I have a backstage in Datang

In this way, the weather in Miyun County was lifted.

In just five months, thousands of widows became pregnant. The poor fleeing men in Shandong made great contributions to the development of Miyun County.

At this time, Gu Tianya was about to leave.

……

The morning light was very good on this day, a red sun rose in the east, and the vast golden light smeared the earth. Gu Tianya put on his official uniform for the first time, and rode a horse and slowly left Gu's Village.

At the entrance of the village, Zhaoning looked at each other from a distance. At this time, six months had passed, and Zhaoning's abdomen had grown, but because she had led the army all the year round, her physical fitness was stronger than that of ordinary women, so she did not appear weak. On the contrary, her complexion was stronger than before she was not pregnant. good.

She stood at the entrance of the village to bid farewell, accompanied by Xiaoqing Xiaorou, suddenly Zhaoning's eyes turned red, and she shouted at Gu Tianya, "Come home once every half month. If you don't dare not to come back, I will I'll look for you with my big belly..."

Gu Tianya looked back on the horse, with a different kind of gentleness on his face, he suddenly waved at her, and said: "Although I went to the southernmost county, I can go back in a day on a fast horse, how can I go back in half a month?" Go home, I will come back to see you every seven days..."

Zhaoning was overjoyed immediately, nodded repeatedly and said: "It's settled, it will only be seven days."

Gu Tianya nodded solemnly, waved at her again, and said, "Daughter-in-law, I'm going."

Zhaoning's eyes were even redder, and she suddenly turned her head back to the village. Before she could take a few steps, she burst into tears and said, "You have your ambitions, and my wife will not stop you. I will take good care of the house at home and help you. You have made Miyun County more prosperous. But Tianya, why do I feel so sad."

Gu Tianya felt a throbbing pain in his heart.

But he forced himself to endure it.

He swung his whip violently, lightly beat the mount, got off the horse and neighed, and rushed up like the wind.

The ten soldiers in the back rode their horses to follow at the same time, dust was raised on the official road, and the eleven cavalry went away in a blink of an eye.

It is exactly four hundred miles away from home.

……

Of all the post stations in the whole world, only Gujia Village is special. It can own a thousand acres of land and can garrison a hundred soldiers, but other post stations cannot, and can only garrison a maximum of ten soldiers.

So Gu Tianya only brought ten soldiers to the southernmost county of Hebei Road.

But few people know that another cavalry set off that night...

Five hundred cavalry left quietly.

At this time, it has been less than two and a half years since that 'incident'.

……

... There is an update today, so I will post a chapter first in the morning.

Chapter 126 [Grand Marshal, support us]... 2 updates and 3 updates together

Gu Tianya needed to go through five transfers, and approached Chang'an like a boat.

History is something that no one can say clearly. Even if the same event is repeated again, the evolution process may not be exactly the same.

Even if the time is the same.

Even if the personnel do not change.

But there are always some major nodes, which cannot be avoided no matter what, as if there is an unbreakable rule in the dark, the small trend of history can be changed but the general trend cannot be changed, and what should happen will happen after all.

Start with the first transfer.

……

That night, at dusk.

Hebei Road, Boping County, Bozhou. (Note: Today Liaocheng, Shandong)

With ten soldiers, Gu Tianya finally stepped into the new place where he was about to take up his duties.

At this time, I saw a soldier reaching into his arms, and quickly took out a booklet from his arms. The soldier unfolded the booklet, stuttered and began to read, saying: "Bo...Bozhou is at the same level as Tanzhou. , under...a total of three counties under its jurisdiction, among which, Boping County is the seat of the state government, and it used to belong to the upper counties of one hundred thousand stone."

"Okay, stop stuttering!"

Gu Tianya chuckled, waved his hand at him, and said with a little regret: "Although you have been studying in night school for half a year, at most you can barely understand the characters. If you want to recite the county chronicles, you Not yet able to…”

The soldier smiled mischievously, but he still held up the booklet and thought about it, as if it was not for performance, but to fulfill some duties.

Gu Tianya sighed, looked at him and asked, "Is this Zhaoning's order? She wants you to be her staff?"

The soldier immediately puffed up his chest, and said righteously: "The princess said, only the staff members are capable people. The princess let us be the staff staff, so that we can help you do more things."

Gu Tianya didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he couldn't help waving his hand at him again, and said with a smile: "Everyone has something to do when they come to this world, and you are tyrannical warriors, and what you are good at is charging and fighting, why? Do you have to put the cart before the horse? In fact, being an aide may not be helpful."

The soldier smiled honestly and subconsciously touched his head.

At this moment, several other soldiers approached, stretched their necks with blinking eyes, and asked Gu Tianya cautiously: "If we can't be your staff, how can we help you? We are all specially selected by the princess." , everyone is considered the smartest person in the army..."

Gu Tianya laughed loudly, pointed at them and said, "Even I dare not use the word smartest. You have ten soldiers in total. Are all of them the smartest? This is a language problem. Think about it yourself."

It's a pity that the ten soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to figure out where they were wrong.

Gu Tianya sighed, and said: "Forget it, forget it, it's not hard for you. Although our women's army is strong, Zhaoning never thought about seeking the supreme power. It is precisely because of her thoughts that she never wants to get involved in internal affairs. Well, she just leads the troops to sit in the north, and refuses to recruit internal affairs staff, and now she is driving ducks to the shelves, wouldn't it be ridiculous."

The soldier mustered up his courage, and suddenly whispered: "The princess is a woman with a very kind heart. The reason why the princess doesn't want to get involved in internal affairs is because she doesn't want to fight with her brother."

Gu Tianya was suddenly a little surprised, and couldn't help but stare at this soldier. After a long time, he said with a little surprise: "So you are really a smart person, no wonder you were selected by Zhaoning."

The soldier smiled honestly again, and said with a grin: "The ten of us are the smartest in the Women's Army."

Gu Tianya immediately rolled his eyes and said, "I see. Someone taught you to recite this in advance. Otherwise, with your almond-shaped brains, it would be impossible to understand Zhaoning's thoughts. Hmm, let me guess, Was it taught by Ma Sanbao? No, no, Ma Sanbao is not so shrewd. Was it taught by Xiaorou? No, Xiaorou just has a gentle personality..."

Suddenly he laughed again, and said leisurely: "I figured it out, it's Xiaoqing, right? This kind of method of controlling the head and ignoring the back, forcing you to recite the speech, it seems that only Xiaoqing's personality can do this Strange thing."

A few soldiers bowed their heads in a low voice, and said coyly: "General Qing issued a strict order to make us smart. Only if we become aides can we help you do great things."

"shit!"

Gu Tianya was overwhelmed, and pointed to a few idiots and said, "You can indeed help me, but you don't become aides. There is only one thing you can help me with, and that is to chop off heads one by one with a knife." .”

The ten soldiers were stunned for a while, and then everyone opened their mouths wide and said with a smile on their faces: "Killing people with a knife? We don't need to learn this kind of thing. They are very good at it, very good at it."

Gu Tianya laughed out loud.

At this time, the soldier holding the booklet came forward, held up the booklet and looked at Gu Tianya eagerly, and asked, "First... sir, what is Shangxian?"

As he spoke, he turned the pages of the brochure to Gu Tianya, and asked eagerly, "It says that there are three counties in Bozhou, of which Boping is the seat of the state, and it used to belong to the counties with hundreds of thousands."

The other nine soldiers poked their heads together, their faces full of strong desire for knowledge, and asked cautiously: "Why does the hundred thousand stones belong to Shang County?"

Obviously, they were really loyal and never gave up their plans to become aides.

They were instructed by Zhaoning and coaxed by Xiaoqing. The ten of them had only one thing on their minds, and that was to become Gu Tianya's staff as soon as possible.

As a staff member, you have to be smart.

And to learn, to constantly learn all kinds of knowledge.

These ten soldiers were unwilling to give up any chance of seeking knowledge.

Gu Tianya was suddenly moved.

He suddenly found that these ten soldiers were very cute.

Seeing the eager faces of the ten soldiers, Gu Tianya unknowingly became solemn, he let out a breath slowly, and explained carefully to them.

"One hundred thousand shi is the upper county, which is actually based on population regulations..."

Gu Tianya likes teaching, and the ten soldiers are all good students, so they started a special teaching course on the official road.

But listen to Gu Tianya said: "After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, a census was conducted, and the county levels were revised according to the number of households. Those with more than 6000 households are Shangxian, those with 2000 households are Zhongxian, and those with 1000 households are counted down. County... But you have to pay attention to one thing, this 'household' refers to the official household."

The ten soldiers hurriedly memorized it carefully, and after a long time, they asked in a low voice, puzzled, "What is an official household?"

Gu Tianya pondered for a moment, then spoke again, and said, "Households are tax-paying units, so any dynasty hopes to have enough households, and the common people are generally unwilling to separate households, and aristocratic families even share one household with hundreds or even thousands of people. In this case, the two sides will inevitably be at a stalemate, and China has had a 'good' tradition since ancient times, and each likes to take a step back when encountering a stalemate. Therefore, there is the saying that the government-controlled household..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the soldiers, and then said: "The official unified household, a family of five, and the 6000 households in Datang are Shangxian County, with a population of more than 3. If it is calculated on the basis of 300 catties of grain per person per year 3 people need 900 catties of grain, uh, this number unit is too large, and it is difficult to accept it with your current knowledge, so let me put it another way, 900 catties of grain is 9 shi, do you understand now, one person in the county It consumes at least 9 shi of grain a year."

The ten soldiers were obviously trying to understand, and it took a long time for them to comprehend.

But they didn't understand more, so they couldn't help asking: "Since 9 shi of grain is enough, why should Shangxian set it at [-] shi?"

Gu Tianya suddenly sighed, and seemed to be in a bad mood, and said softly: "Do you think it's enough for one person to eat only 300 catties of grain a year?"

The ten soldiers blinked blankly, obviously thinking about the conversion problem.

Gu Tianya was a little helpless, and said again: "Let me put it another way, in case you can't figure it out, one person, one day, only has one catty of grain..."

The ten soldiers finally understood, and immediately sighed along with Gu Tianya.

How can a catty of grain fill your stomach?

What the common people do is physical labor, which is heavy and tiring. Let alone a catty of grain, three catties can be swallowed. This also refers to women, not men who pretend to work hard.

So a catty of grain is just the bottom line for people to not starve to death.

Gu Tianya opened his mouth slowly, and said in a heavy tone: "For a county with 6000 households, 9 shi of grain is the bottom line, but Chaotang also knows that the bottom line is too low, so on top of this, it added 1 shi, 1 shi. Wanshi sounds like a lot, but it’s a pity that this number has to be divided among 3 people. How much will each person increase? It’s only 33 catties of grain added a year. If it’s accurate, it’s only 7 yuan more, not even the weight of one tael , more than a dozen grains of wheat cost more than 7 yuan."

Ten soldiers stood there dumbfounded.

Eat more than a dozen grains of wheat a day?How does this help the hungry people?However, this is the court's greatest understanding, because each person's dozen grains of wheat has already added [-] shi to Shangxian County.

The extra 10 shi belongs to the bottom line to ensure the lives of the people, and the [-] shi in a county has been written into the iron law of basic grain that cannot be taxed, and according to this iron law, it must be made up in case of a famine...

What do you mean?

That is, when there is a famine, the same amount of relief food should be supplied.

Not only could the court not be able to collect tax and food, but it had to give 10 in relief according to the county's specifications. Originally, it only needed 9, but the court ordered 1 more.

The 1 shi was apportioned to the common people, and no one could produce more than a dozen grains of wheat. However, for the court, 1 shi was a lot of pressure.

Just because he didn't want to starve to death, Chaotang was doing his best.

A dozen grains of wheat are their greatest ability.

If there are more, it will overwhelm the court.

A soldier was stunned for a long time, then suddenly murmured: "Listening to what you said, it turns out that going to court is also very difficult."

Gu Tianya nodded and said: "It is a rare benevolent government in the past and present to be able to go from 9 shi to 10 shi. So the Tang royal family is not bad, at least they are not hard-hearted people."

The ten soldiers nodded quickly and said in unison: "You are also the royal family, and your heart is the softest."

Gu Tianya waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm not considered a royal family, because I'm not a son-in-law, and Zhaoning and I married a woman as a man, not as a son-in-law."

The ten soldiers scratched their ears and scratched their cheeks, and suddenly came up with an idea and said, "You are a relative of the state."

This time Gu Tianya laughed loudly, nodded and said: "It's sort of."

……

At this time, the soldier flipped through the booklet again, and suddenly looked at Gu Tianya eagerly, saying: "It is written in the county booklet that Boping is no longer a Shang county, because of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population has shrunk, and now... now it can only be regarded as a middle county." , and you just said that there are only 2000 households in Zhong County."

Gu Tianya's face instantly became sad, and he murmured: "6000 households have become 2000 households, 3 households, and only 1 households are left. This is Boping, which is the capital of the state. The situation in the other two counties It's probably even worse."

The soldier held up the brochure, leaned forward and said, "The Wuyang County we are going to has only 970 households in the brochure, that is to say, it doesn't even count as Xia County now..." (Note: [-] Yang County is probably located in the current generation of Shen County, Liaocheng, Shandong)

Gu Tianya took the booklet and flipped through it for a long time, and said bitterly: "There are only 970 households, and there are only 22 villages left. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was chaos, and the people were so miserable. Daddy, Daddy, you and Yang Guang have committed a serious crime." ..."

He suddenly put away the booklet, then looked up at the sky, and said in a deep voice: "There are still thirty miles to go, and the fast horse only takes half an hour. Brothers, please work harder. Let's go directly to Wuyang County, okay?"

The soldiers agreed in unison, each lightly lifting the reins.

Gu Tianya pondered for a moment, and then said: "Wuyang County has a very small territory, so we only set up two post stations. The post station we will be stationing at is south of the county, so we won't go there today. Visited the county government."

The ten soldiers hurriedly said, "Even if the distance is very close, you don't need to visit. You are a seventh-rank official, and the magistrate of the lower county is only from the eighth rank. He has to visit you, which is the way of etiquette."

Gu Tianya sighed and said, "I just hope he can abide by the rules."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his whip, and lightly slapped the mount. The horse under his crotch neighed, and he rushed up into the night.

Ten soldiers quickly followed.

……

It is rare to be able to ride a horse in this era.

Especially when eleven horses were traveling in a team.

This can already be called a small group of cavalry, which is no small matter for a county.

When they passed the county town and continued southward, the soldiers at the gate had already stretched their necks, and then rushed to the city, but it was a pity that it was not the county government.

I went to a high gate compound to make a report.