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Text 255 [Covenant of Township and Industrial Technology Revolution] (addition for Penguin boss)

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    Three months ago, Ji'an Mansion.

    The army has already been sent out, Zhao Han stayed in Ji'an, and the military and political affairs were taken care of.

    Zhang Bingwen, the Jiangxi chief envoy, was officially promoted to one of the three chief secretaries, responsible for assisting Zhao Han in handling government affairs.  It's a bit like the cabinet ministers of Ming Dynasty, but there is a fundamental difference. Zhao Han's head secretary does not have the power to draft bills, and must be released after a long time.

    "Chief Township, here is a memorial to the magistrate of Anfu County, I am afraid that we should pay special attention to it." Zhang Bingwen handed over an official document.

    Zhao Han took it over and took a look. He was a little funny at first, but soon frowned.

    It was originally just a small case, and it happened at the end of last year.

    A soldier was rewarded for his meritorious service. When he returned home during the Chinese New Year, he brought back a copper bun for his wife.  This is the jewelry around the bun, and it is also decorated with wreaths, pearls or other decorations. Generally, only ladies are eligible to wear it.

    The soldier's wife used to be a servant girl of the landlord's family.

    She went out wearing jewelry during the Chinese New Year, showing off that it was made of gold, and happened to meet the former mistress.  The hostess satirized a few words, and the two sides had an altercation immediately, accompanied by the act of scratching each other's hair.

    The two cried and went to the village head. The village head asked them to apologize to each other and promised not to argue about it in the future.

    ?As a result, the two women were not convinced, and each took their families, and made a fuss with the mayor.

    One said that the other party insulted him first, and the other reported that the other party was wearing gold jewelry, which must have been snatched by the husband while fighting outside.

    The mayor did not dare to neglect, and immediately asked someone to inspect the goods, and found that it was copper.

    The matter should have ended here, and the woman who was born as a landlord suddenly clamored to abide by the township covenant.  Then, the group began to discuss seriously whether soldiers' wives were eligible to wear a bun according to the township agreement.

    In the end, the trouble went to the magistrate of Anfu County.

    The magistrate believes that the highest legal principles in Jiangxi should be based on the articles in "Datong Collection".  Even if there is a conflict between "Da Ming Law" and "Da Tong Ji", "Da Ming Law" should be sidelined, not to mention it is only a township agreement.

    Since the article in "Datong Ji" says that all peoples are equal in personality, ordinary women can also wear a bun.

    The letter written by the magistrate of Anfu County to Zhao Han did not discuss the case itself, but how to regulate and guide the township agreement.

    In the Ming and Qing dynasties, in the vast rural areas of China, there were no laws, only township agreements.

    Unless there is a fatality, the government doesn't care at all.

    Zhao Han put down the letter and asked, "Do you know when the Township Covenant appeared?"

    Zhang Bingwen cupped his hands and said: "The truth comes from "Zhou Li", and the real written text is "Lantian Lu's Township Convention". Zhu Zi highly respected this, and wrote it himself to "Increase and Lose Lu's Township Convention". In the early years of the Kingdom, Emperor Taizu  Promoting the drinking ceremony in the township, let the famous elders educate the people, and let the elders handle the disputes in the villages and towns. The elders can also be regarded as a kind of village agreement.  It was included in the "Encyclopedia of Xing Li" and then spread to the world. As for the real implementation, it is actually through Yangming's theory of mind."

    "What does this have to do with Duke Yangming?" Zhao Han really didn't know.

    Zhang Bingwen explained: "During the Zhengde period, the atmosphere was corrupt. Taizu's village drinking ceremony has existed in name only, and those village elders are no longer virtuous, but instead take the lead in oppressing the people."

    ? To put it more clearly, Zhu Yuanzhang used the village elders, grain chiefs, and village chiefs to rule the countryside.  With the development of society and economy, in the mid-Ming Dynasty, these grassroots ruling forces were completely corrupted.

    Zhang Bingwen went on to say: "When Duke Yangming suppressed bandits in southern Jiangxi, he had to educate the people in southern Jiangxi besides lightly paying taxes, resettling refugees, and exterminating bandits. Therefore, Duke Yangming formulated the Baojia system based on the "L¨¹ Family Township Treaty"  "As the original, let every Baojia sign a township treaty. Southern Jiangxi was ruled by this, and later Yang Minggong's disciples became officials, and followed this method in various places. However, instead of using Baojia, they called together the local clans and made an oath together.  Township agreement."

    "This method works well. During the Jiajing period, the imperial court ordered it to be popularized throughout the world."

    ? Wang Yangming's influence is not just about pioneering the study of mind and pacifying bandits.  His Baojia and Township Treaty Law continued until the Republic of China, building a Chinese rural political ecology for hundreds of years.

    After the township treaty was enacted, although the gentry and rich families still made troubles, most of them had to abide by the township treaty on the surface.

    That is to say, if the gentry and aristocrats are making troubles, the basic rules must still be followed, and if they break the bottom line, they will be stabbed in the back by the villagers.

    In addition, Wang Yangming's township covenant also influenced the formulation of family rules for hundreds of years in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

    Township agreement can be understood as an enlarged version of family rules, which are enforced under the Baojia system.  Or, the big local households voluntarily join in and pledge to abide by their agreement together.

    &However, this thing must have flaws, and the sliver must be rubbed by hand first.  Secondly, the spun cotton yarn is very thick and cannot be used to weave fine cotton cloth, but can only be used to weave some coarse cotton cloth.

    In a word, the positioning is the low-end market, which can produce thick cotton yarn in large quantities!

    Zhao Han was very satisfied, and said to Chen Xisong: "Continue to improve in the future, and this time you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. In addition, within five years, other merchants who use this spinning machine must give you a sum of silver every year, otherwise  They will be confiscated by the government!"

    "Thank you, Chief Town!" Chen Xisong was overjoyed, the Chen family was about to get rich.

    In ancient times, there was no concept of patents. If it was an ordinary spinning machine, it would be difficult for Zhao Han to manage it.

    But the water conservancy spinning machine is different. It is too big, so check it out for sure.

    ?Giving Chen Xisong the invention patent right can stimulate craftsmen to invent and promote the spinning wheel.  For the benefit of the Chen family, they must take the initiative to promote it, and only hope that the whole Jiangxi will use this kind of machine.

    Zhao Han is very happy, the industrial technology revolution seems to have begun.
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