Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

According to his idea, the Civil Affairs Department and the Public Security Department will be the two cores of Wancheng's early authority institutions, and later they will gradually split out some equivalent departments such as the Education Department and the Health Department according to their own development needs. In this way, the originally centralized power is slowly split out, without making too many revisions at one time, making the same mistake as Wang Mang did at the beginning.

If you just change the name in the early stage, and split it up bit by bit later, whether it is the acceptance of the public or the acceptance of the aristocratic family, it is obviously much better than changing it directly according to the script.

You must know that the political structure has always served the needs, blind copying can only draw tiger dogs, and Zhang Yan, the highest leader of Wancheng, will naturally not let such a thing happen.

In addition, another advantage of this method is that it solved Zhang Yan's headache for a long time, that is, Lujiang's original military power.

Before coming to Lujiang, Zhang Yan was a little worried that in Wancheng, where the sky was high and far away from the emperor, the power of the aristocratic family would infiltrate the entire city as it did in Hedong.

Although the Qiao family in Lujiang had a good relationship with him, there was basically no possibility of turning against him, but the Zhou family and some other small families had no way to screen out their influence from the original structure of Lujiang.

For those ordinary people who are soldiers, the family they belong to is the existence that truly controls their survival and destiny. How dare Zhang Yan fight with such an army that cannot be completely loyal to him?

Just like Jiangdong later, after Cao Cao went south, this group of gentry who actually controlled the city directly chose to surrender in Kaesong, which can be said to have stabbed Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, in the back.

"Kuai Qi, remember that the Civil Affairs Administration and the Public Security Administration are just two beginnings. In the future, we will gradually separate the agricultural and animal husbandry development, education and other work from the Civil Affairs Administration, and establish other government departments. These government departments will be unified. It belongs to your direct management."

"After you have used these small officials for a period of time, you can gradually select some suitable talents from among them according to their abilities and attitudes to serve as civil affairs orders and civil affairs envoys. The Public Security Department also selects security orders and deputy security envoys in the same way, and meritocracy is not required, but at the very least they must have both ability and political integrity.”

"In this way, after a period of time, all you need to do is to control the overall situation like me."

Smiling, he instructed Kuai Qi, the more Zhang Yan thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible.

But opposite him, Kuai Qi frowned, looking a little puzzled.

"But my lord...although this method is ingenious, it does not only increase the salary expenditure of Wancheng. If it is subdivided, it will take more than a dozen departments to complete the division of functions, and the number of small officials will increase even more. As many as a thousand people?"

"The common people are foolish, can we really find so many people in this Wancheng?"

Somewhat embarrassed, he reminded Zhang Yan that Kuai Qi's worries were actually right.

As I said just now, any political system has its own reasons for its existence. The reason why the historical dynasties before the Tang and Song Dynasties did not have the concept of civil and military officials, but unified civil officials as Cheng and military officials as lieutenants. The reason is actually that most of the talents in this period were controlled by the aristocratic families, and it was difficult for the rulers to obtain enough manpower through the election system.

This embarrassing situation lasted almost until both the election system and the inspection system were abolished, and it did not improve until Emperor Sui Yang implemented the imperial examination on a large scale.

The contemporary West, of course, was deeply tormented by the primitive aristocratic feudal system.

You must know that the reason why the ancients knew that autocracy was more advanced than feudalism, but they were reluctant to promote autocracy was not because no one really thought of such a system, but because the people's literacy at the time was not enough to support the implementation of such a system.

Zhang Yan was naturally prepared for this.

"Well, it won't be split too finely in the early stage, it must be enough."

"Kuai Qi, it's good that you can think of this, but have you ever thought that when the positions are subdivided, we no longer need such high-level scholars to take up corresponding positions, as if the talents of Jiuqing are no better than Sangong, But can he fulfill the duties of Jiuqing very well?"

"Don't worry about doing it. There won't be too many problems in the first two years. After two years... Maybe the scholars in Wancheng won't be so rare?"

After explaining it quite confidently, Zhang Yan saw that Kuai Qi had no other problems with the official system in Wancheng, so he turned the topic back to the original census.

In fact, as a traveler with a large library in his hand, Zhang Yan planned from the very beginning to carry out preliminary education and other work in his own territory after developing Lujiang's productivity.

Even if there is no complete literacy as in the modern society in the future, but there is such a thing as a scholar, and Zhang Yan has always been open to all comers.

Compared with focusing his attention on the political system, the imminent census work obviously makes him more concerned.

Chapter 26 That's it

"Ye'er, how much money do we have now? I mean my own, not the Lujiang government's."

After casually asking Ye'er, Zhang Yan suddenly remembered that if a population census was to be conducted, it would not only be a matter of counting the population clearly, but he would also need to recompile the household registration register, which would not be a simple matter.

"Hmm... probably less than 2000 million."

"After deducting the owner's purchase of horses and some other expenses, there should only be more than 1000 million yuan left."

"On the contrary, the two government treasuries in Lujiang and Wancheng have a lot of stocks, whether it is assets or food, there is still some surplus."

On the other side, recalling the specific situation roughly, Ye'er replied in a low voice.

After she arrived in Lujiang yesterday, she didn't immediately relax like everyone else, but quickly devoted herself to her work.

You know, she is currently managing the properties under Zhang Yan's name, so even though she is just a maid, in the past few days, Ye'er has kept her feet on the ground, busy handling a lot of property transfers, and relocation work.

That's why she answered the specific number in almost no time to Zhang Yan's inquiry.

"okay, I get it."

"About 1000 million yuan should be enough. Anyway, in the short term, I don't have any big expenses. The military and urban construction expenses will be counted on the entire Lujiang River."

Nodding secretly, Zhang Yan gave Ye'er soft instructions.

"Ye'er, don't be in a hurry to deal with those wineries, restaurants and other industries that are used to make money these few days, first settle down the paper mill that we moved from Luoyang, and put it into production as soon as possible. "

"Lujiang is no better than Luoyang. At present, the use of paper in Lujiang has not been promoted on a large scale. Most poor people still use bamboo slips. This is too cumbersome, and it is not conducive to our subsequent data recording work."

"Later, I will pick a suitable address for you from near Wancheng. Even if I bought it from Wancheng with my own money, you should remember to distinguish my private treasury from the public treasury, so as not to confuse them."

"Afterwards, Kuai Qi, you will record all the data of this census on paper in triplicate. Except for the one for the people themselves, the remaining two will be edited according to the place of residence of the people. Use yellow paper as the cover, and store all of them in the government office in Lujiang."

"Remember, do a good job of preventing insects and rats in the storage place of the yellow book, and don't damage it easily."

In the last sentence, he turned his gaze to Kuai Qi in front of him. Zhang Yan didn’t want to spend so much effort to sort out the collected population data and finally record it with bamboo slips. That way the warehouse used to store the population data of the entire Lujiang River would be huge to an extremely large size. Exaggerated and to the point of being very inconvenient.

"Shua, Shua, Shua" wrote down a series of data categories that needed to be investigated, and Zhang Yan handed the paper full of writing to Kuai Qi.

……

"Name."

"gender."

"Birth date."

"Nation."

"Living."

"And current sources of income and average income?"

"Uh... my lord, why is this?"

After roughly scanning the paper that Zhang Yan handed him, Kuai Qi was a little surprised to find that the first few items recorded on the paper were nothing more than the things that needed to be recorded when the Han Dynasty checked the population in the past, and there was nothing special about him. Feel.

But when he saw the back, the source of income and income written in the plain text quickly attracted his attention.

"My lord, do we also need to check the jobs and approximate income of the common people?"

"But most of the people just farm the land for a living, and some of them exist as servants of the family. How to determine the income of these people?"

"This thing can't be checked..."

Scratching his head curiously, Kuai Qi was curious about the last two items recorded above.

"Well, it's definitely not sure, but if you can't check it, you have to check it. Just check it first and get a rough idea."

"All farmers will calculate an average data based on the approximate harvest of the disaster year and the bumper year and record it in the booklet. The servants and vagrants will be uniformly recorded as those with no income."

Zhang Yan responded with a smile.

You must know that the reason why the census is important is precisely because the rulers can have a direct understanding of the actual situation of the territory under their command through the data obtained from the census.

Perhaps in ancient times, this kind of understanding was only for the convenience of the rulers in taxation and corvee, but if you really want to determine something, then the two points of work and income are almost the most important besides the population size and structure.

Even if it is not a [-]% accurate data, as long as a small part of this data is true, then for Zhang Yan, this thing can also be of great help to his future arrangements.

What about the lack of artisans?

Search according to the yellow book, find the corresponding craftsman, and go to the other party's place of residence to recruit.

What about the lack of soldiers?

Search according to the yellow book, find a light and strong man of the right age, and ask him if he is willing to travel with him.

What should I do if I need to reclaim wasteland?

Search according to the yellow book, find the unemployed people in Wancheng, and organize them to go to the plain south of Lujiang River to reclaim wasteland.

It's that simple.

Perhaps in later generations, for reasons of personal privacy and security, many people like to randomly fill in their income and work during the census to prevent their personal information from being leaked.

But in this era when the residents are still somewhat ignorant, and in this era when the public's awareness of privacy has not yet awakened, apart from those aristocratic families, things like the Yellow Book can really bring great help to Zhang Yan's governance measures.

"Okay, if there are no other questions, Kuai Qi, you will be working in the original Wancheng county office during this period, and maintain the basic operation of Wancheng while checking the population. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Daily report on progress."

"So be it."

Waved his hand to make Kuai Qi return to his original position. Zhang Yan didn't know whether the other party could handle this matter. After all, he still had many details, such as the method of negotiating with the aristocratic family when checking the population, and some other things. Ask the other party.

But then again, if he wanted Kuai Qi to be trained, then he would naturally not be able to micro-manage everything, otherwise he would train Kuai Qi ass, it would be training himself.

What he needs is an assistant who can take charge of his own affairs and complete his tasks properly when his power expands in the future. It is not as simple as a clerk who follows the rules and plays tricks.

"My lord, I will definitely do my best!"

There was a trace of anticipation and excitement in his eyes, and Kuai Qi just sat back on his original seat holding the transfer order.

Chapter 27 It's Time

"haha okay."

"However, Kuai Qi, don't speak so harshly. You will definitely encounter many difficulties in the process of population investigation. You have to try to find a way to solve it yourself."

"If you need anything, whether it's manpower or finance, or even the cooperation of some Lujiang military forces, just come to me."

Giving instructions to Kuai Qi, Zhang Yan can be sure that there will definitely be considerable difficulties in the process of population survey, and the resistance Kuai Qi encounters will definitely not be so small.

According to Zhang Yan's idea, he will first use Wancheng as a pilot to thoroughly investigate the population of Wancheng.After that, when those minor officials of the Civil Affairs Bureau became familiar with the method of counting the population, he could start to consider spreading this method throughout the entire Lujiang River.

It is true that in this process, factors such as lack of manpower and obstacles from aristocratic families will limit the progress of the census, but in the same way, to solve the problems of manpower and aristocratic families, Zhang Yan has to carry out popular education first.

The premise of carrying out universal education is to check the population under one's command. This is a cycle, and someone must act with multiple pressures first, so that the whole cycle can continue to change in a good direction.

Fortunately, up to now, Zhang Yan doesn't have any cards in his hands. Compared with those prefects in other places in the Eastern Han Dynasty, at least he still has [-] soldiers who are loyal to him. At the same time, the largest family in Wancheng The Qiao family is still his in-laws, so when he executes the government order, the Qiao family will definitely not take the lead in making trouble.

The conditions for the census are ripe, and the rest depends on Kuai Qi's personal ability.

In fact, it seems that this method of counting the population with soldiers and literati was used by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty more than 1000 years later. Even later, when the new China was founded, the census was the most difficult During the period, it was also used as a magic weapon for the current rulers to implement administrative orders.

With the deterrence of these soldiers, the gentry in Lujiang will definitely not fall out with him on the surface. At most, they will hide some people in the name of having female relatives and try to evade taxes.

None of this is a big deal.

You must know that Zhang Yan’s reason for checking the population is that it is convenient for him to collect taxes, but more importantly, he wants to find out the specific distribution of the more than 50 people in Lujiang under his command, and at the same time figure out their approximate income and income. Profession.