Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 202 0197 [Big Data Governing the People]

The gate of the state government is very majestic, and through the gate is the Yimen.

There are two clerks working in Yimen, which is equivalent to the reception room of the municipal government.At the same time, various officials are also at Yimen, waiting for the officials inside to summon them at any time.

The rooms on both sides of the Yimen Gate are the various departments of the municipal government, including the Qian Office, the Minister's Treasury, the Military Assets Treasury, the Judiciary, the Kaikai Division, the Kejiang Division, the Money Treasury, the Office, the Jiazhan Treasury, and so on.

Behind Yimen is the main hall, the so-called Yamen lobby.

Ju Ming is now standing between the Yimen Gate and the main hall, with corridors, flower beds, and green plants on both sides.

There is also a pavilion called "Jieshi Pavilion".

There is a Jieshi in the pavilion, engraved with sixteen characters: Er Lu, Er Lu, Min Ao Min Zhi.The people are easy to abuse, but the heavens are hard to bully.

Zhu Ming pointed to the ring stone and asked, "Does Yao observe it?"

Yao Guangshu cupped his hands towards the west: "Emperor Taizong's precepts, officials all over the world should abide by them from generation to generation."

Zhu Ming said: "I heard this admonition from Meng Chang, the puppet emperor of Later Shu. At the beginning of his succession, Meng Chang made great efforts to govern, governed benevolently and loved the people. After being emperor for a long time, he became arrogant, extravagant and lustful, and regarded the people like dogs and horses. In the end, the army was defeated and the country was destroyed. Qian The case of the Sun family, Yao Guan, can finish the trial in one night, do you still remember the sixteen-character admonition?"

Yao Guangshu said: "Your salary is your salary, and the people anoint the people. Gentlemen are also people, so remember it in the next moment."

"Very good, Yao observes a good idea!" Zhu Ming laughed angrily.

Too lazy to talk nonsense with this person, Zhu Ming walked through the main hall, came to the door of the bathroom, and called, "Come here!"

An official came rushing over and said humbly, "Please order from the eunuch."

Zhu Ming pointed to the plaque in the bathroom: "Turn the plaque over, engrave 'Minzhitang' on the back, and hang it again."

The toilet hall is a temporary resting place for Zhizhou, and the name can be chosen at will. Those who like self-cultivation are called Qingxintang, those who like majesty are called Zuoxiaotang, and so on.

I don't know which Puzhou magistrate changed the toilet hall to "Wuyou hall".

Ju Ming looked very upset. He wanted to change his name the first time he saw it. What kind of official do you want to be without worry?

"Yes!"

Most of the officials in the state government are former students of the Li family in Puzhou, and the same is true of the official in front of him.

He was respectful and diligent when facing Ju Ming, and he immediately arranged for someone to re-engrave the plaque.

But soon he came to Yimen again, summoned a soap official, and whispered: "Go and tell Li Taigong that Zhizhou has changed the Biantang into Minzhitang."

Every move of Zhu Ming is under the surveillance of the Li family in Puzhou.

Further inside is Huangtang, the main hall of the prefectural yamen house, which is the daily office of Zhizhou.

Passing through the yellow hall is the real inner house, pavilions, rockeries, lotus ponds, corridors, pavilions... what a beautiful garden scenery.

All the servants of the former Zhizhou have been taken away or sold, leaving only a few old servants who are responsible for pruning flowers and trees and cleaning.

Although those old servants looked pitiful, Zhu Ming didn't want to stay.He allowed the Li family to set up eyeliner in the outer office, but the inner house did not allow people of unknown origin, what if there was arson and poisoning?

Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng: "Send all these old servants to the Nursing Home and ask the Nursing Home to take them in. You take Yang Pu to hire some maids, gardeners, cooks, and fire maids. You must He is an innocent person, and there must be at least three neighbors as guarantors."

"I know it's great!" Bai Sheng went to work immediately.

In addition to getting a double salary, Zhu Ming now also has Zhizhou's living allowance (additional money), which is [-] yuan per month.

There are also ten hectares of land for employment. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, there was real land. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, it was occupied by landlords, and it was often converted into money and distributed.

When he left Beijing to take up his post, he was given eight shi rice, twelve shi wheat, eight sheep, and four horses at one time.It can be received in kind or converted into money.

There are also eight additional attendants, and the imperial court is responsible for paying wages, and each attendant can receive two stones of monthly rations.

None of the above is Ju Ming’s official salary!
In the Song Dynasty, high salaries were used to support honesty. Although it was useless, honest officials could really live a good life.

Zheng Yuanyi was wandering around the back house with her maid Miaomiao and two female sumo wrestlers.Seeing Ju Ming coming, she smiled and said, "This place is very good, but there are no friends to play with."

Zhu Ming said: "Tian Tongpan also brought his family to the post. His girl is about the same age as you, so you can go shopping and burn incense. When the cook comes back, invite Tian Tongpan's family to come and get to know his family. .”

"That's great." Zheng Yuanyi said happily.

Tian Ruyong must be a corrupt official, but for the time being, he can join forces to fight against the Li family in Puzhou.

The two brothers of the Li family were both Cai Jing's confidantes, and Li Xiaosheng even took charge of the Ministry of Punishment (his brother Li Xiaoshou died of illness a while ago).Zhu Ming and Tian Ruyong made the Li family miserable in Puzhou, the happier Prime Minister Zheng Juzhong would be.

After talking with Zheng Yuanyi for a while, Zhu Ming walked to Huangtang to work.

He asked Sihu to join the army, brought the basic information of Puzhou, and then checked the approximate household registration information.

Puzhou governs the four counties of Juancheng, Linpu, Fanxian and Leize, with a total of more than 64000 households.Among them, there are more than 39000 main households and more than 24000 customers, accounting for 37.5% of the total number of households.

The higher the proportion of customers, the more serious the land merger.

When Sihu joined the army, the officials only asked the officials to bring the materials of the past ten years. After reading and recording them, Zhu Ming went to the Hucao archives in person.

Many civil servants followed quietly, hiding outside the door and peeping.

It is normal for the newly appointed Zhizhou to check the files.But after reading the archives of the past ten years, it seems rather weird to read the earlier ones.

The materials piled up like a mountain, and it was impossible for Zhu Ming to read them carefully, so he only asked the officials to find out the annual summary.

Zhu Ming wrote and drew on the paper, and several officials who were assisting with the work couldn't help looking at it curiously.I saw a bunch of crooked characters, and a cross pattern, with a curved line drawn in the upper right corner of the cross pattern.

Putting down the bamboo tube pen in his hand, Zhu Ming looked at the curve and began to analyze it in connection with the history of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the later period of Zhao Guangyi's reign, Puzhou's customers accounted for 27%, and then dropped to about 20%. (It's recuperation.)
After the war with the Liao Kingdom, the proportion of customers began to soar, rising to more than 30%.After the Tanyuan Alliance, the proportion of customers began to decline again, to about 26%. (These fluctuations are mainly due to the destruction of the war and the restoration of stability after the war.)
Then it rose sharply all the way, and reached its peak in the early stage of Wang Anshi's reform, with a maximum of more than 40%. (This is long-term stability, starting to intensify land annexation.)
From the beginning of Wang Anshi's reform until the Yuanfeng period, the proportion of customers fell to 24%. (This is because Wang Anshi's reform has achieved results, and the burden on the people has been reduced. At the same time, there are also reasons for the rebellion of thieves, who killed a large number of landlords and redistributed the land.)
But after Song Zhezong succeeded to the throne, the proportion of customers soared again.During the reign of Song Huizong, it became like riding a rocket. (The bonus period for the reform has passed, and the big households have started to annex land again. Song Huizong's excessive expropriation accelerated the speed of annexation.)
In fact, the land merger situation in Puzhou is relatively light in the entire Jingdong Road.

The Huaiyang Army (Dingtao) in the south is called crazy, with customers accounting for more than 60%.In other words, more than [-]% of household registrations are dependent people without land.

Followed by Mizhou and Yunzhou, customers accounted for more than 50%.

Next, Ju Ming looked at the changes in the population and the number of acres.

Hehe, the number of people who need to bear taxes and labor is increasing, but the total number of acres in the whole prefecture has been decreasing.

At the same time, Zhu Ming discovered that Wang Anshi was really awesome. The 13-year average tax on Fangtian directly doubled the number of acres of land in Puzhou.

Looking at the whereabouts of money and food in Puzhou, one-third is sent to Tokyo, and two-thirds are sent to Hebei.

Zhu Ming suddenly realized that the reason why there are many thieves on Jingdong Road is not only because of being sucked by Tokyo, but also because of being dragged down by the Hebei front line.It is necessary to support both the capital and the frontier army!

For three whole days, Ju Ming was flipping through archives, and then produced a large number of tables and graphics.

Huang Guinian was exhausted from the trial, so he took time to chat with Zhu Ming.

Seeing those weird symbols, Huang Yaoshi couldn't help but ask, "What's this word?"

Zhu Ming asked back: "The government ordered the establishment of arithmetic schools in all states, and also published the "Zhu's Mathematical Classics". Didn't Brother De Shao read it?"

Huang Guinian shook his head: "I have never read "Zhu's Calculation Classics."

Zhu Ming didn't explain it verbally, but wrote the corresponding Chinese characters next to the Arabic numerals.

Comparing the Chinese characters and numbers, Huang Guinian was able to understand the tables gradually, and then he understood the graphs and curves, and said excitedly: "The prefect's method is very clever, it simplifies the complicated, and it is clear at a glance!"

Zhu Ming said, "Brother De Shao, please read the notes."

Next to several key data, Zhu Ming made text annotations through the records of the state.

Huang Guinian didn't understand it at first, but after comparing the data and events repeatedly, he said in horror: "The thieves are going to flock again!"

Zhu Ming said: "The thieves have already sprung up, but it has not yet become a climate. It only takes a natural and man-made disaster, and the number of thieves will inevitably increase sharply, and there will be killings of officials and robbing cities."

The Liangshan Uprising in the novel is actually an artistic processing of the uprisings in Shandong and Hebei in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

Song Jiang's gang is a forerunner, and its scale is small, with a total of only a few thousand people.

Later, there were Zhang Wanxian, Gao Tuoshan, Xu Jin and others. The total number of the uprising troops of these three men alone exceeded 45.There are also Liu Dalang, Jia Jin, Xu Dalang and others, all of which are around [-] to [-] in size, and there are many small rebels with more than [-] people.

The Tian Hu who was wiped out by Song Jiang in "Water Margin" was based on Zhang Di, the leader of the Hebei Rebel Army. He gathered hundreds of thousands of people, and the scale of the uprising was nearly a hundred times that of Song Jiang.

Zhu Ming pointed to the graph and said: "The higher the proportion of customers, the more serious the land acquisition. You can see from this curve that when the proportion exceeds 30%, the number of thieves increases. The official records only have the word 'starting thieves'. The proportion If it exceeds 35%, if you suffer heavy donations and heavy labor or natural disasters, the official record will become "the crowd of thieves". The magistrate and supervisor of Puzhou were kidnapped by thieves, which happened when the proportion of customers exceeded 40%."

Huang Guinian compared the graphs and curves, the more he listened, the more startled he became, and at the same time he admired Ju Ming so much, he got up and bowed and said, "I have been taught, and if I become a local chief in the future, I will definitely use the eunuch's method to draw charts and charts! "

Ju Ming continued: "Situations vary from place to place and cannot be generalized. A place with prosperous business and industry must be able to accommodate a higher proportion of customers."

In the past, there was a Laiwu prison on Jingdong Road, and 80% of the customers there were.Because there are mines and mints there, and the place is still small, landless peasants can be converted into industrial and commercial population.

As for the Guangji Army (Dingtao), where customers accounted for more than 60%, the reason why there were no thieves everywhere was because the water transportation was developed there, and commodities from Hebei, Jingdong, and Huainan were all distributed there.In addition, the Guangji Army is also close to Yingtianfu (Shangqiu) in Nanjing, and official trade is also very prosperous.

Zhu Ming was still collecting other data, and Huang Yaoshi offered to help, asking for the meaning of various tables from time to time.

It was getting late, and Zhu Ming returned home after work: "Tomorrow evening, there will be a banquet at home. Brother De Shao can bring his family along."

"The eunuch invited me, I will definitely go." Huang Guinian said.

(End of this chapter)