Chapter 65: The Young Son of Heaven Takes Charge (I)
That big basket of bamboo slips, it looks like a lot, but let Xin Ping dictate, it's much simpler, although Gaoyi is the seat of governance in this huge Jizhou, but this population and economic committee is really a little unsightly.
Gaoyi has a population of more than 3,000 households, almost about 20,000 people, and a small number of people means that the tax burden is also less.
Is the annual income cloth? That's right, Liu Wei heard it right, at present, the entire Han Dynasty can circulate the world's currency, only cloth, the original five-baht money, in the economic depression, has been stolen and minted in large quantities, the emergence of inferior currency, finally made the five-baht money an outcast, even if Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was in power, there was also a batch of five-baht money, but in the end it was still defeated in the hands of copycats.
After listening to Xin Ping's introduction, Liu Wei also had a big headache, this huge Han Empire is now like a beautiful palace, but unfortunately this palace has been hollowed out by termites, as long as you push it gently, it will collapse!
It doesn't seem to be broken! What this ancestor left behind is no longer a foundation, but a pile of rags, and now he can only rely on himself to rebuild an iron bucket!
The cornerstone of the society is the people, and the gathering of people is first in the grain, these two are the consensus reached by Liu Bian and Xun Yu in the discussion a long time ago, but Liu Bian really didn't expect that this Jizhou governance office, just such a small number of people, now want to change the location of the governance office, in terms of time, it is a little too late.
It has been almost more than a month since Liu Bian escaped from the palace, and if he continues to delay, his advantages will be exhausted, and time is running out!
Thinking of Xun Yu's last secret conversation between the two of his monarchs and ministers before leaving, Liu Wei knew that it was time to implement the plan, so he straightened his backbone and said to the ministers.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Today's social turmoil, Dong thieves usurp power, betray the lord and deceive the boss, and set up a new king, and the heart of rebellion is clearly revealed! However, Dong Thief is powerful, holding Xiliang's heavy troops, and stealing the power of Gongwei Jingshi's military camp! That's why I had to stay out of the way and come here!
I want to be the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, which lasts for nearly four hundred years, and I can let the Dong thief covet the artifact, and I should follow the example of Emperor Guangwu, kill the traitor, and return my Han Dynasty.
Now! I want to issue a holy imperial edict to the world, these are the two imperial lists I drafted, all the secretaries should take a look! ”
While speaking, Sun Meng and Qin Chuan, each holding a scroll in their hands, came to the ministers in the hall.
The imperial list in the hands of Sun Qin and the others was not written by Liu Bian, but prepared by Xun Yu for Liu Bian before leaving, one for the "Recruitment Order" and the other for the "Relocation Order".
As the name suggests, the "Recruitment Order" is to gather the wise men from all over the world to gather the Son of Heaven to drive forward, punish the national thieves, and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. Of course, this talent, not limited to civil and military, and even as long as the elder is in a skill, he can be rewarded with the corresponding official position according to his ability!
This point is somewhat similar to Cao Cao's meritocracy later, although this touches the interests of the scholars, but at the moment, Liu Bian has no better way.
As for the "Relocation Order", it made those present, especially those civil officials who were frustrated and judged, a little unbelievable that the relocation was naturally moving the people to Gaoyi.
Just as population is the cornerstone of the country's social organization, it is also the cornerstone of each state and county, if the people under the rule run out, won't the parents and officials of those states and counties become the commanders of the light poles, besides, in this era, the parent officials who can sit on one side, which one is not from the Shi clan?
Since the "Recruitment Order" has touched the interests of these scholars, Liu Bian has made some concessions here, that is, he only migrated to Jizhou, landless peasant households and displaced people in various places, these people are not only a burden to the locality, but also may become a hidden danger of instability, so as a result of Liu Bian's discussion with Xun Yu, even if the scholars do not support it, at least they will not oppose it.
Of course, the relocation of the people is not just what your emperor said, just like in the recruitment order, the official wish is used as a bait for fishing, so in the relocation order, according to the population of the relocated households, Ding Tian is allocated and exempted from the tax burden for three years, which is a big gift from Liu Bian.
"Your Majesty!" Standing in the lobby with the "Relocation Order" in his hand, he shouted at Liu Wei like a courtier.
"Your Majesty, it is a good thing to resettle the displaced people and increase the number of people, but there are three problems in this, one: how to resettle the displaced people? Two: Now that it's June, we've missed this year's planting season, so where will the homeless people come from until next year's harvest time? Three: And the most important of them, where did the Ding Tian distributed to these displaced people come from? ”
Good guy, worthy of being a parent official who has been a county magistrate, he suddenly discovered the hidden crisis in it.
However, this relocation order, but Xun Yu, a master of governing the people, and Liu Wei, who has an incomparably large amount of information in later generations, will people find loopholes?
Looking at the excited frustration, Liu Yan also smiled slightly.
"Gong and you are worthy of being a parent, and I instantly saw the hidden dangers, and I am very relieved, but I have already taken measures to these concerns of yours. Gonghe, then I come to ask you, is the fertile land that we have now given by God? ”
Liu Bian's questioning did not need to be answered, and Liu Bian himself gave the answer again.
"No, the existing fertile land is naturally cultivated by the people themselves, and now there are only more than 20,000 people in Gaoyi, and the method of intensive cultivation is practiced, so how much is there really good land? And how many unowned wastelands are there? I think that the displaced people are not unwilling to reclaim the wasteland, and if there is no recognition from the government, the reclaimed fields are not owned by them, so this is the reason for the emergence of the displaced people. ”
This phenomenon that Liu Bian said is only one of the reasons why the displaced people lost their land, and one of them is that the wealthy families of the Shi clan have annexed a large number of land, but now Liu Bian can't offend the Shi clan to death, so he just hides it.
"Then the displaced people come here, from the wasteland, leveling, canals, these preliminary preparations for cultivating fertile land, it takes time, and after doing this, I think it will be just in time for next year's spring sowing.
As for the rations for the resettlement of the displaced people, it is up to me to figure out how to do it, and now I need you to actually make a register of the acres of land around Gaoyi, clarify the margins, survey the area of wasteland that can be developed into fertile land, and calculate how many households can be resettled, which is the most important thing! ”
Speaking of this, Liu Bian paused for a while, and then said again: "I will hand over the preliminary preparations for the relocation of the people to Dr. Fu and Xin County, this is a major plan for the people's livelihood, I hope that the two Aiqing, don't take it lightly!" ”
This is the first time that Liu Bian has acted in the real sense of the government, and he dealt with civil affairs at the beginning, and you must know that this civil administration is complicated and the most complicated.
But when everyone saw Liu Wei talking eloquently, confident, meticulous and atmospheric, they were immediately impressed by this young emperor who was only a teenager.
In particular, the three newly promoted civil officials, Frustration, Judgement and Xin Ping, were even more convinced.
"A dragon seed is a dragon seed! It seems that there is still a drama in the Han Empire! Standing on the side, Han Fu, who had not spoken for a long time, also sighed with emotion in his heart, but seeing Liu Bian's appearance of scolding Fang Xuan, Han Fu's heart knot was gradually untied!