sweeping the world

Chapter 805
There are quite a few cities named Lady City in history, among which the Lady City outside the Great Wall has the most special significance, and the rest of Lady City are relatively unknown.The particularity and convention of naming after Zhu Xia, the reason why they are named Lady City must be because there is a memorable woman.

Located in Changshan County, this Madame City was established during the Warring States period. It was a Zhao general who set up a military village to commemorate his mother, but it gradually became a settlement for the common people. It was not called Madame at first. The city was called by the people behind it, and the name was carried on.

As the end point of the road from Yanmen County to Changshan County, it is not because of the important military and strategic position of Lady City, but because it is located on the edge of Yishui River, which is connected to other rivers, and rivers are widely used for water transportation. The Han Dynasty valued that Lady City had a complete dock, which could better serve as a storage place for transshipment materials.

Like many other cities, Madam City actually doesn't have many people. Seven out of ten people who live here all the year round are the official staff, the army in charge of defense, and workers in charge of labor.

Liu Yan got off the bus from Furencheng without stopping, but crossed the river and headed northeast.The place he is going to is called Ma Niguan.

Mayu Pass was first built in the early Western Jin Dynasty. The pass was adjacent to Huan River in the east, and together with Hongshang Pass, it became the barrier of the Western Jin Dynasty behind Mount Heng, in order to defend against the invasion of grassland nomads.

Liu Yanhui will stop at Hongshang Pass for a while, waiting for the follow-up troops to cross the river and catch up.At first he intended to visit Mount Heng. He heard that there were no people there, and there was no road up the mountain at all. Considering that if he really wanted to go, the surrounding counties needed to mobilize civilians to open the road and level the land to provide camping. , just give up.

Changshan County was originally called Hengshan County, but it was renamed Changshan County in order to avoid the name taboo of Emperor Wen Liu Heng.It is a part of the Northland. There have been many celebrities in history. It is not the Zhao Zilong who was mythical in the Romance, but many heroes who stood in the frontier to fight against the invasion of foreign races. In addition, Liu Xiu, the founding king of the Eastern Han Dynasty It was in Changshan County that Jianyuan proclaimed himself emperor.

It is not nonsense to say that the names of Zhuxia are particular. Changshan County was called Hengshan County before, and the landmark is of course Mount Hengshan. More than half of the terrain in it is mainly mountainous, and there are quite a lot of water systems. The cultivated land in the territory is very scarce, mainly concentrated in the middle.

"Changshan County has a registered population of 27, the most densely populated in the southeast, and Lingshou, Zhending, and Puwu counties are the upper counties." Zhao Ping is the governor of Changshan County, and the emperor will definitely welcome and accompany him when he comes. A middle-aged man who looks a little fat, can always answer quickly when asked about matters in the territory: "The rest of the places are surrounded by mountains, or are surrounded by mountains, with a small population."

The population of Shang County in the Han State needs to reach [-], and the number of corvees provided and taxes paid must meet the standards.

Nowadays, there are less than [-] counties in the state of Han, and many of them are counties with hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in one county, such as Jiankang in the south, Linzi in the east, and old and new Chang'an in Guanzhong. Great county at the level.In addition, there are nearly [-] counties such as Xiangguo, Yecheng, Xingyang, Pengcheng, Chengdu, etc., with a population of more than [-].

In the Northland area, there are no places with a population of more than [-]. There are only about [-] counties in Shang County, and Changshan County can account for three of them. It is really because the rest of Changshan County is a mountainous area, and the population is not concentrated. To the plain county?
Hongshang Pass is only a place name now. It has long ceased to exist as a pass, and even the pass cannot be seen. It is only a remnant of the foundation.

"There are only a hundred households here, and they usually make a living by fishing and hunting." Zhao Ping didn't know if he was working very hard at ordinary times, or maybe he memorized the information about the rule by rote when he knew Liu Yan was coming, and answered Liu Yan's questions fluently. Seeing that Liu Yan was in a happy mood, he jokingly said: "Because it is located at the junction of the two counties, the geography seems vague, and because the people of the two counties are traveling between the two counties, the people really don't know whether it belongs to Changshan or Zhongshan."

The next door to Changshan County is Zhongshan County, and Hongshangguan is really just at the junction of the two counties, so Lu Xun, the governor of Zhongshan County, and a group of prominent families in Zhongshan County will also come to pick him up.

When Lu Xun heard what Zhao Ping said, he couldn't help but feel pimples in his heart.

It wasn't long before the Han Dynasty began to pay attention to internal affairs. Because of the speed of recovery, the boundary lines of some counties were actually rather blurred. Furthermore, if we pay attention to history, one will belong to one and the other will belong to that. There are indeed some jurisdictional disputes.

There are only a thousand people in Hongshangguan, and there is not much corvee. If there are any special products, there are really no ones. A small amount of farming can't pay much tax. But now is an era when mosquitoes have thin legs, but they are still meat. , For each county, one more person is one more achievement, not to mention there are more than a thousand people, how can it not be contested.

Liu Yan figured it out. It was for him, the emperor who called Tianxian, to decide whether Hongshangguan belonged to Changshan County or Zhongshan County.

Speaking of which, this is indeed an interesting story. Leaders play with the prestige brought by power and decide the ownership of a place with a single word. Many powerful people in history like to do this to show their authority.

However, Liu Yan looked at Zhao Ping coldly and said, which land should belong to whose rule, as the emperor, is he going to lose his status to this point to show his authority?That is the responsibility of the Prime Minister's Office.

Zhao Ping's back was drenched with sweat after Liu Yan gave him such a look, and he couldn't help shivering a few times, sweat dripping down the bridge of his nose.

Lu Xun next to him didn't know how much he was gloating about the misfortune. The disputed areas between the two counties were not only Hongshangguan, but also Madrongguan, Xinshi and Jiumen. Those are the places where people live at the junction of the two counties. On a regular basis, when it came time to collect corvees and collect taxes, there was no shortage of friction between the two places, and there were even many fights between subordinate officials.

This is not the case in Changshan County and Zhongshan County alone, all neighboring counties have similar incidents, the Prime Minister's Mansion is too busy with things, and there are too many disputes in each county, it is really difficult to deal with it in a short time When it was over, it just dragged on.

The Prime Minister's Mansion really needs to be busy with a lot of places. The most important task is to build Chang'an City and the southeast and northwest national roads. The manpower used in these two places accounts for six to seven out of ten of the establishment, and the rest are busy. The supervision or acceptance of infrastructure construction in various counties and counties really does not have extra people to do other things.

The construction of the new Chang'an has entered the final stage, but it does not mean that the manpower of the Prime Minister's Mansion can be drawn out. On the contrary, more manpower is needed for acceptance. Ji Chang feels that the manpower is really not enough, and he has thought about asking for an increase in the number more than once. Just considering that the prime minister's office is already extremely large, whether it's for avoiding taboos or the phenomenon of redundant officials that may appear in the future, I endured it.

There are only two largest institutions in the Han Dynasty, except for the Prime Minister's Office, which is the Taiwei Office. With the separation of the military and government, the Prime Minister's Office no longer involves military affairs, and the Taiwei Office has assumed all military responsibilities, including the deployment of troops and logistics supplies. deployment.

Xu Zheng is a smart person. He feels that his power is too great. He has soldiers and has materials. He has written memorials to Liu Yan more than once, asking for splitting. do it.

Of course Liu Yan also knows that the power of the Taiwei is a bit too great, but the governance of the country always needs to be separated. Authority, so as not to cause any instability.

In fact, there will be major reforms in the military in the future. It will probably be divided into a department dedicated to the transfer of generals, a department dedicated to troop deployment, and a department dedicated to planning wars. An administrative agency will be established for the management of civil servants and generals.In addition, there will be two different management departments of the Field Army and the Garrison Army (including the Frontier Army and the County and County Soldiers), so that the duties and powers are clearly defined...and even opposed.

Not only the military will be split and refined, but the civil affairs will also be carried out. After repeated consideration, Liu Yan came to the fact that the system of Sangong and Jiuqing is really out of date. In order to be able to clarify some powers, it was changed to three provinces and six ministries Perhaps it is an inevitable trend.

It's not that Liu Yan has never thought about doing modern things. It's a pity that he really can't figure it out. He knows that there is a prime minister's office and what the prime minister does, but what departments are in the prime minister's office and what officials are under the prime minister? He really doesn’t know!

The current three provinces and six ministries were implemented at the end of the Three Kingdoms period and the Western Jin Dynasty and Eastern Jin Dynasty. They are far from as mature as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but there are really some that should be there, and those that are missing can be supplemented according to actual needs.

Just like the splitting of the Taiwei Department requires steps and transitions, Liu Yan can't do everything in one step, and it will take two or three years to do it slowly.

It will be a consideration of two or three years. Ji Chang, Xu Zheng and others will end their three terms in three years (Yuanshuo 13th year). At that time, they should leave their posts and continue to shine in which posts they will go to. Not to mention the fever, each position must be taken over by new staff.

Liu Yan set off again two days later, and entered Zhongshan County, but he only passed through the northern part of Zhongshan County, and had no intention of patrolling the rest of Zhongshan County. The next county he entered was Fanyang County.

Fanyang County originally belonged to Youzhou, and it was the capital of Youzhou for a period of time. The most famous county is Zhuo County, which is the place where Liu Bei was born and grew up.It is adjacent to Dai County, Guangning County, Shanggu County, and Yuyang County (in the Western Jin Dynasty it was Yanfeng State).

The final destination of the patrol team in Fanyang County was Zhuo County. On the way, they passed Fanyang and Gu'an. Liu Yan stopped and inspected during the period. It must be said that the wounds left by the war can still be seen at the beginning of the visit.

"This is the place where our army attacked (Murong) Yan State's first battle." Liu Yan's memory is actually rather vague. He can't remember who led the army and which standing army participated in the battle. He only remembers the Murong Yan army at that time. The resistance is tenacious: "Why hasn't the city wall been cleared?"

Guo Tian, ​​the sheriff of Fanyang County, immediately looked at Lu Hua, the magistrate of Fanyang County, with an unfriendly expression, thinking that it was a big deal to lose face and leave the emperor with insufficient work.

"Your Majesty..." Guo Tian couldn't help but keep saying, "Let's do it, let's do it..." But in his heart he was even more annoyed by Lu Hua.

"Is the county magistrate here?" In fact, Liu Yan had seen more than one person wearing a green official robe, and one of them must be the county magistrate Fan Yang. When he saw a person come out and kneel down to plead guilty, he did not show any emotion He asked uncertainly, "How many people are there in the city?"

Lu Hua's voice sounded a little apprehensive, and he replied: "There are 210 households in the city, including 110 adult men, 89 women, and [-] children."

Liu Yan did not forget that those under the age of eight are not counted in the household registration.He would ask that, just to know how much labor there is, and he would know why it was not cleaned up.

There are only more than 400 natural residents in Fanyang City?It should be that there were too many deaths or escapes caused by previous wars, and no new residents migrated in. In the era of relying entirely on manpower, there is not enough manpower to do too many things, especially not long after the war has just ended. People are the priority. Only when there is enough food, will they do things that do not affect their livelihood.

Lu Hua was asked about the population of Fanyang County, and he replied that it was 700 people in total. This time, he did not give such a detailed answer as when he reported the population of Fanyang City.

"When I came here, I saw the fields and rice paddies. Is farming given priority in the county?"

The field Liu Yan saw just now is not very good, but considering that it is also affected by the drought, you can still see all kinds of food being cultivated, and some people are grazing sheep. It is relatively good to be short and tall. place.

Speaking of drought, the rainy season has finally arrived in the Northland recently. Liu Yan knew that this was due to setting fires on the grasslands. The continuous rain for half a month has eased the drought in the Northland. The rain is getting lighter in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and some places are still There is no rainfall.

"It is true that the people's stomachs should be ensured first." According to the current evaluation standards, Liu Yan must appreciate that Lu Hua is at least a responsible local official, especially when he learned that Fanyang County has worked hard to promote waterwheels and even invented a hydraulic mill. What's more, it should be greatly appreciated: "The greatest credit is not to starve to death in a disaster year."

After this round of inspections, especially when he entered the Northland, Liu Yan saw too many desolate places, and none of the cities inhabited by people can be called prosperous at all. If there is a comparison, it can only be said. To maintain the necessities of life, compare which place is worse.

Lu Hua was very excited to be praised by the emperor, and he knew how to be a man. He said that Guo Tian, ​​the county guard, was a good leader, so that the reserved smile on Guo Tian's face never stopped.

Liu Yan will also learn something special about every place he visits. He doesn't know whether swarms of locusts have been found. He doesn't know whether it is due to the fires or the recent continuous rainfall. There are more or less signs of locusts found in various places. Poultry and People continued to hunt and eliminate a group of people, but did not find the disaster of locust swarms raging.

"Only one place can be said to be an accident, but many places are like this..." Liu Yan said to Sang Yu privately: "It is to set fire to make the whole grassland an enemy, so what!"

(End of this chapter)