"Bring Kanyu from Guanzhong!" Liu Che ordered Wang Dao.
Not long after, Wang Dao came over holding a thick roll of silk cloth, and several eunuchs unfolded the huge complete picture of Kanyu in Guanzhong.
A maid even came forward with a lamp to illuminate the entire map for Liu Che and his ministers.
Liu Che looked at the map.
Although the surveying and mapping level of this map is far from being comparable to the civilian maps of later generations, at least it still showed the full picture of Guanzhong in Liu Che's eyes.
From the map, you can clearly see that the entire Guanzhong is essentially a valley that gradually opens from west to east.
The Wei River crosses the north and south sides.
The area north of the Wei River is a plain area with open terrain and fertile soil and water.
The Zheng Guo Canal crosses it.
However, the Weinan area has a typical hilly landform, with narrow mountains and plateaus, serious land salinization, and basically no water conservancy facilities.
However, the Weinan area occupies more than half of the total area of Guanzhong.
Liu Che thought about what he saw and heard on the way to Hedong.
It is very obvious to see the difference between Weinan and Weibei.
"Zhang Tang..." Liu Che turned around and asked, "Do you know the difference in land prices in Guanzhong between Weinan and Weibei?"
"My dear..." Zhang Tang bowed and said, "I heard that the price of land in Guanzhong is one gold per mu all year round, and even ten gold per mu near Gyeonggi..."
"I don't know the specific minister. Please call Yan Xiong, the family member. He may know..." Zhang Tang lowered his head and answered, but he was uneasy in his heart. In recent years, he has basically been studying Han Code and has no time to do it.
Take care of civil affairs.
He has never seriously explored the current situation and future of farmers in Guanzhong. He has spent some time in the past month or two to investigate. But for an official like him, who has always worked in the government office, how can he do it?
Do you really care about these little details?
But at this moment, Zhang Tang was quite frightened.
What Legalists fear most is that they have doubts and cannot answer them themselves.
"I should pay more attention to these in the future..." Zhang Tang thought in his heart: "My family is most concerned about these details. I should know them all by heart, and I can't be like this again..."
"Then let's summon Yan Xiong to come in for questioning..." Liu Che shrugged his shoulders, not caring that Zhang Tang didn't know the answer to this question. Manpower is sometimes scarce.
Immediately, the information about Yan Xiong that he remembered also appeared in Liu Che's mind.
Yan Xiongguan, a native of Zhonghuayin County, had never been an official in his ancestors or fathers. It was only in his generation that he got involved in officialdom.
At first, he served as the county magistrate of Huayin County, responsible for the repair and maintenance of Huayin County. Later, he was promoted to the Yiyang county magistrate because of his outstanding performance in Lingyi. Last year, he was graded B and entered the Shaofu's list of servants.
"This name seems familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere..." Liu Che thought while stroking his chin, recalling.
Finally, he remembered.
"The digger of Longshou Canal!"
More than ten years later, during the Jianyuan period, this man first presided over the excavation project of the Baoxie Road water transport, but gave up because the construction was too difficult and the water flow was too fast.
But he also renovated the ramp together with Zhang Xuan, the governor of Hanzhong.
The so-called Baoxie Road refers to the plank road leading to and from Shu County in the allusion of "Building Plank Road in the Ming Dynasty and Traveling to Chen Cang in Secret". It was also the passage for Zhuge Liang in later generations to leave Shu Road for his northern expedition.
Later, this man presided over the excavation project of Longshou Canal from Yuanguang to Yuanshou years.
This kicked off the initiative of the Han Dynasty to build water conservancy in Guanzhong.
In the decades since then, more than a dozen water conservancy projects have been built in Guanzhong, covering almost all water systems in Guanzhong.
Liu Che thought about this and then looked at the Guanzhong water system on the map, which was still almost blank.
In fact, before the construction of the Zhengguo Canal, the Weibei area was not as good as Weinan!
Although Weibei was a plain at the beginning, because it was an impact plain, the salinization of the land was very serious. After the Zhengguo Canal was dug, the 45,800 hectares of land it irrigated became the most fertile and productive in Guanzhong.
land.
"There is still a lot of potential for building water conservancy projects!" Liu Che thought to himself.
But at this moment, he could only look at it and did not dare to think of building a channel.
Because the manpower and material resources required to build a complete large-scale channel at this time are simply beyond what he, the prince, can afford.
When the Qin State built the Zhengguo Canal, almost the whole country was mobilized. Not to mention the financial and material resources spent, the number of civilians alone was hundreds of thousands!
Liu Che knew very well that at this juncture, his father would not allow him to invest precious manpower and material resources in water conservancy construction projects.
At present, the focus of the Han Dynasty court is still on guarding against the Xiongnu and attacking the Guandong vassal states.
Therefore, don’t even think about repairing water conservancy channels or anything like that for the time being!
However, it is still possible to make a plan first and let your people organize surveys and survey the terrain and make some preliminary preparations.
When he was thinking this, a young official came to Liu Che under the guidance of Wang Dao, bowed and kowtowed: "The minister Yan Xiong pays homage to my family, I don't know what my family's instructions are for calling me here?"
"I heard that Qing has been serving in various counties in Guanzhong for a long time, and he is an official who is close to the people..." Liu Che asked Wang Dao to get him a seat, let him sit down on his knees, and asked: "Do you know the actual price of acres and land output in various places in Guanzhong?"
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Yan Xiong bowed down and replied: "Reporting to my family, as far as I know, the price of land in Weinan is roughly between 5,000 and 8,000 yuan per mu, and the price of land in Weibei is about 20,000 yuan per mu. As for the capital of the capital,
In the Yi area, it’s hard to say. An acre in Changling is worth more than 30,000 yen, an acre in Nanling is worth 40,000 yen, and in Yiyang County, last year the price per acre was 50,000 yen!”
Liu Che sounded like it was like the housing prices in the imperial capitals of later generations.
The closer we get to Chang'an, the higher the price of land becomes.
"Don't I still have a few rebellious Zhuangzi in my hands..." Liu Che thought: "If you sell them, you can get back tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars! Damn it..."
But just think about it.
How could these Zhuangzi be sold?
Who dares to take over!
However, this is also a relatively normal price.
The population of Hedgehog near Chang'an is close to one million, so it is not surprising that every inch of land is expensive.
Although the confiscated Zhuangzi could not be sold, Liu Che thought of another way to make money.
He now controls the four cities of Chang'an.
Just take out one at random and move it as a whole under the pretext of renovation. At the same time, you can tidy up two nearby Luli houses and learn from the methods of later Chinese real estate developers, and the money will come rolling in.
Furthermore, Chunyu Yi's medical school and the Taixue University that will be opened in the future can also be used. How will the houses in the school district be sold in future generations?
Thinking like this, Liu Che felt that he was a little evil.
Putting aside those ridiculous thoughts in his mind, Liu Che said: "Yan Qing knows the situation in Guanzhong very well... How many of the seventy-five counties in Guanzhong have you visited?"
"Back to my family. I have only been to eleven of the counties!" Yan Xiong kowtowed and replied.
"Then I will give you a task. From today on, I will take people to visit all the seventy-five counties in Guanzhong, go deep into the pavilion, and conduct a careful inspection. When I come back, I will give you a report!" Liu Che said solemnly:
"I will let Wang Dao send people to assist me. In addition, I will grant you a thousand pieces of white paper as a recording paper..."
Liu Che looked at Ji An and Zhang Tang with strange expressions, and said: "Three dear friends, please help me from the side. After sorting out all the documents, send them to Gu..."
"No!" Ji An and others quickly kowtowed.
At this time, they finally knew that the prince was not satisfied with their work during this period.
Otherwise, a new person would not be asked to take charge of this matter.
"Think about it..." Yan Yi thought to himself: "In the past, I always only looked at the documents of the Shaofu and the internal history, and did not go to the local places to check. This is indeed an oversight on my part. The current prince values those who can go deep into the local area.
Human…”
The others were not stupid, and immediately thought of the characteristics of the officials Liu Che liked in the past. Without exception, those who came from the local area and could bow down and do things were more popular.
This prince is very similar to his imperial grandfather!
As the saying goes, what kind of ruler there is, there will be what kind of ministers.
What goes up is good, and what goes down is effective.
The characteristic of bureaucracy is that everything is supreme.
To put it simply, for a ruler who is very happy with his achievements, if not all of his officials, at least most of them are sycophants.
In the same way, although it is impossible for a diligent, frugal and diligent monarch to have all his ministers obey the law and be loyal to the king, at the very least, if they can show off, everyone will be able to do so.
Liu Che naturally knew this, he could tell just by looking at the Celestial Empire.
When Taizu was on the throne, the mountains and rivers were red.
During Taizong's reign, black cats and white cats laughed at poverty but not at prostitution.
During the reign of King Sejong, everyone wore three watches.
When Zhongzong reigned, he had eight honors on the left and eight disgrace on the right, and mythical beasts hung on his chest.
All I can say is that this is the urinary nature of bureaucracy!
Therefore, he just knocked on Ji An and others, and then stopped. After waving Yan Xiong to retreat, he said: "The autumn harvest is coming, all the ministers are keeping an eye on it, and if anything happens, report to them at any time.
Report alone!"
"In addition, the communication with the Shaofu Yamen will begin now. Ji An, you are responsible for dealing with the Shaofu!" Liu Che ordered.
Ji An has a relationship with the Shaofu, and Liu Che certainly knows that, so this can be considered a test for Ji An.
Then, Liu Che gave some other instructions.
He asked Zhang Tang to coordinate with the Nei Shi Yamen. Since the Nei Shi Ling had not yet been appointed, Liu Che asked Zhang Tang to temporarily communicate with the Nei Shi Cheng of the Nei Shi Yamen.
In addition, Ju Meng is responsible for recruiting the rangers in Guanzhong, integrating them, and maintaining the order of the autumn harvest.
Liu Che naturally knew that the current Guanzhong grain procurement work basically had nothing to do with Chang'an and the nearby Lingyi District of Gyeonggi Province. The biggest grain gap in Guanzhong was here.
Therefore, local counties and villages far away from Chang'an are the key areas for this grain purchase.
The big businessmen usually collude with the young and Dangerous people in Guanzhong during this season to bully the market and buy and sell by force.
Therefore, if you want this grain purchase to go smoothly, you must first cut off the connection between the businessmen and the bullies and gangsters.
In addition, just in case, Liu Che also asked Ju Meng to be prepared, and if it didn't work, he would lift the table.
In ancient China, it was normal for rulers and businessmen to turn over the table once the game could no longer continue.
Well, playing rogue is one of the talents of Chinese rulers.
Anyway, in China, money is not as powerful as swords and power.
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The next day.
When the people living in Sixian Garden woke up, they found that the land and houses they rented had changed owners.
So, almost everyone in the whole family, young and old, was very happy and went out to the nearby palace to kowtow and thank the prince and ask to see the new master, Prince Liu Che.
For the people living in Shanglin Garden, their favorite thing was that the land they rented was assigned to the name of the prince.
The land that the former crown prince and today's emperor once occupied in Shanglin Garden is now exempt from land tax, and there are very few corvees. Even the head tax is not required!
Because the prince of the Liu family will recognize the people in his territory as one of his own.
In other words, the tenant farmers in the prince's territory farmed the land for the prince.
The prince's tenant farmers are treated better than ordinary homesteaders or even small landowners.
Who doesn’t know that tenant farmers in today’s land are still rewarded with meat, rice, rice and even money every festival?
Therefore, the entire people of Sixianyuan found out that their master had become the prince.
Immediately, everyone's face flushed with joy and they couldn't help themselves.
Because everyone knows how many benefits there are to becoming a tenant farmer of the prince!
Chinese people are so simple and cunning.
No one is stupid enough not to fight for things like benefiting themselves and their children and grandchildren.
So, when Liu Che woke up, he heard the bustling sounds outside.
"Wang Dao, what's going on?" Liu Che called Wang Dao over and asked.
"Reporting to your highness, there are two to three thousand people outside, saying they are here to greet you and thank you..." Wang Dao replied.
Liu Che was stunned. He hadn't posted the notice yet, how did these people know?
But he didn't have time to think too much and immediately ordered: "Change Gu Gu's clothes and pass the order to Ju Meng. Be careful to maintain order and don't hurt Gu Gu's people!"
For the common people, especially farmers, the rulers of the past dynasties have always been very particular about winning over and being close to the people, as long as they are not evil, stupid, or tyrants. At the very least, they have done a good job in this.
Even Chongzhen once said before hanging himself: I will be buried alive when I die, don't hurt any of my people. How could Liu Che be inferior to Chongzhen?
So he put on the crown prince's crown and, under the protection of a large group of guards, left the palace.
I saw only two to three thousand people, old and young, kneeling at the entrance of the palace.
Basically, all the people living in Sixian Garden came.
Liu Che scratched his head, adjusted his breathing, took a step forward, walked out of the tightly protected guard wall, bowed to the people on the ground, and said: "How can I be so virtuous? How can I be so kind to my fellow villagers? I'm really ashamed of myself."
Got it!"
In the Han Dynasty, basically only the empress dowager, emperor, and prince of the imperial family were qualified to say these four words, "father and fellow countrymen."
I really can't say for others.
Who said this was called by Liu Bang?
Therefore, after hearing Liu Che's words and seeing his clothes, the people kowtowed one after another: "I'm waiting to ask about the well-being of my family. I only hope that my family will be a hundred years old..."
Liu Che said quickly: "I know the wishes of my fellow villagers! Come and pass on my order, all the fathers and elders in Sixian Garden will be exempted from land tax for three years. Also, everyone in Sixian Garden whose annual income is less than 5,000 yuan, and there are men in the family."
Soldiers, or those with other difficult conditions, are allowed to rent deer to herd. Each household can rent three male and female deer. In addition, each household will be given a thousand coins, a piece of cloth, a pound of meat, and two pounds of fish!"
These things had been prepared for a long time, they were just mentioned in advance.
But when the people heard this, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed happily and said: "I will thank my family for the generous gift, and then I will pray for my family's good fortune!"
Being complimented, worshiped and supported by two to three thousand people was a feeling that Liu Che had enjoyed for the first time in his three lifetimes.
Immediately, his whole body felt so good that he no longer knew where he was.
"No wonder the Jin family, from the big fat to the third fat, clings to power..." Liu Che sighed: "Once you have enjoyed this feeling, are you still a human being who wants to give up?"
Looking at these people, Liu Che also had some special feelings in his heart.
In fact, from now on, these people will firmly label him Liu Che.
In the previous life, after Liu Rong died, the people in his prince's territory spontaneously went to his grave. Thousands of people cried in front of him, and more than a dozen households kept vigil at his grave.
The original team of Xiaozhu's Habayashi Guards were trained by boys from good families selected from his prince's territory.
Liu Che's emperor father's current personal bodyguards and bodyguards are basically selected from the original prince's territory.
In terms of loyalty and loyalty, there is no place where it can be higher than the people in the territory directly under your own jurisdiction and the people who receive your favor and kindness.
It is no exaggeration to say that the basic structure of every Han prince originally originated from his own princely territory.
Therefore, in Liu Che's eyes, these people in front of him are not only his people, but also the cradle of his future loyal ministers.
Liu Che looked at it and found that among the two to three thousand people, children accounted for about four to five hundred. Among them, about two hundred were boys.
So he said: "Thank you very much, my father and fellow countrymen, for your love. I have nothing to repay!"
"The book says: To cultivate the righteousness is a sacred achievement! Starting from today, the Guhui people will give lectures every day in the imperial villa in front, teaching literacy and writing. All students in Fansi Xianyuan who are over four years old and under fourteen years old will
All children can come and listen to the lecture..." Liu Che dropped this bombshell.
Immediately, the people began to discuss in a buzzing manner.
read?
Who doesn’t want their children to have knowledge and a future?
It is a tradition in Chinese society to hope that one's son will succeed.
but……
Most people are hesitant.
It is very difficult to support a retired scholar!
Apart from anything else, if the family loses one labor force, the impact will be huge!
At this time, half-year-old children will also start to help in the fields, and around the age of twelve they can dive and plow the ground!
Everyone knows that studying is good, but no one can guarantee that their children will be successful if they study.
Landowners and wealthy businessmen can send their children to study, even at the expense of their own money, because they can afford to gamble. If the eldest brother can't read well, then the second eldest son will do it. If the second eldest brother can't do it, and the third eldest brother can, there will always be one who can get ahead.
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But farmers, especially tenant farmers, cannot afford to gamble. Once they fail, it will be the beginning of the tragedy for the entire family!
Liu Che thought for a while and simply offered another benefit. He said: "Please don't worry about anything. All the boys who come to listen to the lecture will be provided with one meal a day. In addition, they will have one day off every five days.
Children go home and help!”
Liu Che looked at the people and said affectionately: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please remember Gu's words: knowledge changes destiny!"
In future generations, knowledge may not change destiny.
But in this pre-Christian era, knowledge can definitely change destiny.
A literate person can at least work as an accountant, shopkeeper, etc. for a big businessman. A promising person can become an official, and even be granted the title of marquis or prime minister.
Zhu Maichen is a very typical example!
But Liu Che also knows that the best he can do now is only second best.
As the prince, it is his limit to implement compulsory education for Sixianyuan.
If you want to popularize and expand it, you are courting death!
It will be the same even if he becomes emperor in the future!
Because the fiscal revenue and productivity of this era simply cannot afford such a large-scale education system.
After Liu Che became emperor, the greatest limit and best result he could achieve was to establish several national universities to train elites, and at the same time encourage the development of private private schools and provide a certain degree of policy inclination and subsidies.
The rest will have to wait and colonize all of India. With India's wealth and resources, it may be possible to support a certain degree of literacy movement.
Liu Che turned back to Yan Yi and said: "I will leave it to you to take charge of this matter. You will arrange it. Sheren, Xima and other ministers will take turns coming to Sixian Garden to teach the children about illiteracy. They will make a rotation list and teach this teacher in the future."
, be included in the annual performance appraisal!"
Although compulsory education is too large-scale, Liu Che cannot do it.
But he can still afford literacy and education in a small area.
For example, it is possible to educate the children of Sixianyuan now, and in the future to popularize knowledge and culture among the prince's guards, and teach them the art of war.
If you want to eat a fat man in one bite, you will definitely choke, but it is completely possible to change step by step and bit by bit.
If nothing else, just learn from Xiaozhu, and in the future train the Eighth School Lieutenants as the backbone, popularize knowledge and culture among these thousands of elites, and then in more than ten years, tens of thousands of knowledgeable people can be cultivated.
An officer who understands the art of war.
With these people as the backbone, what can't be accomplished?
Of course, these are very distant things.
For the time being, no one dares to say anything about him in the compulsory education literacy program in Sixian Garden under the guise of political correctness.
"No!" Yan Yi nodded quickly upon hearing this.
But there were other thoughts running around in my heart.
"Teaching the son of a farmer..." Yan Yi scratched his head, feeling a little awkward. However, when his ancestors studied under Confucius, there seemed to be many people from lowly backgrounds among his classmates.
Thinking about it this way, Yan Yi can understand.
After all, the slogan of Confucianism is "education without distinction".
But Huang Lao's Ji An and Legalist's Zhang Tang were somewhat uncomfortable.
Giving lessons to Mudlegzi? It’s something I’ve never done before!
If Liu Che hadn't been the prince, standing there with a firm look on his face, Zhang Tang would have really wanted to persuade him.
It's not that he looks down on farmers.
But Zhang Tang felt that these mud-legged children did not know etiquette, let alone dignity, and were not very smart. Can they learn the thoughts of the sages and understand the meaning of Shang Jun? (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature , the novel is better and updated faster!
