Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

"Generalissimo, please take a look." Bai Chongwu came over holding a stack of official rosters.

Ju Ming glanced at it and knew what was going on.

Although father and son, one is in charge of the people and the other is in charge of the military, and they are not allowed to interfere beyond the boundaries of each other. But it’s definitely not about each doing things their own way. At least the other party should be informed of the basic situation.

Zhu Guoxiang divided the existing territory into ten prefectures.

The newly occupied Nanxiang Basin was designated as Xiangyang Prefecture and Nanyang Prefecture.

And the land of Shangyong, that is, the large area of ​​Shennongjia, is also connected with Jinzhou, forming a separate Ankang Prefecture. The government is located in Jinzhou City, which is convenient for finance, taxation and transportation.

If Jianguo's territory expands in the future, Ankang Mansion will definitely be split up.

Just like Hanzhong was separated from Sichuan, Ankang Prefecture must also be dismembered. Because they are all mountains and dangerous places, they cannot be put in one basket to make it more difficult for officials and people to rebel.

In the appointment of the ten prefects, Zhu Guoxiang paid special attention to his son's thoughts.

Zhang Gen was transferred to the prefect of Yizhou, and Gao Jingshan was transferred to the prefect of Hanzhong (due to a shortage of qualified officials, this post was originally held concurrently by Zhu Guoxiang).

Zhang Gen is Ju Ming's father-in-law, and Gao Jingshan was also recruited by Ju Ming. Putting them in the two most important positions is to make Ju Ming completely reassured about future team issues.

In addition, Gao Jingshan has been an official in Chengdu for many years, so it is inevitable that there are some favors that cannot be saved.

If Zhang Gen is transferred to take charge of the Chengdu Plain, and he is not familiar with the place, he can carry out land clearing, household registration surveys, and rent and interest reductions.

Gao Jingshan also served as an official in Hanzhong for several years. Hanzhong has already completed these tasks, and Gao Jingshan's transfer back can consolidate and appease him.

Li Hanzhang was directly appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang by Zhu Guoxiang because of his great achievements in the newly conquered territories. He led 500 people to seize the Suizhou, Yingzhou and Jingmen armies.

Li Hanzhang and Ju Ming are old friends, which means that Xiangyang Mansion is also under Ju Ming's control.

Not to mention they are father and son, even if they are general partners, such an arrangement can make people cry.

In addition, Zhu Guoxiang also made adjustments to the original administrative divisions. It was the father and son who worked it out at the same time. In the process of actually governing, Zhu Guoxiang found that the Ming Dynasty's settings were most consistent with reality - in fact, he had no idea how the Ming Dynasty was set up.

That is to say, the prefecture no longer serves as a permanent unit, and the prefecture directly manages the county beyond the prefecture, and prefectures are only established in certain special areas.

In this way, the management will be flatter, the number of prefects will be reduced, and a lot of administrative expenses will be saved. At the same time, states are reserved and set up in places where power needs to be delegated, giving those regions greater autonomy (usually states are established for economic or military considerations).

With the changes in the administrative structure, a few of the existing prefects were promoted to prefects, some were demoted to county magistrates, and some were still prefects.

The rank and salary of magistrates who were demoted to county magistrates were retained, and they would be given priority for promotion in the future, which was regarded as a disguised compensation for them.

Zhu Mingzai read these documents carefully. If he didn't understand some parts, he would circle them and ask them later. He felt that most of the changes were reasonable because they were changes made by Zhu Guoxiang based on the actual situation.

Then, Ju Ming read and analyzed the battle reports from various places, and selected generals who had made meritorious service to give them wives and concubines.

There are dozens of palace maids, leaving only one for each of the two emperors. The remaining marriages are given to middle- and lower-level officers who have made meritorious service, and ordinary soldiers with excellent performance also have the opportunity. And you must be a bachelor, either unmarried or widowed.

Back at the back house, Zheng Yuanyi was chatting with the two empresses.

The room has been arranged, so Ju Ming doesn't need to worry. Only Li Shishi and Pei Yueli Chang'e did not move in and lived with the other four concubines sent by Song Huizong.

"What are we talking about?" Zhu Ming walked over with a smile.

The three women stood up quickly.

Zhao Fujin was the first to speak: "Sister Zheng is talking about interesting things about Tokyo. Although sister and I were born in Tokyo, we have never been to many places, and we are not as familiar with Tokyo as Sister Zheng. When I return to Tokyo in the future, I will definitely tell interesting things. I’ve visited all the places. I’ve never been to Jinming Pond, but I heard it’s very busy during the opening season.”

Jinmingchi is a royal garden of the Northern Song Dynasty. Pavilions and pavilions are built in the lake. The Forbidden Army Navy conducts drills every spring.

But the Dragon Boat Festival is more lively, and the navy of the Forbidden Army rows dragon boats.

Jinmingchi is open to the public regularly, and surrounding shops are also contracted out, making it an excellent tourist attraction.

After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River overflowed, and Jinmingchi was filled with sand.

Zhao Fujin was chirping. She was already familiar with Ju Ming and had a very good impression of Zheng Yuanyi. She completely regarded this place as a palace.

Zhao Fujin is taciturn, even a little depressed, and only smiles when talking about interesting things about Tokyo.

"My husband is moving to Xiangyang?" Zheng Yuanyi suddenly asked.

Ju Ming nodded and said, "We will move in a while, and your sister Zhang will go with us. We may have to live in Xiangyang for two years."

Zheng Yuanyi looked at the scenery of the back house of the Grand Marshal's Mansion: "It's quite nice here. I just got used to it and now I have to move out."

"You can come back at any time. The Hanzhong Marshal's Mansion will always be there, and some officials will be left to work," Ju Ming said. "After you give birth, it's almost time to move."

Zheng Yuanyi is pregnant with her second child. Zhu Ming came back from Chengdu last spring and lived at home for nearly five months. By the time he led the troops to fight, Zheng Yuanyi had already started to suffer from morning sickness.

The next development direction is Jinghu, and it does not necessarily have to be a fight with Zhong Xiang, but the big city of Jiangling must be won.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, a canal was dug here, connecting it directly to the northeast and the Han River. There was no need to take a boat to go around Hanyang. This canal was originally intended to connect the Kaifeng water system, but construction was abandoned after reaching Nanyang because of the difficulty.

After Ju Ming occupied Jiangling, Sichuan's supplies could be transported all the way by water, and it was very convenient to transport them to Xiangyang and Nanyang.

"Daddy!"

The eldest son Zhu Kang is over five years old and started studying this year.

The elementary school textbooks, like Daming Village, were written by Zhu Guoxiang himself.

This kid came running up and down, carrying a small schoolbag diagonally across his shoulders.

Ju Ming smiled and asked, "Who sewed it for you?"

Zhu Kang said: "My grandma (Grandma Yan) sewed it."

This small diagonal school bag was extremely popular in the Ming Dynasty and was used after the reform and opening up.

The style already existed in the Song Dynasty, which was adapted from women's satchels.

If you go to unearth cultural relics, you will find that some of the satchels worn by women in the Tang and Song Dynasties are very similar to the styles of modern LV bags...

"Where's Erlang?" Zhu Ming turned around and asked.

Zheng Yuanyi said: "Since Sister Zheng went to Chengdu, my eldest wife often came to see Erlang, and today she took Erlang out to play again. My uncle (father-in-law) was afraid that something would happen, so he sent personal guards to follow him."

The eldest son of the concubine was named Zhu Kang, because he was born in Jinzhou, which belonged to Ankang County in ancient times.

The eldest son was named Zhu Yang, also because he was born in Yangzhou, which belonged to Yangchuan County in ancient times.

Ju Ming named these two sons very randomly. If we go to Xiangyang, we will probably get a Zhu Xiang.

Taboo avoidance will continue in the future, focusing on a step-by-step approach, and will never be done like in the Song Dynasty.

For example, Zhu Ming, having the same name and surname will definitely not work, but Zhu Ming, Zhu Ming, Li Ming, and Zhang Ming will. If we follow the practices of the Tang and Song Dynasties, everything with "inscriptions" in the world must be changed. Not only the names of people, but also the names of places, mountains, and rivers must be changed.

The sword of Long Yuan sounds so good! It was changed to Longquan to avoid Li Yuan's taboo.

After testing his son's knowledge, Zhu Kang was quite smart and eager to learn. He could already write several crosswords such as people, mouths, hands, mountains, rivers, and water. He could also memorize more than 20 Tang poems and Mongolian limericks.

Zheng Yuanyi asked: "Should Dalang and Erlang stay in Hanzhong, or follow them to Xiangyang?"

Ju Ming thought for a moment: "Let's go together and bring Mr. Mengxue with us."

Zheng Yuanyi felt better. She was not used to her son not being around.

Sisters Zhao Fujin and Zhao Fujin saw that they were chatting about family matters. They couldn't get in the middle of the conversation and couldn't leave at will, so they sat silently beside them.

Zhao Fujin couldn't sit still at first when she saw a kitten fluttering at butterflies in the yard. She also joined in with a round fan, which scared Zheng Yuanyi's cat away.

Zhu Kang recited the poem fluently and peeked over there. He also thought it was fun to flutter at butterflies.

"Let's go play." Ju Ming smiled.

Zhu Kang immediately flew over and chased the butterfly everywhere, his movements were clumsy and funny, making Zhao Fujin laugh.

Zhu Ming personally went into the house and carried a deck chair out. He lay down in the yard and rocked gently, tilting his head to watch his son playing with Zhao Fujin.

Zhao Fujin was sitting next to him with a smile on his face, but his personality was reserved and he didn't mess around.

That night, Zhu Ming slept in Zheng Yuanyi's room, placing his ear against his belly to listen to the fetal movements. After chatting about trivial matters for a while, he fell asleep.

He arrived at the office of the Marshal's Mansion early in the morning. He had something important to do.

Zhang Bor, Bai Sheng, Bai Chongwu and other officials under the marshal's office came back early last winter and had summarized the situation of the various armies. Ju Ming needed to organize the troops again.

The number of combat soldiers in an army will be expanded to the full number of 3,000, and civilian and logistics personnel will be counted separately.

In fact, the generals of various ministries have privately expanded their ranks, such as Li Bao's three thousand core elites. Ju Ming is now just institutionalizing these phenomena.

Seven armies were stationed in Hanzhong, one was stationed at Xieguguan, and the remaining six were stationed in Hanzhong Basin. Including clerical and logistics personnel, the total number is more than 22,500.

The three armies in southern Sichuan were mainly used to deal with barbarians. The four armies in eastern Sichuan not only have to deal with the barbarians, but they also have to be ready to kill Jinghu at any time. An army in central Sichuan, led by Bai Qi, was responsible for guarding the Chengdu Plain. Including civilian and logistics personnel, the total number is more than 25,000.

The nine armies in the Nanxiang Basin and the cavalry force Tengxiang Army also have to be pulled over, accounting for nearly 30,000 civilian logistics.

The total number of regular troops from all walks of life is about 80,000.

The rest, old and weak, were all abolished and reorganized into patrol troops and shop troops, responsible for anti-smuggling, catching theft, mail delivery, suppressing bandits, etc. There are more than 20,000 such troops, and they can be drawn out to fight at critical moments. According to the Song Dynasty, they can be classified as Xiang troops.

In other words, Ju Ming's total military strength has reached 100,000.

If he just writes and reorganizes here, the entire marshal's office will be busy, and even the local officials will have to follow suit.

Because a large number of troops moved from Hanzhong and were stationed for a long time, some of the soldiers' families also had to move there. The most troublesome thing is to change the household registration and transfer money and food.

In the afternoon, Zhu Guoxiang came to the Marshal's Mansion: "Now the Changping warehouses in various places are empty. After the warehouses are filled, I plan to use the grain in Changping warehouses and Shu brocade as the principal to re-issue Sichuan banknotes. Of course, the name must be You can’t call him Jiaozi, that thing’s reputation is already bad.”

"So urgent?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The currency system in our territory is too confusing. More than 90% are iron coins, with some copper coins mixed in. And just iron coins, there are more than a dozen specifications. In addition, in recent years, Tong Guan and Wang Fu have The indiscriminate issuance of large amounts of iron money has messed up the money markets in Sichuan and Xiangyang. As long as we have sufficient principal, and the principal is hard currency grain and Shu brocade, the issuance of paper money will probably be more popular than iron money."

Of course paper money is not easy to implement, but iron money is also very bad. In this era, it can be better than bad.