The more than 30,000 acres of land occupied by the former commander Yan Gang have more than 3,000 tenants, which is an astonishing number.

When the guard was first established, a military household cultivated less than 10 acres of land.

According to the number of tenants of Yan Gang, Jinshanwei's military households will exceed 10,000.

This fully shows that the population of Jinshanwei has not decreased, but has increased.

The number of registered military households is less than 300.

As for what is going on, everyone knows it.

The fields occupied by the officials of the health center are all taken care of by special people, most of them are henchmen or servants, Yan Gang took away all the henchmen when he left office, and more than 30,000 acres of land are now temporarily taken care of by Chen Yuanhua, the envoy of the warehouse, with a small number of officials.

Li Chuan asked Lu Congliang: "How much does Jinshanwei have?" ”

Lu Congliang said: "The number of households in the Yellow Book is less than 300, and in fact, the number of households in Jinshanwei is no less than 20,000. ”

No less than 20,000?

Li Chuan was speechless for a while, and the number of households in many counties in the north was less than 10,000.

Jiangnan is densely populated, and there are not a few counties with more than 10,000 households, and there are not a few counties with more than 50,000 households.

There are even many counties that have been ravaged by military disasters many times, and the number of households is even less than 1,000.

It is said that the guards are eroded, but in fact there is only no army, and there is no shortage of guards in the south.

With such a population, Jinshan City will definitely not be able to fit it.

Therefore, many towns have developed around Jinshan City.

Li Chuan walked around the nearest towns, and most of the military households he saw had vegetables on their faces.

In the era of war, the most valuable thing is human life.

If we measure it purely by the morality of this era, those health officials who encroached on the fields of military households are somewhat conscientious, at least these military households can still eat a mouthful of food and not starve to death on the streets.

Compared with the people in the north, the life of these military households is not bad.

When he arrived in another town, Li Chuan was a little surprised when he saw it.

The military households in this town are much worse than the military households in other towns I have seen before, they are no longer full of vegetables, they are simply yellow and hungry, and almost all the people they see are skinny and bone-like, which is obviously caused by long-term lack of food.

"What's going on with these military households?"

Li Chuan asked Lu Congliang, thinking who was so mean.

Lu Congliang smiled imperceptibly, but quickly disappeared and said, "My lord, this is the military household of the guard. ”

"The military household of the guard?"

Li Chuan didn't understand it a little, but as soon as his mind turned, he figured it out: "You mean that this is the military household registered by the guard?" ”

Lu Cong nodded from the bright spot, but did not explain.

Li Chuan frowned and asked, "Why are these military households so different from other military households?" ”

Lu Congliang sighed and said, "My lord, the taxes of these military households are very heavy. ”

Li Chuan thought about it and finally understood a little.

The guards of the Ming Dynasty not only had to fight, but also had to farm.

Although the garrison has long been abandoned, it still bears the responsibility of providing grain and grass for the imperial court, and the 100,000 mu of land in Jinshanwei has become more than 3,000 mu, and the 'wasteland' occupied by those officials of the guard station does not need to be taxed, but the more than 3,000 mu of land registered in the register still have to hand over grain to the court every year according to the number of acres of land, so the life of those military households who farm land for the officials of the guard is better.

The land is also much the same, the powerful gentry do not pay taxes, and use various means to apportionment some harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes to the homesteaders, so the tenants of the large families are much better off than those who have self-cultivated land, and the military households of the guard house are a mold, and in the end the self-cultivated farmers can not survive, and finally have to sell the land to join the rich and powerful households.

This created a vicious circle in which there were fewer yeoman farmers and less and less taxes could be collected by the imperial court.

The more money the court spends, the less taxes it pays.

The number of yeoman farmers is always decreasing, and the remaining part has to pay more and more taxes.

Until the people are cornered and can no longer live, they will rise up.

Therefore, it is always the landlords represented by the bureaucracy and gentry who shake the foundation of the dynasty.

After walking around the town, Li Chuan explained to Lu Congliang: "It is not easy for these military households, you can go back and implement them in person, and see what difficulties these military households have in their own land, and if they are in difficulty, give them some money and food, at least let them have a full stomach." ”

Lu Congliang said helplessly: "My lord, there is no money and food in the treasury. ”

"Then go and borrow some from the two acquaintances and servants!"

Li Chuan can't help it, the treasury of the guard is empty and can raise rats, this is expected, the officials have their own granaries and treasury, it is impossible to put the money and grain in the treasury of the government, and when the predecessor Yan Gang left office, everything that could be taken away was taken away, and the grain that could not be taken away was also sold, not a grain of rice was left for him, and only garbage was left in the treasury and granary of the inner house.

If you want to help those military households, you can only think of other ways.

Let Lu Congliang borrow food from those officials, just take this opportunity to test it.

Back in the house, Li Chuan asked people to call Wan Youqing and seven people to discuss secretly.

In the north of the city, in a large mansion that occupies a large area.

As soon as Shi Jian wrote a letter to arrange for someone to send him away, the housekeeper came.

"Master, I have experienced Lord Lu's request to see you."

"What is Lu Congliang doing here, didn't he go to Li Chuan?"

Shi Jian had a thought in his mind and said, "Let him come in." ”

The housekeeper answered, and brought Lu Congliang in shortly after going down.

"Xiaguan has seen Lord Tongzhi."

Lu Congliang bowed his hand and saluted, and the title was very official.

Shi Jian waved his hand and said, "What did Lord Lu do when he saw this official?" ”

Lu Congliang hesitated, and said: "The lower officials really have something to ask for here, so the lower officials followed the command to make the adults inspect the military households, and the command made the adults see that the military households that produce grain for the imperial court are living in difficulty, and let the lower officials send some money and food to help." The adults also know that there is no money and food in the treasury, and the lower officials are really helpless, and I hope that the adults can help the lower officials in terms of being diligent over the years. ”

Shi Jian said lightly: "The hardships of the military household are not caused by the official, are you looking for a borrower!" ”

Lu Congliang said with a bitter face: "This subordinate knows, but the commander has made the lord speak, and the subordinate is really helpless, and I hope that the lord can help one or two, then the subordinate is grateful." ”

Shi Jian was stunned in his heart, what kind of virtue is the official of the guard, he knows better than anyone else, you Lu Congliang really want to have such a high style and bright festival, why didn't I see you asking for your life for the people before, this is probably Li Chuan's idea.

After figuring out the key to it, he pondered for a while, and decided to sell Li Chuan's face, and said: "That's it, this official is also preparing to squeeze those military households after a while, since this is the case, then this official will give you 100 stones of grain and 100 yuan of money!" ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Lu Congliang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and hurriedly thanked him.