I want to be a grandson

Chapter 607 The grass roots are the foundation!

"My lord, my lord is here! The lord of the county government is here!"

Some people exclaimed in surprise, and immediately attracted everyone's attention. They saw a group of people coming in a hurry from a distance,

The leader was Li Zhen, the county magistrate of Jurong, who was wearing an official uniform. Behind him were Dian Shi, the county magistrate, and others.

"Where is it, where is it! Get out of the way!"

Li Chang Wang and Old Man Wang pushed aside the crowd and came to the front. After confirming that it was the county magistrate, they couldn't help but look at each other, with puzzled and worried expressions in their eyes.

Under normal circumstances, even if the county magistrate goes to the countryside to inspect and guide the work, he will go to the village and be taken care of by the villagers. There are several towns under Jurong County that are quite prosperous, and the county elders often visit them.
But I didn't hear that the old man didn't go to the village, but came directly to his humble village. In addition, he hadn't been informed before, so the head of the village and the old man felt a little uneasy, afraid that what they planned was to be exposed.

"Cao Min pays homage to the Elder Master!" The two hurried up to greet them, knelt down and kowtowed in salute.

Li Zhen, the county magistrate, came here on horseback, without a sedan chair, and dismounted from his horse and walked quickly over a long distance, so he was sweating profusely and panting,
He didn't pay attention to the two of them at all, and directly bypassed them, followed in front of Jin Yiwei Zhu Yunxi who brought him here, saluted and kowtowed: "My official Jurong County Magistrate Li Zhen, I pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live your majesty, long live, long live!"

"..."

Boom!

Everyone felt that there was a clap of thunder above their heads!
The hearts of all the people were so frightened that their hearts almost jumped out!
"His Majesty?"

"Long live?"

Because it was too shocking, the people looked at Li Zhen who was kneeling on the ground, and then at the young man in casual clothes standing there, feeling a little overwhelmed for a while, and stunned in place.

"My minister greets His Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, Long live, Long live!"

The county magistrate and Dian Shi from the county government were also released by Jin Yiwei to visit.

Seeing several masters in the county government kneeling on the ground, trembling and not daring to raise their heads, the eyes of the common people blinked and regained a trace of clarity.
"Caomin greets His Majesty, Long live Your Majesty!"

I don't know who took the lead, and then the people realized that they all knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and saluted, shouting long live.

The head of the village and the old man who were kneeling on the side were pale and trembling with fright at this time, because His Majesty heard everything they said to the members of the Liu family just now!

I originally thought that they were just passers-by, they wanted to watch the excitement, so they came up together, so they didn't attract the attention of the village chief and the old man, and didn't pay attention to them.
Who would have thought that this person is actually the emperor!
That's the emperor!

"Everyone, please be safe!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then Zhu Yunxi turned to the Jurong county magistrate and asked them to get up.

Looking at the hundreds of villagers, Zhu Yunxi said: "Fathers and folks, the saint said that to read thousands of books, you have to travel thousands of miles. Only in this way can you increase your knowledge and understand the sufferings of the people.
Although I am not talented, I can be willing to follow the example of the saints and strive to travel everywhere, to see the people in various places in Ming Dynasty, and to see the lives of fellow villagers, so as to make up for the shortcomings of my administrative orders. "

"Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"

What he said was very in line with the wishes of the people, so it immediately attracted shouts from the people.

What's more, eager tears were shed!

Today can be regarded as seeing the sky!

Moreover, an emperor who cared so much about the people was able to go deep into the people, which is really unheard of!
The emperor sitting high above the throne can certainly be admired by the people, but what the people need more is an emperor who can understand the sufferings of the people, see the real life of the people, and be considerate of the people's opinions!

In this way, the government orders issued by the imperial court can be in harmony with the people's feelings, and will not hurt the people and the people.

Zhu Yunxi walked towards the front, the crowd automatically moved out of the way, revealing Liu Yong who was sitting on a broken chair,
At this time, when Liu Yong was saluting to the common people, he also used his hands hard to make himself fall off the chair and lay down on the ground to salute.

At this time, he hadn't stood up yet, how could Mrs. Zhang have the strength to pull him up, and the people's attention was on the emperor, so there was no one to help him.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, Caomin... Caomin..."

Liu Yong, who was supporting himself on the ground, saw the emperor walking towards him, his blood boiled with excitement, he was in a hurry and didn't know what to do.

"Come on, you are inconvenient, I will help you up!"

Zhu Yunxi leaned down, reached out to grab his arm, and put his other hand on his shoulder,

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, grassroots...you can't do it, you can't do it to Your Majesty..."

How dare Liu Yong let the emperor personally support him, he trembled with excitement when he heard this, and wished he could find a crack in the ground to sneak in, his majesty is insulting to His Majesty...

Zhu Yunxi didn't say much, and lifted him up vigorously, put him on the chair and let him sit down, and adjusted his posture closely to make him more comfortable.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Caomin deserves to die, the Caomin deserves to die, how dare a person like Caomin bother His Majesty..."

At this time Liu Yong was crying so hard that his tears could not stop flowing down.

Zhu Yunxi said: "You are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty and a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. It is nothing if I help you a little bit. You must never say this. I am still waiting for you to recover your health and continue to serve our Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, yes, Caomin... Caomin for generations, sons and grandchildren, must swear allegiance to His Majesty!"

As he said that, he greeted his own children and asked them to kowtow to Zhu Yunxi. The oldest of the children was six or seven years old, and the youngest was two or three years old.

Zhu Yunxie asked kindly: "Just now when you were talking, I heard some from outside, but I didn't hear it too clearly. What do you say, a doctor with a back injury?"

Liu Yong stopped crying and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the doctor in the village said that the grass man fell a little badly, and he needs to recuperate in a year or two, and he can't do heavy work...

But rest assured, Your Majesty!The grass people will get well soon, and they will be able to work in the fields immediately! "

But Zhu Yunxi said: "You really understand how you feel, but you also need to pay attention to your body. You still need to take care of yourself according to the doctor's instructions..."

Before he finished speaking, he turned to Tie Xuan and said, "Tie Xuan, you send someone to find some famous orthopedics doctors, and invite them to treat Liu's family. I will pay for it."

"I can't, I can't, Your Majesty, how can the grassroots...how can..." Liu Yong stammered, not knowing what to say.

"It's okay, you can rest easy and recuperate."

Zhu Yunxi comforted him, then turned to Li Zhen, the magistrate of Jurong County, who was standing respectfully aside, and said, "I heard that their family has no labor force, so this year's harvest is not good. After handing over the talent, the family will not have much left food,

And he has been unable to work for the past two years, do you think it is possible to exempt their family from taxation? "

Li Zhen took a deep breath, saluted and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the Yellow Book System of the Ming Dynasty, widows, widows, widows, widows and lonely households who are unable to bear the duties of the errands, such as the elderly, disabled, children under ten years old, widows, and households sent to villages from other counties ,
Then they can be classified as abnormal and zero households, exempted from hard labor, and after the land tax is reported to the county, they can also be reduced or exempted as appropriate..."

"Well, in view of the current situation of the Liu family, Weichen thinks that he can be included in the abnormal household first, and he can be included in the yellow list when his injury improves and he is able to work."

Zhu Yunxi nodded and agreed: "Very well, then handle it accordingly."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys."

Li Zhen bowed his head and bowed his head before secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

Zhu Yunxi looked at Wang Lichang, who was trembling in the corner, without any anger on his face, and asked, "You are the Lichang here, so let me ask you, do you know what the Lichang does?"

"Grass... grass people..."

Wang Lichang knelt down on the ground with a plop, his teeth jerked up and down nervously, unable to utter a word.

"Qi Tai, tell him!"

"Yes, my minister takes orders!"

Qi Tai bowed and saluted, then looked at him and said: "Daming has a system, 110 households are the mileage. Ten people who push a lot of grain in a mile are the head, and more than a hundred households are ten Jia, and Jiafan is ten. People. There is one chief in the annual service, and ten people in the first class, who are in charge of the affairs of one mile.

The duties of the head of the village, first, to complete the tasks assigned by the government to the villages, such as compiling the yellow book, assisting in compiling the fish scale atlas, receiving officials who came down for inspection, going to each household to supervise the completion of land taxes, mediation and Handle civil disputes and fights in Jiali in the countryside, and collude with official affairs, etc.

The second is to urge the common people to cultivate the fields. There is a saying in "Da Ming Hui Dian Hu Lv", "In the department of the head of the village, there are people who have been naturalized to pay grain and serve as errands, and the fields are barren for no reason, and those who should plant mulberry and hemp instead of planting." All will be punished. "

After all, he took a deep look and took a long look in.

He continued: "Thirdly, organize the people to sacrifice to the ancestors of the clan."

"Fourth, organize people's associations. In February of the 28th year of Hongwu, the Supreme Emperor accepted the suggestion of Sui Ji, the Dian Shi of Shangyuan County, Nanjing, and ordered the Ministry of Households to notify all parts of Daming to establish village associations."

"Leaded by Li Jiachang, there are twenty or forty or fifty peasant families within a mile to form a commune. Whenever there are weddings, funerals, birth, old age, sickness and death,

All the families in a commune work together, those who are rich contribute money, and those who are capable contribute their strength. Even if a family is weak during the busy farming season, all problems can be solved with the help of hundreds of families. "

"Just this year, His Majesty once again issued an order, "Everyone who encounters marriage, death, burial, good or bad luck, etc., within a mile, give each other, regardless of rich or poor, and support them according to their ability, so that people love each other, and the customs are thick." carry on. "

After Zhu Yunxi finished listening, he said to Li Zhendao, the magistrate of Jurong County, "Magistrate Li, the reason why the imperial court encourages people to form associations is because there will inevitably be natural disasters and man-made disasters in every family, and there will be diseases that cause seedlings to grow.

The purpose of the association is to allow the common people to support each other and have someone to rely on. In the situation of the Liu family, he can't work in the fields, so the people of the association should help to cultivate, what do you think? "

Li Zhen hurriedly saluted and said: "What your Majesty said is that forming an association is a great good government. If a family is in trouble, if you give more support, you will surely be able to tide over the difficulties. They are all people in the society, so the family will be safe!"

With the county magistrate's words, Liu Yong and Zhang's hope was rekindled.

Originally they thought that selling the land would be a matter of time, but they also thought about it. If the price hadn't been pushed down too hard by Li Zhang Wang, they might have already agreed.

Now if it is supported by the people in the commune and the land of the family in the palace, then my family will not have to worry about starving to death!
This is all His Majesty's grace!
There are some things that can be said, there is no need to say more, I believe that with my own words, the county magistrate will definitely promote associations, and the Liu family will naturally live in peace.

Zhu Yunxi asked again: "Qi Tai, then tell me what are the responsibilities of the old people in the village?"

Hearing this, the "old man" surnamed Wang's legs went limp, and he also sat down on the ground.

Qi Taidao: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a statement in the "Religion List" promulgated by the Ming Dynasty that the old man must order everyone in the book to recommend those who are fair and upright, and those who have been translated by others, or three, five, or ten, should sign up at the Officer, let him be executed."

There is also a saying in "Daming Law. Household Law", "To set up seniors, one must be a high-ranking and virtuous person in the township, and the people who are recommended by the public will be selected to fill in. Idle officials and those with demerits are not allowed to fill in. Those who violate it will be sixty sticks. , when the official answered forty."

Therefore, the elderly in Benli need to be fair, have both virtue and conduct, be recommended by everyone, and then report to the government to wait for a ruling. "

Li Zhen's face froze immediately, and steam came out of his forehead, and then he looked at the old man surnamed Wang who was sitting on the ground, he knew there must be something nasty about it!

And his old man was approved by the county government... Seriously speaking about this matter, I can't escape the responsibility!

Qi Tai said: "The responsibilities of the elderly in the countryside are, first, to deal with disputes among the villagers, and to assist the magistrate in handling local common affairs.

The second is to persuade and supervise agricultural production, maintain the integrity of local folk customs, and preach the "six edicts" to educate the villagers, persuade the people to do good, promote the simple folk customs of loving each other, and stabilize local law and order. "

"Third, supervise the officials and protect the villagers from being bullied by the officials. As a local official, once the fact of being greedy and harming the people is established, the "old man" has the right to lead the people into the government office, tie up the officials and escort them to the capital. Waiting for His Majesty's ruling, this trip is not counted as treason.

For those magistrates who have been falsely accused, the "old man" has the responsibility and the obligation to go to the court, or to face the saint directly, to save their reputation, so the power given by the court to the village elders is not insignificant..."

You have great power, how dare you live up to it?
Under Zhu Yunxie's indifferent eyes, the old man surnamed Wang kowtowed on the ground, of course he knew his guilt!
"Ugh……"

Zhu Yunxi let out a long sigh, and said: "If all the Li Changjia, Jiashou, and village elders in Daming can act faithfully according to the expectations of the emperor's grandfather and I, follow the national policy of Daming, and love the people,
In the end, for the common people to watch and help each other, I will have no regrets in this life, and I can face my father calmly..."

"Your Majesty is terrified and guilty, please punish..." Qi Tai Tiexuan and others kneeled and kowtowed,

"Your Majesty, the grassroots are guilty..."

All the officials and civilians present knelt on the ground, weeping for a while.

On the one hand, it is to touch the emperor's love and affection for the people of the world, and on the other hand, he feels that he has failed the emperor's grace...

(End of this chapter)