The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 181 The Field of Hope ([-])
Hanzhong County, under the jurisdiction of six counties.The registered population is more than 45 people.The registered private land is [-] mu.Judging from this figure alone, it is much better than the Fuling County that Guan Yi and others just took over eight years ago.

But after Zhang Zun took over the county, he felt a lot of pressure.

Without him, because the task Guan Yi set for him is: within this year (the second year of Yanxing), the registered population of Hanzhong County will increase by at least 5000 people!If you can't complete this task, get out of here!

Boss!Did you make a mistake?After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao in Hanzhong County, all the original 20 people in this county were relocated to the Guanzhong Plain by Cao Cao.What the late emperor took was nothing more than a vacant lot. For more than 40 years, Prime Minister Zhuge has continuously migrated people from the middle of Shu, and his country's Northern Expedition has continued to arrest people from the puppet Wei for enrichment. After so many years of accumulation, there are more than 3 people.You asked me to conjure 5000 people within half a year, how could I conjure them up?Are you forcing me to make the Northern Expedition alone with the strength of the Hanzhong Corps?

So when Guan Yi gave him the task before he took office, Zhang Zun jumped up on the spot.Said that it was impossible for him to complete this task.In the end, Guan Yi said: I chose a good staff for you through thousands of choices.If you don't understand anything, ask him.He will tell you what to do.

This staff member is He Pan and He Huixing from Pixian County, Shu County.On the basis of history, this person has not been able to develop well at first because of the Shu Han's "Jingzhou No. [-]" talent policy.After the demise of the Shu Han, this person was able to show his talents in the Western Jin Dynasty. Whether he was a local official or a senior central official, he made great achievements.

There are two most prominent skills of this person, one is to convey information.Don't underestimate this skill. In fact, there is a very famous game in modern psychology: the host tells A a message of about twenty characters, and asks A to pass it on to B, B to C, and up to D... These twenty characters have become beyond recognition.But He Pan is different. He will change his rhetoric appropriately according to the different audiences, but he can accurately convey the information and receive good results.This is really a remarkable skill.

The second is to treat money like dung.Although the poor often say that money is useless, it is only poor self-comfort.But He Pan is different, he is a typical person who has spent all his wealth and has no money left in his hands.There is absolutely no need to worry about the integrity of such a person.

"So, Huixing. That's what my brother said. If he doesn't understand, he can ask you. Can you help me out where to go to conjure up these 5000 people? Hey, my brother did what he said, and changed his mind. If there are less than 5000 people, I will be dismissed! At that time, other brothers and prefects will do a good job, but I will be dismissed first, how can this be?"

"Huh? Da Sima really just wants to add 5000 people?"

"Yes! Hey, Huixing, what do you mean just want? Do you think it's too little?"

"Hehe, prefect. Da Sima really cares for you very much. I set such a low target for you. I don't mean to embarrass you at all."

"How do you say this? My head is getting big now! Now, although I didn't like reading when I was a child, I also know that there are no Wuxi barbarians and scorpions in Hanzhong County that can attract people down the mountain. [-]% of Hanzhong County Nine's population is concentrated in the Hanzhong Basin. We are not going to prepare for the Northern Expedition in a short period of time? Where are we going to change people?"

"Prefect, didn't the great Sima issue an order recently, saying that all counties are required to strictly implement the household tax policy?"

"Is there such an order? Hey, Huixing. I never like to take care of those common affairs. I used to be the prefect of Jiangyang County, and I always handed over the general affairs to Chengzuo."

"...Well, the prefect can do this in this matter."

……

September in Hanzhong is the harvest season.The entire Hanzhong Basin is golden, and the fragrance of rice is everywhere.

In such a season, people in Hanzhong County, whether they are high-ranking officials or ordinary people, flocked into the rice fields-the common people worked and harvested.The nobles went out to drink and sometimes worked as supervisors.

At this time, outside Wuxing City in Hanzhong, in tens of thousands of acres of rice fields, golden ears of rice are swaying in the wind, and thousands of farmers are burying their heads in the rice fields.Under the pergola on a high platform in this rice field, Hu Dao, the son of Hu Ji, the former right hussar general of the Shu Han, is reclining on a soft chair, enjoying the breeze blown by the big fan of the beautiful maidservant behind him. , drinking the Fuling fruit wine just shipped from Chengdu.

"How's the situation with Second Uncle?"

"Going home, the second master said that now Da Sima has opened the mansion. Shangshutai has become a decoration. The three chief officials of Shangshutai have already started to eliminate redundant staff. He has already submitted his resignation and is going to return to Hanzhong to retire. gone."

"Ah? How could it be like this? Shouldn't Second Uncle move around and find a way to enter Da Sima's mansion?"

"Uh, Patriarch. The villain's cum is over. From the villain's point of view, this big Sima likes to reuse Yizhou people, and we Jingzhou people..."

"Hmph! This Guan lunatic! If it wasn't for his ancestors who lost Jingzhou, how could we Jingzhou people have a hard time returning home? Now we have abandoned the tradition of being the number one prime minister in Jingzhou. I curse him to die!"

"Patriarch?! Patriarch, please be careful. That Da Sima has a bad temper. In Chengdu a few months ago, there were a lot of people."

"Exaggerated, exaggerated, what are the heads? There are only a dozen heads in total. This is a lunatic doing things, and fighting is quite powerful. But this murderer, who is sloppy, will definitely die in the future!"

The master and servant were talking about Guan Yi.Both of them suddenly felt the ground start shaking.

"Earthquake? No, cavalry! Where did the cavalry come from?"

Fortunately, the Hanzhong Basin is flat, and Director Hu, who is on a high platform, has a good view.He soon saw a big banner with "Han" characters.

"Well, behind the Chinese character flag is a Zhang character flag. Hehehe, left and right, hurry up and tidy up this arbor, where is that Zhang Fei's grandson!"

Although the name of the ancestors is called directly, there is no word after the call.This is a great disrespect to Zhang Fei and Zhang Zun.But when Director Hu saw Zhang Zun, his attitude was extremely low.

"Director Hu, a grass-roots man, I have met Prefect Zhang."

"Hehehe, Yuan Qi. You are the only son of General Hussars. Although you don't have an official status at the moment, the court will let you become an official sooner or later. What kind of grassroots do I call myself!"

That's the way it is!

"Where is there, hey, Brother Ling Xing, what's the matter here today?"

"Well, it's all right. I took my sons out for a walk. Before I knew it, I arrived at my brother's place. Hey, Yuan Qi, isn't this year's harvest good?"

"Hehe, thanks to the prefect. This year's harvest is good. Hey, thanks to the bravery of Da Sima and the former general, we wiped out all the Wei troops before February this year. Otherwise, this year's rice will not be able to grow. How can we talk about the harvest. "

"Hahahaha~~ As long as the harvest is good. Brother, after running for my brother for a long time, I feel a little thirsty. Why, why don't you give me a glass of wine?"

"It should be so, it should be so. Brother Ling Xing please."

Both parties brought a few attendants each, and sat down again in the gazebo on the high platform.

Before toasting again, the hundreds of cavalry brought by Zhang Zun's side had all dismounted and rushed into the rice field quickly.

"You! Stop working and go to the ridge. Hurry up! You, you, you, all of you, stop working and go to the ridge right away. Otherwise, the officer's knife will get impatient! Hurry up!"

Watching Zhang Zun's cavalry start to drive away his own serfs in the rice field, Director Hu couldn't sit still: "Brother Ling Xing, what is the meaning of this?"

"Hey, it's okay. According to Da Sima's order, we have to count the population of each family from house to house. So that we can re-classify the household tax of each family. This is a small matter, a small matter. Come on, Yuan Qi , drink!"

MB's little thing!This is a big event that can't be bigger, okay?Director Hu couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up immediately and wanted to run down.

However, the two well-dressed knights held down the hilt of their swords with their right hands, and firmly pushed out with their left hands, completely blocking Director Hu's way to step down.

"Zhang Lingxing! What do you want to do?"

"Well, didn't I just say it. Count your family's population. Classify your family's household tax! Originally, this matter should be done by the magistrate of Xixiang County. But who made Yuan Qi the only son of General Hussars?" .In order to avoid omissions, only this official will serve you in person.”

"Zhang Lingxing! You, you, how dare you do this?"

"I didn't do anything? Why is Yuan Qi so angry? Come on, sit down, sit down, what's wrong with me? Can you tell me, a grassroots person?"

The two were fighting on the high platform, while the people below were also doing business.After a while, a cavalry officer came to the high platform: "Report to the former general, and the subordinates made a preliminary count. There are a total of 850 people who are harvesting in this rice field. All of them claim to be slaves of the Hu family. "

"Oh, come here. Bring me the Jingyao six-year Hanzhong folk book." After flipping through it pretentiously, Zhang Zun pretended to exclaim: "Is there something wrong? Jingyao six years , The Hu family has two manors and 450 hectares of land (25 mu). There are [-] people in the family. Calculated according to the Dahan household tax system, it is the lowest among middle households. How come your statistics are close to [-]? The ones in the household are in the middle class! You are not mistaken, are you?"

"Former general, although it is the harvest season, most of the house slaves who are usually scattered in various families are concentrated in the fields at this time. But there must be many house slaves harvesting in other fields, and many house slaves are working inside the manor. Therefore, I will only count less, not more.”

"Hiss~~~Yuan Qi. If you do this, it will make it difficult for my brother. Now, if you count according to Jingyao's six-year civil register, your family's annual household tax is 400 yuan. If Based on current calculations, your family's annual household tax is [-] million yuan! Also, it is impossible for your family slaves to suddenly increase by so much within a year, right? Speaking of which, you have been evading taxes for a long time Oh? There’s nothing else to say, let’s take a trip with my brother! Go to Seoul, the official’s prefect’s mansion, let’s do the math!”

(End of this chapter)