Chapter 338: On meritorious deeds (12)
The county magistrate, who is called the county magistrate by the people, is naturally because his work is very leisurely, which is very consistent with Ma Su's current mood.
In this reward on merit, Ma Su appreciated the power of seniority and knew that he was not old enough. Even if he made the most contributions, he would not be able to be reused in an extraordinary way with his elder brother in front of him.
Ma Su was quite satisfied with this reward. Although he was just a small county magistrate, he was also rewarded based on his merits.
County magistrates in their twenties were also very rare in the Han Dynasty!
Even in the dream world where talents are used unconventionally, county and department-level cadres in their twenties are rare.
The most rare thing is that his brother Ma Liang, named the highest executive in Jingzhou by Liu Bei, has entered the core of the rights of Liu Bei's group, which is happier than Ma Su's promotion and wealth.
In the dream world, Ma Su can barely be considered a rich second generation, but he is even more envious of the second generation of officials in the class.
He once saw with his own eyes that the director of the teaching department, who was known for his severity, bowed down in front of the county magistrate's son.
Now that Ma Su is protected by Ma Liang, he no longer seeks to make progress and is preparing to live a leisurely life as a county magistrate. He has the previous contributions to the foundation and is not afraid of being criticized.
Although Ma Su let go of his utilitarianism and began to keep a low profile, he still did not dare to delay the training of farmers, one of the two major tasks of the county magistrates. This was related to the major issues of military rations and people's food, and it was a major event that affected local stability.
After the war, the economy was depressed. Because Liu Bei did not grant a large amount of land, he ordered that these public fields be rented to military families and landless people to plant them at extremely low rents according to the model of the new wilderness and new policies.
Now everything is in trouble and needs money and food everywhere. However, the decree of the lord Liu Bei, instead, distributes the taxes he deserves to the people, which many county magistrates cannot understand. Therefore, there is a great obstacle to implementing this decree.
The implementation of this decree in Xinye was smooth sailing because the local tyrants left Xinye, an unsafe place. The land was originally idle, and the implementation of the policy of reducing land rent did not touch their fundamental interests, so it was quickly implemented.
After entering Xichuan, although the land was Liu Bei's public land, it was difficult to implement, mainly because the public land was a benchmark, which affected the rent of landlords and powerful people.
They can barely accept preferential treatment for military families, because their private soldiers occupy the vast majority, and the discounts on military fields are equivalent to taking them into their farms. As for giving private soldiers more money to their families, they have been doing it for a long time.
The rent of the common people was half reduced, but they were cutting their meat!
As the saying goes, there are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom. Some local tyrants work together to commit fraud and rent public land to themselves first, and then rent it to tenants according to the practice, and they can earn an additional share of the public land difference.
Of course, as a parent, the county magistrate, as long as he turns a blind eye, his filial piety is naturally indispensable.
The local tenants did not get any benefits, but they did not get worse than Liu Zhang's administration, so the people could live and work in peace.
Ma Su once went to Xinye for inspection and was familiar with Liu Bei's new law policy, so he naturally implemented it in Mianzhu without any distortion.
Of course, there are also some illegal tyrants who want to do it, but Ma Su brought hundreds of trusted subordinates and obeyed him. Under the surveillance of hundreds of pairs of eyes, the tyrants did not cause any storm.
The people were benefited and were grateful to Ma Su. He achieved remarkable results in teaching farmers and was regarded as an honest official by the local people. His reputation gradually spread in Mianzhu.
If these good reputations were in the past, Ma Su would have been a little complacent, but now it goes against his low-key intention, and he is caught off guard and afraid of becoming the target of public criticism.
Not long after, the "Shu Science" formulated by Zhuge Liang was piloted in Shu County, and Mianzhu was also included in the pilot.
Perhaps Fa Zheng was a little disturbing, or perhaps there was a behind-the-scenes pusher. The Mianzhu County Government suddenly became lively, and the number of people coming to complain every day suddenly increased, completely disrupting Ma Su's leisurely life.
The trial of the case was not Ma Su, but this could not defeat him!
Ma Su, who has experience in the dream world, is far superior to others in terms of investigation methods, logical thinking and judgment and reasoning.
In the eyes of others, he could find out the confusing and incredible cases in Ma Su's hands at will. He could quickly find out the truth.
Ma Su investigated the case accurately and sentenced the punishment according to the provisions of "Shu Ke", but his use of legal provisions was very appropriate, demonstrating the rationality and operability of "Shu Ke".
Originally, because of Fa Zheng's sharp counterattack, the case where he used the articles of Shu Ke to punish him clearly showed deviations, which made those illegal tyrants find reasons and collectively boycott them. For a time, the resistance to the implementation of Shu Ke was very great, and the voices of opposition occupied an absolute majority.
Liu Bei decided to start Xichuan, but he did not want to arouse public grievances. Therefore, he was the first to back down on the implementation of "Shuke".
When formulating the Shu Ke, Zhuge Liang's intentions were successfully implemented, which was also inseparable from Liu Bei's support. Among the five people involved, only Fa Zheng and Li Yan supported the adoption of the Huairou policy in Xichuan, while Liu Ba and Yi Ji supported Zhuge Liang's strict rule of law.
Fa was defeated 2-3 in the vote and could not lose face. After launching a counterattack, several of them who participated in the revision of "Shu Ke" did not express their opinions in a tacit understanding.
Because in their opinion, the implementation of "Shu Ke" is no longer a question of whether "Shu Ke" itself is suitable, but involves the power struggle between the two powerful ministers in Liu Bei's group.
Yiji and Liu Ba are both cunning people, and Li Yan is also used to changing things when he sees the wind, so he will naturally not easily get involved in the fight between the two. For a time, the entire Shu County was full of voices of opposing "Shu Ke".
Zhuge Liang had no choice but to show up with Fa Zheng, and wrote the "Answer of Fa Zheng" and handed it over to Fa Zheng.
It seems that this letter convinced Fa Zheng, but in fact it just gave Fa Zheng a step forward.
With the wisdom and wisdom of the Dharma, we have long discovered that if we do not strictly govern Shu, it is not enough to correct the situation.
Therefore, Fa Zheng's attitude turned aside and made a 180-degree turn, which in turn supported the implementation of "Shu Ke". The other three naturally would not object, so they jointly reported to Liu Bei.
Because the cases handled by Fa Zheng incorrectly used the articles of "Shu Ke" have too much influence in several counties, Liu Bei was also afraid that the ministers would follow suit, and in turn hesitated to implement "Shu Ke".
At this moment, news of Ma Su's successful trial of "Shu Science" in Mianzhu came, which made Liu Bei decide to implement "Shu Science" in Xichuan.
Ma Su also quickly entered Liu Bei's sight because of Ma Qingtian's reputation.
Liu Bei thought Ma Su was just a military talent, so he put him in the local area to experience it and wanted to suppress his spirit, but in the end he wanted to let him come out to lead the army.
Unexpectedly, Ma Su was so outstanding in treating the place, and gave him a big surprise so quickly. He couldn't help but change his mind and wanted to keep him in the place.
Liu Bei even had the idea of promoting and reusing Ma Su, and wanted to see how great his achievements in governing a county were.
Chapter completed!