After solving the problem of bad debts caused by the inability to repay the paid coal supply to the court after giving birth to a baby girl, the only issue left is "residence" when it comes to keeping out the cold this winter.
Gao Pragmatic knew that Ming Dynasty had always been too "Hayekian" in some matters and had always lacked grassroots organizational capabilities, so the gentlemen here probably didn't have any good ideas to come up with, so he simply pointed it out himself.
"The issue of shelter has always been the most likely to go wrong during white disasters. In previous years, snow and ice disasters caused countless houses to collapse. If every household repairs it on their own, it is either beyond their capabilities or too late to help.
During this period, people will not freeze to death.
Some people may say, isn’t this commonplace? It’s been this way in all dynasties, so what can we do? Everyone, this has always been the case, so this is the only way it can be?”
Gao Pragmatic's face was serious, and he said every word authentically: "Mencius said: The way of the people is that those who have permanent property have perseverance, those without permanent property have no perseverance, and those who have no perseverance will do everything to avoid evil and extravagance."
Now that the Holy King is on the throne, and the barbarians from all over the world are coming to court, I, the Ming Dynasty, are just about to let these new people know what it means to be a heavenly court! Therefore, the Ministry of Pavilion has made a decision to adopt two strategies to deal with the collapse of houses caused by the white disaster this winter.
If the beams are broken and the people are in trouble, you can check for me and fill in the gaps, so as to achieve the best."
In the past, when discussing clothing and heating, Gao Pragmatic would let everyone discuss it first, and then he would sum up the discussions and issue orders. But when it came to the issue of residence, he was uncharacteristically, saying "I already have it" when he opened his mouth.
He only asked everyone to "check and fill in the gaps". This meant that he expected that there would be objections to this matter, and that there might be a lot of pressure.
All the princes here are people who have been in officialdom for a long time. Of course they understand the situation and can't help but make eye contact in private. Of course, everyone also knows that no one can shake Gao Wuchen's current position. In addition, he is also the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. If he were
He had to spend a lot of money to do something as abstract as Emperor Sui Yang's silk wrapping of willows. He had to bear the final pressure himself, so everyone remained silent and just waited for his next step.
Gao Pragmatic then said: "As a strategy, in Liaodong and other newly attached areas, the most basic units such as villages, villages, and forts will organize the villages under their jurisdiction to form a 'mutual aid team'. The purpose of the establishment of this 'mutual aid team' is
Mobilizing people to jointly deal with the coming white disaster is to help each other.
Each village, village, and fort must have its own mutual aid team, responsible for coordinating and mobilizing manpower to ensure that when a disaster strikes, they can act quickly and help each other, not only to repair houses, but also to deal with other emergency difficulties that require concentrated efforts to ensure security
The local people and villagers are safe.”
When Gao pragmatic said this, many ministers frowned, but everyone looked at me and I looked at you. For a long time, no one dared to speak first. In the end, Shen Yiguan, a shabby cabinet minister, came out and accused Gao pragmatic of his fundamentals.
I don’t understand the sentiments of the people.
"Yuanfu loves the people like his own son, and I deeply admire his kindness. However, I am afraid that Yuanfu has not returned to his hometown for a long time, let alone interacted with the people, so..." Shen Yiguan smiled, shook his head and said: "
This mutual aid team overlaps with Baojia, so why set up another one and let Baojia and Baojia from various places take on the same role?"
Haha, you Shen Guanyi knows about the Baojia system, don’t I, Gao Pragmatic, know about it? Although I am not the named president of the Wanli version of "Da Ming Huidian", I am the main author. Don't you, Shen Ge, know?
Gao Pragmatic chuckled lightly, and Shi Shiran said: "The Baojia system of the Ming Dynasty is recorded in detail in "Huidian", and the main author of it happened to be the Ministry of Pavilion."
If he didn't mention this, others would have forgotten it. After all, his most outstanding ability over the years was not "doing paperwork", but commanding troops and managing finances. When he said this, everyone knew that Shen Yiguan was probably I will be ridiculed again.
Sure enough, Gao Pragmatic continued: "The Baojia system has many uses, but its core functions are three: establishing an organization, managing household registration, and maintaining public security.
The Baojia system of our dynasty was divided by region, and Baojia was established. Each Baojia was managed by a Baojia chief. The Baojia chief was usually a prestigious local squire and was responsible for organizing militia, maintaining public security, and collecting taxes.
Through the household registration, Baojia can manage and understand the basic situation of the local people, so as to facilitate recruitment, taxation and other errands. At the same time, it manages population mobility. People who move out need to register with the local Baojia director to prevent population loss and the occurrence of refugees.
The Baojia Chief is responsible for organizing and directing militia patrols to prevent banditry and other criminal intrusions. At the same time, he supervises and manages the people within his jurisdiction to prevent them from engaging in illegal activities."
After a pause, Gao Pragmatic asked: "Is there any mutual help here?"
There is indeed nothing here, but Shen Guanyi had already thought of the words when he said the above words. At this time, he just nodded lightly and said: "There is indeed no, but what the old man said is that as long as Baojia can also serve as a mutual aid team It’s just a matter of errands.”
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Then why doesn't Mr. Shen Ge want to think about it? Since we know the role of Baojia, why don't we let Baojia also serve as the mutual aid team?"
Shen Yiguan was speechless for a moment. He really had not thought about this issue deeply. He just intuitively believed that the Baojia system already existed, so why bother with it.
Upon seeing this, Gao Pragmatic continued: "Mr. Shen Ge, although the Baojia system is good, its core lies in management and control, rather than mutual aid and self-help. What we are facing now is a natural disaster, a white disaster, and what we need is for the people to be able to spontaneously Mutual assistance and unity can reduce the burden of court governance, rather than top-down management and control - after all, all the princes know that the imperial power has not been limited to counties since ancient times.
The Cabinet decided to establish a grassroots mutual aid team precisely to stimulate the self-help spirit among the people, so that people can support each other in the face of disasters and overcome difficulties together. This move can not only form a mutual aid organization at the grassroots level that specifically responds to disasters or temporary dangers, but also There is no need for the court to interfere deeply to avoid wasting huge sums of money.
Everyone, if Baojia is asked to do this, tell me, will the Baojia chiefs in various places have any tendency to save whom first, who will be saved later, or who will not be saved? Will they use this power to gather the whole village? , the whole village, the whole fort should be used to repair and build a house for yourself first?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Pragmatic’s words made all the ministers present fall into deep thought. Many of them were from the local area and were not completely ignorant of the actual situation among the people. Know.
On the one hand, of course they also know that in the face of disasters, official rescue is often difficult to arrive in time, but private mutual assistance is the most direct and effective. On the one hand, Gao Pragmatic's suspicion is not so much suspicion as it is directed at people's hearts. ——There must be many armor commanders who would do that.
From this point of view, it is really a big joke that Shen has always ridiculed Gao Pragmatic for not understanding the grassroots level. Gao Yuanfu's words make people doubt that he has not been the chief of security.
However, Shen Yiguan was not so easy to give in. He continued to question: "Yuan Fu's words are certainly reasonable, but I have a question: If the Baojia commander also has this job, there will be the above disadvantages. Then the mutual aid team can do whatever it wants. Have the above disadvantages been avoided?”
"It's unrealistic to completely avoid it, but it's better than having a concurrent job as the Baojia chief." Gao Pragmatic didn't shy away from it, saying bluntly: "The Baojia chief already has a lot of power, and giving them more will only encourage their influence in the countryside. The authority among the people, even if there are some illegal acts, few people would dare to resist.
On the contrary, the duties of the mutual aid team are much simpler. When an incident occurs, people gather together to help each other, and then disperse when the incident is over. There is no hidden danger of long-term control of a certain authority. Moreover, the mutual aid team only has the responsibility of mutual aid and does not have the power to dispose. Villagers There is no need to be respectful to the person in charge of this mutual aid team... We all act according to the court's laws and act kindly, so why should we be afraid of you?"
It stands to reason that Shen Yiguan should not be able to find a way to hack the mutual aid team now, but this underestimates the ability of an old gangster when he insists on being a mastermind.
"Without the power to make any decisions, if the local villagers are unwilling to obey, wouldn't the name of this mutual aid team be empty?" Shen Yiguan shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that the local philistines will not be able to understand Yuan Fu's good intentions! "
In fact, at this point in their argument, they are somewhat arguing about the meaning of "when humans are born, their nature is good" or "when humans are born, their nature is evil" - although it is not direct.
Gao's pragmatic intention is to stimulate the "goodness" among the villagers and form a good atmosphere of mutual help; Shen Yiguan believes that the common people are mostly philistines. When I am in trouble, I hope others will come to help me, and others are in trouble. I just hope everyone won't bother me.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic knows that this kind of philistine mentality is not uncommon, and even everyone has it, but the guidance of social atmosphere can never be based on slogans alone. Someone must be at the forefront to set an example - "Follow me" is always better than "Follow me" "Has fighting capacity. This is why the party in his time always required that "party members go first" in the face of difficulties.
If you yourself are not willing to go up, then why should the people do it?
"Since we can't punish, we need to reward." Gao Pragmatic said calmly: "I intend to add another category among the honors, called 'righteous men', to reward those who, although not rich, have done good things for their neighbors over the years. We can discuss the specific reward measures for those who have done good deeds later. However, I would also like to say in advance that there must be restrictions on the candidates for 'righteous men', and those with more than a hundred acres of land cannot be selected."
All the officials were surprised, but after thinking about it, they thought it was quite reasonable. At least from a theoretical point of view, this "righteous man" can indeed play a role in rewarding the advanced and can guide the social atmosphere for the better.
Xiao Liangyou immediately came out to help and said: "This is a very good thing. With this encouragement, everyone in the people will put kindness first, so why worry about the country of a gentleman being far away!"
Yu Shenxing, as the Minister of Rites, must have raised his hands in approval at this time. He also said: "The literary people are respected by the people for governing, the warriors are respected by the people for defending the country, and the rich are respected by the people for showing kindness. But how can the people respect themselves?" Yes? Now Yuanfu has made it clear to the world: It is okay to do good deeds."
Speaking of this, it has actually reached the point of the purpose of Confucianism: the ideal country of gentlemen! When Yuan Fu did this, speaking on a larger scale, it was no longer limited to "to the kings, Yao and Shun", but to "to all the people" "You are a gentleman", how can you object to this? So everyone expressed their agreement one after another, and for a while, the sound of praise was everywhere, almost knocking off the roof of the cabinet hall.
"Moreover," Gao Pragmatic reached out to stop him and continued, "The establishment of the mutual aid team will not affect the implementation of the Baojia system. On the contrary, it can serve as a supplement to the Baojia system, allowing the Baojia chief to have a force to manage while managing. Organize and mobilize the people to help themselves. In this way, the two systems can be implemented simultaneously, which can not only make the court system effective, but also rectify the source and make the people do good to each other."
Shen Yiguan could only nod his head at this time and said: "Yuan Fu is the one who has thought carefully, and it is the old man who has taken it easy."
"So, what about the second strategy mentioned by Yuan Fu?" Yu Shenxing asked, he was already more interested in Gao Pragmatic's proposal.
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PS: We’ll talk about the second strategy tomorrow. I’ll take advantage of Yin Xiyue’s abstract operation today, which will waste too much time...
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