Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1308
"Baekje has been handed over to Changsun Wuji, and Lin Yi has been handed over to Li Shimin."

In the Tai'an Palace, the emperor said to the ministers accompanying him.These two are the emperor's brother-in-law, and their ability is beyond doubt, but Li Shimin's loyalty made the ministers a little suspicious.

"Although Baekje and Linyi are far away from the capital, they are connected by sea roads along the coast, so the transportation is actually more convenient than Anxi, Yunnan and other places. In addition, the climate of these two places is good, the soil is fertile, and there are many plains, which are suitable for farming. , is an excellent grain-producing area, so for Daqin, these two places cannot be given up."

In the traditional Central Plains, the area of ​​arable land is actually only about [-] million mu, so the number of people that can be supported is actually limited. The current population of Daqin has already exploded.It is necessary to open up grain production areas. In recent years, the imperial court has indeed opened up many excellent grain production areas, such as the Hetao area, Liaoning outside the Guanwai, Ryukyu, Lingnan Sanguang, and the newly launched Jinghu Lake. remodel.

However, there are still many places in Daqin that lack arable land, such as Shuofang Road, Bahan such as Qianzhong, Guangxi such as Anbeiting, Qinghai, Xishan, etc. These places may not be self-sufficient, so they can only develop other areas. For the economy, the grain has to rely more on other grain-producing areas of the imperial court.

An excellent plain grain-producing area is extremely important to Daqin.

"Anxi and Hexi are suitable for growing cotton, Longyou and Shuofang are suitable for growing beans and rapeseed, Hetao and Dingxiang are suitable for animal husbandry. And what about Jiangnan? It is necessary to grow both grain and tea, mulberry and silk, so the new grain production areas are very important."

Everyone agreed with the emperor's words.

Wei Zhengdao, "When I started my business in Daqin, I mainly relied on the plains outside the pass. If we had nothing to do with the grain and grass outside the pass, we would not be able to provide for the army or raise soldiers. And with the help of cattle, sheep and horses in Xiqi land, our Daqin Iron Army It is really important to be able to commandeer into the customs and win repeatedly. The climate in the Korean Peninsula and Linyi Peninsula is suitable for farming, and there are many grain fields in the plains, which is really important." In this regard, it is Saibei to the north of the Great Wall, the Western Regions to the west, and Xishan in Qinghai. completely incomparable.

There are still some places in Monan that can barely be cultivated, but Mobei is completely unable to cultivate and produce food, and can only develop animal husbandry. The Barrens.There are also Longyou, Qinghai, and Xishan, which are all remote and barren places.

Horses, cattle, sheep, and fur in Saibei, and cotton in Longyou Anxi are also very important to the imperial court, but food is related to national security, which undoubtedly needs to be guaranteed the most.

"Is Li Shimin trustworthy? I think he's a bit rebellious." Wei Zheng said bluntly.

"This kid is indeed a bit stubborn, but he has good skills. Now Lin Yi needs to develop, and he needs this kind of people who can punch and fight."

Secretary Jian Wang Gui asked a question.

"The imperial court has opened up frontiers every year, and its martial arts are outstanding. Over the years, it has continued to emigrate to the border. Now Linyi and Andong have newly established two provinces. In addition, the two Western Regions, Beiting and Tocharo, must also immigrate. I'm afraid there won't be that many people to move."

"Think of a way, every place has to find a way. In principle, it is better to relocate the population out of the land with a small area and a lot of people. I have often thought about the method of equalizing the land recently, and I feel that the idea of ​​granting one hectare to a hundred acres of land is actually from Wei to Wei. Nowadays, it has basically never been realized. Therefore, I plan to reform the land equalization law, and change the average land per person to grant land by household."

"Giving households and fields?"

"But how much does each account have?"

Several Zaifu raised doubts together.

"According to the household registration policy previously formulated by the imperial court, households are divided under the highest meritorious service. Therefore, generally speaking, a family can have at most three generations in the same house, and even the sons will be separated when they become adults. A family is usually five or six people, and the fewest are three generations. If there are more than four people, there are eight or nine people."

Luo Cheng analyzed with everyone that according to this household registration law, in fact, there are fewer big families living together in the past. The imperial court requires separation of families and households in order to better manage and control the household registration population.

Therefore, today's family hukou is almost the same as that of later generations, all of which are small family models.

Such a small family is often monogamous, with several children, and some young children will live with their elderly parents.

"The average field per household is at most [-] mu, and the minimum is no less than [-] mu per household."

The land grant is based on the family unit. Eight or nine members can be divided up to [-] mu, and three or four people can also be divided into [-] mu.

"Of course, in the specific situation, it should be determined according to the number of acres of fields in each village. If there are many people in the village but little land, the actual number will be divided equally among households in the end. If there are many fields in the village, there will be surplus fields , it will be kept as official land, and it will be rented by others."

Under this new land equalization system, each household retains [-] mu of Yongye land, that is, these [-] mu of land can be passed on to their descendants, and can also be bought and sold to people in the village, while the rest of the land is divided by mouth. private.

"Fields are rebalanced every 30 years, and fine-tuned once every four years."

For example, if someone dies or someone is born, it can be adjusted appropriately according to the latest household registration status four years later.

"I plan to conduct a census in various places. For example, if a village does not reach ten mu of land per capita, some poor people will be moved out to Baekje Linyi and other places. When they reach the border areas, they can be enough Give them one hundred acres per family, and even ten acres of permanent land for each new immigrant.”

If a village has [-] mu of land, but there are [-] households with [-] people, it is actually impossible for this village to allocate [-] mu of land to each household, let alone [-] mu of land.

Therefore, according to the emperor's new order to equalize the land, the average land is divided by household, but in fact, one hundred households only have a total of [-] mu of land to divide, and one household can divide up to [-] mu of land.

The number of acres is seriously insufficient. Therefore, for such a village with a small area and a large population, the people have to be mobilized to emigrate.

If [-] households are removed and only [-] are left, each of the remaining [-] households can be allocated [-] mu of land, which can reach the upper limit of land grant, regardless of whether a household has eight or nine people or three The four of us will undoubtedly have a better life in the future.

It is definitely not easy for the people to move out, so the imperial court has to give them some compensation. For example, the first choice for relocation is a poor family, so that the loss of relocation is smaller, and then the family with many brothers is given priority. There is also a brother who stays to guard the ancestral grave.

The imperial court was also responsible for the cost of the relocation, and even prepared fields and houses for them to go to their new residence, and provided them with seeds, farm tools, cattle, etc. for rent, so that they could tide over the initial difficulties.

(End of this chapter)