Northern Dynasties

Chapter 561
In Mianbei in February, the plows have already been put into the ground, which heralds the beginning of plowing and labor in the new year.

At the same time, the water conservancy works in various places have been completed one after another. When the spring flood arrives, water can be stored and diverted to irrigate the fields.

This period is also very critical for the various tycoons involved in various construction projects, because they can only receive the complete final payment from the state government only after the project is accepted, and this final payment usually accounts for one-third or even [-]/[-] of the entire project payment. More, it is also all the profits they earned from working all winter.

The acceptance procedure arranged by the state government is from mid-to-late February to early March. If the acceptance is passed, each company can collect the project profits and not miss this year's spring plowing.

But if it is unqualified, it will become troublesome. Rework is necessary, and the final payment will not be released immediately. Moreover, the rivers rise in spring and summer, and it will be more labor-intensive and time-consuming to build various fortifications.

At that time, either give up halfway and give up the whole project, or bite the bullet and go back to work, giving up a year of farming at home. No matter which one you choose, it will be a headache and distressing.

Therefore, taking advantage of the acceptance procedure has not yet started, all the employers are rushing to complete the final finishing and repairing, trying their best to enhance the quality of the project, in order to finally pass the acceptance.

Of course, in order to pass the acceptance test, in addition to the quality of the project itself, the environment in which it is applied is also very important.In order to ensure that the construction parties with relevant interests can get their own profits in full, they will certainly not ignore this point.

As a result, there was another wave of destruction and destruction of private weirs and ditches in the entire territory of Jingzhou.Those who can win the bid to take over the state capital's fortifications are relatively strong and powerful, and their style of action is naturally strong. In order to ensure their own interests, they will inevitably act rudely and domineeringly.

Therefore, from the first month to the first ten days of February, there were more than 20 village fights in the whole Jingzhou.These are just because of the size of the scale that alarmed the government and were calmed down by the government, and there are more others that did not report to the government.

It can be said that the order of the entire Jingzhou village has been disrupted because of this, almost every day of fighting, the vast majority of villagers have also been implicated in it, and there is no peace.The situation is worse than it was when Nanliang invaded last year.

However, these situations are also within Li Tai's expectations. Some things really need to be broken before they can be erected. Blindly compromising and repairing will only turn into a mess that cannot be broken.

Therefore, for the state capital and the counties and counties, he gave instructions that as long as no human life was killed or the interests of Juntian households were harmed, the government would ignore them.

This is originally a struggle between local tyrants outside the law. If you want to win, you pray that you are the biggest and worst one. It makes no sense not to be under the management of the government.

Of course, if you want the government to come forward to protect it, that's not impossible. After all, the coast of the land is not a king's official, but one thing you need to understand is that it is difficult to take off the bridle once it is put on.

So when this kind of rural struggle developed to an extreme and was about to get out of control, more and more people turned to the government to seek asylum.The rural order, ethics and patriarchal law they believed in before are no longer enough to protect them, and only the government's laws can keep them from being affected by chaos.

Therefore, more and more people from all over the country reported to the state capital for naturalization. In some places, a whole clan and hundreds of families were naturalized together.

The increase in such lawsuits has also brought great pressure to the state and county governments. If there was not a round of selection and replacement of officials at the end of last year, the records of these lawsuits alone would be enough to overwhelm the administrative system of the entire state and county.

Even so, some county and county governments only serve as a record point, and are still unable to deal with administrative affairs and resolve litigation disputes.

Li Tai attaches great importance to this issue. It should be known that for many years, all politics in Mianbei have been superficial. Even if there are disputes, they are resolved by the folk patriarchal system. There are few lawsuits in the government, so that the people hardly know that there is a law to follow. .This kind of ethos has been beautified as that the people don't like to fight, and the government and the people have no lawsuits. The typical example is that as long as I can't see it, the world will be safe.

Nowadays, due to the deep contradictions in the village and the frequent fights in the village, the people finally reminded the people of the judicial power that the government should have. Naturally, Li Tai would not miss this opportunity. Handle lawsuits between counties and counties.

Even he himself temporarily put aside other affairs and led a law enforcement team to go deep into the village and try cases.Taking advantage of the boiling public grievances, this form of justice and law enforcement is deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people of Jingzhou.

Although these law enforcement teams are busy and enthusiastic, they don't actually know what laws they should enforce.

Since the founding of the Western Wei Dynasty, there has been little creation of criminal laws. It is said that some provisions of the "Northern Wei Law" are still followed, but these laws and regulations are also missing or out of date, including Li Tai himself.

As for those households who have filed lawsuits, they are even less clear about the terms of the law that they need to abide by and have violated. They just have grievances and seek the government to avenge and vent.

Fortunately, the types and content of these disputes are relatively uniform, and they are basically disputes around water conservancy, so it is not difficult to deal with them.Li Tai had dealt with similar matters when he served as the envoy of Dushui to manage Luoshui last year. Now some rules are still implemented in the canal alliance as township treaties. After extracting those rules and making slight changes according to local conditions, a formula was drawn up. A set of "Water Dividing Orders" was issued.

There are more than 30 articles in the "Water Dividing Order", which basically cover various scenarios and problems of agricultural and domestic water use. The distance from the river canal is limited. There are also standards for sequence and quantity.Anyone who takes water in violation of regulations must be punished!
The law enforcement teams arranged by Li Tai traveled between counties and counties. In addition to handling specific lawsuits, they were also responsible for popularizing the law.If you want to revive the agriculture in the Nanyang Basin, water conservancy is the top priority, and you must uphold a transparent and open principle for water use. You must not raise stinky fish in muddy ponds!
As for other serious problems arising from these rural struggles, they will all be referred to the state government for judgment and handling, and punishments will be punished, and punishments will be punished.

A series of village brawls and disputes continued, adding more than 2000 registered households in prefectures and counties.

Although a considerable part of them is to use the power of the government to gain a certain advantage in the rural struggle, but it is difficult to get out of the naturalization as long as you are naturalized. If you think about the entire clan disappearing from the register, you may be recorded as a slave Jizhong.Moreover, even if the registered residents disappear, the registered land property will not disappear, and the rent, adjustment and tax will not be levied.

Under the circumstances of oppression and attack by the local tyrants, and the government's drudgery, some small and medium-sized tyrants suffered heavy losses.

The construction parties who provoked the incident did not see much happiness. First of all, the hatred and hatred of the village was firmly attracted to themselves, and it did not end because of their temporary victory.

After all, those villagers are only naturalized, not dead or disappearing.And because they have become registered citizens, it is not easy for them to do any operations of cutting grass and roots, otherwise they may be uprooted instead.

Secondly, because some villagers took advantage of the opportunity to complete their naturalization early and quickly, these tycoons were also entangled in official affairs.They were troubled every day as the court cases proceeded.

Although the villagers who were killed and injured in the village fights had their disciples take the blame, they were overwhelmed by the repeated interrogations, and some assets that actually harmed the villagers also needed to be paid by them.In this regard, the state government did not give them a lenient just because they contracted the project, which also made them a little miserable.

But the good news is that the state government is still willing to abide by its promise, as long as their projects pass the acceptance, the final payment will still be paid in full.

After such a toss, the flood season finally came. On this day, the military and government officials of the state government and the masses who heard the news all gathered near Liumenyan on the west side of Rangcheng.

Following the order from Li Tai, the governor of Jingzhou who was standing on the high platform, there was a loud drum sound all around, and the half-filled pool weir was opened to release water. The original six weir gates were now increased to ten, a full ten The rushing water is like a dragon that has escaped from the gate, rushing along the ditch to all directions!

The surrounding people finally saw the grand occasion of opening the gates of Liumenyan and releasing water, which was passed down by the old people, and they couldn't help cheering again and again, and the sound shook the field.

Standing on the high platform, Li Tai listened to the cheers of the people, and turned to Huan Shuzu, the chieftain who was in charge of the project. The family slaves of the clan did this good deed for the people of our state, and the hundreds of miles of wilderness became fertile soil, and the merit is now, and it will be passed down to future generations!"

"It makes your words serious, your words are serious..."

After hearing the words, Huan Shuzu quickly bowed his body in return, and at the same time couldn't help but feel a sore nose, he had paid too much for today's situation.

The most conspicuous thing on the scene is a tall silk mountain made of more than 2 bolts of silk, and this is the final payment Huan Shuzu received after completing the project.

Hearing the envy of the people around him, Huan Shuzu wanted to cry, not because the benefit was not enough, but because he seemed to pay more.

In order to maintain the progress of the project, he endured the loss of his official position and the extension of the construction period. It can be said that he has made great efforts to ensure the quality of the project, and he is still involved in lawsuits.Even before attending the ceremony today, he was still interrogated in the state capital.

After the ceremony, Li Tai raised his hand to signal Huan Shuzu to go with him. Huan Shuzu followed with a bitter face. After walking a few steps one after the other, Li Tai smiled and said to him: "The state government will have more Is Mr. Huan interested in building a city?"

After hearing this, Huan Shuzu shook his head subconsciously, but after a while he couldn't help asking: "Excuse me, envoy, how much is the labor cost?"

(End of this chapter)