Walking along the ridge of the wall to sneak back to Jiyunju from Baiyuan, Lin Fu thought about the joke he just told Liu Yue'er. He didn't rush off the wall. He stepped on the ridge of the roof and walked to a roof with a gentle slope. He lay down and looked at the darkness.
The heavy sky was thinking about something, and many things came to mind very clearly. There were memories of the past life and space a thousand years later, and Lin Fu's memories of this world. They were chaotic and intertwined. Thinking too much made me have a headache.
Although he was hiding on the top of a sunny slope with leeward wind, it was still a bit cold in the frosty night, so Lin Fu wrapped his clothes tightly and did not rush to go to bed.
Of course he was not willing to live a mediocre life again, but the road ahead was not as easy as he imagined.
Dongyang and Jiangning are located in Jiangdong County, where the land is fertile, the urban economy is developed, and the gentry and wealthy families are powerful. The lives of ordinary people seem to be ordinary and peaceful. Jiangning city is full of drunken music and music every day, and the prosperity is abnormal. You can hardly feel the Dai Viet at all.
The twilight mood at this time is so gloomy that it is difficult to cure.
In fact, from Lin Fu's superficial historical knowledge, we can also know that after Jiangdong County, which is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has been fully developed, even in the chaotic times at the end of a dynasty, the economic structure has rarely been completely destroyed. After all, Jiangdong
The county's high land yields in two seasons each year ensure that the people's lives are much more comfortable than those of farmers in the north.
Historically, we have only seen refugees from the north flocking to the south, but rarely refugees from the south fleeing to the north.
The problem of the Dai Viet Dynasty happened to be in the north. No matter how powerful the She family was, Li Zhuo was still suppressing it and could not get out of East Fujian. In the past few decades, the power of the Donghu people in the north had expanded from the Bohai Sea to western Liaoning and then to Jibei. The imperial court
We can only rely on the steep terrain of Yanshan Mountain to keep the Donghu people out of Yanshan Mountain.
After the Battle of Chentangyi, the officers and soldiers retreated to the dangers of Yanshan. The Donghu people slowed down their offensive on Yanshan, and turned their troops to attack the Qiyan, Hanhei and other northern tribes in the northwest of Yanshan. They planned to incorporate the entire area north of Yanshan into the Donghu people.
The sphere of influence will become even larger and become a serious problem for the Central Plains.
Time has not given its blessing. Western Qin, Jin and other northern counties, which have always been the focus of the empire, have been plagued by locusts and droughts for three to five years. Occasionally, there is abundant rain in one or two years, and due to the weak water conservancy facilities in the north, waterlogging has occurred.
, in short, I can't live in peace for a year.
After the rebellion of the She family, almost all the taxes from the southeastern tax sources were thrown into the bottomless pit here. The Tang newspaper did not involve specific data, and other losses were not calculated. Lin Fucong could also estimate the war in the southeast from his conversation with Gu Wuchen.
The extravagant spending on military resources in recent years will not be less than 30 to 40 million taels of silver. The exact amount requires a lot of time to calculate. The Ministry of Household Affairs and Jiangning Ministry of Household Affairs even set up a special yamen for this purpose to account for Li Zhuo's actions.
The military expenditures wasted by the Ministry over the years.
Fortunately, Jiangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang and other counties adjacent to the East Fujian battlefield are rich places, and they bear most of the military expenses without any particular hardship. However, the supply to the north has stopped in recent years.
In recent years, the Dai Viet Dynasty could not rely on the southeast, the most important tax source of the empire. In order to maintain the basic operation of the empire and the large amount of materials and money needed for the northern front, it could only come from Western Qin, Jinzhong, Hebei, and Liangchuan.
The raids in other places were doubled, the heavy taxes were levied, and the northern region suffered from severe disasters for many years. The farmers who had no way to make a living naturally started to take action frequently. The hometown of Sanqin was almost full of smoke, and there were so many bandits.
These things cannot be seen in Jiangning City, which is as comfortable as the gentle countryside, but it does not mean that it has not happened in the north. Just because the north is in crisis, although there are many people in the court who hate the She family to the bone, there are also more people who have hope that the crisis will be reversed.
Dedicated to the surrender of the She family.
The surrender of the She family will not only transfer the nearly 100,000 elite troops stranded in East Fujian to the northern front to fight against the Donghu and suppress the peasant rebellion in the north, but the most important thing is to hope that after the She family surrenders, the southeastern counties will be able to transport grain to the north.
The current level of less than two million shi has returned to the level of 6 million shi, which will alleviate the financial pressure and food inflation pressure in the north.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, in order to sympathize with the hard work of the boatmen, he allowed the boatmen and sailors to bring local products to the north and south at a ratio of 12 when transporting grain. The tax on the road thus formed became an important financial source for the imperial court in the past hundred years. The central government also hoped to lavish luxury goods.
After the She family surrenders, the Cao Road will be opened up, and the tax on the Cao Road will be restored from the current 500,000 taels of silver to 1.5 million taels or even higher. It is also hoped that after the She family surrenders, the activities of the pirates in the East will be improved.
Converge... In short, there are many people in the court who have high hopes for the She family's surrender.
As a man in two lifetimes, Lin Fu understood one thing. The truth is simple to say, but it is extremely difficult to do it. Even if the She family surrenders temporarily and loosens its tight neck to give the court a chance to breathe, there still needs to be someone.
Only if you can stand up and seize this opportunity for Dai Viet Chao.
The She family also saw through the details of the court, and they bargained when they surrendered. Not only did they split the land and create a marquis, the Jin'an Mansion became the private land of the She family, and even the more than 12,000 private soldiers who had been retained by the She family wanted to surrender.
Min County's finances were used to support it; at this time, envoys were directly sent to Jiangning Mansion in Beijing to spy on the situation in the southeast, which also made it easier for the She family to infiltrate the counties in the southeast.
I heard Gu Wuchen say a few days ago that the counties in the southeast wanted to make up for the losses from the previous war and were unwilling to immediately resume sending food money to the north. Over the years, they had always used the south to make up for the north. The grudges behind this were also deep. The two factions in the north, central and south
There are also many official disputes. The Western Qin faction is the representative of the northern officials. Some emperors today appoint the Chu party. It is because Chu is located between the north and the south. They hope to balance the conflict of interests between the north and the south, but how can it be that simple?
Lin Fu stood on the ridge of the wall, listening to the wind blowing across the ridge of the roof. He remembered that he had been a human in two lives, and that he had been killed by a gun in his previous life. He sighed softly in his heart, squatted down and slid down the wall.
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The nature of Jiangning's official examination is similar to that of the civil service examination a thousand years later. If you join the civil service examination and pass the official examination, you will be eligible to be a candidate for the vacancy, but you have to wait for real vacancies before you can fill them up one by one.
Lin Fu's appointment as the jailer of Jiangdao Prison was like being directed by the inspector. The questioning of Jiangning's officials was just a formality. In the afternoon of the next day, Lin Fu had all the money ready before rushing to Jiangning's Yamen.
Jiangning City is very big. There is no city in the Dayue Dynasty that is bigger and more prosperous than Jiangning. Even Yanjing has 20,000 fewer households than Jiangning, but the news of the long legs spread very fast. Some time ago, Lin Fu was in
The vassal's lesson to the young lord of the vassal family was heard in the city early in the morning, and he rushed to Jiangning's official office in the afternoon. The idle officials here had already gathered to talk about the assassination of the young prince of the She family on Donghuamen Street yesterday. Lin Fu went to Jiangning
He went to the official office three times. Many officials recognized him and saw him coming in. They gathered around and asked about the appearance and figure of She's sister-in-law.
The Jiangning Civil Service Department is slightly better than the other five departments, but it also has few Qingshui Yamen with real power. According to the usual practice, all officials are fully staffed. Since they have no real power, apart from regular salary, these officials have no extra money to make money. If the family
There were many adults, but life in Jiangning City was quite cold. Lin Fu even saw a few petty officials with patches on their official uniforms, but these people would never relent when they saw an opportunity to make money.
The Jiangning Libu Yamen cannot handle a few personnel cases every month, and the performance evaluation of officials is completely out of their control. It is a foregone conclusion that Lin Fu will be appointed as the jailer of Jiangdao Prison. Almost all officials in this Yamen know him.
, I saw him coming today, and before he finished participating in the quiz, they all came over to congratulate him and ask for money.
Lin Fu prepared dozens of gift bags. According to different grades, he put in small silver coins ranging from three to five taels or three to five yuan. The dignified Zuo Shilang of Jiangning's official department, who was the third grade, received Lin Fu's replacement.
The gift bag that used to contain three taels of silver was also full of smiles.
"I thought the third-grade minister was such a big official..." Zhao Hu said with disdain in his voice after Jiangning's minister of officialdom took the money and left.
Lin Fu smiled slightly. Compared with the Minister of Civil Affairs in Yanjing City, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Jiangning was like a disgraced official who had offended the leader and retreated to the second line. Once they wiped their faces, let alone three or five taels of silver, it was three or five.
I won’t hold back my money.
Asking the right questions was easier than expected. Even with the participation of Zhao Shuhan, the director of the Prison Detention Department of the Jiangning Criminal Department, it was just a formality.
Zhao Shuhan, the director of the prison hall, was even afraid of questioning Lin Fu. He only talked to him in a discussion tone throughout the process and avoided asking questions about laws and regulations. After the questioning, Zhao Shuhan enthusiastically invited Lin Fu to the drunken hall near the official department.
Eat wine in Xianlou.
Zhao Shuhan was an Enke Jinshi in the 3rd year of Chongguan. He ranked seventh in the imperial examination and ranked fourth in the second class. As soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy and took office, he was reviewed from the seventh rank. It can be said that he had a bright future at that time. In the past two hundred years, the Dai Viet Dynasty had almost three-quarters of the
The assistant ministers who first entered the official position were responsible for reviewing the Hanlin Academy from the seventh rank. However, Zhao Shuhan pointed out a small mistake in the memorial drafted by the then powerful prime minister Chen Xinbo, and later talked about it in front of his colleagues, and it was passed on to others.
Chen Xinbo heard that within two days, Chen Xinbo was kicked to the Jiangning Criminal Department to serve as the director of the prison collection department. In name, the director of the prison collection department of Jiangning Criminal Department was half a rank higher than the Hanlin Academy review, but one was cold and one was hot, and there was a huge difference.
Farewell, Zhao Shuhan's family of five, including a maid and an old servant, lived in Jiangning City on his salary of sixty dan per year. It was very difficult, and even the frayed sleeves of the inner coats under the official uniforms were exposed.
Lin Fu also understood Zhao Shuhan's intention to invite him to a drink. Even though he had been sitting on the bench for four years, his arrogance had not worn off. Zhao Shuhan offended Chen Xinbo, the then minister of state, and was demoted from the capital. After all, he was still a little shrimp with no reputation. Even if
Chen Renxin was overthrown by the Chu Party and kicked out of Yanjing. No one in the central government would remember him as a small fish, but once he gets involved with Gu Wuchen, the situation may completely change.
Seeing that Zhao Shuhan was in poverty, Lin Fu naturally couldn't let him spend money on a drink, so he used the excuse that he was coming to ask Zhao Shuhan to teach him about the prison affairs.
The Prison Office of the Ministry of Punishment is the yamen in charge of prisons in the two capitals. However, the Jiangning Punishment Bureau has no real power at all. Lin Fu thought that Zhao Shuhan might still have some business ability after wasting four years in the Jiangning Punishment Bureau.
Lin Fu invited Zhao Shuhan unintentionally, thinking that even if he couldn't help him look good in front of Gu Wuchen, he didn't want to break his heart. When drinking at Zuixian Tower, he was quite casual. He heard from Zhao Shuhan that he had been in Jiangning for the past four years.
There was nothing to do, and there were many records of the imprisonment. Lin Fu had nothing else to do in the afternoon, so he prepared gifts and visited Zhao's house.
In Zhao's house, he saw Zhao Shuhan's hundreds of pages of manuscripts written by Zhao Shuhan over the past four years, explaining clearly and thoroughly everything about prison food, regulations, charters, and miscellaneous matters. Only then did Lin Fu realize the deliberate thought in front of him.
The narrow-eyed and thin-faced scribe who used himself to curry favor with Gu Wuchen actually had a lot of knowledge and talent.