Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 796 The Beginning of Innovation, the Root of Chaos

"Whether it was Cao Wei or Yuan Zhao, when they were fighting in the north, in order to speed up the production of food and reduce the transportation links in the middle, they implemented large-scale farming. And this scope was not limited to the border areas, but also in the inland areas. You can also see many places in the Central Plains, but they are mainly where the garrisons are located, and most of these places are on the border. Today, there are still several places in the Central Plains where there are farming areas. In fact, it was the place where the Three Kingdoms intersected in the past, and it was also the border. , but with the reunification of the Han Dynasty, it became the hinterland."

Su Liao also has knowledge about farming, and the current Daijun also has farming. Although Su Liao is not responsible, he still has to collect information and classify and file it. It is better to have it preserved when the time comes, and the responsibility is assigned to the person, so he is very clear about it. Road.

Chen Zhi said with a smile: "Yes, that's the truth. This farmland was originally a military government. The government recruited refugees and made them farm, and finally evolved into villages. However, the rules are different in different places. This generation of counties used to be a farmland place. , was ruled by Yuan Zhao and Cao Wei successively, and the rules are similar. The most important one is about how much the government collects. According to the county records, if the village has cattle, the grain grown will be divided between the government and the households. If it is a household without cattle, the government can provide cattle for unified farming, but when harvesting grain, the government must account for at least [-]%."

"Huh?" Su Liao's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He had not read all the files on Dai County and kept them in mind like Chen Zhi, but he was no stranger to this division ratio.

Seeing Su Liao's reaction, Chen Zhi asked: "Does it sound familiar? The rule is that private households account for at most [-]%, and the charge must be at least [-]%. Nowadays, this is not the case in large and small aristocratic families in this county. For a small number of people, in the past six months, they have been counting tenant farmers and registering them. Many of them have this kind of rules, and the division between four and six is ​​considered kind. Twenty-eight and thirty-seven are everywhere."

"Is there any reason why it is so similar to when we were working in the fields?" Su Liao asked, but he already had the answer more or less in his heart.

Sure enough, I heard Chen Zhi say: "The reason is actually very simple. After Emperor Xuanwu, Emperor Xiaoxi, in order to stabilize the north, generously rewarded the local bureaucrats and aristocrats with the farmland here, together with the households above it."

Although he had already guessed it, Su Liao couldn't help but sigh when the answer was revealed. He said: "Although the village households are not registered as households, they are registered and registered, their names are listed in the files, and their income is recorded. The money and food are returned to the treasury. But if the rewards are given to bureaucrats and aristocratic families, they become tenants, and there is no record in the household registration. Not only is there no money or food, but they don't even have to serve in the military, they only need to pay food to the aristocratic families."

"Yes, this is also a major contradiction between the government and the aristocratic families at the moment, especially in our border areas." Chen Zhi opened another booklet as he spoke, handed it to Su Liao, and said, "Tuen households become tenant farmers." , not only was the harvest of the government reduced, but the number of soldiers was also reduced, and without money and food, it could not raise soldiers and horses, and without soldiers and horses, it was impossible to protect money and food, thus falling into a vicious cycle. Wang Jun now places more emphasis on Xianbei cavalry, and it is not without reason. It makes sense.”

Su Liao took it and took a look, and then his eyes lit up. It turned out that what was recorded on it was Wang Jun's military configuration, the geometry of the arms, and the distribution and defense of several major troops!

This kind of thing can be said to be the secret among secrets. Even if Youzhou soldiers and horses are mobilized, the surrounding people will receive the news, but in the current social situation, leaving the city is the wilderness. You lead a team of soldiers and horses, Bring enough dry food, go into the dense forest, and walk for a few days according to the planned plan, and you can appear anywhere unexpectedly.

Therefore, it is not easy to determine the distribution map of a force's strength, even if it is only a rough distribution. It is also a matter of success or failure. Once it is known and targeted, the power of light and darkness will change. , the whole situation may turn around.For example, Wang Jun's distribution map of troops and horses. Although Su Liao had planned it for a long time and wanted to explore some of it, until now, he had achieved little success, and even lost two precious spies and craftsmen. In order not to further alert the snake, he came up with this idea. He was temporarily suppressed.

What he didn't expect was that Chen Zhi did it without saying a word!
"It must be the other intelligence team under the lord!" At this thought, Su Liao couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart, full of awe for the intelligence team that had long been proven to exist.

But on the other hand, he would not blindly follow or believe in it because of this, and he also showed doubts about this information.

Chen Zhi smiled and said: "This is just a reference. You can send more skilled spies to explore several of these places to confirm it. However, I am not showing you this just for this matter. From above, It is not difficult to see that if Wang Jun launches an army again this time, he will still use Xianbei as the main force. Although the Han family's soldiers and horses are large in number, they are auxiliary. Previously, Ruan Bao and Duan Wenyang attacked one after another, and one used infantry as the main force. One is the cavalry as the vanguard, but they are separated after all. Next time we come back, the two will be combined."

Su Liao listened and nodded in agreement.

Chen Zhi followed up and said: "Actually, Wang Jun favored Hu Ma because he first came to Youzhou and was boycotted by the aristocratic family. His money and food were pinched by others. In the end, the deadlock was broken by marrying Duan Bu. This is also the direction we are working hard now. , but we can't rely too much on Hu horses, that's not safe, and when Hu people fight, they often use advantage first. Everywhere they go, there will be killing and looting. If it's for the outside world, it's fine to use the seventh-grade Xianbei, but if it's for the enemy, However, it cannot be used easily, so I have to measure the land and sort out the tenants. Now that the aristocratic family is convinced by me, the tenants are registered and registered. I force them to lower the land rent, and at the same time, I also bring part of it directly under the jurisdiction of the government, so I enter Item skyrocketed!"

"How many tenants does this family hide?" Su Liao finally understood where the income in the account book increased from.

However, a memory came to mind immediately. Although he wanted to send someone to investigate the reality of this troop deployment, he couldn't help but ask first: "My lord just said that Emperor Xuanwu once had the idea of ​​​​reforming the land, but in the end he gave up. But as far as I know, it was Emperor Xiaoxi who made the real innovations. It was he who issued decrees, organized manpower, cleared household registrations, and stipulated the land that officials of different grades could occupy..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Zhi saw that he had already restrained his smile and said seriously: "Yes, but sometimes political changes do not mean reform. The original intention may be to revitalize the government, but it can backfire. The person who really laid the root of the disaster is It’s the Yongning New Deal!”

　Thanks to "Mowen 1984", "Anything for Benefit" and "cxlcoo" for the reward!

　　
　
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