At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 250, Self-awareness and uneven development

At the back of "Dahan Monthly", there are also some introductions about the deeds of county magistrates, Qiangfu, and even village chiefs and pavilion chiefs. How did a war-torn county recover quickly without starving to death? What did the pavilion chiefs lead to make their hometown rich? The people dug more than ten miles of canals, turning all the land in their hometown into irrigated land.

The introduction of these deeds made Fusu a little shocked. Could it be that all the wise men in the world came under the command of Emperor Han. Otherwise, why would the Great Qin Dynasty not have such Qin officials back then?

Fortunately, some of the county magistrates and Han officials who violated laws and disciplines were explained later. They embezzled food for disaster relief and withheld salaries and rewards from employed civilian workers. When I saw this month’s newspaper, dozens of Han officials who violated laws and disciplines were recorded. Fusu breathed a sigh of relief, the world finally returned to a state he could understand, otherwise he would have thought he had returned to the third generation period.

Guan Hong said with a smile: "Dahan Monthly is great. A good official like Taishou Teng who makes decisions for the people should be known to the world, and those Han officials who are corrupt and pervert the law should be infamous for thousands of years."

Fusu also nodded and said: "Such a good official should be known to the world."

At this time, he admired the Han Emperor. The way of rewards and punishments allowed the Han Emperor to reach new heights.

Although his father was talented and wise, he was too domineering, and his relationship with various schools of thought was incompatible.

However, Emperor Han was able to take over hundreds of families for his own use. Looking at this series of actions, Emperor Han was really much smarter than his father.

While they were discussing Ye Teng, Ye Teng, who was sitting in the carriage, was also reading Dahan Monthly. After reading the introduction to him in it, he couldn't believe that this person was him.

However, those reported things were actually done by him. He led the people to build the salt fields. He also led the people to set up the shipyard and fishing team. He also led the people to build water conservancy and reclaim wasteland.

When he first started building salt fields, he didn't believe in drying salt. If salt had not been boiled for thousands of years, how could salt be produced by drying seawater. How could salt appear in the fields? He complained secretly many times about this matter, thinking that it would be in vain. However, after drying in the sea water, snow-white salt actually appeared in the salt fields. The hotter the weather, the lower the output of the salt fields. In the past two years, with his continuous expansion, the salt fields in Kuaiji County have reached 100 hectares, and the peak daily salt production has reached tens of thousands of kilograms.

On October 8, the third year of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an City, Beigong.

Because there is no need to worry about corruption and the market is extremely large, the fishing industry in Kuaiji County develops rapidly and absorbs a large number of people's jobs. The prosperity of the two major industries, salt industry and fishery, has made Kuaiji County rich in tax revenue.

With money and food in hand, he followed tradition and built water conservancy projects in Kuaiji County and led the people to cultivate fields. He did not do anything extraordinary. As a result, Kuaiji County became richer and stronger, and finally became the land of fish and rice in the east of the Yangtze River.

More than thirty two-thousand-stone county guards from the entire Han Dynasty gathered together, and more than twenty of these county guards had transferred careers from the army. Everyone was comrades in arms in the past, and now it was naturally very lively to gather together.

The merchant farmer said in shock: "The current blast furnace steel plant costs a lot of money."

But when Ye Teng looked at the introduction above, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, you are trying to drag me to roast me on the fire."

It is because the amount of salt in Kuaiji County is so large that it is almost free, so the sea fish caught by the fishing boats can be salted into dried salted fish. This has formed the biggest specialty of Kuaiji County, dried salted fish in Kuaiji County, which is large in quantity and has sufficient ingredients (mainly It is salt) and sells well all over the world, including the hinterland of the Central Plains, even the South Vietnam Kingdom, and even invaded Qi, a big country of salt and iron.

After the world was at peace, the Han Dynasty's production capacity of steel did not decrease. On the contrary, because various places needed to recuperate, the demand for various high-quality agricultural tools skyrocketed, especially after the autumn harvest. People had money in their hands, and they also knew that if the public wanted to do good things, they must Sharpen your tools first, and the demand for high-quality agricultural tools throughout the Han Dynasty skyrocketed.

With the two pillar industries of salt and fishery, Kuaiji County is not short of funds. As for the iron and steel center, Chen County and Nanyang County are the only two places in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, if Ye Teng wants to achieve political success, he must find a way to get more from merchants and farmers. The iron plowed.

Whether it was building salt fields, expanding shipyards, or entering the sea for fishing, he just followed His Majesty's plan. Any other person would be able to do it, so he is very self-aware and he is not a genius at all. Indulge in genius.

Civilian county governors such as Ye Teng and Shang Nong seemed to be aliens in front of the generals. Especially when the "Han Monthly" praised them, these retired military generals and governors were even more dissatisfied. In their opinion, Ye Teng, most of the credit for merchants and farmers was made by His Majesty, and they were just picking fruits, so they were naturally excluded.

What you said above is Guan Zhongleyi, I believe it, but if you say it is Ye Teng, I don't believe it myself.

Ye Teng even doubted that he was really a genius?
But Ye Teng was self-aware. If he was truly a genius, he would have risen to prominence during the Qin Dynasty, instead of only starting to prosper after joining His Majesty.

The tax system of the Han Dynasty is to turn over 70% and keep 30%. For other counties, 30% may be insignificant, but for Kuaiji County, which has two major industries: salt and fishery, this is an extremely large number. .

And Ye Teng didn't care. Anyway, he would stay in Chang'an City for a short time, and when the time came, he would not be able to see out of sight. He went to Shang Nong and said, "Can Chen County sell more iron plows to our Kuaiji County? It's best to use heavy-duty steel plows." The land in Kuaiji County is lush with vegetation, and it would be too difficult to open up wasteland without heavy-duty steel plows.”

He thought he didn't have much credit, but the higher-ups introduced him as an eternal wizard. How could this not give Ye Teng a headache?

Ye Teng also understood this, but quickly said: "Why don't we go to such trouble? We have Iron Mountain in Kuaiji County. Your Chen County Iron and Steel Factory supports some blacksmiths for us in Kuaiji County, and we build a steel factory ourselves."

It is already difficult for the two steel centers of Chen County and Nanyang County to meet the needs of the entire Han Dynasty. They can only implement a quota system, and each county has certain cooperation. For wealthy counties like Kuaiji County, orders outside the quota can only be At the back of the queue.

The merchant smiled bitterly and said: "Your Kuaiji County, that is a whole ship, a whole ship transporting steel heavy plows. 10% of our Chen County's steel production capacity has been taken away by you. We can no longer increase it, otherwise it will affect other people." Counties are unfair.”

Ye Teng said confidently: "We in Kuaiji County can afford this cost. We in Kuaiji County exchange 1000 kilograms of salt for a blacksmith."

Shang Nong said: "You have to discuss this with Chen Lei, he is the director of the steel factory."

Ye Teng smiled and said, "As long as you don't object."

At this time, Cao Xing, who heard the exchange between the two, couldn't help but sarcastically said: "It is indeed the world-famous Kuaiji County that is willing to pay thousands of kilograms of salt for a blacksmith."

Zhang Qiang also sarcastically said: "When Chen County built the steel factory and the textile factory, the entire Han Dynasty contributed to it. Why are you enjoying it now? You have taken over the achievements of the entire Han Dynasty. It's embarrassing for you guys."

No wonder these prefects were sarcastic towards Ye Teng and the others. They were all prefects with 2000 shi. Chen County, Kuaiji County, and Nanyang County were all extremely rich. The % of the tax left over allowed them to build whatever infrastructure they wanted. What kind of infrastructure, and they, the governors of Guanzhong and the Central Plains, are the greatest contributors to keeping the people under their rule from starving to death.

They want to build some water conservancy facilities, reclaim wasteland, repair straight roads, and do some political achievements projects, but they will encounter the dilemma of lack of money and food in the government treasury. They want to let the people build some water conservancy facilities in the county, but not only are they not appreciated, but After being reprimanded, the court gave money and food to the people who were doing corvées. But the money will have to be repaid by local counties next year.

This made these county governors and magistrates very depressed. They had no money or food in their hands, and it was too difficult to achieve any political achievements.

And now the two richest county governors are discussing the construction of a steel plant, which makes Cao Xing and others even more dissatisfied. They don't even have money or food to repair water conservancy, so Ye Teng has to spend a lot of money to build a steel plant. And they are willing to pay the price of 1000 kilograms of salt for a blacksmith. How can they endure this? They are both county guards, but their starting points are different. How can this be compared.

Cao Xing said loudly: "The steel mills, textile mills in Chen County, the salt fields in Kuaiji County, and the fishing team should all be taken back to the imperial court. For the money earned from these industries, the imperial court should build a factory in each of our counties. fair."

"That's right, this is the fairest thing!" The other county guards cheered.

Ye Teng, Shang Nong and others were published in the "Dahan Monthly", which made everyone in the world aware of their political achievements and made them famous all over the world. They also want to become famous officials and make progress, but in the face of such cheat players , how do they compete?

But now, according to Cao Xing, everyone has the same starting point, which is only fair.

At this time, Xu Fan led Prime Minister Zhou Zhang, fake Prime Minister, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping to enter. "Why is it so lively!" Xu Fan laughed.

Everyone was shocked, and the scene suddenly became quiet. Everyone sat down in their seats, but did not speak.

Soon a civil servant told Xu Fan what had just happened.

Xu Fan looked at the crowd and said: "Each county has different development methods due to different environments. Chen County and Nanyang County are located in the hinterland of our Han Dynasty. They have fertile land and a large population. They have been in power for a long time and have achieved their current results. And Kuaiji County Because of the geographical advantages of the county, people are close to the sea and can fish and dry salt, which you can't learn in school. "

"Don't look at other people's success and just think that building the same factory will succeed. This is trying to find a way out of the boat. The possibility of failure will be greater. The development of industries must be based on local conditions. Whether an industry is suitable for local characteristics? We still need to investigate more. Don't be too hasty about many things, as long as you are anxious, problems will arise. The lesson of the First Emperor is extremely profound.

"No!" Xu Fan said this, and naturally no one dared to refute.

Prime Minister Zhou Zhang said: "The plan starts now, Neishi County will take the lead."

The internal history ordered Li Shiqi to go out and hold the account book of the plan.

It records the land tax, industrial and commercial taxes and other details of Neishi County for one year. It should be specific to each household, how many people are in each township, how many households and how many people are in each county.

Only by accurately grasping these data can a political power mobilize the wealth, manpower and material resources of a place to fight. The Warring States Period has just passed. Hundreds of years of cruel wars have allowed the princes of the world to squeeze out their last bit of strength to fight, so this period The data on household registration are the most complete and accurate in the entire feudal history.

These data are the nerves of a country, which are extremely important and can even determine the life or death of a country. In later generations, the organization of the imperial court disintegrated, and the empire was full of insects. It was completely unable to mobilize the human, material and financial resources of the empire. With a population of hundreds of millions, even a small tribe of several hundred thousand people could not defeat it.

So from the above example, we can see the importance of these data. When the First Emperor compiled the statistics every year, each county needed several carriages to transport these data.

But now the big man produced blank paper, added Arabic numerals brought by Xu Fan, and a series of methods commonly used by later generations such as tables and graphics.

The account books recording the data were compressed into one book.

Xu Fan, Zhou Zhang, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping just took a rough look at the total number in the account books, such as the population of Neishi County, the number of fields, and the amount of land tax collected.

The detailed rules were reviewed by the Prime Minister, the Shaofu, the Yushi Dafu Yamen, and hundreds of civil servants to ensure that no officials deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates. Of course, these county guards of the Han Dynasty do not need to deceive their superiors and subordinates. Most of these counties were newly occupied last year, and their plans for this year are the most original files.

Xu Fan almost always looks at the final population, taxes and land in every strategy book. These three items are the most crucial for a country.

Among the more than 30 counties in the Han Dynasty, Chen County stands out because the Han army has been in business for the longest time and has the most industries. The steel, textile, and sugar industries are all extremely profitable industries, and they can give Chen Jun every year. County leads huge profits.

At the same time, Chen County is the area with the most popular water conservancy facilities, waterwheels, and windmills. These irrigation tools can turn fields with a yield of one stone per mu into fertile soil with a yield of three stones per mu. In addition, there are many farmers, and there are also birds that started to be used this year. Struvite has led to an unprecedented bumper harvest in Chen County this year. This year's grain has increased by 2% compared with the previous year. This is an increase on the already high level of Chen County. It can only be said that struvite is really an artifact of increasing production.

Chen County's land this year is as good as the five counties of the Han Dynasty, and the tax revenue is even more exaggerated. One county can be worth as much as all the counties except the original six counties of the Han Dynasty.

Seeing this, Xu Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly. The development was so unbalanced, no wonder Cao Xing and the others were unconvinced.

After reading these data, Xu Fan looked at the crowd and said: "Now the world cannot be said to be completely peaceful, but it is generally stable. What the court will do in the next few years is to build water conservancy projects and popularize iron farm tools so that all people in the world can If you can have enough to eat, you will not starve to death, so my policy is also based on this point. Of course, specific issues must be analyzed in detail. "

"Border counties such as Longxi County, Beidi County, Shang County, and Yunzhong County still focus on military preparations for war. You, the governor of the four counties, must strictly guard against the barbarians and prepare a war preparation and mobilization system so that you can quickly fight back after the barbarians invade. Armed force is their assessment standard.”

Cao Xing, the prefect of Shangjun, said: "Your Majesty, the violent Qin Dynasty abandoned Jiuyuan County two years ago, so that the Hu people often invaded my Shangjun. This year, the Huns killed hundreds of Han people. At the end of the day, I asked for orders to attack the Huns in the north and recapture Jiuyuan County. Yuanjun drove the Huns back to the desert."

Shangjun has thousands of ravines, barren land, and even deserts. Cao Xing has given up on the idea of ​​developing agriculture in such a place. He thought of simply giving full play to his military strengths and taking credit for the Huns.

But Zhou Zhang immediately objected: "The Han Dynasty does not have such food reserves at present, and the border counties still focus on defense."

The original emperor launched a 30-strong army to deal with the Huns, and even built a straight road to solve the problem of grain and grass transportation. However, it is obvious that the current Han Dynasty does not have the national strength to launch a 30-strong army against the Huns. This is completely different from fighting in the Central Plains.

Xu Fan thought for a while and said: "The Shaofu recently invented an adhesive called cement, which can quickly build city walls. When you leave, take the craftsmen to Shangjun to build a cement factory and build a large number of forts on the border to resist the Huns. People, all your land and taxes are used for military equipment."

Cao Xing and other border governors were overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ye Teng said: "Your Majesty, I found an iron mountain in Kuaiji County, and I want to use it to build a steel factory in Kuaiji County to meet the people's demand for ironware in Kuaiji County."

Xu Fan thought about it, and soon thought that the iron mountain Ye Teng mentioned was Ma'anshan, which was famous in later generations. Now the whole world is short of iron. Having one more steel factory can indeed solve many problems. Unbalanced development Xu Fan Everyone should also pay attention.

"The Shaofu will send blacksmiths to Kuaiji County to build a steel factory."

Ye Teng said helplessly: "I accept your order."

Then Xu Fan told the governors of other counties about the industrial planning of their counties, such as Shu County, Ba County, Nanjiang, Hengshan County, Jiujiang County and other southern counties. Xu Fan asked them to develop tea gardens, sugar cane gardens, and silk gardens. The textile industry is the main industry. The climates in these places are not much different and the industries are compatible with each other.

But after Xu Fan finished speaking, he said seriously to these county guards: "I remind you again, don't be impatient. If you want to build a profitable industry, you have to do it bit by bit. Don't rush for quick success and make a big mistake. Your most fundamental task is to cultivate land. , repair water conservancy facilities and increase food production capacity.”

Several county guards said: "No!"

Relatively speaking, the counties in the north are the center of the world at this time. Food is the most important wealth of this era. The Central Plains has a large population and flat land. As long as they build water conservancy facilities, they can make the place prosper quickly. This year's food harvest will be bumper Let the Central Plains counties recover quickly.

For these Central Plains governors, Xu Fan allowed them to use the saved money to develop factories, but it could not exceed one-tenth of the total. Most of the resources still had to be invested in building water conservancy facilities.

These Central Plains county governors also nodded in agreement.

After the above plan was completed, Xu Fan smiled bitterly at Zhou Zhang and said: "The development of the Han Dynasty is too unbalanced now. The rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I plan to let the Shaofu take over the steel mills and textile mills in Chen County, the salt fields in Kuaiji County and Shipyards, these core industries are all government-run.”

Zhou Zhang said: "That's how it should be."

Zhou Zhangte believed that since the capital of the Han Dynasty was in Chang'an City, the weak branches should be strengthened.

(End of this chapter)