Historically, there have been quite a few cities named Lady City, among which the one outside the Great Wall has the most special significance, and the rest of the Lady City is relatively unfamous.
Located in the territory of Changshan County, this lady city was established during the Warring States Period, it was a Zhao general to commemorate his mother to set up a military village, but it slowly became a settlement for the people, at first it was not called the lady city, it was the people who shouted and shouted, and the name was continued.
As the end point of the road from Yanmen County to Changshan County, it is not how important the military strategic position of Lady City is, in fact, because it is located on the edge of the water, and the water is connected with the rest of the rivers.
Like many cities, Lady City does not have many people now, and seven or eight out of ten of the people who live here all year round are official staff, the army responsible for defense, and the workers who are responsible for labor.
Liu Yan got off the car from Lady City without stopping, but crossed the water and headed northeast.
The place he was going to was called Ma Drowning Pass.
Ma Zhuan Pass was built at the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, the east of the pass is close to Huanshui, and Hongshangguan together become the barrier of the Western Jin Dynasty behind Heng Mountain, in order to defend against the invasion of grassland nomads.
Liu Yan would stop at Hongshangguan for a while, waiting for the follow-up troops to cross the river and catch up.
At first, he also intended to go to Hengshan Mountain, but he heard that there was no one there, and then there was no way up the mountain.
Changshan County was originally called Hengshan County, but it was renamed Changshan County in order to avoid the name of Emperor Wen Liu Heng.
It belongs to a part of the northern land, there have been many celebrities in history, it is not the mythical Zhao Zilong, it is a hero who stood in the border to resist the invasion of foreign races, and Liu Xiu, the founding king of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was the emperor of Changshan County.
It is not nonsense to say that the name of Zhuxia is exquisite, Changshan County was called Hengshan County before, the landmark is of course Hengshan, more than half of the terrain in its territory is also mountain-based, there are quite a lot of water systems, and the cultivated land in the territory is very scarce, mainly concentrated in the middle.
"Changshan County has a registered population of 270,000, with the most densely populated southeast, and the three counties of Lingshou, Zhending and Puwu are the upper counties."
Zhao Ping is the county guard of Changshan County, and the Son of Heaven must come to greet and accompany him, he is a middle-aged man who looks a little blessed, and when asked about domestic matters, he can always answer quickly: "The rest of the places are close to the mountains, or are surrounded by mountains, and the population is small." ” The population of the upper county of the Han Kingdom needed to reach 30,000, and the number of conscripts provided and the taxes paid reached the standard.
Nowadays, there are less than 100 counties in the Han Kingdom, and many of them are counties with a population of hundreds of thousands or even millions in one county, such as Jiankang in the south, Linzi in the east, and Chang'an in Guanzhong, all of which are large counties with a population of one million.
In addition, nearly 20 counties, including Xiangguo, Yecheng, Xingyang, Pengcheng and Chengdu, have a population of more than 100,000.
In the Northland region, there is no such thing as a population of more than 100,000, and there are only about 30 counties in Shangxian, and Changshan County can account for three of them, and it is really because the rest of Changshan County is mountainous, and the population is concentrated in the counties of the plains Hongshangguan is now only a place name, it has long been no longer the existence of a pass, and even the pass can not see the outline, only a remnant of the foundation remains.
"There are only 100 households here, and they usually make a living from fishing and hunting."
Zhao Ping didn't know that he was really very hard-working, or he knew that Liu Yan was coming to memorize the information under his rule, and answered Liu Yan's questions fluently, and when he saw that Liu Yan was in a happy mood, he joked: "Because it is located at the junction of two counties, the geography seems blurry, and the people are running around in two counties, and the people really don't know whether it belongs to Changshan or Zhongshan." ” Changshan County is next door to Zhongshan County, and Hongshangguan really happens to be at the junction of the two counties, so Lu Xun, the county guard of Zhongshan County, and a number of Zhongshan County dignitaries also came back to take over.
When Lu Xun heard Zhao Ping say that, he couldn't help but have a pimple in his heart.
It didn't take long for the Han Kingdom to begin to pay attention to internal affairs, because the speed of recovery was too fast, the boundary division of some counties was actually relatively vague, and then it was a study of history that would belong to this and that, and there were indeed some jurisdictional disputes.
There are only more than 1,000 people in Hongshangguan who can't provide much conscription, and if you want to say that there are really no special products, a small amount of cultivated land can't pay much tax, but now is an era when mosquito legs are thin and meat, the country grasps the population, and one more person is one more political achievement for each county, not to mention that there are more than 1,000 people, how can it not fight.
Liu Yan could hear it, it was for him, the son of heaven, who was titled Tianxian, to make a decision to divide whether Hongshangguan belonged to Changshan County or Zhongshan County.
Speaking of this is indeed an interesting story, the leader plays the majesty brought by power, and the name of the mouth determines the ownership of a place, and many powerful people in history like to do this to show their authority.
Liu Yan looked at Zhao Ping coldly, which place should belong to whose rule, as the Son of Heaven, should he fall to this point to show his authority, it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Zhao Ping was immediately wet with sweat when Liu Yan glanced at him, and he couldn't help but shiver a few times, and sweat trickled down the bridge of his nose.
Lu Xun next to him didn't know how gloating he was, the dispute between the two counties was not only Hongshangguan, but also Ma Zhuanguan, Xinshi and Jiumen, which were all people's residences at the junction of the two counties.
Not only Changshan County and Zhongshan County have such a situation, but each neighboring county has similar things, and the Prime Minister's Mansion is busy with too many things, and there are countless disputes in each county, and it is really difficult to deal with it in a short time, so it has been delayed.
There are really quite a lot of places that the Prime Minister's Mansion needs to be busy, and the heaviest task is to build Chang'an City and the national highways in the southeast and northwest, and the manpower used in these two places accounts for six or seven out of ten of the establishment, and the rest of the people are busy in the infrastructure supervision or acceptance of various counties, and there are really no superfluous people to do other things.
The construction of the new Chang'an has entered the final stage, but it does not mean that the manpower of the Prime Minister's Mansion can be withdrawn, on the contrary, more manpower needs to be invested in order to accept, Ji Chang lamented that the manpower is really insufficient, and he has thought more than once to request an increase in the establishment, but considering that the establishment of the Prime Minister's Mansion has been extremely large, whether it is to avoid the redundant phenomenon that may occur in the future, he endured it.
There are only two largest institutions in the Han State, except for the Prime Minister's Office, which is the Taiwei Administration, with the separation of the military and the government, the Prime Minister's Office is no longer involved in military affairs, and the Taiwei Office assumes all the responsibilities of the military, including the deployment of troops and logistics materials.
Xu Zheng is a smart person, he feels that his power is too great, he has soldiers and materials, and he has written a chapter to Liu Yan more than once, asking for a split, and if he doesn't split it, he really doesn't dare to continue to do it.
Of course, Liu Yan also knew that the power of the Taiwei was a bit excessive, but governing the country always needed to divide the steps, first strip the military affairs from the Prime Minister's Office, and then set up a new department to share some powers to avoid any instability.
In fact, there will be a major reform of the military in the future, which will probably be divided into departments dedicated to the transfer of generals, departments dedicated to the deployment of troops, and departments dedicated to planning wars, and the establishment of an administrative body managed by civilian officials and military generals.
In addition, there will be two different departments under the management of the field army and the garrison army, including the border army and the county army, so that the functions and powers are clearly divided and even opposed.
Not only will the military be split and refined, but the civil affairs will also be carried out, Liu Yan has come to a fact after repeated consideration, the system of three public and nine secretaries is really a little out of step with the times, in order to be able to more clearly define some powers, it may be an inevitable trend to change to three provinces and six ministries.
It's not that Liu Yan hasn't thought about getting modern ones, it's a pity that he really can't figure it out, he knows that there is a prime minister's office, and he also knows what the prime minister does, but what departments are in the prime minister's office, and what officials are under the prime minister, he really doesn't know wow The current three provinces and six ministries were implemented at the end of the Three Kingdoms and the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which are far less mature than the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Just as it takes steps and transitions to break up the Taiwei Administration, Liu Yan can't do everything in one step, and it will probably take two or three years to do it slowly.
It will be two or three years of consideration, it is Ji Chang, Xu Zheng and others who will end their three-term term of office in the thirteenth year of Yuan Shuo in three years, and then they should leave their posts, and it is not mentioned which post they will go to continue to shine, and each post will definitely be taken over by new people.
Liu Yan set off again two days later, and entered Zhongshan County, but only passed through the northern part of Zhongshan County, and had no intention of inspecting the rest of Zhongshan County, and the next county to enter was Fanyang County.
Fanyang County originally belonged to Youzhou, and for a period of time it was the capital of Youzhou, and the most famous county was Zhuo County, which was where Liu Bei was born and raised.
It is adjacent to Dai County, Guangning County, Shanggu County, and Yuyang County in the Western Jin Dynasty as the Yan Feng State.
The final destination of the patrol team in Fanyang County is Zhuo County, passing through Fanyang and Gu'an on the way, Liu Yan has stopped and inspected during the period, it has to be said that the wounds left by the war can still be seen at the beginning of the sight.
"This is the place where our army fought the first battle against Murong Yan Kingdom."
Liu Yan's memory is actually quite vague, he can't remember who led the army and which standing army participated in the battle, but he only remembered that Murong Yan's army resisted very tenaciously at that time: "Why hasn't the city wall been cleaned yet?"
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Guo Tian, the county guard of Fanyang County, immediately looked at Lu Hua, the county magistrate of Fanyang County, with an unkind face, and felt that it was a big shame to lose a big deal and a small matter, and it was a big deal to leave the Son of Heaven with insufficient work.
"Your Majesty" Guo Tian couldn't help but say quietly, and said: "Just do it, just do it", but in his heart he was even more annoyed by Lu Hua.
"The county magistrate here can be" Liu Yan actually saw people wearing green official robes earlier, and there was more than one, among them there must be a Fanyang county magistrate, who saw a person come out and kneel down to ask for a crime, and asked without any emotional fluctuations: "How many people are there in the city?"
Lu Hua's voice sounded a little frightened, and he replied: "There are two hundred and ten households in the city, two hundred and seven adult men, one hundred and twelve women, and eighty-nine children. ” Liu Yan has not forgotten that under the age of eight is not counted in the household registration.
He would ask that just to know how much labor there was, and he would know why it wasn't being cleaned up.
There are more than 400 people in Fanyang City, it should be too many deaths or escapes caused by the previous war, there are no new residents to move in, and it is completely dependent on manpower, and there are not enough people who can't do too many things, especially not long after the war has just ended, people's priority stomach, only to ensure that the food is enough, will they do those things that do not affect their livelihood.
Lu Hua was let up, and when asked about the population of Fanyang County, he replied that there were 4,700 people in total, but this time he did not answer in as much detail as when he reported the population of Fanyang City.
"When the widow came, he saw the fields, and the county was given priority to farming" The fields that Liu Yan saw just now were not very good, but considering that they were also affected by drought, they could still see all kinds of grain being cultivated, and there were also people raising sheep.
Speaking of drought, there is finally a rainy season in the north recently, Liu Yan knows that it is the credit of setting fire in the grassland, and the rain for half a month has alleviated the drought in the north, that is, the more the hinterland of the Central Plains, the less rain it has, and there is still no rain in some places.
"Indeed, the people's stomachs should be guaranteed first."
According to the current evaluation standards, Liu Yan has to praise Lu Hua for being at least a responsible magistrate, especially when he learned that Fanyang County is working hard to promote waterwheels and has also made a hydraulic grinding plate, and he should greatly appreciate: "It is the greatest credit not to starve to death in disaster years." ” After this inspection, especially when he entered the Northland, Liu Yan saw too many desolate places, and there was no place in the city where people lived that could be called prosperous.
Lu Hua was very excited to get the appreciation of the Son of Heaven, and he knew how to be a man and said that Guo Tian, the leader of the county guard, was well-organized, so that the reserved smile on Guo Tian's face never broke.
Liu Yan will also know a little more about whether swarms of locusts have been found in each place, and I don't know whether it is the credit of the fire, or the relationship between the recent continuous rainfall, there are more or less signs of locusts found in various places, poultry and people continue to hunt and kill a number of people, and no disaster of locust swarms is found.
"Only one place can be said to be an accident, and many places are like this" Liu Yan said to Sang Yu in private: "What if you set fire to the whole grassland, so what":