Baekje has been handed over to the eldest grandson Wuji, and Linyi has been handed over to Li Shimin. ”

In the Tai'an Palace, the emperor said to the attendants. These two are the emperor's brothers-in-law, and their ability is beyond doubt, but Li Shimin's loyalty makes the Zai Fu a little suspicious.

"Although Baekje and Limgeup are far away from Gyeongshi, because they are connected by sea along the coast, the transportation is actually more convenient than that of Anxi and Yunnan. In addition, the climate of these two places is good, the soil is fertile, there are many plains, suitable for farming, and they are excellent grain-producing areas, so for Daqin, these two places cannot be abandoned. ”

In the traditional Central Plains, the cultivated land area is actually about 800 million mu, so the number of people who can support is actually limited. In recent years, the imperial court has indeed developed many excellent grain-producing areas, such as the Hetao area, such as Liaoning outside the Guan, Ryukyu, and Lingnan Sanguang, plus the newly launched Jinghu transformation.

However, there are still many places in Daqin that are not enough arable land, such as Shuofangdao, such as Bahan, such as Qianzhong, such as Guangxi, such as Anxiting, and then Qinghai, Xishan, etc., these places may not be self-sufficient, so they can only develop other economies, and the grain has to rely more on other grain-producing areas of the imperial court.

An excellent plain grain producing area is extremely important for Daqin.

"Anxi Hexi is suitable for planting cotton, Longyoushuo is suitable for planting beans and rape, and Hetao Dingxiang is suitable for animal husbandry. And what about Gangnam? It is necessary to grow grain but also to grow tea and mulberry weaving, so the new grain production area is very reused. ”

The emperor's words, everyone agreed.

Wei Zheng said, "When I started my business in Daqin, I mainly relied on the plains outside the Guan, if it had nothing to do with the grain and grass in the tuntian, it would not be able to supply the army or raise soldiers, and with the help of the cattle, sheep and horses in the land of Xiqi, my Daqin Iron Army was able to wave its troops into the customs and win many times." The Korean Peninsula and the Yeomgeup Peninsula are indeed important because of their favorable climate for farming and the abundance of grain fields in the plains. "In this respect, it is completely incomparable to Saibei to the north of the Great Wall, the Western Regions to the west, and the Xishan Mountains of Qinghai.

There are still some places in the south of the desert that can barely be cultivated, but the north of the desert is completely unable to cultivate the fields and produce grain, and can only develop animal husbandry. There are also Longyou, Qinghai, and Xishan, all of which are remote places and barren land.

Although the war horses, cattle and sheep, and fur industries in Saibei, and the cotton in Anxi, Longyou, are also a very important part of the imperial court, food involves national security, and this is undoubtedly the most important thing to protect.

"Is Li Shimin worth believing? I think he's a bit unruly. Wei Zheng was blunt.

"This kid is indeed a little difficult, but his skills are good, now Lin Yi needs to open up, and he needs such people who can rush and fight."

Secretary and supervisor Wang Qi asked a question.

"The imperial court has opened up the frontier every year, and its martial arts have been impressive, and it has also continued to move people out of the country over the years. Now that Linyi and Anton have set up two new roads, plus the two provinces of Beiting and Tocharo, the two provinces in the Western Regions, they will definitely have to emigrate, so I'm afraid that there are not so many people to move. ”

"Find a way, everywhere has to find a way. In principle, it is still for the narrow land and the large number of people to move the population out. Recently, I have often thought about this method of equalizing fields, and I feel that the principle of granting 100 acres of land to one ding has basically not been realized from Wei to now. Therefore, I plan to reform the law of equalizing land, and change the 100 acres of land to grant land according to households. ”

"Grant the land to the household?"

"But how much is there for each account?"

Several Zaisuke raised doubts together.

"According to the household registration policy previously formulated by the imperial court, all the families below the great merit are ordered to be separated, so generally speaking, a household has a maximum of three generations in the same house, and even the son will be separated when he becomes an adult, and the family is often five or six people, with a few three or four people and a large number of eight or nine people."

Luo Cheng analyzed with everyone that according to this kind of household registration law, in fact, there were fewer cases of big families living together in the past, and the imperial court required the separation of families and households, in order to better manage and control the registered population.

Therefore, today's family hukou is almost the same as that of later generations, which is a small family model.

Such a small family is often monogamous, with several children, and some young children will live with their elderly parents.

"A household has a maximum of 100 acres of land, and the lowest is not less than 10 acres of land per household."

If the land is granted to the family as a unit, the maximum number of eight or nine people can be divided into 100 acres, and if there are three or four people, they can also share 100 acres.

"Of course, in specific cases, it should be determined according to the number of acres of land in each village. If there are many people in the village and there is little land, it will eventually be divided equally according to the actual number of households, and if there is a lot of land in the village, if there is a surplus of land in the case of sufficient grants, it will be kept as official land and will be rented for tenants. ”

Under this new equal-land system, each household retains 20 acres of Yongye land, which means that these 20 acres of land can be passed on to their children and grandchildren, and can also be bought and sold to the people of their own village, while the rest of the land is divided into land by mouth, and this field is not privately owned.

"Thirty years to re-level the field, four years can be fine-tuned."

For example, if someone dies or someone is born, after four years, it can be adjusted according to the latest household registration situation.

"I plan to let all localities conduct another census, for example, if a village does not reach 10 acres of land per capita, then we will move some of the poor people out and move to places such as Baekje Linyi, and when they reach the border land, we can give them 100 acres per household, and even give new immigrants 10 acres of Yongye land per person."

If a village has 3,000 acres of land, but there are 100 households and 700 people, then the village is actually unable to divide 100 acres of land for each household, let alone 100 acres.

Therefore, according to the emperor's new order to equalize the land, according to the household, in fact, a hundred households only have a total of 3,000 acres of land to divide, and one household can divide up to 30 acres of land.

This number of acres is seriously insufficient, so for such a village with few land and many people, it is necessary to mobilize the people to emigrate.

If 70 households are relocated and only 30 are left, then each of the remaining 30 households can be allocated 100 acres of land, and the upper limit of land granting can be reached.

It is certainly not easy for the people who move out, so the court should give them some compensation, such as the first choice of the poor family, so that the loss of moving away is smaller, and the priority is to move the family with many brothers, so that one or two are moved, and there is also a brother in the village who stays to guard the ancestral grave.

The imperial court was also responsible for the expenses of the relocation, and even prepared fields and lands for them to live in their new residences, and provided them with seeds, farm tools, and cattle for rent, so that they could tide over the initial difficulties.

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