The gate of the state government is very majestic, and through the gate is the Yimen.

There are two clerk's offices in Yimen, which are equivalent to the reception rooms of the city government. At the same time, the soap officials of each class are also at the Yimen, waiting for the officials inside to be summoned at any time.

The rooms on both sides of the gate are the departments of the municipal government, including the Cabinet Hall, the Legation Treasury, the Military Treasury, the Law Division, the Demolition Division, the Guest General Division, the Money Treasury, the Affairs Room, the A Treasury and so on.

After the Yimen, there is the main hall, which is the so-called yamen hall.

Zhu Ming is standing between the Yimen and the main hall at this moment, with corridors, flower beds, green plants and so on both sides.

There is also a pavilion called "Ring Stone Pavilion".

There is a ring stone in the pavilion, engraved with sixteen big characters: Ercheng Erlu, the people anoint the people. The people are easy to abuse, but the heavens are difficult to deceive.

Zhu Ming pointed to the ring stone and asked, "Does Yao observe it?" ”

Yao Guangshu arched his hand to the west: "The precepts of Emperor Taizong have been observed by officials all over the world since their generation. ”

Zhu Ming said: "I heard this precept, from the Hou Shu puppet emperor Meng Chang. At the beginning of Meng Chang's succession, he made great efforts to govern the country, benevolent and loved the people. After being the emperor for a long time, he was arrogant and lascivious, treating the people like dogs and horses, and finally the army was defeated and the country was ruined. The case of the Qian and Sun families, Yao can be tried overnight, can he still remember this sixteen-character precept in his heart? ”

Yao Guangshu said: "Erlu Erlu, the people anoint the people. The gentry are also the people, and they will be remembered at the next moment. ”

"Very good, Yao observes Gao Jian!" Zhu Ming laughed angrily.

Too lazy to talk nonsense with this person anymore, Zhu Ming paced through the main hall, came to the door of the hall, and called, "Someone!" ”

A clerk hurriedly rushed over and said with a humble attitude: "Please keep your orders." ”

Zhu Ming pointed to the plaque in the hall: "Turn the plaque over, engrave 'Minzhi Hall' on the back, and then hang it again." ”

The hall is a temporary resting place in Zhizhou, the name can be taken casually, those who like self-cultivation are called Qingxin Hall, those who like majesty are called Zaxiao Hall, and so on.

I don't know which Puzhou governor, changed the hall to "Sanssouci Hall".

Zhu Ming looked very unhappy, he wanted to change his name at first sight, and he wanted to worry about what kind of official you were doing?

"Yes!"

Most of the state officials are protégés of the Li family in Puzhou, and the same is true of the clerk in front of him.

He was respectful when facing Zhu Ming, and he was also quite diligent, and immediately arranged for someone to re-engrave the plaque.

But he soon came to Yimen again, called a soap officer, and whispered: "Go and inform Taigong Li that Zhizhou has changed the hall to the Minzhi Hall." ”

Zhu Ming's every move was under the surveillance of the Li family in Puzhou.

Inside is the Yellow Hall, that is, the main hall of the state ya, which is the daily office of Zhizhou.

Passing through the Yellow Hall, it is the real inner house, pavilions, rockeries, lotus ponds, corridors, pavilions...... What a garden scenery.

The slaves of the former governor have all been taken away or sold, leaving only a few old servants, who are responsible for pruning flowers and trees and sprinkling and cleaning.

Although those old servants looked pitiful, Zhu Ming was reluctant to stay. The outer government allowed the Li family to arrange eyeliner, but the inner house did not allow unknown people, what if there was arson and poisoning?

Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng: "These old servants, all send them to the nursing home, and let the nursing home give them a place to take in." You take Yang Pu and hire some maids, gardeners, cooks, and fire-burning women. Must be a clean person, at least three neighborhoods as guarantors. ”

"I know how awesome!" Bai Sheng did things immediately.

Zhu Ming now gets a double salary, and also has a living allowance (additional money) in Zhizhou, which is 15,000 yuan per month.

In addition, there are ten hectares of vocational land, which was really landed in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and was occupied by landlords in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and was often converted into money and distributed.

When he left Beijing to take up his post, he was given eight stone rice, twelve stone wheat, eight sheep, and four horses at one time. You can receive physical goods or convert them into money.

There are also eight appointed retinues, and the imperial court is responsible for paying salaries, and each retinue can receive two stones of monthly rations.

None of the above is Zhu Ming's business!

In the Song Dynasty, the high salary was incorruptible, although there was no use for fart, but the Qing officials could really live well.

Zheng Yuanyi, with her maid Miaomiao, and two female sumo wrestlers, were walking around the back house. Seeing Zhu Ming coming, she smiled and said, "It's very good here, but there are no friends to play." ”

Zhu Ming said: "Tian Tongju also brought his family members to the post, and his girl is the same age as you, so you can go shopping and burn incense." When the cook came back, he invited Tian Tongju's family to come as a guest, and when the time came, he got to know his daughter. ”

"That's good." Zheng Yuanyi said happily.

Tian Ruyong must be a corrupt official, but for the time being, he can join forces and fight with the Li family in Puzhou.

The two brothers of the Li family are both Cai Jing's henchmen, and Li Xiaoshu even took charge of the Criminal Department (his brother Li Xiaoshou died of illness a while ago). Zhu Ming and Tian Ruyong used the two of them, and the more miserable the Li family was in Puzhou, the happier Prime Minister Zheng Juzhong became.

After talking to Zheng Yuanyi for a while, Zhu Ming paced to the Huangtang office.

He asked Sihu to join the army, brought the basic information of Puzhou, and then checked the approximate household registration information.

Puzhou has jurisdiction over Juancheng, Linpu, Fanxian and Leize counties, with a total of more than 64,000 households. Among them, there are more than 39,000 main households and more than 24,000 customers, accounting for 37.5% of the total number of customers.

The higher the proportion of customers, the more serious the land annexation.

Sihu joined the army only to let the officials bring the materials of the past ten years, and after reading and recording them, Zhu Ming personally went to the Hucao archives.

A number of scribes quietly followed, hiding outside the door and peeking out.

The newly appointed Zhizhou, it is normal to check the file. But after reading the archives of the past ten years, I have to go through the earlier ones, which is quite strange.

The information was piled up, and it was impossible for Zhu Ming to read it carefully, so he only asked the officials to find out the annual summary.

Zhu Ming was writing and drawing on the paper, and several officials who assisted in the work couldn't help but look curiously. I saw a bunch of crooked characters, as well as a cross pattern, and the upper right corner of the cross pattern was drawn with curves.

Putting down the bamboo pen in his hand, Zhu Ming looked at the curve and began to analyze the history of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the latter part of Zhao Guangyi's reign, the proportion of customers in Puzhou was 27%, and then it dropped to about 20%. (It's a recuperation.) ）

Then the war with Liao began, and the proportion of customers began to soar, rising to more than 30%. After the Tanyuan Alliance, the proportion of customers began to decline again, probably to 26%. (These fluctuations are mainly due to the devastation of the war and the restoration of stability after the war.) ）

Then it soared all the way, reaching its peak in the early days of Wang Anshi's reform, with a maximum of more than 40%. (It was a long-term stability that began to intensify land annexation.) ）

From the beginning of Wang Anshi's reform to the Yuanfeng period, the proportion of customers fell to 24%. (This is the effect of Wang Anshi's reform, and the burden on the people has been reduced.) At the same time, there were also thieves who killed a large number of landlords and redistributed the land. ）

But after Song Zhezong succeeded to the throne, the proportion of customers soared again. By the time of Song Huizong, it became like riding a rocket. (After the dividend period of the law change, the big households began to annex the land again.) Song Huizong's expropriation and extortion intensified the speed of annexation. ）

In fact, the land annexation situation in Puzhou is quite light in the entire Jingdong Road.

The Huaiyang Army (Dingtao) in the south is called crazy, and customers account for more than 60%. That is to say, more than 60% of the household registration is a landless dependent people.

This is followed by Mizhou and Yunzhou, both of which account for more than 50% of customers.

Next, Zhu Ming looked at the changes in population and the number of acres.

Hehe, the number of mouths that need to bear the burden of servitude is increasing, but the total number of acres in the state has been decreasing.

At the same time, Zhu Ming found that Wang Anshi was really awesome, and the thirteen years of average tax on Fangtian directly doubled the number of acres in Puzhou.

Looking at the whereabouts of Puzhou's money and grain, one-third is sent to Tokyo, and two-thirds is sent to Hebei.

Zhu Ming suddenly realized that the reason why there were so many thieves in Jingdong Road was not only because he was sucked by Tokyo, but also because he was dragged down by the Hebei front. It is necessary to feed both the capital and the border army!

For three days, Zhu Ming spent looking through archival materials and then producing a large number of tables and figures.

The Yellow Turtle Year trial was tired of the trial, so he took the time to come over and chat with Zhu Ming.

Seeing those strange symbols, Huang Yaoshi couldn't help but ask, "What is this word?" ”

Zhu Ming asked rhetorically: "The official family ordered the establishment of arithmetic schools in various states, and also published the "Zhu's Sutra of Arithmetic", didn't Brother Deshao read it?" ”

Huang Guinian shook his head: "I have never read "Zhu's Sutra". ”

Zhu Ming did not explain verbally, but wrote the corresponding Chinese character numbers next to the Arabic numerals.

Huang Guinian was able to understand the tables and then understand the curves of the graphs according to the Chinese characters and numbers, and then he was quite excited: "It's wonderful to abide by this method, simplify the complex, and see it at a glance!" ”

Zhu Ming said: "Brother Deshao, please see the notes. ”

Next to several key data, Zhu Ming recorded through the state chronicles, and made text marks.

Yellow Turtle Year didn't understand it at first, but after repeatedly comparing the data and events, he was shocked: "The thieves are swarming again!" ”

Zhu Ming said: "It's already a swarm of thieves, and it's just not a climate yet." All it takes is a natural or man-made disaster, and the number of thieves will inevitably increase sharply, and there will be another killing of officials and robbing the city. ”

The Liangshan Uprising in China is actually an artistic processing of the uprisings in Shandong and Hebei in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

The Song Jiang gang is a pioneer, the scale is not large, and there are only a few thousand people in total.

Later, there were Zhang Wanxian, Gao Tuoshan, Xu Jin and others, and the total number of these three people's rebel troops alone exceeded 450,000. There are also Liu Dalang, Jia Jin, Xu Dalang and others, all of whom are about 350,000 in size, and there are many small rebels with more than 10,000 people.

Tian Hu, who was exterminated by Song Jiang in "Water Margin", was based on Zhang Di, the leader of the Hebei Righteous Army, who gathered hundreds of thousands of people, and the scale of the uprising was nearly 100 times that of Song Jiang.

Zhu Ming pointed to the curve chart and said: "The higher the proportion of customers, the more serious the land annexation. Looking at this curve, when the proportion exceeds 30%, the number of thieves increases, and the government records only have the word 'thief'. Accounting for more than 35%, if they are subjected to heavy labor or natural disasters, the official record will become 'thieves'. Puzhou Zhizhou and the prison army were kidnapped by thieves, which occurred when the proportion of customers exceeded 40%. ”

Huang Gui Nian compared the icons and curves, the more he listened, the more frightened he became, and at the same time admired Zhu Ming, got up and said: "I have been taught, if I become a local magistrate in the future, I will definitely use this method to draw tables and maps!" ”

Zhu Ming continued: "The situation is different in different places and cannot be generalized. A prosperous place for industry and commerce will definitely accommodate a higher proportion of customers. ”

In the past, there was also a Laiwujian on Jingdong Road, where the number of customers reached 80%. Because there were mines, and mints, and the place was small, the landless peasants could be converted into an industrial and commercial population.

The reason why there are no thieves everywhere in Guangjijun (Dingtao), which accounts for more than 60% of customers, is because the water transportation there is developed, and the goods of Hebei, Jingdong and Huainan are distributed there. In addition, the Guangji army was also next to Yingtianfu (Shangqiu) in Nanjing, and official trade was also very prosperous.

Zhu Ming was still counting other data, and Huang Yaoshi took the initiative to help, asking for the meaning of various tables from time to time.

It was getting late, and Zhu Ming called it a day and went home: "Tomorrow evening, there will be a banquet at home, and Brother Deshao can bring his family with him." ”

"I'm going to go." Yellow Turtle Year said.

(End of chapter)