Chapter 240: It's not as bad as I thought
It's easy to seal an official, but it's not so easy to do a good job. For example, Lu Yan didn't even know what kind of work Jun Cheng mainly did, and he didn't have any experience in this area.
Generally speaking, even if you start from Lang Guan, you will go directly to the local government to serve as a county official or county magistrate, and accumulate there. As a result, skipping this step and starting from Juncheng all at once, Lu Yan's pressure was very huge.
In contrast, the work of Cai Yan and Jian Yong, who integrated the long history of the officials and the main book in charge of clerical work, was relatively simple. In particular, the latter had been the marching master for some time and was able to adapt to it immediately.
"The big question is, what should we do at this stage?" Liu Tao is actually the biggest headache, after all, no one has taught him how to be a Taishou.
This is different from playing construction games, come to a god interface, give you some people and materials, and then smear them at will on top of that. If you're wrong, you can read the file and come back, and if you're not happy with it, you can change the game directly.
At this stage, it is necessary to first understand the operation of the government in the past, then understand the scope of responsibilities of the Taishou, and finally govern.
More often than not, Taishou's duty is to solve the needs of the people in each county and solve the problems of the people. At the same time, it is necessary to coordinate the collection and distribution of forced labor and the collection of taxes. Ensure that the annual tax can be paid to the state, and then sent to Luoyang.
"It hasn't been long since spring ploughing began, and there is nothing to do, and the people are busy farming, so we must not be forced to do it at this time." Lu Yan is also adapting to his identity as a county prince while assisting Liu Tao to solve problems.
"Then I can't just do nothing, can I?" Liu Tao pointed to himself.
"Of course not!" Lu Yan replied, "The main reason is that I didn't guard too much before, so I need to adapt to a lot of things. Now that all Cao Cao is counting the statistics below, we can only ask them to report it quickly. ”
"Lord ......" At this time, Jian Yong walked in, "I checked the data of the past years and found a problem. In the case of Yunzhong County alone, there seems to be a big discrepancy between the population and the number on the roster. ”
"Yunzhong is already a border land, and there are many merchants here who plan to trade in the grasslands, so it is not surprising that the number of people is different." Liu Tao thought about it and tried to explain.
"The subordinates originally thought that this was the case, but after verification, it was not that simple." Jian Yong shook his head, if it was really that simple, he didn't need to come over to report.
Yunzhong is indeed an important city to Xianbei, whether it is to Wuyuan County or Dingxiang County in the past, it is a necessary way, so there are many merchants, which is understandable.
"In addition to the merchants and the registered population, more than half of the people are not on the register." Jian Yong replied.
"How many people are on the roster?" Liu Tao immediately paid attention to it.
"According to the statistics of six years ago, there were 5,234 people in Yunzhong County. However, the actual number of people living in it is at least 10,000. There are thousands of people, and they are not registered. Jian Yong reported.
"Isn't it the head of a family?" Liu Tao joked, after all, there were also later generations, 'There were only 5,000 people in the late Han Dynasty, but if you count the families of each gate, there are more than 100 million people'.
"What's worse, it's all Hu people!" Jian Yong shook his head, "My subordinates spent an hour visiting, and found that many of the people living around Yunzhong County were mostly Hu people who moved here, or descendants of Hu people. ”
"Zhao Kong will sit back and watch these Hu people move here?" Liu Tao's brows furrowed slightly.
According to this statement, Yunzhong County, no, no, I'm afraid that all the counties in Yunzhong are all occupied by these Hu people? If this kind of thing is allowed to happen, but it is not reported, the big and small officials of Yunzhong County are simply damned!
"The situation is not so bad...... Jian Yong saw that Liu Tao's face was not good, and hurriedly explained, "Most of these Hu people are heart-oriented to the Han Dynasty, so they moved to the Han side, and they also plan to settle down in the clouds and become Han people." ”
When Liu Tao heard this, he suddenly realized that according to the Han law, at least three generations of people must live here and pay taxes, and then they can be regarded as Hanmin. According to this concept, these Hu people should theoretically be naturalized Hu people.
It's just that I haven't obtained a household registration yet, so it's not on the family register...... However, it is still a little difficult to let go of this thought.
Three or two hundred, one or two thousand! The number of these naturalized Hu people has surpassed that of the local Han people, and the results have not yet been reported. Even Liu Tao has to wonder where and to whom these naturalized Hu people's taxes are paid!
"The subordinates guessed that the taxes of these Hu people were estimated to fall into the hands of the last lieutenant of Yunzhong." Jian Yong saw that Liu Tao began to ponder, so he added.
Otherwise, others risked being invaded by the Hu people and dying on the battlefield to come here to serve as a captain, for what? After all, it's the taxes of these hidden households! If you have to count it, it will actually be counted as a conscription!
"Wait, according to this statement, after three generations, shouldn't you be naturalized?" Liu Tao thought about it, and calculated that it would be more than thirty years at the earliest. From the third generation, it can be Han Chinese.
"The problem is ...... in the clouds," Lu Yan seemed to have guessed the crux of the matter, "From time to time, there will be Hu people going south, and there may be some of them, this kind of naturalized Hu people, who were robbed and plundered by them, and then some people also moved south to move here, three generations, it is estimated that forty or fifty years, have not been able to achieve." ”
In the final analysis, it is the environment here that leads to the fact that these naturalized Hu people cannot really be naturalized in the end.
"There is also a problem, that is, the naturalized Hu people who have not been naturalized have higher taxes and forced labor than the Han people." Jian Yong said helplessly.
The first and second generations may be desperate with the idea that they must obtain household registration, but it is difficult to say that the third generation will not be able to stand this gap, and at this time the Hu people will go south, it will easily arouse their sense of resistance, and then join the Hu people's army.
Over time, Budugen also discovered this problem, so he was not busy invading Yunzhong County. After all, a group of young people can be conscripted into the army on a regular basis, which is a good source of soldiers.
Budugen recruited these young men, mainly to fight against the other two tribes. Since the main force is not attacking Yunzhong County, the commanders and county orders here do not have much pressure.
In addition, on a regular basis, a group of Hu people will move over, and then they can earn two generations of taxes and servitude...... Over time, the local government of Yunzhong County and the root of Budu actually formed a tacit understanding.
"Not for the son of man......" Liu Tao was a little indignant, "For selfish desires, he actually raised tigers openly." If one day, Budugen unites the Xianbei tribes and begins to go south, these people will all be sinners! ”
"However, this is the problem we have to face now." Lu Yan reminded, "Brother, what are we going to do? ”
"What else can I do?" Liu Tao said angrily, "Since there is so much labor, of course you have to make good use of it!" Originally, I thought that on the side of Yunzhong County, the population would only be 20,000 people......"
After a pause, he looked at everyone: "What I didn't expect was that things didn't seem to be as bad as we imagined!" ”