Chapter 355 Reform Implementation Plan

Guan Yu finally said this softly with a needle hidden in the middle, the ministers under the rank were originally full of doubts about this goal and task, and generally thought that the goals and tasks were too large and too difficult to implement, thinking that Guan Yu could lower some standards for the goals and tasks, but they didn't expect Guan Yu to adhere to the principle so much, the determination was so great, and the goals and tasks were not discounted at all, and these ministers had to do it hard, and the reason why these ministers had some concerns was because they had never done such a thing before, Although he holds an important position in the court, doing things is just his own job, and many times things come to the door to pay attention to, due to the weakness and slackness of the court, although serving in the court is just a name, and the things he does are very limited, these ministers are naturally used to this kind of pampered life, and they really respond to the sentence "when a monk hits the clock for a day", the work lacks enthusiasm and initiative, and the efficiency of natural work is not high. 、

Guan Yu adjusted the personnel this time, made a substantial reform in the personnel, cut a group of people and pushed a group of people, due to the accumulation of the imperial court for many years, there are very few decent talents, and they can only be dead horses as live horse doctors, Guan Yu launched these people are still good at their own work, that is to say, they have work experience before, so they are still competent and responsible, before because there are no goals and tasks, there is no enthusiasm and enthusiasm for work, no pressure, no motivation, Guan Yu now gave each of them a clear task and goal, and then it was not good to live like before, Guan Yu vowed to change the world, this master worked hard to advocate reform, determined to make a big difference, as his subordinate this time it will be hard, Guan Yu is a hard-working master. Very diligent, this is a person who does things, as his subordinate, it is estimated that he will not be able to live like before.

Although the curtain of reform has just opened, it is obvious that the atmosphere between the DPRK and the Central Government is very different from before, and many people are starting to get busy. The decadent scene before is almost invisible, the atmosphere of the court has taken on a new look, as the old man of the court has a heavy burden this time, just like a machine should be running this time, in fact, the ministers in the court generally think that Guan Yu's reform is just a form of going through the motions and blowing the wind, even if it is the division of labor for everyone proposed at the reform meeting a year ago, everyone did not go to their hearts, but they just felt that there were more names on their heads, and that's it, After such a relaxation during the Chinese New Year, everyone felt that the wind of reform was getting farther and farther away from them. But they never imagined that just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the wind of reform would blow, and it was far beyond their imagination

Guan Yu, this kid is doing what he says, his will is so resolute, and he starts to do things in an orderly and gradual manner, and after the New Year, he has clarified the goals and tasks of the reform and refined the goals to implement the people. And also clear rewards and punishments, this kid's management level is simply beyond their imagination. While lamenting the strength of Guan Yu's reform, the ministers also admired Guan Yu's management ability and level, such a young man has the ability and courage, and such a responsibility makes them have to be impressed by these elderly people, it is not so easy to mix things under such a shrewd young man's account, this kid is really amazing, it is simply discerning. There is no room for sloppiness, let alone prevarication, he can see it at a glance, so he must do it seriously, and Guan Yu can do it even more when he says it. It is not appropriate to punish Zang for similarities and differences, rather than being punished, it is better to take the initiative to do things, since you have done it, why not do it well, the ministers have calculated such an account in their hearts.

After the meeting, the ministers immediately drafted the plan according to Guan Yu's intentions, Guan Yu pushed these reforms, a matter often involves several people, and some people have to share several tasks, that is to say, the matter is crossed, the people are crossed, which requires everyone to discuss countermeasures together, the ministers simply gathered together to study the plan, Guan Yu as the general coordinator and specific executor of the entire affairs and the ministers together to plan, we are open and honest to study the countermeasures one by one, one by one research planning, In this way, in Guan Yu's general's mansion, everyone studied for more than half a month, and finally drafted a specific implementation plan, and a grand reform roadmap was clearly depicted.

According to the arrangement of this implementation plan, the objectives and tasks put forward will be concretely solved: Agricultural production will be carried out in the whole region, and the Guanzhong and Luoyang areas will focus on the implementation of the army's tuntian, and 100,000 people will participate in the tuntian, 10,000 mu of wasteland will be reclaimed, and water will be diverted to irrigate and grow grain; The maintenance of major water conservancy projects in more than five places, Guanzhong area should focus on the repair of the six auxiliary canals, white canals, Chengguo canals, Luoyang side concentrated on the repair of Yang canal, Hongchipi, water conservancy projects of the imperial court investment of 450,000 taels of silver, of which the investment of six auxiliary canals is 150,000 taels, the white canal is 100,000 taels, Chengguo canal is 50,000 taels, Fuyang canal is 100,000 taels, Hongchipi is 50,000 taels.

The support of science and technology projects will gradually create a number of fruitful facilities and appliances, and make a big change in life, especially in the implementation of "Hufu" in dressing, regardless of whether men and women all should change to wear pants, women can wear skirts in summer, men can wear shorts, belts and suitable tops to match pants, men should not keep long hair and short hair, women can freely choose hairstyles according to their own preferences; And under the rule of the whole changed to sit on stools and chairs, eat with chopsticks, officials can choose two kinds of cars and sedan chairs when traveling, the countryside will specialize in the study of kang for winter heating and sleeping, under the rule of vigorously popularize candle lighting, increase chess, Go and football and other entertainment projects, this project court subsidy fund is 50,000 taels of silver.

In agriculture, we actively develop advanced agricultural tools, produce and manufacture hoes, knocks, pickaxes, harrows, plows, sickles, axes, hammers, jugsors, scissors and other tools for farming, and vigorously promote water conservancy and irrigation cylinder cars, also known as "water drum cars". A tool that uses water flow as a power to take water for irrigation. The principle is as follows: lay two hard piles next to the bank where the current is very fast, make a large wheel, and rest the shaft of the large wheel on the pile fork. The upper half of the wheel is higher than the embankment, and the lower half is immersed in water and can rotate freely. There is a bamboo tube obliquely tied on the water receiving plate outside the spokes of the large wheel, and there is a water tank near the position of the water cylinder on the wheel next to the shore. When the large wheel is hit by the water plate, it is rushed by the rapids. The wheel turns, the drum is filled with water, and when the top of the wheel is turned, the mouth of the cylinder slopes downward, and the water is poured right into the trough and flows along the trough to the field. This kind of cylinder truck does not stop to water the ground day and night. Without the power of humans and animals, the effect is high, the imperial court decided to produce 1 million of the above-mentioned production tools, 3,000 cylinder cars, and the total investment of the two is 150,000 taels of silver.

Vigorously promote the curved plow, compared with the previous plough, there are several major improvements. First of all, the straight wheel and long wheel are changed to curved wheels and short wheels, and the plow disc that can be rotated freely is installed at the head of the wheel, so that not only the plow frame becomes smaller and lighter. Moreover, it is easy to turn around and turn, and the operation is flexible, saving manpower and animal power. Vigorously popularize the cocoon car, which is a kind of animal power seed machine. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was made up of Zhao Guo, which was composed of a cocoon frame, a cocoon bucket, a cocoon leg, and a cocoon shovel. There are many kinds of one-legged cocoons to seven-legged cocoons, and the sowing is more uniform with two-legged cocoons. It can be sown with barley, wheat, soybeans, sorghum, etc. The cocoon is composed of three cocoon feet, which are three-legged cocoons. Three-legged cocoon, with three ditch openers underneath. When sowing, a cow pulls the cart. The cocoon was furrowed and sown on the leveled land, and at the same time it was mulched and suppressed, saving time and effort, so its efficiency could reach "one hectare per day", and a government official named Zhao Guo promoted the cocoon to the capital area in 85 BC. The ox pulls three ploughshares, which are manned by one person, to drip the seeds, while holding the seed drill (columbus cart) at the same time. In this way, 667 acres can be sown in one day. ...... Or ploughshare for sowing, which is the ploughshare used in the sowing of the cocoon car, similar to the triangular ploughshare, but smaller, with a high ridge in the middle, 10 cm long and 8 cm wide. Insert the slash into the two holes in the instep of the cocoon and tie it tightly to the crossbar. The plough is 8 cm deep into the ground, and the seeds are scattered by the feet, so they can be planted deep in the soil and greatly increase the yield. The land cultivated with a cocoon cart was as if it were ploughed with a small plow, and the total investment of the imperial court for these two projects was 60,000 taels of silver.

Militarily vigorously produce siege chariots, Guan Yu's research chariot is more advanced, this chariot is boosted by multiple batches of wheels below, the chariot is three stories high, the lower layer in front of the chariot is less than a large number of sharp knives, and the upper two layers can be used to ambush a large number of crossbowmen for shooting, this chariot has great lethality whether it is a siege or an attack, it is a relatively advanced and multi-purpose chariot in the present, once it is put into use, it is extremely powerful; In addition, Guan Yu will also build an upgraded version of the abducted horse, which is the so-called iron lock chain horse, and he will also actively develop the water army, which is an important thing for him to implement in the military field in the next year, let's call it a military science and technology project, this project The imperial court invested 200,000 taels of silver.

Economically, we will continue to unify weights and measures, issue a large number of round square-hole coins as the main circulating currency in the market, and at the same time allow gold and silver to be traded as monetary units, change the previous policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and strive to build a number of farmers' markets in larger cities, and in some areas we should establish large-scale fur trading markets and horse trading markets to activate commercial trade, and we should also develop catering, pawnshops, teahouses, hotels, dart boards, silk shops, restaurants, iron shops, salt industries, noodle shops, and rouge and gouache shops in larger citiesRice, oil, salt, cloth, pharmacies, etc., to be built and prosperous in an all-round way, Luoyang and Chang'an should focus on the construction of a number of science and technology project factories, the production and processing of the above science and technology projects, the project investment of the imperial court is 300,000 taels of silver.

In terms of education, culture and health, we will focus on the development of lecture halls in Luoyang pilot and then popularize them under the rule, culturally advocate Confucianism but allow the existence of other academic classes, build a number of calligraphy and painting museums and music and art museums in the main urban areas under the rule, and build some traditional Chinese medicine treatment institutions in the main areas under the rule, and focus on cultivating a group of gentlemen in the future, the imperial court investment in this project is 100,000 taels.

The construction of city defense should focus on completing the restoration work of seven cities, and the specific objects of restoration are the overall restoration project of the city of Bishui Pass, the city defense reinforcement project of Hugaoguan, the city defense reinforcement project of Liangzhou, the city defense reinforcement project of Hanoi, the reinforcement project of Luoyang City, the Fufeng city defense reinforcement project, and the Chang'an city defense reinforcement project, and the subsidy fund of the imperial court for this project is 700,000 taels of silver, and the insufficient part is solved by the local government and the method of investing in labor and capital.

Taxes are levied on large landlords and large planters under their rule, and different tax rates are levied according to the area where they are located and individual land and assets, with more taxes and less taxes, and the proportion of taxes on the fixed assets of large households above 10 million silver is 20 percent; The proportion of fixed assets of larger households taxed above Wu Bai Wan Wen silver is 10%; The proportion of fixed assets of medium-sized households taxed on more than 3 million silver is 5%; The proportion of taxation on fixed assets of small landlords above 1 million is 3 percent; The proportion of fixed assets levied on fixed assets between 1 million and 100,000 yuan is 1%; Exemption from tax for fixed assets below 100,000 yuan; The total target of the tax collection was 100,000 taels of gold.

In the name of the imperial court, the princes of various places were levied money and grain, and an ultimatum was issued to the princes of various places, calling on them to pay tribute to the imperial court, and then the money and grain were levied in the name of the imperial court for those who refused to pay tribute, and different collection standards were implemented according to the different conditions in various places, and the specific collection standards were: Yuan Shao 1 million taels of silver; Cao Cao's one million taels of silver; Liu Biao, one million taels of silver; Sun Ce's one million taels of silver; Yuan Shu one million taels of silver; Liu Zhang's 800,000 taels of silver; Zhang Lu 500,000 taels of silver; Han Sui 500,000 taels of silver; Gongsun Chan 500,000 taels of silver; a total of 7.3 million taels of target tasks;

After the implementation plan is introduced. Guan Yu and the ministers intuitively have a heavier burden, and the implementation plan is to refine the objectives and tasks again, which is very feasible, which is the guideline and line of action, and the responsible person has been clarified before, so the top-level design of the entire reform is basically completed. The focus of the next step is to put the implementation of the work, before the action Guan Yu and Cai Yong together to calculate the astronomical phenomena in Luoyang, as the saying goes, "the wind is evenly adjusted and the five grains are abundant", most of the agriculture in this era still depends on the sky to eat, so the time is very important, such a good plan such a good plan, if you catch up with the year of many disasters and difficulties, everything is in vain, Guan Yu is quite concerned about the time. This is the external cause of success, as the saying goes, "people make things happen, things are done in heaven", whether Guan Yu's reform can be completely successful depends not only on the people and things he carefully planned, but also on God's care.

Guan Yu and Cai Yong studied the celestial phenomena of Luoyang together, the two carefully calculated, Cai Yong calculated the celestial phenomena according to his talent, Guan Yu also used the easy-to-learn knowledge he learned to help, the two of them after more than ten days of observation and calculation, and finally finalized the celestial phenomena in Luoyang in the next year. Seeing that the stars in Luoyang were abnormally bright, they gathered in the place where Jinguan was divided. One of the stars is very bright, and scatters a favorable light, and flies to the west, and it is as big as a bucket, scattering five colors of light; When he was young, he was full of light, and he went straight to the crape myrtle star, which was the main Guan Yu, so that the fortune was good for him. Guan Yu couldn't help but sigh with relief: "It seems that reform is hopeful!" ”

After some careful preliminary design, the preparations for the reform have been completed, and some work has been started one after another just after the first month, although agricultural production cannot be carried out at this time, but other work has been carried out one after another. Among them, the work of collecting taxes and collecting money and grain from the princes is in full swing, and the tax collection work is led by Ma Teng himself, Ma Teng followed Guan Yu to Luoyang, basically bid farewell to his military career, and was entrusted by Guan Yu to the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Jinwu, which is in charge of justice and punishment, which is equivalent to the modern high-ranking officials in charge of political and legal work, and still has a lot of real power. Once he was wandering away and living without a fixed place, and there was no base in Xiliang, or his base has not been stable, now he came to the court to serve, and was promoted to this position by Guan Yu For Ma Teng, who is close to the age of confusion, this is also a wish of his mind, although he has repeatedly made trouble in the frontier, but he has always longed for the court in his heart, hoping to come to the Son of Heaven one day, after all, he is also a famous general, a loyal minister for generations, how can he always go against the court? What he did before was nothing more than wanting to ask the court for a title, and now this title was given to him by the court, to be precise, Guan Yu gave it to him, which was also something he couldn't ask for.

Although he does not lead troops to fight, but as a member of the cabinet, Ma Teng still cherishes his position, and his son also loves to be reused by Guan Yu, which makes him very satisfied, he and his family have a firm foothold in the imperial court, and he has no worries, the family has a reputation in the imperial court, and it is of course natural to do business in the name of righteousness, Ma Teng does not dare to slack off, as a new official and was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Guan Yu, I feel Guan Yu's kindness, Ma Teng also wants to do a vigorous career, on the other hand, it is also to show the world his ability Ma Teng, just after Guan Yu held a reform meeting and put forward the specific implementation plan of the reform, Ma Teng in accordance with the requirements of the reform, combined with his own affairs also convened a branch meeting, taxation is a hard job, and the task is also quite heavy, 100,000 taels of gold is 5 million taels of silver, this number is not a small amount.

Ma Teng knows that the time is tight and the task is heavy, and it is not easy to complete this goal within a year, Ma Teng does not dare to slack off, the court and Guan Yu give themselves such a burden is not only their trust in themselves but also their own weight, and naturally they also believe in their own ability, as a new official who has just entered Luoyang, even if the task is heavy and the goal is big, he is also indomitable, he is determined to achieve this goal and complete the task given to him above, he immediately convened Wen Ping and Yang Xiu and his beloved son Ma Chao to hold a meeting together to study the specific implementation plan. Ma Teng said to everyone: "The curtain of reform has been opened, as the saying goes. The plan of the year lies in the spring', we are in charge of the tax collection work, which is the key work of the reform, and it is also the central work, the burden and responsibility on our shoulders are self-evident, and our goal is 20,000 taels of gold collection, that is, 5 million taels of silver collection task, I will not say much about the arduousness of this task, Prime Minister Guan Cheng chose to hand over this burden to us, but also to our full trust, we must not live up to Guan Cheng's weight relative to us, pick up this burden, resolutely implement it, to ensure that the annual reform task is completed, and here I also put forward a request, what is the requirement? That is to let our work walk in the forefront of everyone, I as the main person in charge of this task put forward this requirement for our actions, which requires everyone to take active action and cooperate closely to do this thing well, here please everyone! Ma Teng said as he arched his hand. (To be continued......)