Red Alert 1895: Chapter 170 Township government

"Currently, according to the survey and statistics of our general office statistics department, there were more than 300 land ownership disputes in Taiwan last week, an increase of more than five times compared with the same period in the past. [Ferry Search Classic|Classic|Novel Free Download the novel] Many owners of land under their names have begun to sue the patriarchs of those families to our government. The relevant regulations belong to whoever owns them, and they all have the right to dispose of the land and the right to benefit from it, so they don’t have to continue to pay food to the original family.”

After listening to Kang Tongwei's words, Wang Guorui showed an unconcealable smile. The clans in the villages and towns below have completely lost their soil, and the clan ideology that has lasted for thousands of years has been forcibly split and dismembered under the benefit of real interests. In the future, it will be difficult for everyone to continue to form a big family, because this kind of clan is attached to the land. If the land cannot be concentrated, then they will not be able to form a big family. But now Wang Guorui imposes heavy taxes on those who own a lot of land, so they can't concentrate the land at all. But once the land is dispersed, the final struggle for land ownership can destroy the entire family. Therefore, this ensures that the family is relatively weak, but instead focuses on the family, not the family.

"Have you thought about it? I plan to set up a level of government under our county level government, called the township government. The township government is our lowest-level government organization at present, and their personnel issues are all handled by our government. Appointment. We will also directly manage to the township level in the future." Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui began to call everyone over for a meeting, and the main topic of the meeting was the establishment of a township government. In the past, the government in the feudal era did not go to the countryside, that is, it only managed to the county level. The county will not be directly managed, which has created a serious hole, allowing the rise of many so-called gentry classes. And those gentry classes exploited ordinary people by helping the court collect taxes and exempting themselves from taxes. And they have caused a large amount of land concentration through their own tax-free privileges. Some relatively short-sighted people will also give their land to the squire, and then rent their land instead. In the end, the rent charged by the other party is relatively small. .

And these townships have become a relatively huge strength. Even if they don't cooperate with the policies that the county wants to implement, it won't work. These gentry forces are still good, if they oppose the local government. Then I'm afraid the county magistrate will also be emptied. Therefore, this situation is very bad, and the establishment of township-level governments is inevitable.

And in later generations, Wang Guorui also resented those officials who directly managed the township level, which made many people feel less free. But now Wang Guorui personally came out to be the queen of the leader of the Taiwan region. Only then did I really know that sometimes the more detailed the management, the better. As for the so-called democracy and freedom of Westerners, it also depends on the national conditions and cannot be copied. Since ancient times, there has not been any democratic market in China, and it is impossible to have results without hundreds of years of cultivation and evolution. The township-level governments are responsible for maintaining national stability. They can solve many problems. Once the people have any conflicts, they can be resolved directly in the township instead of going to a larger level. Regardless of the township, it is also dealing with some trivial matters, but it is also the affairs of many people.

If these things are handled at the county level. I am afraid that the government agencies at the county level will be even more troublesome, and it will be difficult for the government agencies at the county level to handle it. Especially the times are advancing, and the future society will be more complex. There are more and more transactions to be processed. In ancient times, perhaps it was only to deal with the issue of grain taxation, but in later generations, all kinds of affairs have been suppressed. If there is no more level of government, then the pressure on the county level government will be very huge, and in the end it is often unable to do what it wants.

So no matter what, township-level governments must be established as soon as possible. Otherwise, those country gentry bullies might rise up quickly, which is definitely not a good thing.

"Master Wang, if we establish a township level government, then the number of national civil servants we need will increase exponentially! At that time, will we be able to afford it?" Ouyang Xuan asked.

Wang Guorui said affirmatively: "The township level government is responsible for maintaining the stability of our countryside. In order to maintain the stability of the country, we have always paid attention to stability. If someone has any needs, they can solve them as soon as possible. This is a perfect Therefore, even if the number of civil servants increases, they must be established. After all, if a major problem arises, we will spend more money. And think about it, those who have rebelled since ancient times , Many of them came from the villages and towns. If the township government could exist at that time, they might not be able to rise. Moreover, with the township level government, it would be able to maintain the imperial court’s finances.”

"You should know what those squires are like. They use their right to help the court collect taxes, and then increase the court's tax revenue a lot. The central government collects a penny of tax, but it is several times higher at the bottom. Of course, we are not going to pursue the greed of those officials in the past. This is a system problem, and we will strengthen supervision in the future. But we can all see that these gentry are also very scary. They are not officials of the imperial court, our imperial court It is impossible to supervise them. But they have the right to help the court collect taxes, so that they are actually responsible for collecting taxes. Who knows how much they raised the court’s one-penny tax and then collected it from the people? They were charged several times more taxes for no reason, but these taxes fell into the pockets of the gentry and officials at all levels, and the imperial court did not get any of them. Do you think the common people will not be forced to rebel?"

"So there is no need for the tax collection privileges of the squires. We just want to consolidate those tax collection rights to the government. In this way, we can prevent most of the additional assignments, even if a small number of officials dare to send additional assignments." , then our supervisory department is not a vegetarian. This is actually reducing the burden on the people, without the level of exploitation of the squires, then their pressure can be reduced a lot.”

And everyone also understands the virtues of the squires in the past. They increased the court's taxes several times to collect them, so that ordinary people were miserable, and finally they were forced to rebel. And Wang Guorui has also heard of a situation in later generations. In later generations, the village chief is often the most important link. In later generations, although the village head was elected by the people, the village cadres represented the image of the state government in the hearts of ordinary people. If the village cadre is a clean and enthusiastic person, then the people will also have great trust in the national government in their hearts. But if the village cadre is a bad guy, then the whole country is a bad guy in the hearts of the people.

After all, the vast majority of ordinary people are not able to travel all over the country and see with their own eyes how most officials work seriously. They often just look at the nearest "officials". Although village cadres are often not government officials, many people regard them as state cadres. Great relationship. It was even worse in ancient times, because in ancient times it was managed by squires, so most of those squires used the right of the court to collect taxes to exploit the people, and they exploited the people in this way, which made many people think that the national government was the same Those who exploit the people are as black as crows.

Although it is impossible to manage directly to the village level, it is still necessary to manage to the township level. Why do later generations often send those graduating college students to serve as various village officials in the village? In fact, isn’t it just trying to gradually erode the township government? And there is an old saying in later generations, that is, the village cadres are typed out. It is conceivable how black the management agencies are at the lower levels. Although the government is not good in one way or another, at least it is much better than those local tyrants and evil gentry, and it still has more scruples in doing things. If we really let go of the so-called democracy~www.mtlnovel.com~, I am afraid that in the end we will only be able to bring out bullies one by one. In the villages of the later generations, they were democratically elected by themselves, but in the end the village cadres were all "beaten". One can imagine how tragic it is.

China is not suitable for thorough democracy in the short term, and at least within the next hundred years, it will not be able to leave the government's precise jurisdiction, otherwise the consequences will be very serious. After all, Chinese people have been accustomed to being governed and led for thousands of years, and if they are allowed to make their own decisions, they will be easily manipulated and used by some powerful people.

"Okay, let's immediately select people with clean behavior to serve in the townships. We must let them truly maintain the stability of the township and help us collect local taxes, so that we can have enough financial resources to develop. "Ouyang Xuan replied.

Soon, the major departments transferred some people from their own departments and began to form township governments. And Taiwan's civil service examination will soon start recruiting a large number of township civil servants, which makes many people happy, because obviously more officials will do it. And Wang Guorui also stipulated that any official who wants to be promoted to the county level must have more than two years of work experience in the township, otherwise he will not be promoted to an official above the county level. This has caused more civil servants in large institutions to rush to work in townships, so that there is no shortage of officials in townships. (to be continued)