The two hundred and sixtieth chapters do not teach and punish is a sin (1)
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the corn in the fields is ripe, and it is time to harvest.
At the same time, the year has come to an end.
In Sixian Garden, Prince Manor.
More than two hundred children, all wearing brand-new clothes, sat on the ground in an orderly manner, with eyes full of desire and curiosity, staring intently at a man in brocade clothes standing in the middle of the manor's lawn.
Zhang Tang’s teacher, Prince Shui, made Zhang Tang.
"Recite along with me: Cang Jie wrote a book to teach his descendants. Young sons inherit the imperial edict, be cautious and respect the precepts..." Zhang Tang pointed to the words written with charcoal on the wooden board and taught the children one by one.
Liu Che was sitting in an elegant residence in the manor, watching all this.
"Cang Jie writes books to teach his descendants. Young sons inherit the edict and be careful and respectful..." Suddenly, the hearty sound of reading aloud came to his ears, almost pulling Liu Che back to the world two thousand years later, as if he had returned to the school campus.
Of course, the enlightenment education at this time is incomparable to that of later generations.
Basically, in terms of enlightenment, at this time, no matter whether they are high or low, they all started learning from Chapter 55 of the Cangjie Chapter.
The so-called Cangjie Pian is actually a calligrapher from Chang'an in the early Han Dynasty. According to the "Cangjie Pian" written by Li Si and the "Yanli Pian" written by Zhao Gao, which were found from the bamboo slips of the Qin Palace, plus the "Erudition" written by Taishi Ling Hu Wujing.
"Parts" compiled and compiled.
Fifty-five chapters in total.
Basically, after studying these fifty-five chapters, you will be considered a literate person and can study the works of various schools of thought.
This "Cangjie Pian" is still very interesting, especially the fifty-five chapters newly compiled after the establishment of the Han Dynasty. Each chapter has no more than sixty words.
"How have these boys learned in the past ten days?" Liu Che asked the two eunuchs who were placed next to him in the village for supervision and logistics work: "Have you found any that are particularly smart?"
Liu Che was quite concerned about the Huangzhuang Enlightenment Academy he established on a whim.
Except for not going into battle shirtless, I did everything else I could.
Nowadays, all the ministers in the Crown Prince's Palace. Except for the Crown Prince, Tutor, Young Tutor and Shi Zhan, who have just come to take office, these three people he can't control, everyone else is driven by him in groups of five to ten, taking turns to come.
Children are given lessons and enlightenment here.
Today is the last class of the year.
Then comes the autumn harvest, and then the year is over.
"Back to the family..." A eunuch replied carefully: "The children have studied very seriously, and there are a dozen of them who are particularly smart. Now they can almost write and recognize the first chapter..."
"Oh..." Liu Che nodded. Liu Che didn't know what to say about this result.
Chinese characters, especially ancient Chinese characters, are the most difficult to understand and learn in the world.
none of them.
The complex structure, perfect structure and numerous strokes have made it several times more difficult to learn to read and write Chinese characters than other languages since ancient times.
This is certainly not conducive to enlightenment education.
However, once you learn Chinese characters, then at least the average IQ is the dregs of Western alphabet education.
To put it simply, Chinese characters, from design to use, are exclusive to the elite.
The ancestors designed and used Chinese characters from the beginning for the elite and even the ruling class.
Naturally, as a price, it is inevitable that Chinese characters are difficult to learn and understand.
Of course, our ancestors have long noticed these difficulties.
From oracle bone inscriptions to small editions, from small editions to official scripts, and from traditional Chinese characters to simplified Chinese characters, the evolution history of Chinese characters for thousands of years shows that in order to adapt to the development of the times and the needs of popularization of knowledge, our ancestors have been working hard and have never
Give up on self-renewal and evolution.
But in the end, everything remains true to its roots.
Even in the later dynasties, everyone still found it difficult to learn Chinese.
Therefore, these children in Sixian Garden can learn 60 words in more than ten or twenty days, which is simply a genius!
When Liu Chemeng was studying, it took him more than a month to recognize all the sixty characters in the first chapter of "Cangjie Pian"!
I don’t blame Liu Che’s predecessor for being stupid, it’s actually that the Meng Xue at this time was directly in the difficult mode.
Will there be people in future generations who will directly learn the contents of the sixth grade of elementary school when they go to kindergarten?
In Liu Che's eyes, the difficulty of "Cangjie Pian" is almost the same as that of sixth grade Chinese in later generations, or even higher!
But there was no way, the enlightenment textbook at this time was "Cangjie Pian".
After studying Cangjie, it is directly about the content of the university. A bunch of "Shangshu", "Book of Songs" and "Han Feizi" were thrown over...
I can only say that it was extremely difficult to be a student in the Western Han Dynasty.
But on the other hand, once you learn it, you don't have to worry about finding a job.
Anyway, now even the counties in Guanzhong and the local pavilion directors are all illiterate.
Even county government officials are very few who are literate.
Putting this question aside, Liu Che called Wang Dao over and asked, "Wang Dao, how are the preparations at Shaofu Yamen and Neishi Yamen? Are the warehouses and manpower in Guyao ready?"
Liu Che had no choice but to say hello to the two yamen of Neishi and Shaofu before the autumn harvest began.
Because, it will be September soon, and when September passes, the year will be over.
Similar to the Great Celestial Empire, every year at the end of the year, various yamen in the Han Dynasty would start spending money and doing things on a surprise basis.
The purpose of the Chinese government's raids was to use up the budget and avoid insufficient budget allocations for the coming year.
The current yamen of the Han Dynasty have almost the same reason.
However, the Han Dynasty yamen did not reach out to ask for budgets.
Rather, the daily expenses and salary payment of Han Dynasty yamen were drawn from taxes.
According to the rules set by Liu Bang, all government offices in the Han Dynasty, from the Prime Minister's Mansion to the local county offices, should spend all their expenditures within their means.
To put it simply, it means how much money your yamen spent last year, and the miscellaneous taxes, corvees, etc. that you can show off next year are within this framework.
This question cannot be explained clearly for a while.
To sum it up simply in one sentence, it probably means that the court is not responsible for the annual repairs of the government offices, road maintenance, water conservancy facilities maintenance, and the salaries of government officials and servants in each county, and it is left to local officials to solve it themselves.
The so-called self-settlement means, of course, taxation, corvee, etc.
For example, Han law stipulates that part of the Cuo Gao tax can be counted as the income of the local government and does not need to be turned over to the central government.
Obviously, if you spend less money this year, the deductions and savings will be relatively reduced next year.
How could bureaucrats allow this mistake to happen?
In addition, every year the imperial court conducts performance appraisals in October of each year.
Therefore, just like the Great Celestial Empire, every year at the end of the year, all the yamen of the Han Dynasty, including the Sangong and Jiuqing, would start spending money and doing things on a surprise basis.
Anyway, in a word, even death can't make the Yamen's life worse in the coming year!
Not to mention putting your official title at risk.
This is the essential decision of bureaucracy and cannot be changed by personal will.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the warehouses and places at the Young Mansion have been vacated. In addition, there are 300 oxcarts and 200 horse-drawn carriages. They have also been prepared. As for the Neishi Yamen, they have also been arranged.
That’s it, I’ll be assisted by the yamen servants led by Lieutenant Ju Meng, the chief thief commander, and Cao, the internal historian!” Wang Dao lowered his head and replied.
The Shaofu and the internal history cooperated so actively. Of course, it was not all for the sake of Liu Che, the prince.
Liu Che was just a prince, and he didn't have enough dignity to allow these two behemoths to actively and wholeheartedly assist him.
But this thing is good for them. They spend money and do things unexpectedly...
By doing this, Liu Che would be taking the blame for these two yamen.
If there was even a slight difference during the performance appraisal, Liu Che could guess with his eyes closed that they would put the blame on him, the prince.
But there is no other way. If you want the horse to run, how can you not let the horse eat grass?
"I know..." Liu Che nodded. Naturally, he was mentally prepared for this question.
"Pass on Gu's order!" Liu Che stood up: "Let the 'authorized people' from the seventy-five counties in Guanzhong and the nine cities in Chang'an come to Gu's Sixian Garden for three days. I want to have fun with the people!"
"No!" Wang Dao nodded.
The princes of the Han Dynasty often entertained local heroes and celebrities from Guanzhong and even Guandong in their palaces.
This is the prince's daily activity and basically won't attract too much attention.
However, since Liu Che returned to Chang'an, he has been reading the documents of the Shaofu Yamen and the records of the Internal History Yamen, the Prime Minister's Palace, and the Yushi Dafu Yamen.
From the boring documents, Liu Che gained a deeper understanding of Pingjia's system.
According to the records of the Shaofu: The various cities are often controlled by the solid moon in the middle of the four seasons, and are used by the top, middle, and bottom merchants, and each uses it for his own market, regardless of other places. The people sell and buy grain, cloth, and silk.
If the things that are used by the people in the Zhou Dynasty are not plundered, all the officials have to examine and verify the authenticity, and use their own merchants to get them without asking them to break the money. Everything is expensive, and if it costs more than a penny, it will be sold to the people by ordinary merchants.
Those who are humble and humble should listen to the people and the market, and guard against those who are noble and humble.
Viewed this way, the Pinjia system seems to be a self-regulating mechanism for prices.
But in fact, this system is much more complicated than imagined.
Because many transactions are actually not transactions of money and goods.
What farmers sell or buy is not entirely paid for.
For example, a farmer came to the market carrying a hundred stones of corn.
In fact, he didn't want to turn the hundred stones of corn into money, but came to do some shopping.
In this way, he first has to sell the rice to the rice store, and then use the money to buy what he needs.
However, most farmers are illiterate, and they are usually too lazy to follow such a complicated process.
So, the farmer directly picked up the rice and went to the store where he wanted to buy something...
Then the value measurement between his rice and the commodities he purchased requires a judge.
And this arbiter is usually the 'authorized authority' of the market.
The market is changeable and merchants are cunning. In order to prevent the merchants in the market from colluding, there is an official price outside Pingjia. The official price will be given for all goods in each market.
But anyone who has ever been to a government office knows how deceitful the government is.
Usually, yamen set official prices for one thing only, which is to benefit themselves.
For example, if the magistrate of a certain county grows certain cash crops at home, or has a certain industry in his name, or he is ordered to purchase a certain commodity, then the official price must be set according to the interests of this official.
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Just like what the charcoal seller described, a cart of charcoal weighed more than a thousand kilograms and a half-foot of red caltrops and a section of silk, which was tied to the head of a cow and filled with charcoal.
Therefore, one of the most common tasks that powerful people actually do is to negotiate with government agencies on behalf of businessmen.
The government's pricing is too outrageous. Those who are in power will use their own privileges, ask for negotiations with the government, and then negotiate a price that is acceptable to both parties.
Doesn’t it look full of ‘people’s free feast’?
However, in the actual implementation process, there are so many tricks in it that it is outrageous!
Basically, a conscientious authority will consider the interests of some people more or less.
And without conscience.
The government and businessmen colluded and joined forces to give farmers a scissor gap and exploit them vigorously.
In the sealed files of the Shaofu, Internal History, Prime Minister, and Yushi officials, there are countless tyrants and bureaucrats from all over the country who have been found out and sentenced because of such problems.
As for Liu Che's younger brother Liu Pengzu, he followed the same example and personally acted like a prince and sent people to snatch food from local officials and businessmen. This naturally aroused public anger and was brought directly to the court and court meetings, so that
The little pigs will send out envoys to conduct inspections on a regular basis.
From this example, Liu Che could imagine that if he wanted to touch these people's cheese, these people might jump up and fight against him.
It is very simple to predict a result.
In the face of interests, I am afraid that few of these guys would be willing to watch their interests being taken away by others, even if this person is the prince!
Because what Liu Che wants to attack now is food!
Grain and silk are the two biggest commodities that farmers can sell.
If grain prices were fixed, farmers would no longer need to ask for help as in the past, selling grain directly to the state, and then using the money to buy the supplies they need.
Not only the grain merchants will be damaged, but the entire market will be affected. The entire food chain may suffer heavy losses as a result!
Liu Che asked Wang Dao to invite the powerful people in Guanzhong.
I just want to see how many people are knowledgeable.
If he was sensible, Liu Che wouldn't have to lift the table, and everyone would be able to discuss things easily.
If he didn't know what he was doing, Liu Che would have had no choice but to overturn the table, chop off a bunch of heads, and ransack the homes of several wealthy businessmen to sacrifice the flag.
"It is a crime to punish someone without teaching them!" Liu Che thought to himself.
He felt that he was quite ethical. At the very least, he would consult with the businessmen before going under the knife.
In addition, Liu Che still wants to take this opportunity to add sand to his authority. If he can replace all the authority in the seventy-five counties in Guanzhong with his people, what will he not be able to do in the future?
The power of businessmen, if used properly, can also be beneficial to society.
Liu Che walked to the window sill, waved his hand, called Wang Dao to his side, and ordered: "After class, you go and tell Zhang Tang and ask him to share the lesson preparation records of these teachers and their
Bring the key students you found to Gu Gu to have a look!"
After saying this, Liu Che closed his eyes.
This lesson preparation record is a new thing that Liu Che came up with, in order to prevent those who think they are the proud ones of heaven and try to avoid playing tricks on him.
In addition to preparing lesson records, Liu Che now also requires all officials in his palace, large and small, to write a record after completing their work every day and file it for inquiry.
Anyway, the current output of white paper is pretty good, and it can basically supply the needs of the imperial palace and his uterus.
In the palace, bamboo slips are basically still used, so the consumption of white paper is small.
Only in Liu Che's uterus, because Liu Che advocated the use of white paper, white paper has now replaced bamboo slips as the carrier of writing and recording.
"No!" Wang Dao bowed and responded. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
ps: Well, I finally figured out the Pingjia system, and I also made a picture, which will be uploaded to the public chapter next time. If you are interested, you can check it out for reference.
In addition, as for the number of households in Guanzhong mentioned above, I don’t have actual data from the early Han Dynasty. I only have the demographic data and the number of acres in the late Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, I basically discounted that by 20% or 60%. Convert by discount!~
