The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 162 Game of Thrones ([-])
On February [-]th of the second year of Yanxing, Mao Jiong, who was farthest from Chengdu, arrived in Chengdu.So far, Guan Yi's shogunate team has been set up.

Then Guan Yi didn't give Mao Jiong time to clean up the banquet at all, and directly held the first working meeting of Guan's Da Sima Mansion.

"It's very kind of you to respond to Guan Yi's conquest. Guan Yi would like to thank you all here."

"Don't dare, it's our honor to get the great Sima Zhengbi of Megatron Huaxia."

"Everyone, Guan Yi always pays attention to practical work and does not seek fame. So, let's not talk about polite words, and let's go straight to the topic. First, let's get to know each other. Well, my official Guan Yi, whose name is Zifeng... from this government The governor of the residence, Shi Maguo, Ma Gaizhi, is still negotiating with Soochow on the replacement of prisoners in Badong County, but he has not come back. And this one is Da Si Nong Mi Zhao Mi Boyao, although he is not from Da Sima's house , but today's meeting is related to him. Therefore, Yi invites him to attend. Next, Fang Bo..."

"Here! Grand Sima, fellow colleagues. I am Huo Zai, whose name is Fang Bo. Now Yanyan is in the position of commander-in-chief of the Grand Sima's mansion. As you all know, my father is the left general Huo Shaoxian. So before becoming the Grand Sima, A certain has never been an official close to the people, nor has he ever led an army in battle. So in the future, I will ask my colleagues to enlighten me!"

"Uh, my colleagues, I am Qianhong, whose name is Zhongyuan. As you all know, I am a Cao Wei, ah, no, he is a descendant of a false Wei..."

After everyone's self-introduction, Guan Yi said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's trust, Guan Yi was allowed to open the mansion to manage affairs. I deeply feel that the responsibility is heavy. Since I took over, I have really had a hard time sleeping and eating. Because everyone will be the Da Sima Mansion in the future. Therefore, I need to tell you about my plan for the next few years.”

"My official plan, in the next five years, the main policy of my big man is: recuperate, protect the environment and the people. As long as the puppet Wei or Dongwu don't attack me, my big man will not be allowed to go north for five years!"

As soon as Guan Yi said this, the others were fine. Several officials from Yizhou, especially Du Zhen, Li Xiang, Yang Ji and others who were born in Yizhou, stood up one after another: "Minggong loves the people, and the blessing of Yizhou and also."

Hey, is it still the blessing of Yizhou instead of the blessing of the great man?Forget it, the change of concept does not happen overnight, so take your time.

"Now, Sima Zhao has been crowned king. In fact, the life span of the puppet Wei Guozuo is almost the same as that of Sima Zhao. As long as Sima Zhao dies, the puppet Wei will be replaced by Jin. From this time, even if Sima Zhao suffered an unprecedented defeat Under the circumstances, you have to forcibly rise to the top. This old thief’s lifespan is not long. Therefore, within five years, the puppet Wei will perish. At that time, the emerging state of Jin also urgently needs stability. So in a short period of time, my big man There is no hidden worry of large-scale invasion by foreign enemies."

"What Duke Ming said is very true."

"So we have had quite a long time to straighten out the civil and military affairs within the Great Han. I have to explain first that I firmly support the Northern Expedition. But I believe that the Northern Expedition is feasible, but not indiscriminate. So in the future The number of Northern Expeditions presided over by this official will never be too many. Of course it would be best if it is successful once, even if it cannot be successful once, this official hereby promises that as long as this official is in power in the future, the Northern Expedition of the Great Han will be at most once every five years!"

Do we still want to go to the Northern Expedition?But fortunately, once every five years, not eight times every five years like Jiang Wei.Forget it, these Jingzhou people (Yuan Cong faction is still habitually regarded as Jingzhou people) cannot stop the Northern Expedition, as long as they are restrained.

"In order for the Northern Expedition to succeed in one fell swoop, in the next five years, we must accumulate enough money, food, soldiers, and battle armor. In order to achieve this goal, we must diligently improve internal affairs and improve people's livelihood. This is the work of everyone in the future. In order for you to be targeted in your future work, I have some ideas about your appointment."

Of course, who is Guan Yi now?He politely said it was just a little idea, but you can't think that it is really just a little idea.Actually, that was the decision.Just execute it.

Except for Ma Guo, Huo Zai and the three Cao Wei generals.Guan Yi's job arrangement for the nine new staff members is as follows.

As the only direct descendant of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jing, who bears the aura of loyalty and has inherited the aura of invincibility in Zhuge Zhan Shuhan, is the Minister of Classics - the Minister of Education.Of course, inviting Zhuge Jing into the Da Sima Mansion is more of a gesture to the Jingzhou faction of the Shu Han. You can't expect much ability from a 16-year-old boy.Ma Guo is more often in charge of the education work.

Lv Ya, who is honest, capable and well-written, serves as the chief of the intelligence bureau and the director of the Public Opinion Control Bureau.

Standing upright, indifferent to fame and fortune, but also paying attention to the rules and regulations of the monarch and ministers, he is upright and serves as the head of the Department of Organization and Personnel.

Chang Ji, who was an upright official to the level of Hai Rui in the later generations, naturally served as a postal supervisor - the chief of the procuratorate and the chief of the anti-corruption bureau.

Du Zhen, who was born in a wealthy family in Yizhou and was capable of handling affairs, was in charge of the merit examination——As an official, it is wrong for you to embezzle and accept bribes, and there will naturally be taboos to deal with you in the future.But it won’t work if you don’t do anything while not being corrupt.From now on, the Da Sima Mansion will conduct an assessment of all the local officials of the Shu Han every year. If the relevant indicators cannot be completed, it is natural that Du Zhen will clean you up.

Li Xiang, who also came from a wealthy family in Yizhou and was proficient in mathematics, served as the minister of the Ministry of Finance.

Growing up in Nanzhong for a long time, he is good at dealing with various ethnic minorities, and because of Ma Zhong, Ma Yi, who has a high prestige in Nanzhong, serves as Li Fan's director of the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs.

Mao Jiong, who is brave and heroic, dedicated to his duties, and good at commanding troops, served as the military officer-Minister of the National Defense Logistics Support Department.

Yang Ji, who is good at winning people's hearts and is also dedicated to his duties, is in charge of internal affairs-Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Coordinate the relationship between various departments of the central government, the relationship between Da Sima Mansion and the Imperial Palace, Shangshutai, the relationship between the central government and local governments, the relationship between local counties, etc.

On the one hand, it is Guan Yi's own prestige.On the other hand, it fully takes into account the strengths of each person.In addition, so many Yizhou people are entering the decision-making organs of the Shu Han for the first time-there is no intention to pick and choose.Therefore, Guan Yi's many appointments have been unanimously approved by everyone very smoothly.

"The distribution of duties has been decided, so we will start working next. I have a habit since I first learned about Fuling County. Before doing anything, I must first calculate my own family fortune. Therefore, this is the meeting that everyone is invited to The reason why Sinong came here. Next, I ask Boyao to report the current family background of the big man for us..."

"Here, Da Sima, fellow colleagues. Not long after Zhao took over as Da Si Nong, seeing the current situation of my big man is also shocking. I will first read to you the fifth year of Jianxing (227 AD, the year before Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition) )The data."

"In the fifth year of Jianxing, Dahan had 23 registered households, 98 people, and 15 soldiers. The registered land was 450 million mu. The tax paid in that year was 500 million yuan. The grain was 180 million shi. Subsidies for the export of Shu brocade and other materials totaled 5000 million yuan and 65 shi for grain. In addition, the profit from salt and iron was 6000 million yuan... After spending military expenses and official salaries, the financial balance of the year was 63 million yuan in money and [-] shi in grain. [-] shi."

"The next is the 16th year of Yanxi (the year Fei Yi was assassinated), there are 31 registered households, 110 million people, and 25 soldiers. The registered land is 200 million mu. The tax paid in that year was 250 million million, grain 95 million. Shu brocade and other export subsidies are 20 million yuan, grain 5000 shi. Salt and iron profit 120 million...The financial balance of the year was [-] million money and [-] million shi for grain."

"Finally, in the sixth year of Jingyao (263, the year when Cao Wei conquered Shu), there were 28 registered households, 94 people, and 2000 soldiers. The registered land was 8000 million mu. The tax paid in that year was 450 million 3000 million , 100 million grain. Shu brocade export subsidy money 7000 million, grain [-] million shi, salt and iron profit [-] billion [-] million...the balance of the year, er, no balance, and part of the inventory from the previous treasury..."

"Everyone, after listening to this series of data from Da Sinong, have you ever thought about anything?" Guan Yi said in a low tone: "It's shocking! After the assassination of my big man at his own expense, the general government of this country is like a weight. The speed of landing is falling rapidly!"

What else is there to say?In the fifth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang had just quelled the chaos in Nanzhong, and the entire Shu Han came out of the shadow of the defeat in Yiling.Social production has just begun to recover.At that time, each self-cultivating farmer had about ten mu of land, and each family's burden to the court was to hand in 1500 yuan and 8 shi of grain every year.In addition, they have to accept exploitation from the salt administration.

What kind of concept is this?In Fuling County, where the natural environment is relatively harsh, the yield of rice fields per mu is about five shi.Due to the protection of Dujiangyan, the yield per mu in Chengdu is a little more, but because of the problem of rice seeds, it is only about seven to eight stones.A family of three to five members planted ten mu of land.The annual harvest is about 70 shi.

According to the calculation, the price of one stone of grain in the Three Kingdoms era was about 150 yuan.That is to say, in Zhuge Liang's era, if a family took an intermediate value, it would have to hand over 60 shi of the 18 shi of grain!
Made in Han Dynasty, the weight of each stone is about 27 kilograms in modern times (there is also a saying that it is 21 kilograms, and all of this book is calculated as 27 kilograms).That is to say, a family has 1134 kilograms of grain left after paying taxes—this grain cannot be used to eat all of it.We must continue to sell some of them in exchange for money to buy salt (the Shu Han’s salt administration has been mentioned above, it is a downright bad government), buy cloth, buy oil... Therefore, the people of the Shu Han could not have enough to eat in Zhuge Liang’s era!
(Of course, the problem of food and clothing was not solved until the late 20th century. It cannot be said that our Prime Minister Zhuge did a poor job. In fact, compared with the peasants of Cao Wei and Dongwu at the same time, the peasants of Shuhan are considered good-at least you only need to find Some wild vegetables can make do with it. Throughout the year, I still dare to eat a few meals of white rice.)
In the era when Fei Yi was in power, because the country had not had a Northern Expedition for more than ten years, military expenditures dropped to an extremely low level.At that time, each owner-peasant had an average of 10 mu of land.But what is handed over to the court every year is 1070 yuan and 8 shi of grain.Not only has the burden on farmers been effectively reduced, but the state's fiscal surplus is extremely high.

And what about the year before last?The arable land of each owner-cultivator controlled by the state is less than 10 mu.And what about the taxes paid? 2071 money and 16 stones!
If it is said that in Zhuge Liang’s time almost one-third was taken away from farmers, and in Fei Yi’s time it was taken away a quarter, then in Jingyao’s year, two-thirds were taken away from farmers!Guan Yi himself finds it inconceivable that a large-scale peasant uprising did not break out in such a country!

　1、中国农科院《中国耕地》数据：东汉在公元105年时，全国在籍人口5400多万。在籍耕地五亿一千100万亩。人均耕地面积不足十亩。平均亩产132公斤。折合汉代计量单位约4.9石。清朝达到了古代中国农业生产最高峰，公元1753年，在籍人口一亿8000万余，在籍耕地六亿七千800万亩。人均耕地不足四亩。平均亩产184公斤。折合汉代计量单位约6.9石。

　　2、根据《地方财政研究》2011年第10期，中南财经政法大学殷琛先生《论汉代军事支出》一文的考证。东汉质帝元年（146年）全国收取田税（十五税一）三千460五万石，算赋和口赋加在一起是73亿钱。此外还有关税、商税、户税、赎罪钱、卖官鬻爵钱等等没有纳入。

　　
　
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