Hearing Dordor's words, "There are few people," Dolgon laughed, "What are you afraid of?" There are fewer people and fewer people, and there are many people and many troubles! We have all watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", do you know how many people were in Wei Shu and Wu at that time of the Three Kingdoms? Cao Wei, the most populous, died only about 10 million. Our Manchurian ancestors still squinted in the mountains and forests back then...... Don't talk about Cao Mengde, even Gongsun Du can't beat it!

And how many people were in the country in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, do you know? According to records, during the reign of Tang Gaozu Wude, the number of households in the world was only more than 2 million, and the population was at most 10 million. With this tens of millions of people, doesn't it still support the prosperity of Zhenguan?

So let's not be afraid of fewer people...... No matter how few people are, there are still 10 million! It's not much less than when Tang Chu and Cao Wei were there, the key is how to operate! ”

"What the prince said is very true," Man Dahai smiled and echoed Dolgon, "I think that when we were in Liaodong, Emperor Taizu still killed the Nikan population because of lack of food, and if there are more people, there will be not enough food to eat!" ”

Dolgon smiled, didn't take this stubble, paused and said: "In the eyes of this king, the chaos in the Southern Dynasty is caused by too many people!" If there are many people and there is little land, there will naturally be a shortage of food and food...... If the people have no food, how can they not be chaotic? Now that there are fewer people in the Northland, there is relatively more land. We just need to make use of the land abandoned by Henan, Shandong, and Beizhili. The land of Zhongzhou will be used by the Qing Dynasty sooner or later! ”

There is a point in his words, too! To a large extent, the cycle of chaos in Chinese history is the accumulation and release of contradictions between man and land - in the early days of the founding of the country, because of the consumption of the previous turbulent times, there must be fewer people and more land. The output of the land is enough to feed the small population, and everyone has food and clothing, so there will naturally be no thieves.

And when the economy grows and the population multiplies, land becomes scarce and precious. On the one hand, the output of land is not enough to feed a growing population; On the one hand, the huge gap between the rich and the poor caused by economic development has led to the concentration of land, making it difficult for the landless poor to survive.

Troubled times are coming!

At present, on the territory of the Northern Qing Dynasty, because of years of war, the population has been reduced by at least eighty percent, so the contradiction between man and land has been well resolved. Therefore, it is not difficult for the Manchus to run the Central Plains, and the common people are well fed and clothed.

On the territory of Nanming, because there were not too many wars and many refugees from the north, the contradiction between man and land was quite intensified...... It's not easy to keep everyone full!

Duoduo asked: "Brother Fourteen, how are we going to use the wasteland in Shandong and Henan?" ”

"Two ways," Dolgon held out two fingers, "one is to enclose the land...... A part of the wasteland was encircled and distributed to the Nikan Green Banner for tuntian. It is about 20 million mu in Henan and Shandong. In this way, 200 cattle can be built, and one cattle can be given 100,000 acres of land.

The second is to clear the field and inspect the land. This king doesn't care about those messy title deeds, whoever pays taxes to the Qing Dynasty is on an errand, the land is his, and the land deed of the Qing Dynasty will be given to whom! ”

The establishment of the two green flags was already known to the high-level leaders of the Eight Flags present and were all in favor of it. At present, there are 100,000 green battalions on the ground in Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi. At present, the monthly military salary is 300,000 taels of silver, which is 3 or 4 million taels a year. In addition, hundreds of thousands of stone of military rations will be put on every year.

If the green camp is not changed to a green flag, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to raise it sooner or later!

However, it was the first time I heard of "clearing the land and inspecting the land" and "the tax payer has his land...... And that doesn't sound right!

Everyone was definitely not right, but they didn't dare to say anything, and they all turned their eyes to Dord.

Dordor was not afraid of Dorgon, and Dorgon's son Dolbo was born with his help!

"Fourteenth brother," said Dordor, "the tax payer has his land...... Sounds a little bit like Junda? ”

"Junda? Have it? Dolgon thought for a moment, as if it were a little, and waved his hand, "Then it's all right!" ”

Duoduo was stunned and stunned, how could his fourteenth brother learn from Li Zicheng?

Duoduo reminded: "Fourteenth brother, Juntian is the number of ways to be a rogue ......"

"What is the number of paths of the rogue?" Dolgon glared at his brother, "Where are the rogues in the fields?" Besides, the population of the Central Plains was larger than it is now in Beijing, and it may not be enough to have a flat field! Now it's okay, dead dead, run....... Out of Gyeonggi, there are no people on the way, and there is no uncultivated wasteland everywhere, so what should I do if I don't go out evenly? Leave the long grass?

Ladies and gentlemen, it's not the land that is valuable, it's the people who are valuable! It's all out and it's earned, you know? ”

The nobles of the Eight Banners here, look at me, I look at you, they all think that the regent's words are quite reasonable.

When Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, the population of Beizhili, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces was much larger than now!

Since the Qing army entered the customs, it has slaughtered the city, enclosed the land, occupied the house, and surrendered, and there is still a way to toss people to escape, and they have been slandered and said that they want to rob tombs in the hills, and they are still fighting tug-of-war in many places, and the population is dead, and the people who flee have been reduced, at least by half!

Dolgon folded his fingers and calculated: "According to the archives of the Ming Dynasty, there are 61.74 million mu of cultivated land in Shandong, and the Dongchang, Yanzhou and Jinan Banfu (northern half) we occupy are all flat land, and there are at least 20 million mu of cultivated land.

There are 74.15 million mu of cultivated land in Henan, and now Henan Province, except for Nanyang and Runing, are all in our hands, and we have at least 50 million mu of cultivated land on our territory.

Shanxi's cultivated land is relatively small, only about 36.8 million mu...... We have almost 25 million acres on our territory.

There are nearly 50 million mu in Beizhili, of which 20 million mu have been encircled and 30 million mu remain.

Taken together, excluding the flag land, there are 120 million acres of cultivated land in total. After taking out 20 million and giving the 100,000 soldiers of the Zhenglu Banner to reclaim and cultivate, there are nearly 100 million left! There are 4 million stones of flour for one acre of flour...... One acre and four liters, not much, right? Whoever can hand over this acre of four liters of imperial grain, the king will grant him the land. As for the title deeds of those aged eight shares, this king doesn't care. ”

Can it be like this?

The nobles of the Eight Banners present were a little stunned, they are good at fighting, what about politics...... It's still a bit of a fun!

Duoduo frowned, "Will 100 million acres of land be granted?" ”

"Give them all...... What's the use of keeping it in your hands? Dorgon thought for a moment, "You can count dictation!" If it's simpler, you can divide it equally, and give ten acres in one bite. If someone can take out the land deed of the Ming Dynasty and is willing to pay the tax for the first and second years of Shunzhi, we will admit it. If you don't have a land deed or don't want to pay taxes, then pull it down! ”

Well, this Dolgon actually wants to do what Li Zicheng didn't do!

But it's a matter of course...... The land contradiction was always relatively relaxed at the beginning of the dynasty and intensified at the end of the dynasty. In the final analysis, the reason is the intensification of the contradiction between man and land!

Now in the Central Plains ruled by the Qing Dynasty, the population is eighty percent less than that in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. There are not many people left, and of course there are no contradictions.

Excluding the Eight Banners, the Clothed Slaves, and the Green Flag lackeys, there are at most 10 million people and 2 million households in the land directly controlled by the Qing Dynasty in Beizhili, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong. If you count the oral teaching of land, a household can get at least 50 acres of land. Only four liters of imperial grain are collected per mu, and the imperial grain that a household has to hand over in a year is two stones. And how can 50 acres of land be "Xiaoice River period", there are always more than ten stones a year, right? handed over two stone emperor grain, and the rest was enough for a family of five to eat.

And one household pays two stones to the emperor's grain, and two million households are four million stones! Salt taxes, customs duties, and commercial taxes all have 100,000,000 taels.

With these two incomes, plus the savings from granting land to the Green Banner soldiers, the life of the Qing Dynasty would never be unbearable.

The only problem is that after the scholars in the southeast know about this, I am afraid that no one will join the Qing Dynasty as a traitor - the Qing Dynasty is much more ruthless than Zhu Cihong, not only to dig graves and mounds, but also to Juntian!