Seeing the sign of the Zhizhishishi being taken down and the sign of the Zhenfushishi being put up, Wang Xiaolian said: "In the two years since I came to Xiangyang, the Yamen's sign has been changed several times. This sign is worth a lot of money. I hope it lasts longer this time.”
Chen Yuyi on the side said: "How much is a sign worth? The yamen will naturally change the official position according to the observation."
Wang Xiaolie said: "Those people are still in charge, and there is no need to change these officials. By the way, in the future, you will each have an official office, and the subordinates below must be replenished in time. Now our Yamen is short of people everywhere, and this matter cannot be underestimated. ”
Chen Yuyi and Chen Qiudao said yes together.
After entering the gate, in the middle is Wang Xiaolie's official hall. There are several clerks inside. There are also Cui Qing and several other personal generals and soldiers. Wang Xiaolie has always wanted to find someone to manage his official documents, but there is no suitable candidate. To the east was the yamen in charge of Chen Qiudao, and to the west was the yamen in charge of Chen Yuyi.
Following the pattern of the imperial court, those in the east were civil servants, responsible for the civil affairs of the various states under their jurisdiction. To the west is the military attaché, in charge of military affairs.
Chen Qiudao is now also the counselor of the Zhenfu Envoy Department, and the official hall is the signing hall in the east. Below are the Changping Department, Academic Affairs Department, Finance and Taxation Department, and Audit Department. Each department has several cases and is responsible for civil affairs. Chen Yuyi's official office is the West Staff Office, which consists of the Jiyi Hall, the Baojia Hall, and the Ordnance Hall.
Now it is just a framework, the officials are not uniform, and the duties of each department are not clear. Without a reference, Wang Xiaolie had no choice but to slowly improve in practice. The most important thing is to have an attitude. Wang Xiaolie has to do things.
The composition of the Zhenfu Envoy Department set by the imperial court is one member of the council, one member of the writing staff, two members of the administrative staff, and the Zhenfu Envoy. Wang Xiaolie actually has three governors here, and they completely ignore the rules set by the court. The status of the staff officer is higher than that of the counselor, but there is no establishment. Chen Qiudao, Chen Yuyi and Wang Ruohai can only refer to the council officer.
Now under Wang Xiaolie, Chen Qiudao is in charge of civil affairs, Chen Yuyi is in charge of military affairs, and Wang Ruohai is in charge of intelligence and espionage, and also knows Caizhou. The generals leading the army were headed by Shao Ling and Niu Gao, followed by Cao Zhiyan, Xie Linong, Yu Huan and others. Below that, there are also the commanders of Wei Yang, Xue Cheng and others. The general is responsible for the organization of military training and operations, while Chen Yuyi is actually in charge of mobilization, equipment, etc. Organizationally, it is similar to the government and the Privy Council of the imperial court.
After walking around the courtyard, Wang Xiaolian said: "The Yamen has been renovated and is really different from before. Let's go to the riverside restaurant and have a good meal! Today is different from the past. We have money in our hands. Already!"
Chen Qiudao smiled and said, "It's pitiful to say the least. If there's no big event, I wouldn't want to go to a riverside restaurant to have a meal. On the contrary, some wealthy people in the city, in order to look impressive, stay at the restaurant every day."
Wang Xiaolie said: "How can we compare with the wealthy civil servants who have huge wealth? Yamen officials can't live a tight life, but they can't be the richest people in the world. This is a common thing and cannot be compared. .”
In terms of wealth and ability to rule eight states, of course no one can compare with Wang Xiaolie. Now he is the governor of a vassal town, and all the money collected under his rule belongs to him. But Wang Xiaolie had to support the army and officials, so he could spend whatever he wanted.
After leaving the door, they saw Cui Qing leading a bullock cart with a few soldiers. This car has four wheels, three cows in the front, and the body is very wide. At first glance, it feels very majestic.
Wang Xiaolie said: "I am the governor of the town. I ride on an ox cart when I go out. Aren't I afraid of people laughing at me?"
Cui Qing said: "The recent vehicle societies in Xinye have opened new societies in Xiangyang and Dengzhou, and have made several new vehicles. We have tried them, and this kind of bullock cart is the most comfortable to ride on. On the roads in the city, there is no It was so bumpy that not even a drop of water in the cup spilled out!”
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "As officials, we can't just be comfortable. I am a general who leads troops, so I should ride a horse. From now on, unless there is a special order, officials and generals must ride horses when traveling. What is the etiquette of traveling in such a car? !”
Seeing Wang Xiaolie's serious attitude, Cui Qing had no choice but to cross his hands and say yes. He ordered his soldiers to withdraw the cart and bring the horses over.
In Xinye, Wang Xiaolie established many clubs to prepare for development. A new huizi was printed and a bank was established, and funds suddenly became abundant. In addition, the vehicle company made several new suitable vehicles, and new branches were opened in Xiangyang and Dengzhou and officially opened for business.
A four-wheeled vehicle is relatively stable on smooth roads and has good comfort. The vehicle society produced a number of vehicles, one for soliciting customers in the city, and the other as passenger vehicles for wealthy families. In order to increase his worth, he also built one for Wang Xiao.
How could Wang Xiaolie sit down? As a general leading troops, wouldn't he be laughed to death if he went out to ride in an ox-cart?
Animal-drawn vehicles had two major forms in ancient times. The mainstream in China is two-wheelers, while the mainstream in Europe is four-wheelers. This has been the case for thousands of years. Wang Xiaolie estimated that this difference should be related to different harnesses.
China's harnesses are very developed and can relatively fully utilize the power of cattle, horses and other livestock. For example, the main strength of an ox is traction, and a harness mainly uses pulling power. Horses, donkeys, and mules can both pull and carry, so the force is broken down into pressure and tension.
Faced with this difference, the analysis of later generations is very strange. A common view is that four-wheeled carriages are more advanced, especially European vehicles that are designed with steering gears to facilitate turning. China did not invent the steering gear and could only use backward two-wheeled carriages.
This view emerged together with several advanced Western ideas as Chinese people became more interested in history. Wang Xiaolie was also attracted by this point of view and carefully studied the differences between four-wheeled carriages and two-wheeled carriages, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. Unfortunately, after searching through all kinds of information, except for the analysis of some people on the Internet, I found nothing serious information. Later, I didn't give up and started to learn about vehicles myself and tried to analyze them. When he really tried to conduct scientific analysis, Wang Xiaolie discovered that this was not a task that he could complete, nor was it a task that those on the Internet could complete. The so-called four-wheeled carriage research on the Internet basically has no scientific basis.
Wheels are commonplace, but scientific dynamic analysis of wheels is very complicated. Strictly speaking, there is no relevant content in junior high school and high school education, and most undergraduate engineering majors also do not. Specific to two-wheeled carriages and four-wheeled carriages, it is completely impossible to conduct scientific analysis without only having high school knowledge or even junior high school knowledge. Ordinary college students cannot complete this task.
The analysis of carriages requires not only knowledge of vehicles, but also knowledge of the breed and strength of livestock. For vehicles only, no scientific analysis, just simple comparison. Modern trucks with heavy loads tend to use part of the gravity to decompose part of it as pressure on the power part, thereby generating forward power. This is a characteristic of two-wheeled carriages. Vehicles carrying people generally do not do this to improve comfort, which is a characteristic of four-wheel carriages. In other words, the characteristics of a four-wheeled carriage are suitable for carrying people, and the characteristics of a two-wheeled carriage are suitable for carrying goods. Furthermore, it also depends on whether the livestock's power output is traction or pack power. Oxen have traction power, while horses have both carrying power and traction power. There are different differences.
This is just a simple analogy, not a scientific analysis. Actual scientific analysis requires a lot of knowledge.
The historical reality is that not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, China introduced three sets of horse-drawn carriages from the Soviet Union. When the Northeast was developed, three carriages played a very important role. Many people have heard the music and stories of three carriages. The Soviet Union's three-wheeled horse was four-wheeled, but after China introduced it, it was changed to two-wheeled. It was already the 1960s and 1970s, and it was done by technicians. Their choice was obviously not unreasonable. Although this principle may be very complicated in theory and ordinary technicians cannot explain it clearly, they have practice.
In fact, the discussion on the four-wheeled carriage on the Internet represents the ideological tendency of an era, and it also represents a shortcoming of literati. The people who initially discussed this issue were relatively Westernized in their thinking and believed that China was relatively backward, both in ancient times and in modern times. Especially in science and technology, it lags behind compared with Europe. They are actually unable to do a truly scientific analysis. Most of the reasons cited are based on junior high school and high school knowledge, and in fact they can't even explain the wheel. For example, the most common explanation is that four wheels can support the car, but two wheels cannot completely balance gravity. Of course, four wheels require less effort than two wheels. In fact, real vehicles need exactly this gravity to convert it into forward driving force.
Literati have a problem. They like to express opinions on issues that they are not familiar with. Scientific research on four-wheeled carriages requires a lot of knowledge, which ordinary people do not have. But regarding this unstudyable issue, I don’t know how many literati followed the first person who put forward this opinion and gave countless reasons. Until a wrong statement became common sense among some people. Confucius said, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and this is knowing. Many of us actually don't have this mind.
Generally speaking, if a cart is pulled by an animal, it has four wheels and is more comfortable, so it is best used to seat people. Two wheels carry more weight and are suitable for hauling goods. For most of China's history, it was strictly stipulated that officials' vehicles should not be highly comfortable. Rather than saying that China uses two wheels, which shows that ancient China could not invent a four-wheeled carriage, it is better to say that China's perfect harness is more suitable for using two wheels.
(Ouyang Xiu has a saying, "If you don't innovate, you will be praised; if you don't go against the grain, you will be praised for your work.") As for the four-wheeled carriage, it has almost become common sense in historical works. I didn't want to say it again, so as not to offend people. But for I first wanted to use this question in my own work, so I checked a lot of information and spent a lot of energy. The final result is what is mentioned in this chapter, and I will share it with readers as a bit of knowledge.)
