Climb up the ladder? Everyone wants to seize this opportunity, but the opportunity is never only on the positive side, but also carries the risk of falling down and not being able to get up.

Yang Liang knew what Zhu Shiji was teasing, after those victims were gathered around Luo County, Zhu Shiji also came with 5,000 forbidden troops, and it can be said that the initial stability maintenance did not have less contact with those disaster victims.

As long as you have contact with those victims, you really know who they are. Those are some people who take the clan as a collective, not to say how many powerful clans there are, because now clans generally refer to those families who have produced high-ranking officials or have had rich ancestors, that is, some township folks formed by blood relations.

What's the state of this bunch? Just look at the people who are being hugged and walked over.

In these years, as long as you live to be fifty or sixty years old, you can rely on the old and sell the old, and if you live to the age of seventy or eighty, it will be even more unbelievable, and the three elders in the township are selected from these people, which means that as long as they live past the age of 60, they can participate in village politics, and everyone is a candidate.

The village elders have a very special status in the long history of China, and they may not have much power, but as the three elders, they can supervise from the pavilion chief to the county order, and this right itself is relatively special.

In addition to the right to supervise officials, the three elders in the township are also the grassroots foundation of government rule, and generally the county must communicate with the three elders in advance if they want to issue any decree, and only with the approval of the three elders can the decree be smoothly issued. If the three elders do not agree to a certain decree and the government forcibly implements it, then wait for the decree to become a dead letter, and it is even likely that the villagers' armed resistance to the law will break out.

The politics of the township elders has been running through the entire history of Chinese civilization, but when the three elders are no longer established, they are replaced by the clans in the countryside, and the administration of almost all dynasties has stopped at the county level, and the township level is handed over to the clan to supervise and practice. This is naturally a matter of state management costs. It is not that there is a shortage of officials and that they are delegated to the township level, but that administrative resources are limited, and it is easy for problems to arise when officials are delegated to the township level.

What's the problem? The general situation is that the township will resist it, and the incompetent officials will be suppressed into mediocrity, and the hard-line officials will easily cause the villagers to riot. It is estimated that this is exactly the case, and the official total. Come on, administrative resources are limited, not to mention, if the villagers come to chaos at every turn, a village can be slaughtered, but it can't be slaughtered every village, right? In that case, the population of the country should be slaughtered by the army, and a country without a population is still a country?

The rule of the three elders is a practice handed down from ancient times, and the empire under the rule of Lu Zhe wants to change, but this is definitely not something that can be changed, and it takes a long process to reduce the influence of the three elders (including clans) on the countryside. Cook the frog in warm water to make it subtle.

At this point, the focus of the empire is to open up outward, and the internal development is basically only carried out without some administrative treatment, so the influence of the three elders is still very large.

Yang Liang watched a group of old people being hugged over, and he was a little big in an instant, he had been repeatedly petitioned before, saying that the cycle of soup soup should be extended, and some old people even said that it should last until they returned to the countryside, which really did not take the traditional practice seriously.

The empire, of course, is capable of long-term soup kitchens. Let's not talk about the tradition of "what you get, you need to pay", the official placement of them around Luo County is to facilitate the diversion to various border counties. How can it be said that it has been raised for a long time?

"Does the county magistrate agree?" An old man who looked definitely over seventy years old seemed to be so angry that his beard was curled, and he closed his big mouth without teeth: "The villagers' annual taxes to the government have never decreased, and when the government is needed, shouldn't the government do something?" ”

Does that really seem to be the case? By paying taxes to the state, the people have fulfilled their obligations to the state. There have been irresistible accidents among the people, such as natural disasters and man-made disasters. The state has the responsibility to protect and even support the people.

The truth is such a truth, it definitely makes sense, Yang Liang was stunned when asked, and he didn't know what to say.

"It's a good job, and the state spends its taxes on defending itself against foreign enemies and expanding its territory. There are so many dividends in the annual campaign, but there are not many benefits in returning? Zhu Shiji was not a magistrate, and he had no scruples when he spoke, so he asked the old man: "Won't there be no young man in your township in the army?" The battle bonus really has nothing to do with you. ”

The old man glared at Zhu Shiji, but that is, he glared, their township is known for its non-violent non-cooperation, except for the national policy of training in summer and winter every year, as long as it is not a non-compulsory conscription, the township is really unwilling to let the young men join the army to fight, even if they join the army, they also uphold the concept of protecting themselves, with such a concept, it is naturally impossible to be selected into the main battle corps, the drill is lax and unmotivated, and it can only be a second-line army of gangsters.

The second-line troops of the empire are often used to maintain stability and act as transport teams, and in this nature, there will naturally be no capture, how can anything be sent back to the township?

"How much tax you pay in your hometown, the state will give back to your old township." Zhu Shiji also has the virtue of respecting the elderly, and if a young man on the other side is definitely a spray, but he can't miss it, and said: "Your old township road has been opened, right?" I just don't know if there is any special production in the township, more taxes and more feedback, what a beautiful life. ”

The old man's face is blue and white, the Yangtze River basin has gradually been transforming to a commercial economy, workshops and factories are everywhere, there are no workshops and factories can also grow seasonal fruits or vegetables, and the convenience of transportation can be sold at a good price to Nanling. And their township did not grow anything other than regular food, and the result was a group of hard-thinking brothers and sisters, who were a little behind the townships at first, and after a few years the other townships changed greatly, these townships still seemed to live in a pure agricultural world.

"It's not about this now, it's about extending the time of soup kitchen!" The old man glanced at Zhu Shiji a little embarrassed, and then ignored it. He stared at Yang Liang viciously and said, "Your Majesty is famous for loving the people and supporting the people, and he will definitely not watch the people starve to death!" ”

Yang Liang wiped his face, as a magistrate, the most depressed thing is this kind of old man who carries out the emperor at every turn. He didn't dare to make any guarantees, it was already an established plan to divert the Qianshou who were concentrated around Luo County. Moreover, even if the empire is capable of giving porridge for a long time. But agreeing to a township is tantamount to treating everyone equally, and raising more than 300,000 people for a long time is nothing!

"Uncle, don't embarrass people." Zhu Shiji said in a deep voice: "More than 300,000 people, the country will raise it for a year or two, then the entire empire will not do anything." ”

The old man snorted and said, "Don't tell me any big truths. The old man only knows one thing, if someone in the country suffers, the government has the responsibility to take care of it. ”

It doesn't make sense to reason with the villagers, so they don't care about any national strategy or development, or even anyone other than themselves and their relatives.

"Take care of it!" Zhu Shiji laughed a few times and said, "Isn't the tent you live in now and the food you eat all the money purchased by the government?" ”

"You sergeant is so unreasonable. The old man is pleading with the magistrate, what are you involved in! "The old man is not ordinarily annoyed with Zhu Shiji, because he knows some things, even if it is more excessive, it is okay to talk to the magistrate, after all, the duty of the magistrate is to govern the people's livelihood. He continued to kick Yang Liang viciously: "The villagers are all watching, and the county magistrate will give a word if he can't succeed." ”

Yang Liang looked at the villagers and saw simple faces, with eager anticipation on their faces. There is an extreme desire.

Is it useful to talk about national strategies for villagers? It's useless.

Does it make sense to talk to the villagers about the established policies? It doesn't make sense.

It can't be said that the villagers are ignorant or anything, and the villagers will not have a long-term vision. But such thinking must not be said to be their fault, after all, vision needs to be driven by knowledge. All they can do is take care of themselves, almost instinctively choosing what they think is right, and nothing else.

Immigration to border counties is an established national policy, and the central officials are doing their best to take care of all aspects when formulating the plan. They also have their own reasoning. For example, if a place is overpopulated and has too few acres, it is believed that some people in densely populated areas go to sparsely populated areas, and those who have migrated there can get at least one acre of land, and then there are auxiliary policies of the state. Life can also be better. You can't say it's wrong, right?

A person has an idea, and different classes will also have different ways of thinking and logic. There is no such kind of person at any time, in his cognitive world, he eats steamed buns and hoes, and the supreme emperor in the world eats steamed buns made of gold and hoes made of gold at most, and he will not think about whether he can eat steamed buns made of gold.

Seeing a group of people looking at him with eager and expectant expressions, Yang Liang couldn't get angry anymore. He said honestly: "If you can't shine as the head of a county, don't be embarrassed by the villagers." ”

Another old man smiled and asked, "As long as the county magistrate doesn't object, you can tell who the person who can call the shots." The villagers went to him to plead for mercy. ”

Yang Liang's expression was immediately wrong, and the villagers who dared to love him also knew that he couldn't be the master, what he wanted was his supportive attitude. But he didn't say yes! Then, this group of villagers will go to the higher-ranking officials to petition, and when the time comes, they will tell the official that he has agreed, whether he really agrees or not, as long as the villagers say it to the higher-ranking officials, then what will others think of him, and will he continue to mix in the officialdom? Sure enough, facing the villagers, especially a group of villagers with little cleverness, is the most depressing thing.

"Don't fool me if you're old." Yang Liang smiled bitterly: "Liang thinks that he has never done anything wrong, there has been no shortage of food, there is not a single piece of clothing that should be issued, and the place where he lives does not leak rain and wind." In fact, he wanted to scold, but he really couldn't scold, he could only keep complaining in his heart.

"The county magistrate is naturally a good official." The old man from before kept nodding his head, glanced at Zhu Shiji, and said, "Other people may not be. ”

Yang Liang almost jumped up, the villagers can talk nonsense, but he can't just accept it. endured and endured, and couldn't help but suspect that moderate officials should be bullied, his tone became a little stiff: "You can't starve the folks, you can't freeze the folks, Liang can only do this, and the rest of the matters are not up to Liang, so don't be embarrassed anymore." ”

Zhu Shiji's nose twitched a few times, smelled the aroma of rice, and shouted to a group of villagers: "It's time to eat, it's already time to eat!" There is meat to eat today, although there will be late to go, but the head soup is gone! ”

Perhaps the old men who took the lead also saw that Yang Liang was really a little annoyed, and knew in their hearts that officials were officials and the people, and the empire had a strict system to deal with officials, but it didn't mean that the people could really play tricks on which officials they could unscrupulously.

A few old men said, "We will wait for the high-ranking officials!" ", and then beckoned the folks who came with him, and withdrew.

"Huh." Zhu Shiji asked Yang Liang: "Headache, right?" ”

"Hmm." Yang Liang was very sullen in both mood and tone, and said: "Your Majesty's national policy is to be generous to your subjects, as long as you don't violate the law, no one will be punished." He sighed and continued: "It is precisely because of this that the magistrates do not know the difficulties, and they are facing a group of villagers who are good at talking and admitting their own truths, not to mention maintaining the majesty of the officials, and they are capable of not being pitted to death." ”

Where is the majesty of the government over the people reflected, isn't it reflected in the ability to mobilize violent institutions when the people do not cooperate? If it is said that it is to govern the people's livelihood well and let people be loved, it is not that no one can do it, but to put it bluntly, people's demands have always been excessive, and if they can be better, they want to be better, not to mention selfishness, but for a while, when they touch their own interests, it is useless when the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes.

"It's still easy for the military to do things, we are facing the enemy, we don't need to persuade the enemy, and it's refreshing to solve any trouble by violent means." Zhu Shiji is not ridiculing Yang Liang, it is purely such a reason. He said: "It is the national policy of Your Majesty to be generous to the subjects, and we are all the ones who benefit from it, and the relaxed governance policy will be more difficult, but at least it will not be everywhere." Besides, isn't it talking about some kind of edification, that what makes the people know, and so on? ”

Yang Liang really wanted to tell Zhu Shiji that the whole sentence is "the people can make it impossible to know it", and there has always been a debate about how to break the sentence, and he now hopes that the final conclusion is "the people can make it, but they can't make it known", not "the people can make it from it; No, let it be known. Just because he was really going to be. (To be continued.) )