stjorthotic Chapter 343: Although The Sparrow Is Small, It Has All The Organs Of The Magistrate’S Office [Please
Chapter 343: Although The Sparrow Is Small, It Has All The Organs Of The Magistrate’S Office [Please
Seeing that Yan Changqing was unwilling to say more, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes could not force Yan Changqing to speak.
Compared with the great changes that Houtu Dou may bring about in five years, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes are now more concerned about the problems of local gentry and clans that they will face when they are about to go to local governance. .
Thinking back to the local gentry clan issues, Qi King Zhu Su could not help but frown and said:
"This means that after arriving at the place, we have to win over the local gentry clan so that we can smoothly carry out governance work?!"
After all, he was a dignified vassal king and the heir to the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He really couldn't accept it when he was asked to lower his status to win over the local gentry clans that were not popular.
Yan Changqing shook his head and said:
"Although the local clan power is relatively powerful, it is only relative to the people at the lowest level."
"Not to mention the troops you brought over, even if it is a general county, if you really want to take action against those local gentry, the county magistrate alone will be enough to overwhelm them."
"The local gentry clan, to put it bluntly, is just a low-profile character who travels across thousands of miles and miles."
"Obviously, you represent the imperial court, and the gentry clans in these places will definitely not dare to disobey your orders.
“But if the decisions you make harm their interests, then it’s not certain whether the gentry clans in these places will do so in an overt and covert manner.
"So when it comes to dealing with local gentry and clans, how you should weigh and grasp the balance depends on your respective abilities.'
Before the imperial court declined, the so-called gentry class and local clan forces really could not come to the fore.
The so-called "imperial power does not go to the countryside" is mostly the result of the imperial court's unwillingness to fully go to the countryside and its deliberate laissez-faire.
But if these gentry and clans are really ignorant and really think that they can do whatever they want in the local area.
Then the local magistrate only needs to report it to the local gentry clan in the name of causing chaos to the people's livelihood, and then he can directly and forcefully suppress the Wang Zhen clan under the order from above in cooperation with the local guard station!
At that time, no matter what gentry clan they are, they will face violent suppression by tens of thousands of regular troops from the imperial court.
Local gentry clan forces with only three to five hundred people, or at most one or two thousand people, could only end up being destroyed.
So let alone the local magistrates and county offices, which have a total of three to five hundred people, or even one or two thousand people.
Even if there is only one local magistrate, those local gentry clans must treat the magistrate openly and respectfully.
Because the local magistrate represents the majesty of the court, and such majesty of the court is definitely not something that the so-called gentry clan can incite. "The consequences of instigation were ten deaths in the Song Dynasty!!"
Regarding this point, the gentry clans in those places are very clear about this.
Of course, the local magistrate has the ability to overwhelm the power of the local gentry and clan, but this does not mean that the local magistrate can do so at will.
Because once you do this, as a magistrate with the stain of "governing the people and causing chaos" on your resume, your official career is basically at an end.
Therefore, this trick can be regarded as a common death method. The local magistrate is not willing to use this trick unless it is a last resort.
Once the local magistrate uses such a trick, it can only be said that the local gentry clan really thinks that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and they are seeking death.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is the local magistrate who gives some face to the local gentry clan.
Regarding certain behaviors of local gentry clans, such as clan lynchings and bullying of the people, as long as they did not go too far, the local magistrates and counties basically turned a blind eye.
In this regard, the local gentry clan must also try their best to complete the tasks assigned by the local magistrate and ensure that the political achievements of the local magistrate look beautiful.
And local people can also get a relatively more efficient solution to the small disputes in daily life through the gentry clan.
Eventually it reached a state of dynamic balance between the local magistrate, the gentry clan, and the people under the rule.
Looking at the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes who were lowering their heads and thinking deeply about the clan issues of the local gentry, Yan Changqing smiled slightly and said:
"As the saying goes, 'If you don't sweep one house, how can you sweep the world?' In the same way, if you don't govern one county, how can you govern the world?!!"
“Although a county is as small as a sparrow, it has all the internal organs.”
"In the central court, there are six departments of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and workers. The local magistrates and counties also have six departments of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and workers.
“The emperor is the ruler, the civil and military officials of the court are the ruling class; the local magistrates and counties are also the rulers, and the local gentry clans are also the ruling class.
"Look at a county from the perspective of governing the world. A county is as big as the world!!!"
Yan Changqing is not talking nonsense. In terms of basic configuration, the local magistrate's office is indeed equivalent to a miniature imperial court.
As a court should have six departments, local magistrates also have corresponding six offices.
The imperial court should have large military forces, and local magistrates and counties also had corresponding officers.
From this perspective, “the county system is actually similar to the old feudal system.
Whether it is the enfeoffment system or the county system, both have their own complete local operation and governance systems.
However, the local governance system of the enfeoffment system was independent of the central government, while the local governance system of the county system was dependent on and embedded in the larger world governance system of the central government.
In essence, the central government's governance system for the whole country was actually a local magistrate's governance system magnified a thousand times.
Of course, the corresponding complexity and difficulty of governance have also been expanded hundreds of times.
"."I have told you about the relationship between the ruler and the ruling class before. When you govern a county in the future, it will be the time when you will apply the knowledge of "Dragon Slaying Technique" to the field."
"As a ruler, how should we win over, suppress, divide, and drive the ruling class, and how should we make all the people under our rule focus on ourselves.'
"These are things you need to explore, practice and master little by little."
"Governing the world is not difficult at all."
"After all, the Ming Dynasty was only composed of more than a thousand local counties (Qian Haohao).
"Governing the world is not easy either."
"After all, the two of them have different minds, let alone a world composed of millions of people."
"When you can truly rely on your future status as a "seventh grade county magistrate" to turn a county's land into clouds and turn your hands into rain, you can truly and truly use the land of a county for your own use. "
"Then your "Dragon Slaying Technique" can barely be considered a true mastery of it."
Yan Changqing glanced at the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes below, and spoke in a gentle tone.
Hearing this, the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes all stood up together, bowed to Yan Changqing and said thanks:
"Thank you for your teachings from Mr. Yan!!!"
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