On February 15 of the second year of Yanxing, Mao Jiong, who was farthest away from Chengdu, arrived in Chengdu. At this point, Guan Yi's shogunate team was completed.

Then Guan Yi didn't give Mao Jiong time to take over the banquet at all, and directly convened the first working meeting of the Guan family's Great Sima Mansion.

"You can respond to Guan Yi's expedition, and I am very warm, and Guan Yi is here to thank you."

"Don't dare, it's an honor for us to be able to get the Great Sima of Megatron Huaxia."

"Ladies and gentlemen, Guan Yi has always focused on practice, not fame. So the kind words will not be said, let's get straight to the point. First, let's get to know each other. Well, this official Guan Yi, the word is abundant...... The governor of this prefecture, Shi Ma Guoma, is still negotiating with Soochow in Padang County about the replacement of prisoners, but he has not been able to return. And this one is Dasi Nong Mi Zhao Mi Boyao, although he is not a person from the Great Sima Mansion, but today's meeting is related to him. Therefore, Yi invited him to attend. Next, Uncle Fang ......"

"Whoa! Da Sima, colleagues. In the next Huo in, the word Fang Bo. Now Yan Yan is in the position of the commander of the army of the Great Sima Mansion. As you know, my father is the left general Huo Shaoxian. Therefore, before he became a great Sima, he had never been a pro-people official, nor had he led an army to fight. Therefore, I will ask all my colleagues to give me advice in the future! ”

"Well, colleagues, under the lead, the word Zhongyuan. As you know, under is Cao Wei, ah, no, a pseudo-Wei general......"

After everyone introduced themselves, Guan Yi said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's trust, Guan Yi is allowed to open a mansion to govern affairs." This official feels a great responsibility, and since taking over, it has really been difficult to sleep. Because you will all be the main officials of the Great Sima Mansion in the future, this official needs to tell you about his plans in recent years. ”

"This official plans that in the next five years, the main policy of my Han is: rest and recuperate, and protect the territory and the people. As long as the puppet Wei or Eastern Wu don't come to attack me, my Han Dynasty will not be allowed to go on a northern expedition within five years! ”

As soon as Guan Yi said this, the others were nothing, and several officials from Yizhou, especially Du Zhen, Li Xiang, Yang Ji and others from the Yizhou clan, stood up one after another: "Ming Gong cherishes the people, and the blessings of Yizhou are also." ”

Hey, is it still the blessing of Yizhou and not the blessing of the Han Dynasty? Forget it, the change of concept is not overnight, let's take it slowly.

"Now, Sima Zhao has been crowned king. The Guozuo of the pseudo-Wei is actually almost equal to the lifespan of Sima Zhao. As long as Sima Zhao died, the pseudo-Wei would inevitably be replaced by Jin. Judging from the fact that Sima Zhao had to forcibly ascend to the position even when he suffered an unprecedented defeat this time, the life span of this old thief was not long. Therefore, within five years, the pseudo-Wei will die. At that time, the emerging Jin kingdom was also in dire need of stability. Therefore, in a short period of time, our Han did not have the hidden worry of a large-scale invasion by foreign enemies. ”

"What Ming Gong said is extremely true."

"So we have a long time to straighten out the civil and military affairs within the Han Dynasty. This official should also explain first that this official firmly supported the Northern Expedition. However, this official believes that the Northern Expedition is feasible, but it should not be abused. Therefore, in the future, the Northern Expedition presided over by this official himself will never be many. If it is a success, of course, it is the best, even if it cannot be a success, the official also promises hereby that as long as the official is in power in the future, the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty will be at most once every five years! ”

Do you still want to go on the Northern Expedition? But fortunately, once every five years, not eight times in five years like Jiang Wei. Forget it, these Jingzhou people (the Yuan Cong faction is still habitually considered to be Jingzhou people) can't stop the Northern Expedition, as long as they are moderate.

"In order for the Northern Expedition to succeed in one fell swoop, we must accumulate enough money, food, soldiers, and armor for the next five years. In order to achieve this goal, we must work diligently on internal affairs and improve people's livelihood. This is what you will do in the future. In order for you to be able to focus on your future work, I have a little idea about your appointment. ”

Of course, who is Guan Yi now? He politely said it was a little idea, and you can't think it's really just a little idea. Actually, that's the decision. You're good to go.

Except for Kai Ma Guo, Huo Zai and the three Cao Wei generals. Guan Yi's job arrangements for the nine new staff members are as follows.

As Zhuge Liang's only direct descendant now, Zhuge Jing, who has inherited the aura of loyalty and martyrdom and inherited the invincible aura of Zhuge Zhan Shu Han, serves as the Minister of Education. Of course, inviting Zhuge Jing into the Great Sima Mansion was more of a gesture to the Jingzhou faction of Shu Han. Sixteen-year-old boy, you can't expect him to have much power. The work of education is more often supervised by Ma Guo himself.

Lu Ya, who is honest and upright, capable of handling affairs and writing good articles, serves as the director of the Intelligence Bureau and the director of the Public Opinion Control Bureau.

He Zheng, who is upright and indifferent to fame and fortune, but attaches great importance to the monarch and ministers, serves as the head of the Organization and Personnel Department.

When the Qing official became a common taboo to the level of Hai Jui in later generations, he naturally served as the director of the procuratorate and the director of the anti-corruption bureau.

Du Zhen, who was born in a big family in Yizhou and is capable of doing things, is engaged in the examination - as an official, of course it is wrong for you to be corrupt and take bribes, and there will naturally be taboos to clean you up in the future. But if you don't embezzle and don't do things at the same time, that's not okay. In the future, every year the Great Sima Mansion will assess all the local officials in Shu Han, and if the relevant indicators are not completed, it will naturally be Du Zhen to clean you up.

Li Xiang, who was also born in a family in Yizhou and was proficient in arithmetic, served as the Minister of Finance.

Ma Yi, who has grown up in Nanzhong for a long time, is good at dealing with various ethnic minorities, and because of Ma Zhong, Ma Yi, who has a very high prestige in Nanzhong, served as the Minister of Ethnic Affairs.

Mao Jiong, who is brave and heroic, dedicated to his duties, and good at commanding troops, served as the director of the National Defense Logistics Support Department.

Yang Ji, who is good at winning people's hearts and is also conscientious in his duties, serves as the Minister of Internal Affairs - Ministry of the Interior. Coordinate the relationship between various departments of the central government, the relationship between the Great Sima Mansion and the Imperial Palace and Shangshutai, the relationship between the central and local governments, and the relationship between local counties.

On the one hand, it is the prestige of Guan Yi itself. On the other hand, it takes into account the strengths of each person. There is also the fact that so many Yizhou people are entering the decision-making organs of Shu Han for the first time - they don't have the heart to pick and choose the fat and the thin. Therefore, Guan Yi's many appointments have been unanimously recognized by everyone very smoothly.

"Now that we've decided on the assignments, we're going to get to work. This official has had a habit since he came out of Fuling County, and before doing anything, he must first calculate his own family wealth. Therefore, this is also the reason why Dasi Nong was invited to come over at this meeting. Next, please ask Bo Yao to report to us about the current family background of the big man......"

"Oh, Da Sima, colleagues. Not long after taking over as Dasi Nong, it was also shocking to see the current situation of my big man. This official first reads to you the data of the fifth year of Jianxing (227 AD, the year before Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition). ”

"In the five years of Jianxing, there were 230,000 registered households in Dahan, 980,000 people, and 150,000 soldiers. 24.5 million acres of registered fields. In that year, the tax was 365 million. 1,800,000 stone of grain. In addition, there are subsidies for the export of Shu brocade and other materials, with a total of 250 million yuan and 650,000 stone of grain. In addition, the profit of salt and iron is 300 million...... After spending on military expenses and officials' salaries, the fiscal balance for that year was 160 million yuan in money and 630,000 stone in grain. ”

"Next came the sixteenth year of Yanxi (the year of Fei Yi's assassination), with 310,000 registered households, 1.16 million people, and 70,000 soldiers. There are 30,250,000 acres of registered fields. In that year, 332 million in money and 2.58 million in grain. The export subsidy of Shu brocade and other products is 400 million yuan in money and 950,000 stone in grain. Salt and iron made a profit of 500 million and 200 million ...... The financial surplus of that year was 650 million yuan in money and 1.2 million stone in grain. ”

Finally, in the sixth year of Jingyao (263, the year of Cao Wei's war in Shu), there were 280,000 registered households in the country, 940,000 people, and 100,000 soldiers. There are 20 million acres of registered fields. In that year, taxes were paid, 580 million in money, and 4.5 million in grain. The export subsidy of Shujin is 130 million, the grain is 1 million stones, and the profit of salt and iron is 1.7 billion...... The balance of the year, uh, there is no balance, and part of the inventory of the former treasury is also pulled......"

"Ladies and gentlemen, after listening to this string of data from Da Si Nong, have you ever figured out anything?" Guan Yi said in a low tone: "Shocking! After the assassination of the general at my own expense, the government of this country is simply degrading at the speed of the scales falling to the ground! ”

What else is there to say? In the fifth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang had just quelled the rebellion in Nanzhong, and the entire Shu Han came out of the shadow of the defeat of Yiling. Social production has just begun to recover. At that time, each yeoman family had about ten acres of land, and the burden of each family to the imperial court was to pay 1,500 yuan and 8 stone of grain every year. In addition, they have to accept the exploitation of salt administration.

What is this concept? In a place like Fuling County, where the natural environment is relatively harsh, the yield of rice fields per mu is about five stones. Chengdu Plain has the guarantee of Dujiangyan, and the yield per mu is a little more, but because of the problem of rice seeds, it is only about seven to eight stones. A family of three to five people cultivates ten acres of land. The annual harvest is about 70 stones.

According to the price of a stone of grain in the Three Kingdoms period, the price was about 150 yuan. That is to say, in the Zhuge Liang era, a family, take a median value, then you have to hand over 18 stones out of 60 stones!

In the Han system, the weight of each stone is about 27 kilograms in modern times (some say 21 kilograms, and all of this book is counted as 27 kilograms). In other words, a family has 1,134 kilograms of grain left after paying taxes – not all of which can be eaten. It is necessary to continue to sell part of it for money to buy salt (as mentioned earlier, the salt administration of Shu Han is an outright evil government), buy cloth, buy oil...... Therefore, the common people of Shu Han were also not full of food in the Zhuge Liang era!

(Of course, the problem of food and clothing was not solved until the late 20th century.) It can't be said that our Zhuge Prime Minister did a bad job. In fact, compared with the contemporaries of Cao Wei and the peasants of Eastern Wu, the peasants of Shu Han are quite good - at least they only need to find some wild vegetables or something to make do with their lives. At the end of the year, I still dare to eat a few meals of white rice. ）

In the era of Fei Yi's rule, because the country did not have a Northern Expedition for more than ten years, military spending fell to a very low level. At that time, the average number of homesteaders per household was 10 acres. But what was handed over to the imperial court every year was 1,070 yuan and 8 stone of grain. Not only has the peasants' burdens been effectively reduced, but the state has also run an extremely high fiscal surplus.

And the year before that? State-controlled homesteaders already have less than 10 acres of arable land per household. And what about the taxes paid? 2071 money and 16 stones!

If the Zhuge Liang era took almost one-third from the peasants, and the Fei Yi era took one-fourth, then during the Jingyao period, it took two-thirds from the peasants! There was no large-scale peasant uprising in such a country, and Guan Yi himself thought it was incredible!