Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 314
Guangxi, the place name comes from Guangnan West Road in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Guangxi Xingzhongshu Province was established. In the ninth year of Hongwu, Guangxi Xingzhongshu Province was renamed Guangxi Chengxuan Zhengshisi.

However, the term provincial road is still popular in the local area. Therefore, many people in Guangdong and Guangxi have liked to refer to provinces since this period.

People in later generations know that the official full name of Guangxi is Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which means that Guangxi is not a large province inhabited by Han people.

The situation in Guangxi is far more complicated than in Guangdong.

Moreover, there are not many materials that can be verified in Guangxi. The first large-scale survey and statistics conducted by the central government here was in the Song Dynasty. In other words, in the Han and Tang Dynasties before the Song Dynasty, the central government basically did not pay much attention to Guangxi.

Naturally, a place with a vast land and few people, the imperial court naturally didn't pay much attention to it.

Second, in ancient times, the living environment in Guangxi was not ideal. According to the records of ancient geography, it was densely covered with miasma and overgrown with snakes and insects. Therefore, Guangxi was not a very livable province.

Under the double unfavorable conditions, Guangxi appeared more in history books, but it was just a choice for the imperial court to exile the family members of sinners, just like Qiongzhou (Hainan Island).

However, Li Shangyin once came to Guilin, Guangxi, and wrote a poem called "Guilin".

In this way, the situation in Guangxi may not be so bad.

The push of the historical line came after the Yuan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan ordered to kill all the Tianfang people in Fujian and Guangdong provinces in order to retaliate against his anger for not being the so-called number one true god. During this period, there were quite a few Hui people fled to Guangxi and settled there.

As a result, the ethnic composition of Guangxi is more mixed, but there is one significant difference between Guangxi and Guizhou, Huguang Yongshun Tusi, etc., that is, Guangxi does not like to make trouble.

The Hong Xiuquan Jintian uprising that everyone can think of happened in Guangxi, but Lao Hong is from Cantonese.

The imperial court did not pay much attention to Guangxi, and Guangxi itself was happy with the status quo, and seldom caused trouble to the imperial court. After Yuan died and Ming Dynasty flourished, Zhu Yuanzhang upgraded many prefectures in Guangxi to Zhili prefecture, directly under the leadership of Zhongshu Province.

After Chen Yunfu formed the cabinet, the cabinet was indeed a little lax about the leadership of Guangxi. This time when Chen Yunfu came to Guangdong, he decided to make a special trip to Guangxi.

There are not many people in Guangxi, just over 100 million, which is less than one-third of Guangdong and one-tenth of Zhejiang, and the cultivated land is even more barren, so the tax is not as high as that of Suzhou.

Can the cabinet care about such a place?

I really can't remember.

At the cabinet personnel appointment meeting last year, everyone scrambled for the position of chief envoy of Guangxi, but no one scrambled for the position of Guangxi chief envoy, which was counted as an extra head and gave it to Chen Yunfu's family.

The current Zuo Buzheng, Lv Yiran, and Yu Lun are in-laws, an old man over fifty years old.

Lu Yiran greeted Chen Yunfu outside the city of Guilin, Chen Yunfu became more at ease when he came here, he got off the car and exchanged greetings with Lu Yiran and the officials from Guangxi.

“The scenery in Guilin is still pretty good.”

Chen Yunfu didn't know what to praise, so he simply praised the environment: "The green mountains and green waters, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, don't look like the so-called miasma. When I get old in the future, it would be nice to come here to enjoy my old age."

A young guy in his 20s was planning his old age, it always sounded so out of harmony, Lu Yiran smiled and didn't speak.

After everyone exchanged greetings, they began to enter the city one by one, and when they arrived at the chief envoy's yamen, Chen Yunfu had no intention of launching an attack.

"The only two countries in the country that haven't completed the merger of the two volumes are Guangdong and Guangxi. Guangdong is blocking it because of clan reasons. Now it has been resolved by Benfu. Let's talk about it, what happened in Guangxi."

Lu Yiran handed over his hands and first made a criminal accusation, and then revealed the objective reasons.

Not too complicated, just a little.

The yamen is understaffed.

There are only 650 and eight officials in the entire Guangxi Yamen!
Counting the officials of various prefectures and prefectures, Guangxi does not even have [-] officials. In many prefectures and prefectures, there are only magistrates and prefectures, not even a lieutenant.

Not to mention Liu Cao, assistant officials, subordinate officials, and subordinate officials.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not expressly stipulate how much the ratio of civil servants to common people should be controlled, it was still kept at an extremely low level in order not to be as redundant as the Song Dynasty.

For example, in Zhejiang, there are more than 1000 million Dingkou, and the total number of officials and government officials in the whole province is only a little over 4. After evaluation, only one out of three hundred people eats the state food.

According to this ratio, the number of officials in Guangxi is indeed around four thousand and five.

In fact, because of the small number of Han people in Guangxi, the lower level of prefectures, that is, the level of counties, villages and villages, are mostly ethnic group villages like chieftains, and their customs and cultures have been fixed for thousands of years. Those who came down were rarely disturbed by the court.

If you don't bother, then naturally there is no need to add officials to manage it.

Without the establishment of officials, the policies promulgated by the court and the cabinet will naturally not be effectively implemented.

Undoubtedly, the merger of the two volumes is a big project. It is not as convenient as using computers in the information age. It needs to go door to door, survey and map. If there is no one, no one can solve this problem.

Chen Yunfu nodded frequently, expressing his understanding, then frowned and began to think of a way for Lu Yiran.

In addition to the problem of insufficient manpower of officials, Guangxi is also affected by geographical factors such as vast geography and overlapping mountains and mountains. Many villages have moved far away, limited by horsepower and slow footwork, which also makes the transmission of government orders and information feedback irresistible. The negative discount has virtually made Guangxi so far unable to promote the merger of the two volumes.

"Benfu now knows the situation in Guangxi, and you really can't blame you for this, so you don't have to worry. Benfu will not punish anyone for this. Everyone returns to their own duties and just do their jobs well. .”

Hearing that Chen Yunfu said that he would not be held accountable, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As soon as they felt at ease, they thought about making friends with Chen Yunfu, and some officials proposed to host a banquet.

"Eat a simple meal, and don't make it too rich."

Thinking that he didn't intend to blame the Guangxi authorities, this face should be given, so Chen Yunfu nodded and agreed to the request.

He can't think of any good solution for a while now, and his brain that has been under high pressure for days really needs to relax.

"However, Benfu said in advance, drink less alcohol, everyone, don't drink your mouth, and those who are supposed to be on duty tomorrow, don't be idle."

It can't be rich, but the reception of Chen Yunfu can't be rich.

There are many mountains and forests in Guangxi, and there is no shortage of game.

Looking at a large table of rare animals, Chen Yunfu smiled helplessly.

Even though I am the chief assistant, if I talk about this kind of thing, it won't work if I can't change it.

(End of this chapter)