Du Zhongxiao read the customs report sent by Louzhi County, and said: "As I expected, for more than a year, the people who bought houses and opened shops around were still big households in the county before. The business of the mall can no longer be done as before. ”

As he spoke, he handed it to Zhang Yuzhi beside him.

Zhang Yuzhi looked at it and said, "This is how things are in the world. Those outsiders have capital, means, and favors, and they are naturally better at doing business than others. Ordinary people, unless they get rich, how can they open a store? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's true, but these people make money, and the power of the place will inevitably fall into their hands." He has the capital and the power to control the place from generation to generation. The so-called officials have no feudalism, and officials have feudalism, nothing more than that. ”

Su Shunqin read the customs report and said, "Lifting, it's like this everywhere." Prefectures and counties are short of manpower and can only rely on these large households to govern the localities. Although they hold local authority, they are also taxed by the imperial court, and this is the art of governing the world. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "In the past, it was because the money and grain of the imperial court were collected from the fields. If you don't need them to do things, it's hard to collect money and food. Changping Division is different, and all the industries under it have nothing to do with taxation. If you still use these people to do things, it will only make them more money. On the one hand, there is land, and on the other hand, it is difficult to make money by relying on industry and commerce. In this way, you and the director of the shopping mall under Chang Ping, Mr. Xu, will draw up an ordinance. The bulk goods sold in the shopping mall, especially local products, are relatively easy, and they will be made by the village community in the future. Those who participate in the establishment of the society can only use the middle and lower class households, and the shopping mall can lend the capital and buy goods. The goods of these villages can only be sold to shopping malls, and are not allowed to be sold elsewhere. ”

Zhang Yuzhi didn't understand: "What is the purpose of lifting this?" ”

"First, if you sell these goods in the mall, you will definitely make money, and you will never lose money. This is different from other businesses, it is stable, and it should be used to support local poor households. With this inheritance, the middle and lower class households do not have to look at the faces of the upper class households in everything. With this grip on the state and county, the officials will not be controlled by the officials. Again, with this extra income, the middle and lower class households have a relaxed life and can do things for the government. ”

Du Zhongxiao said very vaguely, but fortunately, Zhang Yuzhi and Su Shunqin have been officials for many years, and they still understand what Du Zhongxiao means. There is a cost for the imperial court to govern the place, and in addition to paying taxes and servitude, those who can bear a certain cost can only be middle and upper-class households. Therefore the taxation and servitude were upon them, and the officials in charge of the affairs were also out of them, and took the initiative to cede power to them. The middle and lower class households have an industry, although it is collectively owned, and they also have the capital to compete with the middle and upper class households. The government can reconcile the balance and can take back a part of the power from the local households.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to unite the poor middle peasants, let them organize, and Changping Division gives them a stable industry, and takes back some power from the public servants who are controlled by the local big households. Customers and middle- and lower-class households have gained some independence, and the authorities have taken the opportunity to sink power down to the grassroots.

Can this solve the contradictions in the countryside? Of course not. The local big families are not only rich, but also powerful, so they are called the houses of power. Later, it was nothing more than the emergence of an industrial and commercial system outside the shopping mall of Changping Division, which integrated those big households.

Chang Heiji's system is just a stick stretched into the rural area of Jingxi Road, stirring up the original stagnant water. In this process, some large households will be unlucky, or they will not be able to keep up with the situation, or they will lose their capital by doing business indiscriminately. Which people are unlucky has to do with the attitudes and practices of local officials. Here in Zaoyang County, Du Zhongxiao must make Shi Yuanwai unlucky, everyone knows this.

In the words of later generations, this is targeted poverty alleviation. The purpose of poverty alleviation is to change the power structure in the countryside that is controlled by large local households. Can the villagers who join the community make a fortune? Of course not. Most of the profits will be siphoned off by Chang Pingsi, so they are not allowed to sell the goods to others, but only to give the middle and lower class households a guaranteed income. After the emergence of other business systems, there will be people who will build companies that are not controlled by the Tsunehei Division, and that is the time to make a fortune.

Although there are still some things that I don't understand, Du Zhongxiao's intentions are still clear to Zhang Yuzhi. He was good at officials and didn't ask much.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The director of the shopping mall Xu is now in the town, you discuss with him, what can be done in the field, take over the business of producing these goods, and rule the village community under the rule of Duoli." The production must be simple and easy, and complex things, don't pick up. Talking about the pricing price, the yamen of the camp and field affairs took out some of it, and limited it to one as the income of the camp and field affairs. From the camp to the field as a guarantee, it was assigned to the society under the rule. These villages and communities are based on the principle of official supervision and private management. The camp and field affairs yamen gave some help, such as making documents, supervising contracts, and sharing money among each family, which must be fair and just. In addition, in the future, the receipt of goods will be sent by the camp and the field affairs will be sent by special personnel, and the households will no longer be entrusted. ”

Zhang Yuzhi and Su Shunqin nodded yes. Cooperation was a common method in the world at this time, and there were various societies in the countryside. Where there is a shortage of cattle, there are cattle societies in the fields, and several families raise a cow. There is a canal society that watered the ground, and many families cooperated to open a canal, and the contract set out how to distribute the water. In the name of religion, there are even more societies that practice mutual aid. Such as incense society, Buddhist society, all kinds of all over the world. These societies will not only make contracts to do some legal services on time, but also have terms of mutual assistance, such as weddings and funerals, and each family will help.

The development of Maitreya Buddhism is based on the incense society. Anyway, just talk about burning incense, which god do you know to believe? The people have a need for mutual assistance, and they cannot stop it. The imperial court banned a religion, and a large number of incense shrines were replaced with a god to worship, and I don't know where to change after the limelight passed.

The establishment of the society mentioned by Du Zhongxiao is mainly based on handicrafts, with the shopping mall system under the Changping Division. It is mainly light industry, with little capital and no technical content, giving specific groups of people the opportunity to make money. In the conditions of the countryside, this can only be done. Integrating them into the industrial system will not only delay industrial development, but also waste their labor and capital.

After instructing the camp and field affairs, Du Zhongxiao said to Lou Zhixian: "Zhixian, according to the regulations of the camp and field affairs, you also draw up an ordinance." Under the jurisdiction of this county, the places that are not under the jurisdiction of the camp field affairs shall be handled mutatis mutandis. With these societies, the county does not have to rely on big households everywhere to do some things. ”

Lou Zhi County said yes. After listening to it for a long time just now, he didn't know what Du Zhongxiao meant, nor did he know what to do. Fortunately, you don't need to understand, just copy it according to the camp field. Whatever they write, they write, and what they do, they just do it.

Du Zhongxiao stood up and said, "It's been over to plough the fields and plant, these days, I want to focus on the teaching and reading of the Xiang Army." If there are any matters, you can discuss with Director Xu, and ask me if you can't make up your mind. There are regulations for everything in the camp and field, and you can do things according to the rules. ”

Du Zhongxiao is not a person who cares about everything. As long as there are rules, let the person who does things do things according to the rules, he will generally no longer ask. Therefore, it attaches great importance to documents, and requires everything to be in the form of documents, and to act in strict accordance with the authority. If you need to get your own ideas, you can bring your own relevant documents to the desk and do some desk work every day.

Paperwork is not formalism, and formalism is often not even good at paperwork, or does not follow the process. The process of drafting and approving documents is actually a process of reporting the situation and making suggestions to the subordinates. It is one's duty to report on the situation, and to draw up suggestions is to temper oneself, and this is the intention of officials to experience and train at the grassroots level. Just be familiar with the process and know how the grassroots do things, but not be able to draw up valuable suggestions that show that they are not qualified for promotion.

However, Du Zhongxiao's current subordinates, Zhang Yuzhi is an important minister who has been demoted, and he is old in official affairs, so he does not need to be trained. Su Shunqin was reinstated after being dismissed from his post for the people, and he was cautious in doing things, and he didn't dare to make up his mind easily, and he couldn't get experience. Lou Zhixian is a grassroots official, he has no ambition, and he has no initiative to do things, since he is outside the promotion of officials, Du Zhongxiao has no people to cultivate, just because he doesn't want to take care of specific affairs.