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Chapter 603 The land of Tang Dynasty that Bai Fan doesn't understand

In the political hall, civil and military gathered together, and Li Er frowned. The Li family has only been in the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years. If you are not careful, the world will be in chaos.

Because nobles do not only refer to those old family forces, but also include all civil and military forces in the court, because they are all upstarts, and they are all entrusted with land and enjoy food. Everyone in the palace probably has their own ideas.

In the same way, Li Er, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, couldn't just have ordinary people in his heart. Even if the old nobles did not agree to move the land, Li Er still had these people in his heart, because they were also part of the Tang Dynasty. The nobles of one side cannot be completely harmed in order to take care of the disadvantaged groups of the other side. The strategy of tearing down the east wall to supplement the west wall is not the right way to govern the country.

"Keming, you are Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, what do you think about the land property issues in Luoyang and Hedong? How many official lands are there that have not yet been distributed by the imperial court?" Li Er asked.

Everyone knew it when they heard the voice. If possible, the emperor wanted to be more conservative and didn't want to make waves on the ground.

But Du Ruhui, who knew it well, had a bitter look on his face, "Your Majesty, if you don't count the two uncultivated wastelands, if the existing land counts as [-]%, the commoners only account for [-]%, and the nobles and nobles own [-]% of the land. Twenty percent belonged to the government.

The [-]% of the government has always been used as newborn babies to allocate land, or migrants migrated to households to allocate land.

Due to the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people in recent years, there has been very little migration of the people, and the land needed by the newborn baby cannot be used up by the government alone to reclaim the wasteland with labor every year. Therefore, in this incident, the land we can use is only half of the local land.

Not to mention whether this half of the field is enough to plant fairy food, if we only distribute fairy food to commoners, the fields of local nobles will still be wheat and soybeans, which may not be a good thing. "

Li Er was silent after listening, yes, governing the country does not worry about scarcity but unevenness, the yield of several thousand catties per mu of fairy grain has long made people envious, if it is planted a year earlier, it will have a bumper harvest a year earlier, who wouldn’t want to want?Besides, in the eyes of the nobles, they have always been superior to others, and they will definitely feel that they should grow food first than ordinary people.

Bai Fan was puzzled and said, "Even if you count the maids, servants and guards, how many nobles are there? How can they occupy [-]% of the land? Have you finished eating?"

This made all the officials feel strange, Lan Tianhou is known as the most knowledgeable in the world, how can he not even understand such a simple truth?

Li Jiancheng couldn't watch his son-in-law make a fool of himself, so he replied, "Whether you eat or not is not the point at all. If you have more food, you can save it for the next year's disaster. If you have more land, you can pass it on to future generations. You, the richest man, no one would think you have a lot of land in your hands."

Li Jing said: "Actually speaking, there is not enough food.

The bigger the nobles, the more they know the importance of food. For example, they have five surnames and seven families. Although they have accumulated wealth for thousands of years, how many people are there in a family?Tens of thousands or even 10,000+, plus side branches, guards, and private soldiers, it is really difficult to calculate. For such a large family, only the direct descendants can live a life without worrying about food and drink. Most of the marginalized clansmen It's just relying on the care of the family to maintain a state of starvation. "

"No, in my impression, aren't nobles all extravagant and eager to spend money like water? I remember when I first entered Chang'an, I met Huaimo, Xiao Chong, and Bao Lin. They were all local tyrants. The last time I went to the restaurant was all for ostentation, and that time I earned 1000 taels from them." Bai Fan was even more confused.

"You boy, as someone else's master, you have the nerve to speak up to deceive and bully your apprentice?" Yu Chigong scolded with a smile.

"That can't be counted. At that time, I didn't open the door to accept apprentices. I was still a weak scholar without a penny. I, who is known as the terminator of dandies, even if I didn't become famous, I couldn't help itching my hands when I met dandies."

Everyone laughed, Li Er also said, I am afraid that Bai Fan is the only person in the world who dares to say that a thousand taels of silver is pocket money, even the emperor himself dare not be so rich.

"That can't be counted. They are called dudes, not nobles. You can see that Guozhijie and Lao Hei are like this? Even if the auxiliary machine has a lot of money, they don't dare to spend a thousand taels on a meal, otherwise I'm afraid there won't be three In time, Old Wei will find trouble with him." Li Jing continued.

"Pharmacist, that's why you dare to say that when Fuji and Xuancheng haven't returned to Sichuan, otherwise you dare to tease them like this in person?" Du Ruhui laughed loudly.

Li Jiancheng went on to say: "The real aristocrats all want to stockpile food. In this era, there is no such thing as good weather every year. Basically, a good harvest and a disaster every year are blessed by God.

Growing grain to fight disasters is not just a matter for the imperial court. You should know that the smaller the nobles, the less likely they are to bear disasters. Small nobles can only survive three months in a catastrophe year, which is no different from wealthy landlords and farmers. How much, the middle-level nobles can't resist it for half a year to a year, and if there are two or three consecutive catastrophes, the big nobles can't bear it either. It is the ability to keep the direct line and not flee. "

Bai Fan understands that the Tang Dynasty, who didn't know what a well-off society was, was not the Song Dynasty, which was rich and incomparable in the future. Although the Song Dynasty was weak and incompetent, it survived for 300 years. In that era, technology, economy, and culture flourished. In other words, the GDP of the Song Dynasty was dozens of times that of the surrounding countries, so everyone saw that the Song Dynasty was a piece of fat, and we saw that the Song Dynasty was weak, which may have been seen by the court at that time as a means of avoiding disasters. After all, spending money can Send a group of barbarians, why do you have to work hard?

Although the Tang Dynasty was unyielding in martial arts, the technological civilization was still too old. People's lives were still based on their stomachs and lives. Food was the lifeblood, and the land represented food, so everyone wanted to increase their farm output.

"No, the nobles want so much land, but they have so few people, how can so many people plant [-]% of the land?" Bai Fan exclaimed.

Faced with Bai Fan's exclamation, all the people present bowed their heads and remained silent. Everyone knew about it, but this well-known Marquis of Lantian was kept in the dark. Knowing the current social structure, I have not really understood what is aristocratic, or in other words, the aristocrats who have not really integrated into the Tang Dynasty.

But after thinking about it, I feel relieved. Ever since Bai Fan was born, he has always been able to overcome difficulties as he pleases. Why has he ever bowed his head because of various difficulties?And he also seems to be like a god, and he has never failed since his debut.

Du Ruhui sighed: "Jianzhi, although I don't want to break your dream of a great unity in the world, but now that you want to take care of the overall situation, you must have a deep understanding of the so-called nobles and the real Tang Dynasty.

After thousands of years, although we have abolished slavery long ago in name, do Tang actually have slaves?I can tell you clearly, yes!
how many?Roughly estimated, [-]% of them, at least! "

What? ? ?
Bai Fan was stunned. Even if he was born in the bottom of Baijiazhuang, he had come all the way to sit on the uncrowned king who stood shoulder to shoulder with the emperor. At this time, Bai Fan could hardly imagine that the Tang Dynasty was not the top dynasty in the feudal society in the legend?How could there be slaves?Even the country knows that [-]% of the slaves are still standing by?
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