Overlord!

Chapter 115
Sun Ce's question is about the population of Kuaiji, how many hidden households, and the hiding situation of Shanyue.

This involves a key point, why it is said that Sun Ce won the county government, which is basically equivalent to winning one county and fourteen counties in Kuaiji.

The most important thing is these documents and data in the county government, including household registration, land registration and so on.

Order is the most essential difference between plunder and taxation.

Putting a knife on the neck of the family and asking the family to hand over their wealth is not called taxation, it is called plundering as capital.Whether it is to use the army to persecute, or to use eunuchs and Jin Yiwei to blackmail.Essentially there is no difference.

So Yuan Shu and Chongzhen are the upper limit of most ordinary people.Even if you give him an empire, he can quickly destroy the hearts of the people in an empire.Then he felt that he was not the king of the subjugated country, but all his ministers were the subjugated ministers of the country.How did I get to this point, I didn't even have a sip of honey water.

What really enabled Sun Ce to master Kuaiji and act as prefect was the documents and records in these prefectures. He could grasp the population and land registration of each county in detail, and then rely on these clear data to set laws and allocate conscription and tax amounts.

Even if there is a nineteenth tax, this is a strict order.At most it is considered a tyranny, not a mere thieves.The difference is that the former is Cao Cao, while the latter is the grass head king in troubled times.One can unify the world, while the other can live and die.

And Wei Teng was also very excited when he heard this.

As a native of Kuaiji County, what he hopes most is to have a famous monarch who can rule the southern part of Kuaiji County strongly.Even if it is extortionate, at least there is order, and counties can be set up to bring most of the mountains under control.Under such circumstances, ordinary Shanyue people dare not resist tyranny at all.It is not like now that the imperial court knows nothing about it.A Zongshuai can gather thousands of people with a single call and raise troops to riot.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if they all rebelled against the county government's excessive expropriation.Before they resisted, it was also continuously providing a lot of strength support to the county government.And if the court wants to stabilize the place, it only needs to pay lightly and pay a lot of money to win over a wave of people.

Therefore, Wei Teng answered this question very solemnly and in detail: "There are a total of 19 registered households in Kuaiji County, with a population of more than [-] people. However, with such household registration, the actual number of people who can actually be controlled in each county is still empty. Lack. There are more than a thousand families in one clan in Kuaiji, and hundreds of clans in the south and north of the county. The children are vertical and horizontal, hand in hand to cover the shade, thick and self-confident, and the common people are very troubled. What's more, some heroes will hide There are more than a thousand desperadoes. All these kinds of people are not registered, and the household registration in the world is almost half dead. When the county officials go to the county to enforce the law, they will export more than ten thousand."

"In the south, Shanyue is thousands of miles wide. Not only are the mountains afflicted, but also tyrants and clan commanders occupy the place. Most of the refugees shelter their surnames as guests. There are hundreds of servants and boys. Counting by household registration, it is completely impossible to count. But From the field records, you can get a glimpse of the leopard, and you can get a glimpse of it. The two counties in the south of Kuaiji County have an area of ​​thousands of miles, and hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land. A rich family, patented mountains and seas. To manage so much land, fields, mountains and seas wealth, smelting iron and governing soldiers, even if one man farms 25 acres of land, there must be [-] people!"

"I thought that if we can rule this place, we can establish four new counties and one new county without immigration!"

Wei Teng's words really had a huge impact on Sun Ce.

There are only more than 20 households in Kuaiji County, with a population of [-], which is half of the peak period.

That said, it's too general.To make a specific comparison, after the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Yuanjia rule, the world had just been unified, and it was still in prosperity. The people in the north did not move south, and the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms had just ended. There were more than [-] households in Shanyin County, Kuaiji.

Shanyin County is also the prefecture of Kuaiji under Sun Ce's current feet.Speaking of the development of Jiangnan, this is the northwest of Kuaiji County, and the development has already been completed.But after the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, there are more than [-] households here, and one county can be equivalent to one county in Kuaiji at the end of Han Dynasty!
In this case, Sun Ce didn't want to comment too much.

According to the low EQ, Kuaiji has almost ruled collapse here, and the concealment situation is extremely serious.

In terms of high emotional intelligence, the potential here is huge, the heritage is profound, and the potential of civilization that can be tapped is endless.The level of civilization that can be improved is endless!

However, in the south of Shanyue, Wei Teng's calculation method greatly inspired Sun Ce.

So Sun Ce cheered up and said: "Wei Gongcao's method of conjecture is indeed a different way. The population of Shanyue can be hidden, but the land area cannot be concealed there. The territory of their two counties is larger than that of most Han counties. Huge. To plant so much land, even if it is calculated on 25 hectares, it must not be less than [-] people."

Shanyue is really not a non-productive tribe, it can be regarded as a farming nation living in the mountains.They are also farmers, even planted down the mountain.As a result, the Soochow army often snatched their wheat.

Those two counties in the south, all the way to Jiaozhou, are thousands of miles wide and reach five or six cities in later generations. No matter how weakly developed, there are still 1000 million mu of fertile land.

1000 million mu of arable land is [-] hectares of fertile land.A powerful family in the Han Dynasty often claimed to have thousands of hectares of fertile land, and the fields were connected with fields.

Wei Teng immediately said decisively: "Whether Shanyue has [-] hectares of fertile land or a population of more than [-], it is enough to re-establish a county rule in the south. I thought that the southern lands of Taimo and Dongye counties could be divided into new ones. Count counties and build counties to calm the people."

The county was built to calm the people, and that's where the name of Jian'an County comes from.

And the land divided from the two counties can be used to build a new county, which is enough to get a general idea of ​​the scale of the mountains in this area.

Sun Ce thought carefully for a moment, and said, "I will call He Qi to discuss the matter of establishing a county. Before establishing a county, Shanyue must be subdued anyway. Wei Gongcao's current urgency is to count the land in Kuaiji, implement The government of Wu County."

Sun Ce said in a generous tone: "I tell all the tyrants that the only things in life are death and taxation, which are inevitable."

The days of these strong clans, handsome and powerful families occupying land as kings, ignoring the county government orders, and not paying taxes are over!
Wei Teng is a meritorious Cao. He can be upright and upright within the scope of his authority, but in terms of major politics, he can't influence Sun Ce's policy, and can only follow Sun Ce's orders.

So he cupped his hands and said: "If Sun Lang no longer accepts that these powerful clans are entrenched in one side, then please make sure to make military deployments. Once the government order is issued, rebellion is inevitable."

Sun Ce was quite optimistic, he couldn't believe how many tyrants dared to stand up to the army's butcher's knife and launch a rebellion.

But it was indeed prepared, so he said: "I will discuss this matter with Captain Zhang in detail later, and divide the troops to station in various counties."

Wei Teng got up immediately, cupped his hands and said, "In that case, Teng will take his leave first."

When Wei Teng left, Sun Ce sent Jiang Qin to invite Zhang Hong, but instead of calling Zhang Hong to discuss military deployment, he said with a smile: "Now we all have Jiangdong, I remember Zhang Gong once said , all titles are important to the country, and cannot be delayed, so I plan to reward the generals immediately."

To put it simply, I, Sun Ce, have become the Lord of Jiangdong, and I will never forget those soldiers who fought with me, and I will give rewards to everyone as soon as possible.

Zhang Hong caressed his beard and beard, nodded slightly, and said: "Shepherds, if you don't reward small achievements, you won't accomplish great achievements. Rewards are not overdue, and those who benefit the people should really start preparing for this matter."

Sun Ce said with a smile, "Then I would like to ask you to take the position of military adviser Zhonglang general, and the rewards of the governor's army lieutenant general. Chang Shi will lead the Fujun Zhonglang general, and the rewards of county officials."

In the three counties of Jiangdong, the post of prefect that Sun Ce could appoint and dismiss could not be given to his subordinates.

Even the prefect of Danyang will give it to Xu Kun or Wu Jing in the future.

Therefore, the position of General Zhonglang is the highest position that Sun Ce can represent.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, one for Governor Sun Ce's government affairs and the other for Governor Sun Ce's military affairs, naturally deserved this award, and they were the first to be promoted to General Zhonglang.

Even if this is the official position that Sun Ce proposed, it also symbolizes Sun Ce's recognition of the status of the two of them.

So Zhang Hong didn't refuse. After thanking him, he said: "I will reward and punish the soldiers fairly and serve the whole army. But before awarding civil and military awards, I thought the general should first recruit a group of prominent men."

"An eminent person?" Sun Ce asked curiously, "A famous person from Jiangdong?"

Zhang Hong shook his head with a faint smile, and said, "It's a man of prestige, not a man of fame. This generation serves under the general's command, even if it is only a vain job. His reputation is enough for countless people to recognize that the general is the master of Jiangdong." , conducive to stable governance.”

"There are many people in this world who have gained false fame but have no real virtue and talent, such as Xu Jing and Xu Shao. Today's generals have created a great cause, and it is impossible for people in the world to explain it from house to house, and Xu Jing's false reputation has been spread. Flowing all over the world, why not use it to dazzle far and near?"

Xu Jing, Sun Ce remembered that Liu Bei took down Yizhou as a tool to gain his reputation. He was knighted as high as Tai Tuo, but he had no real power at all.

Sun Ce suddenly remembered that brothers Xu Jing and Xu Shao, who were in charge of Yuedan's review, seemed to be in Jiangdong.

Xu Shao was with Liu Yao before, while Xu Jing was with Wang Lang.

Sun Ce's resumption of production in Wu County made his military offensive earlier than everyone in Kuaiji County expected.

Wang Lang was in a hurry to get on a boat in Guling City, maybe Xu Jing and the others hadn't had time to escape.

If Xu Jing is captured and Sun Ce reopens the Yuedan Review in Jiangdong, then all the scholars from the Central Plains will come to Jiangdong?
The impact of these celebrities is still very far-reaching.If they live in one place, there are often more than a thousand disciples under their sect.Even Yu Fan, who was demoted to Jiaozhou in history, set up a lecture hall and had hundreds of disciples.

Zhang Hong calmly said, "I'm just taking Xu Jing as an example. There are many people with such prestige in Jiangdong. For example, Xu Gong, Sheng Xian, Gao Dai, and Lu Zhao, the governor of Kuaiji County."

Xu Gong.

Sun Ce is very familiar with this person.It was his followers who assassinated Xiaobawang.

But Xu Gong, it really wasn't Sun Ce who killed him indiscriminately.

Xu Gong, Sheng Xian, the former prefects of Wu County, and Sun Ce are not only concerned about their prestige, but also need to rely on their prestige.

After Xu Gong and Sheng Xian were attached, basically as long as there was no chaos, Sun Ce definitely hoped that they would take up empty positions in counties and counties in order to help stabilize his rule.

Just like what Zhang Hong said, people in the world should not talk about it.And when the common people saw that Rui Zhi, Sheng Xian, Xu Gong, and Zhu Zhi were all serving under Sun Lang's command, what would the common people think?Most people would probably think that if so many former princes of Wu County supported Sun Lang in governing Wu County, then Sun Lang might be a truly wise monarch who could convince people and make so many princes abdicate to be worthy Down.

Xu Gong was killed in the end because he secretly went to the court in order to deal with Sun Ce, saying that letting Sun Ce's power grow would be a serious disaster for the court and Cao Cao. Sun Ce's edict will have to be returned to Xudu, and if it is released, it will cause trouble for the world.

As a result, the letter was seized by Sun Ce's Hou Li (postman) who was in charge of road inspections and robbers. Sun Ce confronted him, but he refused, saying that he had not submitted the letter.

This requires Liu Qi to write a letter to Cao Cao when he is under Liu Bei, telling Cao Cao how to deal with Liu Bei.Then Liu Qi might not survive until the moment of illness and death.

However, for these people, Sun Ce also had to guard against them, but also pay false respect.

Sun Ce then asked, "Has the Chancellor of Kuaiji County, Lu Zhao, also joined you?"

Lu Zhao is not a government official, but a county magistrate.

According to the Han system, a county has three positions: the county guard, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant, who manage the affairs of the county respectively.

Although the powers of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant have been cut a lot, even except for border counties like Kuaiji, there is no capital lieutenant in the interior.

But Juncheng is still a senior official at the county level, appointed by the court.Moreover, after Juncheng, he is often promoted to prefect, which is very prestigious in the county.

Zhang Hong nodded, and replied: "Lu Juncheng has indeed joined us. He is in charge of the treasury and storage in the city. After the army entered the city, he has already handed over all the treasury and documents to us, and there is not much resistance."

This is the normal state of most people.

They are just eating and drinking, and it is not worthwhile to die loyally for someone.

Whether Wang Lang or Sun Ce ruled Kuaiji, he only served as the prefect of the county in his own right.No matter who goes to fight for the king or hegemony, it has nothing to do with him.Whoever wins, he will help.Whoever occupies Shanyin City will manage the treasury under his command.

He couldn't just quit this official position just because he changed his boss.In this troubled world, without a salary, without a job, how can you survive?
Of course, the premise must be that Sun Ce is willing to continue to pay him a salary.

Sun Ce immediately said: "Then let Lu Zhao recruit these famous people. As the county magistrate, if he still can't recruit these people, then he is really useless."

Among these people, some addresses are very clear, such as Gao Dai, who is from Wu County, but took refuge in Yuyao County, Kuaiji County.He is proficient in classics and righteousness, and was once praised by Sheng Xian as Xiaolian, and his name is Dongzhou County.Where he lives in seclusion, there are thousands of people who are willing to follow him, and he takes the initiative to respect him as the leader and govern the people.

If he is successfully recruited, he will be able to win over thousands of local people.

The others are in Jiangdong and are also under Sun Ce's rule.Facing the call, there is nowhere to hide.

(End of this chapter)