After Lu Pheasant cleaned up the King of Changsha with thunderous means, he looked at Luo Xin who was next, and the two nodded slightly, with a smile in their eyes.

In fact, the actions of the king of Changsha were expected by the two of them, and Lu Pheasant's edict was clearly to find out the strength of each kingdom.

Although I don't know what Lu Pheasant wants to do, it's always right to put your strength low and hide your strength a little.

Lu Pheasant and Luo Xin predicted their prediction, so they picked such a soft persimmon as the king of Changsha, and then the king of Changsha really took the bait, and it was very outrageous.

Lu Pheasant thought that the king of Changsha would say that it was 50,000 households, after all, the current Changsha country should have a population of about 60,000 or 70,000 households, and hiding 10,000 or 20,000 households is already very much.

I didn't expect it to be less than when I was sealed.

Lu Pheasant was not angry at all, but wanted to laugh directly, and was worried that there was no reason to clean him up, but he didn't expect to hand the knife himself.

To everyone's surprise, Lu Pheasant did not directly continue to ask the princes and kings of the Liu family, but asked Luo Xin: "Dong Ahou, how many hukou are there in your feudal kingdom now?" ”

Luo Xin replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, over the years, villagers have returned to the country one after another, and now there are about 27,000 households. ”

Hiss!

Everyone couldn't help but gasp a few times when they heard this, over the years, as the deceased households gradually granted land and compiled households, basically the number of household registrations has increased, but this has directly increased by 15,000 households, which is enough to seal fifteen thousand households.

How much is the tax revenue of 15,000 households alone?

I am afraid that among the Chehou present, there are only a few people who can compare this rich and wealthy people, such as the Marquis of Yu, the Marquis of Anyang, the Marquis of Huaiyin, the Marquis of Ying, and the Marquis of Lu.

Everyone looked at Luo Xin, who was only wearing a simple court dress, and the only accessory was a jade on his waist, which was extremely simple.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh, it is really a typical Luo's son, who does not regard luxury as beauty, but only loves beautiful jade.

Lu Pheasant even praised directly: "I have rewarded a total of 12,000 households to Dong'ahou over the years, but now there are 27,000 households in Dong'ahou's country, which is the result of Dong'ahou's words in his heart."

Years of war have led to a decrease in household registration, but it is not true that many people have died.

Countless Li people are unwilling to be included in the control of the imperial court, which is the fault of the imperial court.

King Su was kind to the people and rejoiced with them, so the people and nobles supported him, and the greedy and cruel monarch did not care about the life or death of the people, and the people hated him, and even shouted, 'When will the sun fall, we will die with you'.

The Xia Dynasty had a tyrant like Ji when it was established for more than 400 years, and the Shang Dynasty encountered a tyrant like Ji when it was established for 600 years, which made the people resentful, the nobles hated him, the people hated him, and the slaves betrayed him, so the kingdom established by the holy kings such as King Yu and King Tang also perished.

How powerful the Qin Dynasty was when it swept the Six Kingdoms, the millions of troops of the Six Kingdoms could not be stopped, and the endless strategists and brave generals were not opponents.

But after only ten years of obtaining the mandate of heaven, it collapsed with a bang, is it just because of faint kings and traitors like Hu Hai and Li Si Zhao Gao?

I ordered all the counties and states in the world to rest and recuperate, just to let you treat the people of Li well, so that the people will naturally take the initiative to be included in the rule of the imperial court.

Is this something that is difficult to do?

I don't believe it.

What Dong Ahou did won my heart, and the courtiers were meritorious but not rewarded, this is not what a king should do, and I will reward Dong Ahou with another 1,000 households today as a reward for Dong Ahou.

What do you think, Emperor? ”

Liu Ying didn't expect him to speak on such an important occasion, and immediately said: "The king of Changsha is a clan relative but treats the Liu family's world like this, is this the behavior of loyal ministers?"

I really hate him.

The son thought that he should be given 3,000 households, so that the Dongahou country would become a large country of 30,000 households, and half of the people in the country were given by the royal family. ”

Lu Pheasant didn't expect Liu Ying to be able to say such insightful words.

Although the rewards are really generous, at least the direction is correct, and I can't help but be a little impressed by my son, who has always been kind to the point of being a little cowardly.

Two things in a row finally made everyone react, this is to be a reasonable report, ten years, the population has not increased is unreasonable, and the growth can not be too little, if the population is still reduced, that is the fate of the king of Changsha.

The princes adjusted the numbers in their hearts one after another, and the hall suddenly became harmonious.

Luo Xin was thinking below, for the recovery of the population and taxed acres of various countries, through the trade of these people, all kinds of consumption, he probably had a figure in his heart, compared with the current reports of the princes and kings, he expected a little more.

He immediately knew that these people were still hiding the population, starting from the compilation of the households, the concealment of the population of the wealthy clan was almost instinctive, and it was really impossible to let go of the naked interests.

This is what Luo Xin wants to resolutely crack down, he is good at calculating, the imperial court has to bear most of the responsibility, disaster relief, defense, the cost of the official system, it is not enough to rely on the current income.

The main reasons why the imperial court has been able to operate stably over the years are as follows:

First, Luo Xinjia Luo Yi is really capable, coupled with Luo Chen's reform of the official system, which basically ensures the stability of the imperial court, and under the strongman politics, the internal friction is very small.

Second, since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, there have been no major natural disasters, and the current imperial court does not need large expenditures, and the financial situation is good.

The third is that Luoling went to the grassland, which hit the Xiongnu hard, and the pressure on the border defense of the Han Dynasty was greatly reduced, and there was no need to bear huge military expenditures all year round.

Fourth, although Luo Chen has increased the number of officials, on the whole, the imperial court still belongs to a typical small government of Huang Laozhixue, and the administrative cost is relatively low.

But this could not last, in recent years, Confucianism believed that the time had come and the imperial court should take on more practical work, and put forward the idea of great unification that had been touched as early as the Bang Zhou period.

The current Confucianism is very different from Ji Zhao's impression.

They studied the core of Luo Sheng's thought from "Luo Gong Spring and Autumn", "The king's ceremony, one day." ”

King Su used the ritual method to make Dongyi, Xirong, Jingman, Huaiyi and other barbarians between the world, as well as merchants, Zhou people, etc. become one, and the etiquette went deep into the family from top to bottom, and the Son of Heaven could control the world through the etiquette, and the core of the praise and disapproval of the entire "Luogong Spring and Autumn" was the expanded Zhou ceremony.

The Confucian scholars believed that the first emperor's chariots were on the same track, the books were on the same text, and the unification of weights and measures was a restoration of the early system of the Bangzhou Dynasty.

Because the two sages of Luokong had read Luo's history books, which clearly recorded that the Son of Heaven and the various countries in the early Bang Zhou Dynasty were consistent, and there were also official words to meet the Son of Heaven, but after hundreds of years of turmoil, they gradually dispersed.

Confucianism believes that the current level of the imperial court is not enough, and the control of the feudal state is not enough, which is the general trend.

The implementation of the great unification is not a simple decree issued, and then feedback can be, this is a very complicated, time-consuming and money-consuming matter, the current imperial court does not have the ability to bear the cost of reform, so Luo Xin is eyeing the princes and princes.

Great power, small responsibility, more taxes, less expenditure, this is the status quo of the princely kingdom.

With the completion of the report of the princes and kings, the marquis of Che in the main hall were a little restless, these princes and kings often had 100,000 households, and even 300,000 households, 500,000 households, and the combined strength was far better than that of Guanzhong, the key is how much tax should be paid, especially in Chu and Wu, which are already rich and have little military pressure, no wonder King Wu can spend money like dirt.

After the last person finished speaking, Lu Pheasant said directly: "It seems that there are a few evil obstacles like the King of Changsha after all, and I am very pleased."

Since the end of the Qin Dynasty, the tired and troubled world has gradually recovered, and it is thriving, and the countries are more prosperous than Guanzhong.

But I'm a little worried, for thousands of years, I haven't heard of a branch that thrives beyond the trunk.

I have never heard of a flood pouring into a narrow channel without being damaged.

The population of the kingdoms doubled and the land tripled, but the money and tribute given to the Son of Heaven remained unchanged, which was against the Han law.

Dong Ahou, you are in charge of the money and grain of the Han Dynasty, what do you think I should do? ”

When the princes and kings heard this, they scolded in their hearts, and sure enough, they changed their tricks to collect taxes from us, but in the palace, looking at the fierce and vicious founding heroes, they could only stubbornly say under the eaves: "Queen Mother, you are right, you should pay taxes to the Son of Heaven in accordance with the Han law." ”

As for what Han law, they don't know that when Liu Bang was divided, although there were necessary checks and balances, the power of the princes and kings was still very great, after all, the princes and kings were set up to ensure the survival of the Liu family.

The historian quickly recorded this scene, "The queen mother, the emperor and the kings drank and feasted, and the three rounds were all happy." ”

Luo Xin looked at the treacherous kings of the Liu family, and the killing intent gradually rose in his heart, Liu Ying is only in his twenties this year, and he still has to go through a long time in power.

Luo Xin himself is getting older, and he is worried that Liu Ying will not be able to deal with these uncles, and he will remove obstacles for him.

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The idea of great unification, which had been nurtured for nearly three hundred years, appeared in front of the rulers of the Han Dynasty, and centralized unification became the inevitable choice of the rulers of the Han Dynasty.

After more than ten years of recuperation, the central court finally began to meddle in the taxation of the various princely kingdoms.

Due to the strength of the meritorious group in the early Han Dynasty and the lack of internal integration of the princes and kings, the Han court won the victory of the preliminary tax distribution.

This allowed the Han court to obtain a stable tax channel at least for a short period of time in addition to receiving taxes from the territories directly under its jurisdiction, which laid a great material foundation for the expansion of the Han court's power.

At the same time, it is also a powerful attempt by the central government to intervene in the localities again, and judging from the follow-up governing strategy, this is the first step in a complete set of large-scale unification plans. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

At the beginning of the month, I asked for a ticket

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