MTL - Three Kingdoms-Chapter 2724 The simplest wooden tablets

  Chapter 2724 The simplest wooden tablet

   Taixing seventh year, July.

  Chang'an.

   Chengnan station.

  There are three Chang'an post stations, except for the north, east, west, and south, and the south of the city is more for handling letters, official documents and other things from all over the country, and some are closer to the post offices of later generations.

Chang'an is a big city. Not only are there many residents in the city, but there are also many people in the mausoleum. Of course, these people also have the need to communicate with relatives and friends far away, so the letters sent out and sent in every day, bamboo slips, etc. Very much.

as far as I can tell. The "people" who wrote these letters were still mostly descendants of the gentry.

Although Feiqian has developed paper with a lower price and better quality, these two "comparisons" are only relative to the previous paper. For most common people, even for the children of the gentry It can be said that bamboo slips and wooden slips are still convenient and can be used anywhere, and they don’t even cost money as “free” text carriers, so there are still a large number of people using them.

Because most of the people in the feudal dynasty were illiterate, even if you want to send a letter, it is not an easy task. You need to find a scholar who can write letters, spend a sum of money first, and then find the right way At the same time, because of the illiteracy of the people, the official rarely said that there are special places for the people to send letters in remote areas. Institutions such as post stations can only be found in cities, even larger cities.

If you want to send a letter, you have to pay someone to write the letter first, then spend money to ask someone to carry it from the countryside to the city, then spend money to send it from a certain city to a certain city, and finally spend a sum of money to have someone send it from the post station. Sending it to someone's home requires expenditure for each process. Although the price is not too high, it is not cheap either.

  Ordinary businessmen would be willing to carry letters along the way, which range from dozens of coins to hundreds of coins.

   Large-scale queues such as water transport will also carry letters, and the charges are generally hundreds of letters.

And because most of the people in the feudal dynasty did not leave their hometowns, it was actually a very accidental thing to find the right person. Maybe even if they spent money to write letters, they could only stay at home. I left it there until the ink on the letter was smudged and the paper turned yellow, but I still couldn't send it out.

It is precisely because of these and other problems that in ancient times, ordinary people seldom sent letters. When they really missed someone, they might just stand in the wind and murmur a few words. Even if you entrust your heart to Dongfeng.

  Currently, the letters handled by Chang’an Chengnan Post Station are also basically letters between the children of the gentry. The postmen at the post station also prefer to deliver letters from these gentry children, because as long as the letters are delivered, there will be more or less errands to thank them, ranging from a few or a dozen to hundreds, and they may even send some extra wine and meat What the heck, it's so flattering.

  『Li’s! Lee's letter! Maoling's! ’ The little official in charge of distributing letters came out with a lot of letters, then put them on the table with a bang, picked up one, and then yelled.

"Hey! give me give me! I just happened to be going to Maoling! 』The pawns around listened with their ears upright, and raised their hands hurriedly when they met those who were on the way, and then stepped forward to take the letters that needed to be delivered.

  『Wechsler, Webster’s letter! Who is going? Hey, didn't you all rush to give it away before? The little official picked up another letter, but no one answered after calling for a long time, he couldn't help frowning, "Forget it, let's put it here first...The next one, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang in the south of the city..."

"what! Chengnan Zhang, just next door to my house! I go, I go! 』An older postman came up, and the other two postmen who were about to go forward looked at it and shrank back.

  『Old Zhang, aren’t you too lazy to send these letters on weekdays? The little official also laughed and joked, "Register yourself!" 』

The old postman Zhangtou smiled, "That's right, I usually have bad legs and feet, and it's not easy to compete with you young people at a distance. Yes, I just took it with me when I got home...Last time, people from the Zhang family asked me if I had any letters. Now that I have a letter, I won’t take it with me, so I’ll be a little embarrassed when we meet...』

  The little official nodded and made a favor, "That's right...then next time there is a letter from the Zhang family in the south of Chengnan, I can leave it to you." 』

  『The feeling is good! 』Old Zhangtou smiled, and took the letter without any hassle, it was a wooden tablet.

  Old Zhangtou touched the end of the wooden tablet with his fingers, then moved his eyes, but soon he took the wooden tablet into his arms as if nothing happened.

  Because the text on the wooden tablet is written directly on the wooden tablet, what is written can be seen by everyone who handles it. Therefore, the letters on the wooden tablets are actually very simple, but the simpler the things, the more difficult the information may be hidden.

  Old Zhang nodded his head and went home with the wooden tablet. Greetings to people I knew along the way, there was nothing unusual at all, until I arrived at Zhang's small courtyard in the south of the city, my face showed a little seriousness.

  Old Zhang opened the gate with his head, and then took out the wooden tablet.

  The wooden tablet was received by another person, and then he reached out and touched the tail of the wooden tablet, showing the same serious expression...

Immediately, the wooden tablets didn't stay in Zhang's small courtyard in the south of the city at all. Those who came in from the front door went straight from the back, turned around a few alleys, and entered the corner door of a shop at the back street, and then handed over to them. into the hands of those in charge.

  The person in charge also touched the end of the wooden tablet, and then took the wooden tablet into the dark room. According to the previous instructions, he prepared hot water to dissolve the isinglass, and then dipped the wooden tablet into the water.

Isinglass is rich in protein, so with some special methods, you can brew a glue with a high viscosity, even comparable to the 502 of later generations, but this fish glue is afraid of water and heat, so when you encounter it Hot water will lose its viscosity.

  Because there are words written on the wooden tablet, normally, ordinary people will naturally keep the wooden tablet away from water. If the wooden tablet gets wet and the words are smeared, then who can see clearly what is written? Moreover, isinglass is not something that ordinary people can use, so some people in Wensi also use this simple wooden tablet to convey some not very urgent information.

  The wooden tablets were quickly separated where they were glued together, revealing the actual letter inside, sealed in wax.

   Soon, the original wooden tablet and the letters inside were quickly put into a new box, and then sent directly to the back door of Youwen Division, and delivered to Kan Ze by the small official.

   Kan Ze looked at the information in his hand, and couldn't help but reached out and rubbed the space between his brows.

Youwen Division's manpower is now gradually being laid, and the news collected is naturally increasing, and because Pang Tong left Chang'an, some relevant information has naturally been gathered here, making Kan Ze. It is very busy, almost every day from morning to night is spent in the official office.

  This is a letter sent by Zhang An, Zhiyin Supervisor of the Western Regions. It is about the issue of the administration of officials in the Western Regions.

   This is a big problem.

   Counselor Wang himself is not very important, but the problems reflected in this incident are very important.

  It’s like the feudal dynasty of the later generations sent people to investigate the place, but they fell off the cliff halfway and died, or the boat capsized when they were on the boat...

   Is it such a coincidence?

   Kan Ze does not believe in any pure coincidence in this world.

  Combining some of the things he reported before, he can almost infer that the counselor Wang of Zhiyin Supervisor must have known something before he was killed.

   This matter is called murder if it is small, but if it is big...

   Then it’s hard to say.

  Kan Ze was silent for a while, and then first called the old officer in charge of the archives to prepare the information, and then hurried to the Shangshutai with the information. Of course, the meaning of filing does not mean that this information should be copied by the old officer, but some basic information of the information, such as where it came from, who handled it, etc., is just recorded. What is the main content of the information is not recorded under normal circumstances, but the content is not registered until the information is out of date.

  Because Kan Ze is still affiliated with Shangshutai, he found Xun You first.

Xun You is also very busy during this period. Although there are the most officials in the Shangshutai, there are also the most things in the Shangshutai. This is because Feiqian has given each region a relatively high level of autonomy. In any case, there are so many event scripts that need to be processed. After all, he is still a big man at the moment, and the degree of centralization is not very high.

  If it was as highly centralized as the later feudal dynasties, all major and minor matters at the local level would be reported for instructions, and one can imagine the matters that the central court had to deal with every day. In the case of so many things, the emperor would never be able to review so many memorials by himself, which naturally gave birth to the cabinet as an institution, and then the ministers in power.

  A good ruling minister can indeed reduce the burden on the emperor, but a bad ruling minister...

  Any policy is actually like a sword, sharpened on both sides. If you accidentally see blood, can you blame the sword for everything?

Xun You read the information brought by Kan Ze, sighed slightly, and then said to Kan Ze to stop for a while, that is to speed up the speed of reviewing and processing the writing, and then got up and followed the next batch of writing before the next batch of writing was delivered. Kan Ze went to the Festival Hall of Hushi Mansion together.

  In feudal dynasties, officials often work with conscience.

  This is not only in the central court, but also in places.

  Because it is difficult to have a fixed indicator.

Even now that Fei Qian has put forward the idea of ​​performance appraisal for officials, how to implement it, and how to clearly guide the direction of local officials, as well as the more grassroots code of conduct and let every official abide by it, Xun You can't do it Even Fei Qian couldn't do it, even after a thousand years, it was still very difficult to do it.

   When Xun You and Kan Ze arrived at the festival hall, not only Fei Qian, but Fei Zhen was also inside the festival hall.

   There is a saying that the children of the poor are in charge of the family early, but there is also the same saying that the children of the rich are in charge of money early, and the children of officials are in charge of the government early.

  Seeing Xun You and Kan Ze coming, Fei Zhen stood up subconsciously, first saluted Xun You and Kan Ze, and then retreated to the inner hall.

   Xun You and Kan Ze returned the half-respect, then sat down under Fei Qian's signal.

   Fei Qian looked at Xun You and Kan Ze, and asked, "What's the matter?" 』

  Of course, what Fei Qian asked was nonsense. If nothing happened, Xun You and Kan Ze would not have come together, but Fei Qian still had to say this sentence, like most of the time.

  Xun You nodded to Kan Ze.

  Kan Ze took out the information from his bosom and delivered it to Fei Qian’s desk, “This is a report from the Western Regions Division of Youwen Division…”

   Feiqian was silent for a while, his eyes stayed on the information, he hesitated a little, but he picked it up quickly, read it once, and then put it down gently. "What do you two think about this matter? 』

  Xun You tilted his head slightly, motioning for Kan Ze to speak first.

   This is not Xun You's evasion, but Kan Ze discovered and reported this matter, so Kan Ze naturally needs to talk about it first.

"My lord, in the Western Regions, the government has been defeated, the laws are not followed, and the laws are not observed. Although there is no civil disorder yet, the resentment is hidden in the bottom, and it looks like peace. If there is any disturbance, the anger will come out. and also! ’ Kan Ze was not ambiguous, and said eloquently, ‘This matter must be investigated, you should ask the head of the Western Regions! Choose capable officials and change them! The Protector of the Western Regions is also a native of the Han Dynasty. He should practice the laws of the Han Dynasty, and it is appropriate to use the law of Longyou to practice in the Western Regions! 』

   What Kan Ze said hits the nail on the head.

He believes that there have been major problems with the evaluation system of officials in the Western Regions, so that corruption among officials has become common. As far as the development of the Western Regions is concerned, it is time for governance.

  Xun You said on the sidelines, "Han Feizi said, "Ming ruled the officials but not the people." The ruler of the Western Regions was responsible for the chaos. 』

  Xun You's words are also very direct, not only pointing out Lu Bu's problem, but also expressing that this is Fei Qian's problem. After all, Fei Qian is Lu Bu's "owner" to some extent.

   Does it sound good to be blunt? Most of the blunt words are not pleasant, but both Xun You and Kan Ze know that they say so directly, and Fei Qian will not be angry when his ministers speak bluntly, so they dare to speak bluntly.

   Fei Qian pinched his beard and smiled wryly.

  He knew that there would be problems in the Western Regions, but he didn't expect that there would be problems so early. Lu Fengxian, did you not read the Zuo Zhuan I gave you? Anyway, let's start with it? You must know that the beginning of Zuo Zhuan is "Zheng Boke Duan"!

  『In the old days when Li Wenyou was still there, the law of the Western Regions was legalized in Xiliang... 』 Fei Qian sighed, and said slowly, 『The way of the Western Regions is Wenyou’s last wish...』

As the person in charge of the actual affairs of the Han Dynasty, Li Ru also thought about how to set up a political system and officials' laws and regulations that he thought were appropriate. Among them, it is a new attempt combined with the new ideas given by Fei Qian to re-plan.

In Li Ru's view, it is also a very important point in the laws of the Western Regions, that is, the appointment of Hu people, whether it is a Hu mercenary corps, or the appointment of a local state in the Western Regions, the attitude towards Hu people is far more than that of the big Han. The Central Plains is much wider. This is the influence of life in Xiliang on Li Ru, and it is also the influence of Li Ru on the Western Regions.

The rejection of the Hu people by the Han Dynasty in the early days and the discrimination against the Han people living on the border left a deep imprint on Li Ru's growth and learning process. Therefore, when Li Ru got a stage to display his talents, he kept on He tried to find a way in which he persuaded Dong Zhuo to accept Hu Bing, and even Lu Bu. He hoped to establish a more tolerant and harmonious Han Dynasty with a blend of Hu and Han. Even at the end of his life, he was trying to realize his youthful ideals in the Western Regions. , until the last moment of life.

The reason why Fei Qian respects Li Ru is not entirely because of Li Ru's kindness to Fei Qian, but also because Fei Qian has seen in Li Ru the spirit of courage to reform, try, break through, and change. This kind of spirit is rare in the Shandong gentry, and perhaps it is this spirit that makes Li Ru and the old-fashioned and conservative of the Shandong gentry incompatible.

  Times will change, Dahan needs innovation. If a dynasty is strictly locked in class and cannot circulate up and down, then it means that it has come to an end.

  『The matter of official administration is the most important thing in the country. Fei Qian paused for a moment, then continued, "In the ancient Shun Dian, there were three records of performance appraisal. Therefore, the chaotic law in the Western Regions is the reason for the administration of officials, and the evaluation of the administration of officials should be conducted. There are six strategies for hearing and eight methods for trial. 』

The "six strategies" mentioned by Fei Qian refer to the six aspects of "honesty, honesty, honesty, honesty, honesty, honesty, and honesty". Investigate whether the affiliation relationship among various departments is clear, whether the scope of duties of the department is strictly observed, whether the communication between departments complies with relevant regulations, whether the routine affairs of the department are handled properly, whether each department operates according to the rules, etc...

The "Six Strategies" and "Eight Methods" were not created by Fei Qian, but already existed in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. It is said that they were created by the King of Zhou. Of course, the creation of this King of Zhou and most of the Kings of Zhou Like Chuang Chuang, there may be slight differences, but at least in the Warring States Period, relatively complete laws and regulations have been formed.

  Even in the State of Qin, a code of conduct for officials such as the employee handbook and the official code of conduct was promulgated, which is called "The Way of Being an Official". It stipulates that officials have "five virtues", that is, "respect for Zhongxin, be honest and never slander, judge things when they are judged, be happy to do good deeds, and be respectful and generous". If "the five are completed, there will be a big reward"; "Five Losses", that is, "Praise is worth it, value it with greatness, be good at cutting it, avoid wisdom and harm, despise scholars and value goods".

  At the same time, he also earnestly emphasized to the officials again and again, "If you are cautious, you will not return your talents; if you are cautious, you will not lose your plans; if you are cautious, you will not pursue your words; if you are cautious, you will not be rewarded for food"! When seeing these rules and regulations, Fei Qian felt that even Huaxia was leading the whole world at that time!

  In such an early age, Huaxia already had thinking about the administration of officials, and even put forward relevant regulations and formulated relevant laws, but...

  『Western Regions suffer from evils, and they should be ruled by themselves...』 Fei Qian said affirmatively, 『However, both of you, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there was chaos among feudal vassals, and now there are chaos in the Western Regions. This blood vessel, poisoned and damaged skin, can't be cured, so it should be a good doctor, but after all, it's not as good as removing it without form. A good fighter should stand in an invincible position without losing the enemy's defeat. The genus of the Western Regions is the battlefield. If you take the two as generals, how can you fight? 』

  (end of this chapter)