Put aside the things that you couldn't understand, Zhang Sheng's mind returned to the discussion again.
"Shitou, this time you are going to organize households and bring together the people. By the way, you will also take care of the construction work of the village. The original villages and villages will be restored. The village is being held by our people. The township head and the three elders will not be here for the time being. Set up. Examine these appointments for a period of time, and then select the best among them to appoint the township chief and the three elders." Zhang Sheng explained his thoughts to Shitou one by one.
There are three elders in the village: Youzhi, stingy husband and Youyou.
The three elders are in charge of education, the husband is stingy in his duties, listens to lawsuits and collects taxes, and travels around and follows the prohibition of thieves and thefts.
This kind of person must be filled by one of our own people.
In a feudal society, the imperial power did not extend to counties, and what the emperor could directly manage could only go to the administrative agencies at the county level. In this way, I laid the groundwork for the wealthy families to control the local areas and fish and meat towns.
Especially from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, power below the county level was basically controlled by the powerful families, which led to the gradual expansion of the family clans. By the Tang Dynasty, the power of the clans reached its peak, and Li was one of the most impressive emperors in history. Li Shimin and Li Shimin are both stupid, and Zhang Sheng doesn't want such a situation to exist on his own territory.
"I understand, Brother Sheng, where is the pavilion chief? Can he recover?" Shitou agreed and asked again.
Pavilion chief? Liu Bang's position before he became famous.
In the current regulations, Lixiang is an administrative organization, and Pavilion is mainly a public security organization. It is not established with Lixiang as the point, but is set up next to the road. It is responsible for maintaining local order and security, as well as postal and postal services, etc., so as to facilitate Security and inspection, etc. This position does not involve production matters.
After taking control of Guangchang County, military control was implemented, and the pavilion chief was dispensable. Besides, with these crooked melons and cracked dates in his hands, it would be good to restore the grassroots level of the village. How could there be enough people to be the pavilion chief? ? In addition, I plan a team of people in the future, they can replace the responsibilities of the pavilion chief.
"The pavilion chief will talk about it later."
The pavilion chief could only be temporarily given up.
After finishing the matter of reorganizing households and bringing together the people, Zhang Sheng then arranged the second task, which was to provide peace of mind to the people.
The life of the common people is difficult, especially now. The period before the summer harvest is a time of drought. In the past, most of the cultivated land in the county belonged to aristocratic families and large landowners. If the people had no land, they would have no harvests. The remaining harvests of the large sharecropping households last year have long been depleted or exhausted. Otherwise, It is impossible for the people in the county to come to the county town to participate in the public trial for a liter of corn and the risk of being harmed by bandits.
Fortunately, it is summer now, and the people can survive by eating bark and wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger, but the days must be extremely miserable.
Now that he has taken over Guangchang, these people will be his support in the future, and peace of mind is his top priority.
At this time, if you want to stabilize the people, establishing a Changping warehouse is the best way.
During the Warring States Period, the country had signs of the Chang Pingcang system. It was not until the Han Dynasty that Sang Hongyang clearly proposed the Chang Pingcang system.
It is a granary set up by the rulers to regulate grain prices and store grains to prepare for shortages to supply official needs and people's food.
The main purpose is to use the law of value to adjust food supply and give full play to the role of stabilizing the market value of food.
When the market price of grain is low, the price of grain should be raised appropriately to purchase large quantities of grain, so that the court can store enough grain and the warehouses in border counties are full.
When the market price of grain is high, the price should be appropriately lowered for sale.
This measure not only avoids "low price of grain hurting farmers" but also prevents "high price of grain hurting the people". It plays a positive role in stabilizing the grain market and consolidating the feudal political power. It reflects the interests and aspirations of the people to a certain extent.
Of course, Zhang Sheng, a little thief, didn't dare to call him Chang Ping Cang, so he could only call him Yi Cang.
"Shitou, Uncle Fu, take a look, find a house, and we will set up a free warehouse. The specific function of the free warehouse is based on Chang Ping warehouse. The rules and regulations can also be the same as Chang Ping warehouse. However, there needs to be some added content. People can Low-interest loans from charity warehouses. Common people must have five or ten households in the same neighborhood and the local government as guarantees for the loans. You can control the interest rate. For example, if you borrow one stone of wheat, the annual interest rate is about 10%. It must be much lower than loan sharking; similarly, the amount of borrowing by each household must also be controlled. For example, based on the number of people in the family, how much grain can be borrowed to last until the wheat is ripe and the summer harvest..."
Zhang Sheng added part of the functions of the free warehouse in the Song Dynasty to the Changping warehouse system. Zhang Sheng had his own considerations in recruiting people to act as guarantees.
My grain is not brought by the strong wind, and I don't want to raise useless people.
Want to borrow food? Yes, you can ask the villagers in your village to be your guarantor. If your character is not too bad, I believe it is not difficult to find five or ten households in a village to be your guarantor. Similarly, if your people If your quality is too bad, you can't find five or ten households in one village to be your guarantors. You deserve to starve to death. Winning Li Zheng is a disguised form of supervision, encouragement and help. If people can't pay back the food, Li Zheng will have to do it. It gets worse, so let Li Zheng keep an eye on her and help her, and she will always have a good life.
This is also the purpose of interest.
Everyone had different expressions when they heard Zhang Sheng's arrangement.
Hong Jian, who was once a son of a wealthy family, could not help but stare at Zhang Sheng non-stop.
As a former scholar, Chang Ping Cang Hong Jian still knew that this was something established by the state, and that the Chang Ping Cang established by the current decadent imperial court had long been in vain and was equivalent to being abolished. He didn't expect that now, a thief would have the courage and courage to do this thing. Moreover, he not only wanted to set up this thing, but also did more, and also came up with low-interest loans, which was amazing.
"Dahong, do you have an idea? If you have an idea, you might as well speak up and let's discuss it together." After Zhang Sheng finished speaking his thoughts, he saw Hong Jian staring directly at him and asked with a smile.
"No, I don't have any objections. I just think that it is a blessing for the people of Guangchang that Lang Jun can make this decision."
Hong Jian responded, looking away from Zhang Sheng's face, looking down to see that half of his fingers were missing. At this moment, he suddenly felt that following such a master, the missing fingers seemed worth it.
"Haha, we don't care whether we are lucky or not. In short, everyone should remember one thing. Now that we have the square, this is our home. The people in the county are what we will rely on in the future. As managers, we should stand more for the people. Think about the problem from a different perspective, help the people solve their problems, and let them survive in this lean time."
When Cheng Lian heard Zhang Sheng's arrangement, his heart moved. Over the years, he had traveled around and all he saw were big landlords taking advantage of this lean period to collect rent and taxes. Now, people have set up Changpingcang to lend grain to the people. Comparing the two, he feels that his decision to enter this den of thieves seems to be more correct.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Sheng explained some of his thoughts to Shitou. The discussion of governing the people came to an end, and what was left was the implementation of Shitou and others...
