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"Over there, post over there too!"

"Oh, you posted it crookedly, move a little to the left!"

"..."

Zhao Zhenfang wandered around the courtyard, ordering servants to put up Spring Festival couplets at each door.

Pan Qimei is also busy. She has learned a lot of pastry recipes this year, and has been making new year snacks by herself these days.

As for Fei Rulan, she wrote the Spring Festival couplets at her own pace.

Spring Festival couplets have been around for a long time, but they used to be hung on wooden plaques, and it was only in the Ming Dynasty that they began to be written on red paper, and it seems that Nanjing originated.

This is the first Spring Festival when he moved to Nanjing, and after the Chinese New Year, Zhao Han will establish himself as King of Wu. The agencies under the Dudu Mansion will also change their names, and some departments need to be expanded or adjusted.

The king of Wu is just the title of the king, and the future title of the country is still not determined.

"Husband, you can also write a copy, hang it at the gate." Fei Rulan came over with a pen and paper.

Zhao Han picked up the brush, but he heard the guard at the door reporting: "Captain, Mrs. Qin is here."

"Please come in."

Zhao Han didn't deliberately show courtesy to the corporal, he knew that Qin Liangyu was visiting Nanjing yesterday.

Qin Liangyu led his grandson through the halls and courtyards, but he didn't see groups of servants along the way. This made her a little surprised, but she also felt that it was reasonable, as if Zhao Han's family should be like this.

When he came to the inner courtyard, Zhao Han was writing Spring Festival couplets.

After waiting for Zhao Han to finish writing, Qin Liangyu cupped his hands and said, "I have seen Governor Zhao."

Zhao Han put down his brush: "Old Madam Qin, I've heard of you for a long time!"

Fei Rulan stood beside her husband, bent down and gave Qin Liangyu a blessing.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I just wrote the couplets for the Spring Festival, and I invite Mrs. Qin to appreciate them."

Qin Liangyu took two steps forward, and read: "For a hundred years, the heaven and the earth will regain their vitality, and the mountains and rivers will be unified, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe. Good Spring Festival couplets, so bold!"

After holding the chairs, everyone sat down around, Fei Rulan brought snacks for them, and asked Xiyue to make a pot of tea.

Zhao Han asked, "Is Mrs. Qin still used to living in Nanjing?"

"Everything is fine." Qin Liangyu replied.

Zhao Han asked with a smile, "How do you feel about Nanjing?"

"Excellent!"

Neither party went straight to the point. Qin Liangyu asked casually, "Why are the low-rent houses leased for 30 years, and the real estate belongs to the tenants?"

"Since it is rented out, no one is willing to move out unless it is forced to evict. If it is possible to force eviction, there may be no chaos in Nanjing, and chaos will inevitably occur in other cities," Zhao Han said with a smile. Ten years of rent, the government barely recovers the cost of building the house, so what if the old house is donated to the people?"

Qin Liangyu praised: "The governor has far-reaching considerations."

Zhao Han continued: "The same is true for dividing land. Now it can be assigned to individuals. The longer it takes, the more difficult it is to find out. Thirty to fifty years have passed, and after one or two generations, the land must belong to a certain household. If it is a subdivision, there will be more chaos. At that time, we can only make adjustments, stipulating that the property of a certain household should not exceed the number, and the population of a household should not exceed the number."

Qin Liangyu didn't want to understand: "As long as the government controls the household registration and field records, why can't they tell the difference?"

Zhao Han explained: "The daughter of a certain family has land under her name, and she can't take it away after she gets married. These fields can only be attributed to a certain household. The government can forcefully intervene, but it can't control it at all, otherwise it will be taken away every day. Officials are exhausted. In addition, the man of a certain family goes out to be an official or does business. After many years, he moves out of his household registration. The land under his name must be left to his family. One or two households will definitely be able to get it back. There are everywhere in the country. How to deal with this phenomenon?"

In ancient times, there were no computers, and the efficiency of the government was very low. If there were more such things, it would be impossible to ban them.

It's the same sentence, you can't take back what you give.

If you want to get it back, you have to expand the number of officials, and the administrative cost has skyrocketed.

Zhao Han didn't dare to build official housing in various cities, they were only slightly more expensive than low-rent housing.

This is learning from Daming's experience and lessons!

After Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, he built many official residences, which were also distributed to officials, and they would be taken back after the officials retired.

As a result, in just a few decades, Beijing officials had no place to live.

Because more and more officials don't even hand over the house after they die, let alone retire.

So from the mid-Ming Dynasty, the houses where Beijing officials lived were either rewarded by the emperor, purchased by themselves, or leased with money.

With the high housing prices in Beijing, if the Beijing officials are not corrupt, after paying the rent every month, the salary can only barely survive, please don't think about it.

Zhao Han wants to build some buildings in every city, so that officials can live for free-note, they live for free, and do not pay rent!

If you are transferred to another place, your house will be returned, and you will be dismissed if you do not return.

After retiring as an official, the house will be returned. If you don’t return it, the three generations of children and grandchildren will be disqualified from being officials, because officials have household registration and houses in their hometowns.

This policy seems to be harsh, and the duration is estimated to be limited. Decades after Zhao Han's death, officials may occupy houses.

Therefore, officials' buildings cannot be repaired very well.

But it must be much better than low-rent housing, otherwise it will dampen the enthusiasm of officials.

Official housing, the specification is two rooms and one living room.

And the low-rent housing has only one room, and the whole family of the poor is crowded into one room!

To be honest, curbing corruption is a big problem.

Although Zhao Han's salaries to officials were much higher than those of Daming, they couldn't satisfy their desire to have numerous servants. This was taken for granted in ancient times. It seems that an official should have many servants.

Qin Liangyu chatted very well with Zhao Han, from housing to officials, and from officials to people's livelihood.

Qin Liangyu suddenly said: "I saw a kind of panniang candy in Nanjing, which is made from sweet potatoes. I heard that the yield of sweet potatoes is very high, why don't you choose the land?"

"Hasn't Shili been introduced yet?" Zhao Han asked.

"Only corn (maize) has been introduced, and sometimes sorghum is also grown," Qin Liangyu sighed. "There is a lot of land in Shidui Mountain, and there is not much land that can grow rice. The lives of the local people are very difficult. Shidong is pretty good, these young people The Xuanfu Division in Youyang next to it is hard to describe. It was already very poor, but the chieftains also imposed exorbitant taxes, which even aroused riots among the native people in the past few years."

Zhao Han said: "This kind of chieftain must be severely punished."

Qin Liangyu knows how to punish severely. Yesterday she asked about the fate of Nanjing Xungui.

The elderly were all executed, the young were scattered and thrown into various mines, and the women were married off to bachelors who immigrated to the north. If there are children, the biological mother will take them and remarry them.

The methods are very cruel and human resources are not wasted.

Qin Liangyu asked: "Can you give me some sweet potato seeds, and I can bring back the stone to introduce the seeds?"

"This is naturally feasible," Zhao Han said. "Choose those big sweet potatoes as potato seeds. When buried in the soil, they will sprout and grow vines. Then cut the vines and plant them, and you can plant dozens of acres of sweet potato fields in a year. In a few years, It can be extended to the entire Shidui."

Qin Liangyu smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, the governor is also proficient in farming."

Zhao Han waved his hand and said: "I only know a general idea. When the old lady returns, I will send a few old farmers who are proficient in sweet potato cultivation to follow. The old farmers have the final say on these details."

Ma Wannian sat nearby and listened, anxious to scratch his head.

Grandma and Governor Zhao were both important people, but they chatted enthusiastically about farming matters, even for half an hour. Not only the introduction of sweet potatoes, but also how to reclaim barren hills, how to improve the soil in barren land, and how to organize people to build water conservancy projects.

What about the Northern Expedition?

What about killing the Tartars?

Where is the prince and princess?

What will be the future arrangements for Shili Tusi?

"Husband, Madam, General Ma, please come in to dine." Fei Rulan came over with a smile.

Everyone moved to the dining room, and Zhao Han poured wine for Qin Liangyu himself.

"Old madam, I never drink. Today I will accompany the old madam to get drunk." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Qin Liangyu smiled and said, "I'm old and can't drink as much as I did when I was young."

Zhao Han said: "It's up to you, I'll give the old lady a drink first!"

As the Chinese New Year approaches, officials have a holiday, and Zhao Han also puts aside his mundane duties to rest.

The officials under Zhao Handai were not harsh. Not only were their salaries higher than those of the Ming Dynasty, they even had more holidays than the Ming Dynasty.

The holiday lasts from the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month.

There is a three-day holiday for the Lantern Festival.

Qingming Festival, Shangsi Festival and Cold Food Festival were combined into one in the Ming Dynasty, adding up to three days of holiday.

The Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Winter Solstice each have three days off.

There is one day off every ten days, with rest on the ninth, nineteenth and twenty-ninth day of the lunar month. As the saying goes, one day off every tenth day.

It is very user-friendly and allows officials time to relax.

During the holidays, just like Ming Dynasty, one or two people from each department must be left on duty.

Of course, the front line can’t rest, and neither can those in charge of immigration.

After two cups of rice wine, Qin Liangyu pointed at Ma Wannian: "My grandson has been studying since he was a child, and he is proficient in bow and horse. He is determined to avenge the Tatars. Can he be a pawn in the governor's army?"

"Brother Ma is a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, how can he be reduced to being a pawn?" Zhao Han said with a smile, "I just want to expand the cavalry. If Brother Ma is willing, he can be the cavalry sentry commander."

Qin Liangyu said: "I know that the rules of the Datong Army are strict. Officers must be promoted based on merit, so I can just let him be a pawn."

Zhao Han shook his head: "The Datong Army is short of cavalry. Brother Ma is already aggrieved as the sentry commander. For the time being, he can only command a hundred cavalry. When the war horses multiply and the army is expanded again in the future, Brother Ma can also command three to five thousand cavalry. also."

"Thank you, Commander!" Ma Wannian was very excited.

Although he had practiced arching and horse training since he was a child, Shili did not have a large-scale cavalry at all.

When Ma Wannian thought about commanding elite cavalry, running across the battlefield and being invincible, he felt very happy.

Suddenly, Ma Wannian couldn't help but ask: "The governor is so young, how dare you ask Gui Geng?"

"Almost twenty-three years old." Zhao Han smiled.

Ma Wannian was speechless. He was one year older than Zhao Han.

Qin Liangyu was also a little surprised, but he didn't dwell on it. Instead, he asked, "Where are the prince and princess?"

Zhao Han said: "I went to study. I ate at the school at noon and at home in the evening. They ate with me every day."

"That's it." Qin Liangyu was completely relieved.

The two parties did not talk about surrender at all, let alone the treatment after surrender. It seemed that talking about those things was redundant.

(To explain, small buildings with three or four floors don’t use much steel, and they don’t even need concrete. Even if it is used, it will only be poured in one circle at the transition of each floor. As for the frame structure, it emerged after the 21st century.)

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