When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 479 Different Tianjin

Just arrived in Tianjin.

Zisong felt something was different.

He looked around at the busy slaves in shackles, struggling with their hoes to dig deep and widen the river channels, and then add grass-wrapped mud embankments around some of the river channels.

Ships of earth and rocks brought from the north were piled at the estuary, and the estuary was raised by a river mouth to wash away sand to prevent the intrusion of sea tides.

As long as it is completed, the land near Tianjin will not have to worry about salinization due to seawater intrusion, and the sediment in the Haihe River Basin can be washed out of Tianjin and continue to expand the land eastward.

"Prince Song!" Seeing Zi Song coming, Qi Fang's elder Wei Shanzhou came over.

In the past six months, he had been arranged to stay in Tianjin by Xinqu. Xinqu had no intention of entertaining him at all, because in addition to suppressing the grassland tribes, he also surveyed and mapped most of the rivers in the Haihe River Basin, and then arranged for more than 10,000 manpower to be sent out separately. Part of the work began to excavate the main road from Tongzhou to Tianjin to prepare for the drainage of the swamps in the entire Beiping area.

He wanted to establish Peking within three years and later move the capital to Peking.

Although Changping is a place with an excellent geographical location, there is no way to take into account the development of both east and west.

Beiping is in a good location. Although most of it is now in a swamp, as long as it is developed, just the water conservancy construction during the construction process can simultaneously clear up large tracts of cultivated land.

Within five years, if we work hard to sort out the main roads of the entire Haihe River Basin, we will be able to accommodate a population of more than 300,000.

After that, productivity will increase again, and as long as the weather permits, the future will be limitless.

Of course, Xinqu would definitely not let the forces from the south easily see the relevant measures, and he would take this opportunity to ask the big businessmen in the south to give more resources.

"So how did you send someone to talk to? Did your tone come out?"

Zisong was a little surprised when he saw the mounds and dams being excavated and thousands of people working at the same time.

But when you see the taro vermicelli hanging nearby and all kinds of dried bacon, you can also feel the difference of Xin's.

"The Xin family is short of people and is buying slaves from all over the north and south." Wei Shanzhou thought for a while and said to Zi Song.

"How lacking?"

"I asked about it, and the Xin family said that if Qi Fang can directly provide five thousand young slaves, he can negotiate immediately." Wei Shanzhou said this.

Zisong's cheeks twitched twice: "Five thousand! You are really not polite at all!"

Five thousand young and strong slaves are enough to create a large public clan.

In the past, merchants from Dayi often went on foreign expeditions for three years and could only bring back 5,000 slaves, including old, weak, women and children.

"Send someone to deliver a letter to the Youxin family, saying that I am here in person. I am here to confer Yan Fang on him and ask him to be the Northern Bo of Dayi Shang."

After Zisong finished speaking, Wei Shanzhou's eyes widened: "Yan Fang? Uncle Bei?"

"Well, there is no doubt about his strength. Last time, the king was fooled by the Zhuo family, so giving him the position of Bei Bo this time can be regarded as compensation."

Zisong just said compensation, but did not admit his mistake. Then he looked at Lu's father and Xin Bing who were arriving behind him: "Take them with you too."

Wei Shanzhou knew Lu’s father, but not Xin Bing.

But it seems that he can be brought here, probably because he is someone who communicates with the Xin family.

Thinking of this, he agreed, and then reminded Zisong: "Prince Song, our range of activities around Tianjin County where the Xin family is located is only twenty miles on both sides of the Zhigu River. We cannot exceed this area, otherwise there will be Xin The family will arrest people to work.

If you really want to travel around, you need to enter Tianjin County and ask the local county magistrate to apply for road guidance. "

"Lu Yin? What is that?"

"You Xin's new system." Wei Shanzhou explained, "After Xin's return from the Western Expedition, in order to solve the development problems of various places, he ordered the establishment of localities into counties, towns, and villages.

Everyone is included in the household registration management.

The chief officials of the county are the county magistrate, county magistrate, and county lieutenant.

The county magistrate is in charge of government and finance, the county prime minister is in charge of punishment, and the county lieutenant is in charge of military affairs.

Then there are nine housekeepers, including officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, workers, farmers, merchants and doctors.

County magistrates are directly in charge of officials and farmers.

The county magistrate is directly in charge of rituals, punishments and business.

The county captain is directly in charge of military medicine.

Among them, there are several elders from the center of the Xin family, namely, Zhongzai is in charge of the county officials’ houses, Situ is in charge of the household houses in the counties, Zongbo is in charge of the ceremonial houses in the counties, Sima is in charge of the military houses in the counties, Sikou is in charge of the execution rooms in the counties, and Sikong is in charge of the houses. County Gongfang, Sinong oversees all county farmhouses, and Dianke oversees all counties' commercial buildings.

In other words, the counties must cooperate with the county magistrate, county magistrate, and county captain to govern the local area, and at the same time, they must cooperate with the central government to report local conditions and coordinate relationships between superiors and subordinates. Then there are the township leaders: the township chief and the town chief.

Among them, the township is a clan title, and the subordinates are responsible for the three retainers of the village chief, the Baochang, and the capture chief. The township chief can report for canonization and is allowed to be replaced. If the governance ability is good, the central committee can be simplified.

The town is under the supervision of the county, with the head of the square, the head of the pavilion, and the police chief.

These three, including the town mayor, can be directly appointed and adjusted by the county magistrate who supervises the local officials.

As for these nine housekeepers, they were transferred from the central government, and it is said that they were obtained through examinations.

We don’t know exactly how it will be implemented. We just heard that most of the officials this time were directly transferred from Changping School.

Many are teenagers.

Then there is the village commune. The village chief is a clan who is autonomous, while the president is selected and recommended by the three elders among the common people, and then canonized by the county magistrate.

Through this method, Youxin added four new counties: Fangshan, Beiping, Tongxian, and Tianjin on the basis of Changping, Yingyang, Luanping, and Zunhua, and arranged for the ministers who had contributed to the expedition.

However, most of them are agents, and they need to wait until the end of this year, after the initial completion of local zoning, before conducting merit-based rewards.

It is for this reason that we still don’t know who has the real power of the Xin family and who is the marginalized.

The Xin family was only concerned with military merit, which resulted in the elderly people without much motivation having to passively accept the rewards of the Xin family's return from the Western Expedition.

That is to say, too many supplies were mobilized this time, and the noble elders needed to be appeased.

As long as you participate in the deployment this time, those who are more will be rewarded more, and those who are less will be rewarded less. Even if they are not given, they will be given a first-level title. "

"Is there really someone who refuses to give?" Zisong was a little surprised. He also talked with Lu's father and others on the way, and generally heard about the Xin family's system. Among them, he remembered that one of them was to donate money to be promoted.

As long as you provide enough food, you can get a title promotion.

No matter how greedy these elders are, they won't go against the Xin family.

"There are indeed a few, but the Xin family opened the grain store and opened a channel for donating titles and treasury bonds with discounts.

I heard that if you donate more than ten bags to a hundred bags, no matter how much you donate, you will get 10% of the donation.

For example, if you donate ten bags, the plan will be eleven bags. If you donate a hundred bags, the plan will be one hundred and ten bags.

Going up, the maximum cap is 5,000 bags. If you donate 5,000 bags, it will be counted as 7,500 bags.

Then there's the national debt.

In order to solve the possible food shortage this year due to the increase in the slave population, the Xin family issued three levels of bonds.

One-year period: Buy a bond with a bag of grain. After one year, the principal and interest will be increased by one yuan, and you will be given back a bag of one kilogram.

Three-year period: After three years, I will return you a bag and a half.

Five-year period: Two bags will be returned to you after five years.

And Mr. Xin admitted that this bond can be used to offset the donation of the title.

If you don't want to transport it back after it expires, just take it directly to the Grain Store, and the Grain Store will include it in your title promotion.

Everything is clearly marked with a price, and the entire Xin family's food and grass are included in the Xin family's treasury, just like an endless supply.

After all, given this benefit this time, the Xin family said that within the next three years, it would be time for the clan to be enfeoffed.

After three years, these rules will be stopped, and in the next three years, the frequency of wars involving the Xin family will be reduced, and they will not be fought if possible.

Therefore, the only way to be promoted in the entire Xin clan was through farming and donating. "

Zisong's eyes widened, and he felt as if he were listening to a book from heaven: "You have said so much, but I can't understand a few of it. You can arrange for someone to explain it to me later, but you should go ahead and do the things I just told you. "

"Yes." Wei Shanzhou didn't object.

As soon as he left, Zisong rubbed his brows and said, "I can finally see it. No wonder Xun keeps saying that Youxin is a monster. Everyone else wants to pay tribute, but he asked for donations. Listening to Wei Shanzhou, The locals are really willing to donate money for the title!

It seems that the Xin family's title system must be unusual. I still need to find someone to investigate and understand it better. "

　A new volume begins with Pan Geng's move to Yin.

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