Lord Moyu was forced to open

Chapter 214 The Tax Situation, The Dangerous Tendency of the Army
"My lord, the autumn tax collection work for this autumn harvest has been fully completed half a month ago.

Compared with the spring tax, the population of Nanli County has doubled, and the reclaimed land has also more than doubled. Therefore, compared with the last tax collection, the autumn grain has more than doubled this time, about 600 million Stone grain up and down.

According to statistics, the land of Woye County under the new income is about 45 times that of Nanli County, which is about [-] hectares.

The situation over there is similar to that in the beginning of Nanli County. [-]% of the arable land in the county is cultivated, but less than half of the land is planted with food. Moreover, because of our war with Shendu, many places have been affected.

Coupled with the deliberate damage done by the Poisonous Army before their retreat, this season is now only about half of what Nanli County had in the beginning.

According to statistics, the autumn tax of Woye County collected a total of 1000 shi of grain.

Compared with the two affiliated counties, the grain production in Yunzhou County is much less. The arable land in the entire Yunzhou County is only about 200 million mu near the Liaoyun Pass, which is about 150 hectares. Because of the soil quality, the output of one mu of land will not exceed [-] jin.

The grain tax in my Yunzhou County is set very low, only [-]%, and Yunzhou County can only grow grain in two seasons a year, spring wheat and winter wheat.

In the current autumn harvest season, the grain tax revenue of the entire Yunzhou County is only about [-] shi.

The total grain tax of the three counties is 96 million shi, which is about 6000 million shi. "

Compared with the vast arable area of ​​Nanli County and Woye County, the arable area of ​​Yunzhou County is very small, even less than a fraction of the two counties.

With such a small amount of land, the people in Yunzhou County also own very little land. Except for a few, most people only have about two to three acres of land to cultivate.

If Yunzhou County had not been transformed into an industrial county, most of the people in the county depended on other industries for a living, and this little land would not be enough to support themselves.

Previously, Yunzhou County was always in a state of food shortage, relying on the four major families to purchase grain from the customs. After the collapse of the four major families, the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce bought grain from the customs and sold it, basically at a loss.

It wasn't until the expeditionary army captured Nanli County that the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce stopped this kind of loss-making business, and transferred food to Yunzhou County from Nanli County to fill the food gap in Yunzhou County.

So Zhao Jun was not surprised when he heard that the autumn grain tax in Yunzhou County was only [-] shi, and he was already very satisfied with [-] shi.

After all, when I first came here, I didn't even have 150 shi. Don't look at [-] jin per mu of land in Yunzhou County today.

You must know that when Zhao Jun first came, the average yield of arable land in Yunzhou County was less than one hundred catties! More than 90 catties up and down!
What is the concept that one mu of land only produces less than one hundred catties of grain?
This is the rhythm of the whole family eating soil!

But there is a reason for this. First, the land where Yunzhou County is located is not fertile, it can even be said to be barren, and the food cannot get the nutrition it deserves, and the natural yield is not much higher.

In addition, Yunzhou County is very short of iron, and the plows and agricultural tools used by many people's homes are also made of wood. In addition, it is far away from the city, it is inconvenient to go back and forth, and there is not enough fertilization. It is understandable that the yield is so low.

After listening to Li Yi's report on grain taxation, Zhao Jun nodded and said, "The grain output of nearly 6000 million shi is enough for our Yunzhou County.

There is even a surplus.

Nowadays, Yunzhou County does not have so many granaries for grain storage. The governor's government should come up with a plan as soon as possible for the storage and disposal of excess grain, so that the hard-earned grain cannot be wasted. "

After hearing this, Li Yi nodded and promised:

"Don't worry, my lord. We have already discussed this at the meeting half a month ago. The county guard decided to set up 140 units each with a length of 350 and [-] meters in the three counties of Yunzhou County, Nanli County and Woye County. , [-] and [-] meters wide from north to south, the city wall is about [-] meters thick, and it can contain a large granary with [-] cellars.

It is estimated that each granary can store about 350 million shi of grain.

Excluding the daily consumption needs of the three counties, it is more than enough to store the remaining grain and even the next year.

It's just that it's too late for this season, except for the retained ones and certain reserves, the rest of the prefectural government plans to sell them to the customs through channels.

This aspect may require the cooperation of Feiyun Commercial Bank, as the Yunzhou County Government does not have such a large sales channel. "

When Zhao Jun heard the words, he agreed and said: "I will order Yunli to cooperate with you. I think the construction of the granary is still too conservative. With the current strength of our Yunzhou County, it is only a matter of time before we expand the territory again. In terms of poison Not our opponent at all.

And after plundering the population of Liaodong County before, this king roughly estimated that the population of Song people in our Yunzhou County has exceeded 200 million, right? "

Li Yi nodded and replied: "Your Majesty's calculations are not bad. According to the latest statistics from the County Governor's Office, there are nearly 220 million Song people registered in Yunzhou County, of which 100 million are engaged in various industries in Yunzhou County. There are nearly 120 million agricultural population in Nanli County and recently migrated to Woye County.

In addition, there are about 30 people transferred to the military, including military family members.

The total population of Song people in Yunzhou has reached 250 million. "

Zhao Jun understood, and slowly said: "250 million people, even if the army is formed according to the number of one out of ten, Yunzhou County can form another nearly [-] troops.

Adding in today's 20 guards, the number of guards alone can reach 23. In addition, there are nearly 50 subordinates from the naturalized Tatar side, and there are nearly [-] people from various parts of Nanli County. A local security servant army composed of poisonous people.

The total strength of our Yunzhou County has reached nearly 80! "

At this time Li Yi hastily said helplessly:
"My lord, the combat power of the 50 soldiers of the Poisoned Servant Army is at most equivalent to [-] to [-] of the Guard Army. They can only do ordinary security maintenance tasks. Let them go to the battlefield. I am afraid that tens of thousands of elite troops coming from the opposite side will be able to kill them. The mob broke up."

Zhao Jun waved his hand and said:
"It's okay, after all, the number of people is there, and they won't be the main attackers.

The leading generals on the front line are not stupid, they will only use them as cannon fodder.

And isn't our opponent also a poisonous person?

They have our support, and their combat power is a little stronger than their opponents. They can't beat the strong ones, but it's okay to bully the weak ones.

Moreover, there are a large number of them, and they can well maintain our rule locally, but we must control the leaders of these poisonous servants well, otherwise, not only will they not be our help, but they may even become our troubles. "

Li Yi nodded solemnly:
"Don't worry, my lord. We all understand this. We have never relaxed our vigilance against the poisoned servant army for a moment. We will never let them threaten us."

"That's fine. With so many people, our current territory is far from enough. Even if it is enough now, but in the case of sufficient food, the population explosion is extremely fast, so even for our descendants, we must to occupy more land.

I think you should be aware of the army's desire for land, right? "

Li Yi's expression became extremely serious at this moment: "The prince said here that I want to remind him that the current atmosphere in the army is very dangerous.

It is a good thing that the military hopes to expand its borders, but the unlimited thirst for land will bury huge hidden dangers.

Although the population of Yunzhou County has been replenished, it is still limited. It is extremely difficult to occupy the land of the three counties. If the military continues to expand without restrictions, even if they can defeat them, we have no one to defend them. Take control. "

Zhao Jun sighed and said helplessly: "This king also knows that our foundation is too shallow after all, but this kind of atmosphere in the army has already formed, and it is not easy to stop it?"

Li Yi immediately said: "Your Majesty, I'm here to say something from the bottom of my heart. It's not that I, as a civil servant, deliberately hostile to generals, but that a qualified government should be able to firmly control the army. The army must only To have a mind is the mind of the controller, but not to have their own mind.

Otherwise, this is a very dangerous thing. It is difficult to start restricting now, but it will be even more difficult if it is delayed.

In order to avoid greater troubles in the future, I feel that it is necessary for you, my lord, to set restrictions on the army from now on.

This is the faithful advice of the minister, please consider it carefully, my lord! "

After hearing Li Yi's words, Zhao Jun fell into deep thought.

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(End of this chapter)