Unconsciously, August is coming to an end, in the cheerful atmosphere of the autumn harvest, Chang'an City ushered in the historical records, the last month of the era of Emperor Gao: the autumn and September of the twelfth year of Emperor Gao.

Since mid-August, after the entire Guanzhong began to be busy with the autumn harvest, Yang Yi has become a rare 'idler' in the entire Chang'an City.

Perhaps for other dynasties, the autumn harvest only means that the common people will harvest the grain and crops planted in the fields, and it has nothing to do with the government.

However, in the Han Dynasty, the autumn harvest was an important event that was rare to see in various local counties, county-level governments, and even the Chang'an court.

In the Han Dynasty, the agricultural tax was not based on 'each household paying a fixed amount of money or grain according to the size of the field', but according to the actual harvest of each household in the current year, and the agricultural tax was collected in proportion.

Nowadays, the proportion of agricultural taxes in the Han Dynasty is still the 'Shiwu takes one of them' formulated by Emperor Liu Bang of Gao, that is, one of the fifteen taxes.

In this way, the autumn harvest, which originally had nothing to do with the government, became the top priority in the Han dynasty and even in the regulations of the Chang'an court.

-- In order to ensure that no one evades taxes, every autumn harvest, all local counties and county governments must send people to the edge of the fields to watch the farmers harvest the crops with their own eyes!

When the harvest is over, without waiting for the peasants to wipe their sweat and catch their breath, the officials sent out by the local government will begin to weigh the harvested crops and collect the agricultural tax on the spot at the rate of 15 taxes and 1 tax.

The place is like this, and the Chang'an court has not been idle.

In the past month, the Shaofu under the helm of Yang Chengyan has spent almost all of his energy on replenishing weighing tools to the local counties and county governments in Guanzhong, and sending people to assist in tax collection.

As for the internal history headed by Wang Ling, it is even more busy and does not touch the ground.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the political system of the Han dynasty was also inherited from the former Qin.

And the full name of the internal history in the Qin period is actually 'the internal history of the Su Dynasty'.

As the name suggests, Qin Neishi is mainly responsible for persuading farming, water conservancy, harvesting, etc., similar to the Ministry of Agriculture in later generations.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the internal history originally had a similar function, but compared with the former Qin, especially the 'Qin State', which had not yet unified the world and only occupied the land of the Three Qins, the territory of the Han Dynasty was undoubtedly much larger.

When Qin did not unify the world, the entire territory was added together, that is, the land of Jiabashu in Guanwai today, and half of Henan (Hetao).

The limited territory made it not too difficult for the prime minister of Qin to govern the whole country; In addition, there are great generals in the military, and the internal history can only manage grain, dig ditches, and do a good job in agriculture.

But when it came to the Han Dynasty, the situation was different.

——The prime minister needs to be responsible for governance, from the loess plateau in the west, to the East China Sea in the east, to the grasslands in the north, and to the Wuling Mountains in the south!

As for the military strength of the Han Dynasty, there were many parts such as the northern border troops, the soldiers of the Kwantung princes, the soldiers of local counties and counties, and the northern and southern armies of Chang'an.

It is theoretically possible to let a general or a lieutenant take charge of the entire world's soldiers and horses, but to say that it has actually played an effective and positive role is nonsense.

In this way, it became the practice of the Han family for the prime minister to govern the whole world, the Taiwei and the general to control the world's soldiers and horses, and the Kwantung princes to govern the local area, but also to shoulder some border defense tasks.

The prime minister and the Taiwei are powerful, and the status of internal history will naturally rise in the Han Dynasty.

From the two cities of Chang'an, street maintenance, city defense, to the agriculture, public security, and military aspects of the entire Guanzhong, the internal history is almost all-encompassing.

The lieutenant under the jurisdiction of the internal history belongs to the ya, and he directly controls the northern army in the two armies of Chang'an, and is also in charge of the 2,000-stone level thief lieutenant and the 2,000-stone level lieutenant general.

To exaggerate: In the Guanzhong realm, there is nothing that cannot be managed by internal history!

As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility.

——The autumn harvest is approaching, and the main control area of the Chang'an court is basically concentrated in Guanzhong, which makes the internal history before and after the autumn harvest more busy than ever.

Not to mention anything else: just send agricultural officials before the autumn harvest to predict the harvest in various places; supervise the collection of agricultural taxes by the local government; The three items of escorting agricultural taxes to Chang'an and handing them over to the treasury are enough to keep the entire internal history from the beginning of August before the autumn harvest to the end of the year!

Shaofu and Neishi were busy with the autumn harvest, but the other subordinates were not idle.

——In another month, it will be the beginning of the first year after Liu Ying, the son of heaven, ascended the throne, and the first great court.

According to the usual practice, the new emperor ascended the throne for the first great court, and the first year of the bento was changed to the first year and the world was amnesty.

In addition, there are many procedures inherent in the Great Dynasty Ritual, such as worshipping ancestral temples, enshrined meritorious officials, and discussing the work of the Han family in the coming year.

The autumn harvest and the approaching beginning of the year naturally made the entire Chang'an fall into an orderly busyness.

Naturally, Yang Yi, who has no official title but serves as a waiter, is also idle.

In addition to entering the palace on a daily shift, serving by Liu Ying's side, and occasionally answering questions, Yang Yi basically lay at home.

Today, Yang Yi had nothing to do, so he spread out a roll of bamboo slips on the low table in his bedroom, and read silently on his mouth, what was written on the bamboo slips?

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"Marquis of Jiangyi, Zhao Yao~"

"Doctor Goshi."

"Marquis of Anguo, Wang Ling~"

"Inner History."

"Zhonglang General, Ji Bu ......"

Struggling to write a few lines of small seals, Yang Yi straightened up slightly, and let out a sigh of relief with a smile on his face.

"Not bad."

"The three dukes and the nine kings each account for one, and there is also the royal tomb as the internal history."

After a short rest to relieve the soreness in his wrist, Yang Yi leaned down again.

"Liang Zou Hou, Wu Hu~"

"Well, it's free."

"Leisure ......"

Writing this, the tip of Yang Yi's pen stagnated slightly, and a look of thought slowly emerged on his face.

"Do you want to think of a way to let Wuhu return to the court......

Thinking to himself, Yang Yi put the rabbit in his hand back to the edge of the ink inkstone and lay on his back on his low couch.

Now, Yang Yi can be sure of the 'friends' who can be trusted enough, but Zhao Yao, Wang Ling, and Wu Hu;

Counting Ji Bu, who is still suspected of speculation, plus Yang Yi himself, there are only five people in Liu Ying's 'imperial party' camp now.

Ignoring Yang Yi, the little waiter, doesn't count, the identities and official positions of the other four people look very bluffing.

- Imperial Doctor, Internal History, Zhonglang General, Late Captain!

At other times, such a camp of four people is enough to occupy a place in the court.

But if compared with today, the Chang'an court, which is almost per capita of the founding fathers, and the relatives of the Lu family and the old Zhou and Lu tribes who are all over the military, Liu Ying's power is a little shabby.

There are already few people, if Wuhu is allowed to be idle again, it will undoubtedly make Liu Ying's already poor voice 'worse'

"Liang Zou Marquis ......"

"Now in the court, what other position can Wu Hu sit on......

Lying on the low couch, Yang Yi fell into a long thought.