The sunshine was just right by the Zaqu River. In the sunroom on the third floor of the manor, Liu Chengzong was wearing a fox fur and carefully compared the letters and maps on the table.
The map spread on the table is a combination of maps of captured chieftains from seven counties.
The original pictures were drawn both in the early Ming Dynasty and in the early Yuan Dynasty. The drawing skills were uneven, which made the new pictures in Liu Chengzong's hands also full of fantasy.
Tang Bing went out with this kind of map, finding the way was like solving a puzzle, but they have gradually found the trick.
If you want to know what the area near the border in Nangqian looks like, just look at Bai Li's drawing of the border area, and vice versa.
The craftsman who printed the scriptures engraved the seven modified pictures on boards, and printed them together to form the map in front of Liu Chengzong.
There is also a large map below this picture, which is the map of Xining Prefecture. That one is much clearer, but it also looks very distorted compared to the map of Han Dynasty.
Liu Chengzong was looking for location marks on the map based on the letters sent back by the soldiers who built the Sifang Monument.
He called the road between Xining Prefecture and Kangning Prefecture Xikang Official Road.
Of course, this Xikang official road has been in disrepair for a long time, and the road facilities are very imperfect. Even the four-square monument has only reached 100 households in Yushu, which is only one-tenth of the entire distance.
However, the whole process has been roughly calculated, and the news has been reported to the leaders of various tribes along the way through soldiers coming and going from Tang Dynasty, asking them to make wordless four-square monuments this winter according to the size of the tribe and the land under their jurisdiction.
If the territory is small, a dozen to dozens will be made; if the territory is large, the number will be dozens to hundreds. The tribe with the largest number will make 177 large and small square tablets.
The total length of this road is 2,280 miles, and the task of making the four-square monument has been assigned. Next spring, we will just go ahead and carve along the way. As long as the tribes along the way are mobilized, it can be completed soon. p>
However, the route along Xikang Road is actually the place with the most unstable rule. Cheng Yun specifically admonished this matter, saying: The leaders and nobles there are all looking out for the wind and paying tribute, and they may not be of the same mind.
In order to ensure that the mission is completed, it is recommended that Liu Chengzong make a promise not to pay tribute next year, at the expense of allowing the ministries along the way to contribute.
But Liu Chengzong didn't adopt it. He didn't mind the lack of tribute, but from the bottom of his heart he resented the nobles who paid tribute just because they held power in the local area.
To let them contribute, conditions need to be negotiated. Liu Chengzong feels that the conditions can be negotiated, but they should not be discussed now.
He has to wait for someone to jump out and prevent him from building the road monument.
This matter is very simple. Whoever prevents him from building a road monument will fail to become a noble.
All it takes is one person to jump out and pay the price, and everyone will understand what they are not allowed to do. Then, when the location of the inn is selected and the laborers are summoned to repair the inn, they can talk about not asking for tribute.
The purpose of building the road monument is to exempt the nobles from the right to send ulas without compensation. Yang Dingrui has already drafted the law. There will still be ulas in the future, but the nobles cannot send ulas without compensation, and Liu Chengzong cannot send ulas without compensation.
In their design, there are 22 inns on Xikang Road, based on one station per hundred miles. At the same time, it depends on the difficulty of the road. The two stations that are difficult to walk are closer to each other, and the easier ones are naturally farther away.
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In the future, the employment system will be used. When hiring livestock, regardless of cattle or horses, you will be paid two cents per mile, and porters will be paid one cent per mile. Unless there is a document from the Qinghai Marshal's Office, each has its own territory, and cattle and horses are not allowed to cross the station.
In order to prevent people and animals from being exhausted, it is stipulated that all yak Ulas are allowed to carry one hundred and twenty kilograms; human Ulas are allowed to carry sixty kilograms; horses are allowed to ride only one person, and the accompanying cargo cannot exceed twenty kilograms.
At the same time, it was stipulated that the candidates for the Ula servants should be determined by the number of acres of land, cattle, horses, and sheep. The more grain they paid, the more cattle, horses, and sheep they raised, the more Ula servants they would bear. On the contrary, the people who paid less grain and did not raise livestock would bear the Uula servants.
There are few servants.
There are also regulations on women's ulama service. In the past, women were often responsible for carrying their husbands, and pregnant women were often sent ulla. In the future, local chiefs and counties will not be allowed to allocate urah to pregnant women, and men and women are required to be over 15 and 40.
Five or less.
In addition, Yang Dingrui also had requirements for the quality of Ula's employment. Since Ula's quota was based on the number of acres of land, cattle, horses, and sheep, and they were paid foot money, the people should use fat cattle and horses to hire.
, the government and the employer have the right to return it and order it to be replaced.
If the government and employers do not check the health status of livestock when hiring, and the animals fall down on the way, they need to compensate according to the regulations. The compensation for cattle and horses is five taels, and the compensation for missing saddles and saddles is one tael.
Yang Dingrui's charter mainly restricted the noble leaders, but it also increased the transportation cost of the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion to a certain extent, but relatively speaking, their cost increase did not increase much.
Because they have cars, except for those dangerous roads that cannot be covered by cars and need to hire ulas, goods can be transported back and forth on the road by cars, and the cost is much lower than that of humans and animals.
If all Ula guards were used, walking from the north end of Xikang Road to the south end, one hundred and twenty kilograms of goods would cost 4,400 Wen.
The reason why Liu Chengzong was eager to try and wanted the nobles in the northwest to jump out and resist him in order to annihilate them and shock others was not only because of the money needed to hire Ula in the future, but also because of the highlight after that.
He wanted to completely eliminate slaves in the territory, and at the same time allow former slaves to remain in their masters' homes. However, in the future, the employment system would also be used. The minimum cost of hiring a servant was one thousand two hundred dollars per month. p>
Liu Chengzong and Chengyun got together and pondered for a long time how much copper they needed.
This number has not yet been calculated, because the servant industry after the elimination of slaves has found its own tax support.
Liu Chengzong thought this way. The slavery system has fallen behind in this era, but hiring servants is not behind.
Even if the nobles in this place disappear in the future, the custom of hiring servants will still remain, but the employer may become a former slave.
People yearn for the life and habits of aristocrats, and no one will substitute the life of a slave in their daydreams about the future.
Since they can't stop it, their brothers have to find a way to collect some money from this, so Liu Chengzong is planning to promulgate the industry's minimum wage standard and employment contract. The minimum wage for hired servants is 20 yuan a day, which is settled monthly. The employer can't
Go to the government to terminate the contract.
At the same time, the employer of the servant has already spent enough money to hire people, so he has to pay the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion a daily employment tax of 20 yuan.
If a family is really rich, the government will let them hire people.
With such a law, Liu Chengzong would transform from a staunch abolitionist to a supporter of wage slaves.
The wealthy families in Corning Prefecture had better try their best to hire slaves. If each county produces a thousand slaves, the seven counties can collect 51 million in employment tax alone a year, and there will be another 51 million.
Wanqian enters the market through food, clothing, housing and transportation.
And this does not affect other industries that require employment, including handicrafts, but Liu Chengzong can set the minimum wage for apprentices to be more than 1,200 yuan, and charge less or even no employment tax.
In the past, there were 200,000 and 190,000 slaves and chabas, and in the future there will be 200,000 and 1,000 slaves... Liu Chengzong felt that the number he estimated was too low.
No matter what, it is best if there are no slaves in the future. Even if they still exist, it is not a bad thing for Liu Chengzong. This is enough.
But this decree cannot be promulgated easily. Before it is promulgated, he needs more preparations, such as counting the number and property of nobles in various places and sealing off the seven counties. Once it is promulgated, some nobles will definitely rebel or run away. Those who rebel will be killed easily, and those who run away will be killed.
Make sure he can't escape.
Even if you run away, your property cannot run away with you.
At the same time, Yang Dingrui also proposed reforms to the temple. Considering the large base of believers, it would be too unkind to directly waive this matter.
Therefore, legally, the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion allows people to believe in Buddhism, and the scope of permission is very wide. It is no problem to worship Buddha at home. No one cares about which sect they worship, even if they worship the future Buddha.
But Liu Chengzong wanted to ban private temples. In the future, the family temples of nobles everywhere would have to be demolished. He also wanted to make every effort to eliminate the influence of Hinduism and Bonism. One of these two sects provided class, and the other provided blood.
Liu Shizi was very enthusiastic about the religious reform. He believed that this was an immeasurable merit in the world and had little resistance.
Anyway, the cultural level of the 190,000 slaves and chapas in Kangning Mansion is far from being able to understand Buddhism, let alone what sect it is. They just want to give the statue of Taishang Laojun a haircut and put it in which direction.
They also believe it.
The requirements for entering the temple will be higher in the future. If you want to send your child to the temple to become a monk, you will have to register an ultimatum from the government.
How can I get a registration certificate? Add money.
It's not good to avoid work. People must create wealth while they are alive. At least they must pay enough wages and taxes for five slaves to the government for thirty years in order to stay away from the chaos of the world.
Liu Chengzong calculated that it was exactly one hundred and thirty-five pounds of silver, which weighed about as much as a human being. If you pay this, you can become a monk.
Believers in Buddhism are all human masters. If you don’t even have this little money and want to serve the Buddha, are you worthy? You should stay in the world, serve your parents and raise your children.
"What the Commander-in-Chief said, I, Master Chen, raise my hands in agreement!"
Master Chen had long resented his father's move of donating all his family property to the temple. He clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's very satisfying!"
After that, he asked: "But if you can't become a monk, people will still donate money to the temple."
"You're right."
Liu Chengzong frowned and thought for a while, then his eyebrows suddenly brightened. He waved his hands lightly and said: "It's okay to donate money. I support it. Anyway, donate one or two, the government will ask for five yuan, and the other five yuan will be reserved for the operation of the temple."
He believes that as long as he holds the personnel rights of the temple, it will be beneficial to him to keep the temple in Kangning Mansion.
After all, if he doesn't occupy any high ground, someone will naturally occupy it.
What's more, if something happens in the future and we need to raise money from the people in addition to taxes, or even encourage the people to do something, the abbot can still provide some support.
"Here, Marshal." Chen Shifo said, "This is shooting yourself in the foot. In the future, the people will accumulate resentment because of this matter."
"No, no, no."
Liu Chengzong shook his head and said: "What do you mean, the body is like a boat, and donating money to the temple is depositing the virtues that will be reincarnated in the next life on the other side. Is that okay?"
Master Chen nodded confusedly and said: "No problem."
"But the money was obtained by the passengers on the ship in this life. If you are allowed to take the ship, who allows you to touch the things on the ship? You are allowed to take half of it and save it for the next life. You should be content and happy, right?" Liu Chengzong turned around and glanced at Master Chen from head to toe: "How do you make others believe it?"
He whispered seductively: "You can write a sutra. We need to delete the bad habits brought by India and wizards in the past."
After saying that, Liu Chengzong said seriously: "I have decided to govern the country according to the law. According to our laws, there must be statutory scriptures. Who is a god and who is a devil. If he is sealed, he is a god. If he is not sealed, he will be a god.
What to do with illegal, illegal monsters and ghosts? Catch them in jail and behead them later."
Chen Shifo clapped and laughed: "What the Marshal said is really interesting."
But Liu Chengzong interrupted him expressionlessly: "Do you think I'm joking?"
Master Chen quickly became solemn, shook his head and said, "I don't dare."
"I, the Marshal's Law of the Qinghai Marshal's Mansion, inherited from the Ming Dynasty Law, and the Criminal Code for Creating Demonic Books and Demonic Words: Anyone who creates demonic books and demonic words, and spreads them to deceive the public, will be beheaded; if he owns the demonic book, hides it and does not send it to the official, he will be punished with a stick
One hundred, three years of apprenticeship."
Liu Chengzong said: "Do you know how to use this law? Go and read the scriptures. Send the scriptures that you think are in compliance with the rules and the scriptures that are not. There will be special soldiers to check them."
"We will never declare which scriptures are legal, but we will decide which scriptures are illegal."
For some reason, Master Chen thought of burning books and humiliating scholars. He thought about it again and again, but he still said: "Commander, you have to consider future generations..."
"I'm only twenty years old, and you're asking me to think about my funeral? People who say this, shouldn't you go home and prepare for your funeral?"
Liu Chengzong was in the mood of laughing and scolding, so Master Chen was not too afraid. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, after all, it would not be nice for such a thing to be spread to future generations."
"There's nothing bad about burning a few scriptures and killing a few people. How can it be worse than a bandit? I'm the leader of a bandit in the Ming Dynasty, haha."
Liu Chengzong laughed, put away Tang Bing's letter, frowned and asked Chen Shifu: "Have the fields in various counties not been counted yet?"
Seeing that he was getting into work, Master Chen also quickly looked serious and replied: "Not yet. Only Nangqian and Ma Kang in the seven counties have calculated the approximate grain fields and pastures. The township officials in the remaining five counties have arrived later, so they have not yet calculated the total.
Count it up."
After saying that, Master Chen thought for a moment and said: "Nangqian County has 32,000 acres of grain land, 3,000 acres of vegetable land, and 6.2 million acres of pasture.
"Makang has 84,000 acres of grain land, 13,000 acres of vegetable and fruit land, and 12.4 million acres of pasture. There are not many fields."
Liu Chengzong shook his head.
With less than one acre of land per capita, and an average yield of ninety kilograms per acre due to good weather and good weather, it’s no wonder that there are so few people and that they are so pessimistic about life and death.
They need a lot of farm tools and more fields to cultivate, but the cost of transporting them from north to south is too high, not because of the shortage of urah, but because of the iron.
At this moment, the guard in front of the door reported: "Commander, Zhou Tongzhi from the Navy Yamen is here, saying that he is bringing Zhang Yuanheng, the eunuch sent by the imperial court to the Tea Horse Division."
Liu Chengzong laughed when he heard the name: "Zhou Tongzhi is looking for colleagues sent by the imperial court, and asked them to come up to see me."
