Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2206 New Year's New Deal

  Taixing five years, the first month.

  Although it is said that the current big man still has not quelled the flames of war, and the smoke is everywhere, people are always full of longing and full of expectations for the new year.

  From around the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, government offices everywhere basically seal the New Year. Whether it is officials, nobles, or rural people, they are busy celebrating the New Year, participating in various sacrifices and celebrations.

  The whole of Chang'an is immersed in a festive atmosphere.

  Fei Qian’s daily arrangement is actually not much different from the previous belief, the only difference is that he starts to bring a small figure by his side.

  Fei Zhen follows Fei Qian and treats people with Fei Qian. After Cai Yan's teaching for a period of time, Fei Zhen's words and deeds are more in line with the standards of the current gentry. From time to time, she can also respond to others with quotations from the classics, so she has won unanimous praise from many people.

  A sensible heir is always more reassuring than a brat. Fei Qian knows this, and so do the officials under Fei Qian's command.

However, Fei Qian felt that Fei Zhen was still only superficial. When no one was watching, she still had no self-control and was easily distracted. She would often read halfway through the book, throw the book away, and go touch the phone... uh, something else...

So Fei Qian prepared to take the trip to Yinshan Mountain as a lesson to educate this little guy in the next step, but Fei Zhen was completely unaware of the problems he would encounter, and was even a little immersed in longing for long-distance travel and In fantasy.

  『Mother, mother, is Yinshan big? 』

  『Mother, mother, are the barbarians over there fierce? 』

  『Mom, I heard that I was born in Pingyang, does it look good there? 』

  『Mother, mother…』

  To be honest, only mothers have so much patience.

  As for Fei Qian, he really doesn't have the patience to deal with Fei Zhen's endless problems. He still has other things to deal with, especially the overall arrangements for the new year.

  Thanks to the influence of later generations, Fei Qian’s forward-lookingness in the Han Dynasty was not only an inference about the overall situation, but some specific government affairs habits.

For example, the three-year plan, the five-year outline, the overall plan at the beginning of the year, and the summary at the end of the year. These behaviors may be commonplace in later generations, and even some annoying things, but they are very common in Dahan. It is eye-catching, and even makes many people feel that Fei has a deep mind, strategizing, and precise planning, and then dare not act rashly.

After all, in the face of most people, Fei Qian must think more than what he said. It cannot be said that Fei Qian said that the five-year plan has actually been considered for ten or twenty years, so is he already in Fei Qian? In calculation? Especially after witnessing many of Fei Qian's previous actions, those arrangements of rings within rings made some rich and powerful households feel desperate, as if they were facing a big net, but they didn't know where to hide Open, I can only hope that the net will not come to my head.

  Like now…

Some people suddenly realized and were shocked in the dark. It turned out that General Hussars had already made arrangements for the affairs of Hedong. This time, he said that he took Fei Zhen to Yinshan Mountain. It seemed to be a leisure trip. In fact, it was to clean up the corruption in Hedong officials! Going up this way, isn't it just a way to kill all the way?

   This time, I don’t know how many heads will fall...

  The feudal class is strict, where is offense allowed? It's just that the massacre started just after the new year, no matter how you say it, it makes people feel a little...

  『If you kill one, you can benefit a hundred, and you can be severely punished. Fei Qian said lightly, "These corrupt people should use the method of conscripting and preparing, and recover all the money they have taken. The family, wives and children should recover together!" 』

  What kind of decapitation is big greed and small greedy decapitation, why one person commits crimes and the whole family suffers, and then thinks it is unfair. Anyone who thinks this way is simply a joke. What freedom, equality, fairness and unfairness were emphasized in the feudal era?

  『Wei Yuanzheng…』

  『The minister is here. 』

  『A kind of reference rule. 』

  『The minister is here. 』

  『Guo Gongze. 』

  『The minister is here. 』

  The three of them lined up, and they responded with hands in the middle.

  『The three of you are given ten days to check the crime. If there is any discrepancy, it will be reported in writing,’ Fei Qian said. 』

   Wei Duan and the three smiled bitterly in their hearts, but they had no choice but to accept Fei Qian's order.

   Obviously, these three people were thrown by Fei Qian to attract firepower. Within ten days, these three people will not be able to calm down. On the surface, it looks like Fei Qian has given these corrupt children of Hedong, a big family in the country, a chance, but in fact, this is another trap...

If the three people are not stupid and don't try to reduce the criminal evidence for these corrupt people in Hedong to get people, then they will naturally be hated by these related households in Hedong. People will keep the three of Wei Duan in their hearts, and they will do it whenever they have the opportunity.

If these three people think that they can take advantage of the opportunity, then it doesn't matter, because from now on, their words and deeds have been closely watched, and many secret behaviors of the corrupt people in Hedong have been exposed and recorded. How can the three of Wei Duan ensure that their actions will not be noticed?

At the same time, the most important point is that although the three of them are all in the Senate, in reality, the three of them are not in harmony at all. If one of them fails, and someone has not warmed up the newly received money, he will be killed. The other two reported...

   It is still the same sentence that is often said, and people make the best use of it.

   Fei Qian handled the first matter lightly, and then motioned for Pang Tong to come forward.

With a dark face, Pang Tong first bowed his hands to Fei Qian to salute, then turned to the rest of the people, took out a scroll of writing from his sleeve, opened it and read: "All counties and counties in the world are ordered by the king to guard the people and act on their behalf." Wang Ling. Only the good and the good can be guarded, and the people can be governed with heart, and then there can be peace. Therefore, to control the environment, one must first control the mind. If the mind is not pure, it will be difficult to calm down the delusions. If you don't understand the truth, you will confuse all living beings, and if you confuse right and wrong, you can govern the people safely? 』

  『Therefore, governing the people is the most important thing, so the heart should be governed first. How can one who is not prepared for virtue and has not cultivated his mind be allowed to do so? The king's life is in the body, which is the appearance of the king. If the appearance is not correct, you can't ask for a direct shadow. If you don't understand, you can't blame the shot. Those who do not self-govern themselves but want to govern the people are just like looking for a direct shadow. Those who do not practice themselves but want the people to practice are like nothing but blame. 』

  『Therefore, when you are an official, you should be like a white jade, practice benevolence and righteousness, practice filial piety, practice loyalty, practice courtesy, practice integrity, practice frugality, and follow it tirelessly and observe clearly. Those who do these eight are to train their people. It is necessary for the people to fear and love them, and then they will imitate them, act and emulate them, and enlightenment can be cured. 』

  These are great truths, although the great truths sometimes seem a little empty, but what can be called "big truths" at least means that these things can be presented openly and meet the moral standards of most people.

  So when Fei Qian asked Pang Tong to pause for a while, and wondered what everyone had to say, everyone said that there was no objection, and Pang Tong was right...

   Fei Qian nodded slightly, and then Pang Tong continued to say: "However, the Han Dynasty is now in chaos, and the four directions are very prosperous, and there are years of age, which lasts for several years. The people did not see its virtues, but only its harms. They did not get enough food and clothing, but only starved. There was no new life, only death. Guanzhong Sanfu, if there is a slight improvement, there will be rampant corruption. In the northeast of Hebei Province, if the people's livelihood is a little peaceful, there will be silverfish. This is despising the king's order, ignoring the monarch, poisoning the people, and ruining the country. It is a heinous crime! 』

  『One term as an official should benefit one party. It is better to pass on the scriptures to the family than to be kind to others. People are born between heaven and earth, with food and clothing as the most important thing. If you don't have enough food, you will be hungry, and if you don't have enough clothes, you will be cold. Those who are hungry and cold, but want to make the people know the etiquette, are like going against the mountain to walk the ball, and they will never get it. Therefore, the herdsmen must have enough food and clothing, and education will follow. The reason why herdsmen have enough food and clothing is that they are dedicated to their duties. 』

  『The number of people in each place and the thickness of the land are naturally different. However, mountains can be wood or tea, paint or mulberry, water can be fish or glue, water chestnuts or lotus root, without mountains and water, it can also be used for herding livestock, mining and transshipment. Those who are in charge of this matter only care about the Chief Shepherd. The people of the people are in the dark, they are not wise enough, they must wait for advice, and then do their best. In counties and prefectures, those who can farm should use the fields, those who can grow mulberries should use silkworms, and those who can fish should use the rivers, and when it is time to reclaim land, don't lose their homes. And when the cloth seeds are finished, Jiamiao needs to be dealt with. When the wheat autumn is in the wild and the silkworms stay in the house, if this is the time, it is advisable for everyone to work hard and work hard for both men and women, so that the farmers will not lose their jobs, the silkworm women will get their merits, the common people will get their food and clothing, and the leaders will get their fame. , the community has to pay taxes, and each has its own beauty. How can there be a reason why the people are not stable and the country is not prosperous? 』

"Aiding drowning and banditry can be entrusted to patrol inspections, farming and mulberry farming, farming, can be discussed with farmers, water conservancy, and labor, can be discussed in workshops, such that within the county, everyone belongs to it, and everyone knows it. For, especially those who are idle and lazy, return early and leave late, love leisure and hate work, and are not diligent in their careers, they will be given names in counties and counties by the chief minister, and they will be punished according to the order. Then the politics is stable and the locality is stable. This is the key to office. 』

Fei Qian made Pang Tong stop again, on the one hand to give everyone some time to think, and on the other hand to add an explanation: "Government should not be too fragmented, fragments will annoy the people, and persuasion should not be too simple, simplicity will make the people lazy. Those who are good at politics must know the time and the time. Therefore, there is a saying in the poem, neither rigid nor soft, good administration and excellent government, Bailu is seeking. A special post of inspection, agriculture, and engineering is not to seize the power of the county commander, but to share their worries. When the manpower is exhausted, how can the affairs of one place be exhausted? If you don't know farming, and don't inquire about agronomy, but only rely on speculation, don't you ask blindness? Even though he tried his best, it didn't work. Now here, I reiterate again and again that the commanders of various counties need to know the word "cooperation and win-win". 』

  『Only…』Everyone responded one after another, and then couldn't help but look at each other. Some people were happy, some were disappointed, and they were all the same.

  Fei subtly signaled Pang Tong to continue.

  Pang Tong nodded slightly, and then continued to speak loudly: "Three emperors and five emperors, there are taxes. If the country has no wealth, and the soldiers have no pay, how can they guard the frontiers? How can the officials be safe without salaries? How can the people be healthy if they don't build canals?" Therefore, since ancient times, there have been methods of taxation, although the severity is different, but the economic use is also the same. However, the life of wealth is not easy. The performance of weaving, weaving and spinning starts gradually, and it can be done in a matter of ten days. It is necessary to persuade the class to make pre-camp management. In the silk township, weaving was done first, and the hemp soil was repaired early. It is the right way to prepare for the time and lose when the time comes. 』

  『Although there are large-scale taxes in various places, the rich and the poor are considered, and the order of difference is all tied to the commander of the county. If the discretion is obtained, the government will be harmonious and the people will be happy; if the prosecution is ineffective, the officials will be treacherous and the people will resent. If corvée is dispatched, if it is not intentional, the poor and weak will be heavily corvéed and garrisoned far away, and the rich and strong will be lightly envoyed and guarded close. It is a crime to obey the order and use it with such a heart, but not to show compassion for the people, and it will do harm to the people. 』

  『So a politician should make a plan. At the beginning of the year, when the subordinates are called together, the household registration and land are counted, the source of taxation is approved, the income and expenditure are calculated, and the income and expenditure are calculated as a whole. , See in "four accounts, general calculation of warehouses, inventory of surplus. 』

   There was a faint sound of inhalation among the crowd...

"Three years of planning, the government affairs done by counties and counties in various places, the gains and losses are all listed here. You can look at it yourself, choose what is good and follow it, and know what is not good and change it..." Pang Tong first saluted Fei Qian , then turned around and let the guards bring up the large hanging banners that they had made before, and then hung them in the hall, which immediately caused louder and more breathing sounds, "Look, everyone... Well, for example, Anding Linjing, Two years in office, 100 mu of mulberry forest, 3,000 additional households, nearly 10,000 fertile fields... If this is the standard, it should be rated by the superior..."

   Among the crowd, Zhao Ji forced a smile on his face, but cold sweat rolled down his back. Beside Zhao Ji, there were also voices of compliments, true or false, which made Zhao Ji feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Looking at Zhao Ji, who was listed as "excellent in political performance", some people also began to move their buttocks anxiously, although some of them were not county magistrates and other consuls, but were sent by these consuls However, those who are able to come to Chang'an on a business trip will more or less disagree with the local ruling officials, and they also know a little about the actual situation in the local area. When the content is listed, the face is inevitably a little ugly.

To be honest, this is an old tradition in China, so it is basically safe to report the actual situation in the local area directly. What is said in the watch, so what if a few large satellites are placed, maybe someone else has placed a space station...

  But now that it is listed, it is different.

  Because of the limitation of communication and transportation, it is impossible for Feiqian to obtain information from various places in time, but if the surrounding areas want to know something, who can hide it? In case there is an idiot among them, or a hostile leader...

   What's more, there are all kinds of false reports, fake sales, and misappropriation over the years. If someone sneaks out...

  Zhao Ji only felt chills on his back.

  The sword of the river east, I'm afraid it will fall on me!

For the next time, Zhao Ji didn't know what he heard. He couldn't even remember how he got back to the place after the meeting. His mind was full of "what to do" three words.

   Another year?

   And then transferred elsewhere?

This was originally Zhao Ji's wishful thinking, but now, even if Zhao Ji can survive this year, once again won the top evaluation, and then transferred to a larger county as an official, but the new Linjing county magistrate He will definitely not be willing to carry the scapegoat left by Zhao Ji...

  With 100 mu of mulberry forest, the whole county should be about the same, but the problem is that few people raise silkworms at all...

   You must know that there was no constant temperature room in the Han Dynasty. The requirements for silkworms are quite high. Too cold, too hot, too dry, or too wet is not suitable. If it is close to that place, even if it is really grown, it will not be able to grow any good silk.

The increase of 3,000 households is due to the new policy of hussars. The refugees are exempted from taxes within three years of settlement and reduced within five years. Therefore, for the sake of political achievements, Zhao Ji fabricated a lot of data on the settlement of refugees. Anyway, these household registrations are not used. Pay taxes, wait until three or five years are up, I will have left long ago, and if there are any problems, it will be the next job.

   Nearly 10,000 good fields are even more foolish.

  The place in Linjing lacks water and is relatively dry. How many fertile fields are there? It is said to be fertile land, but it is only for the sake of looking good for a while. Anyway, it can be said that it will be covered by wind and sand, destroyed by refugees, eaten by cattle and sheep, and even the small officials who counted before made a mistake, and the line drawing is crooked. wait...

   But, what now?

  Especially now that it is necessary to change to "four-pillar bookkeeping" in an all-round way to check the inventory and sort out the accounts. This is almost a direct hit on Zhao Ji's weakness, making Zhao Ji feel unbearably painful even to breathe.

  The reason why Zhao Ji dared to cheat is because the previous accounting mode of journal is extremely difficult to verify. Even if a shopkeeper who is proficient in arithmetic, when faced with a huge running account, it doesn't mean that he can sort out the ins and outs of the account immediately and sort it out clearly. Therefore, even the Hussar General Fei Qian promoted the method of "four-pillar bookkeeping" for a while, but it is rarely adopted in counties and counties in various places. The reason is naturally known to everyone. matter.

  But now because of the corruption in Hedong, this article has been brought up again by Fei Qian, and the most important thing is that seeing Hedong is a lesson from the past, and then he refuses to change the account?

   Isn't that self-inflicted?

  But if it is said to be changed according to the accounts, how should the holes in the previous accounts be filled?

  Zhao Ji frantically wandered around the room like a trapped wild animal.

   Rebellion?

  Zhao Ji doesn’t have the guts yet. After all, Fei Qian has a lot of troops in Chang’an’s Sanfu, and Xu Huang and Zhang Liao can wipe out all the guys who dare to act rashly!

  So, right now, it seems that there is only one way left...

  (end of this chapter)