Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 131
The next day, Yanying Hall of Daming Palace.

Zhang Chengye was greatly shocked by the huge and realistic Datang National Sand Table. Next to the National Sand Table, there was a sand table half the size.

"This is Liangchuan, and this is Hanzhong."

The small sand table that Zhang Chengye can recognize at a glance, the sand table also uses small flags to mark the pass cities, and the mountains, rivers and rivers are clearly represented at a glance.

Sun Kui took out the administrative division map of Guanzhong.

His Majesty the Emperor said: "The two Sichuans and Hanzhong are also divided into three to four states according to this example."

Zhang Chengye was a little stunned, and pondered for a while about the division of administrative regions in Guanzhong.

Li Ye said from the side: "This division is one to abolish redundant officials so that people can make the best use of them, and the other is to make the best use of people, and the other is to stagger the teeth to facilitate the government's governance. For example, in the land of Hanzhong, several counties should be allocated to Fengzhou. state control."

After Li Ye explained it like this, Zhang Chengye suddenly became enlightened, and it was naturally much easier to talk to smart people.

"In this way, the Jiange, the gate of Sichuan, will be transferred to Hanzhong?"

"That's what it means!"

Li Ye said again: "Let's draw a general outline first. There are still troops stationed in various passes. The Ministry of War also needs to have a charter. Xichuan Maozhou is close to Tubo, so this place is also important. The officials of the prefecture and county, Niu Shilang, must also draw up a list. .”

"promise!"

Li Ye ordered people to move to Tang Dynasty's geographical annals, and corrected them one by one. There were many trivial matters. Of course, this did not require the emperor to do it himself. All Li Ye had to do was to keep an eye on the progress of each matter.

Before the autumn harvest, Li Ye rushed to hold a study class for non-commissioned officers. The study period was [-] days. Officers of Zuo Huwei, Zuo Shenwei, lieutenant, school, and team all came to the class. Of course, this is also a false claim. The original position in the army remains the same, but the adjutant can enjoy the treatment of a full-time official.

This is also an old tradition of the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty. The proportion of officers in the army is very high. You can pull out the shelf of an army at any time and fill it with soldiers to form an army.

time flies.

The output of silk cloth increased from more than one hundred pieces a day to two to three thousand pieces a day. A large amount of silk cloth was put on the market, and the market price plummeted accordingly.

The price of a standard piece of silk dropped from three guan to more than one guan all of a sudden, and the price of large pieces produced by Ye Ting Palace was stable at around four guan. Even so, the profit was still very rich. Li Ye asked his servant Zhao Xi to pay taxes according to regulations. .

Zhang Chengye ran over and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to pay taxes for the royal land and shop industry!"

Li Ye shook his head: "In my world, everyone has to pay taxes, including me."

[-]% of the tax, hundreds of thousands per year go into the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The rules must be set from the beginning.

As soon as Zhang Chengye returned to Chang'an, he was busy with his feet on the ground. Apart from the affairs of the Weaving Bureau, there was also the division of the administrative regions of Shu.

But this is not what Li Ye is most concerned about. The first thing in his heart is always the autumn harvest.

According to the Guanzhong Field Records reported by the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are 3000 million mu of fertile land in Guanzhong and 8000 million mu of Zhongtian under the imperial government (Note: There is textual research, during the Ming Dynasty, the court statistics of Shaanxi’s arable land was 2800 million mu, about 11200 mu in the Tang Dynasty Mu, experts have verified that the arable area of ​​the Tang Dynasty should be slightly larger than that of the Ming Dynasty, and this value is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty.)
Forty percent of the barren fields are uncultivated, mainly in Huazhou, Fufang, and Jingyuan. Once they become official villages, [-]% are cultivated by ordinary people. Most of the land has been planted, and even if there is no wasteland cultivated by the common people, military settlements have been arranged.

The yield of 150 hectares of Zhongtian in the Tang Dynasty is 0.5 dendrobium (dendrobium), and the yield of 75 hectares of fertile land is about 200 dendrobium (dendrobium). This year's weather is good, the weather is good, and the yield should be guaranteed. The yield of the land that has been harvested is above this. (Note that one hectare is [-] mu, and the output is recorded in Tang Shu Shihuo. In Tang Dynasty, one stone was about [-] catties, and the yield of one mu of land was about [-] stone, which was about [-] catties. If it is replaced by today's city mu, the yield of one city mu is about [-] How many catties, it is still low.)
In August, the grain harvest in various states and counties gradually became clear.

"Your Majesty, I am overjoyed! Overjoyed, the counties have reported that the grain production has reached the expected level. Guanzhong has a great harvest. There is no fear of famine this year. Guanzhong has a great harvest!"

Li Ye is also very happy, no longer has the worry of being hungry.

"The people cultivated. There are 20 hectares of fertile fields and 40 hectares of middle fields recorded in the book. They can probably harvest 600 million shi (dendrobium) of grain and pay 360 million shi of taxes. 800 million stone."

Li Ye did a quick calculation and was very excited: "So it is estimated that there will be 160 million shi of grain in the treasury this year?"

Back then, for 20 shi of grain, he had to go to the river to argue with Wang Chongying for a long time. Now that he has more than 1000 million shi of grain, Li Ye also feels like he has become a big dog.

In this day and age, having food means having confidence!
"God bless the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty is benevolent, this year the weather will be smooth, there will be no floods, droughts and locusts, and the grain and millet will be abundant!"

Li Ye let out a long breath.

The joy of the grain harvest was not only enjoyed by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but also by the people in Guanzhong.

After eating enough, his waist became stiff, and Li Ye could feel the changes in Chang'an people's spirits even in the square market.

However, during the peace in Guanzhong, Li Ye discovered that there were many hidden dangers.

The grain harvest was bumper, and grain prices plummeted.

During the Zhenguan period, a bucket of rice was ten qian, and a stone of grain was only a hundred qian.

During the Kaiyuan period, the price of grain rose to two hundred yuan per stone.

In the first year of Wende, when Li Ye had just succeeded to the throne, he could only buy a stone of grain for three hundred coins for a bucket of rice.

Later, the imperial court bought grain from various places, and finally stabilized at the usual price range of one stone.

Now that the grain and millet are in the warehouse, the bucket of rice has been reduced to [-] Wen, and a stone of grain is only worth [-] Wen.

Grain merchants in Chang'an and other prefectures took action upon hearing the news, buying grain in a big way, and the price was getting lower and lower.

Leaving aside the fact that cheap grain hurts farmers, the drop in grain prices is expected, but the behavior of the grain merchants made Li Ye very vigilant.

Duan Kun, the personal guard of Yushan, said: "Your Majesty, many batches of grain have been shipped out of Chang'an from various passes. The price of grain in Hezhong and Shanguo next to it is about the same. When it arrives in Zezhou and Heyang, the price of grain has soared to five pennies per stone. , The price of grain in the Central Plains and Huainan has skyrocketed, reaching an astonishing [-]-[-], and if this grain is shipped out, there will be a hundred times the profit."

"Check, let's see who is funding the enemy."

"promise!"

Li Ye immediately ordered that all the passes in the Guanzhong were prohibited from leaving the customs, and anyone who transported grain outside would be detained temporarily.

Then call Jingxiang to see him.

"Chang'an grain merchants transport grain from Guanzhong to other states for huge profits. I want to keep the grain trade as the imperial court's property. What does Ai Qing think?"

"Your Majesty, I think you should think twice, for fear of causing political turmoil."

Li Ye instantly understood that these grain merchants were probably closely related to court officials.

After receiving the report from Yushan's guards, Li Ye realized how deep the water was.

　There is another chapter in the evening, in the code, this chapter is published first
　　
　
(End of this chapter)