In the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the slave retreated.

Father and son chatted in standard Mandarin, beware of being heard by someone who didn't know who they were.

"What do you gain from going to Shandong?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Ming took out a bamboo tube, took out the chart he made, and said: "The rural ecology there is more in line with my stereotype of the ancient Chinese countryside." The clan power is greater than that of Hanzhong, the land annexation is also more serious than that of Hanzhong, and the excesses of taxes and miscellaneous taxes are far greater than those of Hanzhong Prefecture. ”

Zhu Guoxiang carefully read those charts, and he was more concerned about the proportion of the main households than the proportion of customers: "Your chart is not right, there are too many third-class households." ”

"There must be something wrong with the official statistics," Zhu Ming explained, "and it's the rich dividing their property among households, and each family is divided into dozens of households." Although the household registration book was separated, and the land property seemed to be divided, the land deed was still in the hands of the patriarch. They can still control the entire family, and at the same time they can legally avoid taxes. The reality is much more serious than the official statistics. ”

Although the proportion of customers can also reflect the degree of land annexation, it is more a reflection of the proportion of landless farmers.

The proportion of households reveals the social structure in more detail.

In the first year of Qingli, Zhang Fangping, a famous minister, estimated through a survey that the first, second and third class households must be less than 20%, and the fourth and fifth class households are likely to be close to 90%. Thirty years later, Zhang Fangping estimated that the fourth- and fifth-class households must have exceeded 90%.

There are many similar statistics, and the officials of the Northern Song Dynasty are not stupid, they will also look at the data, but they are not as detailed as Zhu Ming's statistics.

Looking at the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the main households accounted for about 65%, and the customers accounted for about 35%. Among the main households, about 10% are first, second and third class households, and about 90% are fourth and fifth class households.

That is, the first, second and third class households, which account for 6.5%, own the vast majority of the country's land.

However, the heaviest forced labor is borne by the fourth and fifth class households, and Wang Anshi Fangtian is exactly trying to solve this problem.

Zhu Guoxiang commented: "Such a serious gap between the rich and the poor is hopeless in ancient times, and it is difficult to reverse it by relying on reform of the law. It is only through war that the original social class structure is broken that the wealth of society can be redistributed. ”

"Are you still afraid of dying in battle?" Zhu Ming asked with a smile.

Zhu Guoxiang shook his head and did not answer directly, but said: "In such a bad situation, the Southern Song Dynasty can still last for more than a hundred years, how did the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers do it?" ”

"Attack the rich," Zhu Ming said, "and once there is a war, the rich will be forcibly apportioned, forcing a large number of high-class households to go bankrupt." It can not only maintain the cost of the war, but also redistribute the land in local areas. Of course, the people at the bottom must be even more miserable, when I read the folk works of the Song Dynasty, the words 'property to tax deposit' often appear. In other words, many fourth- and fifth-class households have been forced to sell their land, but they cannot obtain customer status, and they have to be treated as the main household to pay taxes. ”

Zhu Guoxiang rolled up the chart and put it back in the bamboo tube: "Who are the three you brought back?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "Shi Yuangong, bankrupt and relevant, thinking about rebellion all day long, always feels that the Great Song Dynasty is going to end. Yang Pu, a bankrupt farmer, a rooster and a dog thief. Zhang Bo, a child of the declining Wang clan, has good swordsmanship, is good at heads-up, and his battlefield kung fu is actually not good. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "In just three months, you can recruit these people, which is already very good." ”

Zhu Ming smiled: "There is also a Li Bao, go home." When the family affairs are arranged, he will come to Tokyo to meet. This is the real harvest of this trip, Li Bao is the commander-in-chief of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy, with a record of 3,000 militia annihilating 70,000 Jin troops. ”

"It's understandable that 3,000 militiamen won the battle, how did he manage to annihilate 70,000 enemies?" Zhu Guoxiang is unimaginable.

Zhu Ming said: "The record in the history books is that he attacked Shandong from the sea. With its ultra-high civilian prestige, as soon as it landed, hundreds of Shandong Jin soldiers were recruited. These Shandong Jin soldiers, although they were also miscellaneous soldiers, provided him with important information. At that time, the Jin soldiers were camped in a bay, and hundreds of sea ships were also docked in the harbor. He used fire by surprise, and the Jin soldiers had nowhere to escape, and the fire burned for four days and four nights. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said stammered: "Cowman! ”

Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "At this time, Li Bao has not learned the art of war, except for archery and horsemanship, he is inferior to Zhang Guangdao in other aspects. A famous general needs to be piled up with human life, and he has not been trained in blood and fire, so he is just an ordinary hero. ”

"But he's definitely got talent." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming smiled: "Indeed. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Come with me into the palace tomorrow to see the emperor, you have been away from Tokyo for too long, and you have to burn the cold stove." ”

"It's a good mix, Dean Zhu, you can enter the palace if you want." Zhu Ming teased.

The father and son were chatting in the pavilion, and Yang Zhi's family was worshipping his sons, namely Yang Zhi, Li Jinyi, Lin Chong, Wang Xiong, Hua Rong, Chai Jin, Zhang Qing, Xu Ning, Li Ying, Mu Heng, Guan Sheng, and Sun Li.

They were all low-level officers, belonging to several units, and they didn't know each other completely, and this time they were selected to escort Hua Shigang.

After receiving the same errand, they quickly became acquainted with each other and agreed to take care of each other along the way.

Everyone burned yellow paper, burned incense and vowed: "The emperor is above, today I have twelve people, I am brothers, and if there is a disaster, we will rescue each other......"

After worshipping the handle, they all frowned.

They now belong to the bare-pole officers and need to go to Taihu Lake first. After handing over to the local officials, he then escorted Hua Shigang back to Beijing, and the boat and the people were on the other side of Taihu Lake.

From start to finish, there was no extra salary, not even a travel fee.

Although you can take official ships along the way, they do not depart every day. In the case of hurrying, occasionally you have to pay your own travel expenses, and take a civilian boat to the south as soon as possible.

Seeing that the brothers were not interested, Yang Zhi said: "Let's go to Yuxian Zhengdian to eat and drink, I'll have a treat!" ”

Hua Rong persuaded: "The hotel in the city is too expensive, so go to the bar outside the city." ”

"Then let's go to Jinming Pond!" Yang Zhi was also a little reluctant.

The liquor shops in the inner city are all high-consumption. Take Yuxian Zhengdian as an example, the silver bottle wine is 72 wen and a dime, and the lamb wine is 81 wen and a dime.

There are about two taels of wine in a corner, and when you drink it with your neck up, nearly 100 wen is gone.

The liquor shops by the Jinming Pond are also very high-end, but much cheaper than in the inner city.

Everyone walked through the city, chatting as they went.

Zhang Qing asked, "I heard that Brother Yang recognizes Zhu Tanhua?" ”

Yang Zhi smiled: "I've seen it twice." ”

Sun Li bragged and said: "Zhu Tanhua values Brother Yang very much, and said that when he encountered difficulties, he went to Puzhou to vote for him." ”

Li Ying said: "Escorting Huashigang is quite risky, last year a gang ship sank, and all the commanders in charge of escorting it were assassinated in Hebei. Since Brother Yang knows Zhu Tanhua, it is better to ask him to say a few kind words, so that our brothers should not do this errand. ”

"Zhu Tanhua is in Puzhou, how can we beg him? You're thinking of something good. Yang Zhi scolded with a smile.

They didn't know that Zhu Ming had been transferred, and they talked and laughed and walked along the street, just missing Zhu Ming who went out shopping.

Zhu Ming came back in a hurry today, and there was nothing to prepare at home, so the father and son planned to go out to eat, and by the way, they called Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun.

Bai Sheng's mouth was broken, and he introduced his companions from Shandong all the way: "In front is the Iron Filings Hotel, and the owner and his buddies are all foreigners. ”

Yang Pu said curiously: "Why is the hotel called the Iron Filings Building?" Could it be that the shopkeeper used to strike iron? ”

"How do I know? That's the name anyway. Bai Sheng said.

Zhu Ming said: "Iron filings are an ancient foreign country name. ”

Iron filings, i.e., Israel, are also translated as iron serr, falling chips.

Those Jews were so financially powerful that they were able to open a restaurant in the inner city of Tokyo. And it is also located in a prime location, only one square away from the north is Pan Lou.

Continuing to move forward, Bai Sheng said again: "That's Zheng's oil cake shop, I have eaten his oil cake, and it tastes very good." ”

Shi Biao did not go to Puzhou with him, and stayed in Tokyo to protect Dean Zhu. When I reunited with my old friend today, I also became more talkative: "I have also eaten, and last month Xianggong went to see the emperor, and he didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so he got off the bus halfway and bought a few oil cakes." I also ate it, and there was still meat filling in the cake. ”

Only Deng Chun didn't say a word, silently observing the situation around.

Yang Pu, a small thief in Puzhou, has been dazzled by the prosperity of Tokyo, and even wants to buy a few pieces of meatloaf on the street to taste.

Zhang Bo pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, but he was also silent, and his thoughts were flying.

His ancestor Zhang Yong lived in Tokyo back then, and he was close friends with Prime Minister Kou Zhun.

If you don't learn the idiom of no skill, it comes from Zhang Yong's persuasion that Kou Zhun should read more.

A penny to punish the official, the rope saws the wood is broken, and the water drops are worn by the stone, these three idioms also come from Zhang Yong.

The county government treasury was often stolen, and Zhang Yong secretly squatted and caught the treasurer taking a penny. At first, he just played the board, but the treasury official was not convinced, saying that he had only stolen one penny, and shouted that he would be beaten at most, and Zhang Yong did not dare to kill him because of this.

Zhang Yong was confronted in front of him, and he planned to rectify the rule of officials, so he wrote down the verdict: "One dollar a day, thousands of dollars for a thousand days, the rope is sawed and the wood is broken, and the water droplets are worn by stones." ”

The treasurer was beheaded for public display, and he did not wait for the execution after the autumn. Since then, the officials have been honest and obedient, and even the wind of theft in the county has been suppressed.

Such a famous ancestor, how could Zhang Bo not remember his majesty? He wanted to restore the glory of his ancestors all the time.

There are also descendants of the Zhang family in Tokyo, who split up a hundred years ago.

Zhang Bo's grandparents still have some contacts with their Tokyo peers, and now they don't even worship their ancestors together.

Suddenly, Zhang Bo felt that he should study hard, and his ancestor didn't start studying until he was twenty years old?

Shi Yuangong's mood was different, he had been to Tokyo before.

At that time, I was in high spirits and rushed to the exam with my fellow villagers. It's a pity that he failed the exam several times, and he was so shy that he didn't even have a good place to visit Tokyo, and his family didn't dare to enter the restaurants in the city.

Passing by a high-end place, Shi Yuangong's expression began to distort.

The dignitaries and nobles here are all a bunch of bastards. One day, Lao Tzu will lead his troops into the city and kill all those who wear silk and satin.

The heavenly street stepped on the bones of the princess, and the inner library was burned into splendid ashes!

Zheng Yuanyi sat in the car, chatting with Zhu Guoxiang's maid An Niang, and talked about many interesting things he encountered in Puzhou.

They don't eat in the inner city, it's so expensive, it's okay to buy a breakfast, but if you want to eat a big meal, you have to go to the outer city.

came to the rented place where Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun lived, and waited for more than half an hour, and the two went home from work one after another.

"San Lang, Brother Min, let's eat and drink!" Zhu Ming smiled from afar.

Bai Chongyan was extremely surprised: "Da Lang has returned to Beijing!" ”

Zhu Ming said: "When I go to Jinzhou to take office, I will pass through Yangzhou on the way, and I can help you bring a letter from home." ”

"Don't talk too much, eat and drink!" Bai Chongyan laughed.

He was about to go crazy in the capital, and his colleagues were intrigued, and today he was finally able to drink with his old friends.

(The update will be postponed in the afternoon, Dad's 60th birthday, and he needs to accompany the guests during the day.) ）

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