The governor is a local military and political official, inspecting the military and political affairs ministers of various places. The so-called patrol of the world and placing the army and controlling the people is of great authority. It can almost be said to be the local emperor of a province.
Military affairs, civil affairs, criminal prisons, and academic affairs are all arrested by the governor.
At this time, Xu Qian, the governor of Zhejiang, naturally had no need to mention the value of his value.
The officials present who heard the ban came together and congratulated them one after another.
If everyone's respect for Xu Qian in the past only came from fame and Xu Qian's future, then now everyone's respect comes from the authority in Xu Qian's hands.
Xu Qian responded one by one, saying that the imperial edict said that he would take office today. Although this is just a cliché, since he has been promoted, it is not wrong to start getting familiar with the business immediately.
Xu Qian simply met with officials in Hangzhou City, including the Administrative Office, the Criminal Office, the Censorate Office, the Academic Office, the Local Prefecture, and other officials, and called to speak one by one.
The nature of the conversation is to understand the situation first, then not the greetings or just jokes.
After this conversation, it was late at night. When the last person who talked was gone, Xu Qian sat alone in the hall, and asked someone to change a new pair of tea and slowly absorbed today's hearing.
The military and political problems are naturally very serious, and it is no need to say that since the garrison was abolished and the new army was trained, the problem has arisen. When the garrison was in the former, although the combat effectiveness of the official army was low, at least the court did not need to spend money to support him, so it was nothing. But now the court spent a lot of money to support the army, but the new army was still the same, with low combat power and empty salary, and it was even more popular. There was no reason. A vacant amount meant that the court had to take out a sum of silver every year to provide him with food and drink and other expenses to support him. These silvers eventually fell into the hands of military officers who falsely reported the heads. With the profits, there would be a motivation to deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates. Lord Wang of the Censorate even asserted that the so-called 30,000 new army may not even be 13,000.
Under such circumstances, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War are extremely concerned about this matter and obviously regard Zhejiang as a thorn in the side. If this situation does not ease, it may be concentrated on attacks at the end of this year.
In terms of civil affairs, there are also many difficult places. Many local rights are controlled by gentry. The gentry is an underground government official. In fact, this is a feature of the Ming Dynasty. But the problem now is that many of the government orders of the ruling corpses have been released from the yamen, but they cannot be implemented in any way. It is nothing more than that. For example, in the past, Zhejiang used to be mainly used to grow grain, but now because of the prosperity of textiles, many gentry changed their land to mulberry fields. This is actually nothing. The problem is that it is too much and the governor cannot bear it. So the following article requires the clearance of the fields of the rudder, even if the mulberry planting, the land under the name must not exceed half, and a part of the fields must be forced to grow grain.
This government order was also good, but the gentry ignored it. Even if you send someone to clean up, the government would dare not offend the gentry. As a result, it would be in vain and the local officials could not pay the wrong payment. What should I do? Naturally, those small families forced to plant grain, and the gentry would make money by planting mulberry trees. Ordinary small farmers with only three or five acres of land could not have a single mulberry tree. The small farmers naturally refused. But what? But even so, the grain tax situation in Zhejiang has still had big problems in recent years. For example, two years ago, the grain tax in Zhejiang Province was 1.1 million stones, but last year, it had been reduced to 970,000 stones. This year may be even worse. It would be good to maintain 900,000 stones.
For the Ministry of Personnel, the problem is whether the local officials do well is that if they pay more grain, they will be considered qualified. If Xu Qian lets go of this matter, it would be difficult to even get an excellent evaluation in the exam book.
It’s pretty good to study and government, but Zhejiang has a relatively high starting point after all, and it’s a place where students are everywhere. It’s difficult to make a breakthrough in this regard.
With all this, Xu Qian's main problems in Zhejiang are roughly divided into three categories: one is military and political affairs, the second is food tax, and the third is the problem of local gentry. In fact, after all, all the problems are still above officials and gentry. If officials do not act, your government orders will be difficult to implement, and military and political affairs will definitely be deteriorated. Because the gentry's strength is too great, even if you want to act, it will easily arouse a rebound.
The successive governors of Zhejiang often adopted the method of governing inaction, which was to not offend the gentry, but also rely on the gentry to build river embankments and county schools at will. Even if they benefited the students and the people, they naturally ignored them.
Did Xu Qian also have Xiao Gui and Cao Sui?
It was late at night, and Xu Qian returned to his bedroom. Miss Zhao did not go to the newspaper office today and stayed in the room for a day. Perhaps because she was ashamed to see people, she saw Xu Qian coming back in the third update, but showed no dissatisfaction. Instead, she showed a little sadness. She got up to pour tea for him and said, "I heard that the court has issued an order to let my husband take office as the governor of Zhejiang?"
Xu Qianhe nodded and said, "Yes, that's why he has a headache. I'm really sorry, I'm late to come back."
Ms. Zhao smiled and said, "This is official business, and sometimes the newspaper office is busy very late."
Xu Qian said: "Or you go to bed first. I have to think about it again. I have to sort out the matter first. I will call on officials to give a lecture tomorrow. Since it is a new official, I have to preach the future direction first. I will make three fuss about the new official taking office."
Miss Zhao did not persuade him, but said, "Why don't I accompany you? Think about it, I will invite a few nannies from the kitchen to prepare some pastries, so that you can save you from hunger."
Her hand gently rested on Xu Qian's shoulder, rubbed it gently, and continued: "Actually, many things seem to be complicated. As long as you grasp one point, you can sort it out. Just like running a newspaper, the main purpose of running a newspaper is nothing more than to grasp people's hearts. As long as you follow this direction, there is no reason why I can't do it. I don't have much knowledge, but my husband is different. I think I can already grasp this center."
Xu Qian couldn't help but smile, patted her tenderness with his backhand, and was excited, saying, "Okay, I'll think about it with my pen and ink. You go and make some wine and food, and you don't rush to sleep. We'll have something to eat together later."
Miss Zhao nodded, put on a fluffy cloak, and went to the kitchen to tell someone not to mention it.
Xu Qian prepared paper and pen. He knew that the direction he thought of tonight would determine the direction of governance for many days in the future, which not only determines his own future, but also determines the fate of millions of people. After pondering for a moment, he raised his sword eyebrows and wrote a word "little" on the white paper.
To put it bluntly, to do things, you have to have money. Whether it is a gentry or an official, you actually have no profit to get up early. The millions of people in Zhejiang are all prosperous and come for profit; the world is vast and all for profit. Others only focus on the word "de", but Xu Qian knew that the word "de" is a signboard, just like a bitch always needs to set up a arch. The essence of all problems is a word "profit" after all, otherwise why do you do the merit test of the Ministry of Personnel? What you do depends on how much you pay for the grain and tax? The court wants profit, and the reason why the gentry at the lower level does it and obeys the government orders of the government is also for profit. Officials dare not offend the gentry for profit, but oppressing the people, and fighting against the people is also for profit.
To govern, one party is to allocate this benefit well. However, if one class gives more benefits, the other class will have less benefits. Those who get benefits will naturally praise you, but those who lose benefits will naturally scream a few times.
But if you do balance and mix, it won't work, because human nature is greedy and everyone hopes to gain benefits from others. Once this requirement cannot be met, and they are vested interests, they will inevitably have to shout a few times.
Since no matter how you distribute, someone will scream injustice, and no matter how you mix with others, someone will be dissatisfied. In addition, the court is staring at you, waiting for you to transfer a lot of benefits, then neither of these two paths will work. The only way is to come up with a way to benefit most people and make everyone happy. Even if a few people lose their benefits, it doesn’t matter if they call in vain.
But...is there really such a way?
If he can really do it, then Xu Qian will be just a governor, but the first person in the ages.
Xu Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly, but... he became the governor and was too popular. In the capital, there were countless people waiting for him to joke. If he was mediocre, he would fulfill their wishes.
Therefore, he must be more strict with himself. Some things he knows cannot do, and he does not have no advantages. His advantage lies in his just taking office and his prestige has reached its peak. For many students, he is almost a wise person. For the people, he is a hero who saves them from water and fire. For the officials, he has a deep background and must not be fooled at will.
Not to mention that in the court, there are some people supporting him, and in public opinion, no one dares to make things difficult for the time being. It is not difficult to do some of these advantages.
Xu Qian thought about it, his eyes shone with a glimmer, then smiled slightly, leaving a piece of pen and ink on the paper: "It is a great courage to do it even though he knows it is impossible!"
He threw away his pen and became a little excited. He felt a little bold about his decision, which was completely contrary to the imperial edict. On the other hand, he was in his own excitement. He began to figure out all aspects of the joints. If he did this, what would happen to the court and what would happen to others? Everyone's reactions must be mastered. Although the enemy's initiative may not be able to do it, it may be a lesson that must be done.
Chapter 2 was delivered, and I asked for monthly tickets, but it was exposed again. It was such a tragedy. I kicked the tiger to Java with a single chapter.