Gu Tianya needed to go through five transfers and approach Chang'an like a smooth sailing.

No one can explain history clearly. Even if the same event were to happen again, the evolution process would not be exactly the same.

Even if the time is the same.

Even if the personnel remain unchanged.

But there are always some major nodes that cannot be avoided no matter what. It is like there is a rule that cannot be broken. Historical trends can be changed but the general trend cannot be changed. What should happen will eventually happen.

Let’s start with the first transfer.

…

That night, it was sunset.

Hebei Road, Boping County, Bozhou. (Note: Today's Liaocheng, Shandong)

Gu Tianya and his ten soldiers finally stepped into the new place where they were about to perform their duties.

At this time, I saw a soldier reaching into his arms and quickly took out a pamphlet from his arms. The soldier unfolded the pamphlet, stuttered and began to read, saying: "Bo... Bozhou is at the same level as Tanzhou."

, there are... a total of three counties under its jurisdiction. Among them, Boping County is the seat of state governance and once belonged to the upper counties of Shiwanshi."

"Okay, stop stumbling over your words!"

Gu Tianya chuckled, waved his hand towards him, and said with a hint of regret: "Although you have been studying in night school for half a year, you can only barely understand the words at most. If you want to recite the county annals, you

I don’t have the ability yet…”

The soldier smiled, but he still held up the book and thought about it. It seemed that it was not for performance, but because he wanted to fulfill some duties.

Gu Tianya sighed, looked at him and asked, "Is this Zhao Ning's order? She wants you to become a staff member?"

The soldier quickly raised his chest and said righteously: "The princess said that the staff are the most capable people. The princess asked us to become the staff so that we can help you do more things."

Gu Tianya didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He couldn't help but waved his hand to him again and said with a smile: "When you come to this world, everyone has something they are good at. You are strong and brave warriors. What you are good at is charging into battle and fighting. Why?

Do you have to put the cart before the horse? In fact, being an aide may not be able to help."

The soldier smiled innocently and subconsciously touched his head.

At this time, several other soldiers came closer, blinking and stretching their necks, and carefully asked Gu Tianya: "If we can't become a staff, how can we help you? We are all specially selected by the princess.

,Everyone is considered the smartest person in the army..."

Gu Tianya laughed loudly, pointed at them and said: "Even I don't dare to use the word smartest. You have ten soldiers, are you all the smartest? This is a language problem, think about it yourself."

It's a pity that the ten soldiers looked at each other and couldn't figure out where they went wrong.

Gu Tianya sighed and said: "Forget it, it won't be difficult for you. Although our Women's Army is powerful, Zhao Ning has never thought about seeking the supreme power. Because of her thoughts, she has never wanted to get involved in internal affairs.

, she only led troops to sit in the north, and refused to recruit internal affairs staff. Now she is rushing to do it, wouldn't it be ridiculous."

The soldier mustered up his courage and suddenly whispered: "The princess is a woman and has a very kind heart. The reason why the princess does not want to get involved in internal affairs is because she does not want to compete with her brother."

Gu Tianya was suddenly a little surprised. He couldn't help but look at the soldier. After a long time, he said slightly curiously: "It turns out that you are really a smart man. No wonder you were selected by Zhao Ning."

The soldier smiled honestly again and grinned: "The ten of us are the smartest in the Detachment of Women."

Gu Tianya immediately rolled his eyes and said: "I understand, I'm afraid someone taught you to recite this in advance. Otherwise, with your almond-shaped brains, it would be impossible to understand Zhao Ning's thoughts. Hmm, let me guess,

Was it taught by Ma Sanbao? No, no, Ma Sanbao is not that smart. Was it taught by Xiaorou? No, Xiaorou just has a gentle personality..."

Suddenly he laughed again and said leisurely: "I thought about it, it's Xiao Qing, right? This kind of indiscriminate method of forcing you to recite the rhetoric seems to be the only one with Xiao Qing's kind of personality who can do this.

Strange things."

Several soldiers lowered their heads and said coquettishly: "General Qing has issued a strict order and we must be smart. Only if we become aides can we help you do great things."

"shit!"

Gu Tianya was so angry that he pointed at a few fools and said: "You can indeed help me, but you are not becoming a staff member. There is only one thing you can help me with, and that is to chop off the heads one by one with a knife.

.”

The ten soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then everyone opened their mouths and said with wide smiles: "Carrying a knife to kill people? We don't need to learn this kind of thing. We are very good at it. We are very good at it."

Gu Tianya laughed loudly.

At this time, the soldier with the book in his hand came forward, looked at Gu Tianya eagerly with the book in his hand, and asked: "First... Sir, what is Shangxian?"

As he spoke, he turned over a page of the booklet and showed it to Gu Tianya, and asked eagerly: "It says that there are three counties in Bozhou, among which Boping is the seat of state governance, and it was once among the top counties with hundreds of thousands of counties."

The other nine soldiers all poked their heads together, with a strong desire for knowledge on their faces, and asked cautiously: "Why does one hundred thousand stones belong to Shang County?"

Apparently they were really loyal and had no intention of giving up on becoming a staff member.

They were warned by Zhao Ning and coaxed by Xiao Qing. There was only one thing on the minds of the ten of them, and that was to become Gu Tianya's staff as soon as possible.

To be a staff member, you have to be smart.

And you have to learn, you have to keep learning all kinds of knowledge.

These ten soldiers were unwilling to give up any opportunity to seek knowledge.

Gu Tianya was suddenly very moved.

He suddenly found that these ten soldiers were very cute.

Seeing the eager expressions on the ten soldiers' faces, Gu Tianya became solemn unconsciously. He slowly exhaled and explained to several people carefully.

"One hundred thousand stones is enough for a county. This is actually based on population regulations..."

Gu Tianya liked teaching, and the ten soldiers were all good students, so everyone started a special teaching course based on the official way.

But Gu Tianya said: "After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, a census was conducted, and the county levels were revised based on the number of households. Those with more than 6,000 households were classified as upper counties, those with 2,000 households were classified as middle counties, and those with 1,000 households were counted as lower counties.

County... But you have to pay attention to one thing. This 'household' refers to an official household."

The ten soldiers hurriedly memorized it carefully. After a long time, they asked in a low voice, "What is an official household?"

Gu Tianya pondered for a moment, then spoke again, saying: "A household is a tax-paying unit, so any dynasty hopes to have enough households, but people are generally unwilling to divide households. Aristocratic families and even hundreds or thousands of people share one household. Appearance

In this case, the two sides will inevitably be in a stalemate, and China has a 'fine' tradition since ancient times. When encountering a stalemate, each side likes to take a step back. Therefore, there is the saying that the official family is..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the soldiers, and then said: "The official household is a family of five. The 6,000 households in the Tang Dynasty are in Shang County, with a population of more than 30,000. If one person is calculated based on 300 kilograms of grain per year,

, 30,000 people need 9 million kilograms of grain. Uh, this number unit is too large, and it is difficult to accept it with your current knowledge. Let me put it another way, 9 million kilograms of grain is 90,000 kilograms. Do you understand now, one for each county

At least 90,000 shi of food are consumed every year.”

The ten soldiers were obviously trying hard to understand, and it took a long time before they finally finally understood.

But they didn't understand more, and couldn't help but ask: "Since 90,000 shi of grain is enough, why does the county have to set it as 100,000 shi?"

Gu Tianya suddenly sighed and seemed to be in a bad mood. He said softly: "Do you think it is enough for one person to eat only 300 kilograms of grain a year?"

The ten soldiers blinked blankly, obviously thinking about the conversion problem.

Gu Tianya looked a little helpless and said again: "Let me put it another way, lest you can't figure it out, one person only has one kilogram of food a day..."

The ten soldiers finally understood and immediately sighed along with Gu Tianya.

How can one pound of grain fill the stomach?

What the common people do is physical work, which is heavy and tiring. Let alone one pound of food, three pounds can be swallowed. This refers to women, not men who pretend to work hard.

So a pound of grain is just the bottom line for people not to starve to death.

Gu Tianya spoke slowly and said in a deep tone: "For a county with 6,000 households, 90,000 shi of food is the bottom line, but the court also knew that this bottom line was too low, so it added another 10,000 shi on this basis, 1

Wanshi sounds like a lot, but unfortunately this number has to be divided among 30,000 people. How much increase does each person have? It is just 33 kilograms more grain in a year. If it is accurate to the sky, it is only 7 yuan more, which is not even the weight of one tael.

, a dozen grains of wheat are already more than 7 yuan."

Ten soldiers stood stunned on the spot.

Eating more than a dozen grains of wheat a day? How will this help the hungry people? However, this is the greatest consideration of the court, because a dozen grains of wheat per person has added 10,000 shi to the county.

This extra 10,000 dan is the bottom line to ensure the survival of the people, and the 100,000 dan in a county has been written into the iron law of basic food that cannot be taxed, and according to this iron law, it must be replenished when there is a famine...

What does it mean?

That is, when there is a famine, the same amount of disaster relief food must be supplied.

Not only could the court not collect taxes and grain, but it also had to donate 100,000 yuan in accordance with the county's specifications. Originally, it only needed 90,000 yuan, but the court ordered an extra 10,000 yuan.

If these 10,000 dan are shared among the common people, no one can get more than a dozen grains of wheat. However, for the court, 10,000 dan is a big pressure.

Just because they don't want people to starve to death, the court is doing its best.

A dozen grains of wheat are their greatest ability.

If there were any more, the court would be overwhelmed.

A soldier was stunned for a long time, then suddenly murmured: "From what Mr. said, it turns out that court is also difficult."

Gu Tianya nodded and said: "To be able to raise the price from 90,000 shi to 100,000 shi is already considered a rare benevolent government in the past, so the Tang royal family is not bad, at least they are not hard-hearted people."

The ten soldiers nodded quickly and said in unison: "You are also a member of the royal family, and you have the softest heart."

Gu Tianya waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am not considered a royal family, because I am not a consort. Zhao Ning and I marry a man as a woman, not as a consort."

The ten soldiers scratched their heads and scratched their heads, and suddenly they had an idea and said, "You are a relative of the country."
To be continued...