Zhu Yunwen was also very curious about how many people there were in the Ming Dynasty. Although Lao Zhu had conducted a census, Zhu Yunwen did not really agree with these data.
There are always some problems in the census led by the government. If you only read the official historical data, you will find that there are huge problems in the population data of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yunwen clearly remembers that during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the census of the Ming Dynasty was 60.54 million, and by the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the census result was 60.69 million.
This bizarre number made Zhu Yunwen not believe the official statistics for a time. After all, the Ming Dynasty had been running for two hundred years, and you told me that the country's population had increased by 150,000. If you believe it or not, I would kick you to death...
With such a huge population base, such a long history, and more than a dozen generations, you tell me that the population has increased by a small amount. What did the people of the Ming Dynasty do in the dark at night?
He doesn’t trust government data, but he has no choice. Zhu Yunwen manages the government. The only way is to use new education mechanisms to cultivate a large number of talents who are proficient in data investigation, aggregation, classification, mining, and processing, so that the data becomes more realistic. . .
Many women are not included in the statistics, which is just one of the problems. Children are not included, and even health centers do not cooperate with local governments in submitting specific population data.
The reason for the guard station is very legitimate: all the sergeants in the guard station have military status, and the military status is under the management of the Fifth Army Governor's Office. Your county and government offices are nothing. It is useless for the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs to come. According to the regulations of the imperial court, you have no authority to investigate the guard station. population.
That's the rule indeed.
The Governor's Office of the Fifth Army can be asked to investigate the number of guard sergeants and their families. This is a difficult question. Most of the soldiers are illiterate and many of them hide their population privately. It is difficult to give a realistic data. .
Zhu Yunwen hoped to truly understand the population of the Ming Dynasty, so he did not hesitate to forcefully promote the Zhaoshen post. The existence of the Zhaoshen post did lay the foundation for the Ministry of Household Affairs to understand the national population.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is not only busy with demographic issues, but also with financial issues.
Seven days after Zhu Yunwen's "Practice Theory", Gu Cheng, the commander of the Guizhou capital, reported that the barbarians in the village, such as Gu Lao and Wang Shi, refused to pay taxes. They united with the barbarian leader Song A'ao to resist the imperial court and requested to send troops to attack.
In the early morning, Zhu Yunwen ordered all civil and military officials to discuss Guizhou affairs.
Mao Taiheng, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, came out: "Your Majesty, the barbarians in Guizhou have been in peace for a long time. In the past two years, they have continued to cause chaos, resisted the court, and refused to pay taxes. There must be a reason. Please send officials to investigate and then deal with it."
Zhu Yunwen frowned.
Tie Xuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out to object: "Investigation? There was chaos in Guizhou in October last year. The imperial court has been investigating for nearly half a year. There is no evidence that the Guizhou chieftains bullied the local chieftains. It is just that they are stubborn and want to rebel. The imperial court should send troops to suppress it, and there should be no delay!"
Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, opposed the use of troops: "I think it is not appropriate to use troops."
"Why not?"
Tie Hyun was angry.
Jian Yi looked at Tie Xuan, and then said to Zhu Yunwen: "On the way to the court today, I heard news from the public that the imperial court is going to comprehensively reform the land and return it to the local people in Huguang, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong and Guangxi!"
"What?!"
Zhu Yunwen's cold eyes narrowed slightly and he looked at Mei Yin.
Mei Yin was shocked. The implementation of the reform was a confidential document. The entire Fifth Army Governor's Office didn't know much about it. Moreover, the report was not submitted to anyone else, so there was no possibility of leakage!
How could such a highly confidential matter flow into the public and be discussed by the people?
Zhu Yunwen said with a gloomy face: "The imperial court wants to completely reform the country in the southwest? Oh, I don't even know about this kind of thing, why has it spread among the people?"
Jian Yi shook his head solemnly: "I don't know where I got the news from the public, or whether it was a rumor. But if the imperial court uses troops in Guizhou at this time to directly attack Song A'ao and others, it will inevitably arouse the concerns of many chieftains in the southwest, thinking that the imperial court If we really want to fully implement the reform of the land and return it to local rule, then the southwest will be in chaos!"
Xie Jin also understood the seriousness of the problem and stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, we need to be cautious about this matter."
Yu Xin, Yang Shiqi, Mei Yin and others also stood up and expressed their support.
Zhu Yunwen suppressed his anger: "Let's discuss this later!
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The problem in Guizhou is not difficult to solve. What is difficult to solve are the rumors that suddenly pop up. If these rumors spread to the southwestern provinces, especially Huguang, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places, the local chieftains will inevitably unite for their own interests and break away from the control of the Ming Dynasty.
The little Song Amao is nothing, but the court's use of troops is likely to intensify the conflict between the court and the chieftains, causing an all-out war that is difficult to control.
If chaos breaks out in the southwestern regions, and the Ming Dynasty wants to quell the rebellion, it may not be enough to rely solely on the local capital. Once the Beijing army is used, a large number of civilians will need to be recruited, which will cost the country and even affect culture, education, new capital construction, infrastructure, etc. strategy.
Retreat from the court.
In the Wuying Hall, Zhu Yunwen pointed at Mei Yin's nose and cursed: "How on earth did the document of comprehensive reform and return to local rule spread? How could such a confidential matter be spread among the people? Could it be that the Governor's Office is a sieve?"
Mei Yin was very aggrieved and said quickly: "There is something fishy about this matter. I never leaked the document."
Zhu Yunwen shouted angrily: "Liu Changge!"
Liu Changge walked in and reported: "It has been confirmed that there is indeed talk in the public that the imperial court will comprehensively implement the reform of native land and return to local circulation in the southwestern provinces. The scope of the rumors is very wide, and the source cannot be traced."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Mei Yin: "The imperial court's confidential report has actually spread to the people and has been discussed a lot. If this matter is not investigated clearly, what secrets will the imperial court have in the future? Liu Changge, this matter will be handed over to the Security Bureau for investigation. I We need to know who leaked Li Yue’s documents!”
"Accept the decree!"
Liu Changge deeply feels the great responsibility.
Mei Yin was a little lost. Seeing that Xu Huizu was about to return to Beijing, he could "retire" with honor. Now that he was fine, something "leaked" happened before leaving. This was a slap in the face.
Liu Changge led 30 people from Tang Buhe to the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the leak of Li Yue's documents.
Mei Yin ordered the personnel of the Chinese Army Governor's Office to cooperate. In fact, Mei Yin did not need to remind him, and no one dared to lie in front of the security bureau.
Tang Buping quickly determined that the document written by Li Yue to return to the native land was delivered to the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion through the post station. When receiving the document, it was inspected and there was no sign that it had been opened. This also meant that the document was not The secret was leaked on the way, but inside the Central Military Governor's Mansion, or inside the palace.
Considering that the palace is heavily guarded, the number of people with access to confidential documents is extremely limited. Except for Zhu Yunwen, there are only a few internal servants, and their loyalty is reliable and they are unlikely to leak secrets.
The only possibility is that someone saw this document in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion and passed the content on.
But the problem is that after investigation by the Security Bureau, it was discovered that the only people in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion who had come into contact with this document were Mei Yin, Li Jian, and Gao Wei.
Mei Yin promised that no secrets were leaked. Li Jian met Li Jian purely on a visit and only took a look at it and did not talk to anyone about it. Gao Wei also said that he abides by the confidentiality regulations and has never talked about it to outsiders.
The investigation is in trouble. No matter how interrogated and investigated by the security bureau, there is no evidence to prove that Li Jian and Gao Wei leaked the secret.
Liu Changge was very anxious. If the investigation of this matter was unclear, how could the Fifth Army Governor's Office ensure that no new leaks would occur? Today is the leak of the documents regarding the reform of the land. Will the new military deployment of the imperial court be leaked in the future?
Tang Buping looked at the anxious Liu Changge and said, "I heard that Huo Lin always wanted to join the scouts, but was rejected."
Liu Changge looked at Tang Buping speechlessly: "Why are you mentioning Huo Lin at this time? If you can't find what went wrong, the emperor will drag us out to Huo Huo!"
Tang Buping smiled and said: "Pang Huan is not in the capital, Xue Xia has gone to meet the army again, and Gu Sanshen has gone to the south. We are at our wits' end and can only find a smart person to solve the problem."
"So, you want to drag Huolin into the water?"
Liu Changge asked.
Tang Buping nodded: "If he doesn't go into the water, how can we explain it to the emperor? We can't say that the Security Bureau has been investigating for several days and has no clue, right?"
Liu Changge knew that Huo Lin was innocent and had a bloody streak. He faced Timur in the Western Regions without changing his expression.
Humble but not arrogant, he contributed to the army's complete destruction of Timur's army.
However, this person worshiped heroes too much and admired Suo Jing, Du Jian and others. He always wanted to give up his identity as a scholar and become a majestic sergeant.
Although the imperial court has not announced how to reward Huo Lin, as long as he waits for another month and the army returns, he will definitely be included in the large-scale reward. At this time, dragging him into the security bureau will be a bit of a waste of talents.
But the Security Bureau does have a huge flaw, and that is the lack of resourceful people. Liu Changge was considered shrewd, but he was still not as thoughtful as Pang Huan. However, Pang Huan was currently taking charge of Chen Zuyi and had no time to come over to investigate the leak of documents.
Liu Changge originally admired Ji Gang. He was ruthless, resourceful and smart. However, because of his evil intentions, he made many tricks during the expedition to Annan and lacked the spirit of responsibility and sacrifice, so he was disliked by the Security Bureau.
Now it seems that it is time for the Security Bureau to bring in a smart person.
When Huo Lin heard about the opportunity to join the Security Bureau, he immediately became excited. If we can't be scouts, it would be better to join the Security Bureau. Think of Xue Xia's majestic and domineering way to kill Timur with his sword, think of the bloody battle with Bai Lian outside the Qingzhou Gate of the Security Bureau. Think of Liu Changge and others galloping through the Northeast!
Xuan Qingshu pulled Huo Lin, hoping that Huo Lin would think clearly and tried his best to dissuade him: "The Security Bureau is the emperor's eyes and ears. Once you enter the Security Bureau, you will become the emperor's private soldier and you will never be able to serve as an official in the court again!"
Huo Lin naturally understood this truth and said to Xuan Qingshu: "Being an official in the court is to do things for the court, and joining the security bureau is also to do things for the court. Since they are all doing things, what's the difference if we also get the salary from the court and share the worries of the monarch? ? But you should be careful. I have joined the Security Bureau. I will keep an eye on you in the future. If you dare to make mistakes, do not ask for orders for the people, and do not work carefully, be careful I will arrest you."
Xuan Qingshu was helpless and didn't understand Huo Lin's choice.
Huo Lin walked out of the door, looked at Tang Buping who was silent on the side, and sighed: "You must think about it. If you recruit me into the security bureau today, I may replace Liu Changge in the future."
