Chapter 0158: Uncle Tian, a retainer
"The minister thinks that His Majesty's creation of this financial plan should be of great benefit to the matter of government affairs and money."
It is not Zhang Cang's stinky feet, this bookkeeping method named by Liu Hong as 'Caitu', whether it is for the government's financial audit and record, or for the local government to collect grain tax and oral tax, it does have a considerable positive effect.
Zhang Cang also had a number in his mind about Liu Hong's intention to take out this thing: the imperial historian was a government that was 'self-introspective', mainly focusing on financial reform, and then a comprehensive audit of Jiuqing's government was also mainly aimed at its financial situation, so as to prepare for the comprehensive financial reform of the center in the future.
In this regard, Zhang Cang is naturally full of joy - from now on, this concise and clear way of financial recording will be popularized in the center, and in a few years, this 'advanced' bookkeeping method will inevitably be popularized to the local government.
At that time, when Zhang Cang implements the auditing system in accordance with his ambitions, and evaluates officials by the growth rate of the acres of land, population, and household registration under his rule, the 'financial map' will play a great role: it will greatly reduce the time and labor costs required by the auditing system.
Seeing that Zhang Cang understood his intentions, Liu Hong stopped talking at the right time and looked at Uncle Tian on the side - if he could, of course Liu Hong wanted to get the table, bar chart, abacus, and even paper out at once.
But Liu Hong understands very well that if the step is too big, it will be light...
For any change in the existing order, Liu Hong firmly believes that there is no forever good policy, and there is no perfect policy; A new policy or even the proposal of an order needs to be repeatedly discussed and improved, and a small scale of experiments, and then slowly implemented throughout the world.
Even if there is no problem with this initiative, it may not be applicable in the future; Therefore, 'Gou is new, every day is new, and every day is new' should become the norm in the political arena.
The new policy, especially from the perspective of Liu Hong's future generations, needs to repeatedly confirm whether it is in line with the times, and in the process of implementation, we must do our best to avoid taking it for granted, find problems at any time, correct problems, and correct problems.
In addition, if Liu Hong wants his policies to be truly implemented and developed, he cannot promote them with the attitude of 'don't ask why, just do it'.
At the very least, Liu Hong wants to ensure that the main team in his hands, that is, most of the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, can have a general understanding of the new policy in their hearts and understand its political purpose.
This makes Liu Hong have to take one step at a time, and every time he makes a move, he must explain his purpose clearly in a way that is acceptable to people at this time, and try to find a theoretical basis for his own actions from the existing sage classics at this time to enhance his persuasiveness.
Just like the matter of financial reform, Liu Hong needs to first improve the existing account recording method to obtain a statistical table, and then for the calculation of the financial statistical table, take out the abacus on the basis of remuneration, and then take out the paper for the convenience of the record...
Liu Hong is still young and has plenty of time to complete most of his ideas - to be down-to-earth, moisturizing things and silently changing the concept of people at the time, so as to avoid the death of people in the future.
As for Uncle Tian, Liu Hongdi's senses can be described as very complicated.
Most of Liu Hong's understanding of Uncle Tian comes from the historical records of later generations, as well as the archives that he looked through in Shiqu Pavilion after crossing over.
The historical records of later generations portray Uncle Tian quite contradictory: Huang Lao was born in school, has emotional cleanliness, is mean and honest, and does not associate with people with defective morals, but he made a fortune by robbing tombs?
As early as in his previous life, Liu Hong had great doubts about this: not to mention whether Uncle Tian, as a disciple of Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, needed to rely on tomb robbery to obtain wealth, just from the background of the times, the fact that Uncle Tian would rob the tomb is simply untenable.
ββIn the minds of the people of the Han family, the top priority is the ancestral hall!
Even if it is a country, it is also filial piety, every time there is a wedding, a funeral, a marquis, a king, a temple and other major events, the first thing to do is always to worship the ancestors.
This is also the practical basis of the Han family's 'ruling the world with filial piety' - only under this kind of atmosphere that the people are not afraid of death and are afraid of the shame of their ancestors, and they are not afraid of death and have no incense and blood after death, can the country be governed by filial piety from a slogan into a reality and accepted by the people.
In this context of the times, if Uncle Tian really stole and dug other people's ancestral graves when he was young, let alone being elected as an official, whether he could escape the verbal criticism of the township party would have to draw a big question mark.
ββSince Sima Qiandu 'knows' that Uncle Tian made his fortune by robbing tombs, then this matter is at least known to everyone in the temple!
However, Uncle Tian, who was 'mean and honest', was recommended as an official as a guest of Zhang Aomen, the king of Zhao, and was repeatedly appointed as a prince and prince, Wang Taifu, and other positions with extremely high moral quality, and did quite well, but he was never attacked by political enemies with this moral stain.
This alone is enough to illustrate the problem - Uncle Tian in Taishi Gong's pen was deliberately scandalized, which should be because of political issues.
Emperor Wen Liu Heng seized the throne, and the political legitimacy of Emperor Xiaohui was naturally denied; As the father of Zhang Yan, the queen of filial piety, Zhang Ao's political component is naturally no longer 'rooted and red'; as Zhang Ao's doorman, Uncle Tian was hacked as a 'tomb robber', and it is not a big deal.
After looking through the archives in Shiqu Pavilion, Liu Hong also confirmed his conjecture: Uncle Tian, who was classified as the Marquis of Xuanping, was recorded in every detail from the date of birth, to the surname and origin of his parents, and even the place where he lived and what he did since he was a child, but there was no record of 'stealing graves'.
Liu Hong, who was already deeply suspicious of Taishi Gong's temperament, slandered again, then gave up his hand a little, and said to Uncle Tian: "I still remember that when I was young, I often heard my mother mention the name of Ziqing's loyalty. β
"Today, I am in the world with this slim body, and I have the courage to summon Ziqing Gong as a young man, and I hope that the princess will miss the thin face of the queen mother and help me."
For Uncle Tian's return to the center, Liu Hong is full of expectations.
In history, Uncle Tian served as the son of Emperor Jing in the Jingdi Dynasty and the king of Lu Liu Yu; As soon as he arrived, hundreds of people found Uncle Tian and accused Liu Yu of robbing the people's wealth, hoping that Uncle Tian could make decisions for them.
As a result, Uncle Tian arrested the 20 leading people among these people, slapped 50 boards each, and reprimanded: King Lu is the son, and you are the king's people, but here you slander the king of Er, and put loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness?
After Liu Yu heard about it, he felt very guilty, so he took out the looted property from the treasury and asked Uncle Tian to return it to the people. This is not the way of human beings!
From this incident, it is not difficult to see Uncle Tian's personality - as a famous demon king of the mixed world among the sons of Emperor Jing, Liu Yu found that Uncle Tian protected himself like this, but he did not become more rampant because of this, but instead returned the seized property to the people with 'guilt'?
Think about Liu Yu's own brother Liu Che, how did he react to this kind of echo worm's behavior?
- You are honest, then don't blame the men for bullying you!
What's more, Uncle Tian is not the prince of the prince, but just the identity of the king, he will be gentle and elegant, introverted and down-to-earth, trained by Liu Yu, who originally loved hunting and soaked in the garden almost every day, to the point of entering Chang'an and inviting hunting by the clan, bluntly said, 'The prime minister is here, and he doesn't dare to hunt'!
From these two things alone, it is not difficult to draw conclusions: as a politician who has been in the political arena for decades, Uncle Tian's political skills are good enough!
Such an excellent official, even if he puts aside his background, is enough for Liu Hong to spend his heart and soul to fight for - not to mention that Uncle Tian's background is Liu Hong's theoretical 'mother family' minions!
In the feudal era, sons born to non-formal wives like Liu Hong were called 'concubines', and in most cases, concubines could not call their biological mothers 'mothers'.
The mother of the concubine must be the father's wife; After birth, the vast majority of concubines will also be raised under the knees of the head of the house.
As for the biological mothers of the concubines, not to mention that the mother is expensive by the son, the salted fish has turned over, and it will be remembered by the son, and it will be good to take care of life in the future!
ββIn later film and television dramas, the chickens and dogs in the back house are jumping, and the aunt's wife is intriguing with his wife to fight for the top position, which is completely impossible to happen at this time.
Because the essence of a concubine is actually just a 'maid'!
Moreover, the title of 'concubine' can only be possessed after giving birth to a child, and those who do not have children are not even qualified to be called 'concubines'.
And unlike the wives who are married to the three media, the concubines are all bought with money~
In the hands of the main family, there is a deed of sale for the concubine~
As long as the master is willing, he can sell the concubine for money at any time!
Even if you don't talk about this, the status of the concubine is far lower than later generations imagined - at this time, the highest standard of hospitality for the guests who come to visit the door is to 'sleep with a concubine'.
Generally speaking, in most cases, in addition to engaging in manual labor at home like other slaves, the biggest role of the concubine is only to warm the bed for the guests when they come to the house...
If it is favored by the guests, it may be sent out at any time - giving the concubine to the guests is an elegant matter at this time!
Liu Bang once rewarded his courtiers with gold and silver property, and even officials, because of the concubines given by his courtiers.
Emperor Wen's biological mother Liu Heng's biological mother, Bo, the first man was not Liu Bang - before becoming a maid in the Han Palace, Bo was the concubine of Wei Bao, the king of Wei; After Han Xin defeated Wei Bao, he was presented to Liu Bang by Han Xinjin and entered Liu Bang's harem.
As far as the royal family is concerned, although the status of concubines such as "concubines" and "concubines" corresponding to "concubines" is higher than that of slaves, and they do not need to be used to entertain guests, the theoretical mother of each prince and princess is not their own biological mother, but the queen who is the main wife.
Therefore, no matter who Liu Hong's biological mother is, Liu Hong's mother in the true sense of the word is only one: Empress Xiaohui, Zhang Yan.
As a guest of Zhang Ao, Marquis of Xuanping, Uncle Tian is not an exaggeration to say that Liu Hong's theoretical biological mother Zhang Yan, that is, Empress Xiaohui, is a 'retainer'.
So in fact, Uncle Tian has a natural loyalty to Liu Hong - Zhang Ao is the old master of Uncle Tian, and Liu Hong, as the grandson of Zhang Ao, is naturally Uncle Tian's young master.
Such a relationship has almost no possibility of being severed in the feudal era, especially for a loyal and righteous person like Uncle Tian who would rather die than follow Zhang Ao today, and swear to follow him to the death, this relationship is almost equivalent to the 'blood recognition' in the online game of later generations.
So for Uncle Tian, whether it is loyalty or ability, Liu Hong is not worried at all; The only thing I am worried about is only one point: will Uncle Tian fight to put Zhang Ao and his line back on the throne of King Zhao out of loyalty!
As long as such a thing happens, Liu Hong will be in a predicament: out of filial piety, Liu Hong, as a descendant of Liu Bang, must strictly abide by the iron law of 'not Liu's family, no king'; but as Zhang Ao's grandson, Liu Hong must also fight for better political treatment for Zhang Ao out of filial piety.
Such a dilemma is very tricky to solve, and no matter what the conclusion is, Liu Hong will inevitably be stigmatized as 'unfilial'.
As a courtier, Uncle Tian, who made his father bear the charge of 'unfilial piety', is also to blame - the lord humiliated the minister to death!
The most optimistic result, Uncle Tian was also able to die to apologize!
In the end, Liu Hong was stigmatized as 'disrespecting the laws of the ancestors' or 'treating the heirs of his ancestors harshly' for no reason, and he also lost a capable minister with excellent political components and ability to go down in history.
Therefore, the advance proposal of financial reform also has a credit to Uncle Tian - Liu Hong wants to find something to do for Uncle Tian, so that he can't think about it.
As Liu Hongdi's small treasury, Shaofu is indeed the place where financial reform is most needed to make accounts more transparent.
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