Jiujiang County Taishou Mansion, Liu Miao was checking the documents received from Bian Rang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Miao was very concerned about the population of the county, because it was related to tax revenue and soldiers. However, he picked up the household registration book and looked at it, but he had a lot of questions.

"Berwyn, this household register is still recorded and sorted out during the Guanghe period, and it is not of much value. I once heard my brother Wang say that there are now more than 100,000 households and a population of more than 500,000 in Langya. Jiujiang County and Langya Country are also 13 cities, and Jiujiang is far richer than Langya, and the population should be more, and there will definitely not be only 70,000 households and 300,000 people written in the book. ”

Liu Ji was checking the tax information of the past few years, and when he heard Liu Miao's inquiry, he came to Liu Miao, looked at the household registration book, and then said: "It is difficult to say how many household registrations there are today, but it is certain that there are more than those recorded in the books." Yangzhou is not as good as Qingzhou, the scourge of the Yellow Turban is not so serious, although there are many thieves, but there are also many displaced people from other states and counties who have taken refuge. ”

Liu Miao agreed with Liu Ji's opinion, so he said: "Do you think you should check your account once?" ”

"It's necessary, but I'm afraid it's hard." Liu Ji replied.

"Why?"

"When the lord first arrived, he had not yet taken control of the power, and the household registration was very complicated, and the lord not only lacked manpower, but also could be hindered by officials and clans. As far as I know, the powerful tribes have hidden their populations and fields, and if they cannot be investigated, it is meaningless, and they are prone to accidents. ”

"Those big clans hide their populations and fields just to pay less taxes, I only check the population, and say that it has nothing to do with taxes, I think they will cooperate a little, right?"

Liu Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The lord thinks things too simply, what is the purpose of the lord's inventory of the population, how could they not think of it?" Moreover, those people are thieves with weak hearts, and I expect that if the lord leaks his mind in this regard a little, it will inevitably cause them to change. ”

"Anomalies? Not really, right? Liu Miao also knew that he was a little whimsical, but he didn't believe that just counting the population would cause much chaos. Normally, all states and counties have a household registration check every few years.

"My lord will know this by looking at this." Liu Ji handed the tax record in his hand to Liu Miao.

Liu Miao took it suspiciously, and saw that it was written that the tax revenue of the whole county in the first year of Chuping was more than 110,000 stones, Liu Miao really had no concept of this, and felt quite a lot. He had no choice but to turn his inquiring gaze to Liu Ji.

Liu Ji explained: "According to the records in the books, the per capita land in the county is more than 11 acres. If the total population is 300,000, and the output per mu is calculated at two stones, now the land tax is 15 and 1, and the county's land income should exceed 500,000 stone a year. This is all calculated according to the minimum standard, and the actual number may be far more than that, but in reality only more than 110,000 stone has been received. ”

When Liu Miao heard this, his face turned green, and the tax will reach one-fifth of the receivable, who will eat the rest?

"My lord, look at this again." Liu Ji handed over another booklet, "At present, the Taishou Mansion has less than a thousand stones of grain in stock. ”

Liu Miao's face instantly turned from green to black, a thousand stones, what kind of concept this is, Liu Miao knows very well. His total number of soldiers is now less than 400, but the consumption of food in a month is more than 1,000 stones, not to mention the need to raise horses and other expenses. If it weren't for Liu Miao from the Langya Palace, and he got a lot of money and food from the cheap royal brother, he really couldn't afford to raise it.

Liu Miao originally planned to turn all his soldiers into county soldiers and use the money and food from the county treasury to support him, but now it seems completely unfeasible, not to mention that he still has plans to recruit soldiers.

"The census must be carried out!" Liu Miao gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "We can't wait any longer, if we only levy such a small tax this year, we won't be able to accomplish anything." ”

Originally, according to the discussion between Liu Miao and Liu Ji, I was patient for the time being, and was tossed by those few powerful officials from the local area. While Liu Miao was familiar with the personnel of the county, he sent his soldiers to continue to make secret visits to collect information about Haoqiang. As long as the conditions are ripe, he will use the power of thunder to establish his power and break the hegemony of the powerful clan in one fell swoop.

Of course, there is another important reason why Liu Miao decided to wait, that is, after Liu Miao officially took over as Taishou, the system prompted that it was going to be updated, and the completion time of the update was unknown.

Now Liu Miao has decided not to wait, it is really too critical to eat, no matter what new functions the system has, but Liu Miao can be sure that there is no food in the system, there is no food, and a bird soldier is recruited to suppress a bird bandit! Improving strength is even more nonsense.

"Berwyn, there are only a few months left until this year's tax collection is due, and time is urgent. I thought about it, other things are easy to say, this tax must not be sloppy, Berwyn has a good plan? ”

Seeing that Liu Miao had changed his mind, Liu Ji didn't say anything more, and buried his head in thought.

When Liu Ji was making calculations, Liu Miao was also thinking about whether he could solve the problem if he used force. Immediately, he shook his head again, it is still very simple to kill a few people, but the key is that those powerful forces cannot be killed with Liu Miao's current strength, these powerful forces have been operating in the county for a long time, with deep roots, not to mention their own private soldiers, and even colluded with officials and bandits. If it is not controlled, it will cause a catastrophe. But if he wants to completely rely on Haoqiang and become a role like Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Miao is absolutely unwilling.

Forget it, let's let Liu Ji plan. For the first time, Liu Miao felt his powerlessness.

Liu Miao didn't wait too long, and saw Liu Ji's confident expression again.

"The purpose of the lord to count the population is to increase tax revenue, but it is not enough to count the population, it is also necessary to measure the area of the fields, especially those of the powerful people. Measuring the land has several advantages, one is that it is more accurate to determine the amount of taxes according to the area of the field, and the other is that the ownerless land can be cleared out and taken into the ownership of the county guard, so that the county keeper can greatly increase the income of the county government, whether it is rented out or distributed to the landless homeless.

It's just that this issue is too sensitive, because many ownerless fields and hidden people are occupied by those powerful people, and if the lord does this, he will inevitably touch their interests, which is tantamount to taking food from the mouth of a tiger, and will definitely provoke their resistance. With the current strength of the lord, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no chaos. ”

Liu Miao nodded and said, "Of course I know this, but it is imperative to check the household registration and measure the fields, and I also plan to collect the displaced people's fields, so that I can clear out the ownerless fields." Haoqiang's opposition is doomed, and this requires Berwyn to help me find a way to solve it. If I'm not surprised, I already have an idea, right? ”

Liu Ji replied intently: "If the lord wants to do these things well, he must first control the power, at least under the condition that the powerful clan is difficult to restrain him. In the past, there was no problem with the general strategy, but now we only need to make some changes in the details, first anti-customer-oriented, change passive to active, and then fish in troubled waters, killing chickens and monkeys."

"Oh? Will the plan be settled? ”

Liu Ji then came up with the strategies one by one, and Liu Miao couldn't help but praise it.