As one of the three princes, the imperial envoy doctor sang Yu went to the South last year, mainly to carry out various purges against local governments. In fact, he found that many officials were corrupt and perverted the law.
Because of the limitations of the times, if you can be an official, your basic background will not be low. You are basically either an aristocratic family or the children of a big family, Sang Yu inspected the counties in the south. From the perspective of the southern aristocratic families (big families), it was a way to further suppress the southern aristocratic families. Due to the division of the southern aristocratic families themselves, and the fact that the south, as the defeated side, had a desire to fight back, but there was no leader. Most of those who could be leaders wanted to keep a low profile.
When the center sent the official document, sang Yu was in Shouchun.
"The invasion was successful, but there was no food." As one of the three princes, Sangyu was naturally qualified to get some important information. He already knew that Huanwen won the first battle, but the Gupta dynasty did not give in. He had just finished reading another residence newspaper, which said that the western countries sent envoys to the Han country: "not as a reception envoy, but to supervise local projects?"
The construction of two national roads in the state of Han was discussed and determined earlier. In the seventh year of Yuanshuo, early work had been carried out to organize the people. At the same time, various materials were also dispatched to the counties along the project route.
When sang Yu visited the south, he was more or less intent to suppress the southern gentry, on the premise that they really did something against the law. If the gentry in all places were safe, he just wanted to do it.
Sang Yu is patrolling in the South and Cui Yue is patrolling in the north. The attitude of the center is a business attitude. There are officials arrested for breaking the law in both the South and the north.
It has been eight years since the establishment of the state of Han, but it has been less than three years since the unification of the north and the south. The country that just destroyed the northeast and grassland last year seems to be booming. It's really not much if there are blind guys who want to make things.
Official corruption can not be completely prohibited in any era. Relatively speaking, there are few cases of corruption when the aristocratic family is an official. On the contrary, the corruption after the rise of the scholar class is the most serious.
At present, there is no huge corruption in the Han state. Most officials misappropriate materials in terms of corruption. If time permits, they will make up for it. This situation is basically based on the temporary misappropriation of the family, which will be made up when the family slows down. After all, the aristocratic family pays more attention to the future than money.
"Is the current Jiankang order Wang Meng?" The person who sang Yu asked was yuan Qiao. His route to the South has not passed Jiankang. Previously, he focused on the original Yuzhou area and asked, "Shilang is going to Jiankang this time?"
Yuan Qiao is the one who brought the central civil servant to Sang Yu. He will also be responsible for receiving foreign envoys.
Wang Meng was an official in Jizhou before and later transferred to Jiankang to become a county magistrate. The official positions in the Han Dynasty were not graded. The salaries were distinguished by the number of people guarding the city. Counties with a larger population were "orders" and counties with a smaller population were "Chiefs", which made the difference between county magistrates and county chiefs.
Recently, Liu Yan has been considering drawing on the system of nine grade Zhongzheng system to plan official positions, that is, the system from one grade, two grades... To nine grades. At the same time, he will also implement the three provinces and six departments system, which requires an excessive process.
There is no absolutely perfect system in the world. What we see is whether it is suitable or not. There must be some reasons for the elimination of the system. The implementation of three provinces and six ministries may be a historical trend.
Compared with the "big change" of the three gongs and nine Qings, the three provinces and six departments are more detailed in the responsibilities of various departments, and it is also the ruler's near decentralization of hundreds of officials. In fact, after the implementation of the three provinces and six ministries, the prime minister alone became three, no longer a single prime minister of the three public and nine Qing system. Then, because there are six departments and six ministers, it is indeed a weakening of power to achieve the goal of consolidating imperial power.
The system of a country is not changed because of the rulers' words. Every system is changed more and more. It is a contest of power. Liu Yan has already said that it gives enough time to let hundred officials compete, and the appointment of officials has the final say of Liu Yan.
Liu Yan not only wants to establish three provinces and six ministries, but also a cabinet. Then there are the subordinate departments of foreign invasion, all of which need time to go too far.
Sang Yu was considering whether to go to Jiankang in advance and wanted to give up the idea. He did not think that those countries could afford their own reception. They had the responsibility to inspect places, but later they were added the responsibility of supervising the project. There was no spare time to waste on seemingly insignificant things.
Yuan Qiao sent the document to Sang Yu, had a banquet with him that night, and left for Jiankang the next morning.
"Although the imperial envoy doctor intended to suppress, he did not abuse his power." Wang Biaozhi and Wang Xizhi belong to the same family. He is the second son of Wang Bin, Wang Xizhi's uncle, and Wang Xizhi's cousin. This time he followed yuan Qiao South as an official, and the so-called official was not a big official.
"Who is sanggong? How can you arrange behind your back?" Yuan Qiao didn't have a bad feeling for Wang Biaozhi. Seeing that he was born in the south, he scolded him: "since he is already a member of the official office of the Han Dynasty, he can't act in the old Dynasty (small court)."
Yuan Qiao's actual age is younger than Wang Biao's, but his official position is higher than Wang Biao's, and he is indeed qualified to say those words.
The current situation of the Wang family is not one of the four gates of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because they support the small imperial court against the Han state, their family strength will be reduced a lot, and they will be liquidated later. The family children have not finished much, but the loss of family wealth is really great. Except those far away in the Indochina Peninsula, the family slaves have been dissolved.
The original four gate valves of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had their own circumstances after the demise of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. They were basically in the same situation in terms of land ownership, distinguishing how many slaves they could leave. Then, whether or not anyone in the family is still an official and what kind of official he is is is also one of the measures to distinguish the situation.
Yu's family has Yu Yi as a Tingwei, Huan's family has Huan Wen as a general for the southern expedition, Xie's family has Xie an as a general for the western expedition, but Wang's family has no officials who can take action. From the situation of each family, the original four gate valve is undoubtedly the worst for Wang.
"The king appreciates Yi Shao very much. Don't make more trouble for Yi Shao." What yuan Qiao said about Yishao is naturally Wang Xizhi. Liu Yan recruited Wang Xizhi into a doctor. Although he is not a senior official, Liu Yan often calls him to talk, but it is an opportunity for Wang to rise again: "this time, he has got the job of receiving foreign envoys, and uncle Hu has to work hard."
Wang Biaozhi naturally responded respectfully.
Shouchun is nearly 300 miles away from Jiankang. Some sections along the way are the best by water. After arriving at Liangjun, it can only be by land.
When the Han state destroyed the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was also aristocratic families that targeted the south, especially some aristocratic families that insisted on resistance. Those aristocratic families were wiped out by Huanwen's army, but the benefits outweighed the disadvantages for ordinary people. A large part of the land returned to the state was leased to the people.
When the new year comes, spring is the time for farming. Yuan Qiao can see busy figures everywhere in the countryside all the way south. After comparing the scenes of the north and the south, he said: "the climate in the north is abrupt, and spring farming is difficult to carry out, but the south is the same as in previous years."
In the north, people naturally want to cultivate, but it doesn't snow or rain much. It has a great impact on spring farming. Everyone is worried that even if they sow in spring, they don't know whether they can harvest in autumn.
The center of the Han Dynasty was very sure that drought was coming, but it did not prevent the people in the north from farming, just because it was one thing whether there would be a disaster, but it was inevitable that something would happen to prevent the people from spring farming.
After farming, the people in the north were recruited by the government in the form of corvee. While collecting strong labor, counties and counties also issued labor recruitment notices to attract more people who did not belong to corvee, rather than concentrating the people with compulsory administrative orders. Of course, it's still because of the fear of accidents. It can only be carried out in the way of normal corvee and persuasion. When the disaster really happens, some people will only be grateful.
Thanks to the Han Army's repeated defeats of nomads, the Han country has no shortage of horses or cattle. It draws lessons from the cattle leasing method in the pre-Qin period. The north is mainly cultivated by horses, while the south is cultivated by cattle. All counties have official horses and cattle for people to rent.
Yuan Qiao saw that in the countryside under cultivation, people basically drove cattle to plough. The people working in the field were not of a fixed age, but basically men, women, old and young of the family.
"The north will suffer, and the burden of the South will be heavier." When Wang Biao saw yuan Qiao, he had to explain: "duty does not mean tax increase, but regional responsibility."
In the year of disaster, all dynasties have done that to increase taxes on areas not affected by disasters. It is purely the practice of dismantling the west wall and making up the east wall.
Liu Yan has naturally received similar suggestions, such as increasing taxes on areas not affected by disasters. After careful consideration, he did not accept the suggestion, but he did not block the proposal. He vaguely mentioned that he should take the next step according to the situation he faced.
"The Great Han conquered Gupta just to plunder food." Yuan Qiao didn't know what he thought and sighed: "I hope to get more food, otherwise..."
Otherwise? Foreign plunder can not guarantee food, and domestic tax increases will become inevitable. At that time, the South will certainly cry.
After entering the boundary of Liangjun County, Yuan Qiao received a notice from Jiankang that the first batch of envoys had landed at Jingkou and was arranged by Jiankang's order Wang Meng to let the envoys enter Jiankang city.
The first batch of envoys to arrive in the Han state were from bossashan, two satraps, karabalas, rambajianna and jidoro (the remnant of kusana). Among them, jidoro's envoys did not inform in advance.
"The remnant of the kusana descendant?" Of course, Yuan Qiao knew the kusana empire. He was surprised at the remnants: "Jiankang order did not arrange a residence for jidoro?"
There is no jidora Dynasty in the list obtained by Wang Meng. In fact, jidora's mission was temporarily pulled by bossasan. It really didn't inform the Han side. Don't blame Wang Meng for not receiving with official etiquette.
Yu Yu is the third son of the late Yu Liang. He is currently the mayor of Jiankang county. He was appointed by Wang Meng to receive yuan Qiao and his party in the Yangtze River. Some things also need to be communicated in advance.
Yuan Qiao didn't think there was anything wrong with Wang Meng's doing that. The state of Han is a big country in the world. There's no need to look at anyone's face. On the contrary, it's someone else who should look at the state of Han.
"At present, the jidoro mission is taken in by the Sassanian mission, and the senior official did not interfere." Yu Heng seems to be a very stable person. In fact, he is Xie Shang's son-in-law. He married Xie Shang's eldest daughter, Xie sengyao, and then because Xie Shang's other daughter married Yin Xin of Yin family, because his brother-in-law has a very good relationship with Yin family.
Marriages between aristocratic families are very frequent, and each family basically has some relatives. It is precisely because of this that aristocratic families are more afraid of rulers.
The emissary of the Persian Sassanian mission was born into the royal family and was named kianush Alta Aldasher. The Deputy envoy is eguthai Bahram. The number of their entire mission reached 600, and there were as many as 30 ships carrying people and goods alone.
The second largest is the two satraps. In addition to the principal and Deputy envoys, there are more than 300 people. The ships they take are provided by the Han state. The number of diplomatic missions of the remaining countries ranges from dozens to hundreds. Except that karabalas also takes his own ships, the rest take Han ships. They all carry a lot of goods.
Yuan Qiao was not surprised to hear that a royal family member came to bossasan. He would pay attention to the foreign royal family if the king came in person, and the prince would also be paid attention to when he came. Which country does not have a large number of royal family members?
"The diplomatic missions of various countries carry a large amount of goods. Except for a small amount of tribute, the rest are to trade with the big man." Yu Yu is bitter about this: "foreigners are too foolish to sell goods in the market without our permission."
Every country has its own specialty. There is no shortage of ivory, gemstones and other things in ah San. What Persians can hold is blankets.
"They didn't sell much of the goods they brought to the market." Yu Yu Yu told it completely as a joke, told some interesting stories, and then said, "after the envoys went to the market, they bought everything they saw, especially silk."
The Central Plains Dynasty will not understand the obsession and desire of various countries for silk. In fact, the number of folk trading silk is not large. It is basically purchased in batches by affordable families, and then by the royal family. Therefore, there is not much silk on the market.
It is a matter of course that the goods brought by those envoys to the Han country have not been sought after. Some people will buy ivory and gemstones. They can't be sold because of different national values. After all, Zhuxia likes jade, not gemstones. Even pearls will be more sought after than gemstones.
"As long as they pay taxes, it doesn't matter how they buy and sell." Yuan Qiao really didn't care, but it was because the actions of the diplomatic missions produced a state of contempt.