It was June 30th, and the sun was scorching in the sky. The hot willows on both sides of the post road were checked. The cicadas were chirping one after another, making people dizzy.
Shao Yan lifted the curtain of the car, and the heat wave that hit him in his face made him squint his eyes.
He raised his hand to wipe the sweat beads on his forehead. His sleeves were already soaked in sweat, and they were sticky to his arms.
The wheels rolled over the loess and raised choking dust.
"Your Highness, after crossing the bridge in front, it is Yingchuan territory." Lieutenant Dong Zhi rode his horse and reminded in a hoarse voice.
Shao Yan nodded and his eyes fell on the fields on both sides of the road.
This time, the fielders escaped the hottest sun and carried water to water the ground.
Farming is so hard.
This summer, the rainfall is relatively low, and the river water level has dropped sharply. Many self-flowing canals are no longer available, so they can only carry water by manpower, which is extremely hard work.
In Shao Yan's opinion, the black backs of the treacherous men were covered with sweat and their faces were filled with anxiety.
He sighed softly.
In fact, such hard days may not last long, because they will be requisitioned and transferred to food or simply go to war.
People are always very miserable. In the past, they only heard his father say this, but they did not have a deep understanding. Now they know that he feels uncomfortable when he sits in a carriage without having to live a long life. Are these farmers feeling good?
The carriage suddenly bumped, and Shao Yan held the wall of the car, turned his head and saw that it had already crossed the bridge.
"This is Yingyin County, Yingchuan?" he asked.
"Yes, not." Yang Lang rode his horse and said.
"Why don't you take the bus?" Shao Yan said in surprise.
"I've been sitting for a long time, I feel so bored. I'll go out to ride a horse." Yang Lang said: "The land in Qiaobei is in Yingyin County, but it's the military palace. If I remember correctly, it's Zuo Xiaoqi.
The defense of Ying Bridge spans the Ying River, and belongs to Xiangcheng and Yingyin counties. Further to the southeast of the military palace, there is also a piece of official Lutian, which used to be the Xun family's land."
"How much land does the Xun family have?" Shao Yan asked.
"There were many in the past, but not many now." Yang Lang smiled and said, "Although Xun's family was not as declining as my Yang family, they did not gain much benefit. Their children were scattered everywhere, and they totaled two or three thousand acres.
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"It's already a lot." Shao Yan smiled bitterly and said, "My fief is less than 3,000 acres in total. If the wealthy clans are like this, it will be difficult for the court to pay taxes."
"Your Highness, I am also a wealthy family." Yang Lang joked.
Shao Yan quickly apologized and said, "This is not my original intention."
"Your Highness does not need to be like this." Yang Lang said: "If the imperial court does not save the land, how can the country last long? There is no need to avoid some things. Besides, this dynasty is actually good. Last year, for His Highness's fief, he went to the Shangshutai to check the household registration and the land acres.
, The earliest 20 counties of Liang State had nearly 740,000 households and more than 3.1 million people. In the past, Su Qin told King Huiwen of Qin that Guanzhong was the country of Tianfu, but in fact Henan and Hebei were the real country of Tianfu. Once stable, the household registration was large
increase,
Guanzhong, Jiangdong is no match. Therefore, those who occupy Henan and Hebei are the ones who are the kings and domineering, and this is the foundation of kings and domineering."
Shao Yan was surprised when he heard that there were more than three million people and asked, "There are so many people in the Riliang Kingdom?"
Yang Lang smiled and said, "Your Highness doesn't look at where they are. But there will be no more people, otherwise Your Majesty will not try to immigrate to the outside world. Of course, if you force yourself to increase, you can do it. No matter how much you want to divide the property. It is better to open up the land. It should be not difficult to have a million households in the 20 counties in the old Liang Dynasty, but why bother? Is it not good to have a family of thirty or fifty acres now? I have to make a family of only 10 acres of land, half hungry, what's the point of living ?Your Highness knows that there are often fugitives in the wealthy manors?"
"I've heard of it."
"The family of the rich and marquis don't have thirty or fifty acres of land, and it's good to have 20 or thirty acres." Yang Lang said: "I have to be taken away by the Fortress Manager. The owner of the manor took away most of it, which is no different from Cao Wei's military farmland. How can I not? run?"
"How many household registrations can the court directly collect taxes now?" Shao Yan said curiously.
Yang Lang looked at his lord meaningfully and said, "Your Highness should care more about these things on weekdays."
"I've been taught." Shao Yan bowed on the carriage, then looked at Yang Lang with a beacon.
Yang Lang laughed a little and felt like he was teaching his own nephews.
However, after experiencing the ups and downs of life, he was a little inexplicably moved by the trust and expectation of King Han, so he said, "I really checked it out. A few years ago, Xiangcheng and other nineteen counties were in the Qing Dynasty. There will be about 300,000 households and more than 1.4 million households. This will probably be a little more, and it may be more than 1.5 million households."
"The third batch of sixteen counties, including 111 counties, has more than 340,000 households and more than 666,000 people."
Gong Shaoyan made up a lot and blurted out, "Can my father order six million people?"
Yang Lang praised: "Your Highness can calculate the household registration without taking charge, and he is really smart."
Shao Yan waved his hand embarrassedly and said, "When I was young, I would naturally calculate it if I ate too much ruler."
Yang Lang laughed loudly, and even Dong Zhi next to him couldn't help laughing.
Although King Han is sixteen years old, he is still a child after all.
After Yang Lang stopped his smile, he asked again: "Can you know how many household registrations are in the hands of the rich, chieftain and vassal state?"
"How many?" Shao Yan asked.
This time it was Dong Zhi who came to answer: "I think there are tens of millions."
"Absolutely." Yang Lang said: "There are still 800 to 12 million. This is my estimate, and it may not be accurate."
"So many?" Shao Yan murmured.
Yang Lang, Dong Zhi smiled at each other, who made your father settle down in the north? Without large-scale killings, although there are frequent turmoil, the overall situation can be called a safe and safe place, and the household registration will naturally increase, even if natural disasters and man-made disasters cannot be stopped. The growth rate can only be delayed unless the terrible epidemic that year and the storm that lasted for three years will occur again.
"In fact, it is quite good to be able to command six million people." Yang Lang sighed: "Now the above literature has become a martial ethics,
It is rare in the world. If it were in the former Han Dynasty, in the late Han Dynasty, after unifying the world, it would be easier to travel to the fields than now."
"The Wei and Jin Dynasties were too generous. The Cao family, the Sima family and the gentry ruled the world together." Dong Zhi said: "Jiangdong is even more cruel. Now it is not the Sima family and the gentry sharing the world together, but the king and the horse sharing the world together."
As soon as these words were spoken, all three of them laughed.
"More than 6 million people and more than one million households can be raised in the camps of the imperial guards." Yang Lang said: "With these tens of thousands of imperial guards and more than 80,000 soldiers in the palace, the emperor can order the nobles to offer sacrifices. I explained this,
Your Highness understands what happened to the Daliang Dynasty?"
"Mr. Yang seems to have said it simpler." Shao Yan said.
"It's really simple." Yang Lang smiled and said, "But the basics of the world are actually that simple."
Shao Yan thought carefully.
My father directly controlled more than 6 million people, mainly to support the army. The expense was so huge that it required almost 100 people to support one army.
There may be income in other aspects, such as garden forests, commercial taxes, business taxes, official fields, etc., but overall, they are far from being able to cope with expenses. The wealthy family must pay their respects. Who let them control the tens of millions of people?
If there are war, construction and other matters, the taxes must be imposed or the wealthy families can provide more money and food.
To put it nicely, it is called "supreme offering", to put it badly, it is called "begging".
It was also at this time that Shao Yan could deeply understand the difficulty of his father. He was a military slave of the world.
I don’t know how much effort I have spent.
Many things are useless just by fighting and killing, and they also have to use various means.
In the past, I heard my father recite "Participate for the country", "Everyone and the Xia and the United States are at peace", and "keeping pace with the times". My ears are almost calendered, and I feel very annoyed, and even feel that it is ridiculous when I recite it over and over again. Now I understand, this is all
It is determined by the situation,
None of them was shouted casually.
"!" The carriage paused heavily and almost shook Shao Yan out. He hurriedly grabbed the wall of the car and called for a stop.
He was breathing heavily and his nostrils widened, and obviously he was also troubled by this just now.
Of course, perhaps it may be that the weather is too hot, and my father said that "cold-blooded horse" is more difficult to tolerate the heat than people.
It seems to be true now.
The two hundred guards were also exhausted, after all, they were walking on foot and were so uncomfortable.
Shao Yan saw a village ahead, so he ordered the village to rest.
This place is still in the territory of the military government and is not under the jurisdiction of the local government. It only comes when taxes are collected from the government soldiers. One by one, the government soldiers can be exempted from taxes, but the division cannot be taxed. When taxing, it is calculated based on thirty acres.
When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I met two young men who took a ox cart out of the village, and there was a group of people next to me, which seemed to be their relatives.
After a while, I found out that these two young men were from the family of military officials and officials, both of whom were fifth-rank cavalry commanders.
Today I am sending two children to the Bianliang Imperial College. School will start in September, so I will prepare in advance.
"The Zuo Xiaoqi Guard's soldiers have made a lot of achievements," Dong Zhi said enviously.
To be honest, neither his father nor him had any recommendation quotas for Imperial College because they were neither public officials, nobles, nor officials from the government, and could not get a letter of recommendation.
Among these two types of people, it’s okay for the nobles and nobles. After all, they are founding heroes, but the military and military officials in the palace are also more qualified than them, which makes people feel disappointed.
Of course, as the son of the chief of the Blind Ba, Dong Zhi still hopes to see the children of the great officials enter the Imperial College.
Then there was a chance to become officials because they were all suppressed by the aristocratic clans before.
But Imperial College gave ordinary people a chance, after all, the honorary officials can really fight for their lives.
The soldiers of the guards fought and were full of morale. After forming the formation, they wanted to beat the drums and advance immediately, and rushed forward to cut the enemy into pieces.
I am not happy to encounter battles with more and less, because I have made too little success.
The battle to defend the city was even more abandoned, because it was because it was almost impossible to make any achievements, so it was better to fight in a field and kill his mother.
Dong Zhi had discovered this a long time ago.
The soldiers of the palace especially like field battles. The iron armored warriors rushed forward, the cavalry flanks harassed, and the horse-riding infantry moved back to circle.
I wish I could keep all the enemies, and I must earn more than 40% of them so that I can get the full results.
This is a group of murderous men who calculate the power and turn around and then look for the enemy to start a war.
The impact of institutional changes is really shocking.
After hearing this, Shao Yan felt honored.
My father relied on this set of ways to fight against the powerful families, and now he has strengthened it step by step. Under the trend, I really doubt whether it can be reversed, because these more than 100,000 elite soldiers in the founding country have enjoyed the benefits. If one day you tell them that there will be no benefits in the future
Then, they will likely choose the prince who is willing to support them.
"Greetings to Your Highness." While thinking, a group of people came from afar and all bowed to the ground.
There were still people calling friends in the distance, and a faint voice came from: "Your Majesty's seed! Come and see!"
A heat surged in Shao Yan's heart, and he thought that he would not be embarrassed by his father. So he raised his head and raised his chest, and stepped forward Yang Lang stood with his beard, smiling without saying a word, then looked at the Xun family farmland on the south side of the post road.
Along the way, the north and south are divided, and the two sides are clearly divided, as if two worlds are two.
On the northern military mansion, when I heard that the son of the current emperor was coming, everyone called their friends and came to pay homage.
In the fields of the gentry farm in the south, the aristocratic families urged the farmers to water the land quickly, but it seemed that they had not seen it.
Chapter completed!