Chapter 43: A Hundred Miles of River Valley, a Hundred Miles of Fields (Part II)

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Han Gang blinked his eyes a few times, his mind didn't turn for a while, and he wanted to raise his hand to pluck his ears again, but he just held back.

'Did you hear me wrong?' …… Definitely misheard! How could this be ......' he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then asked, "How much did Dou Guan say?" ”

Zhang Jian's expression was cold, his words were clear, without a little ambiguity, and every note was slowly bitten accurately:

"One hectare and forty-seven acres."

Han Gang finally confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his ears, but then, he was convinced that there was something wrong with Dou Shunqing's brain.

He had never heard of such a ridiculous thing, a two-hundred-mile river valley...... No, what Dou Shunqing said is that from Qinzhou to Guwei, it is not two hundred miles, but three hundred and fifty miles. In the 350-mile-long Weishui and Yushui River Valleys, the deputy head of Qinfeng Road actually said that the wasteland was only one hectare and forty-seven acres!

The great mistake of the desolate world, the great ridiculous of the world!

Even after a thousand years, with more than ten times the population at this time, it is impossible for the wasteland in the Tianshui area to be only one hectare and forty-seven acres, which is a hundred times more than a hundred, and a thousand times is almost the same. In Xining, where the total number of people in Qinzhou is only 120,000, and the number of people in Fan will not exceed 300,000 in Xining, the upper reaches of Weishui, which is several thousand square kilometers in circumference, dare to say that there is only one hectare and 47 acres of arable wasteland. What kind of guts and brains would have to say this stupid words?!

Han Gang was first furious, then shook his head and laughed, laughed for a while, and then got up to apologize to Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao: "It's Han Gang who lost his temper, and I ask the two gentlemen to forgive him." ”

"It doesn't matter." Cheng Hao waved his hand, in his opinion, Han Gang's emotional fluctuations could reflect the authenticity of his words: "Yukun, let's tell me what this is all about." ”

"Two gentlemen, if Han Gang says it, there is nothing else, it is that Dou Shunqing bullied the monarch and disregarded state affairs for the sake of dumping, and his heart can be punished. How big is the land of forty-seven acres of land, there is no need for Han Gang to say. Just a large Xiangguo Temple, it occupies 15 or 6 hectares of land, the circumference of Jinming Pond is nine miles and 30 steps, and the water surface is more than 100 hectares. Could it be that from Qinzhou to Guwei, you can't even find the flat land of ten Jinming Ponds?!

The total length of Weishui and Zhushui between Qinzhou and Guwei is more than 350 li, which can be known by going to the Privy Council to check the mileage of the military shop. How long is 350 miles? It is 350 miles from Tokyo to Luoyang, Xijing, 300 miles to Yingtian [now Shangqiu] in Nanjing, and 350 miles to Beijing Daimyo. The fields covered by the four capitals in the southeast and northwest are tens of millions of hectares. Even though the northwest of Qinzhou is mountainous, in the valley and on both sides of the river, isn't it suitable for plowing and flatland?! Will there be only one hectare and forty-seven acres?! ”

Han Gang's words were straightforward and reasonable, and his tone was even more categorical. Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao both showed thoughtful looks. Han Gang didn't stop to catch his breath, at this time he was in full swing, and it was the time to chase after the victory.

"The so-called from the micro to the slight, see a leaf fall and know that the world is autumn. Seeing that the king was writing with jade, he knew that Yin Zhi was about to die. Dou Shunqing deceived the monarch so rampantly, he can say today that there is only one hectare and 47 acres of wasteland in the 300-mile river valley, and he will not be able to forge military registration, embezzle military salaries, and even turn defeat into victory and deceive the court. The two gentlemen are both imperial histories, shouldn't they play the son of tomorrow, treat Dou Shunqing's crime of bullying the king, and behead him to correct discipline? ! ”

In the last sentence, Han Gang burst out. As a subordinate from the ninth grade, he shouted and shouted to kill Dou Shunqing, Cheng Hao shook his head helplessly, but Zhang Jian did not scold him for his rudeness, and after a long silence, he said again: "...... According to Dou Shunqing, one hectare and forty-seven acres is just the amount of wasteland. If there is a lord, even if it is a Tibetan, it cannot be counted. And Wang Shao's 10,000 acres is also an ownerless wasteland. ”

Han Gang smiled: "Mr. Tianqi doesn't know something. Not to mention, just Kaifeng Mansion, every inch of land is expensive, but there is no cultivated field, can't you find one or two hectares. Han Gang came to the west, on the beach of the Yellow River, behind the embankment, but saw a lot of wasteland overgrown with withered grass. There are 400 states and 2,000 counties in the world, which state and which county does not have thousands of hectares of wasteland?

Speaking of Qinzhou barren land, Dou Shunqing's explanation is even more ridiculous. The volume of wasteland is not that the Tibetan people said where it was his, and they counted the land on his head. It has to be the land that has been inhabited, cultivated, and grazed for generations. There are never a few people who fight the idea of Qinzhou, and they can't just come out and say that Qinzhou City belongs to him, so give them Qinzhou City, right?

Gangu, where Gangu City is located, is only sixty miles long, with four or five thousand hectares of fields, and although there are tens of thousands of Tibetan people settled in it, they have also made trouble many times, but they have only given them half of the fields in the end. The ground of Qinzhou is vast, ten times that of the military state in the interior, but it is sparsely populated, not as good as a county in the south of the Yangtze River. There are few people in the land, and there may be no wasteland? ”

Han Gang's words were like a storm, poking Dou Shunqing's recital everywhere. Taking a slight breath, he said a little tiredly: "Although he has said so much, Han Gang can't believe that there is such a blatant deceitful person in the world. If Han Gang has the courage to suspect the two gentlemen, it is really too unbelievable, I don't know if Mr. Tianqi and Mr. Bochun can tell Han Gang the ins and outs of this matter. ”

Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao exchanged glances, each nodded, Cheng Hao opened his mouth, and explained this ridiculous public case to Han Gang in detail.

It's actually quite simple. Wang Shao's recital was sent to the desk of the Son of Heaven half a month ago, that is, when Han Gang had just left Chang'an and walked on the Tongguan Ancient Road. Zhao Ji saw that what he said was reasonable, and his heart had ten thousand hectares of land, and the food and salary problem that had plagued him for a long time could be partially solved.

Overjoyed, Zhao Guanjia immediately issued an edict for Qin Fenglu to confirm so that it could be implemented as soon as possible. But ten days later, that is, today, Qin Fenglu sent a reply saying that Wang Shao's ten thousand hectares of cultivable wasteland did not exist, and after some investigation and measurement by Dou Shunqing, deputy director of the Economic Strategy Division, it was found that the so-called wasteland was only one hectare and forty-seven acres!

In this way, Wang Shao committed the crime of defrauding the king, and the ministers who had obtained the new weapon to attack Wang Anshi were ecstatic. At the same time, the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council ordered a thorough investigation of Wang Shao's crimes, and the Imperial History of Cheng Lu Gongshu also clearly stated that he would write a bullet seal, and it was impossible for other imperial histories of the Imperial History Observatory to let Wang Shao go. Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao thought that Han Gang happened to be recommended by Wang Shao and came from Qinzhou, so they wanted to ask him again.

Han Gang frowned, and folded his ten fingers in front of him: "This thing is even more strange. The Son of Heaven issued a decree to confirm whether what Wang Jiyi said was true, and he received a reply ten days later. At the speed of rapid delivery, it takes four or five days from Qinzhou to the capital, and the same is true from the capital to Qinzhou. It takes eight to ten days to go back and forth at a time. Even if it is calculated as eight days, there are only two days left for Dou to observe the volume of the barren field.

In two days, Dou observed the 350 miles of river from Qinzhou to Guwei, and it was accurate to 1 hectare and 47 acres. This is wasteland, not a field, there is no field registration to check, so he can only measure it inch by inch, and Qinzhou has not built a fifth-class Ding property book for the Tibetan people, how can he determine whose land is owned?

What's even more strange is that the weather has not yet warmed up at this time, and there is no sign of melting even the snow on Bianjing Road, not to mention the cold land in the northwest. This winter, there is no shortage of snow in Qinzhou. Especially above Fuqiang City, after a few blizzards, the thickest part of the snow reached about three feet. It is difficult for people to walk, and it is difficult for horses to walk, and the original two-day road will take five or six days to complete. Before the students came out, they saw Li Jingluo break up the money valley that he often closed for this reason, and believed that the matter of the snow disaster in Qinzhou had been reported to the political affairs hall. It's still easy to find out.

In such weather, which of the various families is not out of Dumen? Who is it that reports to Dou Observation and determines the location of their own territory? If Dou Observance really took two days to complete the 350 miles of snow road, measure all the wasteland, and contact the 100 families on the road at the same time, this means, the deputy head of Qinfeng Road can't settle him, and the privy envoy is qualified to do it, right? ”

Han Gang had another tirade with a gun and a stick, and his words were sarcastic, Cheng Hao and Zhang Jian shook their heads with a wry smile when they heard it, they did not doubt the authenticity of Han Gang's words, because Han Gang was completely reasonable, and gave evidence that could be ascertained.

If it weren't for a direct party like Han Gang to explain, how could they, the imperial historians, sit in the capital thousands of miles away, know the real situation in the local area? It's all about the local officials, and they can only believe it, and at most they are suspicious. Even if there is a dispute between the two locals, there is no way to judge. Either go through the old files, or choose the party you think is credible, and it is impossible to track down the facts. Without him, the distance is too far and the facts are difficult to understand.

In fact, the Son of Heaven is also generally deceived. Don't look at Zhao Ji's conscientiousness, more than 10,000 a day, two days. But in fact, what he saw and heard was what the ministers wanted to show him and want to hear to him. Even if he sent a team of eunuchs from the palace to act as a horseman, in fact, the chamberlains who had been integrated into the bureaucracy could not shake the reality that had already taken shape.

Regardless of whether the courtiers below were divided into one, two, or even many, the words they played were invariably biased towards their own side. And to find the truth from the distorted text, even the famous ministers who have been up and down for many years are reluctant, not to mention the young emperor who has lived in the city of Tokyo since he was a child? It's not something he can do.

Cheng Hao and Zhang Jian have been ministers for many years, of course, they know this. How many of them have really ruined their country? Even Shang Xuan and Sui Yang can't watch their country decay and still have fun. It's not all because the road is blocked, and the traitors are full of the surroundings!

"I don't know what Li Jingluo said about this?" Han Gang asked about his most concerned question at this time, if he hadn't discovered the piece written by Li Shizhong earlier, Wang Shao would not have opened his mouth to 10,000 hectares. And once Li Shizhong did not dare to speak because of the past, Dou Shunqing's attack was not to be worried, "The 47 acres of acres found by Dou Jingluo are completely contrary to the 10,000 acres that Li Jingluo said last year, does Li Jingluo support Dou Observation's statement?" ”

"Li Shizhong claimed that he had just arrived in Qinzhou and was deceived by Wang Shao."

Han Gang suddenly sneered: "...... Li Jingluo is extremely intelligent, and he often deceives people, but he has never heard of being bullied. ”