In the ninth year of Zhenguan, it arrived in the subtle complaints of the people of Luzhou City.

Although they are all dissatisfied with digging in the city, many people are dissatisfied that they have not been able to become one of the two hundred, and they cannot eat three full meals a day and big fat meat. As for the matter of digging a trench itself, in fact, many people have thoroughly accepted it later.

Anyway, it's always good that you don't smell the stench in the future.

And for the 200 people who thought they were coming to serve in the conscription, this winter was like a dream - not only could they eat three full meals a day, but they even had one meal of meat at noon every day!

To be honest, they don't even want to go back these days.

It's a pity that this year, just dig and build four main roads, and we can't let them do it for long. And in order not to affect the spring ploughing at home, the 200 people also worked hard, and finally completed it by the end of January.

At the same time, Li Yuanjia's new papermaking workshop was completed.

However, the workshop will start work until the materials can be collected, and the king of Yu, who has been in the government office for a winter, has more things to do this year.

Since the beginning of the first month of the year, all kinds of news have been coming from Chang'an City - in the middle of the year, the crown prince Li Chengqian married the imperial concubine Su, and Li Yuanjia, who was an uncle, naturally sent a generous gift; In the following February, the eldest grandson Wuji's mother died, and he wanted to express his condolences again; The following March was even more eventful, in addition to the Taozhou Qiang rebellion, the imperial court ordered each township to have a township chief, two people, and at the same time reaffirmed the law of the Wude period, dividing the households in the world into nine classes......

In the seventh year of Wude, in fact, the law of the ninth rank of the people had already been promulgated.

However, at that time, Datang itself was not stable, the households were scarce, and the economy was withering, so it was impossible to really arrange it once every three years, so it was just a form of law. But in the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin's position has been firmly seated, and the national strength of the Tang Dynasty is getting stronger, so this time it can really be implemented seriously.

No, the above order Luzhou must also be executed.

It's just that it is not easy for the orders of the Datang Center to be conveyed from state to level. So it wasn't until the beginning of May that the two orders were transmitted to Luzhou City together, and Chen Lin, who was responsible for receiving orders on a daily basis, immediately came to the Luzhou Government Office and habitually visited Li Yuanjia, the assassin.

These two orders are not trivial.

Each township must add three officials, although Sesame Mung Bean Da Na is also an official, everyone naturally has to sit in a row to share the fruit. As for the fact that it is even more cumbersome to determine the household according to the firewood capital, it is not to be lazy, and it is troublesome if you are not careful.

There is no way, but the household determines the amount of tax to be paid, and that is a major matter related to each family.

"The slight difference is that this time it is the upper household to the upper middle household, the fourth class is the upper household, the middle household to the lower upper household is the secondary household, and the lower middle household and the lower lower household are the lower households."

In the Luzhou Government Office, Chen Lin reported to Li Yuanjia seriously.

Although he was a little impatient in his heart, Li Yuanjia was still quite curious about things like households, and couldn't help but ask: "Well, why do you want to divide it so much this time?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Lin was a little uncertain: "This subordinate is not very sure, probably because the property difference between the rich households is large, and they can be divided into a few more grades, while the poor people ...... Ahem, it's all about the same, right? ”

“…… All right. ”

His eyelids jumped, and Li Yuanjia nodded silently.

Poor people......

How many rich people were there in the Tang Dynasty in this era? Li Yuanjia didn't know about other places, but he knew that even if it was Chang'an City, the rich were only a handful of them. And in a "remote place" like Luzhou, there are only one thousandth of the rich people? And Li Yuanjia's criterion for judging is that those who can afford to eat noodles or other dry rice at every meal are considered rich.

In the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago, what did you expect ordinary people to live?

Two meals a day, being able to ensure that you can eat a dry meal in the morning, and having enough strength to work in the field, is already a medium-sized family. When you come back at night, you just sleep, or you have a child behind closed doors, what are you doing when you're so full? Otherwise, why do you think the ancient rule was that the king could only eat four meals a day, the ordinary nobles could eat three meals a day, and the common people could only eat two meals a day?

Nothing else, just save food!

During the Zhenguan period, the sharp drop in grain prices was actually due to the fact that there were many people in the land, and there was no quick response to the war. But if you really want to talk about it, the productivity of this era will definitely not be able to support everyone to live a good life.

Come to think of it, they have only just learned about the existence of Quyuan Plow, and it will take at least ten years to popularize this simple farm tool in the whole Datang! And if you want the farmers in the horns to use it, maybe Li Yuanjia has no possibility to live his life.

In such a situation, what is left but fewer people and more land?

Relying on backward agricultural tools and irrigation facilities, the farmers of Datang worked hard in the land, and one acre of land was less than a few dozen catties, and more than a hundred catties, that is, the rice production in the south was a little more powerful, and there were two or three hundred catties per acre of land. With such an output, they still have to feed a royal family like Li Yuanjia, officials and landlords, and the rest are the ones who can feed their whole family, and they are already well-off if they can eat enough.

Anyway, ordinary people, Li Yuanjia has never seen a fat man......

"The king? King? ”

Just when Li Yuanjia's thoughts didn't know where to fly, Chen Lin waited there for a while and couldn't respond, and then looked at Li Yuanjia's familiar expression and immediately understood, and quickly called twice and asked: "King, now that the order of the imperial court has been issued, Luzhou needs to add dozens of officials, although it is only the head of a township, but after all, it is also a great responsibility...... I wonder if the king has a suitable candidate? ”

"Me? The right person? ”

After listening to Chen Lin's words, he was slightly stunned, and then saw the smiling expression on the other party's face, and instantly understood.

Well, it turned out that the official came to the door.

Just like Chen Lin said, the head of a township is also an official, and he has power in his hands. These days, the officials of all sizes in Luzhou City are pondering and pulling on the people around them, but if the biggest king is silent, who would dare to do it first? So there was no way, Chen Lin had to play her usual style and came to the door to see off the official.

But after frowning and thinking for a few seconds, Li Yuanjia shook his head and said, "On my side, either the subordinates of the family or the officials appointed by the imperial court, where are the manpower?" This little thing, you can just watch it, I won't ask about it. ”

If you really want to talk about it, there are really a lot of officials around Li Yuanjia.

There are several subordinate officials who must be equipped as a prince alone, and the highest is even from the third rank, which is two levels higher than Chen Lin, and one level of assassination history in other states. However, in Li Yuanjia's place, no matter how big or small you are, unless you are willing to help teach some students like Chen Qian and Huang Licheng, you are usually an empty shelf, and there is no use at all.

A few little township chiefs, how could he see it in his eyes?

And since he plans to stay away from politics completely, Li Yuanjia naturally doesn't want to get involved at all, and it is better to twist and pinch it than to be crisp......

"Report ...... Report ......"

Just when Chen Lin looked like this and opened his mouth to say something, a terrible cry suddenly came from outside the door!

And with this shout, Han Shan rushed in with a person!

"Report ...... The king, the king, the emperor...... Crashed! ”