Hanzhong County, under the jurisdiction of six counties. The registered population is more than 38,000. 450,000 acres of registered private land. Judging from this number alone, it is much better than Fuling County, which Guan Yi and others just took over eight years ago.

But after Zhang Zun took over the county, he felt a lot of pressure.

Without him, because Guan Yi set him the task: within this year (the second year of Yanxing), the registered population of Hanzhong County will increase by at least 5,000 people! If you can't complete this task, get out of here!

Top dog! Are you mistaken? After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao in this Hanzhong County, all the original more than 200,000 people in this county were relocated to the Guanzhong Plain by Cao Cao. What the first emperor took was nothing more than an empty land. For more than 40 years, Prime Minister Zhuge has continued to migrate people from Shuzhong, and his country's Northern Expedition has continued to capture people from the puppet Wei side for enrichment, and there are more than 30,000 people accumulated over the years. You asked me to conjure up 5,000 people in half a year, how did I get out? Are you forcing me to go on a separate northern expedition with the strength of the Hanzhong Corps?

So when Guan Yi gave him the task before he took office, Zhang Zun jumped up on the spot. Say that it is impossible for him to accomplish such a task. As a result, Guan Yi said: Lao Tzu chose a good staff member for you. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask him. He'll tell you what to do.

This staff member is a native of Pixian County, Shu County, He Pan and He Huixing. On the historical level, this person has not been able to get a good development at first due to the talent policy of "Jingzhou No. 1" in Shu Han. After the fall of Shu Han, this person was able to show his talents in the Western Jin Dynasty, whether he was a local official or a senior official of the central government, he made great achievements.

This person has two most outstanding skills, one is to convey information. Don't underestimate this skill, in fact, there is a very famous game in modern psychology: the host gives A a twenty-word message, and asks A to pass it on to B, and B to C, up to D...... Those twenty words have become unrecognizable. He Pan is different, he will change the rhetoric appropriately according to the different audiences, but he can accurately convey the information and receive good results. It's a really amazing skill.

The second is to treat money like dung. Although the poor often say that money is useless, it is only poor self-comfort. And He Pan is different, he is a typical person who has lost his money and has no money left in his hands. Such a person does not need to worry about his integrity at all.

"So, Huixing. That's what my brother said, and if he doesn't understand, he will ask you. Can you help me come up with an idea, where to go and conjure up these 5,000 people? Hey, my brother did what he said, and he couldn't change 5,000 people, and I was going to be dismissed! At that time, the other brothers did a good job, but I was removed first, how did this happen? ”

"Huh? Da Sima really just wants to add 5,000 people? ”

"Yes! Hey, Huixing, what do you mean by just wanting? Do you think it is less? ”

"Hehe, Taishou. Da Sima really cares about you very much. Set such a low indicator for you. I don't mean to embarrass you at all. ”

"What do you mean by that? This official has a big head now! Na, although I didn't like to read when I was a child, I also knew that there was nothing in Hanzhong County that could attract people down the mountain. Ninety percent of the population of this Hanzhong County is concentrated in this Hanzhong Basin. We are not preparing for the Northern Expedition in the short term? Where to go and get out? ”

"Taishou, didn't Da Sima issue an order recently, saying that it requires all counties to strictly implement the household tax policy?"

"Is there such an order? Hey, Huixing. The official never liked to take care of those general affairs. In the past, when he was a taishou in Jiangyang County, he handed over all the general affairs to Chengzuo. ”

“…… Well, that's what Taishou can do in this matter. ”

……

Hanzhong in September is the harvest season. The entire Hanzhong Basin is golden, and the fragrance of rice is everywhere.

During such a season, the people of Hanzhong County, whether they were dignitaries or ordinary people, poured into the rice fields—the common people worked and harvested. Nobles went out to drink, and occasionally worked as overseers.

At this time, outside the city of Wuxing in Hanzhong, tens of thousands of acres of rice fields, golden rice ears swayed with the wind, and thousands of farmers were working in the rice fields. Under a pergola on a high platform in this rice field, Hu Dao, the son of Hu Ji, the former right hussar general of Shu Han, is reclining on a soft chair, enjoying the breeze rolled by the beautiful maid behind him shaking a big fan, and drinking the Fuling fruit wine that has just been transported from Chengdu.

"How's the situation on the second uncle's side?"

"When I went home, the second master said that now Da Sima has opened the mansion. The Shangshutai became an ornament. The three chief officers of Shangshutai have already begun to eliminate redundant personnel. He has already submitted his resignation and is ready to return to Hanzhong to retire. ”

"Huh? How so? Shouldn't the second uncle move around and find a way to enter the Great Sima Mansion? ”

"Uh, head of the house. The villain over, the villain seems to be that this big Sima likes to reuse Yizhou people, and we Jingzhou people ......"

"Humph! This off maniac! If it weren't for the fact that his ancestors lost Jingzhou. Where will we Jingzhou people have a home to return to? At this time, he actually turned his back on the tradition of the prime minister Jingzhou first. I curse him not to die! ”

"The head of the house?! The head of the family is cautious. That big Sima is not good-tempered. A few months ago in Chengdu, it was full of people. ”

"It's exaggerated, it's exaggerated, what's the head? There were a dozen heads in total. This level of madman is doing things, but fighting is quite powerful. But this murder, looking forward and dragging mud and water, will definitely not die well in the future! ”

The master and servant were talking about Guan Yi. Both of them suddenly felt the ground start to shake.

"Earthquakes? No, cavalry! Where did the cavalry come from? ”

Fortunately, the Hanzhong Basin is flat, and Hu Dao, who is on the high platform, has a good line of sight. He soon saw a banner with the character "Han".

"Well, behind the Chinese character flag is a character flag. Hehehe, left and right, hurry up and clean up this pergola, where is that Zhang Fei's grandson! ”

Although it is directly called the name of the ancestor, there is no table word after the call. This is a great disrespect to Zhang Fei and Zhang Zun. But when Director Hu saw Zhang Zun, his posture was extremely low.

"Cao Min Hu Dao, I have seen Zhang Taishou."

"Hey, hey, Yuan Qi. You are the only son of a hussar general, and although you don't have an official status at this time, the court will let you out sooner or later. What kind of grass people do you call me! ”

That's how it is!

"Where, hey, Brother Ling Xing, is there something wrong with coming here today?"

"Well, nothing. Lead the sons out to walk the horses. Before you know it, you're here. Hey, Yuan Qi, this year's harvest is good, right? ”

"Hehe, the blessing of the Taishou. This year's harvest was good. Hey, thanks to the great Sima and the former general's bravery and skillful fighting, the Wei army was completely annihilated before February this year. Otherwise, we won't be able to grow rice this year, so we won't be able to talk about the harvest. ”

"Hahahaha~~ It's good if the harvest is good. Brother, I've been running for my brother for so long, and I'm a little thirsty. Why, don't you give your brother a glass of wine? ”

"As it should be, as it should be. Brother Lingxing, please. ”

Each side brought a few attendants and sat down in the pavilion on the high platform again.

Before he could raise his glass again, the hundreds of cavalry brought by Zhang Zun had all dismounted and rushed into the rice field.

"You! Stop your work, go to the ridges, and hurry! You, you, you, all have it, all stop working, and go to the ridge of the field at once. Otherwise, the official's knife will be impatient! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

Seeing Zhang Zun's cavalry in the rice field start to drive away his own serfs, Director Hu couldn't sit still: "Brother Lingxing, what does this mean?" ”

"Well, it doesn't matter. According to Da Sima's order, we have to go door to door to count the population of each family. So that the household tax of each family can be re-classified. It's a small thing, a small thing. Come on, Yuan Qi, drink! ”

MB's trifles! It's too big to be big, okay? Director Hu couldn't sit still anymore at this moment, and he wanted to run down when he stood up all of a sudden.

However, the two well-dressed knights, holding the hilt of the sword with their right hand and firmly pushing it out with their left hand, completely blocked the route of Hu Dao's resignation.

"Zhang Lingxing! What the hell do you want to do? ”

"Well, didn't I say that. Count the population of your home. Grade your family's household tax! Originally, this should have been done by the county magistrate of Xixiang County. But who made Yuan Qi the only son of the hussar general. In order to avoid omissions, only the official himself will serve you. ”

"Zhang Lingxing! You, you, how dare you? ”

"I didn't do anything, did I? Why is Yuan Qi so angry? Come on, sit down, sit down, what did the official do wrong? You, the grass people, can tell this official. ”

The two of them were playing on the high platform, and the people below were also doing things. After a while, a cavalry officer came to the high platform: "Report to the former general, the preliminary calculation of his subordinates shows that the total number of people harvesting in this rice field is 1,850. All claimed to be the Hu family's house slaves. ”

"Oh, someone. Give the official the Hanzhong civil book of the sixth year of Jingyao. After pretending to flip it over, Zhang Zun fakely exclaimed: "Is there something wrong with this?" In the sixth year of Jingyao, the Hu family had a total of two manors and 30 hectares (450 acres) of fields. There were twenty-five people in the family. According to the Han household tax system, it is the inferior among the middle households. Why do you count close to 2,000? That's the middle of the house! You're not mistaken, right? ”

"Former general, although this is the harvest season, most of the house slaves who are usually scattered are concentrated in the fields at this time. But there must have been many slaves harvesting in other fields, and there were also many slaves working in the manor. Therefore, we will only count less, not more. ”

"Hiss~~~ Yuan Qi. If you do this, it's hard for me to make it difficult for my brother. Now, if you calculate according to Jing Yao's six-year civil register, your family's annual household tax is 700 yuan. If you calculate it according to the current calculation, your family's annual household tax is 4 million yuan! Also, your house slaves can't suddenly increase so much in a year, right? Speaking of which, you've been evading taxes for a long time, right? I don't have to say anything, let's go with my brother! Go to Seoul, in the official's Taishou Mansion, let's do a good calculation! ”