At the beginning of the landing, the entire Lingao County had a population of only tens of thousands, and the total population of Hainan Island was only 200,000 or 300,000. With years of operation, it was much easier to suppress bandits. Moreover, the subsequent increase in the population on the island was also the result of the Senate.
The accommodation and resettlement are managed through the standard administrative village model, and the intensity of control is not comparable to that of these newly occupied areas on the mainland.
However, these effective methods are the product of special circumstances, and it is obviously difficult to replicate them in Guangdong. According to estimates from social surveys and historical data, the total population of Guangdong and Guangxi is about 13 to 4 million, and the Pearl River Delta region alone has millions of people.
Even if all cadres from Hainan Island are moved to the Pearl River Delta region, it will not be enough.
Natural villages on the mainland, especially in the Pearl River Delta region, often share the same surname, or at most two or three surnames. People with other surnames are often excluded from village administration. It is difficult to arrange ears and eyes. Therefore, the government is always unable to control the affairs and news in the village in a timely manner.
Now, the most thorough control of the Senate in the Pearl River Delta is the Danhu villages. After the abolition of humble registration, Danhus were allowed to land and build houses. Under the guidance of the municipal government, many brand-new Danjia villages were formed. These Danjia villages are unified
Management based on Hainan's administrative village model not only ensures smooth government orders, but also has strong control over the grassroots.
By taking control of these newly built villages, the Senate placed its own spies among the various natural villages in some areas. The reorganization of Dan households actually effectively curbed the activities of water bandits in the Pearl River system. In particular, the water bandits of the four surnames were rampant for a while.
, after Danhu came ashore to register their households, they lost their living soil and have been completely eliminated under continuous attacks. The number of openly intercepting and plundering ships on the river has dropped significantly.
Mu Yong admitted that Dan households were the main source of water bandits in the entire Pearl River Basin. The water bandits of the four surnames that roamed the river were all from the Dan family. Their huge number and wandering lifestyle made them difficult to manage in all dynasties.
stabilizing factor".
The abolition of humble status and the establishment of villages ashore actually brought them into the normal social order, and then recruited "professionals" from the households: recruiting pilots and sailors also allowed some of them to enter the "system"
"Within". Although the number is not too large, they are the "stabilizer" among the households.
Liu Xiang was able to quickly eliminate a large number of water pirates in the Pearl River Basin, and his move of landing Danhu ashore was a brilliant move.
Pirates unique to Fujian and Guangdong, since the Navy of the Senate dominated the oceans, even giant pirates like Liu Xiang have defected to the Senate. Small groups of pirates have almost no room for survival and have basically disappeared.
As for the land bandits, because the Senate changed the world and punished subordinate officials, the collusion between officials and bandits was eliminated. The public security situation has also been greatly improved.
But Zhang Xiao also knows that it is impossible to completely eliminate bandits. In the old time and space, we were still cracking down hard in the 1990s. Therefore, the governance of social problems must be solved from the root cause. The common people in this land have always been the best.
No matter what, as long as they can't survive, they won't rise up in rebellion.
All problems are ultimately economic problems. However, Zhang Xiao's ability to intervene in economic problems is limited. It mainly depends on the project investment of the Planning Institute. What he can do is nothing more than "encouraging farmers to teach farmers and mulberry trees".
Work hard to develop agriculture.
With Tian's familiarity with the county, Zhang Xiao also noticed another problem in Nanhai County that ordinary people are hard to notice, that is, the county seat of Nanhai is located in the capital of Guangzhou, almost on the border of the entire county. This is different from the situation in Shunde.
Quite similar, but more extreme than Shunde. The county government is located in a corner of the county, which is very unfavorable for the management of the entire jurisdiction. Jiujiang, which is far away from Nanhai County, and Longshan, which is far away from Shunde County, even have a saying that "Jiujiang does not recognize the south, and the two dragons do not recognize the south."
” proverb.
Soon after the founding of the Republic of China, various Fuguo counties moved the county government out of the capital city to find another place to govern, or even rebuilt the city. This shows that people at the time were already aware of this shortcoming. After the relocation, there was a second round of
There is an upsurge in Fuguo County to separate and build a new district.
If Nanhai County is moved out, where should it be moved? From a geographical point of view, the most suitable place is Foshan Fort. However, Foshan has now been designated as a "demonstration management area", and the next step must be to establish an independent county.
Why don't you just move to Jiujiang? Humph, since you don't recognize Nan, you might as well move the county seat there, even if you don't recognize it.
Only by effectively controlling remote areas within the county can we create a good public security environment - this is not an easy task.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiao suddenly wanted to hear about the governance methods of the ancients four hundred years ago, so he asked Wei Bifu: "If you were in the previous dynasty, as the county magistrate, what strategy would you have to eliminate thieves?"
Wei Bifu replied: "In the opinion of ordinary people, we can strictly implement the law of Baojia. That is to put a certain number on each Baojia, stamp it on the stern of the ship with the words of the ship owner and the number of Baojia of a certain state and county, and on the hull of the ship
Or the color of the paint on the head and tail can be identified, so that it can be distinguished even from a distance. A detailed booklet of Huahu's name is still made, two of the same, one book is reported to the official, and the other is kept for safekeeping, and is checked from time to time. Each ship is allowed to sail during the day,
If it's late, they will gather at the original port. If one of the ships does something wrong and goes out at night, Captain A and the other eight ships will report to the security chief, and the chief officer will be prosecuted. If the nine ships tolerate each other, they will be inspected by the security chief.
If the case occurs, the nine ships will be punished together. If the chief security officer is Tongtong Rongyin, if an incident occurs, or the local official visits and seizes the crime, the chief security officer will be punished together."
Wei Bifu's answer made Zhang Xiao couldn't help but sneer: "It seems that Wang Yangming's 'Ten Card Techniques' were really the best choice in ancient times."
As an important social governance measure in ancient times, the Baojia Law began in the Song Dynasty and continued until the Republic of China. Although Wang Yangming, as a Neo-Confucian master, repeatedly taught people to "establish sincerity", he had an epiphany when he deeply understood the tricks of the people.
The truth of "soldiers are deceitful", chicken soup with the left hand, power with the right hand, cannot implement benevolent government towards the unruly people. Wang Yangming, the governor of Southern Gansu, issued a very famous measure in his military career after he arrived at the government office and took office.
- "Ten Family Pai Laws Announced to the Fathers and Children of Each House", the specific content is the same as what Wei Bifu said. The specific content of the verification is: whose family is missing someone tonight, where they went, what they did, and when they will come back.
Whose family has an extra person tonight? Who it is, where he comes from, and what he does. If one family violates the rules, ten families will be guilty of the same crime.
When Wei Bifu saw that Zhang Xiao was silent, he continued: "River pirates are mostly treacherous people who use boats to fish. They often go out in the vast ocean, look for boats coming and going, and then sail away after robbing them. If there is a lawsuit, If the capture is urgent, the stolen goods will sink to the bottom of the water and remain as fishermen. There are also other treacherous net boats, fishing in the harbor during the day and going out to the harbor to commit robberies at night. This is the case everywhere, causing great harm to the people. The method of protecting the armor makes the fishermen Households supervise each other, bring these mobile people under surveillance and control, and also make foreign strange ships lose their hiding place."
Zhang Xiao read the historical materials about Yu Chenglong's control of banditry in the Taihu Lake Basin in the Qing Dynasty, and commented: "The protection of ships is only one aspect. At present, the Senate has incorporated Dan households and established administrative villages, which has generally solved the problem of fishermen. .The materials stolen by bandits on the water need to be converted into money in the towns on the shore, so inspections of the land nests along the river need to be strengthened. Nanhai County is located in the delta area, with a dense water network, which means that all residents are included in the Baojia scope. Perhaps The Ming Dynasty had implemented measures to protect armor, but such regulations required high-quality, diligent and hard-working chiefs of armor. Guangdong’s prefectures and counties were delaying matters. I have seen lawsuits in front of the court delayed until five or six years before they were concluded. If it had not been repeated many times Urging is like waiting for a piece of waste paper."
Yu Chenglong once implemented a decree to compile and inspect Baojia for fishermen and village residents in the Taihu Lake Basin. However, theft of eucalyptus in the Taihu Lake area did not decrease thereafter, and even increased during the Yongzheng period. It can be speculated that the implementation of Baojia was not as good as it was. Unfortunately, it is possible that this decree was not implemented at all.
However, from the perspective of officials in the Ming Dynasty, those who could see the management of river pirates to this extent were considered competent officials. The implementation issues pointed out by Zhang Xiao immediately hit Wei Bifu's sore spot, and he was convinced: "The chief has insight into every detail. This is a long-standing shortcoming of the previous dynasty, and no matter how powerful we are, there is nothing we can do about it."
Zhang Xiao, who had been sitting for a long time, felt a little sore in his back. He stood up, stretched his waist, and said, "Isn't the Senate coming soon? We are here to do only three things. It's fair! Oh no, reform! Reform! Reform!"
"The fact that the chief has such ambition is a blessing to all the people. The people's admiration for the chief is like the endless stream of a river..." Wei Bifu said flatteringly.
Wei Bifu's flattery Zhang Xiao didn't listen, and secretly thought to himself: The government affairs here are really complicated, and we have to go to the countryside for on-the-spot inspections. If you want to be a good successor, you must abide by the "Twenty-Eight Law", that is, continuation 80% of the policies of his predecessor were implemented, and the remaining 20% were innovations. Let’s see how he implements them.
After finishing the conversation, Wei Bifu immediately asked for leave from the city government and went to Jiujiang Fort. Huang Xiyin had been waiting for many days and was already desperate. Seeing Wei Bifu's sudden visit to invite him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. After a little preparation, he went to Jiujiang Fort. Wei Bifu came to Guangzhou and met Zhang Xiao
After a brief chat, Zhang Xiao asked about his resume.
"Reporting to the chief, the student was awarded the Jinshi title of Xin Weike in the fourth year of Chongzhen period, and was awarded the title of magistrate of Nanhai County after two years of observing the government..."
"Your promotion speed is pretty good!" Zhang Xiao was a little surprised. As far as he knew, the time between being a Jinshi scholar and becoming an official in the Qing Dynasty ranged from two to three years to more than ten or twenty years. Some even ended up as Jinshi scholars. Throughout his life, he had been in the position of candidate official and could not become an official. Although there were far fewer scholars in the Ming Dynasty than in the Qing Dynasty, Huang County Magistrate's promotion speed was not unsatisfactory.
"Ashamed, ashamed," Huang Xiyin said modestly, "It's just a fluke."
"Since you have been the magistrate of Nanhai County for these years, you have a better understanding of county affairs than Counselor Wei. Since I am here to be the official of Nanhai County, I will ask you for more advice in the future."show_htm3();