A county is a small place, but everything is in place. Managing the county has become the first problem that Zhang Sheng has to face.
Since taking Guangchang by force, liquidating the big households in the county, and controlling people's hearts, a series of things have been resolved. More than ten days have passed, and the four passes in the southeast and northwest have also been closed for ten days. Fortunately, so far, no one has been seen. When he arrived at the prefectures and counties with soldiers and horses, Zhang Sheng put his mind on governance again.
County affairs can be summed up in four major areas, namely people's livelihood, education, public security and prisons. Of course, due to its own nature and the geographical location of Guangchang, there is also the military.
We already had a rough idea about the education issue, so Zhang Sheng just threw it to Dahong and just implemented it.
The military issues have been laid out earlier. They are not big problems and can be discussed later. As for public security and prisons, Zhang Sheng directly manages them in a militarized manner. With more than a thousand heads hanging on high poles outside the city, he believes that in a short time Within a short period of time, Guangchang's security problems were not serious. Without security incidents, there would be no talk of prison matters.
After thinking about it, Zhang Sheng put a lot of thought into people's livelihood, which is the top priority now.
"Uncle Qiao, how is the situation now?"
All the heads in the county seat sat together. As the person in charge of farming, Uncle Qiao was first named by Zhang Sheng. He wanted to know the results of the past ten days.
"A Sheng, the old man has led people all over the county these days. All the land that used to be owned by large households in the county has almost been settled. The old man will follow your wishes. Before the crops are put into the warehouse this season, the land rented by the former tenants , they continued to rent crops, and at the same time, the previous dead rent was changed to live rent. After the crops matured, we only collected 50% of the yield per mu, and the rest went to the tenants. Now, the people are so enthusiastic that they can’t wait to lie on the ground every day. The Lord is protecting the harvest of this crop. In addition, the areas around the county were previously farmed by slaves, but now our people have all taken over. Don’t worry, this season’s crops will not be delayed."
Uncle Qiao, an old man who was darker and thinner than before, smiled and talked about the situation as if to show off his merits. It was obvious that he had suffered a lot these days.
"Okay, Uncle Qiao, thank you for your hard work, well done!" Zhang Sheng praised him generously.
When Guangchang City was destroyed, Zhang Sheng not only arranged for people to take over the pass, but also had grain in mind.
More than 90% of the land in the county fell into the hands of aristocratic families and large landlords. At that time, the large landlords were attacked one by one. Zhang Sheng was worried that the crops this season would be wasted after losing management, so he took emergency measures. It seems now , the effect is quite good, the crops on hundreds of thousands of acres of land this season have been saved, and tens of thousands of people in the county can eat and drink for a year without having to worry about it.
"Haha, this kind of hard work is nothing compared to working for a big family." Uncle Qiao responded with a smile.
"Uncle Qiao, you are all old farmers. As the saying goes, the weather in June is like a child's face. Now that we are seeing a lot of rain, you should discuss it and improve the water conservancy. Don't worry about it in vain." Zhang Sheng searched his mind and found that there were relatively few natural disasters this year. However, it was not needed this year, not that it would be used in the future, so he gave a reminder.
"A Sheng, don't worry, old man, I will pay attention." Uncle Qiao agreed.
After completing the most urgent matters, Zhang Sheng once again focused on civil affairs.
In civil affairs, managing the people is the most important thing, and if you want to manage the people, you have to understand the people's conditions under your rule. How to understand it? Organize households and people.
To put it more bluntly, to register households and bring together the people is to register the people’s households and then manage them in a unified way.
This policy began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was refined in the Qin Dynasty, and began to be widely promoted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It has since been used by all dynasties.
Through this thing, we can intuitively understand the situation of households. For example, how many families and how many men are there under your rule? How young and strong and so on. Of course, this thing is also the basis for the current tax collection by the court. For example, the often mentioned head tax is collected with reference to this thing; military service, corvee service, etc. are also based on this thing.
It can be said that in the past dynasties, when every new dynasty was established, the first thing to do was to compile the population and register the household registration for the people under its rule.
"Shitou, from now on, prepare manpower, refer to the household registration situation in the original county, and send people to various villages and towns to re-register the household registration of the entire county's population, making sure to be accurate and detailed. Remember, all previous slave registrations have been abolished, and since From now on, non-foreigners in Guangchang County will no longer have slave status.”
Zhang Sheng confessed his thoughts to Shitou and abolished Han'er's slave status in Guangchang. However, Zhang Sheng had no intention of abolishing it for foreigners.
Over the thousands of years that China has lasted, how many Han people have died at the hands of foreigners? There were also several dark ages. Zhang Sheng could be tolerant to the Han'er, but he did not want to be too tolerant to the aliens. As a time traveler, he could do what he could for the Han'er who died at the hands of the aliens. matter.
Hearing Zhang Sheng's words, everyone had different expressions. Maybe some people were concerned about the slaves, and maybe some people felt his slight hatred for the foreigners from his words.
For example, Cheng Lian, who had just joined, couldn't help but look up at Zhang Sheng when he heard Zhang Sheng separate the foreigners.
"I understand, Brother Sheng, we are already making preparations for this work." Shitou agreed.
Has the work been done?
Hearing Shi Shi's answer, Zhang Sheng couldn't help but look up at him.
Shitou's strength lies in his relatively excellent execution ability. He can always find a way to complete the tasks assigned to him. Although Shi Shitong is also working hard as a student, he still has an idea of how far he has learned. County governance should not be within the scope of his study, right?
"Brother Sheng, since you asked me to manage the county affairs, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do well, so I took the time to visit Mr. Juxian several times." Seeing Zhang Sheng looking at him, Shitou already knew what Zhang Sheng meant by looking at him, and blushed. be honest.
Are you willing to teach Shitou County affairs?
Damn it!
What plot?
"Tell me, what's going on?" Zhang Sheng wanted to understand the key.
"At first I went to the county temple to collect some useful things, and asked him for advice on running the county. He refused to talk to me. I went there several times in a row, but all had the same attitude. Later, it was the first time we tried Gao's family in public. The next day, I met him in the city and said hello, and Mr. Juxian responded. I went to see him in the afternoon, and he taught me some principles of governing the county." Shitou told me about his relationship with Juxian. .
Does a public trial scare Jushou? Subdued? It shouldn't be. He didn't give in when facing old thief Cao's steel knife. How could he make him give in after a public trial of the big family in the city?
At this moment, Zhang Sheng couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Jushou's gourd...
