Wentang

Chapter 639 Census and Misunderstandings

"...Since I became Minister of the Ministry of Households, I have discovered that the number of people in the country is unknown, there are many hidden households and black households...The acres are unknown, the newly cultivated land is removed, and the land for taxation is gradually decreasing...If things go on like this, the country will not be a country. The minister hereby asks you to check the population , Qingzhang Tianmu..."

As Zhang Hong's voice sounded, the court hall was instantly quiet, and everyone, including Li Shimin, looked at him in disbelief.

This man is really the number one warrior in the country.

Is he crazy, dare to check the population, clear Zhang Tianmu, and do both at the same time.

Who in the court doesn't know this stubborn disease, and Li Shimin himself knows it, but why no one dares to govern it?
The courtiers didn't dare; Li Shimin also had concerns in his heart, he was afraid that those aristocratic families would be angered, and the Tang Dynasty would die as the second generation.

Now someone has finally brought this stubborn problem to the surface, but no one thought that it would be the low-key Zhang Hong who brought it up.

Since he served as the Minister of the Ministry of Households, he has basically done nothing except ask the inner treasury for money.At first, everyone thought he was a mediocre person, but only now did they realize that he was already a blockbuster if he didn't sing.

"My minister objected. The method of land and acres had already been cleared when the Supreme Emperor was in power. It has not changed much in the past ten years. It will only waste the people and waste money again."

"The minister is also against it. Checking the population and clearing the land will inevitably cause local turmoil. Now that our Tang Dynasty is surrounded by foreign enemies, we cannot withstand such a big disturbance."

"The minister objects..."

As soon as Zhang Hong's words fell, dozens of officials jumped out and objected in unison. Some even said that Zhang Hong should be beheaded to show the disaster to the country and the people.

Seeing so many officials jumping out to object, Li Shimin's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He knew that the buttocks of all the officials in the court were not clean, but seeing this scene with his own eyes still exceeded his tolerance limit.

When Li Yuan was in power, he did clear the land once, but at that time, the Tang Dynasty had not unified the whole country, and only the land in Guanzhong was measured.

Moreover, the land and wasteland of the common people were all measured that time, and the land of powerful families was just a formality.

When the whole country is unified, the clearing of the land will be carried out by each locality, and most of them will avoid the aristocratic and powerful families.

The same is true for the census. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he also conducted an inventory, but the effect was basically ineffective. The household registration yellow books reported by various localities are not much different from before.

Everyone knows how tricky it is.

Now these people dare to use these as excuses to obstruct the investigation of the population and the clearing of the land. They don't take him seriously as the emperor.

At least you guys have to find a reasonable reason, I can still pretend I don't know and reject his proposal, but now you guys really think I'm a fool.

And suddenly dozens of people objected, are they threatening me?

Originally, he was not optimistic about this matter, and he was going to suppress this matter first for stability, and wait until he found a more suitable opportunity.

But now he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

Over the years, he has been used to flattery, and he feels that his achievements have at least equaled that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he has become the most powerful contender for the emperor of the ages.

This group of people dared to treat him as a fool, he couldn't swallow this bad breath.

He couldn't say anything about rejecting Zhang Hong's plan.

The prime ministers also found that the emperor's mood was wrong, and they secretly screamed that it was not good, so they were ready to stand up and make a statement.However, before they could act, Yue Shan stood up first.

"Sage, I support Zhang Shangshu's proposal."

As soon as these words came out, the court became quiet again, they all looked at Yue Shan in disbelief, not knowing what he wanted to do.

The prime ministers who originally wanted to stand up to persuade the emperor also took back their steps and waited to see the follow-up situation before making a decision.Many neutral officials with ambiguous attitudes towards this matter began to shift their minds.

This is Qingshuihou Yueshan, the only officially certified magic stick in the Tang Dynasty, who has just cultivated a huge faction boss with the layout of antelope hanging horns.

He agrees to this proposal, will there be a deeper plan?If I object rashly, will I fall into the pit?
Besides, Yue Shan is no longer fighting alone, he has the support of a huge faction behind him.Even without any deep-seated planning, it is not impossible for him to accomplish this matter with determination.

The thoughts of the ministers began to diverge.

Some people with lofty ideals were overjoyed, feeling that the opportunity to get rid of the stubborn illness of the court had come; the stakeholders were heavy-hearted;

The ministers thought more, Zhang Hong suddenly came up with this proposal, and Yue Shan was the first to jump out to support it, and no one would believe that there was nothing tricky between the two of them.

The question is what is the relationship between the two, if it is simply like-minded on this matter, that's all.

If even Zhang Hong took refuge in him, it meant that the household department in charge of the court's money and food had also fallen into Yue Shan's hands.The strength of the Yue faction will exceed any one of them, and become the veritable number one faction of the Tang Dynasty.

Although there is no friction between the two sides right now, it will definitely be unavoidable if possible.What to do by then?
Do you want to unite with other factions to suppress the Yue faction, and how to control the speed if you suppress it...

They had already thought so much at this moment.

Of course, not all prime ministers consider things in a complicated direction. For example, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and Xiao Yu, they have no cliques themselves, so their status is even more detached. No matter whose faction has the upper hand, they cannot threaten them. status.

Because of their deep trust in the emperor, they are indispensable ministers in Li Shimin's heart.Whoever wants to target them must first pass the emperor's test.

There is a saying that is very appropriate to describe them. If a husband does not fight, no one in the world can compete with him.

Yue Shan was originally the same as them, it's just that he has gathered a large number of elites around him regardless of whether he has intentions over the years.When these elites stand out and take high positions, a faction is naturally born.

However, Yue Shan really needs a faction. He is a reformer, and without a group of like-minded fellows, he alone cannot complete this important task.

Closer to home.

Yue Shan stood up to support Zhang Hong in a situation that no one expected, even the angry Li Shimin woke up.

The original idea of ​​seeking stability also wavered, Yue Shan has never failed before, could he really succeed in getting rid of this stubborn disease this time?

If he can really do it, then he will have another bargaining chip in the competition for the Eternal Emperor.

But he was still rational, and he didn't make a decision lightly. First, he didn't know Yue Shan's true thoughts;

So he said: "This matter is of great importance, and I need to carefully consider it before making a decision. Let's skip it for now. Who has other things to play?"

The matter was just brought up by Li Shimin, but the shock had just begun.

After retiring from the court, the news quickly spread throughout Chang'an City, and spread to the whole country at lightning speed... The world shook.

In the imperial palace, none of those important ministers left after retreating from the court, and they all waited for the emperor to summon them.Small meetings are indispensable for such a big matter, and it cannot be resolved in one or two meetings.

While waiting for the summoning, Sun Fujia and Ma Zhou came over and asked Yue Shan what his plan was.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others did not intend to avoid suspicion, they eavesdropped on the sidelines openly.Yue Shan also just wanted to show his attitude to everyone, and he didn't hide anything, and directly explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

When everyone heard that it was Zhang Hong who took the initiative to find Yue Shan and wanted to carry out a census with the Six Gates, they all looked at him in surprise.

It's too unexpected, this one is really a blockbuster if he really doesn't sing.

As for Yue Shan's proposal to do it together with Qingzhang Tianmu, everyone thought it was normal.You, Yue Shan, have done so many incomprehensible things that we are all used to it.

Compared with Zhang Hong, who has always kept a low profile, it is even more surprising.

At the same time, everyone had a clear understanding of the relationship between Yue Shan and Zhang Hong. It was not a clique, but pure cooperation.

This made Changsun Wuji and the others feel relieved, as long as the Hubu didn't fall into Yue Shan's hands, at least the balance between the factions could be maintained.

But we can't help but prevent the two from getting together because of this incident.Therefore, it is necessary to take the initiative to show kindness to Zhang Hong.

In this way, the matter of counting the population and clearing the acres of land cannot be blindly opposed.If it is really impossible to stop it, then decisively support him instead.

Because of a brainstorm, the attitudes of Changsun Wuji and others who originally opposed the population inventory changed drastically.If Yue Shan knew about it, he would definitely roll with laughter. This is the idea of ​​Di Hua.

Everyone was chatting here, Zhao Meng trotted over to inform that the sage had summoned him.

Everyone followed behind him to the small conference room of Zichen Hall, and sat down after meeting with Li Shimin.

"Cuilan, Mr. Sun, Mr. Hong, how is the progress?" Li Shimin first asked about the progress of the operation.

Compared with the prince's injury, the population check, the clearing of Zhang Tianmu, and the crackdown on abductions are nothing.

"It's progressing smoothly. I have figured out the branches of the foot muscles, blood vessels, and bones. The first in vivo test will be carried out this afternoon. If it goes well, I can treat His Highness a week later." Yue Shan said.

Li Shimin's mood improved a lot, and said: "Tell Daoist Sun, Mr. Hong, don't worry, everything will be stable."

Is he really not in a hurry?It should be said that no one in the world is more anxious than him.

Although Yue Shan gave a treatment plan, he would not put all his hopes on Sun Simiao and others. In the past few days, he also invited famous doctors to treat Li Chengqian.

The results obtained are similar, there are bone fragments stuck in the bone seam, and the bone fragments can only be cured by taking them out.

As for how to take the bone fragments... This injury is an incurable disease for Tang Dynasty doctors who have no concept of surgery.

It's fine if one or two say that, but if ten or a hundred say that, Li Shimin has to accept the reality and pin all his hopes on the surgery Yue Shan said.

At this time, his mentality as an emperor was reflected. Instead of urging Sun Simiao and the others to speed up, he kept reassuring them not to rush.

Now that the experiment has entered a new stage, and the in vivo experiment is about to start, I am very happy in my heart, and I can't wait to treat Li Chengqian immediately.

But it didn't show at all on the face, he calmed down and comforted Yue Shan patiently.

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The topic quickly moved on to today's topic, the census and the clearing of Zhang Tianmu.

Yue Shan gave Zhang Hong the opportunity to perform.

Zhang Hong was obviously fully prepared for this, and without stage fright, he talked about the current population and land situation that Datang was facing at this time.

Then trace the reasons for this situation, and estimate how the situation will deteriorate if it continues like this.In the end, it was concluded that the population land had reached the point where it had to be cleared.

The hearts of the people were heavy when he said it. Everyone knew about this chronic disease, but they didn't understand it in detail. Only after hearing Zhang Hong's words did they realize that it was actually so serious.

After Zhang Hong finished speaking, he gave Yue Shan a wink, which meant that it was time for you to go after I finished speaking.

Yue Shan gave him a calm look, listened for a while, and waited for everyone to digest what he said before getting up and explaining why the population and farmland were checked at this time.

The first point must be to praise Li Shimin, saying that his prestige has reached the peak, the soldiers obeyed, and the people loved everything, and the officials would not dare to disagree with him.Even if someone who is not afraid of death jumps out, he can suppress it with a backhand.

Li Shimin was so happy when he praised these words, he said don't flatter too much, the smile on his face was piled up like flowers.

Then there is the external environment.The confidant's big trouble is that the East Turks were defeated, and the West Turks have been in constant civil strife since Yehu, the Great Khan, was killed by his uncle.

Tuyuhun was bullied by Pei Ju back then, and he is still hiding in a corner to lick his wounds.Tie Le, Xue Yantuo Huihe, Khitan, etc. are still babies.

Goguryeo, regarded as the confidant of the Central Plains dynasty, the current king Gao Jianwu is a conservative generation with little aggressiveness...

Now that Datang has temporarily solved the external problems, it can free up its hands to solve domestic problems.

There is also the problem of manpower. In the past few years, the imperial court has discovered a large number of talents from poor families, and these people can just let these people carry out this plan.

The Six Doors is a newly established institution that has not yet fallen, which is just enough for them to cooperate with the people in the household department to implement the plan.

In a few years, the six gates will inevitably be corrupted by various forces and become as unreliable as other yamen.Ultimately, it came to the conclusion that now is the best time to do this work.

In the end, Yue Shan also drew a big cake: The world is so big, we Datang cannot confine ourselves to this corner, our journey is the whole world.

We need to grow up against external enemies and resolve internal conflicts, so that after a few years, we can gather the strength of the whole country and unite externally without any worries.

Spread the footsteps of my Tang cavalry to every corner of the world.

I don't know how other people feel about these words, anyway, Li Shimin is very excited, and he will follow this routine after seeing the world map.

There is no doubt about the results of the discussion. The proposal to check the population and clear the farmland was passed smoothly, with the full assistance of the six departments headed by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the unconditional cooperation of other local yamen.

However, this decision was not announced immediately. It is a very troublesome task to check the population and land, and there is a lot of work to be done first.

The first item is to mobilize troops secretly.

Except for the strategy of the Eastern Turks at the border, all other fronts have changed from offensive to defensive, and all spare troops have been transferred into the country.

All the main fortresses were taken over by the frontier army, especially in Shandong, Guanzhong, Henan and other places with powerful aristocratic families. At least one battalion of frontier army was stationed in the governor's mansion of each state.

This action couldn't be concealed from anyone at all, and rumors spread all over the place for a while, and there were all kinds of rumors.

But those who panic are basically powerful families who have already received the news, and ordinary people just regard it as a topic of conversation after dinner.

This is not the first time they have seen such a thing as the frontier army entering the customs. The last time was a year ago when the group of dignitaries who were not afraid of death used witchcraft to persecute the queen. The saint was angry and mobilized the frontier army to enter the customs. Kill like a chicken.

This time, it is estimated that the dishonesty of some powerful person angered the saint again, just wait and see.

Yes, ordinary people either don't care about the frontier army entering the customs, or they wait to watch the show, and they are not afraid at all.

The second thing is that the Ministry of Household Affairs has come forward to transfer officials who are not afraid of death from various departments to form a working group.

Originally, many people avoided such a dangerous job like snakes and scorpions, but the imperial court directly ordered that those who participated in this work as officials would be directly awarded official status, and those with official status would be directly promoted to a higher level.

If you perform well at work and have made significant contributions, you will be promoted exceptionally depending on the merit.If unfortunately killed by an attack, a family member of Enyin will be an official.

Sure enough, as Yue Shan expected, the gate of the household department was almost smashed as soon as the award came out. On the first day, thousands of officials came to sign up.

According to Zhang Hong's statistics, these people are basically from ordinary backgrounds, and only [-]% of them have official status.

Just as the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.These people themselves can no longer see the further space, and now they have the opportunity to naturally be willing to fight to the death.

It doesn't mean that these people will be able to participate in the work right away. Whether it is the population check or the clearing of the farmland, they have to deal with the data. If they make a mistake, it will be a big deal.Special training must be carried out for these people, only if they pass the examination.

At this time, the Department of Mathematics of Weishui Academy played a vital role.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Mathematics Department of Weishui Academy is the place on earth where mathematics research is deepest.Randomly pull out a student and put it in another place, it will be a master of mathematics.

Yue Shan mobilized elite forces from the Department of Mathematics to form a training class for officials who signed up for the census.

The Department of Mathematics even designed a form specially for this census, which is simpler and clearer to use.

In addition to personnel training, there are also equipment that must be specially prepared.

The most important thing is the measuring tool, that is, the ruler.

Everyone knows that when buying and selling grain, there are big fights and small fights. Is there a saying that big fights come in and small fights come out?The measuring tools used to measure the land are also divided into large and small scales. The difference is the countless fertile fields.

In order to prevent the people below from tampering with the ruler, the measuring tools used to measure the land must be uniformly made by the imperial court.Once it is found that someone has used other measuring tools to measure the acres, the people in this group will basically die.

Of course, this is limited to the unified Qingzhang farmland across the country, and you can measure the land casually at ordinary times, and you can use whichever measuring tool you like.

It is worth mentioning that this measuring tool is not a ruler, but a rod of fixed length.

Why not use a ruler?
Common people don't know how to count, they don't know a ruler.

If the common people don't understand it, the measured data will not be credible. Once someone stirs up the flames behind the scenes, it is easy to cause trouble.In order to win the trust of the people, only poles with a fixed length can be used.

The lengths of these poles are one foot, one meter and one foot respectively.

Don't think this is nonsense, let alone ancient times. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, poles of fixed length were still used to measure acres in many places.

There are relevant video materials as evidence, and those who are interested can search on the Internet.

These poles are uniformly produced by the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households is responsible for supervision and inspection.

There are other messy preparations, Yue Shan sees one as big as the other.

When he traveled across the country, he used GPS to measure the land, and the four corners were identified and the data came out.There is also a tape measure further ahead, and the industrial products produced by the national standardized assembly line, compared with those bought from any store, the error is so small that it hardly exists.

The so-called census land measurement is basically not a thing, at least in his impression.

I didn't know that the census and land measurement in ancient times were so troublesome, and the preparatory work was so cumbersome, which was too inefficient.

Sure enough, the progress of a society is not the outstanding development of a certain aspect, but the development of all aspects.

Clearing the land is different from the fight against abductees. The best effect is to fight against abductions in a unified manner across the country. The land can't be left there, and it is more cost-effective to investigate one place at a time.

As for the census... In ancient times, the movement of people was restricted, and a large number of people could be easily discovered, and they were not afraid of those powerful and powerful people who would transfer away the hidden and black households under their hands.

Zhang Hong took Gyeonggi as the first bomb. On the one hand, it was to set an example for other places, and on the other hand, it would allow those staff who were still in the training stage to participate in actual combat nearby and master the skills of inventory as soon as possible.

The six gates, which had been notified in advance, quickly mobilized their forces to protect the staff on the one hand, and on the other hand to go deep into the public to publicize the fact that the census population is clear.

He called on black households and hidden households to take the initiative to confess. Once they have a household registration book, they can apply for Yongyetian from the court, and future generations can study and become officials.

Encourage everyone to report black households and hidden households. Once verified, rewards will be given or something.

As the ashes of Grandpa Taizu, Yue Shan knew very well what the power of the masses was, so naturally he would not do muddle-headed things.

Even if there is no way to mobilize the masses, at least tell the people what the court is going to do, so as not to cause panic among the people and be taken advantage of.

The military in Gyeonggi-do has also taken action. Everyone must be on duty when they stop taking vacations. From time to time, they will go to the city and the door of Haoqiang's house for training. The meaning of deterrence is on the face.

The dignitaries in Beijing are very knowledgeable. Even if they don't want to, they know what to do when they see that the court is determined to investigate. They take the initiative to welcome the working group to their home to investigate.

First, the chief minister Zaifu took the lead, and then the officials at all levels, their leadership and support did have a positive effect, dispelling some unwilling people.

Although officials in Beijing and China were very cooperative, the end result was very embarrassing.After checking their fields, the imperial court had thousands more fertile fields.

This result almost exploded Li Shimin's lungs, leading these ministers to spray wildly all morning.Yue Shan, who had already discovered something was wrong, took a leave of absence wisely to avoid the fate of being scolded.

His reason for asking for leave is very legitimate, the first batch of live surgery has already had results.

"How about it?"

Sun Simiao shook his head and said in a heavy tone: "It's not optimistic, all five subjects have serious infections, and we can't relieve them with various methods."

Yue Shan's heart also sank. In the era without antibiotics, infection was a terminal illness. Li Chengqian's foot disease was nothing compared to infection.

"According to your opinion, we have used different sutures. Hemp thread, cotton thread, silk thread, sheep catgut...The infection of sheep catgut is the most serious, and the experimental subject has lost consciousness."

Yue Shan was not surprised by this result. In his previous life, he had only read in books that sutures were usually made of catgut, saying that they were easy to absorb.

But that kind of catgut was strictly processed, and he didn't know the processing method.

I can only simply propose to sterilize and sterilize based on guesswork, and everything else will be blacked out.The reliability of the sheep catgut processed by Sun Simiao and others with the existing sterilization method is equivalent to none.

But after all, is it an experiment? You have to give it a try.The result was not what he expected, the sheep gut that had been simply sterilized could not be used at all.

At this point, Yue Shan was helpless, he looked at Sun Simiao and others for help and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

No one answered his question.

Sun Simiao shook his head, expressing his helplessness.Hong Ling and the others squatted on the ground dejectedly, without saying a word.

I thought I could start a new chapter in medicine, but I was hit with a sap at the beginning.Suturing the wound has become an unsolvable problem.

Yue Shan's heart was also cold, he had promised Li Chengqian to cure him before, is he going to break his promise now?

Thinking of his trusting eyes, Yue Shan felt depressed.What makes him even more uncomfortable is, is history going to repeat itself?At this moment, he felt his own powerlessness and insignificance.

He glanced across the crowd again, hoping that someone would stand up and save him, but to his disappointment, no one looked up at him.

Just when he withdrew his gaze and was about to accept this reality, suddenly a young man stood up.

Yue Shan was overjoyed, could he have a solution?

However, to his disappointment, the boy murmured for a long time without saying a word.

"Qi Cong, what are you doing? Come back soon." Hong Ling frowned and said displeasedly.

The teenager panicked even more when he heard it, and was about to squat down again.

But Yue Shan had a different idea.

Familiar with the biographies of celebrities, he knows very well that those great scientists in ancient times began to emerge at the age of 20, and the age of 30 or [-] was the peak period of life creation.

Newton claimed to have completed the most important achievement in his life before the age of 20, and then became obsessed with alchemy.

Maybe this teenager really has something whimsy.

So he looked at Qi Cong with encouraging eyes, and said gently: "Don't be afraid, now we are brainstorming, if you have any ideas, just say it, it doesn't matter if you are wrong."

It should be the first time for this young man to be surrounded by so many people. He lacked confidence, his face flushed nervously, and he stammered, "I don't think there is any need to sew up the wound."

"What nonsense, how can such a big wound heal without suturing?" Hong Ling reprimanded.

Qi Cong was very nervous, but he didn't flinch. He argued rationally: "In the past, when patients with trauma were not sutured, they were bandaged with cloth, and many of them healed."

"And His Highness's wound is very small on the arch of the foot. During the operation, the wound can be made smaller, and there is no need for stitches at all."

"Bang! A loud noise startled everyone, but it was Yue Shan who lost his composure and slapped the table hard in excitement.

Ignoring the pain in his hand, he said ecstatically, "Yes, yes, why didn't I think of it, the wound is so small that there is no need to suture it at all."

Sun Simiao's eyes gradually lit up, and he said happily, "Yes, Your Highness's injury is on the foot, and it is very convenient to bandage it up, and it doesn't need to be stitched up."

The others also gradually came to their senses, yes, why must the wound be stitched up?In the past, didn't you just bandage and wait for the healing when you encountered trauma?
Avoiding sutures does not necessarily prevent infection, but it can be minimized by other means.

A few years ago, Sun Simiao published an epidemic prevention and nursing manual, which contained methods on how to prevent infection.After the army adopted this method, the infection rate directly dropped to less than [-]%, and countless soldiers died as a result.

Even if the military hospital is crowded with people, the prince can receive specialized care, and the infection rate will be even lower.Even minor infections can be treated with other methods such as alcohol.

After figuring this out, a group of people immediately became excited. Qi Cong, who broke the misunderstanding, was naturally praised by everyone.

In fact, Yue Shan was to be blamed for the matter, and the ancients had never undergone surgery, so the opinions of Yue Shan, an 'expert', were naturally strictly followed by everyone.He said that the wound needs to be stitched, and everyone thinks that the surgical wound must be stitched.

But it ignores that suturing is just to make the wound heal faster and more neatly. The conditions are really not met, and the wound can heal without suturing.

If Qi Cong hadn't pointed it out, I don't know how long they would have been troubled by the misunderstanding.

A group of people who walked out of the misunderstanding were immediately revived with full blood, screaming and starting a new round of experiments.

As for the original five experimental subjects, let's continue to observe and collect data.Anyway, they are all criminals on death row, so they can be regarded as waste utilization.

Don't talk to me about humanitarianism, this is Datang, a feudal society that is evil.Don't talk about humanitarianism.

Looking at the people who were busy again, Yue Shan heaved a sigh of relief, feeling remorseful and thankful in his heart.

It's okay, it's okay, as expected, auspicious people have their own appearance.

Soon, five more death row inmates were lifted out of the prison, cleaned and tied to the bed to start a new round of experiments.

(End of this chapter)