The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 182 The Field of Hope ([-])
"Hanzhong prefect Zhang Zun and county magistrate He Pan reported to Da Sima. The first round of the special household tax liquidation operation in the second year of Yanxing in this county has ended. In the past two months, a total of 850 people have been cleared out and re-determined. After the household tax level, the major households voluntarily released a total of 920 household slaves. The 3000 million yuan in household tax owed over the years was recovered..."

"The subordinates, Zhao Yi, the prefect of Brazil, and Wenli, the governor of the county, reported to Da Sima. During the first round of special household tax liquidation operations in the second year of Yanxing in this county, a total of 320 hidden people were cleared. The household tax level was re-determined. Afterwards, the major households took the initiative to release a total of 300 household slaves. They collected [-] million yuan in outstanding household taxes over the years..."

"Sun Gang, the prefect of Xiaba County, reported to Da Sima..."

In a row of rooms on the east side of Da Sima's Mansion, countless staff officials were vigorously beating on the abacus (the predecessor of the abacus was said to be invented by Guan Yu).While Guan Yi, Ma Guo, and Huo Zai walked among them, listening to the crackling sound, they were full of enjoyment.

"Hey~~" Stretching his waist comfortably, Guan Yi said to the horse: "In other words, it's already late October. How is it? Have the population and fields of various places been counted again?"

"Yes. According to the summary of data reported by various regions, the registered population and land of my Dahan have undergone tremendous changes."

"So, how much did it go up?"

"The subordinates took more than 20 captives and mountain people, seized the manors of corrupt officials and traitors, and investigated the population whose household tax increased, as well as the escaped households who returned to the government register from the deep mountains and old forests after my tax exemption this year. After all the calculations have been made, the current population in my Han nationality register is 140!"

"Well, I remember that when Jing Yao was six years old, it was 94 in the civil register, right?"

"Da Sima's memory is correct."

"Hey~~ It's barely an increase of [-]%. It's so-so."

"Hehehe, Da Sima, don't be too greedy. This is the highest value since the founding of the Han Dynasty. It is nearly 16 more than Yanxi's 30 years when the country was at its peak."

"Well, forget it. Take your time. Instead, the population is like this. What about the land?"

"The data currently available is 300 million mu. That's 16 million mu more than Yanxi's in 270."

"Well... Calculated in this way, the average land cultivated by one person is 23 mu. Well, this is almost at the limit."

In ancient society, when the cattle and farming tools were relatively complete, what was the limit for an adult man to reclaim and plant fields?Well, the farming methods are different, and the numbers vary greatly.

Mr. Lu Simian, a master of history, once mentioned such an example in his masterpiece "History of Chinese Institutions": a medium-sized landlord in the north had 20 mu of land in his family.Ten long-term workers were hired to help with farming, mainly to grow rice, wheat and other staple foods.After one year, after eliminating various costs, the profit is about 20 taels of flat silver.Later, the landowner hired a gardener from the south to grow vegetables for himself and sell them.Just ask the gardener how many fields a person can take care of.The gardener said, besides myself, you add two people to me.I can take care of five cents of land (half an acre).With the idea of ​​giving it a try, the landowner gave the gardener two long-term workers to plant half an acre of vegetable land for himself.The horticulturist cultivates intensively, and all kinds of vegetables that emerge endlessly in the land can always be on the market ahead of schedule.As a result, after one year, the profit of this half-acre vegetable field is also [-] taels of flat silver.

Therefore, Guan Yi knew it very well.Now the common people in Shuhan have an average of 23 mu of land per person, which is already the limit of cultivation.No matter how many, manpower simply cannot take care of it, and its harvest is also very limited.And fortunately, the Shuhan is close to the Xiqiang, and there is no shortage of farming cattle.Otherwise, the average yield per mu of the 23 mu of land is estimated to drop to an embarrassing value.

After all, it is still underpopulated!We must know that in later generations, Sichuan Province alone had 2015 million mu of arable land in [-], which is the number after the opening of a large area of ​​real estate and the direct administration of Chongqing.As long as there is a sufficient population, there is still a lot of room for growth in the area of ​​cultivated land in Shu Han!

But they can't force these aristocratic families too hard all at once.This time, the nationwide household tax investigation revealed a hidden population of 5 to 16 in one go, and because of the adjustment of household tax levels, the aristocratic families were forced to release 11 to 20 people.This is already the limit of the aristocratic family's patience!You know, from the [-]th year of Yanxi to the present [-] years, the aristocratic families in the whole country of Shu Han have swallowed the country's population of less than [-].Do you really want people to spit it all out at once?
Again, reform is the redistribution of interests.During this process, if you don’t give others a way out, they won’t give you a way out.

So at this time, I have to throw out something to appease the aristocratic family.

"We didn't collect taxes this year. How much inventory will we have after we use the inventory to distribute salaries to officials and soldiers across the country?"

"Currently, there are 25 billion yuan and more than 900 million shi of grain in the Da Sima Mansion. There are 15 pieces of cloth, silk, and brocade each. There are [-] million yuan and [-] shi in the Shaofu (the emperor's small treasury). Food. Cloth, silk, and brocade should be around [-] bolts."

"This amount of money should be more than enough if there is no major expenditure before next year's autumn harvest. Well, we can consider starting the decentralization of copper mining rights."

The so-called decentralization of the purchasing rights of copper mines is mainly to allow many copper mines in Yunnan to sell their products to private individuals instead of being purchased by the state.After private individuals purchase copper ore, they can transport it back for their own use—mainly for casting various copper wares.It can also be sold to the state-Guan Yi has not delegated the right to mint coins, and Guan Yi will kill anyone who dares to mint coins privately.

The advantage of this is that the aristocratic families of the Shu Han once again have a way to grow their hair-whether they sell finished copper to the Shu Han, or to Soochow and Cao Wei.The price difference between them is stable.And who can obtain the right to purchase copper mines?Hehe, Guan Yi is about to issue licenses.Dozens to a hundred licenses are regularly issued every year, and are awarded to those obedient families who support reform.As for those who are disobedient, um, sorry, please support the country's various tasks this year.Then apply again next year.

As the saying goes, don't suffer from inequality.If you want to suppress the aristocratic family, this will not work.It is also necessary to divide and disintegrate it so that it cannot be grouped together.It is foreseeable that among the licenses issued by Sima Guanda, the aristocratic families of Jingzhou, Dongzhou, and Yizhou must be able to participate.The advantage of doing this is that the political factions within the Shu Han have less and less geographical flavor...

But well.

"Da Sima, when it comes to spending in the last two months of this year and before next year's autumn harvest, we should still have a big head."

"Ah? Isn't it? Isn't the salary all paid out? Pensions are also paid out? The money for repairing water conservancy in various places is also allocated. What else?"

"Uh. Da Sima, have you forgotten what happened to Xingzong?"

"Hi~~Okay, this is a big deal. What's your budget?"

The so-called Xingzong, of course, is Zhuge Liang's second-grandson Zhuge Jing.This master's current job is to study classics - Minister of the Ministry of Education.And before Guan Yi went to Xindu last year, he made a big deal for the soldiers of the Habayashi Army-launching the construction of the Fuxing School!
Although the Shu Han was a crippled regime, it generally attached great importance to education.In Chengdu, the Shu Han set up Taixue, and there were also county schools in the county seat of each county.Wenli, the current governor of Brazil County, was praised by Qiao Zhou and others through his study in Shu Han Taixue in his early years.

But whether it is Taixue or county school.These schools are actually improvement classes, and they are not responsible for enlightening children!And who do children rely on to be enlightened?Rely on your own family.What if your whole family is illiterate?Sorry, your ascent channel was basically blocked from the beginning.

The Fuxing School that Guan Yi wants to run now is to open an enlightenment school for the children of the common people in Shu Han—of course, Da Sima is not strong enough now, so he can only give priority to the children of martyrs.This also encourages everyone to actively join the army.

But even so, the money that needs to be spent in it is incredible!
According to Zhuge Jing's plan, a Fuxing school is to be opened in every county in Shuhan.After this plan was brought out, Guan Yi and Ma Guo were scared to death.After talking about it, Zhuge Jing agreed to set up Fuxing School in the county seat of the 22 counties of Shu Han for the time being.But even if it is done like this, the cost is not a small figure.

"In addition to Fuling County and Jiangyang County, we plan to build 20 Fuxing schools this time. The cost of building each school is 100 million yuan. Because Da Sima determined that these schools are all free and provide lunch for students. So we need to invest every year in the future. At least 20 qian and [-] shi of grain for maintenance."

"Well, this, tens of millions of small money. I gave it."

"Thank you, Da Sima. But there are still two problems that cannot be solved here."

"Hehe, are there any problems that can't be solved by changing them? Let's bring them up together, let's find a solution together."

"Lack of textbooks! Lack of teachers!"

Textbooks?Well, in this era, there are no teaching materials suitable for children's enlightenment.But who made me a time traveler?The famous three hundred thousand ah.To do copywriting, just modify the three hundred thousand.But the teacher?
"Xingzong, I'll fix the textbooks for you within a month. But teachers? Why is there a shortage of teachers?"

"Big Sima, my subordinates went to Taixue and some county schools beforehand. The students here don't want to be the kid king who plays mud with urchins."

"How unreasonable! In this way, Da Sima issued two official documents. One is to determine the salary of the teachers in the school. Well, follow the implementation of the county magistrate, one hundred shi a year. The second is to revive the school for all the official positions of the big man in the future for more than three years. Teaching seniority, priority will be given!"

　Recently added a starting point author group.It feels like writing history.Authors of history, except for great gods like Huang Cao and Jing Ke.The other authors simply live in two planes with the starting city and the two-dimensional authors.Our collections are all in the hundreds or thousands, while others’ collections start at tens of thousands.We are very satisfied when we have thousands of subscriptions. Their goal is to subscribe to more than [-] high-quality channels on average. Historical articles are the most difficult to write, because there are too many materials to verify.But this treatment. Tsk tsk tsk, I’m done complaining, I’ll check the data and code words
　　
　
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