Chapter 486 External inspection
"Military farming?" Sun Zhixiao was a little confused. In fact, it was not his fault. The military farming in the Ming Dynasty started during the Hongwu period and lasted until the 7th year of Chongzhen, and it had long been a mess. If I went to the county account book to check and the military farming was there, if I searched according to the account book, there would be no acre, and all of them were swallowed up by whales of all sizes.
"That's right." Zhao Jingshi nodded, "One month ago, the general ordered the confiscation of the land of the pseudo-Ming Shu king and included it in the court. In the absence of talent, it was the general who appointed the Governor of the Military Field Department."
"So that's it!" Sun Zhixiao realized when he heard this. However, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. In fact, there were many people staring at the land of the Shu Palace, including his Sun Zhixiao. Since the fall of the Shu Palace in Chengdu, the land of the royal palace has become a hot commodity in all parties, and some people have even taken the land of the Shu Palace as their own.
However, Sun Zhixiao was cautious and even timid, so he did not dare to reach out for the time being, thinking about waiting and watching. If the Pei family army, who was in his heart, still did not mention the land of the Shu King's Mansion, then he could openly swallow these land into his stomach. Unexpectedly, the people from the Zhen General's Mansion waited for this first time. Sun Zhixiao couldn't help but feel a little lucky.
"Mr. Sun? Master Sun?" Seeing Sun Zhixiao stunned, Zhao Jingshi shouted softly.
Sun Zhixiao, who was stunned, suddenly woke up. "Sir Sun, what are you thinking?" Zhao Jingshi was a little curious.
"Nothing is wrong, nothing is wrong." Sun Zhixiao was a little embarrassed, but then adjusted and asked, "Mr. Zhao needs my help this time. Please tell me what you can do. Sun will do your best. I wish you 1 arm."
"In this way, there is really one thing. I want to ask Lord Sun for help." If Zhao Jingshi is fine, he doesn't have to come to find Sun Zhixiao.
"Mr. Zhao, but it's okay."
"I would like to ask Lord Sun to send some people to measure the land with me. I can also know all the fields in the Shu Prince's Mansion are where."
"This is natural." Sun Zhixiao patted his chest and said, otherwise Sun would have accompanied Lord Zhao on his own.
"So hard-working Lord Sun."
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In the next few days, Sun Zhixiao took more than 20 yamen runners in the county to accompany Zhao Jingshi to almost all villages and towns in Neijiang County, and pointed out the land that originally belonged to the Shu King's Mansion to Zhao Jingshi for 11 views.
Zhao Jingshi did not dare to slack off, and took his subordinates to record the land of the Shuwang Mansion in the plan. Every time he passed by a farm, Zhao Jingshi left a manager, responsible for recruiting, farming, harvesting and other matters of the recruitment, farming, harvesting and other matters of the farmland. After the harvest, the military farming department will recycle all the grain. Then, according to the output of each farm, the manager will be given silver as a reward.
These managers are more or less distributed to the farmers and workers below according to the performance of the recruited personnel and from the remuneration received. However, in order to prevent the manager from exploiting the farmers and workers below, the Pei family army also implemented a completely different policy from the past. That is, the right to allow farmers and workers to leave Zhuangzi at any time without notifying Zhuangzi's manager.
In this way, in order to prevent all the farmers and workers from leaving, even if they are too greedy, they must give a certain amount of remuneration to farmers and workers. Otherwise, no one will work, and when the harvest season, the manager will not be able to pay the output. Not only will he be paid by himself, but even if he is the manager, he will be dismissed, and even have to compensate Zhuangzi for the past year's losses.
Sun Zhixiao followed Zhao Jingshi on the 1st route and became more and more confused about Zhao Jingshi's actions. Finally, when he returned to the city to rest on the evening of the 1st, Sun Zhixiao couldn't help asking: "My Lord Zhao, it depends on your behavior. Could it be that the military field department of the military office directly manages these military fields, rather than handing them over to the local government to the jurisdiction of the government?"
"What? Lord Sun only understood here at this time?" Zhao Jingshi smiled.
Sun Zhixiao was speechless. The land in the Shuwang Mansion occupied as much as 80% of Neijiang County. If all of these land belonged to the military farming department, would he, the magistrate, be able to manage the remaining 20% of the land? At that time, if there is no land, no one will be allowed to mobilize him, and no one will listen to him, then what is the point of being the magistrate in front of him?
As if seeing through Sun Zhixiao's inner 99, Zhao Jingshi smiled and said, "Mr. Sun doesn't need to worry. The general thought about this matter, so he specifically explained it. In the future, the Ministry of Military Affairs has the final say in the matter of military farming. The local government has no right to take jurisdiction. Except for military farming, all other matters are under the jurisdiction of Mr. Sun."
Zhao Jingshi said this and Sun Zhixiao was even more confused. Zhao Jingshi simply said bluntly: "What I mean is that the managers of the Military Field Department are promotions, exiles, or rewards, are all managed by the Military Field Department, and the farmers and workers under the Military Field Department are managed by the Military Field Department. However, in addition to these, for example, if these farmers and workers commit crimes in Neijiang County, they are managed by Neijiang County.
As for the annual harvest of military farms, they will pay taxes to local governments according to the regulations of the military government, and local officials do not have to worry at all. If the local manager does not pay taxes to local governments according to the law, our military farms department will be the first to remove this person and then pay taxes to the county government."
Zhao Jingshi said this, and then Sun Zhixiao was in a daze and found some tricks. In this way, he originally needed to send yamen runners to various villages and towns to collect taxes every year, and he could be exempted. He just needed to sit in the county yamen and wait for the military farm department to hand over the tax grain. However, after all, he, the magistrate, is no longer a local emperor with 1 words and 9 tripods in the local area.
Seeing that Sun Zhixiao was a little depressed, he thought that this person was still serving him properly these days. Over the days, Zhao Jingshi had been transferred to several prefectures and counties. However, no one in these prefectures and prefectures could accompany him like Sun Zhixiao, surveying the terrain and assigning officials. Thinking of this, Zhao Jingshi suddenly felt a little sad.
After thinking about it, Zhao Jingshi said, "Mr. Sun has worked hard all these days." As he said that, he leaned into Sun Zhixiao's ear and whispered: "When I came, I heard news from Chengdu that the general was extremely displeased with the attitude of governments in various places during this period. The expected assessment will be advanced. By then, a large number of officials will be dismissed or transferred. Lord. Sun, this is an opportunity, you have to seize it."
Sun Zhixiao beat him up and looked at Zhao Jingshi gratefully and said, "Thank you for your support, Mr. Zhao, I will never forget it."
Zhao Jingshi just smiled calmly and did not answer. A few days later, after Zhao Jingshi finished his errands in Neijiang County, he rushed to the next prefecture and county and left Neijiang.
After Zhao Jingshi left, Sun Zhixiao worked harder. Not only did he set up checkpoints at major intersections, but he also got a batch of grain from the wealthy families in Neijiang County. 4. In the porridge sheds set up at the gates of each city, the aroma of cooking porridge never dissipated.
From the checkpoint, the refugees intercepted on the road were transferred to these porridge sheds. First, each person was given a bowl of steaming thick porridge, and then they were attracted by the major military farm managers and directly pulled them into their own villages, becoming the latest batch of farmers and workers in the villages. Holding the steaming thick porridge in their hands, there were 0 floating in one road, and 4 despised refugees, feeling the warmth from the government for the first time.
Many people, holding the bowl, tears rolled down their faces like beans, and shouted that the Grand Master Qingtian was heard one after another.
1. It lasted until mid-September. Neijiang County, the county with the most severe civil unrest, had recovered most of its vitality. In the city, fireworks began to arise again, the yelling of vendors, the strong aroma of food, and the pedestrians who came and went, once again filled the entire Neijiang County.
In mid-September, the inspection from Chengdu was almost over. Liu Xianchun, who was responsible for the inspection, sent people to various prefectures and counties in Sichuan, into the countryside and fields, walking on the streets and alleys, recording all his views and feelings on the record, and then communicating them to Liu Xianchun.
Chapter completed!