I am not in the position of Zen [Three Kingdoms]

When Liu Xie told them about the responsibilities of the neighborhood committee, both Xun You and Liu Bei showed embarrassment.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system and established a strict household registration system. There are also households who carry out special household registration management and conduct censuses every year to prevent people from evading taxes and evading corvee.

However, since Zhang Jiao led the Yellow Turban Army to revolt, the number of refugees flooding into Luoyang City has increased greatly, and the difficulty of household registration management has increased significantly.After Dong Zhuo came to Beijing and became domineering, the order in the capital was even more chaotic for more than half a year.After clearing away the remnants of Dong Zhuo, the capital returned to its former prosperity, even far better than before.

The emperor lowered business taxes, encouraged students to study, and introduced various craftsmen. The population flow in the capital was several times that of before. Pedestrians, vehicles and boats came and went frequently intertwined, and there were no stops.The assassin has been lurking in the capital for many days, and has been among them, so it's no wonder that he can not show his clues.

This year, it is far more difficult to replace road guides and check household registration than before, not to mention establishing a sound resident management in "Shili".Liu Bei looked hesitant and didn't dare to say anything against it, but his ears were a little red.Liu Xie stared at Liu Bei, wanting to wait for him to say something, but it was Xun You who spoke first.

Xun Youlue pondered for a moment before replying, "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that this move is probably inappropriate. The layout of the neighborhood committee you mentioned will take at least one or two years to be established. If you want to improve this kind of management and cultivate a group of skilled officials, you need It will take many years, and it will lead to bloated institutions and redundant officials."

Liu Xie pointed out: "Neighborhood committees are self-governing organizations for the urban people, and there are no official positions. If there are official positions at such a grassroots level, it is easy to cause conflicts between officials and the people. Just like the election of urban management, the management personnel of the neighborhood committee were selected, and they took office after being verified by the imperial court. These people have no official positions, but they can receive the imperial court's salary like officials, and the imperial court also evaluates them, and if they are inappropriate, they can be dismissed." In the modern country where he lives, this kind of self-government of residents is as natural as breathing. The neighborhood committee is in close contact with the local residents and knows them well. This system can effectively convey the will of the court to the people.

Xun You frowned, as if he couldn't understand Liu Xie's persistence in establishing a neighborhood committee, and advised, "Your Majesty, it is enough to maintain order and stability in a row. If we build a neighborhood committee again, it will take a lot of hard work, and I'm afraid there will be more than enough heart."

Promoting community grid management is a long-term and arduous task. Liu Xie has long been mentally prepared. Just selecting management talents cannot be completed overnight, not to mention follow-up supervision must keep up. If someone uses power for personal gain, Breaking away from the original intention of serving the community and serving the people will run counter to the original concept.

If Xun You patted his chest and promised to complete it in one month, Liu Xie would not believe it.

Liu Xie's expression was calm, but his attitude was firm: "The neighborhood committee is not only for the purpose of intimidating and managing the people. When it is completed, you will know the convenience of such management. I still have a lot of things to manufacture and promote. If there is no neighborhood committee to educate and assist How can the imperial court pass on some advanced concepts and tools to the people when it is promoted to the countryside? I will not restrict you in time, but this matter cannot be stopped because of trouble."

Seeing that the Son of Heaven had made up his mind, Xun You had no choice but to respond, "I would like to obey His Majesty's will."

Liu Bei hurriedly bowed deeply and cupped his hands: "I will do my best not to disappoint Your Majesty!"

Within a month, the capital hunted down the assassin and ordered the people to replace the guides.The imperial court set up points in many places in Luoyang City, and rented houses as units of kiosks to replace road guides, which was the prototype of the future neighborhood committee.The imperial court was short of manpower, so Liu Xie issued an edict to dispatch support from the army, and must choose soldiers with high affinity, and hire people who can read and write at high salaries as temporary servants to help.

Before these people went to work, they were temporarily taught the "digital counting method" by the small yellow gate in the palace, using convenient Arabic numerals to number house numbers and road guides.

In order to increase the enthusiasm for changing road guides, Liu Xie specifically told Liu Bei to adopt a lottery model.No. 1, [-] and [-]th place who come to change the guide every day will get a bucket of corn.

A bucket of corn is equivalent to twelve and a half catties, enough to feed a family for five to ten days, which is attractive enough for ordinary people.Therefore, this year's household registration check and road guide replacement ushered in unprecedented enthusiasm and initiative from the people.The high efficiency far exceeds Xun You's imagination.

Xun You secretly said to Liu Bei: "Your Majesty's insistence, even if no one can understand it at the beginning, will always prove that he is right in the end. Although I have not fully understood the meaning of the neighborhood committee, this task must not be lazy. You have to ask questions from time to time."

Liu Bei agreed, "Yes, a humble position must live up to the entrustment of His Majesty and the Chief."

However, since Liu Xie made the imperial decree to set up Kong Hua, the daughter of Yuzhou Governor Kong Ni, the news gradually spread throughout the world, and the aristocratic families are gearing up to send their daughters to the harem.

Since Emperor Guangwu established his dynasty in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he had intermarried with aristocratic families.Marriage in the imperial family of the Western Han Dynasty was relatively free, and women like Wei Zifu and Zhao Feiyan were conferred concubines and concubines, but the requirements for concubines in the Eastern Han Dynasty were obviously higher.The first hurdle to be selected into the harem is to select women from good families. Unlike the Western Han Dynasty, women from good families at this time mostly refer to the daughters of generations of officials and eunuchs.

I hope that the son of heaven will choose good daughters to fill the harem like snowflakes on Liu Xie's table.It stands to reason that the emperor is still young, so he doesn't need to think about becoming a queen.But the courtiers believed that the governors of Yuzhou and Yanzhou had already acted first, so they were unwilling to fall behind.What's more, he signed up all the daughters in the family who were under ten years old, and wanted to enter the palace to choose a concubine.After all, the Son of Heaven was young, so he was easily fascinated by the first woman. If he was seduced, it would be so easy for the new Cypriots to be favored by the Son of Heaven.

Liu Xie looked at the portraits of the slim young girls on the table. From the beginning to the end, none of them were over fifteen, and all of them were underage.

He asked the maid next to him with a dark face: "Cherry, is my marriage age so low? What can an eleven or twelve-year-old child understand?"

But you are only 12 years old, Your Majesty, you seem to know everything... Cherry swallowed this sentence, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, concubines dare not speak nonsense about the harem, but most men in the folk marry at the age of 14." , Some don’t even get married until they reach the crown, and girls marry at a younger age, and they can marry at the age of 13.”

It's crazy!In modern times, thirteen-year-old girls are still in the first grade of junior high school.

Liu Xie frowned and said, "It's too early for a woman to marry!"

Cherry replied: "Your Majesty, if a woman is above fifteen to thirty and does not marry, she will have to pay five times the tax."

"Inappropriate, giving birth to a child at a young age is easy to fall into the root of the disease, the probability of dystocia and death is much higher, and the child born is also likely to die young." Liu Xie frowned, regretting that he only noticed this problem now, and must draft an imperial edict to abolish it as soon as possible. The law will do.

He was young, and he spoke as old-fashioned as an old doctor. He clearly said such a conclusion without reading a few medical books, but no one at the scene questioned what he said.Not because of his status as the emperor, but because everyone around him believes that the current emperor is the real dragon emperor, knowledgeable and talented, and knows the destiny.

The living commentary squatted beside him and wrote vigorously, meticulously recording the questions and answers of the emperor and the court ladies.Liu Xie was used to the life being recorded, so he just glanced at him indifferently, and told Cherry: "You, Basho, and Liu Tao go to arrange the first round of screenings for girls from good families to enter the palace."

"I would like to obey His Majesty's orders."

Liu Xie looked at the pictures of girls of various colors on the table, and suddenly laughed: "It's just in time."

Various aristocratic families across the country put all their strength into filling the palace, and the competition was fierce.However, today's emperor's attitude is very intriguing. He actually handed out an examination paper in person, and only those who pass the exam can enter the palace.That's not counting, after passing this preliminary screening, there is another round of re-examination.After all pass, the concubine can be selected according to the previous selection criteria.

"Hey, what should I do!" The daughter of a certain official surnamed Zhao was illiterate, deeply felt that there was no hope of choosing a concubine, stomped her feet angrily, pointed at her wife and reprimanded: "I said a long time ago, even if it is Girls also need to study more, how are you, I've always been used to her, Xiaokui usually stumbles when she reads Mencius, and she can't fill in a single word in the exam paper sent by the emperor!"

The wife was also anxious: "In the past, the selection of concubines was not so strict. It is enough for female celebrities and reading and literacy to pass the test. The most important thing is that the daughter is good-looking to be favored and win the heart of the emperor!"

The official surnamed Zhao said dejectedly: "Nowadays you can't even see Tianyan, and you will be wiped out in the first test. How can you win over?"

The wife thought about it, and comforted her: "Don't worry, my beloved. You can teach Xiaokui about this topic, so let her write it down."

"What's the use of just writing? When I get to the palace, there will be a re-examination. Can I still enter the palace and answer the questions for her?"

"We just need to find a talented maid from among the maids, and accompany Xiaokui to the palace to answer the question. Originally, I prefer Xiaohong, who is hardworking and shrewd, to accompany her daughter to the palace, but now it's just another person. If no one in the family can answer, Let's go to the shop and buy another servant who is proficient in everything."

The brows of the official Zhao frowned: "My dear, you are right. The emperor didn't say that you can't let the servants around you answer. As long as we can successfully choose a concubine, with our Xiaokui's appearance, we will definitely be able to soar into the sky. "

There are not a few people who think this way.After a few days, Cherry presented the collected answers to Liu Xie.Liu Xie made a rough count and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I'm afraid there are not a few people missing."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. There are 310 five girls from good families who are waiting for the preliminary screening, and there are [-] who can answer the questions."

The daughters of officials and eunuchs can almost read and practice calligraphy, even if they can't answer the questions, they will give it a try.Liu Xie pinched his fingers and calculated: If each person brings a foreign aid into the palace, at least 600 people can be harvested.To be on the safe side, some families try to bring in as many talented maids as possible. If they are optimistic, they can harvest seven to eight hundred literate "tool men".He knocked on the table and ordered: "If they ask about the restriction on bringing maidservants into the palace, remember to say that there are no more than five people. Also, the filial piety they give to you old people in the palace, as long as they meet, you must immediately report to the commoner." Guardian report and handover, understand?"

"promise!"