The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 152 Li Tai's Little Rebellion

Household registration is not something you can get in if you want, even if the country promulgates relevant laws, it will be very difficult.

Because it is human beings who exercise power, and once they are in power, they will always want to use it, otherwise they will not be able to highlight their power.

In the previous life, when the laws and regulations and various monitoring methods were so complete, when encountering certain household registration plcs that wanted to highlight their authority, common people had to go several times to enter a household, let alone in ancient times.

Modern laws are more complete, and the staff who handle the household registration have no interest in whether the people are naturalized or not, and they are still like this.

In ancient times, there were too many benefits for local officials, tyrants, gentry, and dignitaries when there were more hermits. Turning hermits into their own tenant servants was what they wanted to do most.

Under such a situation of related interests, the local government is even more reluctant to easily handle household registration for hermits, even if Li Shimin repeatedly ordered a census, it was useless.

According to the general population history records, Datang conducted a large-scale national census in the 13th year of Zhenguan, and the result was that the registered population was only 230 million.

Even those who write history in later generations can't stand this data.

Li Chengqian thought that the officials under the government would implement the decree and the problem would be resolved soon, which is really too naive.

The eldest grandson Wugou couldn't stand it any longer. She used to think that she was well educated and her son was good everywhere.

After today's question and answer session, everything was revealed.

Although he is excellent in some aspects, he is terribly naive in politics.For a prince, this shortcoming is enough to negate all the advantages.

How can such a crown prince bear the burden of the country?When he goes back, he must be trained related to it.

Li Chengqian was still immersed in the shock brought by the population information, and had no idea that his hard life was coming.

Li Tai's attitude was much more casual. Last time he said that he wanted to get closer to Chen Jingke, he was vetoed by his grandson Wugou. Later, Li Shimin quietly withdrew many of his privileges.

He's a smart guy who knows he's totally missing out on the competition.

Although he was very unwilling, but fortunately Li Chengqian was not yet lame at this time, and he was not the ambitious King Wei later, so he quickly accepted this reality.

Since you want to lie down, you should interfere less or try not to interfere with government affairs, so as not to cause trouble and involve your whole family.

He likes to read history, and he knows how to protect himself wisely as a prince.

Besides, according to the normal situation, he will leave Beijing to go to the fiefdom in two years, and he can't manage it if he wants to, so why bother.

So after listening to Chen Jingke's analysis, he gloated a little.

It's not that he is heartless and doesn't know the reason why his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, but that he believes that his lord can handle the problem well, but the process will be a headache.

I feel happy just thinking about it, this is a little rebellion after he was deprived of the right to compete.

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After resting for a while, they started working again.

Chen Jingke talked with the cotton farmers brought by Changsun Wugou before, and came to a conclusion that they were not cotton farmers but flower farmers.

They grow cotton as a flower.

There is no way, he can only recall the planting method in his previous life, and then prepare tools and the like.

In the era when there is no polyethylene film insulation, it is necessary to raise seedlings in the greenhouse in advance, which can shorten the farming time and increase the cotton yield.

Nutrient bowls are needed for seedling cultivation to facilitate transplantation, and special equipment, nutrient bowl machines, are needed to make nutritional bowls.

It sounds grand, but it is actually very simple. The nutritional bowl machine is the same as the tool for manually making briquettes.

The difference is that the briquettes have a hollow honeycomb, and the nutrition bowl is a solid mud column the size of a disposable paper cup.

It looks like a lot of fun to make a nutritional bowl, and it is just like laying an egg.Li Zhi, Gao Yang, and Cheng Yang were all very interested in it, vying to try it out, having a great time playing.

Xiao Si didn't get involved, she was building a castle with dirt with Chen Jingke with a small wooden shovel.

Playing with sand can be said to be a common hobby of most children, regardless of gender.

Dig a shallow rectangular pool on the ground, and place the prepared nutritional bowls neatly in it.

Then water and soak the seeds and plant them on top. When the seeds are full, sprinkle a thin layer of soil on top to cover the seeds.

Finally, use bamboo strips or relatively flexible tree strips to create a space, and spread a layer of straw mats on top of the bamboo strips to keep warm.

When it is hot during the day, the mats are lifted up to receive sunlight, and at night they are covered to keep warm, so that the cotton seedlings can grow to the extent that they can be transplanted after ten days and a half months.

After the transplant is successful, it is not over yet, and follow-up care will also take a lot of time and effort.But that's all for the future, and now they just need to raise the seedlings well.

More than 200 catties of seeds, relying on a few of them is definitely not enough.Besides, they have so many things to do, it is impossible to farm here all the time, and the main work is still handed over to special tenants.

They just came to experience it on the first day, and by the way taught the special tenants the process of raising cotton seedlings.

After making two ponds of nutrition bowls of about ten mu of land, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and they set off for Chang'an.

Chen Jingke didn't follow to the palace, but went back to the temple after parting at the gate of the city.Today he has worked hard all day and is very tired.

Xiao Sizi was very reluctant to part with him, but she was well-behaved and easy to coax, and she would settle down with just a few nice words.

All the way back to the temple, I went to Sun Simiao's as a routine to say hello and then went back to take a shower and rest.It's just that there are guests in the house just after entering the door, the kind that needs to be received by Sun Simiao himself.

Besides, Changsun Wugou, after returning to the palace, let Sun Fucai tell Li Shimin to come over when he has time.

After she finished taking a shower, Li Shimin had already arrived.As the so-called 'beauty out of the bath', her slightly lazy appearance made his eyes straight.

However, the two of them are old couples now, and they are not so eager to go to bed to communicate, but to talk about serious business.

Li Shimin asked directly: "Did Chen Jingke mess with something again?"

A smile appeared on Changsun Wugou's face, and he said, "Erlang is wise."

Then I talked about Chen Jingke's views on population.

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face gradually became serious. After all, it was a matter of national security, how could he not pay attention to it, but his first concern was indeed another point.

"He said that this data comes from the seven years of Wude?"

The eldest grandson Wugou said: "Yes, I asked him specifically, it is indeed the seventh year of Wude."

Li Shimin analyzed: "The imperial court conducted a census in the seventh year of Wude. If I guessed correctly, his family should have taken advantage of that opportunity to obtain data."

"This shows that at least in the seventh year of Wude, their family still had a strong power in Datang, otherwise it would be impossible to obtain such data."

Changsun Wugou answered, "However, since Erlang changed Yuan Zhenguan, the imperial court conducted two population statistics, but he didn't mention it."

"I thought that something happened to their family after the seventh year of Wude, so that their strength was greatly reduced and they had to withdraw from the Central Plains. So they don't have the latest data, only the seven years of Wude."

Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and said: "He said that his family suffered heavy losses in order to explore the eastern continent, so that their family fortunes fell. Now it seems that it should be somewhat credible."

The eldest grandson Wugou said: "I think so too, if it's true, we can rest assured."

Li Shimin's expression was indeed a little more relaxed, and he turned the topic to the population issue: "I knew that there are many hidden households, but I never thought that there would be more people than the registered population."

"The strength of the gentry is far stronger than I imagined. No wonder they dare to despise my royal family."

"Before, I was still hesitating whether to use the method Chen Jingke said to attack them, but now it seems that I can't help it."

(End of this chapter)