Five hundred and forty-fifth chapter blood into a river (1)
The so-called red is closer to vermilion, and black is closer to ink.
What kind of emperor there is, there must be what kind of ministers.
Liu Che likes to look at data and find ways to govern from the numbers.
After hearing and seeing, all the courtiers who came out of the prince's residence were also infected with the disease. Before doing anything, they should first look at the data and measure the comparison of strength. Before taking office, they would inevitably know the local population, number of households, special products, etc.
I know the tax situation by heart and know it by heart.
As one of the three giants in the Taiwong Palace at that time, Zhang Tangzi was no exception.
In fact, he has gone further than anyone else.
During his practice in Xinfeng County, he had already experienced the benefits of memorizing data.
When you close your eyes, you can memorize the principals of administrative units at all levels in the county, townships, pavilions, and li, the taxes paid last year, and the execution of corvee.
The subordinates below want to play tricks? There is no way!
Supplemented by a group of smart and capable subordinates who are familiar with government affairs, they go deep into villages, kiosks, and even basic huts to deal with the people and paste government orders and plans directly on the dew cloth.
The entire territory was immediately united as one.
"Nanyang County and He County have 207,821 households and more than 848,110 people. The whole county has 36 counties and 121 townships (this is in the Han Dynasty).
The data in the book is discounted by 30%, but there is no way, I can't find the data at this time, or even more recent ones)" Zhang Tang put on the official hat of the county guard, and countless data came to him in his mind.
"There are about more than 100,000 hectares of farmland planned..." Another set of data flashed by. Zhang Tang's brows began to frown.
In the eyes of the thinkers and politicians of the Han Dynasty, one man, five people and one hundred acres was the best ecological situation for society.
In Guanzhong, generally speaking, the government has been working hard to maintain such a social form.
There are some poor people, but not many.
As soon as he came out of Guanzhong and came to Nanyang, this reality taught Zhang Tang a lesson.
There are more than 200,000 households in Nanyang County, but the land is only half of the household registration.
This is equivalent to telling Zhang Tang that at least half of the people in Nanyang County have become tenant farmers or even slaves of others.
This gave Zhang Tang a headache and also made him very angry.
In the later Chinese dynasties, the growth rate of GDP determined the rate at which officials were promoted.
In the Western Han Dynasty, the most important indicator to measure the performance of a county magistrate was undoubtedly the number of households.
The population under your rule is growing rapidly. The large number of new household registrations means that you are capable and very capable, and both the government and the opposition will pay attention to you.
In order to increase the population and add new household registrations, the Han Dynasty worked hard from the court to the local government, from laws to customs.
For example, the law stipulates that if a girl does not marry at the age of 16, her tax will be increased five times. If she does not marry at the age of 18, the government will come to find a bride and force the distribution.
It is even better for a widow to remarry.
Some unscrupulous local officials who are eager for promotion will even act as matchmakers themselves and act as matchmakers for widows...
The group of adopted sons-in-law was directly sentenced to life imprisonment because they hindered the growth of the number of households in the household registration book. If they were found, they would arrest them without mercy. They would all be sent to mines and build city walls.
In Xinfeng County, Zhang Tang organized a severe crackdown on the idle scoundrels known as surrogate sons-in-law. He arrested more than 100 surrogate sons-in-law in one go and sent them all to the foot of the Great Wall to repair the earth.
Moreover, household registration is closely related to the most important task of calculating performance appraisal every year: tax.
The tax system of the Han Dynasty was different from that of any later dynasty.
Its field tax is levied based on one-thirtieth of the actual output (initially 1/15 tax), rather than a constant tax per mu.
This results in the fact that land taxes in every place fluctuate and depend on the weather.
Only oral gifts, not affected by natural disasters, can cost one hundred and twenty yuan per person.
And if the household registration does not increase, then the oral endowment will undoubtedly not increase much.
For Zhang Tang, other things can be put aside for now.
Only the issue of population size will be solved after taking office.
Whether it was opening up wasteland or rebuilding farmland, they even cooperated with the central government to relocate some landless peasants to Liaodong and North Korea.
All in all, in one word, the situation of Nanyang County with more people and less land must be changed.
Because, if, this situation cannot be changed.
So, now that bandits are common in Nanyang County and there are more and more businessmen, the situation will not be improved. The people have lost their land and want to live. Apart from robbing, stealing, and doing business, the only option left is rebellion.
Already.
The issue of public security and order is one of the areas that all Legalist bureaucrats are most concerned about.
For the Legalists, an ideal world would only be when local bandits disappear and the people work hard in the fields and stay at home to cultivate the land.
"Fortunately, I brought seven brothers from the farmer's family. With their help, I believe this problem can be solved quickly..." Zhang Tang thought with some relief in his heart.
Since the Qin Dynasty, the peasant family has become a community of interests with the Legalists. After the fall of Qin, the Legalists withered and went dormant, while the peasant family joined the Shaofu and became agricultural officials.
This time Zhang Tang was appointed as the county governor, and not only the Legalists were happy.
Farm officials and scholars also celebrated with their hats.
In fact, several farm giants sent their direct disciples or nephews to Zhang Tang.
It is intended to use Zhang Tang's momentum to return to the Qin Dynasty, an era when Legalists formulated policies, farmers assisted, and Mohists concentrated on developing weapons and tools.
"In the past ten years, Nanyang County's annual tax collection has been more than 50 million yuan, but the deportation to the central government has only been 30 to 50 million yuan..." Zhang Tang tied the ribbon with a trace of pride in his eyes: "I am here to take office.
It is necessary to make Nanyang deport more than 10 million yuan in central taxes within one year!"
Naturally, it is impossible for all local taxes to be remitted to the central government.
Local finances should also leave money for various expenditures such as bridge construction and road paving, maintenance and repair of water conservancy facilities, official salaries, support for orphans and widows, local county soldiers, and city maintenance.
Take Zhang Tang's work in Xinfeng County as an example. At least 10% of Xinfeng's annual tax income was swallowed up by Chidao.
The Chidao built by Qin Shihuang is very easy to use and connects all the counties and counties in the world with the central government.
The emperor's will can reach the world in ten months.
If we speed up, regardless of the cost, it can be shortened to less than half a month.
But the price is also very high.
Not only did various localities have to invest huge sums of money in the maintenance of Chidao and recruit laborers as corvees, but even the Shaofu government had to swallow a lot of money and food by this monster.
But the water content in these expenses is also very huge.
In these projects, there are not just one or two bureaucrats who work hard to make ends meet.
Zhang Tang saved millions of dollars in Xinfeng County just by strictly checking road expenses and personally organizing people to repair water conservancy projects.
Xinfeng's tax payment has increased from less than 10% in the past to more than 30%.
This is also the reason why Zhang Tang's appointment as governor was successfully passed at the court meeting.
His political achievements were so hard-hitting, and the emperor supported him so hard that no one was speechless.
Now, Zhang Tang plans to replicate his governance experience in Xinfeng here in Nanyang.
Then use this as a starting point to soar into the sky.
Zhang Tang has already set his sights on a position.
"I shall be the great farmer's order!"
After the emperor changed the rule of Su Neishi into the Da Nong Order, the authority and status of the Da Nong Order were greatly enhanced.
Now he has leapt above Shaofu, Zongzheng, and Weiwei, and second only to Tingwei and Lieutenant.
Ranked third among the nine ministers of the Han Dynasty.
In the future, it has the potential to be the first yamen of Jiuqing.
How could Zhang Tang not be tempted by this?
And Zhang Tang is not the only one who wants to be a great farmer.
Among the competitors, there are many princes, and even old friends Yan Yi and Ji An are eyeing him.
Zhang Tang knew very well that he had now left the central government and took up his post in Nanyang.
Want to maintain the emperor's favor and trust.
He has no other choice but to rely on political achievements, irrefutable political achievements.
Pinning the jade pendant on his waist, Zhang Tang opened the car curtain and looked towards the crowded ferry in the distance.
"Ming Mansion, the people from the Xiuyi Guards have arrived, and this is their report!" Ning Che came over on horseback and said.
Zhang Tang nodded: "Brother Laoning is here!"
As he said that, he took a letter sealed in a bamboo tube from Ning Cheng, opened it, and a small piece of white paper rolled into the tube fell out.
Zhang Tang opened the white paper, read the contents, and sneered: "It's just as I expected!"
"This Bao family is really full of evil!" Zhang Tang commented: "The Yang family is also guilty of heinous crimes!"
Xiuyiwei currently has little sense of presence in the Kanto region.
Basically, we didn’t even set up a straw stand.
Fortunately, last year, Zhidu went to take office in Henan County, and the tentacles of Xiuyiwei were extended. He recruited spies in Luoyang City and helped Zhidu investigate and deal with many powerful people.
After Zhang Tang learned that he was coming to Nanyang County to take office, Zhang Tang personally went to Wang Dao to request that he establish a branch of the Embroidered Clothes Guards in Nanyang County to act as a pioneer for him and to gather information about the county.
Wang Dao was naturally happy to agree and sent a dozen members of the Xiuyi Guard to Nanyang County. Under the cover of Ning Cheng's family, they lurked in Nanyang more than a month in advance.
What Zhang Tang asked them to find out was not a secret.
These are all things that are public and discussed by ordinary people on a daily basis.
But just seeing these things that everyone knew made Zhang Tang feel murderous in his heart.
Last year alone, the Bao clan killed and injured more than a dozen people in Nanyang County.
The Yang family is not much different, but they eat better and look better, they know how to talk about face, and what they do is relatively secretive.
However, everyone in the market knows this, so how secret can it be?
It's nothing more than other people's excuses and reasons, which are relatively acceptable.
Ning Cheng was a native of Nanyang, so he didn't know about the Bao family and the Yang family. Hearing this, he laughed out loud: "When I was a child, I heard an old man say: In Nanyang County, the emperor gets one point, and the Yang family gets one point."
The Bao family gets one point, the common people get one point..."
This was because the nakedness only added fuel to the fire, for fear that the violent family and the Yang family would not die quickly enough.
Well, the Bao family and the Yang family fell.
The one who benefits the most is undoubtedly the Ning family who has the support of someone like him!
Although Ning Cheng feels that Nanyang County is just a small pond.
But his family brothers and uncles undoubtedly think that it would be good to be the king of this small pond.
"Take your time and deal with it one by one..." Zhang Tang said with a sneer.
For Legalists, there is no need to be taught how to kill people. Zhang Tang, who has been memorizing Han laws since he was a child, even with his eyes closed, can accuse the Bao family and the Yang family of dozens of crimes that are enough for them to confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans.
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"Brother Ning, please tell Lieutenant Lu of the Yulin Guards that I will give you an order to control the situation immediately. There are many princes and gentry coming today. Don't disturb them. Don't let the Bao family jump over the wall in a hurry.
Chance!"
"No!" Ning Cheng handed over his hand and left.
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Henan County, the county seat of Xuanqu County.
Wang Wenshu entered the Xuanqu County government office directly. Da Ma Jin Dao sat in the original position of the county magistrate.
As for the former county magistrate, she was now standing beside him like a little daughter-in-law.
"Angel, I've finally waited for you..." The county magistrate burst into tears. As if a refugee was seeing his relatives, he pulled Wang Wenshu's sleeves and complained: "You don't know how domineering the Ren family is.
, since Xiaguan took office, he has not allowed Xiaguan to interfere in any affairs of the county. The Ren family even sent a housekeeper to inform Xiaguan: Your Majesty can just sit in the hall and govern under the arch. We will announce the song
A gentleman can take care of everything!"
"Xiaoguan is really timid. He doesn't dare to provoke a powerful family like the Ren family..."
Wang Wenshu sneered at this man's words.
"Don't talk about this and that in front of me..." Wang Wenshu kicked this person to the ground: "You think I am the envoy, but you don't know that the concubines in your room are all children of the Ren family? You think I am the envoy?"
I haven't found out how much benefit you take from the Ren family every year?"
Clang!
Wang Wenshu drew his sword out of its sheath, put it against the magistrate's neck, and asked, "Are you the envoy who dare not kill anyone?"
The county magistrate was immediately frightened and almost fainted.
This angel just killed the county captain of Yangwu County.
Killing another county magistrate doesn't seem to be a big deal.
The Han Dynasty system. Except for two thousand stones, the life and death of other people did not even need to be reviewed by the court captain. The county guard could make the decision.
Last year, the Zhiming Mansion in Luoyang killed hundreds of powerful people, officials, and businessmen under the butcher's knife.
Some of them even achieved official positions worth two thousand stones.
That’s two thousand stones!
If you say kill, kill!
Afterwards, a commendation edict even came from Chang'an.
In this world, it’s really hard to live in an official position!
"My envoy advises you not to take chances. Before leaving, the emperor entrusted me with full authority to handle the case of the Xuanqu Ren family. Zuo Ping, the Tingwei's Tingwei, was waiting in Luoyang City with the emperor's edict.
The 7,000 soldiers from the Zhidu Zhiming Mansion have also been deployed. This time, no one can save the Ren family!" Wang Wenshu said coldly.
This is bragging, but the problem is, except Wang Wenshu, who knows?
When the county magistrate heard this, his whole body went limp and he was so frightened that he almost lost all his ability to think.
Tingwei's Tingwei Zuoping, every Han Dynasty official and noble would not be willing to deal with him.
Because he is a giant who directly handles and adjudicates two thousand stone crimes and local suspicious cases.
And the fact that this person is now in Henan County shows that this case and the Ren family have created a hole in the sky.
Regardless of whether the Ren family is guilty or not, they will not escape death.
What's more, you don't need to collect evidence of this crime. You only need to go to Xuanqu County and take a look.
"I've done it, I've done it...I've done it all..." The county magistrate's psychological defense completely collapsed, and he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "It's just..."
Wang Wenshu naturally knew what the other party wanted.
He also hopes for a quick resolution and does not want to delay it too long.
If you delay it too long, things will change.
Generations of powerful people like the Ren family are very likely to do unreasonable things.
Only the fastest to obtain the most powerful evidence, and then use the Emperor's Day to send soldiers from Henan and Xingyang counties to hunt and announce Qu. In fact, there is now an army of 3,000 people on standby in Xingyang. As long as he, Wang Wenshu, makes a sound
With the order, you can drive into Xuanqu.
But to mobilize it, a solid evidence is needed.
Is there any more conclusive evidence than the county magistrate’s confession?
Wang Wenshu showed a smile, helped the county magistrate to stand up, and said: "I know your concerns, and you can correct your mistakes if you know them. There is no great way to do good. The emperor has always said that he should avoid past mistakes and avoid future ones, and treat illnesses and save people. Besides, this Han minister can train
It's not easy. As long as the important matters are not lost, Your Majesty will not be willing to add weapons to the officials... At that time, General Zhang Wu accepted bribes of up to 1,000 gold, but Emperor Taizong increased his bribes to 500 gold. To be ashamed of his heart, to maintain his integrity
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The story of Zhang Wu is known all over the world.
But the problem is that no one knows what happened to Zhang Wu after he "shamed his conscience".
Before that, Zhang Wu was a giant in the Han army, and his status was no less than that of Li Ji and Luan Bu.
Nowadays, Li Ji and Luan Bu are both princes and have retired with the country. They are also specially promoted to elders and are given two thousand shi to support them. They are waiting for imperial edicts and advisors.
Where is Zhang Wu?
Who knows what he is doing now? What authority does he have?
It is said that Zhang Wu’s wife was not even invited when the queen presented silk to the silkworm room last month...
Or Empress Dowager Bo of the East Palace felt sorry for him and stuffed his wife in with gracious decree...
But the county magistrate, as if grasping a straw before drowning, immediately broke down his defenses, and poured out all the things he knew like pouring beans. In the hall, the accompanying scribes wrote vigorously
Ji Shu quickly turns his words into words.
Half an hour later, Wang Wenshu walked out of the county government hall and ordered to the left and right: "Light the smoke and summon the Xingyang soldiers!"
After thinking about it, this seems not safe enough.
What if the Ren family is so anxious that they jump over the wall and use their force and lack of legs to gather together and besiege the county seat. The unreliable county soldiers and government officials in Xuanqu County cannot resist it at all.
If there was a scandal where this angel was besieged and killed by local tycoons, even if it was just a matter of being besieged.
It would be a shame to be thrown into grandma's house, and the emperor's face would be completely lost.
He, Wang Wenshu, could also find a rope and commit suicide as soon as possible, so as not to be embarrassed in this world.
Therefore, Wang Wenshu ordered: "As soon as the smoke is lit, we will leave immediately and escape into the mountains and forests to wait for the Xingyang soldiers to arrive!"
Xingyang is not far from Xuanqu.
Half a day is enough for the cavalry to arrive.
One day later, Xingyang's troops will arrive at Xuanqu City.
What Wang Wenshu has to do is to save his own life, as well as the safety of the county magistrate and his confession within these twelve hours (actually it is not important anymore, as long as Ren dares to take action, he will die without a burial)
Birthplace!)
But what if the Ren family gets scared?
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Xingyang, the camp of the Han army.
Since the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the Han army's fortress, which once gathered hundreds of thousands of troops and gathered various corps from Qi, Lu, Yan and Zhao, has become quite empty.
Of the troops and horses left behind in Xingyang, there were only 30,000 standing troops left.
This force was the key for the Han Dynasty to warn Qi, Lu, Yan and Zhao and other places.
No matter which direction or prince dares to compete with Chang'an, the army stationed in Xingyang can teach them how to behave in minutes.
Xingyang is as quiet as usual now.
Suddenly, a plume of smoke shot straight into the sky from the south.
When Xingyang ordered Dou Rong to see the smoke, he immediately took out a locked jade box from his commander's tent, opened the jade box with the key he carried with him, and saw the imperial edict and tiger talisman inside.
Half a month ago, an angel came from Chang'an and handed him this jade box. He said that once he saw the smoke coming from the south, he would immediately open the jade box and act in accordance with the edict in the jade box.
Dou Rong respectfully opened the edict, took a look at it, and immediately ordered to his left and right: "Beat the drum to summon the generals, and the imperial edict has been conveyed!"
Out of caution, Dou Rong still kept an eye on it, took out half of the tiger talisman that he had sealed in another secret place, and matched it with the tiger talisman in the jade box. After confirming that it was correct, he felt relieved.
The Han Dynasty system was very strict regarding the deployment of troops.
In addition to the emperor's edict, a tiger talisman is also required as a letter.
In other words, with only the edict and no tiger talisman, even if the emperor stood in the military camp, the soldiers would not dare to move a single step.
This is the iron discipline of the Han Dynasty.
It was fully guaranteed that no one could steal military power from the emperor.
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Nanyang County, beside the Feishui River.
Lieutenant Lu Shen of the Yulin Guard was also doing the same thing at this moment.
He respectfully opened a wooden box wrapped on the back of a soldier and took out a jade box inside.
Then he used a special key to open it, revealing the edict and half of the tiger talisman inside. He took out his own tiger talisman. After comparing it, Lu Shen raised his hands to Ning Cheng and said: "Yu Lin Wei Jia Du Wei Shen, respectfully obey the imperial edict!"
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"Please give me the order, Commander-in-Chief!" Lu Shen bowed with the courtesy of a lower official.
Although this Yu Linwei was ordered to protect the county governor and took office, the one who can command them can only be the county lieutenant.
The county guard is in charge of civil affairs, and the county lieutenant is in charge of military affairs.
Although in many places, county guards also like to manage the army, and county lieutenants often intervene in civil affairs.
But the Yulin Guards are different. The top and bottom of the Yulin Guards are deeply influenced by the idea of separation of military and political affairs, and do not agree with those local officials who are "random".
Ning Cheng said loudly: "I have been ordered by the county governor to mobilize the soldiers of the Yulin Guards. Following the county governor's order, I will immediately arrest the Bao family members and subordinates. If there is resistance, they will be killed without mercy!"
"No!" Lu Shen said respectfully.
Who is the Bao family, what is their background, and how many people are there?
Lu Shen didn't care at all.
In the mind of every Yulin Guard general, there is only the concept of loyalty to the emperor, protecting the country, and defending the country.
Others, don't care.
When there are orders from above and there are imperial edicts and tiger talismans, they will carry them out.
No matter who the other party is, how many people there are, or how powerful they are.
Lu Shen turned around, raised his hand, faced the Yulin Guards up and down, and ordered: "Put on armor! Blow the trumpet! Prepare to fight!"
Similarly, as the emperor's personal bodyguards, the Yulin Guards were instilled with only one combat philosophy: give the general's order and go all out, regardless of the number or strength of the enemy.
Even if the superiors ask them to kill a nest of ants, they will follow the prescribed combat procedures and procedures, be neatly dressed, have their bows drawn, their crossbows drawn, their horses saddled, and their men wearing armor.
In just an instant, the four hundred accompanying Yulin Guards Cavalry had completed their combat preparations and were just waiting for the order to arrive. (To be continued)
