lied to Kangxi

Chapter 384

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

After Yuzhu returned to Fuya from Juzizhou, he summoned Yang Sen, a Taoist of Changbaodao.

The entire Pianyuan Province is currently divided into four Taoist jurisdictions, namely Changbao Road, Hengyong Chen Road, Yuechang Road and Chenjing Road.

The status of the Tao is higher than that of the government, and the chief of the Tao is the Taoist, also known as the Taoist platform.

Roads can be roughly divided into four categories, namely: sub-patrol roads, sub-guard roads, military preparation roads, and special pipelines.

Among them, the Fen Xun Dao is subordinate to the Inspectorate, and the Fen Shou Dao is subordinate to the Bu Zheng Shi, and the lower ones are in charge of the government, state and county.

It is worth mentioning that, except for special cases, Bingbei Dao belongs to the title of guarding Dao or patrolling Dao and managing the military in the region.

As for the Yanfa Road, Grain Storage Road, Tea Horse Road, River Road, etc., they all belong to the professional field, and the following does not care about prefectures and counties.

In the early Qing Dynasty, both guarding the way and patrolling the way were in charge of the magistrate.However, their rank is the same as that of the magistrate, which is somewhat embarrassing.

Changbao Dao belongs to Fen Shou Dao and is subordinate to the chief envoy. It governs Changsha and Baoqing prefectures, and is also in charge of salt law and grain storage road.

In this era, local fiscal taxes and business taxes in Pianyuan Province were almost negligible, mainly land taxes and salt taxes.

Objectively speaking, Daoist Changbao is not one of the most lucrative officials in the province.

"Changbao Daoist, low-ranking Yang Sen, pay homage to Master Futai." After Yang Sen came in, he bowed to the ground in a very regular way, and saluted.

According to the rules in the officialdom, the fourth-rank Taoist has no seat when he meets the governor.

"Forget it, sit down. Come, let's serve tea." Yuzhu didn't play the official role, not only accepted the seat with a pleasant face, but also served tea.

Yang Sen knew that Yu Zhu was the third-class Marquis of Courage.

However, in the official arena, addressing the governor of a province by his title is equivalent to calling him an empty viscount.

In the officialdom, addressing issues is by no means a trivial matter, but a top priority.

Calling the wrong boss by the wrong name can lead to dismissal at least, or death at worst.

The title problem, in a word, must be addressed by the highest official position.Only when the official position is too small, will the title be deliberately honored.

If Yuzhu has the honorary title of "Prince Shaobao", Yang Sen said that Mr. Futai doesn't understand the rules, and must be renamed: Yu Gongbao.

Of course, the eunuchs in the palace are quite special.They call Yuzhu Yuhou, which is another set of logic to express closeness.

Yuzhu specially called Yang Sen to see him, naturally to ask about the situation of the grain reserves.

"Your way is also in charge of grain storage. I don't know how much grain is stored in various places?" Yuzhu asked Yang Sen very politely.

Yang Sen quickly got up, cupped his hands and said, "Master Huifutai, because of the three consecutive years of bumper harvests, Changsha Mansion alone has a grain storage of 17 shi. If you add the grain storage of Baoqing Mansion, it may exceed [-] shi." stone."

One stone is ten buckets, one bucket is ten liters, and one liter is about one catty eight taels.

Rice is the main food crop in Hunan.

Yuzhu calculated in his mind that the 17 shi of grain was about 60 million catties of rice.

In this era, the Green Battalion soldiers in non-wartime only eat two meals a day.That is, breakfast and dinner, not lunch.

When the troops are outside, they have three meals a day.

Due to the lack of meat and meat, the soldiers generally eat too much food, and they need to consume about four catties of food a day.

If [-] troops are dispatched, [-] jin of grain will be consumed a day.

However, this is only the consumption of soldiers.

The transportation loss on the road, depending on the distance of the road, is roughly five to thirty times.

It is about 700 miles from Changsha to Zhendao City (Phoenix Ancient City).

Based on Yuzhu's experience in leading troops to attack in the northwest, combined with the current situation of no officials and no corruption, the transportation on the road is at least ten times the loss.

In other words, when ten stones of grain were transported from Changsha to Zhendui City, the officers and soldiers could only eat one stone of grain in their mouths.

Of course, Yuzhu has broken away from the superficial level of military enthusiasts and advanced to the level of enthusiasts.

"Guidao, if you can transport grain by water and get as close to Zhendui City as possible, it will save a lot of trouble." Yu Zhu calmly made a delivery proposition.

When he was in the palace, Yuzhu had already agreed with Kangxi on the battle strategy, and transported troops and food by water as much as possible.

However, because the drawing technology of military maps is seriously behind the times, there is no definite answer to the direction of the various water systems in Pianyuan Province.

Yuzhu is a newcomer, so he doesn't know the details of Hunan, which is understandable.

Yang Sen has been an official in Hunan for more than ten years, and he is in charge of grain storage.He should know that transporting grain by water has the lowest cost and the highest efficiency.

During the Shunzhi Dynasty, Suhu was familiar, and the world was full.

After 40 years of Kangxi, it has become Huguangshu, and the world is full.

Today's Huguang area is already an authentic land of fish and rice!
"Master Hui Futai, in the past, most of the province's grain collection and storage was done by water. For example, from Sangzhi Xuanweisi to Lizhou, ships on the Lijiang River could be used to transport grain, and then through Dongting Lake is transported to the provincial capital. As for the two prefectures of Yuezhou and Changde, needless to say, they are on the edge of Dongting Lake, along the Xiangjiang River, and can directly reach the provincial capital. In addition, the Hengzhou and Yongzhou prefectures south of the provincial capital Xiangjiang, Leishui, and Xiaoshui can be used to transport grain by boat in places such as Guiyang, Guiyang, and Chenzhou." Yang Sen said in detail, and Yuzhu listened with gusto.

However, Yu Zhu was also waiting for Yang Sen to say no.

It was the old way to be obedient and listen to the sound, and to transport grain by water.

"However, since the predecessor Pan Fu took office, he forcibly changed the waterway transportation to land transportation. Alas, the loss of food on the road has reached an astonishing thirty-odd times."

Yu Zhu nodded, and took a deep look at Yang Sen, he was indeed talented and well-mannered.

Even though Pan Zongluo had been arrested, Yang Sen still did not utter harsh words, but pointed out the crux of the problem implicitly.

Such a big loss on the road, alas, Pan Zongluo is really greedy, much worse than the "drifting" that the Ming Dynasty sent food and salaries from the Jiaodong Peninsula to the Liaodong Peninsula!
However, in retrospect, after Pan Zongluo scraped the ground three feet, there was still so much food in storage.

It is conceivable that Huguang is familiar and the world is full, which is definitely not a false reputation.

Yuzhu has read a lot of history books, he is naturally very clear that even the Jinghu Lianglu area in the Northern Song Dynasty is still an undeveloped wild land.

"I don't know, is there a name for your way?" Yuzhu deliberately revealed the intention of wooing.

Yang Sen is also a sensible person. Seeing Yuzhu asking him for his name, he forcibly suppressed his joy, and answered with cupped hands: "Return to Fuzun, a lowly job and a humble Biao Mulin."

Yang Sen also changed his address, from Mr. Futai to Fuzun, who is more intimate.

According to the prevailing law in officialdom, the more distinctive the title of the boss, the closer the relationship.

"Oh, so it's old man Mulin." Yuzhu affectionately called Yang Sen's name, which meant that the relationship with Yang Sen had taken a big step forward.

Yang Sen was terribly frightened, even if he had grown hairs on his guts, he wouldn't dare to call himself Yu Zhu's brother.

"Fu Zun is too flattering, how can a humble class afford such a great blessing? To put it beyond one's duty, Fu Zun boss, why don't you call me Yang Mulin, a humble class?" Yang Sen's answer was very decent.

Not only guarding the duty of his subordinates, but also not embarrassing Yu Zhu.

Zhou Quan on the side couldn't help but secretly nodded, this Yang Daotai, even if he couldn't reach the level of exquisiteness, at least he was exquisite, right?
After the relationship is closer, it is convenient to talk about yourself.

After Yuzhu asked about the direction of the various water systems in Pianyuan Province, he left Yang Sen in Fuya to have lunch with him.

During the banquet, there were eight tours of wine and twenty dishes.

When everyone was chatting, it goes without saying that Yuzhu is the famous No. [-] scholar, and Zhou Quan, who was accompanying the guest, also said frankly that he is a matter of being a juror.

Under Zhou Quan's frequent invitations to drink, Yang Sen was half drunk, slightly smoked, and his palms began to sweat, but his mind was still clear.

"To tell you the truth, the next official was born as a top three Jinshi in the palace examination in the 28th year of Kangxi. Alas, he was not qualified to enter the common hall, distributed to the province, and started from the county magistrate. After more than [-] years, he finally made some progress. Xiaocheng, you can comfort your strict father and loving mother." Yang Sen was full of emotion.

On the surface, Yang Sen said that he was more satisfied.

In fact, it took him 22 years to mix up in the officialdom before he became a fourth-rank Taoist.

Basically, if there is no big backer in the court, Yang Sen's official career will come to an end, and it will be difficult to go up to the next level.

How should I put it, the unspoken rules of the Kangxi Dynasty, officials of the fourth grade and below, and children from poor families can barely climb up by relying on talent and hard work.

Similar to chief envoys and inspectors, this kind of provincial officials, except for special cases, must first be identified.

First discuss whether it is in the flag.Among them, the Manchurian Bannermen are the most important, followed by the Mongolian Bannermen, and the Hanjun Bannermen.

Among the Hanchens, the ones in Zhili have priority, and the Hanchens in Jiangnan are at the bottom.

In a word, there is a clear dividing line, that is, the time when the ancestors took refuge in the Qing Dynasty.It was early in the north and late in the south, and the degree of trust of the Qing court was also very different.

Yuzhu reckoned that Yang Sen was already [-]% drunk, so he asked him calmly, "If you're going to provide food for the march, can you be sure that the army will not go hungry?"

Food supply is the top priority when the army is on an expedition.

Chinese history spans thousands of years.

The wine table has always been the main battlefield for talking about business.

Things that cannot be done officially, when it comes to the wine table, as long as the sincerity given is satisfactory enough, there is nothing bureaucrats dare not do.

"Fu Zun, if I get things done, will I be rewarded?" Yang Sen also came to test Yuzhu's sincerity through his drunkenness.

After all, the army is out on an expedition, and if the food cannot be supplied, the consequences will be extremely serious.

Hey, at that time, the officials in charge of food will be the easiest to blame.

To put it bluntly, losing one's head is not trivial, and the wife and daughter are likely to be sold into a dirty place.

The most striking example is that Cao A borrowed the heads of innocent grain officials to appease the hungry army.

Yuzhu has always been very clear in his heart that his real overall situation is only in the capital.

The old fourteenth in history, sitting on an elite army of more than [-] warriors in the northwest, did not dare to rebel against the fourth.

It can be seen that the military power of the center is the key.

"Well, if you finish this matter well, I will definitely recommend you to the emperor as a supervisor, or even a feudal commander, and you will never lose your word."

What Yu Zhu wants is political achievement, what Yang Sen wants is promotion.

When two people have the same fundamental interests, the relationship is even stronger than that of a husband and wife.

How can we not hit it off?
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