长安的官仓吃的是关东的粮。汉初,这条线上一年运进来多少,《史记·平准书》只给了一个约数:「漕轉山東粟,以給中都官,歲不過數十萬石。」把关东的粟转运来,供给京师的官府,一年不超过几十万石。几十万石是个什么概念,这一页不换算;它只提供一个起点——此后百年间,同一个数字一路往上走,最高的一处是「六百萬石」。
汉初:岁不过数十万石
《史记》把这句写在孝惠、高后之后;《通典》卷十的漕运篇把它系在「高皇帝时」,并加注:「謂京師之官府。」——中都官不是所有官,是京师的官府。两书对年份的摆法略有出入,但都认这是汉初的量级:几十万石。同页交代得很清楚:那时「量吏祿,度官用,以賦於民」,官府的用度先算,再向民征收;漕转就是这笔账里的一项。
这条线两端的名字值得看清。一端是「山东」,本页未注,通行读法指华山以东的关东地区;一端是「中都官」,京师的各官府。中间没有提仓、没有提船、没有提人,只有「漕轉」两个字。几十万石是这条线运转起来之后的净结果,不是某一次运输的量。
关东的粟,走水路进长安
粮食从关东进长安,主要走水。郑当时在元光中给武帝算过一笔时间账:过去关东运粟,「漕水從渭中上,度六月而罷」,而渭水道九百余里,时有难处;若改走新开的直渠,「度可三月罷」,可以「損漕省卒」。一个单程估计六个月,换道之后估计三个月。两个数都带「度」字,是估计不是实测;《通典》接下去只写一句「大便利」,没有给实际年运量。
贾谊在文帝时把成本说得更直:「輸將起海上而來,一錢之賦,數十錢之費。」——从海边起运,一文钱的赋要花几十文钱的运费;「上之所得甚少,而人之苦甚多也」。这是政论,不是统计,文帝也没有采纳;但它把问题讲明白了:粮走得越远,路上吃掉的越多。《通典》开篇引《管子》「粟行五百里,則眾有饑色」,说的是同一件事,同样是议论,不是汉制。
三十钟致一石
秦的算法在《通典》里:「秦欲攻匈奴,運糧,使天下飛芻挽粟……率三十鍾而致一石。」注接着说:「六斛四斗為鍾。計其道路所費,凡用百九十二斛乃得一石。」——三十钟运出去,送到一石;一钟六斛四斗,注自己算出要用一百九十二斛才换得一石。这条线不是往长安:起于黄、腄、琅玡这些靠海的郡,转输到北河。方向不同,不能拿它当汉漕的运费率。
同一个「几十钟换一石」的公式,两页上不止一处。《史记·平准书》写通西南夷道:「作者數萬人,千里負擔饋糧,率十餘鐘致一石。」几万人修路,千里挑担送粮,十几钟才送到一石。《通典》把这句系在「建元中」,《史记》写在卫青取河南地之后,两个年份对不上,数字仍是「十餘鐘」。同页还有一句更直白:「行者齎,居者送。」走的人自带干粮,留在家的人往外送。
武帝朝:从百余万到六百万
武帝朝的数字开始变形。筑朔方之后,「轉漕甚遼遠,自山東咸被其勞,費數十百巨萬,府庫益虛」——转漕路远,山东都被拖累,花费几十百巨万。番系议漕时提到当时的量:「漕從山東西,歲百餘萬石,更底柱之險,敗亡甚多而亦頗費。」一年百余万石,还要过底柱之险,路上损失很大。再往后,《平准书》有一句「而下河漕度四百萬石,及官自糴乃足」——漕运估计四百万石,还要加上官府自己籴买才够。这是武帝朝的四百万石,与后面宣帝那个四百万斛不是同一条。
到元封元年,桑弘羊领大农,均输、平准一起上,「山東漕益歲六百萬石。一歲之中,太倉、甘泉倉滿」——山东漕粮增加到一年六百万石,一年之内太仓、甘泉仓都满了。「益」字说明这是增加后的数;《平准书》没说它维持了几年,也没给船数、人数。同页另有一处看得出漕运在官僚考核里的位置:卜式做成皋令,「將漕最」——管漕运考核第一,因此被拜为齐王太傅。
宣帝:四百万斛,六万卒
宣帝五凤中,耿寿昌上奏先摆了一个旧例:「故事,歲漕關東谷四百萬斛以給京師,用卒六萬人。」按旧例,一年漕关东谷四百万斛供京师,用卒六万人。他建议改在三辅、弘农、河东、上党、太原等郡就近籴谷,「可以省關東漕卒過半」。萧望之反对,理由之一是钱:「築倉理船,費直二萬萬餘」,还有「動眾之功」;又说耿寿昌「習於商功分銖之事」,深计远虑不足任,「宜且如故」。帝不听,「漕事果便」。四百万斛和六万卒,是这条线上唯一一对同时给出的运量与人力。
把两页的数字排开,是一条分期的线:汉初「歲不過數十萬石」;武帝时番系口中「歲百餘萬石」、《平准书》「度四百萬石」,到元封元年「益歲六百萬石」;宣帝时旧例「四百萬斛,用卒六萬人」,并试图把卒减半。每一处都有出处、有朝代,不能合成一个「汉代漕运量」。两页没有的也清楚:没有船的形制与载重,没有漕渠的工役与长度,没有全程耗费的总账,也没有折算成今天的吨位。能确定的只有方向——关东的粟,往长安走。
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参考来源与延伸阅读
- 《史记》卷三十·平准书(西汉;维基文库本,未与点校本复核) — The Shi Ji's figures and the line itself. Early Han: 'grain was shipped and transferred from east of the mountains to supply the officials at the capital, no more than several hundred thousand shi a year' (漕轉山東粟,以給中都官,歲不過數十萬石), in a passage that also says officials' salaries were measured and government needs reckoned before the tax was levied (量吏祿,度官用,以賦於民). After Shuofang: 'the transport was very distant, all east of the mountains bore the labour, the spending ran to tens and hundreds of millions, and the treasury grew empty' (轉漕甚遼遠,自山東咸被其勞,費數十百巨萬,府庫益虛). On the southwest road: 'the workers numbered tens of thousands, carrying grain a thousand li on their backs, and more than ten zhong delivered one shi' (作者數萬人,千里負擔饋糧,率十餘鐘致一石); and 'those who travel carry their own, those who stay send it out' (行者齎,居者送). Under Wu: 'the grain shipped down the river was reckoned at four million shi, and only with the government's own purchases was there enough' (而下河漕度四百萬石,及官自糴乃足); then 'the eastern transport increased to six million shi a year; within one year the Tai Cang and Gan Quan granaries were full' (山東漕益歲六百萬石。一歲之中,太倉、甘泉倉滿). Bu Shi as magistrate of Chenggao 'was best at transport' (將漕最). The treatise ends before Emperor Xuan, so its four-million figure belongs to Emperor Wu and is not the four million hu of the Tong Dian's Xuan Di passage; nor does it contain Qin's thirty-zhong ratio.
- 《通典》卷十·食货十·漕运(唐杜佑;维基文库本,未与点校本复核) — A Tang compilation that preserves the Qin ratio and the Xuan Di figures. Qin: 'to attack the Xiongnu, grain was moved, and the world was made to fly fodder and haul millet … thirty zhong delivered one shi' (率三十鍾而致一石), with the note 'six hu four dou make one zhong; reckoning what the road consumed, one hundred and ninety-two hu were used to obtain one shi' (六斛四斗為鍾……凡用百九十二斛乃得一石); the route ran from the coastal commanderies of Huang, Zhui and Langya north to the Bei river, not to Chang'an. Early Han: the same 'no more than several hundred thousand shi' sentence, here assigned to 'the time of the first emperor', with the note 'this means the offices at the capital' (謂京師之官府). Jia Yi's memorial under Wen: 'on a cash of one coin in tax, tens of coins go on carriage' (一錢之賦,數十錢之費). The southwest road's 'more than ten zhong for one shi' is dated here to the jianyuan era. Zheng Dangshi in the yuan-guang era: a Wei-river run reckoned at six months, three by the new channel (度六月而罷……度可三月罷). Fan Xi: 'grain came from east and west of the mountains, more than a million shi a year, past the hazard of Dizhu, and much was lost' (漕從山東西,歲百餘萬石,更底柱之險,敗亡甚多). Xuan Di, wufeng: 'by precedent, four million hu of eastern grain were shipped each year to supply the capital, using sixty thousand men' (故事,歲漕關東谷四百萬斛以給京師,用卒六萬人), Geng Shouchang's proposal to buy nearby and halve the troops, Xiao Wangzhi's objection that granaries and boats would cost 'more than twenty million' (費直二萬萬餘), and the emperor's refusal, after which 'the transport indeed went conveniently' (漕事果便). The Tong Dian is a later compilation and not an independent witness to the Han text, but the Xuan Di passage is the only one of these two pages that carries that reign's figures.




