The gate of Zhouya is very majestic, and through the gate is Yimen.
There are two clerks' offices in Yimen, which are equivalent to the reception rooms of the municipal government. At the same time, the officials from each class are also in Yimen, waiting to be summoned by the officials inside at any time.
The rooms on both sides of the Yimen are the various departments of the municipal government, including the Ministries Hall, the Minister's Treasury, the Military Treasury, the Legal Department, the Demolition Department, the Guest and General Department, the Treasury, the Affairs Room, the Armory Treasury, etc.
After the Yimen is the main hall, the so-called Yamen lobby.
Ju Ming was standing between the Yimen and the main hall at this moment. There were corridors, flower beds, green plants, etc. on both sides.
There is also a pavilion called "Jie Shi Pavilion".
There is a command stone in the pavilion, engraved with sixteen characters: "Your salary is your salary, and the people anoint the people. It is easy for the people to be abused, but it is difficult for God to deceive."
Ju Ming pointed to the Jie Stone and asked, "Does Yao Kuan think this is true?"
Yao Guangshu raised his hand towards the west and said, "Emperor Taizong's commandments must be followed by officials from generation to generation."
Ju Ming said: "I heard this commandment from Meng Chang, the pseudo-emperor of Later Shu. At the beginning of his succession to the throne, Meng Chang worked hard to govern, benevolent and caring for the people. After being emperor for a long time, he became arrogant and extravagant, treating the people like dogs and horses. In the end, he was defeated and the country was destroyed. Qian
Yao Observer could finish the case of the Sun family in one night, but do you still remember these sixteen words of commandment in your heart?"
Yao Guangshu said: "You have a salary and a salary, and the people anoint the people. The gentry are also the people. I always remember this."
"Very good, Yao's observation is brilliant!" Zhu Ming laughed angrily.
Too lazy to talk nonsense with this person anymore, Zhu Ming walked through the main hall, came to the door of the public hall, and called: "Here comes!"
An official rushed over and said humbly: "Please give me your instructions, prefect."
Ju Ming pointed to the plaque in the public hall: "Turn over the plaque, engrave 'Minzhi Hall' on the back, and hang it up again."
The public hall is a temporary resting place for Zhizhou. You can choose any name you like. Those who like self-cultivation are called Qingxintang, those who like majesty are called Zuoxiaotang, and so on.
I don't know which Puzhou magistrate changed the toilet hall to "Wuyoutang".
Zhu Ming was very unhappy when he saw it. He wanted to change his name the first time he saw it. What official position would you like to be in Wuyou?
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Most of the state government officials are disciples and former officials of the Li family in Puzhou, and the same is true for the civil servants in front of me.
When facing Ju Ming, he was respectful and diligent, and immediately arranged for someone to re-engrav the plaque.
But he soon came to Yimen again, called for a soap official, and whispered: "Go and inform Taigong Li that the magistrate has changed the toilet hall into Minzhi Hall."
Ju Ming's every move is under the surveillance of the Li family in Puzhou.
Further inside is the Huangtang, the main hall of the state government office, which is the daily office space of the magistrate.
Passing through the Huangtang is the real inner house, pavilions, rockeries, lotus ponds, corridors, pavilions... What a garden scenery.
All the slaves of the former magistrate have been taken away or sold, leaving only a few old servants who are responsible for pruning flowers and trees and sweeping.
Although those old servants looked very pitiful, Ju Ming was unwilling to stay. He allowed the Li family to set up spies in the outer office, but he did not allow people with unknown origins in the inner house. What if there was arson and poisoning?
Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng: "Send all these old servants to the almshouse and let the almshouse reserve places for them. You take Yang Pu and hire some maids, gardeners, cooks and firewomen. It is necessary.
If you are a person with a clean financial background, you must have at least three neighbors as guarantors."
"I know how powerful it is!" Bai Sheng did something immediately.
In addition to receiving a double salary, Zhu Ming now also has Zhizhou's living allowance (additional money), which is fifteen thousand dollars per month.
There are also ten hectares of professional land. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, there was real land. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, it was occupied by landlords and was often converted into money and distributed.
When leaving Beijing to take up his post, he was given eight shi of rice, 12 shi of wheat, eight sheep, and four horses at one time. He could receive it in kind or convert it into money.
There are also a total of eight followers, and the court is responsible for paying wages. Each follower can receive a monthly ration of two dan.
None of the above is Ju Ming’s normal salary!
In the Song Dynasty, high salaries were used to support honest officials. Although it was useless, honest officials could really live a good life.
Zheng Yuanyi was walking around the back house with her maid Miaomiao and two female sumo wrestlers. When she saw Ju Ming coming over, she smiled and said, "It's very nice here, but there are no friends to play with."
Zhu Ming said: "Tian Tongpan also brought his family to his appointment. His girl is about the same age as you. You can make an appointment to go shopping and burn incense. When the cook comes back, invite Tian Tongpan and his family to be guests. Then you can get to know his family.
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"That's great." Zheng Yuanyi said happily.
Tian Ruyong is definitely a corrupt official, but for the time being, they can join forces to fight against the Li family in Puzhou.
The two brothers of the Li family are both Cai Jing's confidants. Li Xiaosheng even took charge of the Ministry of Punishment (his brother Li Xiaoshou died of illness a while ago). Zhu Ming and Tian Ru used two people to make the Li family more miserable in Puzhou. Prime Minister Zheng
The one in the middle will be happier.
After talking to Zheng Yuanyi for a while, Zhu Ming walked to Huangtang to work.
He asked Si Hu to join the army, brought the basic information of Puzhou, and then checked the general household registration information.
Puzhou governs 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. Customers account for 37.5% of the total households.
The higher the proportion of customers, the more serious the land merger is.
When Sihu joined the army, he only asked officials to bring him materials from the past ten years. After reading and recording them, Zhu Ming went to the Hucao archives in person.
Many civil servants followed quietly and hid outside the door to peek.
It is normal for a newly appointed magistrate to check the archives. But after reading the archives of the past ten years, he still has to look through the archives from earlier years. This is quite strange.
The information was piled up like a mountain, and it was impossible for Ju Ming to read it carefully. He only asked the officials to find the annual summary.
Zhu Ming was writing and drawing on the paper, and several staff assisting him couldn't help but look at it curiously. They saw a bunch of crooked characters, as well as a cross pattern, with a curve drawn in the upper right corner of the cross pattern.
Putting down the bamboo pen in his hand, Zhu Ming looked at the curve and began to analyze it in connection with the history of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the later period of Zhao Guangyi's reign, the proportion of Puzhou's customers was 27%, and then dropped to about 20%. (This is a period of recuperation.)
Then the war with the Liao Kingdom 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, to about 26%. (These fluctuations are mainly due to the destruction of the war, and the
Stable recovery later.)
Then it skyrocketed again, reaching its peak in the early days of Wang Anshi's reform, with a maximum of more than 40%. (This was a period of long-term stability, and land annexation began to intensify.)
From the beginning of Wang Anshi's reform to the Yuanfeng period, the proportion of customers dropped to 24%. (This is because Wang Anshi's reform has achieved results and the burden on the people has been reduced. At the same time, there are also reasons for thieves to cause chaos, killing a large number of landowners, and redistributing land.
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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. (The bonus period of the reform period had passed, and large households began to annex land again. Song Huizong's extortionate expropriation accelerated the speed of mergers.)
In fact, the land annexation situation in Puzhou is relatively light in the entire Jingdong Road.
The Huaiyang Army (Dingtao) in the south is really crazy, with more than 60% of its customers. In other words, more than 60% of the household registrations are dependent people without land.
Followed by Mizhou and Yunzhou, both accounted for more than 50% of customers.
Next, Ju Ming looked at the changes in population and number of acres.
Haha, the number of people who need to bear taxes and servitude is increasing, but the total number of acres in the state is constantly decreasing.
At the same time, Ju Ming discovered that Wang Anshi was really awesome. Thirteen years of average land taxation had directly doubled the number of acres in Puzhou.
Looking at the destination of Puzhou’s money and grain, one-third is sent to Tokyo and two-thirds is sent to Hebei.
Ju Ming suddenly realized that the reason why there were so many thieves on Jingdong Road was not only because he was sucked by Tokyo, but also because he was dragged down by the Hebei front line. He had to support both the capital and the border troops!
For three whole days, Ju Ming read through the archives and produced a large number of tables and graphs.
Huang Guinian was tired from examining the case, so he took the time to come over and chat with Ju Ming.
Seeing those strange symbols, Huang Yaoshi couldn't help but ask: "What is this word?"
Ju Ming asked rhetorically: "The officials ordered the establishment of arithmetic schools in various states and published the "Zhu's Arithmetic Classic". Hasn't brother De Shao read it?"
Huang Guinian shook his head: "I have never read "Zhu Shi Suan Jing"."
Ju Ming did not explain verbally, but wrote the corresponding Chinese characters next to the Arabic numerals.
Huang Guinian compared the Chinese characters with the numbers and gradually became able to understand the tables, and then understood the graphs and curves. He was quite excited and said: "The prefect's method is very wonderful. It can simplify the complex and make it clear at a glance!"
Zhu Ming said: "Brother Deshao, please read the notes."
Next to several key data, Ju Ming made textual annotations through state records.
Huang Guinian didn't understand it at first, but after repeatedly comparing data and events, he was horrified and said: "Thieves are coming again!"
Ju Ming said: "Thieves have already begun to swarm, but they have not yet become a phenomenon. All it takes is a natural or man-made disaster, and the number of thieves will inevitably increase sharply, and officials will be killed and the city will be robbed."
The Liangshan Uprising in the novel is actually an artistic processing of the uprisings in Shandong and Hebei in the late Northern Song Dynasty.
Song Jiang's gang is a pioneer and is small in scale, with only a few thousand people in total.
Later, there were Zhang Wanxian, Gao Tuoshan, Xu Jin and others. The total number of the uprising troops of these three people alone exceeded 450,000. There were also Liu Dalang, Jia Jin, Xu Dalang and others, all with a size of about 30,000 to 50,000.
There are also many small rebel armies with tens of thousands of people.
The prototype of Tian Hu who was wiped out by Song Jiang in "Water Margin" was Zhang Di, the leader of the Hebei rebel army. He gathered hundreds of thousands of people and the scale of the uprising was nearly a hundred times that of Song Jiang.
Ju Ming pointed to the curve chart and said: "The higher the proportion of customers, the more serious the land merger. Looking at this curve, when the proportion exceeds 30%, the number of thieves increases. The official record only has three words 'thief'. The proportion
If it exceeds 35%, if it suffers from excessive taxes, heavy labor or natural disasters, the official record will become 'thieves are in the crowd'. The governor of Puzhou, the supervisory army was kidnapped by thieves, which happened when the customer accounted for more than 40%."
Huang Guinian compared the icons and curves. The more he listened, the more frightened he became. At the same time, he admired Ju Ming so much that he stood up and bowed: "I have learned from you. If I become a local official in the future, I will definitely use the prefect's method to draw tables and charts!"
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Ju Ming continued: "The situation in each place is different and cannot be generalized. Places with prosperous industry and commerce can definitely accommodate a higher proportion of customers."
In the past, there was a Laiwu Prison on Jingdong Road, and 80% of the customers there were. Because there were mines and mints there, and the place was small, landless farmers could be converted into industrial and commercial workers.
As for Guangjijun (Dingtao), which accounts for more than 60% of its customers, the reason why there are no thieves everywhere is because water transportation is developed there, and goods from Hebei, Jingdong, and Huainan are distributed there. In addition, Guangjijun is also close to
In Nanjing Yingtianfu (Shangqiu), official trade is also very prosperous.
Zhu Ming was still counting other data, and Huang Yaoshi took the initiative to help, asking for advice on the meaning of various tables from time to time.
It was getting late, so Zhu Ming finished work and returned home: "Tomorrow evening, there will be a banquet at home. Brother De Shao can come with his family."
"If the prefect invites you, I will definitely go," Huang Guinian said.
