Mi Han

Chapter 368

What kind of three-headed system is it that has aroused the outrage and righteous indignation of the officials on the high platform?
Being able to be expressed by Deng Ai with a special document shows that the introduction of the three-headed system is not simple.

And under that detailed introduction, all the officials on the high platform who had read poetry and books quickly understood what the three-headed system was.

In essence, the three-head system proposed by Deng Ai is a transformation of the local grassroots administrative organization in the Han Dynasty.

Originally, the local grassroots administrative organization of Dahan was centered on the village.

There is a detailed record of this point in the "Han Shu":

". There are ten pavilions in a big rate, and there are leaders in the pavilion; ten pavilions in a township, there are three elders, ranks, cowards, and wanderers in the township.

The three elders are in charge of education; the miser is in charge of hearing lawsuits and collecting taxes; "

From this record, it can be seen that the local administrative organization at the level below the county in the Han Dynasty was the township.

Since the economy in ancient times was not as developed as in later generations, such a relatively simple local administrative system is in line with the current national conditions.

Otherwise, the big man would not be so powerful.

It's just that any system will have great disadvantages as time goes by.

The biggest drawback of this system lies in the word "three elders".

Han Gaodi Liu Bang once issued a decree:
"If you are over fifty years old, you have practice, you can command others to do good, you are regarded as the three elders, and you are the only one in the village.

Choose the three elders of the township and one of them as the three elders of the county. They will teach each other with the county magistrate, prime minister, and lieutenant, and they will not be garrisoned again.Give wine and meat in October. "

Under Liu Bang's edict, the "Three Elders", the predecessors of the local tyrants, began to occupy an important position in the local political system of the Han Dynasty.

In addition to age, the requirements for the selection of the "three elders" in the Han Dynasty also had another very important reason, that is, "those who can lead the crowd".

In the clan society of China, to achieve this, relying solely on personal virtue is not enough, they must be recognized by the clan forces.

Under the historical conditions at that time, most of the "Three Elders" who met such requirements were nobles left over from the Six Kingdoms.

This point can also be corroborated by various records in the Han Dynasty. The "three elders" were not only very influential in the local area, but also often directly participated in the discussion of state affairs, and even directly wrote letters to the emperor.

The "Three Elders" with such insight and ability can never be ordinary people.

In ancient times, knowledge was the most expensive resource.

Of course, it is impossible for Liu Bang not to see this.

But he saw this, so he resolutely continued to promote the "three elders" system.

Because the newly established Dahan at that time was dilapidated and turbulent, he needed to give the "three elders" in these places considerable political privileges in exchange for their sense of identity with the Dahan.

Judging from the various events that happened later, Liu Bang's goal was perfectly achieved.

It's just that no matter in any dynasty or period, local administration is the key to stabilizing the country.

With the development of the "Three Elders" system over time, his power has also expanded infinitely.

Due to the special political status of the "three elders" in the Han Dynasty, the "three elders" could influence the public opinion of the township party, and often played a key role in the investigation and expropriation of the "township elections and elections".

At the same time, the Three Elders are an important organization for formulating local laws and regulations, as well as an educational organization for publicizing national policies and regulations.

Even later, even the promulgation and implementation of the policies and decrees of the Dahan local government had to consult the three elders.

The most important thing is that the "Three Elders" are not directly appointed by the government, but are often elected spontaneously by the localities.

This directly led to the gradual evolution of the "Three Elders" towards the attributes of local tyrants.

Because everyone is selfish.

Since the government does not interfere in the election of the "Three Elders", coupled with the coveted influence of the "Three Elders" at the local level.

How could those "Three Elders" not want to pass this position on to their descendants?
After one or two generations, the local tycoons well-known to the later generations appeared without accident.

It is precisely because most of the predecessors of local tyrants are "three elders" that they have such a great influence in their hometown.

Because of this strong local influence, many county magistrates and even prefects directly appointed by the Han Dynasty dare not confront the local wealthy families.

In order to keep their official positions and even their lives, they gradually became in league with the local wealthy families.

This is the "imperial power does not go to the countryside" in the Han Dynasty.

With the imperial power not going to the countryside, a large number of land annexation and sheltering the population became rampant.

Countless fertile fields were embezzled, and countless good people were forced to become domestic slaves of local wealthy families in order to make a living.

The population and acres are the foundation of any feudal dynasty.

When these two fundamentals are lost, it will only lead to the weakening of the national power of the big man, while the power of the local tyrants will become stronger and stronger.

Coupled with their political influence in the officialdom, they have the courage to confront the central government and raise the flag to rebel.

Mi Yang knew this, and most of the officials present knew it.

But in the past, no one dared to pierce this layer of window paper, but now Deng Ai is going to pierce this layer of window paper.

Although the three-elder system sounds similar to the three-elder system, his content is set up for the hidden privileges of the three-elder system.

What are the three chiefs?

That is to say, in Deng Ai's vision, the five families in Liangzhou will be neighbors in the future, and one neighbor will be set up;

Five neighbors are a mile, and the length of one mile is set;

Wuli is the party, with a party leader.

This is the three chiefs.

The powers and responsibilities of the three chiefs are: checking household registration, supervising farming, collecting rent and adjusting, and collecting corvee and military service.

It is precisely because the third leader that Deng Ai wants to set up has this kind of responsibility, most of the officials on the high platform are fried.

Many of those who could become officials in the Han Dynasty were from local aristocratic families.

Of course they know what their ancestors have done for generations.

After all, they can become officials now because of the things their ancestors did for generations.

Once the system of three heads is implemented, will it be beneficial to Liangzhou?
That must be there, anyone who thinks about it with his head will know.

Once the Three Chiefs System is successfully implemented in Liangzhou, there will definitely be a large number of acres and population that will be checked out.

By then, Liangzhou's national strength will definitely be greatly enhanced.

It's just that once the three-head system is successfully implemented, it means that the family they belong to will no longer be able to shelter the population and annex fertile land as usual.

This is a major blow to the family power, and it is also a huge infringement on their existing interests.

The officials who were sitting originally thought that Deng Ai wanted to take advantage of today's national celebration to present a random strategy to win Mi Yang's favor.

Unexpectedly, Deng Ai did it to please Mi Yang, he obviously wanted to take their interests!
Tolerable or unbearable!
When interests are violated, no one can remain calm.

So just after Deng Ai had finished explaining the content of the three-man system, one of the officials on the high platform immediately got up and scolded Deng Ai.

This person's name is Xiao Pu, and he is the current patriarch of the Xiao Clan in Mianyang.

Mianyang is the most affluent county in Hanzhong County except Nanzheng, and the Xiao family in Mianyang is rumored to be a descendant of Xiao He, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

Although this is just a rumor, it does not affect Xiao Pu's ancestors using this rumor for their own benefit.

The Mianyang Xiao family has been rooted in Hanzhong for hundreds of years. During these hundreds of years, the Mianyang Xiao family has developed into a powerful family in Hanzhong County.

At the beginning, because of the influence of the Xiao family in Mianyang, Mi Yang enlisted Xiao Pu as his hero in order to stabilize the hearts of the people in Hanzhong.

Although Gongcao is not engaged, Xiao Pu's real power is not small at all, and his status is not much different from Saneng.

That's why at this time Xiao Pu dared to take advantage of his status and came out to scold Deng Ai, who was one of the three majors and had a low background.

Xiao Pu would come out and scold Deng Ai, not only because he felt that the three-man system would greatly infringe on his own interests, but also because he had a kind of fear in his heart.

The Han Dynasty implemented the famous field system.

Although the famous field system is different from the military merit system in the Qin Dynasty, the essence is the same.

That is, what kind of title you have, you have a corresponding amount of land and servants.

If someone does not match the name, it is undoubtedly a violation of the Han law.

Xiao Pu knows that in the past hundred years, his family has sheltered thousands of people and merged thousands of acres of land?
But now he doesn't have any titles.

Under such a strong disparity between real and unworthy of the name, once the matter is found out by those three elders, his whole family may suffer because of it.

The system of three heads not only greatly infringed on the interests of his family, but also threatened the survival of his family. It is impossible for him not to come out to prevent the implementation of the system of three heads.

I saw Xiao Pu got up and shouted at Deng Ai: "The Han family has its own system of three elders, how can a minister change it without authorization?
As the master of Liangzhou, it's fine if you don't offer good strategies for Uncle Mu to stabilize people's livelihood.

Now you still want to trick Uncle Mu into taking the name of disloyalty on your back, you are damned! "

As soon as Xiao Pu exited, he put a big hat on Deng Ai.

When denouncing Deng Ai angrily, his eyes were wide open, and on the surface he looked like a minister who was loyal to protect the lord.

But facing Xiao Pu's performance of "loyalty to protect the Lord", Mi Yang showed an interesting look on his face.

He thought Xiao Pu's reason for refuting Deng Ai was very funny.

It's just that Xiao Pu can't be blamed for this, because the system of the three leaders is a good system that benefits the country and the people in every way.

Even if he wanted to stop the implementation of the Three-Chairman System, it was impossible for him to open his eyes and tell nonsense.

In this case, he could only think of this kind of reason to refute Deng Ai.

If the content is impeccable, then I will make it impossible for you to implement it in name.

There is another great benefit to choosing this reason.

Xiao Pu knew that Deng Ai was Mi Yang's confidant, and he even guessed that Deng Ai's suggestion today might be Mi Yang's behind-the-scenes inspiration.

It's just that Mi Yang didn't choose to end in person, which shows that he still has some concerns about the implementation of the three-headed system.

Then his task now is to find out a concern that Mi Yang can't ignore, so that he can't implement the three-headed system.

Xiao Pu thought that the reason he was looking for was enough to expand the worries in Mi Yang's heart infinitely.

After all, the local political system dominated by the three elders has been implemented by the Han Dynasty for 400 years.

For 400 years, the emperors of the Han family did not dare to change this point.

What's more, Mi Yang?

Mi Yang is their master, but likewise, he is also Liu Bei's minister.

After Xiao Pu refuted Deng Ai, before Deng Ai could defend himself, most of the officials on the high platform where the backbone had been found immediately got up with Xiao Pu, angrily blaming Deng Ai one after another.

At the beginning, they might have followed Xiao Pu's reason to refute Deng Ai.

However, as more and more officials joined in, while the high platform was full of voices, there were also some personal attacks on Deng Ai.

Deng Ai's background was in the current world, which is a point of attack that can never be bypassed, not to mention that he still has a physical disability that cannot be changed.

Just when those unbearable remarks intensified, those who attacked Deng Ai wanted to use these remarks to attack Deng Ai's heart.

Listening to the voices of refutation and humiliation coming from all directions, Deng Ai did not flinch as ordinary people imagined.

"From a humble background, people often cannot make their own decisions. But people can get a better future through acquired hard work.

Shi Zai, I want you to leave my name in history with me tomorrow. "

This is what Mi Yang said to him last night when he handed the document into his hands.

Thinking of these words, Deng Ai tightly held the document in his hand.

If the system of three heads, which is beneficial to the country and the people, can be implemented under his advice, then Deng Ai will be famous forever in the history of the Qing Dynasty!
Isn't this what he always wanted?
Deng Ai took a deep breath.

He looked around at the "loyal ministers of Liangzhou" who were constantly attacking him, he did not choose to back down, instead he took a big step towards Xiao Pu under the siege of the crowd.

Deng Ai's extremely aggressive step not only shocked Xiao Pu, but even the other ministers who were besieging Deng Ai stopped their reprimands after seeing Deng Ai's advance instead of retreat.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Deng Ai yelled at Xiao Pu:
"Where is the system of three elders to change the system of three elders, can Xiao Gongcao make it clear?"

Although Deng Ai stutters, as long as he doesn't give a long speech, his stuttering is not very obvious.

Moreover, Deng Ai had personally killed the enemy in battle, so he carried an evil spirit about him.

When the fierce shout echoed on the high platform, the figures of those officials took a slight step back.

There is another very important reason why many officials behaved like this, that is, they could not refute what Deng Ai said.

Practically speaking, once the three-head system is implemented, it will definitely make it extremely difficult for local tyrants to shelter the population and annex fields in the future.

But did Liu Bang give the three elders such power back then?
not at all.

If the princes and kings do this without authorization, they will be punished by the Han law, let alone the three elders.

This power cannot be seen in the light, and once it is seen, Mi Yang has all the more reason to attack them.

Since the emperor of the Han family never granted this kind of power to the three elders, then if this power is handed over to the three elders in the future, how will the system of the three elders be changed?

Deng Ai's rhetorical question left hundreds of officials on the high platform speechless.

Blow up?

None of the people present had the courage.

Just after Deng Ai briefly suppressed Xiao Pu and dozens of ministers, Fa Miao and other Mi Yang's direct descendants saw that the time was ripe.

They got up from their seats one after another and stood behind the person who made the first sound of the three-headed system in the world.

"The three-headed system presented by the master book is beneficial to the country and the people. The ministers and others ask the uncle to implement it."

Since we are here to dig the roots today, we must strike while the iron is hot!

　There is another chapter in the morning.

　　I saw everyone’s blessings yesterday, and thank you very much for your blessings.

　　Today is also the day when this book is published, which is very unexpected and pleasant.

　　It is not easy for this book to get to this point.

　　Thank you for your continued support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)