Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 499 to see

   A bullock cart staggered, surrounded by more than a dozen guards, and marched on the official road.

  Since it is a look, then it is a look.

   Most of the fanfare can't see anything, so I can only watch quietly.

Smart people often only believe in themselves, and what they see and hear is considered true. As for what others say, they are mostly just acting as some support. Most of the time, they are only willing to listen and see more, but Rarely express some opinions, and even most of the things in their hearts are conspiracies...

   "Strange!" On the bullock cart, a middle-aged scribe who was reclining suddenly stopped the cart, then lifted the curtain and looked under the cart.

  A fairly flat road extends from the foot to the distance...

  The scribe got out of the car and walked to the side of the road, looking around with his slender eyes.

Obviously, the official road has just been leveled. Although there is no green bricks to pave it, it is quite strong. It should have been tamped, and then tamped again after being corrected and rolled. It is relatively dry these days. A little bit of dust is not as dusty as most other light steps on the road.

   No wonder the vehicle is not shaking so much when driving, and the width of this official road...

  The scribe squinted his eyes, his eyes were almost narrowed into a line, looking at the road extending into the distance, he fell silent.

  The width of the official road surface is at least close to forty steps!

   It was quite unexpected, there are very few such wide roads nowadays.

  War is the most destructive, and even roads are doomed.

  This used to be the Shangjun Road of the Qin Dynasty. It started from Xianyang, passed Shangjun and went straight to Youzhou. After arriving in Liaodong, it turned around and went southwest, and finally ended in Lelang. It was an important channel for the Qin Dynasty to connect the central, Hetao, and Liaodong regions.

   Chi Road, the cavalry travels 600 miles a day and night, which is called the basic standard. If it is an emergency, it will travel 800 miles a day and night. It was originally supposed to be fifty steps wide, but because of the successive wars in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, it caused a lot of damage, and it has not been repaired much until now.

  In the early Han Dynasty, the economic conditions and national financial resources were too weak. Even because of the serious lack of horses in the early Han Dynasty, even the emperor of the Han Dynasty was unable to equip his imperial chariots with horses of the same color, and many generals could only ride in ox carts. However, the economy of the Han Dynasty did not recover until a long time later, and it practiced inaction for a long time, so it has never labored and mobilized people to rebuild the road.

  During this period many roads were reclaimed for arable land, narrowed, or even ceased to exist entirely.

Moreover, the enfeoffment system in the early Han Dynasty also weakened the role of roads. The roads were obviously used for long-distance transportation and the transfer of troops and horses. However, the princes of the Han Dynasty occupied various places for a long time and had little contact with each other. People between different fiefdoms There is also no need for long-distance transportation of large quantities of goods, and the transportation line becomes shorter, which also eliminates the need to renovate the lanes.

Of course, with the recovery of the economy, the gradually wealthy finances of the Han Dynasty were all invested in the war against the Xiongnu by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The use of a large number of cavalry also reduced the demand for vehicles, so there was no money spent for recovery. the way.

  A wide and flat road is naturally extremely convenient for the rapid transfer of troops on both sides of the road, or even between cities...

   But to rebuild such a road, a huge amount of people's power needs to be mobilized. Using such a large corvee project, are you afraid of stirring up civil uprisings?

The scribe saw several farmers weeding in the field beside the road, so he walked slowly to the edge of the field, cupped his hands at one of the older farmers, and said, "Dare to ask the old man, how much is the tax here, and how about the labor? "

The old farmer looked up, pondered a bit, and seemed to be an official figure, so he didn't hide much, and said: "This year, because the official's cattle and horses are used to open the field, so I have to pay an extra ration. , so the land rent is five points, and the tax is one point... one month in summer and one month in slack in winter..."

   "I have to pay six cents of the rent, so is it enough for the Yuliang family?" The rent is a bit heavy, but since it is renting land, it is almost the same, but the corvee is relatively light.

  The corvee service in the Han Dynasty was relatively complicated. For ordinary peasant households, rent and tax were only paid once a year, and according to the output per mu, the fixed ratio was actually not heavy.

  The Han Dynasty Civil Service, first of all, the national military service, one year to supplement the local county soldiers, responsible for public security training, and then in the second year, according to the national arrangement, go to another area to perform military service, generally speaking, it is a relatively dangerous area...

  Of course, the national military service is only required to serve once in a lifetime, but if it is a war, you still need to obey the call-up again, and you must not resist...

  The garrison is to serve in the frontier, and the time is also one year, which can be offset by money.

The above are considered fixed corvees, not fixed, temporary labor issued by the local counties and counties, including but not limited to civil engineering, bridge building, road repairing, river management, and grain transfer. Change of service can also be replaced by silver money.

In addition, the Han Dynasty exempted some people from corvee, such as the clan, nobles, bureaucrats with high titles and their relatives, the three elders of the county and township, and those who were selected as filial piety and Litian; Those who were exempted by imperial edicts; or those who gave birth to children or mourned, and those who were temporarily exempted due to natural disasters and military disasters;

  Big merchants or gentry could also use money to buy lords, and then they could be exempted from corvee. In this way, the obligation of corvee in the Han Dynasty actually fell to peasants below the middle class.

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  The old farmer heard the scribe's question, looked at the well-grown crops in the field, smiled on his wrinkled face, and said, "If God can take care of it, it should be okay..."

   "Then this road...is there no corvee?"

  The old farmer laughed, and said: "It was made by Xianbei Nuxiu!" He looked quite complacent. These years have been harassed by barbarians, burned, killed, and looted. Now seeing the once tyrannical Xianbei people become coolies, my heart is naturally a little bit refreshed...

   "Then the Xianbei slaves also obeyed?" They turned out to be using Xianbei people to build roads! The Hu people are so cruel, they don't understand the reason, they are not transformed into kings, and they don't obey discipline, so why didn't they resist?

  The old farmer smiled, "Hu people are also human beings, they all have one head and one mouth... Sir, if you walk forward, you can see it..."

  The scribe snorted, then took out some five baht coins from his pocket and put them on the edge of the field, and said, "Thank you, old man, for clearing up the confusion, and I'm leaving."

  The old farmer looked at the scribes who had already walked away, and then at the five baht coins by the field, shook his head, then casually picked up those coins into his arms, and muttered something...

   Let’s copy some of Liu Yong’s words, hehe…

   What is a successful person...

   Renzong and others are all low...

"Teacher and student Yanye, Xiangxiang and I have a lot of love. Anna is longer than reconciliation, and the four are combined into one. Fortunately, I have not paid in a hurry, and it took a long time to write new words. I wrote it several times and then moved it again. The treacherous words With me in mind."

  (end of this chapter)