At the end of September, in the Constitutional Yuan, Zhao Jun was reading official documents on the desk.
The Statistics Division has been established.
Nowadays, there are many idle and unorganized officials in the world, so it is still easy to allocate manpower.
The Constitutional Yuan issued a supreme document instructing that any department or unit must submit all data to the Statistics Department before the end of the year.
Moreover, when the Statistics Department requires the investigation of data from various departments, it is not allowed to delay or hinder it for any reason. Once such a situation occurs, it will be severely punished.
The newly appointed Chief Inspector of the Statistics Department is Wu Yu. Although this person is only thirty-three years old, he was awarded the Jinshi in his teens. Historical records record that he was "a young and erudite scholar who won the Jinshi" and also passed the system examination. .
In the Song Dynasty, Xianliangfangzhengke was the most valuable among the subjects, comparable to Jinshi. The highest value among the imperial examinations is to pass the Jinshi exam first, and then pass the Xianliangzhengke exam. "History of the Song Dynasty" says: Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Wu Yu and Su Shi have only been in the third level of policy making.
Therefore, because he was a Jinshi and passed the system examination, his wealth rose rapidly and he was promoted very quickly.
He has successively served as a judge of Dali Temple, a prime minister of Dali Temple, a local county magistrate, and a general magistrate of Huzhou. Now he is from the Fifth Rank Taichang Liyuan. Historically, he was promoted to deputy privy envoy at the age of forty, and he was appointed to participate in political affairs at the age of forty-one. His speaking ability is extremely outstanding.
Now he only holds idle official positions such as Taichang Liyuan. It was when he was the magistrate of Xiangcheng County in Henan that he was framed by Liu Yuanyu, the then censor, and he did not take up the position.
Otherwise, with his outstanding political achievements in the local area, he would definitely not go to a department without real power like Taichang Temple, but to the Sansi Yamen.
Originally Wu Yu was not qualified to go to court, but wasn't August the imperial examination?
The results will be released in October, so recently officials from Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites in charge of the imperial examinations have to go to court to report on the situation.
Although Zhao Jun was opposed by Wu Yu when he was in power, he looked at the official list and information and took a fancy to the opponent's political achievements and relatively upright and serious character, so he was transferred to the Statistics Department.
Only this kind of person can compile statistics well in the Statistics Department, allowing Zhao Jun to understand the current situation of the Song Dynasty clearly.
At this time, Zhao Jun was looking at the data sent by the third department of household affairs.
The household department has two caos on the left and right. The left cao houses household registration cases, tax cases, farmland cases, inspection and miscellaneous cases, and miscellaneous knowledge cases. The right cao houses Changping cases, exemption cases, pit cases, inspection bills, and miscellaneous knowledge cases.
That is, Zuo Cao was in charge of population, taxation, fields, justice, and miscellaneous affairs. Youcao is in charge of warehousing, disaster relief, corvee work, market, justice, miscellaneous affairs, etc.
This means that the population and land are currently under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs where Yan Shu is located, so the information is sent up the fastest and most comprehensively.
But the data he looked at were from the fifth year of Zhenzong Tianxi's reign, more than ten years ago.
The recorded household registration is 10,296,565 households, with 2,620,541 prime-age men, and the rest of the old, young, women, and children, totaling a total population of more than six Ten million.
Now more than ten years have passed, and the population may have reached 70 million. No wonder that by the time of Song Huizong, the population of the Song Dynasty had reached 110 million, and the growth rate was very fast.
However, seeing the land statistics is a headache. More than ten years ago, the number of landless households was estimated to be more than three million, which means that nearly 30% of the population has no land.
Historically, during Wang Anshi's reform period, this number reached more than 35% according to his statistics, which shows how serious land annexation was.
More than 10 million people either flowed into the cities to engage in handicraft manufacturing or rebelled, and were eventually incorporated into the Xiang Army and Forbidden Army systems, causing a serious problem of redundant troops in the Northern Song Dynasty.
It’s no wonder that the handicraft industry and commerce were developed in the Song Dynasty. With so many people engaged in this industry, how could it not be developed?
Looking at these data, Zhao Jun looked unhappy.
Lu Yijian, who was standing next to him, saw that his expression was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Land annexation is more serious than I imagined. No wonder Wang Anshi wants to reform the law. More than 10 million people and close to 20 million people have no land. The gap between rich and poor is so huge. This is a time bomb."
Zhao Jun shook his head.
The rest of the people came together. Fan Zhongyan was in charge of the Constitutional Yuan in the morning, so he immediately asked: "Does that mean that the Qingli New Deal also requires Wang Anshi's Reform?"
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others just glared at him, joking, the Qingli New Deal was enough trouble, how about Wang Anshi's reform?
You, Lao Fan, are going to torture Song Dynasty to death, right?
"I'm thinking about a question."
Zhao Jun scratched his head and looked troubled.
"what is the problem?"
Wang Zeng asked.
Zhao Jun pondered: "The problem now is that the Northern Song Dynasty was capable of capital germination, thus giving birth to the industrial revolution."
"The industrial revolution actually required land annexation to liberate more labor and increase productivity in factories. The first industrial revolution was mainly about the mining and textile industries. I understand the principles of the flying shuttle, spinning jenny and steam engine. It was stuff from high school history. .”
"The raw materials used for spinning are wool or cotton. Our country has a long history of sheep, and cotton was introduced from the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, a large amount of cotton was introduced into the mainland; in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang began to use forced methods to Cotton is promoted nationwide. So the textile industry is not a problem."
"As for mineral resources, canals will be built between coal mines and iron ores in the future, industrial cities will be built, steam engines will first be used as mining tools, and then gradually used in factories to build steam machines, lathes, etc., and gradually develop into the steam engine era. I believe it can be achieved within fifty years.”
"But the premise for the development of these things is to first defeat the Liao Kingdom and Xixia, lay the foundation, and then roll out these things within fifty years. Then use the remaining fifty years to radiate to the entire East Asia region and complete the East Asia that I originally envisioned. The dominance of one pole.”
"In other words, there is no shortage of human resources now. But the industrial revolution will take at least several decades to complete, and there is no need for such a large population at present. If the problem of land annexation is not solved, the lives of a large number of people will be very difficult."
"If the land annexation problem is solved, so much labor will be needed in a few decades. It could be that we have just solved the land annexation and ushered in the Industrial Revolution. That would be putting the cart before the horse."
After saying that, Zhao Jun felt his head hurt even more.
Let’s resolve land annexation.
If you are going to carry out the industrial revolution in a few decades, you will need a large amount of labor.
Let’s not resolve land annexation.
Now there are a large number of people who have lost their land and are in dire straits. How can we just sit back and watch?
So he found the current situation to be embarrassing.
"Then let's not solve it for now."
Lu Yijian said: "Didn't you say that? Even if the Song Dynasty does not solve these problems, there will still be ninety years of national rule. This shows that even if the land annexation problem is not solved in the future, at least it will not affect the overall situation of the country."
Zhao Jun glanced at him and said: "So the people's life is difficult, and the poor people have problems even with the most basic food and clothing. Do you think you are very honorable?"
Lu Yijian was so scolded and said angrily: "Isn't this for the future industrial revolution?"
"That is also a matter of the future, and the current problems must be solved."
Fan Zhongyan stood with Zhao Jun and said firmly: "Every period has its problems. Foresight is important, but the present is equally important. Don't give up on the present because of the long term."
"Yes!"
Zhao Jun was reminded by him, and he suddenly woke up and said seriously: "Since I am for the Han people, I cannot change my original intention. I will just solve the problems when I encounter them in the future, and maybe I will find more high-yielding crops in the future, or use Southeast Asia to solve them." As long as there is enough food, the industrial revolution will more easily attract the working population."
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Wang Sui and others looked at each other, with a trace of helplessness flashing in their eyes.
But there's nothing we can do about it.
Since they chose to compromise, they were in the same boat as Zhao Jun and could not violate or confront him.
Otherwise, if they continue to play the role of a conservative interest group, there is no guarantee that the officials will kill the scholar-bureaucrat class due to the crisis of the demise of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, sometimes in order to preserve their own interests, they should give in or give in.
We chatted about other things and looked through the information. In the afternoon, the new commander of the Imperial City Division, Zhou Xin, hurried over. Zhou Xin was originally a guard and served as Zhao Jun's guardian, but because the commander of the imperial army of the Imperial City Division was corrupted, It was serious. Six of them were dealt with. There was an urgent need for middle-level officers, so Zhou Xin was promoted and became his right-hand man.
He came to Zhao Jun's side and whispered: "Zhisi, all the more than 200 prisoners have been executed. The people applauded and applauded. There were even dozens of gangsters hiding there. They were reported by the people and captured on the spot. They were also We captured the president of the Wuyoudong branch, named Li Sanlang."
"Um."
Zhao Jun nodded and said: "Well done, let the people below greet this guy well, continue to dig deeper, and be sure to cut off those people from the ground."
"We also captured several prisoners from Li Sanlang's residence. This person's backyard is connected to the Xibian River, and there is an culvert to go down to."
"Seal the entrance first."
"yes."
Zhou Xin responded and then left.
Zhao Jun narrowed his eyes.
In fact, he already knew where the headquarters of Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower were.
But he did not send anyone down rashly.
First, there are dangers down there. People are familiar with the terrain and there are ambushes everywhere.
Secondly, even if they charge forward and destroy the opponent's headquarters at all costs, as long as everyone is not captured, they cannot be completely destroyed.
Because there are too many passages down there.
There are hundreds of entrances alone, distributed in various canals in Bianliang. There are even many privately excavated entrances, and there are countless entrances and exits.
Once a forced intrusion occurs, people will scatter, hide deep underground, or run out of Bianliang through hidden exits. It is impossible for the government to station troops below all year round, waiting for the news to pass, and then continue to come back.
So at least now complete eradication is impossible.
We can only clean the ground first, find all the entrances and exits, let the undercover find out the internal situation, draw a clear map, and then find a suitable opportunity. For example, when it rained and flooded, and it was difficult for them to escape, they blocked all the entrances and exits they found. Finally, they imitated Guan Yu and attacked by boat to completely solve the disaster.
Now that the anger of the people in Bianliang has been aroused, as long as it continues to ferment, the first page of the newspaper is expected to be released soon. He plans to write an article himself to describe the actions of Wuyoudong, Guifanlou and other gangs on the ground. The destruction became the main news, making the newspaper an instant hit in Bianliang!
"Zhiyuan!"
At this time, another official from the Constitutional Yuan came outside, holding a lot of official documents in his hands.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Jun put down the document in his hand and said, "What's the matter?"
"This is the statistical category of Sansi Salt and Iron Division."
The official said, and there were more than ten officials behind him, all holding a lot of documents in their hands.
Zhao Jun frowned and said, "Why so many? Didn't we ask them to count them?"
The official said: "The Salt and Iron Department said that they are short of manpower. They are currently building weapons for the northwest military. Moreover, there are many changes in the iron and salt due to the reform of the Tea Law, so we can only let us count by ourselves."
"hehe."
Zhao Jun sneered and said: "If there is a shortage of people, just report it directly to the Constitutional Yuan, and I will send them more people. The Song Dynasty is short of everything else, but there is no shortage of officials. There are still thousands of officials There are only idle positions and no errands. Tell them to send it back and re-count it, and they must complete it within the day after tomorrow, otherwise the entire Salt and Iron Department will get out of here!"
"yes."
This official had also seen Zhao Jun's vigorous and resolute actions recently and did not dare to neglect, so he had to have a large number of official documents sent back to the Salt and Iron Division.
Zhao Jun frowned as he watched the officials leave.
What's the meaning?
Is the Salt and Iron Division going to rebel?
He did not issue any government orders, but asked various departments to compile statistics within their respective departments.
This is not a difficult task in itself, but a basic requirement.
As a result, he couldn't even do this little thing well, and he even refused to explain why he was so busy at the end of the year and the department was short of manpower.
hehe.
If you're short-staffed, that's okay.
Then change a batch.
The Song Dynasty was short of money and everything except officials!
(End of chapter)
