"Over there, over there, too!"

"Oops, you're crooked, a little more to the left!"

“……”

Zhao Zhenfang walked around the yard and instructed the servants to post Spring Festival couplets at each door.

Pan Qimei is also busy, she has learned a lot of pastry methods this year, and has been making New Year's snacks by herself these days.

As for Fei Rulan, the pen walks the dragon and snake to write Spring Festival couplets.

Spring Festival couplets have been there for a long time, but they used to be hung wooden signs, and the Ming Dynasty began to write on red paper, and it seems that the birthplace is Nanjing.

This is the first Spring Festival to move to Nanjing, and after the Chinese New Year, Zhao Han will establish himself as the king of Wu. The subordinate institutions of the Metropolitan Government will also change their names, and some departments will need to be expanded or adjusted.

King Wu is just a king, and the future name of the country is still undetermined.

"Husband, you can also write a copy, hang it at the gate." Fei Rulan came over with a pen and paper.

Zhao Han picked up the brush, but listened to the guard report at the door: "Governor, Old Lady Qin is here." ”

"Invite them in."

Zhao Han didn't deliberately Corporal Lixian, he knew that Qin Liangyu was visiting Nanjing yesterday.

Qin Liangyu took his grandson through the hall and through the courtyard, and did not see a group of servants along the way. This made her a little surprised, and she felt that it was reasonable, it seemed that Zhao Han's mansion should be like this.

When he came to the inner courtyard, Zhao Han was writing Spring Festival couplets.

Waiting for Zhao Han's handwriting, Qin Liangyu arched his hand and said, "I've seen Zhao Dudu." ”

Zhao Han put down the brush: "Old Madam Qin, I have admired my name for a long time!" ”

Fei Rulan stood beside her husband and bent down to give Qin Liangyu a blessing gift.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I just wrote a couplet for the Spring Festival, and I also invited Mrs. Qin to taste it." ”

Qin Liangyu took two steps forward and read: "A hundred years of heaven and earth will return to vitality, unify the mountains and rivers and be peaceful, and the country and the people will be safe." Good Spring Festival couplets, good spirit! ”

Everyone sat down around the chairs, Fei Rulan brought snacks to entertain, and asked Xiyue to make a pot of tea.

Zhao Han asked, "Old Madam Qin is still used to living in Nanjing?" ”

"Everything's fine." Qin Liangyu replied.

Zhao Han smiled and asked, "What is your impression of Nanjing?" ”

"Fabulous!"

Neither side went straight to the point, Qin Liangyu asked casually: "Those low-rent houses, why are they leased for thirty years, and the property belongs to the tenants." ”

"Since it's rented out, no one wants to move out unless they are forcibly evicted. If it can be forcibly evicted, Nanjing may not be in chaos, and other cities will inevitably have chaos," Zhao Han said with a smile, "In this case, the people pay rent for 30 years, and the government barely recovers the cost of building the house, so what if the old house is given to the people?" ”

Qin Liangyu praised: "The governor is far-reaching. ”

Zhao Han continued: "The same is true for the division of fields, which can now be assigned to personal names. The more time passes, the harder it becomes to figure it out. Thirty or fifty years have passed, and after one or two generations, the land will inevitably belong to a certain household. The more subdivided the government is, the more chaos will occur. At that time, adjustments can only be made to stipulate that the amount of land owned by a certain household shall not exceed the number and the population of a household shall not be exceeded. ”

Qin Liangyu didn't understand: "As long as the government controls the household registration and the field register, why can't it be distinguished?" ”

Zhao Han explained: "The daughter of a certain family has land in her name, and she cannot take it away after marrying, and these fields can only be classified as a certain household. The government can forcibly intervene, but it can't control it at all, otherwise taking care of this matter every day will exhaust the officials to death. In addition, if a man from a certain household goes out to work as an official or do business, and after many years he moves his household registration, the land under his name will inevitably be left to his family. One household and two households will definitely be able to be recovered, how to collect this phenomenon everywhere in the country? ”

In ancient times, there were no computers, and the efficiency of the government was very low, and this kind of thing could not be stopped when there were many of them.

Again, you can't take back what you give out.

If you want to recover it, you have to expand the number of officials, and the administrative costs will skyrocket.

Zhao Han didn't dare to build the official housing in various cities too well, and it was only slightly more generous than low-rent housing.

This is learning the lessons of the Ming Dynasty!

After Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, he built many official residences, which were also distributed to officials to live in, and then recovered after the officials retired.

As a result, for only a few decades, Jingguan had no place to live.

Because more and more officials, after being allocated a house, let alone retiring, do not even hand over the house when they die.

So from the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the house where the Jingguan lived was either rewarded by the emperor, or purchased by himself, or rented at his own expense.

With Beijing's high housing prices, if the Beijing officials are not corrupt, after paying the monthly rent, the salary can only barely survive, and the maid and servant should not be delusional at all.

Zhao Han wants to build some buildings in every city, so that officials can live for free - pay attention, live for free, and don't pay rent!

Transfer to another place, return the house, and remove if you don't retire.

If he retires, the house is returned, and if he does not return, he will cancel the qualifications of the three generations of his children and grandchildren to be officials, because the officials have household registration and houses in their hometowns.

Such a policy may seem draconian and is estimated to last a limited time. Decades after Zhao Han's death, there may be a phenomenon of officials seizing houses.

Therefore, the building of the officials cannot be repaired too well.

But it must be much better than low-rent housing, otherwise it will discourage officials.

Official's housing, the specification is two bedrooms and one living room.

And low-rent housing only has one room, and the whole family of the poor is crammed into one room!

Truth be told, curbing corruption is a big problem.

Although Zhao Han's salary to officials was much higher than that of Daming, it could not satisfy their desire for a group of servants. This was taken for granted in ancient times, and it seemed that an official should have many servants.

Qin Liangyu chatted with Zhao Han very well, from the garrison to the officials, and from the officials to the people's livelihood.

Qin Liangyu suddenly said: "I saw a kind of panniang candy in Nanjing, which is made of sweet potatoes. I heard that the yield of sweet potatoes is very high, and you don't pick the land? ”

"Hasn't the stone been introduced yet?" Zhao Han asked.

"Only bud grain (corn) was planted, and sometimes sorghum was planted," Qin Liangyu sighed, "There is a lot of land in Shiqi Mountain, and there is not much land to grow rice, and the local people are living in great difficulty." Shi Yan is not bad, these young people are poor. The Youyang Xuanfu Division next to him, that is indescribable. was already very poor, and the Tusi also expropriated violently, and even provoked local riots in the past few years. ”

Zhao Han said: "This kind of toast must be severely punished. ”

Qin Liangyu knew how to punish severely, and yesterday she asked about the fate of Nanjing Xungui.

All the old men were executed, and the young men were scattered and thrown into various mines, and the women married bachelors who emigrated to the north. If there is a child, the birth mother will take him and remarry.

The methods are very cruel and do not waste human resources.

Qin Liangyu asked, "Can you give some sweet potato seeds, and the old man will bring back the stone stone to introduce the seeds." ”

"This is naturally feasible," Zhao Han said, "choose those big sweet potatoes as potato seeds, and bury them in the ground to sprout and grow vines." Then cut the vines and plant them, and dozens of acres of sweet potato fields can be planted in a year, and they can be promoted to the entire stone stone in a few years. ”

Qin Liangyu said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, the governor is also proficient in agricultural affairs. ”

Zhao Han waved his hand and said: "I only know a rough idea, when the old lady goes back, I will send a few old farmers who are proficient in sweet potato cultivation to follow." The old farmer has the final say on this detail. ”

Ma Wanli sat next to him and listened, so anxious that he wanted to scratch his ears and cheeks.

Grandmother and Zhao Dudu are both big names, but they are very interested in talking about farming, and they even talk for half an hour. It is not only about introducing sweet potatoes, but also about how to reclaim barren mountains, how to improve the soil of wasteland, and how to organize people to build water conservancy.

What about the Northern Expedition?

What about killing Tartars?

What about the princess?

What will be the arrangement of the stone toast in the future?

"Husband, old lady, General Ma, please come in for dinner." Fei Rulan walked over with a smile.

Everyone moved to the dining room, and Zhao Han personally poured wine for Qin Liangyu.

"Old lady, I have never drunk alcohol, and I will accompany the old lady to get drunk today." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Qin Liangyu said with a smile: "When you are old, you can't drink as much as when you were young." ”

Zhao Han said: "Then feel free, I'll give the old lady a cup first!" ”

Approaching the Chinese New Year, officials are on holiday, and Zhao Han also puts down his mundane affairs to rest.

Zhao Han's officials under his rule were not harsh, not only were they higher than the Ming Dynasty, but they also had more holidays than the Ming Dynasty.

From the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, it has been on holiday until the third day of the first month.

The Lantern Festival is a three-day holiday.

The Qingming Festival, the Shangsi Festival, and the Cold Food Festival have been combined into one in the Ming Dynasty, adding up to a three-day holiday.

Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang Festival, and Winter Solstice, each with a three-day holiday.

There is a day off every ten days, and the ninth, nineteenth, and twenty-ninth days of the new year are rested, as the saying goes, every nine days off.

Very user-friendly and gives officials time to relax.

During the holiday, like Daming, one or two people must be left on duty in each department.

Of course, there is no rest on the front line, and neither can those in charge of immigration.

After two glasses of rice wine, Qin Liangyu pointed at Ma Wanli: "My grandson, who has been studying since he was a child, is skilled in bowing horses. He is determined to seek revenge on the Tartars, and can be a pawn in the Overseer's army? ”

"Brother Ma is an all-round talent, how can he be a pawn?" Zhao Han said with a smile, "It just so happens that I want to expand the cavalry, if Brother Ma is willing, he can be the commander of the cavalry." ”

Qin Liangyu said: "The old man knows that the rules of the Datong Army are strict, and the officers must be promoted on merit, so let him be a pawn." ”

Zhao Han shook his head: "The Datong army lacks cavalry generals, and Brother Ma is already wronged as a sentry commander, and he can only command a hundred cavalry for the time being." When the war horses are multiplied, the army will be expanded again in the future, and Brother Ma can also lead three or five thousand horsemen. ”

"Thank you, Governor!" Ma Wanli was very excited.

Although he practiced arching horses since he was a child, Shi Yan did not have a cavalry of any size.

When Ma Wanli thought of commanding elite horses, crisscrossing the battlefield, and being invincible, he felt very happy.

Suddenly, Ma Wanli couldn't help but ask: "The governor is so young, dare to ask Gui Geng's geometry?" ”

"I'm almost twenty-three years old." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Ma Wanli was speechless for a moment, he was one year older than Zhao Han.

Qin Liangyu was also a little surprised, but he didn't dwell on this, but asked, "Where is the prince and princess?" ”

Zhao Han said: "I went to study, ate in the school at noon, and ate at home at night. They eat with me every day. ”

"I see." Qin Liangyu was completely relieved.

The two sides did not talk about attachment at all, let alone the treatment after annexation, and it seemed that talking about those things was superfluous.

(To explain, a small three- or four-story building doesn't use much rebar, or even concrete.) Even if you use it, you should only pour it once at the transition of each layer. As for the frame structure, it was developed after the 21st century. ）

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