Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 529 Decentralization
The division of the family was left to Deng Hong.

In the second clan of Deng and Shen, Deng Hong's brothers were the clan elders.

But with Deng Mao and other clan elders passing away one after another, Deng Hong became the existence with the highest seniority in the two Deng and Shen clans.

More importantly, he is still one of the Three Dukes of the Han Dynasty. Although he has no real power, he has a very high political status and has a great voice within the clan.

Therefore, it is the best choice for him to hold a clan meeting, summon the elders of the rest of the clan, and persuade many relatives to split up each family, disperse separately, and migrate to other places to prosper.

Shen Chen also considered this matter.

Now the Dahan belongs to the situation of vast land and sparse population. The Guanzhong Plain is tens of thousands of square kilometers, and its population is only 30 to [-], which needs to be migrated there.

There is also the Henan Plain. Because of the war, the entire Henan has millions of square kilometers of land, with a population of 300 million. Henan Province, which has the largest population in later generations, can be said to be a hundred miles without people.

Therefore, if it is possible to allocate land to the relatives and send them away from the ancestral land of Nanyang, there should probably be no problem.

Moreover, this policy is not limited to the Deng and Shen clans, but the entire family of the big Han family can adopt this method to force those big clans to separate their families and relocate the population forcibly, so as to alleviate the problem of the aristocratic family.

But it's just a temporary relief.

Because the big family split into small families, the small family migrated to a place with a large area and a lot of people, occupying a lot of fields, and slowly developed, and when the population increased, it would become a new big family.

Although this also solves the problem of fewer people and more land, after dozens or hundreds of years, the power of local clans will become deeply entrenched.

Therefore, if we really want to completely solve the clan, we still have to rely on urbanization and industrialization.

After Shen Chen understood these things, he immediately went to the palace in the early morning of the next day, hoping to hold a small meeting between the three provinces and the emperor to discuss the situation.

Knowing that Shen Chen asked for an audience, Liu Chan hastily waited for him to arrive in Chongzheng Hall, another small hall in the North Palace, and at the same time ordered Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Jiang Wan and others to be summoned.

Soon everyone arrived one by one. Shen Chen arrived first, followed by Xu Shu and others. When they arrived, Xu Shu asked, "Your Majesty, what is the purpose of summoning the ministers?"

He is the minister of the family. Now that the Han Dynasty has just been built, a lot of waste is waiting to be rebuilt. The three provinces and departments have to do a lot of things every day, and they are very busy. It is a waste of time to go to the palace every day.

Liu Chan said, "General Hussar has something to discuss with you."

Shen Chen looked at the three of them and asked, "Are the three provinces and stations busy now?"

"It's really busy."

Pang Tong said in a deep voice: "After the recovery of the whole country, at least tens of thousands of official documents are processed every day in various places, and the manpower has not been replenished, so that many colleagues are very busy every day."

Shen Chen thought for a while and said: "If the number of officials is insufficient, His Majesty can open Enke and set up a special selection of scholars. Those who are talented and outstanding should also be transferred to be officials."

"What does General Hussar mean?"

"I thought that now the big Han has not taken Liaodong back yet. What is placed in front of Gongsun Yuan is either to surrender or stubbornly resist. There is a dead end for stubborn resistance. Just send a general to attack Liaodong. From next year to the year after the next year, the army will be reorganized , leaving elite guards on the frontier, a large number of soldiers are given fields to return to their hometowns to cultivate, and officers can be transferred to local officials as officials."

Shen Chen said: "Now that the country has just been pacified, a large number of local officials are needed to maintain order. Officials from the military may not know how to govern the local area, but as long as they can learn and train quickly, they will be much more efficient than ordinary officials. There are many generals who read and practice calligraphy."

In the Han Dynasty, there was no distinction between civil and military families, and many literati were generals.For example, Sima Yi, Guo Huai, Jia Kui, Wang Ling, etc., all came from aristocratic families and were well-read scriptures.Even the common people's children, like many of Shen Chen's disciples, are both civil and military, able to fight at the top and comfort the people at the bottom.

If these military officers were transferred to local officials, it would be very easy to manage a county with a population of several thousand, or at most tens of thousands, in the Han Dynasty.

"Ah."

Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Jiang Wan looked at each other, and felt that what Shen Chen said was very reasonable, and this matter could indeed be arranged in this way.

"Also about the shortage of manpower in the three provinces, ministries and Taiwan."

Shen Chen said: "When I was in the south, the population and land of the Han Dynasty were not large, and the three provinces, ministries, and stations were more than enough to handle national official affairs. Now that the population and land have doubled, it is a bit stretched. I think that one can enrich officials with rich experience in government affairs to join the ministry. Taiwan, and the second is to divide and blame and add new departments."

"Add a new department?"

"Yes."

Shen Chen immediately talked about the system of three provinces and six ministries and the cabinet system of the Tang Dynasty.

To put it simply, the system of three provinces and six ministries took shape in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but it was not clearly divided before, but now it is completely divided.

The original Liucao Shangshu of Shangshutai was divided into six departments, which were in charge of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers. Under the six departments, some functional departments were subdivided. At the same time, Tingwei and Dali Temple were set up outside the Ministry of Punishment.

Among them, the function of the Ministry of Punishment is similar to that of the Ministry of Public Security in later generations, the function of Ting Wei is the procuratorate, and the Dali Temple is the court, forming a check and balance of public security and law.

The other is the establishment of the Military Affairs Academy, which is one of the higher-level institutions of the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War belongs to the cabinet and is under dual leadership.The cabinet inside has the function of managing the national government affairs, and the Military Affairs Council manages the national army. From the central government to the local government, the military and government are separated.

Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Jiang Wan and others were interested in a series of reforms of central functions, but Liu Chan was bored and looked around until Shen Chen finished talking about the system. "

Xu Shu said, "Your Majesty, we still have to wait for the prime minister to come back to discuss these matters."

"so be it."

Liu Chan activated the ability to delegate power, waved his hand and said, "I'm a little tired, I want to go back to rest, and let my brother-in-law decide everything."

As he spoke, he got up from the table and went back from the apse.

Seeing his lazy demeanor, Shen Chen said speechlessly, "Has Your Majesty always been like this?"

"It's always been like this."

Xu Shu shrugged.

"Ok."

Shen Chen said: "Your Majesty's ability to let us do what we want also shows His Majesty's trust in us. This is a good thing. Regarding what I just said, when the prime minister comes back, we will discuss it together."

"it is good."

Several people nodded.

Zhuge Liang sits in Jizhou and will probably not return until the end of December.

Because Liu Chan will hold sacrificial activities at the beginning of next year, and at the same time, he will amnesty the world, reward all officials, rank meritorious officials, etc.

At that time next year, the officialdom will definitely be greatly reshuffled, a large number of heroes will be awarded positions, and the entire Han Dynasty will enter a stable period of peaceful development.

After talking about the restructuring, Shen Chen talked with them about the division of the family.

He said: "If a country wants to develop for a long time, it must work together and help each other. But the clan has always been a cancer that hinders the strength of the country. What do you think should be done?"

"What's your opinion, Xiaoqing?"

Xu Shu asked.

"The power of the clan cannot be ruled from the roots. The key lies in the family. For thousands of years, China has been united by the beliefs of the ancestors. In the end, the small family becomes the big family, and everyone becomes the country. Only a country can have a family, and a family can make a country. There is no distinction between you and me. However, the members of the clan hold together to keep warm, fight against the government, and do not pay taxes or corvee. Once the clan becomes a high-ranking official, it will immediately rise to the top, become a family leader, and influence the court. Naturally, this is not acceptable."

Shen Chen said: "However, it is impossible to completely disintegrate the power of the clan. It can only reduce its influence and increase the authority of the government. In addition, transportation and communication are underdeveloped, and the people need to be restrained by the clan to reduce crimes and chaos. The rule of law of the country happened. Therefore, we should not use brute force when dealing with clan power, but should use ingenuity."

"Smartness?"

Pang Tong asked, "What cleverness?"

"In fact, there are struggles and oppression within the clan. The main line occupies a lot of resources, and the other branches and collaterals either become tenants of the main line or eat leftovers. There must be dissatisfaction among them."

Shen Chen pointed out the crux of the problem: "There is no one who does not want to be the master of the family. Even if the clan has restrictions, once the rules are not established to be fair and just, people's hearts will not be able to control it. Therefore, you can ask the local governments to register the household registration and record the land. Less or no landless tenants and serfs persuaded them to move to places with sparsely populated land, and the imperial court lent them food and seeds without interest, and the local government helped them build houses and reclaim wasteland, all of which were included in the achievements of local officials. "

"This sounds a bit like a tweet order?"

Xu Shu opened his eyes wide.

Shen Chen smiled and said: "That's right. Anyway, it is necessary to divide the big clan into small clans, reduce the influence of the clan, and weaken their strength. After that, the three township elders will continue to be retained, but the township will have a township chief, and the pavilion will have a pavilion chief. The influence of the government should not be weaker than that of the clan in the village!"

"Well"

Pang Tong mused: "Now the Han Dynasty is waiting to be rejuvenated, and the population of the north has not yet been registered, but Guanzhong, Henan, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and other places are indeed less populated. But if we do this, will a large number of new clans be born? Come?"

"There is no way."

Shen Chen shook his head: "Any policy in any era can only solve the current predicament. There has never been a perfect policy in this world that can last for hundreds of years or thousands of years. Treat the present first, and then focus on the future."

For thousands of years, all dynasties and dynasties did not want to eradicate stubborn diseases such as landlords and clans.

But without industrialization and urbanization, it is impossible to solve it completely, and it can only be maintained for dozens or hundreds of years.

In later generations, many people said that Yongzheng's allotment was allocated to the mu, fire consumption was returned to the public, and officials and gentry paid grain together, which completely solved the problem of landlords, officials and gentry not paying grain. But in fact, in the late Qing Dynasty, this system basically existed in name only.

Therefore, it is very good to be able to solve these problems temporarily in ancient times, first to treat the symptoms, and then to treat the root causes.Governing a large country is like cooking a small dish, and many things cannot be rushed.

Fortunately, because the productivity of the Southern Dahan has been greatly improved, the grain output is abundant, which is enough for the development of the entire Dahan.

Therefore, the imperial court has the ability to provide money and food to help people from all over the country migrate, transfer places with many people to places with few people, and average the local population.

This averaging is not as simple as simply sending the population over.

Restricted by terrain, development is limited.

For example, Kuaiji County, which is the later Fujian, has eight mountains, one water and one field, with few people and little land. Basically, it can only migrate people outside but not inside.

So this average population means to transfer places with more population and more land to places with less population and more land.

For example, Hebei has a large population now, so a large number of Hebei's population should be transferred to Henan.

Although the current land utilization rate in Hebei is far from reaching the limit.

Because Jizhou occupies more than 20 square kilometers of the North China Plain, with today's productivity, it is more than enough to reclaim hundreds of millions of acres of land, enough to feed a population of 2000 million.

At present, Jizhou has only 800 million people, and there are still many wastelands that have not been cultivated.

However, if the ratio of population to land in Jizhou is 4:10, then the ratio of population to land in Henan as a whole is now 1:10. It is imperative to allocate a fraction of the population from Jizhou to fill the vacancy in Henan.

In this way, the population of the two places is well averaged, so that Henan, the population and economic center of the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times, can recover from the war as soon as possible.

Therefore, migrating population is the best way to reduce the influence of aristocratic families and ease the population decline in Henan and Guanzhong.

It's the best of both worlds.

"At present, Jingzhou is the most populous place, and Hebei is the other. I suggest that next year, we should check the population of the whole country and calculate the specific number. By the way, let the local governments have a thorough understanding of the power of the aristocratic families and clans in various places, and then proceed with the migration of the population."

Xu Shu said: "The best situation is to migrate people from Jingzhou to Guanzhong, and from Hebei to Henan. In addition, Huainan is now thousands of miles away. Maybe people can migrate from Jiangdong."

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded and said: "Migrants must pay attention to the principle of the nearest migration. Besides that, the last thing is transportation."

"Do you want to build a road?"

Jiang Wan asked.

Shen Chen said, "No, the river needs to be built."

"Fix the river?"

"That's right. I think if we can connect the Dahe, Dajiang, and Huaihe Rivers, and build a canal from Youzhou, the transportation in the world, except for Bashu, will be greatly facilitated."

"It's a big project."

"Yes, so a long-term plan is needed. I think the central government should set up a geological department to draw mountains and rivers in counties and counties across the country and draw a map of China. With a water conservancy map, we can use the original waterways to build canals, which will be more effective."

Shen Chen made a suggestion.

"Hanshu" has records about rivers, but one is that there are no pictures and no facts, and the other is that there are few records, and even many rivers have disappeared in the long river of time.

The most comprehensive understanding of water conservancy is the "Shui Jing Zhu" written by Li Daoyuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but this stuff will not come out until 300 years later.

Therefore, the officials of the Han Dynasty had to develop their own "Shui Jing Zhu" to search mountains, rivers and rivers all over the country through the power of the court. Tool improvement.

First encourage agriculture, emphasize agriculture and restrain business, and then gradually liberalize industry and commerce to promote commercial development.Just like after the establishment of our country in later generations, we must first solve the problem of food for the people, and then we can reform and open up and develop the economy.

In this way, agriculture and canal construction are carried out simultaneously. When agriculture develops and the canal is repaired, it will be able to strengthen the national economic and population circulation and strengthen the national power.

Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Jiang Wan and others thought it made sense and nodded in agreement.

At that moment, the four of them chatted about other things, and they talked for more than an hour before finally ending the meeting.

"That's it."

Pang Tong felt that today's meeting was very fruitful, at least it solved several troubles he was encountering now.

Jiang Wan, on the other hand, watched the whole process and did not express much opinion.

Although he is the prime minister of Zhongshu and one of the deputy prime ministers, his qualifications are not enough to discuss with everyone, so it is the best choice to listen and learn more.

Now that the meeting is over, the three provinces, ministries and stations will first make arrangements in this regard and summarize the documents for the meeting.

Wait until Zhuge Liang comes back before making the final decision.

(End of this chapter)