People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 256 Expanding the Measurement of Land
Let’s talk about Chang’an again!

A large amount of gold and silver five baht was transported out of the city, transported to the barracks, and distributed to the soldiers. This was an explanation from Li Yao to all the soldiers except for the appointment of officials.

A large part of it was originally robbed by Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo was killed, it basically went into the national treasury. After Li Yao entered Chang'an, he copied Wang Yun and Lu Bu's house.

Dong Zhuo could let his soldiers plunder, but Li Yao didn't want to allow them to plunder, he avoided it if he could. Every time the army lost control, the damage would be too great.

Although in this way, the national treasury will be bottomed out immediately, but the damage to the building and the damage to the people's hearts are not troublesome to clean up.

But at this time, Li Yao encountered new troubles!

General Wei's mansion!

Li Ru looked at Jia Xu first, then looked at Li Yao again and said calmly:

"The land is not enough. It is impossible to resettle all the people in the land around Chang'an. Now there are a lot of soldiers. Between the people and the soldiers, we can only make a choice!"

Jia Xu looked innocent when he heard the words, he just acted according to Li Yao's order and placed soldiers. As a military household, he was not in charge of measuring the land, and he couldn't do anything if the land was not enough.

Li Yao is also quite troubled. Guanzhong has its limit, and Chang'an has its limit. In terms of vast arable land and dense population, it still depends on the Central Plains and Hebei. There is a large area of ​​plains, which is the real land of abundance and the granary of the world.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yao immediately made a decision and said:

"Chang'an doesn't have enough land, so let's continue to expand and measure the land. The surrounding counties and imperial mausoleums must not rob the people of the land they are cultivating. As long as they can be reclaimed and cultivated, all the wasteland must be measured. The cemeteries of the previous emperors have all been released. Those wealthy families and the mountains and forests under their names must also be released. If we are not allowed to measure the land, then we will send troops to raid his house!"

Regardless of whether he owns the land or the land without the owner, if Li Yao likes it, then he must be the land without the owner!

Killing the owner would make the land unowned. Li Yao came from Liangzhou and could pretend to be civilized, but he didn't come here to swallow his anger.

Jia Xu knew that this was a solution, but he still reminded Li Yao:

"General, open the late emperor's cemetery to the outside world, and let the rich and powerful families give up all the mountains and forests under their names, and there will definitely be a lot of noise in the court..."

Li Yao simply stopped pretending, the court can only be his help, not his burden, otherwise... Li Yao narrowed his eyes:
"Then I'll be more magnanimous, and send some talents to the princes of the Kanto region. If they strongly resist, don't blame me... bloodbath all officials..."

The murderous aura was strong, and it seemed to smell like blood. Li Yao had fought for many years and killed people like hemp. If he was really in a hurry, he could give such an order.

Jia Xu stopped talking when he heard the words. Since Li Yao had this kind of determination and awareness, what else could he say? At least Li Yao didn't kill people indiscriminately.

At the same time, Li Ru looked at Li Yao in a daze. If Dong Zhuo could use his ruthless determination in the right way like Li Yao, he probably wouldn't end up like that. But then he said:

"It takes time to measure the land, especially the land around the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, as well as the mountains, forests and waters of the rich and powerful families. There must be a lot of tugging. Even if you want to grab it, you have to do it. It's impossible for us to ask for it, and they will give it..."

When Li Yao heard this, of course he understood the reason. After thinking for a while, he finally looked at Li Ru and asked:

"What can you do, sir, how do you plan to solve it?"

Li Ru also stated the solution very directly:

"Changing to rent, encouraging land reclamation, reducing or exempting taxes; firstly, changing to rent, don't be in a hurry to distribute the land, just rent out a small piece of land, firstly, resettle the people as soon as possible, and secondly, transfer the people to other places for reclamation later, which will save a lot of trouble..."

"The second is to encourage reclamation. How much land is reclaimed will be owned by the people, and their enthusiasm will be stimulated. Otherwise, based on our words, the people will just muddle through..."

"The third is to reduce and exempt taxes. If heavy taxes and heavy taxes are imposed at this time, the people will either hide in the mountains or fall into the grass and become bandits. They will not feel at ease to farm."

This is what Li Ru concluded based on the actual situation during the process of measuring the land and relocating the people.

Li Yao nodded, expressing his understanding, so he directly said to Li Ru:

"Mr. is right. I agreed to this matter. After I go back, I will make a specific plan, change it to rent, encourage land reclamation, and reduce or exempt taxes. As long as the refugees can be resettled to the greatest extent, I will fully support them. There are so many idlers in the court. They can't be idle all the time. Those who can be transferred and those who are willing to listen to the transfer must be mobilized. Don't let them be the boss!"

Now the imperial court is very bloated, and under the departments of the Sangong and Jiuqing, there are a group of idlers. The team that could rule the world can only rule one Guanzhong now.

Li Yao wanted to abolish them, but he couldn't cut them across the board. Those who obeyed orders and could be transferred could stay. As for the rest, they were sent to the society.

As soon as these words came out, Xun You, who was taking minutes of the meeting, suddenly stopped writing, cupped his hands and said:
"General, to be able to serve in the court, even if it is just a small official, they all come from extraordinary backgrounds and have special skills. If they all go home and lose talents, it is not good for the court and not good for the general!"

Li Yao looked at Xun You, Li Ru, and Jia Xu also looked at Xun You. They were also very curious about the talent Li Yao had recruited. Since they came from Yingchuan Xun's family, it must not be simple.

Then Li Yao said:

"What about Gongda? People like these, who neither do anything nor obey, should the court support them all the time?"

Xun You made a decision in his heart, once he really did things for Li Yao, then he would never turn back:

"During the former Han Dynasty, when the population in Guanzhong was at its peak, there were more than 500 million people including the local population and floating population. However, in this dynasty, because Luoyang was the capital, the population in Guanzhong decreased, and now it is only worth a million..."

"It can support so many people, even if there is foreign food coming in, Guanzhong is also well-developed in water conservancy, with countless acres of land, it can be called the land of abundance..."

"I would like to lead people to dredge the canals in various places in the Guanzhong. In this way, there will be more fertile fields and more food. It will not be difficult to support a court and a large number of talents!"

(End of this chapter)