Dahan first prince

Chapter 77 Isn't there enough people?

Hearing Yang Chengyan's claim number, all the officials in the hall couldn't help looking at Liu Ying.

After making sure that Liu Ying didn't show the slightest displeasure, and thanked Yang Chengyan, Baiguan finally put his heart back in his stomach.

Now, there is no closure of the country, only people with official positions, and there are standards for reference.

——Yangcheng Yan ranks in the Jiuqing, with 160 stones in the rank, and [-] stones per year.

There are 17 stones in Yangcheng Yanzhong, and 15 slaves were sent out. For officials who have not sealed the country, two thousand stones, compared with [-] stones, cannot be much different from Yangcheng Yanzhong. About [-] people should be the most appropriate.

Qianshi is directly halved, eight to ten people who are capable, and six or seven people who are not capable are enough.

As for six hundred shi or even less than [-] shi, according to one's own situation, it is enough to send out a few people to show their attitude.

For such a reasonable claim ratio, all the officials in the palace naturally readily accepted it.

——Which family does not have three or five private slaves who can enter the court as an official?
You must know that even in today's Han Dynasty, there is still a rigid standard of "those with less than [-] wealth are not allowed to be officials"!
Even a 'family fortune of [-]' is only the minimum standard for being an official!
Specifically, officials who can enter the court and appear on today's court meeting, let alone take three or five slaves out to do labor for a few months, even if they send three or five slaves to Liu Ying, they will at most bite Teeth thing.

He secretly calculated how many private slaves he should produce, and after roughly calculating the corresponding number, doubts emerged again in the eyes of everyone in the hall.

It's the same problem as before.

——According to the references made by Xiao He and Yang Chengyan for Gonghou and courtiers respectively, Gonghou and courtiers alone are not enough to gather 3 people!

You must know that so far, all the Chehous granted by the Han Dynasty, and their food towns together, total more than 20 households!

According to Xiao He's personal standard of "every [-] households in the town, one hundred and twenty slaves" as a reference, even those meritorious princes who have already gone out with the army will be claimed by their nephews, and the entire meritorious class can only claim [-]. About five hundred places.

As for officials, let alone.

——Yang Chengyan is a Jiuqing, and there are only 17 stones in Zhilu, and there are only [-] people!

According to this standard, even if all the officials in Chang'an claim their quota according to their official positions, they can claim more than 1000 at most.

Calculated in this way, if the meritorious officials and officials are added together, there will be less than 4000 people, which happens to be a gap in the labor force—one-seventh of the 8000 people...
"This······"

Looking up suspiciously, the courtiers and officials looked at Liu Ying, and couldn't help but put a little prayer in their eyes.

"In addition to the private slaves at home, I'm afraid I have to become a monk for money and gold..."

"I don't know how much it will cost..."

Thinking secretly, all the officials in the hall couldn't help but raised their heads resolutely, and looked into Liu Ying's eyes, but there was still no dissatisfaction.

If it is because of other things that Hou Baiguan is required to contribute money and people for no reason, then it is naturally whimsical.

But this time, things are clearly different.

——Being a private slave in the house, and even paying money and food to repair the Zheng Guoqu, not only can you win fame and political prestige for everyone, but the most important thing is: you can get the opportunity to invest in the prince Liu Ying!

And it's not icing on the cake, but an investment in the nature of giving charcoal in the snow!
And throughout the ages, the achievements of Dragon and Li have always been the investment with the highest rate of return and the largest return...
Thinking like this, all the officials in the palace looked at Liu Ying with a hint of determination.

——Let’s talk at home!
——As long as it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones, then cut some meat, I gritted my teeth and cut it!

I don't know if she saw the determination on Baiguan's face, Liu Ying just smiled for no reason, and looked at Yang Chengyan calmly.

"There is one more thing, I have a lonely desire to ask Yu Shaofu."

"Just now, I heard from the Shaofu that the blockage of the Zhengguo Canal seems to be due to the accumulation of sand?"

"And if the counties and people along the coast widen the channels, the water flow will slow down and the sediment will accumulate even more?"

Seeing Liu Ying's inexplicable question, even though the people in the hall didn't know much about hydraulic engineering, they couldn't help turning their heads to look at Shaofu Yangchengyan.

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan only nodded, and Liu Ying finally asked again with a puzzled face.

"There is one place that I don't understand."

"The water of Zhengguo Canal is imported from Jingshui."

"A few years ago, I personally went to Jingshui, and saw that although the water of Jingshui was not clear to the bottom, there was not much sediment."

"Dare to ask the Shaofu to teach me: where does the silt blocking the Zhengguo Canal come from?"

Speaking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but frown.

"Could it be that there are rebellious officials and thieves hiding in Guanzhong, destroying the canal secretly, or throwing sand and dust into the Zhengguo canal to block its way?"

Seeing Liu Ying's eyes that had turned fierce within a short while, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but hastily cupped his hands.

"That's not the case, it's not the case..."

Yang Chengyan heaved a sigh of relief when the fierceness in Liu Ying's eyes faded and he returned to his slightly puzzled look.

"As soon as you ask at home, the minister should know everything."

"The water of the Zhengguo Canal is drawn from Jingshui, and there is no much sediment in the first place."

"And the sediment that blocks the Zhengguo Canal mostly comes from the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal, where the water flow is fast flowing down the river, and sinks to the bottom where the water flow is slow downstream."

As he said that, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but cleared his throat a little: "Everyone knows: water flows downhill."

"In all water canals, the upstream is high and the downstream is low; the same is true for the Zhengguo Canal."

"However, for many years, the Zhengguo Canal has not been repaired, and the high places upstream, the soil at the bottom of the canal is mostly washed away by water, and the lower it is."

"The downstream is low, and the sediment accumulation from the upstream, the higher it is."

"One has ebbed and flowed for many years, the lower the high point of the upstream, the higher the low point of the downstream, and the closer the difference between the upstream and downstream, the slower the water flow."

"The slower the water flow, the more sediment will accumulate downstream. In addition, the channel was widened by the local officials, which made the Zhengguo Canal's water slower and more blocked."

Speaking of this, Yang Chengyan was afraid that Liu Ying would not understand, and added: "Take this as an example of renovating the Zhengguo Canal at home."

"If you dig the silt at the bottom of the canal, the canal is upstream, but there is no need to dig it, and you may have to fill it with soil for several feet."

"However, if you go downstream, you may dig eight feet deep..."

Listening to Yang Chengyan's explanation, Liu Yingzong knew the matter well, and couldn't help but pretend to be entangled.

"The soil in the upper reaches, because the water rolls to the lower reaches, and blocks the river..."

With a slightly deliberate 'talk to herself', Liu Ying couldn't help looking at Yang Chengyan again.

"There is no solution to this matter?"

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan shook his head helplessly.

"There is no other way."

"We have to dig out the silt in the downstream every year, and fill the soil in the upstream every three years."

Hearing Yang Chengyan said the words 'there is no other way', Liu Ying finally had a faint smile on his lips.

——The smile of a successful conspiracy!

(End of this chapter)