Living in a government residence is not only a benefit, but also a political treatment. In the eleventh volume of "Facts Class Garden", the famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, Kou Zhun, was persecuted by political enemies and was demoted to Sima Hengzhou. The Hengzhou government has never allocated housing to such people who are vain and supervised, "the people hear it, compete for Hewamu, and they will meet without supervision, and the public will be established." Seeing that his prestige among the people was so high, his political enemies hurriedly moved him to Leizhou, and finally achieved his goal of making him die of anger.

Su Dongpo's younger brother Su Zhe was also demoted to Leizhou by his political opponent Zhang Dan, "not allowed to live in official houses, so he lived in private houses". Zhang Dian learned that the state government was strictly ordered to investigate the people who dared to lend houses to the controlled elements. Later, Zhang Dian was also demoted to Leizhou, and happened to ask this person for a rent, and the other party replied to him with palpitations: "The former Su Gong came, and Prime Minister Zhang broke my house several times, and now I can't do it." This is a reflection of the fierce political struggle on the housing issue, and it also shows that although the official position is called, not everyone can live in the official house.

"I think the key lies in the realization of the integration of office and residence." Hu Chengda said: "The system of official residences has always been strict, and we cannot change it just as it is changed. ”

The "dignity" of the official residence is related to its location to a certain extent. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the living quarters of the principal heads and officials of the local governments at all levels in Fanzhou, county capitals and counties have been routinely demarcated within their respective government offices, i.e., government compounds, commonly known as "internal offices" or "private residences", and the boundaries are drawn between the house-style house doors and the office area centered on the lobby. Song Dynasty Kong Pingzhong's "Henghuang New Treatise" Volume 4: "Or take the Ya as a house...... The son is called "Yanei", because the ancients often used "Yanei" as a proxy for the children of the government, which is based on their special living conditions.

"The Poetry of Gong Wen" records that when Bao was the Fa Cao of Henan Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty, the prefect of Henan Province "Xue (Ying) visited his house in the summer month, and (Bao) was exposed to the top, embarrassed to enter, and easy to obey and put the board out". It is said that officials like Bao Dang, who are at the level of director (Cao Guan), also have residences located in the government office. Because it's a private living space, and it's the height of summer, I don't wear an official hat, and I'm afraid I'm still semi-shirtless, so I look embarrassed when my boss suddenly visits.

And the situation of people like the above-mentioned Kou Zhun and Su Zhe at that time, although the nominal rank was higher than that of Bao's Cao Guan (Sima was the adjutant of the prefect), they were actually controlled here. Therefore, there is no chance to live in the "inner office". On the contrary, there are also those who take the initiative to give up this glory, such as Luo Han of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who served as the state capital, "disturbed by the noise of the house, set up a thatched hut on the small island in the west of the city, and weaved reeds as a seat to live" (Book of Jin, volume 92). This person is listed in "The Biography of Wenyuan", and it seems that he hopes to have a quiet environment where he can read and write in his spare time.

"There are more officials and fewer houses, and reform is urgently needed. The facts are in front of us, and now that a new dynasty is about to be ushered in, reform is inevitable. ”

The tradition of free government housing for magistrates and their dependents was maintained until the fall of the Qing Dynasty. On the contrary, the housing problem of the officials of the Beijing Dynasty has undergone many changes. As mentioned above, during the two Han Dynasty, officials mostly lived in the compound of the institution, and Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty said in "On Heng and Confession": "In the court, the officials are more than subordinate", which shows the large scale. Volume 64 of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that Zhao Qi's grandfather was appointed as the imperial historian, so he was "born in the imperial history platform, because of the word Taiqing", and it can be known that among the family members who live together, even adult sons and daughters-in-law.

However, with the increasing perfection and even complexity of the centralized management functions of the state, the institutions and the number of employees in the Beijing Dynasty are also increasing. According to the statistics provided in volume 47 of the "General Examination of Literature", the total number of officials in the country was only about 7,000 during the Han and Jin dynasties, and after the reunification of the Sui Dynasty, it reached 12,576, and the Tang Dynasty increased to 18,805 people, and there were 2,620 of its first-class teachers. If the method of the two Han Dynasty is still followed, not only will there be a crisis in the office buildings of the "Beijing Division Hundred Divisions", but it will also be impossible to perform the office functions of the government office normally, because in addition to these 2,620 Beijing Dynasty officials in the office area, there will also be several times as many officials, miscellaneous servants and guards, and not only their families will live in the living area, but also the little maid and the old lady who is waiting for this big family will also be counted. Close your eyes and imagine, is this still an official office?

In the twenty-seventh volume of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhanguan worshiped Dr. Taizhong, "saying that he was ill and did not go to court, and lived in the middle of the gate". Zhang Zhan, a high-ranking official with a rank of 2,000 stones, lowered his housing standards and moved to the waiting house on the ostensible reason that he should not live in the official residence because he was on long sick leave and did not serve the council. But to push it to the next level, it should be that the official residence of the Beijing division is nervous, and it is better to know each other yourself.

In short, with the continuous expansion of the central bureaucratic system, it is imperative to reform the housing methods of the Beijing Dynasty.

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Although the controversy in the court was fruitless, Wang Fugui made a fuss in Xiliang.

"Jin Yitian, what kind of grudge does Lao Tzu have with you, chase me from the west gate to the east gate, you are sick in the brain!"

"Let you eavesdrop! Let you eavesdrop! Jin Yitian said: "I said that when I saw you obscene guy, I felt a little familiar, and finally remembered that you are Yin Shenglin's person." There must be a conspiracy to eavesdrop on me, but since you have heard it, I have to kill you first to avoid causing unnecessary trouble. ”

Wang Fugui said, "No, I didn't listen to anything...... Big big brother don't kill me, I, I, I, I ”

"Stop!"

"No, we have something to discuss, can't I send you a few donkeys?" Wang Fugui said as he ran: "Don't take a sword and chop around, there are so many residents here, it's not good to be hurt." ”

The two ran after each other and came to the bazaar. Wang Fugui picked up a big radish and smashed it towards Jin Yitian, who split it in half with a sword.

As soon as he turned around, Wang Fugui didn't know which alley to go to, and Jin Yitian's talent had just followed.

"Search out this Wang Fugui for me!"