On the afternoon of August 3, as soon as Lu Jia left, Xiao He, the prime minister, and Zhang Cang, the young minister, came together to report to Heifu on government affairs.

"Therefore, according to the 26th year of Qin Shi Huang, there were more than 200,000 residential, commercial and industrial households in the internal history area, and then 120,000 households were moved to the eastern part of the country......

As a result, it has become the most densely populated area in the world, with one county living one-tenth of the country's people.

Heifu flicked the paperwork presented by the two of them, and said:

"In addition, there are 800,000 slaves and convicts in the Guanzhong under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu!?"

In the past, Heifu also knew that the Shaofu had a large number of people, but because the specific number was a secret of the imperial court, he did not know.

Now that the words are in black and white in front of me, I understand how huge the manpower of the young government envoy is!

Zhang Cang snapped his fat fingers and explained the details to Heifu little by little:

Shaofu has more than 10 kinds of edict prisons, such as Yongxiang Prison, Ruolu Prison, Daoguan Prison, Weaving Room Prison, Kaogong Prison, Sikong Prison, Beihuo Prison, Jundi Prison, Sihu Prison, Shanglin Prison, etc., which detain a total of 700,000 men, women, and children from all over the country, and bear all kinds of labor inside and outside the palace. The first emperor repaired the Afang Palace, built the Li Mountain Mausoleum, and all served the other generations. ”

The 170,000 prisoners captured by Heifu in Lishan were only the young and strong of the 700,000 prisoners, and their families were scattered all over Guanzhong.

"In Xianyang Palace alone, there are tens of thousands of various officials, slaves and maids who hold the position of worship, among which only the Taiguan and Tang officials who are in charge of the imperial diet have 3,000 slaves and maids, and there are 700 butchers and 200 slaughterers. The palace and weaving room, which were responsible for the production of court clothes, also had thousands of weavers and dyers under the door. The number of singers and dancers in the palaces has been expanded several times, and there are thousands of people......"

This is only the department in Guanzhong, plus the convicts and slaves of the government-run enterprises such as salt, iron, sugar, and wine all over the world, and it is not surprising that the population of the Shaofu is one million.

State-owned enterprises control the lifeblood of the world, not to mention it, but the 800,000 people in Guanzhong, except for those who specialize in the manufacture of weapons and leather, build roads and bridges, and engage in infrastructure construction, the rest are all for the purpose of supporting the emperor's extremely large palace.

Not to mention the possession of a large number of craftsmen and laborers, the key is that it constantly sucks the blood of the world.

"The gold and silver ceremonial lacquerware made by the three officials of the Shaofu has an official fee of 30 million a year, and the same is true for the east and west weaving rooms."

"Taiguan and Tang Guan host palace meals, and the annual cost is 50 million yuan, this is still when the first emperor does not go out on patrol, if there is a long patrol, there are tens of thousands of entourage, and Taiguan and Tang Guan have to arrive at the county a few days in advance, purchase meat and vegetables, and supply food, the most annual cost, it costs tens of thousands of dollars!"

This is just a general daily expense, if the royal family has a marriage and other major events, it is more extravagant, don't look at the first emperor does not crown his son as a prince, but only the name and the instrument, the treatment of the princes is not bad.

If reform is carried out slowly, I don't know how much resistance we will encounter.

But right now, this huge house has been swept clean by Heifu!

Zhao Gaozhu, Hu Hai died, and the dignity of the old court was disgraced.

The two families of King Meng, who had great influence in the army, were left with only side branches.

Most of the sons were solved by the six countries, and the remaining three or five people were not enough to worry about.

Among the Qin officials and civil officials, except for a few people who jumped up and down, the rest were all under the sword and axe of Heifu, and there were countless people who sharpened their heads and wanted to join the new government.

In this way, Heifu can also let go of his hands and start some drastic reforms!

"The salt and iron under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu are the great plans of the country, and they cannot be easily changed, and the old system is still used."

State-owned enterprises cannot move, and even have to increase their support, but these internal departments are varied, account for the population, and spend a lot of jobs......

"It's time to get rid of these historical baggage!"

"The reform of the Shaofu system starts with the liberation of prisoners and the opening of the garden!"

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"The disciples of Lishan, no matter what crime they were detained for in the past, will be exempted from their crimes!"

"If your wife and parents are slaves and maidservants of the government, they will be pardoned together, and you will be reunited soon!"

After the official pardon was issued, the "Innocent Army" that had returned to Weinan cheered and said:

"Marquis Wu Zhong is really trustworthy!"

They were originally from the old Qin, and because they committed various crimes, they were reduced to prisoners, and their families were also connected to the hidden officials and engaged in various industries under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

The young and able-bodied people were singled out to form the Chi Torturers, who had a higher status than ordinary prisoners, but were still not free: after the completion of the Chi Road, there was Ah Fang waiting for them, Ah Fang was finally delivered, and the Lishan Mausoleum had to be completed within half a year......

The life of the prisoners was hard, and there were many people who tried to resist and escape, but this was the hinterland of Guanzhong, the most powerful ruling area, and except for a few lucky people who escaped into the mountains and forests to rob, most of them were captured.

The first time he was whipped, the second time he ran away and cut off his feet, and the third time he was directly executed!

The whip hit the body, and the bloody mouth slowly scabbed and fell off, leaving a scar, and the ink on the face never faded.

Endless suffering, endless labor, as if there is no end.

It wasn't until Hu Hai's court collapsed, and it wasn't until Marquis Wu Zhong took the Northern Expeditionary Army to Lishan to stop the riots of the prisoners and made a promise, that everyone's lives had a turning point.

But after this long-awaited freedom, the freed gallopers fell into confusion again.

"Where should we go in the future?"

After many years of convictions, most of the family members have been connected, and the Tiantu house in their hometown has long been someone else's, even if they go back, there is no food and clothing, and what's worse is that Qin Di is extremely discriminatory against the people who have been tortured, just by virtue of the ink on their faces, even if they are mediocre for others, no one dares to ask for it.

Fortunately, Marquis Wu Zhonghou seems to have taken this into account and provided a place for the freed Lishan prisoners:

"Guanzhong Garden is vast, there is no shortage of plastering places, and the executioners can go to Tunzhi!"

Everyone can't believe it, they are no strangers to the garden, the garden of the forest, spanning three hundred miles in Weinan, covers a vast area, and there are more than ten large and small gardens in the rest, basically supporting the palace annex nearby, it is the royal family of the Qin Dynasty to keep the forest pond and marsh, the place to breed poultry and animals.

Was it built to protect the environment? Don't be stupid, the forest coverage rate in Guanzhong is at least 70 or 80 percent this year, and in some areas it is even as high as 90 percent, which is far from reaching the point of soil erosion. It is necessary to keep such a large field on the edge of Wanggi, just for the royal family and nobles to shoot and play.

Qin also has the "Law of the Stable", which strictly prohibits the common people from entering the royal forbidden garden, and if anyone ignores the ban to enter the fishing and hunting, the guards can kill them!

At the beginning, Guanzhong was full of wasteland, with few people and more land, but it was nothing, but with the growth of population, when the population of Guanzhong exceeded the two million mark, when the fields and houses in Weibei and Lantian were already dense and could no longer accommodate the new people, the garden in Weinan, which covered an area of hundreds of miles, was a bit of an eyesore.

The emperor's personal pleasure and the further development of agriculture in Guanzhong have created a contradiction, how to make a trade-off at this time?

The first emperor's choice was to keep the garden and seal the meritorious soldiers who were in urgent need of land to the vast distance......

It is said that the emperor also personally held a crossbow and shot the common people who strayed into the garden.

Now that Heifu is in power, it's time for the other way around......

After consulting with Zhang Cang, he ordered: "When the first emperor was the first emperor, he tried to discuss the great garden, east to Hangu Pass, west to Yong, Chencang. From time to time, you said: 'Good, there are many birds and beasts in it, and Kou comes from the east, so that the elk can touch it enough.' The First Emperor withdrew. ”

"Now the remnants of the Six Kingdoms are in turmoil in the eastern part of the country, and if you want to sweep it away, you can't rely on the elk and cranes in the garden, you can only rely on foot soldiers and enough food, so the garden can be abolished, and the county and township will be established in its place, and the meritorious soldiers and released prisoners will be placed in Tuntian!"

This discussion naturally sparked some discussion in the court, and a certain Yang Yushi, who was the head of the iron, objected: "The reason why the first emperor was confined to Guangyuan was to let the children of the Qin people practice martial arts by shooting and hunting. ”

Qiang Hua, the cavalry captain who had just come from the north and escorted Heifu's eldest son into Xianyang, laughed at this shallow understanding:

"If you are on the road today, there are many bandits from the Six Nations to hunt. Even if the world is determined in the future, the children who want to practice martial arts can also go to the county, go to the north, and go to the vast world to practice, why shoot some foxes and rabbits at the door of the house, but think they are brave? ”

This proposal was passed, and Heifu let Shaofu promulgate a specific resettlement strategy:

"The gallopers went to Shanglin, and in the autumn they collected the old corn, grass, vegetables, acorns, and jujube millet from Wuyuan, kept their own rations, and handed over the rest to the government."

"After the autumn, set up a household registration, divide the land, 50 acres of people, and build a house to live in."

"In winter, your family members can be sent by the government to the garden for reunion......"

At the beginning of August, when this decree spread among the gallopers, they were all overjoyed, and some people spread it among the people:

"In the past, King Qin Zhao would rather starve the people to death than open the garden."

"Even if the first emperor is the first emperor, he would rather keep the palace and drive the meritorious soldiers to the border to suffer."

"Hu Hai led the crowd to hunt, galloped out of the garden area, took pleasure in trampling on the people's fields and crops, and even shot and killed those who strayed into the garden."

"Only today's Marquis Wu Zhong, open the garden and our farming, establish three counties, buy 10,000 households, and the good governance that the sixth generation of the true Qin Dynasty has never had! How dare you not be grateful? ”

In their eyes, Marquis Wu Zhonghou was their liberator, the one who broke the shackles, and now he was granted food, clothing, and arable land, and they were all grateful, and discussed:

"After settling down in Shanglin, we will set up a shrine for Marquis Wu Zhong, so as to tell the children the favor of Marquis Wu Zhong!"

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At the same time, the "Yuefu", which is subordinate to Shaofu, also received a series of restructuring orders issued by Zhang Cang.

Yuefu is an official office specializing in the management of music, because of the Qin evil poetry book, so the three hundred poems are sung less, only some quaint melodies, which are sung during the sacrifice. The palace banquets on weekdays are mostly based on the so-called "voice of Zheng Wei" and Handan's pop music in recent times.

But now, everything has changed.

Marquis Wu Zhonghou advocated frugality, and the sound of Zheng Wei in the past was not allowed to be sung, and the vast dance array was not allowed to dance, and instead asked Yuefu to create a series of new themes and new elegance......

"In ancient times, there were officials who collected poems, and the king looked at the customs, knew the gains and losses, and took the self-examination, and won the song of the fifteen countries, which was for the wind."

"The nobles of Wang Ji are singing elegant music, which is for elegance."

"The song of the temple sacrifice dance and song is to praise the achievements of the ancestors, which is to praise."

Yuefu was encouraged not to indulge in "Yangchun" and "White Snow", but to adopt more songs of "Xiali" and "Ba Ren" to be in line with the folk.

Of course, there are no conditions for going to various places to collect wind now, but you can go to the army to collect it. The folk songs and folk songs of the south, Guanzhong, and Bashu that the officers and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army liked to hear were slightly transformed into songs that were not too elegant and turned into songs that were widely sung like "Military Songs of the Northern Expeditionary Army".

At the same time, aristocratic music will be diluted.

The ode will no longer be a tribute to the ancestors of the Qin dynasty, but will become a praise of the unification, the justice of the Northern Expedition, and the new policy of Wu Zhonghou......

As a result, an old musician who had made "Ode to Qin" for Qin Shi Huang according to the rhythm of Gao Yuanli's playing, looked at the request of "Ode" issued by Marquis Wu Zhong, and was completely dumbfounded.

The song is a propositional composition, and the melody is freely composed by Yuefu, but the theme must be ......

"Turning over the prisoner ......"

"Put the singing?"

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PS: It's still comfortable at home, and I slept all day...... The second chapter is in the evening.