Chengdu City in the Qin and Han dynasties resembles a turtle and is also called Turtle City.

Chengdu City in the Tang and Song dynasties, because of the inclusion of the Turtle City, was also called Luocheng.

According to inaccurate research, the population of cities in the Northern Song Dynasty was the first in Kaifeng, the second in Luoyang, and the third in Chengdu.

A few miles away from the city wall, Zhu Ming saw a large number of houses, and a street market had already formed outside the city. Due to the lack of planning, it was a little cluttered, and it was neat after entering the city.

The main road of Chengdu's urban central axis is up to eight meters wide and all paved with floor tiles.

The floor tiles are raised, high in the middle and low on both sides for easy drainage. Although the sewer is not as deep as Tokyo, it is also more than a meter deep.

The circumference of the city wall is 12 kilometers, the thickness of the base is 8 meters, the height is 8 meters, and the area of the city is 7.3 square kilometers.

Zhu Ming looked up at the eight-meter-high city wall and couldn't help pouting, this thing has to be outwitted.

Passing through the city center, I soon found the city wall, and it turned out that there was an inner city in Chengdu. Even if the outer city is breached, the inner city can continue to be defended.

Wei Yingshi looked at the endless stream of people and couldn't help but exclaim: "Of the cities I have seen, only Tokyo is more prosperous than Chengdu. ”

Zhang Bo said: "It is worthy of the land of abundance, but Luoyang is still more prosperous than Chengdu." ”

The commercial tax in the Song Dynasty is very interesting, it has a quota, and it is a floating quota.

Take a county as an example, calculate the county's paid-in commercial tax for the first five years (three years at the beginning), take the median of the year-on-year increase in commercial tax, and take the higher number of year-on-year decline in commercial tax, and determine the new amount of commercial tax this year through calculation.

This new amount, which is the ancestral amount for the next few years, forms a commercial tax standard, so as to judge the performance of officials.

Therefore, the commercial tax in the Song Dynasty was very stable, and it rose steadily, unlike the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Ming was in Jinzhou, although the agricultural tax was not up to standard, the commercial tax was an excess contribution. After the ban on private bars, there was a marked increase in the number of merchant ships coming and going, and the commercial taxes received by the government also increased significantly.

If the performance of the government is evaluated by commercial taxation, Zhu Ming can judge it as excellent.

"Song Hui Yao Manuscript" has been in Xining for ten years, and has completely counted the national commercial tax quota.

If we only talk about the commercial tax of a single city, Tokyo ranks first with 400,000 guan, Hangzhou ranks second with 82,000 guan, Chuzhou (Huai'an) ranks third with 67,800 guan, and Chengdu ranks fourth with 67,500 guan.

If we talk about the commercial tax of the state government, that is, the county seat and town are also included, Kaifeng Prefecture ranks first, Hangzhou Prefecture ranks second (186,000 guan), and Chengdu government ranks third (171,000 guan).

Commercial taxes can roughly measure the prosperity of a region, and the commercial taxes of a single city in Huai'an are extremely high, which is pushed up by salt transportation. Including counties, cities and towns, Hangzhou and Chengdu are more able to fight.

Fang La disturbed the Hangzhou Mansion, if someone occupied the Chengdu Mansion again...... But it is not only a matter of commercial taxes, but also land taxes and other exorbitant taxes.

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Some of the relatives brought their families, and Zhu Ming asked them to play in Chengdu for a few days.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhu Ming personally rode out of the city to explore the local countryside.

He soon discovered that the land annexation near Chengdu was extremely serious, but at the same time it did not seem to be very serious.

Seriously, it is because the land is mostly occupied by some big surnames.

Covering the largest area, in addition to the three families of Wang, Fan and Yuwen, there are Yang, Li, Guo, Zhang, Zhao, Liu, Fang, Du, Goulong, Zhou, Song and other families.

It's not serious, it's that these families are constantly dividing up, and the land is constantly being divided.

The history of these families is so long that it produces a large number of small landowners and yeoman farmers. Because of the same clan and surname, the main clan not only could not forcibly occupy it, but also had to help them.

The proportion of the two main households is actually very high.

No matter how prosperous Chengdu is, it has nothing to do with Zhu Ming at present, so he will continue to move forward after staying here for ten days.

All the way down by boat, through Pengshan to Meizhou, then west to Yazhou (Ya'an), and finally over the mountains to Hanyuan County.

It was the end of winter, and it was cold, but there was no snow.

The origin of the name Hanyuan is because the quicksand river that runs through the county has been called Hanshui in ancient times.

Zhu Ming personally arrived in Hanyuan, only to find that it was different from what Zhang Gen said.

Hermes-Epitek lived in the area north of the Dadu River, bordering Yazhou to the north, Jiazhou to the east, and barbarian areas to the west and south, and were not surrounded by Shengfan Tuantuan.

"This county is too small!" Bai Sheng complained.

Zhu Ming smiled: "It should be called Zhoucheng." ”

It is indeed small, but the walls are tall and have been renovated in recent years.

When Zhu Ming entered the city, the search was also extremely strict, and he repeatedly checked the official documents he presented.

"County honor, please come to the city!" The gatekeeper said respectfully.

The accent is very strange, even stranger than that of Chengdu Mansion, and Zhu Ming can only understand it by guessing.

The city is dilapidated and has few inhabitants.

Zhu Ming first went to the county government office to hand over, and then found that the county government house was very small. Many relatives and family members can only rent a house in the city, but fortunately, there is no shortage of houses and cheap prices.

There is no master book here, only a county lieutenant.

The county lieutenant's name is Chang Qizong, a local, born as a Xu official, and he has no meritorious reputation.

The priest's name was Li Chao, and he brought a group of officials to see him.

Zhu Ming didn't say much, he was tired enough to choke on the road, and he just wanted to clean up the house and rest.

Zhang Jinping commanded the servants to marry the marrying servants, first finished the bedroom, made the bed and folded the quilt himself, and said to Zhu Ming: "Xianggong sleep for a while, and then get up when you eat." ”

"I'm not that delicate, you sit too." Zhu Ming patted the bed.

Zhang Jinping said: "The concubine has to go outside to stare at it." ”

Zhu Ming no longer insisted, took off his coat and lay down, and was woken up to eat in a daze.

The next day, Zhu Ming began to familiarize himself with county affairs, and the county governor Chang Qizong and Li Chao explained by the side.

Chang Qizong said: "It is not enough to pay taxes every year, and the Chengdu Fulu Transport Department must send some money and grain to make up for the expenses." ”

This is understandable, a poor place where birds don't poop, and there are few people who have to support officials at the state and county levels.

It is impossible to hand over the finances, and it is not enough to withhold all of them, so you must ask your superiors for money.

"Is there a map of the state?" Zhu Ming asked.

Chang Qizong brought the map and introduced: "A few miles south of the county seat, there is a Hanyuan town. To the north of Hanyuan Town, all are Han Chinese; South of Hanyuan Town to Dadu River, all are familiar. ”

"South of the Dadu River, they are all shengyi. There are two forests ......"

In terms of the administrative divisions of later generations, Lianglinman is in Xide County, Qiongbu Chuanman is in Yuexi County, Fengpaman is in Dechang County, Baozhai is in Mianning County, and Xuhatan is in Ebian County, which are the main barbarian parts south of the Dadu River.

In the west of Hanyuan County, there are five tribes of barbarians and Xiqingqiang.

Further afield, there are floating wave barbarians, white barbarians, Wumeng barbarians, Azongman, and so on.

Zhu Ming looked at the map dizzily and asked, "Which barbarians are the strongest?" ”

Chang Qizong said: "The Qiongbu Sichuan Barbarians are the strongest, and the barbarians on the south side of the Dadu River, if they want to do business with the Han people, they must pass through the territory of the Qiongbu Chuanman." The Qiongbu Chuanban often blocked the road and took the opportunity to extract commercial taxes, so they were also called 'Daluman'. ”

"Is Qiongbe Kawaman obedient and obedient?" Zhu Ming asked.

Chang Qizong said: "They relied on the Han people to do business, and they were the most obedient among the barbarians, and they often paid tribute to the imperial court. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "In addition to this one, which one is the most difficult?" ”

Chang Qizong said: "The five tribes in the west were called Sanwang barbarians in the Tang Dynasty, and now there are two more. The five barbarians are surnamed Liu, Yang, Hao, Zhao, and Wang. ”

"Han Chinese descendants?" Zhu Ming wondered.

"I don't know," Chang Qizong shook his head, "These five barbarians can understand Chinese." Their leaders are not hereditary, but are elected from among the elders. Blockhouses were made of stones, and food and armor were hidden in the blockhouses, and they often took ivory, rhino horns, and jade to the county town and market. All the horses are inferior, short and weak. But these five barbarians were extremely cunning, and occasionally plundered the Han people. ”

The five tribes belong to Shuyi and can speak Chinese, but it is precisely them who are the henchmen of Lizhou.

When these guys were in the Tang Dynasty, they colluded with Nanzhao for a long time to inquire about the news of the Han land, so they were contemptuously called "two-faced Qiang". They had led Shengyi to attack Qianshu, and the former Shu Wangjian directly cut down the leaders of the various tribes, and did not allow them to set up hereditary leaders, so they became obedient.

Historically, the largest rebellion in Lizhou in the Southern Song Dynasty was the barbarian attack on Hanyuan City by the five tribes.

Chang Qizong and Li Chao kept explaining the situation, but they didn't know something.

For example, the barbarians south of the Dadu River were subordinate to Lizhou and were subject to the Great Song Dynasty. At the same time, he obeyed the orders of Dali and was canonized by Dali.

Because the Dali Kingdom was too strong, these barbarians turned to the Great Song Dynasty, hoping to use the power of the Great Song Dynasty to resist the continuous expansion of the Dali Kingdom.

Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty would not take the initiative to ask the barbarians for money, but the Dali Kingdom has been forcing the barbarians to pay tribute without compensation.

The barbarians south of the Dadu River belonged to the natural barrier of the Great Song Dynasty, and as long as they could hold on, the Dali Kingdom would not be able to directly attack the Song Kingdom.

Zhu Ming asked again: "How many troops are there in this county?" It's not that you have to be able to fight. ”

Chang Qizong said: "The horse army is full of fifty, and the infantry army is full of three hundred, which are under the command of the military magistrate of Lizhou. ”

Lizhou's rank was too low, and he didn't even have a deputy envoy for regimental training, and only arranged a military officer.

Zhu Ming asked again: "Don't say it's full, how much is it?" ”

Chang Qizong said: "Yuwen Taishou has been in office for half a year, and Ma Bujun is fully staffed. ”

Zhu Ming was a little surprised, he really didn't expect that Zhizhou Yuwen Chang was actually a capable minister, and he directly filled the army in half a year.

Historically, Yu Wenchang's next official position was to promote the Chengdu Fulu Tea and Horse Division. He found that the Tea Horse Division was losing money year after year, and he also extorted the barbarians who came to sell the horses, which caused the barbarians to complain. However, the horses bought by the tea and horse division were only one or two percent of the quota.

Where does the money go?

Yuwen Chang rectified, and the Chengdu Fulu Tea and Horse Division soon overbought horses, and they were able to make money, and they were convinced.

"That's all for today, I'm going to see Yuwen Taishou." Zhu Ming got up and said.

The two belong to brothers and sisters.

Yuwen is often a governor, but he can only manage one county.

Zhu Ming is a county magistrate, but he has a boss who is only in charge of one county.

Their responsibilities overlap infinitely, and it is okay to directly cancel a set of teams.

The state government is not far from the county government, and it is also very shabby.

Zhu Ming made his intentions clear and was led to Huangtang by the former officials. Along the way, the officials of the embassy were fishing, and some even slept in broad daylight.

There are so many difficult brothers and brothers, and those who can be assigned here to be officials are 100% of those who are disappointed in their careers.

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