Chapter 13: Both Hands Be Hard
Li Ruogu closed his eyes slightly, leaned back in his chair and was silent for a long time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He didn't know Xu Ping well, and the two of them had almost no contact before, and they couldn't say whether they liked it or hated it. If it was just himself, Li Ruogu wouldn't fight for anything, just like Xu Ping didn't compete with him for shifts, why did he bother to fight for that leisure? They are all half-cut people, so why do you need to offend an upstart? Make a good fate, and also leave a way back for your children and grandchildren.
But Henan Mansion is not Li Ruogu alone, as long as this opening is opened, the transfer envoy will gradually participate in the affairs of Henan Mansion. Luoyang and Henan, the two attached Guo counties, are in the same city as the government government, and the Henan government will face the same problem in the future. Li Ruogu is not only unable to explain to his subordinates, but also unable to explain to his successors.
After pondering for a long time, Li Ruogu said: "This matter is not a small matter, let me go back and think about it slowly, and then answer Du Cao." ”
Xu Ping nodded: "That's the best." Now is the autumn rain season, there is no hurry, you can think slowly. ”
Facing the prefectures and counties, the transit envoys represent the imperial court, and facing the imperial court, the transit envoys represent the localities, which is the characteristic of this kind of central dispatching agency. The stronger the centralization of power, the greater the authority of the dispatching agency, which will slowly encroach on local power, and even transform into a new local center of power. Among the other departments, the Ministry of Pacification and Envoys was in charge of military affairs and had nothing to do with civil affairs, and among the other departments, the phenomenon of transshipment of envoys was the first to be set up, and the phenomenon of encroaching on local rights was also the most serious, and there was already a trend of some local power centers.
Generally speaking, with the passage of time, the local color of the transshipment department has become more and more intense, and the subsequent arignment and punishment division has more central color, and it has gradually encroached on the rights of the transshipment department. The same is true of the later Changping in history, the later it is set up, the more it represents the interests of the central government, with the intention of monitoring the localities.
Xu Ping saw this more clearly than everyone in this era. The opposition and transformation of contradictions are inevitable laws, and they do not depend on human will. Not to mention this era, a thousand years later, the provincial-level dispatched agencies and regional administrative offices are slowly becoming prefecture-level cities, and it is inevitable that the permanent local dispatched agencies will be transformed into local power centers.
The prison has been set up and abolished, abolished and replaced, and changed back and forth. In the final analysis, it is because the current transshipment mission department is still only showing some signs of localization, and it is not particularly serious. During the Tiansheng years, the prison was abolished several times, and Xu Ping encountered it once when he first came to Yongzhou, and now the sentences are re-set in the second year of Mingdao.
When the Criminal Division is abolished, the authority is vested in the Transit Division. At this time, the Criminal Division has just been re-established, and its foothold is still unstable, Xu Ping will not take this opportunity to seize the power of local states and counties, so when will it be? If the imperial court gives the power to supervise the transfer of prisoners, there will be a lot of restrictions on doing things.
Xu Ping also had no prejudice against Li Ruogu, but out of the interests of his own department, he had to use this canal opening to let the transfer envoy participate in the local affairs of Henan Prefecture. If we fail to do this, we will not be able to talk about a series of economic measures that we want to carry out. Henan Province is the capital state in western Beijing, and all economic reforms must be centered here.
Li Ruogu looked at Xu Ping's confident appearance and felt helpless. Henan Mansion wants money and no money, no one wants people, how can he have any confidence to confront Xu Ping? Regulating rivers and opening ditches and canals cannot be taken over under any circumstances. Only after going back to find a way to let the imperial court allocate money, as for whether the excuse is to renovate the Luoyang Palace or repair the imperial mausoleum, then think again.
Xu Ping took a sip of tea, looked at Li Ruogu, and changed the topic: "Stay behind, a few days ago, there was an edict in the imperial court, so that the incorruptible and capable bureaucrats of the prefectures and counties should be selected to preside over the regular liquidation of the states, I don't know if there are candidates in Henan Mansion?" ”
Li Ruogu said lightly: "I'll think about this matter again, and I'll discuss it in a few days." ”
Originally, I wanted to talk to Xu Ping about the candidate for managing Chang Ping, but I didn't expect to mention the matter of repairing the river, which made Li Ruogu lose his mood all of a sudden, so he didn't bother to say anything more.
The regular closing position was set during the reign of Taizong, and the scale has not been large. In charge of Changping affairs in the capital is Sinong Temple, and the three divisions are not allowed to intervene, let alone spend Changping's money and goods. But on the other hand, there is a Changping case under the three divisions, and he keeps his own accounts as a check on Sinong Temple. This is a common thing between the yamen, stacking beds and frame houses, each with its own plans.
In general, the local Changping is in charge of the affairs of the state with the persuasion of the peasant envoys, the mention of the criminal prison with the persuasion of the peasant envoys, the regular closing of the positions is subordinate to the mention of the criminal prison, and the transfer envoys bring the persuasion of the peasant envoys, and the transfer envoys are in charge of the affairs of the state Changping. Xu Ping concurrently served as the envoy of the road to persuade farmers, and the Chang Ping of Jingxi Road was naturally under his jurisdiction. The edict issued a few days ago was originally related to him.
In order to carry out economic reform at the road level as a whole, it is necessary to have an institution to rely on. The transshipment envoy has no administrative function, and without such a support, the states and counties below will not take care of themselves at all. Xu Ping probably remembered Wang Anshi's changes in the textbook, one of which was to use Changping in the local area, until a new supervisor was set up to promote Changping. This is a historical experience, Xu Ping naturally has to learn from it, in fact, there is no more suitable institution than this institution at the road level.
During the Han Dynasty, there began to be a regular liquidation, but it was really perfected until the Song Dynasty. When Taizong set up a standing position, the function was relatively simple, that is, to buy grain at the market price during the harvest season, and sell the grain at a slightly lower price than the market price when there was a famine or a shortage of greens. During this period of time, often closing positions has a role, but it has little effect.
The problem now is that there are not many stores that are always closed, that is, they can cover the state capital, and the counties below basically do not enjoy the benefits. Another Si Nong Temple, which is in charge of the imperial court, has a low status, and it can't stop the transfer of funds and loans from the states and counties below, and often the physical objects do not match the book figures. When this edict came out, it was related to the current situation, and it blocked the outstretched hand of the place in one step.
But Xu Ping's intention is not only these, but more importantly, he proposed that the transshipment supervisor should always close the position, no longer simply buy and sell grain, but can use these as the capital to operate, whether it is business or opening business. In this way, the standing position has become a separate institution with economic functions, and many economic measures can be implemented through this shell.
This matter is too important, and the court has not yet made a decision, but issued an edict to select the personnel who manage the regular liquidation.
At this time, the money and grain of the lower prefectures and counties, generally speaking, except for a few such as the state-level minister's treasury, were basically controlled by the three divisions. Part of it will be sent to the capital, and some of it will be left in the place, and the one left in the place will also be on the account of the three divisions, and the place will only keep it on behalf of it, which is called a money-saving thing. It is the state and county that have no right to do it, and the right to control it is in the transit department.
It is by holding the money bag that the transit envoy has the economic lifeblood of the place and can allocate money and goods between the states of the country. It was with this article that Xu Ping clearly wanted to meddle in the government affairs of Henan Prefecture.
With one hand to make overall planning at the road level, and the other hand to use money and materials to encroach on local power, this is the first thing Xu Ping did after taking office. Only by taking local power into one's own hands can one do things in a big way.
And the one used to choke the neck of the place is the river that leads Luo into Bian.
(Note: Chang Ping is operated by the transshipment envoy, and historically it was proposed by Wu Zunlu, the deputy envoy of Huainan transshipment in the third year of Jing You.)
There is only this one today, readers forgive me, I will make up for the debt in the past two days. (To be continued.) )