Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 91

Lu Kang looked at Yu Fan, but the latter obviously didn't mean to explain. Lu Kang didn't go into details and just agreed: "Zhongxiang's ability will be enough to make him a marquis and prime minister in the future. He is also a loyal man. He has Zhongxiang comes to assist me... of course it's the best."

At the same time, Lu Kang knew in his heart that his department of household affairs was already a bridge between the aristocratic family and the prefecture's mansion, and that the household department had the deepest entanglement with the aristocratic interests of the aristocratic family. That is, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Revenue must mean that in Bai Tu's heart, Yu Fan will be biased towards the Prefectural Mufu!
Lu Kang couldn't understand why Yu Fan and Bai Tu were so "in tune" with his temperament, but the advantage of old man Lu was that he didn't think about it if he couldn't figure it out.

Now Old Man Lu is very clear about his positioning, that is, as a "bridge", striving to help Bai Tu coordinate the relationship between the Ye family, smooth transition, and common development...

"Mr. Lu, what do you have to say about the population issues in Kuaiji, Wu County and Yuzhang?" Bai Tu asked proactively.

Among the four counties, Danyang County has the smallest problem. If you insist on saying that the problem is because of the existence of "Danyang Elite Soldiers", Tao Qian, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu have visited this place one by one. Now it is a bit bald and needs to recuperate in recent years, so it is on the list. The population is somewhat small...

However, even in Danyang County, which has been bald, the population reduction is not as extreme as the other three counties!

"This... Yuzhang County and Shanyue have become more and more troubled, and many refugees have become civilians when entering and bandits when leaving. Especially in recent years, the world has been in chaos, and the number of refugees and Shanyue has increased significantly. Therefore, the registered population is much smaller than the actual number, and Kuaiji County and Wu County, ahem...it's probably because of statistical errors, I'm also planning to reorganize the households in the two counties, if you have any instructions, my lord, please give me some advice." Lu Kang said directly.

In the land east of the Yangtze River, there are many mountains in Kuaiji and many forests in Yuzhang. Mountains often cause chaos.

In fact, most of today's "Shanyue" are not ancient Yue people. There is no essential difference between them and the Han people in terms of ethnicity. Many of them are refugees who come to the mountains to become "bandits". Even some of them do not loot much. They are just afraid of the harm from the government, which is equivalent to taking advantage of the geographical advantage. "Wubao".

There are very few real native Guyue people, only some in Kuaiji County.

In Yuzhang County, the population of Yuzhang County has been severely reduced because of the disaster caused by the mountains, or in other words, because of the disaster caused by the mountains.

In comparison, Kuaiji County is actually much better in this regard, and... this is objectively the result of the wealthy family.

There were many aristocratic families in Wu and Kuaiji counties, so the living space of Shanyue was suppressed. To deal with these guys who came down the mountain to become Han people and went up the mountain to become Shanyue, it was difficult for the imperial army to completely disperse them, but it was very costly.

The reason why Wu and Kuaiji counties have so few people is not that they are hiding in the mountains, but that local prominent families are hiding their population.

Which of these noble families does not have a cloud of servants?Lujiazhuang, which is barely related to the wealthy family, has hundreds of hectares of land, hundreds of villagers, and can easily provide thousands of dan of food.

In terms of influence in the court, the Jiangdong family was limited by its regional nature and was far less prominent than the Central Plains family. However, in terms of local influence, places like Jiangdong were more likely to give birth to powerful families. Instead, Yanyu Xu Sanzhou , aristocratic families can be ministers for generations, but they cannot be as "trenched" as the Jiangdong family.

Previously, Bai Tu, Chen Gong, and Lu Su calculated that the hidden population in Wu County and Kuaiji County was about 60.

In fact, in the middle of the Three Kingdoms period, the courage and appetite of the aristocratic families in various places will be strengthened. The registered population of the entire Han Dynasty has dropped from more than 5000 million at the peak to a total of 700 in the middle of the Three Kingdoms period and the lowest period of the Three Kingdoms. Ten thousand……

Of course, there are natural and man-made disasters and a sharp decline in population, but a considerable part of it is that the wealthy families at that time had advanced into the form of a "family", and the population was also a "resource" for the family!
Especially after the Sima, Lu, and other aristocratic families in the Wei State completed the strangulation of the military forces of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, it marked the beginning of the clan clans beginning to overpower the warlords and seize power, and the clan clans began to spread their tentacles of influence in an all-round way. .

Until the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, when the great unification was finally realized, the population had recovered to 600 million. What's more amazing is that from the first year of Taikang to the third year of Taikang, the population increased by another 700 in just two or three years. More than ten thousand...

On the one hand, the Jin Dynasty ended the turmoil and reduced the consumption of civil war, but miracles such as a 40% increase in population in two years were obviously also the reason why the family members restrained themselves in the face of a unified dynasty.

Now Bai Tu has nothing to do with the Shanyue hidden in the mountains, but the population of Wujun and Kuaiji must be dug out!
Lu Kang has also hinted that Bai Tu can tell him a few things and he can coordinate...

"I think there should be at least [-] more households in the two counties." Bai Tu said.

At this time, there were about six or seven people in a household in Jiangdong, because in statistics, even if adult men had not married and separated, except for the eldest son, they would be counted as one household. The population of each household in Jiangdong was not the same as that of the later Jin Dynasty. It was about the same age, slightly more than the "family of five" in the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty.

In terms of "households", the aristocratic families in Kuaiji and Wu counties have hidden about [-] households, but Bai Tu now wants them to spit out half of them!
Although Lu Kang did not show any joy when he heard this, he was also relieved—one hundred thousand households were not hidden by a few households, but were hidden together by aristocratic families of all sizes. The refugees who lost their land became slaves, and not all of them swallowed it in recent years...

It does hurt to spit out half of it, but after all...at least it didn't hurt, and even the hard work in recent years has not been completely in vain!

Lu Kang also understood that this number should not be smacked on the forehead by Bai Tu himself, but that he, Lu Su, Chen Gong and others had determined the number.

It would not make these aristocratic families comfortable, but it would also give Lu Kang room to coordinate.

"Lord, don't worry. With the wealth of Wu and Kuaiji counties, there should be an increase of [-] households..." Lu Kang was almost certain.

Bai Tu simply does not hope that these aristocratic families will have any tendency to develop into powerful families, and will not allow such "hiding" behavior in their household registration in the future, but... it is not advisable to act too hastily.

But it’s not so easy to just let them go!
"Well, [-] households... is not a small number. If someone made a mistake in the past, this 'redemption' cannot be less." Bai Tu said.

Lu Kang understood that Bai Tu was still beating him at this time, but since he said it was "redeeming", Lu Kang didn't worry too much - it was just a fine, and now the state pastoral government was in a state of poverty, which was as it should be.

Starting from Emperor Guangwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a tradition of using money to pay for sins. During the reign of Emperor Ling, even the position of the three princes could be clearly marked.

"Just 20 yuan per household." Bai Tu looked very generous.

Lu Kang's eyes widened when he heard this, and he didn't notice Lu Su snickering slightly at this time.

"Lord... isn't 20 money a bit..." Lu Kang had a headache, and even wondered if Bai Tu didn't know what 20 money was.

According to the grain prices in previous years, beam rice, that is, the highest quality millet, which is only eaten by wealthy families, costs about [-] yuan a stone. Three hundred dollars a stone.

Even though prices have increased by [-]% to [-]% due to the war, in terms of money, twenty thousand dollars a year is enough for a family to have food and clothing. Of course, ordinary people at this time are self-sufficient. Lord, I don’t use money much to circulate goods.

One household will be fined 20 yuan, which is a bit of a slap in the face...

"Of course, I also know that it may be difficult for everyone to come up with cash. You can use supplies to pay off debts! Zijing, show Mr. Lu the official storage supplies currently purchased by the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Bai Tu said.

Lu Su was going to take over the Ministry of Civil Affairs... Lu Kang suddenly realized this, but now he didn't have time to study it carefully, but immediately looked at the list that Lu Su handed over.

Originally, Lu Kang had already made preparations to persuade Bai Tu, but after looking at the list, Lu Kang's face looked strange for a while, and then...he breathed a sigh of relief!

After arriving at the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion today, Lu Kang felt very nervous. Lu Kang felt that he was several years younger.

(End of this chapter)