Chapter 3: The Maison's short-sightedness

It was Xun Xin who designed this Hedong military and political organizational structure, and he discussed it with Sima Yi, Zhang Ji and others on the way here, only Le Shen and Biqiu Xing didn't know much. After the structure was completed, he ordered the officials to straighten out the subordinate and subordinate levels in Cao, as well as the subordinate and handover relations with the counties as soon as possible, and complete the collection of autumn grain-"The imperial court has approved Hedong not to lose this year's rent, but only to avoid servitude." When the autumn grain is put into storage, it is necessary to recruit troops to prepare for war, and the secretary is careful. ”

When the task was assigned, the Taishou and the Supervisor immediately made a big move, and all the general affairs were entrusted to Sima Yi, the chief historian. Shi Xun had only been a county magistrate before, and he had no experience in coordinating the whole county at all, so he felt that even if he intervened, he might not be much better - although Sima Yi had no experience, after all, he had a family history, and his father had been Jing Zhaoyin.

For example, the children of the family are like those who were born in the Department of Political Science and Economics of the National People's Congress.

So why did the chief go? He left the county magistrate and began to wander around with the superintendent poster, the main purpose of which was to explore the situation of the mountains and rivers, the customs of the counties, and to visit the major families in the county.

Hedong is close to the old Beijing, and there are many large clans, mainly the Wei family in the suburbs of Anyi, the Pei family and the Dong family in Wenxi, and the Liu family in Xie County. Wei's family, that is, Cai Wenji's previous husband's family, at this time there was Wei Wei Boru, who was the secretary of the imperial history, and is now the county guard of Hongnong, is Xun has a slight friendship with him, before coming to Hedong, he sent people to Hongnong, and asked him to introduce the situation in the clan. and write the same letters. It was when Hoon came to the Wei family. There was a mess up and down the house. Because Wei Gu of his clan was killed, it was rumored everywhere that the new county guard wanted to clean up the Wei family, but fortunately, there was a letter from Wei Qi to open the way, which gradually settled down.

With Wei Gu's head as a deterrent, and Wei Qian's letters, Shi Xun felt that the Wei family should not dare to stand in their way.

Then go north to smell the joy. The Pei family is Pei Mao's clan, and now Pei Mao's son Pei Hui is Peng in the county. Deeply trusted by the county guard, the Pei family is naturally a strong supporter of Yesun. Dong is the descendant of Dong Zhongshu, no one is outstanding, all rely on the fame of the ancestors to support the family business, is Xun is a famous contemporary Confucian scholar, ancient literature scholar, and those who live in their hometown all day long to study the guys, there is also a little common language, good life and comfort, the effect is quite good.

The most rearly is the Liu family of Xie County, and the eldest family is named Liu Hui. The word Gongshi, when the son of heaven was fortunate to be in peace. Because of his contributions, he was worshiped by the Hou of Guannei. Shixun promised to recommend the second son of the Liu family to enter Taixue, and the first son went to the county, purely to lure him for profit. Dozens of other lower-class families also visited one by one.

By the way, Shi Xun also went deep into the countryside and talked with ordinary people - this was originally the main duty of the county guard to observe the people's feelings, but in this year, the officials of 2,000 stone can really squat on the ground and chat with the old farmers, I am afraid that there is no second one except Xun. Zhang Ji was originally born as a small official, and he didn't have much of a stand in front of the people, so he didn't express any objections, but after Shixun returned to Anyi, Sima Yi advised: "The service is noble, and it should be valued for its authority, and it should not be with the old peasants." ”

Shi Xun sighed: "I used to be in Lelang, my family was poor, and I often ploughed the acres of ridges, but now I am precious, I feel its filth when I see mud, I am afraid of dirty shoes and socks, I feel its smell when I smell dung, and I am afraid of bad spirits." Qing thinks that I should not speak with the old peasants, but I regret that the day is high, and it is far away from Li Shu, and it is so difficult to be close to the people! As he spoke, he glanced at Sima Yi obliquely, and said in his heart: Zhuge Liang has also cultivated Longzhong, if he listens to my words, he may be able to understand a point or two, but a family like you will definitely not understand.

Shi Xun went out of Hedong this time, and did not bring his family, one was only afraid that the war between Yuan and Cao would start within the year, and Hedong was close to the front line, how could he put his family in danger? Second, the two children are young and can't do without their mothers, so they can't take them with them on a long journey. The only thing you can bring is Gan's without a child, the problem is that you don't bring your wife, nor do you bring Guan who is in the first door, but you just bring Gan's, what will Cao Miao and Guan Si think? It's better not to touch this moldy head......

Shi Xun barely remembered that he had read a note in his previous life, Yun Mouguan went to work by boat, brought countless concubines, the wind on the river was cold, and the concubines each made a half-arm with it...... Later generations ridiculed and said, "Who taught you to take a concubine?" He's in that situation now. Men are always easy to see one and love one, and there are legal constraints in the future, even if they can't start from the beginning, the vast majority of them have to have wives and no concubines. And since he has hurt them half-heartedly, how can he distinguish between thick and thin, and cause them to be jealous and hateful?

So I had to not even bring Gan with me, and went to work alone, with only a few doormen and a few servants, including a cook who had learned to stir-fry.

In addition, he also specially brought Zeng Ergou and the oil miller who was given by the Xu family that day, and took the opportunity to tour the counties, that is, on the shore of the water and in the territory of the Yi family, two new workshops were built. Originally, the official family had official land and spare money in the treasury, and Shixun could use the power of the county government to repair the property - as long as the purpose was for the convenience of the official family, and the property rights were not classified as private names.

Yes Xun couldn't help but sigh, if I had known that Lu Dao would have this kind of convenience as a magistrate, I wouldn't have needed to borrow money from Cao De to open a workshop - after all, if I had made it convenient to use paper, I really didn't want to make a fortune from handicrafts......

The oil mill is not large, and forty percent of the income is used by the county government and sixty percent is sold. The size of the paper mill was roughly equivalent to his private workshop on the outskirts of Xuchang, so with an order, the entire county government, and even the surrounding county offices, could be converted into a new paper office model, and there was even a surplus to be sold in the county, or transported to Luoyang and sold to Zhong Xuan.

In addition, after much deliberation, the construction of a third workshop began in secret......

In mid-October, the grain harvest in Hedong was completed, which was considered a normal year, and Shixun also went around the county in a big circle, and finally returned to the county magistrate. Of the 20 counties in Hedong County, he actually only went to 14, Pingyang, Xiangling, Yangxian, and Yong'an in the northwest of Baibo Valley, and they were all in the hands of the Southern Xiongnu, and Beiqu and Puzi in the north. It's too far away. and there is no manifestation. I just didn't go.

After returning, he summoned the worker Cao Peng Qiuxing to start conscripting labor to control the water and repair the canal. How to manage a county well, in fact, Xun has no case, he just thinks that there are no people who are poor and chaotic, and there are no fertile fields and the people are poor (of course, those landlords must be restrained, and the peasants should not be too bad). But although he claims to have farmed the land when he was a teenager, in fact, he was only poor for a short period of time, and he is completely coarse, not much stronger than the primitive agriculture of slash-and-burn farming. I knew that when I was in Juancheng and Xudu, I learned a few more tricks from Guan Hai and Bai Laowu.

However, he always knew that the fields in the north were most afraid of drought and wanted a good harvest. First of all, we have to do a good job in farmland water conservancy, so this time we went out on patrol. The hydrological conditions of each county were specially investigated. Regardless of the mountainous area for the time being, the Shuhe Valley (Yuncheng Basin) where Anyi is located, the fields are fertile, there is Fenshui in the north, the Yellow River in the south, there is Shushui, and the ditches of the previous generation are also complete, although they have been in disrepair for a long time, as long as they are slightly repaired, they will not make any special disasters in the coming year, and they will not be soldiers, and they will definitely get a bumper harvest.

Sima Yi came to persuade him again-he didn't want to talk so much, but at present, he is in charge of the affairs of the whole county, and if he doesn't make it clear with the officials first, it will be impossible to do things well-" Minister Cao came here to accumulate grain and grass, prepare soldiers, and find an opportunity to scratch Yuan Shaozhi's back. Recruitment will be a major priority this winter, and the people will be tired from both military service and return to labor? If it provokes chaos, it is not a small sin. ”

Yes Xun said that you can rest assured, the main thing is to dredge the ditch and repair the embankment, and the labor is not heavy, besides-"But when you hear about the canal and irrigate, the people are happy, and the people are worried when you don't hear it." If we only make the people safe and not rich, and set up wars to be delayed, where will the grain come from? Where do the soldiers come from? was lucky to win, and the Hedong household registration should also be drastically reduced, how could the Son of Heaven and Cao Gong hope for it? Furthermore, is there anyone who is not rich but can be safe? ”

Sima Yi was deeply stunned when he heard this: "The service has seen far away, and Yi has been taught." "But it's Hoon who looks at his eyes - do you actually understand? Alas, it is impossible for the landlord class to really think about the common people, and even if a talent like Zhongda is so talented, it must be short-sighted and short-sighted in this regard......

According to the household registration, there are more than 40,000 household registrations in a county in Hedong, of which there are nearly 30,000 in the two valleys of Shushui and Fennan alone, which is about 150,000 according to the calculation of five households per household. However, Shi Xun understood that this number was not reliable, and he went deep into the countryside to find out that many of the big clans in various counties were taking prisoners as slaves and maids, and these slaves and maids were not counted in the number of people. It is estimated that all the hidden households have been excavated, and there are more than 300,000 people in the county.

If you count the troops according to the old practice, the population of 300,000 can probably levy 30,000 military service, but if you cut out a large number of hidden households, coupled with the turmoil for many years (although the situation in Hedong is slightly better than that of other counties), there are many widows and women and children, it is good to be able to pull out 10,000 county soldiers, and throw them into 20 counties, and there will be hundreds of garrisons in one county, which is useless! At present, the number of registered county soldiers is more than 8,000, and it is estimated that there are still a lot of vacancies among them......

In fact, the military service system was already a virtual thing in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, and the conscription system gradually occupied the mainstream, and it was necessary to develop according to the normal process of history, and the world military system would be produced in the Wei and Jin dynasties. Therefore, military service will continue to be levied, in order not to disturb the people, it will not be aggravated, just continue the old rules, Yes Xun just called Qin Yi and said that the big war is imminent, and the training this winter must be strengthened, and there must be no sloppiness.

At this point, it is difficult for the county soldiers to even defend the city, so they will maintain law and order and do some work as ordinary policemen in later generations. If you really want to pull out Lu to fight, you have to rely on recruiting troops, so based on the 2,000 people assigned by Cao Cao, we will strive to train a strong ...... that can go into battle as soon as possible Troops of ordinary quality come.

It was Xun who was the first veteran general in Shatai County, because he had the heads of Wei Gu and Fan Xian as examples, and the murderous Cao soldiers (mainly Qingzhou soldiers, who were already full of murderous spirit before the surrender of Cao) were backed by, plus the execution by Xiahou Lan and Sun Wen, it was smooth sailing, and there was no chaos. The old generals were exempted from eight out of ten, and gathered up all their troops, and won nearly a thousand soldiers.

However, Shi Xun personally ran around and looked at those soldiers with a bitter face, turned his head and discussed with Xia Houlan, do you see that half of it can be used? Xiahoulan asked Shixun: "Ask for its breadth and refinement?" Shi Xun glared: "To be the enemy with a weak soldier is not to fight, but to kill!" So Xia Houlan carefully selected, and only left about a hundred ...... (To be continued......)

PS: The planting and foreshadowing stage may not be so interesting to look at - then, strive to add another update in the evening, please look forward to it.