Half an hour later, 337 officials from Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou, carrying countless documents, came to the palace.

Three hundred and thirty-seven people collectively bowed their heads and bowed again: "The ministers respectfully ask Your Majesty Holy Ann!" ”

Then, they put the documents and files they carried in front of them.

Each of them carried about twenty rolls or so, and the total weight may have exceeded twenty catties (Han jin).

However, this is still only a general outline of the archives in their respective jurisdictions.

It is but a general overview of the population, land, taxation and servitude of some of the respective jurisdictions.

The Son of Heaven got up slightly, looked at the expressions of the officials in this hall, and then said, "The Qing and others are exempt from courtesy!" Sit down and talk! ”

Zhang Yue put down the heavy axe in his hand, moved his arm that was almost numb slightly, walked down the imperial steps, bowed to the Son of Heaven, and bowed to the ministers and ministers of civil and military affairs on both sides.

Finally, facing the hundreds of officials, the chief bowed again, and said: "This official, the servant received the Xinfeng order, and the fake Guanglu doctor Zhang Yi has seen the princes!" ”

"By the holy order of His Majesty, I am responsible for reporting all matters to Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou today, and I would like to ask you to give advice!"

When the officials heard this, they looked at each other and felt MMP in their hearts.

Originally, this plan was drudgery!

Do you think, local counties, which one has no mistakes?

In the world of the Han family, peasant uncles, or scholars who claim to be 'ploughing people', are the most fond of suing the emperor.

In the hundred-year history of the Han family, the two thousand stones of the princes and lords who were pulled off the horse by these people are almost able to form a reinforced battalion!

It was not only the aristocratic officials who died at the hands of these people.

There are many relatives and clans!

For example, Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao Jingsu, who died last year.

Awesome, right?

As the elder brother of today's son, during the reign of King Zhao, he was famous for his cunning and intelligence, and Tingwei, Zongzheng, Taichang and national law could not be controlled.

However, more than ten years ago, he was disgraced and embarrassed by several Handan businessmen who went to Beijing to sue the emperor.

If it weren't for today's son, among his brothers, only Liu Pengzu would have survived.

Perhaps, this great king may have to lose the title of feudal state and prince.

Even so, he had almost lost all of his power as a king.

Even the power to establish the crown prince has been deprived!

Last year, King Zhao died of a serious illness, and finally, the new King Zhao was designated by Chang'an!

So what did King Zhao Jingsu do back then? Led to such a fate?

Actually, it's not a big deal.

However, the king of Zhao sent his retainers and slaves to the markets in various parts of the Zhao country, replacing the original unauthorized power of the market merchants in various places to vote for themselves, and then made a profit with a small amount of money, but before he was happy for a few years, he was sued by those few businessmen to the Tingwei Yamen, which caused a lot of discussion in the world, and public opinion continued to whip.

In this way, King Zhao, who is known as 'two thousand stones, dare not make it', became the brother of today's son, and planted it!

Similar examples have emerged over the past 100 years.

Therefore, all along, the officials who were sent to Chang'an were generally local officials.

Capable guys, but not very gregarious, to be exact.

Sending them to Chang'an is purely a means of squeezing out and suppressing.

In many cases, they are responsible for more than just reporting to Chang'an on the local situation.

I also have to do all kinds of things to extinguish fires.

Moreover, most of the time, they have to directly bear the pressure from Chang'an.

Therefore, the officials are very hard.

On the one hand, here in Chang'an, no matter what questions there are, let them give an accurate answer.

If you can't give it out, then you are dereliction of duty, even if Chang'an doesn't clean them up and goes back, the local political enemies will not let them go.

On the other hand, they also bear all the hopes of the entire region.

Crying poverty to Chang'an, asking for policies, tax reductions and exemptions, and various subsidies are all their main tasks in Beijing.

If they can't do it, they go back, and the local political enemies can use this as an excuse to put small shoes on them.

So, how do they not MMP?

In fact, after they listened to Zhang Yue's self-introduction, their hearts felt as if they had been ravaged by 100,000 grass and mud horses, and they were in a mess.

It has been almost ten days since the officials came to Chang'an.

The legends and stories they heard along the way naturally let them know who was the lieutenant who was selected by the Son of Heaven to preside over and review their report on the plan.

"I'm afraid that those who come are not good, and those who are good will not come......," more than one person slandered in his heart.

However, on the surface, they all had to maintain a relaxed and happy expression and look.

They all looked at Zhang Yue, and bowed again: "The lower officials and others bow to the advice of the servant!" ”

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Zhang Yue looked at the densely packed, black-pressed officials in front of him.

These three hundred and thirty-seven people came from the twenty-two counties of the three prefectures of Qingxu and Yang.

The population size of the jurisdiction, if you count the hidden hukou and slaves, may exceed 15 million!

He took a deep breath, then bowed his hand again, and said: "Etiquette: The same is true for the big guests, and this praise is the prosperity of the first king who is subject to the world's plan!" ”

"Han Xing for a hundred years, bow to the gods and martial arts of the ancestors, use the virtue of Wenjing, and Zhang Yu is in the world!"

"The blessing of Lai Zongmiao, the spirit of Sheji, the holy virtue of the Son of Heaven, and the use of government by hundreds of officials, so the south and South Vietnam, the king of Luo Yue came to the ministers, and the west entered the southwest, there are the kings of Dian and Yelang, and the east is not a minister, and the homeland of the son of Zheng, and the people are transformed into it!"

"The Northern Expedition to the Huns, the shame of Emperor Xuegao Pingcheng and the humiliation of Empress Lu, the blood feud of the subjects of the border counties for a hundred years!"

"Han Zhen is in its prime!"

"So, Ding out of Fenyin, Ganoderma lucidum out of Ganquan, sacrifice Liang's father and seal Mount Tai, patrol the world......"

The essence of a qualified PTT is that it is first and foremost to praise leadership and society.

This is called getting the position right!

Therefore, at this moment, Zhang Yue felt as if his eyes were going blind.

The darkness of this turbid and chaotic world has disappeared.

The whole world is Haiyan River clear, which can be compared with the world of Tang Yu, the portrait and the people do not commit crimes.

The Han Empire is about to run into the rule of three generations!

So, he opened his hands and said affectionately: "In this prosperous era, on this auspicious day, you have come from the twenty-two counties of Qingxuyang Sanbu Prefecture, and you will bring the book of the plan to the king, and tell the world, it can really be said that 'the same is true for the guests'!" ”

"So that the Duke of Zhou is in Japan, and he should also sigh at the virtue of His Majesty, which has moistened the territory of thousands of miles of rivers and seas!"

The officials listened and were really dumbfounded.

I've seen sycophants, but I've never seen such a cow!

And among the courtiers, especially Shangguan Ji and others, they couldn't wait to pick up a small notebook and take notes immediately!

The same is true for the guests, but this sentence comes from the book "Zhou Li", written by the Duke of Zhou himself and sung for the world of Zong Zhou, which describes and praises the loyal princes of Zong and Zhou, who entered the court on time, pilgrimage to Zhou Chengwang, and presented the list of people, land and slaves of the feudal kingdom.

As for the river and sea running thousands of miles, it is a description of Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, praising the benevolence and virtue of Zhou Gong.

And more people have decided to urge their children to read more when they go home.

In this world, you have to be cultural!

Terrible!

After a short silence, all the officials bowed respectfully: "The lower officials and others will be remembered in their hearts when they receive the teachings of the servants, and they will not dare or forget!" ”

Zhang Yue suddenly changed his words and said softly: "Of course, Yu has three years of water, and Tang has seven years of drought!" ”

"Although Your Majesty is prosperous, there are still slight flaws in the world!"

"Especially in Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, the people's livelihood and protection of the people in the three prefectures, there are many deficiencies!"

"I've already read your report!"

"The local county guard, the king's affairs, day and night diligent, for several years, the county and the country, a lot of credit!"

"However, some counties have failed to implement the instructions of the Son of Heaven, and there are situations where friends are compared with the party, officials and businessmen collude, and they are embarrassed!"

"Some counties and counties are 2,000 stones, and they can't follow the edict of the Son of Heaven, but collude with Haoqiang, forget their selfishness, invade the people, and gather together to become traitors!"

"In some places, there are strong clans, rampant in places, bullying the weak with the strong!"

"Some officials fail to know His Majesty's internal history, the people are suffering, but they act recklessly, if they are happy, they will be rewarded, and if they are angry, they will be punished, and the people have many grievances, and it is difficult to call Hanchen!"

And with Zhang Yue's words, the courtiers didn't have anything.

The officials were already trembling.

It's all because of what Zhang Yue said, not partially, but mostly!

Especially in Qingzhou, especially the officials in Qi County, Jiaodongguo, Jinan County and Zichuan County, they were almost scared out of heart disease.

"In view of the situation in various places, I have sorted it out a little and made a chart, and I will refer to it with you in detail to see if there is any delay...... Zhang Yue clapped his hands lightly.

Then there were chamberlains who had been prepared long ago and carried a huge wooden plank into the temple.

The wooden plank is three zhang long and almost two zhang wide, even in this Xuanshu hall, it is particularly conspicuous.

Zhang Yue faced the Son of Heaven, bowed for a long time, and pleaded: "The minister is afraid, please give the minister the right to act cheaply!" ”

The Son of Heaven looked at the huge wooden board, and was also curious, looking forward to the things on the board, so he nodded and said, "But!" ”

Zhang Yue hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Then he got up, bowed his hands face up, bowed to the ministers on both sides, and stepped forward, lifted the curtain that covered the plank, and revealed the line-up, a strange diagram drawn on paper.

The paper is made of rice paper that has just been mass-produced by Shaofu, and on it, there are various patterns and words.

Let everyone look at it very curious.

The use of symbols and lines to describe and express certain things has a long history in the Zhuxia people.

For example, there are some ancient mathematical symbols in the nine chapters of arithmetic.

In many maps of the Qin and Han dynasties unearthed in later generations, there are even various signs such as isosides, mountains and rivers, national borders, defense lines and garrisons.

As for the academic world, the popular doctrine of prophecy has all kinds of strange symbols as a means of expression.

As the saying goes, 'the speaker is deep, and the writer is the plan'.

During the Warring States Period, the powerful Gongsun Long of the famous family even wrote a book "Theory of Signifiers" that detailed various symbols and signs, trying to unify symbols in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, yin and yang, and military affairs.

Unfortunately, there was no Qin Shi Huang to support it at that time.

Therefore, his efforts are basically equivalent to firing a shot at the sky.

The impact is small, and few people know about it.

Even, the people who know that white horses are not horses are hundreds of times more than the "Theory of Things".

Among the ministers and nobles present, there are really many who have read this book of Gongsun Long.

The things of famous families have actually become the common property of hundreds of schools of thought in contemporary times.

Not only Confucianism, but also Legalism and the Huang Lao school are all studying in an attempt to draw nourishment from them.

The prophecy school found a lot of interesting things from this book, and then changed it slightly and used it to play feudal superstition.

However, even the most senior experts are now looking at the various circles and lines of the logo in the white paper on the wooden board, and they are confused and cannot recognize it at all.

But the strange thing is that I don't know the meaning of those patterns and symbols.

However, combined with the above text, it seems to be understandable?!

It's weird!

And the officials of the upper plank, just glance at some words on the wooden board, and they are already gone!

Because, in it, many people find the name of the place they are responsible for reporting, as well as the various numbers listed under the name of the region.

And these figures, unfortunately, happen to be the population, land size, taxes, and forced labor in the jurisdictions they report.

That's really......

Countless people took a deep breath.

Until this moment, they knew that this time, I am afraid that everyone will not have any good fruit to eat.

As for Wang Yu and the other two thousand stones who had been beaten by Zhang Yue, they were really scared and trembling now, like falling into a cold cave, and they felt that they might be dragged out of this Xuanshu Hall by a few guards at any time, and they would be pulled to Dongshi and cut off their heads.

Zhang Yue looked at the expressions of these people, walked to the wooden board quietly, and then moved the wooden board slightly to facilitate the flexible rotation, when the Son of Heaven or the courtiers asked, he could turn the wooden board in time, and then bowed slightly and bowed to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, as you can see, this is a micro-minister, and the 22 counties of Qingzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou have reported the general statistical table!" ”

He stretched out his hand slightly, pointing to a huge table on the left side of the wooden board and a circle-like pattern next to it, and then said: "According to the statistics of the ministers and the Lantai scholars, the population size of the twenty-two counties of Qingzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou is as follows......

Zhang Yue closed his eyes and spit out the population figures reported by the counties one by one.

Of course, this is very different from the actual situation, and it can even be said that there is an error as big as the sea.

For example, Qi County reported that the total number of households in its jurisdiction was 227,800, and the total population size was only about 1 million.

But in fact, in another report, Wang Yu, the Taishou of Qi County, admitted that the population of Linzi City was nearly one million.

But it doesn't matter, if there is no survey, then you can only use official data.

Besides, in this year, the officials have not even learned the skills of making false accounts.

So, very soon, the data will swell the faces of these people.

But......

Zhang Yue didn't want to slap his face, he just wanted to solve the problem.

Therefore, it is reasonable to save some face for these scum.

However, despite this, when Zhang Yue read out the numbers one by one.

The entire hall was immediately plunged into a state of discussion and incredible shock!

This is the first time that the courtiers have seen the 'actual situation' of the three states of Qingxu and Yang through an intuitive number and comparison.

It can really only be shocking.

In particular, consider the fact that the taxes in these places, especially the land tax and the reckoning, are declining every year.

Someone was already clucking their fists.

For example, the generals, the princes......

If it weren't for the Son of Heaven, today would be a big court discussion, and I would have to talk about some rules.

These irascible generals have been able to come out with swords, and they want the officials of the three states of Qingxu and Yang to give them an explanation-labor and capital are born and die on the front line, and you just spend all your time drinking and drinking in the rear, why can't you even collect all the land taxes, calculations, and oral taxes?

Just thinking about it, in Qingzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou, tens of thousands of small money disappear every year.

The general was already furious and on the verge of going berserk.

And stared at by these people, whether it was the officials of the upper plan or the two thousand stones who entered the court, everyone felt that their necks were cold, and the bones of their bodies were trembling!

The only good news or bad news is that the Son of Heaven has not taken a stand!

He sat upright on the throne, and the beads covered his expression, and he didn't say a word.

But everyone knows that this is probably just the calm before the storm!

Today, what he hates most in his life is that others steal his things. Whether it is power or money, whoever dares to steal his things must be ready to be hung up and beaten by him!