." Tian Ergeng reported.&1t;/p>
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Zhu Youxiao was relieved after getting the investigation results of the Jinyiwei. It was confirmed that Shen Yi was not forming a clique for personal gain through the promotion and surrender of officials, so Zhu Youxiao immediately passed Shen Yi's list of personnel transfers.&1t;/p>
Although the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty was severely corrupt, there were not officials who were willing to do things for the people. At any time, there would be a group of officials who wanted to do something practical for the people. This sentiment was born with some officials, which involved personality issues. Although these officials were likely to be corrupt, they existed in this serious corruption environment. It was naturally impossible to be thoroughly cleaned, but they were also concerned about local management.&1t;/p>
In addition, this period was an era when Confucian culture was popular. Although Confucian literati published many books and became reactionaries, they also became reactionaries. However, there were also many civil servants who still had a certain degree of rest and feelings.&1t;/p>
It is very easy to find these officials. Just go to the local area to chat with the people. For those grassroots officials, it is obvious that it is impossible to deceive the world and steal reputation like Li Sancai, because they don’t have that capital. If they mess around on the ground, they will inevitably have public grievances, and if they do practical things for the people, they will inevitably have a certain good reputation.&1t;/p>
The promotion of these officials with positive energy on their bodies will definitely be immediate. As the saying goes, the first level of officialdom is to crush people. When you encounter a Shangguan who is serious, the officials below dare not fool things. (To be continued...)&1t;/p>
ps: First update!&1t;/p>&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!