Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 650 Contrasting Damage

No surprise at all, Yu Xiuer was appointed as the chief director of the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, and Li Shimin gave her the right to recruit all entertainers in Datang, including folk non-entertainers. Negotiations, local government officials must do their utmost to cooperate with her.

In addition, Li Ke was granted the title of King of Wu and added the title of governor of Yingzhou, Li Yuanjing was changed to become king, and added the title of governor of Fuzhou, and Li Yuanchang was changed to king of Jiang and added the title of governor of Suizhou.It is indicated in the imperial decree that it is a post official, that is, an official who grasps real power and manages affairs.

Due to the abolition and reset of Yingzhou, Jiangling City was upgraded to a capital-level city, and the territory of these three states has changed a lot. Yingzhou, together with Zhongxiang, Jingshan, and Fushui counties that originally belonged to Yingzhou, and the newly opened Jinan County, there are a total of eight counties, which means that all the areas east of the Changhu Lake in Jingzhou have been allocated to Yingzhou.

Among them, Jinan, Zhongxiang, and Gong'an counties have all completed embankment projects. These three counties have completed the resettlement work of dividing houses and land for common people. There are a total of 13 households, two times more than the total population of the other five counties. times more.

Of course, this is only temporary, because the other five counties are all located in the Jianghan Plain area, and all of them are suitable for building paddy fields. In the future, the entire eight counties of Yingzhou will have more than 1000 million mu of paddy fields, of which paddy fields will exceed With a population of 800 million mu and a population of 30 households, it will become Xiongzhou second only to Luoyang, Yizhou, and Yangzhou.

At the beginning of this year, Li Shimin delineated new administrative levels for prefectures and counties across the country according to their population size. A prefecture with a population of more than [-] households is called Xiongzhou. Under it, Chang Shi, Bie Jia, and Sima are all upgraded by one level from the original Shangzhou.

When the population reaches more than [-] households and less than [-] households, it is the upper state, and the governor of the state is the fourth rank.

If the population reaches more than [-] households and less than [-] households, it is Zhongzhou, and the governor of the state is from the fourth rank.

When the population reaches more than [-] households and less than [-] households, it is Xiazhou, and the governor of the state is the fifth rank.

For areas with a population of less than [-] households, all prefectural governments will be removed and merged with neighboring prefectures. This makes Datang's current territory much larger in population, but the prefectural capital is within [-], which also includes Overseas Australia, Luzhou, Indonesia, and Wazhou established on the original Japanese territory.

From this award, we can also see the difference between Li Shimin's son and Li Yuan's son.

As the governor of Yingzhou with a current population of more than 15 households and an expected population of more than 30 households in the future, Li Ke's official position is the third rank, and he is the governor with real power, not the governor. The power to command the army, and its ranking in the court, is above the ten ministers, and can directly serve as the ten ministers.

Fuzhou, where Li Yuanjing took office, barely entered the ranks of Shangzhou because of the successful embankments of Mianyang and Jianli. In addition, there is another Jingling County under his rule, and its total population is less than [-]. Even if the embankment project in Jingling County is completed in the future, the population may not be able to exceed [-] households within his tenure, reaching the standard of Xiongzhou.

Because the people in the local and surrounding areas that should be resettled have all been properly resettled, and the people from other places who will move later will not grow in scale, but will only gradually increase, and they have the right to freely choose which state to live in. Only the most developed A good state is more attractive to them.

Moreover, they only manage the government and ignore the army. They only have the right to deploy troops, but not the commanding power. work.

In history, Li Yuanjing was valued by Li Shimin, and he was actually the governor of Jingzhou. However, Gaozong Li Zhi couldn't understand him very much. Although he was promoted to Situ as soon as he took office, after a few years, he found him He was implicated in Fang Yiai's treason case from the beginning and killed, and then, for his own reputation, he was given the title of King Shen Li, which was as sad as Li Ke.

As for Suizhou, where Li Yuanchang is located, although the area is not small, there are only four small counties with a population of only a few thousand households, and none of the counties has completed the embankment project. danger.

The reason why Li Shimin did not seal him to the better areas around Jingzhou, such as Yuezhou, Dengzhou, Huangzhou, etc., was not only because Li Shimin had a low opinion of his performance in Shannan Road, but also because his mother, concubine and grandson, In the early years when Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were fighting for the throne, Li Shimin was not optimistic about Li Shimin, and he did many things that annoyed Li Shimin. In history, after he rebelled with Li Chengqian, he was directly given to death by Li Shimin. It can be seen that Li Shimin treated him a little Not soft.

In any case, history has been greatly changed because of Sun Xiangfu, a time traveler. They have obtained official positions with real power, and they can be regarded as self-reliant. As Li Yuan's sons, they are not locked up by Li Shimin. It may be that Li Shimin thought that they could not achieve great things when they were young.

Therefore, among the other kings present, there were quite a few who looked at them with envious eyes. At least, the moment they put on their official robes, they could completely escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and no longer had to plant rice here under the sun.

Therefore, the other young lords who have not yet been appointed as officials have begun to look forward to being sixteen soon and have a place where they can make decisions. Of course, this does not include Li Tai. .

Even a concubine like Li Ke has such a high-level official position, so how can he be so poor as a concubine!
In Li Tai's mind, one year later, he would at least be the governor of Jingzhou and the first rank of governor of Luoyang. If he could directly become a state road chief or a state shepherd, he might still be able to enjoy himself in Chang'an all the time, but he didn't mind. What is real power, there is a high position hanging on him, let him continue to stay in Chang'an.

"Mr. Sun, you were ordered to plant rice here. His Majesty asked me to announce the order. He also told me to bring back the output of the experimental field here and the rice output data of the people in the fields. Your side has calculated it. Is it?"

For this unfamiliar servant, Sun Xiangfu had no intention of saying hello to him, but he didn't want to. He recognized himself in ordinary people's clothes in the crowd at a glance, and asked directly, so Sun Xiangfu had no choice but to quickly He replied, "Experimental fields are worth eight out of ten stones, and fields planted by the common people are worth seven out of nine stones."

"Can the common people grow the output of nine stones and seven?"

Seeing the servant who delivered the decree asked himself in disbelief, Sun Xiangfu said again, "It's just a lot."

"As far as I know, in the three counties of Ji Nan, Zhongxiang, Jiuyuan, and more than 300 million mu of new rice fields have been planted this year. Doesn't this mean that these three counties alone have harvested more than 3000 million shi of grain? ? I don’t know if the imperial court can recruit them?”

"There are 3000 million stones of rice. The chaff is not counted as grain in our place. It can only be ground and fed to pigs, or chickens and ducks. However, if your majesty wants to use the grain here for other purposes, at most Only 1000 million shi of rice can be transferred, because the rice noodle and small food industries in these three counties have already been launched, and they will be exported in large quantities. In addition to the consumption of tens of thousands of their own population and foreign population, it should be able to consume in half a year. Drop 10 million shi of rice." Sun Xiangfu explained with some inexplicable irritability.

These three counties are not only more than 300 million mu of rice fields, but nearly 400 million mu of rice fields, because this year, the number of households participating in farming has increased a lot, making the land in the three counties almost saturated.

"The next season of rice harvest, will the imperial court be able to expropriate 1000 million shi of rice?"

"Yes."

"That's enough."

After the servant finished saying this, he ignored Sun Xiangfu, and told a few unappointed princes to work hard on rice farming, not to disappoint Li Shimin's expectations, and left.

Looking at his back, Sun Xiangfu turned to Li Tai who was congratulating Li Ke and asked, "Who was that servant just now?"

Li Tai replied with some puzzlement, "The former head of the inner palace, Ma Daquan, should now be the deputy supervisor of the inner servant. Why, teacher, don't you recognize the ceremonial clothes of eunuchs in the palace?"

"Why do I recognize that thing!" Sun Xiangfu said angrily.

Ma Daquan inexplicably made him feel disgusted, which is a bit strange. If he is still in court, then he will definitely promote the reform of the eunuch system. The appointment of court officials is a purely political matter. It should not be read by eunuchs like them. He even believes that the product of eunuchs should not continue to exist.

After turning around and going back to the house, he suddenly thought of what Li Shimin wanted food for?

However, if you write to Chang'an to ask, I'm afraid it will take many days to go back and forth, and the people who came to adjust the grain have already arrived. Think about it, it's better to wait for the people who adjust the grain to come, and then ask Sun Dali !
Li Ke and the three of them are not far away, especially Li Ke himself. The current government office of Yingzhou is in Jinan County, which is more than 100 miles away from Jiuyuan County. The fast boat can reach it in half a day. Mianyang County is only two or three hundred miles away, which is less than a day's journey, so Sun Xiangfu didn't hold any warm farewell ceremony for them. Instead, he asked the kitchen to cook a few dishes, and invited them to have a meal and chat alone. , that’s fine, they can come back to communicate anytime if something happens in the future.

As soon as he got to the table, Li Ke raised his glass to express his gratitude to Sun Xiangfu. He estimated that his performance during the rice planting period should have been recognized by Li Shimin, and he got such a high starting point. But there is no other prince like him who is directly in charge of Xiongzhou with a population of 16 households at the age of 15, and he is caught by the military and government.

"The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. Don't think that power is a good thing. It is not a small matter to solve the food and drink of 10,000 households, let alone tens of thousands of households, [-]+ households, so ah! This may be more than Growing rice is a much bigger challenge." After eating a glass of wine toasted by the three of them, Sun Xiangfu put down the wine cup and said.

"Teacher, don't worry, we are already familiar with the model of Jiuyuan County. We also know how to advance the embankment project. In at most three years, I am confident that all the people under my rule will become as rich as Jiuyuan County. place." Li Ke was very confident.

On the other hand, Li Yuanjing is more relaxed. Although his territory is not small, there is only one county in Jingling that has not completed the embankment. He has nearly 20 households and more than [-] people in his hands. It took three years to do whatever he wanted. Can transform a county.

Only Li Yuanchang was a little depressed. Although he was glad that he didn't have to stay here to farm anymore, but for him to go to Suizhou to manage four small counties with only two to three thousand households, Suizhou was among all the counties in Datang , is actually not bad. After all, most of the states in the Tang Dynasty are Xiazhou. At least its location is not bad. It is just in the middle of Henan, Huainan, and Shannan, and it is not far from Jingxiang and Luoyang. But if there is no comparison, there will be no harm. It is only because Li Ke and Li Yuanjing in front of him went to such a good place.

Sun Xiangfu saw Li Yuanchang's expression in his eyes, and said with a smile, "What level do you think the people must reach in order to live a happy life?"

Li Ke took the lead to answer, "Just like the people in Jiuyuan County, they have endless food, good houses that can shelter from wind and rain, can easily earn money by working, and their offspring have a good education, so don't worry about it." Sickness, retirement issues."

Li Ke had finished speaking, and Li Yuanjing and Li Yuanchang, whose IQs were somewhat different from his, naturally had nothing to add.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu nodded with a smile and said, "In your cognition, that's about it! So, to do this, what do we need first?"

"money."

This time, the three of them answered in unison.

Sun Xiangfu nodded again and said, "Yes, money is needed, then, assuming that if you want to make a family of people as rich as Jiuyuan County, you need to make them earn 15 yuan a year, then, Li Ke If you want the 750 households under your rule to live a happy life, you need to lead them to earn [-] million yuan a year.

Li Yuanjing, if you want the 400 households under your rule to live a happy life, you need to lead them to earn [-] million yuan a year.

However, Li Yuanchang only manages more than 1 households, and he only needs to lead them to earn 70 million yuan a year.If you look at it this way, are you still happy that you have gone to a populous state and become a high-level official? "

Of course not happy. Li Ke, who had just drank a glass of wine just now, was a little out of breath after being told by Sun Xiangfu. This is more than 700 million yuan a year. Said to make so much money a year?

And Li Yuanjing touched the sweat on his forehead nervously, 400 million guan, but it was more than the country's fiscal and tax balance in the first year of Zhenguan, and he was not at all sure at the moment.

Only Li Yuanchang, who was depressed just now, was a little overjoyed. He seemed to be the one who had the most advantage when the land and natural resources were similar. A small population also has the advantages of a small population, and it is easy to get results!As long as more than 1 households in the jurisdiction can live a happy life, his contribution will be great.

(End of this chapter)