"Subordinate Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Zun, Jun Cheng He Pan, report to Da Sima. The first round of the special action to liquidate the household tax in the second year of Yanxing in this county has ended. In the past two months, a total of 3,853 hidden populations have been cleared out, and after the household tax level was redetermined, major households have taken the initiative to release a total of 5,921 domestic slaves. Collect 30 million yuan of household tax arrears over the years......"

"The subordinate Brazil Taishou Zhao Yi and Jun Cheng Wenli reported to the Great Sima. In the first round of the special action to liquidate the household tax in the second year of Yanxing, a total of 2,600 hidden people were cleared out. After the household tax level was redetermined, the major households took the initiative to release a total of 7,325 domestic slaves. Collect 43 million dollars in arrears of household tax over the years......"

"The subordinate Ba County Taishou Sun Gang reported to the Great Sima ......"

In a row of rooms on the east side of the Great Sima Mansion, countless subordinate officials struggled to beat the abacus (the predecessor of the abacus, said to have been invented by Guan Yu). And Guan Yi, Ma Guo, and Huo were walking among them, listening to the crackling sound, full of enjoyment.

"Hey~~" Stretching comfortably, Guan Yi said to the horse: "Change, it's late October." What do you think? The population and fields in various places have been recounted, right? ”

"Yes. According to the summary of the data reported by various places, the registered population and fields of our Dahan have undergone great changes. ”

"So, how much has it gone up?"

"The subordinates counted more than 200,000 captives and Shanyue people, the raids of corrupt officials and traitors, as well as the population that increased the household tax, as well as the fugitives who took the initiative to return to the government from the deep mountains and old forests after the tax exemption of our Han this year. At present, the population of my Han Dynasty is 1,430,000! ”

"Well, I remember that when Jing Yao was in the sixth year, it was 940,000 in the civil register, right?"

"Da Sima has no wrong memory."

"Hey~~ It's barely up fifty percent. So-so. ”

"Hehehe, don't be too greedy. This is the highest value since the founding of the Han Dynasty. It is nearly 300,000 more than when Yanxi's national power was at its peak in the sixteenth year. ”

"Well, forget it. Take your time. Instead, that's the way the population is. What about the land? ”

"At present, the data we have is 33 million mu. It is 2.75 million mu more than in the 16th year of Yanxi. ”

"Hmm...... In this way, the average amount of land cultivated by one person is twenty-three acres. Well, that's pretty much the limit. ”

In ancient society, when the ploughing cattle and farming tools were relatively complete, what was the limit of an adult man's cultivation and planting of fields? Well, the farming methods are different, and the numbers vary greatly.

Mr. Lu Simian, a master of history, once told such an example in his magnum opus "The History of Chinese Institutions": A medium-sized landlord in the north has 300 acres of land at home. Ten long-term workers were hired to help with farming, mainly planting staple foods such as rice and wheat. After a year, after opening various costs, the profit was about twenty taels of flat silver. Later, the landlord hired a gardener from the south and asked him to grow vegetables for him and sell them. Just ask the gardener how many fields he can take care of alone. The gardener said, "In addition to myself, you add two more to me." I can take care of five points of land (half an acre). The landlord gave the gardener two long-term workers with the idea of giving it a try, and let him plant half an acre of vegetable land for himself. The horticulturist works intensively, and the variety of vegetables that emerge in the land is always on the market ahead of schedule. As a result, after a year, the profit of this half acre of vegetable land is also 20 taels of flat silver.

Therefore, Guan Yi knows very well. Now the average people of Shu Han have an average of 23 acres of land per person, which is already the limit of cultivation. No matter how much there is, the manpower simply cannot take care of it, and the harvest is very limited. And it is good that Shu Han is close to Xiqiang, and there is no shortage of cattle. Otherwise, the average yield per mu of these 23 acres of land is estimated to fall to a very embarrassing value.

Speaking of which, it's still underpopulated! You must know that in later generations, Sichuan Province alone had 100 million mu of cultivated land in 2015, which is still the figure after the opening of large-scale real estate and the direct jurisdiction of Chongqing. As long as there is enough population, there is still great room for growth in the cultivated land area of Shuhan!

But you can't force these families too hard all at once. This time, the household tax was checked nationwide, and the hidden population was found to be 780,000 in one go, and because of the adjustment of the household tax level, the family members were forced to release 40,000 or 50,000 people. This is already the limit of the family's patience! You must know that from the sixteenth year of Yanxi to the present eleven years, the families of Shu Han have swallowed less than 200,000 people in the country. Do you really want people to spit it all out at once?

Again, reform is the redistribution of interests. In this process, if you don't give people a way out, they won't give you a way out.

So at this time, I have to throw out some more things to appease the family.

"We haven't collected taxes this year, so how much inventory do we have after distributing money to officials and soldiers across the country?"

"At present, there are still 2.5 billion yuan and more than 9 million stone grain on the side of the Great Sima Mansion. There were 1,000 horses of cloth, silk, and brocade. On the side of Shaofu (the emperor's small treasury), there are still 300 million yuan and 150,000 stone grain. Cloth, silk, brocade and so on should be about five hundred horses. ”

"This amount of money, if there is no big expenditure before the autumn harvest next year, should be more than enough. Well, we can think about starting the decentralization of copper mining. ”

The so-called decentralization of copper mining rights mainly allows many copper mines in Yunnan to sell their products to private individuals, instead of being purchased by the state. After the copper ore is purchased by private individuals, it can be transported back for their own use - mainly to cast various copper objects. It can also be sold to the state - the right to mint money Guan Yi has not been decentralized, if anyone dares to mint coins privately, Guan Yi will kill people.

The advantage of this is that the families of Shu Han once again have a way to grow - whether they sell the finished copper to Shu Han, sell it to Dongwu and Cao Wei. The spread is steady. And who will get the right to buy the copper mine? Hehe, Guan Yi is ready to issue a license. Dozens to 100 licenses are issued every year, granted to those who are obedient and pro-reform families. As for the disobedient, well, I'm sorry, please support the work of the state this year. Then apply again next year.

As the saying goes, there is no inequality. If you suppress the family, this will not work. It is also necessary to divide and disintegrate it, so that it cannot be united. It is foreseeable that in the license issued by Sima of Guan Da, it must be the families of Jingzhou, Dongzhou, and Yizhou, all of whom can participate. The advantage of this is that the political factions within Shu Han are becoming less and less geographically flavored......

Still.

"Da Sima, when it comes to the last two months of this year and the expenses before the autumn harvest next year, we should have a big head."

"Huh? No way? Didn't you send it all? Have you also been given out for the bereavement or something? The money for the maintenance of water conservancy in various places has also been allocated. What else? ”

"Ugh. Da Sima, have you forgotten what happened to Xingzong? ”

"Hi~~ Well, that's the big deal. What's your budget? ”

The so-called Xingzong is, of course, Zhuge Liang's second grandson Zhuge Jing. This master's current position is the Minister of Education. And before Guan Yi set out to conquer Xindu last year, he painted a big pie for the soldiers of the Yulin Army - to roll out the construction of the Fuxing School!

Although Shu Han was a crippled regime, it generally attached great importance to education. In Chengdu, Shu Han set up Taixue, and county schools were also set up in the county governance of each county. Now the county of Pasir County, Cheng Wenli, in his early years, was praised by Qian Zhou and others through his study in Shu Han Taixue.

But whether it's too much learning or county learning. In fact, these schools are all improvement classes, and they are not responsible for enlightening children! And who does a child rely on if he wants to be enlightened? By your own family. What if your whole family is illiterate? Sorry, your ascending channel was largely sealed from the start.

And now Guan Yi wants to run the Fuxing School, which is to open an enlightenment school for the children of the vast number of ordinary people in Shu Han - of course, Da Sima is now insufficient in strength, and can only give priority to the children of martyrs. This is also to encourage everyone to join the army.

But even so, the amount of money that needs to be spent is huge!

According to Zhuge Jing's plan, it is to open a revival school in every county in Shuhan. After this plan was taken out, Guan Yi and Ma Guo were scared half to death. Then it was easy to talk about it, so that Zhuge Jing agreed, and temporarily opened a revival school in the county administration of the 22 counties of Shu Han. But even if you get it like this, this cost is not a small amount.

"In addition to Fuling County and Jiangyang County, we are preparing to build 20 new revival schools this time. The cost of building a new school is 1 million yuan. Because Da Sima made sure that these schools were all free of charge and provided lunch for students. Therefore, in the future, it is necessary to invest at least 200,000 yuan and 3,000 stone of grain every year to maintain it. ”

"Well, this, tens of millions of dollars. Given. ”

"Thank you, Da Sima. But there are still two problems that cannot be solved here. ”

"Hehe, is there a problem that can't be solved? Let's put it up together, and let's figure it out together. ”

"Lack of textbooks! Lack of teachers! ”

Teaching materials? Well, in this era, there are no teaching materials suitable for children's enlightenment. But who made me a traverser? The famous three hundred thousand. Do the copying of the text, and make three hundred thousand revisions. But teachers?

"Xingzong, I'll get you the textbook in a month. But teachers? Why is there a shortage of teachers? ”

"Da Sima, my subordinates went to Taixue and some county schools in advance. The students here don't want to be the child king who plays with the naughty boys. ”

"How can this be true? In this way, Da Sima issued two official documents. One is to determine the qualifications of the teachers in the school. Well, with reference to the implementation of the county, one hundred stones a year. The second way is that in the future, all the official positions of the Han Dynasty will be given priority if they have more than three years of teaching experience in the Revival School! ”