Overlord!

Chapter 88

Zhu Zhi was an old official of the Sun family, and as the captain of Wujun, he sent his army northward, defeated Xu Gong, the prefect of Wujun, and then acted as the prefect on his behalf to bring the entire Wujun under Sun Ce's command.

His status and experience are extremely respected, and he was displeased. No matter how anxious the generals were, they did not dare to refute, so they had to seriously examine what the county government said.

It is undoubtedly a good thing that Wu Jun is completely included under his command, and it can provide a lot of money and food for the forces.

But on the other hand, Sun Ce must also bear the cost of governing the entire Wu County, as well as all administrative expenses under the rule.

In one county and thirteen counties in Wu County, the salaries of all the prefects, county officials, county magistrates, county magistrates, county officials, and township and pavilion fighting officials must be paid at least in full.

This is an opportunity given by Yuan Shu!
If God does not take it, you will be blamed; if you don't accept it in time, you will be blamed.

Yuan Shu obviously didn't intend to pay the salaries of these officials, and he might even count on plundering Wu County to provide Shouchun with food and grass.

Sun Ce naturally wanted to seize this opportunity.Sun Ce paid the officials salaries, and the officials naturally listened to Sun Ce, so that Wu County could become its own town.

Yuan Shu didn't pay his salary, so why should he expect the authority to overwhelm Sun Ce and command the soldiers and civilians in Wujun?
The importance of fiscal power is unquestionable.The vast majority of officials listen to whoever pays them.

This is absolutely beneficial to Sun Ce to further become an independent powerful vassal and a prince in the world.

But it is really not an easy task to pay salaries to the officials, soldiers and soldiers of Wu County.

The salary of the eunuch alone is two thousand shi grains for one year, and then the officials at the county level range from meritorious officials, five officials, and postal supervisors to close relatives and masters, and subordinate supervisors to household cao, field cao, and thief cao.

Depending on the size of the county, the number of first-level officials ranges from 510 to 920.For example, Henan Yin is a large county in the world, and the number of people is clearly 920 and seven.

Although Wu Jun is a little smaller, all the officials and chief officials are fully equipped, and there are nearly 800 people.

And these are only officials at the county level.There are also thirteen counties below, and the magistrates and orders of each county also have five hundred or one thousand stones.

There are nearly 200 officials in each of the thirteen counties.There are thousands of petty officials fighting food in townships and pavilions in the whole county.

Calculated in this way, although the expenditure of Wujun officials cannot be compared with that of the army under the recruitment system, it still accounts for at least half of the military expenditure.

However, this is not the most critical!
Chang Shi Zhang Zhao spoke at this time and said, "Official salaries in one county and thirteen counties can be distributed month by month, and can be relieved with Tongbao. It is enough to set aside [-] to [-] shi to store food. But the key is in the county government. There are nearly [-] craftsmen in metallurgy, papermaking, armor, and machinery, tens of thousands of female workers, more than [-] soldiers in the army, and more than [-] war horses, which consume the most, and more than [-] other cattle and horses.”

After listening to Zhang Zhaozhi's words, all the generals completely fell silent.

This is not an inventory of the family, and I don't know how much the consumption is.

They only care about gold and iron horses in the front, but they don't know how Changshi in the back provides them with grain and support.

Sun Ce was also greatly moved. If there were no capable ministers like Zhang Zhao to give him an overview of government affairs, his great foundation would have collapsed early.

Sure enough, the difficulty of raising more than [-] steps and riding more than [-] steps has increased exponentially!
If there is no capable minister and governor to support the logistics, even if tens of thousands of elites are recruited, it will be useless at all.

Sun Ce said solemnly: "Since the famine and chaos, the rate has been short of food and grain. All the armies have joined together, and there is no plan for the end of the year. If you are hungry, you will invade, and if you are full, you will abandon the rest. Disintegrated and displaced, invincible. How should we plan to use Anwu County to become the foundation of the king and hegemony?"

Zhang Zhao immediately cupped his hands, and solemnly said to everyone: "Although the world has a tendency to rise and fall, I also have a reason for prosperity. Since ancient times, those who seek the country must have a certain plan! The king of Yue took Wu, and he was proud. Qin To take the six kingdoms is to disperse them. Gao Zu took Xiang Ji to separate his monarch and his ministers."

"Nowadays, if the general wants to control Wuyue and take the Central Plains, the long-term plan for the country should be to convince people!"

When Zhang Zhao's voice fell, everyone felt greatly shocked, like Huang Zhong Dalu, resounding in the ears, it was like enlightenment, refreshing.

As the ancients said, listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books.

At this moment, everyone is extremely shocked.

Sun Ce also got up abruptly, feeling the shock and clarity that Liu Bei felt when he listened to Longzhong's speech in Wollongong.

Since ancient times, those who seek the country must have a certain plan!
Zhang Zhao really deserved to be the top minister of the Eastern Wu. As soon as he said a word, even Gu Yong, Zhang Hong, Sun Shao, and Zhu Zhi, the outstanding people among them, were shocked and proud of him.

He simply set up a country-defining strategy for the entire force.

The mainstay, the minister of the sky is nothing more than that.

Sun Ce asked solemnly, "What's the point of convincing people?"

Zhang Zhao said: "Nowadays the country is running out of resources, the fields are barren, and there are only a few farmers returning to work. If the general can punish the rebels and subdue them, and order the law to repair the teachers, the people will surely be able to return across the mountains and seas."

"According to the trend of the times, the war between the three counties is still old. To the north of the Changhuai River, the grass is full of clouds. The mulberry and hemp were fertile the day before yesterday, and the chickens and dogs heard about each other. Today, it is the residence of foxes, the residence of tigers and leopards. The smoke is white and the dew is white. The sky is filled with hope."

"But the general cultivates literature and morality to persuade people, governs the rivers and seas, and governs people harmoniously. Who in the world doesn't call it a day, and instead of entrusting it to Daoist bandits, how can it be defeated by the country!"

"Convincing people in this way will definitely attract talented people, and money, food, cloth and silk will be gathered in Wujun. Why worry about the lack of national use and the payment of money."

"At that time, the mountains and seas were intervened, merchants were excluded, and all things could be kept low, and the world could win money. It was not enough for the people, but the country was sufficient."

"Good!" Sun Ce clapped his hands excitedly and shouted.

This is the truly capable minister in my mind!

Don't be so busy thinking about fighting against tyrants and landlords about the [-] acres of ruined land, you have become a prince, and you still think about how to plunder the tyrants and supplement yourself with a little military resources.

There are many barren fields, and all industries are ruined.

Just think more about how to resume production, reclaim all the fields, and even have enough wealth to develop industry and commerce, keep everything low, so that the people are not harsh, and the country is prosperous and strong.

As the saying goes, a country that is rich in its family is capitalized, and a country that is rich in its wealth is the world of capital!
If the people are not rich and all industries are ruined, how can the country be rich and strong?Just by robbing the thousands of acres of land and thousands of stones stored in Wubao by the powerful?

And the real convincing people is to make the whole government well-organized and harmonious, prosperous and prosperous.

Instead of entrusting it to Taoist thieves, how can we lose to the country?
This view must be supported by everyone in the world.

At that time, all the talented people in the world will be able to gather in the south of the Yangtze River.

Sun Ce does not need to plunder, and can harvest a steady stream of wealth by minting coins to meet the needs of the war.

Speaking of convincing people, Sun Ce asked with concern: "Nowadays, the government is cultivating culture and morality and attracting people from far away. The heroes in the country are disarmed, and the people from the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River are returning across the mountains and seas. How many people does Wu County have?"

Zhang Zhao immediately reported: "Now there are 41 registered households in the thirteen counties of Wujun County, including 3000 people including soldiers, field soldiers, craftsmen, and female workers. Among them, there are [-] people in Wu County alone. Thousand households."

41 seems like a lot.

But it is completely unbearable to calculate carefully. Excluding the 4 households in Wu County, the total household registration in the remaining [-] counties is only [-] households, which is more than [-] households in each county!

But averaging things like this is inflated!Simply not enough to show the real details of the counties.

For example, in Wucheng County, a war reduced the population from a few thousand households to tens of thousands.One county can be worth three averages.

This means that the real household registration in other counties is less than [-] households, or even more than [-] or [-] households.

That's a county!The area is almost equal to that of a city in later generations.

There are more than 1000 households living in a city, and the average division is only five miles, that is, five villages!

If the population of cities in counties and towns is removed, there are only one or two villages in the area of ​​a city in the suburbs.

At this time, it is a joke to talk about land annexation or something.

But to ask Sun Ce to believe in this household registration statistics is just wishful thinking.

Sun Ce said: "The governance of Jiangdong today is people-oriented. Household registration statistics must be clear, hidden households must be thoroughly investigated, and the people must be registered as households."

Although in terms of system, Sun Ce has already begun to encourage the common people to break away from the tyrannical trilogy, spontaneously cultivate land and produce, and re-register households.

But this kind of thing can't be solved only by voluntary.

The powerful administrative functions of the government must intervene in order to clear out the hidden households faster and resume production faster.

Zhu Zhi immediately took the order and said: "Now we have begun to investigate the population of the northern counties in detail, and the concealed household registration mainly occurs in the south of the county. After that, I will order Hu Cao to personally inspect the southern counties, check the hidden households, and count the population. .”

However, 41 people is not a small number after all. To be fair, Sun Ce now has more than [-] followers. As long as he does not have his mind full of plagiarism like Yuan Shu, and earnestly manages the business, he can win the hearts of these more than [-] people. , is enough to entrust him as a prince.

And winning the hearts of the people, building water conservancy for the people is undoubtedly the easiest thing to achieve.

Jia Kui opened the canal, Liu Fu built the embankment, and Lu Meng dug stones to open the water, injecting more than [-] hectares of rice fields.

Sun Ce felt that he was a dignified prince, the lord of Jiangdong, how could he not be weaker than his general Lu Meng?

He irrigated more than [-] hectares of rice fields, or [-] mu.

Sun Ce said: "Wu County has 39 mu of land and a population of more than 39 households. It has a sufficient population and needs irrigation. Even if [-] mu of the [-] mu can be irrigated, it will be convenient for the people. Harvested more than [-] shi of grain to benefit the people. Chang Shi thought it was possible to spare the money and grain to build water conservancy for the people and irrigate [-] hectares of fertile land?"

Nine hundred hectares, this number is definitely not huge, and it is impossible to waste people and money.

With Wu County's unique climate and fertile soil, as long as it can be irrigated with water.These [-] hectares of land will become Shangtian.

Ten stones per mu is 270 catties, two or three mu of land is enough for the whole family to eat, and even part of the rest can be used for trade and clothing.

After discussing for so long, after all, it is still financially tight!

As far as [-] shi of grain, the army, officials, infrastructure, and development, everyone wants to get an extra piece.

Zhang Zhao has an overview of government affairs and has to make decisions for everyone.In history, he governed Jiangdong, making Jiangdong's government smooth and harmonious, and his prestige even surpassed Sun Ce for a while.

Therefore, he still had to help Sun Ce figure out the government affairs arrangements.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Zhao said, "The general has already told the people that it is absolutely impossible to enlist the people to serve in corvee lightly. The only way now is to recruit labor to open canals and build water conservancy projects."

This is the best method, but the best method does not mean the best method that can be practiced.The main problem is still no money.

Zhang Zhao said: "But if you want to implement the order of enlistment, you must give money and food to the people. No matter what, the military conquest must be suspended. But even so, if you give money and food directly, it may empty the treasury. I have two ideas. available to generals to choose from."

"Please describe the long history in detail."

"First, ask the three elders and the sages of the village to call the people to teach them that they are willing to take the initiative to participate in the construction of the canal, give priority to the canal, irrigate the water into the village, and exempt the people who participate in the canal construction from Akita tax. This can improve the people's Dozens of stone income, and save a lot of land tax."

"Secondly, the fee is paid with silver silk, good iron and real gold and silver. People who participate in the construction of the canal can rent government cattle without any fees."

Zhang Zhao didn't play the trick that strategists like to put forward three strategies for the lord to choose from. The two suggestions he put forward are quite feasible.

Sun Ce thought for a while and asked, "I remember that there are a lot of silver and silk cloth in the treasury?"

Zhang Zhao nodded solemnly, and said: "The general has been going south for nearly a month. Mrs. Zhou has made a lot of achievements in Wu County. After the discussion, the general can go to check the workshop set up by Mrs. Zhou, and has begun to allocate materials to the treasury. But I think public and private No distinction is not a good law. Maybe the general and Mrs. Zhou can set up a new law to distinguish public warehouses from private ones."

Sun Ce nodded immediately, and said, "Then implement the second plan. If you can pay the people's salaries in real money, you will never be tax-free!"

Although the first method is not bad, Sun Ce dislikes tax exemption in principle.Especially don't like tax exemption for some people.

Once this hole is opened, the iron law of taxation that was finally established, the majesty may be shaken.

The domestic affairs that need to be discussed by everyone are basically sorted out at this point.

At this time, the army, which had been holding back for a long time, finally got the chance to speak. Yes, there was not enough food and grass, and it was impossible to fight the expedition.

But for important military affairs, you can't delay the preparation of troops and horses!

Zhang Hong gave an overview of military affairs, got up and said, "General, Sun Tzu said, soldiers, the important affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be investigated. Now that the world is not in peace, we need to use force to bring it down. This matter in the army, no matter In any case, a large amount of military resources must be allocated to ensure that the equipment is excellent and the military looks dignified."

"The great affairs of this country lie in the army, and the great affairs of the army lie in the horses. The general has more than [-] war horses and thousands of cattle and horses. If there is no good governance, I am afraid it will not last long."

What Zhang Hong said immediately attracted everyone's attention.

More than 3000 good horses are undoubtedly the most important asset in the army.

If they were all put in the stables and fed with horse grass and grain, then the current state of the treasury would definitely be unsupportable.

At present, these cattle and horses are still grazing in the wild, so as to reduce consumption.

But it's not a problem to leave them like this. Without good care, the number of cattle and horses will inevitably continue to decline.A number of pastures must be built.

(End of this chapter)