Destiny Only Han

Chapter 641 Liu Ying: Arrogating, right?
Changle Palace, Bell Room.

This is Liu Bang's living hall, named because there is a self-ringing bell made of precious wood in the hall.

Although Liu Ying thinks this name is a bit unlucky, as long as Han Xin doesn't appear here...

At this moment, those gathered in the Bell Chamber Hall were Zhang Cang and Xiao He who had to work overtime during the Chinese New Year, and Zhang Liang who claimed to be ill again but was carried over by Liu Bang...

Liu Ying sat cross-legged next to Zhang Liang, her eyes were full of narrow-mindedness and warmth.

"Teacher, do you want someone to bring you an ice handkerchief?"

"Teacher, how about I ask the imperial physician to come over and take your pulse?"

"Teacher, do you drink hot water?"

"teacher……"

It's a pity that Liu Ying underestimated the thickness of Zhang Liang's skin. Facing his sarcasm at this moment, Zhang Liang kept silent, pretending that he didn't hear it, and was just pretending to be sick. Although his face was rosy and shiny, he hummed from time to time. Chirp twice to show that he is really sick...

After all, those who are close to ink are black, and no one who urinates in the same pot as Liu Bangneng has shame!

Amidst Liu Ying's contemptuous expression, Liu Bang held the plan document in his hand, excitedly, and said three "good" words one after another.

Let me be healthy... Liu Ying moved her hands on the ground twice, sat down next to Liu Bang, poked her head and looked.

"...Counting counties and counties across the country, vassal states, and overseas capitals, there are 39 households, 870, 810, and 740 fields to be received. a moment..."

Liu Ying was secretly dumbfounded. Although Qin mu was still used at this time, which was about one-third of the normal size of a city mu in later generations, the number of this field mu was also very impressive. Just over 1000 two million hectares...

Of course, the mu in the Tang Dynasty was less than that in modern times, about 550 square meters per mu, compared with 666 square meters in modern times.

At the moment, one of the reasons why Han has more land than Tang is that everyone in the north actually controls the same territory. Although Tang's Beiting Protectorate has reached Lake Baikal, it is a vast grassland, but there is no farmland!
Therefore, it is normal for the Han Dynasty to add the islands under the jurisdiction of Jingdao Governor's Mansion, and the Red River Delta under the jurisdiction of Nichinan Governor's Mansion to have more cultivated land than the Tang Dynasty.

When Liu Ying was stunned by the area of ​​arable land, Liu Bang's face was full of excitement because of the population.

After all, what he took over was a dilapidated state of Qin, with a population of more than 2000 million but less than 3000 million. Now, after ten years of recuperation, the population soared to more than 4000 million!
It can be said responsibly that although it may not be unprecedented, it must be unprecedented!
Behind Liu Ying, Zhang Liang withdrew his head and looked curiously, but frowned slightly, looked at Zhang Cang and asked, "Forty-eight million? Seriously?"

Zhang's pale and chubby face was full of proud smiles: "It's true, it's absolutely true! I didn't believe it before, so I sent a special person to the randomly selected location to check and verify, it is indeed accurate!"

Liu Ying also nodded lightly. He has no doubts about what Zhang Cang said. After all, unlike the imperial power of the later generations, the control of the local area can reach the level of the pavilion chief in the Western Han Dynasty. An analogy is the street office...

After Zhang Cang explained, he first looked at Liu Ying and smiled, then looked at Liu Bang, and then said:

"This time the calculation is accurate, thanks to the power of Dahan Public School! Over the past few years, I have recruited more than 700 tax collectors. They all know government affairs well and are good at counting. Therefore, they can sort out the local tax population and not be deceived by subordinate officials! "

Hearing this, Liu Bang stroked his beard with a proud face.

After all, he is the principal of Dahan Public School...

However, Zhang Liang still maintained a skeptical attitude, and continued to ask: "It's really unbelievable that the population is growing so fast..."

Liu Ying also nodded in agreement.

The population has nearly doubled in ten years. This growth rate is indeed doubtful. The important thing is that the population with civil registration is counted in this document. Within the scope of statistics!

Liu Ying secretly calculated that the number of slaves under the jurisdiction of the empire at this moment is conservatively estimated to be between 400 million and 500 million. Therefore, the actual population controlled by the Han Empire has exceeded 5000 million!
This is actually close to the normal population limit of the classical period...

But Liu Ying is very clear that at least one-third of the newly increased population is still children. After all, the empire issued an edict to encourage childbirth before, and giving birth to children is exempt from corvee and tax...

At this time, there is no such thing as vibrato, beep, stand point, etc., that can be played under the covers. If you want to have an exciting nightlife after dark, you have no other choice but to create a human being...

Moreover, humans are one of the few races that can enjoy the fun of creating humans, otherwise they wouldn't be called the cancer of the earth...

Just when Liu Ying raised a wretched smile, Zhang Cang took the trouble to continue to explain:

"Of these 800 million miles, about 700 million are actually fleeing households who fled into the mountains to escape the war, and then escaped from the mountains after the order to restore the fields was issued."

"As for the remaining 300 million households, as I said before, it is all thanks to the tax collectors trained by the Dahan Public School!"

"These people are the people who are hidden by the local rich and right. They are called landless and mediocre people. They are actually servants and concubines. In the past, because there were no qualified tax collectors, they were really powerless to sort out the accounts. Now there are tax collectors. , and with the mighty power of the imperial court, breaking through the Haoyou Manor, it will be easy to sort out the accounts and population!"

Liu Bang nodded slightly. He knew this. After all, according to the current Han law, most of the slaves owned by the local tyrants exceeded the number stipulated by their titles, so they needed to "double their gifts".

So they need to let the redundant slaves dress up as mediocre people to help them take care of the farm, and these slaves dressed as mediocre people do not have their own household registrations, so they only send people in the government to check the land and guide them. Show up at Nongsang, but disappear when poll tax is collected...

Therefore, Liu Bang looked at Liu Ying and thought that there might be some truth in Liu Ying's proposal to increase the land rent.

After all, under the [-]-[-] tax, ordinary people don't actually gain much, and those with fields and rice paddies are the real beneficiaries.

Especially the population they control does not pay the poll tax that really keeps the court running!

Therefore, it is necessary to sanction them!
Although this knife cut himself half to death, for the long-term stability of the empire, the royal family must set an example!

Such as Qi, such as the East Palace!
It's just that Liu Bang's palms and backs are full of flesh, and he owes Liu Fei something in his heart, so he decides to take Liu Ying first...

"As for the more than 800 million additional households in the end, it is the real breeding population. The reason for the rapid growth is that iron farm tools have become cheaper, and a lot of cattle and horses have been obtained through trading with the Eastern Hu Xiongnu. The number of farmland has increased. Grain, natural population flourishes!"

Zhang Cang finished speaking with a smile, looked at Zhang Liang and asked, "So, can you solve the confusion of waiting?"

Zhang Liang was sitting upright, cupped his hands and said, "I would like to be taught."

Xiao He on the side tapped the case table with his index finger, frowned and said, "Small population has the advantages of having a small population, and a large population has the disadvantages of having a large population."

"As I said before, in ten years there will be a population of 800 million. If there are another ten years, the number will probably be less than 2000 million. Moreover, most of these 800 million will grow up and need to be granted land..."

"The cultivator gains strength, the mountains are cut off and the valleys are full, what can I do?"

In an instant, the smile on Liu Bang's face disappeared.

What Xiao He said was not without reason.

No more wars, no more wars, the soaring population is actually a matter of time, and now with Liu Ying's various "extraordinary tricks", the population growth rate has indeed exceeded expectations!

And the land will not increase!

That's the problem.

Liu Ying leaned forward and said:
"Teacher, this is nothing to worry about. Although we have a large population now, many places are still sparsely populated. For example, in Kuaiji County, where we visited before, there are several estuary plains, coupled with a warm climate and abundant rainfall. The land of the county can accommodate at least tens of millions of people!"

"That's why it only increased by 800 million in ten years, what a joke."

Xiao He glanced at him, and asked back: "Eight million in ten years is not scary, what about 800 years? 20 years? When you reach the age of me and His Majesty, how many people will the world have? I don't know this number." I dare not think!"

This old man is bickering with me, right... Liu Ying shook her head and said:

"So what's the problem? As far as I know, starting from Nanhai County and sailing westward along the coastline, there is a continent with a vast territory and rich products, and it is easy to accommodate hundreds of millions of people! I sent people to investigate, and the savages there seem to be unruly. Not tame, but actually very easy to conquer..."

"Also starting from Nanhai County, this time heading south in a straight line, along a series of islands on the sea, you can see another continent, with a vast area no less than the territory of Han! The savages here are ferocious, but they are uncivilized and uncivilized. Difficult... But this place is not as good as the previous one, there are deserts all over the continent, there are rabbit monsters as tall as a person everywhere, and there are big crocodiles in the sea..."

"And, and..."

Xiao He snorted, interrupted him and said: "Although what you said is good, but these places are far away from the Han land, you must know that the head of Guizhou will relocate and relocate, and it will not easily leave the hometown. The so-called migratory population will be just looking at flowers in the mirror. Fishing for the moon in the water is nothing but pie ears!"

How can you carry it so well? I haven’t seen you come to help me when I was building the Changle Palace... Liu Ying couldn’t help thinking of a sentence, saying that everything I had before I was born is taken for granted, and the ideas that appeared after I was 15 years old are destined to change. The world, and everything after I'm 35 is anti-human.

So is Xiao He.

So Liu Ying smiled and said:

"One generation has a mission for one generation. At worst, when the time comes, the common people will suffer. I will do the wicked..."

(End of this chapter)