The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 202

In the places where the Great Zhou dynasty was established, the population was displaced in some places, and the land was barren. Farmers were called to cultivate, and each household was given [-] mu of land and [-] mu of vegetable land.

Now the general means roughly ten acres per household and one acres of vegetable land.

It seems to be less than the former.

But what was the situation before, and what is the situation now.

If it is really promulgated that each household will be given ten acres of land and one acre of vegetable land, even refugees from the interior will flood into Jinzhou, even if they need to farm for the government for several years first.

How many people have been tenants all their lives, and they don't have a single mu of land.

Even if the family has no land, they still have to serve corvee for Dazhou. Not only do they have no wages, but they also have to bring their own food and clothing.

And for the Jinzhou government to farm, not only provide food and drink, but also provide agricultural tools, clothing, salt, fish, meat and other materials.

So many officials disagree.

Dai Guowei, who patrolled Shijingfen, had been praised by the general many times and had a close relationship with the general, so he strongly opposed it.

"Now that there are powerful enemies on the side, it is not as easy as in peacetime. How to distribute the land to the people, how to set the tax?
If it is too small, it is not enough for the government, if it is too much, the people are dissatisfied, and they are in the same predicament as the mainland.

And ten mu of land per household, one mu of vegetable land, is Jinzhou's field enough?What about the people who can't get their share? "

Some people are against it, and some people are in favor of it.

Zhang Daki changed his attitude.

"There are not enough acres of land in Jinzhou. There used to be no population and acres of land on the east coast of Changbai Mountain, and Zhenjiang also had a small population.

Nearly 20 mu of land has been reclaimed in the various places on the east coast of Changbai Mountain and Zhenjiang, and the size of Liaozuo is far more than that.

There are also Shenyang, Liaoyang, Fuzhou, Gaizhou, Haizhou and other affluent lands thousands of miles away. Even if new fields are not reclaimed, it is enough for all Liaozuo people's families to have more than ten acres.

In the past, most of the land was occupied by large military households, but now it is all owned by the barbarians, so as long as Liaozuo is restored, the land in Liaozuo is enough.

Coupled with the continuous development of new fields, it is not impossible to divide each household into [-] mu, and there are overseas islands. "

"what."

Dai Guowei knew what kind of person Zhang Daki was.

Although this person is capable, he is extremely arrogant.

Therefore, I know that Zhang Daki's words are just to cater to the general.

"Of course I know that the most affluent area in Liaozuo is in the hands of the barbarians, but we have only established a firm foothold for a few years, how can we count the acres in the hands of the barbarians as ours?"

"Why not? The general proposed last year to flatten Liao Dynasty in five years. After five years, these places will of course be recovered by us."

"In that case, let's wait until Liaodong is recovered."

Seeing that Dai Guowei became agitated and worried about causing personal enmity, Zhang Daki stopped talking and stopped arguing with him.

He has shown his attitude and achieved his goal.

in fact.

In his heart, he was not very in favor of farming, and he would do more harm than good by leaking information to the people and giving them hope.

The situation in various places is indeed getting better now, but who can say what will happen in the future.

Barbarians are not so easy to deal with.

The barbarians have been unstoppable for decades. Although they have suffered losses in Jinzhou, it has only been a few years, and the barbarians have not suffered any injuries.

Moreover, the Nuer Gansi occupied by the barbarians did not mention it, and occupied the most affluent place in Liaozuo.

Regardless of the acres, population, or territory, they are several times larger than they are now.

Generals are always confident.

But self-confidence is a good thing for superiors, but these subordinates should not be blindly confident, and must do things down-to-earth.

In case the barbarians cannot be resolved in a short time, there is a great possibility of being in a stalemate for decades.

And if so.

So what about the promises made to the people?
Isn't it just asking for trouble.

The officials stopped arguing and looked at the general.

Tang Qing'an pondered for a while.

"The field must be divided."

Everyone has no opinion on this sentence.

When to divide and whether to disclose to the people, these two points are the key.

Recover Liaodong first, and then divide the land.

This is what most people think.

Tang Qing'an did plan to pacify Liao within five years.

According to the development of people's livelihood in various places.

Three years later.

There will be more than [-] million people in various places, more than [-] soldiers, and fields, economy, fishery administration, shipping administration, Jeju Island trade, etc.

They will all go on the right track to achieve self-sufficiency and spare energy.

Liaoxi dispatched more than [-] troops, Jinzhou Zhenjiang dispatched more than [-] troops, and brought tens of thousands of Korean troops, not counting the peasants and horses.

The military strength is as high as nearly 40.

Steady and steady.

The barbarians can't care about the head and the tail, they can only be tired of coping.

if things go well.

The barbarians can be defeated in three months.

But this is his idea.

As people worry, who can guarantee the future.

Tang Qing'an couldn't guarantee it either.

No one knows what the combat effectiveness of the Jinzhou Army in western Liaoning and the Beizhen Army is, and whether they can fight the barbarians in the field.

Even his Jinzhou Zhenjiang generals, no one assured Tang Qing'an that they would be able to defeat the barbarians in the field.

It's just as Zheng Yonglian said.

The executive power of the government cannot keep up with the current situation.

Words that cannot be changed in a few years.

The current "serfdom" in disguise will cause the people and the government to separate.

"There are less than [-] private households that are farmed by the government for more than four years, and less than [-] households that are more than three years old and less than four years old.

Less than [-] households for more than two years but less than three years, less than [-] households for more than one year and less than two years, and less than [-] households for less than one year.

If the government has farmed for more than seven years, each household will be divided into [-] mu of land and [-] mu of vegetable land. After three years, the land will only be divided into [-] mu.

Four years later, 11 mu of land will be allocated, five years later, 55 mu of land will be allocated, and six years later, 88 mu of land will be allocated.

In the three years after three years, the total land allocation was less than 160 million mu.

The general asked all places, including the Korean islands, to newly reclaim 100 million mu of land by May next year.

Not to mention the 100 million mu, there are now 110 million mu of land.

Then by May of next year, we will have 210 million mu of land. Based on the current population of 170 million, the estimated number of households is 200 million. How can it be insufficient? "

Zheng Yonglian sat at the bottom, and after seeing that the chief officials were quiet, he finally spoke slowly.

People looked sideways.

There are all kinds of eyes.

Some people think that he has done everything to get ahead, some people think he is really brave, some people think he does have some talents.

"There are still Liao people defecting to us."

I heard an official reminding me in a low voice.

Zhang Daki smiled confidently.

He worked as a clerk in Xiwa, not only managing the documents of Xiwa, but also responsible for the official documents of various places, and watching the development of Xiwa from scratch.

It can be said that the vision has been greatly trained.

As for the matter of dividing the land, since he dared to mention it, of course he did countless deduction beforehand.

"Since the beginning of this year, the number of Liao people who have invested in us has doubled compared to usual. It can be seen that most of the Liao people who are able to defect to the central part of Liao Zuo have defected.

As for the Liao people in the hinterland of the barbarians, although some defected to them, it was very difficult for them to rely on themselves.

If we can't recover these places, the population will not have the previous explosion.

If it can be recovered, there will be more acres of land. If it cannot be recovered, then the number of Liao people will not increase sharply, so why worry about it. "

He spoke sharply, but the official kept silent.

"The current acres are enough to be divided. Next year, the next year will continue to reclaim the fields, and the field will not be divided until three years later.

I don't know whether the princes are concerned about the lack of land, or are they unwilling to give up their rights? "

This is too harsh.

Most of the people looked ugly.

"Yong Lian, be careful with your words. With the current situation in various places, all officials have contributed a lot. How can you speak nonsense so easily."

Tang Qing'an scolded.

Hearing the general's words, Zheng Yonglian didn't change his face.

"I'm just a child in my hometown, I'm used to the usual life, I don't want to change, my hometown fell into the hands of barbarians.

External factors forced me to change, and I couldn’t survive, so I fled to the general’s rule with my family, and was then sent to Xiwa as a clerk.

I have been working in Xiwa for two years. From being unfamiliar at the beginning to getting used to it, one day it rained on the plantains. Taking advantage of my free time, I watched the scenery and suddenly woke up.

In two years, I returned to my original appearance.

The Xiwa government manages people's livelihood, and resettles every detail, from thousands of people at the beginning, to tens of thousands, [-] people, and even more than [-] people today.

I won't mention the disadvantages of this, everyone knows it better than me, but why don't you want to change it?

I think it's because I'm used to being comfortable.

But as Dai Daotai said just now, we have a strong enemy by our side, and if we see the shortcomings and don’t correct them, are we waiting for the day when the enemy forces us to do it? "

Or because of this person's radicalness, I don't want to have a dispute with this person in front of the general, or maintain my identity, or recognize it.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

"If the land is distributed, how will the tax be collected?"

"Ten taxes and one."

This tax is not low.

But now is wartime, not peacetime, and it makes sense.

"One out of ten taxes is not enough to supply the government and the army."

"After the 160 million people in the territory were divided into fields, they could get more than [-] taels of silver a year just by selling salt and iron, and more than [-] taels of silver a year from the domestic trade of ginseng and fur.

With 200 million mu of land, the annual land tax is 40 shi. If there are 300 million mu of land, the annual land tax is 60 shi.

And we still have a fishing ground. Now the fishing ground has [-] boats, which can provide [-] shi of fish per month.

Three years later, 200 million stones of fish can be provided in one year. Why worry about food shortage? "

Someone found something wrong.

"Not according to the population, but only according to the acre of land?"

The corners of Zheng Yonglian's mouth curled up.

The general summoned him and solemnly told him that as long as this article is implemented, his Wanyan book will be recorded in the annals of history.

"Taxes are only collected according to the acre of land, and each household only needs one Ding to serve the government for one month a year, and the government provides food and housing.

Those who serve the government for more than one month in a year are either credited to the next year or deducted from the money. "

The officials were stunned.

Tang Qing'an smiled.

The Great Zhou inherited the Great Ming, but there was no reform of Zhang Juzheng, a famous official in the late Ming Dynasty.

Only one of them is Qingzhang.

It is still under the circumstances that various places are still trying their best to evade.

In the end, 8000 million mu of land was cleared across the country.

What concept?
No water conservancy was built, no acres of land were reclaimed, and more than [-] million people, each household increased a few acres of land on average.

As for people in later generations to smear Zhang Juzheng and the Ming Dynasty, they used the fact that the number of new land acres found in Shandong, Huguang, and Sichuan was several times higher than that in other places to deny this achievement.

Shandong is the sphere of influence of the elite eunuchs in the capital, and of course most of the hidden fields are hidden. Half of the people's rebellions occurred in Shandong.

Huguang is familiar with the world, which is a proverb that came out of the inner volume of "Map Synthesis" written by Li Fuyuan, an official in the late Ming Dynasty.

Sichuan is the land of abundance. In the early Ming Dynasty, due to historical reasons, this place was unclear. The historical reasons of the Wanli Dynasty have dissipated. Now that Zhang Juzheng has checked, it is not surprising to find out the number of new fields.

more importantly.

These acres of land that have been checked out have to be taxed, so how could it be possible to report more.

Even if officials think so, big local households will not agree.

Without the 8000 million [-] million mu of new land cleared by Zhang Juzheng's reform, it would have been impossible to maintain it with the deformed financial system of the Ming Dynasty.

Why did the wise Longqing violate the ancestral system and forcefully implement the Fujian switch?
It is because the finances have gone bankrupt.

Forcing them to reform.

Learn from history.

Tang Qing'an knew that Dazhou had enough land, but it was the same as in North Korea, most of them were in the hands of big households.

Who is the big guy?

The dignitaries, eunuchs, retired officials, and hereditary generals.

Divide the fields.

It can be divided.

It depends on how to divide.

When will it be divided.

"Do you have any other comments?"

Tang Qing'an asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)