The local state capitals of the Tang Dynasty were actually divided into upper, middle and lower. More than 40,000 households in the Tang Dynasty were Shangzhou, which was equivalent to the sub-provincial city in later generations. And more than 20,000 households, that is, Zhongzhou, that is, ordinary cities. And less than 20,000 households, that is equivalent to a small city. Although this method of division is not very scientific in later generations, after all, he ignores the level of economic development and various resource problems. However, for ancient times, there was no problem in this era of agriculture, because in ancient times, population represented productivity, so it was the most scientific method to divide by population. This is also why other counties have been drained of population, so they also have opinions.

And now Mengjin County has a population of 50,000 or 60,000, if in fact, if it is in this era, it can be used as a small city. If it is a few months later, maybe all kinds of people will come over, so maybe it can become a standard in the middle state. Therefore, in this case, if Mengjin County is still regarded as a county, it is obviously not appropriate. In this case, upgrading Mengjin County is also a reality to be faced.

And to upgrade the level on the spot, this is good for both Jingwen and Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou is Jingwen's old subordinate, and he will manage this Mengjin County Jingwen rest assured, so that Jingwen's next plan in the future will be easy to understand. Moreover, if Mengjin County is changed to a state county, it can also be promoted, from the original five-grade county order to the four-grade state thorn history. Although it seems that it is only a grade, the official level in ancient times is actually much more complicated than in later generations, and each grade is divided from top to bottom, so upgrading a grade is enough to offset almost seven or eight years of struggle, which is still less.

Therefore, this is a good choice for both Jingwen and Ma Zhou, after all, what Jingwen needs is a special business zone, and what Ma Zhou needs is an opportunity for promotion. And Jingwen also thinks that if Ma Zhou can pass this test. Being able to successfully create a special business zone has greatly improved Ma Zhou's vision for the future. As a prime minister, if you don't have a broad vision, you can't do it at all. Therefore, Jingwen also wanted Ma Zhou to open his eyes and let him see that not only agriculture can develop the country, but also commerce is good.

"Ma Zhou, I will try my best to help you fight for this plan to change the county to the state, but I may not be able to guarantee success. After all, it's too much to do, but I hope you can get the people in the county to work together. This may be able to achieve a higher chance of success. Also, you have to withstand the pressure, but don't be mixed with sand, then you are not the one who rides the hitchhiker. Also, you'd better give them a detailed number so that they can see that you're improving. As long as you can come up with enough population jù, as well as various wealth jù, and even land reclamation, in short, all kinds of jù. Show the big guys above. These will be your political achievements, and when the time comes, it will greatly increase the chances of changing the county into a state. All I can do for you is to keep you from being peach-picked, so you can see for yourself! Jingwen said.

Only then did Ma Zhou know that these numbers were so important. Originally, Ma Zhou didn't think so. But now these statistics are actually things that indicate their own achievements. Where will the big guys above have how much time to come down to "micro-service private interview"! The officials of this era were even more bureaucratic than later generations, and it was too difficult to expect them to be able to go down and pay private visits in person. Therefore, the results of a qiē are not all reported by the subordinates, at most they are reviewed by the officials. But how to report this is a matter of course. Other people's reports are bragging. But if Ma Zhou can come up with a detailed number of jù, then the above must pay attention to Ma Zhou first.

These numbers also show that Ma Zhou was pragmatic and able to investigate carefully. First of all, to be able to make a good impression. And Ma Zhou once again took the previous number jù to count, and then once the two numbers jù were compared, the difference in the middle was Ma Zhou's political achievements. With such a powerful political achievement, who would dare not pay attention to it? At the same time, other county orders do not have a corresponding perfect number, they are all blowing with such a mouth, who will believe their political achievements? Anyway, that's it, the results are actually compared. Whether in ancient times or in later generations, the performance of an official is not better than anyone, but worse than others. A bad person is always better than a worse person, so it's just a matter of choosing a tall one among the short ones, so what else can you do? Everyone else is just as bad, and Ma Zhou is the best here, so who will he choose?

"Ma Zhou, remember, don't mix water in the statistical report!" Jingwen said.

Jingwen knows the virtue of these officials, and in order to be promoted, he can completely mix water in the number of jù, so Jingwen must first prevent it. Although Jingwen does not think that these numbers are the most suitable criteria for promotion, this is the best standard for promotion by relying on economic numbers and population numbers. Although this standard has been scolded countless times in later generations, it is a relatively most advanced method for ancient times. Although this method is easy to be mixed with water by the magistrate in the number of jù centimeters, it is not possible to abandon this advanced method because of choking. These statistics represent the level of development of a place, and these will be the best criteria for officials before they arrive and when they leave office. If you are promoted according to the so-called "morality" of being an official in the past, this is obviously even more cheating. And this can also be said to be a continuation of Jingwen's examination method obtained from Zhang Juzheng, in order to be able to evaluate the performance of officials, and this kind of number jù is a more advanced examination method.

And Jingwen didn't want Ma Zhou to mix water with the first report, after all, this was a bad example. Although Jingwen knows that there will definitely be water in the future, Jingwen doesn't want his subordinates to do the same, after all, he will always have to pay it back, if you can mix it now, then you will probably be unlucky if you are found out in the future.

"Jieshuai, it must be certain, I will never mix water in the number jù. If I deceive like this, isn't that against the cultivation of me by the marshal? Ma Zhou said.

"Okay, you get a piece of Chen, and then I'll write another letter to Yang Jia and ask him to help you get these things! However, I am not absolutely sure that I will succeed, so you can do it yourself! Jingwen said. (To be continued......)