please make me king

Chapter 1023 The Dilemma of King Qin

"Reporting to His Royal Highness Qin Wang, this is the roster of scholars from all over Shaanxi who came to participate in the imperial examination and the articles selected by Zheng Changli and me. Please read it!" Zhang Bojing hurried in with a large pile of policy theory test papers in his arms. .

"Okay, you put it there first, wait for me a moment!" Zhang Shun was painting there with his head down, and said without raising his head.

Seeing this, Gao Guiying hurriedly poured tea for Zhang Bojing, and was so frightened that he almost dropped all the rosters and articles in his hand on the ground.

"Okay, okay, why are you being polite when you come to me!" Zhang Shun tossed the pen in his hand helplessly, and reached into the basin next to him to wash the ink on his hands.

"The upper and lower levels are orderly, and there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority," Zhang Bojing couldn't help saying hastily upon hearing this.

"Okay, okay, just keep it in your heart!" Zhang Shun casually wiped the dry towel handed over by Gao Guiying, motioning Zhang Bojing to sit down and talk.

Gao Guiying, who originally followed Zhang Shun, has now been made a concubine, which can be regarded as Zhang Shun's confession to the rebels who were born in Yansui.

It's just that since then, Zhang Shun has less people around him who can wait on the left and right, and who can act as guards, which is very inconvenient.

And Gao Guiying liked to follow Zhang Shun around, but happened to have no maid under his command, so he moved here secretly.

It's just that since then, it has been hard for those who came to see Zhang Shun, and Zhang Bojing is one of the victims.

Zhang Shun shook his head helplessly, and there was nothing he could do.

He had no choice but to pick up the roster in front of him and look at it, only to find that there was no one familiar, so he had to give up.

By the way, Zhang asked Zhang Bojing, who was drinking tea respectfully, "Sir, Ding Changli and Zheng Changli, who do you think are the talents this time?"

Hearing this, Zhang Bojing couldn't help but said with embarrassment: "These few people's articles are quite smooth!"

While talking, he selected three or four articles and handed them to Zhang Shun for review.

Now Zhang Shun can understand classical Chinese articles at least a little bit. After reading it seriously, he couldn't help but frown: "Is this the best?"

"Look at these, even the sentences are not fluent, it's not as good as these few!" Zhang Bojing smiled wryly, and couldn't help but quickly picked out a few copies and handed them over.

Zhang Shun took it and simply flipped through it, suddenly dumbfounded.

It turns out that in this era, reading books off-the-job is beyond the reach of ordinary families.

However, it is even more difficult to go further on the basis of this full-time study.

In fact, the ability to ask questions, analyze problems, solve problems, and rigorous logical thinking are the most basic training in previous lives. For these people, there is almost no other way except to study other people's articles.

So the original "excellent" articles seem "rough" enough to Zhang Shun, but compared with these illogical and nonsensical articles, they are really "flowers".

"Could it be that the level of scholars who participated in the imperial examination is so poor?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but wondered.

"You can't say that if you don't talk, the main reason is that this time is relatively poor!" Zhang Bojing hesitated after hearing the words.

It turned out that because the rebel army had just occupied Shaanxi, the hearts of the people were not attached, and many "talented people" disdained to be with "thieves", so they didn't come to participate at all.

Although these "talented people" may not be very talented, at least the articles are better than these people.

Zhang Shun now understands how rare it is for those talents recruited by the big households in Heluo through Lu Weiqi's relationship last time.

Most of those people received a little training, and regardless of their actual ability, at least they understood official documents and basic official procedures, which was enough to serve as a county magistrate.

But now these people may not be qualified to serve as a civil servant.

"That's it!" Zhang Shun shook his head with a wry smile and said, "After recruiting, first distribute official document templates for them to imitate, and then teach them addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and then send them to the counties to listen to them!"

"Can this be done?" Zhang Bojing couldn't help hesitating when he heard the words.

"If you can't do it, you have to do it, it's better than nothing!" Zhang Shun shook his head and said, "Let me tell you the truth, Mr. Zhang!"

"Nowadays the rebels come out to occupy outside the state capital on the surface, but in fact there is a serious shortage of manpower in the county."

"One cannot collect taxes in a timely manner, two cannot maintain local order, and three cannot provide relevant information."

"Many strong men occupy the mountain and become kings, causing disasters to one side, and the rebel army cannot control it."

"If things go on like this, not only will the people suffer, but the rebel army will also be like a grasshopper without roots!"

"So, no matter what happens, the first priority is to restore order everywhere!"

Zhang Bojing was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately understood what was going on.

It turned out that the rebel army was just putting on airs in Henan Province. As for Nanyang and Ruzhou, which were later occupied, they were basically under military control.

If the normal process is followed, it is estimated that in a year and a half, after the rebel army stabilizes the situation in these two places, they will be able to select and dispatch officials to manage normally.

As a result, no one expected that Zhang Shun would suddenly "swallow the elephant" and eat the three towns and four towns in Shaanxi in one go.

In addition to the border towns that are mainly for military purposes, the Shaanxi Chief and Envoy Division has eight prefectures and two prefectures.

The manpower brought by Zhang Shun could not be distributed to the county level, but it is considered a good skill for him to manage the eight prefectures and two prefectures.

In fact, just as Zhang Bojing expected, only Lu Weiqi under Zhang Shun's command could barely control Shanxi Mansion with the help of Zhang Luxuan, Dong Duxing, Li Jiqi, Shizuo, Wen Tingyan, Zhang Shifan and others he brought with him.

As for the other prefectures, they can only be guarded by the generals of the rebel army for the time being.

The two were chatting here when Gao Guiying came to report: "Mr. Lu is here!"

"Oh?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but hastily responded when he heard the words, "Quickly invite him in!"

As soon as Zhang Shun finished speaking, Lu Weiqi hurried in after a while.

"King Shun." Lu Weiqi hurriedly called out, but seeing Zhang Bojing beside him, he couldn't help but shut up.

"It's okay, Mr. Zhang is not an outsider, Mr. Lu" has something to say, but it's okay to say it! "

"Reporting to King Shun, we have worked hard this time in the Xi'an Mansion, and just expropriated more than [-] shi of grain, which is far from enough for the rebel army!" Lu Weiqi hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, and finally decided to tell the truth.

"More than two hundred thousand stones?" Zhang Shun couldn't help being stunned, "How come there are so few?"

"Firstly, due to natural and man-made disasters, Shaanxi has suffered for a long time; secondly, there is a shortage of manpower, and the food collection is much lower than before."

"Thirdly, the tax in Shaanxi is not high at all, and the summer grain is only [-] shi. Among them, Xi'an Prefecture is the main one, and other prefectures are supplemented."

The more Lu Weiqi spoke, the lower his voice, but luckily Zhang Shun understood what was going on.

The feeling is that the tax in Shaanxi Province is about one million shi, about [-] shi for summer grain and more than [-] shi for autumn grain.

As the core of Shaanxi, Xi'an Prefecture has a tax of more than [-] shi.

As a result, because the rebels were short of manpower, it would be considered good if they could collect two hundred thousand shi now.

But with this little food and grass, where is it enough?
In terms of minimum guarantees, there are almost [-] to [-] people in the three borders and four towns of Daming, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Shaanxi.

Based on the total of [-] people, the ration alone is nearly one million shi a year, and [-] to [-] shi are needed every month.

The [-] stones are only three months old, how can they be used?

But now the towns of Yansui, Gansu, Ningxia, Guyuan, Lintao and other towns are all waiting to be fed, ready to eat their own rice.

What can I do?

(End of this chapter)