Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 73

In the Hall of Martial Arts.

"Not bad." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly after hearing what the prince said. "As expected of our big brother, he is knowledgeable."

"Why, why?" King Qin was naturally even more confused.

"Because only by finding out the number of strong men, can we know how many soldiers and civilians can be recruited; knowing the industrial acres of each household, we can know how to set taxes. Knowing the industrial acres of the world, we can know how much tax the country can collect every year. How much money was spent."

The third child immediately showed off.

"How powerful a country can be depends on how much manpower it can mobilize and how much taxes it can collect. If these two things can be firmly grasped, then the country can enjoy long-term stability." The fourth child said not to be outdone.

"This is what is said in "University", 'If there is virtue, there will be people; if there is someone, there will be soil; if there is soil, there will be wealth; if there is wealth, it will be useful!" The third child immediately dragged a sentence.

"Fuck..." The fourth child couldn't fix it right away.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is already very satisfied, he is not surprised that a good student like Lao San has such insight.I didn't expect that the old four, who were ignorant and inexperienced, could figure out this level in one go. It can be seen that it is also a piece of rough jade, which needs to be carefully carved.

"But there is a problem with this post, can you think of it?" Zhu Yuanzhang picked up two sons in the school, automatically ignored the second child, and passively ignored the fifth child.

"This..." The two quickly racked their brains. It doesn't matter whether they behave in front of the father, the important thing is not to let the other party win!
"The registration on this is too rough!" It was the fourth child who discovered the problem first and said:
"The household registration situation is okay, but the field situation is not good at all."

He pointed to the property column on one of the pages and said, "'I own twelve acres of land.' Is this paddy field or dry land, rich or barren, all of which are not recorded. How can this be used for taxation?"

"Indeed, since ancient times, the government has been registering the acres of land in different levels, and we can't generalize it." Zhu Ye nodded and said, "Officials should be severely punished. How can they be fooled like this?"

If you lose speed, you can only increase your strength.

But Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other and smiled, shook their heads and said, "It's taken for granted, that's why I want you to go to the folks for training."

"You have all seen the problem, how can the father not see it?" Zhu Biao explained: "But governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, some things can't be rushed, and problems will arise if you are anxious, you can only take it one step at a time."

"My elder brother is right. We dream of clearing the land in the whole country, but we can't do it." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed:

"One is that there is no one. Qingzhang is a technical job. It is not enough to be able to write and count. You will see when you go back to your hometown. Most of the people's land is in strange shapes. You have to learn the special "Fangtian technique" to calculate the number of acres. Can do it There are not many people in the whole country who are alive, so how can they clear the whole country?"

"What about the previous dynasties?" King Jin asked.

"It depends on whose fate is better. The Han Dynasty took over the Qin Dynasty's stall, and the Qin Dynasty's strict control over the registered land and acres has never been matched. So Han Gaozu took a big advantage."

"The Yuan Dynasty didn't care about these things at all, pure Mao guessed it would be blind." Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly: "When we take over, everything will have to start from scratch."

"But this is not the most important thing. There is a lack of talents, and it is to be cultivated slowly. The tens of thousands of supervisors we raise in Guozixue do this." After a pause, Boss Zhu said in a heavy tone:
"Actually, the most difficult thing is that there are too many people who don't want us to find out about them."

The sons nodded. This is very understandable. If you find out the details, you will have to pay more taxes.

With regard to Qingzhang, the local gentry and common people must have kept it secret as much as they could.If the government is too serious, there is a risk of causing a civil uprising.
What's more, the officials are low-ranking officials, but the subordinates who handle specific affairs are all sitting in the land, and their buttocks are crooked.

So as long as Boss Zhu doesn't push too hard, the government at all levels will be happy to procrastinate as long as they can.

"Then father can't do anything about them?" the princes asked angrily.Not for anything else, simply because he doesn't want to see his father being wronged.

"Of course we have a solution, the worst is to send troops down, to forcibly clear the land. But if a township and a county can do this, if the whole country does this, people will rebel everywhere." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a muffled voice:
"In the third year of Hongwu, the most important thing was to calm the hearts of the people, and not to make it too intense, so we can only retreat first and make the second best."

As he spoke, he picked up the household registration post and said: "Start with the simple ones first, and then register the population and household registration."

"The local people thought that we would be too scared if we wanted to clear up the hukou. But now I heard that they just tried their best to check the household registration, and they can declare the number of acres by themselves. Only in a few short years can the registration of 500 people in the whole country be completed!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but slyly smiled and said: "But they don't understand that they have long legs, but the land doesn't have long legs. Once the household stickers are registered, they have to go to the government to get a guide if they want to go out, otherwise they will be refugees. People keep them, and it will be a matter of time before they clear their fields."

"..." The sons were all dumbfounded, they didn't expect to see such a thick father, the inside is so thin.

Of course, His Royal Highness King Qin was dumbfounded, or maybe he didn't understand.

"What you have to do now is to copy as many household stickers as you can from Ganxiang Township in Linhuai County, and memorize them when you go back." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered in a deep voice: "When you go back to your hometown, look at the acres of each family's fields. There are so many discrepancies in the records on the nonsense household stickers. The results of your investigation will become the reason for us to re-account in the future!"

"Yes." The princes understood the significance of this matter, and immediately became full of enthusiasm.

"In addition," Zhu Yuanzhang said to his sons:

"Be careful for your father, if there are any illegal things in the local area, or things like grievances that cannot be addressed, write them down."

"Understood!" The answer was still loud this time, who hasn't had a dream of getting rid of violence and peace?
"You are ordinary people who have gone, don't mind your own business, just write it down and report it later." The prince interjected and warned.

"Uh... okay." Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to say that my son can still be afraid of things?But after thinking about it again, safety is the first priority, so he didn't refute the prince.

"anymore question?"

"Father," the fourth child hesitated and asked, "Then what if the family members of those uncles and uncles commit crimes?"

"You don't need to ask, the prince's crime is the same as that of the common people." The youngest blurted out and regretted it.I can only comfort myself, I am the prince, one grade higher than the prince...

"That's right, write down everything you see, it doesn't matter who did it." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Whether it's right or not is up to you to decide, don't worry about it."

"Just write down the hearsay, don't take the initiative to ask anything." Zhu Biao looked more like a father than Zhu Yuanzhang, and he told his brothers worriedly: "Safety first, don't mess around!"

"Hey, big brother, don't worry." The younger brothers hurriedly responded, they didn't want to make big brother worry.

"Go." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his hand, the father's love quota was used up today.

ps.Chapter 10, huh, I wiped it for two hours...

(End of this chapter)