Guangyang County is located in the northeast of Zhuo County, between Zhuo County and Yuyang, with Shanggu in the north and Bohai Sea in the south. It has more than 40,000 households and a population of more than 280,000. It was the ancient Yan Kingdom.

Liu Cang and the others came on horseback. A gray stone city wall stretched far in front of the three of them. This place was Ji County, the seat of Guangyang County, and it was also the seat of the governor of Youzhou.

To put it simply, the governor of Guangyang and the governor of Youzhou are in this city on weekdays. Being the governor here may be a bit frustrating.

Today, there are no state pastors in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In other words, there are only prefects of various counties in Youzhou now, and there are no Youzhou pastors.

That's right, the establishment of state animal husbandry was abolished as early as Guangwu's reign.

And there is a rather special existence here, that is, the governor.

Different from the original governor, after Liu Xiu abolished the governorship, the governor who originally only had supervisory functions was given some implicit local administrative functions.

The reason why it is said to be implicit is because this function is not explicitly authorized and depends entirely on individual abilities.

In other words, if you are assigned twenty or thirty secretaries, if you are capable, you can be a governor and gain the military power of a state and enclose a border. If you are not capable, you are just a snitch. The emperor will not restrict you. Likewise,

I won't support you either.

Today there are no state pastors, the emperor governs the central government, and local governments have their own functions and operations.

In contrast, the essence of the existence of Zhoumu is that local power is returned to the royal family. To put it bluntly, the emperor has the final say in the world.

I will not comment on the pros and cons of the two. Those who understand will understand, and those who do not understand will not understand.

Nowadays, the Han Dynasty can be said to be governed by the local government and the central government. It can also be understood as the ruling family and the royal family co-governing the world.

A few years later, Liu Hong moved the state pastoral system out again. At that time, the children of aristocratic families all over the world left home in droves, and the heroes seemed to have inspired each other overnight. Everyone should be able to understand it more clearly, right?

Closer to home, the current governor of Ji County is Liu Yu of the Han Dynasty. This guy is relatively capable. By donating materials, mediating conflicts and other means, he has obtained many foreigners such as Xianbei, Wuheng, Fuyu and others near the border of Youzhou.

Support and reputation.

Through the support and praise of these foreigners, Liu Yu gained considerable prestige among the people of Youzhou.

Because the border wars have decreased and he is deeply loved by the people of Youzhou, although he is the governor, the aristocratic families in Youzhou dare not treat him as a decoration.

Slowing down their horses, Liu Cang and the others approached the gate of Jixian City. The thick and thick wall that was more than ten meters high stretched far beyond the garrison specifications of a normal county town, and also foreshadowed the vast area of ​​​​Jixian City.

The reason why the city is not called a county town is that there are many large-scale buildings in it, and some of the pavilions in the courtyards of wealthy families are enough to be called a lord's castle in some countries other than the Han Dynasty.

This involves knowledge and technology in surveying, mapping and engineering, as well as a large investment in human and animal power.

From a distance, in addition to the soldiers standing guard on the city wall, you can also see some civilians repairing and strengthening the city wall. The city builders and soldiers would communicate with each other from time to time, but there was no so-called cruel and oppressive atmosphere.

Corvee can be seen as a form of ancient taxation. In the Han Dynasty, corvee was mainly targeted at adults over twenty years old.

Regardless of family status, under normal circumstances, adults have to spend about one month each year to serve, either in labor or military service.

When modern people talk about ancient corvee, they want to describe it as a sign that the sun is gone and ethics have collapsed. In fact, at least what Liu Cang saw during this historical period, corvee is a very common alternative tax.

Regardless of taxes or corvee, many of them can be seen in modern or modern society in the future, and the Han Dynasty also had some tax-free and corvee-free policies.

The commoners in the city in front of me should all be people with household registration in Jixian County. Just like punching in at work, they take time out every year to finish their work early.

The soldiers in the city are obviously locals, and they are basically countrymen and men. If they are not extremely bad-tempered, there is basically no possibility of so-called oppression and abuse.

The prosperity of the Eastern Han Dynasty must have come from the long-term work and construction of countless people. Years of continuous corvee allowed the states, counties and localities to develop and prosper steadily.

Local corvee is a part of normal life. It is usually done in counties and counties, doing repairs and construction, city guarding and patrolling. If the wife and concubine at home get pregnant, the father of the child will be exempted from the corvee this year. (Encouragement)

Giving birth is different from raising taxes on not having children, right? It should be different, right?)

Compared with normal corvee, conscription ordered by the emperor was more terrifying.

That kind of corvee work usually involves traveling to far away places. The journey along the way does not count as time, and the place of service is far away from home. A month of corvee service turns into a year and a half in minutes. Without the care of the local soldiers, anything that happens is not a surprise.

This is why Liu Cang has never understood why so many people in his previous life advocated the death of local aristocratic families, and why so many people praised the emperor who wanted to seize power alone, even though the emperor usually plundered the wealth of Kyushu to support a few places he valued.

Or is it the perception that ‘landlords and old wealth’ have been the same through the ages?

Civilization gap? The aristocratic family is gone, and the thinking of the aristocratic family is no longer there. What is left is probably only the old wealth of the landlords, and people can only recognize the old wealth of the landlords, right? This is really a bit shameful.

"Soldier! Are the fleeing Huns here?" Near the city gate, a group of armored soldiers were doing their day duty. Liu Cang was riding on his horse and asked one of the soldiers.

There were many people walking into the city around, some carrying firewood and some driving cars. The soldier raised his head and glanced at Liu Cang, and waved impatiently.

"Not yet. Don't let your horses go when you enter the city." The soldier said to Liu Cang.

"When will we arrive?" Zhang Fei asked again.

"The government didn't inform me, how could I know, you...hey, boy, who beat you?" the soldier said casually, and suddenly saw Zhang Fei's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, but he grinned.

"Smile so much. You have a lot of things to do. Just guard your door." Zhang Fei retorted and rode into the city.

Liu Cang and others communicated casually with the guards, which was the custom at this time. The guards heard Liu Cang ask about the Xiongnu affairs, so they thought they were well-informed people.

This group of guards is not a regular army, and those who are well-informed about traveling abroad will usually not conflict with them.

When Liu Cang and his men entered the city, the guards shook their bamboo armor and leaned on their spears, never forgetting to explain to them.

"Don't let horses loose in the city!"

But seeing that Liu Cang and Zhang Fei were young, they were afraid that they would race horses in the city and cause a disturbance without knowing their importance.

"I know!" Liu Cang waved his hand without looking back.

The Han army had armor, which was shaped like a bulletproof vest and was made of iron, leather, and bamboo. Ordinary soldiers would also equip this relatively simple armor.

Of course, there are many styles of armor, and most of them require people from a certain family background to assemble them.

Tube armor made of iron sheets was used by the army in many formats. Leather armor mixed with iron sheets was a relatively elite equipment for local defenders. Most of the soldiers at the bottom would get some bamboo armor to replenish their supplies.

Thick bamboo slices are soaked in oil and burned, or bamboo slices are cut into pieces and threaded through ropes. The braided armor pieces can be made from animal sinew or old rattan, and are usually woven by one's own mother-in-law.
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