In the early winter of the first year of the Great Song Dynasty. The situation on the battlefield in Liaodong has stabilized. Chen Dexing's army was stationed in Shenyang City at this time. It is said to be a city, but it is actually a walled city surrounded by wooden fences and rammed earth walls. There are 10,000 households in and out of the city, which is called Shenyang Road 10,000 households. It is the only Wanhu road in Mongolia in Liaodong that is tuntian.

However, when Chen Dexing's army came, this Wanhu Road did not have the slightest courage to resist, and it was Kaesong that surrendered. Not only because Shenyang is in no danger to defend, but also because Chen Dexing has captured Hong Fuyuan, a Wanhu on Shenyang Road, in the previous battle. With Hong Fuyuan and Hong Junqi personally coming forward to persuade them to surrender outside the city, who else will resist?

After entering the city, Chen Dexing lived in Hong Fuyuan's original official office with Baoyin and Yang Po'er. This is a rather magnificent courtyard, and the architectural style of the Great Song Dynasty is a very good comfortable nest.

A map of Liaodong drawn by Chen Dexing himself unfolded on the desk in front of him. Mingdufu, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Gaizhou, Haizhou, Fuzhou, Zhuangzhou and other three prefectures and four prefectures have been impressive. If you add the Goryeo territories such as Ganghwa Island, Jindo, Geoje-do, Jeju Island, and Busan, which have been merged by Chen Dexing and called Haedong Province, there is also the Taipeng area, which was named Taiwan Province by Chen Dexing. Chen Dexing now has the land of five prefectures and four states. It's like creating a country!

However, although the territory is old, the population on these territories is a little pitiful. It is nearly 200,000 people brought by Chen Dexing from the Great Song Dynasty, nearly 50,000 people from Yanyunluo, 70,000 people from Shenyang Road, nearly 100,000 Koreans from Haidong Province, and various Tartars with a number of 150,000 to 200,000.

“…… Han Chinese, Korean people, Jurchen people, Semu people. Added together, there are about 600,000. It is estimated that it can be divided into 120,000 to 130,000 households. If all the soldiers in the army have a family and start a business, the number of households will increase by about 30,000. ”

Introducing the hukou population to Chen Dexing was Judge Huang Zhishen, the chief secretary for administration under the Northland Recruitment Division. These days. He and Ren Yijiang, the Taoist priest, both stayed on Ganghwa Island and Jeju Island to preside over government affairs and military production. In the past two days, he has just been ordered to Liaodong. did not stop in Mingdu, but went directly to Shenyang. On the way to Shenyang, the two also hastily investigated the household registration situation in the Chen Dexing administrative area in Liaodong and came up with an approximate number.

With more than 120,000 households and a population of more than 600,000, it occupies a large territory, and it will maintain a huge army of more than 80,000 people soon! You can imagine how heavy the burden is on the shoulders of these two housekeepers. And now, the task of building the administrative system of the five governments and four prefectures. And part of it fell on the shoulders of the two of them.

"Of course, a military general with a sergeant must start a family, and only in this way can he settle down."

Chen Dexing's fingers lightly tapped on the desk covered with maps, and said lightly: "These people have followed me all the way from the Central Plains, and their hard work is not small. ”

He paused for a moment, as if thinking about something, and then said, "Help them marry Han girls as much as possible, if it doesn't work." Goryeo's gate valve women and flag man women are okay. ”

Chen Dexingfeng's "Shijue" is also a nobleman, and the wife of the nobleman should of course have some status. At least it should be a first-class Han or a banner man, a woman of a Goryeo nobleman - in fact, it is not very expensive, but it is just a name. In this way, it can appear that Chen Dexing's aristocratic rank is high-grade.

"What about the commoners of Goryeo and the serf women here in Liaodong?"

"I can only be a concubine." Chen Dexing said coldly. This aristocrat has to look like a nobleman, how can he marry a serf as his wife? In this way, it is not superior. There is no sense of honor or accomplishment.

"When you have a family, you naturally start a business." Chen Dexing asked, "Is there enough land?" ”

"Enough. That's enough. Huang Zhishen snapped his fingers and said, "Now we have five mansions and four states." It doesn't matter if you remove the still barbaric Taiwan Mansion. The remaining four prefectures and four states are also big enough, 50,000 Shijue Grange. Why can't you arrange another 20,000 or so bannerman grange? ”

The distribution of the Grange is carried out step by step, with the basic share being settled first. Hanshi is 300 acres, and the flag man is 150 acres, and then the reward is discussed. About 50,000 Hanshi are calculated according to 300 mu, which is 15 million mu of land, and it is estimated that the banner people will expand to 20,000, which requires 3 million mu of land. In addition, it is also necessary to divide land among some Han households who have "followed" the revolution, and it is estimated that 2 million mu will be divided. That's 20 million acres.

Of course there is. Chen Dexing's main territory now is about Liaoning Province in later generations. In the 21st century, the total sown area of various crops will be more than 4 million hectares, or almost 50 million mu. It was in the previous era when the Jurchens and Khitans ruled Liaodong, and Liaodong was also an agricultural area full of Miao Sheng. Even today, when the Mongols turned agricultural areas into pastures, abandoned farms, fields, and irrigation ditches can still be found everywhere on the Liaodong Peninsula. It can be said that the agricultural foundation of the Liaodong Peninsula is very good.

However, there is too little labor available for agriculture. 20 million acres of land can be divided, but it is not easy to find people who will plant these lands, to be honest.

"Your Majesty has calculated that even if 20 million acres of land are crop rotations, half of which are planted with grass and half with crops, at least 50,000 strong laborers will be needed to take care of it all year round. When farming is busy, the amount of labor required has to be multiplied several times. ”

Huang Zhishen himself has never farmed land, but the chief secretary of government has specially invited old farmers from the banks of the Haihe River to be consultants. What Huang Zhishen is talking about now is the opinion of those old farmers. At this time, because the sequelae of the Mongol massacre had not disappeared, and the population density of the northern Han land was also very low, horse farming and crop rotation were relatively common. Some wealthy peasant households raised mules and horses to cultivate the land. Although this method of horse cultivation and rotation is more labor-saving, it is the limit for a strong laborer and a few women and children to take care of 400 acres of crops and playgrounds, and to raise more than a dozen livestock. In practice, 50,000 strong laborers are certainly not enough.

Huang Zhishen paused, thought about it and said: "If you want to be more generous, a family of serfs or Han farmers needs at least four or five people. A banner man needs at least one banner slave who can work, otherwise they will have to let their family farm. The plan of the administrative secretary was as follows: 50,000 Shijue Grange should be allocated to 25,000 Han peasant households, each peasant household would be divided into an additional 30 mu of land, and at the same time, 200 to 300 mu of sub-feudal grange would be allocated for rent. At the same time, it also needs to be equipped with 25,000 local serfs in Liaodong. Let the serfs of Liaodong live together with Han immigrants, Han people, and banner people. It is so easy to control and easy to educate......

In addition, there are four commercial ports in Myeongdufuseong, Ganghwado, Jeju Island, and Busan, as well as various handicraft workshops. It is also necessary to have a large number of businessmen, and it is estimated that the four major commercial ports will absorb at least 20,000 households with a population of about 100,000. ”

Obviously, what Chen Dexing is about to establish is a "backward" serfdom state! The most basic classes that made up the state were the nobles, the banner warriors (on par with the Han civilians in rank, but with more military exploits), the commoners (mainly Han Chinese, but also the Goryeo, Semu and Wa who entered freely or originally lived in the territory of Chen Dexing), the Tartars or Goryeo serfs (including the banner slaves)), and the slaves (currently mainly the Semu and Mongol prisoners of war).

It's really hierarchical, but the upward channel is still there. Civilians could be allowed to join the army, serfs and slaves could be ransomed, and banner slaves could participate in the war with their masters and make meritorious contributions. In addition, merchants and craftsmen among the commoners could also obtain a knighthood through guò donations or inventions.

It should be mentioned that in Chen Dexing's "serfdom state", the two classes of serfs, banner slaves and slaves have no personal freedom. They can own some personal property (they can't own real estate or land), and they can't just take their lives away. However, it is a "property" that can be bought and sold by the owner.

The three ranks, the Honorees, the Bannermen, and the Commoners, are theoretically free people. With an official identification document, you can move freely and settle in the land under the territory of Chen Dexing. It's just that when leaving Chen Dexing's territory, you need a road guide document issued by the government. In addition to serving in the army or farming, these "free men" can also engage in industry and commerce, serve as Tiandao Taoists, and can also pass guò examinations or recommend ex officio public servants.

The knights, on the other hand, were true nobles, had the right to vote, and could hold higher official or military positions. The succession of the lord follows the principle of succession by the elder, and the title and the grange can only be inherited by one son, and the rest of the sons will become free men.

Of course, nobles with higher titles can also choose to "split" the title to different sons, in principle, a squiret must have at least 300 acres of "divided grange" (land bought in the market cannot be counted), a baron has at least 600 acres of grange, a viscount has at least 1200 acres of grange, earl is 2400 acres, marquis is 4800 acres, duke is 9600 acres, and the prince is 19200 acres...... In short, the title is linked to the land, at least 300 acres, how to divide it is each family's own business.

In addition, the banner warriors can also get 150 acres of grange. However, these 150 acres of land are not "divided granges" but "Junlu Grange". As the name suggests, these 150 acres of land are used instead of military salaries, so these 150 acres of fields do not have to pay taxes, and the banner warriors do not have military salaries. In addition to the weapons and equipment received when joining, all combat equipment and horses need to be brought by themselves, but food and horse food in the army do not cost money. And when the total amount of land obtained by the banner person for meritorious service exceeds 300 mu, he can apply (must apply) to become a Han citizen and be awarded the title of Han scholar. And their children and grandchildren who have not joined the Eight Banners have also changed to Han status at the same time, and they will not be able to join the Eight Banners in the future. However, they themselves can continue to hold official positions in the Eight Banners system. (To be continued......)