Shuhan

"What do you think about the household registration issue?"

Angry is angry, but Liu Chan has not lost his mind.

He turned his attention to the auxiliary ministers Liu Bei left behind for him.

"Your Highness, now that the army is fighting on the front line, it still needs to rely on various families for the supply of food and grass. If we are held accountable, I am afraid that not only will Guanzhong be unstable, but even the logistics of food and grass will be difficult to operate."

As the representative of the aristocratic family, Du You is of course on the side of the Guanzhong aristocratic family.

However, his Du family had almost no hidden population. After all, Liu Bei was very kind to him. In addition, he held a high position and relied heavily on the Han Dynasty. Naturally, he had to advance and retreat with the Han Dynasty.

But Liu Bei was kind to him, but not to other Guanzhong aristocratic families.

How could other aristocratic families be like his Jingzhao Du family?
Therefore, he solemnly bowed to Liu Chan and said in a serious tone: "Your Highness, please put the overall situation first!"

Focus on the overall situation?

These Guanzhong nobles saw clearly that the Han army's logistics depended on them, so they took advantage of it.

If I let it go this time, it will not be easy to settle the accounts later.

But Du You's words are not unreasonable.

If the Guanzhong gentry were pushed into a hurry, it would not be of any benefit to the current Han State.

The gentry and powerful people in Guanzhong are just outsiders, and they will help whoever wins.

If life in Han is not as good as in Wei, it is inevitable that these people will have other thoughts.

Seeing that Liu Chan was silent for a long time, Fa Zheng observed his words and walked forward slowly and said: "Your Highness, it is common for aristocratic families to conceal their population. If we pursue this matter, it may ruin the matter. If the food collected from each family cannot reach the amount, Yes, if His Highness continues to use this excuse to punish me, it will be regarded as a good example. If he is accused without reason, I am afraid that the nobles in Guanzhong will be frightened and it will be detrimental to my great man. "

Among the Three Kingdoms, it is very common for aristocratic families to hide their population.

After all, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was a time of turmoil. The wealthy families in the Central Plains often led their clans and tribes to build house walls to protect themselves during the war. As it is said in "Three Kingdoms", "At the end of the Han Dynasty, thousands of young people and clans gathered together to build a wall to ward off the bandits." This is an example.

After the Cao Wei Dynasty replaced the Han Dynasty, the Nine-Rank Officials Law was promulgated, and the power of the aristocratic families continued to develop. The "Book of Wei" records: "He led the clan and attached hundreds of people to Xu Wu Mountain and camped the people back. Within a few years To more than 5,000 families.”

Another example is that Du Shu, who was dismissed from his official position during the reign of Emperor Wei Ming, was still "sent to the capital to camp at Yiquanwu in Yiyang. Because of the strong fortifications, it was difficult for everyone to do so."

With the development of the power of aristocratic families, the Cao Wei regime implemented the "customer system". For example, the "Book of Jin" records: "The number of customers renting cattle from the Wei family to the ministers and below varies. From then on, the villains were afraid of serving, and Duo Le was "There are hundreds of noble and powerful gates."

In order to avoid taxes and servitude, ordinary farmers relied on powerful people. However, these tribes and tenants under the auspices of wealthy families are not included in the government household registration.

In Yizhou, where the Shu-Han regime is located, the "tribal" forces, mainly Han landowners and wealthy people who have moved to the southwest since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and relying on the Han immigrants who moved south, have gradually developed into "Enxin Zhu Yu" with the support of the local government. The "big surname" of "Nantou".

Some slave owners among the Yi people who were more sinicized also gave up their slavery methods, transformed into feudal lords, and became "big surnames" with their own tribes.

In addition, Soochow, which relied on aristocratic families as the basis of its political power, also adopted a guest system similar to Cao Wei's guest system, granting land and tenants to wealthy families in the form of rewards for meritorious officials.

For example, Lü Meng had made great achievements in conquering Anhui, and Sun Quan "immediately paid homage to the governor of Lujiang, and the men and horses he gained were divided among them. He also gave 600 people to farm in Xunyang and 30 officials." Meng died. One hundred families, fifty hectares of farmland."

When Jiang Qin died, Sun Quan "gave 200 Wuhu households and 200 hectares of land to Qin's wife."

When Chen Wu died, "Quan Ming was buried with his beloved wife and returned to 200 families."

After Pan Zhang died, "Zhang's wife lived in Jianye, was given a farm and a house, and returned to fifty families."

The guests that Sun Quan gave to his ministers were called "returning guests", and they also enjoyed the privilege of being exempted from state rent. For example, when Zhou Yu died, Quan "issued an order saying: Therefore, if generals Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu have guests, they are not allowed to ask."

This means that even if any of the guests are from "Bu Ming", they are not allowed to be investigated. In this case, of course, taxes and servitude are exempted.

These people are not registered in household registration.

In the first year of Liu Bei's reign, there were 200,000 households and 900,000 men and women; the Wei family had only 663,423 households and 4,432,881 people. In the fifth year of Sun Quan's Chiwu reign, there were 520,000 households and 2.3 million men and women. These statistics basically exclude the number of households and soldiers stationed in the fields.

The actual population is much larger than these figures.

"Two-tenths of the population is hidden, so I can tolerate it, but at least five-sixths of the population in Guanzhong is hidden. How can I endure this?"

Now Liu Chan just needs to transform into Jiajing.

My money is all my money!
They take two million, and I share one million! Do I still want to thank them?
You can get the benefits if you want, but the bulk of the benefits should go to me, the Han Kingdom, not to your family.

I want to take advantage of this opportunity to gain more benefits. Do you think my big man’s iron fist is not strong enough?

"Your Highness, how about this? How about an increase of 30% for the food and supplies provided by each family?"

Du You thought to himself that this might be the limit of what he could do.

He is now like a little daughter-in-law, caught between her husband and mother-in-law, which is a difficult life.

"Only 30%?"

Liu Chan was quite dissatisfied.

Thirty percent is a lot.

Du You smiled bitterly and said: "With the war in Guanzhong, the price of grain has surged, and it has already cost a thousand yuan for a handful of chestnuts. A few months ago, the price of grain in Guanzhong was 220 yuan for a handful of chestnuts, which has increased by nearly five yuan." times."

What Du You wants to express is that the landlord's family has no surplus food.

But Liu Chan said: You are such a bad old man, I believe you!

"Among Cao Zhen's defeated troops, there were many children from various families. Let's just use money and people to redeem them. If you don't want to,"

Liu Chan just sneered twice and said nothing.

Huairou Huairou.

Blindly being gentle will only encourage the arrogance of these powerful families.

When Mongolia took over the Central Plains, weren't their methods cruel enough?

It was so killing that heads were rolling.

Isn't the so-called wealthy family obedient?

When the Qing troops entered the Pass, did all kinds of horrific things happen less often?
Still win the world.

What kind of great scholar, what kind of aristocratic family, what kind of sage?
After I entered the customs, there were great scholars who debated the scriptures for me.

It is also applicable here.

You so-called noble families, so-called wealthy families, come and taste the iron fist of my great man.

Do you think that I, a big man, need to rely on your family to collect food so that I can continue the logistics?
joke!

I ransacked your home. You don’t have food, grass, population, money, silk, anything?
Talk to me about the terms, Liu Gongsi.

Do you have this qualification?
Not convinced?

Do you have the strength to fight with me, Mr. Liu? (End of chapter)