Shou'an City has been bustling since the start of the slack season.
First, students from major academies organized their classes into teams. Under the leadership of the gentlemen, they went to the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the city in batches. They used easy-to-understand language to preach the court policies and government regulations to the local people, and also provided information on the city's infrastructure. Conduct a wave of publicity for recruitment.
Then, the Fucheng scribe personally invited the district chiefs under his jurisdiction to visit the government office. It is said that this was a message from the newly appointed governor. After the guests and hosts had a good time, the district chiefs returned to the countryside, and the government office followed up with a note. Conveyed everywhere. Like pebbles thrown into the river, it shocked the city and the countryside.
The content of this two-linked regulation is: "The enrollment rate of school-age children in social schools is linked to the performance of local officials; the enrollment rate of family children is linked to labor force."
The specific requirements are: All children of school age, both male and female, in Shou'an City must go to social schools to receive enlightenment. Anyone who disobeys the order will be held accountable by the local chief and assistant officials, and the amount of tax paid by the family of those who disobey the order will be increased.
As soon as this regulation came out, the stubborn people in the countryside actually claimed to reduce the number of babies born to eliminate unnecessary troubles. Their intention to resist the government regulations was unabashed.
In this regard, Sheng Fuyin said, thank you for the reminder.
Then another version of supplementary regulations was passed: Any pregnant woman who has a miscarriage and has an official doctor from the city to prove that it was not intentional will be punished; if there is no official doctor to prove it, the number of laborers in her family will increase by 20%, and the number of pregnant women will increase. Husband, twenty sticks, fined two taels of silver, fined with hard labor; his father-in-law and his mother-in-law clean the streets for three months, each fined one tael of silver.
Anyone who drowns a baby after giving birth will have his crime erected on a tablet at the place where the family is located. The patriarch of the clan will be whipped thirty times, the head of the family will be whipped thirty times, the mother and her husband will be sentenced to one year, the parents-in-law of the family will be forced to do hard labor, and 30% of the family property will be confiscated.
Neighbors who knew the news but did not report it would be punished by sitting together; those who did report the news would have their names kept anonymous by the government, exempted from one year of labor service, reduced in taxes for three years, and given a reward of ten taels of silver.
If the local chief or chief officer reports and handles the matter, the government will judge the case based on political performance.
This supplementary regulation links personal behavior and the choices of small unit families with the reputation and interests of the entire family, and with the interests of the clan leader and head of the family. At the same time, it also points out the way for neighbors to make money to supplement their lives.
More importantly, local chiefs and officials have an additional choice that can improve their political performance.
Therefore, as soon as this order was issued, before the enrollment rate of social studies increased sharply, cases of infant drowning and abandonment exploded in various places. The state and county offices also specially set up night reporting channels, including mailboxes for anonymous letters and through screens. oral reporting room.
Let's put it this way, ten days after the Fucheng government order was issued, Shengyuan was prepared to spend money to hire one-third of the laborers!
All of a sudden, the people of Shou'an City were trembling with fear, and the chief officials of various states and counties were radiant.
"Your Majesty, I want to take part in the crime of Shengyuan Shengwenzhen, the prefect of Ancheng, mistreating the herdsmen!"
Sheng Yuan did not know that just when she was preparing to embark on a large-scale construction, the censor in the capital, in the morning, issued a fierce impeachment against the "encouragement to study" rule she had just implemented.
Emperor Yanping had a headache as he listened to the imperial censor shouting that harsh government is as fierce as a tiger, and he felt helpless.
After all, Sheng Yuan had sent him a memorial before implementing this rule.
Therefore, from what I heard, the Yanping Emperor felt that the censor was from Shengyuan, but it seemed that he was the emperor who was scolding him!
"I suspect that Sheng Wenzhen is carrying out tyrannical rule in the border town, and his intention is to make the local people rise up and unite with the foreign barbarians and the outside world!"
The censor became more and more excited as he talked, and by the end, his colleagues felt that they were talking nonsense.
It was Sheng Yuan's biological grandfather who was fighting hard against A Rong and Nuer Han on the front line. Who was her contact with foreign countries? How can this be? !
When Emperor Yanping heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "Why did you say such words that chilled the soldiers on the front line? After Sheng Wenzhen is a loyal minister, he shoulders the heavy responsibility of stabilizing the border and protecting the people and the city. How dare you commit a crime without a certificate?!"
After shouting angrily, Emperor Yanping called to the internal guards: "Come here, take this man down and detain him. I want to see why he wants to instigate a relationship between the imperial court and the frontline soldiers!"
