Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1172 Datang is gone

  The imperial court was busy annexing Liaodong.

Liaozhou, Gaizhou, Jianzhou, Xinzhou, Jinzhou... The imperial court set up more than ten prefectures in Liaodong, fully implemented military control, and moved a large number of Goguryeo people in Liaodong to the Central Plains. And so on, all of them were moved to the Central Plains, and resettled in Luoyang, Youzhou, Jingzhou and other major towns and counties.

As for the ordinary Goguryeo people, most of them moved back to the Central Plains, broke up the original tribe and clan relationship, and only kept each family intact, and divided them into states. All the craftsmen were placed in the official handicraft workshops of the government, and the rest Then they become tenants of official land, or grant land in Kuan Township with a small population in the frontier.

   Only some poor people in Goguryeo were left behind, but the tribes and clans were dispersed and relocated to states and counties in eastern Liaodong. These people were not directly granted land, but first let them become tenants of the imperial court's official land.

  However, the burden of being a tenant of the official land of the Tang Dynasty is much easier than that of being a servant or tenant of Goguryeo before, so it is hoped that these people can be won to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, in order to permanently recover and guard Liaodong, you have to rely on immigration. Only the real Han people are the most reliable base. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, those Han people in Liaodong have fallen into the hands of Goguryeo. After hundreds of years, they have already Be fooled by them.

After the recovery of Liaodong, many Han people were also found in Liaodong, but they were the Sui soldiers and civilian husbands who were lost in Goguryeo when the Sui Dynasty conquered Liaodong. Those lowly women get married, and the second generation they give birth to is also discriminated against.

  For these people, the imperial court treated them differently. After they were identified, they were directly granted land.

  Across thousands of miles in Eastern Liaodong, groups of Goguryeo survivors were everywhere, escorted and driven by the Tang army to the coast, where they were assigned to large ships and transported to various parts of the Central Plains, waiting for an unknown fate.

  At the same time, in many places in the Central Plains, the imperial court is also fully mobilizing the matter of emigrating to Liaodong. It is overwhelmingly publicizing the benefits of immigrating to Liaodong, how many fields can be divided in the past, how much land can be divided, and there are settling expenses and care on the road, etc., and even mobilized officials to go.

   Those who voluntarily go to Liaodong will be promoted two levels above the current official rank, and the position will be used by one level, and they will be allocated double the job fields. In short, there are many benefits.

It’s just that the effect is not very good. The main reason is that the Tang Dynasty’s continuous external expansion in these years has enabled the court to lay down a large number of new territories on the frontier, and the continuous immigration has made the Central Plains area less densely populated than before, let alone At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the people who were everywhere without property, the poor without land and property, immigrated to the frontier a long time ago.

The imperial court can only assign tasks to officials from all over the Central Plains. For some densely populated counties and counties, persuade those people whose households have less than 50 acres of land to immigrate to Liaodong, and promise that the land and real estate in the Central Plains, etc. They are allowed to sell freely, and then the imperial court still grants them land in Liaodong, one hundred acres per person, and fifty acres each for middle-aged men and young and strong women. The full grant is not limited to one hundred acres.

This condition is indeed good. Although the Central Plains's land equalization order is to grant land by Ding, each Ding has 100 mu, but this 100 Mu is only the upper limit for granting land. In fact, when the Wudechu War just ended, it could not be achieved. One hundred acres of real teaching, not to mention the sixteenth year of Zhenguan at this time.

  In the Central Plains area, the land equalization order has actually been stopped long ago, because there is no land to grant.

The only alluring condition for the imperial court to attract immigrants is enough land, all of which are permanent land, not limited to a hundred acres, one hundred acres for every penny, and fifty acres for women and middle-aged men. It means that if the family has a large population, it may really be able to allocate two or three hundred acres of land.

Although it is good to be in the hometown of the Central Plains, if there is no land, it is always unreliable. If you go to Liaodong, even if it is bitterly cold there, but if you really have hundreds of acres of land in your hands, then you can pass it down from generation to generation. After a few generations of hard work , can always become the home of a well-off little rich landlord.

   What's more, the imperial court is now mobilizing everyone to immigrate to Liaodong, and does not take back the fields and houses in the Central Plains, and allows everyone to sell them. This is another good condition.

In order to encourage the people to immigrate to Liaodong, the imperial court also took great pains. Anyway, Fang Xuanling wrote in his memorial to the prince that moving the Goguryeo people from Liaodong to the Central Plains, and then moving the Han people from the Central Plains to Liaodong, the imperial court will spend a lot of money. capital, and within ten years, it is difficult to see some initial results.

Move 100,000 people to Liaodong every year, and move one million people in ten years. Liaodong can barely look good, but it is estimated that it will cost millions or even tens of millions of dollars every year. The garrison in Liaodong needs to build cities, garrison fields, build post stations, build beacon forts, etc. In short, within ten years, it is basically a big hole that can only be entered and cannot be entered. Don't think about such things as two taxes and commercial taxes.

  Because if you want to quickly stabilize Liaodong, you must not only immigrate, equalize the land, but also lighten taxes. New immigrants must first be exempted from taxes for a few years, and then have to be exempted for a few more years.

  Liaodong will be a big financial hole, and it will be continuous.

   Fortunately, the court had expected this, and the emperor had always been prepared for this. Since he had made up his mind to move the Goguryeo people back, and then immigrated there, that was all.

  So now no matter how big the cost is, you have to persist.

Liaodong must be restored, and it must be restored quickly. The imperial court brought down Liaodong, and it is impossible for him to leave it unused, let alone leave it there until it is occupied by Khitan people, Mohe people, and Shiwei people in the future. .

In the Sui Dynasty, Pei Xingju told Emperor Yang of Liaodong in front of the Turkic Shibi Khan, "The land of Koryo was originally the country of Guzhu. It was sealed in Ji in the Zhou Dynasty, divided into three counties in the Han Dynasty, and Liaodong was also ruled in the Jin Dynasty. , today is not a minister, not a foreign domain, so the late emperor was sick and wanted to conquer for a long time."

At the beginning of the Wu Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, there were internal and external troubles. Li Yuan deliberately wanted to give up maintaining the suzerain-vassal relationship with Goguryeo. Jun Jun Er! Before the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was within the confines of the feudal clan, and it was not allowed to refuse to be a minister. Moreover, China is to the barbarians and Di, just like the sun is to the stars. Courtesy does not condescend, and they bow to the same vassal uniform."

  Li Shimin also repeatedly issued edicts to Goguryeo and the cities in eastern Liaodong, all of which are Chinese counties.

  Li Shimin conquered the world in a mutiny, and has been working hard to be a good emperor. He wants to prove to the world that he is worthy of the throne, and wants to build achievements and become a great man among emperors. Qin Huang Han Wu is Li Shimin's goal.

   Therefore, Jiuying Dading and restoring the old frontiers of Qin and Han Dynasties are Li Shimin's historical mission.

  Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Liaodong, the old territory of the Han Dynasty, has been lost for a long time. Li Shimin believes that this is a situation that must be corrected, not only to defeat the Goguryeo people and recover Liaodong, but also to correct the culture of Liaodong.

But the fall was too long, the population there was so large, and in case the Tang Dynasty weakened in the future, it would be separated from here again, so Li Shimin adopted the suggestion of Qin Lang and other ministers, thinking that it was necessary to change the race of Liaodong, the only way Only in this way can Liaodong be truly restored to the old territory of the Han Dynasty at the fastest speed, not just a theoretical subjugation.

Just like after the Great Tang conquered Gaochang Kingdom, Li Shimin’s will for this country in the Western Regions, which speaks Chinese and is dominated by Han people, is to relocate its royal family, powerful, and wealthy families to the Central Plains, and at the same time immigrate in large numbers, changing states and establishing counties , dispatched officials, garrisoned soldiers and horses, set up schools, and comprehensively reformed Sinicization.

   For those Han people who immigrated to the four sides, Li Shimin specially bestowed the four-character title of Long March athlete.

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  Luoyang, East Palace.

  Prince Chengqian is discussing matters with several ministers.

  Immigration to Liaodong is progressing slowly, and it simply cannot reach the number set by the imperial court.

  Officials everywhere are complaining, saying that no one can move. Even though the imperial court offered so many preferential conditions, there were still very few people who responded.

   "One person is granted 100 mu of land, and women and middle-aged men are also granted 50 mu of land each. There is no upper limit, is that okay?"

   "New immigrants from Liaodong are exempted from taxes for five years, can't they?"

   "Isn't it okay for the imperial court to provide them with housing expenses and cover their road expenses?"

   Several prime ministers had no choice but the local officials complained and tried hard to persuade, but the effect was mediocre.

"In the final analysis, there are really not many poor people in the Central Plains today. The landless people, or families with less than 20 mu of land, have already moved almost in the past two decades of immigration." Fang Xuanling road.

   "Impossible, how can there be no poor and poor people in this world?" Cheng Qian shook his head in disbelief.

   "Some people who own very little land are now industrial workers, handicraftsmen, or traders in cities and towns. They can also solve their food and clothing, so they are not willing to leave their homes and go to the wild and cold frontier."

Chengqian said slowly, "Gu feels that some of the imperial court's policies are too lenient these years. As far as Gu knows, with the booming of industry and commerce and the liberalization of sea trade, not only many powerful and powerful merchants in the Central Plains organize their troops to go overseas. To catch slaves and plunder, there are also many people who build plantations overseas, open mines and build workshops, etc. Every year, a large number of people go to sea, and this number is already increasing.”

   "The population loss is serious, the local government has no way to restrain it, and the household registration system is gradually inconsistent, right?"

The prince's words were like a thunderbolt, pointing out an important problem hidden under the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in these years, that is, the management of the household registration population. In the past dynasties, the population management was extremely strict, and a detailed The household registration management system never allows people to move at will, even out of the county.

Only in the event of a catastrophe or a famine, the imperial court would specifically allow the people to go out to eat and escape the famine, but after the disaster, they all asked to return to their hometowns, and the local governments did not allow these refugees to take in, and the landlords and powerful landlords were not allowed to hide Take these people in, or it's a crime.

  However, in recent years, in order to develop industry and commerce, the imperial court has gradually relaxed some prohibitions, such as allowing people to enter cities and towns to become industrial workers in the handicraft industry, and even allowing people to move. Originally, this was for the development of industry and commerce, trade, and economic development.

But it did cause a lot of lack of household registration management. As the prince said, not only did people break the boundaries of prefectures and counties over the years, they moved across prefectures and counties, leaving the land, and even many people went to sea and left. The border of the Tang Dynasty is over.

"More and more people go abroad, which brings huge hidden dangers, and those rich and powerful businessmen who have established industries overseas, their overseas industries neither pay taxes to the imperial court, nor are they controlled by the imperial court. Isn't that a problem?"

  No one expected that the prince would suddenly talk about this.

   Of course, it is not that no one in the imperial court has seen this, but the question is who is capable of developing overseas? On the surface, of course they are maritime merchants, but in fact these maritime merchants are controlled by the noble officials of the court and the top local nobles, and even under the name of the emperor and prince, they also develop overseas.

  The interests of too many people were involved, which led to the collective blindness and silence of the court on this matter.

  Now the crown prince mentioned it himself, but Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, etc. did not know how to answer.

  (end of this chapter)