Two months after Heifu took charge of Xianyang, order in the imperial capital had been restored.

The regent is clear and arbitrary, the power is monopolized, Jiuqing is acting on the orders of the Marquis of Wu Zhong, the center is operating normally, the situation is stable, there is no need to worry about the coup d'état every three or five times, and the flames of war between various forces have spread to the whole city.

The Northern Expeditionary Army and the surrendered lieutenant army took over the security of Xianyang, patrolling every day, and the people of Xianyang have long been accustomed to this scene, and the footsteps of the soldiers do not feel noisy, but make them feel at ease.

With this force in charge, at least there is no need to worry about thieves, robberies and even murder committed by traitors, if there are really bold people, they will also be arrested afterwards and punished according to the laws that the Qin people have long been accustomed to - Marquis Wu Zhong abolished some of the laws and decrees of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, but the laws of the first emperor were almost retained, with only slight modifications, such as limiting the punishment of corruption to criminals who rape women, and if the soldiers of the Northern Expedition dared to make mistakes, the law would not be merciful!

Only with such a severe punishment can the restless lower body of Qiu Ba be controlled.

"The problem is with the law-maker, not the law itself." This is the view of Marquis Wu Zhong.

In this way, the peasant households living outside the city of Xianyang, most of whom were military landlords with high titles, after threshing the grain and paying half of the field rent, counted the surplus grain in the warehouse a little more than in previous years, and could not help but praise the Marquis of Wuzhong.

"I heard that Marquis Wuzhong is also from a farmer's family, and he really knows the hardships of farming, so he can have more surplus grain at home this year."

In troubled times, there is nothing more reassuring than a barn full of grain.

But the farmers began to enjoy the leisure time, and the pavilion chief and Li Zheng went door-to-door to inform everyone: "You can't go to the house tomorrow, and every household lives in their own home!" ”

The order of the numbers was also marked with clods of earth on the doors.

Sure enough, on September 15, after eating the morning meal, the local pavilion chief and Li Zheng came with four small officials, and knocked on the door along the alley.

"Who?"

"Open the door, the government will check the household registration!"

The door was opened tremblingly, and the whole family was standing in the courtyard, and the peasants' faces were not very good-looking, and they muttered secretly:

"Look at this posture, don't you want to close the mouth, didn't you say that you won't levy it this year?"

Qin to October as the beginning of the year, in this "Qin Shi Huang 38 years", Hu Hai in order to repair the Li Mountain Mausoleum, to maintain the needs of the war, has been levied four times on the Xianyang people, making the city complain, this is the end of the year, of course, Heifu can no longer burden them, but also announced that from next year, the minority population will be halved.

"Could it be that there is no money in the Regent's treasury, and you have to break your promise like Hu Hai?"

The peasants thought too much, and the officials really just checked the household registration, and the purpose was that Heifu wanted to reorganize the household registration data in the capital.

As early as when Shang Ying changed the law, one of the measures was to rectify the household registration and establish a system of name registration and household residence, stipulating that "within the four realms, the husband and children are all famous, the living are written, and the dead are cut", to put it bluntly, it is the census of later generations......

Not only the number of individuals, but also the number of "the number of warehouses in the territory, the number of strong men and women, the number of old and weak, the number of officials, the number of people who take food by words, the number of people who benefit the people, the number of horses, cattle, swordsmen, and manuscripts", the composition of the population, and the amount of property, must be counted one by one every autumn, when the local officials come to collect rents, and of course there is only one purpose.

Prevent tax evasion and ......

Therefore, among the seven heroes in the world, the independent Qin State has the highest tax collection efficiency, and the finances of other countries from the local to the central government are like a leaky sieve, and there is not much left, but the Qin State can collect enough money and mobilize the domestic population resources to the greatest extent, so as to enrich the country and strengthen the army.

One person held the data found in the treasury and checked the data in the 36th year of Qin Shi Huang, and the other wrote down the current situation on a yellow paper.

"The head of the household in West Street is not stronger, Chief Wu." Bru Qiang is a man with five big and three rough, and he walks with a limp.

"My wife said, Zhao Gao was in the market when he was in turmoil, died, and he was missing." It seems that the family has also been hit hard by the current situation.

"The eldest woman is thin (adult), unmarried." This woman is sixteen years old, she is watering the vegetable garden, she looks good, Li Zheng said with a smile, if she doesn't marry next year, she will be doubled, so let's hurry up and pick a son-in-law.

"Little man camel (minor), twelve." The young man was also silent, his eyes could not take off the sword of the black-clothed official standing at the end.

The household official specially took out the tape measure he carried with him, measured him, and added: "Six feet tall." ”

Next it was the turn of the property, and the family also had two slaves.

"The minister said to gather, and the little woman said summer."

The slave father and daughter were dressed in brown, and they were very envious of the Lishan prisoners who could be pardoned, but it was a pity that the Marquis of Wuzhong was very ghostly, and the reform only reformed the huge royal property that no one was in charge of, and never touched the interests of private property.

In the archives of the government, the status of the subordinate concubines is only one line higher than that of livestock, and the residence is also next to the empty pigsty.

"Wuyi, a peony dog."

That is, under the mulberry tree in front of the door, the old yellow dog grinning at the little officials, after being kicked hard, ran to the backyard with his tail between his legs.

The tax collector of the Shaofu walked around the house and wrote: "The house is a two-room building, each with a door, all tiled, and a wooden gate, complete with facilities, and ten mulberry trees in front of the door. ”

It's a middle-aged home.

After the registration was completed, the head of the household took the opportunity to report that he had a disability, that it was an injury that had fallen during the service, that he was lame on one foot, and that he had walked a few steps on the spot to show the officials.

"Why aren't you lame at thirty-six years?" The household official raised his eyebrows, skeptical of the man's report.

"It was last year, it was last year."

Manqiang lowered his head a little weakly, he was injured when he was conscripted to fight in the south, and he was lucky to pick up a life, for fear of being settled by the new government.

Fortunately, the officials didn't care, and the lieutenant also testified for the brute force, so the junior officials marked it, which can be regarded as exempting the brute force.

However, it is also warned that if the concealment is not declared, or the declaration of physical illness is false, the second deputy will be fined, and the first and one will be fined respectively.

The work of the three household officials and tax collectors was completed, but the taciturn black-clothed official on the side was just about to begin, and he spoke with a Nanjun accent, obviously the "Northern Expedition Hero" who had recently been installed in various official offices in Xianyang.

Because he was very strong and served as the "Wu Chief" in Lizhong, this person asked him about his neighbors, such as whether outsiders came to visit, etc., and whether there were suspicious behaviors in the near future.

Before leaving, he also put down a sentence: "If there is a suspicious person and does not report it, the person who hides the sinner will be punished, and Shiwu will sit down!" ”

After the household registration of the whole Li was checked at the end of the day, the four officials asked Li Zheng to emphasize to the residents of the whole people: "You can't go out of the countryside without an inspection, you can't go out of the city without a festival, you can't go out of the city without a festival, and if you get caught and repatriate directly, if you don't return after nightfall, you will immediately give it to the pavilion chief!" ”

In a word, it's okay to stay at home, don't think about visiting the whole city if you don't get a letter of introduction, and the reverse tourist hostels in the city will also strictly check all floating population.

As in later generations, the purpose of checking household registration and restricting movement was to facilitate conscription and taxation.

There is another thing that makes Ji Ying very concerned.

Maintain social order and guard against enemy elements!

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The next day, the household registration files of each household and each li in Xianyang City were copied into triplicate and sent to the Zhisu Neishi, Shaofu, and the newly established institution "Heibingtai".

Xiao He, who was a new official, had to live within his means and determine next year's budget for revenue and expenditure, especially to find out whether the economy in Guanzhong could support the plan of sending troops to Marquis Wu Zhonghou next spring, how many soldiers would need to be dispatched, and how many people would be mobilized.

Shaofu was interested in the composition of the population and the property status of each family, and Zhang Cang had to prepare for the collection of oral taxes in the autumn of the coming year.

What Hei Bingtai is concerned about is whether there are suspicious characters who have been mixed with the people recently, and they want to find out the "spies of the six countries" hidden in Xianyang City......

During the reign of Qin Shi Huang, Xianyang's household registration system was as good as it is now, and the pavilion chiefs liked to arrest wanderers the most, and few suspicious people could get in, and there were officials and people holding talismans who could get unimpeded.

But with the transformation of Guanzhong into a battlefield this year, under the chaos, the people's livelihood is turbulent, the old regime collapses, and the new regime is created.

About ten days ago, as soon as the Black Ice Platform was established, Ji Ying handled a big case:

According to the clues provided by Yang Xu, a Zhao merchant was trying to contact the "royalists", and earlier, this Zhao Jia also met with a staff member of Shu County......

Ji Ying secretly arrested the person, and under severe torture, he learned that this person was a close friend of Zhao Guokui Che, a Taiyuan businessman, and lived in Shangjun, after the Six Kingdoms evacuated Xihe, he pretended to sacrifice chariots and horses and the Northern Expeditionary Army, and took the opportunity to escape to Xianyang, where he lived, trying to separate the relationship between Heifu and Shu County.

It is also known that "Shu County will establish Xiaogongsun as the emperor and join Liaodong to support the Soviet Union to resist the Qin thieves".

"Chang Ran's staff Yan Jin has gone south with the envoy of the Marquis, will Chang Que repeat it?"

Heff wasn't completely sure.

This case directly triggered Heifu's military action against Shu County, and he ordered Xiao Tao, who was waiting for Chang Qi in Hanzhong, to see the opportunity and not hesitate to use force, but also to ensure that Chang Qi went north without fail!

I don't know if Xiao Tao is successful now, and the big net of catching the spies of the six countries in Xianyang City has only slowly opened.

"The heart of the Six Kingdoms is not dead, and its lobbyists and spies are lurking in the market, ready to move!"

"The suspicious people in the households must be investigated, and those businessmen from the Kanto region must be thoroughly investigated!"

Ji Ying's main target is those merchants who have no fixed residence, and he asked Heifu for authorization to arrest all the large and small merchants in Xianyang City and screen them one by one......

"Ji Ying, Ji Ying, can you spare those poor businessmen, the Zhao spy sent by Kuaiche can be mixed into Xianyang, this is a special case, how many can there be in the whole city? There's no need to make a fuss. ”

Now compared to later generations, the main role of spies is to divide and bribe, there is neither flying pigeons to pass on books, nor radio communication, even if they get information, they can't send it back in time - Heifu has ordered that from Jiuqing to the common people, all the transmission of private letters from the people is suspended, and only the army and the government can use the postal system.

Now, Ji Ying didn't even have to open the letter.

Seeing that Ji Ying didn't understand what he meant, Heifu smiled and said, "I asked you to set up this net, and it wasn't the birds that occasionally flew in the sky that caught it." ”

He gestured to his feet.

Ji Ying immediately understood: "It's a worm hiding in the ground?" ”

"Yes, the temptation has also been tried, Li Si has already expressed his attitude to me, Xiao Taogang sent someone to report, saying that the situation in Shu County has been controlled, Chang Qian continues to go north, and it will soon be Xianyang, and it is useless to keep his generation, it is better to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey......"

"Yes, the net is closed!"

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Wang Rennai is the grandson of Wang Juan, the old prime minister of Qin Shi Huang, and studied under Dr. Chun Yuyue, who had similar political views to Wang Juan. Chun Yuyue was a member of the Fusu staff, so Wang Ren was suppressed and imprisoned during the Huhai period, and it was not until Heifu entered Xianyang that he was released and served in the Imperial History Mansion.

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But in the past two months, Wang Ren finally saw the true face of Heifu: "He is called a loyal minister, but he is really a traitor!" ”

"If you don't set up an emperor surnamed Ying for a long time, you may have the intention of usurping."

Out of loyalty to the royal family, a few days ago, at the secret gathering of the young officials in Xianyang, Wang Ren was the main initiator.

It was also at his suggestion that everyone found their former cellmate Yang Xu, with him as the leader, while attacking the new policy, while trying to defend the surname Ying Sheji by contacting Shu County Chang Xiang, the predecessor Lang Zhongling Li Liang, Hangu Guan Zhao Ben and others, and find a way to contact the eldest son.

On the 17th, Wang Renxiu was at home, the sky was already bright, he planned with his colleagues last night, stayed up all night, and was still asleep at this time.

In the confusion, Wang Renmeng that the prince of Fusu returned to inherit the unification, and under the persecution of the ministers and the old Qin people, Heifuna trembled, kneeled forward, bowed to the prince, handed over the authority in his hand, and the state was returned to the new emperor......

Since then, there has been a good emperor in power, the chaotic government has been abolished, the people are in power, and the Great Qin has finally flourished......

At this time, there was an unhurried knocking sound outside his door.

"What?" The old man turned over and asked through the door.

"The government, open the door and check the household registration."

In the past few days, the government has indeed checked the household registration in various parts of Xianyang City, and the Qin people, whether they are farmers or officials, and regardless of their titles, need to be registered.

The man glanced through the crack in the door, and saw that the other party was wearing an official uniform, showing the seal and ribbon rune, and he did not suspect him, and opened the door while asking people to report to the master.

"Where's the head of the household?" The officials were also polite, and asked questions with a smile.

"The host is resting ......"

"Which room? We're going to meet you. "After all, it's the former prime minister's family, and it's still quite big.

"Sleep, you still wait in the hall......"

But when they heard this, the officials looked at each other, and went straight to bed, and they walked faster and faster, until at last they became galloping, and from outside the door there were men in armor and swordsmen in hand, and they restrained the servants.

So when Wang Shaoguan was awakened, he saw a group of wolf-like lieutenants rushing into the room, holding their swords around his neck, and behind them were several officials from the Black Ice Platform, who rushed straight in, holding ropes, and sneered:

"Wang Ren, you spy of the Six Kingdoms, you are not ready to be arrested!?"

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening.