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Zhang Yue and Wang Pu have no deep friendship, but they are also familiar with each other, after all, they were all colleagues of the emperor's Qiandi back then, and at that time, Zhang Yue completed the mission of Yuezhou and returned to Beijing, and he was appreciated by the first emperor, and his official status was slightly higher than that of Wang Pu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing Wang Pu leaving in a huff, Zhang Yue announced the removal of the honor guard and retreated from the hall, and took Feng Qianhou to the post house to have a look, and talked about things by the way. I didn't want to go out of the festival hall and ceremony, so I listened to the noise of people outside the gate of the palace, and the sound of gongs and drums was noisy.

"What's going on? Li Duoshou go and see! Zhang Yue's footsteps did not stop, and he went down the corridor to your hotel.

Before Li Duoshou went, a captain of the guards ran over and said, "Please stay!" There was a group of people outside the door who shouted grievances, drove them away and didn't leave, and it was a morning of trouble! ”

"Shouting grievances? Let them go to the Chengdong Prefecture to find the assassin Shi and Du Changxing, the envoy of the concurrent branch! Or find Hao Shouren, the observer judge and tax envoy, and the government of the festival government doesn't care about this kind of, and then talk about the New Year, who has that kung fu. Zhang Yue waved his hand and said angrily.

"Why don't you go and check it out! What are the facts of the case? Feng Qianhou became interested, and stopped behind him and asked, Zhang Yue also stopped when he heard him say this.

"They sued the observation judge Hao Shouren for unfairness in judging the case, Hu Wenyong, who joined the army in the state government, was hanged at home last night, and the bitter lord insisted that it was the Liang family in Yancang Town, this morning the state government Hao Shouren received a report, and arrested the head of the Liang family with the judicial army and a cadre of errands, but the Liang family did not admit it, and brought the family slaves to the state government to complain, and the state government ignored it, so he ran here to make trouble." The guards explained.

"Thorn Shi Du Changxing lives in the state office, right? Send someone to pass on my order, and let him personally convene the relevant departments to investigate and judge the case, and there must be no mistake! Zhang Yue sternly ordered that this kind of civil litigation is directly managed by the state government, and the Jiedu government is only the commander-in-chief, mainly governing the army.

"Why don't I go to the state government with Li Duoshou and learn about the supervision by the way!" Feng Qianhou smiled and asked for instructions.

Zhang Yue nodded, did not object, and entered the post house, where the wings on both sides were full of people, all of whom were soldiers of the forbidden army who came with Wang Pu, and there were two hundred people. There are more than 30 servants, servants, official slaves and maids who live here, and they are busy going in and out to take care of them. The daily expenses of this post house are borne by the government, and the expenses are not small.

After asking a servant and learning that Wang Pu lived in the main courtyard, Zhang Yue strode in with two attendants, and saw that a charcoal fire was burning in the hall, and Wang Pu and two officers were sitting in front of the stove to keep warm.

"Is Mr. Wenber still used to living? There is no shortage of food and clothing, right? Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, do you want to transfer two servants to serve? Zhang Yue walked into the main hall and greeted him with a smile.

Wang Pu is now fifty-three years old, he is considered an elder, and he calls the official name on formal occasions, and Zhang Yue is now meeting in private, so he calls him Mr. and crowns him with the word "Table".

"No need! Wonzhen, please take a seat! The city of Tokyo is expanding, and a certain person knows the affairs of Kaifeng, but he does not have time to stay for a long time, and he will leave for Beijing on the first day of the new year. Wang Pu nodded and declined.

"Is it so urgent? The ice and snow on the road have not melted, I'm afraid it's very difficult to walk, right? Zhang Yue stepped forward, sat down in front of the copper basin filled with charcoal, and stretched out his hand to bake.

"Of course, Your Majesty is ready to go to Huainan in person at the beginning of the year, and I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up, so I have to go to Huainan to resume my life. It was the middle of the middle of the month, and I finally came from Tokyo, and I was going to Huizhou to investigate, but I was persuaded by your staff to stay, so I had to inspect Jing and the original four states nearby, but I still don't know anything about the situation in Huizhou, can Yuan Zhen teach me? Seeing each other in private, Wang Pu's attitude eased a lot, and Zhengse asked.

"Mr. Wenbo is interested, so I will be specific." Zhang Yue thought for a while, clarified his thoughts, and said seriously: "Mr. This is the second time I have come to Jingzhou, and I should know better than me about the administration of the Kansai Prefectures, and other towns don't know, but the situation in the four states of Jingyuan is extremely bad, there are only 2,000 households in one Zhongzhou, and the number of registered mouths is less than 60,000, which doesn't make sense anyway." How much can be collected by collecting taxes with this number of households? The number of soldiers in the four states is 15,000 in the six armies, and I still don't know how they are fed. ”

"This situation has been like this since the end of the Tang Dynasty, if you have a way, of course you can rectify it." Wang Pu smiled bitterly. Of course, he knew that the large wealthy families annexed land, and the state government collected taxes and grain, and generally shared a part of the land by many wealthy families, and the rest fell on the common people.

This situation is also common in all parts of the Central Plains, and it is even more even worse in Kansai, if we only govern the locality, instead of conquering the heavy grain-producing land in Huainan, it is better to vigorously reform the malpractice, increase taxes and strengthen the forbidden army, and still be able to subdue the surrounding small countries. However, this is not possible, because for five generations, the bureaucratic system has overlapped, the political situation is too bad, and the relationship between the local government and the center is also very loose, and the upper and lower levels are disjointed and unable to form a joint force.

"Alright! This should be considered in the long run, Huizhou is a new place, and the population composition is relatively simple, composed of the families of the garrison, immigrants, and the naturalized Qiang tribe, and there are no powerful clans. Therefore, if you want to collect taxes, as long as the state government gives an order, you can collect the full amount of tax grain, but at present, new migrant villages have been built, not much wasteland has been reclaimed, and public order has just been established. But this tax is not enough for the state government's expenses, and it is completely impossible to make ends meet by relying on the meager income such as salt and horses!

Next year, we have to use troops in Liangzhou, and the logistics army grain Jingyuan Prefecture is unable to supply, if the Yongxing Army is not transferred and dragged until the autumn, the Zhe Kui clan has completed the integration and digestion of all ethnic groups in Liangzhou, then Liangzhou will be lost forever! Zhang Yue talked eloquently, and then brought the topic to the war.

"The princes of the court and the central government mean that the maximum number of troops is 20,000, and the Yongxing army can give some grain and grass, and the two towns of Jingyuan and Shuofang can also make up some, so they can't drag down the grain and grass needed for the war in Huainan. Because Liu Cilayue died of illness, this matter dragged on for a while, and he could start transporting grain at the beginning of the year. But having said that, Liangzhou naturally still has to emigrate, and some people were dissatisfied with the immigrants in Huizhou before, and the princes of the court and China were not happy about this matter, and quarreled several times. ”

Zhang Yue was speechless for a while, and suddenly felt in his heart that the expedition to the west was difficult. Doesn't Liangzhou belong to the Great Zhou, the immigration is just to reduce the serfs that can be exploited by the wealthy families in the Central Plains, and the ministers will also disregard the country's interests for their own interests.

In the final analysis, the ministers also need the support of middle- and lower-level officials, who are all from large local households, that is, landlords' families, and it is inevitable that they are unwilling to emigrate. Therefore, the war involved logistics and food, and the immigration policy, and everyone was dissatisfied with the policy of Huizhou, so the reform of the military system made people find a reason to attack.

"But Huizhou is running well, definitely more than the two or three states in the Central Plains, because there are minerals, not to mention coal mines, Mr. Wenbo should have seen the benefits of convenience for the people. In addition, a new iron ore mine has been discovered recently, and if it is used, it can be supplied to the Yongxing Army, Luoyang, Tokyo and other places, as well as civilian and military use. I'm hesitating to mine or not, what does Mr. Wenber think? Zhang Yue struggled for a long time, and finally said it.

"Is there such a thing? Huizhou is too far away from Tokyo and inconvenient for transshipment, so there has been no official government directly under the central government. If you add minerals such as horse farms, salt farms, coal and iron, the officials of Taifu Temple and Shaofu may not be able to sit still. ”

Wang Pu glanced at Zhang Yue strangely, before the horse farm and salt farm were still in charge of the state government, the Jingzhou tax envoy only collected taxes, and the majority of the salt and horse income was still in the state government. If the iron ore is reported again, I am afraid that all the yamen in the center will want to get involved, and the income of the state government will be less.

In fact, there are not a few people in the local feudal towns who open mines privately, but not all of them can get involved, and although some officials are dispatched, they can't actually manage it, and naturally they can't collect taxes, and the feudal towns still make a fortune. Zhang Yue didn't know about this situation, but he thought it was for the long term and felt that it would be better to report it.

"As early as when Huizhou was recovered, I was ordered to operate the salt field and horse farm, and over the past few years, I have supplied more than 10,000 horses to the forbidden army, and the salt tax is also more than 100,000 yuan. I also ask Mr. Wenbo to transfer this matter to His Majesty and start operating it as soon as possible. Zhang Yue said hopefully that Huizhou did supply more than 10,000 war horses to the front of the palace, but including the captured during the Battle of Huining, it was actually not much.

"Good! You have nothing to say if you report to the court, and if there is such a good thing, it will not be in vain for me to make this trip in person. Wang Pu finally showed a smile on his face and agreed.

"Thank you, Mr. Wenbo, for your understanding! Tomorrow Chinese New Year's Eve, but in a foreign land, the farewell sacrifice cannot be carried out, but are you interested in going back to the Mountain Queen Mother Palace together? After finishing the matter, Zhang Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and invited with a smile.

"Alright! I'm idle left and right, I'm bored, and it's okay to travel! Wang Pu smiled happily. (To be continued.) )