Lin Xiao once told him that in Ming China, Jiangxi was known for being the province with the highest birth rate and the most densely populated province.

Because the Poyang Lake basin is rich in products, especially rice, fish and shrimp, the birth rate of the population in northern Jiangxi is very high, and its population is so large that it has to flow to the point of all parts of the country, and even because of the large population and the large number of displaced people, it has attracted discrimination and ridicule from people in other provinces, jokingly calling Jiangxi people rats.

It seems that the bad habit of regional discrimination has existed since ancient times, just as some people in wealthy provinces and cities in later generations liked to laugh at the people of Henan, and the people of the Ming Dynasty often laughed at the people of Jiangxi.

Of course, the ridicule of the Ming Dynasty was mainly in the officialdom, in the Ming Dynasty, in principle, the common people were not allowed to move and move at will, and if a large number of displaced people were born in a certain place, the local officials would be ridiculed and held accountable.

Some time ago, when Liu Xulei led the army to attack Ganzhou, he was already quite puzzled, there were only tens of thousands of people in Ganzhou City, which was not as many as Qinzhou, so he specially asked Lin Xiao again.

As a result, Lin Xiao told him that it was because the Qing army had massacre the city in Ganzhou, and when it came to the Poyang Lake basin in northern Jiangxi, the population should be larger.

Now, seeing the real population of Nanchang, Liu Xulei is puzzled again, how can a provincial city only have more than 30,000 households and a population of more than 100,000?

"If you go back to your lordship, this is the number of households registered and artisans in Fucheng......"

Gan Feng hurriedly raised his head and cautiously replied, he was the chief bookkeeper, and civil affairs were his duty, so this question should naturally be answered by him.

Although the adult who just came in was dressed in strange clothes and did not wear the official uniform of the imperial court, but the entourage was extraordinary, and it turned out that the young general was also respectful to him, and Gan Feng knew that this was the real big man.

Seeing that this adult's face sank like water, Gan Feng was shocked, lowered his head and said tremblingly: "My lord, Nanchang Prefecture has seven counties in one state, and the total population is indeed no less than one million...... However, according to this place, the household registration of various places is still re-made by the counties, and the annual taxes payable are also taken care of by the localities, so the yellow books have not yet been reported. ”

Liu Xulei looked at Gan Cheng carefully and said nothing, this person is in his fifties, his thin face is full of sophistication, obviously, this person is an old fritter in officialdom.

After a long time, Liu Xulei said coldly: "Really...... Even so, in such a large provincial city, how can there be more than so many people, right? ”

"Lord Hui, earlier, there were indeed hundreds of thousands of people in Nanchang City, but they were just ...... The year before last, the king of Yulin resisted the Qing Dynasty anyway, and was besieged by the Tartars for more than half a year, the food in the city was exhausted, and the people in the city were killed and eaten, and finally when the city was broken, the Tartars slaughtered the city, and the people in the city were tortured and killed countless people......"

"King of Yulin...... Who is it? Liu Xulei turned his head when he heard this, and asked Liu Qilin in a low voice.

"Oh, it's Jin Shenghuan...... Mr. Kim. ”

Liu Qilin hurriedly whispered, he knew that Liu Xulei was an outsider, so it was not strange that he didn't know King Yulin.

"Oh......" Liu Xulei suddenly mentioned Jin Shenghuan, but he had heard a little.

Jin Shenghuan, also a former Ming general, similar to Ma Jiaolin, was originally the general army under the command of Ming general Zuo Liangyu, and later descended to the Qing Dynasty with Zuo Mengeng, and almost single-handedly laid down the entire Jiangxi for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Because of his high merit but not being able to be crowned marquis, and being squeezed out by Jiangxi's Fu Press, Jin Shenghuan and his subordinate Wang Deren and others returned to the Ming Dynasty in Nanchang anyway, and captured and killed Zhang Yutian, the governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Dong Xuecheng, and Chi Bianlong, the political envoy, and others, and occupied most of Jiangxi for a while.

In April of the previous year, when the Qing army took advantage of his troops to attack Ganzhou, he sent troops from Anqing, crossed the river and occupied Jiujiang, Guangxin (now Shangrao City), Raozhou (now Boyang County) and other prefectures, and then besieged Nanchang.

Ten months after the fierce battle, the city of the first month of the following year was broken, Jin Shenghuan was hit by two arrows, and died in the lotus pond of the Shuaifu, and the general Wang Deren was injured and captured, and was executed by Ling Chi, and the Yongli Emperor gave Jin Shenghuan as the king of Yulin, and he was loyal to the martyrs; Wang Deren is the founding prince of the country, loyal and strong......

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Liu Xulei's face was gloomy, he stared at Gan Cheng coldly, and threw out his trump card: "Then, tell me, why is there only a thousand craftsmen in such a big provincial city and a thoroughfare?" ”

After so long, he also understands a little bit of the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, and the household registration of ordinary people is mainly divided into three categories, namely civil registration, military registration, and artisan registration.

The yellow book of household registration is revised every ten years, and each book is in quadruplicate, and one copy is reported to the central household department and one copy each of the provinces, governments, and counties.

Even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty re-compiled the Yellow Book, with the qualifications of Gan Feng and others, they naturally knew the whereabouts of the old Yellow Book, so why only use the number of cities to prevaricate?

"Ah...... Back to the words of adults...... The day before yesterday, when the Tartars heard that the army was coming, they ordered the shops and houses outside the moat and around the city walls to be demolished, and the people who lost their homes fled and all the people fled ...... the sellers and craftsmen."

Gan Cheng's whole body was weak, and he lay on the ground and said in a trembling voice.

"Really?"

Liu Xulei Huo Ran stood up and dispersed so many people, just a few days ago, so this account book disappeared so soon?

Glancing at everyone coldly with a black face, Liu Xulei said sharply: "Who will tell me, it's only been a few days, where have they fled to?" Did you take the Yellow Book with you? ”

"Back to your words, what Lord Gan said is true......

Sect Huang Jiaoyu, who was peeking at it, felt a pang in his heart, and hurriedly flattered, "The people who have fled ...... There are tens of thousands, most of whom go to the countryside to join their relatives...... No, no, no, there are some ...... All voted for the squire...... I'm afraid that adults will ask for guilt, so I ......."

Old fox!

Liu Xulei stared at Huang Deren, scolded in his heart, and then slowly paced in front of Gan Cheng, and said word by word: "You say, is this true?" ”

"It's true, it's true, my lord knows it......" Gan Cheng's face was flushed, his back was wet, he kowtowed again and again, and hurriedly looked back at the official surnamed Qian after speaking.

The little official named Qian Tianfu was already so frightened that Suo Suo was trembling, and hurriedly kowtowed and shouted, "My lord, spare your life!" Spare your life! The little ones are going to get ......."

After speaking, Qian Tianfu made a gesture to get up......

"Wait...... You're a householder, aren't you? Liu Xulei crossed the crowd, stepped forward, squatted down, and asked with squinted eyes.

"Yes, yes, the small one is the householder...... The little ones are damned, the little ones are damned......"

Liu Xulei wiped a handful of sweat beads from Qian Tianfu's forehead, stared at him, and said with a smile: "Okay, since that's the case, then, please take the fish scale book with you." ”

"Ah...... Be...... Obey the order......" Qian Tianfu collapsed to the ground and said in a wailing voice.

"Someone! Take it down, and let him take it! ”

Liu Qilin finally heard that the famous hall was coming, and shouted angrily at his own soldiers when he saw this.

Damn! This old fox, surrender and dare to play greasy!

Is this clearly fishing in troubled waters to provide cover for the gentry so that they can reap the benefits of it in the future!

Liu Qilin naturally knew what the fish scale book was, although he was young, he was very clear about the gentry of this era.

(Today is a question to be sent: Nanchang Tengwang Pavilion, and which pavilions, and called the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River?) ）