Prehistoric six ears against the sky

Chapter 108 Population
The land problem seems to have passed, and all the Chaoge areas have been implemented. The land has been remeasured, and a large amount of wasteland has been allocated to farmers. At the same time, a large number of tenant farmers and servants have been released, and they have re-registered. Chaoge, with a population of just over 100 million, suddenly increased the population to about 180 million.

At the court meeting a few days later, Sun Ming took the new population number and sat there silently without saying a word. These are not the whole population, and there are still many servants who have not been registered. These people are still in the homes of officials and wealthy families. Work, but I think it should not be much.

Chaoge has always maintained an army of [-]. This is a standing army, responsible for conquering disobedient ministers. However, the number of this army is too small, but if the army is recruited again, then the labor force will be a problem, and now the cultivated land is more important.

"Prime Minister, has such a large population been settled?" Sun Ming asked after reading the report.

"My Majesty Qi, it has been settled properly, and now the new plows have started to be distributed, but due to time constraints, each village can only be allocated ten." Shang Rong said.

"Well, it doesn't matter, ten is enough. The speed of new plows is very fast. In addition, the craftsmen should not stop, continue to build, and strive for all the farmers in Chaoge to use new plows."

"Yes, but Xinli doesn't have a name yet, please name it, Your Majesty."

"Huh? Let's call it Shangli. By the way, although many tenant farmers and servants have been released by the master and the population has been re-registered, there are still many unregistered. If the population is fully checked, even if I don’t become a farmer, I still need to know how many people live on my land.” Sun Ming attaches great importance to the population.

Population is needed for everything in this era, such as farming, corvee, conscription, etc. It is an era when one person can do things easily. Naturally, Sun Ming will not let those officials and servants of big families idle. Pay taxes, don't you even pay corvee?This is too unfair to farmers, and Sun Ming will waste the labor.

"Yes, but this matter is somewhat difficult. After all, servants belong to private property." Shang Rong's words made Sun Ming's face darken.

"Hmph, is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's ministers on the shore of the land, what private property do they have? Are they going to pay taxes for these servants? Or are they going to serve them as corvees. Grand Master Wen Zhong."

"Your Majesty, the old minister is here."

"The army is divided into four, and troops are stationed in all directions. However, those who do not cooperate with the census directly ransack their homes and exterminate their clans. The same is true for those who intend to misbehave." Sun Ming is not used to this group of people. They are now the prototype of the gentry. If you clean them up, you can only be led away by them in the future. Now that you have loyal ministers in your hands, you don't care about your personal interests. At the same time, the army is loyal. If you don't clean up them now, when will you wait?

Wen Zhong is a cultivator and doesn't value his family at all, while Shang Rong is a veteran of the three dynasties and is loyal. Uncle Wang Bigan is a royal family, so he is naturally loyal to the royal family.The Huang family of Wu Chengwang has always been honored because they are loyal and conscientious in helping the royal family manage the army, and their family's prestige is not higher than that of Wen Zhong, even if they have ideas, it is useless.

Sun Ming raised the salaries of officials by three levels, not thirty percent, but three levels.This can ensure the wealth of officials, and this can divide some officials. After all, not everyone has a lot of land.

"My lord, under such heavy pressure, I fear that the land of Chaoge will be restless!" Shang Rong said worriedly.

"Haha, the prime minister is worrying too much, it's okay to be restless. I'll wait for them to be restless. The more things like this, the better. I'm looking forward to it. It's just for the grand master to train soldiers. It's also a kind of soldiers who don't fight all the time. It's a waste, it needs some actual combat training." Sun Ming laughed out loud, he actually needed to clean up a group of old ministers of Emperor Yi to succeed to the throne, and then promoted a group of ministers himself to serve as his loyal team.

At the end of the court meeting, Shang Rong and Wen Zhong acted at the same time, the army was divided into four and stationed in Chaoge Quartet, and Shang Rong ordered officials from all over the country to start counting the population, and no one should hide the number of their own population.

Sun Ming returned to the harem to greet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was in a normal state due to grief at first, and she has been taking care of herself. As the mother of her own life, Sun Ming is still very concerned, and is going to wait for the Queen Mother to recover. , give her a small amount of some pills.

"Wang'er has worked hard. He has to deal with state affairs at a young age. Fortunately, Wang'er is smart." The queen mother began to feel sad again as she spoke.

"Mother, don't worry, handling state affairs is not hard for me, and there are so many ministers here, I just need to make a decision, and not everything needs to be done by myself." Sun Ming comforted The queen mother spoke for a while before leaving.

Sun Ming returned to his bedroom, sent out all the servants, and then continued to refine the skin. This is a persistent thing, and there is no day to slack off, but Shang Rong and Wen Zhong have already started to act.

All localities received orders, and then led people to start an investigation of the big households in the jurisdiction, "What are you doing? Do you know who our master is?" This is usually the first question that officials from various places encounter, but this kind of thing stops I can't stand them, because this time it's a death order, and it has to be completed no matter what, if you can't finish it, you just resign and leave.

The second problem is that the local landlords are powerful. They were very well-known in the local area, but their reputation is not good, but they have a large number of people, and they occupy a large amount of land while concealing the population. This time the decree has a great impact on them. , If you want to keep the land, you need to have enough people in your family, or hide the amount of land.

However, in the recent investigation, their land was cleared, and these people also had a way, and hurriedly used some servants to occupy the land, and the servants could not get actual benefits, but they couldn't resist, and they could only obey the arrangement of the owner.

The tenant farmers ran away, and they went directly to claim their own land, and the extra land could only be cultivated by servants.
But continuing to check the population now is tantamount to abolishing their coping methods. How can this be tolerated? Some powerful landlords directly let their family members and servants hold sticks to fight against the inventory.At this time, the officials generally retreated directly. When the powerful landlords thought they were victorious, the army arrived, followed by bloody suppression.

Many large households in various places were directly uprooted, their family properties were confiscated, and all servants were farmers and allocated land.The earth was dyed blood, and a large number of landlords were wiped out. Only a few survived. They all got the letter from Chaoge, so they actively cooperated with the population check. The land they received was directly confiscated, and then the servants were dismissed. , his strength plummeted, but he managed to save his family's life.

Then the name of Sun Ming's tyrant spread, and rumors of robbing the people's land and cruel methods began to spread. It is not very clear where it came from, but Sun Ming finally waited for the arrival of the ore.

There was a lot of ore piled up on the large open space in front of the Yizheng Hall. Sun Ming asked someone to take some and send it outside his bedroom. The servants didn't know why, but they didn't dare to ask. The king ordered to kill a head rolling.

In the following half a month, the work of the census paid off one after another, and the population rose again, exceeding 200 million. Sun Ming held the bamboo slips and looked at the numbers on it, "It's really amazing, so many people are hidden. , there will still be some servants who have not registered, but the number should not be much. There is still a long time before Fengming Qishan, so that the population can explode, and there will be a steady stream of people if there is enough food. "

Although there are many things to do, with Shangli, spring plowing has not been delayed, and this year's cultivated land area has increased by more than five times compared with last year, and the population has more than doubled, but Sun Ming is not happy.In the last battle of the Shang Dynasty on earth, more than 40 people were concentrated. As a result, the soldiers on the battlefield directly turned against each other. Why?Those 40 people are the hidden population of big families. This force is very terrifying. You don’t know their existence at all, and you can’t rest assured when you use them. things.

In order to protect their land, farmers can use their utmost strength. This is what Sun Ming wants. Give them land and let them have enough food, then they will always support you.

"Prime Minister, how many powerful landlords have been eliminated?" Sun Ming asked directly.

"There are too many. The exact figures have not come back yet, but rumors are spreading all over the place, saying that the king is cruel, which is very bad for the king." Shang Rong's face was full of sorrow.

"Hehe, it's okay, let them talk. It's just a small number of people. The common people's opinion of me is the most important thing. I think their reputation must be very good." Sun Ming laughed, and Shang Rong was taken aback. Then came to realize.

"Your Majesty is wise, it is true that the reputation of the people is the most important thing, but you have to guard against it. Our actions have already attracted the attention of the princes from all walks of life."

"Hmph, they won't move. After all, this matter has nothing to do with them at present, so they will only watch from a distance. Well, the prime minister has worked hard recently, so take a good rest. After I finish researching the ore The smelting method will be our big move at that time, the prime minister must take care of his health."

"The old minister understands."

Sun Ming has been refining ore for half a month, but now he can't use Liuwei Shenhuo, he can only use Nascent Soul Fire to calcine ore a little bit. Not very skilled, have been practicing.

(End of this chapter)