Three Kingdoms

Regardless of Wei Dan's behavior when he was young, he went to Zhen Mi to report the news, but Fei Qian, who had released such a news, was now sitting in the waterside pavilion in the backyard of the General Office, looking at the pool. Small and large fish swim around competing for food, seemingly leisurely, but in fact there are many thoughts in their minds.

Chang'an originally had a grand layout, almost like a metropolis in later generations. Chang'an itself is like the sun, and the surrounding tombs are planets and satellites surrounding the sun. To be honest, with this pattern, even in later generations, to some extent, there will inevitably be a huge demand gap in terms of living materials. , and such a gap will inevitably lead to price fluctuations, and the interest gap caused by fluctuations is like blood dripping in the deep sea, which will inevitably attract sharks.

Just like later generations often gave special subsidies to Kyoto, causing Kyoto to be obsessed with oil, salt, and meat dishes all year round, they were absolutely at the national average. Fei Qian has always invested a lot in order to maintain the stability of Chang'an and increase the attractiveness of Chang'an. Especially when it comes to basic living necessities such as rice and grain, this is not a benign normal state.

After Chang'an was established as the capital of Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the city of Chang'an declined somewhat. Even if Fei Qian worked hard to manage it, after all, the time was still short and he could not catch up with the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, the people living in Chang'an now , most of them are active around the Feiqian political system, and as for the ordinary people, they are still relatively weak.

The weak number of common people cannot support a sufficient off-the-job population, and if there are too many out-of-work people gathered, they will in turn be limited by grain output. If one day something goes wrong with the grain and grass being transferred from Hedong or Hanzhong to Sichuan. , for example, if the place of production encounters a disaster, or if there is any loss on the way, it will inevitably lead to supply problems in Chang'an City. Let's not talk about the impact, it is estimated that the Shandong nobles will laugh it off.

Therefore, Fei Qian still needs to gather the population, on the one hand, the children of the noble family, and on the other hand, the ordinary people.

Although Fei Qian has obtained the Shangshu Desk in Xijing, it does not mean that he can be completely separated from the Shandong area and have no contact with him until death. Instead, he must continue to attract the Shandong population to move to Guanzhong. However, if he wants to attract these people, he must It must reflect a stable, peaceful and prosperous light and shadow, so that people can't help but turn their eyes to Chang'an.

To put it simply, it means tossing and tossing to make money.

The general ceremony is the first step.

These promoted middle- and high-level officials have moved the school's butt to a larger pit, which will inevitably open up a lot of original pits. Naturally, these pits are what many people regard as fragrant buns. How to distribute them is a very big problem. Big question.

Killing is not difficult, the knife rises and falls. After the white knife goes in, whether it is a red knife or a green knife, it is basically finished. But if you want to build and develop, you are not a simple-minded guy who only knows how to hack and slash. Gotta move.

Cao Cao, a shrewd man like Cao Cao, suffered from hidden disadvantages in personnel appointments. He loosened his defenses in the early stage and later in the process. All the dams that the previous generation had worked hard to build collapsed under the hoes of his descendants. In the end, the sweet fruits were left open under the tree. Sima, who pretended to be stupid with his head open and his mouth open, answered the question.

Liu Bei was a monk on his way to becoming a monk. In the end, he was unable to reconcile the elders and the locals throughout his life. He only felt aggrieved by smearing here and there. Even when he died, he had to explain his son's funeral. Say something if it is possible or not, and work hard until you take your last breath.

As for Sun Quan, he is even less impressive. He is considered the third generation. He is still unable to suppress even the local aristocratic families. Most of the time, he is carried away by the Jiangdong noble family. Although he is usually arrogant and arrogant, he often says that he wants to kill him. , when he wanted to chop that one, he actually finished speaking harshly, but also complained that he was drunk and said drunken things that were not serious, and scolded Lu Xun for the rest of his life. In the end, he still asked the old turtle to come out to help him, but anyway, Sun Quan had a thick skin. It's famous, so maybe it's not taken seriously.

Therefore, if Fei Qian wants to build a new city in Xijing, he must first lay the foundation stone and determine the personnel regulations, which can even be adopted as a set of rules, so as to contribute to the overall political construction and regional development in the future.

In the corridor, there was a slight movement of figures. Fei Qian looked up, nodded and waved.

Zhuge Jin bowed his hands in return, and then entered from the corridor to Fei Qian.

"What's the discussion in the city like?" Fei Qian first took the note handed over by Zhuge Jin, looked at it briefly, and then asked. After you cast the bait, you always want to see the fish jump, right? As a relatively middle-level person, Zhuge Jin naturally has easier access to lower levels of information than Pang Tong.

Zhuge Jin reported back: "Although there are some objections to Qi Huqi, there is no slander... Maybe it was because of the previous competition in the academy to test talents and show fairness..."

Fei Qian smiled, signaled to Zhuge Jin that he didn't need to be so formal, and asked him to sit down. This is to be expected. After all, in the Spring, Autumn, Qin and Han Dynasties, the supply of talents was less than the demand. Because of such a shortage, basically speaking, all talents must be welcomed respectfully. With the growth of population, especially the spread of knowledge, although the noble families have repeatedly controlled it, the spread of culture is like a smudge of ink. It is permeable and cannot be completely controlled. Therefore, slowly, with knowledge As the number of people increases, supply gradually exceeds demand.

One of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and then deducting those places where although there are positions, few people are willing to go, such as Jiaozhou and Youzhou, how many prefectures and magistrates are there in the world?

The carrot pit is limited.

For example, Jingzhao Yin only has ten radish pits under its jurisdiction: Fengming, Baling, Nanling, Duling, Lantian, Xinfeng, Xiagui, Zhengxian, Huayin, and Huxian, and some important deductions must be made. Locations, such as Lantian close to Wuguan, Huayin close to Jingfu, etc., are impossible to give to ordinary gentry children. So after such calculation, how much can be left?

Even if the whole world is included, there are only hundreds of county guards and thousands of county magistrates. And how can such a small number of official positions be enough when facing an increasingly large group of nobles?

One monk drank until he was full, two monks shared the water, and three monks started fighting, not to mention so many radishes with bare legs waiting for the warm and moist pit, so those who desperately want to gain fame and gain one after another Tricks emerged one after another in the middle and late Han Dynasty, and even extended to the later feudal dynasties, such as leaping from a spring to a carp, lying on the ice to beg for a carp, etc. Seriously, why do you have to fight the carp? Isn’t silver carp good? Crucian carp can also be used! This is simply blatant fish discrimination!

Then the children of the aristocratic family nearby looked at it and suddenly realized, could they still do this? I used to think that even if I did this stupid thing, no one would believe it, but now it turns out that someone actually does it! Immediately, they winked at each other, clapped and praised each other, and wondered if they could do something more sexy...

Fame and popularity are earned through things that everyone who sees or hears thinks they are idiots. So after becoming an official, will such a person do practical things? The so-called bad money drives out good money is not only found in the financial field. No one is stupider than anyone else. If one fish seeker succeeds, there will be thousands of fish seekers behind him.

They all take the sidewalk and are used to jumping in line to get on the bus, so who will queue obediently?

Will the nobles who were pushed in front and pushed in the back complain about this?

There must be, but due to the tacit understanding and face of the noble clansmen, Dingduo could only secretly scold those idiots who asked for fish, and then left the queue himself, preparing to find a "fish" as well.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Fei Qian's "discussing talents by trial" has a certain public base, but it is only a little bit, not absolute. The reason is very simple. After all, the overall literacy rate in the Han Dynasty was still very low. , the knowledge popularization is only a little bit, and most of them are still among the children of the gentry.

But it doesn't matter, because the focus of Fei Qian's attention is not the result of "trying", but the process of "trying"...

"Tzuyu, just let it go. Let's just say that this additional test will focus on the use..." Fei Qian gently pulled off a small piece of bait and threw it into the pond, which immediately attracted a lot of fish. Writhing and scrambling.

"Focus on use?" Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, then nodded and accepted the order, and then reported some other miscellaneous matters. After receiving the reply, he withdrew.

Fei Qian quietly broke up the ball of bait at his hand and threw it out in batches. Finally, he slowly clapped his hands and patted the remaining residue into the water. Then he looked at the big fish rolling and fighting for it. He Xiaoyu smiled slightly, turned around and moved forward slowly.

"Go to the political hall. ” Fei Qian put his hands behind his back and calmly ordered Huang Xu outside the pavilion.

The Government Hall and the General's Mansion are now only separated by a wall. After passing through the cloister and turning to the outer courtyard, you will find the side entrance of the Government Hall. When I passed the atrium connected to the political hall, I saw Xu Chu standing at the gate of the courtyard. He was originally a tall and round man, but now he put on a set of full-body armor specially made by the guard and stood in the middle of the gate. It was like an iron gate, tightly blocked.

"I have met my lord. ” Xu Chu stepped aside and revealed a path. Seeing Fei Qian walking by, he followed Huang Xu with his men and entered the political hall together.

Along the way, officials of all sizes were busy bowing to each other. Fei Qian nodded slightly and sat down in the hall.

"Greetings to my lord. ’ Xun You, the person in charge of the hall today, came forward to pay his respects.

"No need to be formal..." Fei Qian waved his hand and said, "Longshouyuan Altar, what's the progress?" 』

Xun You cupped his hands and said, "Now that the work is mostly completed, only the finishing touches are left. Pang Lingjun will drive day and night to ensure that the good time is not missed." 』

Seeing that the day after tomorrow was the day of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone was naturally nervous. As for supervising the construction of the altar, Pang Tong basically stayed at the construction site day and night, except for participating in Fei Qian's religious ceremony on the first day of the Lunar New Year. superior.

"Five thousand ingots of gold and silver of various kinds, six thousand five hundred bolts of brocade and silk, eight thousand three hundred rolls of cloth, flags, banners, banners, five thousand each, as well as two thousand five painted shields, one thousand utensils, and five hundred bright armors." , Three hundred good horses..." Xun You reported the number of objects that he planned to use for rewards this time. Although each item was not considered to be a lot, when taken together, it was quite huge and staggering. .

Fei Qian looked at the list and felt a little heartache, but he still pretended to be generous and nodded in approval, saying that these were just trivial things, appetizers, and there would be bigger and more things in the future.

While chatting and checking, when he turned over the accounts of Ma Zhengsi, which Fei Qian wanted to see, Fei Qian felt happy but frowned on his face.

In any feudal dynasty, there are silverfish that line their own pockets. Even if there is no direct corruption, there will be more or less a small treasury built in each government office, which is generally used as welfare for officials, such as cold charcoal, summer ice and other money. .

This kind of small treasury often ends up being used by the chiefs of various departments to do favors for their own benefit to win over subordinate officials. On the one hand, it uses the money of the court, and on the other hand, it can also get the thanks of the officials below, and then make secrets. The accounts outside the accounts are used for verification by the superiors.

Then gradually it became a routine. Everyone knew about this, but no one said anything. After all, it is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality. When enjoying extra benefits has become a habit, and the interests are related to the entire bureaucracy, it is not easy to abolish it directly.

When Fei Qian first pacified Chang'an, many places could not be penetrated in place, and naturally he could not manage it in such detail. Although some new decrees were implemented, many places were still operating according to the old customs and regulations, and now the war situation is basically Stable, another large-scale reward was about to be carried out. Seeing that a huge amount of money was going to be spent, I naturally thought about whether to find a few fat insects to kill a wave and get some oil and water back.

Fei Qian's attention to Ma Zhengsi was not just a whim, but he started to pay attention to it from an earlier time. This is the foundation of Fei Qian. After all, Yongbin and Ma Xiong are the best in the world. If something goes wrong with Ma Zheng, It will inevitably shake the foundation. On the other hand, the matter of horse politics, although it is only about war horses on the surface, in fact it involves a lot of property and personnel, and there are a lot of tricks, which naturally breeds a lot of room for profit.

Horse politics in the Han Dynasty has a long history. After all, horses have been raised throughout the country since the time of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. However, there were many shortcomings in horse politics, so in the later period of Han Wu, it gradually shrank, forming several It was a large horse-breeding place, and other places gradually stopped raising horses.

Later, Guangwu established his capital in Luoyang and wavered on the issue of Xiliang. As a result, the horse breeding lands in the entire northwest were basically abandoned. Only some horse farms in Youzhou, Jizhou remained, and the number of war horse breeding further shrank.

Now that Fei Qian and Jingping Sanfu have returned, it is natural to resume horse breeding in Longyou, Guanzhong.

Looking at the number reported by the Chief Secretary Ma, Fei Qian knocked on the table and asked, "Has Gongda ever read this list?" 』

Xun You was stunned, stepped forward to take a look, and said quickly: "This is a new entry, I haven't checked it carefully yet..."

Fei Qian threw the watch and seal heavily on the table. With a bang, he almost knocked over the pen and inkstone on the side. This attracted the glances of many officials who were running back and forth in the corridors on both sides of the hall. The sound of his movements was several times quieter, and for a while, he tiptoed in silence.

"Chuan Fei and Fei Zi are here!" ” Fei Qian seemed to be suppressing his anger and ordered in a deep voice. Immediately, the guards responded loudly and rushed out amid the sound of clanging armor.

Xun You bowed in the hall and remained motionless.

Fei Qian's voice was loud and clear as he rolled out in the hall, "There are hundreds of ministers and thousands of officials in Beijing and Zhao, and there are many benefits beyond their duties." Although there are annual records and checks, there are often missing items left in the warehouse! There is also so-called wind and rain damage to local punishment and accounting items! In order to seek benefits, there are people who are very vain and reasonable, and they judge Adu! It’s not that I don’t know, I know that all officials work hard, and it’s best to be considerate. But now there are corrupt officials who disregard human ethics, violate etiquette and law, shake the foundation, seek selfish desires, eat away at someone’s good intentions, treat someone’s good intentions like dirt, deceive their superiors, and collude for personal gain! His crime deserves to be punished! 』

Many officials in the hall were sweating profusely and trembling with fear.

Corruption, as long as there is public power with adequate supervision and sufficient oil and water, it goes without saying that it will definitely become like a mold. It may seem like there is only a little bit today, but it will grow out tomorrow.

What Fei Qian said is actually not just a shortcoming of the current officialdom of the Han Dynasty. The ancients were never stupid. In fact, the Han Dynasty already had some of the skills that should have been in the officialdom for thousands of years. The rest of the feudal dynasties in later generations only developed on this basis. For example, before the year-end audit, For example, surprise expenses, clearing inventory, etc. are all basic operations.

Another example is the case of criminal interrogation in various places. The main measurement criteria are two. One is the number of cases, and the other is the rate of case closure. If the number of incidents is too small, it is a good thing, but it is also not a good thing. After all, if it is less, it is almost equivalent to having nothing to do. There is no so-called "banditry", so why allocate money? Too much is not good, too much is equivalent to poor governance, so most of the time there is a relatively stable standard, and if unfortunately too many happen this year, better officials will shelve it first and then move it. By next year, the worse officials will even directly refuse to accept, shirk, and kick the ball, causing the sufferer to run away and break his legs. This is especially true for the case closure rate. In order to increase the case closure rate, it is even more common for large-scale raids and arrests to be carried out and torture to extract confessions leading to wrongful convictions.

These are all problems, and they are still persistent.

To treat this stubborn disease, it is natural to prescribe the right medicine.

Fei He is the son of Fei Qian's uncle Fei Min. He has been serving as Ma Zhengsi Congcao for some time, and this seal was also signed and reported by Fei He as the supervisor of Ma Zhengsi.

Fei Qian believed in the numbers in the watch, but Fei He didn't look at it carefully, or he thought he didn't need to look at it...

"Gongda, please step aside for now. We will discuss the matter later..." Fei Qian looked at Xun You and said lukewarmly. Xun You is a good person in people's livelihood and government affairs, strategy, etc., but he has a bad personality because of his fondness for harmony. It has been some time since Fei He took office. Xun You, who is in charge of Chang'an's economy and trade, must have heard of issues like this to some extent, but Xun You did not express any expression, nor did he take the initiative to mention it.

Although Fei Qian had suppressed it before and only showed up now, which seems to have deceived Fei He, but at present, Fei Qian's own territory was fought out of blood and fire, and he had to work hard to get it. In the current situation, as a member of the Fe family, if you can't contribute to the overall situation, you can just stick to your job and you will have to make a living. However, maybe it is due to nature, or maybe it is deceived by others. Although I have the power, I seem to be incompetent in handling affairs. In this case, I can't blame myself for being reduced to a chicken above the sword!