Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 701 Kou Zhun's Mountain God Town
Kou Zhun glanced at Dai Liwen in surprise, then glanced at several people one by one, and said, "It turns out that they are the sons of the prefect of Dai, and they are all sons of Lingzhou officials."

The six people smiled, looked at each other, and bowed again in unison: "I will work with Mr. Kou from now on."

Shui'er looked impatiently at the side, and said: "Okay, okay. Senior brother, please arrange the affairs of Shanshen Village quickly. In ten days, we have to rush back to Xiazhou to participate in the teacher's founding ceremony!"

When Dai Liwen and the others heard the words, their expressions immediately filled with awe and envy.

Kou Zhun smiled wryly, and said, "Okay, I see, Junior Sister is going out to play by herself, and I'll get down to business with a few brothers."

Shui'er remembered something, and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you drove that little Qiang girl to herd cattle. I am very happy, but you drove her out without explaining to the people in the town, so that the little Qiang girl will suffer. A lot of grievances."

Kou Zhun froze for a moment, then said, "I see."

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At this time, a month has passed since Shanshen Village was breached by Zhan Xiongwu. At that time, Zhan Xiongwu played a scene with Kou Zhun. With the help of Lingzhou prefect and Zhan Xiongwu, Shanshen Town was established, and more than 7000 Qiang people were arranged here.

Lingzhou has a military force stationed in Shanshen Town, which is unified under the control of the bandits.

Dai Liwen was the first to ask: "Master Kou wants me to do something, please tell me!"

According to Ye Chen's intention, the establishment of the first foreign special zone that Ye Chen mentioned was based on these 7000 Qiang people as a pilot. The things involved in this were so complicated that Kou Zhun didn't know where to start.

The original plan was to resettle the fields near Lingzhou, and most of the surrounding fields were Han Chinese, so it was very troublesome to mix them together.So Kou Zhun chose Tuntianzha Town, a narrow and long valley thirty miles southeast of Lingzhou, more than ten miles away.

There used to be a few small villages here, but they were abandoned due to the war.Kou Zhun directly and confidently continued to use the name of Shanshen Village, but changed it from village to town.

With the support of the military and political officials of Lingzhou, the resettlement of these thousands of Qiang people went smoothly.Lingzhou dispatched a batch of timber hoarded in the transfer department with the army, as well as the manpower of the people under the department, and the Shanshen Town was built in ten days.They also scattered cloth, food, and living utensils, and they have barely made a living.Anyway, these things were handed over from the Qiang people in Shanshenzhai.

"With the support of Master Dai, the magistrate of Lingzhou, the foundation of Shanshen Town is very good, but this is just the beginning, and there are still a lot of problems in the future..."

Kou Zhun briefly talked about the final finalization of Shanshen Town. During the period, he occasionally mentioned Ye Chen's emphasis on this pilot task, which made Dai Liwen and others' eyes brighten.

Kou Zhun continued: "In Shanshen Town, there are 920 households and 330 households. The firewood, rice, oil and salt are not a small amount. Now the farming has just begun, and we can't expect the harvest in the fields in a short time. Although there is support from Lingzhou, but The teacher once explained that the living needs of these 7000 Qiang people can only rely on the help of Lingzhou in the first two months, and they must rely on themselves later.”

"There are more than 7000 people, and there are more than 900 households?"

Dai Liwen is very sensitive to civil affairs, and he can see the problem from the data reported by Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun sighed: "That's right, most of them are from one household to one person, and almost all of them are dead."

Everyone frowned, they were all old and weak, women and children, how could they live in the fields?

Kou Zhun said: "I have already prepared a countermeasure for this matter."

Dai Liwen said, "What countermeasure?"

Kou Zhun said: "The policy of recruiting people is to recruit only bachelors. Not only will they give ten acres of land, but if they marry a Qiang girl, they will also give gifts such as cloth and silk."

This is one of the strategies Kou Zhun and Ye Chen came up with to transform the barbarians. Among the more than 7000 Qiang people, there are more than 2000 women of the right age, either unmarried or widows.Introducing more than 2000 Han Chinese to marry, and the foundation of the hearts of the people in Shanshen Town has been stabilized.

With the arrival of more than 2000 Han Chinese, Shanshen Town was no longer restricted, and was governed like a county in the mainland. Dai Liwen is not stupid, and he understood the profound meaning of this after a little thought.

Kou Zhun added: "This is also a long-term strategy. It is impossible to attract more than 2000 Han Chinese at once. Moreover, while recruiting Han Chinese, they will also use Shanshen Town as the center to persuade some Qiang people in the surrounding villages to submit to Wang Hua."

"In fact, according to the teacher, this is just a start or a pilot project. The teacher aims to turn all the alien races in the Northwest and even the Western Regions into kings. How can we stay here? Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the mountain god town, we It will be governed by the state and county systems."

Kou Zhun's words made the six of them breathless, and they looked at each other with a blazing light in their eyes. This sentence "aims to turn all the alien races in the entire Northwest and even the Western Regions into kings." This is not a general statement of scholars. , but the real meaning, King Xiangfu is indeed a generation of emperors, Kou Zhun is indeed King Xiangfu's favorite disciple, such an important matter is entrusted to him by King Xiangfu, following Kou Zhun, wouldn't the future be boundless.

As Kou Zhun said, Shanshen Town was established based on the inland state and county system. What is the core of the state and county system?The registered household is Qimin.In this era, there are roughly two sets of household registration systems, one is the rural system that followed the ancient origin and tax collection, and the other is the Baojia system that is compiled according to households and public security.

Shanshen Town is a blank sheet of paper, and Kou Zhun can naturally draw it calmly.He didn't come up with anything new, after all, it's about registering accounts.It will be a top priority in later generations.The most difficult thing is to collect taxes, levy, and mobilize through household registration, and you have to solve the problem of the connection between people and land (industry).And people and land (industry) are always changing.

You must know that even in later generations with highly developed communication technology, it is impossible to achieve the complete unity of man and earth.It is possible to find people, but it is difficult for people to find land (industry).It is possible to find land (industry), but it is difficult to find people from the land.Unless you completely tie people to the ground.

From the Republic of China to the early period of the Republic, these two systems were actually followed.One is the township system (village system) in the administrative region, and the other is the Baojia system (production team system) in the tax and labor system.

Of course, Kou Zhun didn't know this, but Ye Chen, who came from later generations, knew it and discussed it with Kou Zhun.Therefore, Kou Zhun used the town as the capital, and Li only as a regional division.At present, there is one town and thirteen capitals in Shanshen Town, and there are Dabao and Xiaobao under Dubao.Seven households have one small insurance, 21 households have one large insurance, and the capital insurance is between [-] and [-] households.The other four miles are divided according to the four residential areas of Shanshen Town, just like the squares of Chengkuohu.The management of each ri is in the charge of the lizheng designated by him, and the lizheng is basically filled by the insured households living in the ri.

"Young Master Kou, Shanshen Town is still a place of detention, and the imperial court doesn't collect taxes, so why do you make it up?" Dai Liwen asked humbly.

Kou Zhun said with a smile: "Although there are many households in Shanshen Town at present, they are mainly widows, orphans, and the elderly. These abnormal households cannot be regarded as official households. Only when there are more Han households, can they be included in the prefecture by the court. Zhengzhi, there is no need to worry about this. The registration of households is still for public wealth. Shanshen Town is now poor and white, so we can only organize everyone to work."

That's it.Everyone will understand that Kou Zhun is now registered as an account holder.It is more for the recruitment of servants, but the servants are for the construction of Shanshen Town itself.Reclaiming wasteland, farming, and repairing ditches are really a lot of things to do.

Dai Liwen said: "Master Kou, what can we do? Help Mr. Kou with your plan? Or let us supervise the work?"

Kou Zhun said angrily: "Supervisor? Can you open canals or farm?"

Dai Liwen and the others suddenly looked embarrassed and ashamed. They really didn't know how to open canals and farms, but Dai Liwen knew a little about how to build a house.

"It's a pity that the houses in Shanshen Town have already been built. When it comes to building houses, Mr. Kou is very organized. He just came all the way, and the lower class people can't understand many places in Shanshen Town."

The six of Dai Liwen were obviously very interested in the layout and construction of Shanshen Town, and it was already very difficult for them to wait until now to ask.

But what Kou Zhun said next surprised them.

"The layout and construction of Shanshen Town was not done by me, but designed by my teacher himself."

Everyone was surprised, and they couldn't help but look at each other. Who is Kou Zhun's teacher? He is the master of the Northwest, a generation of legendary auspicious talisman king Yechen. They wouldn't believe it if they were killed.

"Don't worry about this for now. After a while, you will gradually understand that now I need you to help me solve a big problem..."

Kou Zhun, who had heard Ye Chen's explanation, actually half understood why Ye Chen arranged the town like this, but he had already correctly understood what Ye Chen meant, and it was enough to know how to build it.

"I also said that Shanshen Town is now poor and empty. Not only do I, the person in charge, have no money and food, but the people in the town are also starving for food. Although General Zhan allocated a lot of military funds before the deployment, the Lingzhou government should be able to distribute them. Support, it’s not a big problem to survive until the beginning of next spring. But according to the teacher, the ultimate goal is to make Shanshen Town self-reliant and self-sufficient..."

Kou Zhun's eyes were deep. He had been thinking about this problem for a while, and the arrival of Dai Liwen and the others happened to be able to do something for him.

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On New Year's Day, the sun is rising and the sky is cloudless.

The government affairs hall of the imperial city built in Xiazhou is full of people inside and out, at least tens of thousands of people. Today is the enthronement ceremony for Ye Chen to establish a country and proclaim himself emperor.

Naturally, Ye Chen would not bother with the specific arrangement of the entire grand ceremony, and left it to Han Xizai, an old fellow who had served two emperors. In fact, Ye Chen only briefly learned something related to him under Han Xizai's repeated pleas. etiquette and manners.

However, compared with the rigorous and even harsh etiquette before the Tang Dynasty, the etiquette at this time is not particularly strict-the freedom and openness of the Tang Dynasty changed the previous etiquette a lot. There is not much emphasis on strict etiquette.

(End of this chapter)