Chapter Twenty-Four: Junda Granting Fields
At the time of Tuoba Shen teaching, the important ministers in the Huangxin Hall gathered, Taiwei Tuoba Pi, Situ Wei Chi Yuan, Sikong Qiu Mu Lingliang, Shangshu Ling Yuanhuai, Shangshu left servant shot Bu Liuguyi, Shangshu right servant shot He Louyi, Du Cao Shangshu Wang Xi, Zhongshu Jian Gao Lu, Zhongshu Ling Liu Chang, Southern Shangshu Li Chong, Shizhong Feng Dan, Xianyang Wang Xi, Henan Wang Gan, Guangling Wang Yu and so on sat down in order according to the official position, Duan Gong Emperor.
Today is not the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, but to deal with some daily government affairs, originally only need to call the officials of Shangshu Province, but Taiwei, Situ These are important ministers of the imperial court, if the emperor does not often summon them and avoid them, the people below should think more, even they themselves will be suspicious, so these things that usually do not need them, the emperor will also send someone to summon them to discuss politics together, as for Zhongshu Province, it is responsible for issuing court decrees, the emperor is inseparable from them, the current Zhongshu supervisor Gao Lu is an old minister, Liu Chang just took over Li Chong's position this year. And Feng Dan is a person close to the emperor, often following the emperor's side, the king of Xianyang, the king of Henan and the king of Guangling are the emperor's brothers, the current official of the king of Xianyang is not in the center, but in Jizhou as the assassin history, and so the queen mother's affairs are complete, he still has to go to Jizhou to take office, the king of Henan is in the central government, his military position is the general of the chariot and cavalry, the civil is the official of the capital, and the secretary is still the book. The king of Guangling is now serving as a servant in the middle and a great official in the outer capital.
"The details of the Juntian grant of land in Jizhou and Qingzhou that Cao Wangqing of Shangshu Province recently submitted this year, have you already seen it," the emperor sat in the middle hall, looked at the ministers on the left and right, and asked.
"The ministers have already seen it." Shangshu Lingyuan Huaidao.
In fact, although Yuan Huai is a Shangshu order, but on weekdays, the standing affairs of Shangshu Province are specifically responsible for the left and right servants, he just takes the lead, but he is now the chief of Shangshushu, whether he is responsible for specific things or not, the emperor asked, he still has to take the lead in replying.
"Since the King of Xianyang is the assassin of Jizhou, what do you have to say?" The emperor looked at Xianyang Wang Xi and asked.
Tuoba Xi saw the emperor ask him, he couldn't help but be a little upset, he usually did nothing in the state, the collective affairs are responsible for his subordinates, now the emperor in the hand of this table is written by his master book, he also read it carefully, he read the written words clearly, at that time also asked the state and the master book to carefully explain to him in detail, including some of the questions that His Majesty the Emperor may want to consult, but after a long time, he almost forgot about it, Yesterday, I temporarily crammed and recalled it carefully, and I felt that I was afraid that it would not be in line with the emperor's wishes, so I hesitated and couldn't speak.
The emperor looked at the king of Xianyang for a long time, and did not speak, Tuoba Xi suddenly felt sweaty, leaned over and pleaded: "The minister is not sensitive, there is a heavy trust from His Majesty, and the affairs of state governance are all between bamboo and silk." ”
The emperor looked at this eldest brother and knew that he had neither any commendable virtues nor any talents to praise, but because he was the eldest brother, he could not but entrust him with a heavy responsibility, so as to show his subjects that he did not want to regard the world as his own personal possession, but was willing to share his affection with his brother's clan.
When he was sent to Jizhou to take office, he was afraid that he would act recklessly when he arrived in the local area and no one suppressed him, so he personally went out of the city to practice it for him in the southern suburbs, and carefully told him to be considerate and affectionate when he arrived at the letter, and to treat his subordinates to be lenient and strict, not to collect some useless things such as gold and jade, and not to be addicted to alcohol and fishing without knowing moderation. Later, I occasionally heard that he had violated a lot of prohibitions in Jizhou, but he had to be more lenient because of his brotherhood. originally thought that he had been in Jizhou for many years, even if he was stupid by nature, he should have grown more, but he didn't expect that he would still be the same after so many years.
"King Xianyang, get up!" I didn't bother to look at him again after saying that.
"According to Jizhou's table, this year, Jizhou has increased its household registration by 83,216, 33,211 people have been lost, and 53,600 adults have been granted land, of which 33,130 are Ding males, and the land granted to them should have been 1,255,200 mu, and 1,132,765 mu have been granted. For women 23,470 mu, 469,400 mu of open field should be granted, 412,654 mu should be granted, 602,600 mu of mulberry field should be granted, 530,000 mu should be granted, 6,351 mu of homestead land, 77,200 mu of hemp field, and 1,173,300 mu of open land should be recovered from the lost households. ”
"It is also reported that many households use open fields, mulberry fields to plant fruits, jujubes, etc., and the government has repeatedly banned them, because the recovery of the granted acres of land according to the system has caused dozens of conflicts, and there are mountains and forests where it is difficult to count the number of acres, and most of them are based on the powerful and noble families, hiding households and avoiding servitude, such as Zhang Qiu, a wealthy citizen in Wuyi, who encroached on 17 hectares of mountains, forests, water and grass, and evaded more than 350 people. Isn't this a dereliction of duty on the state and county orders? I have repeatedly ordered the prefectures and counties to crack down on such stubbornness in order to alleviate the popularity of one or two people, and the officials of the prefectures and counties either have shelter and concealment, or have secret feelings, so that the imperial court decrees are not open. All kinds of things make me deeply painful. ”
"In various places, there are deviations or deficiencies in the granting of mulberry fields, or shoddy and good, or should be awarded mulberry fields, and the open fields are supplemented, and the jujube fields are planted in hemp fields, and the fruits are planted in mulberry fields, which is caused by the lack of official orders or decrees, or the lack of clarity of the truth. Shangshu Province should strictly issue a government decree and urge all counties and counties to send more envoys to visit the people. ”
"The minister obeys the order," Shangshu Ling Yuan Huai said.
"Jizhou this year's acres of land are insufficient, more than last year, the reason is not only the government acres of acres are not enough, but also the strong family's hidden feelings, the official land is insufficient, can make the people open up wasteland, the strong family, to strictly state the imperial court to limit the meaning of land." The meaning of the word is quite annoying and angry.
Speaking of this, the emperor couldn't help but feel tired.
Since Dai Wei entered the Central Plains, because Hebei has experienced more than 100 years of war, the population of various places has been lost, and the family of Haoqiang has established a dock to protect itself, so they can only implement the suzerainty supervision system to rule Hebei. It was not until the eighth year of Taihe that the Northern Wei court implemented the three-long system and gradually replaced the Haozong with the imperial decree, which caused the national household registration to increase dramatically, and the pressure on the land required by the Northern Wei government also followed. Therefore, it is necessary to promote land equalization and distribute the ownerless land in the hands of the state to the landless households, all of which are aimed at alleviating the urgency of land annexation and greatly increasing the national tax source.
There is no choice but to have a policy, there are countermeasures, there is a decree in the Juntian Order to open a window for land annexation, that is, mulberry fields for the people to plant and survive, and it is allowed to buy and sell, this decree gives the powerful landlords the opportunity to continue to annex land, some households have sold their mulberry fields for various reasons, so that the acres of land are insufficient, if it is only the people who are not enough acres, it is good to say, there is always an open field for them to plant and survive, and it will not endanger social stability.
The bigger problem is the lack of land in the country. The land granted to Juntian is owned by the state or ownerless wasteland, and many of these lands are barren or remote, and the difficulty in granting land in this kind of place is that the land is difficult to measure and grade, and many mountains, forests and swamps cannot be cultivated, and there are many reasons why the land in the states is still tight. Therefore, there was a shortage of land, a shortage of acres, an increase in households, social pressure, and an endless trend of mergers and acquisitions, all of which could not but make the emperor worried.
It's not that Shangshu Province doesn't know or doesn't understand these things, but the imperial court has no choice but to ask the following to recruit more people to go to remote places to open up wasteland and cultivate crops, and strictly investigate and strictly prohibit the inner limited fields.
These things are mainly the responsibility of Shangshu Province, Yuan Huai and they don't speak first, and the others all look at each other, looking at Yuan Huai, Bu Liugu and He Louyi.
Juntian couldn't be delayed, he was only transferred to Shangshuling at the end of last year, and previously held the position of Shangshu in the palace. Shang Shuling has always been responsible for specific affairs, regardless of the left and right servants. Fortunately, he didn't know anything in the past year as Shang Shuling, and he knew some important things, so as to prevent His Majesty from asking and not knowing how to answer.
"Your Majesty, since Juntian, the state has sold many gardens, ponds, gardens, pastures, mountains, forests, and rivers, and it is difficult to count over the years, and the three chiefs have issued nearly two million households, and they have to fill the number of acres for the original people, and it is true that there are more people and less land, but when the time is delayed, more households are relocated to open up wasteland and narrow townships, and the feelings of landlessness can be eased, forgive more than 40 million households of the previous generation in Jiangbei, the land is still sufficient, and my household registration should be 17 million, far worse than the previous generation, Your Majesty why worry about the lack of acres of land, and should strictly supervise the reclamation of famine."
The emperor was speechless when he heard this, he also knew that this matter was urgent, the Haoqiang family had a lot of land, but it was impossible for the imperial court to cut meat on them, so he could only slowly relocate the households to reclaim the wasteland.
"King Xianyang, if you go to Jizhou to take office in the future, you must strictly supervise the counties, and send more government officials to visit the situation of granting fields, and I know it."
"Obey the Order"