After respectfully seeing Gan Xingfan off from Ruihe Town, the two quickly set a date for a meeting to arrange the next work.
This meeting was different from previous ones. Lin Tongxi specially chose a large place, the former Tian Mansion, as the meeting room.
As the richest and most powerful landlord in Ruihe Town, Tian's mansion is very spacious, and the courtyard can accommodate dozens of people for meetings.
Lin Tongxi summoned all the relevant leaders in the town, including gentry, officials, etc.
The first item on the agenda was the announcement of the establishment of a market town in the town, which would serve as the most basic tentacle of Ruihe Town’s governance.
There is no other way. Time is limited and the task is heavy. The two must investigate the data of Ruihe Town as soon as possible.
There is a shortage of manpower for the investigation, and it is obviously not enough to rely solely on officials and gentry. The townspeople must be mobilized to help them.
"Everyone, Lord Ding Nanjing will be coming to Ruihe Town."
"If Lord Ding is satisfied, then our town may become a benchmark for Xiangzhou's development."
“When that happens, countless resources will be poured into our town.”
"Ruihe Town will achieve unprecedented development, and it all depends on the effectiveness of our work this month."
"Lord Gan inspected our town a few days ago and found some problems."
"Among them, there is the problem of unclear data on residents and businesses."
"He also found some homes to be dingy and some markets to be chaotic."
"All of this will undoubtedly sour Lord Ding's impression of our Ruihe Town."
Lin Tongxi spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice, and then talked about the market management system he planned to establish.
The management system of the Chi Dynasty was very different from the modern management system. The mayor of the Chi Dynasty was actually only in charge of a small area such as the town, and did not have to manage the surrounding townships.
Originally, in this era, towns and villages basically relied on mass self-governance.
However, due to the town's large population, if something happens, it will have a significant impact on the local area.
For this purpose, a town mayor position was specially set up in the county to specifically manage such a small area.
But apart from this, there are no other regulations, and the rest depends entirely on the mayor's own opinions.
Ordinary mayors have no power and can only rely on gentry to govern.
The size of the population depends entirely on the words of the gentry.
But things are different now. Lin Tongxi and his team have successfully integrated the power of the town and have the support of the local association and the chamber of commerce.
It was for this reason that Lin Tongxi decided to establish a market management system.
The Fang is similar to a modern neighborhood committee. Lin Tongxi listened to the opinions of the gentry and divided the area into five areas as Fang, namely east, west, south, north and center.
These five villages have a Fang Zheng as the person in charge, and the other institutions are set up according to the Qingshi Village.
As for "shi", it refers to the market.
Because the market had a large flow of people and involved money, disputes were easy to arise, and the environment was difficult to manage. Therefore, Lin Tongxi specially transferred the management of the market out to the same level as the block.
Each ward has a ward chief, and each market has a market chief.
The list of these responsible persons and relevant personnel is divided among the gentry and chambers of commerce for recommendation.
In short, the managers of the wards and cities were all townspeople and merchants in the town.
In this way, the relevant areas will have a person in charge at the lowest level.
They have corresponding management powers, but at the same time they have to undertake tasks assigned by the town, such as collecting data.
The fang was responsible for checking people, the shi was responsible for checking merchants, and the government provided various support.
If you do a good job, you will be allowed to continue and be rewarded. If you do not do a good job, you will be dismissed in time and replaced by someone else!
When the members of the Hometown Association and the Chamber of Commerce heard this, they all had ideas.
If you make good use of the Fangshi management system and nominate your own people to be Fangzheng or Shizheng... you will make a profit!
Although they need to complete tasks, given their strength, these tasks can be said to be easy.
There are few officials and officials, but many townspeople and merchants.
To understand the latter, there must be an intermediate force, that is, the local association and the chamber of commerce.
But the benefits have already been distributed to them. If you want to mobilize them, you must give up some power to motivate them to help you complete the task.
Clearly, the system has achieved its purpose.
Afterwards, under the leadership of the Local Association and the Chamber of Commerce, the leaders of the market town all actively collected relevant data and finally summarized it to the Deacon's Office.
But that’s a story for later. The meeting the two of them held only concluded the first agenda.
The second agenda is to build a school.
Unlike the market management system, many participants lost half their interest after hearing this.
There is no way. Building a school costs money, and it is of no use to me.
For the wealthy families in the town, they have money and if they want to take care of their children's education, they can just hire a teacher.
For ordinary people in the town, the temptation of education is not strong enough, so it is better to make money honestly.
People like Wang Mingjiao who wanted to take the imperial examination were a minority.
Without some educational foundation, one cannot even pass the provincial examination.
To do this, the two must offer a more attractive bargaining chip to make them believe that the school is useful, and then attract them to participate in raising money to build the school.
The night before the meeting, Lin Tongxi pulled Chen Yunxuan and four others together to talk about this matter.
Xiaojiu spoke first, explaining the townspeople's attitude towards building the school: "Dear brothers and sisters, based on the information we've gathered, I'm afraid that everyone in town isn't very interested in the school."
"The townspeople are different from the children in Anjifang. The former have set horizons and are more focused on making money, building careers and continuing the family line, while the latter are still young and can still be shaped." Yue Lingyun pointed out the reason why education can be promoted in Anjifang.
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