Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 47
Zouping.

Qingyang Villa.

In the side hall, Qin Qiong and Luo Feng were holding teacups, a little absent-minded.

Qin Qiong originally wanted to ask about Zhi Shilang face to face, but now that his relatives have passed away, it is not easy to ask at this time.

Wang Bo blew on the tea and said, "Shubao, I heard that you are very popular under Duke Rong of Dengzhou. You are Li Xinwei from the ninth rank."

"I just came to look at you handsomely, and invited me to take a break. In fact, I'm still just an unemployed soldier." Qin Qiong said.

After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, a detailed system of official titles was established, including official titles, casual ranks, honors, and titles.

The highest rank of scattered officials is the special promotion of the second rank, and the doctors from the second rank to the fourth rank.In addition, a total of sixteen ranks of scattered officials were set up from the sixth to the ninth ranks, including eight ranks of Balang and eight lieutenants, and eleven ranks of honors such as Kaifuyi Tong Sansi to Dudu.

In the third year of Daye, the official system was changed, and the ranks were reorganized. Tejin, Hachiro, Bawei, and Shishi were abolished, and the provincial court officials were merged.

Li Xinwei is the lowest level of Sanji, starting from the ninth rank.

The Sanjie in the Sui Dynasty is somewhat different from the Sanjie in the later Tang Dynasty. First of all, there are no separate civil and military Sanjie, and the rule that there must be a rank before a job has not been implemented.

Therefore, the Sanjie in the Sui Dynasty is actually equivalent to a professional title, such as chief clerk, who is a director at the level, but in fact he is still a clerk without a position.

Qin Qiong was a private guard soldier from the ninth rank, but became a gang leader who didn't even have a formal rank.Among the soldiers in the government, at least one must be a team deputy to have a rank.

But just being a gang leader has already obtained the Dispersed Ninth Rank, which really proves that Qin Qiong is valued by Lai Huer.

"Shubao, I was also in the army back then. I didn't have such good skills and luck at your age. I was in the army for ten years, and when I was 30 years old, I fought several tough battles. It took my life to fight back. From the ninth rank, he quit the army because of his injuries, and went to Qi County to be a jailer. After another ten years, he joined the army as a seventh-rank facao, but later he was sent to prison due to a lawsuit, and almost died. lost."

Wang Bo sighed, "Seeing you young people, I can't help but feel that I am really old. There are talented people coming out of generations, and each generation is better than the next."

"Brother Wang was joking, how can we compare with people of your generation. Although life has ups and downs, don't we all make a comeback? Look at the scale of Qingyang Villa, and Brother Wang is so respected in the village. This is really a good life that makes people enviable." Luo Feng said on the side.

Speaking of it, he really admires Wang Bo in his heart, he is indeed capable, and he has worked hard to get to where he is today.

"What's the matter with Dongshan, it's just dawdling, and it's getting worse and worse. I think back when the first emperor was there, the world was peaceful in those years when Emperor Renshou was established, and the people's lives can go on, even though the imperial household registration is checked. Strict, the rent adjustment is tight, but at least there are rules."

"But you said that since the emperor took over the throne, he has been determined to create a great cause, but we little people have suffered a lot. The construction of the Eastern Capital, the construction of the North-South Canal, the construction of the Yulin Great Wall, and the opening of the Western Regions, and now Conquering Goguryeo in the east, one does not wait for one, but it will suffer for the common people."

Speaking of the Emperor Daye, Wang Bo was really dissatisfied for a long time, and he couldn't help but speak directly to Qin Qiong, a soldier in the government.

"In the past few years, the government has recruited strong men to serve in the military every year. Originally, the system was to serve free of charge for up to 20 days a year, and the rent could be reduced or exempted if the excess was exceeded. Almost all of them served for more than three months last year, and even middle-aged men who were only 16 years old were drafted to serve.”

"The 14-year-old boy was called to the county government office to be a white man and a clothes errand, so the women were recruited to serve."

"But after serving so long, the government has reduced or exempted the rent transfer? No, they are all recruited as usual."

"When we talk about renting, we have to talk about another thing. Before the founding of the Sui Dynasty, according to the old rules of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the equalization of land was promoted, and the common people could be granted a hundred acres of land, and women and middle-aged men could also be granted half of the land. Even oxen and servants can be granted land."

"However, in recent years, cattle, slaves and maidservants have been unable to grant land, women have not been granted land, and middle-aged men have not been granted land. Even adults have no land to grant."

"The land has not been granted, but the rent adjustment is still indispensable. Nowadays, there are several families who have really granted enough land, and even more and more families have no land to cultivate at all, and they are all farming the land of the officials and nobles. .The land of the noble officials' homes is full of fields, but the poor have no place to stand."

"The imperial court said that they wanted to conquer Goguryeo, so they let rich families in the world raise horses. If I, Wang Bolue, have some assets, the government will allocate ten horses to me, and they must be war horses. Now that the price of horses is soaring, I have to buy them and spend a lot of money to get them from outside the customs. I bought back ten good horses. These war horses are no better than draft horses. They usually need to be fed with concentrate. On average, a horse costs thirty to forty guan. However, the government only gave me [-] yuan per horse, even half of the cost of buying the horse. No, let alone the usual cost of raising horses, isn’t this extortion and exploitation in disguise?”

"Also, I have already paid the full amount of rent every year, but the main rent is still not finished. During the first emperor's reign, the court let the local government set up community warehouses, and encouraged everyone to voluntarily store grain in the warehouses to prepare for the disaster year. Now, as for Daye, the Shecang was changed to the name of the warehouse, and the Shecang, which was originally presided over by the village, was reassigned to be managed by court officials."

"Even the voluntary payment of grain in the past has changed to collecting grain every year according to the wealth of the family and the amount of land. My Wang Bo household was assigned a first class, and the land class was also assigned a first class. The ninth class and the ninth class Waiting for the land, why should I, Wang Bo, have such a wealth of land and wealth that I should be assigned a first class, while many officials are ranked fourth or fifth class instead?"

Wang Bo became more and more angry when he said, "I, Wang Bo, have to pay a lot more in a year just for the food in the free warehouse. Even the food in the free warehouse is several times higher than the rent adjustment tax. Isn't this blood sucking?"

"A few days ago, I came to a new county town. I heard that he was also a veteran in the battlefield. As soon as he took office, he was in a hurry. He asked the counties to send food and soldiers. He wanted to train the county soldiers and catch thieves. Originally, this I also agree with catching thieves and thieves, but with this order, the county started all kinds of apportionment again, and those subordinates even took the opportunity to extort and ask for it. It seems that the autumn harvest is coming, and there are not many men left in the village. , Now even these young and old have to be summoned to the county town for training, isn’t this nonsense?”

Luo Feng said, "Yeah, the labor is heavy, the apportionment is too high, and the burden on the common people is heavy. Now the land is becoming more and more uneven. Not long ago, there were eighteen blue-faced ghosts rampaging in the counties, and now there is another Zhishiro , even more boldly, robbing food and tying people up, shaking the county and town."

"I think this Zhishilang is a good man. He has done what many people want to do. Youdao is that the government forces the people to rebel, and they have to rebel."

Qin Qiong smiled wryly.

"To tell the truth, Brother Wang, in fact, I came to see my brother today because this Zhishilang made a big fuss. Now the cable reports that my brother is this Zhishilang. I am here now, just to ask you face to face, and listen to your own words. , Brother Wang, tell me the truth, if you really want to be that Tomoshiro, you can just say it straight."

Wang Bo's face remained unchanged, his eyes fixed on Qin Qiong.

"Shubao, you are here to fetch my elder brother."

"Brother Wang, if I, Qin Qiong, came to take you today, then I would have brought the county soldiers, but I didn't. I came here just to know the truth."

Wang Bo's face remained unchanged.

"What are you going to do if I say yes, and what are you going to do if you're not?"

(End of this chapter)