Chapter Ninety-Six: Suffering from Inequality
"Learn ...... Learn, my stone also has to learn ......"
Niu Shi raised his head abruptly and shouted at Niu Zhong, extremely excited. Niu Meng's death hit her too hard! Now that there is an opportunity to send her children to study in the countryside, how can she not seize it?
"Okay, then let Shi go with them to Xiangzhen to learn calligraphy!"
Niu Zhong clapped his head.
Although Niu Meng died, he became the third elder of this township, but he didn't have to worry about having no food, and he was able to provide his grandson with money to learn to read.
"I don't learn! I don't learn! ”
Niu Shi, who suddenly ran out of the grass hut, roared angrily, "I don't learn! I'm going to join the army! I'm going to join the army! ”
"You're so young, from what army!"
Niu Zhong scolded.
Niu also persuaded: "Stone, listen to my mother's words, and go to the township with these younger brothers to learn words." It's good to learn words......"
"Don't learn, don't learn!"
Niu Shi shook his head frantically and bit his lip: "I want to join the army!" I want to be a soldier under Uncle Black Tan......."
Uncle Black Tan is naturally Dian Wei by Lu Bu's side.
After Niu Meng's death, Niu Shi didn't eat or drink for two days, and he didn't speak! He is not too young to know what Niu Meng's death means! There is infinite resentment hidden in my heart! But before he could take revenge, he heard that Dian Wei led a large army to break through Zhangjiawu Fort and capture and kill the murderer of his father. In Niu Shi's heart, Dian Wei became the person he respected the most.
And on that day, what Dian Wei said to him was also replayed in his mind.......
"Nonsense!"
Niu Zhong was so angry that his white beard trembled.
But Niu Shi stared at Niu Zhong stubbornly, and his eyes were full of unyielding.
When Niu saw this scene, he didn't know what to do, so he could only cry secretly. However, Ma Hei persuaded him: "Stone, I know you want to join the army. But being in the army also requires literacy! You're still young, and no one will accept you if you join the army. Why don't you learn words with your two younger brothers in the township for a few years, and then join the army? ”
Niu Shi looked at Ma Hei, and seemed to say in his eyes, you didn't lie to me?
Niu Zhong slammed the wooden staff in his hand to the ground, "Go to the township to learn words first!" Otherwise, you won't be in the army! This Wenhou, staying here and in the state, can't leave! When will you grow up, and you will know some words, when will you be able to join the army! At that time, the decay will not be stopped! ”
"Good!"
Niu Shi bit his lip tightly, looked at the white-haired Niu Zhong, and then looked at Niu, as well as Ma Hei and two children a few years younger than him. He slammed his head down.
In the entire Jinyang, the entire Bingzhou, there are countless similar scenes like Niu Zhong's family.
In the past August, a cold wind has blown in the state.
But the bright sunshine shone in every corner, expelling the cold and bringing warmth to people.
At this moment, I don't know how many people are looking up at the high sun. The golden sunlight is reflected on people's faces, reflecting expectation and hope. The whole day of the state has changed!
Under Lu Bu's strict order, the work of measuring land and counting household registration progressed very quickly, and within half a month, the household registration of the entire Taiyuan County was almost counted, but the other counties were much delayed, and all the counties were slow and slow, and they all went to the table to ask for free time, which Lu Bu was extremely angry.
"There are currently 41,312 households in Taiyuan, with a population of 153,513. There are about four people in one household......."
In the office, Li Ru reported to Lu Bu the information of the past few days.
All the dossiers are recorded on bamboo slips. Lu Bu looked at the pile of bamboo slips that were piled up high, frowned slightly, and put his hand on the bamboo slips: "Can it be accurate?" ”
"It's about the same."
Li Rudao.
The matter of household registration, those big families did not resist so fiercely. After adding Lu Bu Liwei, those big families naturally did not dare to deal with Lu Buxu anymore. Like Zhang Yang, perfunctory Lu Bu.
"I once looked at the statistics on household registration during the Shun Emperor period during the Luoyang period. During the period of Emperor Shun, there were more than 9 million households in the country, with a total population of more than 49 million. Among them, there are more than 50,000 households in Taiyuan, with a population of more than 200,000. During the period of Emperor Huan, the number of household registrations in the whole country increased to more than 56 million, and the population of Taiyuan should also increase. At the end of Emperor Ling, the Yellow Turban Rebellion affected the entire world, and Bingzhou was also deeply affected. There are countless people who have died in military and man-made disasters. Now there are more than 40,000 households in Taiyuan, which is already extremely good. This is probably also the prestige of the lord, so that those big families dare not report their household registration falsely. ”
Li Ru explained.
Listening to Li Ru's words, Lu Bu's eyes lit up! is worthy of being the number one strategist under Dong Zhuo in the past, Li Ru even remembered the entire population of the Han Dynasty in his heart! With Li Ru here, the matter of this household registration is really not too different!
"I remember that when Zhang Yang was in charge of this state, Taiyuan seemed to be only more than 30,000 households and more than 100,000 people!"
Lu Bu said coldly while looking at these bamboo slips.
These big families are really described in one word, cheap! More than 10,000 households and more than 50,000 people were concealed! really treated Zhang Yang as a fool like a perfunctory! During the conversation with Zhang Yang, Lu Bu also understood that Zhang Yang must have known about the false account registration, but Zhang Yang did not have the courage! Or Zhang Yang used to have courage, but in the end he still compromised with these families.
When Zhang Yang entered the annexation state, he also resisted. He once led the military to fight the dock fort of Chen and Meng's two families, but unfortunately it ended hastily for more than 60 days. Since then, Zhang Yang has never mentioned the fight against the family. When Lu Bu did something to these families, he also persuaded him in every way, and he was afraid that Lu Bu would also repeat the mistakes of the past.
But he, Lu Bu, is not Zhang Yang after all!
What Zhang Yang can't do, he Lu Bu can do!
"This is a matter of household registration, how is the matter of measuring land progressing?"
Lu Bu asked again.
"This ......."
Li Ru hesitated for a moment: "Although I personally supervised the matter of measuring the land, the progress was not fast. Because of the war, many of the fields are deserted, and I don't know how long it has not been measured....... Besides, in the matter of land control, I am afraid that those great families will not cooperate......."
"The field is the key! If those big families dare to have anyone who obstructs them, they will be killed! Within half a month, the matter of the field must be solved! Moreover, when Emperor Guangwu used to spend the land, he divided the fertile and poor fields into one, two and three grades, and the land was equal to the people, which is worth emulating! ”
Lu Bu's eyes were slightly fierce, "Don't suffer from widowhood and inequality, don't suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety!" Therefore, in our annexation state, the Juntian method can be long-lasting. ”