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After Qian Weide called out most of the surviving people in Dahuaishufang and registered them, Mrs. Liu came back with tears on her face.

'Then the soldiers wouldn't bully Mrs. Liu, right? '

This was the first thought in Qian Weide's mind.

Then he saw the sergeant Wei following behind, carrying Erhu on his back, and saw Sister Liu looking dirty but neatly dressed, and thought it was impossible.

So when Mrs. Liu came over, Qian Weide asked: "Sister-in-law Liu, why are you crying? Could it be that the doctor can't cure the child's disease?"

"No." Mrs. Liu shook her head, then wiped her tears and said with a smile: "I'm happy - Wei Jun really arranged for a doctor to diagnose and administer medicine outside the workshop for free. Erhu has already seen the doctor and drank It’s time to take a dose of medicine. Look, Wei Jun’s doctor even ordered him to take medicine three times.”

While speaking, Mrs. Liu raised her right hand, and Qian Weide and others discovered that she was still holding three pills in her hand.

Dahuaishufang has more than a dozen alleys and was originally home to about 10,000 people. However, after experiencing two military disasters, especially the recent seizure of many young men and women by the slaves, Qian Weide relied on the reputation of his grocery store in the past to shout for more than an hour, and only two hundred people showed up. The remaining people.

These people are willing to come out. It is one thing that Qian and his son had a better reputation in the past. The most important thing is that many people are like Mrs. Liu, who cannot hide due to illness or lack of food.

In fact, I didn't believe much of the "good things" Qian Weide said about the Lei army.

Now after listening to Mrs. Liu's words and seeing her again, she did get the medicine. Everyone was surprised and couldn't help but start talking——

"Is it true that the Wei army gave out porridge and provided free medical diagnosis and medicine?"

"Sister-in-law Liu has brought the medicine back, it shouldn't be fake, right?"

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go get the porridge quickly, don't be late!"

"Let's go, let's go together!"

"···"

After saying a few words, many people spontaneously walked out of the alley to find the place where the Yi army was giving out porridge and relief.

"If you haven't registered yet, don't leave yet?" Qian Weide had already entered the role of Fangzheng at this time and shouted quickly when he saw this.

Fortunately, there were not many people who had not registered, and they all gave him a good reputation as the official appointed by Dawei, and stayed to register with him one after another...

What happened to Qian Weide and the people of Dahuaishufang's increased trust and change in attitude towards the Wei army were just a microcosm of Da'ei's semi-military management after taking over the capital.

Similar situations occurred throughout the inner and outer cities of the capital.

Liu Sheng knew that the worst management was better than no order. Therefore, on the second day after taking charge of the capital, Liu Sheng ordered that special matters be dealt with and a group of temporary grassroots officials were quickly appointed in the capital.

Da'ei's urban administrative organizational structure was initially established shortly after the capture of Ruyang City. After several changes, the system now is as follows.

The administrative levels from high to low are county (Fuguo County), Xiang, Fang, and Lane.

Fuguo County in big cities such as the capital was actually equivalent to the district in later generations.

The carriages correspond to the villages and towns outside the city. There is one chief of the eighth grade, one to three deputy chiefs of the eighth grade, one chief official, inspector, propaganda officer, and epidemic prevention officer each of the ninth grade. There is one dian farmer and one dian worker each.

It will also be equipped with 10 to 30 staff.

The allocation of officials in the subsequent squares and lanes is relatively simple.

The square is equivalent to the administrative village (brigade) in later generations. There is one chief of Jiupinfang, one to two deputy officers from Jiupinfang, and one picket, propaganda officer, and epidemic prevention officer from Ninth grade.

It is also equipped with 5 to 18 staff.

As for the Xiang, it is equivalent to the natural village (small team) in later generations. There is only one Xiangzheng, who is a non-official, including senior official, superior official, middle official and lower official (officials are divided into five levels, the last one is the academic official).

In actual operation, just like in Dahuaishufang, Wei Jun first found a few relatively reliable and capable people and granted them temporary chief, deputy and other positions.

Then use these people to call out other people in the village and register them so that the population can be counted more conveniently. As for some people who are not suitable to be officials in Dawei, what should be done - wait for them to work for a period of time, then those who are qualified will be promoted to regular posts, or even promoted; those who are not qualified can be demoted or dismissed.

Under the guidance and help of Wei Jun, and considering that the population was already small, the new management system of the capital was established very quickly. In just two or three days, a general report on the existing population of Beijing was submitted to Liu Sheng's imperial court. superior.

"There are only more than 80,000 people left?"

When Liu Sheng saw the most important number on the report, he couldn't help but sigh while frowning.

According to his understanding, the population of Beijing at the end of the Ming Dynasty was probably more than 800,000, if not more than one million like Nanjing. Because during the Jiajing period, Beijing had a population of six to seven million. During the Wanli period, the population exploded further, and there must be even more.

Even during the Chongzhen period, due to rising food prices and repeated epidemics, the population decreased, but there must have been more than 800,000.

After being hit by two military disasters in a row, the number dropped sharply tenfold!

This has to make people lament that military disasters are sometimes more terrifying than plagues and famines.

For example, Yangzhou in history originally had a population of about 800,000, but after the "Yangzhou Massacre", only a few dozen people survived, which is really sad.

After taking a closer look at the report, Liu Sheng discovered that the capital was not just experiencing a sharp decline in population - among the remaining 80,000 people, the proportion of young men and women was not large, only about 30 to 40 percent, and the remainder were mostly the elderly or children. .

Of course, this preliminary population census only covers the inner city, outer city and city walls of Beijing, and does not include villages further away.

According to reports from military and political officials who had contact with the people in the capital, during the military disaster caused by the withdrawal of the Shun Army from Beijing, many people fled, either hiding in the countryside or directly fleeing into the mountains.

In addition, there are also a small number of common people who still do not trust the Yi army and continue to hide.

After a period of time, all the people who were hiding will come out, and those who fled outside will also come back after receiving the news, and the population of the capital should be restored to some extent.

Finally, after the Yi army took over the capital, they did not find many officials from the former Ming Dynasty - according to the news passed by Xunfengwei, these officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty were basically taken out by the Qing captives.

As for those who were unwilling to surrender to the Qing, most of them escaped long before the Qing captives had the idea of ​​​​evacuating the capital.

When Liu Sheng was thinking this, a guard reported, "Your Majesty, An Junzheng is here to see you."

"Let him in."

Soon, An Jun was led into Wuying Hall by the guards.

Now An Jun is not only a military and political officer of the Second Division, but also a temporary governor of Shuntian Prefecture-Liu Sheng is ready to see how good his governance and ability are at reassuring the people. If possible, he will be transferred to an administrative position.

The capital census report that Liu Sheng watched repeatedly was written by An Jun.

"See Your Majesty."

"Ping Sheng. What's the matter?"

An Jun looked slightly hesitant, and then said: "One of the victims found in the outer city of the capital is Zhou Yanru, the former chief minister of the Ming Dynasty."

"Oh?" Liu Sheng became interested upon hearing this.

He thought Zhou Yanru had also been taken out of the country by the Qing captives, but he didn't expect that he stayed in the capital.

"According to the previous report from the capital's Xunfengwei, Zhou Yanru also welcomed the Qing captives into the city along with some former Ming officials. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Why didn't he follow the Qing captives out of the customs and instead hid in the capital?"

An Jun said, "I haven't asked this question yet, but judging from his words and deeds, I think he has the intention of becoming an official, even a lowly official. I don't dare to make the decision on this matter, so I came here to report to His Majesty."

Liu Sheng laughed when he heard this, "First surrendered to Shun, then to Qing, and now he wants to serve as an official for me, Da Gui. Isn't he afraid of being laughed at as a slave of the fourth surname?"

An Jun didn't know how to answer this, so he remained silent.

Liu Sheng added, "We are still in need of him as the chief assistant of the former Ming Dynasty. Since he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the punishment for Qing captives will be reduced by two levels and he will be punished with three years of hard labor to see the effect." (This chapter) over)