Li Chengqian is full of suspicions, what kind of fame does this Chen Zhengtai want to make?

Merit...... Where is the credit?

However, the more curious he was, the sullen anger of Li Chengqian disappeared.

followed Chen Zhengtai out of the palace, and then the two rode horses and took Xue Rengui and a team of guards to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Outside the Ministry of Civil Affairs, someone stopped them: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Li Chengqian was about to scold: "Blind your eyes, Lone is the prince." ”

Who knew that Chen Zhengtai scolded before him, and he was full of anger: "Blind your dog's eyes, go and call Xiao Dai out and tell him that his mentor is here." ”

Little Dai ......

The officer in front of the gate looked confused.

Chen Zhengtai said: "It's your Ministry of Civil Affairs Dai Shangshu." ”

The messenger looked at Chen Zhengtai, and then looked at Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian was not wearing court clothes, but looking at the goldfish bags tied around the waists of the two, he also knew that the two were not ordinary people.

But...... When did Shangshu actually worship a hairy boy as a teacher?

Such a thing made him feel incredible.

The first thing that came to the officer's mind was that the two people in front of him must be liars.

Chen Zhengtai gave Xue Rengui a look behind him, and Xue Rengui was already eager to try.

He stepped forward directly and easily picked up the messenger, the officer's feet were hanging in the air, his neck was strangled and his face was as red as pig's liver, and he wanted to break free, but found that Xue Rengui's big hands did not move at all.

Xue Rengui shouted at him at this time: "Blind your eyes, you dare not listen to my brother's words?" Believe it or not, I'll kill seven in and seven out. ”

There was a commotion here, which immediately attracted a lot of discussion from the entire Ministry.

Someone staggered into Dai Guan's public house and said in horror: "It's terrible, it's terrible, it's terrible, Dai Gong, Dai Gong...... Someone dared to make trouble outside the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he was so bold that he even beat people. The person who came was no different from the thief, and he actually claimed to be Dai Gong's mentor. ”

When Dai Xuan heard this, he sat down on the stool, and after a while, he realized something, and then hurriedly said: "Quick, tell me quickly, where the person is." ”

So he hurried to the middle gate and saw Li Chengqian and Chen Zhengtai.

Dai Xuan's face was as white as earth, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.

He didn't dare to hesitate too much, he wanted to pull Chen Zhengtai aside, and said in a low voice: "Let's go, borrow a step to speak." ”

Chen Zhengtai frowned, did not move at all, and said: "If you have anything to say, make it clear here, I came to look for you for the teacher, but it was just a routine visit." This is good, these people still want to beat people, they are really too deceitful, Xiao Dai, you can talk about it. ”

At this time, many officials had gathered outside the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Dai Xuan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and said in a low voice: "Teacher...... Teacher...... You're doing well, can you save me some face? ”

Chen Zhengtai was not happy: "What are these words, what do you mean to save some face." If you want to save face, I don't want to save face? A teacher for one day, a father for life, you still want to betray your teacher? Or do you want me to kick you out of the wall and make you an outcast in Erpigou? ”

The people on the side immediately began to talk about it.

At first, they thought that these people were clearly here to make trouble, but now they ...... Looking at Dai Guan's attitude, it seems that there is something inside.

On the contrary, some people began to recognize the prince and Chen Zhengtai, and suddenly they didn't dare to squeak anymore, and they didn't talk to anyone, and obediently stepped aside.

Dai Xuan was so anxious that he almost stomped his feet, and said in a hoarse voice: "Chen Zhengtai, you are trying to force the old man to death." ”

"It's called Teacher." Chen Zhengtai pulled his face: "How can this be true, you worshipped the teacher, and you still called him by his name?" What do you mean that I am going to force you to death, what are these words, if you want to die yourself, who can stop you? ”

Dai Xuan gritted his teeth: "That old man is really going to die, don't regret it." ”

"I have something to regret." Chen Zhengtai clasped his hands, looking like he didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement.

Li Chengqian looked very interested from the sidelines, and said: "Otherwise, let's make a bet, is Dai Shangshu going to throw himself into a well or hang himself?" I guess hanging is more scary, Dai Shangshu wants to save face like this, and nine times out of ten he throws himself into a well. ”

Dai Xuan almost vomited blood to Li Chengqian's words. His face was cloudy, and there was really a little rash impulse in his mind, but after a while, his face suddenly became calm again, and he said in a relaxed tone: "The old man thinks about it, he can't die because of such a trivial matter, His Royal Highness the Prince, the teacher...... Let's go inside and talk. ”

That's what people are......

Anything that is unacceptable will eventually choose to accept it silently.

Dai Xuan feels that he is not afraid of death, what else is there to fear?

He should have a strong heart, he wants to live well, even with tears, it is better than death.

So under everyone's attention, Li Chengqian and Chen Zhengtai entered the ministry.

When they arrived at Dai Guan's public room, Dai Zhou hurriedly closed the door, but at this time, Chen Zhengtai and Li Chengqian were already seated.

Dai Xuan said with an unconvinced look: "Your Highness and the teacher are here, I don't know what the so-called thing is?" ”

"The main thing is to come and see you." Chen Zhengtai looked caring.

Li Chengqian was still the upright young man, and said, "Lone is here to see the excitement." ”

Dai Guan: "......"

"Of course." Chen Zhengtai continued: "There is one more thing, I have to explain it to you, you are my disciple, this matter is done, it is also a credit, now the teacher who is the teacher has a lot of opinions about you, don't you want the teacher to change your opinion of you." ”

Dai Guan: "......"

Dai Xuan only felt that his heart was blocked uncomfortably, and he said in his heart, I don't want to do anything now, I just want to strangle you.

"If you say something, if you don't say it, you will be angry as a teacher."

Dai Xuan had no choice but to say helplessly: "Please also ask the teacher to teach you." ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "You are the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and you are in charge of the land, taxes, household registration, military quarters, salaries, food and salary, and financial revenue and expenditure of the whole world, which has a great relationship. But let me ask you, what is the registered population today? ”

"This ......" Dai Xuan was stunned for a moment: "Most of the households registered are about 3.03 million." ”

Chen Zhengtai bowed his head: "Of the more than 3 million households, there are only less than 20 million people, but Xiao Dai thinks that during the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, how many people had a household registration?" ”

Dai Xuan thought for a while: "Nine million households. ”

He may not understand economic principles, but he is comfortable with things that fall within the business scope of the current Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Chen Zhengtai said with emotion: "From the three years of the great cause to the present, it is only a short 20 years of effort, and in just 20 years, the world has suddenly lost 6 million households and tens of millions of people, which is sad to think about." ”

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was an era of heroes, and I don't know how many heroes rose together, and how many good stories were circulated.

But in fact...... A great chaos, with countless population losses and a lot of bones.

Dai Xuan was silent, he was a first-hand witness of the troubled times, and naturally knew how many tragic things had happened in these bloody twenty years.

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "I have a problem now, and that is...... When did the current register start to be cleared? ”

Dai Xuan said without hesitation: "Naiwude began to investigate in the third year. ”

Chen Zhengtai nodded and said with satisfaction: "You know all about these when the time comes, so ...... Why not follow the Sui Dynasty's population books? ”

"On the one hand, a large number of people fled during the war, and on the other hand, when the Emperor Taishang entered Guanzhong, a large number of classics in the Sui Dynasty palace have been lost and are missing."

Chen Zhengtai said: "At the same time, the ...... is lost There is also a jade seal of the country, right? ”

Dai Xuan nodded: "Exactly." However, I heard that this jade seal of the country has been killed in Jiangdu since Emperor Yang of Sui, Queen Xiao and his Prince Yuande carried the jade seal of the country, and fled into the desert together, and there was no trace of it. ”

Chen Zhengtai looked at Dai Zhou and said with deep meaning in his eyes: "What if...... Can you find the household registers handed down during the Sui Dynasty? And that's not all...... We also found the heirloom jade seal? ”

Dai Xuan looked surprised.

Even Li Chengqian, who was on the side, almost jumped up and shouted: "It's impossible, not to mention the household register, just to say that this true jade seal has already been taken to Mobei by Queen Xiao, and now...... I haven't found a figure yet. ”

Chen Zhengtai ignored Li Chengqian and only looked at Dai Guan: "I only ask you, what will happen?" ”

Dai Xuan said: "This heirloom jade seal was originally He's Bi, which was first seen in the Warring States Policy, and then became a jade seal, through the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin, and then to the Sui ...... It's just that...... When I arrived in the Tang Dynasty, it was lost, and His Majesty has always been worried about it, after all, those who have to pass on the national seal win the world. It's just that the jade seal of the country has been taken to Mobei, and the Turki Khan has suddenly taken the throne, and the desert has fallen into chaos again, and the jade seal of the country has disappeared, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to find it back. ”

"Your Majesty has always regretted this matter, at the beginning His Majesty had carved a number of jade "seals" such as "Destined Treasure" and "Destined Treasure", and talked about **. But if you can really find the jade seal of the country, Your Majesty will definitely be able to enjoy your face. ”

After a pause, Dai Xuan said again: "In addition, if you can find the household register of the Sui Dynasty, it will be great." During the Wude period, although the imperial court checked the population, there are still a large number of hidden households in the world, and there is no way to check, and I heard that when Emperor Wen of Sui was there, he had conducted an inventory of the population of the family, and these populations were all recorded in the household register, and I was ...... If you want to find out the people of the world, it is even more difficult. ”

"Once you get that household register, use this Sui Dynasty household register as a guide to re-inventory the population, then the old man can guarantee that he can take this opportunity to find out many hidden households. I'm afraid that the registered population of Datang will increase by 100,000, or even hundreds of thousands. ”

Population is the most valuable resource, and the population of the Tang Dynasty is only one-third of that of the Sui Dynasty.

In addition to the fact that there were fewer wars, the most of them were the hidden households that were left out, and they did not have to pay taxes or serve the same conscription as the rest of the common people, which in some ways was very unfair to the registered population.