Wanli Jiading New Deal Record

At the beginning of Wanli Dynasty, when the world was at peace but disadvantages gradually appeared, he held the Jun axis in the right position and wanted to use the law to revive the decadent principles. However, many counties and counties stuck to the old rules and it was difficult to implement new policies. At that time, there were those who knew little about Lord Shen, who followed the Jiading Order, had the ambition to manage the world, and the idea of ​​innovation to govern a county and set an example for the world. His traces are recorded in "Jiading New Deal Records", and I would like to summarize the key points and present them here. Jiading was formerly under the jurisdiction of Songjiang. Although the cotton industry was prosperous, the people suffered from monopoly and harsh taxation. The gentry occupied the land and subordinate officials exercised power. When Zhiwei arrived at his post, he saw the difficulty of "it is easy to weave but difficult to sell, so cloth can be used to pay rent", so he decided on the strategy of "revitalizing the county with cotton". According to the current situation, a double-track tax on silver and cloth was implemented to relieve the people's misfortune of having no silver to pay taxes; the pedal spinning wheel was improved to double the efficiency of weaving cloth; the cotton industry guild was established to unify production and marketing, turning the resistance of the gentry into a boost; and the flying money draft was passed between the north and the south to avoid the risk of robberies on the commercial route. Considering the importance of coastal defense, he hired former Qi family army generals who were trained as cotton farmers as soldiers, named "Jiading Camp" to quell Japanese pirates, protect merchants and bring peace to the sea. The "Practical School" was reestablished to teach cotton spinning accounting, arithmetic, and coastal defense skills, and to cultivate practical talents. When he was in charge of the government, he used the power of the first and second assistants to push the new policy and increase taxes by 20%. After the death of the leader, the opposition wanted to abolish the old system. In ten years, Jiading's taxes increased tenfold, its cotton cloth ranked first in the south of the Yangtze River, the people were prosperous, and the country was prosperous. People built their own temples. The emperor granted him "the model county magistrate in the world", and the history of Qing Dynasty records his achievements in following the officials. This volume is not just about the changes in one county, but actually explains the key to governance. As an official, you should observe the sentiments of the people, follow the trend of the times, take advantage of the situation, and have the people in mind. Even if your position is small, you can still change the world. Its purpose of "serving the people, being pragmatic and innovative" is enough to set an example for future generations and serve as a guide for officials for all generations.