"You didn't even know the subordinates under the Shaofu, so you became the Shaofu Cheng in a daze? Now I'm really worried about whether we can accomplish this."
The two of them were already sitting in a small courtyard of the Shaofu's official office. Zhang Han heard Hei Fu ask him about the matters of the Shaofu. He was amused but also a little worried.
Heifu was very helpless: "The Shaofu has the largest number of subordinates among the nine ministers, and there are dozens of offices under its jurisdiction. Its functions are very wide, from salt and iron in the mountains and seas, to export and city taxes, to examinations for work, food and beverages, there are so many
.Now I only know the Shaofu and the Shaofu Supervisor. As for the other people, how can I remember them clearly one by one?"
Zhang Han thought about it carefully, and Heifu was right. Unless he was someone like him who had been working as a minor official in the Shaofu since he entered the officialdom, it would be really difficult to clarify the complicated and huge responsibilities of the Shaofu.
An easy thing.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the Shaofu is an institution that is responsible for the emperor's finances.
The fiscal revenue of the Qin Dynasty was basically divided into two parts. The land rent of Datou was attributed to Zhi Su Neishi. This part was the national fiscal revenue. Every year, official salaries, road construction and city construction and other public budgets were allocated from here.
The oral tax, that is, the poll tax, together with the taxes on mountains, seas, ponds, and city rents, is collectively called forbidden money. It belongs to the emperor's personal income and is assigned to the inner government. The money for Qin Shihuang's casting of twelve gold figures and the overhaul of the palace were all spent from here.
of.
"So the emperor feels that when he overhauls the palace in Guanzhong, he is actually spending his own money, and no one else can control it..." Heifu understood why Youzhan and Fusu's advice hit the iron plate.
However, the income of the Shaofu was too much, accounting for one-third of the national finance! With one-third of the finance being dedicated to one person every year, one can imagine the power of the emperor.
Of course, it is said that during the years of the war to destroy Chu, the government of Su was unable to make ends meet, and the emperor also asked the young government to allocate funds for emergency relief.
The responsibilities of the Shaofu are not only limited to the emperor's inner treasury. In addition, all the emperor's food, clothing, daily life, medical services, garden tours, and utensil production are all under the responsibility of the Shaofu. The imperial physician Ling Xia Wuji, who had dealt with Heifu,
Under the control of the Shaofu.
Because the scope of the Shaofu's responsibilities is relatively wide, it is necessary to set up "Six Prime Ministers" to take charge of it.
Zhang Han used his fingers to explain to Heifu what the various ministers in the Shaofu did.
"The Shaofu Tongcheng is in charge of oral tribute and coinage."
Heifu silently wrote down the label in his mind: Bank of China.
"The Nei Cheng of the Shaofu is in charge of the clothes, treasures, goods and food in the palace. Under him are the Taiguan in charge of meals, the Guanguan in charge of rice selection, the Yuefu in charge of music and dance, and the Huangmenling in charge of the eunuchs in the palace."
Is this considered a big internal manager? Heifu thought secretly.
"Shaofu Yuancheng is in charge of the mountains, forests, ponds and swamps owned by the royal family. There are Dushui below, Junguan, Shanglin, and ponds to supervise the officials."
The State Forestry Administration, Heifu nodded.
"The Shaofu General will be the Prime Minister and will be in charge of the palace craftsmen's work. For example, Shang Fang is the master who makes palace utensils, the Royal Palace master is the emperor's clothes, the Dongyuan master craftsman is the master who makes the utensils in the imperial mausoleum, and there is also the examination room in charge of the workshops inside and outside the palace."
Heifu understood. So, the terracotta warriors and horses were also made by Dongyuan craftsmen?
Later, Zhang Han also mentioned the Shaofu Prison Chief, who was in charge of imperial prisons. It turned out that the Shaofu was also in charge of more than ten imperial prisons such as Yongxiang Prison, Zhishi Prison, and Sikong Prison, and held thousands of prisoners.
At present, these people are the main labor force for the large-scale palace construction in Guanzhong. The work is endless. In a few years, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang at Lishan will still be waiting for them.
"In history, could it be that Zhang Han led these prisoners to fight against Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?" Heifu glanced at Zhang Han. He had already finished talking about the five prime ministers, but only one prime minister was left unsaid.
"The sixth prime minister is not permanent, and is usually a false prime minister."
Zhang Han told Heifu that the Sixth Prime Minister usually only temporarily appoints someone to take charge of some huge projects, such as Zheng Guoqu, Du Dongling, Zhiyang Tomb, Sixth Palace, and Twelve Golden Man, which need to be completed within the scheduled time.
, a bit like the project team of later generations...
The previous project team was responsible for the casting of the Twelve Golden Men. Now, it was Heifu's turn to take charge of papermaking. Who made Qin Shihuang take a keen interest in his idea?
After all, Qin Shihuang had to review one hundred and twenty kilograms of memorials every day, which was really a heavy physical job. If he could really make "paper" as thin as silk and cheaper than simple slips, not only the emperor's own
The work is much easier, and it is also of great benefit to the promotion of calligraphy and writing.
But the First Emperor was not a patient person. He asked Heifu to produce results within this year (before October)!
Heifu himself was anxious, and what was even more annoying was that the emperor appointed him to be a "fake Shaofu Prime Minister" with no subordinates, making him look like a bare commander.
Fortunately, the emperor gave him the power to select people from various government offices, and ordered the ministers of the Shaofu to try their best to assist Heifu.
Heifu was the first to name Zhang Han. With the help of this man who was familiar with the young manor and had presided over many projects, things became much easier to handle.
While Heifu was chatting with Zhang Han, he found two other men and they finally arrived.
Those who came in one after another were a thin man wearing black clothes with a sad face, and a fat man wearing silk clothes and almost soaked with sweat.
It was Qin Mo Cheng Shang and Zhu Xia Shi Zhang Cang...
…
As the twelve golden men were cast, palaces were built in Guanzhong, and the area around Xianyang was filled with immigrants and prisoners who were forced to serve in corvee, Qin Mo and Cheng Shang became more and more worried.
In the view of the Mohists who advocated frugality, the prevalence of rituals and music, the construction of palaces, and the construction of mountains and mausoleums were all behaviors that wasted people's farming and wasted money. They were all undesirable and useless tasks that should be eliminated.
But even if the young master helps Su and advises him, it will not help, let alone the Mohist who is increasingly neglected.
Birds are gone, bows are hidden, and now the status of Mohists in the court is not even as good as those of Confucian scholars and doctors. At least they have many people, and they still have continued soil in Shandong. But what about Qin Mo? He is almost a tree without roots and water without a source.
Chu Mo was extinct, Qi Mo was in decline, and Qin Mo suddenly felt as sad as the rabbit died and the fox died.
The worse is yet to come. With the end of the war and the unification of the world, Qin Mo was originally looking forward to a new beginning. However, the First Emperor's desire was too strong and he had no intention of resting with the people. Although he accepted the soldiers of the world, the labor of the world was not enough.
, it is not half lighter than during the Warring States Period.
Qin Mo was a little disappointed. The only thing they could do was refuse to contribute to the construction of the palace, and instead invested their energy in the construction of water-operated water-operated machines and water mills. It happened that Nei Shiteng was promoting pasta among the immigrants, so Mo Mo came and went frequently.
Many immigrants from Shandong, such as Yu Dudong and Shanglin, gathered in towns and built mills to help them build cities and repair their houses.
Of course, the Mohists had nothing in common with the wealthy people, but they had a lot of fun chatting with the craftsmen from Guandong. Through walking in the immigrant cities, Qin Mo, who was once confused, seemed to have found a little more necessity for his own existence...
Cheng Shang was very grateful to Heifu. If it weren't for Heifu's words of advice, he might still be immersed in the tragic war and disappointment in the empire's governance.
So when Hei Fu invited him, Cheng Shang came over without hesitation.
"The reason why a benevolent person does something is to bring benefit to the world."
He bowed to Mr. Hei and said: "Since it is a good thing that will help people in the world to read, become literate, and develop their minds, Mohists should try their best to help!"
Heifu was very happy. He had only seen the process of papermaking in a documentary and remembered the general principles. If he wanted to make paper come out, he would probably encounter many difficulties. At this time, he would have to turn to the Mohist for help.
He laughed and said: "With the cooperation of the Mohist and the craftsmen under the Shaofu General Zuocheng, I have nothing to worry about in terms of skills."
Seeing that Hei Fu was so happy, the panting fat man on the other side fanned himself with a cattail leaf fan and said, "I wouldn't have come if Hei Fu hadn't lured me with abacus."
Heifu visually estimated that this guy weighed more than two hundred kilograms. What fat people hate most is midsummer. In previous years, during this season, he would hide in the cool storage room and read books. No matter what anyone said, he would not take a step out. He became completely obese.
House……
It wasn't until Heifu brought out the "abacus" he had mentioned to Zhang Cang that he reluctantly agreed to go out. This was made by Heifu with the help of Cheng Shang. There were smooth thin rods embedded in the apricot wood frame and flat strings on the rods.
The round wooden beads can be moved up and down along the thin rod...
Zhang Cang was obsessed with arithmetic and was compiling "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". When he got this thing and Heifu taught him the most basic abacus addition formula, he couldn't put it down immediately.
Of course, I don’t forget to ask, how did Heifu make this thing?
Fortunately, as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was the prototype of the abacus "Tao Wan", and Heifu made it up:
"My younger brother was a disciple in the school. He not only had to learn rules and regulations, but also arithmetic. One day I saw him stringing pottery balls on wooden sticks instead of counters for counting. I had an idea. Why not put the wooden sticks and pottery balls together?
Then I came up with the idea of making an abacus..."
As for the inspiration for papermaking, Heifu cited the "Dongmen Retting" scene he saw when he was inspecting the weaving room in Nan County.
Zhang Cang didn't delve into it, because in just one day, he was already better at abacus than Hei Fu, and he was constantly developing the multiplication and division abacus formulas that Hei Fu had already given back to the math teacher.
This made Heifu sigh, genius is genius, and he really found the right person to hand this thing over to Zhang Cang.
At this moment, after Zhang Cang calmed down, he took out the abacus from his arms and started playing with it. He said casually: "How can I be useful?"
"This matter really cannot be done without Zihu. Papermaking cannot be achieved overnight. From site selection to logging to production, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources. Therefore, we need to ask Brother Zihu to live within his means and calculate the business merits, time and effort.
Spend money and silk."
Heifu wanted to prove to the emperor that the things he made were not only lighter and easier to use than bamboo slips, but also much cheaper than silk. Therefore, he needed to have a detailed bill. It was only appropriate to ask Zhang Cang to do this.
In their project team, Zhang Cang is the planner and accountant. He stays at home and processes all kinds of data sent by the planners.
Zhang Han was the specific implementer, leading the prisoners and ministers to work, and communicating with other departments of the Shaofu.
Cheng Shang is the technical staff responsible for turning Heifu's ideas into reality and solving the problems encountered.
With sufficient manpower, a sufficient budget, and the help of three people, Heifu was a little more confident that he would be able to test writing paper within three months.
"This way, I don't have to travel all the way to summon my sister-in-law to Xianyang."
Hei Fu doesn't plan to let his family get promoted again. Nan County is the safest place in the next ten years. If he has to force his eldest brother and sister-in-law to follow him closely, it will actually harm them.
Anyway, events such as military games and public toilets have left the impression on Qin Shihuang that he often comes up with surprising strategies, and he is not afraid of being surprised again and again.
"We are in charge of everything, so what do you do?" At this time, Zhang Cang stopped playing with the abacus and looked at Hei Fu.
"I?"
Heifu nodded his head with his index finger and said with a smile: "Of course I am a hard worker!"
