The so-called close to Zhu is red, close to ink is black.

What kind of emperor there is, there must be what kind of courtiers.

Liu Che likes to look at data and speak, and find the way to govern from numbers.

I heard and saw that the courtiers who came out of the prince's mansion were all infected with everything before they started, first look at the data, measure the strength comparison, and before becoming an official, they will inevitably memorize the local population, number of households, special products, and taxes.

As one of the three giants of the imperial palace back then, Zhang Tangzi was no exception.

Even, he walked farther than everyone else.

In the process of practice in Xinfeng County, he has already tasted the benefits of memorizing data.

When you close your eyes, you can recite the taxes paid last year and the implementation of forced labor in the whole county, all the administrative units at all levels in townships, pavilions, and li.

The officials below, want to play small actions? There are no doors!

Supplemented by a group of shrewd and capable subordinates who are familiar with government affairs, they go deep into the townships, pavilions, and even into the foundation, deal with the people, and paste the government orders and government plans directly on the cloth.

The whole territory is immediately united as one.

"Up and down Nanyang County, there are 207,821 households and 848,100 mouths. The county has jurisdiction over thirty-six counties, one hundred and twenty-one townships (this is a seven-fold discount on the data of Hanshu, no way, I can't find the data at this time, and even more recently)" Zhang Tang put on the official hat of the county guard, and in his heart, countless data came one after another.

"There are about more than 100,000 hectares of land in Jitian......" another set of data flashed, and Zhang Tang's brows began to wrinkle.

In the eyes of the thinkers and politicians of the Han family, one husband and five people have a hundred acres. It is the optimal ecological situation of society.

In Guanzhong, roughly. The government has been working hard to maintain this social form.

There are poor people, but not many.

Just out of the customs. When he 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 tantamount to telling Zhang Tang that at least half of the people in Nanyang County have become tenant farmers or even slaves of others.

This made Zhang Tang angry in addition to a headache.

In the later Celestial Empire, the growth rate of GDP determined the speed at which officials were promoted.

In the Western Han Dynasty, the most important indicator to measure the performance of a county guard (county order). Undoubtedly, the number of households.

The rapid population growth rate and the large number of new households under your rule show that you are capable, very virtuous, and the government and the opposition will pay attention.

In order to increase the population and increase the number of hukou, the Han family worked hard from the court to the locality, from the law to the customs.

For example, the law stipulates that a woman is not allowed to marry at 16. If you want to increase the levy and calculate the tax by five times, and if you don't marry at the age of eighteen, then the government will point to your relatives and force distribution.

It is even better for a widow to remarry.

Some of them are undisciplined. The magistrate, who was eager to be promoted, would even go down to work as a matchmaker and be a matchmaker for the widow......

Son-in-law this group. Because it hindered the growth of the number of households on the household register, he was directly sentenced to life imprisonment. Find one, catch one. There will be no mercy, and they will all be sent to mine and repair the city wall.

In Xinfeng County, Zhang Tang organized a crackdown on the lazy scoundrel group, arrested more than 100 sons-in-law in one go, and sent them all to the foot of the Great Wall to repair the earth.

In addition, the hukou is closely related to the most important task of the annual performance appraisal - tax payment.

The tax system of the Han dynasty was different from that of any later dynasty.

Its field tax was levied on the basis of one-thirtieth of the actual output (at the beginning it was fifteen and one), rather than a constant tax per acre.

This has caused the land tax in every place to fluctuate, in fact, depending on the weather.

Only the mouth is not affected by natural and man-made disasters, and a person is one hundred and twenty dollars.

And if the hukou does not increase, then there is no doubt that the oral endowment will not increase much.

For Zhang Tang, other things can be put aside first.

Only the problem of the number of households in this population will have to be solved after taking office.

Whether it was pioneering, rebuilding the fields, or even cooperating with the central government, some landless peasants were relocated to Liaodong and Korea.

All in all, in a word, the situation of many people and little land in Nanyang County must change.

Because, suppose, you can't change the situation.

Then, now in Nanyang County, the situation where bandits are rampant and there are more and more businessmen will not be improved - the common people have no land and want to live, except to rob, steal, and do accidents, there is only the choice of rebellion.

The issue of public order is one of the areas that all legalists and bureaucrats are most concerned about.

For the Legalists, only when the local bandits are extinct, and the people plough the fields and honestly stay at home and farm, is the ideal world.

"Fortunately, I brought seven brothers from the peasant family, and with their help, I believe that this problem can be solved soon......," Zhang Tang thought with some relief in his heart.

After the death of Qin, the Legalists withered and hibernated, and the peasants joined the Shaofu and became agricultural officials.

This time, Zhang Tang was appointed as the county guard, and not only the Legalists were elated.

Officials and scholars from the peasant families also celebrated.

Even, there are several peasant giants who send their personal disciples or nephews to Zhang Tang.

It was intended to take advantage of Zhang Tang's momentum to return to the Qin Dynasty, when the Legalists formulated policies, the farmers assisted, and the Mohists concentrated on the development of weapons and tools.

"In the past ten years, Nanyang County has collected more than 50,000 yuan in taxes every year, but the deportation of the central government is only 350 million......" Zhang Tang tied the ribbon, and a trace of pride flashed in his eyes: "I came here to take office, and I must make Nanyang deport the central government to pay more than 10,000 yuan in taxes within one year old!" ”

Naturally, it is impossible for local governments to surrender all taxes to the central government.

The local treasury should also leave aside money for the repair of bridges and roads, the maintenance and repair of water conservancy facilities, the maintenance of officials and widows, and the maintenance of local county soldiers and cities.

Taking Zhang Tang in Xinfeng County as an example, Xinfeng's one-year-old tax income is at least 10%. It was swallowed by the gallop.

Qin Shi Huang's galloping road is very easy to use. The entire county of the world is linked to the central government.

The will of the Son of Heaven is that the moon can reach the world.

If it's fast. Regardless of the cost, it can be shortened to less than half a month.

But this is also very costly.

Not only have all localities have to invest heavily in the maintenance of Chidao and levy forced servants, but even Shaofu has been swallowed up a lot of money and food by this monster.

But the amount of water in these expenses is also very huge.

In these projects, there are not one or two bureaucrats who go up and down and eat greasy mouths.

Zhang Tang in Xinfeng County. Millions of dollars have been saved just by strictly inspecting the cost of the road and personally organizing the people to repair the water conservancy.

The tax paid by Xinfeng has been directly increased from less than one percent in the past to more than three percent.

This is also the reason why Zhang Tang's appointment of the county guard was successfully passed at the court meeting.

The political achievements are so hard, and there is the support of the Son of Heaven, no one can speak.

Now, Zhang Tang plans to replicate his governance experience in Xinfeng in Nanyang.

And then use that as a base point. Soaring.

Zhang Tang has already taken a position.

"I should be a great farmer!"

After the Son of Heaven changed the history of Su Nei to the Great Agricultural Order, the authority and status of the Great Agricultural Order were greatly enhanced.

Now it has jumped above Shaofu, Zongzheng, and Weiwei, second only to Tingwei and Lieutenant.

Ranked third among the nine kings of the Han family.

In the future, it has the potential of the first yamen of Jiuqing.

How does this make Zhang Tang not moved?

And those who want to be big farmers. But he Zhang Tang is not alone.

Among the competitors, there are not a few liehous, and even old friends in the past, Yan Yi and Ji Di, are also eyeing them.

Zhang Tang was clear. He has now left the center and taken up his post in Nanyang.

I want to maintain the grace and trust of the Son of Heaven.

In addition to relying on political performance. He has no other way than his irrefutable political achievements.

Pin the jade pendant to your waist. Zhang Tang lifted the curtain and looked at the crowded ferry in the distance.

"Mingfu, the people who embroidered the clothes have arrived, this is their report!" Ning Che rode his horse and leaned over.

Zhang Tang nodded: "There is Brother Lao Ning!" ”

As he spoke, he took a piece of letterhead sealed in a bamboo tube handed by Ning Cheng, opened it, and a small piece of white paper rolled into a paper tube fell out.

Zhang Tang opened the blank paper, looked at the contents, and sneered: "As I expected!" ”

"This tyrant is really evil!" Zhang Tang commented: "The Yang family is also a heinous sin! ”

Embroidered clothes are currently in the Kanto region, and there is generally no sense of existence.

Basically, even the straw shelf has not been erected.

Fortunately, last year, Zhidu went to Henan County to take office, and the tentacles of the embroidered guards were extended, and they collected secret agents in Luoyang City, helping Zhidu to investigate and deal with many heroes.

After Zhang Tang learned that he was going to come to Nanyang County to take office, Zhang Tang personally went to ask Wang Dao to establish a branch of embroidered clothes in Nanyang County, to be a precursor for him and to find out the information in the county.

Wang Dao was naturally happy to agree, and sent more than a dozen members of the embroidered guards to Nanyang County, and 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 no secret.

It's all something that is public, and the people talk about it every day.

But just the things that these people knew about made Zhang Tang see it, and his heart couldn't help but boil with murderous intent.

In the last year alone, the Tyrant clan killed and injured more than a dozen civilians in Nanyang County.

The Yang family is not much different, it's just that they look better when they eat, they can talk about some faces, and they do things more secretly.

However, everyone in this market knows everything, how secret can it be?

It's nothing more than people's excuses and reasons, which are relatively acceptable.

Ning Cheng is a native of Nanyang, where does he not know about the matter of the Tyrant and the Yang Clan, and when he heard this, he laughed: "When I was young, I heard the old man say: Nanyang County, the Son of Heaven gets one point, the Yang family gets one point, the Tyrant family gets one point, and the people get one point......

This is so naked that it adds fuel to the fire, for fear that the thug family and the Yang family will not die fast enough.

Well, this Tyrant and Yang have fallen.

The biggest benefit is undoubtedly the Ning family with the support of someone else!

Although Ning Cheng felt that this Nanyang County was just a small pond.

But his brothers and uncles undoubtedly thought that it was not bad to be able to dominate in this small pond.

"Take your time, dispose of ...... one by one," Zhang Tang said with a sneer.

How to kill people, for the Legalists. This doesn't need to be taught at all, Zhang Tang, who has been reciting Chinese laws since he was a child. Even with his eyes closed, he could press dozens of charges for the Tyrant clan and the Yang clan that were enough for them to raid their families and exterminate their clans.

"Brother Lao Ning, tell Yu Linwei's Lu Duwei. I will order, we must control the scene immediately, there are many princes and gentry who have come today, don't disturb them, and don't give the violent dog a chance to jump off the wall! ”

"No!" Ning Cheng gave up.

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Henan County, the county seat of Xuanqu County.

Wang Wenshu directly entered the county government of Xuanqu County, and sat in the position of the original county order.

As for the original county order, he is already standing beside him like a little daughter-in-law at this moment.

"Angels. I finally waited for you......" The county commander snorted and cried, as if a refugee saw a relative, pulled Wang Wenshu's sleeve and complained: "Don't you know, how domineering the Ren family is, since the lower official took office, the county's affairs of all sizes have not been allowed to interfere with the lower officials, and the Ren family even sent a housekeeper to inform the lower officials: Respect the mansion but sit in the hall." Just hang the arch and rule, we Xuanqu gentry, we will take care of everything! ”

"Xia Guan is really cowardly, but he doesn't dare to provoke a strong family like the Ren family......"

Wang Wenshu's words to this person. But he scoffed.

"Don't pull this and that ...... in front of the envoy" Wang Wenshu kicked the person to the ground: "You don't know that the concubines in your room are all children of the Ren family?" You didn't find out. How much benefit do you take from the Ren family every year? ”

Boom!

Wang Wenshu drew his sword out of its sheath and put it against the neck of the county commander. He asked, "Don't you dare to kill anyone?" ”

This county order was immediately frightened and almost **.

This angel just killed the county lieutenant of Yangwu County.

Kill one more county order. It doesn't seem like a big deal.

In the Han system, except for two thousand stones, the life and death of other people do not even need to be reviewed by the court captain, and the county guard is enough to adjudicate.

Last year, the Zhiming Mansion in Luoyang, under the butcher's knife, killed hundreds of powerful people, officials, and businessmen.

Among them, there are even a few Zhishi's 2,000 stones.

That's 2,000 stones!

Say kill, kill!

Afterwards, Chang'an even came with a commendation edict.

In this world, it's really boring!

"This envoy advises you, and you don't have to be lucky, before leaving, the Son of Heaven entrusted this envoy with full authority to deal with the case of Xuanqu Ren, Tingwei's Tingwei Zuoping, holding the edict of the Son of Heaven, is waiting in Luoyang City, the seven thousand county soldiers of Zhiming Mansion in Zhidu have also been killed, this time, no one can save the Ren family!" Wang Wenshu said coldly.

This is bragging, but the question is, except for Wang Wenshu, who knows?

When the county commander 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 official and nobleman will not be willing to deal with him.

Because he is a giant who directly handles and adjudicates the crime of 2,000 stones and local doubtful cases.

And this person is now in Henan County, which shows that this case, this Ren family, has poked holes in the sky.

Regardless of whether the Ren family is guilty or not, they will inevitably die.

What's more, there is no need to collect this criminal evidence, just go to Xuanqu County and take a look.

"I'll recruit, I'll recruit...... I recruited all ......" The psychological defense line of the county order completely collapsed, and he immediately knelt on the ground and said: "It's just ......"

Wang Wenshu naturally knew what the other party was asking for.

He also wants a quick solution and doesn't want to delay it too long.

If it drags on for a long time, it will change later.

A generation of heroes like the Ren family is very likely to do something like a dog jumping off the wall.

Only the fastest to get the most powerful evidence, and then on the Son of Heaven Festival, send the soldiers of Henan County and Xingyang to hunt Xuanqu - in fact, there is now a force of 3,000 people on standby in Xingyang, as long as he Wang Wenshu gives an order, he can enter Xuanqu.

But to mobilize it, it takes a hard piece of evidence.

What could be more conclusive evidence than the confession of the county order?

Wang Wenshu showed a smile, helped the county order up, and said: "Your worries, this is the knowledge of the enemy, the mistake can be changed, the good is great, the Son of Heaven has always been about punishing the former and the latter, treating the sick and saving people, besides, this minister of the Han family, it is not easy to cultivate, as long as the big festival is not lost, Your Majesty will not want to add swords to the body of the official...... In that year, the general Zhang Wu accepted bribes as much as 1,000 gold, and Emperor Taizong increased his 500 gold to shame his heart and support his honest ......"

Zhang Wu's story. The world knows it.

But the problem is, no one knows. What did Zhang Wu become after 'being ashamed of his heart'.

Until then, Zhang Wu was a giant in the Han army. The status is no less than that of Liji and Luanbu.

Nowadays, Li Ji and Luan Bu are all liehous, resting with the country, and they are even more advanced veterans, with 2,000 stones, waiting for the edict consultant.

What about Zhang Wu?

Who knows what he's up to now? What other authority?

It is said that last month the queen of the silkworm room dedicated silk, Zhang Wu's wife. Not even invited......

Or the Empress Dowager Bo of the East Palace saw her pitiful, and she put her wife in......

But the county order was like grabbing a straw before drowning, and immediately the defense line collapsed, like pouring beans, and told everything he knew. In the hall, the accompanying scribes worked hard to write and quickly put their words into words. It becomes a text.

Half an hour later, Wang Wenshu walked out of the county hall and ordered left and right: "Light the wolf smoke and summon the Xingyang soldiers!" ”

I thought about it. That doesn't seem to be enough insurance.

In case, this Ren dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, with its force and dog legs. Gather together and besiege the county seat. Relying on the unreliable county soldiers and officials of Xuanqu County, they can't resist it at all.

If there is an ugly thing about this angel being besieged and killed by local tyrants. Even if it's just being besieged, something like that.

Then it would be a shame to be thrown to grandma's house, and the face of the Son of Heaven would be even more gone.

He, Wang Wenshu, can also find a rope to commit suicide as soon as possible, so as not to be embarrassed by staying in this world.

So, Wang Wenshu ordered: "After the wolf smoke is lit, we will leave immediately, escape into the mountains and forests, and wait for the arrival of the Xingyang soldiers!" ”

Xingyang is not far from Xuanqu.

Half a day, enough for the cavalry to arrive.

A day later, the Xingyang soldiers will drive to Xuanqu City.

And what Wang Wenshu has to do is to save his life in these twelve hours, as well as the safety of the county order and confession (in fact, it doesn't matter, as long as Ren dares to do it, it will be a place where there is no place to bury!). ）

But what if the Ren family coaxes it?

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Xingyang, the camp of the Han army.

Since the Wuchu Rebellion, this Han army fortress, which once gathered hundreds of thousands of troops and gathered the armies of Qilu, Yan and Zhao, has been a lot empty.

The soldiers and horses left behind in Xingyang only had 30,000 horses left.

This force is the key to the Han family's vigilance of Qilu, Yanzhao and other places.

No matter which direction, which princes, dare to wrestle with Chang'an, the army stationed in Xingyang can teach them to be human beings in minutes.

Now Xingyang is as quiet as ever.

Suddenly, a cloud of wolf smoke from the south shot straight into the sky.

Xingyang Ling Dou Rong saw this wolf smoke, and immediately took out a locked jade box from his handsome tent, and opened the jade box with the key he carried, and he saw the holy decree and tiger talisman inside.

Half a month ago, an angel came from Chang'an and handed him this jade box, saying that once he saw wolf smoke in the south, he would immediately open the jade box and act according to the orders of the jade box edict.

Dou Rong respectfully opened the edict, and when he saw it, he immediately ordered to the left and right: "Beat the drum to summon the general, there is a holy decree to convey!" ”

Out of caution, Dou Rong still kept an eye on it, took the half of the tiger talisman that he had sealed in another secret place, and matched it with the tiger talisman in the jade box, and only after confirming that it was correct, did he put his mind at ease.

The Han system is very strict about the transfer of troops.

In addition to the emperor's edict, it is also necessary to have a tiger talisman for the letter.

In other words, with only an edict and no tiger talisman, even if the emperor stood in the barracks, the big-headed soldiers would not dare to move a penny.

This is the 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, by the Shushui River.

Lu Shen, the captain of the Yulin Guard, is also doing the same thing at the moment.

He respectfully opened a wooden box wrapped around the back of a soldier and took out one of the jade boxes.

Then use a special key to open it, revealing the edict and half of the tiger talisman inside, take out his own tiger talisman, and after comparison, Lu Shen arched his hand to Ning Cheng and said: "Yulin Weijia is all Wei Shen, respectfully obey the edict!" ”

"Ask the county lieutenant to give the order!" Lu Shen bowed to the courtesy of the lower officials.

Although this forest guard was ordered to protect the county guard, the only one who commanded them was the county lieutenant.

The county guard is in charge of civil affairs, and the county lieutenant is in charge of the military.

Although in many places, the county guards were also in charge of the army, and the county lieutenants often intervened in civil affairs.

But Yu Linwei is different, Yu Linwei is deeply influenced by the idea of separating military and government, and does not agree with those 'nonsense' magistrates.

Ning Cheng said loudly: "This official is ordered by the county guard, and he has come to transfer the soldiers of the Yulin Guard, and from the order of the county guard, he will order to arrest the tyrant clan immediately, and if there is resistance, kill him!" ”

"No!" Lu Shen bowed.

Who is the Tyrant, where did it come from, and how many people are there?

Lu Shen didn't care at all.

In the minds of every Yulin guard general, there is only the concept of being loyal to the Son of Heaven, guarding the community, and defending the family state.

Nothing else, don't care.

The orders from above, if there are holy decrees and tiger talismans, they will carry them out.

Don't ask who the other party is, how many people there are, how powerful they are.

Lu Shen turned around, raised his hand, and faced Yu Linwei up and down, and ordered: "Put on armor!" Trumpet! Get ready for battle! ”

Similarly, as the personal guard of the Son of Heaven, Yu Linwei was instilled with only one combat idea: give an order, go all out, and do not care about the number of enemies, strength or weakness.

Even if they are asked to destroy a nest of ants, they will follow the prescribed combat procedures and procedures, draped neatly, bow and crossbow, saddle immediately, and put on armor.

In just an instant, the four hundred Yulin Guards who accompanied them had already completed their combat preparations, just waiting for the order to arrive. (To be continued......)