On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 71 One Joy and One Worry

The influence of the Taiyuan Wang family need not be repeated. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was one of the four surnames of the Han nationality, and its qualifications were much older than that of the Boling Cui family.

This is also the reason why Yang Guang and Cui Che chose threats to make deals with them.

In the final analysis, I still lack confidence and my waist is not strong.

If Yang Guang had the power of his father, he would naturally have less worries.

But after all, he is only a vassal king, and he is still a vassal king who intends to seize his heir. Especially when facing the Taiyuan Wang family, he has more worries, at least the methods should not be too barbaric.

In any case, of course, it was done.

On the second day after the banquet, household officials from Bingzhou Governor's Mansion settled in Wang's various manors one after another, clearing up the fields and hidden households.

With the surrender of the Wang family in Taiyuan, not only in Bingzhou, but also in the rest of Shanxi, the inventory work was carried out smoothly.

The territory west of Taihang Mountain and east of the Yellow River is different from Hebei. In Hebei, there are Boling Cui family, Qinghe Cui family, Zhaojun Li family, and Fanyang Lu family. We need to deal with the four families, but Shanxi only needs to deal with the Taiyuan king. Shi.

Exactly what kind of coercion the Taiyuan Wang family has suffered, the gentry of the 24 prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Bingzhou Governor's Mansion have no way of knowing, but without the rosacea to take the lead, even the three tribes in Hedong can only cooperate obediently.

After the banquet, Cui Che was very busy. While presiding over the confiscation of the occupied land, he was also distracted by asking the officials of the governor's mansion to compile a list of hidden households and classify them as taxpayers.

But the most important thing is to preside over the distribution of fields for the poor.

You can't let these people pay taxes, and don't give them a source of income.

Cui Che valued Fentian the most, and he was also driven by guilt. To put it bluntly, his method was not glorious, and he traded the oppression that the people of Bingzhou had suffered in the past.

It's just that Brother Che doesn't regret it, and the land obtained from the clearing will eventually be distributed to the people to benefit them.

According to the land grant plan drafted by Yang Jian in Chang'an, each adult male will receive 80 mu of open land for planting five grains, and another 20 mu of Yongye farmland;
The women each received 40 mu of exposed land, and were not given Yongye land;
Slaves and maidservants receive land just like ordinary people. Yongye land does not have to be returned, and exposed land must be returned to the country after the plower dies.

Monogamy means 140 mu of land, of which 20 mu can be passed on to future generations.

But in practice, it is difficult to grant all the land in some densely populated areas.

It's just that the land of Shanxi doesn't have this concern for the time being.

Bingzhou, that is, the surrounding area, has long been the front line of the confrontation between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was in chaos and many people were scattered.

Seventeen years ago, the Northern Zhou and Turkic allied forces invaded Bingzhou. Duan Shao, one of the three heroes of the Northern Qi Dynasty, led the army to defeat the Northern Zhou army, but he was powerless to pursue the Turkic people who fled in panic.

When the [-] Turkic cavalry retreated, they did not forget to plunder. From Jinyang to the north for [-] li, there was no human or animal left.

Of course, the military conflict between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty was not limited to this one. How could it be as densely populated as Guanzhong in such a region where Zhou Qi had close exchanges.

Bingzhou was captured by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but in just six years, without mass migration of the population, it is not so easy to recover.

In the 12th year of Emperor Kaihuang, the reason why it was said that the population of Shanxi was overpopulated and the land was not enough to allocate was due to the long period of peace.

The sixth year of the Northern Sixth Year and the 12th year of the Sui Dynasty add up to exactly 18 years. In the Sui Dynasty, the people could apply for the government to grant public land.

Therefore, today's Bingzhou and some surrounding areas are still a sparsely populated area. Most areas, especially in the north of Jinyang, are monogamous and can allocate 140 mu of land to poor families.

Of course, there are good fields with fertile soil, but there are also wastelands that need to be reclaimed.

In order to ensure fairness, Cui Che instructed to divide the fields in Bingzhou, let the local people draw lots, and send trustworthy people to supervise the whole process. If not, I am afraid that not only the good land will go to the slaves of the gentry, but the barren land and Xia Tian will go to the poor. .

While Brother Che was working hard to build the Great Sui Dynasty, the city of Chang'an issued two edicts.

Although he was happy and worried about Cui Che, Brother Che was still furious, and often scolded Pu Liurujian in his heart.

The Nine-Life System of the Northern Zhou Dynasty had long been abolished, and the first decree was Yang Jian's appointment of official ranks.

According to the original standard, Cui Che, the prince in charge of the mansion, could only be at the top of the fifth rank, but with the new system, Cui Che and Sima Yang Xuangan both became officials of the fourth rank, and even Pei Xiu was promoted from the eighth rank. To the seventh rank officer.

It is undoubtedly a happy event to be promoted to an official rank without any job transfer. According to the official salary conversion in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Cui Che's annual salary directly increased from 2000 shi to 4000 shi, directly doubling his income.

But the reason why Cui Che was furious was precisely because of this salary.

In addition to resetting the official ranks, Yang Jian also changed the salary, which is no longer distributed according to the rank, but according to the position.

The specific approach is to raise the minimum income standard and suppress high-income groups.

For example, the lowest ninth-rank official was in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, with an annual salary of only 125 shi, but under the new salary system, it was roughly 360 shi.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the salary was doubled step by step before the fourth-rank official, but Yang Jian was much more stingy.

The seventh and eighth ranks are roughly 600 shi, and the fifth and sixth ranks also fluctuate around 840 shi. Cui Che's long history of the fourth rank, according to the specific position, is awarded an annual salary of 960 shi.

The third rank is 1440 stones, the second rank is 2160 stones, and the first rank official is only 4200 stones.

For example, you originally worshiped the fifth rank, with a salary of 2000 shi. When you learned that you had been promoted to the fourth rank, you thought you would have a salary of 4000 shi. You ate hot pot and sang songs, and suddenly Yang Jian was robbed.

Not to mention 4000 shi, the income was cut directly to 960 shi, which shrunk by four times, who could bear it.

In the future, I also feel that there is no rush. In the past, the first-rank officials were paid ten thousand stones in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but now they only give you 4200 stones.

That's right, the income of officials is not just salary, you can also be corrupt, but he is not relentless in fighting corruption.

"How about letting my concubine set up a shop in Jinyang City and continue to run the rouge business?"

Seeing that Cui Che was worried about income, Mu Xieli began to record every expenditure in the family, as if he had made up his mind to save money, so he offered to propose.

Yuchi Chifan and Miaorong also followed suit, wanting to share the pressure for Cui Che.

"It doesn't matter, today I don't admire extravagance, and the annual salary of 960 shi, if I use it sparingly, is enough to support my family."

Cui Che said bravely.

His situation can only be regarded as an exception among the officials of the Sui Dynasty.

Generally speaking, there are so many servants and maidservants to support in the family, and they have some property. After all, they have been officials for many generations, and their ancestors have a lot of savings, so they don't really need to be corrupt to live.

But Cui Che was different, he recruited [-] plays, and almost wiped out the family's floating wealth, and the output of Boling Manor had to support this private soldier, so he could only live on salary.

Even if the servants and maidservants who stayed in Chang'an did not come to Jinyang, Brother Che still had to support them.

　I'm going to sleep for a while.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)