Section 104 Grassroots Construction
However, there seem to be signs of changes in the Li family. [Full text reading] Huang Hankun then remembered that Li Xiaopeng had stopped talking to him about how to deal with the Kun thieves a few days ago. Moreover, there has been a mysterious atmosphere in the Li family these days. Only now did he realize that the Li family was in cahoots with the Kun thief.
After a while, Li Xiaopeng came over to express his gratitude. Only then did Huang Hankun have the opportunity to inquire about the arrival of the thief.
Li Xiaopeng told him in a low voice that a few days ago, as soon as the news of the defeat of the army in Chengmai came, the Li family was in chaos. Because Li Xiaopeng and Huang Henkun colluded together, the elders in the family knew a little about the two men's secret dealings with the Australians. Now I heard the news that the army was defeated. He was strictly ordered not to interfere with this matter again.
Li Xiaopeng himself was so frightened that he immediately burned a copy of "Manhuazhai Notes" written in his hand. "Manhuazhai" was the name of Li Xiaopeng's study. This book was originally a notebook he secretly wrote about the arrival of the Kun thieves, governance, establishment, legends and other wild talk materials. It also recorded the past events when they contacted each other to fight against the Kun thieves "Zhang Tian". Li Xiaopeng originally planned to publish it after the thief Kun escaped, which could satisfy his wish to write a book - to avoid being secretly called "Young Master Shi" all the time.
Two days ago, the big leader of the Kun thieves stationed in the county, named Xiong Buyou, suddenly came to visit his home with people.
"What do you mean by his coming?" Li Xiaopeng was actually a little proud and gave it a try.
"What's Xiong Ni doing?"
"Brother Huang, don't say this word Xiong Ni again in the future," Li Xiaopeng said seriously, "If you use your words to show off your power, there may be unexpected disasters."
Huang Xunkun ignored his change of attitude and quickly asked Kun what happened when he came to Li's house.
"You would never have thought that Kun Thief would set up a 'County Advisory Bureau' in the city, and every village in the county would send someone to serve as a committee member. From now on, members of the County Advisory Bureau will have the right to intervene in all kinds of county affairs. There are four quotas allocated in this county, and the Li family has one."
Not only was there a quota for a committee member, but Xiong Buyou told him clearly that the County Office planned to let the Li family serve as deacons of the "County Advisory Bureau" to take charge of the overall daily affairs.
Li Xiaopeng's grandfather, Li Sunqian, had a bad reputation because his family was a "shit tyrant". Although he was rich, he had a bad reputation. Now that he can be a deacon of the county advisory bureau, his status is much stronger than before.
"That's it." Huang Hankun nodded. This move was sudden and a bit unprepared. What is the purpose of this "county advisory bureau"? At a loss, Li Xiaopeng added: "This is somewhat similar to the Taizu of this dynasty who set up Shenming Pavilions in various counties."
"So this is where all the elders and gentry in the county come together to discuss matters?"
Li Xiaopeng said: "Yes, that's what Australians say. They also say this is a 'public opinion organization' or something like that."
"Is this 'County Advisory Bureau' led by the county government?" Huang Xun had to point out the key points to him. He warned in a low voice, "This is a fake job."
"Brother Huang," Li Xiaopeng said disapprovingly, "This is just a place for county citizens to discuss matters. It is not considered an Australian government office. It is at best half-official and half-citizen. How can it be considered a fake position?"
Huang Hankun was speechless. The two-way matter between the wealthy Jin gentry households was indeed not a big deal in the local area. Even if the imperial army really fights back one day, it will only be to extort a few money. This group of gentry has been excluded from the overall situation of county politics in the past two years. Now the Australians have suddenly opened a small hole, and the officers and soldiers have suffered an unprecedented defeat. No wonder they are all like flies at the sight of blood, eager to pounce on them. Went up.
Thinking about it again, I'm afraid Huang Jiazhai won't be able to escape. My father can't serve as a "committee". This job will probably fall on him.
Huang Hankun's eyes suddenly lit up. Originally, he wanted to go deep into the Kun thieves to find out their true identity. Now, didn't he have a great opportunity? Thinking of this, he suddenly became excited, and he didn't even care about whether it was a fake job. He immediately asked Li Xiaopeng to discuss the details.
Li Xiaopeng was very proud that his grandfather was about to become a deacon. In fact, he had already paid a lot of flattery to Xiong Buyou in the hall, saying that Xiong Buyou was "majestic and handsome" and praising Xiong Buyou as one of the best in the world. Juncai has long forgotten all the words and deeds he said and did when he and Huang Hankun were going to "cruel the bandits" more than half a month ago.
He explained the specific situation to Huang Hankun and said that the county advisory bureau is based on villages. As long as it is not a village under a commune under the jurisdiction of the Australians, any village with more than 50 households must publicly recommend a village. The committee members went to attend the county consultation bureau.
"What if there are less than 50 households?" Huang Hankun felt strange that this condition was a bit harsh. Although the villages in Lingao are generally relatively large due to banditry, there are also many small villages with a few or a dozen households.
Li Xiaopeng was not very interested in this issue. He said: "Brother, I don't know. But I heard that the Australians are engaged in intra-county immigration and dividing villages into households. Anyone who is willing to move to a designated place and merge into a big village can enjoy a lot. preferential treatment…”
Huang Huangkun then asked Li Si Gongzi about going to Fangcaodi to study. Li Xiaopeng did not deny that this was a gesture of goodwill from the Li family to the Australians.
"My younger brother is not good at studying. Why don't you send him to learn some knowledge about managing the world and applying it? It will also be beneficial to our Li family in the future." He said it openly, but Huang Xunkun knew that the fourth master Li and his son were not proud of the Li family. A lowly figure - Mr. Li Si's mother was born as a maid, and she had fallen out of favor a long time ago. Now even the respectable servants in the house can speak better than them. This child was obviously someone sacrificed by the Li family.
"I wonder what the requirements are for going to Fangcaodi to study in Australia?" Huang Hankun also had a similar idea, but he was not married yet and had no son, let alone a bastard. The eldest brother also only has a son and a daughter, and he is young and ignorant. He definitely cannot be sent to Fangcaodi to learn anything from Australia. He plans to send his schoolmate Huang Ping to study. Huang Ping could barely be considered a distant relative of his family.
"There are no requirements. As long as you are willing to go," Li Xiaopeng said enthusiastically, "You just have to pay for tuition and food. It's not expensive. In addition, you will live on campus together and can't go home except during holidays."
"It's as strict as some famous academies on the mainland."
"Why not?" Li Xiaopeng said casually, "I heard that they teach a lot of things, but it's useless."
In his opinion, knowledge that cannot be tested is useless. But Huang Xunkun no longer thinks so. He thought that the Kun thief defeated the officers and soldiers and occupied Lingao by relying on these knowledge that could not pass the exam.
Xiong Buyou and Tang Tang, who had just been assigned to him as a clerk in the county office, walked out of Li's house together. Tang Tang was surrounded by people in the flower hall. People from the Li family, from the old man to the humblest watchman, all took a sneak peek. Behind the screen, groups of people crowded in to watch. The female dependents of "Female Australians" - from old ladies and wives to old ladies and maids.
Female Australians were not too rare in Lingao, but Tang Tang was the first one to actually come face to face with her in the county. No wonder everyone in the Li family is so enthusiastic. He looked at her inexplicably.
People in the Li family commented on the glasses on her nose, the curls she burned with a poker, and her figure. The Li family members all agreed that the Australian woman was too tall and too strong. Her perm was regarded as natural curly hair.
"Why are they looking at me like this...it's so weird." Tang Tang complained, "I'm getting goosebumps."
Xiong Buyou replied casually: "Are you curious? When a woman is the leader, everyone treats her like a peep show. You see, as soon as Du Wen goes out, the natives on the street will pay attention."
"How can Du Wen and I compare? He is now a pioneer in bringing political power to the countryside..."
"It's okay if you want to go." Xiong Buyou didn't like this girl at all - he thought she was a bit squeamish. Not to mention, basically all the female elders had their hair cut short, and the most beautiful ones just kept their hair long. It just has to be a little longer. Tang Tang's hair was still waist-length, not to mention that he even burned it with tongs himself. She never wore training clothes or uniforms in Bairen City, only the clothes she brought with her, and Xiong Buyou felt that she continued to put on makeup, even though it was just simple makeup like lipstick and eyebrow pencil.
Tang Tang didn't take it seriously: "I can't do it. It's too hard to go to the countryside. I can't bear to go there for a few weeks like she and Dong Weiwei did. Not to mention it's inconvenient to take a bath."
Xiong Buyou laughed: "Then you still want to do civil affairs work? To do civil affairs, you have to go to the countryside. No wonder Liu Muzhou has to let you take charge of the work of the county advisory bureau. The county is still a city after all."
"It's okay. I'm not so squeamish." Tang Tang didn't care about the sarcasm in his words or didn't hear it at all, "Ma Du Gong said that civil affairs work is our core work and we have the support of the people. Only then can we establish a foothold in this time and space and establish an industrialized society..."
"You admire the Governor very much."
"It's okay." Tang Tang nodded, "I admire him very much. His writing is so good and his thinking is so profound..." A blush appeared on the girl's face, "Don't you admire him? "
Xiong Buyou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why should I admire him? He is not handsome."
"But he has the temperament of a good man..." Tang Tang said shyly, "Fortunately, he doesn't have a wife."
Xiong Buyou couldn't understand what was so good about Ma Qianzhu's temperament. He said deliberately: "He doesn't have a wife, but he will have a life secretary soon."
Tang Tang sighed: "This is a man's shortcoming...forget it, I can tolerate this."
Xiong Buyou was completely defeated. He simply stopped talking and smoked to himself. Lingao County is a blue zone, and their security guards are following five or six steps behind. Even though it was dark and there was no one on the streets, they were quite safe.
"The work of the county advisory bureau that you are about to take charge of is very important, because almost all of them are big households. But there are few basic people." Xiong Buyou said in a low voice, "The big gentry households are the objects that need to be cooperated and restricted. At this stage, we We must cooperate with them. In the long run, large households that are unwilling to accept the new system we have arranged for them will be targeted for elimination..."
Tang Tang asked: "Understand, transform, and eliminate, is this what it means?"
"Basically correct." Xiong Buyou praised her. This girl's understanding is not bad. "The problems we face are very complex and cannot be explained clearly in a few words. In short, we must find partners who are in our long-term interests and promote their transformation. "
The large gentry households are an independent stratum at the grassroots level in rural areas that also holds administrative and economic power at the grassroots level. The Crossing Group wants to transform the social structure and economic environment of the countryside, both relying on them and eliminating them. This is the consensus of the Senate.
The so-called elimination does not mean the simple elimination of people, but the use of social and economic means to promote their transformation. From simple tenant landlords to commercial landlords, including transformation into industrial and commercial owners. This class has huge financial resources, and if they can accumulate wealth, they probably also have certain business capabilities. As long as they are guided properly, it can be transformed quite quickly. The elders hoped that the local landowners could be transformed into the first generation of private capitalists, and their wealth buried in the soil could be turned into funds that could truly be circulated.
"Yes, the Governor gave us a special speech at the meeting." She took out a small notebook and said:
"...Our task at this stage is to unite all the forces that can be united and build political power at the most basic level as soon as possible, so that every village has cadres, police, and political institutions..."
"That's right, you were very careful in the meeting." Xiong Buyou complimented casually, thinking that this girl is really interested in her, and it seems that she is not an embroidered pillow. Lao Xiong has always believed that it doesn't matter whether a person has the ability or not. The key is whether he is willing to do something.
According to the plan of the Civil Affairs Committee, we took advantage of the opportunity of the change in public sentiment after the Chengmai victory to infiltrate and accept county-level power in other counties, while in Lingao, we fully implemented the activities of decentralizing power to the countryside and villages.
Now that they have improved the basic political power of each village under the commune system, the next step is to build political power in other villages in the county. Du Wen and Dong Weiwei's campaign to send political power to the countryside in the Thirteen Villages area has achieved results, and village-level political power has been fully established.
Regarding the issue of how to build village-level political power, the Government Affairs Council and the Senate held several special discussions. The designed village-level political power is a replica of the model of the old time and space, but some changes have been made to suit the situation of this time and space.
The Government Affairs Council roughly determined that the county will serve as the basic unit across the country in the future, and that below the county level it will be composed of three poles of government - the county, the commune and the standard village.
Among them, the standard village is the most basic political institution. The commune is responsible for direct leadership and control of each village. Most administrative matters will be issued and completed through the commune.
Generally speaking, each village has a village chief, and under the village chief there is a village committee. The village committee has three standing committee members: the production team leader, the women's team leader, and the militia team leader. These four "village-level cadres" are not paid, but receive subsidies. The candidates for these four "village-level cadres" are directly appointed by the superior department and can be from the village or from other villages.
Village cadres do not use the electoral system. The elders believe that it is meaningless to adopt the electoral system at this stage. Farmers have little understanding of the new thing of elections, do not understand the power in their hands, and do not understand the meaning of public office. It is easy for village power to be stolen.
"...Farmers are generally reluctant to come forward, which is a characteristic of rural democracy," Fang Jinghan, who has done many social surveys and fieldwork, expressed his views. "This is not only a fear of taking responsibility or worrying about damage to interests, but also a fear of harming interests. There’s also a fear of being laughed at.”
Judging from historical experience, the complete adoption of village elections without any guidance will allow many so-called "capable people" who like to show off to occupy the position of village cadres. They may be eloquent or rogue in the village. They use intimidation or deception to force villagers to elect them to public offices. This was a common grassroots malady in the old days.
Based on Du Wen's experience in the Thirteen Villages area, it is most appropriate for the work team to take over village administration, initially build the basic organization of the village, and then gradually identify and train cadres from activists. Not only can each person's situation be accurately examined, but it also provides a model for establishing grassroots organizations and administration, preventing village cadres with low standards from taking things for granted.
In addition to the village cadres, each village has a police station. The stationed police officers are not from the village and are assigned by the county police department. Once the stationed police officer is appointed, he and his family will settle down in the local area. The resident police officer is not under the command of the village committee. He is directly under the leadership of the higher-level police department. He is a true public official.
Finally, each village also has a "village representative", whose official name is the county advisory bureau member. Commissioners are also appointed rather than elected. His duty is to go to the county to attend county advisory bureau meetings every month. Directly reflect the situation in the village and the requirements of the villagers. He was also chosen by a task force rather than an election. County Advisory Bureau members are not public employees and do not receive job allowances.
According to the design of the People's Committee on Civil Affairs, the County Advisory Bureau is not a public opinion organization in the true sense. It is not a county assembly, but a platform for rural elites to express their views and explain rural conditions. Its members only enjoy certain social honors and do not enjoy actual political power. They have the right to express their views and opinions, provide various opinions and suggestions, and at the same time provide a channel for supervising village politics. But that's it.
In this way, vertical management of the three lines of village-level government was formed. First, they restrained each other institutionally, preventing the village chief from monopolizing power alone or colluding with the village committee.
"Can't they collude with each other?" someone questioned.
"Of course, but under this system, it will become very costly for all parties to collude with each other to monopolize village political power. So much so that the maximum benefits that can be obtained from controlling a village cannot make up for the expenses required for this kind of collusion." Responsible for the organization Ming Lang, director of the Organization Department, said. a! ~!
