Chapter Twenty-Three: Arrival in Shangtai County
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How many county-level establishments were there in Longxi County in the Qin Dynasty?
It's hard to have an exact number for this. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Ben Wolf lists here two more accurate statements:
The first is Twenty-One County, and the main source is the wiki:
Didao County, Xi County, Langan County, Luoyang County, Shangtai County, Ji County, Didao County, Gudao County, Lintao County, Zhengdao County, Mianzhu County, Xiangwu County, Ayang County, Xiaban County, Bendao, Rongdao, Wudu Dao, Yudao, Bodao, Chengji County, and Caohan County.
The second is the twenty-two counties, and the main source is the enthusiastic people:
Shangtai, Xixian, Xiabian, Yixian, Lintao, Didao, Caohan, Langan, Didao, Gozhai, Gudao, Wudu, Mianzhu, Zhengdao, Xiangwu, Rongdao, Biandao, Yudao, Bodao, Luoyang, Chengji, Ayang.
In fact, not to mention the situation of the county establishment, even the county of the Qin State has been revised many times, and there are still different statements. Therefore, the counties of the Qin Dynasty, if you really want to figure it out, is basically equivalent to death without proof.
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On December 5, 211 BC, Zhang Jiashi led more than 5,000 officers and soldiers under his command to take Hexi Road, leave Neishi County, and then enter Longxi County.
The geographical location of Longxi County is more complicated, which is most of the southern part of Gansu Province, a small part of the eastern part of Qinghai, a part of the western part of Shaanxi, a part of the southern part of Ningxia and a small part of the northwest part of Sichuan.
Although the overall location is not too large, the number of county seats in the entire Longxi County is quite large, which means that the administrative division of the Qin State here is already very detailed.
In later generations, there are twenty-one counties in Longxi County. In fact, of course, it's more than that.
After two days of marching, Zhang Jiashi came to the territory of Shangtai County along the upper reaches of Weishui.
What kind of place is Shangtai County? In terms of later generations, there is a slight deviation from the location of Tianshui City.
Of course, the scale of Shangtai County is completely incomparable with Xianyang, and it is difficult to compare with Pei County. Because this Shangtai County is just a small lower-level county with a population of less than 10,000 people.
The county seat of Qin State is divided into upper and lower counties. If the number of people in the upper county exceeds 10,000, the county order will be placed, and if the number of people in the lower county is not more than 10,000, the county magistrate will be placed.
Zhang Jiashi came here, firstly, because Shangtai County is near Hexi Road, and secondly, the geographical location is very suitable, because whether it is going to Didao, Lintao, or back to Neishi County, Zhang Jiashi can act relatively quickly in Shangtai County.
This opinion was put forward by Bai Qi, and Han Xin and Chen Ping agreed with it after hearing Zhang Jiashi's suggestion. Because sometimes, it is not directly to the front line to support that the greatest effect can be played.
Moreover, the first emperor Yingzheng did not order Zhang Jiashi's 5,000 men to support the front line. His order was for Zhang Jiashi to lead the troops and wait for the opportunity.
Therefore, Bai Qi put forward this idea and asked Zhang Jiashi to implement it.
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It's just that Zhang Jiashi didn't expect that he led his troops to Shangtai County, but it scared Li Qiu, the county magistrate of Shangtai County, and Li Xu, the lieutenant of Shangtai County.
When Zhang Jiashi let the troops rest in place, he saw the scouts sent out to be on guard, bringing with them two high-ranking military and political officials of Shangtai County, as well as a convoy of horse-drawn carts and ox-carts transporting a large amount of grain.
Zhang Jiashi asked Chen Ping with his eyes, and the latter asked Zhang Jiashi to meet the two. Because Zhang Jiashi is next, it is estimated that he will be stationed in Shangtai County for a period of time. Under such circumstances, Zhang Jiashi could not hand over to the local officials. This kind of trouble is not terrible, but it is a trouble after all.
After Zhang Jiashi saw Chen Ping's signal, he said to the herald: "Invite County Magistrate Li and Captain Li to come over." ”
"Whew!" the herald clenched his fists and left. And Zhang Jiashi asked people to find Xiao He, and then said to the other party: "Mr. Xiao, the grain sent by Shangtai County will be arranged by you." ”
"Yes, sir. Xiao He did not shirk his part, and quickly led a few military commanders and recorders to walk towards the camp in front.
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After a while, Zhang Jiashi saw two middle-aged people, led by the herald, to the camp where he was.
Zhang Jiashi glanced at the two people wearing pale cyan county robes and five hundred main level military uniforms and armor, and knew who Li Qiu and Li Wei were.
Zhang Jiashi stood up and hugged his fists at the two: "I don't know what happened to County Magistrate Li and County Lieutenant Li coming this time?"
"Lord Duwei, Li has never heard of a military order, I don't know if my lord ......" The first person to speak was not Li Qiu, who was the county magistrate, but Li Xu, who was the county lieutenant.
After all, Li Xu, who has been rolling in the army for many years, has despised Zhang Jiashi's age when he was only a weak champion from the heart.
After all, although Du Wei is a relatively broad title, a county lieutenant like Li Wei is not a level of existence at all compared to Zhang Jiashi, who can lead 5,000 soldiers and horses.
At this time, Zhang Jiashi took out the tiger talisman from his arms and said slowly: "Captain Bendu was ordered by His Majesty to come to Hexi Road and wait for the opportunity to move. What other questions does County Lieutenant Li have?"
Li didn't dare. Li Yu arched his hand and stopped talking.
After all, seeing the tiger talisman and hearing Zhang Jiashi's words, Li Wei is not a person who doesn't know what to do. After he lowered his head, all kinds of envy and jealousy appeared in his heart.
And Zhang Jiashi didn't pay attention to Li Xu, because such a thing, for him, in the past few days, it is not a matter of one or two times.
At this time, Li Qiu, the magistrate of Shangtai County, hugged his fists and asked, "I don't know who the adults are?"
"Captain Bendu is valued by His Majesty, and he is now the Captain of Daqin Afang and the Supervisor of Shanglin. Zhang Jiashi said this sentence slowly, which made the hearts of Li Qiu and Li Yu shocked.
Zhang Jiashi's age looks like he is about twenty years old, this age is in an unimaginably high position for them, and he is actually the title of the head of the left house, so how can they not be surprised?
They are all just civil lords, and what they see are only officials below the tenth rank, and for the lowest officials, the chief Zuo is an incomparably huge gap for them.
Although Daqin focuses on military merits, it is already a very lucky thing for an ordinary person to be able to get a civil knight.
According to the theory, a person who kills twenty enemies on the battlefield and turns in his head can become a marquis of Che (the twenty-rank military merit lord of the Qin Dynasty, the highest is the Marquis of Che rather than the Liehou, and the liehou is a taboo name after the accession of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty. However, once Daqin reaches the rank of official, it is not a matter of simply killing the enemy army and obtaining the first rank, which can be promoted.
At the very least, Daqin's military merit title also represents the corresponding position. A person who has military merits at the rank of knight, he is at least a chief, at this level, relying solely on the merits obtained by personally killing the enemy on the battlefield, not as much as you can make the troops achieve more achievements, and the recorded military merits are important.
Otherwise, if it doesn't count anything else, even if Wu Anjun is white, he should have been the chief of the concubine a long time ago, not because he was worshiped as Wu Anjun after breaking through Yingdu.
It can be seen that a theory is a theory, and in fact it cannot be calculated in this way.
Therefore, after looking at Zhang Jiashi's crown and hat, the two of them had very complicated thoughts in their hearts.
And Zhang Jiashi didn't have any thoughts about talking to the two of them, but after explaining that his troops would not enter Shangtai County, he invited the two out.
He didn't plan to get involved with these magistrates, after all, he was working. Moreover, what benefits can these small county officials bring him?
Obviously, Zhang Jiashi knows very well that it is unlikely that there will be any price code that makes him happy.
Those grains were arranged by him when he asked the scouts to enter Shangtai County and let the county magistrate Li Ku arrange them. This is not a private teaching, but a very normal thing.
It has been the case since ancient times that the counties along the way have been responsible for supporting the supply of food for the army.
Therefore, after Zhang Jiashi sent the two away, he took Chen Ping, Uncle Sun Zhong and others out of the camp.
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In the vicinity of the Daqin military camp, some businessmen often gather to do some livelihood work.
Although Da Qin did not agree with this matter, it was obvious that he had adopted an attitude of opening his eyes and closing his eyes to deal with this matter.
As long as they don't interfere too much with the barracks, there is nothing wrong with these merchants setting up a makeshift little bazaar outside the barracks.
The construction of the barracks was completed one after another, and Zhang Jiashi did not arrange training tasks in the future, so many Qin officers and soldiers who had nothing to do saw some people gathered outside the barracks carrying packages or pushing a dilapidated trolley, so they walked out of the camp tents one after another and walked towards these merchants.
Zhang Jiashi did not let people sing gold, which meant to drive away those merchants and gather officers and soldiers. After seeing the people walking out of the camp one after another, he touched his chin, then turned back to Chen Ping and said, "Mr. Chen, are you interested in going and seeing?"
"The matter is as expected. Chen Ping smiled slightly and made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Jiashi.
Zhang Jiashi and his entourage came to the gathering place of street vendors about 200 meters west of the barracks. And Zhang Jiashi took a look at the clothes of these merchants, and it looked more like some Qianshou was peddling some things produced at home.
He asked Chen Ping suspiciously, "Mr. Chen, are these people civilians?"
"My lord, I should say that there are mostly civilians, and you can see it from the clothes of these people. In fact, the reason why Great Qin did not order to prohibit such a situation was because many people relied on such things as a livelihood. Adults may not know that after the establishment of Yunzhong County in Great Qin, the first civilians to appear were not the garrisons and civilians who were relocated by His Majesty, but these people who were more because they had no food and clothing in their hometowns and traveled with the army. ”
Chen Ping said this, and then lowered his voice: "In a sense, they are more miserable than those who are slaves later. Although the latter may be precarious, at least if they meet a good owner, they can get a food and clothing. And many of these people are unable to even guarantee food and clothing. Can you see that these people's clothes are still patchwork autumn clothes?"
Zhang Jiashi nodded slowly. Because as Chen Ping said, many people's clothes look quite thin. And at this time, when the temperature is more than ten degrees Celsius, these people's bodies are still slowly shaking from time to time.
But they still sold what they had on hand for money, and tried their best to sell it to passing soldiers.
Eggs, poultry, fish caught in Weishui, dried bacon, and many other things, whether eaten or drunk, can be seen here.
Of course, there were also people who sold firewood, and some who were really merchants who used horse-drawn carts to bring some high-end goods, such as wine, and some dried fruits.
Zhang Jiashi frowned, because he was in the barracks, and he had already ordered that alcohol was strictly forbidden during the expedition.
However, the military discipline of the Qin army was very good, and those merchants who sold alcohol frowned and looked at the Qin officers and soldiers who came and went. Because no one cares about what is supposed to be the best seller.
Zhang Jiashi nodded, and then slowly continued to walk.
And Chen Ping continued at this time: "My lord, if these people lose such a livelihood, their fate will often be even worse. ”
Zhang Jiashi nodded slowly, because he saw an old man, carrying a bundle of firewood, constantly shouting......
"Yes, if His Majesty orders that such things are forbidden in military camps throughout the country, I'm afraid it will be ......" Zhang Jiashi sighed.
It is impossible for Ying Zheng not to know such a thing, the worst thing is that he has encountered such a thing when he went on patrol a few years ago.
But Ying Zheng did not put an end to such a thing, but only opened his eyes and closed his eyes to acquiesce that such a situation would continue to appear, I am afraid that once the order prohibits such a thing, how many people in the world will lose their reliable livelihood?
With the exception of some large merchants, few people were able to obtain travel permits similar to those of later generations, which limited the development of individual capital. Therefore, large households and military camps are the areas where the products of a large number of rich and poor self-employed people go to the region.
The smallholder economy itself is a hotbed for millions of self-employed people. However, each place has its own environmental advantages and disadvantages. In places like Shangtai Prefecture, where there is still a considerable vegetation environment, the output is actually not better than that of Kanto.
Zhang Jiashi can see that many people who are peddling goods are not having a good time.
Therefore, if this relatively primitive "flea market" is explicitly banned, I am afraid that many people's lives will become even worse.
In this case, Zhang Jiashi did not speak, but silently continued to move forward. What he didn't know was that Chen Ping, who was walking next to him, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
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Zhang Jiashi saw more and more, and it should be the residents of Shangtai County, who kept coming to this place.
They either carried it in their hands, or on their backs, or several people pushed a cart and brought what they wanted to sell to this place.
And what Zhang Jiashi didn't know was that those few businessmen with a little strength finally couldn't bear it anymore, so they asked their entourage to stuff a small money bag into the hands of a passing Qin army general, and asked in a low voice: "This military master, why...... No one came to see the villain's cargo?"
This hundred generals had already smelled the smell of wine, he swallowed his saliva, and then said, "This...... Our Lord Lieutenant ordered us not to drink alcohol while we were carrying out the order, and we were punished severely for violating the order. ”
"Master Jun, can't you be accommodating in this matter?" the merchant whispered.
"It's useless for you to tell me about this, our lieutenants are not comparable to ordinary people. Saying this, Bai Jiang slowly put the money bag in his arms and continued to walk forward.
Only the merchant remained, like a wax figure, standing majestically in the cold wind.
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Zhang Jiashi, who didn't know that this had happened, was suddenly frightened by a voice.
"Master Jun, do you need someone to accompany you at night?"
"......" Zhang Jiashi looked at the source of the voice, and saw a Bai will be stopped by a middle-aged woman who looked very thin and dressed a little thinly.
Zhang Jiashi stopped and slowly watched how this matter developed,
However, he didn't expect that this hundred generals just shook their heads, indicating that they didn't need anything else, and left.
"What are you kidding, I'm going to die. "This hundred generals did not dare to ignore Zhang Jiashi's three orders.
The three orders are: The barracks are not allowed to stay with unrelated personnel, and those who violate the orders are to be beheaded and hung at the camp gate for three days; and they are not allowed to fight or use force in the barracks without reason. Violators shall be punished with a considerable penalty depending on the seriousness of the circumstances and the outcome, and shall not be punished without cause for violating the temporary ordinance, and the offender shall be beheaded.
When he encountered this incident, it can be said that no one knew it before, but since Zhang Jiashi gradually controlled the troops, all this has changed very much.
So he had no choice but to do nothing, shook his head and politely refused, and left directly.
And Zhang Jiashi looked at Chen Ping, he didn't know whether this situation was serious or not.
As for Chen Ping, after seeing Zhang Jiashi looking at him, he sighed softly: "This kind of person is also a hard worker. ”
When Zhang Jiashi heard this, he glanced at the middle-aged woman, who was in very poor physical condition, and her body was constantly trembling because her relatively thin clothes could not block the invasion of the cold wind.
Zhang Jiashi shook his head, he didn't know how to think about such a thing.
"My lord, sometimes, there are not many things you want to change, so why bother?" Chen Ping enlightened Zhang Jiashi.
And Zhang Jiashi did not answer Chen Ping, but silently watched as this middle-aged woman finally lost and staggered after being rejected by several Qin army officers, and slowly walked towards Shangtai County.
At this time, Zhang Jiashi turned back to his uncle Sun Zhong and said, "Give her a few hundred dollars." ”
When Shusun Zhong heard this, he was slightly stunned, but he still quickly came back to his senses, and then said, "Oh!"
Looking at the background of Uncle Sun Zhong's departure, Zhang Jiashi was silent.
At this time, small white flowers slowly fell from the sky......
Zhang Jiashi raised his head and muttered, "It's snowing......"
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