The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 136 The Perfect Purpose

Tang Qing'an did not ask for it, but the two parties worked together.

The brutality of the barbarians is the common enemy of the Great Zhou and North Korea, and North Korea, as a vassal state of the Great Zhou, should morally unite with the suzerain to resist the barbarians.

Zhenjiang is the gateway to North Korea. If Zhenjiang is lost, North Korea will be in danger.

Therefore, North Korea should send [-] troops to defend against the barbarians together with Dazhou, and Zhenjiang is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, so there is not enough food and grass.

Each soldier has three gears per day, and each horse uses one grain of beans per day. A total of 15 soldiers share [-] bags of rice, [-] horse mules, and more than [-] bags of beans a day. The total needs are [-] in one month. stone.

General Jinzhou's calculations are a bit horrible.

Jin Yan and Li Gui looked at each other in blank dismay.

"General, there are only 54 acres of land in North Korea. How can we supply 180 million stones of grain and beans every year?"

Tang Qing'an looked at Xie Youcheng.

"North Korea calls an acre of grain harvested with twenty shi grains a knot."

After listening to Xie Youcheng's explanation, Tang Qing'an suddenly realized that this calculation is clear at a glance, with more than 54 knots, that year is tens of millions of stones and grains.

Tang Qing'an was a little skeptical.

"What is the population of North Korea?"

"More than three million."

Jin Yan explained.

"Then why can't we afford it? With 1000 million shi grains, it's not a problem to feed 600 million people. I only need more than a million shi."

"General, there are also hermits in the court."

"Isn't the field of Yinhu not included in the calculation?" Tang Qing'an insisted on the soybean grain requirement of 180 million shi per year.

Of course he knows that the North Korean class is solidified.

The land occupied by the royal family, eunuchs, nobles, officials, and tyrants of the Great Zhou Dynasty is an extremely large number, but North Korea is even worse.

A more solidified class, a huge class of two classes, leads to double corruption.

Otherwise, the reason why the little North Korea fights so fiercely is not because it is no longer profitable to search the people.

If more newly grown ruling classes want to maintain their status, they can only grab it from the older generation of ruling class.

In fact, North Korea's Ketian method is excellent.

According to what Xie Youcheng said.

North Korea measures the country’s acres of land, registers them, and takes them into the state. The state distributes them to the people, and the people only have the right to collect rent.

At the same time, Juntian and Ketian are also divided into civil and military officials, and Juntian and Ketian are only granted to incumbent officials, and only pay land tax of one-tenth of the land rent.

However, military fields and Ketian are mainly concentrated in the Seoul area, which not only restricted land annexation, but also strengthened the rule.

But any policy must be implemented.

North Korea's solidified ruling class, the descendants of nobles will always be descendants, the descendants of officials will always be officials, the descendants of generals will always be generals, and the descendants of common people will always be common people.

This alone can destroy all good laws.

Therefore, Tang Qing'an planned to implement the Ketian method in Jinzhou and Zhenjiang, first in Jinzhou in the next year, and then in Zhenjiang in a few years.

As for the fact that North Korea is really unable to supply 180 million shi of grain and grass, he is not here to be the master of the North Korean people.

Many people under his own rule, such as the people in Zhenjiang, are still hungry, so how can they care about the people in North Korea.

And compared to the barbarian invasion of North Korea in the future, others not only want food, but also life.

"180 million shi is not impossible to reduce."

Just when Jin Yan and Li Gui were downcast, Tang Qing'an let go of his mouth.

Negotiation, isn't it tight and loose.

He now takes the initiative.

Because of the 180 million shi of grain and grass, North Korea really can't afford it. It's not that they dare to violate it, but that they can't do it.

"Since North Korea's supply is insufficient, please distribute the land to the people of Zhenjiang, so that the people of Zhenjiang can farm the land themselves, so as to relieve the food resources of the soldiers in Zhenjiang."

Tang Qing'an finally revealed one of the most fundamental goals by the way.

"Iron Mountain, Carbon Island, Pu Island, Shenmi Island, Niu Island, Ai Island...Jiao Island, Bailin Island, Daqingdao...Jeju Island.

I will build a military fort in Iron Mountain. If the barbarians invade North Korea, I can start from Iron Mountain to help attack the barbarians.

The rest of the islands are wild lands in North Korea. In this case, they can be lent to Zhenjiang for farming.

In this way, I can subtract 80 stones of grain and grass."

Tang Qing'an was not lying. North Korea doesn't pay much attention to these islands, even Jeju Island.

Jeju Island is still a place where North Korean prisoners are exiled.

Historically, the islands to the north of Ping'an Road, including Tieshan in the corner of Ping'an Road, were occupied and used by Mao Wenlong.

North Korea did not object.

Moreover, the local Yizhou is divided into grain areas to supply Dongjiang Town. Mao Wenlong either buys it cheaply or borrows it. He gets tens of thousands of shi of grain from North Korea every year.

In history, Mao Wenlong, who had only been out to sea for more than two years in the third year of the apocalypse, did not have much strength, and the gold after the biggest attack was less than [-] people.

This year Mao Wenlong either bought or borrowed a total of [-] shi from North Korea.

Tang Qing'an is not going to buy or borrow, let North Korea supply, remove the mantissa, 100 million shi a year.

He blocked the barbarians for North Korea. The 100 million stone, even if North Korea wants to tighten its belt, is worth it.

If someone doesn't think it's worth it, he'll make that person think it's worth it.

"General, even if I agree to 100 million shi, North Korea can't supply it. Xie Xiaoyou has traveled all over North Korea, so you should know that I am not lying."

Jin Yan said sincerely.

Xie Youcheng knew that Jin Yan was telling the truth, but he remained expressionless and did not speak for Jin Yuan.

"Since they don't want to give food or land, then please ask North Korea to send [-] troops." Tang Qing'an said coldly.

Leaving aside whether North Korea could send [-] field troops, even if they did, then don't blame Tang Qing'an for trapping the [-] troops.

At that time, let's see if North Korea is still listening.

"Every year, 20 stones of rice, [-] stones of beans, the islands mentioned by the general, and the iron mountains of Ping An Road can all be temporarily borrowed by the people of Zhenjiang."

Li Gui didn't want to try again and again, so he stated his bottom line.

When he was young, he organized an army to fight against the Japanese, and he had a straightforward temperament. Now that he is older, his nature is still the same.

Only 1000 million stone rice, wheat beans, etc. are produced per year in North Korea. It needs to feed millions of people, as well as livestock and poultry. How much land tax will be left in the end?
The additional 30 shi of grain is a heavy mountain for North Korea.

Tang Qing'an was actually playing dumb all along.

According to the records he had read, during this period in North Korea, although the farmland was reduced due to the Japanese invasion, most of it has recovered now.

There are more than one million acres of actual land in North Korea. The reason why it has been reduced by half is that the various tax-free land accounts for more than [-] knots, and more than [-] knots have been embezzled.

The reason why Lee Joseon, a country with tens of millions of people, is so weak and barren with a history of hundreds of years is because there are too many moths in the country.

However, Tang Qing'an didn't have the heart to move on the idea of ​​more than [-] acres of land.

He neither wants to reform North Korea, nor does he want to be a public enemy of the North Korean ruling class.

On the contrary, as long as the North Korean ruling class supports him, he is happy to maintain the interests of these people and stand with them.

For example, Jin Yu and Li Gui in front of me are two families of one of the largest landowners in North Korea.

Tang Qing'an pondered for a moment, and when he saw that the fire was coming, he let go again, and then made his own request.

"30 shi is 30 shi, but the aborigines on these islands, please move North Korea back to the mainland."

Jin Yan and Li Gui breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they would make some harsh demands again, but it turned out to be a matter of the untouchables.

Neither of them wanted to mention it, because their mouths were dirty with disgust.

"General Gao Yi!"

Li Gui finally smiled.

On this ship, three people determine the power of North Korea.

There are four to five thousand islands along the coast of Lee's North Korea, but most of them are not suitable for human habitation.

But since the general made a strong request, Jin Yan readily agreed.

It's not that he is stupid, but that these islands are really not suitable for human habitation.

Tang Qing'an also knew that among these thousands of islands, there were more than [-] islands, even in later generations, they were all uninhabited islands.

With the current development force, there are only a few hundred islands that can reclaim fields, and less than a hundred of them can be reclaimed on a large scale.

This is also one of the reasons why Mao Wenlong was able to easily occupy the islands of North Korea in history.

It's just that Jin Yan and Li Gui seem to have temporarily lent it to General Jinzhou. After all, the Shang Dynasty had no greed for North Korea.

Inheriting Ming Dynasty, North Korea was a country without conquest. This was the ancestral system of the Great Zhou, and it was also one of the reasons why North Korea supported the Great Zhou and was unwilling to submit to the barbarians.

Tang Qing'an sent the two of them off the boat with a smile on his face.

"General, your smile is a bit creepy."

Xie Youcheng was on the side of the boat, seeing Tang Qing'an's expression, he couldn't help but said.

"Ah, is it?"

Tang Qing'an came to his senses and regained his composure. He ordered the soldiers to set sail. He was going back to Zhenjiang to prepare for organizing the Liao people to enter the islands.

"20 shi grains and rice are exactly the annual salary of 3000 people. Li Gui is also very good at calculating." Xie Youcheng reminded.

Tang Qing'an didn't take it seriously.

No matter how calculated, it is just a small fish in the long river of history, after all, it is something on the fisherman's table.

After Jin Yan and Li Gui returned to China, they contacted Jin Zidian, Shen Jingzhen, Li Shu, Shen Qiyuan... and other ambitious people in North Korea.

Shen Qiyuan learned that General Jinzhou supported Lord Lingyang, and the situation was over. Everyone was sure of Lord Lingyang, and he reluctantly gave up Lord Huaien whom he supported.

"Westerners gnash their teeth, Southerners hold grudges, and little Beifei smiles..."

A nursery rhyme began to spread in the streets of Seoul.

Li Hun, the ruler of North Korea, learned from the eunuch and was furious, so he summoned Li Erzhan, and angrily reprimanded him for not reporting it.

Li Erzhan was very powerless.

He has already seen that the general trend is coming, because all the factions have united together, and the training general he recommended was dismissed by the king.

In the past few years, the North Korean king has replaced the training generals eleven times.

He is now in charge of the training general of the Seoul army. He doesn't know which side the other party is partial to.

"Your Highness, I beg you to change the training general."

"Enough, I have already given you a lot of favors to the Great Northern Sect, why do you even need to use your people to train the generals?

Is it true that the eunuchs around me are also satisfied with your talents? "

Since the split of the Great North faction and the formation of the Little North faction, the king of North Korea began to doubt Li Erzhan's ability.

Now that bad news comes one after another, Li Erzhan's ability is worrying, and he needs to be replaced.

Li Erzhan received a cold reception, and after leaving the palace, he sighed desolately.

At night, the king of North Korea felt pain. The imperial doctor said it was a fire disease and it was not a serious problem, which aroused his great anger.

While yelling loudly, the exclamation of eunuchs and maids came from outside.

"It's on fire, it's on fire."

Li Hun immediately walked out of the palace gate, looked at the fire everywhere in the palace, immediately guessed that someone was plotting against him, and shouted loudly.

"Where's the training general Li Xingli?"

"Li Xingli is here!"

Li Hun just wanted to show a smile, but was blocked.

Li Xingli held a big sword, followed by Jin Yan, Li Gui, Jin Zidian, Shen Jingzhen, Li Shu, Shen Qiyuan...

The palace guards were mixed with the rebels, and the crows rushed in.

……

North Korean envoys enter Beijing.

(End of this chapter)