When everyone heard this, they felt that Liu Xun was even more weird at this moment, after all, Liu Xun had never asked about political affairs except for greedy pleasure before.

Just when everyone was in doubt, Changshi Liu Panjin walked out and said: "

Our Lujiang County is located in the northwest corner of Yangzhou, adjacent to Jingzhou and Yuzhou. It has a population of more than 200,000 households, totaling more than 600,000 people. There were more than 1,000 officials, large and small, and 50,000 soldiers. 800,000 hectares of arable land, with an annual tax of about 200,000 quintain and 5 baht and 200,000 stone of grain. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xun sighed silently in his heart, this foundation is not very good.

Although he had been mentally prepared for Lujiang County in this era, Liu Xun still felt a little disappointed when he really heard it.

"Okay, that's it for today, Ben Taishou still has important business, you all go down." Liu Xuncai didn't bother to look at the faces of this group of people, and said with a grin

"And that's the end? Why didn't the bring us in? We're all here, and you're not talking about it now? You have important things to do with your wife and concubine. When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but linger in their hearts. But this style, this tone is in line with the temperament of their lord. So everyone let go of the doubts in their hearts, and the first council ended dramatically.

After everyone left, Liu Xun inquired a little and found out that the fat general just now was actually Li Wei, the number one general under him, who was born as a butcher, and he didn't know how to lead the troops to fight at all. But there is one thing that others can't compare, because he is Liu Xun's cousin.

And the civil official who spoke well attracted Liu Xun's attention, because Liu Xun actually flashed this person's name in his mind. Although this person is not famous, Liu Xun knows that it is this person who persuaded Liu Ye not to attack Shangliao.

At this moment, what Liu Xun lacks most is talent, and thinking that this person can think of the joints in it, it is not a simple character. At this time, Liu Xun was as excited as if he had discovered a new continent.

As soon as I returned to the study, I asked someone to invite Liu Panjin over.

Liu Pan was about to go home after the meeting, and when he heard that the lord was recruited, he was very surprised, but he didn't think much about it, after all, it was the lord's turn to say no to him, so he followed to see Liu Xun immediately.

When Liu Panjin arrived, Liu Xun politely invited Liu Panjin into the living room. After the two of them sat down. Liu Xun didn't go out of his way to greet anything, but chose to cut directly to the topic.

"Listening to Mr. just now, you seem to be very familiar with the situation in Lujiang County. Sir, can you tell me more about the family in Lujiang and what the situation is now? ”

Liu Panjin sighed inwardly and said: "Back to the lord, there are nearly fifteen large and small families in Lujiang County, mainly the four major families of Lu, Zhou, Qiao, and Zhang. ”

Liu Xun nodded and said, "I haven't paid attention to them for too long, and I'm a little vague." Do you go on to elaborate on how they are doing? ”

Liu Panjin couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and said, "The servants under the four great families will have a total of about 12,000 people, with an average of about 3,000 per family. The occupied fields occupy about a quarter of the Lujiang River, more than 200,000 hectares. Coupled with other small and medium-sized families, nearly half of the land in Lujiang is in their hands. ”

Hearing these shocking figures, Liu Xun almost dropped his jaw in shock.

Half of the fields on your own territory are not your own? It's a family that belongs here! This is his grandmother's family is too arrogant.

"My lord, you must come forward to rectify these families, and if you continue like this, there will be endless troubles." Seeing Liu Xun's innocent look, Liu Panjin suddenly knelt down and said with tears in his eyes

"Sir, don't have to be like this, hurry up. The family's troubles must not be eliminated, but they should not be rushed. Now everything should be based on stability. Liu Xun comforted

"Lord, don't you know, these families also hide a lot of people and land, although they can't be studied, but through the copywriting and visits for so long, it is estimated that the population is at least more than 150,000, and the fields are about 100,000 hectares, and they are all fertile land. More than eighty percent of the officials in Lujiang are from these families, and the annual tax revenue will be inexplicably reduced by more than half, and there are many soldiers who are eating empty salaries. Liu Panjin said with tears in his eyes

"What? How can this be reasonable, and dare to treat Ben Taishou as the wronged leader? Hearing this, Liu Xun still had the indifferent appearance just now, at this moment he clenched his hands, the green tendons on his hands burst out, and his eyes were even more blood-red. After all, robbing people's money is like killing their parents, how can Liu Xun not be angry with such a big hatred?

When Liu Panjin saw Liu Xun's angry appearance, he stopped talking. just looked at Liu Xun silently. For some reason, he always felt that something was wrong with today's lord. In the past, he never took care of government affairs, let alone cared about the family's annexation of land in Lujiang County.

But today it can be seen from his look that his lord is definitely not as incompetent and indulgent as he thinks. And today's attitude towards himself is very polite, and he is no longer as arrogant as before.

Liu Xun took a deep breath and said with a gloomy face: "If you really do such a bad thing, I will cut them all tomorrow." ”

"Lord, lord, must not. Although the trouble of the Lujiang family is serious, it has existed for a long time, and now the undercurrent of the entire Lujiang County is surging, please calm down first, and do not act recklessly! Liu Panjin was taken aback when he heard Liu Xun's words. I hope that the lord will rectify the family, but he can't kill like this. What he meant was that the reorganization of the family should be done gradually.

For his first loyal minister, Liu Xun still has to give some face. He took a deep breath and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, what you said is reasonable, but I lost my temper. ”

Liu Panjin continued: "My lord, you are right, at present, our main goal is to stabilize the development of economy and agriculture first, and at the same time train the army to meet the next chaotic situation. It is said that Lujiang County is vast and sparsely populated, and although it is occupied by the family, it is still very sufficient according to the cultivated land area today. ”

Liu Xun said: "What Mr. said is, I don't know if you have any good suggestions, can you tell me and listen to it?" ”

Liu Panjin paused and said solemnly: "At present, there are four main problems in the internal affairs of Lujiang County.

The first is population. ”

"The land in Lujiang is fertile, there are many fertile fields, and there are many places that have not yet been developed, and the main problem is that there are few people, no one cultivates and cultivates the land, and the war potential is naturally insufficient, so we must bring in people from other places."

"Of course I know that. Now Yuan Shu is absurd and unreasonable, which has made the people in all parts of Shouchun miserable, and many people and sergeants have fled. And my Lujiang is vast and sparsely populated, which is suitable for them to come and settle down. Ben Taishou could send troops to Shouchun and the war-torn places of the entire Jiangdong to collect the displaced people who had left their homes. In this way, our population will definitely skyrocket. “