Chapter 688: To use a knife against the gentlemen in the south of the Yangtze River!
"Sister-in-law, please pay more attention to Brother Xun. Let him cheer up and live a good life. Not being an emperor is not necessarily a bad thing. After unloading the burden, you can live a more exciting life. I can't
I hope he will be depressed and live a messy life. Let him find time to take my grandson and daughter-in-law to the palace to see the queen. The queen has been thinking about her grandson very much recently." Regarding Zhu Cihong, Zhu Youjian felt that he
He still has a responsibility, and I hope he won't be depressed by the unexpected events. If he only wanted to be the prince of dissipation, Zhu Youjian would actually be very happy.
"I will bring the emperor brother's words to Brother Xun and help him live a good life in the future."
After talking to Zhang Yan, Zhu Youjian continued to find a few people to drink a few glasses of wine, and the celebration banquet was over for the day.
This banquet can be regarded as announcing the end of a stage, but it does not mean that it is finished. In other words, as a time traveler, what he really wants to do for the times has just begun.
There are thousands of things, but they have to be focused. The most important task at the moment is to make important adjustments to the social governance system before the Ming Dynasty. The focus of adjustment is naturally the Jiangnan area, and the previous social governance system in this area must be
The foundation of the gentry has been destroyed.
Unlike the Central Plains, the Jiangnan region's social foundation has not been destroyed much, and land, an important production resource, is still firmly in the hands of the gentry. It is impossible to use the policies implemented in the Central Plains to destroy most of their
Land resumption officials have to use other means to solve the problem.
"Prime Minister, the practice of privately keeping slaves is very strong in the Jiangnan area, and the practice of binding women's feet is particularly prevalent. In fact, I have found that this evil trend is likely to return to areas that have implemented the new practice for a long time. This matter must not be tolerated, as it will undermine the foundation of the country.
In view of this, the working group in the Jiangnan area needs to be strengthened." Wu Sheng was called, and Zhu Youjian prepared to make arrangements to attack the Jiangnan gentry.
"Your Majesty, there are many areas in Xinfu, and most of the students who can be transferred from various universities to go south have already gone south. There is no one available to strengthen the working group."
"The major wars in the country are almost over this year, and the scale of military demobilization will be expanded. The Ministry of War must make a plan. It is best to retire more than 40,000 soldiers and officers this year. Most of these retired people will be strengthened in Jiangnan
Let's go to the region. Starting from September, demobilization work will be carried out one after another. The demobilized people will be organized into working groups first, so that they can also have a process of adapting to local work.
Then they were organized into local yamen according to actual progress. On the one hand, it was to enrich the organizational structure of the local yamen, and on the other hand, it was to replace the original officials. In general, only 40% of the original officials were retained, and the remaining half were eliminated.
The other half will be transferred to relatively unimportant departments. More than 70% of the previous officials will be eliminated to kick them out of the Jiangnan bureaucracy." In the previous Ming Dynasty, there were not many officials, and most of them could do something.
, so Zhu Youjian did not intend to drive most of them out of the bureaucracy. But the officials must undergo a major replacement. The foundation of the Jiangnan gentry was officials who were closely involved with local forces, but they were not officials.
"With such a large-scale layoff of officials, I'm afraid there won't be enough demobilized soldiers this year."
"This is not a year's work, it will take three or four years to complete. In recent years, the demobilization rate of veterans has been relatively high. Starting next year, the number of demobilized soldiers will be close to 100,000 every year. There will be no need for anyone to use it. The cabinet and
The work that other departments have to do is to straighten things out and formulate an orderly replacement plan. They must first replace the staff of key departments. For example, in the next two years, priority must be given to ensuring the replacement rate of the three departments.
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"How should the replaced original officials be arranged? Should they all be returned to the people?" According to the thinking of later generations, apart from a small number of official officials in the Ming Dynasty, except for a small number of business staff, the rest were temporary personnel and were directly fired.
It's not impossible. So Wu Sheng asked if they should all be returned to the people directly.
"Let's do this! Each government office will first re-recruit its original staff. During the re-recruitment process, the total quota will remain at 50% of the original number, and another 30% will be recruited from the countryside to supplement it. These recruits have a two-year probation period.
After two years, 30% will be retained. This policy must be informed to the applicants in advance. The dismissed officials will be sent by the court to recruit again. If they are willing, they can go to Gansu and Suiyuan to work as officials, or go to Anmin in Liaodong.
If you don’t want to do some errands on the farm, you can return to the people.”
We still have to give them the way out they deserve, and we can't beat people to death with a single blow and turn them all into anti-social forces. However, the conditions for the way out given are relatively poor, and it depends on their own choices.
"I will not talk about the old officials here for the time being. I would like to talk about the work of the working group in Jiangnan. The first is the routine clearing of farmland and sorting out tax fields. This work must be done in detail, and the resistance faced is relatively large.
In addition to facing the obstruction from the power of the gentry, officials inside and outside will also add resistance.
As for my ugly words, there will be two working groups going to Jiangnan instead of one. If members of the working group engage in favoritism and are found to have flaws during the review of the second batch of working groups, they will be dismissed and investigated. Anyone who obstructs them, both inside and outside the government, will be punished.
It was found out that I was dismissed from my post and punished by law, and three generations of my tribe were deprived of the qualifications to teach, join the army, and serve as officials. They were also sent to the border areas of Gansu and Ningxia. The places there are big enough to accommodate many people, and there is a shortage of people.
, they can give it a try.”
Zhu Youjian's words frightened Wu Sheng. He was from Jiangnan himself, and his family also had land. When the emperor said this, he was naturally casting a curse on the officials from Jiangnan who were in the dynasty. Up to now, the people in Jiangnan who were in the dynasty
There are quite a few officials, especially important ministers. It seems that everyone needs a snack, but they can't overturn this matter.
"In addition, the focus of the working group is to solve the problem of slavery and women's foot binding. The problem of slavery can be easily solved. The working group will publicize the policy in the countryside and tell the villagers that starting from next year, all people in the same household registration will
All common people have the right to share their family wealth equally. If their parents do not share the wealth, the government will uphold justice. In addition, for all people who do not have household registration, the government will have to count all the people and register them for naturalization. After naturalization, the people who have no jobs and land will not be punished by the court.
Organize Anmin farms and factories for recruitment. People with jobs but no land can also settle down and become registered citizens of the Ming Dynasty.
As for those who bind women's feet, from this year onwards, if any girl under the age of eight is found to have foot-binding habits, the whole family will be sent to Liaodong and Northwest China. Girls and women over eight years old will also be punished if someone reports them. At the same time, since
Counting from this year, if a girl under the age of five or new born later becomes an adult and is found to have foot-binding leaks, her parents will be punished, and the husband's family who marries the girl will also be punished. The shameless literati in Jiangnan treated the Han family
The harm caused by women is too great, causing the whole world to suffer, so we cannot enforce the law and correct the mistakes."
When he said this, Zhu You felt itching at the roots of his teeth. After regaining his consciousness and taking a look at Wu Sheng, he added: "Binding the feet of young girls should be the main criterion for abolishing old officials. At the same time, it should also be included in the current court.
The officials will check again to see if there are any secret leaks. The world is just getting better, and it is inevitable that some people will have thoughts of restoration and ruin the good situation with selfish motives."